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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1912)
WILL ENLARGE PLANT FOR POTATO CANNING Sumter Crop is Very Large and Will be Preserved for Market. The potato canning season is now at its height in the Ameri cus territory had many carloads of the tubers will be put up here if labor can be had for handling the product. The plant of the Ware-Progress Orchard Com pany, near Am :ricus, is now busy in canning potatoes. This plant has been recently equipped with modern machinery for the potato canning industry, and has a daily capacity of six hundred cases of twenty-four 3-lb cans, or a total of 14,400 three-pound cans. Mr. Fred Strong, manager of the canning plant, says that the season will be a prosperous one if he can secure the labor required the operation of the plant, which employs about ninety people. Now only half that force is at work, and it is difficult to secure others. The potatoes are peeled before being cooked and canned, and the product turned out is as fine as can be produced in any cannery. The potato crop this year is one of the largest produced in South Georgia in years, and the can ning plants will be operated throughout the season. One far mer has made Manager Strong a tender of twenty thousand bushels of sweet potatoes, pro duced upon his own farm. The labor question is a problem for the canning plant, located as it is upon a large farm, and to the end of bettering this con dition, Mr. Strong is thinking ser iously of moving his plant to y Americus, if a building suitable ‘ can be secured here at a later date. Canned potatoes form an . important part of grocer’s stock in trade, and so great is the de mand'that stocks are frequently exhausted.—Americus Times-Re corder. Almost Discouraged. A Humboldt rancher returned from a year’s trip through the 1 East to find that an old-time neighbor of his, a man noted for his perfect patience, had been having a siege of bad luck, says the Ladies’ Home Journal. Upon hearing the news he immediately sought out the neighbor to con dole with him. “Well, John,” he said after greetings had been exchanged, “I hear you lost all of your tim ber through the forest fires.” The other man nodded. “And they say that the river j cut off your best bottom land; that your hogs all died of cholera; that your wife and children have been sick, and that they have now foreclosed the mortgage on your other place.” John nodded again. ‘Yes, it’s all true,” he said, looking about him at what had once been his prosperous farm; “all true. Why, sometimes I get almost discourag ed.” Modern Progress. A noted English parliamenta rian tossed back his thick white mane of hair, stroked his white beard, and said in broad Scotch accent to a New York reporter, says the Washington Star: “The rise in world wages has been great, but the rise in world prices has been greater. W’e have had progress, but it has been progress in the wrong direction. “A tourist was traveling in your far West. As he inspected an Indian encampment he said to his cowboy guide: “And are these Indians pro gressing?” “‘Betcher life, ’ the cow boy answered, taking a fresh chew of tobacco. ‘Betcher life they’re progressing. All their medicine men are patent medicine men now.*” i WAS QUITE WILLING TO GROW Applicant for Diplomatic Position Thought He Would Be Big Enough if Given Job. During McKinley’s administra tion Senator Carter of Montana told this story at a Washington gather ing: A Chicago man appeared at the White House one day with a petition containing 7,000 names recommend ing him for appointment as Brazil ian minister. He was a picture fram er, and when he was canvassing for order he took along his petition and ask< rvbody in the picture frame busin.-s.- Iq sign it. Almost every body did. The man was insistent and finally reached the president. Always gen tle and considerate, President Mc- Kinley explained to the candidate that he would have to consult the Illinois senator and representatives about the matter before making the appointment. “You know,” said the president, “we have to select big men for these big places.” “Well,” asked the picture framer, “won’t I be just as big as any of them if I get the job?”—Saturday Evening Post. SHAVING AMONG THE CHINESE Barber Carries His Equipment About the Streets on a Pole Look ing for Customers. Chinese people have very light beards, and their practice for untold years has been to patronize the na tive barbers, 'who carry their equip ment suspended at the two ends of a coolie pole across the shoulder and stroll about the native streets seek ing customers. Comparatively few Chinese have adopted the plan of shaving themselves, and these con sist entirely of those who have im bibed western ideas. With the aban donment of the queue becoming gen eral, the habit of self-shaving, it is expected, will be promoted, for when a Chinese employs a native barber the latter shaves the front part of | the head as well as the face, brushes the hair, and replaits the queue. The [ shaving of the head and the care of | the queue are things which a man | cannot well undertake for himself, and with its abandonment the main objection to self-shaving will have been obviated. FASTS THAT ARE OF RECORD. Many long fasts undertaken vol untarily have been reported, but it i is possible that longer ones, involun | tarily or enforced, may have oc ! curred without being reported, as of i shipwrecked mariners or entombed j miners. There are well authenticat ed cases of persons living thirty to forty days without solid food, but taking water. Some thirty-odd years ; ago Dr. Tanner of Minnesota went I full forty days without food, but fre j quently taking a swallow of water, j This experiment was made under ihe supervision of medical guards, and Dr. Tanner, though greatly emaciated, suffered no ill conse quence*. In 1804 a Frenchman who vr; buried at the bottom of a well was r 'Staled on the thirtieth day still alive, but did not live long. Probably Dr. Tanner’s case is the longest on record. HOUSEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS. Yeast—l see they are cooking by electricity now. Crimsonbeak—Yes, I noticed that. “And now an electrically driven machine that weighs less than fifty pounds has been invented to scrub floors.” “Why, if it keeps on a man may have all the comforts of home with out getting married!” ENDLESS CHAIN. “Wombat had five daughters. The week after the last one married off the first one got a divorce and came back to him.” “Well, did he start again?” “Yes; lie’s on his third time around now.” JUST ABOUT THAT. “What do they mean by platonic love?” asked the first half of the parlor sketch. “It means,” replied the other half, “that the young man is not making enough to support a wife.” A HUMAN DYNAMO. “If you work like this, you’ll nev- I er live to be old.” “I don’t care to live to be old. It takes up too much valuable time.” THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 1912. FALL AND WINTER HSBS®S!igB®SSSSSBBB®!3®®Bs() P E IfN f j October 31 to November 15 f This is the Opportunity for the people of (ilemvood and Montgomery county. Crops may be bad and cotton low, but our prices are still lower to make good. The saving* comes in buying now from our large stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats SHOES, TRUNKS, VALISES, &c. II - ! ■v uty imm isMr These Puritans, our fore- j jfl P fjj J §l■; jjjj’, ; fathers, were made of !«| I|f;i C; J laKlttHl the “right stuff.*; That’S ' "'j |; :’) J * :j: 1 3H 'g ilaSw’j H why this country is now in | /;! <| ■■ the van. It was founded on L \\ : i|lfjg||P A 1 quality. . j P ''oP' Our Custom ' S' dT •- r"/-- Tailoring Department ' Vols. ' IS constructed on the same | " jtemy.V' | | VM I ,. I lMja& foundation. Every garment : V§T'\ 7VT - ■!'. '* tailored to the individual LVjWffl ! , < measure by |;■ \ | plj iSSS? I 1 i B. LENNOX & CO. |i I s* Ladies’ Dress Goods. Homespun, good quality 5c per yd. Calico cut down from 7 and 8c to 5 and 4 l-2c*. Domestic ginghams cut down from 10c to 5c Dress ginghams 12 1-2 and 15c values cut to 8 1-2 and 7 1-2 A fine lot of serges and whip-cord worth SI.OO per yard, to *be sold during this sale for 49c !> Ladies Skirts Seven gored skirts, handsomely trimmed and good quality in I black, blue and brown. Regular price $5.00; but will 1 be cut to $2.98 j[ We also have a big lot of serges in all colors to go at this sale at greatly reduced prices. | Also bear in mind that we have a fine lot of Ladies’ tailor made suits, made and finish'd up to date in every respect, styles up to the day, and will appeal to, the most con servative buyers. We guarantee that every garment you buy from us will fit perfectly as we have engaged an expert lady tailor from New York. jj Ladies’ Shoes and Oxfords. $3.50 values to go at $2.48 2.50 values to be sold at 1.98 j; 2.00 values going at 1.88 1.50 values cut down to .98 - . ■ ■ ■ - ■■■■ - Great Line of Men’s, Ladies’, Misses’ & Boys’ SWEATERS to go in this Sale at cost. • H. LENNOX & CO At W. G. Hartley’s Old Stand GLEN WOOD, GA. MONEY TO LEND f Loans of any amount from s'soo to $50,000 on farms in Mont- C, gomery and adjoining counties. No delays for inspection, p Have lands examined by a man living near you. LOANS ON FIVE YEARS TIME, payable i 1 easy installments to |j suit borrower. GEO. H. HARRIS § Merchants Bank Building iVlclttlCi o*l. 5, | 3ft*HK3r.svsvsr. r.» r,> •*' »«-•• • '■> Take the County Paper and Patronize Our Home Advertisers. They have “the goods.” FOR IS DAYS ONLY ; Octor 31 to November 15, we will sur | prise and benefit the people of this com ■ nmnity. Any lean purse will work | wonders here. Head a few prices, and | come, see and he convinced: Men’s and Boys’ Clothing. ! Men’s $20.00, SIB.OO and SIS,(W) Blue and Black Serge Suits, ! also in browns ami grays, made up in the latest fabrics and < with best workmanship, to go in this sacrifice sale at $13.50, ; 12.50 and 10.50. Fine Suits worth $12.50, 10.50 and 8.50 will go in r his ! reduction sale at $8.50 7.50 and 5.50. Great bargains. Matchless Suits worth $6.50, 4.50 and 3.50 go in this sale ! at the Astonishing Figures, $4.50, 3.50, 2.50 and 1.50. Men’s Fine Pants. In $7.50 Values, made up in the latest style and choicest i fabrics and colors thrown into this sale at $4.98. Excellent bargains worth $6.60 to be slaughtered at 3.98. Big Values in Fine Pants around $5.50 cut down low. Extra Boys’ Knee Pants. A Magnificent Line of BOYS’ KNEE PANTS in the | latest style and colors, and in all sizes, to be closed out at ; this great Sacrifice Sale for less than cost. All Invited to call and see our beautiful line of ; Linen and Embroidered Corset Covers, etc. 9 I Men’s Shoes and Oxfords. Our new line of shoes and oxfords is complete. We have our 1 prices cut for this sale as follows: ! $4.50 values going at $3.48 3.50 values cut down to 2.98 | 2.50 values to be sold at 1.98 2.00 values to he cut to 1.39 Children’s Shoes. A hig lot of children's Shoes and oxfords valued at $2.00 and $1.50 to be reduced at this fifteen day special sale to ; $1.29 and 49c. Bargains in Gent’s Fur nishings. Men’s Hats $3.50 value cut to $2.29 Men’s Hats 2.00 value to be sold at 1.29 Men’s Hats 1.50 value reduced to .98 Men’s shirts and ties, regular price 35c, to be sold at this sale for 19c \ 50c values to go at 39c A big lot of shirts worth $1 and $2 to be cut to 89c Men’s ties, exquisite beauties, old price 50 and 35c to be sold at 29 and 19c. A Big Lot of Fleece-lined Underwear for Men, Women and Children at astonishingly low prices. MMVWWWVWUMWMWWWMWWkMMVimMMIMWIMMMMMMMMMM OPPORTUNITY FOR FARMERS! I % Best Farm Lands in Georgia along line of f i i! ' , Macon, Dublin & Savannah Ry. i t ' If you are thinking of changing your loca ; i tion, why not investigate these farms? Both !; large and small farms available. If inter ested write J. A. STEYER, (~ F. and I*. A. Macon, Ga. J
