The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, November 07, 1912, Image 3
LET ALL PATRONS LEND CO-OPERATION * 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 f iA < “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 wThTm^q^^l i (The Old-Line Merchant, With “the Goods”) g : 1 Mt. Vernon, Ga. | mss®; Qmm&mmmmmm 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. 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