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r\or\tgorr\&ry Monitor.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL GROAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Entered at the Pontoffice In Mt. Vernon, <Ja. an .Second-Class Mall Matter.
H. B. FOLSOM, Edlior sod Owner. sl.s° * Year, in Advance.
W Legal advertisements must Invariably be paid In advance, at the legal rate, and aa the law
direrta; and mnat be in hand not later than Wednesday morning of the first week of Insertion
Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, June 13, 1918.
No, it is not unpatriotic to 1
cover the Torch of Liberty —if
you stick a sf> War Savings Stamp j
over it. There is space on the
card for twenty George Washing
ton green plasters, and this month
they cost only $4.17. Get ’em
while the bargain days are on.
On January 1. 1923, they are
worth five bones each, few or
many.
The farmers of Montgomery
county may not believe in county
fairs, and may not ever have one,
but the pig club boys will show
them a thing or two this fall, not
only in raising hogs, but farm
products as well. This county
has a progressive pig club, and
they will doubtless hold some-1
thing of a live stock fair in the!
fall. Boys, do not let the grouch- j
ers throw cold water on the prop
osition.
Many of the weekly papers are
still harping on cotton blooms.
There are thousands of them in |
Montgomery, and as far as The j
Montgomery Monitor is concern- j
ed, the season closed with last
week’s receipts. The peach and
watermelon season will open in a
few weeks in fact, one of our
neighbors has been sending in '
peaches for a month. Cotton
blooms do not constitute a good
Hoover’s diet for a country edi
tor.
War conditions and what not >
will not leseen the crop of candi
dates in this county during the
present year. It is rumored that
three or more county officers will
resign, contingent on the division
of the county, thereby diminish
ing the salaries of county office
to nothing but the glory of ser
vice. Rather doubtful if compe
tent men can afford to fill a coun
ty office with no salary attached.
The situation in this county is
different from any spot on earth.
While many enterprises are
afTected by the war, this does
not necessarily mean that any
such enterprises should be discon
tinued. War conditions may
hamper, but make more necessary
the continuation of such enter
prises, the product of which
may go toward the success of
the war. The production of food
cannot be curtailed, neither can
the manufacture of necessities.
There is room for the discontinua
tion of frivolities, but for the
necessities, keep the wheels
turning.
Lot the War Savings Stamp
sales and pledges prove that it is
not for Georgia to fail. Thus far
she has dropped a little too far
toward the rear. By the 28th
her quota must at least be pledg
ed. As we have repeatedly
stated, the War Savings Stamp
idea is the most unique proposi
tion ever put before the Ameri
can public-both patriotic and
profitable. None too poor to buy,
none too proud to be ashamed of
ow ning War Stamps. They are
better than gold. They help to
make victory, and victory is
above price.
The birth rate for the past few
years has at least been normal in
this section, but the years 1896-7
seem to have been a little off,
judging from the registration on
the sth. In fact, Gen. Crowder
contemplates an investigation for
certain sections, the registration
having fallen so far short of cal
culations. In this county the
estimate was far above a hun
dred; the registration on the sth
was only 89. The claim has been
made in some sections that the
date was not sufficiently adver
tised, but this is no excuse; the
government cannot make people
read newspapers. i
REGISTRATION
LIST JUNE STH
Few Days’ Grace for Those
Who Fhiled to Respond
to the Call.
The following is a list of men
registered throughout the county
last Wednesday, as furnished by
the Local Board for publication.
The number given is the registra
tion number of that particular
man, for further use. Colored
men are indicated by the letter c:
1 Barker Oats. Soperton c
2 Dessie Scott. Higgston
3 Gaston Strange, Soperton c
4 George Gray Stanford, Grove
land
5 Wesley Brown, Soperton c
6 Eddie McDougald, Ailey
7 Bruce Galbreath, Sharpe Spur
8 Tommie Brantley, Soperton c
9 Robert L. Palmer, Mt. Vernon
10 Sam Jones Thigpen, Adrian
11 George Linder, Soperton c
12 Eulene Morris, Soperton
13 Henry Mcßae, Soperton c
14 Joseph Tillman Reynolds,
Soperton
15 Clem Cooper, Mt. Vernon
16 Morris L. Ricks, Soperton
17 Geo. L. Peterson, Vidalia c
18 Ellis L. Hamilton, Mt. Ver
non
19 Eddie Tanner, Soperton c
20 Richard A. Odom, Soperton
21 Willie Francis, Sharpe Sour c
22 Guy Thigpen, Adrian
23 Herbert 0. Bacon, Ailey
24 Hubert Erly Kirkland, Tarry*
town
25 Darius Holmes, Soperton c
26 Clement McArthur, Mt. Ver
non
27 Walter J. Phillips, Soperton
28 Joe Erwin Price, Soperton
29 Howard Smith, Higgston c
30 James Lamar Kelley, Uvalda
31 Ottis M. Sanders, Adrian
32 William Bruce Conner, Uval
da
33 Robert L. Walker, Soperton
34 Clifford A. Poe, Vidalia
35 John W. Davis, Soperton
36 Henry M. Thompson, Ailey
37 Emorv Trull, Soperton
38 George W. McCowan, Vidalia
39 Levi Lawson Carroll, Uvalda
40 Claude Andrew Kite, Soper
ton
41 Jodie Horne, Mt. Vernon
42 Pierce Calhoun, Soperton
43 Samuel Grier, Soperton c
44 Benj. James O’Conner, Kib
bee
45 Ira Sweat, Soperton
46 Robt. L. Fulghum, Higgston
17 Oscar Callahan. Tarrytown
48 W. L. Baker, ITvalda
49 Silas Jefferson Stephens,
Adrian
50 Martin McQueen, Vidalia
51 John Burton, Tarrytown
52 Sidney Swann. Higgston
.>3 Otis Radford, Mt. Vernon
54 James Roberts, Ailey c
55 Eddie Whitfield, Vidalia c
56 Ernest Blanton Register.
Kibbee
57 Brvant Knight. Sopeiton
58 Collon Hendrick Fountain,
Mt. Vernon
59 Oscar Beaslev. Adrian
60 Ross Jones, Soperton c
61 Alex Wilkes, Soperton
62 Ellis Davis, Orland
63 Koney Allmond, Vidalia
64 Raymond Lainor Brown
Tarrytown
65 Drewey H. Branch. Charlotte
66 William Henry Byrd, Mt. I
Vernon c
67 Allen Spikes, Mt. Vernon c
68 Leon Canady, Soiverton
69 Henry Murphy, Vidalia c
70 Larlus N. Reed, Soperton
71 Charley Quarterman. Uvalda c
<2 \ irgil Maddox, Soperton
73 Johnnie McLendon, Soperton c
74 Allen Benton, Ailey
75 Tom Moore, Soperton
76 Charlie Soperton c
i 77 Roy Lane Coleman, Soperton
THE MONTGOMERY MONTTOR-THURgDAY, JUNE 18, 1018.
President Wilson’s
War Proclamation
President Os The United States Proclaims Friday, June 28,
1918, As National War Savings Day
GOVERNORS AND MAYORS MAKE SIMILAR PROCLAMATIONS
Meetings Will Be Held In Every Community To
Secure Subscriptions For War Savings Stamps
Pursuant to the proclamations of
President of the United States and the
Gotrernor of this State, 1, War Savings
Director for Georgia, acting un
der the authority of the United
States Treasury Department, have
called all taxpayers and wage
earners to meet on Friday, June 28th,
to give their subscriptions for War
Barings Stamps. In rural communi
ties and the smaller towns and cit
ies, meetings will be held in the school
houses at 2 p. m.
Officers will conduct the meeting in
each school house, keeping a record
•f the proceedings and reporting the
names of all persons present and the
amount of War Savings Stamps sub
scribed for by them. The names of
absent persons, and of those who re
fuse or neglect to subscribe, with their
reasons for so doing, will also be re
ported.
War Savings Stamps (which are
United States Government Bonds the
same as Liberty Bonds) can be paid
for during any month in the year
1118, but It Is intended that subscrip
tions will be signed for them on Julie
88.
The price of each War Savings
Stamp depends upon the month dur
ing which it is bought. During June
each Stamp will cost $4.17. In July
each Stamp will cost 14.18, and so on,
one cent more each month during j
1918. On January 1, 1923, the Gov
ernment of the United States will re
deem all War Savings Stamps at $5.01)
each, no matter during which month
In 1918 they were bought. They cost 1
leas during the early months in 1918
than during tile later months because
the person who buys earlier has loaned
his money to the Government for a
longer time than if he should buy
later.
Byway of Illustration, note the fol
lowing table:
Cost Os War Savings Stamps During June, July And
August, 1918
, And Are
Cost in Cost In Cost in Worth on
June July August Jan. 1, 1923
1 Stamp $ 4.17 $ 4.18 $ 4.19 $ 6.00
20 Stamps 83.40 83.60 83.80 100.00
60 Stamps 208.60 209.00 209.60 260.00
100 Stamps 417.00 418.00 419.00 500.00
200 Stamps 834.00 836.00 838.00 1,000.00
78 Bailey Jackson, Ailey, c
79 Olen Carlile Fountain, Mt.
Vernon
80 Charlie Hill, Tarrytown c
81 Clifford Fuller, Soperton
82 Willard Earl Adams, Mt.
Vernon
83 John Quarterman, Uvalda c
84 Tullie Lee. Soperton
85 Norman Reed, Soperton c
86 John Henry Kincy, Mt. Ver
non c
87 Wyley Isado Bell, Uvalda c
88 Willie A. Cason, Uvalda
89 F. M. Johnson, Higgston
90 Fulton E' Woods, Ailey
I
The law provides that no person can
bold In bia own name War Saviugs
Stamps exceeding SI,OOO maturity
value. War Savings Stamps, however,
may be purchased for other members
of the family, including minor chil
dren.
The money invested In War Savings
Stamps Is not a gift, or a donation, but
is a loan to the Government. It will
be paid back with 4% compound in
terest. If, because of soms serious
financial reverses, or calamity, II
should be necessary to get your money
before January 1, 1923, you may do so
by giving ten days’ notice to any
Money Order postmaster, In which
case you can get what you paid for
the Stamps, with interest to data of
payment. The Stamps are free from
all State and local taxes; when reg
istered at the postofflee they are in
sured against loss; they are backed
by all the property In the United
States; they cannot fall in value be
low the price you pay; they are as
convenient and as well paying an in
vestment as has ever been offered by
our Government.
A definite quota of War Savings
Stamps has been assigned each school
district and community, which will be
announced at each meeting on June
28th. The Government of the United
States expects all the citizens of every
school district and county to subscribe
for its quota and to pledge themselves
to save and economize to help win
the war.
It Is to be hoped that the subscrip
tions taken at the meetings in your
county will show you and your neigh
bors to be loyal Americans to whom
our Government, In this hour of need,
does not call in vain.
(Signed) HUGH RICHARDSON,
War Savings Director for Georgia ap
pointed and acting under the author
ity of the Secretary of the United
States Treasury.
The morale of any armv, or
any people, is dependent more or
less upon the intellectual develop
ment of its soldiery, or its people,
as the case may be. The down-1
fall of the Russian army is attri
buted to a lack of education. A
high morale is maintained by
'other factors, of course, but that
of education ranks foremost.
Important, then, that our men, I
before being sent abroad, be
i given every advantage of educa- j
tion and training. With sufficient
force, high morale, and fighting
for a righteous cause, we will
win over German culture.
1
Field Peas for Sale.;
Can ship promptly
Bright Iron Cow Peas $3.50 per
bushel.
Bright Clay Peas $3.50 per bu.
Good Clay Peas $3.25 per bu.
Bright Speckled Peas $3.25 bu.
Bright Mixed Peas $3.00 per bu.
Good Mixed Peas $2:75 per bu.
California Peas $3.75 per bu.
Not recleaned, but in good con
dition. Shipments F. 0. B. Una
dilla, Ga. Cash with orders.
The T. H. Gregory Co.,
Unadilla, Ga.
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| MT. VERNON, GA. j
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Specification H
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Two Carloads Just Received
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STATEMENT OF §
| THE BANK OF SOPERTON |
| SOPERTON, GA. |
fig At the Close of Business March 5, 1918 fig
|; RESOURCES |
go Loans and Investments $169,977.72 §g
Buildings and Fixtures 21,746.42 53
AVAILABLE CASH- 85
fi§ On hand, with other Bansk, advances on
S cotton $291,804.30 Ks
gjj U. S. Treasury Certificates 50,000 00 Ej
j® Liberty Bonds 5,000.00
§s War Savings Stamps 874.41 347.678.71 £
k Other Resources 2,183.25 9
fix Total $539,586.10 5
LIABILITIES
n Capital Stock $ 25,000.00 r
§s Surplus and Profits 22.792.85 S
© Dividends Payable 24.00 Q!
fig DEPOSITS 491,769.25 g
§5 Total $539,586.10 ®
I Deposits Mar. 5, 1918, 8491,769.25 J
I Deposits Mar. 5, 1917, 8167,463.51 |
j| Increase one year 8324,305.74 1
| OFFICERS S
jK N. L. GILLIS, President J. B. O’CONNER, Vice-Pres. S
J. E. HALL, Vice-Pres. and Cashier
§8 L H. HALL, Jr., Assistant Cashier £
Citation.
To Mrs. Emma Tedder, West
Palm Beach, Fla.
You are hereby notified that
the case of J. R. Adams, executor,
petition tor probate of the will of
VV. R. Adams, deceased, id solemn
form in the Ordinary’s Court of
Montgomery county, Georgia, is
to be heard on the first Monday
in July, 1918, in Ordinary’s Court
of Montgomery County, at Mt.
Vernon, Ga., at 10 o’clock.
J. R. Adams, Petitioner.
Alex McArthur, Ordinary.
