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POOR MAN’SJCHANCE.
Hog raising is assuredly the
poor farmer’s chance to get a
good start, because it requires
but little capital to start; SSO in
vested in a good recorded sow,
bred to a good recorded male will,
in less than six months, with av
erage luck and and good care,
bring his money back and pay
feed bill, leaving a good profit
and the original brood sow,
which, bred again, repeats the
gain, or doubles his money twice
a year, Besides, the second lit
ter should be larger, stronger,
better pigs, if the sow was a gilt
when purchased. In 1903 I pur
chased a 70-pound Duroc gilt for
S2O, and I can date my change of
fortune for the better from that
time. To show how rapidly may
be the increase, I will give an
example. On October 21, 1910,
Evangelene Second farrowed 11
pigs and raised 7; again in April,
1911, she raised 6, and in Sep
tember 8 more, making 21 pigs
in less than a year, besides two
of her gilts of October farrowed
in August, 1911, 25 pigs and
raised 18, so I had 39 pigs raised
beyond the danger point and
ready to begin sending out, from
one sow within a year. Besides,
the gilts I sold may have raised
as many more. And, mind you,
numbers are below the av-
T e of my sows for the season.
■ "average number raised per
sow is above eight for each litter-
Now where can a man do bet
ter on SSO capital? But by all
means get the best and recorded
stock to start with, so you can
get the best prices.—C. C. Mc-
Clelland, in Town and Country.
FIVE CENT COTTON NEXT FALL.
To plant or not to plant much
cotton is, just now, the import
ant question among Southern
farmers. It is an economic fact
that if the farmers of the South
put in a fourteen or fifteen mil
lion bale crop this spring, they
will run the price of the staple
down to 5 or 6 cents a pound next
fall. It is impossible to control
the output of cotton by trusts
and combinations among the
planters as is done in the manu
facturing industries. But the
prudent farmer will take good
care to plant enough grain and
miscellaneous crops and raise
enough live stock to supply at
least his own wants, and then
plant whatever cotton he can
without going much into debt for
it. Jackson Argus.
KNEW WHAT SHE MEANT.
Prof. Harry Thurston Peck is
a foe to the hidebound and pe
dantic grammarian, the type that
declares “Tomorrow is Monday”
is wrong, the right version being
“Toworrow will be Monday.”
Prof. Peck rebuked the hide
bound grammarian at a studio tea
in New York with a story, says
the New York Tribune.
“A lady,” he said, “had a
rather dissipated husband, and
one evening she said to a friend:
“ ‘ I wish I knew where George
was.!’
“The friend, a professors wife,
said primly:
“ ‘ I presume, dear, you mean
you wish you knew where he is?,
“ ‘No, I don’t” said the lady.
‘I know where he is. He is up
stairs in bed with bloodshot eyes
and a terrific headache. I want
to know where he was!’ ”
THE CHAMHION BUTTER COW.
Newton, N. J. —The world’s
record for butter production in a
single year, held so long by Col
anitia, a Wisconsin Holstein cow,
has been broken by Clothilde 11.,
an Eastern cow of the same
breed. The new champion has
just completed her year’s test,
and, according to the official fig
ures, produced in 165 days 1,177
pounds of butter from 25,000
pounds of milk.
It takes an exceptionally good
cow to make 106 pounds of butter
in a month, even in full flow, but
here is a cow that has averaged
that amount for twelve months
in succession.
JQHNSON-NORMAN.
Announcement is made of the
t
approaching marriage of Miss
Louise Johnson and Mr. Robt. C.
Norman of Washington, Ga., the
interesting event to take place
April 9th. The marriage is of
interest to Mt. Vernon people be
cause Col. Norman was partly
raised here. He is a practicing
attorney and a son of Rev. Robt.
Norman who formerly was a
practicing attorney in Mt. Ver
non.
THE LABOR PROBLEM.
The change in farming condi
tions in this section of the South
has been such as to make the la
bor situation one of the most per
plexing problems on the farming
map this year. In all the towns
there is a dearth of houses, for
folk are going back to town in
greater numbers than they came
from the cities a few years ago.
It means that the producers will
have more work to do this season
and the price of the necessaries
of life will continue to stay up in
the pictures, or go higher. Hogs,
corn, chickens and sundry other
good things won’t grow wild on
the bushes. It will take a lot of
work, more corn, peas and hay
and other products than ever be
fore to supply the demand.
The farmer who will launch
out on the plan of making sup
plies for home can rest assured
that he will not overdo the thing,
for there is not a town in the en
tire eastern half of the cotton
belt that will not take everything
in the way of produce, from a
common Georgia collard on up to
the finest capon, eggs, turkeys
and similar things. And the best
of all of it for the farmer—the
producer—is that a good price
will be paid without much mur
muring. The people of the city
are beginning to learn just what
it takes to grow all these good
things and no longer the blame
is placed on the producer for high
prices. A few years back a
farmer taking eggs or butter to
town was given the price the
purchaser would make, but now
the situation is different and the
producer names the price.
The consumer "can take his
choice, of course, about paying
that price, but it’s either that or
starve. A closer co-operation
between them—producer and
consumer —has been the demand
for ages, and it is now becoming
imperative that something like
this be consummated. The va
grant, the man in cities or coun
try who does not work, is a tax
on the commonwealth and there
should be some measure of pun
ishment inflicted on him which
would prevent the innocent and
helpless from becoming his prey.
The world needs producers and
the demand of civilization is for
men who will struggle to bring
out the resources of any city,
community or neighborhood.
The drone, in farming or else
where, is an undesirable charac
ter, and with the demand being
made upon the world for pro
ducers they should not be toler
ated in one place any more than
another.—Rhea Hayne, in Home
and Farm.
JUST TWINS.
A pair of delightful children
are the little son and daughter of
Burt B. Gorham of Ambler
Heights, says the Cleveland (O.)
Plaindealer. A stranger who has
a weakness for kids met them on
the street last week and spoke to
them. “Whut’s your name?” he
I asked the little boy.
“Randolph Gorham,,, answered
the young man, promptly.
“And what is yours?” the girl
was asked.
“Phyllis Everleigh Gorham,”
she piped up.
“Ah, I see. So you are broth
er and sister?”
The children looked at each
other and laughed merrily.
“Why, no,” they replied in
chorus—“we’re twins.”
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THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, FEB. 8, 1912.
WILSON CERTAIN
OFiliM
Montana Newspaper Halls Him
as the Standard Bearer of
the Democratic Party.
PROGRESSIVE AND ABLE MAN
True Patriot and Morally and Intel*
lectually Fit for the High Posi
tion to Which H# Is Reason
ably Sure of Election.
Helena (Mont.) Independent.—The
people will name the democratic
party's candidate for the presidency.
In the next democratic convention
there will be no boss whose voico will
be heard above the rallying cry of
real popular sovereignty; tnero will
bo no machine which will .interfere
with the registering of the people’s
will.
From Malno to California, from
Minnesota to Texas, the delegates
who will assemble to name the party’s
Standard-bearer in the next campaign,
will come with but one purpose la
view—to restore real democratic gov
ernment to power In the nation's capi
tal.
In view of this situation, a situation
which la most encouraging to the
party, it Is possible now to forecast
the result of the democratic conven
tion, and that forecast points uner
ringly to the nomination of Woodrow
Wilson, former president of Princeton
university, and governor of New Jer
sey, for the highest office within the
right of any people.
The democratic candidate must he
a progressive. Such a man is Wood
row Wilson, whose record in New Jer
sey has stamped him as one of the
most progressive men in public life.
Tho democratic candidate for the
presidency must be unafraid and free
from all Influence of political bosses.
Such a man Is Woodrow Wilson, who,
In his own state, unhorsed a political
dictator whoso power no ono before
had shaken.
People Have Faith In Him.
The democratic candidate for tho
presidency must be essentially demo
cratic. Such a man is Woodrow Wil
son, whoso political ascendency has
been accomplished only by reason of
the faith the people have In him, and
who will carry into the high office no
secret bargains with those who manip
ulate politics for private gain.
The democratic candidate must be
morally and Intellectually fit for the
place. Such a man Is Woodrow Wil
son, whose training enables him to
give to the great problems of the
day an Integrity above question and
a mental capacity and a knowledge of
public affairs which has probably not
been excelled In an executive officer
since the days of Jefferson.
In Woodrow Wilson, there is ample
evidence of America’s ability to de
velop In each crisis In the nation’s
affairs a man who Is equal to the
emergencies of his time. Washington
appeared on the scene, when the dis
satisfied colonies needed a strong man
and a military genius to lead them to
national independence. Jefferson came
when the new democracy needed a
man to take the reins of the govern
ment from the hands of an embryo no
bility and restore It to the people.
Jackson came when the money power
first asserted Itself in the control of
the American government Lincoln
came when the union was about to
break upon the rocks of domestic
strife.
The Man for the Occasion.
And now, when greater problems
than those which confronted Wash
ington and Jefferson and Jackson and
Lincoln demand courage and ability
of almost superhuman character;
when from tho length and breadth of
tho land there goes up, as In 1800, the
prayer, “God give us a man,” when
plutocracy le enthroned In high places
and when the life blood of the coun
try Is being sucked by tho vampire of
big business; when greed and avarice
have been substituted for patriotism
and Justice; when sporadio and half
hearted attempts to right existing
wrongs only aggravate them; when
the nation demands again the genius
of a Washington, tho faith In the peo
ple of a Jefferson, tho courago of a
Jackson and the sublime patriotism of
a Lincoln —at euch a time as this It Is
llko watching the hand of a benefi
cent destiny to seo Woodrow Wilson
loom largo on the eoene of national
politics.
Not only tho Democratic party, but
the nation, too, is blessed that such a
man is available for the presidency.
Let George Do It
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey, while campaigning strenuous
ly In the Interests of tho Democratic
candidates, came to a small hostelry
In S”sex County, In tho northern seo
tion of the State.
The waiter handed the presidential
possibility the menu card, but tho
Governor, tired from the day’s cam
paigning, pushed It away and said:
“Now George, I don’t want to both
er with that. Take It away and go
out and get me a good dinner. Get
the best you have. That’s all”
The waiter brought In the dinner
which the Governor ate. As he was
leaving the dining room the waiter
said: “Mistah Wilson, if any o' you'
friends from down at Princeton what
can’t read neither comes up this way
you Jest send ’em to George an' I’ll
take care o' ’em all right.”
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IMPROVE YOUR MILCH COWS.
One of the activities of the
Department of Agriculture of
which little has been heard in the
South is the improvement of the
dairy herds. Its most fruitful
work so far has been the encour
agement of the cow testing asso
ciations. Eighty-five of these
testing associations have been
found in twenty states. The
plan is to engage an. expert to
visit farms of members periodi
cally, inspect and correct herd
records, test the milch cows, and
reccommend changes in feeding
and handling. The main object
is to discover the cows that pay
and to weed out the cows that do
not pay.
Secretary Wilson is quoted as
declaring that in many cases the
average profits of the members
of these associations have been
doubled in four years. One typi
cal instance has been given me.
A farmer was shown that he was
losing 44 cents on his herd of 8
cows during the month of the
test. He followed the advice
given him, sold the five poorest
milkers of his herd, bought bet
ter stock and three months later
was making a profit of $32 on his
herd. At the end of the year his
monthly profits had grown to SSO
per month.
This may be called scientific
dairying. Upon examination the j
science is found to be the appli
cation of common sense to dairy
management. This is the same
brand of science which has ena
bled boys to increase their yields i
of corn from fifteen bushels an i
acre to from 75 to 225 bushels per j
acre. Bradley Hancock, Jr.
In Home and Farm.
Fountain Pen Lost.
Lost on Sunday last in ML
Vernon one Waterman’s Ideal
Fountain Pen. Had a gold band
with the initials “C. C.” inscri
bed. Reward if returned to the
Monitor office.
TOO QUIET FOR SLEEP.
Lase Ridley of McPherson
county says, according to the
Topeka Capital, that after old
Deacon Smartweed of his neigh
borhood died his widow couldn’t
sleep.
This thing went on for weeks,
and the old lady was going from
bad to worse. They finally call
ed in the family doctor. He
made an examination and then
went over to a neighbor who had
a corn sheller and asked him to
move it over and set it up right
under the window of the room
where the widow was and start
it to grinding. Then he had a
barrel of water brought and put
in the next room and the bung
taken out so that when the water
ran out it would make that suck
ing sound. Then he had a boy
go up on the roof and haul a
board across the shidgles.
When all the different kinds of
noises started at one time a look
of calm content settled over the
face of the old lady and in a few
moments she had sunk into a
deep and peaceful slumber.
“What was your idee for doin’
all that, dock?’’ asked Lase.
“Easy enough,” said dock.
“The deacon and that woman
lived together for forty years,
and when the deacon snored he
made all of those kind of noises
at the same time. That poor
woman is dreaming right now
that the deacon is sleeping
peacefully by her side. It was
this unusual quiet that was kill
ing her.”
Money to Loan.
I represent some of the best loan
companies doing business in
Montgomery county, and can se
cure loans for a term of five years
at a very’ small rate of interest.
Commissions charged are small,
and parties desiring to negotiate i
loans in Montgomery or Toombs
counties will save money by seeing
me before making application
elsewhere. M. B. Caijioun,
Mt. Vernon, Ga. j
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
Georgia, Montgomery county.
To all whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that I have
withdrawn t'r. in the firm of Mix
on & Davis, doing a general mer
cantile business at Tarrytown,
Gu., and have on the 20th dav of
December 1911, sold my entire in
terest, including stock of mer
chandise, notes and accounts and
all choses in action in said co
partnership business to L. A. Ar
lington, he assuming all liabili
ties of the firm of Mixon & Davis,
in so far as they bind me. Tne
firm hereafter will lie conducted
under the style of Davis & Ar
rington. My liability ceases
from said 20th day of December,
1911. JOHN P. MIXON.
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.
Notice is hereby given to the
public not to trade for nor buy
•lie certain promissory note for
forty-five dollars ($45.00) given
to O. W. 15 >wdon and signed by
Mrs. B P. Massey, principal, and
B. J. Guest, security, and dated
Jan 17th, JOl2, and made paya
ble Oct. Ist, 1012. The above de
scribed note being fraudulently
obtained by selling the under
signed a wind-broken mare
and claiming said mare to be
sound, and afterwards finding her
to fie wind-broken and worthless.
This Jan. 24th, 1912.
Mas B. P. Massey, Principal.
B. J. Guest, Security.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
The mercantile business of
Hutchinson and Padgett of Glen
wood, Ga., has this clay dissolved
by mutual consent. J. C. Padgett
sells his interest, to J. H. Hutch
inson, who will collect all bills
and pay ail debte of said firm.
This Jan..2d, 1912.
J. H. Hutchinson,
J. C. Padgett.
LOST—From Mt. Vernon sta
tion, Dec. 21, one tan leather
suit case, 24 in. long. Address
near handle M. Cone, Ivanhoe,
Ga., U. S. A., Cunard S. S. label
on end. Liberal reward for re
turn or information as to its
whereabouts. Mattie Cone,
U. B. I. Mt Vernon, Ga.
sor 6 doses “666” will cure
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Price, 25c.
