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ANIMALS AT WORK;
WAR'S EFFECT UPON LABOR CON.
DITIONS IN ENGLAND.
Novel Experiments Have Proved Sat
isfactory, as in the Case of Store
keeper With Hi 6 Parrot—Ele
phant Replaces Horse.
I Many strange and unexpected cases
are on record in which animals and
birds have proved themselves useful to
mankind, very often serving their mas
ters more reliably than many human
beings would do under similar circum
stances.
At times of stress like the present,
such dumb servants have proved them
selves particularly useful, a good in
stance in point being provided by the
case of a gentleman in the west of
England who recently lost his garden
er through the man enlisting. His mas
ter was confronted by the problem of
his lawn, about which'he had always
been very particular, for the grass
quickly threatened to make his once
trim grounds look very much like a
wilderness.
Then he hit upon a brilliant idea.
Wiring off the ground, he turned
In a dozen guinea pigs, who promptly
proceeded to nibble away at the grass
us evenly and neatly as any mowing
machine could have done, much to the
master’s delight.
Similarly, an East End tradesman
lately found himself short-huuded ow
ing to the war, and after some thought,
this man hit upon a solution of the
problem.
He happened to possess a pet par
rot, and this bird he placed in the out
er part of his shop und trained it to
call “Shop!” whenever anyone en
tered byway of the street door.
The parrot very quickly learned its
lesson, with the result that its master
was no longer obliged to spend all
his time on the lookout for customers,
but could attend to other matters,
knowing he could count upon his new
assistant to warn him of anybody’s ap
proach.
The intelligence of dogs is known
to everyone, but a dog as a golf cad
die is somewhat of a novelty, you will
admit. Nevertheless, the animal is
no imaginary character, but a real cad
die, who works on the links of a cer
tain widely known course. Besides
carrying clubs, this dog proves him
self very useful in the matter of dis
covering lost golf balls, nosing about
until he is successful.
But the war has made one strange
spectacle possible in England. In
She&ield an elephunt may be seen
drawing heavy louds along the streets.
It is claimed for this particular ani
mal that he can empty a nine-ton
wagon of coal in two journeys. Camels
have also been employed by the sume
firm, but as druft animals cannot be
compared with the elephants.—London
Answers.
Troubles Never Come Singly.
A resident of Boothbay, Me., was
told by a neighbor that his son’s cow
was out in another pasture, und start
ed to bring her in. He found a cow
loose and set out in chase.
For an hour or two he chased one
of the most obstinate and disgusting
animuls ever born into the cow breed.
And at last he cuuglit her and brought
her out to the road and was leading her
triumphantly home, when he met a
neighbor who asked him what he was
doing with another neighbor’s cow.
And so it proved. For the original
stray cow was still in the wrong pas
ture, but tied securely to a tree. The
other cow had had a perfect right to
it grazing ground.
The exasperated gentleman then set
out again and this time found the right
strayed cow and took her home.
When he arrived at his son’s place
with his son’s cow he found one of his
own cows in his son’s held and eating
up the son’s cabbages.
Kings Who Reigned Briefly.
■ Sixty-eight years is a long time to
wear a crown. Muny other monarchs
have hardly had time to get comfort
ably settled upon their thrones, be
fore death or abdication overtook
them.
John I of France has to his
credit a reign of only five days.
For brevity that is hard to match.
Napoleon was emperor the second
time for 100 days, and then started for
St. Helena. Louis XVIII, whom he so
rudely deposed in March, 1815, had oc
cupied his throne less than one yeur.
Francis II ruled but u year, Louis
X two years and Louis VIII three
years.
Kussia has also witnessed some
lightning changes in the house of Ro
manoff. Katharine I was czarina but
two years and Ivan VI for a year. Pe
ter n was czar of all Russias for only
three years.
Venice Has Electrical Ears.
According to a newspaper corre
spondent who recently visited Venice,
the Austrian airmen have made more
than thirty raids on that famous city.
The observation station there is pro- !
vided with sensitive electrical micro
phones, which ure said to detect the
noise of the motors on the Austrian
planes the moment they leave Triest, j
some sixty miles away. Electric si
rens are immediately sounded to warn
everyone of the approach of hostile air
craft, which cover the distance be
tween the cities in something like forty
minutes. Thus ample time is afforded
for completing the antiaircraft ar
tillery preparations before the first Aus
trian airman heaves in sight.—Scien- j
tific American.
New Road Notice.
’Georgia—Montgomery County,
j Office of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues, Montgomery
1 county, July 3, 1917.
E. F. Allmond, H. B. Braddy,
M. A. Braddy, G. VV. Raiford and
others having in proper form ap
plied for the opening and estab
lishing of a new public road, com
mencing at the J. E. Schumpert
place on the Vidalia public road
and running in a westerly direc
tion to Allman Station on the M.
D. & S. Rv., thence in a westerly
direction through the lands of E.
F. Allmond and between the
lands of C. M. Glenn and O. O.
Hamilton, to the mouth of lane
at O. 0. Hamilton’s place, thence
onward in a westerly direction to
its intersection with new public
road at M. A. Braddy’s, said pro
posed new road following as near
ly as possible the regularly estab
lished mail route and passing
through the lands of J. E.
Schumpert, C. L. Allmond, es
tate of W. H. McQueen, W. E.
Allmond, E. G. Allmond, Mrs.
Mattie Kaiford, E. F. Allmond,
C. M. Glenn, O. O. Hamilton. W.
H. H. Stephens, Mrs. J. B. O’Con
ner, H. B. Braddy, M. A. Braddy
and Leon Adams, and being a dis
tance of about four and three
quarter miles.
The reviewers appointed to lay
out and survey said proposed road
having filed their return, notice
is hereby given said new road will
be granted on the first Tuesday in
August, 1917, if no good cause be
shown to the contrary.
J. L. Lowrey, Chm.
A. B. Hutcheson, Clerk.
Notice of Local Legislation.
Notice is hereby given that dur
ing the present session of the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia there
will be introduced:
An Act to be entitled an Act to
Amend an Act to incorporate the
Town of Tarrytown, in the county
of Montgomery, to define its lim
its, to provide for a mayor and
five councilman and other officers
of said town, and to prescribe
their powers and duties; to pro
vide for the making of all laws,
rules and regulations and ordi
nances for the proper government
and control of said town, and the
enforcement of its ordinances;
and to provide for the levying of
an advalorem tax upon the prop
erty within the corporate limits
of said town, and for other pur
poses. This July 2nd, 1917.
Citation.
Georgia— Montgomery County.
Mrs. James A. Riddle, wid
of James A. Riddle, late of
said county, has in proper form
applied for a year's support out of
the estate of said James A. Rid
ble, and the appraisers appoint
ed for valuation and setting apart
having filed their return, this is
to notify all parties concerned
that said application will be pass
ed upon on the first Monday m
Aug., next. This the Ist day of
July, 1917.
Alex McArthur, Ordinary.
Citation.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
H. L. Wilt, administrator of
the estate of W. H. McQueen,
represents to the court, in his
petition, duly filed and entered on
record, that he has fuliy adminis
tered Baid estate, this is to cite
all and singular to be and appear
at my office within the time al
lowed by law und show cause if
any they haye why he should not
be discharged from his adminis
tration and receive letters of dis
mission on the first Monday in
Aug. next. This the Ist day of
July, 1917.
Alex McArthur, Ordinary.
Administrator’s Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Mrs. V. C. Martin has in proper
form applied to the undersigned
for letters of administration on
the estate of John A. Johnson,
late of said county deceased ; this
is therefore to cite all and singular
the creditors and next of kin of
saide deceased that said applica
tion will be passed upon at my
office on the first Monday in Aug.
next. This the Ist day of July,
1917.
Alex McArthur, Ordinary.
Sheriff Sale.
i Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will l>e mild before the court Louse door In
| Mount Vernon on the first Tuesday in Aug.,
I 1917, between the legal hours of Hale, to the
| highest bidder for canh, certain property, of
which the following is a complete description:
That certain tract or parcel of land situate, ly
| in g and beinj? in the Town of Soperton, Georgia,
and in the 1386th G. M. District, and bounded as
fallows: On the north by Main Street, on the east
j by land owned by the Soperton Baptist church, on J
the south by lands of C H. Peterson and on the
west by lands of W. Mi shoe, containing about
three acres more or less, and being in the posses
sion of C. H. Peterson. Levied on and will be sold
&h the property of C. H. Peterson to satisfy a fi fa
issued from the superior court of said county in
favor of Peoples Bank of Soperton vs Geo. M. Tap
ey, Clara V. Tapley, principals, and C. H. Peter
son, indorser. Pointed out for levy by plaintiffs
and written notice given defendant in possession.
I This the 3rd day of J uly, 1917.
1. J. Davis, Sheriff.
W. L. Wilson, Atty. for Piffi.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1917.
Service by Publication.
Georgia— Montgomery County.
In the Superior Court of Mont
gomer County.
Chicamauga Trust Co. vs Eddie
L. Smith, Braxton A. Smith and j
Ernest T. Smith—Complaint.
To Eddie L. Smith :
Under and by virtue of an order
of Hon. E. D. Graham, Judge of
Montgomery Superior Court,
granted in above stated case on
April 13, 1917, directing that ser
vice be perfected upon you by
publication, as required in Sec.
655 G of the Code ot 1910, you are
hereby required personally or by .
attorney to be and appear at the
Superior Court, to be held in andj
for said county on the first Mon
day in May, 1917, next, then and
there to answer the plaintiff’s de-j
maud in an action of complaint, j
or in default thereof the court{
will proceed as to justice shall ap
pertain. Witness the Hon. E. D.
Graham, Judge of said court, this
the 17th day ot April, 1917.
M. L. O’Brien,
Clerk.
M. B. Calhoun, Atty. for Pill's.
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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.
AI LEY, GA.
A. L. Lanier,
Attorney at Law,
MT. VERNON, OA.
Will Practice in all the Courts of
the State.
® STATEMENT OF S
II THE BANK OF SOPERTONI
SOPERTON, GA. g
(Condensed From the Report to the State Bank Examiner S;
March 20th, 1917)
RESOURCES |
Loans ami investments 5182,812.29 |
Overdrafts unsecured 1,1(54.30 S
g? Overdrafts secured 1,533.44 ;|j
H Other resources 1,326.50 |
|| Buildings and fixtures 23,872.47
® Cash on hand, due from banks |
and advances on cotton 60,167.99 |:
I 8270,876.99 Jj
|j LIABILITIES 1
H Capital stock $25,000.00 |
I Surplus and profits 16,563.23 ||
Bills payable 10,000.00 |jj
Otlier liabilities 19,256.84 ||
DEPOSITS 200,056.92 |
$270,876.99 1
OFFICERS |
N. L. GILLIS, President W. D. MARTIN. Vice-Pres. ||
J. E. HALL, Pice-Pres. and Cashier * 1
I. H. HALL, Jr., Assistant Cashier Sq
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I 5 1-2 per ct. Money
TO LOAN
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jj lands in Montgomery and Wheeler I
|; counties. Interest at 5 1-2 per cent., jj
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Entrusted to Me
I Come to see me at once if you want a jj
loan. lam well equipped to take care jj
of the loan business. See me. jj
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MT. VERNON, GA.
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