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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1919)
HT]r\e Montgornery /Monitor. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL OROAN MONTOOMERY COUNTY. Entered »t the Fostofflce in Mt. Vernon. Oa. as Hf-eond-Clamt Mail Matter. H. B. FOLSOM, lidltor and Owner. si.s‘> a Year, in Advance. *#-I**lo Klvertl.em. nU diuM Invariably b« panl in advance, at the I. «al rate, an<l as. the law directs; and m-1-1 ho in band not later than Wedneaday mornin* of the first week of insertion Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, April 3, 1019. It is claimed that Ex-Senator Hardwick is violating the frank ing privilege by sending out several thousand copies of his farewell address to the senate. May be one method of punishing his enemies. Get your landing sites ready, for you cannot tell what time your enterprising friends may call via the air route. Even high fliers are particular where they light, and now the proper thing to offer your new visitor is a big open fleld. • The new county of Treutlen votes on the; question of'■bonds for the erection of court house and jail April 30. This is the proper way for any municipality to finance a big enterprise. It is far preferable to direct taxation for immediate needs, when funds must be raised in one year. Education for the masses, good roads, and diversified farming. I>et this form the triune subject of our efforts, if we would make this a progressive section. The former forms, a good, safe back ground for activities in both of the other lines of endeavor, and the day is not far distant when this idea will be recognized. Good roads, too, will increase interest in many lines. Good roads save time and dollars. They say fishing will be good this year, but if a fellow cannot get in contact with the sport, he is no better off than if he were a resident of a desert, as far as fishing is concerned. Looks now as if the mullet box will be our only resort. 0, for ariverto run by a fellow’s door, poles in a cor ner and worms in the back yard, and nothing to do but fish, fish, fish, beginning by the new time and closing by the old time. The Chautauqua is here this week, through a contract made with a number of representative citizens, and it beehooves the people of the town and communi ty to patronize it to the fullest extent. The Chautauqua, if measuring up to former stall dards, is well worth the price of admission, and we trust it will not be necessary for the guaran tors to make cash outlays to ful fill their contract because of a lack of patronage on the part of the public. Mt. Vernon, through a meeting of representative citizens, has ex pressed itself in favor of a system of light and water for the place, from which the school would also be supplied. This, if carried out. would be the most progressive step ever taken by the town and should by all means be carried out. Mt. Vernon is old enough to afford some of the necessities of life, if not some of the luxu ries. She has the means, and the demand exists has existed for many years—and before 1 another year it is probable that Mt. Vernon will be fitted with electric lights and waterworks. If the plan is defeated, it will be because of indifference, and not for a lack of outright demand. Cochran is to be congratulated on having at last secured the Twelfth District Agricultural and Mechanical School, after a season of technical delays. It is hoped that the school, when completed, will have a greater appreciation on the part of the public than some of the schools of this <rlass. These schools were designed, primarily, to teach advanced principles of agriculture, in con nection with the academic course, of course; and yet there has been a lack of interest in this very important feature, the basic prin ciple of the agricultural school. Broadly speaking, the farmer boys, for whom these schools were intended, have never given them the patronage intended by the state since they were provid ed for. ITTFTTTTTTTTTTTTTTfYITTYI• ► i Georgia State « t Press Expressions. 3 •AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Reports are that the farmers of Texas are planting all the fields, front yards and gardens in cotton. Maybe they have heard about us agreeing not to plant much. If the reports from Texas are true, and there is no reason to doubt them, the farmer is liable to sell his next crop for half what the price is now.—Lyons Prog ress. The Georgia Good Roads Bulle tin, official publication of the Georgia State Automobile Asso ciation, is actively behind the proposed bond issue of fifty mil lion dollars for permanent roads in this state. It seems to us that no person could intelligently vote against the issue. The only pos sible objection, as we see it, is that the amount should be con siderably increased. As for the merits of good roads, there is absolutely no argument against them. —Tattnall Journal. Savannah has a peculiar fight on relative to the pawn brokers of the city. Apparently the city council and, of course, the brok ers themselves want the present local law changed so that pledges may be made by persons under twenty-one years of age and over sixteen. The Savannah papers have had some very interesting and instructive editorials relative to the matter and needless to say they oppose lowering the age limit strenuously. —Dublin Couri er Herald. The citizens of Jasper county are sitting up and taking notice of the wonderful work which the tractor does on the farm and the time is not far away when hun dreds of these useful and profit able machines will be busy in t! is county, helping the mules anJ horses to fill the money pock ets of the planters who own tin m. Day by day scientific farming is coming into its own and the wide-awake farmer will soon be gathering two ears corn, <. tc., where he once garnered one. —Monticello News. The girls who dance b< st get the most invitations, but it’s been m our observation that the ones who can make crisp breakfast muffins are the first to put in their order for a white satin wedding gown. Nashville Her ald. We congratulate the Toombs county grand jury last week on their recommendation that the County Commissioners let the people vote on an issue of bonds for good roads. The spirit of progress and development is abroad in the land and Toombs should be in the ver> forefront.— Vidalia Advance. Our suggestion in regard to erecting a drinking fountain in I honor of our heroic soldier boys lias met with a hearty and en thusiastic response from a number iof our citizens who have volun tarily told us that they stand ready to assist in the matter. Cook county ought to honor those who made such great sacrifices j for us. —Adel News. We have seen it somewhere that the two-cent postage would come back again along about the Ist of July. We don’t expect any such good luck, but what would please the mass of the people more than two-cent postage would be to know that the Post master General had decided to 'find another job —Springfield ' Herald. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, APRILS. 1«1S» How would you like to live 105 years? Well, it’s simple and easy. Just eat plenty of onions. That’s the secret. Mrs. Mary Potter of Dwight, 111., 105 years old says so. She ought to know. -Claxton Enterprise. Italy has passed the challenge to the peace conference, demand ing certain territorial concessions or threatening to withdraw from the conference. This ought to remind us that we are living in an age of national selfishness, in spite of the constant hope of permanent peace.— Butler Her ald. Mon 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., Memphis, Tenn. For Long Term Farm Loans, SEE A. B. HUTCHESON. I am negotiating some very I attractive Long Term F'arm Loans for the best companies doing bus iness m Georgia, with lowest rateH of interest and the most liberal 1 terms of payments. I have several years experience I in the loan business, am located at the county site and believe that I am in position to give you the best terms and as prompt services as any one. If vou need a loan see me before application. A. B. Hutcheson, Mt. Vernon, Ga. Notice to Public. I have purchased the C. R. Baggott stock of drugs, etc., in | Uvalda, exclusive of the accounts of said business, and in taking over the stock, incur no responsi bility whatever as to the obliga tions, if any, of said business. Mr. Baggott retains all accounts due him. Respectfully, H. G. Martin, 3134 Uvalda, Ga. Citation. Georgia—Montgomery County. Notice is hereby given that N. J. Vaughan, administrator cf tin* estate of Mrs. Maude Vaughan, deceased, has applied to the un dersigned for leave to sell two lots of land located in the Town of Charlotte, Ga., said county, and two lots (tracts) of land situated in Wheeler county, said state, and same will be heard at my of fice on the first Monday iu April next. This the 8d day of March, 1919. J. C. McAllister, Ordinary. Notice to Public. By order of the Board of Com missioners of Roads and Reve nues of Montgomery County the Board of Tax Equalizers will not receive taxes direct at their of fice, the same being contrary to the law provided, and all tax payers are hereby required to make returns to the Tax Receiver direct, and in the future there will be no deviation from this rule and order. This the 6th day of March, 1919. 364 Board Tax Equalizers Tax 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. Alley, 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 to4p. 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. j ADVANCE NOTICE I 11 Os the biggest merchandise movement || ever seen in this state. Leader & || JXi Rosansky’s big $125,000 stock of Dry S! Goods, Clothing for men, women and £ & children, Hats, Caps, Furniture Rugs, Granite ware, Crockery, Notions, Harness, etc. will be closed out at retail S 3 v sale, commencing April 15, and lasting | r : fcj without stop or cessation until the g tc? • « is *4 entire stock has been sold. This firm fcj P . , P ig needs no introduction to the people, as j| S 3 . . ■ g fS they have carried on business in Vidalia p H for a quarter of a century, and have t jej* # t* always been noted for the high-class merchandise thev kept in stock. It V ?? *■’ 1 g if will pay you to wait for this big sale, m as every dollar’s worth of stock must - g be sold, regardless of cost or profit. j| Sg Watch for the big circulars which give full particulars. The date is is April | M 15th, 1919. I i I i 1 H 1 Leader & Rosansky | 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. Post Your Lunds. 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. Wagons and Wire 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. Cotton Seed for Sale. Covington’s Toole Early Wilt- Resistant Cotton Seed. Forty per cent, lint; 99 per cent, wilt resistant. None better. $1.75 per bu. unsacked; sacks furnished $1.85 per bushel. J. T. Walker, 363 Rt. A, Uvalda, Ga. mmTmm»TfmmTTn »uT?»TmTmmmf f vn l . In Traveling* 3 ► If your car suddenly goes ► ! \ “dead,” because of burned out « E* !( batteries, plugs or for any 2 ? I t-M other reason phone us and we ► Ws~t —-rrbih n~| &J will send you what jou want d ► VWI ~3/gfrTf ; ffl/ at once. Our stock is com- -■ ► T/ y plete in every respect. > mpK HiGKS BROTHERS’ GARAGE 3 ► Mt. Vernon, Oa H ► every job guaranteed 3 *»AAAA''.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*AAAAAAAAAAAA,fc»»AAAAAAAA&* < 1 Oakland Sensible Six | I It is a six-cylinder car of medium price. I It has a small bore, high speed, overhead I valve engine. It is a light weight, high powered car, with | 44 horse power, weight 2130. a It has more power according to weight than any car £uilt. It gives from 18 to 25 miles per gallon of gas. \\ Better than ail else is that you are not always buying | parts for it. I have been handling the Oakland Six ?> 4 for twelve months and have never had a call for any | | of the rear axle parts. The profits on my sales of 8 i Oakland parts for twelve months would not buy a j; box of good cigars. Why not buy yourself a car like that? It is a ■ whole lot cheaper in the long run. Several used cars of different makes, part cash and balance payable next fall. IL. B. GODBEE, Oakland Dealer VIDALIA, GEORGIA Tuesday’s sun, as far as Mt. Vernon is concerned, went down with a lot of trash in view. The town authorities, however, had the satisfaction of seeing a num ber of premises brushed up in response to its order. M. B. CALHOUN At tv at Law, * ' Ut Vernon, Georgia
