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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1914)
iMmttgnmrry Matrita * VOL. XXVIII. MONTGOMERY COUNTY SCHOOL CONTESTS Something to be Long Re membered —Credit to All Taking Part. Saturday, 18th inst., will long be remembered as one of import ance to the educational interests of Montgomery county, being the the occasion of the county’s first school contest and public school exhibit and field day. The event was held at the Brewton-Parker Institute, Mt. Verr.on-Ailey, and was largely attended. The literary exercises were held in the auditorium, the exhibits were displayed in the class-rooms and the athletic contest was held on the campus and the beautiful avenue immediately in front. Certain features of the literary work were given in the class rooms while the principal exer cises were being conducted in the assembly room. The declamation contest, in which about a dozen took part, attracted keen interest, and occu pied more than an hour. Music was furnished by the orchestra of the 8.-P. Institute, and a chorus from the local school and its encore were especially pleas ing. The morning’s exercises were l concluded with an address by ; Supt. J. 0. Martin of the public i schools of Newton county. Mr. Martin’s “talk,” as he termed it, was based on the success of the public school system over which he presides, now recognized as one of the most efficient in the state. He brought to the atten- 1 tion of his hearers many ideas j and plans so successfully tried by his board for the upbuilding of the public school system, and it is-probable that some of his plans will be adopted in this county, i Supt, Martin’s coming was by '■ special invitation, and his pres ence and wholesome suggestions added much to the success of the occasion. Mr. Martin is recog nized as one of Georgia’s most successful educators and a man ! of logical and progressive ideas. Dinner was spread in a grove near the campus, and while the 1 crowd was large, it was well cared for. The athletic exercises began about two in the afternoon and lasted until about 4:30. There being quite a number of contestants in the various depart ments, known to the judges by numbers only, and some of them having entered at a late hour, it is thought not to give the list of ; winners until next week, in order for perfect accuracy. This delay is entirely unavoidable. The following schools were rep- 1 resented: Sadie, Thigpen, Mil ler’s Mill, Uvalda, Red Bluff, ' Rosemont, Alston, Higgston, ; Kibbee, Orland, Zaidee, Kemp, ! and the publicschool department' of Brewton-Parker Instititute. For the greatest per cent, of at tendance the Sadie school, Miss Annie Doolittle, teacher, will un doubtedly receive the prize—a $5 set of books. This school bears the remarkable record of having , all pupils present, together with all parents except one father and mother. Pupils from this school also won a number of prizes in the athletic contest. The Thigpen school, under the ; able management of Miss Julia j Phillips, also won a $5 set of books on the best general school exhibit. The plans and arrangements for the occasion were fostered by the county teachers’ association, having the hearty co-operation of County Superintendent Hutche son and the county board. The executive work received the un tiring efforts of Miss Inez Mcßae, principal of the public school de partment, her able corps of teach- ! CLINTON P. THOMPSON i DIES BV HIS OWN HAND Shot Himself Through the , Temple Early Yesterday Morning. Clinton P. Thompson, of Ala i mo, a well known attorney, com mitted suicide yesterday morn ing at 7:30, shooting himself | through the temples and dying instantly. Thompson came to | Mt. Vernon about two years ago, ' being associated with W. B. Kent in the practice of law, and aftet . the creation of Wheeler county removed to Alamo. ! He was a man of more than av erage ability, a graduate of the State University and of good | family connections; but it is un | derstood that ill health and dissi pation had reduced his useful ness. He taught school in this county, at Longpond, in 1891. He leaves a wife and one little son, his wife being in the sani tarium in Atlanta. He was a native of Middle Georgia and about 43 years of age. I. O. O. F. Will Celebrate Anniversary. The Odd Fellows of Mt. Ver non and Ailey will unite in me morial exercises at the court house at this place next Sabbath afternoon, and members of the order are requested to assemble at the hall in Mt. Vernon at 2:30, preparatory to marching to the court house, where the exercises will be held, consisting principal ly of an address by some speaker ( to be selected. Some difficulty j has been experienced in securing a speaker to date. This occasion celebrates the ninety-fifth anniversary of the foundation of the order, and is of interest to the fraternity. Exer cises will begin at 3 o’clock, and the pubiic is invited to attend. Intesesting Recital by the Graduating Class Quite an interesting event was the graduating recital given on 1 Wednesday night of last week by j the piano pupils of Brewton- Parker Institute. Those partici- 1 pating in the program in the de partment of piano were Misses Eva Williams, Tyra Stanley and 1 Georgia Belle Smiley; and they were assisted by Miss Emma Ed wards, who rendered several very charming solos. These young ladies are to be congrat ulated on the giace and skill with which they rendered their respective parts, the program being composed of various num- j bers from difficult masters- Change in Date of Sun day School Convention The Sunday School convention of the Daniel Baptist association will convene with the Soperton 1 Baptist Church on Friday before j the fifth Sunday in May and con tinue through Saturday and Sun day instead of the fifth Sunday i in September, as announced in i the minutes of the association, j This change is made by request of Soperton church and a number of pastors. W. E. Burns. President. ers, together with President Rob ertson of the 8.-P. I. and his faculty. The idea of holding a county school contest and fair has gained full force, and will become an annual event. The Monitor may i be depended upon to continue its hearty efforts in behalf of educa tion in Montgomery county, and in this great cause ask the assist-! ance of the patrons, the pupils, j and the school officials and every teacher in the county. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. APRIL 23, 1914. ;>v w wvvv '\r ww w'vw'v r 'vw *w t v i > Editor Simmons Set Right | Ik-A. AAAAAAAAAAA A A. A A A A A. A A. A. A. AAil The record of Hon. Dudley M Hughes in Congress shows that he has faithfully and energetically represented the Twelfth District We see no reason whatever in displacing him simply because some one else wants his job.—Montgomery Monitor. We believe that if the above argument had been advanced by J anyone else for an office, other than his own candidate, Editor ’ Folsom would have laughed at the absurdity of the statement In f other words, we believe that Editor Folsom himself regards the de f sense he put up for Congressman Hughes in the above paragraph, ) as being very light In the first place, we humbly beg our good neighbor t<> tell us ONE THING that Mr. Hughes has done for the Twelfth district that . will show the “faithfully and energetic” manner in which he h:is represented the district The only thing we know of his doing is to send out his allotment of free seed, though we did not get any jof them We are not mad with Mr Hughes for this as we haven’t . a garden and he possibly knows that we haven’t , j But to get back to more serious matters The statement that . “we see no reason whatever in displacing him simply because some l|one else wants his job, ” sounds very unlike the usual sensible, safe • | and sound arguments of Brother Foisom- According to this state ■l inent we had as well establish a monarchy and be done with it Or, ~ in other words, once a man is placed in office let him hold to it the . balance of his days, even though he live a half hundred years Mr ’ Folsom may believe this but we don’t and it is against democratic ! principles for one man to hold an office continuously just because ! ; he happens to get elected to it. Give us rotation. We believe in letting others have a chanfce. Mr. Hughes has l been to Congress three terms and the people regard this as enough [ “glory and honor” for one man.—Telfair Enterprise, April 16. We cannot claim that we have been taken by surprise by the above tirade against Congressman Hughes, knowing the present editor of the Telfair Enterprise as we do. Editor Simmons is now simply living up to his reputation. During the Biown- Smith campaign, and while posing as the editor of the Vidalia Advance, one of his puerile phillipics, in which hespokeof “pickingi on a little insignificant thing like Joe Brown,” was reproduced in the Macon Telegraph and held up to the people of Georgia by its lamented editor, Charles R. Pendleton, as the silliest piece of rot ; ! ever inflicted on the reading public by a Georgia editor. The above , ; article shows that Editor Simmons is determined to sustain his | reputation. • In launching the above labored editorial, he assumes that we ! are making statements that we do not believe ourselves, and that a | plain statement from The Monitor is a “defense of Congressman Hughes. As to our veracity and the honesty of our purposes in ’J politics, or in anything else, we feel quite content to leave the pub ! lie, and especially the press of the state, to judge. So far as we I know, no one with any degree of responsibility has attacked the record of Dudley M. Hughes, in or out of Congress; and the idea of “defense” seems only to have originated with the editor of the Enterprise. We are charitable enough, notwithstanding the vein of absurdity the editor of the Enterprise has recently discovered in us, to suppose that his insinuations as to Mr. Hughes and the editor of this paper were intended for argument. In his editorial of the 9th inst., on the candidacy of Judge W. M. Clements, Editor Simmons labors industriously to show that Judge Clements it> a real farmer, and that Mr. Hughes is “a mere pretender to the name of farmer,” and by negative insinuations attempts to show that the present Congressman has committed something akin to crime by “taking heir to several thousand acres of farm land,” and makes the ridiculous and uncalled-for statement | that “everyone realizes that Congressman Hughes’interests and j associations are foreign to the Twelfth district. ” He adds the mar | velous declaration to political history that Mr. Hughes is in this district “by a ‘hair’s breadth,’ ” and ought to be put of Congress i peremptorily because he has had three terms. We are reciting only a few of these statements for no purposes of “defense,” but simply to show their extreme imbecility and far-fetched attempt \ at sensible argument. Editor Simmons, in racking his brain for something to fill up his editorial of April 9th, bewails the fact that Congressman Hughes does not live in the exact center of his district, and that his and Congressman Bartlett’s “principal interests and associations are strong for Macon.” To show how little the editor of the Enter prise knows of the “democratic principles” of the people of South Georgia, we only have to call attention to the fact that the gifted Henry G. Turner resided within ten miles of the extreme south west corner of the old Eleventh District, and the brainy William G. Brantley made his home where the waves made music for the ! “Marshes o’ Glynn,” both many long miles from the center of the hub at Eastman. To show further how little they regarded Sim mons idea of “rotation,” these able Georgians were kept in Con gress for many years—until they retired on their own free will. There are more assumptions in Editor Simmons' feeble edito-! rials than that we are not siricerenn speaking well of Reresentative Hughes’ work in Congress, The one flagrant assumption is that that the farmers of the Twelfth District, and especially of Telfair county, are such fools as to be caught any such chaff as Simmons is 1 scattering to the winds. Puny flings at Congressman Hughes be-! cause he is a farmer, and an attempt with the same breath to prove | 'that Judge Clements, who has spent the best years of his life in j practicing law, is a real, simon-pure farmer, will get no votes for 'Judge Clements. Judge Clements is a highly respected citizen, a lawyer of fair ability, and a man of too much good sense to suppose that he will get to Congress by any of the childish claims and silly innuendoes offered by his mistaken champion. His real friends expect him to pitch his campaign on a higher plane than that reached by Editor ; Simmons. It is all right for Editor-Simmons to practice “rotation” form one printing office to another, but the farmers of the Twelfth District know when an appeal is made to prejudice them purely to get votes; and. as a class, are far better posted than Mr. Simmons imagines. The old joke that Joseph E. Brown, Georgia's war governor, | employed an influential daily paper to abuse him by the column, I expecting the reaction to keep him in office, is scarely applicable in this case. Congressman Hughes does not need the services of Ed itor Simmons, as his “arguments” are entirely too thin to excite interest. Real Democrats, who know how important it is at this critical period for President Wilson to be backed up by a Congress of men of brains and experience, are not clamoring for “rotation.” There is very little doubt that Congressman Hughes is far better qualified jto represent this district than he was three years ago. The people understand what experience, acquaintance and influence with other members count for in congress. No man, no matter how well | equipped intellectually, can accomplish anything for his district j without that association that gains the good will of other members. BOGS OF WAR LET LOOSE IN MEXICO Blood Has Been Shed and Tumult and Excitement Reign. The long-expected rumpus be , tween the United States and Mexico has arrived. To resent insults to the American flag or ders were issued for the U. S. forces to occupy the port of Vera Cruz. Blue Jackets and marines were landed from the warships on Tuesday, and a formal request made for the place to surrender was followed by a street fight, in which four U. S. marines and a number of Mexicans were killed. The city of Vera Cruz was cap tured and the Mexicans retreated westward. Momentous events are expected to quickly follow. i Governor Slaton Formally Announces for the Senate Atlanta, April 18 Formal an | nouncement of his candidacy to fill the unexpired term of the: United States Senator Augustus 0. Bacon was made here tonight Iby Gov. John M Slaton, of Geor jgia Gov Slaton’s announcement supplemented his informal state ment, made sometime ago, that he would enter the race for the senate. His formal announce ment says, among other things, that he will not relinquish his present office until he has assisted the legislature in providing for the refunding of maturing state' bonds When that is done, his announcement declares, he will feel authorized to place his can- j didacy in the hands of the vot- j ers of Georgia Missionary Rally To Be Held at Lyons, May Ist The Woman’s Missionary Un ion of the Danniell association 1 will hold a missionary rally at Lyons May 1. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a. m. and will con tinue through the day, ending with a Y. W. A. and Sunbeam program in the evening. The rally is for the purpose of stimulating the missionary spirit' in the societies and creating a missionary spirit among the wo men and children who do not be long to the societies. All trains will be met by committee. This committee will assign delegates, and visitors to their homes, where they will be entertained. All .churches in the association not having societies are invited to send two or more ladies to rep- j resent missions in their respec- ! tive churches, Notice of Change in the School Board Meeting The regular meeting of the! Montgomery County Board of Education for next month will be held on May 1, instead of the 1 first Wednesday. This change has been made because the county superintendent will be away at the regular time. Teach ers and all interested will please note the change, which is for the month of May only. Mr. S. V. Hicks was a visitor to Soperton on Monday. Hon. Dudley M. Hughes has always stood ready to deal promptly with any request from his constituents, and his work on some of the important committees of the House have gained for him the highest respect from his colleagues. We have sought no controversy, and have not one word of disparagement for Judge Clements, but expect the people of the Twelfth district to return Dud Hughes to Congress, regardless of all spasmodic fiareups by country newspapers. We have no space for further comment in this issue, but next week will mention some of the service rendered by Congressman Hughes to his constituents and to his country. For the benefit of the “defense” we close by stating positively that ONE THING Mr. Hughes did not do was to endorse J. K. Simmons for post master at Vidalia, though Mr. Simmons was an applicant for the place. ; IMPORTANT TRIAL WAS I HELD HERE ON FRIDAY Commitment Hearing in the Case of Mrs. Dunn and Her Daughter. The commitment trial of Mrs. M. C. Dunn and daughter, Miss May Dunn, in jail here charged with the murder of Fred Miller at their house in Soperton on the night of April 4, came off here last Friday. The importance of the case drew many people here, and the trial was held in the su j perior court room to accommo date the large crowd. Judge G. J. Stanford had sit ting with him on the case Judge A. L. Wheeler, of Tarrytown, and Judge G.R Mason, of Ailey. : Solicitor-General Wooten came over to conduct the trial for the state, and the defendants were I represented by C. D. Loud and A. C. Saffold. Judge Eschol Graham, of Mcßae, and W. L. Wilson, of Mt. Vernon, assisted , the solicitor in the prosecution. Ten young men were sworn as witnesses, but only three were | put on the stand to testify, the state resting its case at the con | elusion of their examination. No witnesses were put up by the de fense and no statement made. The solicitor dropped the charges against Mrs. Dunn, the testi mony not connecting her immed iately with the killing. The testimony of John Evans, Emmett H. Durden and Archie Fowler showed that Fred Miller | was at the house for the second time during the evening, and was in the room playing a guitar, when May Dunn, standing in ja door of an opposite room with a shotgun, ordered Miller to leave the premises. Her mother was remonstrating with her and in sisting that she put up the gun. Durden and Evans had stepped out to their automobile standing at the gate, Fowler was in a back room next the kitchen with Annie Dunn and the door fasten ed by a button on the inside. The gun was fired and May Dunn ran through the room occupied by ! Fowler and Annie Dunn, burst- I ing off the button on the door, with gun in hand. The old lady ran out into the yard, exclaim ing, “Fred cussed May, and she shot him.” After arguments by Solicitor Wooten, Eschol Graham and W. L. Wilson for the state, and by Loud and Saffold for the defense, May Dunn was held for murder, and was remanded to jail for trial by Superior Court, which meets here on the first Monday in May. New Irish Potatoes. Mr J. A. Odom, a progressive farmer on the W. P. Calhoun place at Charlotte, sends us a sample of his Irish potatoes. He has one acre planted, and will soon have them in abundance. The two bunches sent, one grown from a cut potato £*nd the other from seed planted whole, show that the cut seed has put on very many more tubers, while the bunch from the potato planted whole has more top. Messrs Tom Mason and Robt. Cockfield went to Savannah on Tuesday. NO. 51
