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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1912)
Senator Bacon as U. S. Vice President. Following the death of Vice President, Sherman, Senator Ba con of Georgia, according to the construction of the law by Con gressman Edwards, becomes in fact the vice president of the United States. This is by virtue of his being the presiding officer of the sen ate. Senator Bacon was desig nated by Vice President Sher man as the presiding officer of the senate until December 16, and the appointment was ap proved by the senate. At the same time Senator Jacob H. Gal linger of New Hampshire was designated to preside after De cember 16, and this also was con firmed by the senate. Congressman Edwards says that, therefore, Senator Bacon first and then Senator Gallinger will be president over the senate and be in fact the vice president until Mr. Sherman’s successor is chosen. The senate and the house of representatives meet on Decem ber 2. Mr. Edwards is discussing Vice President Sherman’s death said: “While I differed in politics from Mr. Sherman and never liked the name of Sherman, for obvious reasons, he was one of the finest men I ever knew. I served in the house with him for two years. He was greatly liked by both sides of the house and was a very popular man. His death removes one of the most genial men in public life.’’ —Savannah Press. Huge Ant Hills. West African ant hills are ver itable giants, frequently stand ing forty feet high. These ant hills are shaped something like a sugar loaf and are divided inside into hundreds of tiny rooms. They have, needless to say, myriads of inhabitants, and these are all busily occupied in various ways—forming tunnels, making roads, gathering food and watch ing over the eggs and youngsters. The natives are afraid to touch these hills, except from a dis tance with firearms. The ants often make their strongholds around around trees and they are built very solidly, with sides sometimes twenty inches thick. The inside is hollow and at the top there is a sort of attic. The royal cell, where the queen ant lives, is always found on the ground floor. This good lady is prisoner but is carefully fed by her busy subjects, the eggs she lays being immediately carried away and deposited in rooms set apart for the purpose. Resolutions of Respect. Whereas, Our great order mourns the loss of one of its most worthy members in the death of Brother George Dickens, who de parted this life the 11th day of September last. And, whereas, It can most tru ly be said of him that he was a true Mason in his heart; because he plumbed his life and squared his dealings according to those rules which circumscribe the life of all true Masons. And he nev er failed to answer the sign for help made by any worthy broth er after he was raised to the ex alted position of a Free and Ac cepted member of the ancient order of Masons. Therefore be it Resolved, 1, That in the death of Brother Dickens our order has lost a very valuable member, and 2. That our country has lostj a good and faithful citizen, and 3 That a copy of these resolu- 1 tions be recorded upon the min utes of our lodge, and one be sent to the family of the deceased and one sent also to the Mont gomery Monitor for publication. Done by order of Harmony! Lodge, No. 405, F. \ & A. \ M. \ I J. W. Hutcheson, > N .L. Gillis, / Committee. I *A. Macon, ) Ed Brown is out; Watch for your fowls. Atlanta, Oct. 31. —Warning: To all Georgians who are happy in the possession of a hen-coop or a chicken yard: This is to inform you that Ed Brown, the ablest and most notorious chicken thief anywhere south of Staunton, Va., has been released from the Ful ton county jail and is now at large. Ed is wearing a pair of cordu roy trousers perforated with bird-shot until they look in spots like a sieve. His anatomy is also peppered with bird-shot and fat bacon, and he may thus be iden tified. He doesn’t remember him self how often he has been shot scrambling over a back fence, but shot or not he usually gets away with the chickens, and the re cent sentence he served here was one of the few cases in which he was caught. Ed was released from the jail at 9 o’clock this morning and when last seen he was going due south. Livestock Saves the Soil. Feeding crops to animals does not take away the fertility of the farm nearly so rapidly as when grain is sold. Moreover, livestock farming requires that a variety of crops be raised and this means crop rotation. Clo ver, alfalfa or some other legumi nous crop is usually raised when animals are kept on the farm. These crops have a very bene ficial effect on the soil, increas ing the organic matter, adding nitrogen to it and at the same time furnishing a rich feeding stuff for all kinds of livestock. Professor Geo. C. Humphrey re cently made the following re marks regarding livestock farm ing and soil fertility: “The farmer who owns a rich, fertile farm and keeps as many productive animals, of two or more classes, as the farm will support is in this position to en joy a lifetime of continued pros perity and to leave his sons a goodly heritage. Too often men fail to enjoy such a prosperity and do not leave their sons the splendid heritage of a fertile farm. “Without any intention of do ing wrong, many farmers have enjoyed a limited degree of pros perity at the expense of those who are to farm their fields af ter them. This has been accom plished by the continued growing and marketing of farm crops to such an extent that the soil fe tility has become exhausted and the farms have been practically worn out. A retired farmer once, when invited to attend an agri cultural meeting, boastfully re marked, “There isn’t much any one can teach me about farming. I have lived long enough to wear out three farms and I doubt if many men have had any more experience than I.’ As a result of this kind of farming, many farms which were at one time fertile and productive are, today, too poor and unproductive to of fer any inducement for anyone to own and operate them.” Tart and Tarter. When James T. Brady first opened a lawyer’s office in New York he took a basement room which had been previously occu pied by a cobbler, says the New ark Star. He was somewhat an noyed by the previous occupant’s callers and irritated because he had few of his own. One day an Irishman entered. “The cobbler’s gone, I see, he said. “I should think he has,” tartly responded Brady. “And what do you sell?” said the visitor, looking at the solita ry table and a few law books. “Blockheads,” replied Brady. “Begorra,” said the Irishman, j “ye must be doing a mighty fine business; ye ain’t got but one left.” 1 THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, NOV. 7. 1912. TRAINING FOR THE FIREMEN Sedalia Alderman Wanted Them to Practice for Two Day a Before Each Blaze. “A number of years ago,” said an ex-Sedalian, “a substantial German- Ameriean citizen was elected to the council in Sedalia, Mo. His sound business ideas soon made him easily the strongest member of the body in point of influence, but there were times when his ideas became tangled. “About the time the alderman in question was completing his first term there arose a somewhat general and severe criticism of the town’s fire protection. After the matter had been thoroughly discussed the alderman came to the conclusion that the trouble was due to ineffi ciency on the part of the firemen. “ ‘llaf it all fixed oop,’ the aider man confided to his colleagues at one of the meetings. ‘You vaste no more dime in dalk. You ehoost vote for mine ordinance.’ “The aldermen had sufficient faith in their associate’s ability to cope with the municipal problems to wait for the ordinance, which was to be introduced and passed under a sus pension of the rules. They expect ed a satisfactory explanation when the measure should be introduced. It came. “ ‘Misturr Bresident,’ said the au thor of the measure, ‘der troubles mit His town iss dat der fire depart ment don’t bractiss enough yet. I)is ordinance vili cure der troubles. It says dat der department shall brac tiss for two days before efery fire.’ ” —Kansas City Journal. THESPIAN RECOLLECTONS The Baseball Crank—You do not take much interest in baseball ? The Actor—No, indeed. 1 never could understand why it should be so hard to throw a ball straight when it is so easy to send an egg straight to the mark. WERE NOT ON HIB LIST. The late Rev. Horatio Stebbins of San Francisco was a man of largo mind and noble powers, but more familiar with the world of intellect ual and scholastic interests than with trivial and timely things, says the Cleveland Leader. His household was blessed with a charming daughter, who grew up tall and beautiful, commanding the admiration of all who saw her. One day a visitor said to the good doctor: “Doctor, your daughter grows more charming day by day. Why, she’s a regular Gibson girl.” “Ah, thank you; thank you,” re plied the doctor in his best manner. When the visitor had gone, turning to his wife, the doctor asked : “My dear, who are the Gibsons?” IN APPREHENBION. “I gave her a plush album on her wedding aniiversary. It was one 1 had about the house for some time, but it looked like new.” “Well ?” “Now she has found that I have an anniversary soon.” “Well, no doubt you expect her to reciprocate.” “Reciprocate is not the word. I’m afraid she will retaliate.” QUITE 80. “Who reads poetry?” “Numerous people.” “Bah! What good is it?” “Do not sneer at poetry, my friend. ; Poetry has risen in the estimation of many since they began using it on the baseball page.” AQUATIC SPOUSE. "Poor Benders! He has a hard time.” “Why so?” “If his wife isn’t keeping him in hot water about some of his indis cretions, she is throwing cold water on hia schemes for getting rich.” | WHY GREEK REPUBLIC FELL; Work of Corruptions and Dissensions Rather Than of the Man of Macedonia. The old world has already re vealed to us, in its unsealed books, the beginning and end of all its own marvelous struggles in the cause of liberty. Greece, lovely Greeee, “the land of scholars and the nurse of arms,” where sister republics, in fair procession, chanted the praises of lilterty and the gods—where and what is she? For two thousand years the oppressor has ground her to the earth. Her arts are no more. The last sad relics of her temples are but the barracks of a ruthless soldiery. The fragments of her col umns and her palaces are in the dust, yet beautiful in ruins. She fell not when the mighty were upon her. Her sons were united at Ther mopylae and Marathon, and the tide of her triumph rolled back upon the Hellespont. She was conquered by her own factions. She fell by the hands of her own people. The man of Macedonia did not the work of destruction. It was already done by her own corruptions, banish ments and dissensions.—Judge Story on “Our Duties to the Repub lic.” JOKE ON ARTHUR BRISBANE Wilton Lackaye, the Actor, Wat As tonished to Learn of Editorial Conferences With Hearst. Arthur Brisbane, who is Mr. Hearst’s close confidante in the man agement of the New York Journal, was in company with Wilton Lack aye, the actor, on upper Broadway one afternoon. The time passed quickly and it was nearly six o’clock when the editor suddenly bestirred himself and said he would have to start downtown. Lackaye urged Brisbane to accompany him to the Lambs’ club and be his guest at din ner. “I would like to,” said Brisbane, “but there is an editorial conference called at six o’clock every evening and it is imperative that I be there.” “What is the idea of this editorial conference?” asked the actor. “A conference between various heads of departments,” explained Brisbane. “We get together and shape the plans for the next day’s paper.” “Do you mean to imply,” said the actor, pretending amazement, “that you and Hearst get out the Journal deliberately ?” MAY CLEAN UP MYBTERY. The mystery concerning the birth place of the Venerable Bede, Eng land’s first historian, has a prospect of being solved if the ecclesiastical scheme for excavating the founda tions near the ancient tower of St. Peter’s monastery, Wearwouth, is successful. The monastery was founded in the seventh century, and is now part of the fabric of Monk wearmouth parish church. The foun dations of the building, believed to have been part of the monastery, are situated near the west side of the tower, and they have never been ex plored. The unearthing of the crypt and of interesting tablets and memo rials is probable, and this may throw light on the birthplace of the Vener able Bede.—London Graphic. A CONSCIENTIOUS DOG. “I’m afraid, ma’am, that dog of yours would just as soon bite me as not.” “Well,” answered the lady of the house to the wandering one, “Cae sar is such a nice dog in his habits that I am sure he would rather not bite an unwashed stronger, but, on the other hand, his sense of duty is j so strong that he is more than apt to bite you.” BETWEEN GIRLB. “I haven’t received a love letter from Jack in three days. I think I it’s a shame. I shall positively be : ill unless I get a love letter by to ! morrow.” “Well, my dear,” said the other I girl, “if you need a love letter from Jack as badly as that, I have forty or fifty I’ll be glad to let you have.” CAN THIB BE TRUE7 “I can’t understand it, don’t you know, old chap.” | “What can’t you understand?” “A fellow I was talking to a little while ago said some of the greatest men in the history of the world had died without ever having seen a j I squash court.” “Ocuhnn" “Oculum” “Oculum” | i " a ■' i I j = Eggs Going Higher! § I Eggs this winter will he higher than ever. « Even you have only ten hens, get a bottle of “Oculum” and put them in shape .and get 25 per cent, more eggs. At your dealers or by s mail, 50 cents and SI.OO per bottle. 8 I “Oculum” is a Guaranteed Cure and a if £ Preventative of £ 1 COOLERA, ROUPE, WHITE DIARRHEA, SORE f § 9 HEAD, GAPES AMU CANKER 9 | in Chickens, Turkeys and Ducks, Inoculate your poultry and keep them well. For sale by Mt. Vernon Drug Co. Mt. Vernon, Ga. | W. J. & T. A. Peterson, Ailey, Ga. W. J. Cameron, Druggist, Glenwood, Ga. | Alamo Drug Co., Alamo, Ga. » ? •> w. ,5 I I J. R. WiLLCOX I 1 v* p—' v> | q SAVANNAH, GA. q | & Agent for the State of Georgia * » | “Oculum” “Oculum” “Oculum” | MACON, DUPLIN & SAVANNAH RY. Schedule Effective Oct. 22, 1911. NO. 18 No. 20 ST a ..| ( \ v s No. 19 No. 17 A. M. P. M M A. M P. M. 700 1 00 Leave M icon Arrive 11 25 1 28 714 414 Swifi Greek 11 12 il 27 728 428 Dry Brunch 11 08 404 727 427 Atlantic 10 59 400 7 81 4 81 Pike’s Peak 10 65 8 50 . 789 489 Fitzpatrick 10 48 849 744 444 I pley 10 48 844 750 450 Jeffersonville 10 81 882 800 600 Gallemore 10 19 821 810 510 Dimvilb 10 09 811 821 621 Allentown 10 04 800 881 581 Montrose 954 250 842 542 Dudley 948 245 848 548 Show make 987 289 854 554 Moore 980 282 910 010 Ar. Lv. 915 217 Dublin 915 015 Lv. Ar. 910 212 917 017 SM I) <fc S.l 908 210 9 21 0 21 N M I) & 8 J 9 04 2 00 9 81 0 81 Gatlin 8 64 1 50 9 41 041 M inter 8 48 1 45 951 051 Rockledge 881 188 950 050 Orliind 825 127 10 11 711 Soperton 810 112 10 22 722 Tanytown 768 100 10 80 780 Kibbee 76012 52 10 45 745 Vidal in 78512 87 CONNECTIONS: At Dublin with the Wrightsville & Teiinillo and the Dublin & South western for Eastman and Teniiille and intermediate points At Macon wit li Southern Railu . from and to Oinciimatfci. Chattanooga, Rome Birmingham, Atlanta and intermediate points. Also the Central of Georgia Railway, G. S. *F. Railway, Macon and Birmingham Railway and Georgia Railroad. At Rockledge with the Milieu and Southwestern for Wadley and in termediate points. At Vidalia with the Seaboard Air Line for Savannah and intermediate points, and with the Milieu and Southwestern for Milleti,Stillmoro and in ermedlate points. J. A STREYER, G. P. A., Macon, Ga. J Brick! Brick! j Plenty on Hand for Prompt I« Shipment. Standard tirades and Low ill Prices Prevail. Write for Prices. ocor EE BRICK YARD J. A. McBRIDE, Proprietor Mt. Vernon, Ga. I MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!! Plenty of Money to Lend j On Improved Farms at Six p‘-r Cent. Interest Any Amount li From SBOO Up. Re-payment Allowed Any Time. Prompt g [Service and Courteous Treatment. HAMP BURCH, j McRAE, GEORGIA. 1 %
