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Bed of Lake Converted
Into Royal Hay Patch.
Thomasville, Oct.. 26. —To the
many sportsmen from various sec
tions of Georgia who were in the
habit of coming down often dur
ing the winter season for the pur
pose of shooting ducks on Lake
Miccasukie, it will be a matter of
great disappointment to know
that the waters of the lake show
no signs at all of coming back and
the whole bed of the lake is as dry
as though it had never had any
water in it.
There is a man living near the
lake, however, not grieved over
its staying drv, but is literally
reaping a harvest from it. The I
whole bed of the lake has been 1
covered by a magnificent crop of
grass and this man has been cut- j
ting it for hay and selling ton af
ter ton of it all through this sec
tion. Beyond the matter of get
ting the hay cut and loaded, the
crop is one of clear gain, and in
consequence this enterprising
man is able to sell cheaper and
get quicker sales for his hay than j
the farmers around. With the
immense nnmber of acres includ ;
ed in the lake there should bej
grass enough to supply hay to all j
the country around. Could it only j
have been known that the lake
would remain dry so long it
would have been possible to havej
made a beautiful crop of corn on ,
the bed of it, but the experiment
was tried some years ago and the >
water rushed in without warning
ahd swamped the corn.
;
Toombs County Fair
be Held Next Week
In this issue will seen announce
ment of the Toombs County Fair,
to be held in Lyons November
sto 9. For a number of years
very successful fairs have been
hold in the progressive county
seat of Toombs, and this year’s
fair will no doubt be up to the
standard.
Miss Leila Armfield of Savan
nah is visiting rt lutives and
friends here this week.
MF W. E. Fountain, a former
citizen of Montgomery county,
but now residing in Berrien coun
ty, spent the first of tin* week
with kinsmeVi and friends in Mt.
Vernon.
T. C. First Round.
I will be at the following points
for the purpose of collecting state
and county taxes on the dates
named:
Uvaldl Oct. 21, 9to 12
Alston, Oct. 21, Ito 3
Oct. 22, 9to 12
Ailey, Oct. 22, Ito 8
Tiger, Oct*23, 10 to 12
Kibbee, Oct. 23, Ito 8
Lot hair, Oct. 24, 9to 11
Tarrytown, Oct. 24, Ito 4
Orland, Oct. 25, 10 to 12
Soperton, Oct 25, Ito 4
Mt. Vernon, Oct. 28, 9to 12
H. C. Davis,
T. C. M. C.
rHcßae Bros. & HcLemore ses
MT. VERNON, GA. |j
Does This Saving I
Look Good to You? rs jP* |
Fuel is high —here is away to gain big fuel j
economy and a perfectly heated home. Why not
save the gas half of the coal wasted by all other I
stoves, with the fuel saving
Cole's Original Hot Blast |
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| “OUR BOYS.”I
A number of Montgomery coun
ty people had kinsmen on the
ill-fated steamship Otranto, sunk
of the coast of Scotland Oct. 6.
Among these was Sergeant
David Parker Hughes of Liberty
county, a son of Capt. J. W.
Hughes of that county and a
first cousin of Editor Folsom of
Mt. Vernon. For more than a
year he bad been stationed at
Fort Screven, a member of the
Coast Artillery. He will be re
membered by many Montgomery
county friends as a visitor to Mt.
vernon during the past few years.
Sergeant Hughes was a born
soldier, descended from those
who had served this country since
its foundation.
Mfist Have Socks and
Sweaters for Soldiers.
The Montgomery county chap
ter Red Cross has received requi
sition for 133 sweaters and 168
pains of socks, to be forwarded
before the new year. Over two
hundred bo\ s have gone from this
county, many of them in the
trenches, while those at home
have all the enjoyments and com
forts obtainable.
The Red ('ross, it is understood,
has thus far met all demands.
The government provides the men
with the necessities, but it re
mains lor more gentle hands to
provide the luxuries.
Mrs. A. G. Hicks, quarter
master, is expecting a supply of
wool in a few days, and a soeeial
meeting of the organization is
called for Nov. 11. Knitting su
pervisor, Mis. W. C. Mcßae,
will lie pleased to teach those who
are not acquainted v\ it h the art of
knitting. She has directions from
headquarters, which are easy to
follow, and the ladies are asked
to co-operate with her. She is
anxious to organize the young
folks into a knitting circle for
winter employment.
A Proper Method of
Preparing for Slaughter.
In preparing hogs to be slaugh
tered a fast of 24 to 36 hours.
: plenty of water, careful handling,
and rest before slaughter are all
important in securing meat in the
best condition for use, either
fresh or for curing purposes.
Food in the stopiach decom
poses very rapidly after slaugh
ter, and where the dressing is
slow the gases generated often
affect the flavor of the meat.
Water should be given freely
up to the time of slaughter, a9 it
! keeps the temperature normal.
It is highly important that the
animal be not excited in any way
sufficiently to raise the tem
perature of the body. If the
animal becomes heated it is better
to allow it to rest overnight before
killing than to risk spoiling the
meat. It is also essential that
the hog be carefully handled so
as not to bruise its body.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1918-
URGED TO STOP
WATER SHORTAGE
EXPERTB CLAIM THAT STATt
HAS MOST WONDERFUL
RESOURCES
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief New* Item* Os Importance Oath
ered From All Parta
Os The Btat*
Atlanta. —Now that Georgia Is faced
with a crisis due to shortage of'water
power, experts are urging her citizens
to look about for ways to avoid future
emergencies of this kind. Macon is al
ready suffering from forced sacrifices
m electric current, in Atlanta drastic
reductions have been made, and ail
over the state factories and plants are
running on part time. According to C.
U. Paulsen, district engineer for the
United States geological survey, In the
postoiflce building, this has been an
exceptionally dry year, one which it
is not unlikely will become the record
low water year. The record at the
present time is held by 1904. * Though
it looks as if there may be a longer
continued drought now than in that
year, the Individual streams may not
get so low. Unfortunately, due to lack
of funds, the officp Is able to maintain
records only on a few streams in the
state. These are most important with
regard to future water development,
anil yet there is not one cent of ap
propriation for this sort of investiga
tion by the state legislature. The gov
ernment will not set aside any more
money for the Georgia work unless
there is state co-operation.
$25,000,000 More Than Quota In Sixth
Atlanta. —That the sixth federal re
serve district, in the Fourth Liberty
Loan campaign, will show a surplus
of fully $25,000,000 over its quota of
$192,000,000 was announced by Dis
trict Chairman W. C. Wardlaw. The
district quota was $192,000,000 and the
total subscriptions reported to head
quarters has reached $217,000,000,
with a few Isolated sections yet to hear
from. Every state in the Sixth dis
trict, which Includes Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi and portions of
Louisiana and Tennessee is safely over
the top; and additional reports, which
reached Chairman Wardlaw, have
served to give each state a liberal
surplus. Taking the district as a
whole, probably 90 per cent of the
counties reported "over the top."
Columbus Camp To Be Called Benning
Columbus.—Over seven hundred ad
ditional troops from Camp Perry, Ohio,
are expected to arrive in two or three
days at Camp Benning, as Columbus'
Infanttry school of small arms has
been named, if not officially, at least
by popular consent and with the ap
proval of the military officials now
in charge. It is understood that all
the troops at Camp Perry will be
transferred to Columbus, and that
most of the soldiers at Fort Sill, Okla.,
will also come here. The temporary
camp has been completed and it is ex
pected that the work of permanent
construction will soon begin. Esti
mates of the amount that Uncle Sam
will spend on the school vary from
twelve million to fourteen million dol
lars. Accommodations will be provid
ed for at least, twenty-five thousand,
half of whom will be officers.
Atlanta Pump* Coming Very Shortly
Atlanta. —Atlanta is going to have
her needed pumps from six to twelve
months earlier than the city fathers
first hoped for, W. Zode Smith, super
intendent i*f the waterworks, announc
ed. It is safe to tell this since the
contract for the two big pumps has
been officially signed, and there is
nothing to do now but wait for them
to arrive and begin their career of
pumping water —if there is any by
then —Into the city’s arterie*.
Bibb County Teacher* Given Increae*
Maeon. —School teacher* of Bibb
county have been granted an addition
al increase of S2O per month, the board
of education having approved a rec
ommendation to that effect made by
the committee on teachers and sala
ries. This Increase Is In addition to an
increase of $lO a month granted at the
beginning of the school year and
means that the board will spend $50,-
000 more for salaries this year than
last year.
Postmen Busy Selling Thrift Stamp*
Atlanta. —Even those patriots whose
Interest in the Liberty Loan has made
them forget almost every other activ
ity for the past three weeks will be
glad to learn that the drive did not
stop the sale of War Saving and Thrift
Stamps. There were $8,083.20 worth
of War Saving Stamps sold by the
mail carriers for the week ending Oc
tober 19, and $2,550 worth of Thrift
Samps, making a total of $10,633.20.
Great Non-Com Claes Has Graduated
Camp Gordon. —The assignment to
various United States army camps of
the 1,200 men who graduated at the
Camp Gordon non-commissioned offi
cers' school Is expected within the
course of the next few days, it is stat
ed here This has been the largest
class In the history of the non-com
school. The next class that enters
the school, however, will be larger
than any ever before matriculating, of
ficials stating that approximately 3,000
men are slated to begin training at
once. ,
Petition for Dissolution.
State of Georgia—Montgomery
County.
To the Superior Court of said county .
The petition of Mcßae Brothers
McLemore respectfully shows to the
court the following facts, to wit:
1. That your petitioner is a corpo
ration, its charter having been
granted by an order of the superior
court of Montgomery county, Geor
gia, on the 7th day of February, 1!»12.
2. That petitioner was incorpora
ted for the purpose of conducting a
general mercantile business in Inly
ing and selling dry goods, notions,
fiats, caps, boots, shoes, groceries,
farming implements of all kinds, and
such other articles of merchandise
as are usually handled in a general
mercantile establishment; and that
the period of said incorporation was
lor twenty years, with the privilege
of renewing at the expiration of said
term.
3. Petitioner shows further that
since the gran ting of its charter it hits
actually and actively been engaged
in ttie business specified in its peti
tion for charter.
4. That its capital stock is ten
thousand (SIO.OOO 00) dollars, divided
into shares of the par value of one
hundred ($100.00) dollars.
f». That at. a meeting of the stock
holders of said corporation held on
tite 4th day of October. 1918, a reso
lution was" passed by said stock hold
era owning two-thirds of the capital
stock thereof resolving that said
corporation shall surrender its char
ter and franchise to the state and be
dissolved as a corporation.
6. Petitioner shows further to the
court that such dissolution may be
allowed by the court without injus
tice being done to any stock holder
thereof, or to any persons, firms or
corporations having any claims or
demands of any character against
the said corporation aforesaid.
7. Petitioner further shows that it
is amply solvent, and that prior to
the time of its surrender of its char
ter and franchise to the state and its
dissolution by proper order or this
court, it will pay off all of its debts
and make equitable division or dis
tribution of all irs assets among its
several stock holders.
8. Petitioner shows further to tin
court that L. M. McLemore owns
one-third of its capital stock; I). A.
Mcßae owns one-third of its capital
stock; and that the estate of R. F.
Mcßae, deceased, owns file remain
ing one-third of its capital stock
and that the said L). A. Mcßae and
Mamie G. Mcßae are tlie executor
and executrix, respectively, of tin
estate of the said R. F. Mcßae, de
ceased .
9. Petitioner further shows that
tiie resolution adopted at said stock
holders' meeting, asking that said
corporation surrender its charter and
franchise to-the state and be dis
solved as a corporation, specifies
that the order of dissolution take
effect, on and after the 31st day of
DecembelV 1918; and petitioner de
sires that the court in its order of
dissolution provide that the same
take effect on and after December
31. 1918.
Wherefore, petitioner prays Hint
this court grant an order setting a
time for the hearing of said petition
during the regular November term,
1918, of the superior court of Mont
gomery county, Georgia, at. the court
house of said county; and directing
that such petition be filed in the of
fice of the clerk of said court, and
that a copy of this petition and tlie
order of tlie court be published once
a week for four weeks in tiie news
paper wherein sheriff's sales in and
for said county are published' and
petitioner will ever pray, etc.
M. B. Calhoun,
Attorney for Mcßae Brothers
& McLemore.
State of Georgia—
Montgomery County.
I, 1,. M. McLemore, do solemnly
swear that the tacts stated in the
within and foregoing petition, so far
as they relate to matters within my
own knowledge, are true; and so far
as they relate to matters within the
knowledge of others, 1 believe them
to be true, so help me God. I further
aver that I am secretary of the cor
poration of Mcßae Brothers & Me-
Le.nore. L. M. McLemore.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this tile 4th day of October, 1918.
H. L. Wilt,
Notary Public Montgomery County.
Georgia.
A called meeting of the stock hold
ers of Mcßae Brothers & McLemore
was held this day for the purpose of
deciding whether said stock holders
wished to surrender their charter and
franchise to the state and have said
corporation dissolved, at which meet
ing there was, present 1.. M. McLe
more, owning thirty-three and one
third shares; D. A. Mcßae, owning
thirty-three and one-third shares,
making-two thirds of all the capital
stock of said corporation, and at
which meeting L. Si. McLemore of
fered tlie following resolution to wit:
Resolved, That on and after the
31st day of December. 1918, the corpo
ration of Mcßae Brothers & McLc
tnore shall surrender its charter and
franchise to the state and he dis- |
solved as a corporation; and that
said corporation take sften necessary j
steps to bring about such dissolution j
as will make the same effectual on
and after December 31, 1918.
This tiie 4th day of October, 1918.
State of Georgia—
Montgomery t ounty.
I, L. M. McLemore. secretary of;
the corporation, Mcßae Brothers A
McLemore, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a trio
and correct copy of the proceedings
of a called meeting of the stock hold
ers of said corporation, and also of a I
resolution passed thereby by tin
holders of two-thirds of the capital
j stock of said corporation; all of
which is shown by the minutes of
said corporation.
Witness my band and official sjg- 1
nature, with the seal of said coi po
llution affixed at Mt. Vernon, Geor
gia, this the 4th dav of October. 1918
L. M. McLemore.
| -—v—- Secretary of Mcßae Brothers
j Seal & McLemore.
Mcßae, Georgia. October 6th, 1918
At Chambers.
The within and foregoing petition
of Mcßae Brothers * McLemore, a 1
corporation, read and considered.
It is ordered by the court that the
I hearing of said pet.irion be had at
i Moiyn! Vernon. Georgia, on the first
j Monday, the 4th day of November,
j 1918, at which time any stock holder
|of said corporation or any person,
firm or corporal ion having a claim or
demand of any character against pe
titioner may appear and file written
objections to the dissolution of peti
tioner as a corporation.
Let tins petition.and order be filed
in the office of the clerk of the supe
rior court of said county of Mongotn
ery forthwith; arid let a copy of said
petition and order be published once
a week for four weeks in the news
paper wherein sheriff’s sales for the
said county of Montgomery are pub
lished, such publication to be prior
to the time fixed for the hearing.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture tljls tlie sth day of October,
1918. K. I). Graham,
Judge Superior Courts Oconee Judi
cial Circuit.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
I, M. L. O’Brien, clerk of the supe
rior court of Montgomery county,
Georgia, do hereby certify that the
within and foregoing peutien and
order wa> tiled in my office on this
the 9th day of October, 1918. Witness
my hand and official signature this
Oct. 9th, 1918. M. L. O’Brien,
- C. S. C.
Stock for Sale.
Twelve good work mules. Two
good horses, one of whieh is the
best combination horse in South
Georgia. In view of uncertain
ties confronting me will sell
above stock at bargain prices for
cash for next few days.
W. J. Peterson,
Sept. 5, 1918. Ailey, Ga.
Farm Wanted.
Want to rent a small one-horse
farm near Ailey. Reply at once.
Loy Allmond,
1033 Box 112, Ailey, Ga.
New and Official Rules for Newspaper^.
(Issued by War Industries Board.)
The Priorities Board of the War Industries Board listed paper
mills as an essential industry, and has rated them in fourth-class
for priority for coal on the distinct understanding that the greatest
possible economy in the use of paper be exercised and that the re
duction in the use of paper by the newspapers shall be 15 per cent,
on week day editions and 20 per cent, on Sunday editions.
Paper mills will be put upon the priority list for coal conditional
upon their signing a pledge that they will furnish no paper to any
consumer who will not sign a pledge in duplicate that he will exer
cise the greatest possible economy in the use of paper and will ob
serve all rules and regulations of the conservation division of the
pulp and paper section of the War Industries Board. These pledges
are now being prepared and will be sent to this office.
Effective immediately:
1. Discontinue the acceptance of the return of unsold copies.
2. Discontinue sending paper after date of expiration of sub
scription, unless the subscription is renewed and paid for. (This
ruling to be effective October 1, 1918.)
3. Discontinue the use of all sample or free promotion copies.
4. Discontinue giving copies to anybody except for office work
ing copies or where required by statute law in the case of official
advertising. (Signed) THOS. E. DONNELEY,
Chief Pulp and Paper Section, War Industries Board.
pursuance of the above order, The Monitor last week
disconrinued all subscribers who wer not paid up in advance. If
your paper is dropped, come in, pay up arrearages, and renew. Do
not wait for a bill; this requires time and money—neither of which
the editor has. No more free papers, thank you.
Dayton
Airless I!
| THE DAYTON NEEDS I S Sll
NO PUMPING I * J*l
I ITS LIFE IS ABOUT I 'fej |
DOUBLE THAT OF THE IW\ Iff
ORDINARY TIRE VliyG*
l This is Economy in the
*i: real meaning of the word
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$j Regular Sizes 30 x 3 and 30 x 3 1-2
I SPECIAL TIRES FOR
TRUCKS
\ A Salesmen wanted for each town in
Montgomery county
C. w. WARNOCK
General Agent for Montgomery County
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Must Bring Relief to
the Peanut Situation.
In an effort to bring about
conditions which will enable the
producers of peanuts to get for
them more nearly their actual
value, the State Bureau of Mar
kets has made formal request up
on representatives of the federal
i food administration for removal
j of the regulation which prohibits
1 dealers and middlemen from hold
ing peanuts longer than 60 days.
If this rule is withdrawn, it is
believed it will result in relieving
some of the present congestion
which is alleged to be responsible
for the present low price. In a
letter addressed to Dr. A. M.
Soule, federal food administrator
for Georgia, Director L. B. Jack
son says:
“Peanuts are selling in Georgia
for much less than their value,
and this is due in part to the fact
that the above regulation forces
them forward to market faster
than the law of supply and de
mand would iustify. We reauest
in behalf of the peanut producer,
that the food administration annul
the regulation which prevents
the peanut buyer from holding
peanuts over sixty days. This
needs to be done promptly and
publicity given to your action.”
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Seed Rape, 35 cents per quart
or three quarts for SI.OO, at
H. G. Martin’s Drug Store,
Uvalda.