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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1913)
TP\ e Nontgoniery Monitor M'BI.ISHED EVERY THIWSBAV. 01-HCUI. OHO AN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 1 Entered at tb< PO»tofllc< in Mt. Vernon. 6a. a* Uecond-ClaM Mall Matter. B. loi nom, editor nnd o*ncr. *' * Year, in Advance. , **-Le«al K-i. i i 1 1-' nu nt» mart iuv»riaW> be paid in advanee, at the la*** ra, 's and »» **•« law dlrpcta; and llWf< balß band not later than Wedo< ada? Niorning of the Amt week of iiiaortion Mount Vernon, Ga,. Thursday Morning, Feb. 13, 1918. Corn is the keynote of pros perity in Georgia. Despite the supposed unlucky number, 13, this year is full of promise for the man who tries. Information comes <m state agricultural headquarter.-. that the farmers are going slow on guano this season. Our friends of the sea island cotton section can well aflord to drop the long staple. Sugar cane, sweet potatoes and rice will heat it any year. With cases like that of Tomp kins and the Lynns, the neigh boring county ot Laurens is hav ing a full s are of the expense ol criminal proseeutions. We are not informed as to whether the suffragettes who will march in the inaugural pa rade will he armed and equipped with swords or broomsticks. More than half of Montgom ery county’s territory has gone to form new counties. With proper management at least half her expenses should be cut ofl also. The boys and girls are the hope of this country. Besides the advantages of an education, they need your encouragement in the lines of right and profitable en deavor. Help the corn and can ning clubs. Over in Russia last week a poor editor was lined $l5O for telling the truth. In this sweet land of liberty wi can tell the blessed truth and get pay for it. or tell a “whopper” and get more pay for it. A follow at llaylow in South Georgia undertook to blow up his mother-in-law with dynamite last week. There are numbers of such sneaks in this country who do not deserve as quiet a death as to be blown up by their mothers-in-law. The Twelfth District is entitled to a district agricultural school. We have mine. We should pro ceed to have one established. 1 While we already have a large school in the Brewton-Parker In stitute, Mt. Vernon would wel come and give a home to the Twelfth District Ay : dtural school. Congressman Kdwards of the First District is urging the ad dition of $200,(M i to the agricul tural appropriation bill in e n gress to tight hog cholera. This 1 is getting at one of the mpst ur gent needs of the farmer. Thous ands spent in mone\ and anxiety over the hull weevil scarce might be used in e nbatting a great scourge alivadv existing. Our npprt «. sited contemporary, the Darien Gazette, urges the press to insist on bi ennial sessions of the state legi slature. Good. But lot us de mand also with bull-dog tenacity the passage of a law that will correct the greatest evil now ex isting in the legal machinery of tin state the iniquitous tax sys tem. Some localities are born famous by the vicissitudes of war or natural circumstances, others achieve greatness by the industn and business sagacity of their in-, h; itants: others still have to await the tedious passing of a few first-class funerals, and when ; the old grip on lands and business opportunities is loosened, then grow rapidly into thrifty and progressive communities. 1 ?»YTYTTYTTTTTTmTmm»* ► Gleanings From 1 t Wisdom’s Field. « t i • AkkkAAAAkA.AkA.AAAAAkkAAA.AA Savannah Press:—The parcels post may be overworking the post-office crowds, but we ob serve that monthly bills are de livered by the postman with old- Mme punctuality. Fitzgerald Press:—The ques tion has been asked ‘‘what has become of the Fitzgerald Cham - tier of Commerce?” We don’t know. But a properly managed Lody of this kind can do a great •al in building up a city. Graymont Hustler: There w<tc 353 automobiles sold in Georgia during the month of .January, and it is, according to statistics, one of the o(T months for the sale of these luxuries. Who saiij hard times? Atlanta Georgian: Any per son who thinks he finds a mis quotation or misrepresentation in newspaper colums may be sure of an audience with the editor responsible for publication. Macon Telegraph: If the States get a chance at the six-year j amendment they will have to make more haste to ratify than they did in the income tax amendment or it may not be ef fective by 1916. The latter amendment, was passed with the Dayne tariff bill in July, 1909, nearly four -years ago, and has jus become a part of the Consti tutor). Hawkinsville Dispatch-News: - Nobody in Hawkinsville is kicking over the income tax, so far as we have heard. But that does not necessarily mean that Hawkinsville has no rich folks. Hartwell Sun:—The spasmodic kind of advertising practiced by some firms will lead them to no definite degree of increased bus iness. I ike everything else, the persistent ones are those who keep right at it all the time and they are the ones who reap the harvest of increased profits. Dublin Courier-Dispatch: Those who are wondering at the price of gasoline will find a little explanation in the item stating that the Standard Oil Company has just declared a dividend of $■10,000,000. The money had to come from somewhere, and the automobilists paid the bill this time. Clinch Co. News: Now that cotton is a failure as a money crop, the farmers should raise ore hogs and cattle, and plant i ore corn and hog feed. Another money crop that has been neg lected is rice. People use toj raise lots of rice in this county j and it always brings a good price. I Monroe Advertiser:— Now if : ,;oy would only amend the par cel post bill so that books and the products of a printing office could be sent by this method, we’d have little fault to find with it. Laurens Co. Herald:—Madison is after a chamber of commerce. F.very town must have two things t ' be progressive, a good news paper and a board of trade. Mad- 1 is.m already has the one and it is helping her to get the other. Darien Gazette: It is said that Congressman Charley Edwards never loses an opportunity to help his district. He is one of the hardest workers in congress. Pembroke Enterprise: The city of Savannah consumed one million gallons less water during the year 1911. The people in Savannah must have drank a lot •of Ivor and booze the past year. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 1913. Farm Notes. Beware of the tree agents. They may be dishonest and sell un- i certain goods. It is best in all ; cases to deal direct with strictly reliable nurserymen. The garden plowed in late fall or winter can usually be pre •pared for planting a week or two earlier. Late plowing also is hard on insect pests wintering in , the soil. For laying fowls, milk furnish es the animal protein that is 1 necessary. In this way it takes the place of beef scraps, which is a packing-house product and somewhat expensive. Careful study of the conditions necessary for the growth and abundant yield of fruit-bearing j trees has conclusively demonstra ted that the soil in the orchard must be cultivated. No poultry house is complete without an adjoining open-front scratching shed. Here, during bad stormy weather or severe cold weather, the fowls may be confined and jf kept busy, will be happy, healthy, and what is more to the point, profitable. Horrible Suicide of Douglas Farmer. Douglas, Ga., Feb. B.—News has reached Douglas of the re cent suicide of Alec H< iott, a farmer about bo years of age, residing about four miles from Garrant. Mr. Henriptt was a Frenchman, and served in the French army. He came to this cou ity about two years ago from North Carolina, purchased land and opened up a farm. At the time he committed suicide his family think his mind was tem porarily deranged. The act took place in his front yard, and a shotgun was used. He placed the shotgun on the ground with a stick on the trig ger, with one end fastened in the wire fence, and the other where he could press it with his foot, and when he got the gun in proper range, he fired it by means of this stick. The load complete ly shot, out his heart. He leaves a wife and several children. At the time he com mitted suicide his wife was wash ing in the back yard, while sev eral of his children were about the premises. Henriott was well known here, having been a resident of the southern part of Montgomery county for many years, probably moving from here to Coffee coun ty instead of from North Caroli na as stated above. He was an cccetric character, with all the propensity to talk that usually belongs to men of his natjonaity. Old-Time Fairs Aid to Farmers. Washington, D. C., Feb. I. In an effort to revive interest in the old-time agricultural fairs, the department of agriculture to day issued a bulletin treating of the benefits to be derived from such gatherings. The report is of historic interest in its story of the beginning of such “fairs,” when the country was young and when they were not only an ad vantage to agriculture but were the excuse for social gatherings as well. “What was primarily a mar ket fair, ” says the repiort, “was held in October, 1804, on the 1 mall on the south side of the 1 Tiber, extending from the bridge at the center market to the Po tomac, in Washington, I). C. The); city appropriated SSO toward the fund for premiums and residents subscribed an equal amount. This sum was awarded to the best lamb, sheep, steer, mile, cow, jack, ox and horse actually sold. ” The report declares that the first real agricultural fair was held by the Colurhbian Agricul tural Society in Georgetown, D. C. in 1809. According to the newspapers of that day, “it was attended by numerous assem blages of members of the so ciety. among whom we noticed the president and his lady.” Secretary Wilson is a firm be liever in the efficy of local and state fairs in disseminating agri cultural knowledge. 1 Roses in the Day’s Work. To the attention of those per sons who believe they have done all they should do when they have worked the specified num ber of hours and performed the duties specified in their bonds. ! the example of W. H. Bancroft, vice president of the Salt I>ake j road, is respectfully referred. When Mr. Bancroft was a ; young man he acted as agent at away station in a deserted part; \of the far West. One day the I president of the road happened J to stop and noticed, to his sur prise, that instead of the usualj hare surroundings the small shack was literally set in a bower of roses. He went inside, took a look at Bancroft, got his namej and put him down for promotion. ‘‘A man who will take such care of company property would h be a good man in a higner place, ” j he said as the train pulled out. And Mr. Bancroft has been going higher ever since. There arc a good many ways of planting roses about our every day work. Anyway, it is an ex periment worth the trying. —At lanta Georgian. Educational Facilities. A state fund of $2,550,000 has just been prorated among the county and city public school systems of Georgia, this being at a pro rate of $3.44 per child of school age, including both white j and negro children. This sum, large in the total, is hut a small portion of what is expended in Georgia annually for educational purposes in the public schools. Practically every incorporated, as well as all the larger towms and cities, collect a special tax for education pur poses, and the sum which each receives front the state fund is but small by comparison. There are few and small sections of Geor gia in which children live far from tlje sound of the school bell, and there are no sections— not excepting mountain regions or lowland districts —in which schools are not accessible to all children. These facts are facts known to this publication, and what is true of Georgia practically of the whole of the Southeast. Public schools not only are maintained in the country dis tricts, but as a rule they are of a good standard of efficiency. In the towns and cities the educa- j tional advantages are first-class, j Any home-seeker who contem-1 plates coming to the Southeast to i live may be assured that he will | find good educational facilities here. —Industrial Index, Monticello News: —Last year j fish were so plentiful in the big pond on the Oemulgee river that nimrods from all sections of the State visited its banks. Now 7 that the government has sent an ad ( ditional supply of minnows for the pond this huge basin bids fair to rival the ocean as a fish ; pond. Hargnins for Cash. I offer for quick sale 1 Mule, , 2 Horses, 1 Wagon, 1 Buggy, and j l Milk Cow. For bargains at! cash figures I will close out the ) above. See me at once if inter-1 jested. Positive sale and every- j thing as represented. W. J. Rico, 4t Ailey, Ga. Dissolution Notice. Notice is hereby given that the firm doing business at Sharpe’s Spur known as F. M. & M. C. Sharpe has been dissolved by j mutual consent, M. C. Sharpe retiring. W. O. Sharpe having; bought the interest of M. C. j Sharpe, the business will contin ue as F. M. isc W. O. Sharpe. All parties indebted to the late firm must settle their accounts at once. 1 Jan. 1, 1913. F. M. Sharpe. M. C. Sharpe. 1 W. O. Sharpe. tn EPDSITS INSURED | i Against Loss j ;; 0 ©©©’ • : || 0© 0© No Matter from What Source it May Come C ! ©© © © :|i IWe are constantly adding new jj; accounts, and our business is increasing jj: | at a very satisfactory rate. jj; Possibly you also might be glad to jj; join us. ii| I' THE PEOPLES BANK SOrERTON, GA. | Fresh and Pure from x /««<]•& the growers and manu- a* oi iST'-CM 1 31 (1 \'V'’«*rs/ X ' ]ijjw] facturers. All the skill (3? .J. of the doctor and drug- ® C. Jgist will avail you nothing if the prescriptions are filled with a poor grade or Aa with drugs that have lost their strength by reason of age. @@ Health a Valuable Asset. || I When it needs attention, you can not afford to trifle. 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