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VOL. XXIX.
FINE PROFIT MADE
ON THREE ACRES
Walker County Boy Clears
Nearly One Hundred
Dollars an Acre.
Athens, Ga., Feb. 15.-Maurice
Crowder, of Walker county, a
corn club boy, has demonstrated
that he can make a profit of
$285.49 on three acres in one
season. His crops were corn, cot
ton, oats and soy beans. On the
acre devoted to corn he raised
116.6 bushels at a profit of $75.30.
His cotton acre produced 2,240
pounds of cotton, from which he
made a grofit of $36.89. The acre
devoted to oats produced 131 1-4
bushels at a profit of $87.90. Af
ter the oats had been gathered
the land was disced and sown to
soy beans. From this crop lie
gathered 10,614 pounds of dry
hay at a profit of $85.41. The to-,
tal profit from the four crops on
three acres was therefore $285.49.
Soy beans, it will be seen,
brought greater returns than any
other crop. This crop and the
oats preceding made a total profit
from one acre of $168.31. Thus
it will be seen that the corn club
boys are capable of growing oth
er crops and a larger acreage and
make a success.
Rye All too High
For the Distileries.
Connelsville, Pa., Feb. 15. —In-
crease in the price of rye is held
responsible for curtailment of
whisky manufacture at many
Pennsylvania distilleries. Opera
tions at two of the plants, which
are among the largest and best
known in the United States, prob
ably will be suspended tempora
rily next month, two months
ahead of scheduled time. Anoth
er large plant is now running at
reduced capacity, and a fourth
has already been closed.
Money Coming for
The School Teachers.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 16.—State
Treasurer Speer and his office
force were busy Tuesday dis
patching warrants to county
school superintendents in pay
ment of an installment on the
1914 school fund of •'f173.390.92.
The payment, authorized by
Governor Slaton Saturday, prac
tically settles the State’s obliga
tions on last year’s appropriation.
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Ilf you will buy your Turn Plows i
from us.
We handle the Syracuse Line.
They are from 5 cents to SI.OO ;j
cheaper on repairs.
See us for seed peanuts, flat or jj
Spanish. Seed Irish Potatoes.
H. V. Thompson & Bros.
AILEY, GEORGIA |
Smallest Dog in Georgia.
Brunswick, Ga., Feb. 15.—The
smallest dog in Georgia lives in
Brunswick. At least, this is the
claim of its owner, John Bowen,
of No. 515 Wolf street. All who
have seen this little speck of dog
llesh are prepared to believe Mr.
Bowen’s claims. Here are the
statistics:
Ace, 4 years: height, 4 inches:
length, 7 inches; weight, 31
pounds: breed, terrier; nativity,
Mexico; name, Chico; bark, loud
and often.
Mr. Idus G. Miller
Died near Nicholls.
Mr. Idus Gulf Miller died on
Thursday morning, Feb. 4, at
2:00 o’clock. He came to his
death from blood poison, after
an illness of thirteen days. The
funeral services were conducted
by Rev. H. Meeks of the Baptist
church, at the residence of Mr.
L. H. Miller on Friday morning.
The remains were buried in the
Bagley Cemetery.
The deceased was sixteen years,
eleven months and two days of
age, and leaves a father and
mother, two brothers and four
sisters. The bereaved ones are,
Mr. and Mrs. L. 11. Miller; Mrs.
Maggie Welch, Bartow, Fla.; Mr.
L. J. Miller, Salem, Fla.; Miss
Lorena Miller, Milledgeville; Miss
Nanie Miller, Chattahoochee,
Fla.; Mr. Ollie and Miss Nettie
Miller of Nicholls.
He left a large circle of friends
to mourn his death.
Nicholls, Ga., Feb. 8, 1915.
’Possum in City.
Atlanta, Feb. 16.—Policemen
Flury and Patrick u'ere swinging
their clubs in the rain at Five
Points, the heart of Atlanta, at
2 o’clock in the morning, when
one of them saw something
scurry across the asphalt, just
missing the wheels of a night
hawk taxicab.
“It’s a ’possum,” yelled Patrick.
They gave chase, and the ’possum
took to a tree—in this instance a
White Way light pole. Flury
climbed up and pulled Mr. ’Pos
sum down by the tail, and he was
docketed at the police station as
charged with vagrancy.
Nobody knows how the 'possum
reached the heart of Atlanta,
five miles from the nearest woods,
but Patrick and Flury say they
are not worrying about that, but
have sentenced the prisoner to
death at sunset.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1915.
Increasing The Corn Yield In Georgia
Pres. Andrew M. Soule, Georgia State Collage of Agriculture
Land intended for corn should be
thoroughly prepared. Deep plowing
to accommodate the deep root system
of the plant Is advisable, li is essen
tial that organic matter be added to
Georgia soils either in the form of
green manuring or as barnyard man
ure or in tbe form of leaves and lit
ter from tbe woods, or in compost.
This gives not only protection against
drouth, but the decay adds humus and
plant food.
Corn requires a soil rich in nitro
gen. One hundred bushels of corn
removes from the soil about 150
pounds of this element. At tbe time
of planting apply not less than 500
pounds per acre of a fertilizer analyz
ing four per cent organic nitrogen, 1)
per cent phosphoric acid and two or
three per cent potash. If potash is
not available from Germany, unleaeh
ed wood ashes or cotton seed meal
Pecan Culture In Georgia
J. W. Firor, Adjunct-Professor Os Hor
ticulture, Georgia State College
Os Agriculture
A bulletin has just been issued by
the Georgia State College of Agricul
ture on Pecan Culture in Georgia, the
purpose of which has been to set forth
briefly and plainly the most important
features of successful pecan culture
in Georgia. It is issued in answer to
a wide-spread demand for Information
on the subject within the state. The
College is conducting experiments in
pecan growing, about which it will
eventually report. The present bulle
tin is designed to provide general in
formation about varieties, best cultu
ral methods, protection from diseases
and insects, marketing, etc. It can
be obtained free by writing to the
College. Every Georgia farmer can
grow at least a few trees.
Some of the records of individual
trees and orchards are given and
probable income is discussed.
Cotton Variety Tests
L. E. Rast, In Charge Os Cotton In
dustry, Ga. State College Os Agr.
The varieties that give best results
at the College plats, in the order of
yields for the year 11(14, wore as fol
lows: Sunbeam, Cleveland Big 8011,
Cooks Improved, Hoopers, Bice, Cleve
land Big 8011, Meadow, Sunbeam 80,
Culpepper, Sunbeam 64, Caldwell,
Christopher, Livesey's Early, Texas
Bur ttro'm’s No. 1. Brawn’s No 3
New Enterprise Starts
Up In Mt. Vernon.
The latest venture in industaial
enterprise in Mt. Vernon is a
grist mill now being installed by
Mr. C. A. Mason. On his lot
here Mr. Mason is building a mill
for grinding corn, and will have
same ready for business in a few
days. One novel feature about
the new plant is that it will be
operated by a gasolene engine,
and anoter is that corn may be
brought in the ear, a power shel
ler being attached for shelling
the corn. The grinding will he
done on regular Luhr stones.
If the people will plant the
low places in their fields in rice,
and make enough to warrant it,
Mr. Mason proposes to add a
machine and clean all the rice
that can be made.
Seven Wonders of
The Modern World.
The seven wonders of the mod
ern world, according to the vote
of some 700 European and Amer
ican scientists, who were asked
by Popular Mechanics to express
their opinion, are the follwing:
Wireless, telephone, aeroplane,
radium, antiseptics and antitox
ins, spectrum analysis and the
X-ray. The seven wonders of
the ancient world were: The pyr
amids of Egypt, Pharos (light
house! of Alexandria, hanging
gardens of Babylon, temple of
Diana at Ephesus, statue of Ju
piter by Phidida, mausoleum of
Artemesia and the Colossus of
Rhodes.
may b e of some assistance In this
respect. A side application of fertil
izer of the same analysis should be
made at thu. rate of about 200 pounds
to the acre about six weeks aftei
planting.
Hut if the land is carefully prepar
ed and liberally fertilized, it does not
follow that there will be a good crop
unless the seed are well selected and
proper cultivation is given. Obtain
seed of a variety that has done well
in your locality, test the seed for
germination strength and plant seed
only from ears showing high record in
germination.
Give frequent, shallow cultivation
till the ear is fully developed, Cultl
vation is often stopped at the wrong
time. Deep plowing during cultlva
tion destroys roots and does much In
jury. it is therefore important that
only shallow cultivation be given and
that a mulch be maintained as con
stantly as possible between the rows.
Variety Tests With Corn
John R. Fain, Professor Os Agronomy,
Georgia State College Os
Agriculture
In tests conducted at Quitman and
Asltburn in South Georgia, it was found
that the following varieties of corn
stood as the first six best yielders:
Whatley 61.1, Hastings Prolific 41.8,
Scott’s Southern Prolific 40.7, Riches
39.6, Sparks Prolific 37.9, ltasts 37.7.
Other kinds tried were Waltons, Mc-
Lendons, Marlborough, Watkins, Lit
tle Cob, Turner County, Gunter and
Gulf Coast.
On the test plats at the College of
Agriculture the Hist six yielders
were: Yates Choice 44.93, Sanders Im
proved 42.10, Matts Prolific 37.64, Har
ley's Two Eared 30.75, Cocke's 30.07,
Vinson’s Prolific 34.76. Other varieties
tried were College Cross, Hastings Pro
lific, Whatley’s Prolific, Haffaman,
Hembree, Albermarle, Marlborough,
South Georgia, Shaw's Improved,
Henry Grady, Spark’s Prolific and
Reid’s Yellow Dent.
Mramlett, Robert’s Hig 8011, Rexall,
Brown’s No. 2, Williams, Langford,
Williet’s Ideal, Mauley, Willett’s Per
fection, Poulnot, night’s.
Tests' conducted in Brooks county,
south Georgia, allowed the following
ranking: Trice, Cook's Improved,
Cleveland Big 8011, Sunbeam, Brown’s
No, 1, Broad well, Cav. Toole, Culpep
per, Brown’s No. 2, Columbia, Colum
bia, Utopia, Brown’s No. 3.
Tests conducted in Turner county,
south Georgia, showed the following
ranking: Sunbeam, Brown’s No. J,
Cook's Improved, Brown’s No. 2, Trice,
Culpepper, Brown’s No. 3, Cleveland
Big 8011. Broad well, Cav. Too'e, Dlxl«
| Hughes Movies Bill
| Reported Favorably.
Washington, D, C., Feb. 16
State or municipal censorship of
[moving picture films cannot
adequate because of the charac
ter of the motion picture indus
try, says a favorable committe ■
I report on the Hughes bill for a
federal motion picture commiss
ion filed today with the house.
Five commissioners to license
fi ms which go into interstate
comme ce are proposed in the
bill. Films not so licensed rnigi t
not he transported from state to
state not copyrighted.
Court in Wheeler
Will be Adjourned.
We are informed from a relia
ble source that the superior court
:of Wheeler county, the March
| term to convene on the first Mon
; day, will be adjourned to a later
| date. We understand that Judge
j Graham will find this necessary
! on account of the unfinished con
-1 dilion of the court house in course
of construction.
Big Cotton Deal
Made in Telfair.
Scotland, Ga., Feb. 10. Possi
bly the largest cotton deal in this
section of the state in some time
was transacted at Mcßae, when
the South Georgia Fertilizer Co.
and the Empire Cotton Oil Co.
sold to the Georgia Cotton Co.
2,600 bales at 8 cents, without
grading or reweighing.
The value of the cotton which
changed hands was more than
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Drinks Acid by Mistake.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 16.—Little
Dave Hinton is five years old and
as full of curiosity as most chil
dren. So when his mother put
a strange bottle on the mantel
piece and told Davie to let it
alone, his curiosity got the bet
ter of him. He pulled up a chair
and began to investigate.
A moment, later he ran to his
mother crying that something
was burning his mouth. She
found that he had swallowed half
the bottle of carbolic acid. At
Grady Hospital first aid methods
brought Davie around, and the
doctors say he will get well.
Cholera Kills Many
Hogs in Lowndes.
Valdosta, Ga.. Feb. 15. Re
ports from the northern portion
of Lowndes county are that hog
cholera is doing great damage.
O. P. Touchstone, a leading far
mer and stock raiser, lost 20 head
last week, and has about 40 other
hogs affected. John D. Dasher,
Thomas Touchstone and others
in that section have also lost
many hogs.
A number of farmers have
used the hog cholera serum and
the results have been excellent.
The use of the serum has not
been general enough, however,
to keep down the disease.
Mrs. T. A. Scarborough
Os Lyons Dies Suddenly.
Lyons, Ga., Feb. 15.—While
out on a pleasure ride in an auto
mobile wit h her husband and Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. C. Smith Satur
day afternoon, Mrs. T. A. Scar
borough died suddenly, about one
mile from town. The auto dashed
hack into Lyons and physicians
were summoned, but too late.
Mrs. Scarborough was a suffer
er for a number of years with
heart trouble, and sudden failure
of that organ caused her death.
She had lived here for a number
of years, was one of the most j
prominent women here, arid a 1
host of friends regret to learn of'
her sudden death.
Box Supper at Longpond.
The young people of Longpond
will given box supper on Monday
evening, 22d inst., and the occa
sion promises to he one ofYare
pleasure. The object is to raise
funds for their library. You just
ought to attend and be boxed.
I Roadster Touring |
$765 1915 Modcl $790 I
Delivered Delivered 5a
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fj Maxwell 25-4 Fully |
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Elect lie 11 Dili, Ventilated Windshield
2-Uflit (jniy & Silk Mohair Top §
DaVIS S(*l fsttirt.CF Adjustable Front Seat gj
H Electric Lights Crown Moulded g
BCl* Fenders g
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usiness and Pleasure. Power, Com- Sjji
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MT. VERNON, GA. 1
PRELIMINARY MEET
FOR TRI COUNTY FAIR
Called to Discuss Plan For
Holding Fair For
Three Counties.
We call especial attention to
the following letter from Hon.
A. 15. Cargile of Vidalia, and
urge that our farmers and busi
ness men see that Montgomery
county is represented.
Vidalia. Feb. 16, 1915.
Editor Montgomery Monitor:
Please state in your current
issue that a preliminary meeting
will he held at the Grand theater
here on Friday night. Feb. 26, to
discuss the tri-county fair
proposition. We will be glad to
have any of your people with us,
for we want you to feel equally
interested with us in the move
ment. Later, a meeting will be
held at Mt. Vernon and probably
one at Soperton, but we will be
gl id to have any Mt. Vernon or
Montgomery citizens with us at
the time mentioned.
Sincerely,
A. B. Cargile.
United States Court
Now in Session.
The United States District
Court is in sesssicn in Savannah,
Judge Emory Speer presiding.
A lot of routine work, such as
hearings in admiralty and peti
tions in naturalization, was done
by the court last week. But the
grand and traverse juries were
not, organized until Monday of
this week.
We note the names of citizens
from this section on the grand
jury as follows: J. H. Kent, John
F. Currie, L. H. Browning, Glen
wood; John A. Beck worth, Tar
rytown. On the traverse jury
we find, N. A. Hughes, Hack
Branch: E. J. Turner, Glen wood;
Dan E. Mediae, Mt. Vernon; D.
0. Calhoun, A. L. Wheeler, Tar
ry town; Dewitt Calhoun, Uvalda.
Big Eagle Is Killed.
Nashville, Ga., Feb. 16. —An
eagle weighing 15 pound? and
measuring 7 feet from tip to tip
of his wings, supposed to have
killed many sheep in this section
lately, was killed near here early
this morning by T. H. Harper,
who discovered the great bird on
the carcass of a dead cow.
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