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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1916)
P— 1 I LOCAL - PERSONAL § to. ■©' 0 0.0 0 0 00© Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stephens ] of Ohoopee spent Sunday last with Mr. M. L. Stephens on In stitute Heights. A hand of school girls, accom panied by the athletic training teacher, Miss Beulah Martin, went on a delightful "hike” to the river Monday. Mr. Roy Smith of Jacksonville, Fla., was among relatives here last week. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Hughes at tended the all day sing at Hack Branch last Sunday. A party composed of Misses Jessie Peterson, Julia Black, Ruth Chestnut, Inez Mcßae, Claudia McDonald, Nannie Fletcher, Mil dred Terrell and Mr. Julian Peterson and Mr. Hammock mo tored out to Mr. Jim Stacy’s home Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Williamson and children of (Iraham, Ca., spent a part of last week with Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hughes, the former being parents of Mrs. Hughes, and former residents of this county. Mr. W. 11. Carter spent Mon day and Tuesday in Savannah on business. Miss Florence Adams attended the Doolittle-Stacy wedding near Sandersville on the 10th inst. Tiirrytowii. HpoHn) (Vm h|> »ihl«-iic<\ Miss Mattie Mae Beaty, who has been visiting relatives near Rock ledge, returned Monday. Mesdames C. H. and 1). O. Calhoun and Misses Cladys and Bailie Mac Calhoun and Mabel Burns attended the Missionary Institute at Soperton last week. Mrs. Sammons was the guest of relatives in Vidalia Saturday and Sunday last. Mrs. Hattie Warnock, who has been very ill in a hospital in At lanta, is reported much improved. Mr. John Stanford, formerly of Mt. Vernon, has accepted the position as depot agent here. He served as agent at the former place a number of years. Misses Gertrude and Willie Hilton of near Kibbee were pleas ant visitors at the home of Mrs. J. VV. Palmer one day last week. Mr. Willie Currie visited Vi dalia Friday night last. Mrs. Bettie Palmer made a business trip to Dublin Thursday. Mrs. John Beck worth is visiting relatives in Gibson this week. Rev. O. 0. Williams of Soper ton preached two very impressive sermons to a large congregation Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. H. Zeesman was the spend-the-day guest of Mrs. EstrofT of Soperton Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Kemp left Sunday for Atlanta. Acquitted of Assault. Moultrie, Ca., Oct. 14.—The jury trying J. T. Hammock, un der an indictment charging him with assault with intent to mur der as the result of an alleged at tack that he made upon Berry T. Hill, returned a verdict finding the defendant not guilty in su perior court yesterday afternoon. Shortly after the altercation be-! tween Hammock and Hill, the latter tiled suit for SIO,OOO, which has not been tried, and it is said that it will likely be withdrawn. Took Examination. Those who took the special teachers’ examination here last Saturday were Mrs. I. Q. Cole man and Mrs. J. F. Partin of I’valda, Mrs. G. A. Johnston of j Cordele and Mr. Roy Peterson l and sister, Miss l ah? Peterson, of' Vidalia. Col. L. C. Underwood and fam ily and Miss Anna Morrison at tended yesterday’s session of the Daniell Association at Sardis Church in Wheeler county. They were accompanied by Col. A. B. Hutcheson. Remember the first number of j the lyceum course will be given in the auditorium of The Brewton- Parker on the evening of October 27th and not on the 25th as first announced. This will be a ladies’ quartet. Col. A. L. returned a few days ago from Atlanta, where he purchased a car. He drove home alone, without previous ex perience, considered rather an unusual feat. Mr. D. A. Mcßae returned from Atlanta yesterday. He reports ! Mrs. Mcßae as improving, and ! she hopes to be able to return home in a short while. Mrs. Thad Huckabee and little son, John 0., are visiting rela tives in Mt. Vernon. Mr. I). W. Martin of Hinesville visited relatives in Alston Thurs day, making calls at Mt. Vernon and Ailey. Mr. Alexander Taylor of Glen wood, after attending the sing at ! Hack Branch Sunday, stopped | over Monday with Mr. Henry j Carpenter of liOngpond. Must Not Imitate Garb of Uncle Samuel. Atlanta. Oct. 16. Colonels and aides-de-camp on the personal staffs of the several governors of the United States are not a part of the state national guard or ganizations and are barred from wearing the uniforms or any part of the uniforms of the United States army, navy or marine corps, according to dispatches received in Atlanta today from Washington telling of a recent ruling of the war department. In the office of Adjutant General Van Holt Nash, it was stated the communication from Washington was in the hands of Governor Harris and any information con cerning the ruling would have to come from the executive offices. Newspaper men, however, were denied audience by the governor, who sent word to them, through Private Secretary F. R. Jones, that he would no longer receive i representatives of the press in their official capacity. The de cision, Mr. Jones said, was gen eral. Mills Work Overtime. Columbus, Ga.. October 17. The prosperous state of the hoisery industry and allied lines in the United States is well illus trated by conditions in Columbus. Hoisery mills here are running both day and night and it is re ported they are considerably be hind with orders. The bulk of their product is being sold in the United States, but it is understood that a considerable proportion of it is now going abroad. There is a tremendous demand for yarn, and Columbus yarn manufacturers can now pick their customers. Yarn is being ship ped from Columbus to the north and particularly to Pennsylvania, where there are innumerable plants manufacturing hosiery, sweaters and similar classes of goods, for which there is now an immense demand. One mill here is shipping a con siderable amount of yarn to Eu rope. This yarn is prepared in a special way for its long trip by land and sea, being packed in special boxes, which are thor oughly waterproofed. As usual, the ticket for the November election will be long enough to use from a reel. i THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, OCT 19, 1916. Ladies’ Quartet Will Entertain on 27th. The Fairchild Ladies Quartet will appear at the Brewton-Par ker on the evening of the 27th, being the first number of the Redpath lyceum course which has again been secured for this sea- Ison. This, as other numbers to appear, will be a high-class en tertainment, and deserves a full house. The Monitor again com mends the lyceum as a most wholesome form of amusement, not to be compared with the com monplace. For the coming attraction an admission price of 25 and 50 cents will be charged. It is well worth the price, judging this by last season’s attraction. The talent employed by the Redpath is from the best on the public rostrum, and those who attend the Fair child quartet cannot be disap pointed. In another column will be found a more extended refer ence to the personnel of the per formers. Oil Co. Wants 10,000 Tons of Georgia Peanuts. Bainbridge, Ga., October 15. — The Empire Cotton Oil company, of this city, has decided to add peanut crushing to its line, and has announced that it is in the market for 10,000 tons of peanuts. Manager Carter is doing all in his power to encourage Decatur county farmers to grow peanuts another year, assuring them of a ready cash market at all times for their products. The first crushing made this week was from peanuts shipped from Ala bama. Mr. Carter argues that his mills here and at Blakely will take care of more peanuts than this section can possibly grow, and there is no danger of an overproduction. Prices paid this week were around 90 cents per bushel, and, with lands here capable of pro ducing from 50 to 80 bushels to the acre, there is no reason why peanuts should not be a very profitable crop. Satsuma Orange Is Assured for Glynn. Brunswick, Oct. 14. —Follow ing the return of the committee of bankers and the county farm demonstrator from an inspection trip to the Mobile agricultural district, and their report that this section is admirably adapted to the raising of the Satsuma orange, it is now proposed to organize a big corporation for the encourage ment of the industry on a large scale in Glynn County. Safety First: High Class Service Too. That’s what you want. Ship your cotton to A. Leffler Company, Savannah. ad. Administrators Sale. Georgia—Montgomery County. Under and by virtue of an order granted by the Court of Ordinary of said county, will be sold, be fore the court house door in said county, on the first Tuesday in November, 1916, to the highest and best bidder, for cash, the fol lowing property to wit: 82 1-2 acres of land situate, ly ing ar.d being in the 16915 t (Tiger) district of said county and state, and bounded on all sides except the southeast- by lands of Clayton McLeod, and on the southeast, by lands of Kute Emanuel, together with all improvements thereon. Sold as the property of the estate of Mrs. Lucy Wilkes, deceased, for the purpose of division. This the 2d day of October, 1916. ' F. M. Wilkes, Adr. Estate Mrs. Lucy Wilkes. Notice to Public. The public is hereby warned against trading in any manner for any or all of the following notes, given by H. Hitchcock to John Gray: One dated Sept. 15th. 1916, due October, 15th: one dated Sept. 15th. due No vember 15th: one dated Sept. 15th, due December 15th, each for $25.00. H. Hitchcock, Uvalda, Ga. Wheat Growing In Ga. Tests Made With Different Varieties And Their Results. ANDREW M. SOULE, President Qa. State College Os Agriculture. Realizing the importance of encour aging the cultivation of winter wheat, the College of Agriculture has been \ conducting for several years past va riety tests at Athens, Ashburn and Quitman. It is certain that much re i mains to be ascertained with refer ence to the best method of cultivation I and the proper rotation of crops. Os course, the fertilizer side of the prob lem also needs to be carefully inves tigated. There is only one serious drawback to the cultivation of wheat In the Southeastern states, and" that Is that while there Is an abundant rain fall, it is often not well distributed, hence the crop sometimes suffers from drought when approaching maturity. This difficulty can be overcome to a considerable degree by the develop ment, through selection, of early ma turing strains and the management of the land In such a manner as to in crease Its supply of vegetable matter, and thus enable it to absorb and hold & greater amount of water. Rust is among the most destructive of the diseases to which this cereal is subject. The success which has been attained in developing rust proof oats, however, leads to the belief that through persistent efforts strains of wheat as strongly resistant can also be obtained. Essentially the same method of man agement were used at all of the places Indicated, the soil being broken to a good depth and a fine seed bed pre pared. At all places the intention is to practice a three-years’ rotation in which cotton, com and small grain is followed by cow peas. By this plan small grain occupies the land only once in three years, and as It follows corn the ground Is generally In such condition that a good seed bed can be prepared. In this rotation the plan Is to turn under the cow peas as green manure, and-as far as possible, a cov er crop of rye or hairy vetch is usually seeded in the cotton as well as a soil builder. It is the plan to use 400 pounds of acid phosphate and 100 pounds of mu riate of potash per acre. In the spring of the year 100 pounds of sulphate of ammonia has been applied per acre. The yield of some of the more im portant varieties tested in Athens i* recorded below. It appears that as a result of two years’ work Deitz Amber made an average yield of 28.7 bushels per acre; Georgia Red, 28.3 bushels; Fulcaster 27.4 bushels; Australian Red, 27.1 bushels; Red May, 26.7 bushels; Itlue Stem, 26.6 bushels ; Mammoth Red, 26.6 bushels; Fultz, 25.9 bushels; Klondike, 25.7 bushels; Fishhead, 25.4 bushels, and Ilearded Purple Straw, 24.3 bushels. These must be regarded as good yields and wherever they can be approximated the cultivation of wheat as a winter cover crop and the production of grain for bread can be practiced to advantage. The yields obtained from some of the leading varieties at Ashburn are as follows: Blue Stem, 19.6 bushels; Georgia Rod, 19.6 bushels; Red May, 18.3 bushels; Australian Red, 15.8 bushels; Deitz Amber, 14.9 bushels; Fultz. 13.7 bushels; Fishhead, 13.3 bushels; Klondike, 12.1 bushels; Mam moth Red, 11.7 bushels; Fulcaster, 11.7 bushels. These yields are not nearly so good as those obtained on the cecil clay typical of the T’ledniont area, and yet a number of these varieties could be grown to advantage on the Tlfton sandy loam under seasonal and soil conditions similar to those ob taining at Ashburn with good advan taga The yields obtained at Quitman, where this work has only been car ried on one year, were not satisfac tory, but it would not be fair to draw any conclusion from a test covering only one year. Blue Stem made the highest yield of any varietey, namely 6.7 bushels. Cultivating wheat on this basis would, of course, not be profit able. Possibly when these soils are improved and a better season experi enced, the yields will be considerably Increased. It is important to remem ber that through selection and breed ing it will more than likely be possi ble to develop strains much better adapted for cultivation in the south ern part of the territory than now. Good Grain Drills at Moderate Price. Limited supply of Cole One- Horse Grain Drills. These ma chines guaranteed. Complete with fertilizer attachment, $21.00: without fertilizer attachment, $16.00. See, phone or write me regarding same. J. T. Brack, Rt. No. 2. Mt. Vernon, Ga. Phone LSS-6. That German U-53 under-sea craft arrived on this side of the Atlantic, spent an hour in port and then again put to sea, sinking six vessels in less than twenty four hours. This was a wonder ful feat, but it had better not be repeated too often or complica tions may arise.—Darien Gazette. CONDENSED STATEMENT OF || | THE BANK OF SOPERTON | SOPERTON, GA. f§ September 30th, 1916 w 8 if Resources: fe % ' § P Loans and Investments $143,533.43 p Buildings and Fixtures 23,872.47 || I m Cash on hand due from jj| other Banks and ad- £? vanees on cotton 160,199.08 || $327,004.1)8 1| Liabilities: fe Capital Stock 8 25,000.00 § Surplus and Profits 1 3,434.37 fc? jg Hills Payable 36,500.00 U Deposits 252,670.61 g 183274)04.98 || Deposits Sept. 30th 1916 $252,670.61 i Deposits Sept. 30th 1915 138,764.55 fj INCREASE ' 8113,906.06 g “Safety First; then Service, Promptness and Effi diency”. Courtesy Always. STATE SUPERVISION I OF COURSE YOU ARE COMING I K ir We Ar* Expecting You /VF THE 1 DODGE CO. FAIR I a 1 1 Eastman, G, tober 17 to 21 1 S' « A REAL EXHIBITK \ T of the Agricultural, Horticul- at £ tura!, Live Stock and otht Resources of This Section FOR g | REAL PEOPLE. ' | Best and most comple'ely equipped Fair grounds and | buildings in South or central Georgia. Everything new. Amusement features galore. An abundance of free «# a acts. Aeroplane flights by noted aviator mornings and as- st | ternoons. Horse races daily on fast half-mile track. Fire- £ works at night. A SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR EACH DAY. Meet your friends in “Jollyhind” Presenting 1 RUTHEFORD GREATER SHOWS | ■J • i£ a Twenty-two carloads of fun-making devices, consisting ,S | of the brand new Whip, Submarine, Days of 49 Camp, Gar- £ | den of Allah, Curtis Train Animal Show, Carouselle, Big Eli a p Ferris Wheel, Spider Girl, Zellar’s Musical Comedy, Southern si Plantation Show, Circus Side Show, Trip to the Alps, 20- § pi Piece American Marine Band and eight other high-class paid >5 $ attractions, comprising one of the most foremost midways j§ | ever brought South. g Very Low Rates and Special Service on all Railroads. Ask Your Tickets Argent. i* “IT WILL BE THE BEST EVER.” I it fX I | 5 1-2 per ct. Money ! XO LOAN | \ # | I have plenty ol money to lend oil farm jj I lands in Montgomery and Wlieeler jj counties. Interest at 5 1-2 per cent., jj FIVE YEARS TIME—EASY PAYMENTS |j You have the privilege of paying part jj I of the principal at any interest period, jj and stop interest on amount paid; but jj no annual payment of principal required jj Prompt Attention to All Loans | Entrusted to Me \ Come to see me at once if you want a jj | loan. lam well equipped to take care jj | of the loan bus ess. See me. j L. C. UNDERWOOD ]j MT. VE <NON, GA.
