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VOL. XXVIII.
WILL DISCONTINUE
TELEGRAPH OFFICE
TO SUBSTITUTE TELEPHONE
Telegrams to be Dispatched
Through Vidalia and
Savannah.
Under a recent ruling of the
State Railroad Commission, the
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany is granted permission to dis
continue its telegraph office at
this place. As a substitute for
this arrangement, there is pend
ing an agreement between the
Western Union Telegraph Co.
and Stanford Bros., owners of
the Mt. Vernon Telephone Co.,
by which all telegraphic business
to and from the place will be
transmitted through Vidalia and
Savannah, direct over the local
telephone system and that of the
Southern Bell Telephone and Tel
egraph Co.’s lines. It is very
probable that Stanford Bros, will
accept the terms submitted by
the W. U. Telegraph Co., (which
is understood to be owned by the
Bell company) and thus shortly
put into effect the ruling of the
Railroad Commission.
This state of affairs is brought
on by the contention of the tele
graph company that the volume
of business furnished by Mt.
Vernon is not sufficient to war
rant a continuance of the office
at this place: however, when the
matter came before the Railroad
Commission, about sixty days
ago, citizens of the place had
a representative to offer protest
before the Commission, submit
ting the fact that the entire vol
ume of business for the town,
both outgoing and incoming, was
sufficient to warrant an office in
connection with the railroad and
express company, which is a
universal custom, accorded even
the small towns.
As a part of the agreement,
telegraph messages to and from
this place, from 8 a. m. to Bp.
m., will be telephoned to the Vi
dalia telegraph office, and from 8
p. m. to 8 a. m. to Savannah, for
transmission. It is understood
that the Bell company will fur
nish the telephone service free,
details to be worked out fully.
Ir. other words, the Bell company
and the Western Union have been
granted the privilege of substi
tuting telephonic communication
with Mt. Vernon for the tele
graph, a plan which is doubtless
contemplated for other towns of
similar caliber and environment.
The Bell telephone facilities are
the greatest in the United States,
while the local system is thor
oughly complete and progressive,
covering this entire section.
Just how satisfactorily the new
plan will work remains to be
seen. Os course minor compli
cations will arise and contingen
cies offer for adjustment, but it
is to be hoped that an improve
ment over the present conditions
will result from the change. If
the people of this town and sec
tion find after trial that the new
arrangement is not satisfactory,
they may arouse themselves to
wards something better; if the
new plan proves economical and
progressive, it will have been
thrust upon them by outside in
fluences. Such innovations may
be in line with progress and mod
ern development—and a substi
tute for the Chinese wall and
tallow-cadle regime which has
heretofore held sway.
Tax Notice.
I will be in Mt. Vernon June
18 and 19 for receiving taxes,
and books will close eight or ten
days thereafter.
Isaac Brooks,
T. R. M. C.
Tarrvtown.
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Special Correspondence.
Miss Mary Calhoun of Soperton
attended services at the Baptist
church Sunday.
Rev. J. I. D. Miller filled Rev.
Jesup’s appointments at the Bap
tist church Saturday and Sunday.
The musical entertainment
given at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. Q. Kirkland Saturday
night, was very much enjoyed
by those present.
Miss Eunice Lightfoot is the
charming guest of her sister, Mrs.
Beckworth.
Miss Omie Kitchens was the
guest of Miss Mayme Snow Sun
day.
Mrs. G. R. Miller visited her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. War
nock, last week.
Messrs. Lamar Davis and Lee
McLendon of Orland, were visi
tors to our little city Sunday,
stopping at the home of Mr. J.
0. Snow.
Miss Blanche Usry visited Miss
Omie Kitchens Monday after
| noon. “Violet”
PREPARING FOR
; -SCHOOLROOM WORK
Many Take the Examination
and Others Absent
on Vacation.
The County Superintendent of
Schools Hon. A. B. Hutcheson,
assisted by Prof. J. A. Pool, held
the regular June examination for
teachers here Friday and Satur
day last. Many of the regular
teachers of the county are away
' for the summer vacation, and
the number taking the examina
: tion was very much reduced on
j that account. The white appli
| cants for license taking the exam
ination were:
, Indus Jones, Uvalda
j Miss Lucy Gay, Higgston
Miss Sallie M. Smith, Higgston
: Mrs. A. S. Howell, Higgston
; C. H. Jones, Soperton
|M. M. Flanders, Mt. Vernon 1
Miss Annie Lou McAllister,
Longpond
Miss Pearl Keen, Uvalda
! Miss Cassie McCrimmon,
Soperton
Miss Dollie Wells, Longpond
Miss Tommie Smith, Higgston
Miss Mary L. Calhoun, Soperton
: Walter Morris, Uvalda
Miss Bessie Higgs, Mt. Vernon
Charles McAllister, Longpond
Mrs. Effie Canady, Mt. Vernon 1
Besides the above there were
twelve colored applicants who
stood the examination.
Sing on Fifth Sunday.
The Union Singing Convention
will meet with Sardis Church on
the sth Sunday. Everybody in
vited to attend. Go prepared to
stay all day.
J. F. McDaniel,
Secretary.
Former Montgomery
Boys are Graduates.
The Monitor is always glad to
note the success of Montgomery
county boys as well as those who
were formerly in its confines.
We note as the graduates of
Emory College the past week J.
E. Barnhill, Glenwood, B. of P.;
Clifford Mcßride, Ailey, B, of J’.;
J. E. Mathews, Vidalia, B. of S.
Ben Segal!, son of Mr. A. Segal 1
of this place, graduated from the
State University the past week.
Having been in this country only
a few years, and having mastered
English and received college de
grees from the University is a
record to be proud of by him.
These young men and others
who may have finished college
from this section deserve con
gratulations and asurance that
the future holds much in store
for them.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1913.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
i Forty-five thousand veterans
North and South have asked for
accomodations at the great Get
tysburg reunion to lie held next
month.
Chief Peterson of Oakland,
Cal., told the Police Chiefs as
sembled in convention in Wash
! ington that one great cause of
immorality among men is wo
man’s immodest dress.
| Judge J. G. McCall of Quit
man, Ga., is now chairman of the
| board of trustees of Mercer Uni
i versity.
A mob of 1,000 persons hanged
and burned Ben Simmons, a ne
gro eighteen years old at Ana
darko, Okla., on Saturday. Sim
mons had assaulted and then
murdered a young white girl.
The funeral of Miss Davidson,
the militant suffragette who was
killed while trying to stop the
; king’s horse in the derby last
{week, occured in London on Sat
| urday, a great throng attending
land twenty brass bands playing.
A warrant is out for John
Friesmuth of Lacrosse, Wis., for
hitching his 12-year-old son to a
j cultivator alongside a mule to
'• cultivate his crop.
A mule kicked a w r ire in the
| Jefferson Coal Co’s mine in Ohio
lon Monday and the spark from
| the shoe on the mule’s foot set
i off a keg of powder causing an
j explosion that fatally hurt four
| men.
Dr. Guy O. Brinkley, a promi
nent young physician of Savan
nah, was shot to death in his of
fice Monday afternoon by Mrs.
E. H. Whisenant, who turned
the pistol and fired a bullet
I through her own brain, falling
dead across the body of the physi
cian.
W. W. Martin of Becker, Tenn.,
fell three stories down an eleva
tor shaft in the Third National
Bank building in Atlanta on Sat
-1 urday and was instantly killed.
Fire destroyed the shops of the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute at
Blacksburg, Va., on Monday!
morning. The building was val
ued at $150,000 and insured fori
only $50,000.
A sagging wire cut the throats
of two people riding on top of a
double deck auto bus at Long
Beach, L. 1., on Sunday, and one
man’s windpipe was partly sever
ed, but all may recover.
The Wheeler County Bank, to
! be located at Alamo, applied to
s he secretary of state Tuesday
lor a charter, the capital stock to
be $25,000.
| Carl Brown, aged 23, was killed
at Stone Mountain Monday while
trying to board an early train into
Atlanta.
Charles Jason, son of a rich
rancher near Niobrora, Neb.,’ re
fused an offer by his father of
SIO,OOO to forsake bis sweet hear,
and enlist in the army.
A letter written by Henry G.
Russell of Pottsville during the
war was received by lib widow
last week, 52 years after it was
written, having been mislaid by
a friend to whom he had given
it to be mailed.
The annual convention of the
County Officers’ Association met
at Miflen yesterday. L. M.
Crawford of Jackson, Ga., is the
president.
Hon. C. M. Methvin, wh is
president of the Georgia Weekly
Press Association, and also a
member of the legislat or from
Dodge county, has been appoint
ed district deputy grand chancel
lor, K. of P., for the Twelfth
district.
I More than 2,500 people attend
jed the annual foot-washing of
i the followers of the Church of
God near \ndcrson, Ind., on
Monday, followed by the sacra
ment.
Principal W. A. Dunn of the
Polytechnic High School of Los
Angelges, Cal., sent home two
girls from school because they
wore “slit” skirts showing their
ankles.
The Infante Don Jaime, the
second son of the king and queen
of Spain, was born deaf and
dumb, and is now five years old.
In the election held in Chatham
county Monday for a member of
the legislature to fill the place of
Hon, P. A. Stovall, who goes as
minister to Switzerland, Herman
C. Shuptrine was elected, his
ma jority over J. J. Bonham be
mg mi':
A. L. Christian, a Waycross
man, gave himself up to the po
lice of Richmond, Va., on Satur
day night, saying he had robbed
his partner in the fruit business
in Waycross of SIOO.
Extensive preparations are be
ing made in Brunswick for the
state reunion of Confederate Vet
erans to he held there in July,
i The city council has appropriated
j SSOO towards the entertainment
fund.
D. S. Yancey, a deputy sheriff
of the city court in Atlanta, was
stabbed to death on Monday about j
noon by Eugene Watson, a negro!
whom he was trying to arrest for
snatching a purse from another
j negro.
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S. S. CONVENTION OF
IIANIELL ASSOCIATION
Programme for Meeting at
Higgston June 27th,
28th and 29th.
The Sunday School Convention of
the Daniell Association will be
j held with the Higgston Bap
tist Church on June 27, 28, 29.
FRIDAY MORNING.
11 o’clock, Introductory Sermon
—J. A. J. Dumas. Organize.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
2:00 o’clock, Importance of
teaching the fundamental doc
trines of the Bible in the Sunday
School J. D. Rabun.
3:00 o’clock, Elements of con
secration in a teacher that are
necessary for soul winning J.
A. J. Dumas.
FRIDAY NIGHT.
8:00 o’clock, Sermon—S. N.
Mamie.
SATURDAY MORNING.
9 o’clock, Song service.
9:30 o’clock, The Sunday
School as an agency for training
for service L. M. Jessup and
T. P>. Conner.
10:30 o’clock. The social fea
ture of a Sunday School and the
best methods of securing regular
attendance Dr. L. 11. Darby
and Dr. J. W. Palmer.
11:15 o’clock, Sermon—O. O.
V, illiams.
jSA'I URDAY AFTERNOON.
2:00 o’clock, Literature It. E.
Robertson and S. N. Mamie.
3:00 o’clock, The* home and the
Sunday School as factors in
training a good citizenry J. C.
Brew ton.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
8:00 o’clock, How to make a
Sunday School “go” in the coun
try church —M. E. Burns.
SUNDAY MORNING.
9:00 o’clock, Programme of 20
minutes each by different Sun
day Schools.
11 o’clock, Missionary Sermon
by
Let each Sunday School that
will render a 20-minutes pro
gramme on Sunday morning of
the convention write Dr. L. H.
Darby, Vidalia, so that the con
vention rnay know just what to
expect. J. D. ItAHUN,
Chairman Prog. Corn.
Kemp School.
Special Correspondence.
The crops of this section are
looking fine, and the farmers
have had ample opportunity for
working them.
Mr - . Leighton Williamson and
famil.\ visited the family of Mr.
John Goff Saturday night.
Mr. J. H. Martin made a trip
to Tarry town Saturday.
Miss Mary Calhoun of Soperton
is visiting the family of Mr. L.
Canady this week.
An ice-cream supper at the
home of Mr. John Goff Saturday
night was enjoyed by those pres
present:.
Mr. John Calmer visited his
mother Sunday.
Mrs. 11. C. Goff is recovering
from an attack of appendicitis.
Mr. Harmon Fennel and family
j visised in our section Sunday.
Mrs. Lester Canady and Miss
Mary Calhoun attended the ex
amination in Mt. Vernon Satur
day. School begins in two weeks.
Eyes of Blue.
SUNBEAMS WILL
SC TIER SUNSHINE
i "
Young Folks Will Entertain
at Baptist Church
Sunday Eve.
The Sunbeam Society will give
lan entertainment Sunday eve
ning, 8 p m. June 22, at the
I Baptist Churc i, Mt. Vernon.
{The public- is gokdiauuy invited
to attend. The young people are
in fine training, and a treat is in
store for t hose who attend. The
following program will be ren
dered:
Song, On This Glad Night
The Lord’s Prayer The Band 1
Memory Work: The Pentateuch,
23d Chapter <d' P: alms, Beati
tudes, Twelve Apes'les.
Mother Goose and Her Family as
I Mission Workers.
J Song Thy Will be Done
Ilelen Lee, Mamie Rabun
Telephone Quiz Seven Sections
I The Penny Song
Esther Geiger, Grace Currie
I Telephone Quiz -Seven Sections
Solo — Shall 1 be Forgotten?
Theodosia < leiger
Song Carol His Praises
Telephone Quiz—Nine Sections
Duet
Eva Conner, Sue Lee
Solo— Ever Nearer
Theodosia ( leiger
1 iishcloth I )ia!ogue
Birdie Twiggs, Clara Bright
Winnie Smith, Frankie Stan
ford
Song— Merry Missionaries
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Georgia Has 100,000
Acres ol Coal Land.
The total area of the coal fields
in Georgia is estimated at IG7 j
square miles, the smallest coal
area in the Appalachian States.
Not all of the field is workable. |
. . . , I
Extensive operations are carried j
on iri both counties, however, but
all of the production iri 1912 was
by two companies operating in
Walker County. On account of
its high percentage (80) of fixed
carbon and its low sulphur eon-1
tent, the Lookout Mountain coal
of Walker County gives a large
product of excellent coke which
is sold to the furnaces of Chatta
nooga and other points in Ten-:
nessee n d it (leorgia.
$1 HO I ire at Mcßae.
Mcßae, Ga., June 10. Fire in
the heart of the business section
today destroyed the millinery
store of Mrs. Cal lit? McLean arid
the adjoining building, occupied
by J. 11. Redmond’s grocery!
store and M. L. McGee’s photo- {
graph studio. The loss is esti- 1
mated at about ten thousand
dollars, partly covered by insu
rance.
TEACHERS ASK
! CONSIDERATION
PAY BEFORE APPROPRIATION
Unpaid Salaries the Cause
of Complaint From
Teachers.
At a meeting of the Georgia
County School Officials Associa
tion in Atlanta April 29-May 1,
there was adopted a resolution
which would seek a limitation to
appropriation for school purposes
without provision for the pay
ment of funds AiiREADY appropri
; ted by the state for the mainte
nance of the public schools.
This is the only consistent at
titude for the present general
assembly to assume: it is folly
to legislate measures a with
out means, as is often the case.
The very life and purpose of the
measure is defeated, where
the vital provision—funds, sys
tematically spent —is not car
ried out. Debts incurred by the
state should first be cancelled by
provisions already prescribed; a
greater and more far-reaching
appropriation will then be incum
bent upon the legislative body of
the state.
The schools of the state—and
in many instances those which
j are recognized as state institu
11ions—are sadly in need of funds
I for greater work, but likewise
hundreds of teachers throughout
I the state are kept in waiting for
I their well-earned salaries. Let
the state endeavor to meet its
I present obligations; then go for
ward with the work of brain
building, until her sons and
daughters gain intellectual at
tainment second to no state in
the union. The Monitor has al
ways stood for educational de
velopment, and while Montgom
ery county has made remarkable
strides, still greater good may lie
expected in her bounds.
Hon. A. I>. Hutcheson, super
intendent of county schools, is a
member of the committee ap
pointed to appear before the leg
islative committee in support of
| the resolution referred to, which
j is as follows:
“Resolved by the Georgia
t.chool Officials Convention now
in session that a Legislature Com
mittee of seven be appointed
from this body to appear before
the appropriations and Education
al Committees of the Legislature
and oppose vigorously any in
crease in appropriations to the
Common Schools or to any Edu
cational Institution until some
means shall have been provided
! for the prompt payment of ap
propriations already made.
“We recommend that the Coun
ty Superintendent of Schools in
each county have the above res
olution printed in his local paper
in order that the matter be
brought to the attention of all
the people."
YOUNIi MAN DIES
01 TYPHOID FEVER.
Rod Carpenter Passes away
As He Attains To
Man’s Estate.
After an illness of three weeks
of typhoid fever, Mr. Rod Car
penter, 22 years of age, passed
away at the family home on Sun
day evening last. Mr. Carpen
ter was a popular young man of
exemplary character, the second
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Car
penter near McGregor. In the
prime of young manhood his ca
reer came to an end, leaving
many sorrowing hearts. The re
mains were buried at Vidalia on
Monday, Rev. N. H. Williams of
the Methodist church performing
the funeral rites.
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