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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1921)
NICE JUICY TURKEY may GIVING THANKS may be be a powerful incentive to /JfL\ *P, ac ?® so fo ** m al that the Thanksgiving, yet is not yfr* Almighty doubts the existence necessary when there is gen- P 1 **' firi yty of gratitude. It was the poor uine appreciation of the real Publican s prayer that was blessings of the year. commended to us all. ■—,—l.l ..I. i J j His High ness . WHAT WOULD THE DAY BE WITHOUT A BIRD LIKE THIS TO GRAC E THE BOARD? Thanksgiving Should Mean More Than Mere Feeling of Gratitude for Favors It is to be regretted that the beauti ful and appropriate custom of observ ing a day of Thanksgiving has become associated with an abundance of mate rial things. If crops have been bounti ful, if the harvest lias been great, if there has been an overflow of the “good” things of earth, and if the times have been peaceful, reasons for thanksgiving are supposed to increase correspondingly. There is something in the outward tradition of Thanksgiving that would appear to justify this stressing of the importance of material things; but there is also something in the real Thanksgiving that would demand the stressing of other things, demand the placing of emphasis upon spiritual matters rather than upon conditions which pertain solely to the physical well being of man. The real Thanksgiving demands a feeling of deep appreciation for what ever has come, the acceptance “with equal thanks” of the good fortune or the bad fortune of previous months. This Thanksgiving is essentially an in ternal thing—it can be observed re gardless of what one had for dinner that day, and its observance is ail affair that should be open to the rich and the poor of the earth. It may well be that some, on this day of taking stock and expressing gratitude for blessings, cun find little of good that has come to them as the world counts good. But these are the ones for whom Thanksgiving may hold the deepest reality. These may say: “Lord, for life, its love, Its hope, its interest, its opportunity for service; for the great and durable satisfactions of living that center about home and work; for deep and abiding memories of joy that bereavement has brought into sharp relief; for all these bless ings may I be truly thankful.” To this prayer may be added by those in prosperity: “And may I be mindful lest in the excess of good things I liecome self centered and forget my obligations to ray fellow men.” If* old our Pilgrim sires. Jjt These modern days wjtiibleasir^s^reat (/ Ivorr. pestilence, The worldat peace .die harvests vast; * \) > Pledged faith anew roimd Gwjg .Might we not pause, a moment wait- ~~K) thanks in the Pessimism Has No Place in the Real Spirit of Time of Thanksgiving After having devoted so much of our time to bemoaning the misfortunes that have come to us as a people dur ing the past year, it will do us good on this Thanksgiving day to stop and look at the other side of the ledger and cast up the account of the good things that have come to us. Our situation admittedly has not been as favorable in many respects as we could desire. We have had prob lems and difficulties which naturally aroused dissatisfaction and discontent. We have been feeling mighty sorry for ourselves. Perhaps Thanksgiving occasion could bring no greater blessing to us as a people than to readjust our perspec tive and displuee pessimism with a new spirit of optimism. Before we enter into the true spirit of the day it is necessary to put away our hatreds, our grouches and discon tents and center our thoughts upon the blessings that have come. If one would give thanks he must realize the fact of having been blessed, and in doing so he minimizes the misfortunes he has experienced. The pessimist is in no position to give thanks. The spirit of optimism will possess u§ to the extent that we are able to give thanks in spirit and in truth to the Giver of All Good Gifts today. For the fact remains that, in spite of our difficulties, we are the most prosperous and the most favorably sit uated nation on the earth and that we have more reasons for contentment and gratitude than any other people. This Thanksgiving day, If observed in the spirit of those who inaugurated it, is capable of lifting the spirit and thought of the American people to new heights and of ushering in a new era of contentment and happiness. Thanksgiving day comes to mean today not only an occasion when we may express our gratitude to the Most High for His care and kindness in the pa3t, but likewise a time when by marshaling our blessings before us we are inspired with new hope and cour age for the future. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR, MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. Cranberries Always Have Played Prominent Part at Thanksgiving Feast It is a tradition in Plymouth that thi‘ eating of turkey and cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving day goes back to the first Pilgrim Thanksgiving. That little band of self-exiled, de voted Christians crossed the stormy sea in the Mayflower and landed at Plymouth Itock on December 21, 1620. Their first winter in the New World was one of great suffering, marked with famine and hardships. Governor Bradford, in his account of the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving, does not give a menu of the dinner, but he often refers to the wild tur keys as one of the luxuries of the colony. However, John Josslyn, an English traveler and naturalist, who visited New England tn 1038 and wrote an account of its “Rarities," says: “Cranberry or' bearberry (because bears used much to feed upon them) is a small trayling plant that, grows in salt marshes that are overgrown with moss. The Indians and English use them much, boiling them with su gar for sauce to eat with their meat.” That cranberries belong to the tra ditional Pilgrim dinner is shown by the menu of the “decent repast” served at the first “Celebration of the Land ing of Our Forefathers,” which was observed on December 22, 1700. This day was celebrated by the Old Colony club of Plymouth with a procession and a dinner consisting of a large baked Indian whortleberry pudding, a dish of sauquetach (succotash), a dish of clams, a dish of oysters and a dish of codfish, a haunch of venison, roasted by the first jack brought into the col ony; a dish of fowl, cranberry tarts, a dish of fresh fish and eels, an apple pie, a course of cheese made In the old colony. These articles were dressed in the plainest manner (all appearance of luxury, whose memory we shall ever respect). Turkey, succotash and cranberries still play their part in the Thanks giving dinners in Plymouth, and five grains of parched corn are laid beside each place In remembrance of the ear ly years of famine. LARGEST* CROP IN STATE’S HISTORY DUE TO REDUCED ACREAGE COT TON CROP OF STATE IS SMALL EST SINCE YEAR 1878 STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here And There From All Sections Os The State Atlanta.—Diversified farming was practiced to a considerable extent in Georgia during 1921 and as a result the largest corn crop in the history of the state was harvested, says the report of the United States bureau of markets and crop estimates issued from the headquarters of the agricul tural statistician for Georgia. The report showed also that due to the reduced acreage planted, the cot ton crop in the state is the smallest since 187 S. The bureau of estimates placed the production of cotton in Georgia for 1921 at 720,000 bales. Prospects for good acreage yields in various products have been lost, due to adverse conditions, the report says. Continued hot, dry wather through the late summer is said to have caused the deterioration. It is reported that average yields of most crops have been reduced to less than the ten-year average. The corn crop, however, made an ex cellent showing. The total corn pro duction is estimated finally at 87,975, 000 bushels, 83 per cent of which is of merchantable quality. A slump in both the average yield and total production of tobacco is noted. In 1921 the average yield per acre was 564 pounds per acre as com pared w'ith 600 pounds per acre in 1920. The total production is 9,474,000 pounds as compared to 16,020,000 in 1920. Sweet potatoes average 75 bushels per acre, giving a total production of 1,725,000; last year production was 1,- 682,000, with an average yield of 74 bushels. “Shocked and stunned by the evils wrought by the one-crop system,’” the report says, "the farmers of Geor gia diversified this year more than aver. “Os paramouunt importance is the record corn crop. Georgia farmers produced this year a record corn crop. More land is under corn than in any other southern state excepting Texas; and Georgia thas three-fourths as much corn acreage as has the Lone Star state. And She has as much land planted in corn as has North and South Carolina and Florida combin ed.’’ Reports op. other crops are contain ed in the bulletin with a general ten dency toward inferior crops as com pared with the 1920 yields. Beats 801 l Weevil Quitman. The boll weevil may ivreak havoc in most places in south Georgia, but occasionally there is some patient farmer who gets the best of him and comes through with a wonderful cotton crop. This is the case with Lyman Parke, a colored farmer living about a mile from Quit man. He has a half acre of the best cotton ever seen in this section. He has already picked 320 pounds from this patch and now it has bloomed and is full of new bolls, and he expects to get a second crop even better than the first. He hand-picked the wee vils and burned them early in the game and has been well paid for his trouble. Zoning Plan For Atlanta Atlanta. —A complete zoning plan for the city of Atlanta has been complet ed by Robert H. Whitten, consulting expert to the city planning commis sion, and submitted to Mayor Key. The mayor called a meeting of the commission for an early date at the city hall to act finally on the plan and make recommendations to city council. Syrup 22 Cents Gallon In Moultrie Moultrie. —Syrup is selling on the Moultrie market for twenty-two cents a gallon in barrels, as low a point as it has touched within the memory of the present generation. The bet ter grades are selling for twenty-five cents a gallon. Syrup in bottles and cans bring more. The cane crop this year was nearly ruined by the dry weather, but the carry-over from last year’s crop is said to have been enor mous. Cordele To Entertain Epworth League Cordele. —The Cordele district Ep worth League meet will be held In Cordele soon. O. C. Turner, of Ash burn, district secretary of the Cor dele district, has planned an interest ing as well as an instructive pro gram which will Include discussion of Epworth League methods and other topics by prominent Methodist min isters of the state. Melon Growers To Meet In Cordele Cordele.—C. D. Terrell received a letter recently from Secretary Parish, of the Southwest Georgia Watermelon Growers’ association, in which the date for the watermelon growers meet ing here was changed. Screven Fair Shows Fine Exhibits Sylvania. —The Screven county fair Is well under way, this being its third ! day. The displays and exhibits are excellent, especially in the poultry de partment, which is the largest and best ever shown here. [GOVERNOR’S RESUISIT ON IS STOLEN OR LOST Hancock Sheriff Cannot F'ing John D. Walker Back To Georgia— Asks For Another Order Atlanta That the requisi;ion for John I). Walker, issued recently by Governor Hardwick, was stolen or lost frm a registered package mailed to the governor of Texas, was the asser tin made by Sheriff J. M. Jackson, of Hancock county, over long distance telephone. Sheriff Jackson was named by Gov ernor Hardwick as the agent of the state of Georgia to bring Mr. Walker from the state of Texas to stand trial in Hancock county on an indictment charging larceny of the city of Sparta’s sinking fund from the vault of the First National Bank of Sparta when he was president of that insti tution a few years ago. Governor Hardwick sent the requi sition to Sheriff Jackson by special delivery letter on the night of Oc tober 22. II was the governor's un derstanding that the sheriff would pro ceed with the requisition to Austin, the capital of Texas, and present it to the governor of Texas, and ask for the surrender of the fugitive, which is the customary procedure is requisi tion cases. But Sheriff Jackson sent the re quisition with other papers by regis tered mail, he stated over long dis tance, when he was reached at Sparta. “I sent a transcript from the audi tor’s report on the affairs of the bank,’’ said the sheriff. “It was the evidence on which the indictment was returned, in the same envelope 1 put the requisition and the warrant at tached thereto, and sent it by regis tered mail to the governor of Texas. About a week later I received a letter from the governor's secretary inform ing me that the package had been re ceived, but that it did not contain the requisition or the warrant. I cannot explain iiow they were lost unless somebody intercepted them in the mails, opened the envelope and took them out, then sealed up the envelope again. Presbyterians Meet November 15 Thomasville.—The Presbyterians of Georgia, who number about 28,000 are interested in the annual meeting of the synod of Georgia, which convenes at Thomasville soon. An interesting program has been arranged and a number of matters of considerable im portance to the church generally will lie brought up. One of the most im portant to be considered is the move ment for a division of the synod into north and south Georgia, the north Georgia synod to include Cherokee, Athens, Atlanta and Augusta Presby teries and that of south Georgia to in clude the Presbyteries of Savannah, Macon and southwest Georgia. It will also he suggested that the synod meet earlier In the fall hereafter, in order that there may he closer touch witii the Presbyteries. Four Men Held For Alleged Slaying Conyers.—Four men were formally held for action by the grand jury on charges of slaying Will Barton re cently. The men —Jeff Aycock, Grov er Raegan, Parks New and Curtis Powell, all of Litbonia —were bound over to the grand jury following a pre liminary hearing. Buys Back Shoes He Wore In France Albany.—C. W. Cowart, a member of the Albany police force bought a pair of reclaimed army shoes at a store which deals in army goods. Af ter the purchase he discovered that his shoes bore on the inside his own number and initials, and he imme diately recognized them as a pair he had worn in France while in the coutr try’s service. Man Believed Killed By Own Brother Reynolds.—Laurie Lucas, 43, was shot and instantly killed here recent ly. Police are investigating a state ment they claimed was made to them by Ray Lucas, that he had killed his brother after years of bad feeling he said existed between them and that he had shot in self defense. Postal Receipts Show Increase Atlanta. —A substantial increase in Atlanta postoffice receipts over the corresponding month In 1920 was shown in a report on October, 1921, receipts, received recently in a dis patch from Washington. For the Oct ober just past local postal receipts were $235,684.16, an increase of $4,- 953.79, or 2.15 per cent over receipts for the same period last year. Dixie Highway Near Americus Opened Arnerieus. —The Dixie highway west of Americus, between this city and Smithville, Is again open to tourist traffic, after having been closed sev eral months due to having operations. The detour via McLlttle’s bridge may now be abandoned, but the roadway there will he kept in good condition in order to accommodate overflow travel as wel las for the convenience of farmers living in that section. School Bonds Are Voted Waycross.—One hundred and forty two of the registered voters in the Waresboro school district voted re cently to bloat a bond issue to take care of improvements amounting to i $20,000 that will be made to the school j building in that village. The Wares j boro school is one of the best con solidated schools in the county and one in which the whole county takes pride. Only twenty-two votes were cast in opposition to the bond issue. J|i Buylt Mil Either iJ HH Tablets gjgj Liquid PE-RU-NA A Graat Medicine Mrs M. J. Riley, R. B. No. 1, Box 101. Cal vcirt, Texas, writes: ‘ “I have used Po-ra-na and know It Is good for cold.s, soughs anti catarrh. It cored my catarrh and I do not tako cold when I use Po-ru-na. It Is a groat uiodlclno.” During the last, fifty years, Po-ro-na has been looked upon as the reliable medicine for catarrh of every description, whether It hoof the nose and throat, stomach, bowels or other organs. By keening Po-rn-na In tho house for emergencies, serious sickness may fre quently be prevented. Use It after the grip or Spanish Flu. Sold Everywhere Not Pats of Approval. Wife—. Toe, your mother got to talk ing Ibis afternoon about wliut kind of •i hoy you were. She said your school teacher used to put you on the hack nearly every day. Huh- That’s true, my dear, hut gen erally the pulling was too low down for eoml'ort. Boston Transcript. MOTHER! OPEN CHILD’S BOWELS WITH CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Tour little one will love the “fruity” taste of •‘California Fig Syrup” even If constipated, bilious, Irritable, feverish, or full of cold. A teaspoonful never fulls to cleanse the liver and bowels. In a few hours you can see for your self how thoroughly It works all the sour bile, and undigested food out of the bowels and you have a well, play ful child again. Millions of mothers keep "California Fig Syrup” handy. They know a tea spoonful today saves g sick child to morrow. Ask your dnfgglst for genu ine “California Fig Syrup,” which has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother! You must say “California" or you may get an liultution tig syrup.—Advertlsts inent. What Counted. John's last year teacher mot his iiioiheiV Mrs. Flaherty, on tile street the other day. "And how does John like his now teacher?” she asked. Mrs. Flaherty returned: “Oh, he don’t like her so well as he do you, hut I think she'll he better for him. You see, Miss T , she ain’t so lirulny us you wuz, hut she’s a whole lot more avoirdupois.” SHE DYED A SWEATER, SKIRT AND CHILD’S COAT Each package of “Diamond Dyes” con tains directions so simple any woman can dve or tint her worn, shabby dresses, skirts, waists, coats, stockings, sweaters, coverings, draperies, hangings, everything, even if she has never dyed before. Buy "Diamond Dyes” no other kind —then perfect home dyeing is sure because Dia mond Dyes are guaranteed not to spot, fade, streak, or run. 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