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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1913)
PRESENT TAX LAW IS OUTRAGEOUS MAKES THE RICH MAN RICHER While the Poor Man Pays More than His Share of Necessary Expenses. In a strong article that puts the matter in plain words, the Jack son Argus discusses the iniqui tous tax system in Georgia. Under the head of “Stealing,” the Argus says: ‘‘Stealing and tax-dodging are one and the same; only the latter adds a lie to the theft. Under the present system of property tax in Georgia, the rich man can turn in his taxes at what he l pleases, but the little that the poor man hath is so small that he must turn it in at par value. Can anything be any more unjust or iniquitous? The rich man who receives most protection from the state, pays but a decimal pro portion of his true share to its support, the burden falling on the poor man, who cannot help himself. If human nature is no further developed than that nine out of ten rich men are dishonest with regards to turning in taxes. | then it is time to call a halt and ! inaugurate a system by which every man can be MADE to bear his burden of expense of the gov ernment. The man who is able and who dodges his just share of taxes should be outlawed, herald ed by low names which the slang of the streets applies to the thief. He should no longer be looked upon as a shrewd man; but a man whose shrewdness is iniquitous and dangerous to the body politic. Beware of the tax dodger. If he will swindle the State collectively, he will swindle you individually.” ( No Good at School. Little George was six years old , at New Year’s, and the family was much interested in having him start to school in February, but he insisted that he was not going, says the Woman’s Home Companion. One day his grandmother said to him: “George, you are going to school with sister this winter, aren’t you?” “No, grandma, I’m not going to school at all. I can’t read, nor I can’t write, nor I can’t sing, and I’d like to know what good I’d be at school.” Had to Catch Him. The farmer’s mule had just balked in the road when the country doctor came by. The farmer asked the physician if he could give him something to start th" mule. The doctor said he could, and, reaching down into his medicine case, gave the ani mal some powders. The mule switched his tail, tossed his head and started on a mad gallop down the road. The farmer looked first at the flying animal and then at the doctor. “How much did that medicine cost, Doc?” he asked. “Oh, about fifteen cents,” said the physician. “Well, give me a quarter’s worth, quick!” And he swal lowed it. “I’ve got to catch that mule.” A Very Old Practice. A little fellow r who had felt the hard side of the slipper, turned to his mother for consolation. “Mother,” he asked, “did grandpa thrash father when he was a little boy?” “Yes,” answered his mother, impressively. “And did his father thrash him when he was little?” “Yes.” A pause. “Well, who started this thing, anyway?” A dainty line of Easter candies. Let the young folks call and see them. Simpson, the Grocer, Mt* Vernon. —ad. j Prize Acres Leading to Prize Farms. Prize acres farmed by corn club boys are intended to be only object lessons for the young farmers, their fathers and their neighbors. The reason for the corn clubs is, simply, to show the j farmers what can be done in the way of increasing the yield of their farms by scientific methods. What can be done on one acre should be done on five, ten or j ; fifty acres. What is wanted is intensive farming as extensive as the farm. Every acre that is j planted should be made to pro duce as nearly as possible to its limit. The farmer who has one prize ! acre and forty-nine mediocre ! acres is not a good farmer. It is apparent that that truth #is be ; coming widely recognized in the South. For instance, 498 farm ers in Alabama and Mississippi are said to have applied improved methods of corn culture to i 6,352.5 acres last year and har ; vested 46.6 bushels to the acre, ; while the neighboring farmers 1 who did not use those methods j harvested but 17.5 bushels to the acre. The more successful farmers planted an average of 12 acres in corn. Again, 674 farmers grew cotton intensively on 14,389 acres and picked 1,205.5 pounds of seed cotton to the acre. Neigh boring farmers who stuck to old methods picked 531.5 pounds to the acre. The more successsu! farmers planted an average of 21 aci*es in cotton. When a farmer learns that im proved methods will increase the yield on one acre, he should not stop there. He should apply those methods to his whole farm, until every acre he has under crops is yielding what it should yield.—Savannah News. Saving Waste and Making Profit. There is an increasing demand on the part of market gardeners for more information and knowl edge in regard to commercial canning of vegetables and fruits. It frequently happens that, as a result of temporary over-supply or lack of proper methods and facilities for distribution, many products of the farm and garden, more or less perishable in char acter, are annually allowed to go to waste. With a knowledge of the principles of canning, are an nually allowed to go to waste. With a knowledge of the princi ples of canning and a small can ning outfit, costing not over $lO or sls, most of this waste could be prevented and turned into profit. A gardener near Colum bus, 0.. annually adds from S7OO to SI,OOO to his income from a ten-acre tract by utilizing his surplus products in this way. A course in fruit and vegetable canning is now' included in the instruction given at the College of Agriculture, Ohio State Uni versity. Twelve students are taking the course, and, with the limited facilities provided for this work, over 1,000 cans of veg etables have been put up this season. Smart if Not Polite. Seated in a crowded traction traction car some time since was a very stout man who weighed about 300 pounds and beside him, squeezing into a space about three inches broad, was a mes senger boy—one of those very small, abused-looking kids, says the Chicago Record-Herald. Presently two young ladies came in and, reaching for straps, stood close to the stout man, who turned to the messenger boy and i said: “Little boy, why don’t you get up and let one of those young la | dies sit down?” “Why don’t you get up and let ’em both sit down?” replied the " boy much to the amusement of I the rest of the r assengers. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1913. | ~ I j P BY STAFF OF G*. STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Farmers’ Co-Operative Demonstration Work Reorganized and Enlarged President Andrew M. Soule. At the first of the present year co-1 operative arrangements between the State College of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agricul ture were perfected, by which Prof, j J. Phil Campbell of the college, be -1 came state agent tn charge, and a re ! organization took place. Now the dem- I onstration work of the college and the i government Is combined and an out- I line of work has been planned which J will mean much for the Georgia farin i or. Mr. Campbell Is still at the head of the corn, club work. Hon. Brad ford Knapp of Washington, D. C., special agent tn charge of farm dem onstration work of the government, says of the combination of forces : FAVOR ENLARGING COLLEGE WORK. The annual mceetinge of the C.eor gia Horticultural Society, the Geor gla Breeders’ Association and the Georgia Dairy and Live Stock Associ ation, all passed resolutions addressed to the legislature asking for appro prtattons to enlarge the work of the college and provide room and appli ances for teaching the rapidly grow ing student body. The resolutions are similar and a copy of one is as fol lows: “Resolved, That we hereby petition the general assembly of Georgia to provide the most liberal appropriation for the Georgia State College of Agri culture, Athens, Georgia. Authentic reports prove that during the past live years the activities of the Col lege of Agriculture have materially increased the yield and production of our principal crops. The State Col lege of Agriculture needs liberal fi nancial assistance to erect additional buildings, maintain demonstration work, which Includes farmers' Insti tutes, agricultural extension schools, teachers’ institutes, boys’ and girls’ clubs, farm demonstrations, soil sur veys, fertilizer test plats, horticultu ral investigations, plant and animal breeding centers, field work In live stock and dairying and poultry hus bandry. SOUTHERN STATES COTTON CORPORATION Organization Getting Ready to Take Care of 1913 Business. The directors of the Southern States Cotton Corporation met in Dallas February sth, and after a, thorough investigation into and! consideration of the affairs of 1 the Corporation lasting about ten days feel that they can congrat ulate themselves and the people of the South upon having devel oped a marketing system for cot ton, they are satisfied that the experience and progress in this work during the last three months warrants them in the be lief that this proposition has passed beyond the experimental stage and must inevitably spread j rapidly over the South. The j Corporation began taking cotton j from the growers last November, [*aying th.erefor three-fourths of the market value in cash and the j balance in notes or scrip of the Corporation. The growers have been satisfied with the conserva tism of the management of the Corporation and have responded by placing their cotton in its j hands and will find this confi dence fully justified by future events. All of the remaining stock of the Corporation ha* been sold to an underwriting syndicate with headquarters in Dallas. This company has large experience in 1 the placing of stock with inves tors and the Corporation feels that it can flow proceed at once with contracting for the delivery ; ' of cotton next fall and this work i ! will at once be begun in Georgia, j | Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Arkansas. There will he a meet ling of stockholders of the Cor poration in Dallas about. April 1 21st for the purpose of electing I directors for 1913 and this meet i ing is expected to be representa tive of the most progressive spirits of the South without re jgard to occupation. It is hoped that such a congregation will as semble as will prove to all that | the Southern farmer has finally determined to exercise his power i in governing his own affairs. I “It. seems to us very fitting. We con gratulate ourselves and I feel like congratulating the people of Georgia upon the perfecting of this organiza tion and the uniting of the efforts of the great State College of Agrloul | turn which you have established in } your state, and the United States Di» I partment of Agriculture, for render ing the best possible service to the farmers of the state of Georgia.*’ As Mr. Knapp has aptly stated on another occasion: “The campus of the college has been extended to the whole state." The sixty-odd farm demonstrators will be In close con nection with the working of the col lege, and In fact nmy ho said to now be a part of its field force. “The general assembly of Georgia should ,ln our Judgment, appropriate a much larger proportion of tho state’s revenue to the advancement of our agricultural Interests now being so ably promoted by the State Col i lego of Agriculture. Your favorable | support of this request will meet with i the hearty approval of your constitu ents.’’ 1 FERTILIZING BEARING ORCHARDS T. H. McHatton, Professor Horticulture. Query—What application of fertlllz er should he made for bearing or chards? Apply 1-2 pound cotton seed meal. 1-2 pound nitrate of soda, 3 pounds acid phosphate, 1 pound muriate of ! potash at the rate of 500 pounds to ' the ucre of 100 peach trees. l*ut 5 I pounds in circles round each tree. | the greater portion being several feet I from lhe trunk. If applied broad i cast use 600 to 700 pounds per aero If less than 100 trees to acre divide , the 600 pounds equally per tree, and ' apply. Fertilizer should bo applied to hearing trees in tho form above mentioned If a crop of legumes have been turned under during tho preced ing season. If such a crop has not been turned under, the cotton soerl meal can ho Increased. Get Your Corn Ground. 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I am in position to give you the best terms and as prompt services ! as any one. If vou need a loan see me before application. A. B. Hutcheson, Mt. Vernon, Ga. Statement of the Condition of TP\e Citizens Bank, Located at Alston, Ga., at tho Close of Business Feb. 25th, 1913. resources: Demand loans $ 466 61 Tune Loans H, 121 !if> Overdrafts, secured 16S 21! Banking house 2,600 00 Furniture and fixtures 2,277 23 Duo from banks and bunkers in the slate 2,088 73 Due front banks and bankers in other states 1,281 60 Currency $123 00 .silver, nickels and pennies 01 00 Cash items 222 15 710 11 Jbtal ~WS;«#S State of Georgia -County of Montgomery. Before nte came F, N. Martin, cashier of The Citizens Bank of Alston, who, being duly sworn, says that the above ami loregoing statement is a true condition of said Bank as shown by tho books ol file in said Bank. E. 8. MAItTIN. .Sworn to and subscribed before me this 271 It day of Feb., 1913. J. L. HHAKI’E, Jr., Com. N. P. M. 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