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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1912)
EDUCATIONAL MERIT OF B.=P. INSTITUTE Christian Training Promi nent Feature of the Institute. Brewton-Parker Institute is founded on lofty ideals, both as to moral stamina and Christian character. Throughout seven yeai’s of continuous successful history, the school has had one aim in view—to find and devel op the best of manhood and wom anhood in the students attending the Institute. In this work the school has surpassed our own expectations. The student body is made up of the best type of boys and girls to be found anywhere. The as sociations among the students here will be helpful rather than hurtful. The influence of a strong Christian faculty will be of untold benefit. Christian education leads to Christian living. The faculty is composed of men and women of experience and ability. No good thing for the student is overlooked, and every restraint against evil influences will be thrown about all pupils. All the buildings are modern — built of brick and stone. The plant is supplied with artesian water from our own well, and is equipped with baths, toilets and sewerage. The buildings are lighted by electricity. Two dor mitories—one for boys and one for girls. Healthful location. Expenses reasonable. Send for handsome new cata logue at once and compare prices with other schools of like advan tages. William A. Mulloy, President. The Kind Os Legislation Georgia Needs. Georgia is suffering as other Southern states from its antiqua ted tax system. The present method breeds inequality in tax returns, and places a premium on dishonesty. With the best of intentions our tax, receivers can but partially do justice to the county as well as to the property. The incoming legislature could immortalize itself in devising a system of taxation that would meet the conditions. County boards of equalization would be a step in the right direction and distribute the. burden of taxation more equally among the land owners. It’s a big question, but men aspiring to legislative honors should be equal to the task. If they fail to measure up to that standard of intelligence, keep them at home. Petty local legis lation should not be tolerated, to consume the time of so important a body as the lesislature is pre sumed to be, to the detriment of the larger issues so important to the whole state. Fitzgerald Leader-E n terpr i se. Irish Potatoes Prove Very Profitable Crop. Cuba, Ala.—Perhaps the most remarkable of Irish Cobbler po tatoes ever made in this section has just been harvested by W. G. McDaniel. The potatoes run well nigh uniform and average around half a pound each. Eigh teen of them gathered at random weighed 12 pounds. The ground on which they were raised was dynamited last spring so as to break the hardpan, and it seems to have proven a fine investment as the yield is 20 per cent, better than where no dy- j namite was used. They are be-1 ing shipped out to Birmingham today, where a record price is ex pected on account of the size. A movement is on foot to put some money in the farmer’s wife’s pocketbook through the the medium of peach preserves. The fruit crop is so heavy this year that farmers will have more than they can use, hence preserv ing. The ladies interested hope to find a market for 5,000 quarts as they will have more than enough fruit to fill. Mysteries Os Long Past Age Revealed. Reno, Nev., June 29.—With the discovery of the remains of extinct camels of the miocene period, the unearthingof a three toed horse which was evidently about the size of a large dog, computed to be about 5,000,000 years old, a scientific exploration, headed by Professor Lawrence Baker, of the geological and paleontcl igical department of the University of Calfornia, has made astounding discoveries in the des ert region eighteen miles due east of the little town of Mina, Nev. Where the walls of shale or gravel have been cut by water, leaving the various strata ex posed, perfect specimens of pre historic animals are shown. At one point the remains of a dinosaur are plainly discernible for a distance of fifteen feet, while both extremes of the an cient mammal are imbedded in the debris. Professor Baker is first assistant to Professor Mer riam, said to be the greatest authority in the world on prehis toric animals. The result of Baker’s investi gations, made with the assistance of Professor Buwaldo, of the Uni versity of California, will be sub mitted to Professor Merriam. So nearly perfect are the pelics that no trouble will be experienced in obtaining specimen, which will be sent to Berkeley, Cal. Pro fessor Baker says that the forma tion is what is scientifically term ed upper miocene. The geologists are now bending their efforts to find specimens of the mammoth water lizards which existed in the miocene period and which are the earliest forms of vertebrate life which scientists have ever un earthed. Remains of antediluvian fish, said to be eighteen feet long, have been discovered cropping out of the surface. Professor Baker and his assistant say that conditions are perfect for explo ration and that there is a bed of shells fifteen feet high. It is believed that the desert region where these prehistoric relics have been unearthed was once a lake of tropical water, one of the most ancient lakes in the world. New York Paper Sees Republicans’ Finish. The New York Press, a staunch Republican Paper, sees no pos sibility of Taft’s election. The Press says: “Let no Taft man delude him self about the possibility of the President’s re-election. After the slaughter at the primaries of the Taft Republicans by the Roosevelt Republicans can any one in his senses imagine that the President on Election Day would have a chance on earth to win a single state beyond the Mississip pi River? Can any one expect that on this side he could win Illinois? That he could win his own state of Ohio? That he could win Indiana? That he could hold even the hitherto Republican Gibraltar of Pennsylvania? That he could win West Virginia? Or Maryland? Or New Jersey? Can anybody of rational political mind 1 suppose that Mr. Taft could be sure of winning a single state East or West? “But how much better is the outlook of Colonel Roosevelt? Indiana, in such a throat-cutting duel as the rivals have arranged, is no more for him than for Mr.. Taft; no more than any other naturally doubtful state of the Middle East or West. Nor Mary- 1 land. Nor West Virginia. Nor any border state surely Demo cratic, except when the Demo cratic party instead of the Re- ! publican party is faction split, j Nor Wisconsin, with the distrust by La Follette’s followers of; Roosevelt for his fancied betray-! al of them after cheering them on to the wars. Nor New Eng-, land, admiring not Taft but dreading Roosevelt. “Everywhere now Republican prospects, through one or the other of the Republican rivals, a farce. Everywhere, on Election Day the assurance of Republican ! tragedy.” I THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1912. WHEN CHILDREN ARE ILL Famous Specialist Gives Good Advice on What Parents Should Do In Emergency. In an article on the care of chil dren in the Woman’s Home Com panion, Dr. R. H. Dennett, n great New York specialist on the diseases of children, tells as follows what to do when a child has a convulsion: “When a child is suddenly seized with a convulsion, proceed as fol lows: First —Loosen the clothing, but take off only the shoes and stock ings. Second —Place the child upon a bed or table, with his legs hanging over the edge from the knees down. Third—Put his feet and lower legs in a pail of hot water, to which has been added one tablespoonful of powdered mustard. If you have no mustard, use hot water alone; be very careful it is not hot enough to burn. Fourth—Put an ice-cap to the head; lacking an ice-cap, use plenty of cracked ice done np in a towel. Fisth —Give an enema of warm soapsuds. Repeat it if it is not retained. Sixth—As soon as tho child is able to swallow, give a large dose of castor oil.” NEAREST TO NATURAL COLORS Captain Otto Fulton’s Three-Screen Process of Photography Is Best Yet Devised. Great accuracy in colors is claimed for the photographic pictures shown by the modified three-color process of Capt. Otlo Fulton, an English photographer. The three impres sions made by the usual blue, green and red light screens are printed in black and white on non-inflammable opaque paper, and the images reflect ed by these three pictures pass re spectively through a white, a pale green and a pale orange tinting screen, and are by three lenses super imposed upon the projecting screen. The delicate tinls and shade result ing seem to be the closest approach to natural colors yet reached. The process is well adapted for moving pictures, powerful electric lamps in front and at the side of the paper hand producing the reflection, and the avoidance of the risk of fire from celluloid films is hot the least im portant advantage. WHAT IS SLEEP? What is sleep? According to the general definition, sleep is a condi tion of unconsciousness where all the senses are at rest. Yet, though this may he true enough, there still remains the ques tion, “What causes the actual lapse into unconsciousness?” One theory sets out that sleep is due to a blood less condition of the brain, which is acounted for by the drawing off of blood in order that the other fa tigued organs of the body may be replenished. As to the amount of sleep required by individuals, there is the popular saying, “Five hours for the man, six for the woman and seven for the fool.” It has been noticed, howev er, that a woman is better able to stand loss of sleep than a man. GALLANTRY OF THE ROOSTER Male chickens are often so gallac that they give their part of the foo» to the females and get into pool flesh. When this is observed to be the case, little boxes or hoppers of mixed grain and dry mash should be hung upon the walls of the chicken house, high enough to be out of reach of the females but readily reached by the males. With these arrange ments the rooster is enabled to feed i himself without feeling under obli gations to turn his food over to (be lady chickens. —Farm and Fireside, IN LONDON.. “I fear you are losing interestin' the cause.” “Why?” “I see you constantly with a young man.” “No danger,” declared the mili- ! tant suffragette. “Then he is not your beau ?” “No; he’s a professional bonds- man.” HARDIHOOD. "James, I wonder how yon can sit there and look me in the face.” “So do I, dear; hut it’s surprising j what a really hold, brave, reckless cad man can do.”—l*. I. P. ITS CLAIM. •'Who was the original kidnaper?” “I guess it was the cradle.” I CONDENSED STATEMENT 1 | OF r j| 1 jl 1 The Bank of Soperton § IS « (and Branch at Tarrytown) || | At the Close of Business May 31st, 1912 || j WtUUHIHtWWUWWUUWIUUUUHIUWHiUUUiM faj I RESOURCES: LIABILITIES: g g Loans and discounts SI 55,344.98 Capital stock $25,000.00 |p Overdrafts 1,443.74 Undivided profits 8,865.14 | Buildings and fixtures 9,121.31 Due to banks 7,247.83 §| if Other real estate 3,358.13 Total deposits 92,694.41 | Cash and due from banks 17,821.38 Bills payable 54,000.00 if Bonds and stocks 450.00 |r; g Total $187,807.38 Total $187,807.38 || §| Our constant growth is the best evidence jj| § of the banking service we furnish i s OFFICERS: g N. L. GILLIS, Pres. J. It. O’CONNER, V.-Pres. | IJ. E. HALL, Cashier I. 11. HALL, Jr., Asst Cashier | wmmmmmzm mzsmmmmmmmrjrmrM. Dividing Plantations Into Small Tracts. Ocilla, Ga. —A movement which will mean much to the progress and upbuilding of Ocilla and Ir win county has recently been de cided upon by several of the large land owners of this vicinity. They have decided, and are now preparing to subdivide their lands into small tracts, and sell them to small farmers on easy terms. J. A. J. Henderson in speaking of this movement said: “I believe this is a step in the direc tion, and that Ocilla and Irwin county will he greatly benefited by it. I have decided to cut at least half of my farm up into ten, twenty and forty acre tracts, and sell them during the present sum mer.” Mr. Henderson’s farm com prises about twenty-five hundred acres, and is one of the finest in the state of Georgia. Every acre of it is stumped and in a very high state of cultivation. Among others connected with this movement are Hon. J. E. Howell and Judge William Hen-; derson, both of whom are large ' successful farmers in this mag nificent farming section. The Mistakes That Hurt. Mayor Turnbull of Canton was talking about a statement made I all unconsciously by a Titanic of-, ficer that had been a terrible black eye for the Titanic adminis tration, says the Philadelphia | Record. ‘‘This statement,” he said, ‘‘reminds me of a little Canton boy. ‘‘Tommy, why are you so un kind to your nurse? Why don’t you love her?’ his mother once asked him. j ‘Because I don’t,’ the enfant terrible replied. ‘I just hate her! I could pinch her cheeks like papa does!’ ” sor 6 doses “fififi” will cure any case of Chills and Fever. Price, 25c. / . TITTTTTTTTTTTTTHTHTTfTT • TTYVTTfTTT VYTYTTVT ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ • J 4 I Your Farm Lands l t == 3 i a t Will pay you more turned into cash. < £ This we (tan do for you. List your < t property with us for sale—we will find 2 £ a buyer for you. 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