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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1913)
alt? iHmttiumtpn; fHontto* VOL. XXVIII. FALL MEETING j OF PRESBYTERY! FIRSTJSESSION TUESDAY EVE Reception Last Evening to Visitors at Home Mr. D. A. Mcßae. The October session of the Savannah Presbytery convened j here Tuesday evening at the Presbyterian church, the opening sermon being preached by Dr. A. 1 L. Patterson of Blackshear. Rev. j Robert M. Mann of Tifton was chosen moderator and Rev. Hen ry Rankin of Tifton was elected recording secretary. The visi- 1 tors are being hospitably enter tained in the various homes of j the town, and the sessions arej progressing smoothly. Sessions are held morning, afternoon and evening. Dr. Rockwell S. Brank, pastor of Independent Presbyterian church, Savannah, is chairman of the committee on missions, i Dr. Gammon delivered a stirring missionary address last evening. The following ministers are present: Revs. R. M. Mann, Tis- , ton; L. A. McLaurine, States boro; Henry Rankin, Keller; R. S. Brank and W. Moore Scott, Savannah; W. H. Chapman, Brunswick; Geo. L. Bitzer, Val-: dosta; Chas. Montgomery, Mt. : Vernon; W. W. McMorris, Hazle hurst; A. L. Patterson, Black- : shear. The following elders are at- ' tending: Messrs. J R. Auld, 1 Erick; W. C. Mcßae, Mt. Ver non; G. L. Peterson, Sadie; J. A.! 1 McDonald, Statesboro; R. H. 11 Clay, Bryan Neck; E. B. Way, 1 Flemington; Maj. Jas. 0. Varne dore, Valdosta. Following are among the visi- 1 tors here: Messrs. Daniel Iver- 1 son, Savannah; J. L. Hinson, i 1 Erick; J. T. Langford, Sadie; J. \ T. McCullough, at large; Mr. Carnes of Vidalia; and Mr. Wal lace of Tifton. ■ Last evening, at the beautiful | home of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan j A. Mcßae on Railroad avenue, an informal reception was given ' the visiting body — ministers, el- j ders, out-of-town visitors and * homefolks. It was a pleasing event, in which good cheer ruled supreme, and those present were! brought into closer bonds of 1 friendship. During the evening a delidious luncheon was served, j ! Mrs. Mcßae was ably assisted by ; \ a number of lady friends, and it! is sure the event was one of! pleasure to the visitors. Orphan Home Day Fittingly Celebrated. < Orphan Home Day was cele- 1 brated at the Methodist church ! here with exercises by the little, 1 folks Sunday evening, and as a 1 result the amount of $ll.BB was! 1 j • raised toward defraying the ex- j penses of the orphans home of the South Georgia Conference at Macon. Particular credit should be giv en the children who took part in j the exercises, as a more success ful event of its kind has not been held here. It is worthy of note; that the program was not given the little ones until two weeks before their public appearance, 1 and every feature of the pro gram was beautifully carried out, 1 after only a very few rehearsals. They were heard by a crowded house. For Clerk Superior Court: I **k of my friend* and the citizen* of Mont- ! gomery ceunty the office of Clerk of the .Su perior Court. Long years of einerienc in the ; woik warrant me in claiming my fitne** for i tbe duties of the office, and in the coining primary, under aneli rule* a* may be adopted, I ask for your xupport. Your vote* will he liigbly appreciated, John C. McAllisteb. i i Quarterly Meeting Held Here on Yesterday. Rev. L. A. Hill, presiding elder !of the Mcßae District of the Methodist church was here on yesterday and held the fourth 'quarterly meeting of the Mt. ; Vernon circuit. On account of ! the meeting of the Savannah ; Presbytery here there was no preaching, and the routine work !of the conference occupied the ' morning hour. Reports were re ceived as to the financial status , of the three churches, Ailey, Mt. j Vernon and Glen wood, i Those present from Wheeler j county were J. W. Morrison, J. jD. McDaniel, R. L. Hogan, G. i M. Anderson and H. A. Morrison. 1 Those representing the Method | ist church of Ailey were 1 ' Messrs. J. M. D. McGregor and G. R. Mason. Amounts due by the several churches of the cir cuit will, according to pledges made, be paid in full by the close of the month. PROMINENT CITIZEN HAS PASSED AWAY Judge Lucien B. McLemore Died Friday Morning At His Home. After an illness of several months, in which he was a great sufferer, Judge Lucien B. McLe more quietly breathed his last at 3:00 o’clock on Friday morn ing at his home here. In his; death Montgomery county loses one of her best citizens, and one who always took great interest in matters affecting the interests of its citizens. Few men in the county were more conversant with public affairs or rendered more willing and efficient service in public matters. He was quiet and unassuming in manner, re tiring and gentle in expression: but always advocated the right and stood for it. He had reached the age of G1 years, having spent his entire life in Montgomery county. He was preceded to the grave some fourteen years by his wife, who was Miss Corinne McGregor, both sleeping now in the family cemetery only a few rods away from the McGregor homestead where they were mar-ried. Judge McLemore is survived by two brothers, Ira T. and Wil liam McLemore; four sisters, Mrs. A. A. Peterson, Mrs. Robt. Sharpe, Mrs. Jos. W. Sharpe and Mrs. Robt. Coursey. The surviving children are, Messrs. Mark L., Howell, Hor ace, Nesbit and Carr; Misses Isla, ! Viola and Arlia. The funeral occurred on Sun day morning, attended by friends and relatives from the surround ing sections, forming a large concourse. The exercises were conducted at the home by Rev. Chas. Montgomery, pastor of the Presbyterian church here, of which the deceased was a mem ber, assisted by Rev. C. M. Led better, pastor of the Methodist church. Our sympathies go out to the stricken ones, their grief is our grief; for, during eleven years of residence here he was our friend. . 1 Musical Program For The Baptist Church, j The music at the Mt. Vernon Baptist church for next Sabbath has been selected and arranged by the choir as follows: Gloria Patria. Doxology. “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name.” Anthem, “In the Cross of Christ I Glory.” Solo, “I Will Extol Thee.”- Mrs. M. B. Calhoun. Sermon. “Joy To The World.” MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCT. 16, 1913. General News Items Told in Short Meter. The explosion of a bomb in the i east side, New York, on Monday ,! wrecked an Italian grocery store | and routed 250 people from their ■ I homes. i Beginning on Jan. 6, the Plant System will run a steamship from Jacksonville to Panama, semi monthly, the trip taking fourteen i days. Efforts are being made by a German inventor to recover $2,000,000 in gold that went down in the Bay of San Francis co when the steamer Rio de Janeiro sank in 1901. l Miss Dorothy Haugh of Val dosta was found murdered in a room at the Southern hotel in Thomasville on Monday morning, having gone there on a visit. Ernest Harden of Union Point had his jaw 7 broken by a kick from a mule on Satuidayand was unconscious for several hours. Steamers sent out by the Rus sian government to explore the Arctic regions north of Siberia! have returned and report finding a new body of land the size of 1 Greenland. Paul Meining, a German painter of Savannah, 34 years of age, killed himself Saturday night, hanging himself from the rafters of a wood shed, after I slashing his arms and legs with a razor. J. H. McKennie, for 33 years clerk of the United States Su preme Court, died Monday night. He began 55 years ago as a deputy clerk. Englishmen living in Liverpool and Toronto are negotiating for Ossabaw Island. The island con tains 25,000 acres and is held at $300,000. <3 ©;■©:;© jf Damon Notes § ; M M | Proceedings of Weekly Meeting at IJrewloii’Parker Institute, Mt. Vernon 1 The Damon Literary Society! held their regular weekly meet- 1 ing in the freshman room Satur-j day afternoon last. After the' society was called to order by ! the president the roll was called | and the minutes were read and ! adopted. After which the fol • | lowing program was very sue cessfully carried through: Conversation —Eunice Burk halter, Eloise Adams, Manilla Mosley, and Marguerite Mont-, gomery. Violin solo —Erin McArthur. Jokes and wants- Jim McCul lough. Prophecy —Tyra Stanley. Pantomine Hayden McDaniel, Oglethorpe McLemore, Albert Sidney Johnson and Cleo Low -1 rey. Adjective game—Mamie Mc- Daniel. Reading—Howell Mosley. Debate: Resolved, That Foot-j ball is Beneficial. Affirmative—Edgar McLemore and Ray Coursey. Negative—Rufus Hodges and Cecil Lee. After discussing this subject thoroughly the judges rendered their decision a tie. After a short busines meeting we adjourned. -M. A. M.- | * Charles Bonkenhegen, a farm er of Crisp county had a bucket loaded with dirt to fall on him while cleaning out a well on Tuesday and was killed. Hon. W. G. Brantley, former representative of the Eleventh district in congress, was given a handsome silver service Satur day in Brunswick as a testimon ial for his work in behalf of Brunswick and the district. Huerta, provisional president of Mexico, issued an order on Saturday dissolving the Mexican congress, and threw 110 members of the chamber of deputies into prison. On Thursday last the steamer Volturno, on a voyage from Rot terdam to New York, was burned in mid-Atlantic ocean during a raging storm. Eleven vessels were summoned to her aid by wireless, but after rescueing ov er 500, the loss was 136 lives. Dr. Carey S. Barron, a promi- j nent young physician of Henry county, is in jail at McDonough charged with the murder of his wife. She turned blind on Sat urday and died suddenly. He was out riding with a Miss | Wheeler while his wife was on ; her deathbed, and married the young woman on Tuesday. Suffragettes attempted to burn the costly Heaton Railway sta tion in Newcastle, Eng., on Sat urday. Another band caught a doctor and gave him a flogging with dog whips. | A severe wind storm in Wis consin on Friday blew a freight train from the track near New Lisbon and destroyed miles of tobacco sheds and killed much livestock. A. A. Wellborn of Columbus committed suicide by shooting a bullet through his head in a room in a sanitarium where he was being treated in Atlanta on Monday. The Corn Club Contest Here Next Wednesday. | Notice is given in another col umn by Prof. G. V. Cunningham of the corn club meet here next Wednesday. We presume that the boys have been given notice individually, and hope that every member will attend. It would be a day well spent for the fa- I thers and friends of the boys to come along with them byway of ! encouragement in this most laudable work. Montgomery county lies in the territory that has suffered greatly from drouth again this year, and we do not .expect record yields; but the ! boys should not be discouraged, for grand results have already crowned their efforts. Don’t forget the time—Wednesday. For Tax Collector: To the Voter* of Montgomery County: In a* much hk I <le*ir<j to bo Tax Collector of Montgomery County, I hereby announce myiolf a candidate for that office, Hiibjnct to | the rule* and regulation* promulgated by the Democratic Executive Committee governing the next primary. I will appreciate any and : all auppoi t given me, and if I *bould be elected ■ I will do all in my power to do the d'ltie* of ! the office in the proper manner and accepta ble to the people at largo. There i*one tiling I I will Huy in the beginning and let it be m.v motto until the flection i* over, that I will not ri *orl to any unfair mean*, or dirty polit ical Hcbcmes or trick*, to *eeure my election. U. V. Mahon. A small child of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Green of Summerville was burned to death on Saturday, its clothing having caught from an open grate. In a coal mine near Cardiff, Wales, on Tuesday 400 miners met their death from an explo sion, about 500 being saved be ; fore fire blocked the way. II orse for Sale. Good all-around horse; 7 years old; weighs 1000 pounds. See at once 0. H. Morrison, ad Mt. Vernon, Ga. I Announcement Column Begins to Grow. The first regular announcement card of a candidate for county office appears in this issue. Mr. John C. McAllister asks 1 the support of voters for the of ' j fice of Clerk of Superior Court. Mr. McAllister has had more ex !! perience in this capacity than any man in this county, having served as clerk before, and as sisted at almost every court that has been held for long years. No question at all as to his capa bility, and his record as a good citizen would be hard to beat. For tax collector, Mr. G. V. Mason’s card appears this week. Mr. Mason is well and favorably known to our people as an honest and hard-working citizen, and his friends will see to it that the votes are forthcoming for him in the primary to be held. In his announcement Mr. Mason states the plan of his campaign, and ! our readers are asked to consider it. ODD FELLOWS BANQUET FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 31 Prominent Speakers Invited and a Royal Time In Store. After some deliberation on the part of the membership, Mt. Ver non Lodge No. 530 I. O. O. F. has fixed the date of its coming banquet for October 31st. A number of prominent speakers have been invited, and a pleasant and profitable time is in store for those who attend. The regular ritualistic exercises will be held in the lodge room, but the public exercises, including the address es and the banquet, will doubt less he held in the court house, to which the members of the order and their friends are cor dially invited. The ladies of. Mt. Vernon, especially those families which include membership in the order, are expected to co-operate with the fraternity in the matter of j preparing the supper, that the. affair may be a success from this very important standpoint. Cer- ; tain refreshments will doubtless he bought by the lodge, hut the I ladies are especially asked to aid t in the matter of arranging for , the banquet for the benefit of the public. At Monday night’s session , committees were appointed, and the work of arranging for a suc cessful event is going forward. The program will be announced in full next week. Ailey lodge as a body has been invited, and !. members of the order from far j ( and near are cordially and fra- , ternally invited to attend. Ex- 1 ercises will begin about 6 o’clock , in the evening, and will last about two hours. ; —* j] Card of Thanks. i We wish to express our high ; appreciation and thanks for the ‘ kindness and attention shown us during the late illness and death of our dear departed father, L. j * B. McLemore, by the people of r Mt. Vernon and vicinity. We ' will ever pray Heaven’s richest ' blessings upon you. His Children. Mt. Vernon, Oct. 15, 1913. Now Feed Store i I have just opened up in the f Hughes old store a full line of , Feed, Crain, Flour, Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls, Hay, etc. Give me a trial and satisfaction will ' j be given you. 1 N. L. SPOONER, i ad Mt. Vernon, Ga. ( 'j The safe of the postoffice at ; 1 Luella, Ga., was blown open by ‘ robbers on Thursday morning i last who secured a hundred dollars 1 I in stamps. I WILL ALTER CO. TAX SYSTEM RESORT TO LAW AND ORDER Commissioners Order Tax Books to be Closed Dec. 20th. One Georgia law which has been disregarded more than any other, throughout the state—and Montgomery county in particular —is that which would close the tax collector’s books on the 20th of December. The county com missioners of this county have decided to inject a little law en forcement into the proposition, and to this end have ordered the tax books closed December 20th. This is a new idea in Montgom ery county, at least, but if the law is obeyed it will result in placing several hundred dollars in the treasury, which, under the common and rankly illegal plan, the county is robbed of every year. All during the spring the county commissioners, the tax collector and delinquent tax pay ers wrangle over the payment of taxes, and in nine cases out of ten carry on the row until the middle of the summer, and as a consequence the county is the perpetual loser. Thus, the commissioners—and be it to their credit— have plan ned to rid the county of the an tedated methods which have pre vailed for lo these many years. They purpose to have law execu ted, and the tax books will close December 20th, after which fifas will be issued and collection en forced as the law directs. For many years it has been observed that numbers, especially tenants, move the first of the year, and are difficult to trace, while the old-line tax dodge* is always present. During this year the county commissioners have done much toward the collection of delin quent taxes, and under their plan, | which will harmonize with the new tax equalization law, the countj tax system will be put on a business basis before another • year. The above statement con cerning the new ruling of the commissioners is given at their request, and in enforcing it they will have put in effect a state law which, as far as Montgomery county is concerned, has been reduced to a farce and a disgrace to its upright citizenry. May Run for Sheriff. So far no one has made formal announcement for Sheriff in the coming county primary, but sev eral gentlemen have been men tioned by their friends in this connection. It is quite certain that Mr. S. Z. Salter will be a candidate, and his announcement will soon be made. In the mean time, keep your eye on our announcement column. The announcement of Mr. E. E. Burch as a candidate for the office of sheriff will show up in our columns next week. We make this assertion on the very best of authority. Shipping Oak Staves. Perhaps the largest lot of oak staves ever shipped from this point has just been loaded for shipment to Savannah. A Ger man company has been getting them out in the Oconee swamp below here and several wagons have been busy hauling them to the Seaboard depot. The lot consisted of six car loads running from 7,000 to 8,000 per car. The staves go to Germany for the manufacture of casks, probably to hold the national beverage, beer. NO. 25
