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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORGAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
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H. B. FOLSOM. Editor and Owner. $i * Year, in Advance.
advertlaemenU must invariably be paid ia advance, at the legal rate, and el the law
dr < <m■ and nm-t lie in hand not later than Wedneaday morning of the flrat week of inaertion
Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, Sept. 2, 1915.
Georgia will survive the Frank |
case regardless of the predictions j
and anathemas of the scribblers.
Better be looking around for!
your seed wheat. Those home
made biscuits are a safe proposi
tion.
If the war record is true up to
date, the United States had bet-1
ter invest in submarines than 1
large battleships.
Good farmers estimate the cot
ton crop of Montgomery county
at 60 per cent, of an average.
But corn will be abundant.
School time is here again. Give
the boy a chance, and the girl
too. If he turns out to lie a loaf
er and the girl adudess, you have
discharged your duty to them,
and in years to come your in
fluence for good may reach them
along the rocky places.
The sun is shining and hay by
the hundred tons is being made.
Every bale of it stops a dollar,
and every bushel of corn stops
another dollar, and when we
head ofT the millions going West
for these indispensables we are
getting on solid ground.
We see good fields of corn
growing in sight of The Monitor
office upon land from which fair
crops of wheat were gathered
this season. Wlmt’s the use in
kicking when two good crops of
bread can he gathered from the
same land inside of a year?
Montgomery county will send
out many boys and girls this fall
to begin the finish of their edu
cation. We hope to hear a good
report from every one of them.
Surely the leavening influences
of education ought soon to show
up as a great factor in the uplift
of our people.
That wave of prosperity rolling
mountain high, continually pre
dicted by some enthusiastic news
papers, has not emerged from un
der the war clouds not even the
crest of the wave can be seen
from this place—and we are not
expecting it until there is undis
puted evidence that the war is
ended. That is why we favor
any policy that will end the war.
Our people have not become
sufficiently enthused over live
stock raising to join in the fight
for eradication of the cattle tick.
The average quality of the cattle
in Montgomery county is far
above what it was twelve years
ago when we first began to write
this column. But we are far be
hind still in the matter of pure
bred cattle and hogs. The Mon
itor would furnish the space and
welcome a discussion of this and
other matters vital to the success
of our farmers.
A hog-sticker, up to his knees
in blood in one of the great
slaughter houses in Chicago, was
accosted by a visitor with the
querry as to whether his environ
ment was not likely to make him
have serious thoughts while shed
ding so much blood. The man
replied: “If I had been a think
ing man 1 would not be holding
down such a job as this.” The
real trouble with our farmers,
the great producers of the world’s
food, is that very few of them are
doing any profitable thinking.
There is not a single acre upon
the average farm in Montgomery
county that cannot be made to
produce twice as much as the
present average. We want to
think more of our business and
less of politics.
► Gleanings From 3
: Wisdom’s Field. $
Springfield Herald: —You can
order your automobile tires to
come by mail now and if the
postoffice department continues
to increase the size and weight
of the packakes, it won’t be very
long before bales of cotton will
be shipped by the parcel post
route.
Monroe Ad vertiser:—For a man
big enough to be governor of a
great state, Jack Slaton can come
nearer to making more kinds of
fool and unwarranted statements
than any man we ever saw. He’s
talked too much ever since he
left Georgia.
Eastman Times-Journal:—Sec
retary McAdoo says he is going
to deposit thirty million dollars
in Southern banks to help the
cotton farmers; but he fails to
explain how the cotton farmer is
going to get the help.
Millen News:—lt now looks
like Millen will have the only
fair between Macon and Savan
nah, so you had better begin to
make your plans to attend the
big Five County Fair.
Darien Gazette:-Somebody
has been sending Governor Har
ris threatening letters warning
him to go slow in that investiga
tion. The authors of these let
ters ought to know that they are
wasting time trying to intimi
date an old veteran like Governor
Harris.
Adel News: —Mr. Bryan has
been heard from again. He still
thinks Americans have no right
on the seas. He appears to en
tertain the same opinion as the
Germans.
Dawson News: —Former Gov
ernor Slaton and Mayor Wood
ward are both talking too much
out West. They have not learn
ed the lesson that it is easier to
say too much than to say too lit
tle.
Tattnall Journal: —“Honorable
peace terms will be considered,”
intimates one of the nations at
war, “at this time”. Just wait
a few months longer and most
any old kind of peace terms will
be acceptable.
Lyons Progress:—lt is time for
the papers and public men in
other states to cease abusing
Georgia and calling her citizens
barbarians and divers other ugly
names because they yanked a
prisoner from the penitentiary
and lynched him. Georgia is
able to lynch her own citizens
without the interference of out
side folks.
Macon Telegraph:—ln refusing
to give an interview on the Frank
case, Attorney Joe Hill Hall set
an example other prominent citi
zens might follow with credit to
themselves and their State.
Dublin Courier-Herald:—lt is
l>ossible that Germany wants to
get the United States into the
war in order that she can put up
the plea that it is impossible for
her to fight the world,—and in
that manner effect a graceful
surrender.
Greensboro Herald-Journal:—
Some people never hand in items
of news for publication hut if we
happen to miss an item in which
they are interested they are sure
to hand us a north pole stare that
would freeze the liver of a polar
bear.
Atlanta Constitution:- Russia
will have to dig down for her
Holy Gold. About all she is get
i ting now* is Holy Smoke.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1915.
Forsyth Cotton Mills
Soon to Operate.
Forsyth, Ga., Aug. 22. R. P.
Brooks, R. T. Persons, G. Ogden
Persons and J. W. Newton, all
of Forsyth, have made applica
tion for a charter for the Forsyth
Cotton Mills. They have bought
out the Starr Mills at Forsyth,
and as soon as the charter is
granted and new machinery is in
stalled the mill will be placed in
operation. They will manufac
ture cotton yarns. The Starr
Mills have been inactive for sev
eral months.
The Picnic.
The why of the picnic is not
far to seek. Why, indeed,
shouldn’t a congenial company of
friends dine in the woodland
rather than amid the clatter of
dishes and in the press of the
crowd at the roadside? Why.
shouldn’t the family like to es
cape from the domiciliary routine
and have dinner at sunset under
the trees, with the turf for a
table? Why shouldn’t the senti
mental couple have a spread in
the gloaming, fightning off the
mosquitoes whilst the shadows
fade in the dusk, and swatting
them from time to time as they
the picnickers and the anophe
les—pursue happiness, according
to respective bents, under “the
majestical roof fretted with gol
den fire?”
The Hindu term for picnic is
said to be, by literal translation,
“fools’ feast.” But the Anglo-
Indian who likes to take his best
girl and a basket of indigestible
edibles upon an arduous journey
to a distinct place, to eat delight
edly a much worse dinner than
he might have at home, has more
imagination and a keener zest of
life than the native who assumes
an air of superiority—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Six Per Cent
Money to Loan.
The long term loan company
that I represent hus about Seven
ty-five Thousand Dollars that
they are willing to loan in Mont
gomery County during the sum
mer months on improved farm
lands at 0 per cent interest. Now
is the time to make your applica
tion for money, if you need it,
while the company is not rushed
with business, and the agent, has
plenty of time to get your papers
in proper shape. My company
gives the borrower the privilege
of paying back a part of the prin
cipal each year and stopping the
interest on the amount paid if
desired. If you are going to need
any money next fall, make appli
cation now and have the loan ap
proved, and if you find later that
you do not need so much, amount
can ho reduced without trouble or
expense. Address
L. C. Underwood,
G-B-8m Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Saw Mill For Sale.
I offer for sale one No. 1 Mal
lory & Taylor Saw Mill and one
15-horse power engine and boiler,
Peerless make; also a portable
engine and boiler on wheels, as
good as can be made. Now run
ning at Nails Ferry on the Alta
maha river, where buyer may see
it tested before buying. Will he
sold at a bargain, as I wish to re
tire from the saw mill business.
Grove Sharpe.
513tf Alston, Ga.
STOMACH TROUBLE ,
FOR FIVE YEARS
Majority of Friends Thought Mr.
Hughes Would Die, But
One Helped Him to
Recovery.
Pomeroyton, Ky.—ln interesting ad
vices from this place. Mr. A. J. Hughes
writes as follows: “I was down with
stomach trouble for five (5) years, and
would have sick headache so bad, at
times, that I thought surely I would die.
1 tried different treatments, but they
did not seem to do me any good.
I got so bad, I could not eat or sleep,
and all my friends, exceDt one, thought I
would die. He advised me to try
Tbediord’s Black-Draught, and quit,
Blakely Sells Bonds
For City Ice Plant.
Blakely, Ga., Aug. 23. City
officials today sold a SIO,OOO issue
of 5 per cent serial municipal ice
: plant bonds to R. N. Berrien, Jr., «
of Atlanta, at a premium.- The
| bonds are to be dated September j
I 1, and on the first day of each
January from 1917 to 1936, in- j
elusive, one bond of SSOO each is |
to be retired.
The proceeds from previous
i bond issues have been judiciously
invested in modern school, water, j
! sewerage and ejectic lighting
| systems, and it is believed that a
I municipal ice plant will prove not j
I only profitable from an invest
ment standpoint, but enable
citizens to be supplied with ice
and cold storage service at a min
imum cost.
Cut This Out —
It Is Worth Money
Cut out this advertisement, enclose
G cents to Foley «& Co., 2835 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*
for 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
j rheumatism.
(3) Foley Cathartic Tablets, a
wholesome and thoroughly cleansing
cathartic. Especially comforting to
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Sold Everywhere. ad
For Long Term Farm
Loans,
| SEE A, 8 HUTCHESON.
I am negotiating some very
attractive Long Term Farm Loans
for the best companies doing bus
iness m 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
I am in position to give you the
best terms and as prompt services
as any one.
If vou need a loan see me before
application.
A. B. Hutcheson,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
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.
W. B. GRIMES,
Blacksmith A Repair
Works, j
ALSTON, GEORGIA.
All Classes of Repair Work Work I
j Quickly and Correctly Done.*
Bring Me Your Work.
taking other medicines. I decided to
take his advice, although 1 did not have
any confidence in it.
I have now been taking Black-Draught
for three months, and it has cured me—
haven’t had those awful sick headaches
since I began using it.
I am so thankful for what Black-
Draught has done for me.”
Thedford's Black-Draught has been
found a very valuable medicine for de
rangements of the stomach and liver. It
is composed of pure, vegetable herbs,
contains no dangerous ingredients, and
acts gently, yet surely. It can be freely
used by young and old, and should be
kept in every family chest
Get a package today.
i Only a quarter. m
Check Book
is easier to carry than a wallet filled
with currency, silver or gold. It adds ||
dignity to your transaction and always I
gives you satisfaction. Checks are of
no value except to the person in whose
i favor they are drawn. Can you afford i
I to keep your money at home or in your I
pocket, when you can have, without
expense, a check book on this bank?
MT. VERNON BANK, MT. VERNON, GA. jj
CAPITAL, $15,000.00 SURPLUS, $30,000.00 RESOURCES, $145,006.00 ! I
Willie T. McArthur, President W. A. Peterson, Cashier ] !
Alex McArthur, Vice-President H. L. Wilt, Assistant Cashier j
MT. VERNON, GA.
SAVE THE FRUIT!
j This Industry, Economy and Enterprise ij
is one no housewife can afford to
neglect, but its success will
depend largely upon the
FRUIT JARS
used in the process. They must be the jj
I Best. We have Nothing but the Best. ||
The E=Z Seal and flason’s i
Rubbers and Caps for Each Kind ||
H. V. Thompson & Bros.
AILEY, GEORGIA
I Better Able Than |
Ever! §
Our faciliteis for banking service ®
during the new year cannot be ||
excelled. A close investigation ||
invited. Ample means, and the ®
I best service to the public.
V WWWV Jr
THE CITIZENS BANK 1
OF ALSTON, QA.
D. S. WILLIAMSON E. S. MARTIN JOE W. SHARPE
President Cashier Vicv-Pres.
DIRECTORS:
T. A. Clifton Dr. J. H. Dees A. T. Johnson e
John Jay McArthur W. T. Mcßride F. B. Mcßride
J. S. Sharpe Joe W. Sharpe D. S. Williamson l $
