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Mount Vernon, Ga.. Thursday Morning, Dec. 14, 1922.
Costs little to be your brother's
keeper—when he is an active
partner in the enterprise.
America should enjoy the I
growls (if such they L> ) of the |
Tiger of France, when it is re
membered that five years ago,
when Germany was about to
swallow the world, the growl of
this self-same tiger, together
with other colossal figures, put |
to flight the most despicable foe!
the world has ever known irj
physical form. The memory of
Wilson, Clemenceau, Lord Geor
ge, and others of their type will
resound through the corridors of
the centuries. This is probably
the last visit of Clemencau, and j
it is to be regretted that he could
not visit the South.
Agreeable to the annual session
of the Georgia Baptist Conven
tion, the Christian Index issues
an elaborate edition, in w hich the
affairs of the church are elucida
ted in very pleasing manner. The
last issue of that organ carried a
cut of Dr. J. C. Brewton, desig
nating him as the founder of the
Hrewton-Parker Institute. Dr.
Brewton has truly done a great
w'ork for the church of this sec
tion of the state and for the
school bearing his name, and to
him should be given the credit of
founding the school. He is ripe
in years and experience and still
in active ministerial work, but as
far as the school is concerned,
accepted as founder-, president-,
financial backer-, counselor- and
instructor-emeritus.
Within the past few weeks a
number of fires have occurred in
school buildings, and in instances
fatalities have resulted. This in
dicates negligence on the part of
officials, trustees, patrons or
those having to do with the prop
er construction and repair of
school houses, whether located
in the country or in the cities and
towns. Os all buildings, struc
tures in which are housed great
companier of children should he
made safe from fire. It may not
be practicable to erect fire es
capes in fact, such is not neces
sary in small one-story school
houses in all buildings where
other safety factors are brought
into play in the construction or
arrangement of buildings, but
certainly this or other forms of
safeguard should be thrown j
around the ht th and safety of
the school room. Constant fire
drills prepare the children for
emergencies, and this exercise
is worth a great deal, but is not
an absolute safeguard for the
children.
The movement to place in the ;
National Statuary Hall, Washing
ton, a memorial to «Dr. Crawford
W. Long, discoverer of anaes
thesia, is a most worthy one.
The name of Dr. Long and that
of Alexander H. Stephens, of
Georgia, were some years ago
chosen as two sons whose statues
should be placed in the Hall of
Fame, but no action looking to
the erection of these memorials
was made until the formation of
the Long Memorial Association.
The niche in the national capitol'
assigned to Georgia remains va-1
cant, and as long as this space is
unfilled the outside world will
look upon the great state as be
ing remiss in its duty and lack
ing in civic pride. When the
Long statue is erected it will call
the attention of the world to the
fact that Georgia is proud of the
achievement of Dr. Long, and
does not wish to see his memory
robbed of the great discovery
which has ever been a boon to
suffering humanity.
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There are no finer avenues of !
charity and helpfulness open to
a generous people than are the I
Orphan's Homes. In the appeals
for help for them we ought to
feel that it is a privilege to con
tribute as much as we feel we
are able to. Just now provisions
are being sent to them and cars
are being loaded at different
places. Money is also needed to
provide clothing for thqlittle ones
through the winter.—Adel News.
Once in awhile we find a fellow
who does not seem to be exactly
satisfied with the way we run
this paper. We are willing to
turn the whole shebang over to
any one in this town for one
week if they want to tackle it,
and see how they come out pleas
ing everybody- Swainsboro For
est-Blade.
We are of the candid opinion
that too much prominence is giv
en by some of Georgia’s daily
newspapers to scandal. Some
of them seem to cater to this
kind of stuff and delight in filling
their columns with Haring head
lines of “stolen love” and the es
capades of the millionaire class.
All of this fills space, but to our
mind it has a demoralizing effect
on the youth of our country.—
Soperton News.
The railroads were once con
sidered the safest investments for
surplus capital and the stocks in
many of them were sought by
people who had surplus money
but conditions have changed and
the construction of rail lines has
almost ceased. Many of the roads
that were built a quarter of a
century ago in order to develop
sections through which they ope
rated have been scrapped and
put out of business, while the
trunk lines are having a hard
time in earning enough money to
pay operating expenses and a
dividend to the owners. The ad- I
vent of the automobile and truck 1
has cut into the revenues of the
railroads to a greater extent than
had been anticipated and in the
course of time may cause many
more of them to cease existing j
on account of the depletion of
revenues —Millodgevi lie News.
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THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR, MT. VERNON, GEORGIA.
1 New Method
Control Weevil.
Atlanta, Ga.,—The boll weevil,
which has done such heavy dam
age to cotton crops in Georgia
and other southern states, is
about to be conquered, according
to cotton men here today. Na
tional, state and county agencies
have joined in the war upon the
weevil and for the first time since
the menace of the weevil appear
ed in the South, it is stated here,
there is real promise that it will
be curbed in its activities.
Perhaps the most energetic
campaign of the several being
waged against the weevill is
that of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, which,
according to announcement at
the state capitol, has turned its
experts loose upon the Southern
pest and has enlisted in the cam-|
paign the aid and advice of ex
tension directors, agricultural
college presidents and deans of
various Southern states.
Among the important questions
recommended at a conference
recently in Washington was that
of encouraging the growth of
uniform varieties of cotton in
communities. Uniform time of
planting is another big factor in
boll weevil control which has been
recommended. The opinion has
been expressed that if agreement
could be reached by the various
interests on uniform varieties
and time of planting and the
recommendation followed by the
growers, one-third of the boll
weevil problem would be solved.
Cotton, it is pointed out, is a
plant that readily adapts itself to
changes of soil or climate. One
variety, therefore, mav prove
valuable through a wude range.
One of the big difficulties is the
long time that would be required
to effect a complete change of
variety.
An active and aggressive move
ment to improve the quality and
value of the North Georgia cot
ton crop by the exclusive use of
choice seed of selected varieties,
and by the growing of cotton on
a community basis, has been
launched in Atlanta bv the cotton
contingent of the Atlanta Com
mercial FiXchange, representa
tives of the Georgia Bankers and
Country Bankers’ associations
and officials of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture. The plan
approved which will be put into
effect is as follows:
1. To recommend that the
farmers plant only tested seed
off a tested variety suitable to
North Georgia.
2. To aid the planters in ob
taining such seed by providing
warehousing and shipping facili
ties and by arranging credit by
I which they can purchase,
3 To put on an extensiveedr
cational campaign to fosLer the
idea of raising better quality cot
ton and to encourage the farmers
to raise their crops on a commu
nity basis so as to avoid cross
fertilization and other evils that
result in deterioration.
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City Tax Notice.
A tax levy of four mills has:
been levied by the Town Council
of the town of Mt. Vernon, Ga.,
for work on the streets of the
town and for other improvements
of the town. The tax books are
now open and all parties owning
property in the town of Mt. Ver-1
non, Ga., are hereby notified to
call on J. C. McAllister in his of
fice at the Court House, make;
your returns and pay the taxes. j
The Tax books will close on the
20th day of December, 1922,
This December 4th.
C. A. Mason, Mayor,
A, B. Hutcheson, Clerk.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will he sold before the court house
door In Mt. Vernon on the first Tues
day in Janlo23, between the legal |
hours of sale, to the highest bidder I
for cash, certain property, of which |
the following is h complete descrip- ,
tiou:
Thirty acres of land carved;
| from a tract of land situate, iy- j
ing and being in the 1781st G M. :
district of said county, and bound- j
ed as follows: North by lands of 1
Grady Phillips, east by lands of!
| Mat hew Phillips, south by lands
of Toney Phillips and west by
lands of the Margaret Mosley es
tate aud w«st by lands of Boston
Durden. Levied on and will be
sold as the property of Mathew
Phillips to satisfy a tax fi fa is
sued by H. C. Davis tax collector,
vs Mathew Phillips for state and
county taxes for the year 1920.
Levy made and returned to me
by H. H. Adams, L C., and writ
ten notice of levy given in terms
of the law. This the sth day of
December, 1922. E. E. Burch, [
Sheriff.
DR. V. M. BARCO
Chiropractic Specialist
Chronic and Nervous Diseases
over
Bank of Soperton, Soperton. Ga.
Mrs. J. E. Thompson’s, Vidalia
At Soperton, Mon. Wed., Friday
At Vidalia, Tues. Thurs., Sat.
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1 It is to remind you to have your
Blacksmith and Repair Work
t done by the man who does it right and
j Living Prices. H. H. JOHNSON
|E MOUNT VERNON, GA.
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