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GREAT PROFIT ON
A TWO HORSE FARM
Tift County Man Makes A
Small Fortune On
One Crop.
Tifton, Nov. 24.—Three thous
and dollars profit from a two
horse farm in staple crops for
one year is the interesting an
nouncement of a Tifton citizen.
He is T. J. Parker, and his farm
is located near Enigma and was
cultivated exclusively this year
by hired labor. There were six
ty-four acres in cultivation, with
eighteen acres in oats, followed
by hay, the oat crop not being
counted as they were sown last
year. This shows a net profit on
the land in cultivation of nearly
SSO an acre.
The crop was a good one, and
the estimated value low, as fol
lows: Thirty-six bales of cotton,
including seed, at S7O, $2,500;
seventeen tons of hay at S2O,
$340; 500 bushels of corn, $500;
fifty hogs, $500; 200 gallons of
syrup, SIOO. Total, $3,956. The
expenses were: Fertilizer, $22;
wages, $360; picking cotton,
$288; miscellaneous, SB4. Total
expense, $956. Net profit, $3,000.
The item of mule feed is not
counted in the expense and the
value of the oats, peanuts, sweet
potatoes and other side crops is
not figured in the receipts.
The crop acreage was divided
into: Cotton, 40 acres; corn, 12
acres; peanuts, 12 acres. Eigh
teen acres in hay followed the
oats.
The handsome profit shows
that there is money in south
Georgia land planted in staple
crops and cultivated by hired
labor, despite often expressed
opinions to the contrary. Count
ing the profits from its cultiva
tion, Mr. Parker figures that his
farm is worth $250 an acre.
In The Day’s Work.
A Conversation, printed in the
Buffalo News, seems to indicate
that in some communities the
most burdensome duties of the
postmaster are not always those
that the government regulations
prescribe.
Joe Henderson stamped into
the postoffice.
“Mornin’, Mr. Morely!”*
“Morning, Joe!”
“Has Tom Warden been in fer
his mail yet?”
“No.”
“Will you be here when he
comes?”
“Yes.”
“Well, when he comes will you
tell him that on his way from the
cheese factory I wish he’d stop
and get that shoat of Herman
Langer’s and take it down to
Fred Wilkins, and tell Fred I said
he could have it fer that single
harness even up, if he’ll fix up
that bridle and throw in them
russet lines ’stead of the old
black ones; and if he won’t swap,
tell Tom to bring the shoat down
to my place, and put it in the ex
tra pen, and be sure and shut
that door to the hen-house, or all
the chicken’s ’ll get out. Sure
there ain't no mail? Mornin’,
Mr. Morely!”
“Morning, Joe!”
Judge Hart Explains
Tax Equalization Law.
Dublin, Ga., Nov. 28. Judge
John C. Hart, state tax commis
gioner, spoke in the courthouse
in this city on tax revision. Su
perior court was in session, but
Judge Hawkins adjourned to al
low the people to hear Judge
Hart.
He made a strong address, ex
plaining the new tax equaliza
. • tion law and the benefit it would
« dje-to the people of the state af
ter.it.went into effect. He was
formerly judge of the superior
fcourt of Laurens county when
the county was located in the
Ocmulgee circuit, and has many
friencis heres He came to Dub
lin on the invitation of The Dub
lin Courier-Herald, the local
newspaper.
Quincey Appointed Judge
Os Way cross Circuit.
Atlanta, Nov. 27.—J. W.
Quincey of Douglas has been se
lected to succeed Judge T. A.
Parker on the superior court
bench of the Waycross circuit.
The appointment was announced
by Governor Slaton this morning.
The new judge will go upon the
bench on January 1, at which
time the resignation of Judge
Parker becomes effective.
Mr. Quincey is a native of
Florida but has practiced law in
Coffee county for the past twen
ty years. He has never held of
fice except as judge of the city
court by appointment and as
mayor of his home town. It is
understood that he does not in
tend to enter the race for elec
tion next year.
Judge Parker will run for con
gress, it is said, against Randall
Walker, the present congressman
from the eleventh district.
Georgia Watermelon Seed
For Kingston, Jamaica.
Georgia watermelons will soon
be on the menu in Kingston,
Jamaica, if the seed sent to the
United States consul there by
Assistant Commissioner of Agri
culture Dan G. Hughes, takes
kindly to the soil of the little is
land and bear the luscious red
fruit.
Mr. Hughes is in receipt of a
letter from the American consul
in Jamaica requesting Georgia
watermelon seed and they were
promptly forwarded to him. The
assistant commissioner will watch
the result with interest.
Southern Railway Dead
For Finley’s Funeral.
Washington, Nov. 28. —Every
activity over the 7,000 miles of
the Southern railway system will
be suspended for five minutes at
10 o’clock tomorrow morning,
Central time, while the body of
the late President W. W. Finley
is being carried into St. John’s
church here for funeral services.
Not a wheel will turn, not a
telegraph instrument will click,
not an employee from the vice
presidents down to the humblest
laborers will do any work in those
minutes. Orders for such a last
mark of respect to the dead pres
ident went out today from head
quarters.
• ... ■
English Claim They
Ate Turkey First.
London, Nov. 29. —The ques
tion of whether the European
custom of eating turkey at
Christmas is older than the Amer
ican custom of eating turkey at
Thanksgiving time, is raised in
a two-column article in The Times
today.
It says that if England would
make good their claim that the
custom of eating turkey at Christ
mas is the older they must prove
it existed between 1530 when the
turkey first came to Europe, and
1620, when the colonies in Amer
ica first ate the fowl and gave
| thanks.
He Had No Small Change.
I Nothing can surpass the horse
j deal as a topic of never-failing
interest and pleasant excitement.
That recently described in the
Youngstown Telegram was only
incipient, but it had a promising
first chapter.
In the hay-market one after
noon a couple of farmers stop
ped to talk crops and horses.
“Are you in the market for a
good horse?” asked one.
“Always ready to dicker,” the
; other answered.
“Ever see that little bay mare
of mine?”
“I think I know the critter.”
“How’d you like to own her?
She’s yours at rock-bottom
price.”
Gathering up his lines prepar
atory to leaving the spot, the
other farmer replied:
“Well, John, I’d buy her to
day, but I hate to break a dol-
I lar.”
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1913.
Farm for Rent.
Good three-horse farm on pub
lic road from Lumber City to
Dublin, six miles south of Glen
wood, (P. H. Clark home place).
High state cultivation, good wa
ter, school, church. See
W. C. Riner,
ad Glenwood, Ga.
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I have several years experience
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Mt. Vernon, Ga.
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nesday, Thursday. Telephone.
PIANO . TUNING.
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.
ORGANS REPAIRED.
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MT. VERNON. GA.
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Blacksmith & Repair
W orks,
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Attorney at Law
McRAE, GA
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Wire Fencing.
We have just re
ceived large lot of the
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blacksmith shop.
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A Note to You:
,Jun. 2d, 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 he 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 atour 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
HACHINERY
If you want Host
Prices on Mowers,
Rakes, Disc Harrows,
Grain Drills, Reggies
and Wagons, see
D. S. Williamson,
Alston, Ga.
Vegetables to grace any table.
Cash Grocery, Mt. Vernon. ad
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