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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1915)
THE RURAL PRESS The Local Paper a Most Useful Agency on the Farm The Press, Pulpit and School a Trinity of Influence That Must Be Utilized in Building Agri culture. By Peter Radford Lecturer National Faruwr*' Union. A broad campaign of publicity on the subject of rural life is needed in this state today to bring the problem- of the farm ers to the forefront. Ihe city problems arc blazoned upon the front pages of the nieiiopolitan dailies and echoed in the country press, hut the troubles of the farmers are seldom told, except by those who seek to profit by the story, and the glitter of the package ofttimes obscure* the substance. A searching investi gation into t!»e needs of the farm ers will reveal many inherent de fects in our economic system that ran he easily remedied when properly understood and illumi nated by the power of the press The rural press, the pulpit and the school are a trinity of pow erful influences that the farmer must utilize to their fullest ca pacity before he can occupy a commanding position in public affairs. These gigantic agencies are organized in every rural com munity and only await the pat ronage and co-operation of the farmers to fully develop their energy and usefulness. 1 hey are local forces working for t/ie best interests of their communities. Their work is to build and their object is to serve. They prosper only through the development and prosperity of the community. Every farmer in this state should sub cribe for the local paper, as well as farm periodicals and such other publications as he may find profitable, but he should by all means subscribe for his local paper, and no home should be without it. The local paper is part of the community life and the editor understands the farmer's problems. A Noble Task. In too many instances the country papers mimic the city press by giving prominence to scandals, accidents and political agitation. The new rural civili zation has placed upon the rural press renewed responsibilities, and enlarged possibilities for use fulness. It cannot perform its mission to agriculture by record ing the frailties, the mishaps and inordinate ambitions of human ity, or by filling its columns with the echoes of the struggles of busy streets, or by enchanting stories of city life which lure our children from the farm. It has a higher and nobler task. The ruial press is the gov erning power of public sentiment and must hold steadfast to prin ciple and keep the ship of state in the roadstead of progress. The rural press can best serve the interests of the farmers by ap plying its energies to the solution of problems affecting the local community. It must stem the mighty life current that is mov ing from the farm to the cities, sweeping before it a thousand boys and girls per day. It has to deal with the fundamental problems of civilization at their fountain head. Its mission is to direct growth, teach efficiency and mold the intellectual life of the country, placing before the public the daily problems of the fanners and giving first attention to the legislative, co-operative, educational and social needs of the agricultural classes wtthin its respective community. The Power of Advertising. 1 The influence of advertising clearly visible in the homes and habits of the farmers, and the advertising columns of the press are making their imprint upon the lives of our people. The farmer is entitled to all the advantages and deserves all the luxuries of life. We need more art, science and useful fa cilities on the farms, and the ad vertiser can render a service hv teaching the advantages of mod ern equipment throughout the columns of the rural press. Will be Gone Until May. Washington, 1). C., Jan. 7. President Wilson expects his trip to the Panama canal and the Western exposition and his speak ing tour to last from March sto May 1. He told callers to-day he planned to be away from Wash ington for that period unless pub lic business necessitated his pres ence here. Georgia Porker Tips Scales at 1,175 Pounds. Dafton, Ga., Jan. 11.-Sam R. Smith, a prosperous farmer re siding near here, has just killed the prize hog of the season. The porker tipped the beam at 1,175 pounds, and is said by those in position to know to be about the largest hog ever killed in this sec tion. Several of Mr. Smith’s friends agreed to make him a present if he would raise a hog to weigh 1,000 pounds, and he ac cepted the challenge and “made good,” and then some. Superior Court Jury. Drawn to Serve at February Term, Superior Court, 1915. Grand Jurors. C A Mason J. A. Hughes Austin Morris W. Mishoe F M. Sharpe S Z Salter W H Moxley, Jr. J E Hall E F Allnior.d G W Sammons .1 J Moms M H Godwin Win. Calhoun J R Fisher G V Mason .1 E Smith S A Johnson G W Smith J K Fowler J 0 Calhoun 0 M J toms W P Calhoun IV E Moseley II E Mathias J T Walker H J Eight T A Peterson W H McQueen R II Thigpen P N Hughes Pktit Jurors. It R Snooks J R Carr Owen Spivey J C Clarke Dewitt Calhoun J P Mixon G A Calhoun J J McAllister W It Grimes I E Brooks E S Martin John W Morrison J A Spivey, Jr. Aden Garrett .1 I) l’ullen Harlow Clarke It .1 Hamilton, Jr. I. W Bush A T McGregor VV H Smith, Jr W B Mathias Elmore Smith E 1) .Miller J B Rowland II A Warnock S A Lynn ,f W Linder C 11 Cummings G S Hlaxton 1' M Moseley W W Wade Isaac Ladson WJ Whitlock W L Sessions Dennis OTtrien Joe Manning Lesson of the Lark And the Farmer. We all remember the old story of the lark and the farmer. As long as the farmer depended upon his friends, or his relatives, or his neighbors, the old lark sat tight on the nest and refused to be stampeded by tales of mowing the field on the morrow. But when the lark heard the farmer say he was going to put his scythe to the grass at sunrise the next day, she called on the little (lock to get out, and quickly. "When a man determines to do a thing himself and quits depend ing on others for help, something is going to be done,” said the lark. And this fable teaches the southern cotton farmer that if he wants help he must first help himself. The government is not going to hold him up out of the wet. If he wishes to cross the stream at high water, he must make the raft himself. —Fort Worth Record. Eliminate the Waste. President Vail, of the Ameri can Telegraph and Telephone Company, says: “It is the elim ination and utilization of waste, waste time and material, the mini mizing of destruction and dam a >e, wear and tear, that produce the great results in the industrial world. There is no (magic in these accomplishments. The leaders in action or thought are not magi cians. but persistent workers.” For a business, great or small, to be a success, the income must be greater than the out-go. The man who rises in the commercial or the industrial world is the one who is able to detect and stop the leaks. On the farm, in the store, and in the shop there are likely to be leaks. Now is the time to stop them.—Americus Times- Recorder. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JAN 14 1915. Mt. Vernon Holds Municipal Election. The annual election of mayor and councilmen for the town of Mt. Vernon was held yesterday. Col. M. B. Calhoun was elected wayor. The following gentlemen were chosen to serve as council men: J. FI Hunt E. G. Smith W. L. Wilson L. C. Underwood C. E, Hammock G. V. Mason Beekeeping. I was very much interested in bees and had for several years wanted to try my luck with them, so late in the fall of 1913 my father gave me ten stands. I was very proud of these and began at once to plan and work to do great things with them the following spring and summer. So for each hive I had an extra super made with racks for the comb. I put eight of these racks to the hive. I bought a pound of artificial comb for 25 cents. I cut this in strips about one inch wide and put to the racks to encourage the bees to build to them. These I had ready to put on the hives early in March. Then I put them in a shady place in the orchard and awaited results. 1 fully expected them to send out swarms, but they did not. They worked all the spring just as busy as bees, sure enough, and the first of June I decided to see what they had been doing. I drove them down into the hive and took off the top of the super and lo! I never have seen a pret tier sight. There were the racks, every one filled just as complete as could be. Every cell was filled and sealed. The most perfect work I have ever seen. The racks weighed from eight to ten pounds apiece. They made an average of seventy-five pounds to the hive. This gave me 750 pounds of honey. I put up 150 pounds for home use and sold 600 pounds at 25 cents per pound, which brought me $l5O. I spent only ten dollars for supplies. I am well pleased with my ex periment and expect to do better another year, as I have purchased five more hives. I have the Ital ian bees. They are better work ers and are much easier handled than the black bees. Mrs. R. W. H. in Southern lturalist. Shipping Hogs in Appling. As an evidence of what can be done in marketing hogs, this county had its first example Wed nesday. On that day a car of hogs were shipped to the Moultrie Packing House. Mr. E. J. You mans, who is representing this house in Appling county, arrang ed for the shipment of this car. There were 48 head placed in the car, which brought $540.05. The average weight was about 192 pounds. Those who shipped are among Appling’s most industrious plant ers. Harley Brown carried off the blue ribbon for the largest hog in the shipment, it weighed 524 pounds and brought *31.44. John J. Miles had 13 head which brought him $194.04 A. Camer o.i had 8 head which brought him $90.36. J. A. Johnson had 7head which brought him *103.74. Oth-; ers who shipped in this car were L. D. Carter, J. C. Mercer, J. L. Sellars and Arin Hall. One of the oldest citizens of Baxley, who has lived continu- 1 ously here for the past thirty} years, said this was the greatest sight he had witnessed as it meant the salvation o* our farmers, that at last they were learning what! diversification meant. — Baxley ; News-Banner. E. M. RACKLEY Dentist Office over Mt. Vernon Drug Co. MT. \ tRNON. OA. bankrupt notice. | It) the District Court of the Unit ed States for the Southern Dis trict of Georgia, Eastern Divis ion. In the matter of Ira L. Anderson, Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy. To the creditors of Ira L. Ander son, a farmer, of Alston, ’in., in 'the County of Montgomery, und district aforesaid, bankrupt: Notice is hereby given that on the 9th day of Jan., A. D. 1915, the above named party was duly adjudicated a bankrupt,, and that the first meeting of his creditors will be held at the office of th Referee in Bankruptcy, Rea! Es tate Building, Savannah, Ga., on the 25th day of Jan., 1915, ut 12 o’clock, noon, city time, at which time the said creditors may at tend, prove their claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt and transact such other business us may properly come before said meeting. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 12, 1915. A. H. MacDONELL, Referee in Bankruptcy. L. C. Underwood, attorney tor bankrupt. Mr. E. S. Martin, cashier of the Citizens Bank at Alston, was up Sunday to spend the day with friends. Dr. J. H. Moore, the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, of St. Louis, Mo., has permanently located in Dublin, in the Brantley Duilding. ad Gibson’s Good Points. The old man had given his son a very fair education, and had taken him into his shop. The young fellow was overnice about a great many things but the father made no comment. One day an order came in from a cus tomer. “I wish to goodness, ” exclaim ed the son, “that Gibson would learn to spell.” “What’s the matter wih it?” inquired the father cheerfully. “Why, he spells coffee with a “k.” “No—does he? I never noticed it.” “Os course you never did,” said the son pettishly. “You never notice anything like that.” “Perhaps not, my son,” re plied the old man gently; “but there is one thing Ido notice, which you will learn by and by. and that is that Gibson pays cash.” Dental Notice. I have opened a dental office in Alamo, and am at that point on Wednesdays and Thursdays of each week to wait on patrons of that section. Dr. E. M. Rack ley, ad Mt. Vernon, Ga. PIANO . TUNING. If your Piano is worth anything, it is worth EXPERT TUNING. Any other kind will ruin it. 1 have a diploma, and guarantee all work. Write, and I will call. ORGANS REPAIRED. Charles L. Hamilton, MT. VERNON. GA. L . W. HUSH, Dental Surgeon, Offices 2d Floor Bank of Sopcrton Buifcfing Soperton. Ga. A. L. Lanier, « Attorney at Law, MT. VERNON, GA. Will Practice in all the Courts of the State. W. H. GRIMES, Blacksmith & Repair Works, ALSTON, GEORGIA. All Classes of Repair Work Work Quickly and Correctly Done. Bring Me Your Work. j pT EPOSITS INSURED Against Loss | 1 SOS® | k 0 0 0.0 No Matter from What Source it May Come | 000 C- I | We are constantly adding new | | accounts, and our business is increasing | ; at a very satisfactory rate. | .Possibly you also might be glad to j | join us. j THE PEOPLES BANK | SOPERTON, GA. 1 S Roadster Touring § | $765 1915 Model $790 I Delivered jjj Maxwell 25-4 Fully j| |j Equipped 1 •y Le* tl it. Hold, Ventilated Windshield || ‘2-Unit Grny & Silk Mohair Top (0 Davis Selfstarter Adjustable Front Seat § Electric Lights Crown Moulded g with Dimmer Fenders 1: Attachments Tire Holder |j 0 A Car Built for Business and Pleasure. Power, Com- jH fort, Durability. For demonstration see Xjj | flcßae & Hicks I sfj Distributors MT. VERNON, GA. | The Seaboard Air “Progressive Railway of the South.” No.il NO 13 NO. 15 NOTH N 0712 NOTH A. M. P. At. A. M. Schedule A M p M p M 7 it) 400 Lv Savananh Ar 10 00 835 740 43 ) Meldriin 921 750 745 140 Cuvier 915 745 800 507 Lanier 900 727 8 15 520 Pembroke 848 7 16 850 603 Claxton 809 640 855 6 (';) Hagan 804 634 920 (•> §2 Collins 740 (5 10 950 059 Lyons 709 540 10 05 7 13 Vidalia 655 525 10 go 739 Mt. Vernon 022 457 10 59 804 Alamo 550 427 11 30 825 G 45 Helena 585 410 850 12 25 pm 920 742 Abbeville 440 3 10 755 12 45 940 802 Rochelle 416 248 784 12 55 95l 812 Pitts 405 237 723 200 10 2 5 845 Lv Cordele Lv 835 205 047 3 10 11 25 10 05 Americus 2 30 12 31 am 5 15 4 10 11 10 Richland 11 35 4 05 4 31 Lumpkin 11 06 0 08 Hurtsboro 9 30 0 4* } Ft. Davis 8 48 8 10 Ar Montgomery Lv 7 20 C. W. SAIALL, Div. Pas. Agent. I MONEY TO LEND vi ; i Loans o* any amount from S3OO to $50,000 on farms in Mont is gomery and adjoining counties. No delays for inspection. Hav ■ lands examined by a man living near you. I ON FiVc YEARS TIME, payable in easy installments to ij . i S; suit borrower. ! GKO. H. HARRIS ; ig Merchants Bank Building McßtlCj G<l. § ; Come, Dollar
