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LET ALL PATRONS
LEND CO-OPERATION
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Strong Appeal From Presi
dent of the Teachers
Association.
To the patrons of the Public
Schools of Montgomery Coun
ty-Greetings:
Having been elected as presi
dent of the county Teachers’
Association when they organized
recently, and having taught du
ring the largest part of my min
isterial life, I have been thinking
about what would be the best
way to improve the schools of our
county. This is a subject upon
which all good men and women
should think seriously, and give
the best that is in them. No one
who loves his country can afford
to be indifferent, or fail to help.
What are some of the things that
need doing to help in this great
task? Whatever is done is going
to affect the entire destiny of
your children.
In the first place I would say
that one of the things very much
needed, and without which the
schools cannot go forward, is the
earnest co-operation of the pa
rents with the teachers. You may
not realize this in its fullness
few parents do. But your teach
er cannot do much good for your
child without your earnest sym
pathy and help. How can you
best help the teacher? Go and see
him or her right away. Get well
acquainted. Talk frequently
about your child. Ask the teach
er if he can suggest anything
that you can do. Invite the
teacher to your house. Show your
child that you respect the one
who is training your offspring.
Make it a rule never to criticise
the teacher in the presence of a
child. You can ruin the influence
of the teacher in a few words.
Stand up for your teacher, brag
on him, and pray earnestly for
him. If you think the teacher has
made a mistake don’t let your
child know it. It always makes
bad matters worse.
Another thing: see that your
school is provided with the best
equipment possible in the way of
desks, blackboards, charts, maps,
song books, and by all means see
that the school house is a good
one, and that there is plenty of
wood there for good fires.
Friends, remember that in do
ing these things you are helping
your child far more than the
teacher. Do your best, and it
will help the teacher to do his
best. My appeal to the teacher
will appear later.
C. M. Ledbetter.
Wall Built By Ghosts.
Down in Mexico there are
ghosts that build walls.
In the ancient city of Queren
daro stands a big one story house
of great age which, at the time
that General Diaz first became
president, was occupied by one
of his adherents, a fine old fighter
named Colonel Marron. When
he died the place was bought by
a lawyer name Valdemars, who
who pulled the whole inside of
the house to pieces and put in
electric bells and an electric light
ing plant.
Curious noises were heard, pic
tures fell and various queer hap
penings gave rise to much talk,
but the climax came when a ser
vant, sent into the dining room
for a glass of water, came back
with a scared face and reported
that some one had built a wall all
across the room.
The others rushed in. There
was nothing to be seen; but, sure
enough, when they tried to cross
the room an invisible wall barred
the way. The wall was so hard
and solid that when they struck
their knuckles against it they
bled.
Next morning, however, the
wall was gone, but not for good.
Sometimes it was there, some
times it was not, and after a few
weeks of this sort of thing the
Valdemars _had had enough of it
and moved out.
To this day the house remains
unoccupied.—lnter Ocean.
Seedless Tomatoes.
They are telling a good story
on Congressman Hughes these
days which can be told no better
than it is in the following clip
ping from the Omaha Bee.
“Sam Blythe gets this one in
the ante-chamber of his ‘Who’s
Who’ page:
“Representative Dudley M.
Hughes, of Georgia, is called a
farmer-statesman and devotes
much of his time to the agricul
tural interests of his district.
He has requests for many new
■ kinds of seeds, and a time ago
he received this letter:
“ ‘Dead Dud: Sam Yopp.s
been tellin’ me of a new seedless
tomatter the guvment isgrowin’.
I’m writing to you in hopes you
will send me some of the seeds.’
“Assuming that fact beats
fiction, at least one member of
congress has a lifetime lease on
his job. For how can such a
combination suffer defeat? In
the first place a democrat in Geor
gia: next, himself a farmer, and
third, close enough to his constit
uents to be addressed by them in
the mail as ‘Dear Dud. ’ There
may be another good single
handed officeholder or two in that
house, but none to match ‘Dear
Dud.’ The government may
safely rely on his eminent ser
vices indefinitely.
“All of which goes to show
that it is not what a statesman
does at Washington so much as
how he works things at home
that holds him in his seat.”
Magic Words.
Once Judge William M. Con
ley, of Madera, California, was
trying a case wherein a woman
sought to recover a diamond ring
she had in fonder moments given
to a gentleman friend, says the
Saturday Evening Post.
“When you gave this man this
ring didn’t you think him the
best ever?” asked the judge.
The woman blushed and hesi
tated, and finally admitted she
did.
“Now be honest,” continued
the judge; “didn’t you think him
the handsomest young man you
had ever known?”
The woman blushed again and
then leaned over and whispered
something to the judge. Present
lently he instructed the jury to
find for her.
Everybody wondered what it
was the witness had told the
judge. The judge wouldn’t tell,
but. finally a stenographer divul
ged the secret. What she whis
pered was: “Not half so hand
some as you are, judge.”
They All Read ’Em.
Everybody reads the Macon
Telegraph—and the Montgomery
Monitor. Get them both at this
office. Our readers will appreci
ate the great Southern daily
along with the county paper,
and should investigate its merits
at once. Only paper in its class
at $5 per year—every day. See
The Monitor about it.
Dwelling for Sale.
Intending to move away, I
wish to sell you my home place
in town. Good-sized lot, conve
niently situated, on principal
street of the town. Rather sor
iry dwelling, but a nice place to
build a new one on. Good-sized
garden spot, poultry yard and a
well-stocked Fish Bait bed in
back yard. This ought to appeal
jto you. Liberal terms. See me.
10-23-12 W. M. Lewis,
ad Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Money to Loan.
I represent some of the beat loan
companies doing business in
Montgomery county, and can se
cure loans for a term of five years
at a very small rate of interest.
Commissions charged are small,
and parties desiring to negotiate
loans in Montgomery or Toombs
counties will save money by seeing !
me before making application
elsewhere. M. B. Calhoon,
Mt. Veruon, Ga.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 1912.
IN THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY
Domestic) Woman Give* Young House
keeper Valuable Points on Mak
ing Soda Biscuit.
The old-fashioned domestic wom
an was telling the young housekeep
er how to make soda biscuit, accord
ing to the New York Evening Sun.
“You take,” said she, “some milk
or sour cream.”
“How much?”
“As much as you can spare,” said
the old-fashioned domestic woman.
“Then you sift your flour with your
baking powder—if you use it.”
“How much flour?” asked the
young housekeeper.
“That depends, of course, on the
amount of milk and the number of
people you are baking for,” said the
old-fashioned domestic woman.
“Then you make a dough that is stiff
enough—”
“How stiff is that?”
“Well, that you have to learn by
experience.”
“Rub in the butter just before you
add the milk, and while you mustn’t
scrimp the butter you must be care
ful not to use too much. Then you
either drop the dough with a spoon
or cut it with a biscuit cutter. The
oven must be just hot enough, and
not too hot; and be sure to take the
biscuits out the moment they are
done.”
“How can I tell when they’ro
done ?” asked the young housekeeper.
“Why, they’ll look just right when
they’re ready,” said the old-fashioned
domestic woman.
BUSINESS OFFER
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“Yes, James, dese mumps keeps
me from goin’ to school, an’ fer de
sum of ten cents I’ll let you hang
around me an’ ketch ’em too I”
COMPLIMENTS FOR THE BRIDE.
I must relate a striking salutation
that the bridal couple received from
a Quaker client of mine, a shrewd ,
dry goods merchant. Presented bv
an usher he surveyed the bride, <
whom he had never seen before, and
then with the utmost deliberation
proceeded to say:
“William, I think the bride has
shown more judgment in her choice
than thee has.”
Fortunately before I could turn to
resent this strange salutation he con
tinued as follows:
“Because it takes some penetra
tion to discover thy good qualities,
but hers can be seen at a glance.”—•
A Retrospect of Forty Years.
HE DOEBN’T LOOK IT.
In personal appearance Premier
Asquith of Great Britain far from
looks the important part he plays in
the jolitical affairs of Europe. His
clothes do not fit him well and when
he saunters into a session of the ,
house of commons and sinks unab
trusively into a seat he appears to .
be mightily bored by the proceed- <
ings. He affects an air of indiffer- ■
ence that makes his fiery outbursts |
of eloquence most surprising to vis
itors to the house.
OF COURBE.
“We are a democratic country, I
but—”
“Say the rest of it.”
“When a Woman buys a nutmeg
grater she likes to know that it has
been indorsed by many of the
crowned heads of Elrope.”
AN ILLUSTRATION.
“What instances have you ob
served in this neighborhood of the ]
speed mania Y*
“I guess it is the way folks are
rushing the growler.” ,
YOUR TRADE I
Is always appreciated, whether
large or small. See me for &
I FALL AND WINTER $
BARGAINS I
Honest Goods, Honest Weights mid Honest Measures. |jjj
Courteous treatment for long years has marked my business.
What you need in
DRY GOODS, SHOES, HATS, GROCERIES 1
AND FARM TOOLS I
will be Sold at Live and Let-Live Prices. S
s WARRANTED NEW HOME SEWING MACHINES, M’CORMICK |
I MOWERS, REAPERS AND BINDERS, HARROWS I
I AND CULTIVATORS ARE SPECIALTIES WITH ME. I
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i (The Old-Line Merchant, With “the Goods”) g :
1 Mt. Vernon, Ga. |
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Superior Court Jurors
For November Term.
The following jurors were
drawn to serve at the November,
1912, Term of Montgomery Supe-1
rior Court:
GRAND JURY.
J A Hinson J It Anld
D E Walker J A J Walker
P D Beatv Norman Gill is
E G McAllister It J Youmans
B A Conner K N Adams
J N McDonald M D Davis
A H Johnson J W McMillan ;
Thus. Kent W T Adams.
M Hutcheson F B Mcßride j
Arch Hughes J I* Gill is
H H Grimes J M Meeks
G J Warnock W J Underwood j
W L McMillan J M Ford ham
R T P Rhodes A D Hughes
G L Peterson J W Liuder!
PETIT JURORS.
John II Hudson Lewis Roberson
C S Johnson J G Rivers
J A Martin J W Bridges
J E Walker L II Ryals
A A Galbraith H P Holmes
B A Smith W B Cadle
W A Sumner G W Beck worth
N W Clark J M D McGregor
W C Futril J T Geiger
./no. B Conner T J Thompson
Elijah Miller N H Sears
W H Mason Dennis O'Brien
W T Brantley J E Ricks
R B Thigpen Lee A Evans
J C. Mimbs, Jr. John E King
J J Moses Jas. O’Brien
J W Calhoun Ira Thigpen
J C Martin C W Clark
.1 C Knight John II Wynn
Dan T Rowland S L> Morris
A. L. Lanier,
Attorney at Law,
MT. VERNON, GA.
Will Practice in all the Courts of
the State.
H. S. BERNER,
Boiler Making and
Boiler Repairing.
Special attention to this class of
work. Satisfaction guarateed to
all patrons. Call me.
Mt. Vernon, Ga., Rt. No. I
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