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Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, Feb. 20, 1913.
“On to Washington” will be
the slogan of many Georgians
and not a few office- '••ers be
fore the next full mo< i.
If Uncle Sam would dispose of
the Philippine uncertainty and
takeover Cuba and Mexico, the
old man might more consistently
argue the Monroe Doctrine.
The grand jury of Monroe coun
ty recommends the enactment of
a law that will aliolish the sale or
pistols arid pistol cartridges in
that county. Make it for the whole
state and then enforce it.
The fact that Georgia’s gover
nor has to appoint a United States
Senator to fill out the ad interim
period between March 4th and
the meeting of the legislature in
June, seems like a botch that
Georgia ought to discontinue.
As Montgomery county’s terri
tory has been reduced to a strip
of country along the Oconee river
that averages less than ten miles
in width in the formation of oth
er counties, we can afford to look
with some degree of complacency
upon the wars now raging to di
vide up other counties and form
new ones.
The time is coming in Georgia
when the people will demand
publicity in the matter of the ac
tions of municipalities and coun
ty and state officials. The de
liberations and doings of those
who act for the people that will
not bear the limelight of plain |
public statement will always he
looked upon with suspicion.
Prof. Andrew M. Soule says
“the Georgia farmer should
not have to purchase as much;
fertilizer as he is now buying,” j
and recommends the growing of J
legumes. If Georgia farmers
kept four times as much live
stock —improved breeds as they
now keep their lands would soon I
he rich and they would be also.
Renowned surgeons of l’liila
delpia have found a man with all
his internal organs out of place
and sent him to New York for ex
hibition and examination at clin
nics in hospitals there. If these
learned gentlemen v come
down in this section ,! may he
able to throw some light on the
queer antics of some people whoso
ways have not been traced to any ;
other cause.
M. D. & S. Is Prospering.
it is gratifying to note that the
Macon, Dublin A- Savannah Rail
road, traversing a fine territory
through Montgomery county, is
doing a good business. Speaking
of this, the Macon Telegraph
says:
“The Macon, Dublin and Sa
vannah railroad, which .uses the
Southern depot, handled out of
Macon for the same period of six
months, 18,207 tickets, bringing
in revenues of if 17,013.95.
Through passengers handled b\
this road numbered 1,181, with
revenue of $5,002.30. Total
handled by the M. D. A S. for
this period, 19.388, with revenues
of $22,816.25.”
Commenting on the above, tin-
Iziurcna County Herald adds:
“Officials of this mid in l)ul>- ■
li state that the passenger bus
iness handled by them in the last
few months has been consider
ably larger than for the same
period for any other year, and
that the sales of tickets have in- i
creased over last year. The road
is said to be handling an extra
large amount of through freight
from Macon to Yidalia and all of
its business shows splendid in
creases. ’ ’ i
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Perry Home Journal: —The pro
verbial cheek of a “brass mon
key” is exceeded by that of the
corporations who is in the guise
of serving the public seek to se
cure information and advertising
free. They seemingly believe
lire editors of weekly newspapers
to be a lot of easy “suckers.”
Graymont Hustler: —The farm
ers of Emanuel county are getting
ready to plant. Maine ma> lie
come alarmed over the Reciproc
ity Pill, hut our farmers, as a
rule, ‘ live at home and board at
the same {dace,” and they have
no time to tattle or talk of the
treaty with Canada.
Pembroke Enterprise:—A no
ted German editor incoming over
here to learn all about American
Newspapers, and an exchange
says “he will have a long time
to spend studying,” and then
perhaps die knowing very little.
Dallas New Era:-The mem
bership of the Atlanta Federal
prison is to he increased by the
! addition of two prominent bank
ers of Ashville, N. C. They
might hold a banker's meeting.
Fitzgerald Press: —A sure cure
for hook-worm is said to he work.
Now, get busy and lets raise a
bumper crop in Pen Hill this
year. There’s no room in Ben j
Dill for hook-worms, for there’s
plenty of work for everybody.
Cuthbert Leader:—With a good
lot of exchanges and a pair of j
shears, any newspaperman of
average ability ought to be able
:to get up a readable editorial
page. We believe it is pure lazi
ness that causes a number of
country editors to buy canned
: editorials.
Amerieus Times-Recorder: —
When President-elect Wilson
does make known the members
of the cabinet, there will be a
mighty stir in the political world.
Commerce News:—lt is said!
that when John D. Rockefeller j
goes to church he sings from j
way down at the bottom of his
heart: “Praise God from whom j
‘oil’ blessings How.”
Atlanta Georgian: The neces
sity of an appointment by the
j governor to bridge over the
iatus in the senatorial tenure
between March 4 and the con
vening of the Georgia legisla
ture in June is a defect that
should be remedied.
Macon Telegraph: While the
Cabinet-makers are hard at
work picking out the lucky names, j
it is reported that the President
elect finds difficulty in getting
men who will accept a position
for only $12.0(X).i year when more
can he made at other business.
Thonui ville Times-Enterprise:
If Jack Slaton solves the prob
lem of Georgia’s finances, he will
have proven the best Governor;
in the past twenty years.
Griffin News:—Gov. Slaton will
have a hard fight in attempting
to keep Georgia legislators within
the limit of the revenue of the'
State, hut he proposes to do his :
host and may ho successful.
Adel News: Not in years has
farm work been as well advanced
this time of the year as it is now.
With a hopeful view of matters, j
the people are hard at work.
Clinch Co. News:—lt is getting'
to be about as dangerous for a
hobo to venture through Clinch
county, as it is for a grass-hop- ;
per in a barnyard full of turkeys, i
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAV, FEB. 20, 1913.
THE SOUTH!
It used to be “Sunny South.”
Now it is the “Golden South,
says a recent issue of Leslie's
Weekly.
The development of the won
derful natural resources of what
are known commonly as our
“Southern States” has been the
marvel or our industrial history.
We are only at the opening pages.
The wealth in cotton, in lumber,
iron, coal, oil and even the pre
cious metals, which the South
possesses has been only in part
disclosed.
Its wide expanse of arable lands
still untouched invites the immi
grant southward. Its fertile soil, j
its genial clime and hospitable
people make the invitation par
ticularly attractive. The tide of
emigration, turning southward (
now more than ever, has only
begun to How. It means a tide
of wealth and untold prosperity.
We have no patience with
those who patronize our friends
in the South, who talk of the for
giveness of the past and of the
wiping out of sectional lines.
The Sojth is the mother of the
country. American p triotism
was reared in its bosom. It has
given the nation some of its
ablest statesmen, its wisest lead
ers, its most brilliant editors and
sagacious counselors,
In its charities, its benevolen
ces, its religious and educational
work, no part of the Union ex
cels it. For hospitality, it has no
equal.
The South furnished the first
stars in the American flag and
! the bravest soldiers who fought,
in their defence. Bright and
luminous they were, are and al
ways will be.
Go South, young patriot! Go
South! —Leslie’s Weekly.
Tense, Mood and Gender.
A somewhat angular severe
looking spinister was standing on
the station platform outside a
mail-coach, inspecting, with un
disguised curiosity, the ingenious
net arrangement which is able to
sweep in mail-bags while the
train is in swift motion, says An
swers.
“Is she working all right?”
asked one of the officials.
“Ay, ay, Bill,” replied his
mate, when suddenly the lady
touched him on the shoulder.
“Why do you call it ‘she?” she
inquired, as usual athirst for in
formation.
“Because, madam, it’s a mail
catcher,” replied the courteous
official.
| And the snilf of the angular
j spinster almost drowned the
shrill whistle of the engine, then
preparing to move off.
Georgia Spends Millions
Buying Western Corn.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 10.—A re
cent editorial in the Orange Judd
publication here, “Southern
Farming” to the effect that
Georgia was bringing in 80,000,-
000 bushels of corn from other
states annually at a cost of $58,-
[OOO,OOO raised a storm of criti
cisms. These figures, however,
have corroborated by P. A. Meth
vin, state pure food inspector,
who is in close touch with deal
ers all over the state. Mr. Meth
| vin says that in 1010 this state
imported .83,000,000 busnJs at
71 cents per bushel, amounting
to $58930,000. He believes the
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amount was as great for 1911. ;
This being true the corn clubs
still have a great work before
them.
Crazy English Suffragettes.
! London, Feb. 13 The refresh
ment hall in Regents park, Lon
don. was burned down today by :
militant suffragettes. The women
left no clue to their identity, but
on an adjoining path the words
[ “votes for women” were found
scratched in the gravel. The
building was of considerable size.
Baskets, smelling strongly of pe
: troleum. were found in the
i shrubbery nearby.
Madero has resigned the presi
dency of Mexico and Senor de la
Barra has been set up as the head
of the government. The Mexi
cans will probably stack their old
rusty guns and rest a few weeks
and then proceed to shoot Senor
de la Barra out of office.
Statesmen may differ* as to the
time for intervention in Mexico,
but the history of the people and
the acts of cruelty and plunder
against United States citizens
point unmistakably to the fact
this government must show a
strong hand in the affairs of that
turbulent people sooner or later.
Monroe Advertiser:—Governor
and President-elect Wilson is cer
tainly the “man of Silence.” In
reference to cabinet appointments
!he has been keeping silent in
seven different languages.
Division Notice.
The Mt. Vernon Telephone Co.,
Stanford Brothers, managers,
has this day been divided by mu
tual consent, W. R. Stanford as
summing entire ownership of that
portion of lines and equipment in
Wheeler county, west of the
Oconee river, which business will
in the future be known as the
Glenwood Telephone, Co., W. R.
Stanford, manager. The Mt. Ver-
Vernon Telephone Co., Stanford
Brothers, managers including
lines and equipment east of the
Oconee river, Montgomery and
Toombs counties, will continue
under same name and manage
ment, (with the exception of W.
R Stanford as above stated.)
This the 12th dav of February,
1913, G.J. Stanford,
J. I, Stanford,
W. It. Stanford.
Administrator’s Sale.
Georgia— Montgomery County.
Under and by virtue of an order
of the Court of Ordinary of Lau
rens County, Georgia granting
special leave to the administrator
to sell the land hereinafter de
scribed in Montgomery County,
Georgia will be sold at public out
cry on the first Tuesday in March
19i3, before the court house door
in said county between the legal
hours of sale the following describ
ed tract of land:
AU that tract or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in the
12215 t, district G. M. of Mont
gomery County, Georgia, and be
ing a tract of one hundred, eight
and one-quarter (108 1-4) acres of
land bounded as follows: On the
north by G. L. Miller; east by
G L. Miller; south by Frank
Cooper, and west by Messers
Creek. Also Ninety-eight and
one-fourth (98 1-4 ) acres of land
hounded on the north by G. L.
Miller; east by M iller lands ;south
by Frank Cooner, and on the
west by Jim Ricks. Terms of
sale cash. This Ist day of Feb
ruary, 1913. C. L. Beacham,
Admr. of the Estate of C. W.
Beacham.
FREE FERRIES DISCONTINUED.
State of Georgia—Montgomery County.
In the Court of Roads and Revenues of said
County, at Regular meeting assembled this the
Ist Tuesday in February, 1913.
Wherefore, it has been made apparent to this
body since the creation of the new County of
Wheeler out of that part of Montgomery County
west of the Oconee river, and.
Wherefore, the ferries heretofore operated across
the Oconee river at Lammon’s Ferry near Mt.
Vernon, Ga.. and at Bell's Ferry, near Charlotte,
Ga.. by the County of Montgomery, are now pub
lic highways to be operated by the two adjoining
counties, and.
Wherefore, the adjoining county of Wheeler re
fuses to pay her pro rata share of the expense of
operating said ferries, it is. therefore.
Ordered and adjudged by this court that said
ferries be and they are hereby discontinued.
It is further considered, ordered and adjudged
by this body that said ferry boats, cables, ropes
and all apparatus connected therewith for the op
eration of said ferry boats, heretofore operated
and being the property of this, Montgomery
County, Ih* offered for sale to the highest bidder
for cash before the court house door of said county
on the Ist Tuesday in March. 1913, and that the
proceeds arising from said sale be appropriated
to the bridge fund of said county. This the 4th
day of February, 1913
W. H. MOX LEY,
Chairman.
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SALE 0E FERRY BOATS.
State of Georgia—Montgomery County.
This is to notify the public generally that after |
the Ist Tuesday in March, 1913, the lammon’s i
Kerry, near Mt. Vernon. Ga.. and Bell's Ferry,
near Charlotte, Ga., will be discontinued by the
County of Montgomery, heretofore operated by
them as free ferries.
Anil in pursuance of a resolution passed at a j
meeting of the Board of Hoads and Revenues of
Montgomery County, Georgia, held at their regu
lar session on the 4th day of February, 1913, or- I
dering said ferries to be discontinued after the
Ist Tuesday in March. 1913, And in pursuance of
said order the undersigned, chairman of said
Hoard, will put up and sell at public outcry on the
Ist Tuesday in March. 1913. to the highest bidder
for cash, before the court house door in said coun- .
ty, the following described property to wit:
One certain ferry boat and about S6O yards of
steel cable, all the pulleys, levers, ropes, etc., con
nected with the said ferry boat, now on exhibition
at Lammon's Ferry, near Mt Vernon, Ga-. said
ferry boat being of the dimensions of sixty feet
j in length and twelve feet in breadth, and practi
cally new. having recently been launched, w’ith
all the modern appliances for operating the same.
Also at the same time and place and under the
same conditions and circumstaces the undersigned
will offer for sale a certain ferry boat and about
and about 3.50 yards of cable, all the pulleys, levers,
ropes, etc., connected therewith, used for trans
portation at Bell's Ferry on the Oconee river near
Charlotte. Ga
AU parties wishing to buy said boats will find
the same at the aforesaid crossings; said sales be- i
; ing made as aforesaid for the purpose of disposing I
of said discontinued ferry boats.
W. H. Moxley.
j Chairman Board of Roads and Revenues Mont- '
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