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THEY ARE LINING UP
AT THE PIE COUNTER
Southerners and Georgians
Will Get Their Full
Share of It.
Washington, D. C., November
14.—With a good sharp pointed:
pencil, a clean sheet of paper
and a long pole that will reach
the* juicy fruit up towards the
top, there is nothing more inter
esting right now than speculation
as to who will get the big fat
jobs under the new Wilson ad
ministration when the plum tree
shakes in the early spring breezes
of 1913.
People in the South are won
dering what the great landslide
of last week, when the G. O. P.
was put out of business, is going
to bring them. Will their politi
cal stockings be filled with the
choicest of dainties in the way of
federal appointments for distri
bution to the faithful, will there
be reward for all who have
waited patiently since they saw
the Bad sight of Grover Cleveland
leaving the White House, and
when will the cutting of the pie
begin? Not only this, but what
kind of pie is it? What is its
flavor and, incidentally, what
will be the emoluments that go
along on the side?
Just a little figuring with pen
cil and paper will show what the
faithful Democrats of the South
should get before the year 1913 is
many weeks old. And right here
it may as well be said that if
Uncle Sam gets out without his
bill running up toward the mil
lion dollar mark each year he
does business, he will be noted
as a shrewd financier.
South Carolina will draw down
just about SIOO,OOO a year when
all the jobs now held by Repub
licans are filled by Democrats.
A Democrat will succeed Ernest
Cochran as district attorney and
will receive $4,000; likewise there
will be an assistant district at
torney. Then will come collector
of the port at Charleston, worth
about SI,BOO a year, and post
master at that place, a nice fat
job. Add to this about twenty
small cities in the state where
the postmasters are paid each
year salaries averaging $2,000
and sixty where they are paid
SI,OOO and then will be a pay roll
of more than SIOO,OOO a year. It
must be remem Ik* rod that the
South Carolinians were among
the most faithful of all the Wil
son workers, so with the long
pole they have should have little
trouble in securing results.
Who will be postmaster at Sa
vannah to succeed Postmaster
Baker, and will he be allowed a
full four years term l>ecause of!
the fact that he was only recently
appointed as a Democrat or will
he be forced to give way? Who
will succeed District Attorney
Akerman? W’ho will get the of
fices at Waycross, Brunswick and
the many small towns located in
South Georgia, all of which have
attractive salaries at the end of
the string? These are some of
questions Georgians here are ask
ing each other when they meet
in hotel lobbies and elsewhere.
To even estimate the exact
amount of money that will go to
Democrats in Georgia when all
the jobs are filled by them is out
of the question except to say that
a glance at the government’s
“Blue Book” should be enough
to satisfy any one that there will
be plenty for all. There are
more than 10,000 places which
President Wilson w’ill have to fill
and Georgia and Savannah
should get their share.
Frank Wooten Dead.
Scotland, Nov. 14. — Mr. Frank
Wooten was buried here yester
day afternoon, after an illness of
about a week. He was in his
sixty-ninth year, has always lived
near here. He was an uncle of
C. H. Wooten of this place and a
brother of Mr. John A. Wooten
of Mcßae.
He had been in declining health i
for Borne time prior to his death, i
W. H. TAFT, PATRIOT.
The significant utterance of
President Taft before the Wash
ington session of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy,
that the election of Woodrow
Wilson as his successors to the
presidency will weld the nation
better than any other event could
have done it, arouses the admira
tion of the south for Mr. Taft,
the man, because it is the utter
ance of an American patriot.
Mr. Taft remarks what has
been in the minds of many peo
ple since November 5, that Mr.
Wilson’s election by practically
the whole nation has wiped out
sectional lines. The retiring
president speaks somewhat feel
ingly of his own wish to help to
ward the accomplishment of that
end, and of what he has attempt
ed; but, says he, “I cannot deny
that my worthy and distinguish
ed successor has a greater oppor-.
tunity, and I doubt not that he
will use it for the benefit of the
nation at large.”
Mr. Taft’s tribute to Mr. Wil
son, coupled with his acknow
ledgment of Mr. Wilson’s superi
or opportunity shows him in a
new light and stirs something
akin to a feeling of sympathy for
him-that he, a polished Ameri
can, should have made the victim
of the wild and radical propagan
da of a bolter from his own party.
Though the south differs positive
ly from Mr. Taft in politics, just
such gracious acts as this during
his administration have com
mended him to the admiration of
the southern people. This latest
expression is in the words of a
big hearted and big brained man
who looks beyond his personal
defeat and sees the good that is
coming to the whole country—
coming particularly to the south,
so long in political Coventry. —
Atlanta Journal.
Serving as Jurors In
United States Court.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 15. —L.
G. Armstrong of Savannah was
designated by Judge Speer yes
terday as foreman of the grand
jury of the United States court.
The other members of the jury
are;
Henry R. Alexander, William
M. Crafts, Henry R. Altick, I. D.
Laßoche, Samuel W. Lewis,
Frank M. Fitzgerald and Tracy
G. Hunter, all of Savannah; Jas. j
S. Wright, Brunswick; J. C. Hol
lingsworth, Screven county; M.
J. Dubberly, Baxley; A. Adel,
Sylvania; Geo. E. Wood, Manas
sas, W. J. Jordan, Reidsville;
John M. Deal, Stillmore; R. W.
Anderson, Tarrytown; R. A.
Flanders, Swainsboro; H. L.
Gaylord, Clio; Hinchel Sherrod.
Herndon; F. M. Doherty, Rocky
Ford: N. L. Gillis, Soperton; Jno.
D. Brown, To\vns, and D. S.
Barnhill, Lothair.
This Town Wants
to be Up-to-Date.
Monongahela, Pa., Nov. 14.
The town of Eighty Four, Wash
! ington county, with a population
of 700, never had contained a
Republican voter. Once many
years ago a Republican went to
the town to go into business, but
did not remain until election
time.
Eighty Four took its present
name when Cleveland was elected
President in 1884. Previous to
that time it was known as Fifty
Six, in honor of the election of
President James Buchanan. Now,
after twenty years, the residents
propose to petition the Postmas
ter General to change the name
of the postoflice to Nineteen
Twelve in honor of Woodrow
Wilson’s election.
Dwelling for Rent or
For Sale.
A comfortable six-room house,
with garden spot, in choice resi- i
dence section of Mt Vernon, with
conveniences. For terms of rent
or sale apply at
MONITOR OFFICE. 1
THE MONTGOMERY MONtTOR-THtHtSDAY, NOV. SI. 1013
ENORMOUS CORN
YIELDS REPORTED
Georgia About To Become
The Greatest Corn-
Growing Section.
The Georgia State College of
Agriculture at Athens has been
advised that a member of one
of the boys’ corn clubs of Geor
gia has harvested 233 bushels of
com from an acre this year; and
an official investigation will be
made. Should the report be sub
stantiated, the highest yield last
year, 214 bushels, has been far
surpassed, and a wonderful new
record made. Awards for corn
yields by club members will be
made in Atlanta at the Corn
Club Show, Dec. 3 to 6 inclusive.
T. W. Barnett, a boy who is a
student at the Alabama Sixth
District Agricultural school, at
Hamilton, Ala., has grown 172
bushels of corn on an acre in
Tuscaloosa county, Ala.
This was the largest yield from
an acre in the history of the
county.
Ben Leath, the champion Geor
gia corn raiser of the boys’ corn
clubs for 1911, who is now a stu
dent of the State College of Ag
riculture, and who is ineligible
by reason of the age limit to fur
ther contest, made a remarkable
record for corn growing. He
planted five acres in corn on his
father’s farm at Kensington,
Walker county, and has just har
vested 720 bushels of corn from
the five acres. The net cost of
growing the 720 burhels was $94.
The corn club boys of Walker
county made another enviable
record. Fifteen members aver
aged 83 bushels to the acre.
Clarance Marchant, 16-year
old son of J. I. Marchant of Mi
lan, Telfair county, R. F. D. No.
2, recently harvested the great-1
est yield of corn, 154 bushels, ev-1
er gathered from a single acre in
Telfair county. From one acre
he has made $l5O worth of corn.
* Corn contest prizes in cash of
fered by the Bank of Statesboro,
Statesboro, Ga., were awarded
as follows: First, Z. H. Cowart,
106 bushels and 40 pounds; sec
ond, W. T. Smith, 104 bushels
and 11 pounds; W. W. Wright,
83 bushels, 32 pounds; H. I. Wa
ters, 82 bushels; M. W. Turner,
78 bushels, 4 pounds; J. S. Frank
| lin, 75 bushels, 12 pounds; H. T.
Hendrix and J, A. Neville, Jr.,
73 bushels, one pound.
Mr. Cowart, winner of the first
prize, stated that he grew 300
bushels on three acres.
Wheeler County Gets
Recognition By State.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 15.—The
final requirement to the creation
of Wheeler co anty was met yes
terday morning when Governor
Brown issued the proclamation
which declared that the county
of Wheeler had been authorized
by the voters in the state election
on November sth.
In his proclamation the gover
nor fixes the first Tuesday in
January for the official election
to choose the officers for the new
county. Until these officers are j
elected and qualify Wheeler coun
ty will remain a portion of Mont
gomery county, from which it
was taken. Alamo will be the
county site of Wheeler.
Long Distance Finance.
Adolph Melzer, a wealthy re
tired soap manufacturer, has
presented to the Mayor of Evans
ville, Ind., a certificate of deposit
for SI,OOO which shall stay in the
bank there and draw compound
interest for 250 years, at the ex
piration of which time it will
amount to $19,956,400. This is
said to be the first instance of its
kind in the world. It is Mr. Mel
zer’s plan to seek out other cities
where a similar endowment will
prove iteneficial and to hand the
mayors of such places a certificate
of deposit to run not less than
200 years.
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I Mt. Vernon, Qa. 1
NOTICE OF APLICATION FOR A RAIL
ROAD CHARTER.
Georgia—-Tattnall County.
To the Honorable Philip Cook, Secretary of State:
The petition of Frank Easterling. R. C. Dubber
ly. H. C. Dubberly, J. D. Bradley. S. J. Kicklight
er, D. M. Bradley. B. K. Willingham and P. M
Anderson of Tattnall county. Georgia, and H. B.
McNatt and J. B. Jones, Jr., of Montgomery
county, respectfully shows:
Ist. That they desire to form a railroad corpora
tion pursuant to the Act of the General Assembly
of Georgia, approved December 20, 1892, Code
(1895) Sections 2159-2179.
2d. The name of the railroad company which
petitioners desire to have incorporated is to be the
*‘Snvannah & Western Railway,” the same not be
ing the name of any existing corporation of the
State of Georgia.
3rd. The length of the road, as nearly as can be
estimated, will be about fifty miles.
4th. Said road will run from Glennville, in
Tattnall county, Georgia, in a westerly direction
to Mt. Vernon, in Montgomery county, Georgia,
and will run through Uvalda, Georgia.
sth. The counties through which said road will
run are Tattnall, Toombs and Montgomery, and
the names of the places from and to which it will
be constructed are Glennville, Georgia, and Mt.
Vernon. Georgia, respectfully.
fith. The amount of the proposed capital stock
is Two Hundred ami Fifty Thousand ($250,000.00)
Dollars in shares of One Hundred Dollars each,
all of said stock to be common stock of equal dig
nity.
7th. Petitioners desire to be incorporated for
i and during the period of one hundred and one
years.
Bth. The principal office of the proposed incor
poration will be in the city of Glenville, Tattnall
county. Georgia.
9th. Petitioners do intend in good faith to go
forward witout delay to secure subscriptions to
the capital stock, construct, equip, maintain and
operate said road.
10. Petitioners show that they have given four
I weeks notice of their intention to apply for a char
j ter. by publication according to law
Wherefore, they pray to be incorporated under
the laws of the State of Georgia.
D. M. Bradley B. K. Willingham
P. M. Anderson H. C. Dubberly
J. D. Bradley S. J. Kicklighter
J. F. Easterling R. C. Dubberly
J. B. Jones, Jr. H. B. McNatt
Petitioners.
Anderson A Giardeau, Petitioners* Atttomeys,
| Glaxton, Ga.
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Lost Dog.
One large white bob-tail dog
with black spots on him. He is
half bull and half hound, altered.
Will give $5.00 for his where-
I abouts. J. M. Rowell.
; Sharps Spur, Ga.
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.
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work. Satisfaction guarateed to
all patrons. Call me.
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