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T?\e /“lontgorriei'y Monitor.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFPICIAL OROAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Entered at the Pontofficx In Mt. Wrnon. Ga. a* Second-Class Mall Matter.
H. B. FOLSOM. Hdlior *nd Owner. sl-5° a V ear * In Advance.
, 111 nrlvortlßimentu mimt invariably be p»i(l in advance, at the legal rate, and a* the law
din-ri.; and mind I ■ in hand not later than Wedneaday morning of th> flrat week of Insertion
Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, January 3, 1918.
When. they cut down the size,
and put up the price too, there is j
something wrong. One deal is>
enough at a time.
The meatless days and the
bread less days are tolerable, but
these supperless days get a fel
low’s goat —that is the fellow
with the appetite ot a goat.
Plenty of room in the ranks.
The American ranks should in
clude every citizen in the United
States. Each m his way may
contribute something to the cause
of victory and peace.
Some one suggests old dried
corn stalks for kindling. This
may be good, but if the old stalk
is calculated to house a family of
boll weevils, better use the kind
ling out in the field.
It is hoped that, in assuming
control of tlie railroads, the gov
ernment will be able to tone up
the thousand and one weak spots
in the service. The employes
will be retained in the service.
In after years doubtless Russia
will lay no claim to the title of
peace maker. She cannot dis
tinguish the subtle voice of Jacob
from the hairy hand of Esau,
and her birthright to republican
liberty seems lost.
No one can blame you for prac
ticing economy, if it is well
founded. That economy which
benefits the greater number is
the real type needed now. In
dividual economy is praiseworthy,
but co-operative economy is
doubly so.
It is pleasant to have the
Boldicr'boys home fora few days,
yet it is a vivid reminder that
every section—every neighbor
hood has and is furnishing men
for the conflict. Every section
should be proud of its soldier
boys. It is a very thinly settled
neighborhood not represented in
the ranks.
Before you raise a howl about
the shortage of this or the short
age of that, think of the days of
the Sixties, when the South was
short on everything. Your grand
father had no sugar for his cof
fee and no coffee for his sugar,
yet he lived through it. Every
time you take it straight, you are
knocking Kaiser Bill and his
gang.
Ignorance of the law excuses
no man. Your status on the in
come tax matter will shortly be
explained by a representative of
the Federal depaitment who will
take pleasure in explaining what
is due the government. It is .
doubtful, however, if this gentle
man will be called on to waste
much time on the country news
paper people.
The legal fraternity of Morgan
county, with few exceptions,
failed to respond to the call of
the government and assist the
registered men of that county in
hilling out their Questionnaires.
This w ill ever be a reflection on
them. Certainly it takes much
of a man’s time, and the legal
fraternity of Georgia, as a whole,
it may be said, have done a noble
part toward the furtherance of
this very important work of the
government.
After fourteen years in Nash
ville, as owner and editor of the
Herald, Albert C. Sweat has re
tired from the newspaper busi
ness, having sold the plant to W.
A. Moore. While young in years,
Mr. Sweat was one of the oldest
newspaper men in Georgia in
point of experience. He began
his experience in Blackshear
something over thirty-five years
ago. He may challenge the ac
curacy of this statement, but we
cannot tell the exact year with
out reflecting on our own age.
He has been a success, and the
fraternity will regret to lose him
from the ranks. Success to the
new ow’ners of the Herald. '
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America must win this war;
there is no other alternative. The
boys will do the fighting but
Americans must furnish the mon
ey. Secretary McAdoo has
sounded a warning: Americans
must stop waste; Americans must
practice self-denial; and Ameri
cans must economize in every
possible direction. We can do it!
Let’s do it!—Darien Gazette.
The young Americus men who
closed up the garage and joined
the aviation corps were all for
mer Adelians. Burrell Kent
lived here when a boy and is a
brother of Mrs. H. L. Jackson,
Lattie Hutchinson is a son of Mr.
Dan Hutchinson and Tom Hill
made his home here for two or
three years. The kind of pa
triotism they have shown will
win the war for us.—Adel News.
It is a wholesome sign when
the country stops bragging about
what it is going to do, and be
gins to impure why something
hasn’t already been done. —Daw
son News.
Unless the full force of this
country, and that includes the
honest force of every man and
woman, is used promptly and
efficiently, the war will be so
prolonged that many articles of
prime necessity cannot be bought
at any price.—Perry Home-
Journal.
The American Eagle is the on
ly bird yet that nations have
been unable to put salt on it’s
tail. Greensboro Herald-Journal.
Jess Willard’s proposal to do
nate the entire proceeds from a
boxing match to the Red Cross is
worthy of notice, anyway.—
Monticello News.
We know of no better resolu
tion for the new year than to
pay the editor that back subscrip
tion and to resolve to keep it
paid up promptly in the future. —
Vidalia Advance.
The President has issued a
proclamation allowing the organ
ization of home guards, the mem
bers to be men between the ages
of 35 and 55, so we are told, and
under this proclamation every
county in the country should have
a strong home guard organization.
These home guards could be
trained in military tactics and if
they were ever needed to defend
the country it would not take so
long to get them in shape for ser
vice.- Bryan Enterprise.
Government control of rail
roads will hardly result in revo
lutionary changes of any kind.
It is simply a quick and efficient
way of cutting bales of red tape.
Dublin Courier-Herald.
Another reason why we love
a corn fed girl is because it is
easier to live with 200 pounds of
curves than with 100 pounds of
nerves. —Nashville Herald.
You can’t always judge a man
by his clothes. Perhaps the fel
low with the smart tailor made
suit is paying for it a dollar down
and a dollar every time the col
lector catches him. Hartwell
j Sun.
No doubt' the'" Russian bear
tried to walk like a man, but to
act like one was too much for it.
—Atlanta Constitution.
Senator Smith says we must
economize on the use of coal. He
must have had a peek at our
pile. - Savannah’News.
People who poked fun at" Jo
sephus Daniels will be disap
twin ted that no fault has been
found with the American navy
in its greatest crisis.—Atlanta
• Journal.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1918.
WOOL COTTON SHOWS
t VERY SHORT FIBERS
Cannot Be Used For Textile
Purposes
Frequent Inquiries are received at
the College of Agriculture about the
possibilities of wool cotton. Such In
quiries are usually from people who
have purchased need at an exorbitant
pries, frequently aa high as one dol
! lar per boll. After a crop of thin so-
I called fancy cotton Is produced, the
i grower begins to search for a market
only to be disappointed, since none
of the manufacturers can use the In
ferior short staple this cotton pro
duces.
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’ (An open bolt of wool cotton showing
ths slongated locks. Below can be
soen the short fibers attached to a
seed aa compared with the fibers of
upland, short staple cotton at hot.
tom fully twice as long.)
I This Is a primitive type from India.
When mature the bolls open and the
curly, short, stiff, coarse fibers feel
very much like wool and hang to
gether in such away that the locks
i are greatly elongated and frequently
. hang six or eight tnchos from the lo
cules or burs. This gives it a most
attractive appearance and mukos an
. ideal material for decorative purposes,
but the coarse fibers are only about
one-half Inch long and are so Btiff
. and brittle that It Is worthless for the
manufacturing of textile materials.
The cotton should only be grown as
1 an ornamental shrub, and any attempt
to produce this cotton on a commer
cial scale for textile purposes will
prove fruitless.—Prof. Loy B. Hast,
State College of Agriculture.
THREE ASSOCIATIONS
* TO MEET IN ATHENS
Georgia Breeders, Georgia Livestock
And Horticultural Society.
The Georgia Breeders’ Association,
the Georgia Dairy and Livestock As
sociation, and the State Horticultural
Society will hold their annual winter
meetings In Athens on January 14,
15 and 16 at the State College of Ag
riculture. These meetings follow im
mediately after tho close of the ten
days' Short Course at the College.
Several important speakers have
been secured for the occasion. Mr.
Howard C. Arnold, secretary of the
Federal Farm Loan Hank at Colum
bia, S. C., will explain the formation
of farm loan associations and the ben
efits that Georgia farmers may derive
from them. Mr. G. F. Warren of Cor
nell University, leading authority on
farm management, is expected to ad
dress the associations and Mr. C. C.
Newman of South Carolina, well
known horticulturist, will talk on
“Orchard Management.” Speakers of
national Importance from Washington
are expected to be present, though
their names cannot be definitely an
nounced at this time.
DRY CURING METHOD
; USED TO SAVE MEAT
Gives Standard Product That Sells
Well.
i
Dry cured meat has fine quality and
sells at a good price in market.
To dry cure prepare a mixture of
five pounds of salt, two pounds of
I granulated sugar and two ounces of
saltpeter for every hundred pounds
of meat. Mix this thoroughly and di
vide Into three portions each of which
• Is to be rubbed Into the meat on
three successive days. It is well to
have the meat packed in a barrel or
tight box and to have enough recepta
• cles so that the moats may be trans
( ferred from one to the other after
’ nibbing After the last rubbing with
the mixture let the meat remain In
the box for about ten days and it is
• then ready for smoking. Larger cuts
• of meat require a longer time to cure
I than amall cuts. A cool, moist place
r gives the beet conditions for curing.—
l Dr. W. M. Burson, State College of
Agriculture.
I IN
I POWER I
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I / // QUALITY j?
1 ■ /// COMFORT 1 |
I ///> ECONOMY
I DUIUBILnY |
I GAINS BY . $785.00 \
COMPARISON F. 0.8. FACTORY I
REGAL MOTOR CAR COMPANY
DETROIT, MICHIGAN + ,
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SHIP YOUR PRODUCE
TO JACKSONVILLE
liens, any size, per
pound, ‘2oc
Friers, under 2
pounds, per lb. 32c
Roosters per lb. 12c
Turkeys per lb. 2‘2c
Ducks per lb. 18c
Geese per lb. 15c
Eggs, fresh, doz. 38e
We Pay the Express.
THE BLOUNT-WILSON CO.
351 East Third Street,
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
SEA ISLAND
COTTON GINS.
We have our Sea
Island Cotton Gins at
Vidalia in operation
and are now in posi
tion to give you good
and quick service.
VIDALIA COTTON
OIL MILL CO.
M U LES!
Carload Tennessee
Mules, all good, sound
stock, just received.
See me for the best
in farm stock. Price
right-—stock right.
D. A. Mcßae,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
A. L. Lanier,
Attorney at Law,
MT. VERNON, GA.
Will Practice in all the Courts of
the State.
M. B. CALHOUN
Atty at Law,
Mt Vernon, Georgia
H STATEMENT OF ? S
I THE BANK Or SOPERTON |
M SOPERTON, GA.
gjs (Condensed From the Report to the State Bank Examiner
§5 Sept. 10th, 1917) I*
P
!** RESOURCES jfci
Loans and invi inents 1186,702.16 ||
Buildings and fixtures 23,929.67 M
Other resources 1,222.50 ||
§ Cash on hand, do; from hanks
:S and advances ui cotton 150,519.57
i| $302,375dK) |
fi„SAS3*:L.iT?EIS
« Capital stock $25,000.00 tj
| Surplus and profits 21,016.13
:g Bills payable 12,500.00 ||
| DEPOSITS 303,859.77 |i
I $362,375.90 |J
“Safety First, Then Service, Promptness and
«j§ Efficiency”. Courtesy Always. V >
| OFFICERS
gSN. L. GILLIS, President W. D. MARTIN. Vice-Pres. ||
jp J. E. HALL, Vice-Pres. and Cashier
Sg I. H. HALL, Jk., Assistant Cashier
(g We are Prepared to Take Care of Your Banking
ES Business. &■!
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Some tiling New
Combination American Fence
Specification "H”
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56 mjc, ..
Two Carloads ! ust Received
MT. VERNttN MERCANTILE C 3.
