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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1918)
TF\e r\or\igorr\&ry Monitor. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OPPICIAL GROAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Entered at the Postofllce in Ms. Vernon. Oa. as Second-Clans Mail Matter. H. B. POLSOM, Editor and Owner. Si.so a Year, in Advance. SeM-egal advertisement* must invariably be paid in advance, at the legal rate, and an the la* direct-; and mti-i t.e in hand not later than Wednesday morning of the first week of insertion Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, June 20, 1918. Every true American will | guard his country’s interest, in both word and deed. Unless the critic has some material good to offer, better say nothing. Do not wait until the 28th to figure on the amount you will be able to invest in War Savings Stamps before the close of the year. Begin the investment right now. They advance one red a month. Germany’s chicanery is no match for the valor of the Ameri can soldier, judging from the manner in which Yankee soldiers have been turning the tables on them by leading theircaptorsinto the allied lines. Kaiser Hill takes courage and assures his men that he is light ing a righteous war, led by God. Some day Hill will wake up to the fact that he has been operating under the leadership of another, whose precepts have been the undoing of Germany. liaising the age limit to 45 years would appear to thousands of men who feel that that they are still capable of bearing arms. Men of this age are just getting ripe for service, likewise there are many young men under 21 capa ble of rendering service to the country. Practically every news report from the battle line says the Allies are holding the in Germans check. Would like for conditions making it possible lor the next headlines to read thus: Germans Down and Out. This checking process is very good, but the stamping process is better. Battleships cannot burn light wood knots, therefore the onh reasonable thing to do is to burn them at home and let Uncle Sam use the coal and oil. Every black diamond you save helps to shackle the German. Ami then, too, it is easier to gather diamonds in the summer time, if you will use them. There are two classes of men who are going to find the new motto, work or tight, very diffi cult to observe. The first is composed of those who are too lazv to work: the second class is composed of men too cowardly to fight. In either case failure to abide by the national slogan is apt to invite trouble. It has come to the point where a candidate for public office must possess genuine ability and must pitch his candidacy on the bed rock principles of Democracy— the very principles for which America is now struggling—in order to gain the sympathy and support of the people at large. The day of the benefit seeker is fast passing. Furthermore, a Democrat, or a man reputed to be, need not offer for public of fice in the South unless he is in accord with the National Demo cratic administration. No matter what may be the status of county politics in Mont gomery, our people are showing a spirit of unity on the U. S. J senatorial campaign. Mr. Harris I seems to be the only man having the sympathy of the people at large, judged by the cordial re ception given Judge U. V. Whip ple, who spoke here Monday in the interest of Mr. Harris. His appeal for support for the national administration was one of the ablest ever heard here, and pub lic opinion seems to center on Harris as the logical man to de feat Hardwick, the pro-German senator. V TITTTTnTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTI • * A Georgia State ? ► ° ; Press Expressions. The Albany Herald gives com forting assurance that the coun try is safe for William J. Harris. The trouble about it lies in the fact that sometimes things will not stay put. In this case the majority of Georgians, we be lieve, can easily be found sup porting our man. It is not now very easv to discern any obstacles in the distant future, and there are none in the Hearings. Cor dele Dispatch. This world has turned out some fairly good men despite the fact they never attended college nor learned to play base hall or poker. Lyons Progress. Boys who smoke cigarettes are like wormy apples. They drop long before the harvest time. They rarely make failures in after life because they don’t have any after life. The boy who be gins smoking before his fifteenth year never reaches the life of the world. When the other boys are taking.hold of the world’s work he is concerned with the sexton and the undertaker.-Rochelle New Era. The position of peanuts and their by-products is becoming stronger without interruption. They will surely surpass cotton seed in the variety and usefulness of the needs they will supply.— Perry Home Journal. If the cost of gasoline used en tirely for pleasure in Emanuel county was donated to the Red Cross, it would not be necessary for us to raise another cent for that purpose. A person who is not willing to cut out at least some of their pleasures now is not loynl to the flag under whose protection they are existing. Swains boro Forest-Blade. Gov. Dorsey, it seems, has been persuaded not to withdraw from politics right now and we are glad to hear it. We need such a man as Gov. Dorsey in the Ex ecutive Chair at this time and if ter his second term we want him to go to the Senate.— Spring field Herald. It is estimated that Georgia has 15,000,000 acres of land suit able for sheep raising. Western sheep men are anxious to locate in this state, but the worthless dog is a menace which none care to operate against. It is up to Georgia to remove this class of dogs at once. Laurens county would raise more sheep if it were not for the dogs.—Dublin Couri er-Herald. Senator Hardwick flooded the state last week with an extract from the Congressional record in which he played an important part. The Senator failed to send us one but from what we can learn the only important part this message played with the voters was to help fill up their waste baskets—Pembroke Enterprise. The Americans on the firing line in France are giving good accounts of themselves. Their I acts of heroism and bravery are 1 being watched with keen interest by the folks over on this side of the big pond. Hawkinsville News-Dispatch. Knock Mr. Ford all you want to, but he is doing his bit in man ufacturing wasps by the hun dreds which will skim the seas in search of German submarines. | His latest effort is a small boat which will be called the Eagle, thoroughly equipped to combat and annihilate the U-boat where- I ever found.—Monticello News. I THE MONTGOMERY MONTTOR-THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1018. ! May There be None ' Unenlisted on That Day! President Wilson,’in his state ment calling upon every man, woman, and child to pledge themselves on or before June 28 to save constantly and to buy regularly the securities of the Government, says, “May there be none unenlisted on that day!” As the President points out, j “This war is one of nations —not of armies and all of our 100,- 000,000 people must be economi cally and industrially adjusted to | war conditions if this Nation is to play its full part in the con flict.” Our Nation, not our Army and Navy only, is at war. And that means that all of us not actually fighting must do our part. That part consists in giving the Army and the Navy all the support of which we are capable. To do that each one of us must first of all be a producer to our maxi mum ability and a consumer of necessities only, for every bit of man power and every particle of material is necessary for the use of the Army and Navy and for the making of the things essen tial to our citizens. As a maximum producer and as a consumer of necessities only, each one of us will be an accumu lator of savings. And these sav ings can be invested in War Sav ings Stamps with benefit both to the Government and ourselves. Better Balanced Farming in the South. Here is good news from the agricultural front in Southern Alabama. Four years ago not a carload of hogs was shipped from 17 counties in that section of the State. In the year ending April 1, 1918, 2,352 carloads of hogs were shipped from these 17 coun ties. This change, illustrating the better balanced agriculture made necessary by boll-weevil ravages, is accredited by officials of the States Relations Service to the efforts of the county agents of the Department and the State agricultural colleges in demon strating hog productions to farm ers and showing them how to ship hogs co-operatively. 801 l Weevils in Cotton Fields in South Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., June 17. — “The boll weevil is playing havoc in the cotton fields of South Geor gia,” said Commissioner of Agri culture J. J, Brown, who is just hack from a several days’ trip through several of the leading agricultural counties of that sec tion. "I saw several fields of cotton that looked fine at first glance.” Commissioner Brown continued, “but on examination it was seen the ground was covered with fallen squares; and in many places the farmers are plowing up their cotton in order to get their land in time to make some other kind of crop between now and frost. “Any reports given out now about the South’s cotton crop, will be in excess of the real acreage, for the simple reason that many thousands of acres are being destroyed by the boll wee vil, while thousands of others are lying idle for lack of labor to cultivate them. “The bear speculator who bases his hopes of getting cotton on a bumper crop, will be sadlv dis appointed; for the South cannot and will not, under present con ditions produce even a normal crop of cotton.” Citation. Georgia —Montgomery County. Ordinary's office, June 8, 1918. Mrs. 1. V. Smith has in proper j form applied to the undersigned for letters of administration de J 1 bonis non upon the estate of Ham-j ] ilton Story, deceased. This is therefore to cite all parties con- j ! cerned that same will l>e heard on j the first Monday in July, 1918. Alex McArthur, Ordiunry. I ALLIES DEMAND MORECEREALS American Meat Restrictions Re laxed to Effect Greater Wheat Savings. ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT. Meat Bupply Hers Considerably En larged Food Administration, However, Warne Against Waste. The allies have made further and Increased demands for breadstuffa, these enlarged demands being caused to some degree by shortage In arrivals from the Argentine. It la, therefore, necessary for the D. S. Food Adminis tration to urge a still further reduction In the consumption of bread and bread stuffs generally If we are to meet our export necessities. The Food Admin istration has Issued a statement ex plaining the situation In detail, partic ularly the reasons which lead It, for the purpose of centering effort for the time being upon tbe cereal situation to relax temporarily tbe restrictions on meat consumption. Experience shows, this statement says, that the consumption of bread stuffa Is Intimately associated with the consumption of meat. For various reasons our supplies of meat for the next two or three months are consid erably enlarged, and we can supply the allies with all of the meat products which transportation facilities render possible and at tbe same time some what lnerense our own consumption. In these circumstances the Food Ad ministration considers It wise to relax the voluntary restrictions on meat con sumption to some extent with a view to further decreasing bread consump tion. Conservation of food must be ad justed to meet necessities from time to time, for neither production, nor al lied, demands are constant factors, nor can any of these factors be anticipated for long periods In advance In the dis turbed conditions In which we at pres ent live. While the world situation Is not one that warrants any relaxation In the efforts to eliminate waste or to relax economy In food, the Adminis tration desires to secure better adjust ment In food balances. So long as the present conditions continue the only special restrictions we ask are the beeflesa and porkless Tuesday. The meatless meal and the porkless Saturday are no longer asked. The farmers of the United States are responding to the national call to Increase hog production. Their In crease, to all appearances, Is being at tained more rapidly. Os more Imme diate Importance, however, are several complex factors which have effected an Immediate Increase In meat sup plies. The transportation shortage before the government took over the rail roads, the bad weather In January and early In February, ths large percent age of Immature corn In the last har vest and the necessity of feeding this corn as rapidly as possible to save It from decay, have not only resulted In backing up tbe aulmals —particularly hogs—on the farms for a longer pe riod of feeding, but have resulted in a great Increase In their average weight and will result, with Improved trans portation conditions, which already ap pear, In larger than normal arrivals at market for the next two or three months. The weight of bogs coming to the market for the past two weeks Indicates an Increase In weight of from an average of 203 pounds last year to the almost unprecedented average of 232 pounds, or a net In crease In their meat value of over 15 per cent This is a distinct addition to the nation's meat supply. It there fore now seems certain that we have such enlarged supplies for at least some months to come, that we can not ouly Increase our exports to the allies to the full extent of their transporta tion facilities, but at the same time can properly Increase our domestic consumption. The response of the pnblte to our re quests for reduced consumption of meat during the past few months has been most gratifying, and this service alone has enabled the government dur ing this period to provide such sup plies as transportation to tbe allies permitted. The Administration also suggests that In those parts of the country where the old fashioned home preser vation of pork Is still the custom, this practice should be extended at tbe present time, as It will relieve the bur den upon transportation to and from the packing houses and Is economical ly sound as saving the cost of packing operations and at the same time will provide home supplies of pork to last over the months of decreased supplies. The Food Administration desires to repeat that It does not want to give the Impression that these are times when simplicity and moderation of liv ing are not critically necessary, but that Its sole desire Is to secure an ad j lastment between our duTerent food: supplies aad meet changing conditions from time to time and to keep the pub lie fully and frankly advised of its position with the full confidence and reliance that whenever It becomes nec essary renewed appeals for saving will met the same loyal response as In the I Pa*t- I Field Peas for Sale. Can 9hip promptly Bright Iron Cow Peas $3.50 per i bushel. ! Bright Clay Peas $3.50 per bu. I 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. O. B. Una dilla, Ga. Cash with orders. The T. H. Gregory Co., Unadilla, Ga. ! Prompt and Quick I Money to Loan lon highly improved farm lands in Mont- | gomery and Wheeler counties. Interest j | at lowest rates, with privilege of paying 1 | off* any time to suit borrower. Terms | |of 5,6, 7,8, 9or 10 years, or 20 years, j | J THE CHEAPEST MONEY j g Lowest interest and best terms offered, j: § | j | Surveys promptly made where applicant j! | has no plats. Special facilities for ab | stracting and securing loans. | Write or phone us for Prompt Service I S. B. Morris & Company I MT. VERNON, GA. I j Something New Combination American Fence Specification "H” 58 InCh AMERICAN STEEL A WIRE COMP ANT . i'.-' ■. Two Carloads Just Received MT. VERNON MERCANTILE CO. STATEMENT OF 1 THE BANK OF SOPERTONI | SOPERTON, GA. | S At the Close of Business March 5, 1918 § |! RESOURCES I ffi Loans and Investments $169,977.72 * jgf Buildings and Fixtures 21,746.42 SX AVAILABLE CASH- !© ® On hand, with other Bansk, advances on ra cotton $291,804.30 S 58 U. S. Treasury Certificates 50,000.00 Liberty Bonds 5,000.00 S 3 War Savings Stamps 874.41 347.678.71 g S§ Other Resources 2,183.25 s gS Total $539,586.10 Q | LIABILITIES jw Capital Stock $ 25,000.00 ® S 3 Surplus and Profits 22.792.85 g & Dividends Payable 24.00 g! fig DEPOSITS 491,769.25 g §5 Total $539,586.10 « 1 Deposits Mar. 5, 1918, $491,769.25 | I Deposits Mar. 5, 1917, $1(>7,463.51 | j| Increase one year $324,305.74 | | OFFICERS gN. L. GILLIS, President J. B. O’CONNER, Viee-Prea. | J. E. HALL, Vice-Pres. and Cashier g! I. H. HALL, Jr., Assistant Cashier S Citation. To Mrs. Emma Tedder, West Palm Beach, Fla. You are hereby notified that the case of J. R. Adams, executor, I petition tor probate of the will of VV. R. Adams, deceased, in 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.
