"The J v Lontgorr\ery /Monitor.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORGAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
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Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, May 10, 1917.
If there is anything better
than sweet potatoes, it is more of
them. It does not take a scien
tist to grow them, either.
As a contrast in production and
overproduction, in 1914 the slo
gan was “Buy a bale." In 1917
it should be “Raise a potato.”
In other words, would not a
little more determined action be ,
a good substitute for the surplus
wind-work? While this escaping
air may not be poisonous, it is at
least exasperating.
If you cannot secure tins, save
some of the farm and garden pro
ducts in the old stone jars around
the place. Your grand-mothers
saved it in gourds and jars. A
little ingenuity would have de
vised a plan of re-using tin cans.
It is not a question of what the
boll weevil will do when he gets
here. It is, what will you do be
fore he arrives? The general
trend of the times is to prepare
for success, otherwise defeat and
want are the fruits of indiffer
ence.
And now it is intimated that
Russia may lose the one opportu
nity of its national life—demo
cratic government. A lack of
educational advancement may re
inslave her. Ignorance is the
curse of any nation, community,
or individual.
Yes, if Count von Bernstorff is
to he sent off in search of a post
in a neutral country, he will have
to a great extent won the title of
“Wandering German.” When
he leaves home it will be with
limited invitations on the part of
other nations.
It is said that the velvet bean
last, year saved Alabama from
bankruptcy. No doubt but what
it is a financial boon to any farm,
especially to the farm which has
never been brought up to its
highest state of productiveness.
The wise farmer has long since
become attached to the bean.
Advocates of drink cannot find
enough words with which to cen
sure the new prohibition law.
Prohibition has come to stay, and
its opponents are simply wagging
their tongues for nothing. So
briety and wisdom are too well en
trenched in each other’s strength
to bo dismembered by criminals
and mental cripples.
The world has been looking to
Thomas Alva Edison for a meth
od of defeating the submarine,
and it is possible that his massive
brain will yet conceive the rem
edy. Despite the seventy sum
mers through which he lias pass
ed, Edison is still active and re
tains his old-time resourceful
ness. He is the wonder of the
age.
While high prices prevail, the
buyer wishes he were the seller.
This is an evidence of human
weakness and inconsistency. But
the most miserable wretch in
view is the newspaper delinquent
who agrees that everything else
should advance in price except
newspapers. Montgomery coun
ty has an extra share of these
grafters.
International strife, whatever
the result, will bring to the peo
ple of the United States a most
forcible realization of the folly of
waste and lack of conservation of
the resources of this great repub
lic. This country is as a giant
reposing in his untold strength,
and just awakened to the dire
necessity of action. In the olden
days, however great his prowess,
the giant often went down for a
lack of method of defense—of
preparation for victory.
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Returning one’s property for
full value for taxation in the pres
ent crisis is as much an act of
patriotism as actually joining the
army and going to war, is the
view taken by Judge John C.
Hart, state tax commissioner, in
a letter mailed out Monday to
county boards of tax equalizers
which begin their sittings in their
respective counties soon,- Butler
Herald.
It seems too bad that after fif
ty years without a merchant ma
rine we have to build one now to
furnish food for the submarines.
Dublin Courier-Herald.
President Wilson succeeds in
getting what he wants passed
through congress. Most of the
representatives seem to think he
knows best and are will to trust
his judgment.—Walker Co. Mes
senger.
As the Walton News says, af
ter all it is the farmer who must
determine his own destiny. All
the preaching and urging which
is being put forward now will go
for naught if the farmer fails to
heed the timely and friendly
warning.—Monticello News.
An exchange remarks that it is
against the Federal law to print
a picture of the American flag.
This only applies to an advertis
ing scheme, brother. You can
print and wear “Old Glory”
when you please, but don’t com
mercialize it. — Greensboro Her
ald-Journal.
There ought to be found in
Toombs county enough loafers
and fellows living on their pa
rents to furnish the 70 men with
out calling on those who are
wqrkitig and filling places where
their services are needed. —Lyons
Progress.
Today’s papers say that Chili,
China, and one or two more
countries, have joined the Allies.
Our side seems to get every new
member and we are not offering
any special prizes, either. Veri
ly, there’s a reason. Douglas
Enterprise.
We notice a magazine article
'on “How to Cook Potatoes,” and
it occurs to us that advice would
be more timely on how to get
’em. The cooking will take care
of itself.—Swainsboro Forest-
Blade.
If the President only had the
power to compel a lot of those
congressmen to go to plowing, an
avocation in which they could
better serve their constituents,
why the whole country would be
better off. Darien Gazette.
They say that we people are
soon to have the ten cent loaf
bread. No, that certainly can’t
happen in the great state of
Georgia. We’ll just use the old
time hoecake to prevent it, thats
all.—Bryan Enterprise.
When a lawyer goes into the
newspaper to argue a point, he
generally winds up by showing
how much of a lawyer he isn’t.—
Metter Advertiser.
Volunteers are all right but
what the nation needs is univer
sal military service in times of
peace as well as in times of war.
- Laurens Citizen.
National prohibition would pre
vent the possibility of a good
| famine as it would save millions
of grain now being used for the
manufacture of liquor.—Hawk
insville News-Dispatch.
Even the man who amounts to
no more than “a hill of beans.”
is a force to count on in this food
i crop year.—Atlanta Constitution.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY MAY 10, 1917.
TRENCH BECAME A CANAL
Trench ut Pontavert which the rains
turned Into a canal. A touch of the
picturesque in the war ruins of north
ern France.
New Road Notice.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Office of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues, Montgomery
county, May 1, 1917.
M. A. Braddy, W. R. Johnson,
W. B. Connell, J. H. Martin and
others having m proper form ap
plied for the opening and estab
lishing of a now public road, com
mencing at the north end of M
A. Braddy’s lane on the Louisville
road and running in a westerly di
rection and passing H. B. Brad
dy’s old home place, and the John
D. Phillips old place, thence
north of W. B. Connell’s new
home, thence by the J. 11. Mar
tin place, the H. ,J. Kight place
and intersecting the Mt. Vernon
and Soperton road at the home of
Mr Taylor, just north of where
John Q. Palmer resides, the same
being u distance of about three
and a half miles. The reviewers
appointed for laying out and sur
veying said proposed new road
having tiled their return, this is
to notify all parties concerned
that said new road will be granted
on the first Tuesday in June, 1917,
if no good cause be shown to the
contrury. J. L. I.owrky, Chm.
A. B. Jli Tt iiKsox, Clerk
Thorough selection of high
class stock for the fresh meats on
sale at our place. Delivery at
the correct time. Place your or
ders for the best service.
Morrison & Hughes,
Mt. Vernon.
STATEMENT OF ||
I THE BANK OF SOPERTON |
| SOPERTON, GA.
w (Condensed From the Report to the State Bank Examiner &
Kg March 20th, 1917) 5s
| RESOURCES :|
Loans and investments §182,812.29
H Overdrafts unsecured 1,164.30 ||
Overdrafts secured 1,533.44 ;§
i| Other resources 1,326.50 g
I Buildings and fixtures 23,872.47 ;|j
1 Cash on hand, due from banks
and advances on cotton 60,167.99 ®
§ 8270,876.99 |
| LIABILITIES I
I Capital stock 825,(MX).00 §
I Surplus and profits 16,563.23 §
I Bills payable 10,(K)0.()0 |jj
I Other liabilities 19,256.84 ®
I DEPOSITS 200,056.92 |
I §270,876.99 ;|
J OFFICERS ;|
|N. L. GILLIS, President W. D. MARTIN. Vice-Pres. g
S J. E. HALL, Pice-Pres. and Cashier
£ I. H. HALL, Jr., Assistant Cashier g
Killed by Swiss Avalanche.
Berne, Switzerland. —Scores of per
sons have perished and a large num
ber of cattle and many buildings have
been buried under unprecedented ava
lanches throughout southern Switzer
land. The St. Gotthard and the Simp
lon railway lines to Italy have been
repeatedly blocked and the repair
work has been frequently stopped by
fresh avalanches due to the recent bad
weather and heavy snows. Anxiety is
felt by the citizens that the ava
lanches may be followed by devastat
ing floods when the thaw sets in.
First Loan Proceeds To Great Britain
Washington.—The first American
loan to the allied nations will go to
Great Britain. The amount and other
details probably will be made public
by Secretary McAdoo within a few
days. Whatever the sum, the amount
will be available out of the proceeds
of the five billion bond issue soon to
he offered to the public, of which
three billion dollars will be lent
to the allies. Announcement to this
effect was made at the treasury de
partment by the secretary and federal
reserve board officials.
Give Summer White
House to Government.
New York, May 7. —Shadow
Lawn, the estate near Long
Branch, N. J., used as a “sum
mer White House” by President
Wilson last year, has been sold to
a syndicate of prominent New
York and New Jersey men who
propose to present the property
to the government for use as a
permanent summer residence for
the President, it was announced
here today.
MASON GROCERY
STORE
Offers to the Public a
New and Complete Line
Staple and Fancy
Groceries, Fruits,
Soft Drinks, etc.
WE HELP FEED THE
PUBLIC WITH THE BEST
and the public is invited to let us
do it, with fair prices and cour
teous treatment. In charge of
Mr. Jim Truett, (formerly with
Thompson Bros.) who invites his
friends to call. In Currie old
drug store building.
AILEY, GA.
M. B. CALHOUN
Atty tit Law,
Mt Vernon, Georgia
A. L. Lanier,
Attorney at Law,
MT. VERNON, GA.
Will Practice in all the Courts of
the State.
99 per cent.
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