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TF\e rAor\tgorr\&ry /Monitor.!
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORGAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Entered at the I’ostofflce In Mt. Vernon. Ga. an Second-Class Mail Matter. !
H. B. folsom. Editor and Owoer. 9i • Year, in Advance.
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Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, Nov. 14, 1912.
The lioys are doing the shout
ing all right.
Some of the scribblers are try
ing to put Governor Brown down i
as a corn club boy.
President Taft got up a mighty
nice Thanksgiving proclamation,
considering everything.
It is not too late to sow for a
bumper oat crop. And nothing
is of more importance at this
time.
We are banking on the old red
yam. And with the tariff revis
ed to suit the masses, we expect
to pull through all right.
Underwood was not lost in the
shuffle but will be on hand to
help straighten out tariir mat
ters when the House la-gins to
make the fur fly.
One charge they did not make
against Wilson during the cam
paign has come out since the
election that he does not own
an automobile.
There is nx>m in this territory
for twice the population now here,
and the infusion of new blood in
an agricultural way would do
much good.
The Bulgarians are putting
Turkey out of sight, and the high
prices are putting Thanksgiving
turkeys in this country in the
same class.
The Georgia Corn Show in At
lanta, Dec. 3-6, is going to lie
worth while. We hojx* the corn
club lioys of Montgomery county
will be represented.
Those fellows who agreed to
take a cold hath at Tybee if Wil
son should lie elected ought to be
scruhlied with soap and hot
water and allowed to retire.
We expect Montgomery county
hoys to makesuch a fine showing
in their corn club next year that
a great county fair will he a ne
cessity toshowolT their products.
President-elect Wilson is said
to be very popular over in Eu
rope. Those fellows are tickled
to death at the prospect of a
downward revision of the tariff.
The fact that $28,000,000 has
been deposited in jx>!*tal savings *
hanks, when only two per cent,
is paid, indicates that the people
are not so hard pressed after all.
The press of the state will
learn with much regret of the
loss of the entire plant of the
Waynesboro Banner at Waynes
boro, Ga., destroyed by fire Mon
day morning.
With Montgomery county’s
territory cut down to far less
than half of the original size, it
remains to lx? seen whether its
exjienses can lx- reduced in a like
projxirtion.
The movement of the Seaboard !
Air Line Railway to send out its'
industrial agent for the purpose 1
of developing its territory is a
good one. It is a plain proposi
tion that with double the number
of farms and enterprises along
its route, and those farms and
enterprises doubling their pro
ducts, the Seaboard must double
its traffic.
We are waiting to hear from
some bright Montgomery county
girl as to the organization of a
canning club. Give us a sugges
tion, and the publicity that will
follow will insure a start in this
highly interesting and profitable
work. We guarantee that hand
some prizes will be forthcoming
when the contest is under way.
Who will write us?
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► Gleanings From J
1 Wisdom’s Field. 3
Douglas Enterprise:— The
south has a right to rejoice, and
Georgia in particular. For the
first time in history, a Georgia
woman is “first lady of the
land.” In this fact alone, all
Georgians are jubilant. The
south is certainly coming into
her own and Georgia gets her
full share.
Perry Home Journal:—The
fairs in Georgia this year, coun
ty, district, section and state did
not indicate to strangers that
crops are poor in the state. Cer
tainly the agricultural exhibit at
the state fair presented strong i
evidence of good crops on some -
farms, at least. ]
Vidalia Advance:-The country 1
will now enter a new era of pros- '
perity. Contrary to the out- 1
spoken opinions of some of his '
enemies, Mr. Wilson has shown '
himself to he a man of very con- 1
servative ideas. He is thorough
ly conversant with conditions as
they confront the country now
and he has a most able remedy -
that of revising the tariff down
ward.
Dublin Courier-Dispatch:—The (
time for making syrup is at hand, .
also the time to dig sweet pota- ,
toes. If farm life in this section '
is not attractive now, there is .
something wrong with the man
who is on the farm.
Hawkinsville Dispatch-News:— i
Senator Bacon is being boosted
for a position in Wilson’s cabinet,
and if they are looking for a man i
who would add strength and dig
nity to that body, we can think
of no one who would come near- ;
er filling the hill than Georgia’s
able senior senator.
Pembroke Enterprise:—Gov.
Brown is the champion corn grow
ing governor. He boasts of grow- :
ing 168 bushels to the acre on i
one of his Cherokee county farms, i
Lyons Progress:—The boys all 1
feel good over the Wilson victory,
hut they feel better over the fact
that the “Bull Moose” made a 4
very poor show in Toombs coun
.ty. Very few people took the '
trouble to vote hut those who 1
did, voted the Democratic ticket. 1
Houston Post: We must not
permit the revelry of the moment ,
to hinder sober thinking. We
have connected with opportunity
and responsibility. It is some
thing to he able to embrace the
one and hear the other—much
more than walking through the
disjointed columns of a demoral- .
ized army and capturing the s
citadel.
Future Com Country
of America.
Experts are trying to account
i for the fact that Georgia. South;
i Carolina and North Carolina have
' records of 214 to 226 bushels of
corn per acre while the so-called
corn states have only reached
about 150. They have decided
that with equal soil, culture and
fertilization, more months of
sunshine make more corn and
that the South is the future Corn
Country of America.
There are reports of 233 bush
els raised on an acre in Georgia
this year.
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Do not wait until the season is
at hand, but buy nice quart
bottles and stoppers and save
your syrup. You cannot do it
without good stoppers, and you
can find them at the Drug Store
;in Ailey—plenty of them, at
i right prices.—Ad.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1912.
Thomas County Girls
Interested in Canning.
Thomas ville, Nov. 10.—The
girls of the Thomas County Can-
I ning Club are very proud of the
record made by them at the Tif
ton exposition, and of the fact
that they carried off one of the
big prizes, amounting to S4O. As
this was the first effort of the
girls at making an exhibit it
means much to them that it
| should have been such a credita
ble one.
In the exhibit made by these
girls were canned peaches, plums,
figs, tomatoes, corn, beans, peas,
etc., as well as a large supply of
pickles. One exhibit was pre
pared under the supervision of i
Miss Lilia Forrest, of Boston,
demonstrator for this district.
This exhibit will be shipped hack
here in time for the Thomas
county fair, which opens here on
Wednesday.
Not only has canning work
been a most successful one among
the girls belonging to the club in
this county, but it seems to have 1
stirred up the older women to do j
work along the same lines and a
prominent farmer of the county
states that his wife has shown
him recently numbers of cans
of fruit and vegetables that she
had put up during the summer,
of which he had known nothing
until her work was done. These, j
too, will be put on exhibition at
the coming fair here.
This canning work is only in '
its infancy in this section, and it
is safe to say it will not be many
years before the women through-!
out the country districts will put
up not only enough supplies for
their own households, but will be
able to dispose of their surplus to
the merchants for prices that
will bring them in fine returns
for their labor. With many fruits
and vegetables grown in this and
other sections of the state the
country women in Georgia have I
the opportunity to go into the
canning business on quite an ex- !
tensive scale, and with a greater
variety at their command prob- !
ably than any other part of the
country.
Teaching the Young Idea.
A keen-eyed but obviously
scantily educated mountaineer
led his gawky, overgrown son in
to a country schoolhouse, accord
ing to the Youth’s Companion.
“This here boy’s arter larnin,”
he announced. “What’s yer bill
o’ fare?”
“Our curriculum, sir,” correct-;
ed the schoolmaster, “embraces |
geography, physiolgy,arithmetic, i
algebra, trigonometry—”
“That’ll do,” interrupted the
father. “That’ll do. Load him
up heavy with trigonometry. He’s
the only poor shot in the family.”
Directions For Setting
Out Pecan Trees.
1. Do not under any circum
stances allow the roots to get dry
after they are recived. When j
they are unwrapped throw a
bucked of water on them.
2. If you have not had the,
holes dug when they come and
you can not set them out immedi-!
j ately, bury the roots well after ,
'thoroughly wetting them and
pack the dirt well around the
roots.
3. Trim all the roots back to
fresh wood with a sharp knife.
4. If the ground is any way
dry, wet the soil around the tree
after you have partly filled the
hole. Then fill to within 6 inches
of the top and pack the dirt well.
Leave the last 6 inches unpacked. |
5. If any fertilizers are used
jat all do not under any circum
stances allow any to get within
6 inches of the tree or its roots.
6. Set out trees as soon as you
can after receiving them.
7. If the trees are not well
packed when received or roots
dry refuse to take them.
C. M. Ledbetter.
Another Great Election.
Georgia has had many elections [
iof many kinds this year, butj
even the presidential affair was
tame compared with what is com
ing on the first Saturday in De
cern bir. On that date there are
1,800 justices of the peace to be!
elected in that number of militia I
districts. The election of each
justice carries with it the appoint
ment of the bailiff for his district,
and this is often an important;
factor in the contest. Georgians
sometimes take their politics
seriously, and while in many of
the militia districts the elections
pass unnoticed, when there is a
contest it is usually bitter and
hardfought, out of all proportion
to the value of the office. In one
Georgia county a few years ago
two prominent citizens were kill
-1 ed over a contest for a bailiff’s of
ffce. Had they been candidates
for justice of the peace there
would perhaps have been a riot.
As a promoter of fun, strife and
amateur politics, the election of a
justice of the peace is a compan
ion to the election of a mayor in
a small town.—Savannah News.
Farm For Sale.
I am offering my farm for sale.
Well improved with 55 acres in
cultivation and 30 in woods, 8
miles southeast of Mt. Vernon
and 2 1-2 miles from Alston. If
you want to buy a good 2 horse
farm you can’t heat this place.
Will sell stock implements, cattle
and hogs.
If interested go and look at
place and write me at Dothan,
Ala.
F. D. Williamson.
Nothing better for the pigs i
than Rape. Get the seed at Mt.
Vernon Drug Co. —ad.
House for Sale.
Good five-room cottage with
barn, etc. Located on campus of
8.-P. Institute. See me for
price. M. D. Hughes,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
For Long Term Farm
Loans. m
I am negotiating some very
attractive Long Term Farm Loans
for the best companies doing bus
iness in Georgia, with lowest rates
of interest and the most liberal
terms of pay meats
I have several years experience
iin the loan business, am located
at the county site and believe that
j I am in position to give you the
! best, terms and as prompt services
i as any one.
If von need a loan see me before
| application.
A. B. Hutcheson,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
'farm
MACHINERY
If you want best
i "
Prices oil Mowers,
Rakes, Disc Harrow s,
Grain Drills, Buggies
and Wagons, see
D. S. Williamson,
Alston, Ga.
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A Note to You:
August 29, 1912.
As you come panting down the
street almost overcome by the
scorching heat, come in and have
a seat at our Soda Fountain.
Then when refreshed, pursue
your way, but drop in again some
other day.
No adulterated ingredients en
ter into our refreshing drinks, !
only pure fruit flavors are used, |
and our ice cream is par excel
lence.
Yours truly,
Mt. Vernon Drug
Company.
PIANO . TUNING.
If your Piano is worth anything,
it is worth EXPERT tuning.
Any other kind will ruin it. I
have a diploma, and guarantee
all work. Write, and I will call. J
ORGANS REPAIRED.
Charles L. Hamilton,
MT. VERNON. GA.
Money! Money!
Money!
We lend money cheaper on farm
lands than any person making
loans in Montgomery County. All
we ask is to get our rate before
making application to some one
else for we can save yon 1 to 2
per cent, interest. Loans closed
without delay. Write us and we
will come to see you.
The Lyons Loan md
Abstract Company
LYONS. GA,
MONEY TO LOAN
On Improved Farms m
Montgomery County at -a Small
Rate of Interest.
J. E. Hall, Soperton.
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Hamp Burch
Attorney at Law
McRAE, GA.
Practices iu all the Courts.
E. M. RACKLEY
Dentist
Office over Mt. Vernon Drug Co.
MT. VERNON. QA.
DR. J. E. MASROW
Refractionist
i Glasses Corrrectly Ground and
! Fitted to the Eyes. Consultation
Free. 109 Whitaker Street.
SAVANNAH, GA
