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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1921)
AVERAGE YIELD SWEET POTATOES Proper Method of Selecting The Seed for Sweet Potatoes. The average yield of sweet po tatoes for the State of Georgia is less than 90 bushels per acre. This is very low when compared with] numerous cases on'record where growers have prodcuced more than 400 bushels on an acre. At the Georgia Experiment Sta tion a half acre plat of Porto Ri co variety, on average red clay loam soil, produced over 200 bushels of potatoes, a large per centage of which were market able. Other varieties as the Tri umph, though'not considered as good in quality, are known to produce yields of 500 to 700 bush els per acre. The Georgia Experiment Sta tion is raising only the Porto Ri co variety because.it is ,believed that this is the best variety for , this State. The strain of Porto: Ricos raised at the Station is one of the best in the State, and is being improved as to uniformity of size and freedom from disease through selection and seed treat ment from year to year. What is being done at the Ex-! periment Station, may be donej by the sweet potato growers: throughout the State. Growers may become familiar with the sweet potato diseases by experi ence or better, by reading the bulletins describing such diseases. With this information any grower should be able to go into the field at harvest time and select hills of potatoes which are free from dis ease, and which have five or more marketable potatoes to the hill. A sufficient number of such hills should be selected to supply po tatoes for bedding the next - , —Photo by Franc)* Prlc*. One of the prixe-winning exhibitors in the Agricultural Department es the Southeastern Fair. Many displays of this type will be seen this year at the big exposition in Atlanta, October 13th to 22nd. LIVE STOCK AND AGRICULTURE FORGE TO FRONT RECORD BREAKING YEAR EXPECTED AT SOUTH EASTERN FAIR Diversification and Increase in Livestock Breeding Brings Change. As the opening date for the 1921 Exposition of the Southeastern Fair draws nearer, evidence increases that a record breaking year in the depart ments of livestock and agriculture is coming. There isn’t a doubt but that the in terest of the breeders of the country will find a common center at the great Southeastern Exposition in Atlanta,! October 13th to 22nd. Inquiries re garding the 1921 exhibits of all clas ses have been pouring into the execu tive offices of the Fair offices for the past three weeks, and mailiag of the premium list, which has just beea com pleted is expected to increase '.he flow of correspondence consideraoly. Ail spring. A more uniform type of sweet potatoes will be obtained if only the medium sized, well shaped potatoes are saved from the selected hills for seed. Such selected seed should be stored, carefully, by itself, preferably in crates, in a modern curing house, which will insure their keeping until ready to bed in the spring. Where growers have no storage houses of their own it would pay them to rent suffi cient space to store their seed po tatoes in one of the many com mercial storage houses now in operation throughout the State. Some growers believe that po tatoes stored in banks or pits will produce sprouts or draws better and quicker than potatoes stored in curing houses. This is a mis taken idea, as proven by the Ex periment Stations and growers throughout the South, who have tested this and found that the seed potatoes stored in properly operated houses produce more and better plants per bushel of seed. It is as important to get the low ! yielding, diseased hills sweet po tatoes out of your seed strains, as it is to get’the bad seed out of your corn or cotton seed, or the poor producers out of your cattle, hogs and poultry. Your profits from sweet pota | toes will be increased, and the State's average yield per acre will be raised if you will start this fall to improve your sweet potatoes by seed selection along the lines above mentioned. J. A. McClintock. Plant Physiologist. Auto Painting. I am prepared to do first ?class automobile painting, Give me a trial and be convinced. Satis faction guaranteed, prices rea sonable. H. H. Johnson. the breeds that thrive In the South east are going to make a great show ing . in agriculture Georgia has made marvelous strides in diversification Cotton is no longer the overwhelming crop of the section. This year will see this spirit reflected in the exhibits oi Agriculture and Horticulture, which will come from all sections of the Southeast. Early entries in the in dividual exhibits are surpassing those of last year, and a movement more gen eral than any in the history of the state fair is seen in this indclation. The Southeastern Fair has fully maintained its reputation for taking care of exhibitors In all divisions. The premiums in livestock and agriculture, summed up, make a fortune of no in considerable size. The Atlanta fair, ! however, finds pleasure in doing this { kind of work for Georgia and its sur- i rounding states as they make up an j agricultural and livestock area second j | to none in the United States and from I it’s very beginning the Southeastern Fair has devoted the greater part ot its industries to the development ot both industries MONTGOMERY MONITOR-—THURSDAY OCTOBER 6, 1021. REALLY AN OLD, OLD STORY The Younger Generation, It Would Appear, Has Always Been “Going to the Bow Wows.* Are the children of today going to the bow-wows, or is it just an appear ance? Are tiie children of this world today worse in their generation than the children of yesterday? Let us take a census. A volume of sermons printed in 1850 contains a wail from Dr. Lyman Beecher about "the terrible luck of parental discipline in these later days.’ Dr. Jonathun Edwards made the same gloomy remark a hundred years before, saying that children behaved rudely and lacked the chastisement he had received. Going back two centuries we find the famous Hugh Latimer, chaplain to Ed ward VI, declaring that during his 50 years of observation the manners of boys, their development at church Hnd their conduct toward parents had un dergone a woeful declension. John Knox remarked on the discour aging signs of the times as to parents’ lack of authority over their sons. Going back to the Old Testament, it seems that the same doleful views prevailed among the Hebrews, for one of the prophets gives them this needed warning: “Say not thou, what is the cause that the former days were better than these? Thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.” So that, taking it all around, we are quite undisturbed about the present generation. It is probable that we were just the same little fools that they are—only a mere bit littler. We have forgotten. BAN PLACED ON EXPLETIVE Some Spanish Priests Forbid Use of Word “Caramba"—Good Story in That Connection. There is a church in La Guaira, Ven ezuela, which is said to have been erected with the proceeds of tines im posed upon the people of the parish who profaned their conversation with the word “caramba” —the common oath among all classes of people —or with stronger expressions. The church is therefore called “La Iglesia de la Sauctissima Caramba.” The word caramba is meaningless, hut it is constantly in the mouths of all people, without regard to sex or condition, and is not usually considered reprehensible. But now and then a pious priest will he found who prohib its its use among the sheep and lambs of his flock. A story is told of three pious friars who were traveling a hot and dusty road one day, driving a donkey which bore their luggage. The beast became obstinate, and Anally lay down in the dirt, much to the damage of their prop erty. One of them, more Impulsive than the rest, forgot himself so far us to utter the first syllable of the for bidden expletive, and said “Car!’’ The seeoud exclaimed “Ilain!” and the third “Ba !*’ which completed the un holy word, and thus expressed their sentiments Jointly without imperiling their souls. —Philadelphia Ledger. Odors In Apartments. There are times in the city dwelling, especially In an apartment, when just before the arrival of guests the hostess is conscious of a deadly odor stealing o'er the scene. Instead of relying on the Incense burner which must be carried from room to room in such an emergency and which often sends out only a fleet ing fragrance, it is a good plan to keep ou hand a little oil of cinnamon. Kill a shallow vessel with water and place it on the stove. When it boils put in a teaspoonful of the cinnamon oil. A spicy odor will soon till the rooms. The water should simmer slowly, but not boil violently, after the oil is added. It Is said that oil of lavender and other fragrant oils will give the same result. It is rather amusing to keep one’s method of perfuming the home a secret, as this will add to the indi viduality of one’s setting. Birth of Photography. Photography was cradled in obscur ity. Centuries ago Lacock, in Wilt shire, was a thriving town, famous for its tapestries. Today it has a far greater claim to fume, yet few people outside the county have ever heard of it. It was at Lacock thut William Fox Talbot produced the first photograph. The event preceded the announcement of the discovery of the daguerreotype by four years, and five years later —in 1839 —Fox Talbot startled the scien tific world by exhibiting a series of photogenic drawings, as he called his photographs, at the Hoy a I Institute. Fox Talbot’s village resting place is marked only by a plain stone —a mon ument which has been the subject of very few photographs.—London Mali. Calling In Cairo. Foreigners who are compelled to live in Cairo sometimes take up their residence in a remote portion of the city which Is not laid out with any re gard to the convenience of persons who are finding their way about. There Is no system In the arrangement of the streets or houses and strangers have greut difficulty in finding any par ticular location. A well-known doctor j undertook to furnish directions by | which the house of a friend could be j reached hy a third party. Here are the j | “directions:” “The M—’s live in a i | house without a number In a street without a name next door to an Ar menian butcher who, I think, has no sign, west of Ahdln palace: The stair case has eighty-seven steps.” Ilf in Need of Money | Come to See me at Once, | Either Short or Long Term Loans. § * uu MONEY IN BANK FOR SHORT TERM LOANS 1 and can secure money on either Farm or City B I Property within Ten Days or Less B IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR PROPERTY 1 See me at once, as I have clients now for both farm and city property in this section. j| Come to see me, or phone and I will call on you. i |J. Wade Johnson I I MT. VERNON I Commissioner’s Sale. • Georgia—Montgomery County. In re: Jeffers on [Standard Life In surance Company vs F. B. Calhoun, Number 75,4 In Equity, In the Dis trict Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia— Eastern Division. By virtue of an order and final de cree passed by the Honorable Bever ly 1). Evans, United States Judge, on September lfith, 1921, in the above stated case, the undersigned as Com missioner will sell before the Court House Door of the Court House of Montgomery County, Georgia, on the first Tuesday in November, 1921, during the legal hours of sale, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property of F. B. Calhoun, the defendant in the above stated case, to-wft: All those two tracts or parcels ol land situate, lying and being in the 1664th District, G. M., Montgomery County, Georgia; One tract contain ing one hundred fifty eight and seven i tenths (168 7-10) acres, more or less, and bounded on the nort h by lands of B. F. Hamilton, east by lands of Davis Whitaker, south hy lands of Lernual Whitaker and on the west j by lands of W. L. Calhoun; tlie oth- | er tract, containing forty seven ami { one half (47 1-2) acres, more or less, |j and bounded on the north and north- {! east ov the Macon, Dublin and ba- 1 1 vaunab Railroad right-of- way. south ! east b.v lands of W. L. Calhoun, southwest by lands of J. T. Warnock, and on the west by lands of Mrs.: Mary Ann Blount and northeast by lands of J. T. Warnock. The two tracts described above aggregating two hundred six and one-fith (206 1-6) acres, more or less. .Said tract of land is sold for the j purpose of satisfying a decree of the j court in the above stated matter wherein it was adjudged and decreed j that Jefferson Standard Life Insur-j ance Company recover from the pro- | ceeds of the sale of the above de- I scribed property the sum of three thousand ($6000.00) dollars principal and $677.86 as interest thereon to Au gust 27th, 1921, besides Interest on $6666.40 from August 17th, 1921 at i eight per cent per annum, and j $667.79 ax attorneys fees. David S. Atkinson, Commissioner. 27 Commercial Bank Building, Savant alt, Georgia Bryan A Middlebrooks 1203 Candler Building Atlanta, Georgia. Attorneys for Plaint iff. 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. i I COFFINS, CASKETS, FUNERAL SUPPLIES We Carry at all Times a Full I Complete Line of Coffins, Caskets ii i:|! and Funeral Supplies, including ijletailie j : Lined and all Metal Caskets. FREE HEARSE SERVICE j: We Pay Strict Attention to All Details | SUMNER & SAMMONS :|; Phone No. 25. 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