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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1921)
PUN REDUCTION IN GEORGIA CROPS i. W. WILLIAMS POINTS OUT COT TON ACREAGE WILL SUF- * FER HEAVIEST CUT STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here And There From All Sections Os The State Atlanta. — After facing one of the longest acute depressions of market prices in twelve years, Georgia enters the new year with the prospect of planting the smallest crop of agricul tural products in the past quarter of a century, the general deflation hav haviitg greatly discouraged the farm ers, who, with limited financial assist ance available, will find it impossible to operate on the previous large scale. The forecast,which does not come as a surprise to those who have made a careful study of conditions, was made Tuesday night by Ira W. Wil liams, cotton specialist of the state boaard of entomology, who has just completed a survey of the situation throughout the state, and by other agricultural authorities. While the decrease in all products will be great, it is pointed out thata cotton acreaage will sufefr the largest cut because of the presence of the boll weevil. In addition to this reason, the tinder the direction of Commissioner J. J. Brown, is conducting a cam paign throughout the state to re duce the cotton acreage, basing its promotion on the ground that a much better grade of the fleecy staple will be raised and a higher market price obtained. The Memphis acreage con vention decided at its recent meeting that if each farmer planted only one third of his acreage in cotton, a gen eral decrease of 50 per cent will re sult. With co-operation of thef bank ers and business men the campaign is being conducted in all southern states. Many experts closely in touch with developments, believe that specula tors are attempting to keep market prices deflated until after the planting season the assumption that the farm ers will be forced to sell a large part of their products in order to clear away old obligations and finance their 1921 crops, according to Mr. Williams. Such a condition can only be met, said the cotton specialist, by the agricul turalists refusing to sell unless higher prices are offered. Even should higher prices be offer ed, the farmers should not flood the market with their produce unless the increase is great enough to warrant an instantaneous landslide of sales, he said. Should the speculators fail to break the holding movement dur ing the planting season, it is Mr. Wil liams’ opinion that an advance in mar ket prices will result. Americus Bank To Liquidate Business Americas. The Commercial City Bank, of which Crawford Wheatley was president and chief owner, failed to open, and it has been that the bank has been placed in the hands of the state banking depart ment. The institution had total li abilities of $155,350.56 with deposits subject to check of $37,753.30 and time deposits of sl-3,232.70, and cash on hand and in' bank, as shown by its statement of December 15, 1920, of $6,558.68. Besides Mr. Wheatley the only other known stockholder is C. S. S. Horne, who, with Samuel Harri son, cashier of the institution, and Wheatley, constituted the board of directors. The depositors represent many persons, practicaly all deposits being small amounts, with the excep tion of one or two negro insurance or ganizations, which are said to have deposits aggregating SIO,OOO in the bank. New Thrift Plan To Aid Relatives Atlanta. —Basing his plan for sav ings among thirty-one of his great nieces and nephews upon the Biblical expression, “To him that hath it shall be given,” S. C. Doble, a prominent business man of Atlanta, has estab lished the “Doble Foundation Fund and SaVings Association,” through which annual sums of money will be distributed to the young people, pro rated among them upon a basis that will provide the biggest sum for the one who has saved the most through out the year. Mr. Doble, who is un married, and who is a successful busi ness man, hit upon the plan he has originated in an effort to encourage thrift and character-building among his young relatives, and, feeling that a gift pure and simple, would not accom plish the purpose at which he aims, he adopted the principle contained in the parable of the faithful servant, who increased the talents entrusted to him by his master, and who receiv ed a great reward with words of com mendation for his wisdom and thrift. Shot To Death Resisting Arrest Atlanta. —Sam Roberson, negro, of 270 Martin street, was killed by Pa trolman J. E. Wiley and L. J. Brooks, who assert that they caught him in the act of entering the Mann grocery store at 30 Angier avenue. At the time of the shooting, according to the statements by officers, the negro was advancing upon them with a hack saw, after first attacking them with a drawn cleaver and being beaten off. j They state they entered the store and found him crouching behind a barrel. Little Girl Is Losing Finger Tips. Goggansville. Physicians of this city *are puzzled over a peculiar dis ease with which Bener Godard, eight year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. | H. Godard, of this county, is afflicted. Several months ago the little girl went to a prysician to have him treat a sore on the tip of one of her fingers. The physician recommended that she ap ply a healing ointment which proved effective for a short time. A few days i ago the tips of all the fingers on one hand became sore and began to decay, and despite the efforts or physicians she has lost nearly all the finger tips on both hands. The feet of the little girl are being closely watched for fear they will become afflicted in the same way. The patient seems not to suffer much, but is under the constant care of physicians. Special Letters Without Signatures. Atlanta. Special delivery letters in the future will be delivered without receipts and will be left in regular mail receptacles when personal delive ry cannot be effected, according to an announcement by Acting Postmaster George C. Rogers. The act of April 24, 1920. which repealed the old law of requiring receipts of addresses or their agents for special delivery mail, went into effect in the Atlanta postoffice the other day. Mr. Rogers emphasized that the special delivery system was designed to expedite and not safeguard mail, and declared that letters containing currency or other valuables should invariably be regis tered. Clerk Files Claim On Valuable Land. Miami. —As a result of his discov ery that the buildings of the United States coast guard here are not on the government reservation but on pri vate property, Lewis G. Norton, clerk in the local tax assessor’s office, has filed a homestead entry on the 82 acres of land in the reservation, which has a quarter of a mile frontage on the ocean and is estimated to be worth nearly a million dollars. Federal Court Has Heavy Docket. Atlanta. Thirty - six jurors were drawn by Judge Samuel H. Sibley for service during the coming session of the United States court; W. Paul Carpenter, first assistant district attorney, said that the coming session will be a busier one than the Atlanta federal court has had in five years. Asa G. Candler, Jr., was the first juror drawn by Judge Sibley. State Liquor Law Declared Operative. Savannah. Andrew D. Barbour and Abe Raskin, convicted of violat ing the state prohibition law and sen tenced by Judge John Rourke, Jr., to serve terms on the chaingang, and whose sentences have been held up under habeas corpus proceedings will have to begin their sentence at once, unless appeal is made in their behalf to the court of appeals. Judge Henry McAlphin, ordinary, released the men as he held the rederal law superseded the state law upon which they were sentenced. The case waas taken to the superior court and Judge Peter W. Meldrim overruled the decision of Judge McAlpin. New Commissioners Govern Decatur. Atlanta. The aldermanic form of government, that haas had charge of the affairs of Decatur since 1881, came to an end Monday night and the books were turned over by the mayor, S. L. Steele, to the new com missioners, who shortly afterwards elected P. P. Pilcher to become city manager, and to take complete charge of the city’s business after January 15. In retiring former Mayor Steele, who has been head of Deca tur’s government for five years, made a short address in which he congratu lated the city upon the selection of a capable board of commissioner;?. Drill For Oil, Strike “Stratum Os Gold” Savannah. While eating its way through the earth about 2,000 feet be low the surface, the drill in the well of the Savannah Oil and Gas Corpora tion on Bourne avenue, near Savan nah, entered a “stratum of gold.” Considerable excitement was caused. Reports reaching the city were that the gold, in the form of small nuggets, was brought to the top by the action of the drill. L. A. Ease, superinten dent of the water works department of the city, has forwarded some of the samples to the state geologist. Liquor The Cause Os Most Arrests. Atlanta.—Reports compiled at police headquarters show a total of 2,246 ar rests by Atlanta police during Decem ber. The greatest number of these, it is stated, were arrested on charges of being drunk, 452 falling under this classification. Idling and loitering cases ranked second in point of num ber. Violation of the speed laws were not so numerous during December as during the two proceeding months. A large number of persons were hail ed into court for violating traffic or i dinances. Negro Physician Held For Murder Macon.—M. C. Mitchell, negro phy sician and drugist was indicted by the Bibb county grand jury on a charge | of murder in connection with the al | leged poisoning of his nephew, Henry Mitchell, on whose life he carried $24,- 000 life insurance. Young Mitchell, a former service man, died under mys | terious circumstances in Doctor Mitch j ell’s home, and later, when his body was exhumed in Dooly county and an alysis made of the vital organs, traces j of poison sufficient to have caused his ! death are alleged to have been found. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR, MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. DEMAND MODERN HOME! ON FARM Design Shows an Attractive Eight-Room House. MAKES THE HOUSEWORK EASY Square Type of Building Means Econ omy in Cost and Construction— Broad Open Front Porch Is Very Inviting. By WILLIAM A. RADFORD. Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor. Author and Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago. 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. “Better homes on the farms” is an excellent slogan that is gaining tre mendous impetus throughout the coun try. The old-time, long-accepted idea that the farm home was merely a roof and four walls is losing a foothold because of the development of the building enterprise and Individual am bition. The housewife has become acquainted with the beauties and con veniences of the city home and she in sists that her nest shall be just as modern as any. Moreover she has be come tired of the back-breaking drudgery that kept her tied »to the limits of the house and made her work; ing day one long, endless, monotonous grind. The effect is apparent in all sec tions of the country. The farm home is no longer subordinated to the dairy barn, the implement shed or the poul try house. Today it is first in Mie mind of the farmer, certainly first in the eyes of his wife and of tremend ous importance to the children. Un less home surroundings are made at tractive they will leave the farm for the cities where attractions abound. As a result the farm home is as at tractive, convenient and modern as most houses in cities. Electric light, running water, bathrooms and laun dries are no longer something to he dreamed about; they are actual real ities in the farm home. That this is true is borne out by the picture and floor plans of the farm home shown here. This house could very easily grace the streets of a high- —— ”” ” ~ - ■- -- ■ ■■ class residential section in a large town or city. When a man Is building a house, which in most cases he does only'once in a lifetime, he is inclined to con sider all angles' very carefully. And to the average fanner there Is no stronger appeal than economy. With no large sum of money to expend on a home he wants to get as beautiful a dwelling as possible at the lowest possible cost. This type of home is designed for that purpose. Because of Its square lines which eliminate any special orders for material, It is one of the most economical types of home that can be built. As is the general rule in homes of this type, the roof is hipped. In this home the broad open front porch is particularly inviting. The wide tapering bulkheads and pillars painted white are very impressive. In ■j-fr if —DWWGRtf Ik ~~ L3_ W.iWq ; towiLLM Kncfiw i%J » —t" HfrAiffftTLF^fT][ 3 lI 1 I 1 ~11, -— 1 First Floor Plan. the summer time this porch can be screened in and made an excellent re treat for the family on warm eve nings. The front door leads Into the living room, a large, comfortable roorq, 19 feet 6 inches by 18 feet, with win dows on two sides. A small bedroom adjoins the living room. In the rear of the lower floor is the dining room, also ample for the needs of a large family and well lighted by windows on two sides. It opens into a hall by one door and Into the pantry by another. The pantry joins the dining room and kitchen. The kitchen is designed along modern lines which call for a small compact, well-equipped room. Adjoining the kitchen in a small wing is the washroom, an essential part of the farm home. It eliminates the work entailed by farm help washing and 1 cleaning up In the kitchen snul gives the housewife chance to continue her work undisturbed. There are four bedrooms and bath room on tile second lloor. The two front rooms are 13 by 13 feet 15 inches; the others are 13 by 12 feet 6 inches and 13 feet 0 inches by 12 feet 6 inches. Running water for the bath room and kitchen is provided by a water supply system and electric light is furnished by an electric lighting plant. While giving an impression of big ness this home is only 32 by 34 feet. A roof dormer in the front of the house provides light for the attic which can be converted into extra sleeping rooms if needed. A few slabs of wallboard and a few hours’ work will give extra living room space at small cost. The house is frame construction with a foundation of concrete. Many farms now boast of homes as attrac tive or even more so than this one. \r BEp.i&t JMbedrm ' \ DSXOC p. 4 \3OW3t £ocr a. / ttWbJS -<J / D&W Jji|l3ai26\ ---XI — i Ij-ji Second Floor Plan. It is only indicative of the trend of the times and the progressive spirit which now dominates the farmer at large. Too much comfort cannot be built,, into a home. OBJECT NOW IS EFFICIENCY Leaders of Industry Have Discovered That Up-to-Date Equipment Pays Good Dividends. The new' order of working condi tions renders the oldtime factory ob solete, declares a bulletin of the So ciety for Electrical Development. Leaders of industry find that it pays to invest in equipment which will in crease the efficiency of employees. Glass walls and roofs are replacing the dingy brick walls and narrow dirty windows which characterized factory buildings of yesterday. A flood of Indirect lighting makes the Interior as bright as day. It is some what late, but better thnn never, to recognize the fact that when a man works, his eyes work, too. An arm may become fatigued without neces sarily affecting the rest of the body, but eye fatigue reacts upon the whole human system, as one authority points out. The natural result is that work turned out under poor light is poorer in quality and less in quantity while the general lowering of the worker’s efficiency makes him less alert ami, hence, more liable to injury. It has taken the employer longer to appreciate this condition than the workman, whose complaints have of ten gone unheeded. It is a hopeful sign of the new era of Industry that the movements on foot to better Indus trial life contemplate among the first steps forward the installation of Illu minations which will cut down the terrible waste of human energy due to accident and at the same time pro mote the efficiency of the individual and increase the nation’s output. The Test. “Yes, I like my new place very well,” said one cook to another. “Only Mrs. Brown, she ain’t a lady.” “Ain’t that too bad! How do you know’” "Well, she thinks there still is war, the way she wears her old clothes. And then she sells them.” “Well, that is too bad. My Mrs. Smith is not like that. She does not wear her dresses very long and she never mends anything. But, while she never gives her things to me, she never sells them. She always gives them to that charity organization, oven to her party slippers. She Is a lady, she Is. She always gives away every single thing she can’t use.”—lndianapolis News. Type That Has Vanished. The Black hills prospector, that unique character who has furnished many a theme for novels built around man’s quest for gold, practically has disappeared from South Dakota, E. C. Yates of Lead, S. I>., declared in an address before the twenty-third annu al convention of the American Mining congress. Passing of the prospector has been due primarily to the fact, according to Yates, that “the gold taken from the mines does not have sufficient value to pay the cost of production.” He de scribed the gold industry in the Black hills as being "in a state of disinte gration.” A*/ Aspfin Then it is Genuine Warning! Unless you see the name “Bayer" on tablets, you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for 21 years and proved safe by millions. Accept only an “unbroken package” of “Bayer Tablets Os Aspirin,”' which contains proper directions for Colds, Headache, Pain, Toothache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Neuritis, Lumbago. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost but a few cents—Larger packaged. Aspirin 1* the trade mark of Barer Manufacture of Monoaoetlcaddester of SaUeylloaoU Truth About F'ather. At dinner mother was astonished when my small brother, attracting the attention of the guests, remarked: “We’re so glad you’re here. I’apa’s nice when we have company, but you ought to hear how be scolds mamma when you’re not here.” —Exchange. The occasional use of Homan Bye Balsam at night will prevent and relieve tired ©yea, watery eyes, and eye strain.—Adv. IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO •■ ■ Father Determined to Spare No Pains in the Proper Upbringing of His Offspring. In Chicago they tell of the great pride which the parents of a certain lad take in him. Father is determined to make him a great business man, a veritable captain of industry. , One day (lie mother heard loud screams emanating from an adjoin ing room and rushed in to investigate the cause. Father was vigorously ad ministering chastisement to the young hopeful. “James! James! Why are ■ you thrashing Harry?" demanded the wife. “Because I caught him in a lie, that’s why,” said the father, continuing (he thrashing. “A lie? You saya lie?” “Yes! I will teftch him to lie better than that if I have to break every bone In his body!” Ability Must Be Shown. We are all makers of the future. If we have no voice in what Is to be, that is because we have not lived up to our rights. Every man and woman is blessed with some outstanding abil ity or other. Yet some of us have not developed what we have. Because we have not laid the same conspicuous talents as neighbor John we have sim ply ceased trying to lx* anything. No wonder the matter of getting bread for the kiddles lias become a trial. Folks do not know wlmt’s Ir; us lie cause we have given them no demon stration of what to expect. It’s our rigid to be recognized, but that will never be until we do a few things to merit a place in the limelight, and that’s not so hard If you forget the spectators and work hard.—Grit. Who is the busiest man? We’ll say, from all appearances, a watchmaker Is. Ever see one Idle? An orator often moves Ids hearers— to get up and go out. Look, into it! If tea or coffee drink ing' disturbs health or comfort, switch to Instant POSTUM There’s a big' gain toward health., with con venience, economy, and no loss in satisfaction a GROCERS EVERYWHERE fl |Bgn|f SELL POSTUM j WggSKft ; Instant @ ; Hade by ; ® POSTUM ; Postum Cereal Company. Inc. ! j Battle Creek,Mich.. . 5 ; M : Po»tum Cereal Comp«*y* ! # fcnuCwu.iiw.liU # , '■* Lf* »«■ *•* nour awm* i What’s in a Name? The American Indians, having ap parently run out of such names as Laughing Water and Sitting Bull, have now turned to the Held of popu lar songs for Inspiration, and we read of a redskin in Calgary named Darda nella. If this sort of tiling goes on we shall expect to bear of Big Chief ()li-wlint-a-pnl-was-Mary, or Medicine Man You-didn't-want-ine-when-you-lind me-so-why-do-you-want-me-now. —Life. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine Those who are in a “run down” condi tion will notice that Catarrh bothers them much more than when they are In good health. This fact proves that while Catarrh is a local disease, It is greatly influenced by constitutional conditions. HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE Is a Tonic and Blood Purifier, and acts through “the blood upon the mucous surfaces of the body, thus reducing the inflammation and restoring normal conditions. All druggists. Circulars free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. AMBITION SOARED TOO HIGH Pioneer Grape Grower Unfortunately Was Not Satisfied With First Really Excellent Results. A hundred years ago Dr. C. W. Grunt, bought n small, rock-ribbed 1 island in the Hudson river nearly op posite I’eekskill. There was a general laugh at what people declared to be Ids folly, iis the Island was so barren and worthless that it did not seem pos sible for anything to grow there. Doc tor Grant, however, had Ideas of his own, and ho began a growth of grapes 1 of tin* then new variety, the Delaware. In a very short time the island was i known to grape growers all over the country, and Doctor Grant was de clared to have done more for grape culture than any other man In Amer ica. The great business enjoyed by the physician turned lily head, and lie be gan to work toward a scheme that would turn the Island into a paradise of growing flowers, especially mag nolias and rhododendrons, and he hoped to give seed or cuttings to every home in America. The result of his attempts was bankruptcy, and he left i the island, which soon went back to rock and barren soil. A College Lad. “Is he a raw youth?” “Well, he wouldn’t so consider him self. Gall him a rah-rah youth.” Opportunity Is like* a' woman; she favors those who seek her out and make the most of her.
