HTP\e .Montgornery f\or\itor.
Musm eveRV thursda official OMAN Montgomery county.
Entered at rlif l’< t.irticf in Mt. V< rnon. Oa. an Second-Class Mail Matter.
H. B. FOLSOM. Ettar »nJ Owmt. si-5° a Year, in Advance.
. .1 • . - I 1 in ndvanca, at the legal rate, »nrt »• th« Uw
direct.; unit mu t •« i lmn<l n-t later than W.-drier-lay morninK of the firat week of innertion ’
Mount Vernon. Ga.. Thursday Morning, January 22, 1920.
Make 1920 a little hotter from
all angles; it will help reduce the
cost of living. No reason why
it should not be a great year, in
the light of experience.
No, it is not income tax that
bothers us. It is the tax on the
constitution to get any income at
all that worries the mischief out
of most newspaper men.
Some of the officials tell us
sugar will drop, but as yet none
of it has dropped around our
home plate except at 2;> per,
and still as scarce as hens’ teeth.
Do not yell for community co
operation and then wait for the
other fellew to do the operating.
Too much co-ing in evidence and
not enough action. It is the
constant, material licks that
count. The man with his foot
set forward is the man who gets
some where. If a village aspires
to township or city proportions,
to such it develops.
These nimble-footed imps who
carry evil tidings never tell any
thing about themselves in their
haste to plaster up some yarn on
the neighbor. Truly the speed
of gossip is almost equal to
Marconi’s wireless system when
it comes to getting over the
ground. Trap a gm-siper and it
only adds edge to his tongue.
(Notice we say “Ins.”)
Let the caravan of Russian
criminals be kept on the move,
and make it impossible for them
to get back to a free and liberty
loving country, the ruination of
which their very presence por
tends. America needs a general
cleaning out, and those who can
not be deported should be ruled
with an iron rod until they are
convinced that law and order
shall not. be torn down by anarchy
and radicalism.
Remember, the census man is
not a peddler or a bill collector,
but rather a servant of the com
monwealth who asks your aid in
showing the resources, popula
tion, etc., of the greatest coun
try on earth, of which every
American should be proud. Show
him all the courtesy possible and
tell him anything he asks, from
your age on down the line. If
you are a maid of some years and
do not take to the age matter,
just tell him what year you arriv
ed and let him figure it out in a
whisper.
Keep an eye on tin* fellow who
seems anxious to get on the water
wagon at this late day, when
there is nothing but water in
sight. This is a favorite game
of the toper who, rightly re
moved from liquor, endeavors to
climb onto the rig at the eleventh
hour. This hypocritical activity
is already in evidence indifferent
sections of Georgia. True, the
sinner should return, but when he
returns through the mandates of
the law, no use in mounting him
on public pinnacles us one who j
has labored for a principle of
right and helped win the tight. •
The city of Augusta and the
people living along the line of the j
Georgia ».V: Florida railroad will
ever be indebted to Judge Win. j
H. Barrett for his heroic and
masterly successful efforts to-1
ward the liberation of the road I
from incumbrances which came |
near carrying it to the wall. His
presentation of the status of the
road iti last week’s tour of the
line not only reflected his ability I
but his steadfast loyalty to the
manifold interests touched by it.
But for the efforts of Judge Bar
rett and those associated with!
him, the Georgia & Florida'would j
be journeying to the junk shop, i
Running a country newspaper
may be a one-man’s job, but
when the work is finished that
man finds that he has done the j
work of half a dozen common |
men. Even Ben Franklin could
not have held out much longer.
Sweet potatoes, cabbage and free
advice all help some, but they do
not get out the rag and pay the
] bills.
With more liquor laws than any
state in the union, most of them
formerly unenforced: more blind
tigers; more lynchings than any
state; more good people and more
lawmakers, territory considered;
with a very low education stan
dard and yet furnishing some of
the brainiest statesmen the na
i tion has produced, the state of
Georgia must be something of an
enigma to the outside world.
They wonder at the formula used
in Georgia for mixing crime and
virtue, brains and imbecility,
blind tigers and anti-liquor cru
sades—how the wings of angels
flap in unison with the hisses of
devils, as the old commonwealth
moves on under the martial
strains of progress and under an
exalted banner on which is em
blazoned “The Empire State of
the South.”
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Let the Liquor Law
be Strictly Enforced.
If the campaign for liquor law
enforcement and extension of
prohibition, which is now being
conducted in the south, is not a
100 per cent success the fault will
rest largely with its lukewarm
, friends.
There is no question that the
i vast majority of the people of
this country are insympathy with
purposes of the movement, but
difficulty lies in arousing them to
i
the immediate and pressing ne
cessity for action.
The prohibition fight, contrary
to the opinion of many persons,
including a good many prohibi
tionists, has not been won. True,
the Eighteenth amendment has
been ratified by 45 states and laws
to enforce it enacted, but the fi
ll uor forces have not given up.
They are attacking it from every
possible angle—in the courts, in
politics and by widespread propa
ganda encouraging its violation
j
to the extent that a return to the
open saloon will be welcomed by
tin* people as relief from ‘blind
tiger’ conditions.
The churches of this country
are raising huge sums to carry
the gospel into foreign lands and,
at the same time, the liquor in
terests. driven from this country,
temporarily as they hope, are
planning to set up their plants a
longside the churches and schools
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in those same foreign lands.
Shall these vast sums, which
the people of this country have
given for missionary work, be
paralyzed by the operations of an
outlawed traffic from the United
States?
This is a question every law
abiding, law-enforcing citizen
should face squarely in this cam
paign to combat the liquor force’s
. insidious attack on law enforce
ment at home and to thwart the
well laid plans to defy the law of
their own country by continuing
their operations abroad.
It is not a question of whether
you are for or against prohibition
it home or abroad. It has gone;
beyond that stage.
It is a question of whether you
believe in upholding the dignity
of this country by enforcing its
laws and throttling any force
that defies it. It but remains for
every citizen to do his duty
steadfastly and vigorously. Let
Montgomery county be ranked as
among the foremost in this great
i humanitarian movement.
THJC MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDA Y. JANUARY 22. 1920.
Jury List.
The following is the list of ju- i
rors drawn to serve at the Feb
ruary term of Montgomery Su
perior Court, 1920:
Grand Jury
J B Brogdon J H Williamson
FM Mcßae J T Walker
E C McAllister J W Calhoun
A M Hughes Dewitt Calhoun
D A Mcßae J T Brack
C F Gordon M D Hughes
D H Phillips A P Mclntyre
| W H Sharpe J A Hughes
E F Clark H V Thompson
E Willis Jas M Davis
H A Braddy Dennis O’Brien
W P Moore W N Clark
M E Burns D N Hughes
W T Mcßride G W Beckum
J A Galbraith C H Goff
Petit Jury
G W Hamilton H L Wilt
J W Wardlaw R E Downie
I P McAllister J L Adams
Chas Frizzelle S S Calhoun
J R Adams H K Carpenter
D A Calhoun J L Memory
C J Phillips J M McDonald
J W Hughes A G Morris
J I Fountain C E Poore
W T McArthur, Sr AC Moseley
J M Richardson H G Martin
H A Moses J M Phillips
Clifford Mcßride J M Moxley
J Wade Johnson P M Moseley
H A Odom J M Downie
A G Hicks F M Simmons
S A Johnson R J Boyd
E J Wells, Sr AH Mclntyre
Joe Hilton D H Phillips
C W Skipper E Dixon
J G Wilkes T A Peterson
E D Adams C A Mason
W L Snow J M McDonald
T P McKay Chas D Peterson
Notice to Public.
This is to notify the public that
I have purchased the H. Hersh
bein stock of goods at Uvalda,
Georgia. Outstanding claims
against H. Hershbein, if any,
must be presented to me within
the next thirty days. This the
7th day of January, 1920.
I. Milman,
18204 Uvalda, Ga.
Dissolution Notice.
The firm of H. V. Thompson &
Bro., composed of H. V. Thomp
son and O. G. Thompson, has this
day been dissolved by mutual con
sent, H. V. Thompson continuing
the business, collecting all ac
counts due said firm and paving
all indebtedness outstanding
against the firm. This the 18th
day of December, 1910.
H. V. Thompson,
C. G. Thompson,
Alley, Ga.
Fred >L Harris
Attorney at Law
MT. VERNON, GA.
M. B. CALHOUN
Atty at Law,
Mt Vernon, Georgia
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.
Farm Loans
lyoans on Improved Farm Lands
in Montgomery and Wheeler
j Counties. Interest rate 6 per ct.
Reasonable commission. I can
handle good propositions for col
ored people owning farm lands.
FRED M. HARRIS,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
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Highest Prices Paid
for Live Stock.
We are constantly in the mar
ket for cattle and hogs. Many
years experience qualifies us to
offer superior advantages to the
producers of this section. We
are in position to handle your
business in a most satisfactory
manner. Get our prices.
W. D. & C. W. Peterson,
19192 m Ailey, Ga.
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We believe In flowers around the
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up the home surroundings and give
pleasure and satisfaction to those who
have them.
We have set aside more than one
million packets of seed of beautiful,
yet easily grown flowers to be given
to our customers this spring for the
beautifying of their homes.
Hastings’ 1920 Seed Catalogue is
now ready. Brilliant cover in natural
colors. 100 pages of garden and farm
information, profusely illustrated. It’s
the one worth while seed book for
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catalogue is absolutely free to you on
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This 1920 Catalogue will show you
just how you can get five packets of
flower seeds (five different sorts) ab
solutely free of cost this epring. Send
for this catalogue today without fail.
No obligation to buy anything unless
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Seedsmen, Atlanta, Ga.— (Advt.)
Blacksmith Wanted.
Must have blacksmith for all
around work and general horse
shoeing. Good wages to right
man. Apply at once to
W. W. Pierce,
1127tf Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Cow for Sale.
Jersey cow; ample milk and
butter capacity. Good condition.
See M. L. Stephens,
0112 Ailey, Ga.
Mount Vernon Wood
Yard
. \V. A. GUYTON, Proprietor
; The Best Grades of Oak and Pine
| Wood, Cut to any Dimensions.
Ready for the Stove or Fireplace.
PROMPT DELIVERY AND FULL
riEASURE
'See me for prices. Yards near
Mt. Ver*non depot
General Hauling.
I have facilities for hauling with
dispatch. Reasonable terms and
prompt service. See me.
Harry Smith,
109tf Mt. Vernon, Ga.
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Mt. Vernon. Ga.
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■ from your section.
j Building Material.
Best grades of Rough Lumber,
, Framing, Sills, etc., cut on short
; notice. Mill six miles north of
Mt. Vernon. See or phone
Jas. W. Adams,
1113tf Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Corn Wanted.
j Will Day $1.25 per bushel for
1 new corn, shucked. See
j Cockfield Milling Co.,
i 1127tf. Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Syrup Wanted.
| Wanted, 100 barrels Pure Geor
gia Cane Syrup. Any size lots
from one to lOO.barrels.
South Georgia Produce Co.
11272 Vidalia, Ga.
Cypress Shingles.
I have on hand an unlimited
number of hand-drawn number
one cypress shingles for sale. See
me at once. A. B. Hutcheson,
1016tf Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Syrup for Sale.
200 Gallons Pure Georgia Syrup
for sale at lowest market price.
Willie M. Sharpe,
12114 Rt. 1, Ailey, Ga.
House and Lot
For Quick Sale. Located at Col
lege Hill, Brewton-Parker, Mt.
Vernon. Cheap. Two acres of
land included. Bargain. See
L. C. Underwood,
12114 Mt. Vernon, Ga.
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For Long Term Farm
Loans,
SEE A, B. HUTCHESON.
I am negotiating some very
: attractive Long Term Farm Loans
for the best companies doing bus
iness in Georgia, with lowest rates
of interest and the most liberal
terms of payments
I have several years experience
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. Hutcsheon,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
