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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. OFFICIAL ORGAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Entered at the Po*tofflce in Mt. Vernon. Or. as Second-Class Mail Matter.
K. h. FOLSOM, Editor snd Owner. s<-5° * Year, in Advance.
advorUsoment* must invariably be paid in advance, at the leKal rate, and aa the law
direct*; and rnuat be in hand not later than Wodnenday morning of the drat week of insertion
Mount Vernon, Ga., Thursday Morning, June 19, 1919.
With some the vacation period
may be on, but with us there is
always a colon sticking up—some
thing else to do besides vacating.
During the several weeks past
we notice a number of Georgia
weekly papers minus editorial
columns. We cannot draw con
clusions as to the others, but with
us it has been a matter of strug
gling for bread and meat, an en
gagement so pressing that editori
al effusion has been entirely out
of the question. This effort, how
ever, does not signify a bountiful
supply of meat on hand or in
sight.
Montgomery and Treutlen
counties are to be congratulated
on their joint Fourth of July
celebration, which will take the
form of a welcome to the re
turned soldier boys of this entire
section. Conditions have ma
terially changed since 1776, but
the American spirit should still
be as strong as the blood and
hearts of the American people.
Let this section be no exception
to the rule.
Editor Boatright of theSwains
boro Forest-Blade is after the
divorce laws in general, citing
Emanuel county as a notable ex
ample of the travesty of such.
The Georgia law on the subject
has for many years been a blot
on civilization. Separation of
husband and wife is but a formal
court proceeding under the Geor
gia law, with little or no regard
for the sanctity of the union as
advocated by the Divine law.
And woman’s suffrage will add
nothing to the present deplorable
state of affairs.
The Tattnall Journal deals at
length with the fakir in a U. S.
uniform who robbed the women
of Keidsville several weeks ago
with a bogus flow'er, the “Rose
of Sharon.” This was doubtless
the same scoundrel who extracted
twenty-five or thirty dollars from
the ladies of this place, and other
points in South Georgia. It is to
be hoped that the government
will overtake this thief. While
here this saintly looking scoun
drel attended services at one of
the churches, and if the amen
pews had not been occupied,
doubtless he would have accepted
a seat there. But old Barnum
hit the nail on the head several
years ago.
Metter and Dublin speak of
selling their water plants because
no improvements can be made.
Mt. Vernon speaks of putting in
a plant because she has never
had anv improvements on this
line. A stranger may get a glass
of water here by buying it or
entering some private home.
Most towns have water troubles
and inconsistencies. For instance,
Mt. Vernon has no public water
ing place, despite the constant
demand for it on the part of the
traveling public. Yet, the county
well is supplying quite a number
of citizens with water, doubtless
at a severe loss to the county.
The public watering place near
the court house square has been
closed for over a year for what
cause we know not and yet
some of these spigots in private
homes, leading from the county
well, have been running night
and day for weeks and weeks at
a time. This is a rotten inconsis
tency, and the county authori
ties should look into it at once.
Leaving the town out of the argu
ment, the people of Montgomery
county pay enough taxes to af
ford at least one public watering
place on or near the court house
square.
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Press Expressions, j
We can’t help wondering if the
Kaiser ever stopped to think how
it would look to have captured
German cannon scattered around
in every little town in Georgia,
when he started this late un
pleasantness with Uncle Sam’s
country. If he had we don’t
believe he would have gone as
far as he did in the matter.
Marietta Journal.
Determined efforts are being
made to protect the cotton crop
from the ravages of the boll
weevils. As a last resort the
farmers may devise to bombard
him with “mustard gas,” and if
that method fails, we suggest
a moderate use of “shine” as
from all reports we are convinced
that it would kill the weevils, but
a heavy application would de
stroy the growing plant.—Claxton
Enterprise.
The Thomasville Times-Enter
prise says that the people are all
the time fussing. We fussed
about the rain when it was cooler
and now we fuss about the dry
weather when it is hotter. It is
evident that the people are hard
to nlease on the weather. This
reminds us that As a rule, man's
a fool; when it’s hot he wants it
cool; always wanting what he’s
not got; when it’s cool he wants
it hot. —Swainsboro Forest-Blade.
When an editor waxes fluent in
regard to approaching candidacies
aid oolitical activities it may be
from disinterested motives, but
usually his mind strays into the
green fields of political adver
tisements and beside the still
waters of increased job work. —
Monroe Advertiser.
Liquor, as everybody knows,
has long been “the poor man’s
curse.”. So the rich men who
are filling their cellars with it
against the time of drouth are
happy in the consciousness that
they are acting for the best in
terests of the poor, who can’t
afford such an investment. Dub
lin Courier-Herald.
Now that the county commis
sioners are to build the dipping
vats, let us all, as citizens of the
county, prepare ourselves to com
ply with the compulsory cattle
dipping law, which goes into ef
fect January 1, next. Under
the law all cattle in the county
must be dipped every fourteen
days for two years. After the
two years is up, the county will
be tick free, and our cattle placed
on a par with those of the north
and west, which command at all
times the highest price in the
markets.—Lyons Progress.
You can’t teach a man to re
spect the rights of others until
you teach him to respect his own
body enough to wash it at inter
vals—Hawkinsville News-Dis
patch.
The many automobile accidents
that happen every day ought to
be lesson enough to drivers of
automobiles that recklessness will
bring them to a bitter realization
of their folly sooner or later. One
can hardly go out on any high
way without meeting an insane
speed fiend. It doesn’t matter
how slow you drive or how much
road you give, sometimes the
green-eyed monsters will pile up
on you. If you happen to be
killed you are just as dead as if
you had died of your own free
will and accord. The courts of
the state should take a stand in
this sad state of affairs. Soper
ton News.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1010
After all, the solution of the
liquor problem seems to be with
the people. For until the people,
as a whole, develop a sufficient
disregard for the use of intoxi
cants and its production and sale,
men will continue to use it, with
its manifold attendant evils—not
common evils, but deep-seated
criminality. Almost every little
town has its den where some
form of intoxicant can be had.
Let the people rise up and wipe
out such traps of iniquity.
Somehow or other we can’t re
gard the shooting of a bird in a
Sandersville church by the pastor
of the church on a Sunday morn
ing at that, as an act worthy a
disciple of the Lord. It appears
to us that the bird could have
been removed with less spectacu
lar proceedings. However, we
admit that as an advertising fea
ture this was a world-beater. —
Telfair Enterprise.
Many men who cannot sub
scribe to the monstrosities of
woman suffrage and national pro
hibition, for which there is nei
ther foundation or provision in
the constitution or common sense,
believe that the world is moving
backward instead of advancing.
The women of Pompeii were get
ting ready to vote when that
vicious and degenerate city was
buried beneath the lava of an
erupting volcano. Metter Adver
tiser.
Notice of Local Legislation.
Notice is hereby given that
there will be introduced in the
1919 session of the Georgia Gen
eral Assembly a bill of which
the following is the text of the
enacting caption:
An Act to create a board of
commissioners of roads and reve
nues for the county of Montgom
ery, consisting of three members;
to prescribe their duties and fix
their compensation; to prescribe
their qualifications; to divide the
said county of Montgomery into
three road districts and provide
for the election of one commis
sioner; from each of said districts
to provide for the selection of a
clerk of said board of commis
sioners and fix his compensation:
to provide for an attorney for said
board and fix his compensation;
to provide for the publication of
quarterly reports of the actings
and doings of said board of com
missioners, and for other pur
poses.
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I Here is a picture !
of the new straight i
flour I am selling. \
It is getting to be
the talk of Mount
I Vernon and the ;
entire community, jj
H. C. DAVIS j
MT. VERNON
GA
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I MONEY IN THE I
BANK ]
The public is hereby advised that I have per
fee ted arrangements to make a few short term p
loans, running until the fall. If you need ||
money to hold your cotton, for investment, or ||
for other immediate use, see me at once. ||
You can get the money the same day you
make the application. Supply limited. ®
SEE ME AT ONCE 1
IJ. Wade Johnson |
MT. VERNON, GA. |
LOANS ON FARM
LANDS.
Loans on improved farm
lands of Montgomery County can
be placed promptly at 5 l-2c in
terest in amounts of SI,OOO and
above, with the privilege of re
paying part of the principal at
any interest bearing periods in
amounts of SIOO or multiples
thereof, thereby stopping the in
terest on amount paid. Loans
can be made for periods of 57,
or 10 years to suit the borrower.
Commissions charged are reason
able. M. B. Calhoun,
Mt. Vernon, Ga,
R. E. Ward,
Soperton, Ga.
Notice—Stray Cow.
One certain cow, taken up at
my place, near Allmond Station,
about the first of December, 1918.
Animal has been properly cared
if f
for. Owner can describe cow,
prove ownership, pay expenses
of keeping, etc., and get same,
otherwise the cow will be sold by
legal process. J. T. Davis,
Rt. 1, Vidalia, Ga.
Monumental Work.
We carry a complete line of
monuments. Please call at yards
and inspect designs, get esti
mates, etc.
Vidalia Monument Co.,
ts Vidalia, Ga.
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.
M. E. CALHOUN
Atty at Law,
Mt Vernon, Georgia
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