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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1915)
T?\e J rv Lontgorr\ery r\or\itor. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL OROAN MOMTOOMERY COUNTY. KnlPicd at tin- I'ostofllcr in Mt. Vernon. <lh. hh Mail Math r. H. B. FOLSOM, i ditor and (jwocr. Si « Year, in Advance trlA-titd »dvnrti»«niPi'ti< miint Invariably be paid in advance, at tbe lefc*l rate, and aa the law dm t-; arid .nii«i lie in hand not later than Wedneadav morning of the drat week if Inaertion Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, Oct. 14, 1015. Just as we expected, a cousin; of Mrs. Galt, fiance of President j Wilson, has shown up in Atlanta. Got to get up long before day to| got ahead of Atlanta. We are proud to join the week ly press in congratulations to Editor A. C. Sweat of the Nash ville Herald on his nomination for postmaster at Nashville. A live stock club that would bring a lot of imnroved breeds of cuttle and hogs to Montgomery county would do more for our people than all the politicians have ever done. Perhaps the recognition of the Carranza faction in Mexico by the United States and the South American countries was carrying out the idea of "the survival of the fittest”—fighter. We are told that the wedding of President Wilson will shatter all records for weddings in the White House. Go right on with your shattering, Woodrow, you’re a man after our own heart. Congressman Hughes is to be among his loyal friends in Toombs county today at their county fair. The people of Toombs are pro gressive, and stand by a good man when they know him as they do Hon. Dudley M. Hughes. The Georgia State Fair in Ma con, Oct. 2G to Nov. 5, promises to be one of tbe best in the his tory of the State Agricultural Society. We hope every Mont gomery county farmer can spend at least one day within the gates. It will pay you. The war and the weevil and every other evil have utterly failed to balk the onward march of this country to prosperity. With Woodrow Wilson again in the presidential chair, even greater strides may be safely predicted for the next four years. Since Congressman Dudley M. Hughes so effectively wiped up with the ex Honorable Clements last year there is no talk now of opposition to the Danville states man. As far as Toombs county is concerned Dudley M. Hughes w ill stay in Congress as long as he wants to. Lyons Progress. We have always contended that our peope did not know the real value of cotton seed. Foreign countries have for years been paying the freight across the ocean on them and use them at a fine profit. At S4O per ton. this b\ product. formerly thrown away, is now coming into its own ami bringing millions into the South. "Safety First” is not only a sensible slogan for the railroads, but should U the motto of every planter who sows a seed this fall and next spring. This year has shown unmistakably that bread raised at home is cheaper and better than any that cotton money can buy. Get your oats in now and have the wheat land ready for a good crop. The real progressive men at this time are those who are lend ing their efforts to the introduc-, tion of improved breeds of cattle and hogs. They are hastening the day of independence and prosperity for our farmers. The old regime of buying guano to make cotton to buy guano to make more cotton must go. and the sooner the better. Live stock will permanently enrich the soil and free us from the all cotton mania. r»TYTY»ffYYYTYVYYYT»YfYfY* ► Gleanings From \ \ Wisdom’s Field. \ t 1 •AAAiAAAAAAiAAAAAAAAAAAAU Springfield Herald:—lf there was no demand for the blind- i tiger liquor why there would be no liquor of that kind in Georgia. Hit the consumer as well as the seller and the law will have some effect. Savannah News: —At the pre sent price of cotton lots of folks are sorry they didn’t join that famous movement to "Buy-a- Bale” at ten cents a pound. And if the price goe9 much higher their regret will climb, too. Their hindsight is much better than their foresight. Vidalia Advance: Germany announces that she will quit kill ing Americans with submarines. England has well-nigh destroyed the submarines of Germany and the latter sees the inevitable. Claxton Enterprise: The ideal town is one in which everybody is working for the up-build of the town, nobody knocking every body optimistic, and all looking out for the good of the other per son as well as themselves. Adel News:—Just as we were hoping that the war would end, two or three more nations are about to enter the contest. A little more and most of the world will be involved. Pembroke Enterprise:- Cotton for January delivery is selling around twelve cents. What a change twelve months have wrought. It was the act of the farmer that brought about this and not a fool law. The farmer don’t need law if he will use good common judgment. Perry Home Journal:—Editorial advice should not be considered offensive by the people advised, if the said advice is good and practical. Greensboro Herald-Journal: A subscriber asked us the other day why there hadn’t been more pig clubs started in this county. That’s easy. There has been too many hogs to give the pigs a chance. Macon Telegraph: The Thomas ville Times-Enterprisc ■says: "Kill your dog and raise a hog with what he eats.” But as we haven’t a dog and on top o' that haven’t a hog, we’ell pass it up. Mon roe Ad vert iser:—Fun ny, isn’t it. that there are so many people in this land of the brave and home of the free who can always run the other fellow’s business better than they can their own? Lee Co. Journal:—What good does your cotton money do you if you already owe it for corn, meat, hay and fertilizers? Don’t ever again be fooled into an all-cotton program, regardless of how high prices may go. Savannah Press:—A naturalist lias predicted a winter of unusual j severity for Europe. We imagine i is going to rain shot and shell over there. Atlanta Journal: Colonel House will probably see to to it that the president doesn’t forgot the li cense and ring and such things. Lyons Progress:- One talk by Prof. A. M. Soule, head of th< State Agricultural College is worth more than all the speeches that all the politicians can make from now until Judgment Day. Dublin Courier-Herald: —ls you miss the Twelfth District Fair, you owe apologies to >our ,os terity. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, OCTORER 14. 1015 Live Stock Helps To Buy a Farm. When Lige Hensley was mar ried 12 years ago, the young cou ple made a resolution to own a home of their own. They bought a hog and a few hens, and from these made their first SI(XJ, which they invested in land. All sur plus money went on land, which they would sell the first oppor tunity they were offered a fair! profit. In this way, and by rais-; ing stock, keeping cows, chickens j and hogs, they soon had enough money to make a fair payment on the place on which they had set their hearts. This place was a fertile mountain farm, for, which the owner asked 12800. Mr. Hensley could only pay -+l2fJO down, but he had no trouble in arranging for the balance. Last year was his first year on the new farm, and he raised be tween 1100 and 1200 bushels of corn on 25 acres of ground, w'hich is an extra good record for this part of the state. It cost him only a little over 10 cents a bushel i to grow this crop of corn. He has a good apple orchard, from which he sold 300 bushels of apples last year. He raised a good crop of sweet potatoes, but : kept the most of them for home use. He raised all kinds of veg ! etables for home use, and sold j something like *lO worth. They : sold SBO worth of turkeys last year, and sold five head of hogs, for which they received $9(3.75. Blue grass, orchard grass and clover are the main pasture crops on this farm. The owner sowed 21 bushels of wheat last year, and in the spring sweet clover was sown in the wheat. For grazing crops for hogs, he sows oats and rape combined, claim ing it to be ahead of anything he ever tried. Twenty-one head of cattle, 12 of hogs, and three horses were kept on this farm ail last winter, and the first of March the crib contained about 450 bushels of corn; 500 bushels of corn was sold, for which he re ceived s3l7.2s—Adda C. Hall in Southern Farming. White House Weddings Are Breaking Record. Washington, Oct. 8. — All rec ords for weddings during one ad ministration at the White House have been scattered by the pre sent one. The wedding of Pres ident Wilson and Mrs. Norman Galt will be the third to take place since he was elected. The others were: Jessie Woodrow Wilson, daugh ter of President Wilson, to Fran cis Bowes Sayre, in 1913. Eleanor Randolph Wilson, the daughter of President Wilson, to I William Gibbs McAdo, Secretary I of the Treasury, in 1914. Previously the record had been two weddings in one administra tion, established when James Madison was President. % Saved Girl’s Lite S “I want to tell you what wonderful benefit I have re- ® J ceived from the use of Thedford’s Black-Draught,” writes 1 J Mrs. Sylvania Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky. j® “It certainly has no equal for la grippe, bad colds, 1 2 liver and stomach troubles. I firmly believe Black-Draught 1 g saved my little girl’s life. When she had the measles, J they went in on her, but one good dose of Thedford’s 2 Black-Draught made them break out, and she has had no 1 more trouble. I shall never be without BLack-draughT J In my home.” For constipation, indigestion, headache, dizzi- J ness, malaria, chills and fever, biliousness, and all similar £ ailments, Thedford's Black-Draught has proved itself a safe, J 4P reliable, gentle and valuable remedy. • If you suffer from any of these complaints, try Black- # Draught It is a medicine of known merit Seventy-five # !T years of splendid success proves its value. Good for j® • young and old. For sale everywhere. Price 25 cents. tj 63] V ANNOUNCEMENTS.! For Sheriff: At the oariiNNt solicitation of many of my trientla. I am ofTt-rintt for the office of Sheriff of Montgomery c unty. The change from my intention to offer for Collector is made a ‘ their spreial demands 1 he.ieve thorough ly in the enforcement of lan and gofxl order, arid to that end I pledge mvself to (aitlilnlly ■ di-charge the dntiea of this important office, if favored with the nomination. My candidacy i- uhject to tWe, rules and regu'ari ma govern n g the primary. Soliciting vonr votes, lam Y ura reaprctfuliy, ‘G. V. Mason. Farm Loans. I am in position to close some good farm loans, from SIOOO up, at once. If you need money, see A. B. Hutcheson, 415tf Mt. Vernon, Ga. Sold Everywhere. ad ! —! E. M. RACKLEY Dentist Office over Mt. Vernon Postoffioe. MT. VERNON. OA. L . W. BUSH, Dental Surgeon, Offices 2d Floor Bank of Soperlon Building Soperton, Ga. ISold Everywhere. ad 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, witli lowest rates of interest and the most liberal ’j terms of payments I have several years experience , jin 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. i If vou need a loan see me before i application. A. B. Hutcheson, Mt. Vernon, Ga. Tax Collector’s First llouud. I will he at the following places for purpose of collecting state and county taxes for the year 1915. Mt. Vernon, Oct. 5, all day. Longpond, “ 0, 7to9a. m. Uvalda, Oct. G. 9:30 a m to l :80p Alston, “ G, 2to 4:30 pm. Higgston, “7, Bamto 12 tn. ! Kibbee, Oct. 7,1 to 4p. m. j Pigeon Spring Oct. 8, 9 to 11 a m. !Tarrytown, Oct. 8, 12 to 4 p m. Lot hair. “ 9. Btoll am. ! Soperton Oct. 9, 11:80 a to 5 pm. : Orland, “ 11, 7t012 m. Orianna, “ 11, Ito 4 p m. 11. G. Davis, T. C. M. O. W. B. GRIMES, Blacksmith & Repair Works, ALSTON, GEORGIA. All Classes of Repair Work Work Quickly and Correctly Done. Rrimj Me Your Work. f Better Able Than | 1 Ever! 1 j§ Our faciliteis for banking service ® f| during the new year cannot be || || excelled. A close investigation M invited. Ample means, and the g I best service to the public. -wvv vvv vv v mrv wwww v v v? THE CITIZENS BANK § OF ALSTON, QA. jj D. S. WILLIAMSON E. S. MARTIN JOE W. SHARPE President Cashier Vice-Pres. DIRECTORS: T. A. Clifton Dr. J. H. Dees A. T. Johnson jj John Jay McArthur W. T. Mcßride F. B. Mcßride t J. S. Sharpe Joe W. Sharpe D. S. Williamson (jj Check Book > i 1 ; is easier to carry than a wallet filled | with currency, silver or gold. It adds jj | dignity to your transaction and always j; ; gives you satisfaction. Checks are of ! ; no value except to the person in whose | | favor they are drawn. Can you afford jj : to keep your money at home or in your ji I pocket, when you can have, without / I expense, a check book on this bank? j MT. VERNON BANK, MT. VERNON, 6A. jj | CAPITAL, $15,000.00 SURPLUS, $30,000.00 RESOURCES, $145,000.00 I j » Willie T. McArthur, President W. A. Peterson. Cashier ! Alex McArthur, Vice-President H. L. Wilt, Assistant Cashier MT. VERNON, GA. 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