The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, June 17, 1909, Image 1
VOL. XXIV. SPLtK'iD INCREASE IN TAXABLE VALUES. From the tax receiver's rounds it will be seen that he will be in Mt. Vernon in a few days, on his last round,when the books will be closed. When here a few weeks ago Mr. Clark spoke very en couragingly of the returns being made this year. From a few fig ures shown by him it can be seen that the returns for this year show an increase of more than twenty j per cent, over those of last in the j taxable values of the county. This j it is sure can be accounted for to | a great measure by the good work j on the part of Mr. Clark as re-j eeiver. From County School Com mis-I sionor Hutcheson snm • figures I concerning theeducati m il status ! of the county are obtained. There | is no reason why Montgomery j should not have one of the best j school systems in the'state. In Montgomery county there are 2104 white people returning property for taxation. They re turned m 1008 *2511(578, an aver age ( f *1057.27 for each white tax pa vim - . There are in Montgomery coun ty 8000 white children of school | age—an average of about 1.1 pu- j pits for each white person return ing property for taxation. The tax rate levied for school purposes iti 1908 was *2.75 oil each * 1000 returned for taxation, j Multiply the *1057.27 (the amount returned by the average taxpayer)by rate leveid *2.75 and | you get *2.90. This is the cost of j sending all the pupils of the I average family to school for seven months. Is not that less j than it cost to operate a live j months term under the old plan? j TOWN WARS m ; THE AUTOMOBILE. Rome, Ga , June i t.—The lit tle town ot fcjeney, near here, has declared a war on automobiles. At. a meeting of the town counsel recently, after a spirited discuss- j sou, an ordinance was adopted j prohibiting the use of automobiles ; within the city limits and the j town marshal was authorized to arrest any one passing through Seney with such “engines of de-j st ruction.” , | HEALTHY TODAY 1 (fa, Jin an unguarded moment many a healthy, robust man or woman have fallen victims to disease in fa Borne form. True, you may Ik; enjoying u Hphu>- fa fa! (lid income from your work; possibly vou may have caoilul 'fa 'fa invested, but in ease of sudden death, your in.eome ceases, (fa and without your care and attention yonr estate way become fa faj bankrupt. Every man needs life insurance-—and needs it. yt) fa) NOW —for the protection of lim-e dependent upon him. (jj fa. While deferring it —putting it otf from day to day—death fa. may intervene, and the innocent and helpless made to auller. § The State Mutual Life | 1 Insurance Company % Os iiouic, Ga. fjj fa LAWSON E. BROWN. Special Agent fa SANDKKSVILEE, GA. fa (*) During 1908 t’he surplus of this groat and grcpving (fa concern indorsed 2(>X per cent During ti is same fa fa period its gain in assets amounted to 55 per cent, fa ;■§) Oyer 840,000,000 of insurance in force fa Last Annual Statement December 31s , 1908: fa 'f*j Net Assets » $l,fHI,Bll*OH § Net Surplus ... - 201. ’2M).-A> (g) STATE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. f fji C- B. PORTER, President rfa\ Home Office, Rome, Ga. fa fa Lawson K. Brown, Special Agent fa ‘j§s SAXDFRHVII.I.E, GA. iHuntgomm; ifflonttur. Cross-roads. Special Coi reSimuclenct*. Editor Monitor: —As there is no correspondent for your paper from this section of the county, this scribe said unto himself. “Jt.j must not be,” s.< taking pen and ; paper, before the inspiration van-] i.shes, 1 wish to give your readers a little introductory sketch ot our community. j hi this, one of the garden spots! nf Montgomery county, is a little j bunch of practical, progressive j I farmers who are ever awake to the j ! upbuilding of the community. We! j have two excellent churches m j jour viemitv. Beulah under the; j guidance of Rev. C. R. \\ ynham, j has recently luiilt. n new house o! I worship, and at Bethel the Ilev.j i Barnett is giving his hearers some . j earnest sermons. We have a good grist mill and ; j ginnery in our community. Among the new buildings must j lie mentioned the new school | house, an up-to-date two room j house, painted inside and out, i furnished with patent desks and all modern conveniences. Thisj school has recently closed a most . profitable session under the in struetion of Prof R. 1!. Inman of i mar Waycros.-, and Miss Emma; Bishop of Eastman. No need for our fanners to stop the plow and “go to town every i time they need a ping of tobacco , jor t heir wives a spool ot thread i jlor Mr. A. B. Davis keeps a 1 i in* I inf general merchandise equal to,; or better than that found in the I majority of country Stores. ; We have the daily mail brought j ‘out from Glenwond. The mail-j carrier, Mr. Grover Barnhill, is an efllcient and painstaking j ! transact or of Uncle .Sum’s biisl- 1 ! ness. We have had a great deal of j rain so that the farmers have had jto rise early and stay till Into lie j tween the plow handles getting j rid of the grass, but the ma jority j jot' them seem to have theil’ crops; : pretty well under control by now. j There was quite a largo crowd | !attended the singing convention and Beulah Sunday, some fine j music was furnished and one of j the important features of the day i was the bountiful dinner served j j on the grounds. We are hearing of some brag j j water-melon patches around, so j iwe are counting on some Fourth 1 of .July melons, if not any earlier, j Next, week. Mr. Editor, we hope ; to send you some more dots from j this neighborhood. ITik Ojssekveh. ; MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1909. :©;;©.:©©;©..©.©;:©':©©:©:©■© jl LOCAL - PERSONAL. ® • © © 0 ;© ; © © ©/©;© ©. © 0 0;© :©;©.:©. m © ©.© © ;©; © © © ©. © © © Children’s day services will be , held at the Methodist church in jAiley next Sabbath at the Sun day school hour, and an excellent , program will be rendered. ! The best thing in the world to I kill Hies is the Daisy Fly Killer, For stile by I‘aimer Drug Store* j Misses Maudelle Mcßae and Ruby Mason are at home from Milledgeville, where they are stu dents in the Georgia Normal and 1 ndwstrial. College. Finest, line of post, cards this side of Savannah, at Palmer Drug Store. Mr. W. 11. McQueen and fami jly are spending some time with relatives in Liberty county. Mr. Howell Me Lemon*, of Alamo j spent the Sabbath with relatives in Mt. Vernon. Miss im*-/ Mcßae has returned home from Valdosta, where for I the past two years 4ho has taught j in the public schools, and will ! j spend the summer vacation with 1 l homcfolks here. ! The best lemons 5 cents per j dozen at, Palmer Drug Store. Miss Ozy Johnson of Milieu is; j visiting her sister, Mrs. T. .J j Thompson, this week. 1 Tie* Palmer Drug Store still has so:u<“ 10c crepe* paper for 5 cents. Misses Lillian and Ruth Pea-j cock of Vidalia spent a part of the week with the family of their uncle, Dr. .J. E. Hunt. I , | 1 Mr. Horace McLomore, astu-, j dent, of the State University at j Athens, arrived home a few days ago for his summer vacation, llej is well pleased with the University j j work and will doubtless make 11 : j good record. Mrs. A. J. Burch is visiting her I daughter, Mrs. Mack Wooten, of Cordele, this week. Ailey Paragraphs. I SiHTial Cori i rtpoiKU nue. Mr. Willie .I. Peterson, Jr., spent 1 | Sunday in Savannah. He reports i a nice time. Mend times M. L. Skipper and I Mattie Peterson were visitors in, Lyons Saturday afternoon. Miss PHI 10 Fuqua is visiting in ; Cedar Crossing and Long Pond this week. Mr. D. M. Currie spent a few days this week in Fitzgerald,where he went to attend the County 1 HHcers Convention. Mrs. M. D. Burch visib*<| home folks m Dublin a lew days last! week, returning Friday. Miss Fannie McGuhee, one of j Higgston’s most ul tractive young! ladies, is visiting in town this | week, the guest ot her sister, M rs. 1 Frizzell. Our old friend Lewis Burch of Mt. Vernon was mingling among I us Tuesday. Come again, Jollie. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. King are j receiving congratulations this week. It is a line girl, Mr. D. S. Williamson of Long Pond was in town Tuesday. Mrs. G. W. Burch is visiting home folks in Columbia, Ala. , t his week. Mr. L. R. Nease of Lumber City was here Tuesday, Mr, Willie Calhoun of J/mg Pond was here Mommy. PLANNING FOR P.CNIC, To the Bret hern Who May be Interested: The Mt. Vernon Lo cal of flu* Farmers’ Union respect fully invites you to meet with us on Saturday, 1 fit h. at 2 o’clock, for discussing the plan of a Union picnic, to tie given by and for the Union, at Mt. Vernon on July 8 1. Please respond and take part in ; the arrangement. D. M. Currie, Geo. J. Stanford, Committee. • If your paper lias been slopped, i and vou know that, it lias not ■ been paid for, do not liavo a now ■ I subscription soot in by your mother-in-law or sonic odier mom- ! bor of the family—pay lip (lie* old account first. Then send in m ■ j dollar for a now year’s sulmcrip jtion. 'l’ll is is t lie square plan. Cashier Julius Baskinski of the Peoples’ Hank of Tonnillo was a business visitor to Mt. Vernon yesterday. Ho is nn« of tho solid I J J business men id' Washington , county. \V r ill l a falling river, many of J tho fishermen will resume opera tions. Children’s dav services at. the Methodist church at. this place i last. Sabbath afternoon wore well] attended and enjoyed by all. A more interesting children’s ser vice has not been held hero. Sunday, Juno -7, will he Ep-j | worth League educational day al jClenwood. The sermon will be; l preached by Itev. \V'. C. Lovett , l>. I)., editor of Ihe Wesleyan Christian Advoeate, Tho protracted meeting is still ! in progress here. Considerable in t,crest is being shown, and the ! meeting may be continued for j several days, j Registered llerkshire pigs for sale. Ready for delivery. Write . Lawson E. Rrown. Bandersville, (la. During tho past, ten days we, have received a great number o! I I cotton blooms—in fact, the)’ are . as plentiful as pig traciis. i fc’upt. M. D. 1! uglies carrier ofj | Route No 2 and Mr. .1. L. Adams! !of Route N’o. 1 are oil’ on their vacation this week. M.J. A. Me- 1 i Bride is carrying t he former route and Mr. H. 11. McAllister t.he lat ter. Both Capt. Hughes and Mr. \ j Adams are hard workers and do-; ! serve the rest they are now enjoy- 1 j Ulg< REFRIGERATOR WITHOUT ICE. In this issue is advertised tli<- 1 | New Era Refrigerator, which is to j bo used without ice,and is intend ed to supply a longfelt want on the part of housekeepers who may ) 'find it inconvenient, to keep ice. The New Era. Co., of Mcßae. : have put on the market the plan* ; 'and specifications for building ithis ice box and claim that it. is j so simple that, any one with ordi-i narv mechanical ability can ruakc] it satisfactorily and at a small ex-1 pense. They guarantee tlie plans j and idea to be satisfactory or the) money refunded, and it. is very i probable that they will furnish ; ] plans for a great number t his sea- 1 ! son. See the ad. and write them. ! ROAD PAYS TAXES, Valdosta, (la., June 12. —A suit which bus been in the courts for , fifteen years,involving the collec tion of taxes due the city by the Atlantic Coast Line railway, was ! settled today by the railroad coin- j puny paying to the oity the sum . ■of #1,500. in I V.)I the city coun cil of Valdosta caused tax exeou j tions to be issued against the rail road company for taxes, which it was claimed was due tie* city for] the years 1892-Odd)L The railroad 1 company brought suit to enjoin ' tijo collection of the taxes, and ] tie! matter mis been in the courts 1 ever since. Judge It G. Mitchell, j of the superior court, decided the j case against the city last Juaualy, j and it was carried to the city’s at- j tornevs, S. M. Varnedoe and IJ n- i mark Griffin, to the superior ! court, where it was pending when I the set t,lenient was effected. Bair of spectacles found on court house square—-to be had at, tip* office, owner paying for ad. ! SEWARD. j Special OniTi'Xpomlenoc. l iio crops in our section look 1 line, but the grass looks the li lies! . Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Gordon are J all smiles over I le* arrival of a 9! pound L,,y. Mr. \\ . E. Moseley and family were the guests <d Mr. and Mrs. Li*tu Adams recently. M iss Marainla Barlow, who has j spent the past tour months with j ; relatives here, returned to her j j home at Guysie a few days ago. Messrs. R. K. and A. C. Mose- j | lev were guests at tie* home of Mr. I ;F. ('. Adams Saturday. Mr. P. M. Moseley and family i spent Sunday with their sister, M rs. (’. Morris. Mr. Hiram Johnson and Misses Maude Gibbs and Bert i<* Crosby i were out riding in our eommnnity Sunday afternoon. Messrs. Angus Barlow, Ellis Moseley and Misses Florence and Lniiraitm Moseley spent Saturday ; and Sunday with relatives near S I (1 lon wood ,n ud wli ile there attend j ed tie* Singing Convent ion at lieu lab Sunday. NEW RAILROAD FROM ROME TO GAINESVILLE. Gainesville, Ga., June I I. —A 1 “Roine-to-Gainesville railroad” i 1 was the slogan of a parly of prom-! ! lent Romans who spent last, night j and pan of today in 1 he city. At I lie council chamber last levelling a public meeting was, held, at which the Romans out- 1 ; lined I lie railroad pro posit ion t hey have in mind and in which pro ject. they desire the co-operation ;of the people of Gainesville. Bnclly, it is in organize a com-' j puny, secure a charter for the j Rome and Gainesville railway, I have surveys made and either; I build the road themselves of se cure t.lm co-operation of some of 1 the lug trunk lines or other in terests t<> insure the railroad's I being built The proposed route j is thioiigli Hall, Forsyth or l)uw soii, Cherokee, Bartow and Floyd I int. o Rome. House for Rent. Good Five-Room House with 2 j j acres of land attached, in Ailey. j Sec at once 1). M. UuitliiK, 1211 Alley, Ga. # * | f Summer f !! Talcum I ; # r *" 3c to Kiiso the I<< *S1 i1 ('unset I l>v S I Heat | * i 1 $? '& & We Haw ALL 11 it* Loading brands S II * J MENKEN’S VIOLETTE * \ * COLGATE’S VIOLET % » COLGATE’S CASHMEAE BOUQUET % * r . . i * All the Cheeper Varieties, together * % with the I test Assortment of #• | toilet articles | | MT. VERNON DRUG CO. I ! J J AS. F. CI RRUS, Mlik J AN AGED LADY GOES TO REWARD. News reached Mt. Vernon last Wednesday of the death of Mrs. EL/.abeth MeLemore of near Vi 'dalia, her death having occurred early in I he morning. Mrs. MeLemore was about Hl» vears of age, and tin* mother of ti number of children, all of whom j she lived to sec reach the full estate of manhood and woman ; hood. Those children surviving lu r are Messrs. W. M. Mcl.ein«.ru «»f Vidalia, 1. T. McLmnore of II iggßton"a nil Judge L. B. McLe niore of i ffis place Olid Mrs. Joe |\\ . Sharp, Mrs. A. A. Peterson, Mrs. R. i,. Sharpe and Mrs. Arlui !t' iiirwon of Vidalia. She leaves besides these,three sisters mid one brother—Mrs. Damn ot Homer vi I In, Mrs. Odom of Orland, Mrs. McLendon of Laurens comity and Mr. Lucien Thigpen of this county. This good lady was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, and g faithful worker in Hie vineyard. Remains were laid away in i In* family cemetery. Rev. Roach of the Presbyterian church ' officiating. She Inis gone to reap I lie I'l' Ail I'd ol a life well spent and her spirit is at rest. Many I ri" lids aml leht'lves arc left to mourn tin- departure of tins old lady. OFF TO ATLANTA. Col. M. B. Calhoun leaves this week for Atlanta, where lie will ! serve as the senator from this dis trict in the General Assembly, to ] convene on the 2Hrd inst. Mrs. ] Calhoun w ill accompany him,but will spend the greater part of the time with parents in Athens. Montgomery country should be proud of her young and able rep ] resent at fives, and we may lie sure of good reports from them—Mr. , Calhoun in the Senate and Mr. McArthur in the House of Repre sentatives. Both are active unjl intelligent men. Swift C’lwk. Special Mrs. G. It. Mason of this sec tion is visiting relatives and friends in Ml. Vernon this week. Mr. Charlie Palmer and Miss Maggie Joiner were married last. Sunday morning at the home of ! Mr. G. W. Palmer at Kihbee. Mr. Turn Walker of Hack branch was in this section Sunday last. Mr J. W. Palmer made a. bus iness trip to McGregor Saturday last. Mr. Horace Mason and wife vis j ited the home of Mr. W. H. Dar lie Sunday last. Mr. J. N. Palmer has a field of cotton in full bloom. NO. 7