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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1913)
WOMAN RUNS LARGE FARM SUCCESSFULLY Makes Big Plantation Self sustaining and Makes Happy Homes. Owe of Sumter’s banner dis tricts, the Fifteenth, is boasti fine crops, as many of .lie farm ers are fully up with work since the recent rains. There are many large plantations in the; Fifteenth, and upon nearly all 1 of these the crops promise an; abundant harvest. Mr. Thos. G. Hudson, former Commissioner of Agriculture, re turned yesterday from a trip in to the Fifteenth district, and was enthusiastic regarding the crop aL irospects in that favored section P of Sumter. c One of the finest farms there, and one possessing an unusually good crop this year, is that of Mrs. Mary B. Clay. With prob ably one thousand acres in corn and cotton, the Clay plantation holds the attention of all visitors to the Fifteenth district, and the effect is one of general admira tion. Mrs. Clay operates about forty plows upon the plantation, and while the farming operations are directed by two superintendents, Messrs. William and Goode How ell, two of Sumter’s most expe rienced and practical young far mers, Mrs. Clay also bestows her personal attention upon affairs there. Thoroughly familiar as she is with details of modern farm work, Mrs. Clay has exercised excellent management of the farm several years, and results each year from the cotton crop is from five hundred to six hundred bales, according to seasons, with other crops in proportion. Mr. Hudson visited this beau tiful farm yesterday, and de clared the crops there to be the finest he had seen in Sumter county. The cotton is waist high, and filling up with bolls and blooms. Great stretches of corn fields indicate that food crops are not neglected on the Clay planta tion. The corn crop is very fine, and a yield of sixty to seventy five bushels per acre is promised, in the opinion of former Commis sioner Hudson, himself a practi cal farmer and with excellent ideas regarding crops. The cotton fields are clean of grass, Mr. Hudson said, and that portion of the crop is practically made and laid by. The barns are filled with oats, as an excellent grain crop was made this year. The farm is self sustaining in every sense, as besides the fine crops grown there is nearly enough meat and syrup produced there every year to supply the laborers, and a con tented set they are indeed. The crowning beauty of the plantation is the handsome two story residence, as modern in ail its appointments as any home in Americus, and here Mrs. Clay, who formerly resided there, goes often to direct the affairs of this large farm to which fact is due largely the success attained.— Americus Times-Recorder. DocJge and Wilcox To Bridge Ocmulgee. Abbeville, Ga., June 26. Dodge county’s commissioners met Wednesday in Abbeville with Wilcox county’s commissioners to discuss the proposed building I of a bridge across the Ocmulgee j river to connect Wilcox and j Dodge counties. Both counties agreed to Abbe-' ville’s plans for the bridge and ordered a survey of the river and swamp to see how much it will | cost and also to find the best place to put the bridge. Prospects look very good indeed now for Abbeville to get the bridge. It will prove a great convenience to all of this section of Georgia, as Hawkinsville now is the last point at which the ' river is bridged. Tax Assessment Reform. Several bills to reform the tax laws of Georgia were introduced on the first day’s session of the Legislature. The Telegraph sincerely hopes that this question will not be pig eon-holed by it to some innof’”ous committee to sit be ''een u draw a per diem, '■‘thing. As we pointed oui i day, this has been | the fau. of all such bills so far, and today Georgia has a pass-the hat system of raising funds to pay the running expenses of the State government. An equalization law does not mean a raise in taxes. It means a lowering of taxes. It means an honest return for every man and a fair rate-a lower rate—on that return. It works satisfac torily and well in those cities that have such a law, and it will work well in the State as a whole. The State does not need to give a roving commission to a com mittee to search the country for patterns to follow. Comptroller- General Wright and Murphy Candler can draw as good a bill as Georgia needs in twenty-four hours, if some one asks them to do so. This is the greatest reform needed in Georgia just now, and just as The Telegraph has been pointing out from day to day for some weeks. We are glad to see that nearly the entire press of Georgia have seconded the suggestions made in these columns along this line, Macon Telegraph. A Silent Rejoinder. A Sharp tongue is not at all es sential in administering an effec tive retort. On a trip to Austra lia, Mark Twain had this fact brought home to him in a strik ing way. The incident is record ed in the Chicago Record-Herald. During the great Australian gold rush, scores of men had in a day become fabulously wealthy. It was at the height of that fev erish prosperity that Mark Twain visited the country. He walked down the gangplank from the boat, carrying two heavy satchels. Looking down the wharf, he saw a man of some what shabby appearance loung ing against a post. Mark Twain innocently mistook the man for a dock-hand. “Here, my man!” he called. “Help me with these satchels and I’ll give you a shilling.” The lounger cast one glance in Twain’s direction, and smiled a queer smile. Then he reached into his pocket, pulled out a small handful of gold coins, tossed them carelessly into the waters of the harbor, and walked silent ly away. Great Yield Os Oats Raised In Butts. Jackson, June 30. —The largest yield of oats reported in Butts county during the nresent season and one of the largest ever known here was that of W. E. Foster, who produced 125 bushels on one acre. On 1 39-100 acres Mr. Foster raised 160 bushels, which is an average of 115 bush els per acre. Counting rent, lab or and fertilizer, a total of S3B, Mr. Foster had a net profit on the acre of oats of approximate ly S6O. Mr. Foster, who is one of the best known farmers in the coun ty, was a member of a community l oat club, organized by himself j and several of his neighbors. ; Prizes were given for the best ; yield and he won first place i I handily. While it is not known : here what is the largest yield ever reported in middle Georgia, ; this is the best record ever made by a Butts farmer. With 144 bushels of corn to the acre and 125 bushels of oats, Butts has the record for both of these grain crops among the counties of mid-1 die georgia. Policeman Avant of Macon, 75 years old, with eight grand- ! 1 children and one great-grand* i child, was married yesterday to a i lady 35 years old. i THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THITRSDAY, JULY 3, 1013 JURY LIST. Drawn To Serve at August Term, 1913. The following jurors have been drawn to serve at the Au gust Term of Montgomery Supe rior Court: GRAND JURORS. D N Hughes W C Futrill W P Calhoun J C Flanders J D Taylor D 11 Phillips S J Clark Geo. W. Spivey J. T. Moxley T O McArthur 1 W A Johnson J 15 Jones 1 L P Youngblood F M Mcßae W R Connell Win. Herndon J H Davis W T McArthur 1 E F Alimond Elijah Miller 1 G W Mclntyre E J Wells W 15 Currie I) E Walker W A Peterson W L Calhoun Joel Davis J II Sharpe ' I L Ladson J L* Johnson TRAVERSE JURORS. , W N Clark. R A Page O C McArthur, Jr. J F Daniels . Lester O’Neal W F M Ylliater W 15 Ladson C C Warnock f John M Conner II C Davis I T J Conner T W Morris , Joe Minton Thomas Morris ) A Jones J C Brooks James O’Brien S D Morris 1 A Hamilton T. L'New I Glen J Thompson J W Binder { A T Miller J D Reynolds . Lamar Holmes MIT Mclntyre W J Peterson, Jr. C C Conner , C II Peterson 11 G Wardlaw , John C Morris M I) Davis [ E G Smith Geo. 'l' Johnson ' G W Blocker J E Rich G V Mason M J Brantley C H Calhoun W H Smith W R Johnson A N Price Clayton Gil lis F L Morris ■ C A Soles W I) Savage ■ C I Gillis B S Beaty : NEW ROAD NOTICE. Georgia—-Montgomery County. Dr. J. W. Palmer, J. A. Cour sey, M. H. Darley and others hav ing applied for the opening and 1 establishing of a new bublic road leading from the old Louisville ' road to Ailey and starting at some 1 point between the five and eight post on said road and passing through the lands of the Empire Realty Trust Co., J. B. O’Conner, M. C. Mason, M. H. Darley, J. A. Riddle, Mathews and Mosley and ■ running west ot the residences of YV. H. and M. C. Mason and M i H. Darley and to run the old lum t her road of J. A. Coursey as near as practicable to Alley and thence to intesect the Mt. Vernon and Ailey public road. Notice is I hereby given that said application will be granted on the first Tues day in July next if no good cause be show'll to the contrary. This the 3rd day of June, 1913. YV. H. Moxley, Chm. Co. Com’rs. “First-class Funerals.” “Our town has entered upon a period of growth and upbuilding that is unprecedented,” said a business man of one of the South eastern states to a representative of The Industrial Index. “The reason for this growth is that in the past few months we hav« had three first-class funerals. They were largely-attended funerals. The men for whom the last sad rites were said had own*. . a large , part of the town in the aggre gate. It suited them financially and otherwise to discourage en terprise, and among them they managed successfully to hamper growth. Now, the properties that they owned have been divid ed among the heirs, some of whom are erecting buildings and some of whom sold to others who' are progressive, and as a result, the town is growing as it has never grown before.” “First-class funeral” is a none 1 the more sympathetic or humane j ' term because it is not a new one. ' It has been used in many towns, and probably often without justi fication from any standpoint. A man has an inalienable right to do what he pleases with his own money so long as he does no one an injury and transgresses no law. Yet, it is true that the prog ress of many towns is delayed through the lack of enterprise and development on the part of men who are owners of entensi ve properties. lndustrial Index. 1 ' 8 i s § # § 1 i j|j These live lot tors spoil the name of the host all-around If || automobile (for the money) in the United State's today. || | It is a household word throughout the nation, and has been jj§ || since' machine's we're invented. No purchaser of a Ruiek || ffl was over disappointed—anel never wiu he'. Se'e' us at onec || for the new models. If you want a machine at all, you || |j want a Buick. Place your order at once. Wisdom says so. || tj Selling Buicks in Montgomery and Toombs Counties I 1 | UVALDfI, GA. g 11 I 1 I Am*.- *n : JkiLifc «UT «- V* 1 jj jj* I a "■ fV •- -. .;**<tn lfli A Note to You: Jan. 28, 101.;. We have no regular delivery wagon as yet. Within a few years air ships will come into general use, and many of our patrons will have deliveries made from our place in this novel and rapid manner. In the mean time, should you not live directly in touch with ! our drug store, many of your purchases can he forwarded by Uncle Sam’s new mail service— the Parcels Post —delivered right jat your door. That class of goods (commonly known as merchandise ! will be forwarded at our expense, free to your door, and we should be glad to have our patrons take advantage of this new (and eco nomical method of shopping. P. S. School hooks cannot he ! forwarded at the Parcels Post j rates. Mt. Vernon Drug Company. FARM nACHINHRY If* you want Bestj Prices on Mowers, 1 Rakes, Disc Harrows, Drain Drills, Jhiggics and Wagons, see D. S. Williamson, Alston, Da. 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