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FARMERS Df JAM)
FIFTEEN CTS. COTTON
Farmers’ Union Adopt Res
olutions To Hold
For Price.
Salina, Kans., Sept. 4.—The
National Farmers’ Union, in ses
sion here, declared today in favor
of 15-cent cent cotton, pledging
its two million members to hold
their cotton for this figure, claim
ing that this price is necessary
in order to give the farmer a
profit over the cost of production.
This price is in line with the
price fixed by the Southern States
Cotton Corpotation, a holding
company operating throughout
the South, with headquarters at
Dallas, Tex., and branch offices
at Macon. The action of the
convention binds every member
of the union to hold his cotton j
until the market reaches the,
figures set. Although in the i
past repeated efforts have been
made to have a similar resolution
passed by the convention, the ad
vocates of the proposal always
failed to muster the necessary
votes. This year there was no
opposition to the plan.
Several of the leading cotton
growers wanted the minimum
figure fixed at 17 or IS cents,
pointing out that owing to the
tightness of the money market j
and the unsettled conditions in i
Europe and this country prices of
all products would soar and cotton
would bring that price if the
members of the union held out. J
Experts employed by the union
estimate this year’s yield at 14,-
074,MX) bales. Last year it was
14,200,(XX) bales and the price
average 12 cents.
There are nearly two million
members of the union who are
cotton growers and leaders in
the movement say their neighbors
who are not members of the or
ganization will join in holding l
the crop until it can be marketed
at 15 cents a pound.
The minimum price at which
cotton seed will In w fixed
at S3O a ton and na
pledged to hold * . t • t ,i i ic . 1
Last year’s price i ■ >‘d art mini
S2O, which is approx , a;:i. ly the
present market ti.. tire.
Inventing a Surname.
Foreigners often make curious
changes in their names when
they come to this country. A
physician in a Massachusetts
town was called to attend the
wife of an operative in one of
the cotton factories. The man’s |
nationality puzzled the physician,
a good deal, for although his
name was Nison, which sounded
Swedish, he was of an unmistak
abl Freneh-Oanadian typo.
"How does your name happen
to be Nison?” asked the doctor. ,
“You are French-Canadian, are
you not?”
“Yes, sir,” replied Nison. “I
am French and was born in Que
bec. My real name is Beausolcil,
but when 1 came down here to
work, the other men in the fac
tory had so much trouble in pro
nouncing my name that 1 trans
lated it into English. ’Beau’ •
means ‘nice,’ and ‘soled’ means
min’. 1 put these two words
together, and spelled them in the
easiest way. Every one can pro
nounce ‘Nison.’ ”
Professional Point of View.
The mayor of a small Western
town sat in the barber’s chair
having his hair cut. The rem
nants of the local Grand Army
post, thinned by death and old
age. marched past the shop on
their way to a fiag-raising at the
high school.
The mayor remarked to the
barber, “Well, they are getting
few and far between now.”
"Yes,” repled ihe barber,
“hut you won’t be bald for some
time yet.”
Pens. Penstatfs, Inks. Rulers.
Pencils, Lunch Baskets, at Mt.
Vernon Drug Co. ad
GIN ACCIDENT COST
DUBLIN MAN HIS LIFE
Mr. H. D. Temples Caught
In Saws of Mr. B. M.
Grier’s Cotton Gin.
Dublin, Ga.. Sept. 5. —The
second ascident to a girmer for
this week happened Thursday at:
noon, when Mr. H. I). Temples j
had bis arm so badly mangled j
and cut in a gin on the plantation ■
of City Court Sheriff B. M. Grier
that amputation was necessary,
and he later died from the effects i
of his injuries.
He was working around the'
machine, and lifted the “breast”
to clean out the loose seed around
the saw shaft. In some manner
he got too close, and his hand and
arm were suddenly pulled into
( the saws, mingling them badly I
and cutting the side of his face,
iand into his left side, the later;
wounds being the one which
caused his death.
He was given medical attention
at once, and it was thought at |
first that he had chances for re
covery. but he never rallied from
the effects of the operatation, and
remained unconscious to the end.
The saws of the gin had entered
bis side and injured the muscles ;
and cords around his heart so
that lie could hot survive the
| shock and wounds, death coming
about 10 o’clock Thursday night.
Squashes And Potatoes.
Hon. .J. M. Fletcher, Solicitor
of the City Court is occasionally
called upon by darkies to ‘squash’
indictments. He is now prepared
to do this to the queen’s taste. A
few days ago he brought to the
Bank of Forsyth a squash over a
! yard long, shaped like a baseball
bat and about the size of one. It
is called the healing squash and
when broken off will heal up and
continue to grow. They grow so
fast that you can almost see them
grow. Mr. Fletcher has several
vines in his garden and they have
'boon regarded as great curiosi
j t irS.
At the above bank is also a po
tato over 20 inches long. It was
grown by Dixie Ross.
These two products show the
strength of Monroe County lands
and whether they grow under
the earth or above it, if produced j
by Monroe county soil they are
always the biggest and best. —
Monroe Advertiser.
Too Much Argument.
The surest way to avoid trouble
in the mining camps of the West:
is to avoid controversy. How!
carefully some men follow that
rule is illustrated by an amusing
story in the New York Tribune.
A man who had just come to a
Nevada mining camp met an in-
Iteresting young Westerner and
proposed that they camp together.
After they had unpacked their
things and eaten their supper,
they sat down to talk.
“Fine night,” observed the;
now comer.
"Looks like rain,” remarked
the other.
“Oh, no, l don’t think so.”
Without saying anything more,
the young Westerner, to his com
panion’s astonishment, got up
and began to pack his kit.
“What’s the matter,” asked!
the new comer, in surprise.
"Oh, 1 guess I had better!
move on.”
"But, why?”
"Tot) much argument,”
Resignation Request
Reaches Savannah.
Request from the Postoffice De
partment for the resignation of
Postmaster Marcus S. Baker, ,lr.,
reached the Savannah postoffice
yesterday. The department ex
pects the resignation by Monday,
following which the place here
will be tilled on the recommenda
tion of Congressman Edwards
and the indorsements of Senators
Smith and Bacon, Marion Lucas
having been named by them.—
i I Savannah News,
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAY, SEPT 11, 1913.
Great Results From
Farm Settlement Tract.
1 Albany, Sept. B.—Albany is
beginning to see the results of
the work the Central of Georgia
railroad is undertaking in the
large farm settlement tractlocat
jed three miles above Albany in
| Lee county. The agricultural de
; partment of the Central of Geor
gia railroad has contracted for
| its advertising space, which will
; bring to the attention of the
farmers of the' west the farm
I settlement work that is being un
dertaken in southwest Georgia.
| J. F. Jackson, agricultural
agent of the Central railroad,
: while in Albany today, advised
j the Albany chamber of com
merce that he had contracted for
a four-inch advertisement of the
; farm settlement tract to appear
in the leading farm papers of the
country. The contract calls for
the insertion of a four-inch dis
play advertisement in eight mil
lion copies of leading farm pa
pers.
The tremendous influence this
, wide publicity in the advertising
of Albany’s territory will have
can be easily appreciated. Al
bany not only expects this pub
licity to cause attention to be at
tracted to the farm settlement!
tract, but to all of southwest j
Georgia and it is predicted that
its influence will soon be felt in
the tide of homeseekers and in
vestors attracted here.
The Albany chamber of com
merce is assisting in the develop
ment of the 4,(XX) acre tract and
the business people of Albany i
and of Lee county are giving
their hearty co-operation to the
movement. Eight million inser
tions of an advertisement about
the Albany farm settlement tract
breaks the advertising record for
Georgia.
For Lon# Term Farm
Loans,
SEE A. B HUTCHESON,
I nm negotiating some very j
attractive Long Term Farm Loans ]
for the best companies doing bus-j
iness in Georgia, with lowest rates
of interest and the most liberal
terms of payments
I have several years experience
in the loan business, am locate*)
at the county site and believe that
! am in position to give you tin
best terms and as pro nipt services
as any one
If von need a loan see me before
application.
A. I>. Hutcheson,
Mt. Vernon, Gu. !
Live Stock
insurance
Insure your horse in an old!
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rates—less than two cents a day
will guarantee prompt payment
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and no risks to run. I represent
the Atlantic Horse Insurance Co.
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look into the plan.
H, L. W!LT* MT. VERNON. GA,
CLINTON P, THOMPSON,
Attorney at Law,
MT. VERNON AND ALAMO.
Mt Vernon office Tuesday. Wed
nesday, Thursday. Telephone.
PIANO . TUNING.
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it Is worth EXPERT tuning.
! Any other kind will ruin it. I
have a diploma, and guarantee
all work. Write, and I will call.
ORGANS REPAIRED.
Charles L. Hamilton,
i MT. VERNON. GA.
E M. RACKLET
Dentist
Office over Mt. Vernon Drug Co.
MT. VERNON. OA.
L. W. HI SII
Dental Surgeon,
olti.es 2d Floor Hank of Sop- nun Building.
Soperton, Cia.
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UVALDfI, SA. |
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A Note to You:
1 ■■■
Jan. 23, 1913.
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 be forwarded by
Uncle Sam’s new mail service—
the Parcels Post —delivered right
at 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 books cannot be
forwarded at the Parcels Post
rates.
Mt. Vernon Drug
Cmpany.
FARM
MACHINERY
If you want Best
V
Prices on Mowers,
Rakes, Disc Harrows,
Grain Drills, Buggies
and Wagons, see
D. S. Williamson,
Alston, Ga.
MONEY! MONEY! MONEY!
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On Improved Farms at Six per Cent. Interest—Any Amount 8
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| McRAE, GEORGIA.
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