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Mount Vernon, Ga„ Thursday Morning, Dec. 19, 1912.
Superior Court is on again.
Make some one else happy if
you would spend a happy Christ
mas.
It is all right to celebrate, but
don’t forget the real meaning of
Christmas Day.
He is no aviator, but the pro
gressive farmer is already plan
ning to make the dirt fly for his
1913 crop.
The farmer who undertakes to
make his farm pay without fer
tilizing it has only one rival in
his foolishness—the capitalist j
who tries to build a town without!
people.
Up around Athens they are
putting bankers in jail. Down
here in the wiregrass our small
banks are paying institutions,
and our bankers are fat and sleek
and happy.
Variety is all right as “the
spice of life,’’ but we do object
to the way some papers get out
the portrait of Santa Claus. We
hardly recognize the old man
sometimes.
Fine stock clubs will do for
stock raising in Georgia what
corn clubs an?now doing in Geor
gia agriculture. Let Montgom
ery county take the lead and or
ganize the first one.
The Monitor force will pass a
safe and sane Christmas, and our
readers need not deceive them
selves with the idea that we are
on a jag when they see our holi
day edition next week.
It is most gratifying to see
hundreds of acres in this county
“all dressed in living green” as
the young oats are pushing
through the ground. Next year
will be a good one in this coun
try.
Advertising is the thing.
Montgomery county is now in the
limelight on account of fraudu
lent land grants made 127 years
ago. There seems to Ik? no tell
ing how long a bit of advertising
will last.
Montgomery county corn club
Ih»>s ought to have that prize
acre all ready for the plow as
soon as the holidays are over.
And it would not hurt to turn it.
over for the freezes that are to
come later.
Conquering the wilderness goes
steadily on in this section. Now
fields are being taken in and new
ground being - turned over every
winter. But there is enough |
land to sustain a population ten
times as great as we now have. ]
Intensive cultivation will easily ,
solve the problem of increased j
expense.
One of Montgomery’s best
farmers stood by the roadside
this week to tell us that a small i
ad in this pajier had sold his;
large lot of seed oats and brought
inquiries for 500 bushels more I
than he had. Another man from j
a small notice in this paper got ]
business in a few days hat paid
him $75. The fellow that does
not believe in advertising has not
been heard from lately.
The Savannah Press of Thurs
day last celebrated its 21st anni
versary by a magnificent edition
of a hundred pages. The Press
deserves the great success it now
enjoys as a live daily. This spe
cial anniversary number does
credit not only to the publishers,
but reflects the magnitude of
the commerce of Georgia’s great
seaport; and the paper will be
preserved by every reader who
loves the history of our coast,
where Georgia’s history really
began. '
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Nashville Herald:—President
Elect Woodrow Wilson, Governor
Joseph M. Brown and the Better-
Half of the editor of the Nash
ville Herald will celebrate their
birthdays on December 28th. If
these distinguished gentlemen
will meet at our board on that
date we will have a spread.
Lyons Progress:—We hear peo
ple kicking about the scarcity of
money in the marts of trade and
in the financial institutions. Do
you know the reason? It is be
cause the farmers got scared over
the hard times talk and he has
kept his money in his pocket.
Quit talking hard times and we
will see a change.
Laurens Co. Herald: —Forty-
nine red-headed girls were re
quired to launch a ship recently.
This is like sending an army to
step a French duel. Each one of
those Titian haired damsels could
probably launch a revolution and
not half try.
Vidalia Advance:—An “Empty
Stocking Fund’ ought to be
started here in Vidalia. While
there may be none here who need
help, there are other cities whose
problems along this line are very
great at the Yuletide season.
Dublin Courier-Dispatch :
There is very little doubt that
the tariff will be revised down
ward this time, and some of the
congressmen seem aching to get
a chance at the work. Still, they
can entertain themselves with
slicing pie until the time for re
vision arrives.
Hawkinsville Dispatch-News:
According to an Atlanta court
a man may drink a quart of
liquor a day and “still be a gen
tleman.” That ought toj be
enojgh to satisfy any man and
the fellow who exceeds that limit
will deserve no sympathy if he
loses his reputation as a gentle
man.
Macon Telegraph:—Prof. Wil
liam B. Scott of Princeton, lec
turing before the Brooklyn Insti
tute, said that the camel origi
nated in America. That’s why
America got a good hump on
herself on Nov. 5.
Adel News: There is little
danger of starvation in this great
country of ours. According to
the Government statistics, there
has been harvested a corn crop
of 3,169,187,000 bushels; or 281,-
921,000 bushels more than the
greatest crop ever grown in any
country of the world.
Savannah Press:—England is
ungrateful. We read where there
are more marriageable women
than men over there, and yet
when a few American Mormons
start preaching their doctrine on
the streets of London they are
mobbed.
Valdosta Times:—The Demo
crats in congress are not disposed
to let everything slip through,
their fingers these days. While
serving the country by reducing
the cost of living they are also
going to increase the amount of
pie which President Wilson will
have to distribute, this in the re
fusal to confirm many of Taft’s
appointments.
Atlanta Georgian:-The South,
which once was an agricultural
section exclusively, 6till is an
agricultural section—but it is
more. It is a manufacturing sec
tion now —ten years from now it
will be the manufacturing center
i of the Union. I
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAY, DEC. 19, 1912.
METHODIST COLLEGE
OPENS IN SEPTEMBER
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Presbyterial Institute Proper
ty to be Transferred
to Methodists.
At yesterday's meeting of the
board of trustees of the new
Methodist college, located here
it was decided to open the new
institution in September, 1913. i
The name of the college.has been
fixed as the Blackshear Collegiate !
Institute.
A committee headed by Rev.
W. A. Huckabee is already at
work on the course of study for
the institute. A committee has
also been named to arrange for
the transfer of the property to
the Methodists and to secure a
charter, by-laws and constitution
for the government of the insti
tution.
Rev. W. A. Huckabee, presi
dent of the institute, will move
here Tuesday and will make
Blackshear his home in the fu
ture his duties will be to travel i
in the interest of the institute, j
raise funds for the use of the new
school and secure pupils. He is
an experienced worker in educa
tional matter, having founded
the South Georgia College at Mc-
Rae.
The members of the board of
trustees who live at Blackshear
and Waycross constitute an
executiye committee, with full
power to act between all regular
and special meetings of the board.
The Waycross members are Rev.
J. B. Thrasher, Rev. O. F. Cook,
Col. W. W. Lambdin, T. J. Dar
ling, L. J. Cooperand Rev. Whit
ley Langston. The last named is
president of the board of trus
tees.—Blackshear Times.
CITATION.
Georgia— Montgomery County.
J. C. Outlaw has in proper form
applied to the Ordinary of said
county for letters of ndministra
tration on the estate of Mrs. Chris
tian Peterson, late of said coun
ty; this is therefore to cite all
persons concerned to show cause
if any they can at the next term
of the court of Ordinary of said
county, to be held on the first
Monday in January, 1918, why
said application should not be
granted. Given under my hand
and official signature this the 2d
day of Dec., 1912.
Alex. McArthur, Ordinary.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
Notice- is hereby given that the
firm of J. E. Braswell &■ Co., do
ing busiuesss in the town of Als
ton, Oa., has this day been dis
solved by mutual consent, A. E.
Smith, a member of said firm, re
tiring, J. K. Braswell assuming
all indebtedness and collecting all j
accounts due said firm. This the
27th day of November, 1912.
J. E. BRASWELL & CO.,
J. E. Braswell,
A- E. Smith.
CITATION.
Georgia—Montgomery County. j
Mrs. Julia Brown has in proper;
form spoiled to the Ordinary of
said county for letters of admin
istration on the estate of Ambrose
Simpson, late of said county; Ibis
is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to show cause if anv
they can at the next term of the i
Court of Ordinary of said county, 1
to be held on the first Monday in !
January, 1913, why said applies-i
tion should uot be gritted. Giv-i
en under my hand and official sig
nature this the 2d dav of Dec.,
1912.
Alex McArthur, Ordinary.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia - Montgomery County.
Will be sold before the court house door in Mt.
Vernon on the first Tuesday in Jan., 1913, be
j tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder
■ for cash, certain property, of which the following
j is a complete descript ion:
, 1 All of those certain tracts or parcels of land ait
, uate, lying and being in the 1600 G. M. District of
. said county and state, and described as follows:
1 One lot being the south end half of lot No. 467 and
, all of lot No. 468 except forty (40) acres carved
out of the west owner of said lot, and being in the
shape of a square, the same having been sold to
IXdl Clark. All of said property lying and being
log in the Seventh land District of Montgomery
county and containing two hundred and sixty- j
three and three-quarter (363 3-4) acres more or j
leas, and being in the possession of Isaiah Clark, j
plaintiff in fi fa. and by him pointed out for levy.
| Levied on and will be sold as the property of
Isaiah Clark to satisfy eight justice court ti fas is
sued from the justice court of the 1600th G. M.
district of said county in favor of The Mount Ver
non Bank vs. Isaiah Clark, principal, and Douglas
S. McArthur, security. Levy made and returned
!tomeby J. H. Clements, constable. This the 3rd
; day of December, 1912.
J AMES HESTER, Sheriff M. C.
W. L. WUsoa. Atty for PUT*.
If you want money quick, write
Lyons Loan & Abstract Co., Ly
ons, Ga., for they are loaning
I money cheap. i
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( FALL AND WINTER
| BARGAINS
jlj Honest Goods, Honest Weights and Honest Measures. §
fef Courteous treatment’for long years has marked my business. |
1 W hat you need in
I DRY GOODS, SHOES, HATS, GROCERIES I
| AND FARM TOOLS I
I will be Sold at Live and Let-Live Prices. |
WARRANTED NEW HOME SEWING MACHINES, M’CGRMICK I
MOWERS, REAPERS AND BINDERS, HARROWS |
CULTIVATORS ARE SPECIALTIES WITH ME. §
j W. H. McQueen, I
If (The Old-Line Merchant, With “the Goods”) I
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Trespass Notice.
All parties are warned against
trespassing by hunting, fishing or |
cutting wood in any manner
whatsoever, on the lands of the i
undersigned in Montgomery!
county, the same being posted
according to law. All violations j
will be promptly prosecuted.
W. H. Adamson,!
H. V. Rogers. j
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Dwelling for Kent or
i For Sale.
A comfortable six-room house, I
; with garden spot, in choice resi
dence section of Mt. Vernon, with |
! conveniences. For terms of rent
or sale apply at
MONITOR OFFICE.
The undersigned would like to
have a yearly contract as over
: seer of a large farm. For par
ticulars address
R. S. Carroll,
Ailey, Ga.
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
abouts. J. M. Rowell,
Sharps Spur, Ga.
M. 15. CALHOUN j
Attv lit ..aw,
Mt Vernon, Georgia.
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A. L. Lanier,
Attorney at Law,
MT. VERNON, GA.
Will Practice in nil the Courts of
the State.
11. S. BERNER, |
Boiler Making and
Boiler Repairing.
Special attention to this class of
work. Satisfaction guarateed to
all patrons. Call me.
j Mt. Vernon, Ga., Rt. No. i
This is Your Bank!
We want you to feel that we are here to render ser- | j
vice to the public—to you personally. T
! f: Whether it be in safeguarding your funds or in ;j;
advising you on business matters, we shall treat |j;
1 s; you as we treat all our patrons with the best service |j>
£ and impartiality. There is no middle ground in our
i dealings with customers. The small depositor will i!
receive just as careful attention as the large.
We have taken every possible precaution to keep
your money safely, for our continuance in business |
means as much to us as it does to you. :
1 The BANK OF SOPERTON
! SOPERTON, GEORGIA.
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;j ATLANTA JOURNAL GIVES THE jj
GEORGIA BOYS FREE TRIP.
! I To afford the school boys of this section a chance to attend ! j
Wilson’s inauguration in Washington, the Atlanta Journal j!
I has put on a voting contest. Any school or college boy may j;
enter, or any Journal carrier. j >
Fill out this nomination blank and send at once for full |j
particulars to the Atlanta Journal.
NOMINATING COUPON
Date |;
I hereby nominate ! |
(Name of School or College Boy) ] i
(Town) (State) j |
as a candidate in The Journal’s Inauguration Campaign. ; j
Nominated by— j!
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