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BOYS PIG CLIiBS ARE
NOW BEING ORGANIZED
To Build up the Hog Indus
try that It May Reflect
Credit on the State.
Boys’ pig clubs are now being
organized in twelve counties in
Georgia for the purpose of build
ing up a pure-bred hog industry
that will reflect credit on the
state; that will produce more
meat and keep more money at
home. It is the next step in the
boys’ corn club by which the boy
is taught how to market his crop
on four legs instead of four
wheels.
At the present time Georgia is
spending about forty million dol
lars a year for meat, in addition
to what is groduced in the state.
Most of it comes from the corn
belt states, where it costs more
to produce it than it can be pro
duced for irf Georgia where
more can be produced in a given
length of time than in states fur
ther north. In other words,
Georgia spends a large sum for
something that can be produced
better and cheaper at home.
RULES GOVERNING THE CLUB
Any boy between the ages of
ten and eighteen may become a
member.
Each l>oy must secure at least
one pure-bred pig if he becomes
a member of the club.
Each boy must care for his pig
in person and keep a record of
of the feed given and the pasture
grazed. He must record the
weight of the pig when it. comes
into his possession and at stated
intervals so as to determine the
gains. The date the pig is far
rowed should also be recorded.
Record blanks, which will be
furnished, should be filled out
and certified by two disinterested
persons.
Each member must have own
ed and kept a record of his pig
or pigs for at least four months
in order to compete for a prize.
The members of the club must
agree to study the instructions of
’ the United States department of
agriculture that will be sent
them.
Each member must show at
least one pure-bred pig at the
county exhibit, and the winners
at the county exhibit must show
their pigs at the state fair. Jas.
E. Downing, in the Call of the
South.
Busy
The suffrage paiade was round
ing the plaza, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. A jeering youth
with his velvet hat far back on
his head and a pair of large yel
low shoes, made facetious re
marks as the marchers trailed by.
“Back to the cook stove,” he
cried.
An elderly man looked around
at him.
“Is your mother in the pa
rade?” he asked.
“My mother!” gasped the
youth. “Well, I shou !d say not!
My mother ain’t got no time fer
such foolin’. She goes out wash
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Brooks County Preacher
Tramps 17 Miles to Preach
Quitman, Ga., April 10.— Prov
ing that the notable exploits of
the old-time circuit rider are not
beyond the clergy of today, Rev.
A. M. Rich walked seventeen
miles Sunday afternoon to keep
his engagement with his Quit
man congregation at St. James'
Episcopal church.
Mr. Rich intended catching the
afternoon train to Quitman from
Valdosta, where he has his resi
dence and is pastor for Grace
church. He missed the train,
however, for the first time in 9
years he insisted. He determ
ined to keep the appointment
here and started out to walk the
distance. It is 17 miles by rail
road and longer by the highway.
Mr. Rich arrived ten minutes
late and proceeded to deliver his
•ermon and none of his congre
gation were aware until after
ward that he had walked.
at him.
300-Egg Hen at Last
What Will Come Next?
Word comes from Professor
Dryden, of the Oregon Experi
ment Station, that a White Leg
horn hen has just laid her 303 d
egg on the last day of her record
year. Now what do you think
of that? We have said all kinds
of things were impossible, among
others that the 300-egg hen was
an impossibility, but all our
doubts and assertions have been
thrown to the wind and we will
have to set our stakes a little
ahead again in order to keep out
of the way of the march of pro
gress. From some of Professor
Dryden’s notes in the Reliable
Poultry Journal we note that
some dozen years ago the Maine
station had a hen which laid 251
eggs in a year, and last year the
Connecticut station had a hen
which laid 255 eggs. Two years
ago a hen at the Cornell station
laid 257 eggs. Last year the
Oregon station had a hen to lay
359 eggs. Last year’s Missouri
contest showed a hen with a rec
ord of 281 eggs, but was beaten
one egg by a Canadian hen with
282 eggs. These great records
are entirely outstripped by a
jump of over 20 eggs, going to
303. We are really afraid that
this will be the sticker for some
time to come. Professor Dryden
states that this hen has a sister
which laid 201 eggs and that the
average for five sisters is over
240 eggs.
This looks mighty good to us.
It looks like there is something to
stock and breeding for eggs,
which we have always maintained
and advocated. These were
White Leghorns doing this won
derful laying. Professor Dry
den adds further, as a word of
encouragement, that these are
not isolated cases as to good lay
ing, for he had thirty out of
forty hens go over 200 for the
year, and he thinks it not at all
impossible to establish a 200 egg
strain. —Southern Ruralist.
Getting in Line
Cy Warman, who deserted rail
way literature for a real railway
job in Montreal, was in New
York last week, says the Detroit
Free Press. He told this story
at luncheon:
A Scotchman came upon an
automobile overturned at a rail
way crossing. Beside it lay a
man all smashed up.
“Get a doctor,” he moaned.
“Did the train hit you?” asked
the Scotchman.
“Yes, yes; get a doctor.”
“Has the claim agent been
here yet?”
“No, no; please get a doctor.”
“Move over, you;” said the
Scot, “till I lie down beside you.”
Beads for the girls. Gold, 25c
Tango, 50c. Tasty and neat,
ad Mrs. Adams, Millinery.
Automobile Plunged to
Bottom of the River
Norfolk, Va., April 10.-Two
men were drowned and five oth
ers narrowly escaped the same
fate last night when an automo
bile plunged through the gates
of the ferry steamer Roekaway
into the Elizabeth river near
here. The dead: John Tully,
New York; W. J. Caravan, Nor
folk.
Tully and one of the survivors,
Burt Johnson, of New York,
were arrested in the raid made
on the Jamestown Jockey Club
track near here Tuesday when
thirteen reputed bookmakers
were taken in charge. They had
obtained bail pending an appeal
from conviction and were return
ing to this city when the accident
occurred.
Heroism shown by Howard
Reed, seaman on the battleship
New Hampshire, probably saved
the lives of the five other men.
He jumped into the water, seized
two of them by the hair and the
three others hung onto his cloth
ing until men on the steamer
pulled them on board. All five
were from New York.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, APRIL IC. 1914.
I Plant 10 Acres of Grain This Year J
T F you have ten acres of grain, it will pay
X you to buy a binder. Save enough
grain ordinarily wasted with the cradle
8 to pay interest on investment. Is ready
when the grain is ready. Influences the
I grain acreage each year. A splendid in
fluence. Buy now, for prices will be no
lower during harvest rush, and if we can
get yours in car shipment, may save freight
difference between car and local rate.
Come in and look over the McCormick, the
best binder made.
|W H. McQUEEN, Mt. Vernon J
Fine Peanuts
And Cotton Seed.
I have for sale Fine North Car
olina Spreading Peanuts and the
Spanish variety at Gets pr pound.
Also SumeralPs Half-and-Half
Cotton Seed, the great yielder,
at $1.50 per bushel. See or write
D. S. Williamson,
Alston, Ga.
MACON, DUBLIN & SAVANNAH lIY.
Schedule Effective 12:01 a. m. Nov. 9. 1913.
No 18 No. 20 \ Tin\N No. 19 No. 17
A. M. P. M bIAII A. M P. M.
700 405 Leave Macon Arrive 11 25 125
7 11 4 20 Swift Creek 11 12 5 11
723 480 Dry Branch 11 03 502
727 484 Winthrop 10 59 458
7 31 4 85 Pike’s Peak 10 55 4 54
789 447 Fitzpatrick 10 48 447
744 451 Ripley 10 48 440
750 502 Jeffersonville 10 31 428
8 00 5 12 Gailemore 10 19 4 17
8 10 5 21 Danville 10 09 4 07
8 21 5 20 Allentown 10 04 4 02
8 31 5 30 Montrose 9 541 3 52
842 547 Dudley 9 43; 341
848 554 Shew make 937 385
8 54 559 - Moore 9 So 3 28
910 615 Ar. Lv. 915 813
Dublin
9 15 6 20 Lv. Ar. 9 10 3 05
9 81 6 30 Catlin 8 54 2 49
941 040 Minter 843 288
951 050 RockGdge 831 220
9 50 7 01 Orlaiul 8 25 2 20
JO 11 7 10 Soperton 8 10 2 ()•>
10 22 727 Tarry town 758 153
10 30 735 Kibbee 750 145
10 45 750 Vidal la 735 130
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CONNECTIONS:
At Dublin with the Wrightsville & Tennille and the Dublin & South
western lor Eastman and Tennille and intermediate points
At Macon with Southern Railway from and lo Cincinnatti. Chattanooga,
Koine Birmingham, Atlanta and intermediate points. Also the Central ol
Georgia Railway, G. S. & F. Railway, Macon and Birmingham Railway
and Georgia Railroad.
At Rock ledge with tbe Millen and Southwestern for Wadley and in
termediate points.
At Vidalia with the St aboard Air Line for Savannah and intermediate
points, and with be Millen and Southwestern for Millen, Sulimore and in
termediate points.
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Lost Cows.
Two cows driven from Sharpe’s
Spur to near Soperton are estray.
One a cream color, with 1 slipped
horn, marked swallow fork and
underbit in one ear and crop and
a split in the other. The other
cow black sided with frosty back,
marked two splits in one ear, one
split in other. Both cows have
calves. Will pay $5 for their re
covery. H. H. Odom,
Rt. 1, Soperton, Ga.
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