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VOL. XXVII.
FIRST GIN RLPORT
SENT OUT MONDAY
Georgia Falls Far Behind
The Report For Last
Season, 1911.
The first cotton ginning report
of the census bureau was issued
at Washington at 1< o’clock, a.m.‘ I
on Monday last. The report shows
33,984 bales gint d in Georgia
prior to September 1, this year,
being 100,447 bales less than re
ported for last year. This great
falling off in Georgia was more
than made up by Texas where
116,391 bales more were ginned
up to September 1 than ginned
last year.
Judge Gamble Dead.
Louisville, Ga., Sept. 7.-—Judge
Roger L. Gamble, one of the best
known lawyers in the state, died
in Asheville, N. C. last night af
ter a very brief illness. He was
sixty-one years old and had made
Louisville his home nearly all of
his life.
He was a graduate of the Uni
versity of Georgia and for a num
ber of years was a member of its
board of trustees. He was elect
ed representative in 1886 and
served in the lower house for
two terms.
He was appointed solicitor gen
eral of the Middle circuit and was
later promoted to the judgeship,
w’hich position he held for eight
years, being succeeded by Judge
Beverly D. Evans.
He was appointed judge of
the city court of Louisville at its
creation recently. He was pre
sident of the First National bank,
of this place, and owned a large
farm near here.
He is survived by his widow,
two daughters—Mrs. A. G.
Gureard, Jr., of Savannah, and
Mrs. John D. Comer, of Macon
ard one son, R. L. Gamble, of
Jacksonville, Fla. He also leaves
two brothers, Messrs. M. G. and
P. L. Gamble, of this place, and
two sisters—Mrs. W. P.Doughty,
of Augusta, and Mrs. Charlie, of
Aiken, S. C. The funeral will
be held here Sunday.
Finds Rattlesnake as
Bedfellow.
Thomasville, Sept. 8. During
one of the hot nights of the past
week C. W. Wilson, of Meigs,
decided to lay his cot upon the
floor and seek repose there. Hav
ing comfortably settled himself
on his cool bunk, he stretched
out his hand and felt an object
on one side of the bed which
caused a very long and pronlong- j
ed yell from that gentleman.
When the neighbors and family
had come in response to the
alarm he managed to get a light
and found! a rattlesnake which
had evidently crawled into the i
house to spend the night. The
gentleman decided not to tackle
the floor again on that particular
occasion.
Pay Train Leaves
$130,000 in Waycross.
Waycross, Ga., Sept. 9. —Bear
ing $130,000 in cash, mostly gold,
the pay train of the Atlantic
Coast Line reached Waycross to
day for the purpose of paying off
the Waycross employes. The pay
roll averages $120,000 a month,
but exceeds this amount some
months. When this money be
gins to circulate in Waycross,
business in all lines brightens
and there is a spirit of bustle
that would do credit to a city
four times the size of Waycross.
On account of quicksand under
the foundation the Lonsdale
cotton mill number 4 at Lonsdale,
R. I. collapsed on Monday and
part of the building slid into
Blackstone river.
Shiloh Notes. I
Special Correspondence*
Rev. Kelly filled his regular
: appointment at Shiloh Sunday.
Mrs. J. J. Vaughn visited her
son at Charlotte last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Story were
among the visitors at Lumber
City Saturday.
Misses Vick and Sadie Vaughn
spent Saturday afternoon very
pleasantly with Mrs. I. C. Josey.
Miss Leona Hadden is spend
ing this week in Uvalda, guest of
her sister Mrs. McDaniel.
Miss Fannie Mitchell of Hazle
hurst spent several weeks in our
community visiting friends and
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dukes and
children visited the former’s sis
ter, Mrs. Clements, one day last
week
Mr. Carl Ryals happened to a
bad accident last week while
working on Mr. McArthur’s auto
he got his arm broken.
Miss Sadie Vaughn was the
guest of Mrs. J. A. Wright Thurs
day afternoon.
Mr. W. F. Kinder is soon to
begin the erection of a residence
for Mr. I. V. Mimbs.
Mr. J. W. Dukes was among
the visitors at Charlotte Sunday.
We are glad to say that Mr.
John Tompkins is improving af
ter a short illness.
Mr. Virgil Weaver of Mcßae
was a pleasant visitor in the
Bruce Section last Sunday,
Miss Mary Sears was the guest
of her cousin, Miss Pearlene
Spivey last week.
Misses Victoria and Sadie
l Vaughn were the guest of their
aunt, Mrs. J. T. Wright, a few
days last week.
Mr. Elton Roland was in Lum
ber City Saturday last.
Mr. J. L. Lowery and sister,
Miss Mamie, wfcre visiting in this
section the latter part of last
week.
Faculty of 8.-P. Institute
Entertain Students.
On the evening of Wednesday,
Sept. 4, the dormitory students
of the Brewton-Parker Institute
were entertained by the faculty
at the home of Dr. J. C. Brewton.
The occasion was one of rare
pleasure, giving a sense of real
home-coming to the old students
and extending a hearty welcome
to the new ones. During the
course of the evening amusing
games were played and a very
j original contest was enjoyed.
Fruit punch was served through- >
| out the evening and delightful
1 music added to the general air
of enjoyment and friendliness.
The hearty good will of both
faculty and students contrived to
to make the reception a geuine
success. The students showed
their appreciation of the thought
! fulness of their faculty by the
hearty cheers accorded them and
j their president at the close of
I the evening.
Biggest Watermelon
From Texas Weighs 112.
Furmingdale, N. Y., Sept. 7.
A watermelon weighing 112
pounds, said to be the largest
ever grown in Texas, is to be
shipped on a special flat car over
the Long Island railroad to Farm
ingdale. The melon comes as a
present to B. F. Yoakum, head
of the ‘Frisco lines and was
grown by Judge Norman G. Tit
trell, of Houston.
Fine Chickens.
A few choice thorough-bred
R. I. Red and Barred Rock cocke
rels for sale. Belmont strain,
Mrs. W. A. Peterson,
I Mt* Vernon, Ga. j
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 12, 1912.
'Wilson is the Man for the Job.
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BREAKING IT OPEN AGAIN
—C. R. Macauley, New York World.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
Farm laborers digging in a
field in Russia recently found a
lot of gold and silver vessels with
inscriptions dating back to the;
fourth century, and valued at
$500,000. I
John Martiner, a laborer in
Chicago, was operated on Satur-!
day and 19 pocket knives, 17
nails, 5 knife blades, a dozen
screws and a silver dollar were
taken from his stomach. He had
been swallowing these articles
on wagers for ten years.
A race riot was imminent at
Cummings, Ga., last Friday oh j
account of an assault of two ne
groes on a white woman, and
two companies of the state mili
tia were ordered there before
quiet was restored. The ne
groes are in jail.
About 40,000 lives were lost
near Wen Chow\ China, in a ty
phoon and high tides on Aug. 29. ;
Five negroes broke jail at
Statesboro on Monday morning.
They were in for minor offenses,
and others in for murder refused
to leave.
Ending at 4 o’clock Monday
afternoon, over nine inches of
rain had fallen at Tampa, Fla.
during forty-eight hours before.
The gray automobile used w’hen
Rosenthal was murdered in New
York has been capitalized and is
being used as a sight-seeing car.
Profit in Education.
“Eddication!” sneered a tramp,
as he was discussing Britain’s
weakness under a hedge. “Bah!”
“You may say “Bah’’ until
you turn into a sheep,” retorted
his brother of the road, “but it
won’t alter matters. I tell you
we could’t get along without
eddication.”
The other banged his fist upon
a thistle.
; “Don’t talk to me, ” he cried.
“I never got anything out of
I goin’ to school!”
“I dare say you didn’t!” sneer
‘; ed the champion of learning,
• i but you would have if you’d gone
i in the right spirit”
“Well, what did you get?”
1 asked his companion.
l i “What did I get?” came the
retort; “why four coats, two
! hats, a stick,and eight umbrellas.
; Don’t tell me it’s a waste o’ time
| to go to school!”
Misses Susie Smith of Dublin,
Pauline and Clara Lucile Smith
of Gainesville, arid Mr. R. E.
Walker of Brunswick, who have
j been visiting Mrs. A. L. Lanier,
I have returned to their respective
! homes.
After saving two of his sons
! from drowning, Clayton Smith
j of Cincinnati was drowned in the
; Ohio river trying to save a third
' son who was also drowned.
The British steamer Rowan
more is unloading 9,000 tons of
! kainit at Charleston. The vessel
is the largest ever entered that
port, and draws 30 feet of water.
Lightning set fire to the build
ings of the Georgia Experiment
i station at Griffin on Monday night
|of last week, causing a loss of
! several thousand dollars.
A charge of vote-selling has
been made in Morgan county, this
state, and the grand jury is find
ing a lot of true bills against men
who sold out at the late state
primary.
Essie Carter, the white woman
at Dawson, who was flogged by
W. S. Dozier and others some
time ago, has filed suit for $25,000
against Dozier and others.
In company with a friend,
who, like himself could riot swim,
Otway Randolph went bathing
in the Oconee river at Athens
Sunday afternoon and was
drowned.
An aeroplane at Gray, France
got beyond control Monday, and
fatting into a crowd, the propel
lor blades cut their way through,
killing four and wounding many
' others.
; Campaign Expenses Os
John C. Johnson.
Georgia Montgomery County.
Statement showing the cam
paign expenses of J. C. Johnson i
as candidate for representative:
l of Montgomery County in the
White Primary of Aug. 21st. j
1912.
Announcement $5.00
| Assessment, Executive Com
-1 rnittee, Election Exp. 12.50
Railroad Fare 6.00
i Hotel Bill 1.00
Postage 1.00
$24.50
Personally appeared before me,
M. L. O’Brien of said county an
officer of said state duly au tori zed
j by law to administer oaths, J. C.
Johnson and on oath says that
the itemized statement above set
, out is a true and correct state
ment and full statement of the
expense incurred by him as Can
didate for representative in the
white primary of Montgomery
County, Aug. 21st. 1912.
J. C. Johnson.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this the 27th day of Aug.
1 1912. M. L. O’Brien, Clerk.
Southern Farmer’s Platform.
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1. To make three bales of
cotton grow where one grows
now.
2. To make forage crops,
grasses and pasture five times as
good and ID times as profitale as
at present.
I 3. To make tobacco, fruits,
; vegetables and other crops better
in quantity, quality and profit.
4. To enable the South to
make more and better corn,
i wheat, oats and other grain.
5. To promote improved live
stock until the South exports to
the rest of the United States and
to foreign countries a vast sur
-1 plus of meats, butter, cheese,
eggs, and manufactures there
! from.
6. To reform distribution,
banking and currency, so as to
make universal more economic
methods of marketing the pro
ducts of Southern farms and fac
tories, forests and mines, and in
supplying our people’s consuming
needs.
7. To wisely utilize the South’s
natural resources so that they
yield handsome profits at present
and yet be conserved for future
generations.
8. To improve the South’s
highways and railroads, rivers
and harbors, until they are ade
quate to the needs of a mighty
people.
9. To improve our schools
until every young persons in
country or town may be trained
in efficiency, health and charac
ter, and imbued with that wis
dom which is knowledge and the
capacity.to use it.
10. To link more closely school
and home, farm and factory, so
that the one may more benefit
the other.
11. To aid, in these and oth
er ways, the South to have four
fold its present population, each
of whom shall enjoy “life, liber
ty and the pursuit of happiness!”
12. Thus to make for a Great
er National through a Greater
South. Southern Farming.
John J. McArthur
Sent to Congress.
Governor Brown has about;
completed the list of his appoint-1
ments to the Farmers’ National!
Congress. The meeting will take
place on Nov. 7th in the city of!
New Orleans. Our county has
been honored in the appointment
of Mr. John J. McArthur, one of
our most progressive young husi
ness men.
I'.r'n.l- iwnt%
,«> _ .**** discover that he has no flm
J , rie „d»tret. |
| Grasp the Opportunity i
hy ordering Ice-Cold Sundaes for two, naming the pure J*'
fruit juices that best please your fancy. Cooling to blood
rfry and cuticle. We have them. Open day and evening.
During the summer season we shall devote special atten- A®
tiyri to this branch of our business, and the festive season
£0 will be made especially enjoyable to our patrons. £©
i Sumerford Drug Co. <g
ip Proscription Druggists £©
p Aifoy, Georgia M
PECAN GROWING A
PROFITABLE INDUSTRY
Their Culture Amounts To
One to Two Thousand
Per Acre.
Ordinarily Ido not care to in
ject any personal affairs into the
little 1 have to say, but now and
then an object lesson demands it
to a certain extent. This year
we put out five acres in the most
suitable varieties for this section,
the Stuart constituting most of
the trees, which, however, are
few in number when it comes to
just putting out five acres, sixty
trees serving for this purpose.
Too many planters put out trees
too thickly, and they soon regret
it.
Pecan land in Georgia, of the
best type, is worth easily $25 per
acre, suitably situated, and it
costs an average of sls to S2O
per acre to put out the trees, in
cluding their cost, dynamiting
the holes, furnishing a little fer
tilizer and setting them out. An
acre thus completed can easily be
counted on to be worth $lO more
than it was the day before, and
when the trees get to doing good
the land will be worth SIOO per
acre. There is one difficulty about
pecans, and that is in getting
them to live. It usually takes
some watering and other atten
tion, and SO per cent, is consider
ed a high average. This year
plenty of rain aided in our task,
and only two trees succumbed.
The record shows that each
years growth to a pecan grove
in flourishing condition adds some
SSO to SIOO per acre to its value,
up to the tenth to the twentieth
year, after which the price of
SI,OOO tp $2,000 per acre becomes
stationary. Os course, this
figure is quite satisfactory, but
six miles away we have a man
who gathered SBO worth of nuts
from one tree last year, selling
them wholesale at the nominal
price of 20 cents per pound.
Here lam going to quit this
; story of trees, especially pecans,
for fear that I’ll lead some poor
I man from his happy home, where
he is probably doing pretty well,
riding around in autos and enjoy
ing life generally. It takes
some ten years to get to going
on pecans good and strong, that’s
why the old mines hereabouts
are not more fully developed than
at present. Rhea Hayne in
Home and Farm.
NO. 21.
