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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1914)
Th® i'-'lontgornei-y Monitor. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL OROAN MONTGOMERY COINTY. Watered at the Poefcolßee in Mt. Vernon, fla. as Second-Class Mall Matter. M. H. POl SOM. I ditor snd Owner. *' 3 *** S Advan^ »#-Lo K hI idvcrtUcmer-U must Invariably be p*id >« s'lvance, at the h g«l rat.-, an.) a« the lav rtjl »„,! must be it. hand not later than Wednesday tnor..in K of the hra. week d insertion Mount Vernon, Ga., Thursday Morning, Aug, 27, 1914. Montgomery county will have the youngest legislator in the house next session, Mr. Jim L. (iillis, the nominee, being 22. If Judge Clements, late candi date for congress, did fail to car ry his home county, he is still one county ahead of John It. Cooper. Here’s hoping that no such ring streaked and speckled cam paign as Georgia has just passed through will strike us again in a century. They could not “shoo” Dud Hughes hack to congress last week until he got through figur ing on the landslide he made in the Twelfth. The state convention next Tuesday may prove a test of the unit plan, and the people may be more positive in their demands on that line. The war has its advantages as well as its distressing features. The way it has put a shadow on the Mexican situation and Cole 1 Mease is restful, at least. If Governor Slaton is chosen United States Senator for the short term, Georgia will be quite safe in the hands of J. Randolph Anderson, who will become gov ernor. Nations, like men, may have greatness thrust upon them. If European fighters convert, this country into a hog and hominy supply depot for the world we will have some pocket change, if no military glory. Hon. James I). Price, chosen again as State Agricultural Com missioner, is not only backed up by the votes of the people, but lias valuable experience in the conduct of the office that will make him more efficient in his second term. The farmer with full barns of food stuffs is being congratulated from all sides as the one lucky individual in this crisis caused by the war. His class may be mul tiplied by the same cause, but the cotton planter is the one needing help just now. Southern writers who are de ploring the fact that the girls will soon be short on fancy stock ings by reason of the failure of mills to secure foreign dyes, have surely forgotten the poke berry, maple J>ark and walnut hulls of the war between the states. The late campaign was not lacking in strenuousness, neither was it short in lessons. The can didate whose platform consisted! solely in what defection he could stir up against his opponent came to realize in the count the) poverty of his political assets. Ur. Holderby of the Moore Memorial church in Atlanta made this truthful remark from his pulpit on Sunday: "Any man who depends upon the defama tion and pulling down of his op ponent’s character in order toj prejudice the public tnind is un fit to hold any office.” m The meeting together of farm ers, bankers and others to dis cuss the marketing of the South’s cotton crop is of vast impor tance. A united people have scarcely ever failed at anything, and we confidently expect plans to be formulated that will ease up the situation. The United : States is certainly big enough to stand by its own. i » Tfm»YYYT»»Yf Yf TTYY Yf Y» * a < ► Gleanings Prom 3 t Wisdom's Field. 3 ► * • AimAAAAiAAAAAAAAAAAAAAi Dublin Courier-Herald:—lf the I United States government has the right to fix the price of food stuffs in this country it certainly has the right to keep the price of cotton up to a living price for the farmer. « 1 Monroe Advertiser:— E v e n those whose candidates failed to receive the nomination should feel good, because they have the knowledge that they fought a good fight for them. Old Monroe just couldn’t go for everybody you know. Adel News:—Georgia has an excellent official at the head of her public school system and the people did well to let M. L. Brit tain remain there. Perry Home Journal: —All Georgians should be profoundly thankful that all the campaign predictions were not true,—there would have been entirely too many senators, governors and other state officers. Darien Gazette:—Georgia, we hope, has witnessed her last po litical campaign of hatred, spite and bitterness. Now let us have rest and peace. Lyons Progress: —Cotton in the fields is not worth a cent, but in the warehouse it is the best kind of collateral. In the warehouse it is all the collateral necessary to obtain cash with which to dis charge pressing obligations. This being true, the thing to do is to hustle early and late to get the cotton in the warehouse. Dawson News: —The Southern congressmen are at work earn estly co-operating with the Southern bankers to secure plen ty of money to handle the cotton crop. Their efforts will count, too. Have no fear of that. So we advise people not to feel de pressed or discouraged. The clouds will roll by and the sun will shine clear again. Athens Herald: —There’s going to be money in holding the sur plus of this year’s cotton crop more money in holding it, than in disposing of it, at this year’s prices. But the main lesson the war is teaching the Southern far mers is to live at home. It’s go ing to be profitable. Prepare now to du it. Savannah News:—lt is easy to imagine a sarcastic Turk saying “Onward, Christian Soldiers, ” to those European armies whose commanders claim Providence is helping them. Brunswick Banner:—The sea captains who come into port and r late having seen war signs on ! the voyages have got the old time captains who only saw sea serpents badly bested. Atlanta Journal: A Hussain official declares that the Europe an war will not last longer than two or three months. Why, the the average baseball season is longer than that. Nashville Herald: —Is it true, as we have heard it stated a num ber of times, that Berrien county politics get dirtier and meaner every year? It is a fact that some people get so wrought up that they do not hesitate to say ridiculous things about their neighbors and friends. LaGrange Reporter:—Our com pliments to the losers. For the most .part they are proving good spoi ts, accepting defeat in a manner that is highly creditable to them. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, AUG.. 27. 1914 | Commercial 1 | Printing 1 {QUALITY KIND § This printing business is an every-day tiling with ns. £ For nearly twenty-five years we have made a specialty of l§j $ that department of the art known as “job printing”— jp I Letter Heads, Envelopes | § Note Heads, Circulars | I 1 Cards, Pay Checks | | Programs, Ets. i I The Montgomery | :! Monitor J I MT. VERNON, QA. Telephone No. 40 | | ===== T H E ===- j Tri-Weekly Constitution ATLANTA, GEORGIA Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, Almost a Daily, Three Times a Week, Only SI.OO a Year Has offered in connection with its Fail Subscription Contest an EXTRA SPECIAL $1,009.63 CASH j to communities at work for any Church, School, LoJge or Library, or Other Public Improvement. p To the community outside the city of Atlanta that will raise and send in the largest number of || yearly Tri-Weekly subscriptions, at SI.OO each, under the general rules of the contest, cash $ 750.00 S For the next largest list, as above 250.00 I Total $1,000.00 H This fund can be used to build or repair a church, or parsonage, or manse, or schoolhouse, or a a bridge for special uses, town hall, lodge hall, or a library, public spring, roadway, park, picnic 3 ground, street lights or any other improvement or project that will be of any public or communal interest. fijj These prizes are wide open to all localities, and are put up for general competition throughout our K territory. The fund is of sufficient size to make it worth while, and to elicit the interest and work of the -S best people of each contesting community. Some leading spirits will take an active part, committees j| !of canvassers, circles of ladies, young people's clubs and enthusiastic individuals will rake the land for « subscribers to The Tri-Weekly Constitution. The $1,000.00 will be paid for the largest lists furnished. What does your community, your town, your rural section need most that the money will cover, or P will begin in such away as to insure its completion by the public? That is what you want to determine, and then everybody get busy on it and get it. The Rules in Brief Are " p OFFICIAL COMMUNITY NOMINATION FLANK £ Each yearly subscription i to The Til-Weekly Constitu- y lion, Tuesday, Thursday and Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.: Saturday, three times a week, H $1 a year, whether clubbed .. . ~ _ . . , . , . . with any other paper or not. Nomination is made hereby for counts ONE. Agent’s regu lar commission allowed on all subscriptions. Including .... , . , , , , , . . H those credited on community (Mention any church, lodge, school, library, club, ladies' society, young - prizes, only if received from people's society, or any civic organization.) U regularly authorized agents. |G Commissions cannot be dc- to enter your SI,OOO Community Prize Contest opening September 1 ducted by anyone who ts not an d closing December 31, 1913. for subscriptions to Tri-Weekly Con- ,: agent aUth ° rlZeJ Cons,ltution stitution, the purpose of the entry being to secure money for * Community subscriptions for the ft,ooo public prize will be (State purpose briefly.) Bj credited to whatever person, fl or name, authorized as the Name "J. representative of such com- B | niunity. When subscriptions Postoffice ■ are credited to one such name s or person they are not trans- ,iqn st.-rie . S ferable and may not be con- (Date) laid. ot “‘ e teitanVs' must "norify* us'at This blank, properly filled out and sent in prior to September 30, once of their entry and to 1913, will be worth 500 credits in this section of the contest. whom the SI,OOO in cheeks . ■! I must be made payable. ■■ . SI I GET BUSY NOW Make nominations for the community section of contest and start your list at once; face-to-face canvassers are the successful men. You can take the best money if you will make a business of the work end use your spare time and some regular days of active soliciting. Send a £ club every week. fgj Address All Orders and Requests, and Make All Remittances Pay.sb.e to fe TRI WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, Aliania, Georgia | ■ij-iT-. - 1 Why a County Fair? Once again The News would 'urge the people of Terrell county not to overlook the fair that is to' be held next fall. The county fair is for the public good, for giving individuals new idq#is and for stimulating county pride, and too often it is not the success it ought to be because of the fail ure of those who should be inter ested to make exhibits or attend. As the Progressive Farmer, in discussing the county fair, says, these fairs are social organiza -1 tions as well, and so helpful in this respect that it is question able whether in any other way they serve so large a purpose. Bringing together the represen tatives of every township at some central place like the county seat leads the people to know one an other, a knowledge as powerful with the community as the “know thyself” with the individ ual. They are likewise educa tional. The average fair, coun ty or state, has something for the visitor who goes with his eyes open and his mind alert. Moreover, our fairs are putting larger stress on these educational features each year. The midway is lessening and the gambling de vices and those who play them are on the decrease. This new order of things means much for the larger fairs, but more for the smaller ones, which have suffer ed from the false impression that special attractions beyond their financial reach were necessary to their success. Numerous most successful county fairs were held last year with their agricultural, educational and livestock exhibits for their sole drawing cards,— Dawson News. A Note to You: June 1, 1914. Stop your automobiles and other vehicles in front of our place. Why go further? We are head quarters for the up-to-the-minute i people and for everything up-to the-minute in the Drug line. We have had no kicks register ed up to the present moment, and do not believe you will have occasion to register the first one. Mt. Vernon Drug Company. | ) M. B. CALHOUN Attv at Law, Mt Vernon, Georgia A. L. Lanier, Attorney at Law, MT. VERNON, CiA. I Will Practice in all the Courts of the State. 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. Charles L. Hamilton, MT. VERNON. GA. W. B. GRIMES, Blacksmith <Sc Repair Works, ALSTON, GEORGIA. All Classes of Repair Work Work Quickly and Correctly Done. Briujj Me-Your Work.
