VOL. XXIV.
A Feast Os
Good Things.
The next, last and beat attrac
tion of the Lyceum Course for
this season will lie given at the C.
B. Institute auditorium Friday
(tomorrow) evening, April 29th,
at eight o’clock. This will be a
very pleasing entertainment, to
given by the Wilbur Starr Con
cert Co. This is an exceptionally
strong company, and their appear
ance he should be a pleasure to
all who attend.
We hope everybody will come J
out. Admission—adults, 50 ets..
students 25 cents. Up to i hej
present, we are on tile losing side. I
and if we fail to pull through wr. h
this number, we will be forced to
retrench and not have our course
of attractions next season.
Let all come. Get your it ey’s
worth, and help a good enterprise
J. C B HEW TON
S.hiloh Items.
. Special Correspoiuloiiee
A number of young people at
tended preaching at Sardis on last
Sabbath.
Mrs. J. W. Dukes and children j
who have been visiting her par
ents, will return Monday to their'
home at Helena.
Mrs Jane Lowery and sister,
Miss Morgan Vaughan are very
sick at this writing.
N. J. Vaughan and little daugh
ter, Ora Lee, spent Saturday with
hiß parents.
Mesdames W. W. Tompkins and
J. W. Hurn visited Mrs. J. J.
Vaughan last Lord’s day.
Preston Mitchell was in Lum
ber City last Sabbath.
Call Ryals is at the bedside of 1
his father, who is very ill.
Miss Lizzie Vaughan is spend
lug this week in Charlo tesvii le
with her brother
Mrs. C. M. Sears spent Sunday
with her parents, George Mc-
Eacheru and wife
Mr. Austin was in Hazle
huret Saturday.
Bud Morrison and wife spent j
Sunday with her brother, W. T.
Adams.
}
Thomas Spivey and wife are all >
smiles over the arrival of a fine
little girl at their home.
Miss Bessie Tompkins was the 1
guest of Mieses Vick and Sadie
Vaughan Sunday.
Miss Gladys Wright returned
home Saturday from Hazlehurst j
where she spent iwo weeks with
her aunt, Mrs. Davis.
—Dark Eyes.
i
DOCTORS RUINED THIS MAN’S
HEALTH EXPERIMENTING ON HIM.
Washington, D. C., April 25 —
111, helplessly paralyzed and sup
ported by the faithful wife who I
earns a pittance at the wash tub.
John R. Kissinger, the soldier who
gave up his health and his future
that the cause of yellow fever j
might be known, will receive a
special pension of $125 a month if j
a bill favorably reported by the
senate committee becomes a law.
When the ravages of the dread |
plague swept the men from the ;
ranks and trenches faster than the
machine guns of the enemy at Si
boney and Santiago could do. Kis
singer offered himself as a volun
teer, subject for an experiment in
an army hospital. The surgeons
proved by his sacrifice that the
mosquito spread the plague and :
their experiments upon him are
believed to have been responsible
for his helpless condition now
Cotton Seed Meal.
Ten tons of best grade cotton
seed meal on hand not want!
to carry it over A bargain to a
quick buyer. See me at once.
James Fowler,
Soperton, Ga.
alpp fHmttitiimm; iflmutnr.
NEW HOPE SCHOOL WILL CLOSE
WITH APPROPRIATE EXERCISES.
The New Hope school, common*
ly known as the Taylor Springs
school, under the capable manage*
meat of Prof. A. S. Howell, will
cl sc its spring term on the 111th
of May. at which time an inter
est ing program will be rendered.
The educational address will be
delivered by Mr. Reese Griffin ot
Vidaha at 11 o’clock in the morn
ing, and Col. A. B. Hutheson will
talk on the subject of education
at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. The
| public is invited to attend and
participate in the exercises of the
Jay. Good order w ill be observed
i and a dinner w ill be spread on tile
ground. Mr Howell has taught a
umber of. very successful schools
in the county.
I J
Have your horses clipped in the
correct manner, at Hicks’ Stable.
LYEMS CASE TO BE
TRiEO IN BRUNSWICK.
Jesup, Fa., April 26—The ef
fort- to secure a jury to try ex
! Sheriff \V. B. Lyens and his son,
I
Archie Lyens, charged with the
, murder of M. Fleming Smith on
the r ight of Dec. 22th, 1908, was
a failure. Although 288 talesmen
were canvassed, only seven were
seated.
On account of it being impossi
ble to secure a jury, Judge 0. B.
| Conyi !’s declared a mistrial at 11
o’clock today and the necessity' of
a change of venue was announced.
The counsel for the prosecution
and the defense were given an op
portunity to agree on what county
it should be taken to, but after a
conference of fifteen minutes they
reported no agreement and Judge
Conyers thereupon signed an or
der assigning the case to the Glynn
county superior court.
The prisoners were taken to
Brunswick this afternoon for con
finement in the Glynn county jail
l to await their trial in June.
Few' Is. C. seed peanuts next
week. M. E. Fountain',
Mt Vernon, Ga.
Alamo, Route 1.
Special OoiTespomlet'ce.
I *
Wade Hinson of the west side
was m this section Monday on a
business trip. ,
J. T. White is on the sick list.
Judge X. T Clark made a visit
lust week to Denton.
Cadidates are busy in this com*
! munity at present.
Misses Pearl and Ethel Parish
lof the Cedar Grove section spent
i the week-end with their sister,
I Mrs. J. W. White.
J. C. and Willie Carroll of near
Glenwood spent Sunday last with
1 heir brother, J. A. Carrol,of near
Alamo.
Watson Humphrey was the
guest of Ashley Clara Saturday.
J H. Parrish of the Cedar Grove
section was mingling with friends
. in this section Saturday.
Mrs. J. W. White spent the
week-end with her parents.
Glad to see Miss Lantie Clark
nut again, after several days
illness.
J. E. Clark and wife spent Sun
day with the former’s parents,
—Lonely Sum.
An Improved clipper at Hicks’
Stables, Mt. Vernon.
GREAT DAMAGE BY COLD.
Great damage resulted from
Monday night’s freeze, and much
greater loss will be sustained than
i was tiin-1 thought. Reports from
aim st every section say that the
cotton crop suffered almost to a
ruined extent, and that this crop
alone will be off ut least fifty per
I cent. I’he gardens of this section
were damaged, but with agreeable
>■ aeons may overcome it.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28. 15)10.
Enact a Law and Test It;
Then Pass Fair Judgment.
i
It is stated in reports sent out
i j from Atlanta that State School
j Commissioner Jure M. Pound is
, I not at all in favor with the new
law electing county school mm
, uiissioners by a vote of tin* peo
ple, and that he will at the np
preaching session of the General
Assembly use Ins influence toward
the enactment of u law changing
| the plan—possibly to do away
| with the law entirely. Mr. Pound
| gives as his reason for this at ti
tude, the belief that it will inject
I politics into the school system of
I the state and injure its power for
,good.
We do not know whether
I Mr. Pound favo re d the
j pussnge of this law , but if
' his views are as stated by
the correspondent, sending out tin*
item from Atlanta, they are a lit
tie rank and will not lie of benefit
to him politically. He received
i his appointment as a political
! plum, and since has, himself, been
I elected by a vote of the people of
i Georgia; yet, he is not willing to
; have the county school commis
1 sinners elected by the people of
their respective counties, Il it is
1
| better to have the county school
j commissioner appointed by tin
j board of education in each county
i in Georgia, why is n. not just, as
i reasonable to have the state school
j commissioner appointed by t in
| governor of the state? Electionj
;by a body of five men is nothing
; more than an appointment.
Mr. Pound says, according to re
| ports, that this will avoid politi
cal tendencies, which would mu- j
| terially affect the educational in
I terests of the stute, and further, |
’that it will deprive tln* public
school system of the state of som>
of its most efficient school super
, inteudents —(men who are afraid
| to submit themselves to the favor j
!of the common peoplte, but who!
'should lie glad to preside over the
educational interests of the* conn
j ty if elected or retained by a bod}
lof live men, one-third of whom
could not stand uu exam in.it ion.
entitling them to a third-grade li
cense —unless their qualifications
are more superior than they |
appear).
As far as the political vein it
■ concerned, where is the public of
fice not free from political |>hu*-es' ;
And where is the public office
holder who does not cater to th
source from which it comes? |
Whether it suits Mr. Bound, or
any other Atlanta man, or stat
house officer, it is sheer nonsens- j
and shows a lack of keen jtidg-!
ment to upraid the new law be
fore the ink with which the bill is I
signed is scarcely dry. Only tie
i operation of a law can determiie
| its efficiency, and it yet, remains
for the common people, whose in
| terests are at stake, to put this law ;
lin effect. For a number of year
jit has been the sentiment of tin*;
j people of the state at large that
| such a law should he enacted, and
yet it was impossible to pass it on
'account of this same political
tendency that Mr. Found probably i
refers to by those who declare that
thoy voice his sentiments when
they say that the election of coun
ty school commissioners will in
jure the public system of the state
of Georgia. The report say's that
a number of county commission
ers have already refused to suh
! mit their claims to the people, yet
! they are the men who pose as tin
more competent for the places
Where is the consistency of tin-.',
If a man is competent, he should
! be willing to stand the examina
tion, making an eighty-five p»-r
cent., as prescribed by the -,tat>*.
to be held by the boards of educa
tion throughout the state.
On June liOth candidates for tin
office will be required to stand an
examination to determine their
efiiieiicy for the position. In a
few counties, where primaries will
; have been held, it will remain for
; the nominees to stand this exam
ination, and possibly those who
base not received majority votes,
but for the greater part, all candi
dates can stand this examination
and In* graded before the election, j
which in the greater number of
counties will not be held until
later in the summer. In the event
of u failure to pass, a candidate
can quietly withdraw and end bis
: campaign expenses. While the
law does not provide for such, it is
; presumed that in the event of a
man receiving a majority vote.
| but falling to pass the examina
jtion, his nearest opponent capu-i
Ide of standing the examination
will be called upon to fill the i
place. What is clearer or simpler? i
The Atlanta report, says this ex
amination will be held at. the cap
ital, (but writing under the fear
jot political contamination) we
j feel sure that, be meant, the Geor
igia county seats. Having no fur
j ther informat ion to the cont rary, j
we shall emit nine under the im
pression that this examination
j will be held by the county hoards,
! of education, acting under instriic- 1
inms from the state department.
During our stay in Montgomery
county of a lit t ie over seven years,
this paper has stood for the higher
j education of the people, and un
aided, ami without the slightest’
| co-operation, has resolved itself
into a factor in the educational
interests in Montgomery county,
j whet her it be appreciated by the
masses or not; therefore we, take
jl he liberty of disagreeing with Mr.
Bound or any other official or pri- j
vale citizen who denounces the
MeCurry bill uni il it lias had «.
practical test. Mr. Bound is a
j capable man, belonging to a schol-i
inly family, a number of whom!
are teachers by profession, but. it !
does not. license him, as an officer
elected bv the people, to scoff at 1
a law, yet, untried, permitting
hiinor officials from being chosen
by the people whom they serve in
a kindred manner. The politics,
which the Atlanta correspondent'
has in inind is the variety that,
inn}' affect the office of state j
school commissioner, rather than
the interests of the state school
system. Boldins in high places,
according to the theory of the At- (
Hilda correspondent, speaking for
Mr. Bound, do not affect the sol
idarity of the school system, but
| rather strange that itsimuld creep
us a wolf into the folds of the va-|
nous county systems, thereby in
juring the state school system as
1 a whole.
Put the law into effect, and thou
its virtue will speak for itself.
The people of Georgia have wait
ed patiently for a number of years
for this very enactment, which
lust summer’s General Assembly!
saw fit to pass, and they will not. I
appreciate the bold attempt of the j
slate’s commissioner of education
to disrupt it before it becomes ap
plicable to the purpose for which
it was intended. The office of
county school commissioner, in;
being an elective one, is placed in
the column where it rightly be
longs, and if the people of Geor
gia uphold it with a fair degree of i
dignity and respect, Having the in
terests of the advancing gener
ation at heart, we cannot see the
evil results pointed out by Mr.
Found's watchmen standing yigil
over the state’s higher interests.
Capt. M. D Hughes, carrier of
Route No. 2, is taking a few days j
vacation, and ins place is being;
filled by Mr. J. A. Mcßride.
Chloro-Naphtholeum and Daisy j
Fly Killers, 15 cents. Mt. Ver- i
non Driii: Company.
Orliind.
Spec ini npp.
Misso* Floivnco Groniiwny and
Daisy Thurpe were visitors at
Mrs. J. E. Tharpe’s Tuesday. •
Miss Berlin Davis was in Super
ton Friday.
Mrs. \\ . I! Green wav visited
Mrs. Willie Thigpen Friday.
It is with regret we report, the
death of .Mr. Henry Brice. Many
friends mourn his loss.
Mrs. W. It Snow visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs \V. il.
'Tharps, Friday afternoon.
Miss Florence Greenwnv and
sister, Miss Klvnn, were visitors'
to Tarryfcown Wednesday.
Mrs. M. Y. Thurpe is quite ill.
Mr. Rul'us M.i ris is dead, lie
left n wife and children and rel
atives to mourn Ins loss. (>ur
sympathy goes out to them. May
the Lord help them to bear their
troubles. —Red Wing.
j Tanglefoot, 115 rents a box.
Mt. Yin non IM ug ('o.
DEATH OF A PROMINENT
WEST SIDE CITIZEN.
Ills many friends t.hrohghnu!
the county will be pained to lea ru
■of the death of Mr. I'. C Ryals ut
Vidal in on last Frida}’ afternoon,
j Mr. Ityaln had been ill for some,
time and about a week before Ins
death was taken to Vidal in for
treatment, during w liieli time he j
suffered severely, but bore il with
that fortitude and patience which
eharinderi/ed Ins life. The cause |
of Ins death was something in tin
nature of an a brass in the bead,
followed by itienmgit is.
His body was prepared and
moved to Ins home near Stuckey
on the evening I ram. and on Hut,- j
urday it was laid to rest in tin
cemetery ut Stuckey Baptist
j church, at tended by a large num
ber of relatives and friends.
Mr. Uvulh was 19 years old, and
jbesides his loving wife, leaves
j eight children to mourn tin* loss
of a kind father. He was an up
; right, ('liristnui gentleman and in '
Ins death Montgomery county
loses a good and honored citizen.!
.Mrs. Homer W. Stuckey of this
place is a daughter of the deceits
|ad and was among the relatives
with him when death came.
Insect Bonder 10c lb. Mount
Vernon Drug Co.
BUSY BEE PICNIC.
On Thursday last the Busy Bees
and several invited guests went up
to the “Old McMillan I’lnce” for
a picnic. At about 11 o’clock tile
1 wagon and buggies started from
town and the ride in the cool
morning air was much enjoyed.
An hour or two slipped pleas
antly by and then came the* best
part of all —the dinner. An
abundance of good things wus '
spread in a grassy glen and every
one enjoyed it to the uttermost.
I About an hour after dinner we
all left tin* “Old McMillan Btaee” ;
and went to the brickyard and j
Imm there back to Mt. Vernon.'
After riding about in town and i
j singing the club song for awhile,!
we all returned home with happy i'
thoughts of the day.
Mrs. T. J. Thompson was the j
chaperon and added much to the- 1
pleasure of the day by her kind ut
; tentions.
Those who attended the picnic
. I
were Misses Lyra, Jennie and Vela j
j Thompson, Addu and Inu Burch, '
Minnie Abt, Jeddie Gockfiehl, j 1
Mary Emma Wilson, Lucy Me-j
Ailist.er, Bessie Stuckey, Alicea, ' I
Dorcas and I rania .\l'-Rae, Sadie ; 1
McQueen, Mrs. T. .1. Thompson;
'and little Miss Ethel Thompson ;f |
i Messrs. Howell and .Wsbit McJxj-j I
| more, Charles Beugnot, Lewis '
Burch, Herschel Morrison, Tim
and Robert Ooekfndd, Jim Stacey,
Robert Smith, Fred McAllister t
and W. T. McArthur. —U. M. ;
SAYS HIGH! HANDS
CAUSE HIGH LIVIN'',
Bv.mn Holt, formerly editor of
Moody's Magazine,recently sje-iik
ing Indore n large audience on the
high cost of living, said :
“Its causes, are neither our
modern extravagance, pure food
.laws, speculation, overcapitaliza
tion, high freight rates, or labor
unions. They are partly but not
wholly, due to increasing land
values ami high tardf. Princi
pally, accordidg to Mr. Holt,they
are due to depreciation of gold.
Mr. Holt’s address was followed
I closely by the assembled collectiv
ists. He frcijuehtly paused to say
that President Hadley, of Vale,
and Professor Sumner and Irving
Fisher and other present day eco
nomist* were expressing the same
opinions in their writings and
lectures. Mr. Holt frequently
took issue with the theories of .1.
.) Hill and Secretary of Agricul
ture Wilson. He pointed out,
among other things, that the
reason the fanner hoys came to
l lie cit ies was that count ry land
had grown to be ton expensive for
them to buy.“liradstreel's tables
show that from duly 190 b to Jan-
I nary, llt It), the cost, of living ad
vanced more than 01 per cent in
New York city.’’ said Mr. Holt.
'Sauerbeck’s tables in London
show that the cost of living in
i Kngland has advanced only SO
per cent 111 the same time.
“Thu increased cost of living
here in New York can’t In* due to
{wasteful and needless expendi
tures for luxuries, fads, and fan
cies. as some people say it is”,
In* continued, “because com para
lively few of our e i M/e us ( one out,
ol every lo) can fairly be accused
of indulging in luxury and finery.
The number of such indulgeis.too
is not much greater t ban 11
years ago. And il is the prices of
neeessit ies—pork, flour,eggs,beans
potatoes, codfish,mid cotton good*
;—that have advanced most, and
not the prices of luxuries like
sugar, tea, silk,and silverware. In
fact, the prices of the latter com
modities ure actually lower than
they were in 1890. Increased de
mand for luxuries, indeed, would
seem to increase, not tin* price of
such luxuries, but the prices of
necessities. ,J. .J. Hill’s theory
that the cause of the increased
cost, of living is extravagance is
wrong.
“Neither is t he increased cost of
living due to the pure food laws,
as some folks sny. If some deep
er cause were not at work, the
price d the genuine commodities
would remain stationary, while
the bogus substitute would sim
ply continue to be sold at u lower
price.
“K.reight rates on most articles
have changed but little in the
last I I years. So the increased
cost of living can’t, be due to
freight rates. Labor unions, like
the Window Glass Workers’ union,
some years ago, occasionally cor
ner the labor market and increase
the price of the particular prod
uct of the union’s members tem
porarily. Hut tins has hitherto
been stiecessf ul ly offset by me
chanical inventions and by tariff
changes or other economic shift
mgs. If labor unions also were
the cause of tin* steadily increas
ing cost of living, wages would
increase at leuwt as fast as prices.
\* a matter of fact, wages in the
last fourteen years have increased
20 per cent,., while prices have
ris< n 00 per eent.
“Increased cost of living is also
partly due to the tariff and the
trusts. The cost of living is from
10 to lb per cent higher here than
it would be if vve had no protective
tariff anil no tariff trusts. Thus
by abolishing ‘protection,’ we
could advance the purchasing pow
er of our 1,600,000 railroad em
ployes. Tariff duties, however,
do not average much higher now
than they did in 1890, while prices
are 01 per cent higher.”
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