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1 § Has been organized for the purpose of obtaining for the farmers I I
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w It Now Announces to the Farmers of Montgomery County That it is Prepared to-Issuc Selling Certificates («ua ran teeing |t
§ to Them the Above Price for till Cotton Delivered to Them After August, 1912. ||
H In These Certificates the Corporation Guarantees, for the Consideration of SI.OO for Each 500 Pounds oI Cotton ( ontracted ®
H' About, to Sell for the Account of the Holder of the Certificate —Pounds of Cotton for Not Less limn 15
|| Cents per Pound, Basis Middling. ||
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For full information and to secure Selling Certificates, see i
JJ. I. BREWTON, Secretary for Montgomery County 1
I Southern States Cotton Corporation §
GENERAL OFFICES, MACON, GA. 1
SOUTHERN RAILROAD
ENCOURAGES INDUSTRY
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Land and Industrial Depart
ment Boosts Poultry
Business.
In an effort to encourage an
increase in poutry raising in the
South, the Southern Railway
Company, through its Land and
Industrial Department, has is
sued a folder for wide distribu
tion calling attention to the su
perior advantages offered in the
states traversed by its lines for
the profitable development of
this industry.
The big home demand for poul
try products with prices higer
than in other markets, and the
ideal conditions prevailing in the
South for raising chickens at low
cost are two of the good argu
ments set forth in the folder.
It is a fact that every Southern
city of any size imports annually
thousands of dollars worth of
eggs and chickens. Eggs will
average throughout the year at
least five cents more per dozen
than in the North. The Southern i
poultryman has a market near
his plant and does not have to
consider long hauls and uncertain
markets.
For the small poultry raiser,
who is satisfied to make a living
only at first, gradually building j
up his business with his profits, '
the initial cost of a poultry plant
in the Southeast should not run j
over SSOO, according to an esti
mate given in the folder. Many
prosperous Southern poultrymen
began on as low as SIOO first cap
ital. Several acres of land, a
laying house and runs is about all
necessary for poultry raising on a 1
small scale in the Southeast, and j
such a plant will make a health
ful, pleasant living for the fami
ly, and if much interest taken in
its development will in a few
years result in a large industry.
—Ga.-Ala. Industrial Index.
Profitable Study.
I The Bell Telephone Company J
is sending out from the local office |
| to users of farmers’ lines a form
lon “How to use the telephone.”
All users of farmers’ lines will
find it to their advantage to fa
miliarize themselves with the in
structions given on this form,
j And there are many city users of
i ’phones who ought to sit down
j for a quiet half hour and learn
j some simple things about using
the ’phone. So long as there are
users of telephones who yell,
“Whosezat” into the transmitter
j when they answer a call, just so
long will it be profitable and in
order for some people to study j
simple telephone etiquette.—
Lumberton (N. C.) Robesonian.
Carved Himself In Wood.
One of the most remarkable
workmen in the world is Hana
numa Masakichi of Tokio, Japan,
who has carved a figure in wood
so like himself that when the two
are placed side by side it is said
to be almost impossible to tell
which lives and breathes and
which does not.
i By several connoisseurs in art
this wooden figure has been pro-;
nounced the most perfect human
image of man ever made. Masa
i kichi has faithfully reproduced
| every scar, vein and wrinkle to
ibe seen on his own body. The
! figure is composed of 20,000
; pieces of wood, dovetailed and
jointed with such wonderful
, skill that no seams can be de
tected. Tiny holes were drilled |
for the reception of hairs and
eyelashes in which no dissimilar
ity to Massakichi’s own can be
detected.
The’Game Law
in pamphlet form.. Send ten cts.
in stamps to The Montgomery
Monitor, Mt. Vernon, Ga., fora
copy. Supply limited. j
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, FEB. 29, 1912.
COUNTY BOARD FOR
EQUALIZING TAXES
Chatham Grand Jury Recom- ■
mends This as Solution
of Problem.
A board of county tax equaliz
ers is advocated by the grand
jury in its general presentments
returned yesterday in the Super
ior Court. It was shown that
the receiver of tax returns, with j
the facilities at his disposal, is
helpless to get at a correct valua
tion of county property.
“The city has a board of tax
assessors, the county has not,”j
'observes the grand jury. “The
result is that the returns of the
city are $12,000,000 more than
the county. If it is impossible to
have a general state law remedy
ing this evil, then we recommend
a local law be passed creating a
board of tax equalizers.
“It is reported to us that one
large body of land, valued at
$250,000 or more, is only return
ed for $22,500. This is only one
of many instances.”
j Under the subject of roads and
drainage the grand jurors ob
serve: *“We respectfully call at
tention to citizens and tax pay
ers at large to thousands of acres
of land in our county that have
increased from 100 to 000 per
cent, in value, due to the fact of
'good drainage and good roads,
and said lands being still return
ed as wild lands.’’-Savannah |
I News.
When in Soperton, do not fail to
call on the Soperton Grocery Co.
Their line of garden seed and cab
bage plants is the very freshest
and most reliable. Buy seed from
them and make a good crop.
Full line of Butterick patterns
and publications at Mrs. J. L.
Adams’. Call and get free fashion
sheet or send in your name on a
j postal. Mail orders solicited.
About Washington Pie.
“Washington pie, as we know
it here,” says Assistant Prose
cutor Fred R. Lehbach, “is a
rather heavy, dark-looking piece
of confection covered with choc
olate. A friend of mine was in
Boston not long ago and was din
ing with some friends and was
given something that looked like
the cream layer cake that mother
used to make at home. He was i
told it was Washington pie.
1 “The next time he went to a
restaurant here he told the wait
er to bring him some Washington
pie, and along came the heavy,
dark, chocolate-covered brand.
| He looked puzzled and then
called the waiter over and re
provingly said: “I ordered
Washington pie, waiter.”
“ ‘That is Washington pie,
sir,’ was the response.
“ ‘Well,’ expostulated the dis
appointed man, ‘I did not mean
Booker T., I want George.’ ”
Newark Star.
Wound Up the Wrong One.
Jones was putting on his over
coat, when he casually remarked
to Mrs. Jones that he would be
working overtime that night,
says the Chicago Journal.
“Don’t wait for me, dear,”
he remarked. “I may be rather
later than usual. But, there, it ;
cannot be helped.”
At breakfast next morning he
was stonily silent, and the still-:
ness of the room was not even
broken by the tick-tick of the
clock on the mantle-piece.
“Mary, dear, ” remarked Jones
presently, “there is something
wrong with the clock. I wound
it up last night too.”
“Oh, no, you didn’t!” said :
Mrs. Jones, icily. What you did j
wind up was Teddy’s musical :
box, and when you came to bed |
at 3 o’clock this morning it was
playing “Home Sweet Home’”
Fine, extra value cabbage :
plants, for sale at Peterson’s ;
store, Ailey, Ga. [I
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CURE
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Half a bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery cured me of the
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PRICE 800 AND 81.00
M—BSOLD AND OUARAKTEED BY——
The BANK OF SOPERTON
Paid in Capital Stock, 825,000.00 |
Surplus and undivided
profits $6,500.00
Total resources aver $100,000.00
•j! General Banking Business Conducted. Accounts Solicited. £
Interest on Time Deposits
OFFICERS:
N. L. Gillie, President. J. B. O’Conner, Vice-President, j j
l J. E. Hall, Cashier. J. 11. Hall, Asst. Cashier i
i|: DIRECTORS:
:i: N. L. Gillis, M. B. Gillis, J. J. O’Conner, W. C. Futrill, |
W. D. Martin, W. H. Fowler, J. E. Hall.
SOPERTON, GEORGIA. f
