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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1916)
Ti\e r\or\tgorr\Gry P\or\itor PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL OROAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Knt«n;<l at tin Postoffiee in Mt. Vernon. Oa, as Second-Class Mail Matter. 11. B. raiiOM, Editor and Owner. • Year, in Advance. tur '• ' raj .vlvertiKonK'iitH must invariably be paid in advance, at the legal rate, and aa the law direct*; and mint bo in hand not later than Wedneaday morning of the flrat week of inaertion Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, Oct. 5, 1916. Just What to Do Now. It may be nearly six months before the federal farm loan board announces the 12 federal land bank districts and establish es one government land bank in some one city in each district. The application for charter for a farmers’ local mortgage borrow ing club, which the federal law calls a national farm loan associa tion, must be addressed to the land bank for your district. It will then investigate, and if it finds the applicants satisfactory, the land bank will recommend the federal farm loan board at Washington, 1). C., to issue the charter. So soon as the local bank has received such charter, it may proceed to do business di rect with its land bank. Meanwhille, however, and without waiting for all the above described technicalities to be completed, farmers in any com munity, county or state, can go right ahead and form the prelim inary organization of their local bank. We are now preparing the papers for this purpose. It contains the blanks for signa tures for the desired loans, and further directions. By making such an informal start, farmers anywhere may organize their lo cal bank at once, may hold meet ings to discuss the subject, may acquire a thorough working knowledge of the whole system, may get additional members, may choose their directors, officers and loan committee, etc. Thus they will be in shape to proceed to do business and get loans, immediately upon receipt of official charter to be issued as above described. All this pre liminary work of education and organization may be done in ad vance, instead of having to do it after charter is secured. Then the formalities can be quickly and correctly compiled with. The local bank then can begin making loans, instead of taking a long time to acquire what it previous ly learned. .Just send stamps for postage to Orange Judd Southern Farming, Atlanta, Ga., for its preliminary outfit for organizing a national farm loan association. Doit now if you have not al ready started the job, brother farmers. .1. E. McCullough in Southern Farming. No Use of Arms But Uses Typewriter. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 30.—Writ ing on a typewriter with a stick held between his teeth is the marvelous feat performed by Iteder Fuller, a cripple in the Home for Incurables in this city, who was foiindj an infant in the woods where his parents deserted him, and where ants and other insects almost ate him alive, so that during his whole life he has had no use of his arms and legs. Now a n.an, being twenty years old, ltedner Fuller is one of those optimists who puts to shame with his sunshiny disposition, and his triumphs over affliction, the man in good health who is always complaining of this and that imaginary trouble. After several weeks of practice on his typewriter, which was given him by the manager of a local typewriter agency, and which is specially equipped to suit his needs. Render has mas tered the machine and has writ ten a letter to the newspaper that printed the story which secured it for him. A neutral citizen having re ported that meals are high in the German capital, we think it would be a good idea for him to come over to America and tell us what he thinks of conditions here. —Cordele Dispatch. TTfTmmmfmYmmr • ► M £ Georgia State ◄ Press Expressions, j • AAUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Judge Dick Russell favored the appointment of public officials in an address some years ago. Af ter having been beaten for con gress by a vote of about two to one, he is probably still in favor of appointments. Swainsboro Forest-Blade. Hon. W. J. Harris, of the Fed eral Trade Commission, was in Macon during the state conven tion. Nobody there was happier over the[cheers for Wilson than he was. He is the “original Wilson man” in Georgia, and he was especially anxious for Geor gia to give ringing endorsement to the President who has accom plished so much under such dis advantages during his term of office. —Valdosta Times. We’are still against the county unit system. The men who got the most popular votes in the recent race for the Court of Ap peals stood no show in the con vention.—Adel News. Justjtell Hon. 0. H. B. Blood worth that we are for him in his race for the supreme court bench should he decide to enter. ‘Twas a monstrous shame that Col. Bloodworth was slim-slammed out of a seat on the appellate bench. We firmly believe that if his friends had stuck to him and worked more concertedly in the convention he would have won along with Jenkins and George. Monticello News. Savannah should certainly get the State railroad if it is extended to the sea. That city has every advantage over all competing points and the peopls down there say they will donate terminals and pay for the extra sessions of the Legislature necessary to put the move on foot. When those Savannah folks do go after a thing they go in the rig*ht way. Here’s hoping that they will win. —Pembroke Enterprise. Quite a number of good pure bred cattle are being brought into Tattnall county, which is a sure sign that our people are tak ing more and more interest in cattle raising. This, together with the good hog stock being brought in, makes it certain that our people are preparing for the advent of the boll weevil, and for any other pest which threat ens the prosperity of the people in the production of cotton. Keep your eyes on this county.—Tatt nall Journal. You never can tell what a state convention will do. That is why the few who want them have them—they can run things to suit themselves. The fact that a man leads in the popular vote of the state is no reason why he may expect the nomination in the convention, taking the two last ones as a precedent. Hon. 0. H. B. Bloodworth, of Forsyth, who led the race for court of appeals in the recent election, was de feated in the convention, one of the men that was elected being fifth in the race.—Telfair Enter prise. Let us hope that a mechanical boll weevil picker has been in vented and that it will do the work promised by its promoters; but the best boll weevil picker is rotation in crops and the tempo rary abandonment of cotton planting.-Macon News. Dick Russell and his friends may be interested in knowing that there is to be a statewide | election for constables this fall, i—Savannah Press. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, OCT. 5, 1916. Selling Off the Hens. We learn that in many parts of the North and West farmers are selling off their hens to get rid i of feeding them high priced grain. At first thought this might seem like good logic, and a good thing to do. When we stop to reason the matter a little we can see the folly of such a course. Eggs are higher at this writing (September) than they have been for years at this season. They are 35 cents a dozen at retail tak ing them just as they come from the country at random. We mean this does not include those for select customers from selected eggs. Eggs have been j scarce all summer; are getting more so all the time. People will have eggs and poultry products in reasonable quantities even though they do go high in prices. If part of our community gets scared and sells off their hens it will surely make good business for those who have the good sense and better judgment to hold on to their usual amount of stock. Poultry breeders will need breeding stock if they keep up their work along that line and it is mighty poor policy to sell off good stock that they know all about at this season of the year and expect to buy others when the breeding season comes on. We hear this plan mentioned. It is changing a certainty for an uncertainty, besides paying a lot more for the uncertainty than j you received for the certainty. ! In other words one may sell stock that he knows to be good, sound and good layers, and when he buys he may be sadly disap pointed in what he gets. Even when the quality is not taken in to consideration the chances are ten to one that you will have to pay double what you are getting for the stock you are selling. What would you think of a farmer selling off his fine team of mules or horses that he is fully acquainted with after the fall work is finished, expecting to buy again in the early spring time just because feed is high? The person who goes right along with his regular work, regardless of the little ups and downs in conditions is the one who wins out in the end. Our advice would be to keep a goodly number of good hens and pullets for the breeding season, buy a good incubator if you have none, and raise a lot of early chickens. If you have good hatches and get more hatched than you can use at home, make it a point to sell a lot of day-old chicks. Go at it expecting to make everything count all down the line. We are sure this will pay better than selling off the stock expecting to buy later. Good hens well cared for will pay their way all the time even if feed is a little higher than it has been. The fertilizer from the hens is worth a good deal if cared for and kept dry until needed.— Southern Ruralist. Bvvmmwwwm Need a Tonic 0 2 times in every woman’s life when she pC&i ic to help her over the hard places, me comes to you, you know what tonic Jui, the woman’s tonic. Cardui is cont rely vegetable ingredients, which act §5% irely, on the weakened womanly organs, iild them back to strength and health. y-vd ted thousands and thousands of weak, 3*ll i in its past half century ot wonderful 1 it will do the same for you. jjfl t make a mistake in taking URDUS a i Woman’s Tonic iclia Wilson, R. F. D. No. 4, Alma, Ark., i Cardui is the greatest medicine on earth, Before I began to take Cardui, I was i nervous, and had such awful dizzy >oor appetite. Now I feel as well and 1 ever did, and can eat most anything.” Cardui today. Sold by all dealers. Helped Thousands, jm 11111111 l For Long Term Farm Loans, SEE A, B. HUTCHESON, I am negotiating Home very attractive Long Term Farm Loans for the best companies doing bus-j iness in Georgia, witt. 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. W. B. GRIMES, Blacksmith & Repair Works, ALSTON, GEORGIA. All Glasses of Repair Work Quickly and Correctly Done. Bring Me Your Work. Farms for Sale. Several choice farms, well im proved, conveniently situated within three to five miles of Moultrie, Ga., (Packing House City) easy terms. J. E. Ladson, Moultrie, Ga. TEN YEAR FARM LOANS! We desire to make loans at once on good farms in amounts over SI,OOO, the loan running for 10 years a t 7 per cent, interest and with only 5 per cent, com mission. We also make 5-year loans at 6 per cent, interest. Re payment privilege as desired. We also make smaller loans at. a slightly higher rate. We can give QUICKER SERVICE than oth ers. Applications wanted on property in Montgomery, Toombs and Wheeler counties. Let us hear from you. I BREWTON LOAN & INSURANCE CO J. B. Brewton, Manager AILEY. GA, FARM LOAiSI 1 WAITED | $ <§ , mWttWWWWWWHW MWV.IVUtmVI%MMViVMVW I have a strong connection with 3| large amounts of money to loan on 0 & well improved farms in Montgomery 0 county for 5,7 and 10 years, at the 0 H usual rates of interest, repayable as $ 0 you may desire—so much each year 0 or entire amount at maturity of loan | NO DELAYS § % There will be absolutely no dely if 0 !your titles are in good shape, as we $ have the money and want to place it 0 immediately. Bring Your Papers iCALL ON OR WRITE IJ. E. HALL 1 | SOPERTON, G.A § f GRIST MILL AND GINNERY il j NSW READY | |i To Grind Your Corn and Gin Your : Corn in the )st Manner Possible, ij Soliciting Your Patronage and Promis- || ling the Best Ser ce, lam jj Yo rs truly || j H. V. THOMPSON, | AIL.E-Y, GA. || §J STATEMENT OF Sj ItHE UW OF SOPERTONI | SOPERTON, GA. ® fcj At the Close Business March 10, 1916 fej Ks Ka (Condensed from report to State Bank Examiner) Jq< m Resources: || H Loans and Investments 8139,179.62 j|j 1| Buildings and Fixtures 23,872.47 g |jj Prepaid Insurance 363.33 p || Cash in Vault, due from Ij p other Banks and ad g vances on cotton 38,433.92 || 1 8201,849.34 | ¥t Liabilities: |j Capital Stock 825,000.00 g J! Surplus and Profits 10,297.46 p & Bills Payable 10,000.00 g ,|S Total Deposits 156,551.88 I 8201,849.34 |j | Deposits Mar. 10th 1916 $156,551.88 § 1 Deposits Mar. 10th 1915 97,856.49 [f? | INCREASE $ 58,695.391 BUY i T HOME.
