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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1916)
KNOWLEDGE FOR THE FARMER Landlord and Tenant Must Work for Mutual Interest. It is probable that any ma terial change in our present ten ant system will come slowly, and until tenants become much more intelligent a high type of tenant agriculture seems impossible. The ignorant negro tenant, whether he pays a cash rental per acre or is a share cropper, will not do good farming, unless an intelligent landlord maintains a close and direct supervision of his operations. This the average landlord is not able nor willing to do; hence, there is not much prospect of improvement in our tenant farming. Any great im provement is impossible until the tenant becomes sufficiently intel ligent to do better farming, or until the owner is able and will ing to introduce and maintain a satisfactory or efficient system of farming and give such supervis ion of it as may be necessary. Our tenants are largely igno rant negroes but there is no good to come from denying the un doubted fact that our landlords are about as deficient as land lords as are the tenants. Most landlords are not willing to pro vide the buildings, fences, etc., necessary for doing good farm ing, and knowing the inability of the average negro tenant to pay rent with any other crop than cotton, the landlord is naturally unwilling to encourage any other kind of farming. The greatest improvement in farming in the near future, in so far as the south is concerned, must come through the landown er who lives on his farm and the intelligent white tenant who has an intelligent landlord, and it must be admitted that this com bination is now extremely rare in comparision. A longer term for the lease is desirable and the lease must provide for the in crease of soil fertility in away that is fair to the tenant and will still not cost the landlord too much; but these will not come, indeed they are impossible, until both tenant and landlord are bet ter educated along agricultural lines.—Progressive Farmer. Increase in Tax Values. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 26.—That the total taxable values in the state of Georgia will reach the enormous figure of $1,000,000,000 in the year 1917 is the estimate made by Judge John C. Hart, state tax commissioner, who is in charge of the administration of the state tax equalization law. For the year 1916, returns in dicate that the tax values will ap proximate $954,000,000, which in itself will be a new high record for the state. Increases in tax values in Georgia, which have been among the most remarkable in the coun try in the past few years, are due to two causes: First, the tax equalization law, which compelled the return for taxation of thous ands of acres of land which hitherto escaped taxation; and, second, the very great increase in the market value of Georgia lands, which are now among the most sought after in the United States. High Cost of Living; Man Attempt Suicide. Tifton, Nov. 24. High cost of living making it impossible for W. A. Waters, a carpenter, to care properly for his family, con sisting of his wife and four chil dren, he became despondent and attempted to commit suicide this morning by drinking carbolic acid. He was discovered by his wife two hours later, and three physicians arrived as he was be coming unconscious. There is some hope held out for his re covery. Tifton Packing Plant Practically Assured. Tifton, Ga., Nov. 28. —At a meeting of the stockholders held last night, temporary officers, a directorate and executive board was elected for the Tifton Pack ing Company, the proposed con cern that plans to erect a large packing house here in the near future. The stockholders authorized the temporary officers to go ahead and secure a charter for the com pany; have the plans drawn and select a tentative site for the plant, and as soon as possible an other meeting will be held when a permanent set of officials will be elected. This cannot be done until the charter is secured. It is proposed to capitalize the company at $125,000 to begin business with with the privilege of increasing the stock to $200,- 000. The business of the corpo ration will be to ow ? n and ope rate a packing house, with a ca pacity of about 300 head of hogs and thirty head of cattle a day. It is hoped to have the plant erected and ready to handle the hogs from this county at least by next fall, or in time to take care of the stock that will be the out come of the increasing herds that are being raised in the county. The Very Best Christmas Present. That is what many write us, who make a gift of a Youth’s Companion subscription to a friend or relative. Thousands can recall the first Christmas that The Companion came into the house, and how it was passed from one to another as a most precious thing, and the beauty of it was that every week it was looked for, and pounced upon and devoured, and everything else put aside for it. You can bring that same sense of delight into any home by sending The Youth’s Companion to it for a year —$2.00 —only four cents a week. The Companion Home Calendar goes to every new subscriber and to everyone who makes a gift subscription. You can, if you wish, take ad vantage of The Companion’s special arrangement with Mc- Call’s Magazine, and by sending $2.10 get both publications for 1917. This makes two Christ mas Presents for the price of one. Everyone taking advantage of this offer has the choice of a free Dress Pattern sent by McCall’s Magazine on receipt of a 2-cent stamp. THE YOUTH’S COMPANION, St. Paul St., Boston, Mass. Billy Sunday to Retire Next Year. Chicago, Nov. 25. —Billy Sun day, the evangelist, will retireaf ter he holds a revival in Chicago in July of next year. He made this known to a committee of lo cal ministers, which obtained from him his promise to come to Chicago, it was announced here today. Macon Terminal to Be Opened Formally. Macon, Nov. 25.-Macon’s new terminal station will be opened formally December 1. The de pot has been completed for some time, but the opening has been delayed on account of injunctions against the closing of Pine street, over which the tracks must pass. The question is still in the courts. The railroads, however, have giv en bond in a sum equal to all damages and the closing of the street has been effected. Surgeon Loses Eye. Fitzgerald, Nov. 24.—Dr. H. A. Romine, veterinary surgeon, was kicked in the face by a mule which he was attending yester day and one eye entirely destroy ed. He is resting very com fortably at the sanitarium today. -That THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, NOV. 80, 1916 Youthful Burglar Is Shot to Death. Eastman, Ga., Nov. 25. — This morning about 1 o’clock, S. S. Stevens was shot through the left breast by Reppard Adams, who in turn was killed, Stevens shooting five times after being wounded. Stevens, who is the bookkeeper at the Eastman Cotton Mills, was secreted in the commissary wait ing to catch the person who had been burglarizing the commissary for the past twelve months. He was accompanied by B. C. Whit tle, superintendent of the mill. After a three hour wait they heard a noise and throwing a flash light in the direction of the noise commanded that the per son throw up his hands. The reply w T as a pistol shot which struck Stevens in the left breast. The wounded man then fired five times, each shot taking effect, killing Adams instantly. Adams was a boy seventeen years old and in knee trousers. Stevens is in a serious condi tion, but with some hopes held out for his recovery. Prisoners Escape From Toombs County Jail. Lyons, Ga., Nov. 26.—Seven of the eight prisoners in the Toombs county jail escaped early last night. One prisoner, a negro boy, re fused to leave with the seven others and after they had gone he went to the sheriff’s home and told him of what had happened. The prisoners effected their es cape by sliding down the wall on a rope made of a blanket. Five of the seven were to be tried next week in superior court. No trace has been found of the prisoners. All were negroes and had been held for petty crimes. $2,000 in Jewels Stolen. Thomasville, Ga., Nov. 28.—A robbery in which Mrs. Thomas J. Crawford of this city lost dia monds and other jewelry amount ing in value to more than $2,000 occurred here this week, either Monday or Monday night, it is thought. * The jewels consisted of a brooch with seven large diamonds and twenty-one small ones, six diamond rings, one a Maltese cross ring, one five-stone ring and four single stone rings, were taken. The police have been in vestigating the matter and de scriptions of the jewels have been sent to other cities. Negroes Dying in North From Cold. Bainbridge, Nov. 25.—South Georgia negroes are faring very badly in the snow-covered North just now. 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