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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1914)
ifknttijcnttfnj fthmitor. VOL. XXVIII. COME WITH YOUR BEST SMILE TO ENCOURAGE The Boys and Girls, as Weil as the Teachers in the School Contest. The most important undertak ing of the teachers of this coun ty is to take place at the Brew ton-Parker Institute here on Sat urday next. Great preparation has been made for the occasion, and all parents and patrons are urged to attend and lend their encouragement to the scheme to excite the highest degree of in terest in the contestants. Every family is expected to bring a basket, a big basket, to aid in the dinner to be served on the campus, and will appreciate the real uplift to be be given mod ern education in this county. Education, practical education, that fits the boys and girls for the real life, is of vital import ance to every child in Montgom ery county, and this intensive movement on the part of our teachers should bring out every parent and seeker for better/nent of oor social conditions. COME. Spend a day of real pleasure. BOOST! and do not knock. These folks are desperately in earnest. Will you help them? Remember that your child’s future destiny is a part of the scheme. You ought to see what Montgomery county is doing for the rising generation. Hon. J. A. Martin, of Coving ton, superintendent of schools for Newton county, will be here to deliver a practical talk on the uplift of real education. New ton county was the first in the state to organize a boys’ corn club, and it will be worth while to hear a man who knows where of he speaks. Mrs. Mattie Lee Skipper Died Last Sunday Night At Park View Sanitarium in Savannah, where she had been taken for treatment, Mrs. Mattie Lee Skipper, of Ailey, died on Sunday night. While her life seemed to hang upon a slender thread, the news of her death was a great shock to relatives and friends here. At the age of 37 years her pure life went out to abide forever with the good, the beautiful and true. Her re mains were brought out to Lyons on Monday evening and were in terred there on Tuesday after noon. Surviving her are three brothers and five sisters —John A. Mcßride, Mt. Vernon; W. H. Mcßride, Seville; George H. Mc- Bride, Lyons; Mrs. N. B. Gibbs, Uvalda; Mrs. J. M. D. McGregor, and Misses Fannie, Ida and Belle Mcßride, of Ailey. Rev. H. C. Ewing, pastor of the Methodist church, went down to Lyons and conducted the fun eral service, the deceased being a prominent member of his church at Ailey. James Barlow Dead at the Age of 103 Years Mr. James Barlow, of Laurens county, the oldest man in this part of the state, died near Dex ter on Friday night at the ex treme age of 103 years. He spent his last years with his dauvhter, Mrs. J. S. Ussery, He was a confederate veteran, and a man highly esteemed in his sec tion. His four surviving chil dren are Mrs. G. B. Ward, of Wilkinson countv; Mrs. J. L. Us sery, Mrs. Mary A. Ward, Washington county, Mr. A. W, Barlow, of Wheeler county. The remains were brought to Stuckey for burial, near which place Mr. W. A. Bar low resides, and the interment took place on Saturday. J. A. Streyer Receives a Direct Promotion Macon, Ga., April 13.—John A. Stryer, for nearly ten years with the M., D. & S. railroad, and for nearly all of that period general freight and passenger agent, was yesterday elected traffic manager at the annual meeting of the board of directors. This is considered a distinct promotion for Mr. Streyer. and his host of friends in railroad, social and business circles of Georgia are extending congratu lations. For a number of years before going with the M., D. & S. railroad, Mr. Streyer was gen eral freight and passenger agent of the Macon & Birmingham, First Picnic This Season Mr. and Mrs. W. IJ. McQueen and Rev. and Mrs. IJ. C. Ewing and the children spent Monday down on the river. The guest of honor was Mr. G. C. Dixon, of Savannah, who has been assist ing in the revival meeting here. A pleasant time was had, but it said the fish they didn’t catch would probably make two small sized whales. Revival Meeting Closes. After continueing over two weeks and through three Sun days, the revival meeting at the Methodist church here came to a close with the Sunday night ser vice. The meeting was a decided uplift to the church, and to the community as well, many persons attending the services who before had not been attendants of any of the churches. No more earn est appeals have ever been made to the people here than the force ful sermons by the pastor, Rev. IJ. C. Ewing, who preached twice a day, besides conducting many special services. He was ably assisted by Rev. Chas. S. T. Strickland of Claxton during the first week. Mr. George Clinton Dixon of Savannah assited in the meeting for more than a week, and with his soul-stirring singing kept alive the interest until the close. On Sunday evening a class of twelve was received into the church, and meeting closed with an overflowing congregation. Peach Crop Not Damaged Macon, April 10.—Advices re ceived in Macon this morning from Fort Valley and Marshall ville are to the effect that very little, if any, damage was done to the peach crop last night. The weather was cold and in very low places in the orchards there was a slight frost. Leading orchard owners express the opinion, how ever, that no damage has been done and that Middle Georgia will peoduce a record-breaking corp. Sharpe-Johnson On Sunday afternoon Miss Car rie Sharpe, of Vidalia. was mar ried to Judge Kelley M. Johnson, of Alston, Rev. E. H. McGhee of the Methodist church perform ing the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Joe W. Sharpe, and was reared near Alston, where the happy couple will make their home. Judge Johnson is an energetic and suc cessful young business man of Alston, and the couple start out with the best wishes of a large circle of friends. To Organize Singing Convention on Saturday A singing convention will be organized at Oak Grove church on Saturday next, beginning at 10 a. m. Professors C. L. Fair cloth and A. M. Pace will be present. Public cordially invited. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APRIL 16, 1914. Thigpen School. ! Special Correspondence. The day for the county contest j is almost here, and our pupils are ' becoming more interested each day. Every school should take a live interest in this contest, as it is the greatest thing Montgom ery has undertaken for its schools in some time. Messrs. John Allen and Tom! Page and Prof. Homer Dalton were guests at the home of Mr. \ J. E. B. Hutcheson Friday night, j Mi’s. Jim Moore of McLeod is | visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ira! Thigpen, who is very ill at this time. Messrs. R. B. and Arnold Thig- ] pen made a business trip to So- 1 perton Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. B. Hutche son, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hatcher, ; Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Seals and Mrs. James Cobb were visitors at * I the home of Mr. Ira Thigpen on Sunday. Mr. Harmon Keen and sister, Miss Fannie Bell, have returned from Alamo, where they have 1 been visiting friends and rela tives. The Easter egg hunt at the home of Mrs. E. Keen Saturday i afternoon was enjoyed by a large i crowd. Messrs. Maurice Hutcheson, j John A. and Tom Page and Miss-i es Julia Phillips and Mary Hutch eson were out car driving Sun day afternoon. We regret to learn that Mrs. George Moore has been called to the bedside of her father, Mr. Kersey, near Kite, who is suffer ing with a stroke of paralysis. Misses Ava and Lathia Hutch eson visited Miss Abbie Keen | Sunday afternoon. Miss Myrtle Seals visited" Miss j Mary Morrison Sunday. Let every one be up and doing for the contest Saturday. Poplarhcml School. Honor Roll, First Grade —Rosie West, Homer West, Luther West, Felton Warnock, Mattie Beasley : and Lela Beasley. Second Grade —Donnie Cona-' way, Annie Warnock, Martha Mixon. Third Grade—Lamar Mixon, Broby Giliis. Fourth Grade- Lonnie Hadson. Fifth Grade—Fay Calhoun. Seventh Grade—Lucy Warnock, Mettie Ladson. Eighth Grade- Annie T. Mix on. Our school is progressing nicely under the management of Miss Brown. Quite a large crowd of young j folks from our community at-! tended services at Mt. Piszah Sunday last. Mr. C. C. Warnock made a business trip to Tarrytown Sat urday afternoon. Mr. C. C. Smith, of Soperton, was visiting friends in our com munity Sunday last. Mr. .J. P. Maxom and family are visiting relatives and friends in Wrightsville this week. Messrs. B. S. Warnock and H. j A. Montford attended church at Mt. Pisgah Sunday. Misses Ida Warnock and Ilassie I Brown went to Soperton shoping Saturday last. The oyster supper at Poplar-' head proved to be a success, i There was a large crowd attend ed, and everyone seems to have enjoyed themselves. We have finished raising enough | money to purchase the organ for our school. The boys paying the highest to eat with their part ners were Silas Moore and Henry Collins. We wish to thank all those who so liberally helped us, and if we can return this favor we will be pleased to do so. Crooked Run. j Special CoiTcgpomleuco | Oue school is progressing nicely under the management of Misses Lizzie and Bertha Moseley. A pleasant affair of Friday af ternoon was the Easter egg hunt at Crooked Run. A large crowd , was present and all report a | pleasant time. Miss Mamie Brantly and Mr. ! Pink Demonia spent Sunday at Giliis’ Springs. Mr. George Brantly spent Sat | urday night with Mr. Joe Sam mons. Mr. G.W.Sammons and daugh ter Bertha attended Sunday ' school at Harmony Sun. Misses Lizzie and Berth Mose ley and Professor Homer Dalton land Messrs. John and Tom Page motored to Uvalda Saturday morning, returning Sunday af i ternoon. Miss Pearle Page was the guest of Misses |’annie Belle and Annie Laura Kerne Sunday. j Mrs. Willie Sammons spent ; Sunday at Giliis Springs, Mrs. Willie Gay spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. G. W. Sam mons Sunday. ' The friends of Mrs. G. W. Sammons will be glad to know ! she is improving. Miss Bessie Holton and Mr. Carlos Braddy attended services at Sheep Shed Sunday. The death angel visited at the home of Mr. Jim Curel Monday last and claimed for its victim his wife. She leaves a great | many friends to mourn her death, | and to them we extend our sym j pathy. Messrs. Walter Brady and Jim Holton attended Sabbath school at Harmony Sunday. Misses Bessie Holton, Maggie 1 Dunn, Vida and Eula Bradley, Annie Lee Dunn and Addie Lee Brooks and Messrs. Marvin Smith, Glenn and Mack Holton formed a | pleasant party, visiting Misses I Lizzie and Bertha Moseley, Fri day afternoon. Mrs. J. F. Holton attended ser vices at Sheep Shed Sunday. Misses Villa and Eula Bradley visited their sister, Mrs. I J. Davis, Saturday evening. Messrs. Willie Sammons, John and Tom Page, visited at the home of Mrs. A. L. Brady Sun day. Messrs. Carlos Brady, Joe Sam mons and George Brantley at- I tended services Sunday night. Mr. G. A. Sammons and little son Ray made a business trip to ! Soperton Tuesday. I The engagement has been an nounced of Mr. Charles Holton, formerly of this place but now of i Florida, and Miss Pearle Lakes, of Chattahoochee, Florida. The wedding to take place in June. Miss Pearle Page and Brother Jim and Frank went to the East er egg hunt at the home of Miss Fannie Belle Keene Saturday af | ternoon. The friends of Mr. 1 J. Davis will regret to know he is very | sick with pneumonia, and all hope for him a speedy recovery. Little I. J. Davis, Jr., spent Friday and Saturday at the home lof his grandmother, Mrs. A. L. Brady. Mrs. A. L. Brady visited Mrs. I. N. Olson Thursday afternoon. Prof Dalton visited Mr. J. F. I Holton Friday afternoon. Mrs. J. D. Reynolds spent Tuesday at the home of her son, John Morgan Reynolds. Mr. Lee Brantley and family spent Sunday at Giliis Springs. Mr. Fletcher Morris, of Albany, arrived Saturday last to spend a while with friends and relatives here. I Fatal Shooting on Streets of the Town of Pelham Pelham, Ga., April 12. — Chief of Police D. C. Campbell killed | John Harrell on the streets of Pelham about 4 o’clock this af ternoon. Seeing Harrell with his hand on his gun, Chief Camp bell ordered Harrell to take his hand otT, but instead of doing as ordered, he drew his gun, where upon Campbell drew his and shooting began, about twelve or fifteen shots being fired. Harrell was hit three times, the last time in the temple, and fell dead. Chief Campbell was hit once in the thigh. Policeman llaire, coming to the assistance of his chief, was hit in the shoulder, and Z. T. Pullen, a citizen, was hit in the foot. Record Year for Fertilizers. Atlanta, April 11. —ls fertiliz ers, and plenty of them can do it, Georgia is to have another year of bumper crops. Reports re ceived at the Department of Ag riculture in the state capitol from the sale of fertilizer tags; from the railroads, which are being called upon to furnish freight cars for transportation, and from the fertilizer concerns through out the state which are called up on to supply the demand for fer tilizer, Georgia farmers are going to use over one and one-quarter million tons of fertilizer during 1914. Throws Guncotton Into the Stove; Wrecks House Savannah, April 10.—An in vestigation is being made today of an explosion that destroyed a West Broad street store and very nearly killed the occupants of the house above. Some waste pack ing was thrown into a -stove in | the store and almost immediately I there was a terrific explosion. | The flooring was torn away, win- I dows w’ere broken and a section of a wall of the house fell. An investigation showed a quantity of guncotton had been packed in the fuel box. Preliminary Trial in Murder Case Tomorrow The -two women in jail here, charged with being mixed up in the killing of Fred Miller at Sop erton, are to have a preliminary hearing in the matter here to ! morrow. It is claimed that thir ten men whose names are known were at the house of the Dunn women when Miller was killed, j Several arrests have been made, I but nothing new has developed. Candidates Are Chal lenged for Joint Debate In as much as there are already five candidates seeking the nom ination to represent the people of Montgomery county in the legis | lature, and in as much as I be lieve the people should have an opportunity of intelligently judg ing as to the competency and fit ness of the several candidates who are asking their support in the coming nominations to dis charge the duties that will de | volve upon the representative of the people of Montgomery coun ty, I, as one of the candidates, hereby challenge each and every j one of the other candidates to 1 meet we in joint debate before the people in Mt. Vernon at some future time. Mr. J. M. D. McGregor, of Ailey, Ga., has consented to rep resent me in arranging the time and the rules that shall govern ; in any joint debate. I ask that each and every can* j didate who will meet me in joint debate to make the fact known through your paper and to ap point a committeeman of one to confer with Mr. McGregor rela tive to arranging time and terms of debate. Very respectfully, I A. L. Lanier. DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST LAST WEEK Mt. Vernon Wins First Prize in Declamation and Recitation. The Twelfth District High School meet for 1914 was an in teresting occasion at Dublin on Friday and Saturday last. The Brewton-I’arker Institute here was well represented, and bore [ off the first prize in declamation land also in recitation. Mr. Hugh Peterson was the winner in the declamation and Miss Tyra Stan ! ley in recitation. In the athletic events, Mr. Guy i Stone won second in the high ■jump, and also first in the broad jump, with 10 feet, 11 inches. Mr. Stone also won third in the 220-yard dash. In the total number of points made Eastman and Hawkinsville j tied with 25 points, and Mt. Ver non came next with 24 points. The next meeting will be in Hawkinsville. Mrs. Amanda Adams Dies Away from Home. Telegrams received here by her people on Friday last stated | that Mrs. Amanda Adams was | very ill near Sylvania, Ga., where she had gone about a month ago to visit relatives. She had made her last visit to her kindred there I and had started home when taken I suddenly ill. She died on Satur | day about 1:00 o’clock,before her son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. .lames W. Adams, could reach her bedside. The remains were ! brought here on Sunday night, and were laid to rest in the fam ily cemetery on the old home stead on Monday, Rev. J. D. Ra bun of the Baptist church con ducting the funeral service. She rests beside her husband, the late Joseph Adams, who was buried there December 31, last. She leaves only one son, Mr. Jas. W. Adams. Hers was a gentle, kindly spir its that made her home one of hospitality, and her influence will be long felt by many to whom she ministered in this life. She rests peacefully on the hill, over which | her eyes had beheld the rising sun for over half a century, and her sleep is that which follows a well spent life. Arrested in Appling Court House on Gaming Charge Baxley, Ga., April 9. —H. Cle land, constable of a justice court, David Tuton and Joseph Williams were arrested here today charged with gambling in the grand jury room at the Appling county court house. The city marshal, who made the arrests, reported that cards and other gambling para phernalia were taken by him in his “raid” on the jury room. Cases were lodged against Cle larul and Tuton, but Williams was released. Largest Fresh-water Turtle. Thomasville, Ga., April 11.—A sixty-pound turtle was caught a few days ago from the Ochlock nee river by Robert Burch of this city and is on exhibition at one of the drug stores here. This is the largest fresh-water turtle that has ever been reported as caught from a stream in this sec tion, and it has attracted much attention. Death of an Infant On Saturday night last, twins, a boy and a girl, were born to Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Rockley. The girl babe died and was buried on Sunday afternoon. The boy is doing well and bids fair to live. NO. 50
