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VOL. XXIX.
FORSYTH BANK
LOANING ON COTTON
Get Emergency Currency
To Help Farmers
Hold Cotton.
Forsyth, Ga., Sept. 14.—Very
little cotton is being sold in Mon
roe county. Most of the farmers
are either surrendering their cot
ton receipts to their merchants
or are availing themselves of the
offer of the Frst National Bank
of Forsyth to carry their cotton
for them, basing the price on 8
cents a pound. The First Na
tional is advertising to loan
$200,000 to local farmers on their
cotton in any warehouse in the
county, and this is having much
to do with the holding move
ment in the county.
This bank was one of the first
in the state to deposit their bonds
with the government and under
the terms of the Aldrich-Vreeland
amendment the currency to re
ceive emergency currency to loan
to the farmers. If the other
banks in Georgia would, avail
themselves of the privileges af
forded them under this amend
ment, according to local business
men, Georgia could finance her
own cotton crop,
German Soldiers,
Hidden in Sheaves.
Paris, Sept. 14. —Among the
wounded arriving today at the
eastern station was a sergeant of
reservists who was in the fight
ing at Montmirail. He saw a
number of German soldiers made
prisoners in a field of yellow
clover.
The forage had been cut and
bound in sheaves and when one
of the sheaves was seen to move
a shot fired into it brought down
a German infantryman. A sec
ond shot fired into another sheaf
brought out another German and
it was found that all others in
the field concealed soldiers. All
were easily captured.
Pulaski Men Hold.
Hawkinsville, Sept. 15.—Far
mers are holding cotton here for
10 cents, while buyers offer 73-4,
with no sellers. Not ten per
cent of the cotton received in
warehouses is being sold. Fifty
per cent of the crop is being
stored at home.
The total sales from three
warehouses today were 11 bales.
Several local merchants are al
lowing 10 cents a pound in trade,
one bale to a farmer. Pulaski
farmers are determined not to
sell under 10 cents.
Governors to Confer
in Atlanta on Cotton.
Montgomery, Sept. 14. —Ala-
bama’s invitation to Governors
of cotton-growing States to meet
in Montgomery to discuss the
cotton situation has been with
drawn, and the meeting probably
will be held at Atlanta Septem
ber 25 and 20, according to an
nouncement made today at the
Governor's office.
Governors, O’Neal of Alabama,
Slaton of Georgia, and Trammell
of Florida, have agreed on At
lanta as the place of meeting. It
is probable that other Governors
will agree on Atlanta.
Statement of the Condition of
THE HANK OF TAIMtYTOWN,
(Branch of Bank of Soperton, Soperton, Ga )
Located at Tarry to mi, Ga., at Gi<* Close of Business Sept. 9th, 1914:
Resources:
Time loans $19.823 64
Overdrafts secured 475 00
Overdrafts unsecured 53 "7
Banking House, 1,202 90
Furniture and Fixtures 910 15 j
Due from hanks and bankers
in t lie state 1,499 09 ,
Currency 493 00
Cold 15 00
Silver, uiekles, etc. 90 51
Cash items 1,095 00 1,094 17
Total $25,064 02
STATE OF GLOHOIA Montgomery Comity.
before me . amt V. K. Holliman, Cashier of fin Hank of Tairytown. who, being duly sworn
BajK tliat the aU>ve and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank as shown hy the
hooka of die in said bank. l>. E. HOLLIMAN.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 14th day of .Sept., 11)14.
J. E HALL, X. I>. M. C„ Qa.
Mrs. Underwood Entertains.
Quite a charmingly brilliant
event was the affair given on
Wednesday night of last week,
by Mrs. L. C. Underwood, com
plimentary to her sister, Miss
Anna Morrison and Miss Minnie
Wells, who has been the guest of
the latter, for the past week.
I The reception rooms and ve
randals presented a strikingly
beautiful appearance, being ar
ranged, for the occasion with a
profusion of palms, ferns and
cut flowers, while numbers of
various shaded lanterns cast a
charming radiance over the
scene. Six tables were used, at
which Progressive Rook and
Heart Dice were played alter
nately. While the games pro
: grossed charming music was ren
dered by Miss Marie McQueen
and at a late hour, delicious ices
were served by Misses Alma
Morrison and Mamie O’Brien.
Those invited were: Misses
Mattie Mcßride, Isla McLemore,
Urania Mcßae, Anna Morrison,
j Ethleen Folsom, Lyra Thompson,
j Minnie Abt, Jennie Thompson,
; Bessie Stuckey, of Mt. Vernon,
j Misses Pearl Jones, Lillie Mae
Calhoun and Minnie Wells of
Uvalda. Messrs. Max Segal 1,
Robert Cockfield, Julian Peter
son and Charles Peterson, and
Messrs. Fred McAllister, Lamar
Jones, Carl McAllister, Lester
O’Neal, Grady McAllister and
DeWitt Calhoun of Uvalda.
Mr. A. T. Miller
For Commissioner.
We call attention to the an
nouncement of Mr. A. T. Miller,
made by his friends, for county
commissioner for the districts of
Lothair and Mt. Vernon. Mr.
Miller has long been identified
with the affairs of this county,
land understands the status of
lour financial and road affairs.
| Mr. Miller is a member of the
present board.
Money Could not Buy
This Bale of Cotton.
Alfred Truitt, of the Ward-
Truitt Co., has a sample of cot
ton from a bale which is 45 years
old. It was ginned in 1869, in
j Troup county and was grown by
!C. C. Jones of that place. This
i bale of cotton has become an
| heirloom in the Jones family.
‘Hundreds of visitors each year
j pay a visit to the Jones home
| stead near LaGrange to view the
I bale. Mr. Truitt says the bale is
:so closely identified with his boy
hood and manhood, that he would
be greatly grieved if any one
: should purchase it.--Atlanta Jour
nal.
The Annual Meeting
Ga. Chamber Commerce
Atlanta, Sept. 15. — The annu
al meeting of the Georgia Cham-
I her of Commerce will be held in
Macon, September 23. It is ex
pected that there will be a large
attendance both of the members
of the organization and those pa
triotic citizens of Georgia who
have not yet joined but are in
sympathy with the work being
done by the State Chamber of
Commerce. Every citizen of
Georgia who has the welfare of
the state at heart is urged to be
present. Special rates will be in
effect on all railroads on Septem
ber 22.
Liabilities:
Undivided profits less cur
ex. i’lt.and taxes pd $ 500 59
Due to hunks and hankers
in t his slate 11,101 47
Due to hanks and hankers in
other states 442 63
Individual deposits subject.
to check 3,942 37
Time certificates 500 011
<’ashler's Checks *177 56
Bills payable, including time
cer, rep. bor money 9,000 00
Total $25,664 62
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER, 17, 1914.
Examination For Fourth
Class Postmaster.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on
Saturday, Oct. 10, 1014, an ex
amination will be held at Ailey,
Ga., as a result of which it is ex
pected to make certification to
I fill a contemplated vacancy in the
j position of fourth class post
-1 master at Ailey, (la.
| Applicants must reside within
| the territory supplied by the of
fice, and be 21 years old, (18 for
women,) and the examination is
open to all citizens of the U. S.
who can comply with the re
quirements.
Forms and full information
may be had of the Postmaster at
Ailey, or from the U. S. Civil
Service Commission, Washing
ton, D. C.
Applications should be properly
executed and filed with the Com
mission at Washington at least 7
days before the date of the ex
amination.
No Hard Times Talk
In Lowndes County.
Valdosta, Ga., Sept. 16.—Re
ceipts of sea island cotton here
continue unusually good and the
prices are holding their own bet
ter than has been expected. Sat
urday was an unusually dood day,
the receipts going well over 200
bales, and the prices ranged
around 18 1-2 cents with a good
demand.
Farmers of this section who
have planted sea islands, and
they are in the majority, are find
ing themselves much better off
than those of other sections of
the state where upland cotton
was planted. Business conditions
in this section are almost wholly
dependent upon the prices of sea
island cotton and in view of the
good prices which have been pre
vailing all season for this staple
Lowndes county and Valdosta are
in better shape than any other
part of the state.
Valdosta merchants are daily
receiving large shipments of fall
goods and they state that their
business is opening up with a
rush. They are not at all afraid
of the war scare and they con
tinue to do a good business. The
outlook in Valdosta and Lowndes
county is bright and business in
general is in a healthy condition.
For County Commissioner.
We the uudersiyrned voters and tax payers of
the Militia Districts of Orland, Soperton and Tar
rytown announce W. H. MOXLEY a candidate
for this District, and heartily recommend him to
the voters of said district to be elected County
Commissioner.
W. M. Phillips, J. P. Mixon, G. W. Smith, A. E.
ilooks, Willie Cay, C. A.Heusley, G. A. Sammons,
K. A. Dukes, 11. J. Reynolds, D. F. Warnoek. M.
It. Davis, C. T. Thigpen, J. P. Davis, M. 15. Davis,
it. A. Davis, E. (*. Giliis, .1. T. Moxky, W. E. Ev
ans, Crosby Williams, .1. 15 Evans. W. T. McCrim
mon, J. D. Pullen, J. N. Evans. W. L. Calhoun.
Protracted Meeting
Begins at Uvalda Sunday.
Protracted meeting will begin
at the Methodist church in Uval
da, Ca., on Sept. 20th, and the
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
The fourth quarterly confer
ence, will be held at Longpond
Methodist church on Oct. 2nd,
and all the Stewards are request
ed to be present with a complete
record on that date.
G. H. Turner,
Pastor in Charge.
Oats Pay Better
Than Cotton Crop.
When it comes to scientific far
ming, Tim Furlow shows up with
the glittering splendor of a ten
carat diamond, and is as success
ful in the line agricultural as he
is as president of a ’Cue club or
in selling Read’s fertilizers.
Just now he is exhibibiting a
barn full of fine oats, gathered
from a ten-acre patch at his
home out Lee street. The yield,
threshed-out, from the ten acres
is 450 bushels clean seed oats of
the best variety, and which will
net a dollar a bushel, easily.
Even oats pay better than cotton,
as demonstrated by this genial
“town farmer,” who raises on
his fine farm nearly all of the
; supplies for his table, and some
to sell. —Americus Times-Recor
der.
I Soperton Banks Have
Offered to Help.
We take pleasure in calling at
tention to the half page adver
tisement of the Soperton banks
run last week and this week in
this paper. In an editorial last
week, before we had seen the
copy for this ad, we said: “Let
the farmer do every thing possible
to help the merchant, who has
helped him make a crop; let the
merchant be as lenient as possible
with the farmer; let every ware
house and every bank make every
concession possible, and we will
pull through.”
In their notice the Soperton
bankssay: “We must co-operate
all down the line.” Surely these
enterprising Montgomery county
banks are offering to do their full
part in bringing financial relief,
and we must heartily commend
their action.
Mail Car Robbed
%
By Lone Bandit.
Shreveport, La., Sept. 13. —Af-
ter forcing two negro mail clerks
to thrust their heads into mail
pouches, a lone bandit robbed the
mail car of Kansas City Southern
passenger train No. 3at “Hobo
Switch, ” two miles north of here.
The amount secured is not
known, but is thought to be
small, as only one pouch contain
ing registered mail was taken
from the train.
According to the statement of
T. L. Anderson and J. J.
Vaughan, the clerks, the bandit
boarded the train when it slowed
down at the switch and ordered
them to thrust their heads into
the mail sacks. They stated that
they complied with instructions
and did not remove the sacks un
til the train stopped at the rail
road shops, * about one mile
further on. Then they found
the robber gone and the register
ed mail missing. They described
the robber as a white man, and
said his face was partially
masked.
Officers left here as soon as no
tified and are searching the woods
in the vicinity of the hold-up.
Returned From Europe.
Miss Lida Roberson of Dublin
is here visiting her uncles, Angus
and Everett McLeod. Mrs. Rob
erson, pleasantly remembered as
Miss Pritchett, has just returned
from an extended trip in Europe,
and has some exciting experi
ences to relate of the great war,
the movement of troops and the
inconveniences met with by
tourists in the old country. Mrs.
Roberson toured Italy and other
countries, and saw many of the
wonderful things of the world
while iiway. With a pusseng r
list of 3800, she arrived in New
York on the 7th inst., coming
over on the S. S. Carpathia.
Indorse Plan To
Buy Cotton.
Atlanta, Sept. 14. At a state
wide conference on the “buy-a
bale-of-cotton” movement here
today, resolutions were adopted
indorsing the plan to buy from
farmers direct cotton at 10 cents
a pound.
The plan was recommended to
the entire state and it was urged
that Georgia be divided into dis
tricts with Atlanta, Augusta.
Athens, Rome, Macon, Colum
bus, Savannah, Cordele, Valdos
ta and Thomasville as the centri 1
or concentration points.
It was urged that the plan
should be operated through the
exisiting commercial and civic
organizations of these cities. The
resolutions were signed by J. E.
Mathis, Americus: A. R. Crum,
Cordele; 11. A. Wheeling, Rome;
G. C. Armstrong, Athens; C. J.
Williamson, Atlanta.
The Atlanta committees have
been busy all day canvassing the
city and reports indicate that
within the next few days large
additional sales will be announced
here.
Some Good Corn.
Col. A. L. Lanier, who is a
practical farmer, was exhibiting
some good ears of corn a few
days ago. It was of the “shoe
peg” variety, and two of the
ears shown had 24 and 28 rows
of grain on the cob. Col. Lanier
is improving this kind of corn by
proper selection, and thinks it
very fine for this section.
Georgia Leads in
Fertilizer Consumption.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 14. —
There are 236,271 farms in Geor
gia that use fertilizer, and the
annual purchases amount to
$16,860,149, according to a recent
report of the United States Cen
sus Bureau. Georgia farmers
use more fertilizer than those of
any state, and this state also
shows the largest gain in fetrtili
zer purchases during the past
decade. Ten years ago the an
nual expenditure for fertilizer in
this state was $5,738,520. Fer
tilizer purchases in Georgia have
increased $11,121,629, or 194 per
cent, during the past decade.
Eighty-one per cent, of the farms
of this state use fertilizer, and
the average for the United
States is 29 per cent. In the en
tire nation there are 1,823,000
j farms that use fertilizer and the
present annual expenditure is
$115,000,000. Ten years ago it
was $53,000,000 for the entire
nation.
England Is Buying
Horses In America.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 13. —A
local horse-buying firm has en
tered into a contract to supply
1,000 horses per month to the
British government, officers of
the remount service of the Brit
ish cavalry to make inspection
here weekly, according to an
nouncement today.
The animals will be shipped
from Memphis direct to points in
Canada, it is said, whence per
sumably they will be shipped
from Montreal to England or the
continent. No white horses are
to he included, as affording a too
conspicuous mark. A local buy
er was told by the English caval
ry officer who represented his
government, that a quarter of a
million horses were needed at
once for the service, anti that the |
demand may exceed that number.
Singing Convention.
The Montgomery County Sing-j
ing Convention meets at Lothair -
Church next Saturday and Sun-i
day, September 19th and 20th. j
Everybody is invited to attend,;
especially all singers and teach
ers. Do not forget to be on
time, 10:00 o’clock Saturday, and
please bring well filled baskets.
For County ComnimnioiiHr,
i
I hereby announce myself a candidate for
County Commissioner for the Distiict composed
of Mt. Vernon and Lothair Militia Districts, un
der the new law creating a l>oard of three commis
sioners for Montgomery County. Yearn of expe
rience as a CommltMilomjr in thin county warrant •
rne in Haying that I know the needs and condition 1
of Montgomery County, and I respectfully at-k 1
the support of all good citizens.
Youth respectfully,
ELIJAH MILLER. 1
Statement of the Condition of
Citizens Bar^*
Loonted at Alston, Gh., at the Cloae of Huai ness Sept. 9th, 1914.
RfCHOI’ KCKH :
Demand loans # 192 48 1
Time Leans 29,517 20
Overdrafts, tit secured 1H 29
Ranking house 2,500 00
Furniture and fixtures 2.277 2d
Other real estate 21,012 39;
Due from hank* and hankers in
this stain 1,5540 20
Due from Imuks and hankers in
other states HOC 8G
Currency 1578 00
Cold ‘ no oo
.Silver, nickels, etc. 112*00
(.'ash items I*lß 17 978 89
Total $40,893 51
Hlatc of Georgia—Conn t v of Montgomery.
Be lore me came K b. Mai tin, cashier of The Citizens Bank of AUton, who, being duly
sworn, savs that the above ami foregoing statement is a true condition of said Bank as stiowu
by the books of tile in said Bank. E. 8. MARTIN.
.Sworn to aucl subscribed befoie me this 14th (lay of B>pt., 1914.
Clifford Mcßride, N. P. M. C. Ga.
GOVERNMENT SHOULD
HELP THE FARMERS
Renders Quick Assistance
to Every Other
Class.
In an “open letter to the
American people,” President C.
S. Barrett of the Farmers’ Un
ion puts the cotton situation up
to Congress, and among other
things says:
“Bear in mind that this cotton
crop is intrinsically worth at least
the 12 1-2 cents per pound, which
it has averaged for the last few
I years, for it has no substitute on
earth. All the linen, all the
wool, all the silk goods on earth
would not clothe one-half of the
people. Cotton is the main-stay
of the world when it comes to
clothing. For all food products
one could find a substitute. For
cotton there is no substitute.
“Governmental help, there
fore, would not mean that gov
ernment was giving anything to
anybody, but merely that govern
ment was tiding over these peo
ple in an emergency and would
get its money back with interest.
Government has helped a great
many other interests without get
ting its money back. It has help
ed the manufacturers with a pro
tective tariff for many years. It
i has helped the bankers with fa-
I vorable legislation for many
' years. It has helped the rail-
I roads by giving them untold mil
lions of acres of land. When this
war broke out, and there were
two or three hundred thousand
Americans in Europe, without a
moment’s delay it found ships
and gold to send to Europe and
bring them back, without any re
gard as to whether the money
was ever repaid or not. It has
.spent four hundred million dol
lars to build the Panama Canal
for the benefit of the world’s
commerce. It is about to spend
thirty-five million dollors to build
a railroad in Alaska, which has a
total population of sixty-five
thousand, for the development of
Alaska. It spends yearly forty
or fifty million dollars on a so
called river and harbor bill,
known as the “pork barrel,”
which smells to heaven with its
rottenness. When a good many
thousand Mexican soldiers, with
their women, refugeed across the
Rio Grande, government interned
them for many months in this
country, and spent a very large
sum of money to keep them in
comfort, which money it has not
the remotest prospect of ever col
lecting. It has found money ap
parently for everything and
everybody except the producers
of the country, and the producers
have heretofore asked nothing.
Now they ask that their govern
ment, which can be so liberal in
every other direction, will come
to their relief, without risk of
loss. For the first bale of cotton
that our government buys at a
fair price would fix the price of
the whole crop and insure our
farmers safety.”
For County Commissioner.
Wo the undersigned citizens of Montgomery
county take this means of expressing? our endorse
ment of Mr. A. T. MILLER for County Commis
sioner of MontKomery County for the districts of
Mt. Vernon and Lothair.
Mr. Miller is one of the present commissioners
and is thoroughly competent in every respect to
handle the affairs of the county with credit to him
self and the county. He is familiar with ail sec
tions of the county and knows respective needs of
ea> ii section and will discharge the duties of com
missioner with fairness and impartiality to all con
cerned. We most heartily commend him to the
voters of the county for this honorable position
and knowing him as we do say without hesitation
that he will work for the best interests of all the
people.
W. H. Dukes. E. B. Perdue, C. If. Peterson, A. J.
Copeland, W. D. Martin, M. R. New; S. T. Horton,
T. L. New, A S Dukes, W. L. Session, W. J.
Hixtfs, W. C. McCrimmon.
LIABILITIES:
Capital stock paid in $15,000 00
Uiuli idc il pr tils, less carrent
ex. int. and taxes pai I 1,052 98
Individual deposits subject to check <i,27ti 18
Time Certiorates 8.564 43
Bills payable, including time certif
icates representing bor. mo..ey 15,000 00
Total $40,893 54
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