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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1913)
The Montgomery Monitor. VOL. XXVIII. TREUTLEN COUNTY WINS IN COMMITTEE Amendments Committee of House Recommends Bill’s Passage. The hearing on the proposition to create Treutlen county out of the territory left in Montgomery county was had before the con stitutional amendments commit tee of the legislature on Tuesday afternoon, and they decided in favor of the new county. We are not in possession of the facts of the contest before the commit tee, but parties returning from Atlanta, and the daily papers, make this report. The matter will go before the House for pass age, and before the senate com mittee on amendments, and then to the senate for final action. Os course it will then await the governors signature and ratifica tion by the people of the state before becoming a reality. Sheriff’s Narrow Escape. Valdosta, Ga., July 14.—Sheriff J. J. Sharp of Echols county had a narrow escape from death while driving from Tarver to Staten ville yesterday. Without the slightest warning, except a crack ling noise, a huge tree fell be tween him and his horse, crush ing the front part of his buggy and forcing the horse from the shafts. There was no wind stir ring at the time and the tree fell without apparent cause. A limb crashed through the buggy top and buried itself in the cushion on which the sheriff was sitting. Doctor Sees King Snake Kill Big Moccasin. Boston, Ga., July 11. —Dr. J. E. Watkins stated here yesterday that he was the witness of a Mttle between a very small king snake and a huge moccasin, in which the king snake caught, fought and killed the larger snake. Dr. Watkins stated that when on his way to a patient near here, his attention was attracted to a small dust being raised in the sandy road several hundred yards ahead of his automobile. When he reached the place he noticed that the king snake had just caught the moccasin and was fighting unmindful of car or man. Within a few minutes the moccasin was dead and the little snake fled totne bushes. A rain storm in Ohio on Mon day caused a rise of nine feet in the Muskingum river. “j | i 275,577 is the number of a motor that left our fubtory one bright morning not long ago. It was a wonderful motor— the result of a big and un matched experience. And the thousand or more motors we are building every day are ex aptly like it. More than 270 thousand Fords now in ser vice—con vi nci eg evidence of t heir wonderful merit. Rni a'lonr s.">£>; Touring < ar Town Car SBOn — f.o.h. In-Imit with full equipment. (let interestiug “Ford Times.” N. L. Gillis and J. JO. Hail Agu., Soperton, Ga. Canning Club Work to be Annual Institution. Everyone who took part in the canning bees held during the past week at several of the coun ty schools of Bibb county was gratified at the enthusiasm of the girls and their parents and their determination to make canning club work an annual institution. Mrs. C. J. Rolston, of Macon, canning club agent, reports suc cess at each of the schools and expects even better results dur ing the ensuing week. The work last week was in an experimental stage and now that everything is in good working order more work can be accomp lished than at the beginning. Patent canning outfits have been used in the work, but Mrs. Rals ton is now teaching the girls to use the pots and kettles afforded in their home kitchens. During the past week the girls were taught to can and preserve ail kinds of fruit and vegetables and hundreds of jars and cans were filled according to instruc tions adopted at the state college. After being taught at the dis trict meetings, the girls can pro ceed to carry out the instructions at their own homes. The corn club boys have ren dered valuable service by attend ing the meetings and providing the wood, keeping up the fires beneath the furnaces and assist ing in the heavy work. The fathers and mothers have also taken an active interest in the work and have offered encourage ment to their daughters. W. G. Middlebrooks, county agricultural agent, has visited the girls at their canning work and assisted them in many ways. He is enthusiastic over the work and expects to see a fine show ing made by the girls at the state fair next fall. It is not yet possible to ascer tain which of the girls will make the record crops from their tenth acre, but they are keeping a regular dairy of what they gather and are working hard to carry off some of the prizes offered by the state college and to be offered by the state fair association. The first meeting this week will be on Monday at the Lizelle school house. On Tuesday the meeting will be at the Warrior schoo ; Wednesday at Midway school; Thursday ac Bethel school and on Friday at Prince school. A cordial invitation is extend ed to the members of the board of education and the people of Macon who are interested in the work, to attend any and all meetings held during the next few weeks. — Macon Telegraph. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1913. General News items Told in Short Meter. The coldest mid-July day ex perienced at Rome, Italy, in t>oo years was that of last Friday. Martin O’Brien, a hat store proprietor of Macon, was instant ly killed in a motorcycle race there on Friday last while going at fifty miles an hour, his neck being broken. The whistle of the historic old engine “General” will be sold to aid the orphans’ home at Deca tur. The first bale of cotton of the 1913 crop was shipped from Cameron county Texas and sold in New York on Monday for 20 cents per pound. On Monday 1,000 farmers in Ford county, Kansas, were using poisoned brand to kill the army of grasshoppers that threatened to destroy their crops. The body of Mack Spain, a wealthy and eccentric bachelor farmer, was found in the edge of a pond about twenty miles west j of Waycross on Monday morning with his head beaten almost to a j pulp. The Armour Packing Co. wants to buy ten thousand acres of land near Albany, Ga., to be used as a cattle and hog ranch. A masked bandit attempted to hold up the night clerk of the i Cliff' House at Colorada Springs, | and killed the niglff watchman j who came to the clerk’s assis- I tance. He escaped but without booty. In a three-cornered duel in Dawson, Ga., on Monday, John Brown was shot down by Jim Crouch and Mack Brown, officers | who were trying to take him to ' mayor’s court, Two trains were wrecked that ; were returning to Los Angeles | with crowds of people from the | ocean resorts on Monday. Eleven i were killed and many others , wounded. Election For Senator Quiet And Few Votes. The first election of a U. S. Senator by direct vote of the people was a very tame affair in Georgia, only a light vote being polled. Only four voting places in Montgomery county sent in re turns, the total vote cast forSen , ator Bacon being 103. The pre | cincts voted as follows; Mt. Vernon 43 Alston 13 | Uvalda 31 Higgston _ 13 Total 103 For Long Term Farm Loans. I am negotiating some very attractive Long Term Farm Loans i for the best companies doing bus iness in Georgia, with lowest rates lof interest and the most liberal 1 terms,of payments I have several years experience in the loan business, am located at the county site and believe that I ain in position to give you 11n cest terms and as prompt services as any one. If vou need a loan see me before application. A. 15. Hutcheson, Mt. Vernon, Ga. For Sale. One Saw Mill. One 12 h. p. ; Engine and one 18-h. p. boiler, mounted. Good as New. Also 30 acres of Good Land, with com mon houses. I will sell for one third value. For terms see or write P. J. Davis, Soperton, Ga., r.f.d. No. 4, bIG. Judge Hasty of Marengo coun ty, Alabama, has not been hasty in paying over money to the state arising from fines in his court, and impeachment proceed ings have been ordered against him. Henry J. Thomas of Macon, 64 years old, killed himself on Sun day afternoon, having become !despondent on account of not i having work to support his wife | who had been sick a long time. Jim McGlamory, a farmer of Pulaski, was shot while pulling up [a fish basket in the Ocmulgee river and died from his wounds. Need McAllister, who owned the basket, has been arrested charg ed with the killing. Joseph Settegast, a cotton buy er, of Augusta, committed sui cide by shooting himself through the head on Tuesday, temporary insanity caused by financial troubles being given as the cause. At Wesley, a small town in Emanuel county, on Monday, J. R. Hadden shot and killed lus nephew, Edgar Hadden. Both had families and J. R. Hadden was fit) years old, and they lived t together. In Savannah on Tuesday, J. L. George entered a room occupied by 11. J. MeCellan, boarding with George’s wife, and after tolling him to get down on his knees and pray, shot MeCellan to j death. The vote for Senator A. 0. I Bacon on Tuesday was very light, all over the state, because i there was no opposition. One boy in Atlanta Tuesday was kicked and killed by a horse, j and another boy was kicked by a mule and fatally injured. Fred Jones, employed by the Central Railroad, while working under a string of cars at Pooler on Tuesday, fell asleep and had | both legs cut off, dying later. Hen Laid 660 Eggs In Three Years. Ithaca, N. Y. Prof. James E. Rico, of the poultry department at Cornell university, is proud of the remarkable egg-laying rec ord of Cornell Supreme, the prize hen in the poultry department at t the state college of agriculture. She has laid 660 eggs in three years—the highest sustained I yield, Professor Rice says, for : three years, so far as he knows. The 660 weighed 86.19 pounds, or 25.82 times the weight of the hen. Cornell Surprise, another prize layer, produced 562 eggs in three years. The remarkable thing about this hen is that she laid more eggs each successive year, laying 180 the first 186 the next and 196 the third. Both hens are in perfect condition now. This proves, says Professor Rice, that a heri can sustain a high productiveness for three years, and leads to the hope of j the development of a longer lived race of fowls than now exists, which would be a greater boon to commercial poultry raising. Fishing Trip Ends In Cutting Scrape. Adrain, Ga., July 14. At Kea’s mill pond, three miles be low here, in Emanuel county, Isaac Sheppard today cut and seriously wounded Coot Bush, cutting him severely in the chest arid arms. Bush was hurried i here, where his wounds were dressed; It is feared that he is : mortally wounded. He has a wife and two small children. Bush and several other men 1 were fishing in the pound. Some had imbibed too freely, it is said. Bush and Sheppard quarreled, the cutting followed. Violet Hill. j Special Oorrcdpomlmico The farmers are still badly in j need of rain. There was a large crowd at i tended Sunday school here last j Sabbath afternoon. That’s right, ; come again, we are glad to have you. Miss Trudie Soles spent Satur day night and Sunday -with her frit d, m; Gorda Berner. . liss Gorda Berner visited Miss Recta Sammons on Saturday af ternoon last. The sing at Mr. Sweat’s on Saturday night was a very pleas ant affair. Rev. M. M. Flanders preaches here every first Sunday at 3:00 o’clock. Everybody invited to j attend. Brown Eyes. A Very Pleasant Family Reunion. The family reunion held at the ! home of Mr. E. G. Allmond of Vidalia on Sunday, July 6th, was a success and a day of pleasure. Among those present were, Mr. E. Allmond and children of Higgston, Mr. E. A. Allmond of Summit, Mrs. Edgieline Rountree !of Jacksonville, Fla., Mr. M. (’. Allmond and family of Kibbee, Mrs. Emma Davis of Swainsboro, Mr. E. F. Allmond and family of Kibbee, Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Rountree of Vidalia. These are the brothers and sisters. Others of the family connection were, Mr. Wash Rountree and little daughter of Cobbtown, Mr. Wil lie Reaves of Pembroke, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S. Rountree of Vidalia, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gay of Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Allmond of Higgston, Mr. and :Mrs. W. J. Williamson of Vida -1 lia, Prof, and Mrs. Geo. VV. Ray j ford of Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. A. I Blount of Vidalia, Rev. and Mrs. Wily Lamb of Kite. The writer would be glad to tell of the delights of this joyous day, but task is too great. The good old hand-shakings, the hap !py meeting of friends, I tie joys of childood days brought hack to ; us—all combined to make the day j one of real pleasure. The dinner was served in a refined and elegant manner, and spread under the most magnifi cent shade that covered the yard. Before the feast thanks were of fered by Rev. Lamb, and the dinner was as nice and as plenti ful as the writer ever saw, par taken of heartily by 49 persons. Th j jot Enough Ice Cream For One Time. Waycross, Ga., July 15.- After i eating two gallons of ice cream, H. Friedman and two sons were this morning serious ill and fears are entertained for their re covery. They were trying to get “enough” ice cream, the children, it. is said, having told their father they never had been able to get. as much as they could eat. NEW ROAD NOTICE. (Jeo r^piu— Mont go mu ry Conn* y. N. T. Powell, M. A. Wheeler, W. I, Snow, I). P. Usry, O. P Blount, E. A. Arrington, J I) i Palmer. W. 11. Kelley, M. K 'Burns, 1. I Davis and others hav |mg applled for the opening and establishing of a new buhlic road i leading from Railroad avenue in the Town of Tarrytown and run ning along the lund lines of L. 'Baker, I). K. Wnrnock, Mrs M. A. Wheeler, G. W. Beckworth, j Jacob Berk worth to intersect with the Mt. Vernon and Blackville roue between the ten and en voi mile post north of Mt. Vernon on the public road. Notice is hereby given that said applic it on i will be granted on the first Tues day in Aug. next if no good cause tie shewn to the contrary. This the Ist day of July, 1913 W. H Mox ley, dun. Go. Coui’rs. THE GREAT WORK OF CANNING CLUBS Grand Results From The Practical, Profitable Lessons Given. In 1912 there were county can ning- clubs in 23 counties of Geor gia. In 18 of these there were teachers in charge who held ap : pointment as county canning club agent, employed under the direction of the county board of education and the co-operative work of the State College of Ag riculture and the U. S. depart ment of agriculture. These teachers gave special instruction during the summer months, as sembling the girls in neighbor hood groups. During the year there were held 360 meetings for women and girls in 43 counties, with an attendance of 12,400. At, the close of the season af ter the county and district con test, the best records and ex hibits of 18 counties were as sembled at the Corn show in At lanta. The girls who were rep resented by reports and exhibits shown at the state capitc in At lanta, 138 in member, produced Dorn their tenth-acre of garden products to the value of $4,850, and reported more than 25,000 J cans of vegetables. Ten of these club members were awarded cer tificates of honor signed by the governor of the state, the state superintendent of education, the chancellor of the university, and the president of the college of agriculture. The winner of the first prize oll'end by the Atlanta chamber of commerce in the state contest was Miss Dannie Wicker, of Ma con county, who raised 3,100 pounds of tomatoes from a tenth lucre, and whose profit was $72.- |93. Miss Wicker canned 700 No. cans, doing the work entirely j on an improvised canner, with an | outlay of only $2 for tools with | which to seal her cans. Some of the more important J results which the canning clubs have brought about are the in creased production of vegetables for the home table, the preserva tion of products previously wast ed in many homes, and theestab | lishrnent of a higher standard of ! purity in food products. They | have popularized work in garden and kitchen, proving its dignity j and esthetic as well as practical value, and in many instances I have provided profitable vacation I occupation by which girls have been enabled in their own homes to earn money for education pre viously beyond reach. In many instances girls who were club members last year and have pass ed the age limit for being in the contests, continue to receive in structions and still carry on the work in gardening and canning as a means of continuing attend ance at high school during the | winter. There are now 28 counties or jganized, with county agents in charge for the season. Nearly 2,500 girls are enrolled, and the 1 prospect is that a larger per cent of these will do successful work submit reports and exhibits at the fall contests than did last year. The counties organized aro Appling, Bartow, Bibb, Ben Hill, Clarke, Dodge, Decatur, Emanuel, Fayette, Floyd, Grady, Gordon, Hancock, Hart, Henry, Irwin, Jenkins, Jones. Lowndes, Macon, Muscogee, Pickens, Pipe, Jtaridoldh, Stewart, Thomas, Tift and Twiggs. The outlook is now pro nising. In spite of the continued drouth of the spring, many girls have fine prospects for good yields of vegetables from their tenth-acres. To secure these has taken much perseverance. Many girls have had to replant four or five times be fort getting a successful stand. The stories of pluck and perse verance which come to us would do credit to older and more ex perienced people. A good per cent, of reports and exhibits and fine county and individual rec ords are expected for the fall of 1913.—Mary Cresswell, State Agent for Girls’ Canning Clubs. NO. 12.
