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VOL. XXXVI.
PROBABLY HAVE
A FARM AGENT
County’s Pro Rata Share of
Expense Raised by
Subscription.
. For some time The Monitor has
advocated a farm demonstration
agent for Montgomery county,
and sentiment in favor of the
movement is rapidly crystallizing.
Under a recent ruling of the
supreme court, a county is not
allowed to appropriate funds for
the joint employment of a farm j
demonstrator, but a number of
counties, through the aid of pri
vate funds subscribed by indi
viduals, have kept their agents
on the job regardless of the
handicap of a legal barrier for,
the present.
It is understood that Montgom
ery county has been offered the
benefit of state and federal aid
in this respect, and that if the
county, through private subscrip
tion, raises the sunl of S6OO to
supplement the funds allowed by
the departments of state and
government, the man will be
employed for the remainder of
the year. The state assembly!
will probably enact a law under
which any Georgia county can
legally appropriate funds for this
purpose.
County School Superintendent
T. B. Conner is securing sub
scriptions for the county’s part,
and it is hoped that in a few
days a sufficient amount will be
pledged to warrant the employ
ment of the demonstrator.
The services of such a man will
be valuable chiefly in the matter
of county in touch with markets,
treatment of hogs against chol
era, and in other matters in
which the farmer is vitally inter
ested.
Another very necessay feature
in the employment of a farm
demonstrator. whose services
will be partly paid for by Mont
gomery county people, is the re
quirment that he reside in the
county and remain in close touch
with the farmers and stock rais
ers. This is necessary, other
wise the project will not prove
as beneficial as the expenditure
of funds would warrant. The
county is small, and yet if it
needs a man at all, it needs one
for all of his time, and there is
no reason why a competent man
cannot be employed for SIBOO a
year, one third of which will be
paid by the citizens of the county.
It is hoped that the demonstrator
may be employed for the remain
der of the year.
Oak Grove Dots.
Special Correspondence.
Mr. W. D. Peterson made a
business trip to Lyons Saturday.
Miss Nettie Brantley of near
Charlotte is visiting relatives in
this section.
Mrs. M. A. Peterson and moth
er were visiting Mrs. Herbert
Sharpe of Vidalia Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Annie Reynolds gave a
candy pulling last Tuesday night
and it was attended and enjoyed
by a large number.
Mr. A. J. Graham spent Satur
day night and Sunday with his
daughter, Mrs. J. A. Reynolds.
There was a very large number
out to prayer meeting last Wed
nesday night. We hope to see
more coming.
Miss Gladys Leggett was the
guest of Miss Annie Reynolds
Saturday afternoon.
A number of the people went
violet hunting after Sunday I
school Sunday. They found a
good many. We hope to go again
soon.
Miss Alma Gillis gave a sing
Saturday night. It was enjoyed
by all who attended.
Mr. Jack O'Neal, wife and ba
by were visiting their daughter,
Mrs. J. A. Brantley, Sunday.
Everybody remember the hour
of Sunday school and come be
with us.
Jitfntgnmmj Mmxtnr.
Montgomery Cabbage
on Dublin Market.
Mr. H. A. Johnson, whose
farm is located at Longpond, has
grown cabbage as a market crop
this year, and has had very suc
cessful sales for his product.
From half an acre he has sold
to date about about S3OO worth
of spring cabbage. Several days
ago he sent a truck load to Dub
i lin, where they were sold at good
prices.
This is but an example of the
soundness of growing food crops ■
that can be marketed at a better
profit than cotton. This has been
demonstrated by Mr. Johnson for j
several years. This amount of J
land in cotton, under present con-1
ditions, would not produceenough
to pay for the expense incurred.
In this connection it may be
said that farmers of community
or section should not undertake
to plant too freely in the same
crop, but let each man plant
some form of special crop; unless
the demand was a fixture for any
certain crop and no liability of
oversupplying the market. Di
versification is safer than the
one-crop system in whatever
planted. As delivery facilities
grow better, markets are more
easily obtained. The average
I farmer no longer has to depend
on the railroads as a medium of
getting his products to market.
A haul of twenty or thirty miles
is not a hardship bn the farmer
residing in a section supplied
with good roads.
J. E. CONWELL
Manager of the pooling campaign for
the co-operative cotton marketing
movement in Georgia.
Mr. Conwell is a prominent Hart
county farmer and pooled his crop of
160 bales with the Georgia associa
tion.
“This is a farmer’s job,” is Con
well’s favorite quotation.
Putting Bond Issue
Before the People.
Atlanta, Ga., Mar. 15th:—The
Georgia good roads Association
has planned to have the matter
of the proposed $75,000,000 road
bond issue presented at the spring
term of court in every county in
the state, and at the district
meetings of the state federation
of women’s clubs, according to
T. G. Farmer, Jr., managing di
rector of the good roads associa
tion.
“We regard the good roads
bond issue as the most important
piece of legislation coming before
the next legislature, and we have
no doubt of its passage, if we can
get the people informed as to its
benfits,” said Mr. Farmer in an
interview today. “Inquiries con
cerning the plan have come in
from every section of the state
at such a rate that we have had
to increase our office force to han
dle the correspondence. We are
sending to each inquirer a little
good roads primer and chart
showing how the bonds will be
floated and retired, and answer
ing every question a voter could
ask regarding the bond plan.”
“Sentiment is rapidly crystal
izing in favor of the bonds and
by the time the legislature meets
we expect to see the issue so pop
ular that no one can be found
who would dare lift his voice to
! longer keep Georgia in the mud.”
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAR. 16, 1922.
I THE SPIRIT OF 1922 j
I
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HIGH WATER BREAKSFILL
ON NEW PUBLIC HIGHWAY.
Exceedingly high water in the
Oconee river resulted in the de
struction of a concrete culvert
on the highway two miles west!
of Mt. Vernon Saturday noon,
and following the wreck of the
culvert there is an opening in the
fill over a hundred feet in width,
j through which water has been
pouring in a great volume for
nearly a week.
The broken culvert is the first
on the highway fill after entering
the swamp from the east, located
about a quarter of a mile from
! the bridge. Ordinarily little or
I no water passes throngh this cul-1
j vert, and as long as the river is i
! in its banks no river water what-!
I ever can reach it.
j This culvert was intended to
j take care of back water coming
through the swamp from the!
north side of the fill, in connec-|
tion with another of similiar type
nearer the bridge, and under or
dinary conditions would have
served this purpose, as there
j would have been no particular
function for it to perform; and
in this case it was more of an or
nament than a utility.
But its present condition re
veals a different story. This
culvert was not capable of carry
ing away the vast volume of
water coming down through the
swamp during such freshets as
have been on during the past
week, and as such it was a rank \
failure. Due to defective work- j
manship on the culvert, though;
built of concrete, it was under-j
mined, probably through seep- ;
age, and in a few hours after the;
; water began passing on the sides
of the culvert it was a mass of;
broken and crumbled ruins, sub- !
merged in a torrent of rushing
water, tinged by the red clay of
I North Georgia.
■ ! This culvert, it is quite clear,
was built without the proper
I I foundation, otherwise it would
be in place today, water or no
water, and the county is to be,
congratulated on its destruction,
that it may be replaced by a per
manent structure.
' As late as Sunday afternoon,
after billions and billions of gal
, lons of water had passed through
the break in the fill, then about,
a hundred feet in width, the
i water level on the north side of
[ the fill was at least two feet
i higher than on the south side,
taking a calculation some dis
tance back from the break,
i which, to a casual observer, re- i
vealed the vast amount of water
i
impounded by the fill, itself at no
great elevation above the high
water mark.
The Monitor is not disposed to
criticise the construction or en
gineering on this particular pant
of the project, but it is a self
evident fact that the water pass
ing under the Seaboard trestle
iust above this section of the fill j
comes down through the swamp
with considerable force; and as a
result it must be provided with a
passage under the fill or it must
bank up against the fill during
flood stages, as evidenced by
J present conditions.
Therefore, it is either to pro
vide an ample passageway for
j the water during flood stages or
: build a fill of sufficient elevation
and stability to withstand the
! pressure against it from the
! north side. At no time during
| the p*esent stage of water has it
gone over the fill, but the older
citizens remember former fresh
ets to have given a much higher
water mark than the present
freshet, in which case the high
way fill would be overrun by wa
ter.
Naturally all traffic at this
point is stopped. But as soon as
the water drops away it will be
an easy matter to drive in on the
old road and approach the fill
near the bridge. The damage
to da'elwill amount to several
I thousand dollars, and traffic will
jbe inconvenienced lor several
j weeks. It is thought the high
; stage of water has passed, with i
no damage to the new bridge and
no material damage to other por
tions of the fill leading to it on
| either side. The damage is to be
regretted, from several stand
points—as a matter of public
' pride and public expense.
(The hobgoblin element, ten
anting the old flat for the last 1
(five months, is said to have been
holding high carnival for the past
few days, wondering if they
would be put out of house and
home in case the dilapidated fer
ry should be again conscripted
for temporary service.)
Receivership Goes
[
to George M. Brinson.
Savannah, Ga., March lf>. — j
George M. Brinson was today
appointed receiver of the Midland
railway, a short line out of Sa
vannah. He built the road and
has been its (president since its
construction. The line is 89 miles
long The State superintendent
of banks was largely instrumen
tal in having the receiver named,
because of claims of the Ogle
thorpe Savings Bank and Trust
Company, now in his hands.
Revival Meeting Ailey;
Mt. Vernon Next Week, j
I
The revival meeting in prog- j
ress at the Baptist church in
Ailey during the week, under
the leadership of Rev. Rufus i
Hodges, has been pronounced a
success, and will continue through I
the week—possibly through Sun- i
day.
The meeting in Mt. Vernon
will doubtless begin Sunday, or
immediately after the close of j
the continued services in Ailey. j
There will be services at the Mt.
Vernon Baptist church Sunday,
morning and evening, and if the
meeting in Ailev has closed by j
this time, the services in Mt. j
Vernon next Sabbath will be con- j
sidered the beginning period of
I the meeting at this place.
The public is invited to attend
and participate in the services.
Mr. Hodges is a former pupil of
The Brewton-Parker, and is one
of the most, capable young
preachers in the Baptist ministry.
Friends in this county are proud
of his record, and he will be
heard in Mt. Vernon with de
light on the part of many friends
who remember him as a pupil in
school here severaljyears ago.
Mr. H. C. Davis attended a
convocation of Olivet Command
ery in Dublin Monday night.
The commandry was inspected
by State inspector Jeffries of At
lanta, after which a banquet was
served at the New Dublin Hotel.
Several hundred Knights were
present, Mr. Davis being the on
ly member present from Mont
gomery county.
C. O. MOSER,
Secretary of the American Cotton
Growera’ Exchange, which ie the fed
eration of state cooperative cotton
marketing associations.
He is now actively engaged in the
Georgia campaign.
He is a dirt farmer and operates
several hundred acres devoted to both
crops and livestock, about fifteen
miles from Dallas, Texas.
Ladies Make Appeal
For Russian Relief.
The Woman’s Missionary So
ciety of the Mt. Vernon Baptist
church is actively engaged in a
campaign for funds and clothing
for Russian relief, and that the
week may be as effective as pos
sible, they urge the other socie
ties of the county to co-operate
with them. Send donations or
clothing to Mrs. Fred M. Harris,
Mt. Vernon, not later than March
27.
As a substitute for cash, cloth
ing may be sent in —not soiled,
flimsy garments, but something
i calculated to give warmth and
service. This may include knit
ted garments, simple cotton
dresses, shoes, wool, hats, yarns
for knitting, baby clothes-al
most any kind of warm garment
or cloth, leather, any thing that
will bring relief to suffering peo
| pie. Naturally, they need food,
and this can be bought only with (
money.
This appeal is being made es
j pecially to Baptists, but no doubt
I they will appreciate aid from
I whatever source. i
VETERINARIAN
j INOCULATE HOGS
Local Treatment Should be
Substituted for Direct
State Aid.
i
In response to inquiries fi m
the famers of this county rela
tive to anti-cholera treatment
for the hogs, the state veterina
rian’s office has written Col. A.
B. Hutcheson, clerk of the Board
of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues, as follows:
February 22, 1922.
! Mr. A. B. Hutcheson,
! Clerk of Commissioners,
j Mt. Vernon, Georgia.
Dear Sir:
This acknowleges receipt of
your letter of the 21st instant,
regarding a veterinarian to do
hog cholera work in Montgomery
and adjoining counties.
Dr. R. 0. Barnes, of this De
partment, will be located at Ha
zlehurst about March 1, and we
want the farmers of your section
of the state to feel at liberty to
call upon him whenever they
have trouble among their hogs,
or have hogs to be vaccinated
against hog cholera.
Yours truly,
J. H. Cofferman,
Asst. State Veterinarian.
I)r. Barnes is probably still lo
cated at Hazlehurst, and no doubt
can be of service to the farmers
and stock raisers of Montgomery
county; but under present condi
tions, with travel interfered with
by high water, he may as well
be in Atlanta.
What this county needs, and
has needed for some time, is a
competent farm demonstrator,
who, along with his other duties,
could inoculate hogs and make
them immune from cholera.
The department of agriculture,
and the department of veterinary
surgery and treatment, itself a
branch of the former, are well
for the state at large; and through
these departments filters a cer
tain degree of benefit to the in
dividual farmer, but the contact
between the farmer and the state
departments through which he is
expected to get material aid is
too remote.
The proper treatment of hogs
against cholera is to be called a
science, acquired through proper
training, and yet, as stated,
there is no reason why a farm
demonstrator—one residing in
each agricultural county in Geor
gia-should not do this work with
out expense to the farmer except
the cost of the material, which,
if removed from speculation,
would be reduced to a minimum.
Charlotte.
Special CorrcHpondcnce.
The farmers of this section
are very busy getting ready for
planting.
The Tax Receiver was here
last Monday.
Miss Mattie Hugh Mclntyre had
as her week end guest her cousin.
Miss Peterson.
Mr. Robert Adams of Hazle
hurst was a Sunday visitor here.
Misses Martha Mollis and John
nie Lou Craft of Uvalda were
the guests of Misses Tommie and
Clara McCoy Monday afternoon.
Misses Nettie Brantley and
Stella Gillis were in town Mon
day afternoon.
Mrs. T. W. Walden spent Mon
day afternoon with Mrs. W. A.
McCoy.
Misses Clyde and Mattie Adams
had as their gues-t Sunday their
cousin, Miss Alvie Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Chap Johnson
and children of Rockledge are
visiting her mother, Mrs. Rachel
Moseley, of this place.
Mrs. J. M. Sammons was the
i guest of Mrs. T. W. Walden
Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Gordon
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Reed
, Sunday afternoon.
NO. 49.
