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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.
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| 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
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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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