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HUGHES SECURES
NEW SERVICE
Farmers to Get the Weather
Reports Daily By Rural
Mail Carriers.
By John Corrigan, Jr.
Washington, D. C., Mar. 15.-
Representative D. M. Hughes of
Georgia has perfected an ar
rangement for notifying farmers
living along rural routes of ap
proaching weather changes,
which it is expected will shortly
be put into operation generally
by the Postoffice Department,
thus giving to the farmers the
benefits of the weather bureau
service.
Through an arrangement with
the weather bureau and the rural
delivery service, Representative
Hughes has secured a set of
weather signal flags which will
be used experimentally on the
rural routes radiating from Dub
lin and Hawkinsville. These flags
will be displayed conspicuously
on the conveyances used by the
rural delivery carriers.
Weather predictions are made
from observations taken daily all
over the country at 8 a. m. and 8
p. m. Carriers leaving early in
the morning will bear to farmers
notice of approaching freezing
weather, rain, frost, or snow
which meteorological conditions
indicate may be expected within
24 hours. Those leaving in the
morning after the receipt of no
tice of the morning reading of
the weather indications, will give
the news up to the time of leav
ing.
“The farmers are the men
above all others, unless we in
clude the shipping interest, who
are directly affected by weather
changes,” said Mr. Hughes, in
talking of his plans. “It is much
more important to them than to
the people who live in cities to
know what changes are coming
in the weather. Through an ar
rangement with General DeGraw,
the Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General, I am going to make a
test of my theory in my district,
and believe the benefits which
will accrue to the farmers will
lead to the general extension of
the plan. Absolutely, the only
additional expense connected
with the service will be the cost
of the flags.”
Hides Hubby’s Teeth.
Pittsburg, Penn., March 13.
Even the strong arm of the law
is powerless when Mrs. Daniel
O’Connell, of Braddock, decides
that it is necessary to put her
husband, a wire worker at the
plant of the American Steel and
Wire Company at Rankin, on a
diet of broth and milk to curb
his quarrelsome spirit.
Daniel sometimes gets the idea
in his head that he is the boss of
the house instead of Mrs. O’Con
nell and she finds it necessary to
teach the old man his place, so
she stated to the Braddock police
today. When Daniel went to
sleep Sunday night she took his
false teeth from a tumbler, in
which they reposed, in the bath
room and hid them away.
Today O’Connell had become
so tired of milk and broth that he
got a police captain, lieutenant
and a patrolman to go to the
house to recover his teeth.
Neither persuasion nor threats
did any good. When Daniel is
properly disciplined he will get
his teeth back, declared Mrs.
O’Connell, who will be sole judge
of the period of his punishment.
Daniel told the police he did not
even dare drown his sorrow in
drink, as the length of his period
of enforced abnegation might be
extended.
Order your Saw Teeth from the
Vidalia JJachinery & Farm Im
plement Co., Vidalia, Ga.
The Parcels Post Again.
, The Chamber of Commerce has
i gone on record again against the
parcels post scheme. We have
always believed ti at the force;
behind this scheme is the mail 1
order stores of the big cities,
mainly New York, Philpdelphia
and Chicago. They have seen ;
what the parcels post has done j
for London and they want it ini
this country. Our information is
that in England the parcels post
has practically dried up the re
tail business of the towns and
smaller cities. Most of it has
gone to London, leaving only
enough to keep alive little retail
, establishments.
And that is just what would
happen it. this country. The big
mail order houses of the big cit
ies would grow fat at the expense
of of the retail merchants of the
smaller cities and towns in all
parts of the country. If these
big mail order houses, having at
their command millions of dollars
1 of capital, could send their goods
to any part of the country at an
insignificant expense, only a lit
tle greater, in fact, than retail
, merchants in the small cities can
get goods by freight, it stands to
reason that they could undersell
the latter in all parts of the
country.
It is urged that the people
ought to have the advantage that
a parcels post would give them.
But would it be an advantage to
all of them? If the retail mer
, chants of the smaller cities were
forced out of business, or of what
it now is, there would be less
revenue for public improvements,
; less business for professional peo
ple and for people engaged in
most other sorts of business. In
1 other words, many of the smaller
cities would begin drying up as
! soon as the parcels post was in
augurated.
>
It isn’t a wise thing to do to
make the whole country tributa
ry to to the mail order houses of
a few big cities. The big cities
are now drawing on the smaller
| ones and the rural districts for
population—the population that
keeps them from decaying—and
it would be folly to open the way
for them to get control of the
’ best of the country’s retail busi
ness. The influence of the big
cities on the prosperity of the
country is bad enough as it is.
It would be the hight of folly to
so legislate as to make it worse.
Savannah News.
Nothing for Nothing.
It was said by all the neigh
bors of Mr. Squinchley that he
had never been known to give
away anything in his life. He
either sold it, or demanded some
thing in exchange. On one oc
casion he was making a long rail
way journey. The seat directly
iin front of him was occupied by
a man who had been coughing
’ and sneezing at frequent inter
vals for more than an hour. At
last Mr. Squinchley leaned for
ward and spoke to him.
“That’s a pretty bad cold you
seem to have,” he said,
“Worst one I ever had in my
life, wheezed the other.
“Well, I know of a simple and
; harmless remedy, absolutely
sure, that will cure it inside of|
two days.”
“Some patent nostrum?”
“No; you can make it at
I home.”
“I shall be very glad if you
j tell me what it is..’
“I’ll do it, sir,” said Mr.
Squinchley, narrowing his eye
lids, “if you’ll tell me what will
drive away these warts I’ve got
on my left hand. ”
2,400 Pounds of Real Bacon
Comes to Tifton.
Tifton, March 13. —An unusual
sight in Tifton yesterday was
two two-horse wagon loads of
Tift county raised bacon for sale
on the local market. The meat
was brought by Harmon B. Baker
and his son, Chester A. Baker,
of the Eldorado district, and the
total weight was 2,100 pounds.
The entire lot was sold to George
Baker at ten cents per pound.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1912.
EPWORTH LEAGUE
MEETS AT LYONS
The Epworth League Confer
ence at Lyons on March 8-9-10
was well attended and proved to
be a profitable gathering. The
delegates attending from Glen
wood were, Misses Rosa Morri
son, Etta Beacham, Jennie
! Browning, Mrs. J. C. Smith and
| Mr. Harlow Mumford.
Inside Information.
He was a country physician, a
kindly man, who loved his pa
tients, says the Popular Maga
gine. No night was ever too
cold for him to get out of the bed
and ride ten or twelve miles to
bedside of a sick man. The
whole countryside loved him and
trusted him, and many families
rose up every day to call him
blessed.
But at last there came a rift in
the lute, a note of discord in the
general song of the doctor’s
praises.
A woman became very ill and
her little daughter was standing
at the front gate. A kindly
neighbor came by with an in
quiry about the mother’s health.
“She’s going to die,” said the
little girl, suddenly.
“How do you know?” asked
the neighbor.
“That doggoned old doctor says
so,” replied the child, angrily.
“And I guess he’s right. He
knows what he gave her.”
Catches Wild Hog.
Valdosta, Ga., March 15.—The
first genuine wild hog that has
been captured in this section in
many years, was caught in Mud
Swamp by Matt Dees on Wednes
day. The hog is a monster, but
very poor. If fat it would weigh
500 or GOO pounds. Its ears are
so large they cover almost its en
tire head and resemble the ears
of an elephant.
Mr. Dees’ dogs got after the
hog, and after a long chase, suc
ceeded in catching it. After a
long fight the hog surrendered
and Mr. Dees and others built a
pen around it.
People who have seen this hog
declare that it is a curiosity.
There are plenty of wild hogs in
the swamps below here, but this
is the largest that has been seen
in years.
In the Age of Science.
“Come over and play with my
little boy, sonnie, ” called the
pleasant faced new neighbor to
the solemn faced urchin on the
fence between the two lots, says
the Chicago Record-Herald.
“Is your little boy sick of any
thing?” came the child’s earnest
question.
“No, indeed, sonny. Why?”
“ ’Cause Iv’e had my tonsils
taken out an’ my adenoids re
moved and my appendix cut out
an’ I’ve been vaccinated an’ se
rumized for typhoid an’ spinal
meningitis, an’ I’ve had antitoxin
injected, an’ I do hope I won’t
have to have anything Jone to
me this year, so’s for a little
while I can have a bit o’ fun!”
Corn Clubs Save Money.
Washington, Ga., Mar. 14.—A
saving of fully SIB,OOO, it is esti
mated, has resulted to Wilkes
county during the current year
by reason of the interest taken
by the boys’ corn clubs last year.
larger and better crops were
raised in Wilkes and adjoining
counties in 1911 than have been
known, and the result has been
largely due to the stimulus offer
ed through the prizes of approxi
mately SOOO, which were given
last season for the largest and
best corn yield.
Union Singing Convention.
The Union Singing Convention
will convene with Mt. Olivet
church on the sth Sunday in
March at 10 am. Everybody in
vited to come.
J. F. McDaniel, Sec.
Glen wood, Ga., Mch. 18, 1912.
If in need of the best in dry
good and groceries, go to see the
Soperton Grocery Co.
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Dissolution Notice.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
The firm of Calhoun & Gibbs
has been dissolved by mutual con
sent, the undersigned having
bought out the interests of H. J.
Gibbs, and will pay all accounts
against said firm. Parties in
debted to the firm arc hereby
required to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned.
J. W. Calhoun.
Having bought out the interest
of Mr. H. J. Gibbs, as above
stated, I will begin at once in
stalling a modern ginnery at
Uvalda, prepared for the coming
season. New machinery will be
installed, and the public will be
guaranteed the best service pos
sible. Remember to bring your
cotton to the new gin, and get
the best results. Will be ready
in ample time for the season.
J. W. Calhoun,
March 14, 1912. Uvalda, Ga.
SherifT Salo.
Georgia Montgomery County.
Will ix» sold Ixifore the court house door in Mount
Vernon on the first Tuesday in April, 1912, l»e
--tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, certain property, of which the following
is a full and complete description:
All that tract or parcel ol laud situate, lying
and being in the 275th district G. M. of said
county and state, and bounded as follows: On
the north by lands of 100 Towns, on the east
by lands of flesh Anderson, on the south by
lands of Charlie Moltae and on the west b
la ids of Henry Byrd, and said to contain five
acres, and being a part of a tract which be
longed to Lizzie Miller during her life time.
Levied on and will lx; sold as the property of
Lizzie Miller to satisfy an execution issued by
It. F. Warnoek, tax collector, vs Lizzie Miller,
for state and county taxes for the year 1 111 I.
Levy made and returned to me by J. W. Gibbs,
deputy sheriff. This sth day of March 1912.
James Hester, Hhorill.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will he sold before the court I.oiihc door in
Mt. Vernon on the first Tuesday in April,
1912, between the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, certain property* of
which the following is a complete description:
One certain tract .or lot of land Hituatc, lying
and being in the Town of Uvalda, Georgia, and
known as Ix*t Number 5, in Block No. 8, said lot
fronting on Railroad Street sixty-six feet and ex
tending bock to an alley 155 feet. Said property
levied on and will be sold as the property of J. I).
McDaniel to satisfy an execution issued from the
superior court of Montgomery county in favor of
W. IC. lOvans vaJ. I). McDaniel. Writ ten notice
of levy given as required by law. This the sth
day of March, 1912.
JAS. HESTER, Sheriff.
W. L. Wilson, A tty. for Plff.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will be sold before the court bouse door in
Mt. Vernon on the first Tuesday in April,
1912, between the legal houi>. of sale, to the
highest and best bidder for cash, certain prop
erty, of which the following is a complete de
scription:
One certain saw mill outfit, complete with fix
tures, and known as the Mallary and Taylor mill.
Said mill outfit levied on and will be sold as the
property of C. M. Williams to satisfy a mortgage
execution issued from the superior court of said
county in favor of The Merchants Rank of Mcßae
vs. C. M. Williams. The property described may
Ik; better known as the mill bought from R. B.
Douglas. Said property cannot Ik; exposed before
court house, but may be seen at the mill site of O.
M. Williams. Levied on and will Ik; sold as the
property of C. M. Williams by F. E. Forrester,
deputy sheriff, to satisfy a mortgage fi fia issued
from the superior court of said county in favor of
The Merchants Rank vs C. M. Williams. Written
notice of levy given as required as law. This the
sth day of March, 1912.
Jas. Hester, Sheri fT.
W. B. Smith. Atty. for PUT.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will be sold before the court house door In Mt.
Vernon on the first Tuesday in Apr., 1912, be
tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, certain property, of which the following
is a full and complete description:
One certain tract or, lot of land lying and being
in the county of Montgomery, State of Georgia,
near the corporate limits of the town of Soperton, ;
hounded on the north by lands of W. E. Dickens,
on the east by public road, on the south by lands I
of W. H. McArthur and on the west by lands of j
Frank Troupe, Sr., said to contain four acres, j
more or less. Also one certain tract or parcel of
land in the county of Montgomery, State of Geor- ]
gia, in the L3B£th District, 0 M., and bounded on
the North by lands of W. E. Dickens and Frank |
Troupe, Sr., on the Hast by John Sherrod and pub- j
lie road, on the South by lands of Frank Troupe, j
Sr., and on the West by lands of Frank Troupe, j
| Sr., containing twenty acres more or less.
Levied on and will Ik; sold as the property of K. (
Walden to satisfy an execution issued from the
superior court of said county in favor of The Rank j
of Soperton vs. K. Walden. This the sth day of
March, 1912. JAS. HESTER, Sheriff.
W. L. Wilson, Atty. Biff.
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