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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1912)
A Variety Os Crops. (Prize Letter In Home & Farm.) I am not the man in the fur row, but his wife. lam a busy woman. Ido all my housework and help all I can on the farm. We were not succesful last year, but some years back we made farming a success. We had pastures for mules, cows and hogs; raised enough corn for home supply, made more selling melons, goobers, patatoes and vegetables than on cotton. We planted cabbage and turnips on a branch bottom for fall use. They grew very large as we thinned and cultivated them, as we do cotton. Turnips are fine for cows and do not cost much to raise. The time has come when the Southern ' people must turn their attention to raising something more than cotton. It has been so wet and cold since Christmas we have not plowed a furrow in the garden, but have the oats ready to put in the ground as soon as it is dry enough. We expect to do some good farming this year, 1912. We will run a one-horse farm and rent one out. On the one-horse farm we wiil plant twelve acres of bot tom in corn and oats. We in tend to prepare it well and plant the best seed and work it well. We have twenty-five acres to plant in corn, cane, cotton, goo bers and melons. We expect to make all the cotton we can on a few acres. So much cotton was made in 1911 the farmers could not get it picked. Many bales fell on the ground to rot. Some are not through picking yet, but they will plant less this year. We expect to raise vegetables, potatoes, melons and goobers to sell, and have plenty to eat at home. We expect to sell eggs, chick ens and ducks. We get milk and butter to supply our table and enough to sell to pay for the cow feed. We milk only one common scrub cow. We are kind to her and feed her well; she does her -part. If it is a good fruit year we will can and dry fruit to sell. We are never without canned fruit. We will raise hogs enough to sell some meat. We never buy meat. We except to rotate the crop and keep insects in subjection. There will be a plenty then to hurt the crops. Cotton has many enemies to contend with—-insects, storms, drouth, rust and continued wet spells. So we will not depend on it altogether for our money crop. A farmer ought to be the hap piest man in the world. He can plant the seed, cultivate the crop and trust God for the seasons. He promises to supply all our needs. We believe Him. We will do our best on a one horse farm this year, and if liv ing next winter will write and tell you how we came out. Long live the Home and Farm. Your friend, Mrs. T. H. Watkins. Whidtesburg, Ga. Historic Rock of Kansas. Pawnee Rock, the historic bluff on the Santa Fe trail at the edge of the town of Pawnee Rock, was at one time much larger than it now is. There were many names, now historic, carved in the old rock, but a good many of these were cut away when the rock was quarried. Back in 1845 Robert E. Lee, the noted Confederate general, carved his name on the face of Pawnee Rock beside those of Custer, Grant, Sheridan and otner men noted in the country’s history. As near as can be learned Lee’s name as it appeared on the rock is still intact and is m Virginia at free’s old home showing just as it did when he carved it on the silent sentinel of the plains. The name was quarried out by a party of Virginians and shipped back to their native state and is among the possesions of the famous gen eral’s descendants. Forty-Eight Stars In New U. S. Flag. Washington, D. C., July 4. — I The new national flag, bearing 48 stars, emblematic of all the states, including the recently ad mitted Arizona and New Mexico, was flung from all federal struc tures in the country and from the American navy throughout the world today. Thirteen stars only will be permitted in the blue square of the flags that are less than five feet wide, to avoid overcrowding. The red on the President’s flag was changed to blue today, but because of the Presidents’s ab sence, only the regular flag flut tered above the White House. Today was the quietiest Fourth Washington has enjoyed for many years. It was a sane cele bration, enforced to the limit. Long Needed Legislation. The Ault bill making it a mis demeanor for an intoxicated per son to enter a railway car, or a fair ground, baseball park or other place of public amusement or assemblage, has passed the lower House of the Legislature. It should become a law and be rigidly enforced. A drunken man is a nuisance, and particularly in a railway car. He is a menace there. Men, women and chil dren are compelled to endure his vagaries and sometimes vulgari ties and threats, perhaps for hours. Occasionally men see wo men embarrassed by a creature of this sort and feel in duty bound to protect them, but this is a personal risk that no man should be compelled to take as long as there are laws to deal with such cases. If any offense would jus tify a resumption of the whip ping post, it is that of drunken ness in a crowded railway car. Agents are no\y required by some railroads to refuse to sell tickets to intoxicated men and conduc tors can refuse to allow them to board trains, but it is not always possible to judge the extent to which a man is intoxicated until it is too late. —Savannah News. Found Herd Os Rare Seals. One of the noteworthy results of a recent expedition on the government steamer Albatros was the discovery of a band of elephant seals. The expedition was commanded by Dr. Charles H. Townsend, director of the New York aquarium, and was sent out under the auspices of the New York Zoological society and the Museum of Natural His tory, New York. The animals were found on the uninhabited island of Guadeloupe, 250 miles off the coast of San Diego. The party captured alive six baby elephant seals, which were sent to the New York aquarium, where they are attracting great atten tion. Four skins of large adult males were obtained more than lfi feet long for a museum group. The remarkable elephant-like proboscis is as long as the head. The length of the adult male is 22 feet. The female, which is smaller, lacks a proboscis. The short proboscis, or “trunk,” has the nostril openings at the end, and can be expanded and con tracted at will. The male ele phant seal fights desperately as the scars on their necks and breasts hear evidence. They have formidable teeth and send forth guttural roars which can be heard at a considerable distance. Un like the seal the elephant seal is a wonderful oil producing animal having a deep layer of blubber six or eight inches thick; the* oil is even superior to whale oil. Fifty years ago elephant seals were abundant but owing to their wholesale slaughter to obtain the valuable oil for commercial pur poses by the sealers the species is now approaching extinction. For Sale. Buff Orppington eggs for hatching. #1.50 per 15. Mrs. M. G. Wilcox, Uvalda, Ga. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1912. WAS IT WOODROW'S VOICE? Evidently Wilson Was No Angel of Rectitude When He Was Stu dent at Princeton. When Woodrow Wilson was a stu dent at Princeton he lived first at the house of Mrs. Wright. One of his classmates, ’‘Bob” McCarter, who also lived at Mrs. Wright’s, tells of a certain evening when the two were engaged in Wilson’s study in a quiet game of euchre, a forbidden pastime in those days. On the table, as it happened, lay a Bible. A knock was heard at the door; McCarter swiftly swept the cards out of sight under the table and went to the door. Be fore he opened it he turned his head for a moment, the thought flashing over him that the conscientious Wil son might have put the cards back in plain view on the table, but what he saw was—Wilson reading the Bible. It was the time of the groat popu larity of “Pinafore” and the strains of “My Tuttle Buttercup” and “What, Never?” were all the go. Dr. Greene of the Princeton semi nary possessed a deep, solemn voice. One day in chapel he gave out unc tuously the hymn containing the well-known stanza: “That soul though all hell should en deavor to shake, I’ll never, no never, no never for sake !” But the effect was somewhat spoiled by an irreverent voice in the rear of the chapel: “What! Never?”—William Bay ard Hale. NOT AN EXPERT “Goodman is wholly devoid of imagination.” “What is your evidence?” “He went fishing and only claimed to have caught two.” MOOSE IN HARNESS. When the duke of Argyll was gov ernor general of Canada he had two young moose which had been cap tured on the banks of the Ottawa river, and trained to run in a light trap. The experiment, though inter csting, was, however, not successful. Horses meeting the strange, animals on the road shied desperately, and the moose, never too tractable, shied also. In “Yesterday and Today in Canada” the duke records that tlie driver had often to lament the new fashion of progression as he picked himself up, more or less successfully, after spills on the wayside—the young moose generally on its legs, but philosophically quiet, and not in clined to seek further adventure. How they would have acted as draft animals when fully grown was left an open question, for as they grew bigger it was decided that they were too large for a light carriage and too ungainly for a heavy one, and they were accordingly dismissed from the easy life of stall and manger. BIT OF REAL PHILOSOPHY. * “Most husbands think they are good husbands.” “Say the rest of it.” “And most wives humor them in that belief.” ALWAYS SOME TO PULL. “Polities doesn’t always keep up to the times.” “No, indeed. For instance, you never hear of a wireless political sys tem.” A GENERALIZATION. “Pa,” asked the small hoy, “what is a demagogue.” “A demagogue, my c on, is a smart, ready talker, who belongs to a party you’re not in.” LITERALLY. Policeman (to suspicious stranger at midnight)—What are you doing in this store? Burglar—Can’t you see ? I’m hik in’ stock. GRAND AND PETIT JURORS t * Who Will Serve July Term Superior Court. GRAND JURORS L B McLemoro D S McArthur W II Dukes Grove Sharpe C C Holmes W G McDonald J L Hightower W B Greenway J M Cook A R Davis .1 C Calhoun T J Irwin David Miller A T Johnson W H Brown T A Peterson \V T McCrimmon Willie It Connell F Lee Mcßae R F Jordan A A Galbraith W II McArthur W T McArthur Slepen Pittman 1) F Hamilton P H Clarke E Y Baldwin Wallace Moses W J Futrill Willie Gay PETIT JURORS G W McCrimmon A 1) Wright T C McArthur II II Grimes N .1 N Vaughan W II Bright Ira Coney A G Hicks Sewell Courson Eli W Clements Jno W Clements John A Watson .1 B Burkhalter J A Clegg Hugh Morrison A J Grimes J F Croimirt ie M A Peterson Isaac Brooks M Hutcheson J E Fowler G N Martin F E Wardlaw C F Gordon .1 C Carpenter VV L Anderson W P Calhoun A Calhoun W T McQtiuig Everett Miller J W Calhoun J 1) McDaniel C D Williams .J M Phillips .) W Hearn, Jr Monroe Clements .1 M Meeks Crosby Williams A I’ Stone W C Mcßae TA US JURORS Lester Canady II B Brady 1’ L New J W Sumner L S Adams .1 M Whited .1 T Jordan Lucien Joyce A 10 McDonald W () Ilarrelson J M Fnrdham R F Mcßae Geo J McEachern Elijah Miller G A Sammons Jesse I Fountain j Jobn ,1 McArthur G R Barw ink j J J Calhoun S D Pittman j Joel Davis S B Morris C W Cauley 10 J Nobles sor G doses “(>(>(>” will cure any case of Chills and Fever. Price, 25c. A Note to You: June 30, 1912. We figure that we will never lose any trade or make any ene mies, foes or antagonists, by selling the best of PURE DRUGS and RELIABLE REMEDIES at right prices. Do you think we figure correct ly? Yours truly, Mt. Vernon Drug Company. Dwelling for Rent or For Sale. A comfortable six-room house, with garden spot, in choice resi dence section of Mt. Vernon, with conveniences. For terms of rent or sale apply at MONITOR OFFICE. E. M. RACKLEY Dentist Office over Mt. Vernon Drug Co. MT. VERNON, OA. R. WATSON Dentist Soperton, Georgia DR. J. F. MASUOW Refraetionist Glasses Corrreotly Ground and Fitted to the Eyes. Consultation Free. 109 Whitaker St reet SAVANNAH,GA I Have all Valuable Papers jj Safely Protected Fire and life insurance policies, receipts for insurance pre- ]j miums, notes, deeds, mortgages, leases, contracts, bonds or !| stocks; j; Certificates of deposit, pension papers, army discharge !| papers, naturalization papers, valuable private correspon- l; donee, warrants, savings pass books, marriage certificates, j| abstracts or securities of any naturft. < How are they protected from fire, loss, burglary or pry- jj ing eyes? |[ A Safety Deposit Box j at The Mount Vernon Bank will afford you the best protec- j| j tion. A limited number of them still available. MT. VERNON BANK, MT. VERNON, GA. jj | MT. VERNON, GA. jj SURPLUS, $.10,000 00 | vwvvwvvvv jj ' ' ' M, ' 11 1 1 " PtmUm. friends may someday “^ h “ s " 0 1 Grasp the Opportunity <| by ordering Ice-Cold Sundaes for two, naming the pure . I fruit juices that best please your fancy. Cooling to blood G 0 and cuticle. We have them. Open day and evening. During the summer season we shall devote special atten- (Sj) tion to this branch of our business, and the festive season will be made especially enjoyable to our patrons. 0) Sumerford Drug - Co. I Prescription Druggists 0 Ailey, Georgia ii) * 0 Money! Money! Money! Wo lend money dumper on farm hinds than any parson making loans in Montgomery County. All wb ask is to got our rate before making applieation to some one else for we can save you 1 to 2 per cent, interest. Loans closed without delay. Write us and we will come to see you. The Lyons Loan i ml Abstract Company LYONS. GA, M. L. CALHOUN, A tty at a Mt Vernon, Georgia. Uor Long Term Farm Loans. f am negotiating some very attractive Long Term farm Loans for the test companies doing btis iness in Georgia, with lowest rates of interest and the most liberal terms of payments 1 have several years experience hi the loan business, am located at the county site and believe that. 1 am in position to give you the best terms and as prompt services as any one. If you need a loan see me before application. A. I». Hutcheson, Mt. Vernon, Ga. COURT NOTICE. Notice is hereby given to all parties concerned that at the ad journed term of Montgomery Superior Court beginning on the fourth Monday in .July that no criminal cases will he tried hut the entire week devoted to the trial of civil cases. At the regu lar term on the first Monday in August the criminal docket will he first taken up and disposed of. This the !!th day of May, lhl2. J. H. Martin, J. S. C. 0. J. C. DWELLING AND LOTS FOR SALE I offer for sale the VY r . 15. Langford dwel ling in Mt. Vernon, f ive-room house and large lot and barn eon \ enient ly arranged. Four town lots and garden. See me for quick bargain on this property. VV. F. McAllister, Uvalda, Ga.
