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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1913)
Montgornery /'lorvtor. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORGAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. I , I at tin- l’ii-ti»ttic« :i; Mr. V<-i (la. as Second'! ’lass Mail Matter. H H. FOLSOM, Editor and Owner. $• a Vear, in Advance. !«< ii'. in. i.t- ant invariably b* |,k..| in advance, at the letfal rate, ami mm the law .-id m i'l bf. m Inn. i I i iter than W. di,. relay mornltiK "f the Hrnt week if inaertioti Mount Vernon, Ga.. ThursrY Morning, Aug. 21, 1913. Got ready for ’he State Fair, October 21 to 31. Fight the boll weevil with the hay, hog and hominy crop. The Dublin spirit will insure the success of the Twelfth Dis trict Fair to be held again this year. 1 i« a matter of regret that we did riot get the Frank case out of the way before Harry Thaw got back into the lime light. The interests of United States aeo ns iri Mexico may not be worth a war with the greasers, hut they should be protected, all 1 he same. Mrs. i ongstreet alludes to Post master General Burleson as “the hay raiser from Texas.” According to the sister, Mr. Burleson is now “raising Cain.” A subscription of •f 1,500 for a county lair for 'l’roup county was taken in two lmuis in LaGrange last week. None of your lazy, lousy, don’t-care-a-darn people in that section. If those fellows out West want to see a living example of a smooth, level-headed governor, they should meet Governor .John M. Slaton during his stay of ten days at Colorado Springs. The old idea that a farmer in this country cannot, sell anything except cotton has had some very severe jolts t his season. A pound of meat will bring more than a pound of cotton, and is equally as sure of sale. The Montgomery county farm er who puts up a thousand hales of hay need not fear an attack of hay rev. . lie will come nearer clearing a thousand dol lars than he could from any cul tivated crop. Thousands of dollars have been lost in Georgia every year for a long period hv ravages of the corn weevil; but we don't care a continental red cent about what we loose on coin so long as no bug destroys a tew of our cotton boils. There cannot be a big crop of cotton in this section of the belt. A very poor stand and a crop about one month behind will scarcely turn out a bumper crop. But our farmers will probably get rid of the crop before this truth is known. The average man cannot un it i • md why cm ores-- shout: spend the entire summer on the tariff law. But the question of the tariff is by far the most dis fieult problem this government has ever tackled. Our interests are so vast and so varied that one conflicts with another, to say nothing of our trade with other nations, A wonderful change has evi dently been wrought in this part of Georgia in the past half cen tury. Old men tell us of that in teresting and highly exciting period in Montgomery county’s his tor.i when the settlers would congiegate at the court house, p .11 oil t: e wits and proceed to bile oil’ each others' noses and ears in those “list and skull” ho its 'peculiar to that time. Vu arc glad that period passed before we got here, ami there is no doubt that education and prohibition have done a great w ork in bring ing aUmt the change in social conditions. t tTTTTYffYTTYYYTffTYYfYYT v > 4 t (jlcnnings From \ \ Wisdom’s Field. \ * •AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaa Macon Telegraph:—A currency bill that will allow us to come back from a two weeks’ vacation as good financially as we do physically should be considered by Congress. llawkinsville Dispatch-News: The Georgia farmer who has failed to raise enough corn this year to do him would do well to put in for a good oat crop and Fry to rah o all the forage he can, as the price of corn will he very high next year on account of the short crop in the west. Darien Gazette: The escape of Marry K. Thaw from Mattea v an Sunday morning gave the paper something to print. No doubt fl.irry escaped on Sunday Iso that he could occupy all the (Yonl jmg''s of the big dailies on I Monday. You know Monday is a dull day with the daily papers. Lyons Progress:—Cotton seed starts off this year at a very good price if what we hear is t rue. We are told that S2O will be offered in Lyons and if this , price holds up the farmers will be satisfied. We are not vouch ing for the truth of this report, but S2O is not too much and the farmer should get that much or k •ep his seed. I )üblin Courier-Herald:—The Twelfth District Fair Association is an assured success. The cor poration has been reorganized and some of the most prominent | men in the entire district are at its head. Perry Home Journal: —The greatest achievement of agricul ture is being gradually approach ed by Georgia farmers, by in reasing the production per acre , corn and cotton. In doing tins the acreage of these chief ernps may be decreased and other needful crops increased. Nashv lk Herald:—Several i towns in North Georgia are bid ding for the next annual meeting nf the Weekly Press Association. We’ l like to see one meeting | held in the city of Atlanta. | Given short Derald-Journal:- A fr wsy haired long-necked 'girl, re iding near Siloam, sends us her picture and says she has fallen in love with a young man whese pocket receipts won’t let them get married. Says site can’t give him up and asks us to advise her. If you look anything j like your photo., Susan, we ad vise you to take “Rough on Rats.” Pembroke Eenteprisc:—A 1- rea .v i he [.armor is troubled with insurance agents and machine agents the year ’round, and now experts declare that the boll weevil, the worst pest yet, is coming. Graymont Hustler; The ne gro driver of the Tifton sprink ling cart was recently arrested for having in Ins posession liquor to sell. He peddled it around while driving the cart. Maybe that wars the reason that so many of Tifton’s citizens got on the water wagon. Adel News: The fifty million dollars which the government will send South to move the cot ton crop w ill be felt in almost every nook and corner. And a Democratic administration is en titled to the credit of devising the plan. Way cross Herald:- A mighty good idea “Keep Way cross money in Way cross. ” THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, AUG. 28, 1913 Hundred Years Old; Takes Walk Daily. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 26. Asa Goodwin is 106 years old and has been a resident of Alabama for more than 70 years. Not withstanding his advanced age Mr. Goodwin is hale and hearty and takes a five-mile walk every day. He was born in Henry county, Georgia, only a few years before the outbreak of the war of 1812. Mr. Goodwin removed to Ala bama about 1839 or 1840 and re mained in this state about two yars, after which he removed to Mississippi, and was a resident of that state four years. He then came back to Alabama and has been living in Shelby county ever since. Mr. Goodwin has upwards of 390 known descendants. He has 70 great-grandchildren who are married and is the great-great grandfather of many children. His descendants have planned a reunion at Sterrett, Shelby coun ty, on September 1. There will he probably about 100 Birming ham people, descendants of the old gentleman, present. About 1,100 pounds of meat and more than 200 pounds of chicken will he provided for the assemblage. Mr. Goodwin's descendants cover Shelby county “like the dew.” It is said that he could iddress most any man in that county with “Good morning, Mr. Goodwin,” and be talking to the right man. STOMACH TROUBLE FOR FIVE YEARS Majority of Friends Thought Mr. Hughes Would Die, But One Helped Him to Recovery. Pomeroyton, Ky.—ln interesting ad vices from this place, Mr. A. J. Hughes writes as follows: ‘‘l was down with stomach trouble for five (5) years, and would have sick headache so bad, at times, that 1 thought surely I would die. I tried different treatments, but they did not seem to do me any good. I got so bad, 1 could not eat or sleep, and all my friends, except one, thought 1 would die. 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Sedgegrass cut green makes a fine hay. Meli lotus Alba, or sweet clover can be cut and makes a good hay, nearly equal to the best clover for roughness or next to alfalfa. In cases where good shelter for 1 roughness is not possible it can be stacked and keep well. If care is taken to keep the stack full in the middle and well trod den or packed down and pitch on from all sides, as where a stack is all built from one side it is liable to be made firmer at that point and settle unevenly cannot shed water well. I have the sur face of my stacks well raked down also to make them shed i water. Then wire two pairs of poles together and hang on | stack to hold tops on. taking other medicines. I decided to take his advice, although 1 did not have any confidence in it. 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