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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1913)
CANNING INDUSTRY IS VERY PROFITABLE Let Canneries and Factories Work Up All Home Material. A news dispatch from Adel, Ga., tells of the beginning of operation of a canning plant at that place and states that “beets, beans and tomatoes will be can ned for the present and later sweet potatoes and syrup will be the chief products canned.” An extensive cannery which is being established at Ocala, Fla., will make a specialty of canning sweet potatoes, and to secure the raw material is said to be con tracting for practically all the sweet potatoes to be grown in Marion county in which Ocala is located. It will can other vege tables in season, and proposes to operate continuously. At various other places in the Southeast canneries are being es tablished, and the industry is sure to soon become one of great importance in this section. It has not been so many years since nearly all the cotton goods manufactured in this country wP v e made in New England, the raw cotton being shipped from this section, of course. But with the industrial development of the South, the cotton mills have been coming to their proper location between the cotton rows. Economic reasons are bringing the canneries to the section in which the raw products are grown at least cost, in greatest quantity and in unsurpassed quality. Another feature is that the canning season is so much longer in the Southeast than in any other part of the country. Indeed, with the canning of sweet potatoes and of syrup in the latter part of the year after the seasons for vegetables and fruits have passed, the operation of canneries can be made almost, if not quite, continuous in the Southeast. The operation of canneries is not only profitable of it itself, but it also gives a value to pro ducts of field and farm that have had but little, if any, market worth when grown in any con siderable quantity. With the es tablishment of canneries, the Southeast realizes to greater ex tent upon two of its rich assets, soil and climate. —Industrial In dex. He Wanted Instructions. In a certain case where the charge was the theft of a watch, the evidence had been most con flicting. As the jury retired, the judge observed that he would be glad to help in adjusting any difficulties that might present themselves to the minds of the jury. The Green Bay tells how one juror availed himself of the offer. Eleven of the jurors had file j out of the box. The one who re mained wore an expression of ex treme perplexity. Observing his hesitation, the judge said, “Is there any ques tion you would like to ask me?” “Yes, your honor,” replied the juror, eagerly. “I’d be very glad if you’d tell me whether the prisoner really stole the watch.” A Natural Conclusion. Miss Emery had given little Tim a simple problem in addition that he failed to work out. “Numbers are dry,” she reason ed with herself, and determined to make the lesson more interest ing, “Suppose,” she began, engag ingly, “your mama sent you to the store to buy three pounds of lamb, two pounds of potatoes, half a pound each of carrots and turnips, and one pound of toma toes -what would you have then?” Tim shook his head, but Mary bell, only a year older, raised an eager hand. “Well, Mary bell?” said the teacher, with a sorrowful glance at little Tim. “Stew!” said Marybell, sweet ly. Modern Amazons. An interesting account of the prowess of the Dahomeyan Amazons, the female furies who fought the French during their struggle with the refractory King Behanzin. is given by Mr. Frederic Martyn in his book, “Life in the Legion.” The au thor, a former English officer, enlisted in the Foreign Legion of France, —the picturesque troop that we described on the miscel lany page on June 20th of last year,—and saw sharp lighting both in Tonkin and in Dahomey. The turn of the Senegalese Tirailleurs came next. A battal ion of Amazons attacked them, and gave them a very rough time indeed, but the Tirailleurs stood their ground until reenforced by some marine infantry. Any one who is inclined to sympathize with the Amazons on account of their sex can be assured that their sympathy is misplaced. Those young women were far and away the best men in the Dohomeyan army, and woman to man were quite a match for any of us. They were armed with Spencer repeating rifles, and made much better use of them than the men made of their car bines. For work at close quar ters, they had a small, heavy backed chopping sword, or knife, very much like a South American machete. They fought like unchained demons, and if driven into a corner, did not disdain to use their teeth and nails. A marine infantryman seized and disarmed one of them in this fight, but she was so far from being beaten that she turned on her captor and began to bite his nose off. The uniform of these female warriors was a sort of kilted di vided skirt of blue cotton stuff. The garment barely reached to the knees. It was supported at the waist by a leather belt that carried the cartridge pouches. They wore little or nothing above the waist, but on their heads they wore a coquettish red fez, or tarboosh, ornamented with an eagle’s feather. These wo men were all exceedingly well developed, and some of them were handsome in their own way. We of the Legion had a good opportunity of seeing them in action, and we were much im pressed with their dash and gal lantry. He Was ready For Them. It was the day on which the annual rival football match was to be played between the Ann Street Boys vs. Rafferty’s Slash ers, and Rafferty, the center for ward of the Slashers, was just leaving home for the match when Mrs. Rafferty called out. “Rafferty, have yez got yer shillalah?” “Oi have,” replied Rafferty, dealing a thunderous bank on the door with it, relates the Cincin nati Enquirer. “Thin put a brick inside yer hat. Remember the broken head the Ann Street Boys gave yez last season. “Thank ye for the hint, Mrs. Rafferty, me darlirit,” replied Rafferty, but Oi’ve prepared a betther surprise. Oi’ve sewed a dynamite carthridge insoide me hat. And, begorra, there will be a sad home in Ann sthreet to night after the fight.” Extravagance. The circus, declares the York shire Post, had come for its an nual visit to a little country town, and the children for miles round were wildly excited. The young son of a notoriously close fisted farmer rushed up to his father and clamored to be allow ed to go. “0 dad,” he exclaimed, “gim me threepence to go and see the | circus!” “What!” gasped the farmer. “Thrippence? Why, only last month I let you go up to Farmer Higg’s field to see the eclipse of ; the moon! My boy, do you want your life to be one perpetual 1 round of pleasure?” THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1013. WINDER’S TANGLES SHE MOST SERIOUS LOCATION IS PECULIAR ANO PEO : PLE SAY THE ONLY SOLUTION OP THIS PROBLEM IS A NEW COUNTY.' Atlanta, Ga. —Os all the crtmmcht tles in Georgia, possibly in the south, involved in political, legal and other troubles purely as a result of loca tion, Winder, a thriving northeast Georgia city of 3,1*00 inhabitants, holds the palm. - .»■ Winder is situated in three counties, three senatorial districts and two con gressional districts, and out of those conditions have arisen numerous and perplexing complications to which there is no possible so at tion, the peo ple have found, except in the creation of a new county. Acco dngly they are appealing to the legislature to create the new county of Harrow, to be named in honor of the chancellor of the State University, and to make Wintder the county seat. The point where the lines of the three counties, Jackson, Waiton and Gwinnett, come together, is not 50 feet troin the center of Winder. A person can stand on Athens street, running through Winder, st e eh one hand into Jackson and the other into Gwinnett and can look a few feet ahead of him over into Walton. Peo ple liviug on one side of the street attend court at Jefferson, 30 miles away by railroad ; those on the other side go to court at Luwreuceville. 17 miles distant, while on the other end of the street, they go down to .Mon roe, which is 16 miles. Serious legal difiiculties are said to have arisen out of this situation. Law yers drawing deeds and other irupor taut papers in Jackson county, for in stance, have, without thinking about it, had they witnessed by Gwinnett or Walton county notaries, and vice versa. Competent attorneys who nave looked into the question, express the opinion that this is liable to injuie the titles to property, should anyone make a point of it. A prominent citi zen of Winder itiyti the other day, leaving property in various sections of the city. His widow had to go to three different courts of ordinary to secure letters of administration. Has Political Troubles. Located on the border line, Winder suffers politically. It is seldom the town secures a representative in the legislature, and such a thing as a senator from Winder is practically un known. With Jackson and Gwinnett in the ninth congressional distr.et and Walton in the eight, it is said neith er congressman ever bothy's much about Winder, each usually leaving it to the other. Jackson is In the 33d senatorial dis trict, Gwinnett is in the 34th and Waiton in the 27th. It is an easy mat ter to see how numerous complica tions, political and otherwise, may arise as the result of this bad mix-up in location. The school problem is another with which Winder has to wrestle. Each counLy pays a different amount for its pupils, and each has somewhat til - ferent regulations. None of the three counties has given proper cure to the roads around Winder; possibly they have all done their best in the mat ter of road construction and improve ment, but this has not relieved the situation as to Winder! There is no wonder that the people of Winder have been end* adoring for nine years to secure a new county, and yet they have failed in the face of the fact that ail those who have studied the situation, arid who are not prejudiced, are generally agreed that Winder has always presented the strongest and best new county pro position in the state. Politics, how ever, is said to have been responsible for Winders defeat, despite the fact that it is not a political question. Purely a Business Proposal. The people of Winder piesent their proposal tor a new county purely as a business one; they assert they are simply seeking relief from the many tangles in which they are involved as a result of their location, and their appeal is one of the strongest that has yet come to the legislature from any part of the state. According to the plans whicu Win der piesents for the establishment of Barrow county, it is not proposed materially to Injure any one of the three counties from which territory is to he taken. Gwinnett county is asked to give 72 square miles and 4,012 population to Barrow. This Would leave it with 438 square miles and 28,824 popula tion and still larger than 88 other counties in Georgia. Jackson county is asked to give Barrow S 3 square miles and 5,750 population, leaving it with 377 square miles and 24,319 population. It would still he larger than 03 other Georgia counties. Walton county is asked to give Bar row 24 square miles and 2,088 popula tion, leaving it with 342 square miles and 23,305 inhabitants, arid still larg er than 53 other Georgia counties. Taking the terrltorry indicated, liar row county would have 179 square miles, 11,850 population and ; 12.'- 000 of taxable values not including railroad property. There would !><■ ten I Georgia counties smaller than l:n row The new county would he 21 miles I long and fourteen miles w rji Tne new county includes live item p irat ic! towns besides Winder, namely, j~>t.at.ham, Bethlehem, Auburn, Bus sell and Carl. Winder, with 3,000 Inhabitants, has I seventy-five prosperous busim en terprises; has fourteen manufactur ing plants capitalized at $5u0,000; three cotton warehouses bundling nearly 20,000 bales; three bant'-, two railroads, the Seaboard Air Line and Gainesville Midland, and the other facilities of a modern, up-to-da e Geor gia community. Keeling confident that t <■'. situa tion must appeal to the wisdom and Justice of legislators, the people of Wlnoe- bespeak the earnest.co-opera tion and a istanee of their friends over the state. Teachers For The Filipinos. Eighty-five American teachers left San Francisco recently to en ter the Philippine teaching ser vice. They were elected from a large - eligible list and nearly every state in the union was rep resented. They are under a two year contract, or on probation to determine their qualifications, although the average term of American teaches in the Philip pines is six years. There are 700 positions occu pied by American teachers and nearly $3,500,000 is expended an nually on the schools in the Philippines. These figures ap peal - large, but no matter what it costs the United States can not afford to let its adopted chil dren grow up in ignorance. When the islands in the years to come are managing their own affairs Uncle Sain, the schoolmaster may have just reason to be proud of some of his scholars. The school teacher has always been the forerunner of civilization. The Sheep. The other day in a Cleveland school this composition was hand ed in by a little German boy, says the Woman’s Home Companion. “The sheep are weak and fool ish animals. They are very use ful. We can use everything on them except their bleat. Ti e sheep learn their shepherd very easy, but otherwise they are dumb animals. “They eat hay, grass and car rot soup. And the captain of the sheep is called the hello buck.” Mules for Sole. Five head mules, ages 4 to 8, good workers, and in fine condi tion. Prices correct and terms easy. E. T. Mcßride, Alston, Ga. Hounds of the T. It. I will be at the following places on the dates named for the pur pose of receiving state and coun ty taxes for the year 1913: Third Round. Orland, June 2, 8 to 4 p. m. Soperton, “ 3, 8 to 4 p. m. Tarry town, 4, 8 to 12 rn. Kibbee, “ 4,1 to 4 p. m. Higgston, “ 5, 8 to 1 p. m. McGregor, “ 5,1 to sp. m. Ailey, “ 6, 8 till I p. m. Mt. Vernon, “ C», 1 to 5 p. m. Neal Hughes’ “ 7, 8 to 12 m. Longpond, “ 7,1 to sp. m. Charlotte, “ !>, 8 to 12 m. Uvalda, “9, 12 to 4 p.m. Alston, “ 10/8 to 12 m. Sharpe Spur “ 10,1 to 4p. m. Early Palmer’s “ 11, 8 to 12 m. Pigeon Springs “ 11, l to4p. m. Lothair “ 12, 10 tosp. m. Isaac Brooks, T. R. M. G. Ga. NEW ROAD NOTICE. Georgia—Montgornery Comity. Dr. J. W. Palmer, J. A, Oour sey, M. 11. Hurley and others hav ing applied for the opening and establishing of a new hublic mad leading from the old Louisville road to Alley and starting at some point between the fiye and eight post on said road and passing through the lands of the Empire Realty Trust (Jo., ,1. B. O’Conner. M. C Mason, M. H. Harley, J. A. Riddle, Mathews and Mosley and running west oi the residences of YV. H. and M. C. Mason and M H. Harley and to run the old lum ber road of J. A. Coursey as near is practicable to Ailey and thence to i rite sect, the Mt. Vernon and Alley public road. Notice is hereby given that said application will be granted on the first Tues day in July next if no good cause tie shown to the contrary. This the 3rd day of June, 1013. W. 11 Moxle.y, Chin. Co. Com’rs. E. M. HACKLEY Dentist Office over Mt. Vernon Hrng Co. MT. Vf-.KNON. (iA. L. W. BUSH, Dental Surgeon, Officts id Door Bank ot Soperton ftuildlnx, Soperton, Ga. You*vo ohserved-tlmt in front of (lio finest homes Ford oars arc numerous. Wo arc sell ing' an over increasingly great er part of our gigantic output to experienced automobile owners who have tired of the exorbitant expense of big car up-keep. ij MOIV lli.'in a 1111 ,-irtit of million Fords now in sor- j \ ior ooi< v hiring ovidollcc of t Imir wonderful morif. Hnnalioni ; Tom ing ('nr stinn; Town < 'ar ifjsnn— ■! 1.0.11. I)i l roil wiih full • <|iii|>ni(!iif. 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