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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1912)
(Eltr iMnnttiUL VOL. XXVI. SHALL PRIMARY BE CHANGED? Move On Foot to Change Primary Date by Mass Meeting Monday. Especial attention is called to! the notice of County Chairman I Geiger in this paper for a mass meeting. Most of our citizens want the date of the county pri mary changed from April 24 to May 1, six days later, to allow a vote on the presidential choice. Most of the counties have changed, and the only thing in volved is a matter of a few days. No county candidate will be af fected by the change, and no ex pense will be added, and the peo ple will be allowed a chance to express their choice for president without a primary six days later, which all hands would be too busy to attend. But Chairman Geiger wants everybody satisfied, and calls you to come out next Monday to say what is your pleasure. TO ORGANIZE CORN CLUB FOR BOYS HERE Montgomery County Boys Especially Invited Here On Friday 29th. Prof. J. Walter Hendricks, Dis trict Agent of Boys Corn Clubs, will be in Mt. Vernon on Friday the 29th inst., for the purpose of organizing a Boys’ Corn Club in Montgomery County. Prof. Hendricks hopes to or-i ganize a large club, and would like to meet a large number of boys, teachers, school trustees and as many farmers as can come out on Friday. This work is done in connec tion with the State College of Agriculture, and is very helpful in every way. It is hoped that all the good citizens of the county will take an active part in the or ganization of a large club. Be sure to meet Prof. Hend ricks in Mt. Vernon on Friday, (tomorrow) the 29th. Yours very truly, A. B. Hutcheson, Co. Supt. Schools. To Try For Corn Prize This Year Again. Thomasville, Ga., March 25. Ralph Newton, the Thomas coun ty boy who took first prize for his yield of corn at the Thomas County Farmers’ fair here last year, has gone to work to pre pare'his ground to plant another prize crop for this year. One hundred and seventy-three bush els of corn to the acre was what he made last year, and he is hop ing to surpass it this year. Young Newton is only about 14 years old, and is an example of what can be done by the boys of the country in making record crops. He is a member of the Boys’ Corn Club of this county, and will enter for the club prizes as well as for the premium at the! coming fair. Oscar Newton, the father of Ralph, took the highest premium at the fair, in 1910, but he deci- 1 ded last year to turn over the crop to his son, with the result | that the crop made by the boy showed a larger yield than that of his father. Singing at Minter. On Sunday next, at the Union Church, Minter, Ga., the South east Georgia Singing Convention will convene for an all-day sing. All lovers of good singing are in vited to attend, as a day of real pleasure and instruction in vocal music is in store for all who join with us. Dinner will be served on the grounds. J. M. Spivey, President. TWO CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONER. This week finds two new en trants in the field for county commissioner—Mr. W. H. Mox ley, Jr., of the Lothair section, and Mr. R. D. Beatty of the Tarrytown community. Both of these gentlemen are well known through out the county, and j in their cards of announcement each promises faithful service if J chosen for the place. Professor Duggan Lectures. While here holding the county teachers’ institute, Prof. Duggan entertained the pupils of the U. B. Institute with a highly in structive lecture. The subject of improved schools and modern methods was illustrated by Prof. Duggan with numerous stereop ticon views and proved a profiit able hour for the audience. HON. T. G. HUDSON SPEAKS AT ALAMO Hon. T. G. Hudson, candidate for governor of Georgia, address ed the citizens of Alamo on Satur day last. No notice was given here of Mr. Hudson’s coming, and only a few from this side of the county attended. Mr. Hud son’s address was entirely along agricultural lines, and no allus ions were made directly to his candidacy for the governor’s place, A representative audience greeted Mr. Hudson, and he has a strong following in this county. Where Does Prosperity Be gin? From under the heading of “What people are saying” in the Macon Telegraph, we clip the following timely suggestions: The delay caused by the unfav orable weather conditions has not lessened the ardor of those who are pushing the demonstration work for better farming. Charles C. Bass, of Rome, chairman of the Men’s Corn Club of Floyd County, on this matter says: “It is not too late at all to en courage the growing of corn. Many of the best acres, bringing the best prizes, were planted in April, 1911. “Os course plant cotton. It is needed from the tropics of Cap ricorn to the frozen zone of the Klondike. But we must be practical. What is the practical thing to do? To meet present conditions is it not common sense to grow our own food crops? Plant such acreage as will supply the family and the farm workers, and also an abundance for the horses, mules, cattle, hogs. Plant enough also to provide for what we call ‘crop disasters.’ “That done, plant as much cot ton as you can cultivate. Cotton should not be paramount. The time has come to let it be secon dary. Apply practical common sense to the conditions and situa tion. “Our corn club, through the liberality of Rom ;, can offer at tractive prizes on corn yields. Why do the banks offer prizes j for corn? Because corn is the basis of diversification and bank ers and businessmen realize that I the time has come to diversify crops, and they are willing to aid the movement. “Improved seeds and improved culture have demonstrated that 50 bushels per acre is only a mod-! , erate yield. New possibilities! are ours. With energy and com-1 monsense we can raise all food | supplies and stop sending money out of the state for corn and hay j and potatoes and oats. We can , raise our own vegetables and ply our own markets. When cotton is made secondary to food j crops of all sorts, then our pros- j perity begins.” Gen iine Watson watermelon j seed for sale. A. L. Lanier, Mt. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2S. 1912. I TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE HERE FOR A DAY Prof. M. L. Duggan of Sparta Holds the Institute Here On Monday Last. The teachers’ institute here on Monday was not as largely at tended as institutes usually are on account of the short notice. Superintendent Hutcheson did not get the notice in time to ful ly announce the meeting. Prof. M. L. Duggan of Sparta, one of the state supervisors of institutes, conducted the institute in his in teresting and helpful way. Prof. Duggan puts force into the work, and his coming is always a de light to our teachers. The teachers attending were: G. H. Bowman, 11. J. Corlew, A. W. Thomas, A. S. and Mrs. Howell, J. M. Markey, R. S. New, W. B. Hilton, J. Rice God ley, W. A. Wood, C. R. Calahan, B. C. Anderson; Misses Ruth Clapp, Hassie Brown, Dessie, Whitaker, Bessie Leach, Clyde McArthur, Lyda Sue Bower, 1 Julia Osborne, Elma Tribble, Beulah Holland, Ruth Flanders, Marie Featherstone, Mamie Con ner, Jessie Peterson, Jennie Doughtry, Claudia McDonald. Practical Hygiene. During a recent epidemic of spinal meningitis in Dallas, says the Houston Post, Secretary Paul Casey of the Health Department, went with a sanitary inspector to raise the quarantine on a negro shack and remove the big green sign. An old negro came to the door. “Now, sholy, boss, you’all ain’t gwine ter take that sign down?” she asked. “Yes, we are going to remove the quarantine, said Casey. “Don’t you want it removed?” “No, sah, boss, ’cause dar ain’t been nary collectah ’round heah sense dat sign was put up.” The quarantine remained. New Spring Millinery. To our display we welcome you now, and this is your urgent in vitation to see the spring hats which we have ready for you. We will take delight in showing | you through. J. H. Hudson, Ailey, Ga. General News Items Told in Short Meter. The governor has offered a re ward of #2OO and the citizens of Stillmore another of $l5O for the; capture of Seymour Young, the negro who recently shot W. S. Everett. John J. Woodside, areal estate man of Atlanta, has fallen heir to an estate in Ireland worth half a million dollars. An effort is being made to show that the old Ogechee canal in Bryan and Chatham counties i has reverted to state ownership, and the Federal government will be asked to restore navigation through it. Ample protection will be given visitors to the Confederate Vet erans Reunion at Macon in May. j The Pinkerton agency will put ori ! lfi men, the city have forty extra policemen, and U. S. Marshall White will have a number of dep uties on hand. There came near being a seri ous tragedy in the city court room in Macon on Monday when At torney A. L. Dasher pulled a pis- : tol on J. M. Napier, whom ! Dasher was suing for an attor ney’s fee. A scuffle ensued, but no one was hurt. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION A JOYOUS OCCASION Descendants Gather Under the Old Rooftree to Rejoice with “Uncle Sandy.” The children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and relatives of Mr. Alexander Morrison, known to a host of friends as “Uncle Sandy,” gathered at the old home near Glenwood on Mon day to celebrate the 78th birth day of this highly respected citi zen. It was a joyous occasion when 11 children, 50 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, got to gether in this old time feast, the company being swelled to 92 per sons by relatives and friends. It was highly appropriate to pay tribute to the solid integrity and rugged honesty of this old patriarch, who has been an in spiration to his descendants, and who served his county as an offi cer for forty years. The feast was a typical Mont gomery county dinner, and that !is saying quite enough. Rev. C. I M. Ledbetter joined in the fes tivities and helped to pass the happy hours by an instructive and appropriate address. T. Receiver’s Rounds. First Round. I will beat the following places on the dates named for the pur pose of receiving state and county taxes for the year 1912: Longponri, Monday, April 1. 10 to I*2 m. Mt. Vernon, April 2, H a. rn. to 2 p. Lothair, April 8, S a. to 12 m. Orland, April 8, 2 p. to I p. Orianna, April 4, H a. to 10 a. Soperton, April 1, 2 p. to fi p. Tarrytown, A so il f», H a. to 12 m. Kibbee, April 6, 2 p. to 4 p. Titter, (Church near bridge) April 0, 10 a. to 12 m. Hittttston, April S, K a. to 12 m. McGregor, April H, 2 p. to 1 p. Alston, April 9, H a. to 12 rn. Uvalda, April 9, 2 p. to 4 p. Charlotte, April 10, Ha. to 10 a. West Side. McArthur, April 10, 2 p. rn. to \ p. m. Sprinhill, Campground, April 11. 10 a. to 12 rn. Springhill, Clubhouse, April 11, 2 p. tod p. Erick, April 12, 10 a to 12 rn. Alamo, April 1.2, 2 p. to d p. Glenwood, April 18, x a. to 12 m. Landshurg, April 18, 2 p. tod p. Crossroads, April 15, H a. to 12 rn. Torn McDaniel's, Apr. 16, at night. Register at Once. Attention is again called to the closing of the registration books on April 2d, and the importance of registering before that date in order to be eligible to vote in the primaries and regular ejections. Tax Collector 1). F. Warnock will probably be in Mt. Vernon Monday and Tuesday of next I week, the books closing Tuesday, Iwhich will be the last opportunity Ito register. See Mr. Warnock at once. While watching the machinery in Maddox’s mill at Dalton on Friday, a 14-year-old hoy was caught by a belt and carried sev eral times around the shafting, dying in a short time. W. K. Wherry, a Pennsylvania railroad conductor, retired last, week after a service of 40 years, , during which no passenger had ever been seriously injured or killed on his train. While running backward and holding his kite string, Frank Cocora, of Vicksburg, Miss., a boy of 14, fell into a cistern and was drowned. Ix:p Myer, a vaudeville actor in Macon, shot and fatally wounded Mary Moore, proprietor of a disorderly house in the ten derloin district on Sunday night. Hon. S. Guyton McLendon, former chairman of the state railroad commission, has an nounced as a candidate for the U. S. Senate to succeed Senator A. 0. Bacon. Emanuel county has twelve banks, and their statements show a wonderful increase in business. The two last organized make a, (strong showing. I NEXT ATTRACTION U. B. INSTITUTE. A rare treat is in store for all lovers of music and character sketches in the coming attraction at the Union Baptist Institute. On the evening of April 15th the Lyric Glee Club will bold the boards, and all who attend may expect an evening of delight. The ladies are all expected, as this is a male quareet, and the actors are said to be handsome. The Meeting at Mcßae. Services at the Methodist church came to a close last even ing. A large crowd was present. This was one of the best congre gations seen during the meeting, which lasted eigteen days. Rev. C. M. Ledbetter, who has done the greater part of the preaching, is an earnest, forcelul preacher and his sermons made an impression that will last. There are few more consecrated, whole souled ministers than he. A number of young lives were bet tered by bis preaching and gave their heart and band to the church. Telfair Enterprise. Another Bargain Sale. Wc take pleasure in directing the attention of our readers to the large display ad of Mr. S. Friedman in this paper. Mr. Friedman has strong connections in the Northern and Eastern ! markets, and buying goods ex tremely cheap gives him a chance to make bargain prices. A large stock awaits your inspection, and you will be treated nicely when you call. MASS MEETING IS CALLED To Dispose of the Suggested Change of Primary. To the voters of Montgomery County: At a recent meeting of the voters of Montgomery county a set of resolutions were adopted instructing the Democratic Exec utive committee of the county to arrange for holding a primary election for county officers on April the 2-1 Lh. Since said time the State Democratic Executive committee has ordered a primary election to be held in all the coun ties of the State on May the Ist, next, for the purpose of giving the voters of the State an oppor tunity of expressing their choice for president of the United States. A lapse of only seven days exists from the time fixed for holding the county primary and the time fixed for the presi- Idential primary. A large num j her of people have appealed to the undersigned to call a meeting of the County Executive commit | tee for the purpose of changing | the date for the primary election i for county officers to the date fixed for the presidential primary, I but the Executive committee has j been instructed by the resolu lutions adopted and have no au thority to change the date unless the voters of the county so de sire. Therefore, in order that, the County Executive committee | may know what the wishes of the voters of the county are in regard to the above mentioned change a convention of the peo ple of the county is hereby called for Monday, April Ist, at 10 o’clock a. m. at the court house in Mt. Vernon for the purpose of giving expression to their wishes in regard to the proposed change of date for holding the primary for county officers. Let every body concerned take notice and | arrange to ho on hand on the above mentioned date. This March the 26th, 1912. J. B. Geiger, Ch’m Dern. Ex. Com. M. Co. IMPORTANT.—Boys, be sure to read the call to meet in Mt. Vernon tomorrow for organizing a Corn Club. You will miss the biggest kind of a chance to make a start in life, and lay the foundation of a successful career if you fail to do what other Georgia boys are doing. Boys, we l are looking for you! BISHOP CANDLER GIVES WARNING Don’t Burn the Barn to Get Rid of Political Rats, Says Divine. In a recent letter to the Atlan ta Journal, Bishop Warren A. Candler speaks of the new nos trums proposed to change our system of government, and points out their danger. We quote in part as follows: “On account of bad decisions of certain courts and bad legisla tion by certain legislative bodies there has sprung up discontent ment and restlessness among large bodies of the people; dis trust of the forms of representa tive government, a type of civil organization which we have en joyed so long and from which un speakable benefits have come, has sprung up. Demagogues are seeking to take advantage of this state of unrest to advance their interests and gratify their selfish interests ambition; and they are coming forward with all sorts of revolutionary proposals 1 to overthrow representative gov ernment. They propose such de ; vices as the referendum, the ini tiative, and worst of all the re call of judges, to remedy the evils of which the people com plain. They would unsettle all orderly government in order to correct some incidental wrongs, and the methods they propose would not cure the evils which they denounce so bitterly. “If we were to agree to accept all their extreme statements of the prevalence of the evils of which they complain, and to mul tiply the sum of the alleged evils three times over, the facts would not justify the adoption of the expedients which they propose. latt all these evils be as great as is claimed, and ten fold greater than is claimed, the remedy for them is not the destruction of legislative bodies and the domi nation of the courts by appeals to popular passion. If a man finds his barn infested with rats, he never thinks of burning the barn to get rid of the rodents. He resorts to steel-traps, brings cats, and adopts other devices to put the rats away. He would show himself impatient to the verge of craziness if he brought a torch to accomplish a result , which were better achieved by a trap or a cat. “If there be among us bad judges and corrupt legislators, we can put them out of the way without consuming in the flames of popular rage the government al freedom and public interests more effectually than any other forms of government than men have ever tried. Impetuous and hysterical reformers, who can propose nothing better than fir ing our civil store-houses in which these treasures have been so well kept in order to get rid of a colony of political rats, are too emotional for sane men to follow them. Some of these agitators, perhaps, are not as impatient with the rats as they are restless because they do not carry the keys of the barn. * * * * “Let the people of the United States beware of spurious re formers who propose to bum the store-houses of representative government to kill some political rats which they say have multi plied lately. The agitators may not be half so much concerned to kill rats as they are to run away with some good thing while the people are absorbed in watching the barn burn.” Preaching at Tarrytown. Rev. Bascom Anthony, presid ing elder of the Dublin district, will preach at the Advent church in Tarrytown on Thursday night, April 4th. The public is cordially invited to attend. NO. 49
