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VOL. XXIX.
GEORGIA SHOULD
FEED HERSELF
Would Soon Become Rich
By Keeping Money
at Home.
“Georgia Feed Herself” is a
slogan that should be universally
dadopted, and it is encouraging
to note that reports from all sec
tions indicate that that nmch
desired state of affairs will be
more nearly approached this year
than ever before. The farmers
are doing things in the line of
production that will divide honors
with the cotton crop. For in
stance, the current issue of the
Pelham Journal prints this item:
“Mr. J. T. Groover of near
Boston, Thomas county, recently
sold to the Moultrie Packing house
forty-eight hogs for which he re
ceived sß47—a fraction over $lB
a head.”
It will be seen that the forty
eight hogs brought as much or
more than thirty bales of cotton;
they sold for as much per pound
as cotton sells for, and they did
not require as much cultivation
and work as cotton requires.
There is always a market for
hogs, too.
If Georgia takes the advice of
the advocates of crop diversifica
tion and provides for feeding her
self, she should soon become one
of the richest states in the union.
Keep the money at home that is
going tootherstat.es of the union.
Keep the money at home that is
going to other states for food
stuffs, and our bank deposits will
grow at an amazing rate, and
there will be more contentment
and happiness among the people
than was ever known before.—
Dawson News.
Plans for Funeral
Os Mrs. Rockefeller.
Tarrytown, N. Y., March 13.
Plans for the funeral of Mrs.
John I). Rockefeller, who died at
her home here yesterday, were
held in abeyance today to awiat
the arrival of Mr. Rockefeller
and his son, speeding north in a
special train from Ormond, Fla.
It was regarded as probable
that funeral services would be
held there tomorrow afternoon
and that Mrs. Rockefeller would
be buried at Cleveland, Ohio,
where she grew to womanhood,
and where she spent much of her
time in recent years.
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11 Times Will
| Get Better
if you wii! buy your Turn Plows
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
Spanish. Seed Irish Potatoes.
H. V. Thompson & Bros.
I AILEY, GEORGIA j
Controlling Hog Cholera.
Prof. Christie announces that
the hog cholera loss in Indiana
for 1914 amounts to about 75 head
for each thousand hogs. In 1913
the loss was 135 head per thous
and—or 131 per cent. He attrib
utes the improved showing to
the better understanding of the
disease by swine growers, and
the increased use of serum, bet
ter serum, and more efficient ad
ministration.
If all farmers would exercise
due care, Prof. Christie says hog
cholera would soon be as rare as
small pox.—Farm Life.
Irwin County Farmers
Sell 100,000 lbs Potatoes.
Tifton, Ga., March 12. —About
the largest deal reported in sweet
potatoes in this section for some
time was the sale to an Atlanta
firm d>f 100,000 pounds of sweet
potatoes by Marcus, Elias, Hen
ry, Duncan and Joe Fletcher, of
Irwin county. The price received
was 1 cent a pound, or 00 cents a
bushel.
Skull Found in Shark
Is Identified by Teeth.
Miami. Fla., March 13. Com
parison made today of the skull
found March 3 in the stomach of
a huge shark, caught near here,
with a chart sent by a Cleveland,
Ohio, dentist shows that the
skull probably was that of John
B. Mooney, of Cleveland, killed
by a shark at St. Augustine in
May, 1912.
Some teeth are missing, but the
remainder are sufficient to prove
identification, say local dentists
who made the examination.
Farm Power Outfits.
C. M. Long, county agent of
Johnson county, Missouri, recent
ly visited a farm where a small
gasoline engine had been installed
with a line shaft that ran a pump,
a churn, a grindstone, a washing
machine and a wringer, and had
a pulley for a cream separator
yet to be installed. The whole
outfit cost less than $l5O. He be
lieves that these modern house
hold conveniences are not more
often installed because the farm
er and his wife do not know how
cheap they are, or where to. get
them, and that the general opin
ion is that they are so complica
ted as to be more troublesome
than convenient. Education and
demonstration to show the value
of these to farm men and women
is needed.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 18. 1915.
Cotton Reduction Will
Be no Idle Boast.
The Dawson News of Tuesday,
published in one of the greatest
cotton growing sections of the
state, has this significant state
ment on the reduction of cotton
acreage in Terrell county:
“There have been only four
cars of guano and three cars of
nitrate of soda shipped to Dawson
for the season of 1915. There
were more than one hundred cars
of fertilizers of ail grades ship
ped here at this time last year.
“This is one of the strongest
indications we have that the cot
ton acreage will be considerably
reduced this year, and that the
farmers are determined to he
economical in the cultivation of
other crops.
“Not since Terrell county has
been known as the banner cotton
producing section has so little gu
ano been shipped to this point,
and this, added to the fact that
not a single car of mules has
been shipped to Dawson and only
one been shipped into the county,
is a sure sign that the threat of
reducing the cotton production
this year is no idle boast.
“The farmers are using large
ly of composts and other home
made manures, and are devoting
their efforts to the raising of
grain, hay, peas and other feed
stuffs as well as turning their at
tention to cattle, hogs and stock
raising.
“This is a good omen, and the
stress of financial conditions,
brought on by the European con
flict, may yet prove a boon to our
people.”
A Reader of Ability
Coming March 28th.
Mr. Wylie A. Mason, a young
reader of unusual ability, is com
ing to the School Auditorium
I Wednesday evening, March 24.
| Mr. Mason was reader for the
Mercer Glee Club during the last
year and some may remember
his delightful renditions when
that Club appeared here.
Mr. Mason is not without ex
perience, for he has appeared on
i the Entertainer's platform for
| several years. He will render
here, “The Man of the Hour,”
; a widely read and popular story.
It is a play with a message and
a story and it promises to be in
structive as well as entertaining.
This attraction will be given
under the auspices of the Brew
ton-Parker Athletic Association.
Admission, Adults, 25 cents,
Children, 15 cents.
Lowndes County Rich
In Home-cured Meat.
Valdosta, Ga., Mar. 12. There
is said to be more home-cured
meat in Lowndes county now
than ever before in its history.
James E. Downing, in charge of
the government Pig club work,
and S. L. Downing, county dem
onstrator, who have visited every
section of the county within the
past month, are authority for the
statement that the farmers have
in their smoke houses more than
a million pounds of perfectly
cured bacon, hams and shoulders.
Not only is there an unusual sup
ply of meat in the county, but it
is of exceptional quality. Most of
the tenant farmers, who hereto
fore have bought their supply of
meat from their landlord or the
jobber in town, have killed and
cured as much as they will need
during the year.
To Deliver lee.
We will deliver ice in Mt. Ver
non, Ailey and on Institute
Heights this summer. Prompt
delivery and guaranteed service
with just weights. Will appre
ciate the patronag ; of the public.
G. R. Mason,
C. W. Skipper.
Presbyterian Church
Makes Announcements.
Missionary Society.
The Ladies’ Missionary Society
will hold its last meeting of this
j church year on Wednesday, Mar.
i 31, at 3:00 o’clock. Officers for
! the ensuing year will be elected;
all dues are expected to be paid,
so t hat a good report of the year’s
work may he sent to the Union.
Every member is urged to get
interested in the work. Notice
change in day of meeting.
Children’s Day.
On March 28, 4th Sunday, at
11 o’clock, Children’s Day ser
vices will be held at the Presby
terian church. Everybody cordi
ally invited.
We’ve Got Him,
That Belled Buzzard.
Editor Monitor:
On Friday last, March 12, I
was surprised to see a buzzard
with a bell on it. Learning later
that the “Belled Buzzard” was a
bird of note, I decided to write
and tell you that it had appeared
on the scene in Montgomery coun
ty, at Longpond.
Also, could you inform me as
to who put the bell on the buz
zard, and when?
Yours truly,
Albert Sidney Johnson.
Mt. Vernon, Rt. 2.
We knew that our time was
coming around all l ight, and in
behalf of future historians, we
want to thank our young friend
for this discovery. Our glory is
now complete, and the little
measly counties all around us
who have been harboring this
noted bird all these years, can
now take a back seat, while we
listen to the musical tinkle of
that bell.
No, Sidney, we cannot tell who
put the buzz in buzzard, nor the
name of the guy, who in ages
gone by, adorned his neck with
that bell. American history does
not record the time and place
when he, (we pr< surne he is a
rooster buzzard) began to soar
into space with that tinkling ap
pendage. But suffice it to say
that we are proud he has taken
up here, and hope he will not be
gin to scatter hog cholera and
get shot.
Lowndes Farmers Plan
For Curing Their Meat.
As a result of the agitation now.
apparent among the farmers of
this section of the country re
garding the proper care of meat
apd the proper manner of curing!
it, a number of the largest farm
ers of Lowndes county are plan
ning to put in their own smoke-'
houses and cold storage plants so
as to properly handle their meats.
These plants are to he put up ac
cording to plans and specifications
furnished by the Department of
Agriculture of the national gov
ernment. Estimates of the ex
pense attached to the erection of
such a plant in this county place
the cost at about. SBS.
Such a plant as this has a ca
pacity of 6,000 pounds of meat,
which is sufficient to care for
nearly any of the average farm
ers of the county. The erection
of such a plant will insure the
farmers of proper curing for their
meat and it will add materially!
to the value of the meat, as it
will insure those who buy it a
uniform quality. Not only is ths
true, but the meat has much less
chance to spoil when cured in
such a ■manner. At the present
time the farmers are often forced
to put off their killing on account
of warm weather, and at other
times the cool weather passes off
too soon and the meat is injured.
With such plant there will never
be any danger of meat .spoiling
and the meat will be of uniform
quality.—Valdosta Times.
Estimated Cost of War.
Berlin, March 14.—The Over-
Seas Agency says that Dr. Karl
Helferich, secretary of the impe
rial treasury, introducing the
budget on March 10, stated that
the cost of the war for all of the
belligerents was $375,000,000 a
week.
The cost to the British in the
first eight months of the war was
$2,250,000,000 and to the French
and Russians probably about
$4,500,000,000, the agency says.
The secretary quoted his Brit-
I ish colleague, David Lloyd George
as saying that the war would be
won by the last billion.
I
Mutilation of County
Records a Felony.
Atlanta, Ga., March 12.—The
DeKalb county grand jury at
•Decatur today returned an in
dictment against 0. R. Ledford,
prominent citizen and property
(owner, in connection with the re-
Icent mutilation of the records in
jt he office of the clerk of DeKalb
i Superior Court. He is charged
i with mutilating two record books
by taking from them records of
two deeds, one of them convey
ing a piece of property from Led
ford to W. R. Henderson and the
other the record of a deed made
from Henderson back to Ledford.
Mr. Ledford said today he was
much surprised when he learned
of the indictment and had no ft ar
of being unable to prove his in
nocence when placed on trial.
! He said the only evidence against
him was circumstantial and that
he was a victim of association
with a crowd who were not over
particular in their business meth
ods. There was a loan proposi
tion mixed up with the two deeds
■removed from the books.
The mutilation of county rec
ords is a felony under the Gmr
gia laws, punishable by imprison
ment from one to four .years.
Dr. L. Latnar Breaks
Arm Cranking Car.
Dawson, Ga., March 13. —
About 4 o’clock this afternoon
Dr. L. Lamar was cranking his
(car in front of the garage, when
the crank kicked and broke his
arm between the elbow and the
wrist,. He went to his home on
Seventh avenue, where the in
jured member was set, and he is
I resting well.
Dr. Pace has just recovered
from a similar accident.
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TEACHERS MEET
FLAN FOR CONTEST
|
Committees Appointed To
Arrange For County
Event.
I
At the regular meeting of the
county teachers lure last Satur
day. only two whose names ap
peared on the program were
present, which fact interferes
somewhat with its being carried
out. Despite this situation, how
ever, a very interesting discus
sion of the County Contest fol
lowed, the general tenor of which
was to surpass the results of last
year.
The Superintendent has on
hand already a handsome globe,
presented by Clanton & Webb, to
be awarded to the school having
i the best general exhibit. Com
mittees were appointed as fol
low's:
To get judges,
Miss Tarver,
Miss Gill is,
Miss Weils. (Lou Ella.)
To get prizes,
Miss Lizzie Moseley,
Mr. C. A. Johnston,
Miss Nannie Pettit.
To see about printing,
Mr. Will Jones.
To manage advertising,
Mr. M. It. Markey,
Miss Com Less,
Mr. A. 13. Hutcheson,
Mr. H. 13. Folsom.
Mr. Hutcheson was requested
by the meeting to secure a speak
< r for that day. A prize of a*s
library is again offered to the
school that brings the largest per
cent of attendance. Letters of
information that will help and
encourage the teachers will go
out from the oflice this week.
Every person in the county
who is interested in schools is
most cordially invited to be on
ihe Brewton-Parker Institute
campus before 10:30 on April 24.
All literary contestants must be
on hand by 0:30 contests in
spelling, reading and composition
will begin at that hour. The
County School Contest should be
the pride of tohe county, and it is,
among up-to-date teachers and
patrons.
Macon News: —A cute meta
phor still going the rounds is that
the seven filibustering Democrats
organized themselves into a sen
atorial submarine and torpedoed
the ship purchase bill.
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