The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, February 29, 1912, Image 5
| TO THE FARMERS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: ( 8g MMMtMMMmvmutuv.Mnt«tuutnumuutmwmumMHM mwmmwwwwwvwMMM | The Southern States Cotton Corporation 1 AO JW 1 § Has been organized for the purpose of obtaining for the farmers I I i I of the South the price of 15 cts., basis Middling, for their cotton |j 1 I I 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. || E? _ S® & w w^vw w vvvvvvwvvvwvwv%v w^vvvw w^w.vvvvv..v w & 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 i 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 KING OF ALL THROAT It LUNG REMEDIES NEW DISCOVERY QUICKEST, SAFEST, SUREST COUGH and COLD CURE AND HEALER OF ALL DISEASES OF LUNGS, ? THROAT AND CHEST % CURED BY HALF A BOTTLE f Half a bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery cured me of the worst cold and cough I ever had. J. R. Pitt, Rocky Mount, N. C. 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