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PI lii.iSHi I) FVRKY THURSDAY. OPFICIAL OROAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
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H. B. 101 SOM, Fdlior and Owner. a Vear, in Advance.
0, ; , !.. ,•I - < .limits must iiivarijiiily be paid in advance, at the le«al rate, and an the law
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Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, Oct. 12, 1916.
Good times or not, no honest
man can expect much without a
little effort. Go at it.
•Savannah purposes to celebrate
in a fitting manner the one hun
dredth anniversary of the sailing
from that port of the first steam
Y' S i'l to cross the Atlantic. This
event of world-wide importance
occurred in IHI9, fixing the anni
o) ary occasion for some date
ir. May 1919. Georgians especially
Mould f< ol an interest in the ap
proaching occasion.
The recent friendly visit of a
( ' i man submarine to American
waters had a disastrous meaning
t< a number of allied or neutral
v - els, assuming that it was this
undersea craft that dealt a fatal
blow to a number of merchant
: hips in Sunday’s raid off the
coast of Massachusetts. They
will bear watching when on top
and waiting for when under the
surface. The United States can
init afford to harbor too many of
the n, even under most congenial
conditions.
A great number of Georgia
counties have projected county
fairs, which is very commendable.
A number of them are not able
to rank with Montgomery, from
an gricultural standpoint, yet
they have the county pride and
the enterprise necessary to the
success of such ventures. Sad
but true, Montgomery county
people spend most of their time
getting out. of one political row
into another, and therefore have
but little time for county fairs or
civic improvement.
Do not kill the goose ere the
golden egg settles in the nest.
The cotton crop is practically
harvested, and while it has
brought handsome prices this
fall, there is no positive proof
that it will be as high, or higher,
next fall. Now. while the going
is good, is the correct time to
economize a little. Mold back a
few dollars; it may be needed
before next year’s cotton change
is handed out. This idea, how
ever, does not apply to the pay
ment of debts. Do not carry
any of them over.
Necessity, and not a desire for
gain, has prompted an increase in
the subscription price of The
Montgomery Monitor, according
to a formal notice in this issue.
We have already contributed sev
eral thousand dollars to the god
of graft, as represented by a
large number of our friends in
Montgomery county, but the in
creased price of paper and other
product*; used in the operation of
a n. w paper forces an increase
in the subscription price. Act
ing >n the suggestion of a lean 1
bank account, we are forced to I
this policy, effective November
15,
Montgomery county n>ads, in j
the main, are in good condition,
some of them excellent —yet we
hear of no great effort to have
some of the inter-state routes
traverse this country. Montgom
* rs s north and south clay road
should form a link in some popu
lar highway. Likewise, were it
not for the inx>r facilities of
crossing the Oconee river, this
county would have a well patron
ized highway running east and
west One third of the money
wasted on new county rows in
the past eleven years would have
spanned the Oconee river with a
steel bridge. Instead of it being
needed by one wealthy county, it
is now needed by two pauperized
e unties both Montgomery and
Wheeler.
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The earning capacity of most
men is better than their keeping
capacity. Those skilled in the
art of keeping are among the
rich in this world's goods. All
Christians are rich in inheritance
and may be rich in reward, as
God is the giver of the former
and the keeper of both the for
mer and the latter. If they earn
rewards he will keep them
against moth and rust and
thieves and issue them out on the
day of judgment.—Christian
Index.
Tom Hardwick doesn’t play
second fiddle to any man, and, in
our opinion, the man that makes
him pack his doll rags for a voy
age up salt creek has undertaken
a big contract.—Greensboro Her
ald Journal.
The pecan crop in Ben Hill
county this year is said to be
worth $25,000. The farmer who
had the foresight to plant a few
pecan trees before the advent of
the boll weevil is fortunate, in
deed, and the revenue that he
will derive from this source will
put him in much better shape to
combat the pest. —Hawkinsville
News-Dispatch.
It is believed by some that cot
ton will sell at 20 cents before
the crop is all harvested. All we
know about it is that higher the
price goes better becomes the
condition of the farmers. So, let
it rise.—Monticello News.
Be sure to plant some wheat
and oats. Flour will be $2.00 a
sack next year, and a farmer
should never complain at the
high prices of the things he can
raise. Lee County Journal.
Our one great regret over the
recent convention in Macon was
in the defeat of that highly
worthy gentleman and jurist, O.
H. B. Blood worth, of Forsyth,
for the seat on the court of ap
peals which he honestly won in
the primary by leading the whole
list of candidates for that place.
—LaGrange Reporter.
A county has never yet realized
its true development, has never
yet been able to do its part by its
people, when she is constantly
knocked and kicked. A little
kind treatment, a willingness to
give her a chance and the spirit
of boosting her is the only way
to make her great and her people
happy. Walker Co. Messenger.
Taft and Roosevelt seem to
have settled to a certain degree
the question of the disposition of
our ex-Presidents. They have
decided it is best to feed ’em. —
Savannah Press.
The poorest paid and hardest
worked class of railroad laborers
are the section hands who have
to go rain or shine and whose
brain and brawn make possible
our groat railroad systems, yet
we seldom ever hear them com
plaining at their lot in life. If
we were to hear of a threatened
strike of the hard worked and
underpaid section men we could
not express surprise.—Bryan En
terprise.
A north Georgia man is going
to pay an election bet by allow
ing his whiskers to grow for ten
y ears. W’e suppose that’s cheap
er than paying a barber for the
same length of time. —Swains
boro Forest-Blade.
When you start a task stick to
it. Os course, somebody else’s
job looks easier, just as farthest
fields always look greenest, but
| the task at hand is the thing for
i you. -Butler Herald.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, OCT I*2, 1916.
SECRET ORDER DIRECTORY
A AURAL LODGE NO. 2:59
F. & A. M.
Meets Third Saturday Mornings,
Hall in Mt. Vernon.
S. J. Elliott, VV. M.
J. K. Mcßae, Seev.
ALSTON LODGE 598 F. & A. M.
Meets Third Friday Night, 7:30.
J. T. Walker, VV. M,
H. G. Martin, Secy.
Harmony Lodge 405, F. & A. M.
Meets Third Saturdays, 10 a. m.
Soperton, Ga.
G. VV. Sammons, VV. M.
J. J. Frost, Secy.
Lothair Lodge No. 430 F. A A. M.
Meets on First Saturdays, 2 n. m.
M. L. O’Brien, VV. M.
Ira Ricks, Secy.
VERNON LODGE 530 1 (). O. F.
Meets Each Monday Night, Hall
in Mt. Vernon.
T. B. Art, N. G.
S. J. Elliot, Secy.
AILEY LODGE 229 1. (). O. F.
Meets Each Saturday Afternoon
Hall in Ailey.
Ciias. Frizzells, N. G.
M. JJ. Daklky, Secy.
Tarkytown Lodge 492 I. O. O. F.
Meets Fridays before Ist and 3rd
Sundays, 2 p. m., Tarn town.
I. J. Joiner, N. G.
I. C. S. Berner, Secy.
Tarkytown Camp 710 VV'. O. W
Meets Fridays before Ist and 3rd
Sundays, 5 p. in., Tarrytown.
C. W. Beckworth, S. C.
I. C. S. Berner, Clerk.
Each Lodge in the county is in
vited to furnish for this column a
card as above, free of charge.
PIANO . TUNING.
If your Piano is worth anything,
it is worth EXPERT TUNING.
Any other kind will ruin it. 1
have a diploma, and guarantee
all work. Write, and I will call.
ORGANS REPAIRED.
Charles L. Hamilton,
MT. VERNON, GA.
H.H. WILLIAMSON
Dental Surgeon
Office in Citizens Bank Building.
ALSTON. (lEORtiIA
A. L. Lanier,
Attorney at Law,
MT. VERNON, GA.
Will Practice in all the Courts of
the State.
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L . W. BUSH,
Dental Surgeon,
Offices U Floor Rank of Soperton Building
Soperton, Oa.
E. M. RACKLEY
Dentist
Office over Mt.. Vernon Postoffice.
MT. VERNON. OA.
M. B. CALHOUN
Atty at Law,
Mt Vernon, Georgia
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