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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1913)
CAN THE ASSEMBLY REACH STANDARD Lethargy and Indifference Toward Fprogress Say Not. The efforts of press and people to induce the Legislature to en act some healthful legislation along sane lines for tax reform for the equalization of tax as sessments —seems doomed. At least it looked so yesterday. Any old scream for “reform” which is nothing but buncombe and full of wind we get behind, We shout ourselves hoarse, pat ourselves on tfie back and call us “progressives.” (When we say “we” in this connection, we mean some of us.) Hut when we face a sure-enough measure of reform that means something for the square deal, for the hon est man and method, forthe pub lic good—a measure which robs a cheater of his opportunity to cheat we (that is some of us) get pale behind the gills, weak in the knees, wobbly in the spine, and slink away from from it. A manly man is a masterful being. Is the breed of noble bloods petering out? A tax equalization law will in crease the burden of no one ex cept the man who : s carrying less than his share of the burden of government. If one man is carrying less than his share of the burden some other man is carrying more than his. (The poor little women teachers are staggering under it.) Are there more dodgers than men built four-square? And have these dodgers more friends in the Leg islature than the four-square men? These are interesting questions in these days of boasted right eousness, acclaimed civic virtue and “progressivism.” Are we frauds in our hearts, or are we men? The present body of men as sembled in the State House in Atlanta has been reported to be above the average of recent years. We have been inclined to agree with the soft impeach ment. They have yet the oppor tunity to measure up to the esti mate made of them. We are still hoping they will do it. (live us the square deal, or quit boasting about civic right eousness and progress. Macon Telegraph. Berries Bought a Farm. Paying for a home by picking wild hurries is a feat performed by Mrs. Seth Davis, of Skowhe gan, who for the last twenty three years has been engaged in this industry very successfully. Her major berry is the raspberry and she averages about fifteen bushels a year. She picks about eight bushels of the field straw berries in the year, and many bushels of wild blackberries. De sides picking these she peddles them out in Skowhegan. She now owns a fine farm on the Canaan road and she remarked that she had paid for it by pick ing berries. She not only picks berries, but she assists her bus band in many ways about the! farm. In the winter time she will take a load of wood with a pair of horses, come to Skowhe-; ghan, and find sale for it, un-' loading it herself. Mrs. Davis is one of the most frequent patrons j of the public library. But she believes that life is worth more to her by outdoor air and work than it could be otherwise, j Lewiston Journal. For Summer l ime. In the good old summer time I all women want a Monitor Self Heating Iron. Saves half the time, half the labor and all the worry of ironing day. Iron and keep cool. Samples3.so. Satis faction guaranteed. Fifty repre sentatives wanted at once. Write for terms. Royston Ikon Co., ad Royston, Ga. 1 The Retort Courteous. The busy housewife stood by the window', ironing, relates the Buffalo Times. A tramp approached the win dow. With fire in her eyes she said: “Are you the tramp who stole two of my pies from this window sill yesterday?” “No, ”he replied. “It was a friend of mine, but he is very sorry that he stole them -he’s dead.” Being fleet of foot, the tramp was enabled to escape the flatiron which was hurled from the win dow in his direction. The Smell of Imagination. At a certain northern Chau tauqua gathering last summer a lecturer, at the opening of his ad dress, came to the front of the platform and took a small vial from his pocket. “My friends,” he said, “before I begin my address, I wish to test the ventilation of this audi torium. lam going to pour out this oil of peppermint. When the odor reaches you, raise your hands, so that i may see how rapidly it travels.” He emptied the vial, and al most instantly several hands on the front benches went up; then farther back the hands began to go up by (he dozens, until at last the people in the last seats caught the odor, and raised their hands. The lecturer thanked his audi tors, and went on with his ad dress. When he had almost fin ished, and was speaking of the elfecl of the imagination on our senses, he paused, and said with a smile that it was only clear water he had poured out of his ! vial. The audience had been caught so neatly that even those who had held up their hands joined in the laugh. But one illiterate fel low, whose hand had gone up more promptly and emphatically than any other, did not quite un derstand. “What they laughin’ at?” he asked, audibly, of the man sit ting beside him. “Why,” explained the man, "you did not smell peppermint at all; it was only imagination.” “Well,” said the other, “I knowed it was somethin' that smelled mighty strong.” Hard To F'ind. In spite of the fact that the hardships of travel are now much lessened, the story in the New' York Tribune of the traveler who i bought a ham sandwich in a rail way-station has not lost all of its | point. “There isn’t any ham in that sandwich!” growled the traveler, as he munched his purchase. “Oh, you haven’t come to the ham yet,” the attendant answer ed, easily. The man ate on a while longer. 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I never heard of such a thing,” exclaimed the at tendant. “Get up at once.” “I don’t care a hang about the gum,” said the man, “but I w'ant my teeth.” Much Interest In Lee County Pecans. Leesburg, Ga., July 31. —Great er interest than ever has been manifested in pecans in Lee coun ty recently, since negotiations have been under way here for' the sale of the grove of the late Dr. JI. C. Ramsey, whose widow now owns this excellent piece of property. The Ramsey grove is probably the best advertised grove in southern Georgia, inquiries hav ing been made concerning it and orders received for nuts from austria, France and many other foreign countries. This is the grove for which Mrs. Ramsey rc * fused several years ago the sum of SBO,OOO for the eighty acres in bearing trees, or an equivalent of SI,OOO per acre. A large number of pecan trees have been planted here this year, and many additional ones will be planted this fall. This will serve greatly to increase the already large acreage of pecans in Lee county and serve to popularize the lands here suited to the growing of pecans.—Americus Times-Recorder. NEW ROAD NOTICE. Georgia—Montgomery CounEy. N. 'l'. Rowell, M. A Wheeler. W. b Snow, J). P. Usry, O. R Blount, L A. Arrington, J. D Ralmer, W. H. Kelley, M. K Burns, 1,. I Davis and others hav ing applied for the opening and establishing of a new butilic road leading from Railroad avenue in the Town of Tarrytown and run ning along the land lines of L. Baker. I) K. Wnrnock, Mrs M A. Wheeler, G W. Beck worth .Jacob Brukworth to intersect with the Mt. Vernon and Blaekvilh roue between the ten and eleven mile post north of Alt. Vernon on the public road. Notice is hereby given that said application will lie granted on the first Tues day in Aug. next if no good cause be shown to the contrary. This the Ist dav of .1 ulv, 1913. W H Mox ley, Chm. Co. Coui’rs. 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, Soper ton, Ga., r.f.d. No. 4, bl 6. The Ls rgest Magazine in the World Today’s Magazine is the largest and best edited magazine pub lished amxJc per year. Five cents per copy at all newspapers, Ev ery lady who appreciates a good magazine should send for a free sample copy and premium cata log. Address, Today's Maga izne, Canton, Ohio. [ad] For Long Term Farm Loans. I am negotiating some very attractive Long Term Farm Loans for tiie Dost companies doing bus iness m Georgia, with lowest rates of interest and the most liberal terms of payments I have several years experience in the loan business, am located at the county site and believe that lam 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. Sooner the Better. The minute a tooth begins to decay it is the beginning of later inconvenience and expense. The time to treat a tooth is the min ute the decay begins. The w r ay to keep posted on the condition of your teeth is to see a dentist at least twice a year. Dr. L. W. Bush, [ad] Soperton, Ga. Live Stock Insurance Insure your horse in an old old and reliable company. Low rates—less than two cents a day will guarantee prompt payment of claim. Mo assessments to pay and no risks to run. I represent the Atlantic Horse Insurance Co. of Providence, R. I. Call and look into the plan, H. L. WILT, MT. VERNON. GA. j CLINTON P. THOMPSON, j All orn e y a t La w. MT. VERNON AND ALAMO. Mt. Vernon office Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday. Telephone. PIANO . TUNING.j If your Piano is worth anything, it is worth EXPERT tuning. Any other kind will ruin it. I! have a diploma, and guarantee all work. Write, and I will call, j ORGANS REPAIRED. Charles L. Hamilton, j MT. VERNON. GA. M. U. 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