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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1915)
r\or\tgorr\&ry /'■'Lonitor. PUBLISHED EVEKY THIHSOAV. OFFICIAL ORGAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Kiiti-i< d iiMln- M». Vernon. Oa. an Second-Class Mall Matter. H. B. FOLSOM. Editor and (nmr, S' a Vear, in Advance. i. 1.. i;.-. ii, .i. in:.v»riabh b* p»id i» *)v»nc«, »t the legsl rate, sod m the law dm pi ; ~, i , Ii .t later than Wi-ilneielay rnornlnK of the flrat week of iimartion Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, Feb. 11. 1915. Diversification Should Stick to Safe Crops. In common with the press of the South in General, and of Georgia in particular, we have repeatedly urged a change from the all-cotton policy of our farm ers to the plan of diversifying in the crops planted. We are grati fied to note that from all sections of the state farmers have de termined to plant less cotton and more of crops that they can use for their own support. With most commendable zeal the railroads have joined in the movement, and are giving direct aid by offering handsome prizes i for stimulating grain and live stock farming. For their help the press of the state, as well as the farmers, owe them their thanks and appreciation. Hut the purpose of this note of warning is to call attention to the fact that a wild rush into truck farming by those who have no experience is likely to produce results quite as disastrous as the old cotton regime. Some writers and some railroad boosters are urging the planting of tomatoes, snap beans and all manner of perishable crops. Right here is where the danger of overdoing the thing comes in. One-tenth of the cotton lands of Georgia planted in crops that perish in a few hours after ma turity would glut the markets with these things, and have the transportation lines calling for freight or products that did not pay carriage charges. A rush in to these things by men who have no experience in marketing them would mean quick disaster. There are a number of crops our farmers have planted in a small way all their lives that are far safer than any kind of truck. Corn is today a more profitable and safer crop than cotton. It (I k s not rot in a day, and can al ways be fed at a good profit right at home and made into a double profit, not subject to lie eaten up by freight and commission charges. Two paying crops a year arc* easily taken from acreage sown to oats. The common pea nut will bring more per acre than cotton, and can be made and har vested at about half the expense. And the same is true of other well known crops that Georgia has always planted. Every dol lar’s worth of home products that can be made and that prevents the sending of that dollar out of the stato for these very things is just a dollar made. The figures that toll of the money sent out of Georgia every year for corn, w heat and bacon, to say nothing of seed peanuts, peas and other things, have already staggered 1 staticians. The Georgia farmer who goes to tlie nearby store every spring to buy lus seed peanuts, made in Virginia, his seed oats every fall made by some of his more thrifty neighbors, and even his seed eofn j and seed peas, can not possibly have any excuse about not hav ing any market for these things. Right hero in Montgomery county we have frequently seen a thrifty farmer sell bacon and seed oats and peas to the local store's and s. on that farmer’s neighbors go to ft he same place and buy those uu ntieal products on time to make his crop oil. We cannot but consider it the height of folly to encourage this class to plant such perishable and precarious crops as tomatoes and snap beans. The putting up of these things in cans for future use or sale is a ditTerent proposi tion entirely. • TTTTYTTYTTTTfmTm • ► A ► Gleanings From 3 ► Wisdom’s Field. * * aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa j Atlanta Journal:—After all, President W’ilson will get more votes out of the ship bill than the Republicans and bolting Demo crats. Valdosta Times:—ln Mexico, when they cannot get to kill the man they want, they take his son, brother or next door neigh bor. Somebody must die. We see where two million Jews are penniless in Russia. Don’t worry, Thomas, they’ll everyone have a big department store in side of six months.-Hartwell Sun. Dublin Courier-Herald:— The Courier-Herald wants to see ev ery hoy in Laurens county living on a farm raise a pig this year. If he can succeed in making “Little Renjamin” tip the scales at 300 pounds the Moultrie Pack ing plant will give the owner anywhere from twenty to thirty dollars in cold cash for him on the hoof. Adel News:—Each county ought to have the books of its officers audited every year so that if there are any discrepan cies they can be corrected before the amounts grow large. Very few officials are short intention ally, hut the lack of system is very often the cause of shortages. Officers ought to insist that they be given a clean sheet each year. Vidalia Advance: —With about 1,000 acres sown in wheat in Toombs county, the prospects for a roller mill are bright. There is much wheat sown in all the ad joining counties, and next year year there will be more than double this year’s sowing. Monroe Advertiser:-Congress is to standardize the barrel for fruits, vegetables and dry com modities, but the sizeof the “pork barrel” will remain the same. Darien Gazette:— Before he re tires from office in June Govern or Slaton is going to see to it that Georgia’s financial affairs are in good shape. He is leaving nothing undone to accomplish 4 this end. I’em broke Enterprise:— The State wants the automobile li cense for 1915, and it is up to the owners to make reports. Some pay and some don’t, but it seems that the state is going to have private agents out, and it may be best for owners of machines to attend to this matter at once. Tattnall Journal: —If rivers continue to stay as full as they are now for a month or two lon ger. fishing will be good for those who can’t make a living in any other way. If we can hold out till summer we can certainly live then. Savannah Press:—When J. Og den Armour says meat will soon become a luxury he probably means that it is only a couple of hours until dinner. Atlanta Constitution:— Just when Mexico is inclined to stop I her foolishness somebody stum bles over an old sword and be comes a general. ' Savannah News:—There is no lull moon this month but that is not the result of the spread of prohibition. LaGrange Reporter:—Edison says our civilization is only a thin veneer. Your’e mistaken, Thom as; it is not even a veneer—just ► a coat of Japalac. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, HER. 11, 1815. For Long Term Farm Loans, SEE A. B. HUTCHESON, I am negotiating some very attractive Long Term Farm Loans for the best companies doing bus iness in Georgia, with lowest rates of interest and the most liberal terms of payments I have several years experience in the loan business, am located at the county site and believe that lam in position to give you the best terms and as prompt service as any one. If vou need a loan see me before application. A. B. Hutcheson, Mt. Vernon, Ga. PATRICK C. HERRINGTON Attorney at Law Kent Office Building Mount Vernon, Georgia. A. L. Lanier, Attorney at Law, MT. VERNON, GA. 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. I W. It GRIMES, Blacksmith & Repair Works, ALSTON, GEORGIA. All Classes of Repair Work Work Qu iokly and Correctly Done. Bring Me Your Work. MULE sT. Will have a carload of Choice Farm Mules in (*lenwood on Sat urday, .Jan. 30. Prices Reasonable. Call and inspect stock. ALEXANDER & CO., Glen wood, Ga. 1 MONE-Y TO LEND 1 1 t | Loans of any amount from SBOO to $50,000 oti farms in Mont jfi | gomery and adjoining counties. No delays for inspection. f flu ‘ Have lands examined by a man living near you. I LOANS ON FIVE YEARS TIME, payal do in easy installments to suit borrower. GEO. H. HARRIS j Merchants Bank Building McR ae, Ga. § a swwwMW<MwrifMMfup(ftiKrpsniFufuo*w*jroßr!WiP^?y? > !? , -y'. M '.<w v‘?'j£ieH:.’- ■*••• « HUSBAND RESCUED DESPAIRING WIFE After Foot Years of Discouraging | Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave Up in Despair. Husband Came to Rescue. Catron, Ky.—ln an interesting letter from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock writes as follows: “1 suffered for four years, with womanly troubles, and during this time, 1 could only sit up for a little while, and could not walk anywhere at all. At times, 1 would have severe pains in my left side. The doctor was called in, and his treat ment relieved me ior a while, but 1 was soon confined to my bed again. After that, nothing seemed to do me any good. L . W. BUSH, Dental Surgeon, offices 2d Floor Bank of Soperton Building Soperton, <ia (J Per Cent. Monev. • A few applications for loans on choice city or country property in Montgomery county desired at : once. Interest at 6 per cent., payable annually or semi-annual ly. Five year loans: See me at once. J. K BREWTON, Ailey, Ga. ‘ i Half Your Living i Without Money Cost A right or wrong start in 1915 will make or break most farmers in the Cotton States. We are all facing a crisis on cotton. Cotton credit is up- | set. The supply merchant cannot ad vance supplies on 1915 cotton. You ; must do your best to produce on your I own acres the food and grain supplies ! that have made up most of your store j debt in the past. A good piece of garden ground, j ! rightly planted, rightly tended and I kept planted the year round, can he i made to pay half your living. It will j j save you more money than you made j on the best five acres of cotton you | ; ever grew! But it must be a real j garden, and not the mere one-plant ; ing patch in the spring and fait. Hastings’ 1915 Seed Book tells all about the right kind of a money sav- ! ; ing garden and the vegetables to put I in it. It tells about the field crops ! as well and shows you the clear road i to real farm prosy ity. comfort and independence. IT S FREE. Send for j it today to H. G. HASTINGS & CO., Atlanta. Ga. —Aclvt. iipff ijjj Cdb J i 1: '\j -- -V i ( Ii!; For B-’trit V;i. j|| cock,Star Sbc; the ill flji CrMr;-" c ■••• ; i j *'R V it! 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