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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1915)
P HUSHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL OROAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. ,| th- Postofflce ill Mt. Vernon. G». a* Heeond-Clam Mail Matter. M. li. IOLSOM, Editor and Owner. $* a Year, in Advance. 00-1. -.,i a<lv«rti-'-nionta rnnat invariably be paid in advance, at the legal rate, and an tbe i»» in hand not later than Wodncadav morning of tbe Brat week of iimerlion Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, May fi, 1915. The number of prophets who have been busy foretelling the end of the European war is not growing rapidly this week, and the close of the conflict seems afar off. If you think that war times have totally busted Montgomery county you are simply mistaken. We stood in our office door last week and saw eight automobiles pass, loaded with prosperous far mers and their happy families, on route to the Oconee river banks for a picnic. We heard a gentleman remark last week that the serious spring drouth prevailing would tend to discourage the planting of w-heat another season. There are other crops dependent on moisture rpiite as much as wheat. Why shoud we abandon the plan of growing our own bread because a single season proves disastrous? Lyons has an excellent paper in the Progress, reflecting the business enterprise of a good town. Put Pro. McGill has not been among us long enough to catch onto some practices in the field of Southeast Georgia journ alism that Pret Harte would al lude to as “ways that are dark and tricks that are vain.” In reproducing editorial squibs from this paper it would be just as well to get them fresh out of The Monitor as to wait until they have been swiped by the Millen News or other papers without credit. The tax equalization law is the I»'sl measure for the relief of bom si tax payers ever enacted into law 1 any legislature in Georgia. Ami came at a time when the burden was grievous to conscientious citizens, shifting the load from their necks to those who had always enjoyed the ben efits of government without shar ing in the expense. The same spirit of dishonest greed thut op posed fair adjustment of taxation will manifest itself in the coming session of the legislature in efforts to destroy the beneficial workings of the law. A great howl is being raised about finding a market for Geor gia farm products, with millions of dollars pouring in a steady stream out of the state for the most commonly used articles grown on our farms. Atlanta alone handled 3, 117,(HK1 bushels of eorn last year of which less than 2 per cent was raised in Georgia; while of the 2,888 car loads of oats handled less than 1 per cent was grown in the state. Tin* entire lot of 2,700,000 bushels of wheat marketed in Atlanta came from without the state, with hay and all other produce showing up about as bad. What’s the matter witlbus? Our superior court is again in session, and the usual dockets of civil contentions and criminal proceedings are before it. We see little change in this respect from conditions as we found them twelve years ago when we began to write this column for Montgomery county readers. That a large per centage of the litigation in our courts springs from ignorance aiid its developed products, suspicion, jealousy, malice and greed, must be appa rent to every thinking man. That the terrors of the law have little power as a restraint is proven by the noticeable fact that murders are frequently committed in this county just before the terms of court, sometimes while court is in session. YYYYVfYYWYVYYVYTTYVfTYfY • ► M £ Gleanings From « £ Wisdom’s Field. \ •AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Dublin Courier-Herald: —One Laurens county farmer stated yesterday that he would gladly give SSO dollars for a rain on his farm. While there was scarcely any prospect when he was talk ing his farm had received a splen did rain before he arrived home —and it did not cost him a penny. Pem broke E n terpri se: —W hen Governor Slaton steps down and out with the convening of the legislature he will leave a record behind him that will be long re membered by the people of the state. He has been a broad mind ed executive and had he received his just recognition he would now be in the United States Sen ate. Adel News:—That was a pret ty sight Monday when dozens of children and some older folks dec orated the graves of the departed heroes. In addition to the Con federate soldiers graves there are also three or four Federal soldiers graves here and they were remembered along with those of our own Southland. Savannah Press: —Champ Clark says the idea that any American boy can be President is wrong. Champ cannot drive the recollec tions of that Baltimore conven tion from his mind. Valdosta Times: The Belgians have not failed to keep the world posted as to their suffering since the war began. Reports say that the Galacian Jews and the people of Poland are in a worse plight than the Belgians. Brunswick Banner: —The dis patches say Colonel Roosevelt had a happy day on the witness stand. It was the front pages of the newspaper, however, that brought the most smiles to him. Macon Telegraph: A Chatta nooga woman shot her husband because he failed to keep an en gagement to go to church with her. When a lady friend ties into this new-fangled style of salva tion you better watch your step. Perry Home Journal:—There is profitable room for a meat pack ing plant in each congressional district in Georgia, provided, the farmers and merchants will co operate with the management of the plants. Macon News:- A chicken with four legs and two necks has been found in Arkansas. Just like the chickens they used to serve us for Sunday dinner when we were children and the pastor sat at the head of the table. Haw kins ville Dispatch-News:— Why is it that the average fisher man will spend two or three hours digging bait when his wife can not under any consideration, in duce him to chop an armful of wood or do a little work in the garden? Atlanta Constitution:—Hope that the war will end in June has been abandoned, so they’ll have an opportunity to rub it in with "Is it hot enough for you?” Laurens Citizen:—Some of the economists are predicting an era of inflation in the United States as soon as the war ends. We are willing to try a few weeks of it. just to see how it feels. Dawson News:—Emperor Bill’s native announcement that he didn’t want this war anyhow leads one to suspect him of a realization that for once he has bitten off too big a chew for suc cessful mastication. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, MAY 0 1915 Name on an Orange Wins Her a Husband. Redlands, Cal. May I.—The writing of her name on the wrap per of an orange, won a husband for Miss Laura White, of this city. He is John Planning, a prosperous farmer, residing near Walla Walla, Wash. F’anning was on his way from Walla Walla to Portland, when he purchased on orange from a newsbutcher. On one of the wrappers he found the name of the young woman, and immedi ately upon his arrival in Port land wrote to her. The letter was received and a reply came, i Then a proposal by telegram and an acceptance. Four Mules Cremated. The barn of Mr. W. L. Pace’s Grier place, 5 miles east of Daw son, was destroyed by fire at about 8 o’clock Sunday night. P’our mules were burned to death and 350 bushels of corn and a quantity of hay and fodder were destroyed. The fire spread rapidly and the entire barn was enveloped in flames before it was discovered, and it was impossible to save the males or anything on account of the intense heat. The fire is thought to be of in cendiary origin. Mr. George Mathis, the overseer of the place, had just ten minutes before the fire was discovered visited the barn and locked it up for the night. If the fire was of incen- : diary origin there is no clue as to who was the guilty person. Mr. Pace had S2OO insurance on his barn, but had no insurance on his stock and feedstuff. The loss is estimated at $2,000. —Dawson News. Cut This Out — It Is Worth Money Cut out this advertisement, enclose C cents to Koley & Co., 2f>35 Sheffield Ave, Chicago, 111., writing your name and address clearly. You will re ceive In return a trial package con taining: (1) Foley’s Honey and Tar Com pound, the standard family remedy fur coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough, tightness and soreness in. chest, grippe and bronchial coughs. (2) Foley Kidney Pills, for over worked and disordered kidneys and bladder ailments, pain in sides and back due to Kidney Trouble, sore muscles, stiff joints, backache and rheumatism. 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