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IVOL. XXVII.
BREWTON-PARKER
f INSTITUTE OPENING
iFall Term Begins Its Work
Under Very Favorable
Circumstances.
The fall term of the Brewton-
I Parker Institute, under manage-
I ment of Dr. J, C. Brewton, foun-
I der of the school, began on Tues
i day morning with every indica
f tion of a successful session.
I Considering the fact that Prof.
Mulloy’s illness caused important
changes when he had to abandon
the presidency, the opening was
far better than anticipated and
the attendance good. Pupils are
i still coming in, and before long
the school will be full.
The addition of several new
[ teachers to the faculty will add
strength to the working force.
Rev. J. T. Smith of Dublin, a
graduate of Mercer University,
and a teacher of long experience,
has charge of mathematics; Mr.
; T. B. Conner, graduate of the
school, and who recently com
f pleted the course at Mercer, is in
charge of the department of La
tin: Miss Inez Brantley of Syl
vania, a gradnate of the Georgia
Normal and Industrial College,
Milledgeville, is in charge of the
6th grade; Miss Ora Lee of Mt.
Vernon, graduate of the Presby
terial Institute, Blackshear, is
teacher of voice, string and wind
i instruments, %
Prof. Carter of North Georgia
is principal of the public school
department, assisted by Miss El
la Brown of Lavonia, Miss Inez
Mcßae, Mt. Vernon. Miss Brew
ton, Miss Cone and Miss Upshaw
are still filling their important
places on the faculty.
j All students of Montgomery i
county under 18 years of age, j
whether in the dormitories or
bearding, will get their share of
the public school funds of the
county. The new light plant is
in operation and the lights are
beautiful.
A CLOSING OUT SALE
Uvalda Merchant Will Sell
Stock Rather Than
Pay Freight.
Mr. M. G. Willcox of Uvalda
proposes to close out his business
at Uvalda and instead of moving
his big stock of general merchan
dise, he has decided to close it
out regardless of prices.
The big slaughter sale of this
large stock begins on Tuesday,
Sept. 10th; and every man wo
man and child can save money
by calling while the mammoth
stock is moving out. Some idea
may be formed from the page
announcement that will appear
in this paper next week, as to
prices. Don’t miss the buying
opportunity of the season. Tues
day next is the date and Uvalda
the place.
I Change of Meeting.
Change of the time for the
meeting of the Daniell Associa
tion.
By order of the Ex. Com., a
< call is hereby made for the Dan-
I iell Association to meet with
J Ohoopee church, Ohoopee, Ga.,
t on Oct 23 (Wednesday after the
third Sunday), instead of Oct. 30
(Wednesday after the fourth
Sunday), as printed in the min
utes.
This call is made because the
Tattnall Association meets on
Oct. 30, at Cobbtown, only a
few miles from Ohoopee; and it
is thought best not to have the
two associations in session at
the same time and in almost the
1 same community.
J. D. Rabun
| Chairman Ex. Com. Daniell
% Association.
(sh? ftknutiir*
Uvalda. j
special CoiTt-Rponcleiice.
Misses Cora and Norma Moore
of Kissimee, Fla. are visiting
Mrs. Herbert Gibbs.
Mrs. Bussey and sister, Miss 1
Fannie Thurmond have returned
to Jacksonville, Fla. after a visit
with relatives here.
Miss Lucile McClelland has re
turned to her home in Dexter, she'
was accompanied by her aunt,
Miss Lillie Mae Calhoun.
Mrs. M. G. Willcox and little
son, Mitchell have returned from
\ a visit to Atlanta and Hawkins
' ville.
Messrs. Lester O’Neal, Clay
ton Gray and Lamar Jones went
to Ailey Sunday.
Miss Alberta McNatt has gone*!
to Mcßae to enter the South j
Georgia College.
Mrs. Wallace Moses and son, i
Wallace, are visiting relatives at
Manassas and Hagan
Messrs. Dess Gray of Lyons j
and John Gray of Claxton were i
home Sunday and Monday.
Miss Minnie Abt of Mt. Vern
on is visiting her sister, Mrs. S.
Lynn. *
Mrs. Eugene Talmadge and
children of Mcßae visited Mrs.
H. A. Moses last week.
James Preston Moses went to
Lumber City last Thursday.
A Wonderful Comparison.
The following extract from
the Southern Cultivator bears out
our contention for oats against
cotton:
The farmer’s universal yard-,
stick, by which he measures all
things is—experience—the re
sults. So we need to give our
; readers a few results along this
line that we have picked up in
! our travels.
First. As to Yields —Mr. S. J.
Wakefield, of Antreville, S. C.,
thrashed this year 702 bushels of
oats from six acres, or 117 bush-.
els per acre. We trust to give
you his account of his prepara-'
tion and fertilization. We have
giveft you an account of how Mr.
Dorsett, of Fayette county, j
Georgia, made 86 bushels per
acre. Mr. T. L. Blackwell of
Houston county, Alabama, made
96 bushels from an acre sown in j
February. Mr. J. A. Wolford,
of Madden, South Carolina,
bought three acres of land, pay
ing SIOO for it. He planted it in
cotton and cleared SIOO from the
three acres, or over paid for it in
a single year. Many farmers l
will say: “Theres’s nothing like '
cotton if you have to raise any i
money.” But Mr. Wofford sow-1
ed this land in oats the next year
and followed in peas and from :
the same three acres cleared $163
i or $54 more than the cotton paid.
The first question now before the
farmers is to farm for something
to eat; but even as a money pro- 1
position oats beat cotton.
Brown Board to Stick.
Atlanta, Aug. 31.—1 t looks as
if the new state Board of Educa-j
tion, appointed by Gov. Brown |
following the adjournment of the ,
Senate, which confirmed the ap- J
pointees of former Gov. Hoke i
Smith, is going to stick without ;
a flutter. Report has it that;
neither Prof. J. C. Langston of
Sylvania nor Prof. Jere M.
Pound of Athens, the two mem
bers of the Smith board who
were left out, will make a fight.
When the board is called togeth
er it will be the board appointed
by Gov. Brown and the indica
tions are there will be no one to
say it nay.
Seed Oats For Sale.
' Rust-proof Appier Seed Oats,
1 to 25 bushels, 85c per bu.; 25
to 100 bushels, 80c per bu., f. o. b.
Uvalda. Peter Johnson,
Uvalda, Ga.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1912.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
On Sunday last, four daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Clark of
Ozark, Ark , were married at
one time to four farmers in the
! neighborhood, the same preacher
performing the ceremonies.
A national gathering of toomb
stone manufacturers took place
|at Detroit last week, to be fol
lowed this week by a convention
lof the press humorists from all
over the United States.
i Charles Clothers, fireman of a
j steamship in port at Brunswick,
was killed by an engine Satur
! day night while walking on the
; tracks of the A. B. &A. road
| near the depot.
A railroad 'is being built
! through the Okefenokee swamp,
and thousands of timber will be
| hauled out, and the road proba
i bly continued into Florida.
The Eleventh district congres
i sional convention at Brunswick
on Saturday nominated Hon. J.
I Randall Walker for congress,
, and passed sti’ong resolutions j
! thanking Congressman Brantley j
. for his work for sixteen years. j
I Cleve Oliver of St. Louis was;
i killed Saturday night while riding j
; his motorcycle at the rate of 75
j miles an hour.
Nobe Moore, a young white
man of Griffin, shot and killed
| his father, Ed Moore, Saturday 1
; night, using a 38 calibre pistol,
and claiming that his father was
I trying to use a shot gun on him. j
A heavy rain storm swept;
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and i
Ohio Sunday night, and thirty
six persons were killed and many
wounded.
; While discharging freight at
Locust Point near Baltimore, the
1 steamer Nantucket was found to
be on fire Monday, and water be
ing turned into the hold, the boat
went to the bottom.
Monday last was the hottest J
September day on record since!
the recrod was started 42 years j
1 ago. The mercury went to 104
in Savannah.
AT ADVANCED AGE
MRS. STANFORD DIES.!
Mrs. Stanford, relict of the !
; late George li. Stanford died at
6 o’clock Tuesday morning at her
home here after a brief illness
from paralysis. Mrs. Stanford
reached the age of 78 years on
the 12th of March last, and had
: spent most of her useful life
! here. Her mission on earth
' seemed to be to bless the lives of
all around her, and her many
friends and her children rise up
and call her name blessed. Her:
children left are. Judge Geo. J. j
! Stanford, Mr. W. R. Stanford,Mr. \
Henry Stanford, Mr. J. I. Stan
ford and Miss Mary Stanford.
! The remains were laid to rest
yesterday morning beside those
|of her husband, who departed
I this life in 1905, at the McGre-1
i gor cemetery here.
In the presence of many friends
j and relatives, Rev. J. D. Rabun;
performed the funeral rites.
Mr. Gecrge Burch
Is Reported Dead.
A telegram received here late
Tuesday night by his relatives
brought the information that Mr.
George Burch was dead at Jakin,
Ga., where he has resided for
some time. No particulars were
given in the message, and we
are unable to get definite infor
mation of the sad occurrence. He
j was a brother of Ex-Sheriff A.
J. Burch, Everett E. Burch, Tom
l Burch of Macon, and Mrs. John
|G. Morris, and was raised here.
I Mr. E. E. Burch left yesterday
for Jakin.
'
Four persons were killed Mon
day when a passenger train
plunged into the Lemonweir ri-J
ver near Camp Douglas, Wis., i
and many others were injured.
The Georgia Normal and In
dustrial College at Milledgeville
had received over 1000 applica
tions for admittance before Au
gust Ist, nearly half of these be
ing turned away for lack of room.
Mrs. Florence B. Jackson, wid
ow of the late Gen. H. R. Jack
son, was buried at Bonaventure,
Savannah, last Friday.
A violent earthquake shook
the town of Guadalajara, Mox.,
Sunday night, wrecking many
small residences.
One man was killed and three
others injured when a passenger
train on the Southern road ran
into a hand car at McCarty’s
Station, Tenn., Monday morning.
The general offices and freight
warehouses of the Georgia North
ern road at Moultrie were burned
i Monday morning, the total loss
| amounting to $50,000.
Three people of New York
City were killed by a freight
train Monday night while walk-1
ing a trestle over Esopus creek I
near Kingston, N. Y.
Sherrick Bobb of Cincinnati, a
boy six years old swallowed a
screw one inch long three years
ago and it got into his windpipe.
It was removed with a magnet
J this week in less than five min
: utes.
| Michael Kelly of New York
died in a miserable hovel, but it
I was discovered that he had left a
j fortune of $200,000 to be divided 1
among people who had been kind
to him.
The Tybee railroad carried 4,-!
200 people to the island from
l Savannah on Labor Day, last
j Monday.
j Solomon, Luna, known as the j
greatest sheep ranchman in the !
world, was found dead in a sheep 1
dipping vat on his ranch in New
i Mexico this week. „
' State Committee
List Completed.
Atlanta, Aug. 31.—Chairman J
W. J. Harris of the state Execu- j
tive Committee to-day issued the)
formal call for the meeting of;
the committee at the state capi- !
tol on Wednesday, Sept. 4, at j
noon, simultaneously announced
the appointment of the addition- 1
l al fifteen members of the com- j
mittee from the state-at-large, \
as authorized by resolution of
the state convention.
In addition to the contests be
; fore the committee, it will take
|up any other business that may
be suggested by its members,
including arrangements for the
state and national campaigns.
Plans will be made looking to
bringing out a full Democratic 1
; vote for Gov. Wilson.
The fifteen members of the!
committee from the state at-large i
are as follows: G. R. Hutchens
of Floyd, J. H. Tipton of Worth,
Dr. H. A. Crumbley of Quitman,
Charles R. Pendleton, of Bibb,
Dr. E. B. Terrell of Merriwether,
J. W. Mayson of DeKalb, Albert
Howell, Jr., of Fulton, L. A.
Brannen of Bulloch, E. H. Grif
fith of Haralson, Hugh Roe of
Clark, A. S. Hardy of Hall, J.
C. Jarnigan of Warren, I). G.
Foggarty of Richmond, W. li.
Frier of Coffee, Eschol Graham
: of Telfair.
1 ‘ tut; :. „
Mr. P. M.- Moseley of the Sew
ard section was up Tuesday to
■ enter his daughter at the Brew
■ ton-Parker Institute.
i
Jim Price Thanks His
Friend For Well Wishing
Athens, Aug. 31.—Hon James
I D. Price, of Farmington, Oconee
| county, has sent out the follow
ing brief card expressing his ap
preciation of the many messages
!of congratulation which he has
received since receiving the nom
nation for commissioner of agri
culture. He says:
‘‘Having received numerous
letters and telegrams from my
friends in every section of the
state congratulating me upon my
nomination for commissioner of
agriculture at the recent state
democratic convention at Maeon,
I and not being able to reply per
sonally to all these letters and
telegrams, 1 take this method
and opportunity of thanking my!
friends over the state,individual
ly and collectively, for their
earnest support and untiring ef
forts in my behalf.
Respect fully,
‘‘J. I). Price.”
Former Montgomery
County Cousins Meet.
Waycross, Ga., Aug 31.—Af
ter a separatian of 52 years the
Rev. G. C. Buchanan of this city
and a cousin, Henry Coney at
Fort White, Fla., met in Way
cross this w’eek. The Rev. Mr.
| Buchanan knew nothing of his
I cousin’s visit until Mr. Coney
called at the minister’s home.
The reunion was very happy and
both enjoyed talking over old
times. i
A short while ago Mr. Coney
learned that his Waycross cousin
was alive and he resolved then to
come up here and visit him. Rev.
Mr. Buchanan, failing to hear
from his cousin in so many years,!
had given him up for dead. Mr.
Coney is now 74 years old, about
I the same age as the Rev. Mr.
; Buchanan.
! Picks up Wrong Box
Takes Poison Tablet.
Swainsboro, Sept. 2. —Mrs.
Henry R. Daniel has been sick
! here for the last few days as a
l result of taking a poison tablet
by mistake when she thought
she was taking a headache tablet.
Mrs. Daniel went into her room
just before supper and instead of
turning on the light and examin
! ing what she thought was an
j aspirin tablet for headache, she
; took a tablet out of a box of ex
j actly the same size which was
.close to the aspirin box on the;
jmantlepiece. She then went out;
on the back porch and took the !
tablet, and immediately was tak-;
Jen desperately ill. Judge Daniel,!
who was at supper, was called, I
and just as soon as she informed
I him she was sick and had taken
a certain tablet, he knew that
she had taken one of a box of
bichloride tablets, which he had
taken home only that night for
antiseptic purposes.
Medical assistance was prompt
ly summoned, and with the aid
of those who were in tie house
;at the time she was taken ill, she
: was soon cared for. Hr. Chand
ler came almost immediately, and
as soon -as he learned the cause
!of the illness he set, promptly to
work, and soon had Mrs. Daniel
iout of danger. She is improving
nicely arid it is believed that she
will soon be entirely well of its
effects.
South Carolina is
Not Hopeless Yet.
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 2. While
in Augusta to-day Senator Till
man said he had no comment to
make on the latest letter from
Gov. Blease and the only com
ment he cared to make on the
South Carolina situation now is:
‘‘l have nothing to say now ex
cept to say that the state hasn’t
gone to bell yet; and we are not
going to let it. Further than that
I am merely awaiting develop
ments.”
RURAL ROUTE MEN
TO GET MORE PAY
Increased Revenue From
Parcels Post Makes It
Possible.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 1. —
Under authority conferred by
the postoffice appropriation bill,
Postmaster Gen. Hithcock has
increased the salaries of rural
letter carriers on standard routes
from SI,OOO to $l,lOO a year,
thus affectig 30,00n0 men, with
apportionate increase to carriers
on shorter routes The order
will become effective Sept. 110.
This will mean an increased
disbursement of $4,000,000 a
(year. It is the second salary
advance for rural carriers made
in the last four years. At the
close of the last fiscal year on
June 30, there were 42,051 rural
mail carriers, the aggregate pay
being $40,055,740. When the
rural delivery system was insti
tuted 10 years ago, 83 carriers
were employed at an annual cost
of $14,840, the maximum individ
ual pay being S2OO a year.
The increase provides rural
carriers adequate compensation
for additional burdens to be im
posed by the parcels post system,
effective Jan. 1.
“The parcels post system on
rural mail routes can be conduct
ed practically with no extra ex
penses to the government except
the increased salary allowance to
!carriers,” said Mr. Hitchcock.
“In my judgment this additional
cost will be more than offset by
an increased revenue, thus in
suring the maintenance, and,
from time to time, the extension
of the rural delivery system as a
! self-supporting branch of the
postal service.”
Mr. Hitchcock also has direct
ed that rural mail carriers, on
the completion of twelve months
service be granted 15 days leave
with pay. This will require the
additional expenditure of SBO,-
000 a year in the payment of
substitute carriers.
i
The Solid Truth.
The legislators-elect would do
Georgia a real service if they
would spend their time between
now and next June studying out
the best possible plan for revising
the tax laws of the State and
then when the Legislature meets
putting that plan into execution.
It is a question that Georgia must
I settle and the sooner the better,
j As long as the State is willing to
igo along as she has gone for the
past twenty-five years and remain
in debt to her common school
teachers, just so long will she be
disgraced. Athens banner.
COMMISSIONERS FIX
THE TAX RATE.
State Rate When Added To
Make Tax About $16.50
On Thousand.
At the regular meeting of the
Board of Commissioners here on
Tuesday much routine work was
done. The tax levy was made
and the itemized b ldget foots
up $11.50 on the thousand. This
added to the state levy of about
$5, will make the rate $10.50 on
the thousand dollars.
Revival at Glenwood.
The revival meeting at Glen
wood Methodist church, which
closed on the fourth Sunday
night last, was a remarkable
meeting in several respects. The
pastor, Rev. C. M. Ledbetter,
did the preaching and though no
special advertising had been
given the meeting, the results
were far-reaching. There wer6
thirty-seven accessions to the
' church on profession of faith,
and the church was greatly re
-Ivived.
NO. 20.
