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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1919)
r\or\lgorr\&ry /Monitor. published every Thursday. official okoan momoomehy county. Kntcred at the Postofflce in Mt. Vernon. Oa. as Second-Class Mail Matter. M. B. FOLSOM, Editor and Owner. $1.50 * Year, in Advance. avLetral «ivertinemenU muni invariably be paid in advance, at the legal rate, and a* the liw direct*; and mii.it lie in hand not later than Wednesday morning of the flmt week of insertion Mount Vernon. Ga.. Thursday Morning, March 20, 1919. It is possible that the unfavor able weather may have taken a hand in the decrease of cotton acreage. Pledges and man-made conditions may affect acreage, under ordinary circumstances, but favorable weather is after all essential to production. The Johnson County News, published at Wrightsville, with J. Frank Jackson and B. H. Move editors and publishers, put its initial number before the pub lic last week. May it be able to measure up to its declaration of principles and execute its ex pressed intentions. Cook county, one of the three new counties ratified last fall, is making a strong effort for local tax for educational purposes. No state can afford to furnish free education for the masses, and local aid, which is within itself local effort, self-centered, will bring results not to be obtained through state or national aid. In other words, a man in paving a local school tax, must feel that he is contributing something toward the educational advancement of his particular section, and educa tional interests should come first. Without education there is no enlightenment, without which there is no progress. During the past week practi cally all of the newspapers have carried the notice of the govern ment’s intention of paying a bo nus of S6O to the honorably dis charged soldier. We commend this honorarium for the U. S. soldiery, draftees or volunteers, who actually served in the ca pacity of a full-fledged soldier; but there is still abroad in the land a class of pikers who spent more time in efforts to avoid ser vice than they did in actual duty, and to this class we trust the government will keep a weather eye. It is correct to put a pre mium on service, but not on slackery. The automobile tax law, like scores of other Georgia laws, is a farce, as far as enforcement is concerned. In proof of this assertion, look on the highways and streets of most little one-horse towns, and you will note that not a third of the automobiles have been provided with the 1919 license tag, as should have been observed prior to March Ist. Whose fault is this? Generally speaking, it is the fault of the owners of machines; with the fault existing, bare-face, free and above board, it is manifestly the duty of the officers charged with the enforcement of the law to see that tags are bought, other wise subject the owners of the cars to the penalty provided. Ex-President Taft is a great man—a great American—and has so proven himself before the world. But because of his great ness -the public favor won by reason of his activities in the prosecution of the war and his efforts for world-wide peace, along with thousands of others— advocacy of Taft as a possible nominee for the presidency on the Democratic ticket is the veri est rot; it is silly, childish and unbecoming in any man who has the slightest knowledge of nation al affairs and the policies of the two American political parties. Taft himself would not accept such favor from the Democratic party if it were foolish enough to hand it to him on a silver platter. Such reckless suggestions are re flections on the Democratic party and its great leader— the world has ever known. MTTYYTYYYYYTYYTTYTTTTTTt • ► Georgia State i ► Press Expressions. ◄ Considerable quantities of gu ano have been hauled from Met ter during the past two weeks, despite the condition of the roads which these loads have not ten ded to improve. Unless crop results this fall are better than nresent prospects indicate they will be, the fertilizer burden will be a heavy one to handle. Met ter Advertiser. Some people use the same judgment about taking care of the cotton they are holding as they do their farm implements. They let it stay out in the rain where it detoriates in value each day. —Claxton Enterprise. The merchant that offers his goods for sale at an advance in price and says that a part of this i advance is for the Government tax, has violated a United States law and is subject to a fine of SIOOO or imprisonment for one vear or both. The section of law is No. 1.319 of the Internal Reve nue law and it wlil be well for merchants to read up on this sec tion.—Springfield Herald. There is a good deal of truth in a statement we heard one well known Nashville man make yes terday. He said when a man is J rich everybody is trying to do something for him, and when he’s poor everybody is trying to do something to him.—Nashville Herald. There is one thing certain about the stock raising proposition in Toombs county. No great prog ress can be made until the farm ! ers of the county determine to observe the law- in reference to scrub sires running at large. A local law prohibits these scrubs running at large. The law is a dead letter as far as being en forced is concerned. There seems to be no sentiment in favor of its enforcement. But before there can be much progress made in the improvement of hogs and cattle in the county the scrubs will have to go. Lyons Progress. When we vote for local school tax we do an unselfish act, in that we provide for the education of the children, and we further vote I for the progress of the county in which we live. And the more progressive a county is the more people of culture will be attracted to it. We gain in every way by local tax. There is no good argu ment against it.—Adel News. It seems that the recalcitrant Republican Senators who are making such bitter attacks on the present draft of the League of Nations are not so much opposed to a League of Nations but are simply out after President Wil son's scalp. They cannot forgive him for not appointing delegates from this august body to the Peace Conference. In their bit ter resentment against Wilson they lose sight of their duty to America and the world at large. ' —Cochran Journal. There are certainly great possi bilities ahead for the committee which is to undertake the task of bringing prices back to a normal | level. If the efforts of the com mittee are successful, its mem- j bers should have their share of memorial buildings. Monroe Ad- j vertiser. Building in this section is prac tically at a standstill, caused mainly by high cost of material and exorbitant wages. And there will be no marked activity until conditions assume a normal basis '—at least a safe basis. THE MONTGOMERY MONTTOR-THURSDAY, MARCH 20. 1919 If ever the editor of The Advertiser needs a champion with the pen, he would feel safe in choosing the eloquent quill of Editor Folsom of The Montgomery Monitor. Met ter Advertiser. Coming from so able a critic as the editor of the Metter Adver tiser, the roseate remarks are appreciated. The editor of The Monitor is impressed, too, with the novelty of compliments, the frequency of which compares favorably with the proverbial angels’ visits. The average edi tor’s constituency never sees any good in him, and he lives out his days shuffling the whet-rock on which the public axe is ground. Sheriff Sale. G<*or*rim-Montgomery County. Will be sold before the court house door in Mt. Vernon on the first Tuesday in April, 1919, between the lejcal hours of sale to the highest bidder for rash, certain property, of which the following is a complete description: Twenty-six and one-half acres of land, more or less, situate, lying and being in the 275’ h district G. M. of said county and state and bounded as follows; North by lands of J. C. Dixon and E. S. Gibbs, east by lands of P. J. McNatt, south by lands of J. T. Pridgen and on the west by lands of Hardy Hall. Levied on and will be sold as the property of James McMillan to satisfy a fi fa is sued by H. C. Davis, tax collector, vs James Mc- Millan, for state and county taxes for the year 1918. Levy made and returned to me by I. C. S. Berner, special bailiff, and written notice of levy given in terms of the law. This the 4t,h day of March, 1919. E. E. Burch, Sheriff. Sheriff Sale. Georgia— Montgomery County. Will he sold before the court house door in Mt. Vernon on the first Tuesday in April, 1919, between the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, certain property, of which the following is a complete description: Twenty acres of land situate, lying and being in the 16915 t district G. M. of Montgomery county, as said district was constituted before the forma tion of Treutlen county, and bounded as follows: On the west by lands of Wallace Harvey, on the south by lands of E. M. Smith, and on the north and east by lands of Mrs. Hattie Phillips, the same being 20 acres of land cut from the south west corner of the Hattie Phillips tract. levied on and will he sold an the property of Mrs. Hattie Phillips to satisfy a tax fi fa issued by H. C. Davis, tax collector of Montgomery county, vs Mrs. Hattie Phillips, for state and county taxes for the year 1918. Levy made and returned to me by C. H. Goff, constable, and written notice of levy given in terms of the law. This the 4th day of March, 1919. E. E. Burch, Sheriff. Sheriff Sale. Georgia—Montgomery County. Will be sold before the court house door in Mt. Vernon on the first Tuesday in April, 1919, between the legal hours of Bale, to the highest bidder for cash certain property, of which the following is a complete description: All that certain tract of land contain'ng thirty acres mo eor less, lying and being in the 1567th district G. M. of said county and bounded as fol lows: On the north by Frank Brewer; east by Ellen Outlaw; west by Sarah Gillis; south by Wil lie Allmand, the same being the weatem half of that tract of land upon which El en Outlaw now lives, with improvements thereon, said land levied on as the property of Ellen Outlaw to satisfy an execution issued on the 11th day of August, 1918, from the Superior Court of Montgomery county, in favor of Josephine Cook against Freeman Out law, Ellen Outlaw, principals, W. J. Higgs and L. C. Mills, securities, said fi fa being now the property of W. J. Higgs, security, by transfer un tier date of May 2nd, 1916. This the 6th day of March, 1919. E. E. Burch, Sheriff. Underwood & Harris, A ttys, for Transferee. Men With Rig. Wanted to sell Rawleigh Prod ucts. Established demand. Large profits, healthy, pleasant, perma nent. Give age, occupation, ref erences. W. T. Rawleigh Co., 3G3 Memphis, Tenn. Sheriff Sale. Georgia—Montgomery County. Will be sold before the court house door in Mt. Vernon on the first Tues day in April, 1919, between the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, certain property, of which the following is a complete descrip tion : Ten acres of land situate, lying and being in the 12215 t district U. M. of Montgomery comity as it. existed prior to the formation of Treutlen county, and now within the bounds of Treutlen county, and bounded as follows: On the north by lands of Dave Branch, on the east by lands of J. S. Higgs, the same being ten acres carved from the northeast corner of the W. M. Herndon home place. Levied on and will he sold as tiie property of the estate of W. M. Hern don to satisfy a tax fi fa issued by H. C. Davis, tax collector Montgomery county, vs Estate of W. M. Herndon, for state and county taxes for the year 191 k. Levy made and returned to me by J. T. Beugnot, constable, and written notice of levy given as required by law This the 4th day of March, 1919. K. E. Burch, Sheriff. Pax Receiver’s Second Round. The Tax Receiver will be at the following places on the fol lowing dates for the purpose of receiving taxes for the year 1919. Uvalda, March 17. 9 to 12 m. Alston, March 17, 1 to 4 p. m. Higgston, March 18, 9 to 12 m. Ailey, March 18, 1 to 4 p. m. Tiger, March 19, 10 to 12 m. Kibbee, March 19. 1 to 4 p. m. Tarrytown, March 20, 9 to 12 m. Mt. Vernon, March 20, 1 to 4 p. m. The County Commissioners have ruled that all property must be returned to the Tax Receiver. The Tax Equalizers will not have time to receive taxes, as has been the custom in the past. W. L. Snow, Tax Receiver. 0 At the roots of crop success— ROYSTER’S FERTILIZER TRADE MARK REGISTERED. ORDER NOW AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT I F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. Norfolk, Va., Baltimore, Md., Toledo, 0., Tarboro, N. C. Charlotte, N. C. Columbia, S. C. Spartanburg, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. Macon, Ga. Columbia, S. C. Montgomery, Ala. FOR SALE BY G. V. MASON, MT. VERNON, GA. New Law Firm. L. C. Underwood, attorney, of Mt. Vernon, and Fred M. Harris, attorney, late of the U. S. Army, announce the formation of a partnership for the practice of law, with offices in Mt. Vernon. The former will give special at tention to the loan business and to general practice other'than commercial law. Mr. Harris will have charge of the commercial department and give special at tention to collections. Prompt and efficient service are assured in all matters entrusted to the firm. Respectfully, Underwood & Harris, 19tf Mt. Vernon, Ga. Trespass Notice. Georgia—Montgomery Couuty. This is to forewarn the public against hunting, with gun or dog, fishing, removing wood or timber of any kind, or in any manner trespassing on the lands of the undersigned; and all parties vio lating this order will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. This the 21st day of November, 1918. Mbs. Florence McArthur, L. C. Mcßae. Post Your Lands. Open your woodland to the pub lic and soon there will not be a stick of wood or timber on it. Put the public on notice by post ing up printed notices. Get the printed notices at The Monitor office, 10 cents each. \V agons and Wi re Fencing. Have just received a carload of Florence One- and Two-Horse Wagons. Also a Carload of Wire Fencing. Come and see me be fore buying. E. L. Meadows, 11213 Vidalia, Ga. M. B. 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