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The Montgomery Monitor.
VOL. XXIX.
ANNUAL INSTITUTE
MONTGOMERY TEACHERS
Gather Here This Week to
Discuss Methods for
Betterment.
The annual institute of Mont
gomery county teachers began
here on Monday morning, and
the attendance has been very
good. The institute is being
conducted by Prof. F. E. Land
of Macon, Supervisor of Insti
tutes of this district, and under
his trained hand the exercises
have been not only interesting
but highly profitable. These an
nual gatherings are a wise pro
vision of the state for efficiency
in the common school system,
and are occasions of the most
pleasant association. A cordial
welcome to our town always
awaits all those engaged in this
exalted avocation, and to those
from other states and distant
points in this state who meet for
the first time here this week, we
extend the glad hand of South
Georgia’s sincere hospitality. We
note the following teachers in
attendance who will teach next
term in this county:
Prof. B. A. Walker, Alston;
Misses Inez Mcßae, Inez Brant
ley, Leda Slaton, Oppie Lee Fu
qua and Ida Youmans of Brew
ton-Parker Institute; Misses
Freddie Siokes and Lyra Thomp
son, Crooked Run; Miss Maggie
Clarke, Hancock; Miss Nannie
Pettit, Hack Branch; Prof. Jas.
R. Dixon, Higgston; Prof. Rufus
Hall, Hutcheson; Miss Julia
Gibbs, Kemp; Prof, and Mrs. C.
A. Johnston, Kibbee; Miss Lou
Ella Wells, Longpond; Miss Mar
garette Phillips, Lothair; Prof.
C. H. Jones, Miller’s Mill: Miss
Mamie Tarver, McGregor; Miss
Annie Sue Johnson, New Hope;
Prof. R. McPheeters, Orland;
Misses Leila and Nell Bacon, Ori
ana; Prof. T. W. Mar key, Poplar
Head; Miss Beulah Holland, Red
Bluff; Misses Mary Pettit and
Marion Adams, Rosemont; Prof.
G. W. Raiford, Ruth’s Chapel;
Mrs. Nellie Roach, Seward; Miss
Augusta Pybus, Soperton; Miss
Maggie Gillis, Smut; Miss Har
riet Brooks, Tarrytown; Miss
Julia Phillips, Thigpen; Prof. C.
W. Anderson, Tiger; Prof. M. R.
Markey, Uvalda; Miss Lizzie Mo
seley, Uvalda;Prof. Willie Jonos,
Violet Hill; Miss Jennie Butler,
Willis; Miss Lollie Combess, Zai
dee. Others attending are Miss
Mattie Thompson and Miss Smith
of Higgston, who will teach at
other points, and Geo. D. Rabun
of Mt. Vernon, who will teach
in Jefferson county.
Mr. Willie Jones is the efficient
secretary of the body.
Yesterday just before the noon
hour the primary grade of the
Brewton-Parker Institute, under
the management of Miss Gene
vieve Lanier, was brought over
and appeared before the teachers.
This class of little , ones gave an
interesting demonstration, and
reflected the thorough training
received in this department.
This evening, 7:30, the teach
ers will be entertained with a
literary program in the audito
rium of the Brewton-Parker In
stitute, to which the public is in
vited. The program for the
evening is as follows:
Violin solo—Miss Garretson.
Reading--Miss Willis.
Vocal solo—Mrs. Calhoun.
Reading—Miss Stapler.
Vocal solo—Miss Garretson.
Piano solo—Miss Brewton.
Vocal quartet
impromptu debate.
Social hour.
All of the visiting teachers will
probably attend, and the occas
ion planned for them will be en
joyed. A number of them came
to the county as strangers, and
this affair will result in drawing
them into closer acqaintance, and
the social intercourse will add
zest to the work before them.
Hon. J. A. Clegg of
Wheeler County Dead.
Mr. J. A. Clegg passed away
at his home about a mile from
j Scotland Friday last at noon af
ter an illness of only a few days.
| He was stricken Wednesday with
! severe pains and an operation
i was contemplated and almost in
, progress when death relieved
, him. He is survived by his wife
and seven children, his wife be
ing a member of one of the old
jest families in this section. Mr.
i Clegg was a native of South Car
olina, but has been identified
; with the affairs of his section for
j many years, having been one of
jthe county commissioners of the
new county of Wheeler.
The burial was at Scotland
1 Saturday, and was attended by a
large number of friends and rel
atives. Mrs. F. M. Mcßae, Mrs.
Chas. Hicks and Mr. and Mrs.
A. G. Hicks were present from
Mt. Vernon. The sympathy of
many friends is extended the
bereaved family.
Sears’ Widow Gets
$17,000,000 Estate.
Chicago, Oct. 16.—Richard W.
Sears, founder of Sears, Roebuck
& Company mail order house,
left an estate of $17,000,000, ac
cording to the estimated value
announced when his will was filed
for probate here.
His widow, Anna Sears, is sole
heir and sole executrix of the es
tate, to act without bond.
BREWION=PARKER
WALKS OVER S. 0. C.
Brewton-Parker’s Goal Nev
er Threatened by S. G. C.
Score is 19 to 0.
The Brewton-Parker Institute
won easily their second game of
the season over S. G. C. of Mc-
Rae. The victory is to be credit
ed to the entire team of the vic
tors, as the playing of each posi
tion was strong and eifective.
The 8.-P. I. team showed a de
cided improvement on the play
ing of the week before when
they were defeated' by Douglas.
The backfield made repeated
gains throughout the entire game.
The Mcßae team showed lack
of form and ability to hit the line
hard. Their continued fumbling
often caused the loss of the ball
and of jnuch territory. At no
stage of the game was the 8.-P.
I. goal threatened by the losers.
The game was marred by a con
tinued show of dissatisfaction
with the referee, who seemed to
lack knowledge of the game and
ability to enforce his decisions.
These two teams meet again
on the 26th of this month on the
home grounds of 8.-P. I. and a
large crowd is expected to wit
ness the game.
Governor Expected
At Five-County F'air.
Millen, Oct. 19.—Governor Sla-!
ton and several State officials are ■
expected to attend the five-coun
ty fair to be held here October |
27 to 31. Mrs. Slaton aiso was
expected, but it is learned that
she will not accompany the Gov
ernor when he comes.
The counties of Bulloch, Screv- j
en, Emanuel, Burke and Jenkins ,
will participate.
Regardless of cotton ex- j
changes, speculators, manipula
tors, state legislatures and con- j
gross, the old law of supply and
demand has asserted itself, j
When the demand for cotton j
ceased the supply became con- j
gested immediately. If the sup
ply is increased by next year’s j
crop, it is as sure as any law of
nature that the time of normal
conditions will be delayed.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER, 22, 1914.
Call to Farmers
of Montgomery.
Urgent Appeal to Assemble in Mt. Vernon
Saturday for Discussion of Elans to Better
Their Own Class, and Save the South.
This is a call to the farmers of Montgomery county, and to
every county in the state, to meet in mass meeting to pledge a re
duction of the acreage to be planted in cotton next year. The far
mers of this county are called on to take this step for their own pro
tection. No politics, no Compulsion, but a genuine move to better
their condition. Lay all business and work aside on Saturday and
come, showing that you have not forgotten home and your neigh
bor’s interest. If you expect relief you must show some interest
in your own cause. .Go out in your section and invite every farmer
to come and join you. The pledge to reduce cotton acreage will
help right now. Will you come?
Governor Slaton’s proclamation follows:
“Whereas, The world-wide war has to a great extent destroy
ed the market for cotton, thereby inflicting upon our section a blow
such as it has not experienced since the Civil war, and
“Whereas, It is universally agreed that it would be suicidal for
our farmers to continue the planting of cotton to the exclusion of
food crops, and
“Whereas, Crop reduction may be brought about only by free
co-operation among the representative classes of our community,
rather than by legislative action, which would imperil our consti
tutional liberties, and
“Whereas, The Southeastern Food Crops conference has sug
gested that mass meetings be held in every cotton producing coun
ty on Saturday, October 24, to organize the farmers and business
men in a joint effort to decrease cotton production, increase food
crops, prepare for financing and mar keting the same and for the
general welfare,
“Now, Therefore, I, John M. Slaton, governor of the state of
Georgia, being in strong sympathy with this movement and wish
ing to give it all the official encouragement within my power, do
hereby designate Saturday, October 24, for such mass meetings to
be held in the various county sites of this state. I suggest that the
ordinaries of the respective counties act as chairmen of committees
on preparation, naming such associates as they see fit. I urge that
all classes lend a hand in making these meetings a success, farm
ers, bankers, merchants and lawyers.
“Cotton growers should be pledged to! reduce the acreage
planted to at least one-half of the present planting, and enlarge the
food crops.
“Merchants and bankers should co-operate by pledging them
selves to lend credit and financial assistance only to such farmers
as will agree to said acreage reduction. Lawyers can assist in the
preparation of such contracts between the parties concerned as will i
be legally binding.
“The people of the great state of Georgia have never yet been
found wanting in the hour of peril. It requires courage, patience,
self-reliance and mutual helpfulness to meet the present crisis. I
know that our citizens possess these qualities to an eminent de
gree. Let us all unite to preserve our dear southland from the dis
aster which menaces it and insure to our children a more abundant
prosperity than we haye ever known.
“Given under my hand and the seal of this office, this the 15th j
day of October. “John M. Slaton, Governor.
“By the governor: A. H. Ulm,
“Exec uti ve Se cre tar y. ”
vSenator West Against
Cotton Reduction Tax.
Washington, Oct. 17.—1 n his
valedictory in the United States
Senate today, Senator W. S.
West, of Georgia, defended the
proposed war tax, declaring that
during the war with Spain, when
the Republicans imposed a tax
with the channels of commerce
open, the Democrats made no
such criticism as is now being
made by the Republicans on the
course of the Democrats.
The handling of the cotton
problem was one for the States,
he said, and while his colleague,
Senator Hoke Smith, had intro
duced a bill as an amendment to
the war tax measure, he was op
posed to the features which pro
posed the reduction of the acre
age or placed a tax upon the pro
duction of cotton, declaring that
such was an invasion of the rights
of the State.
Illiteracy in Georgia
Shows Big Per Cent.
Washington, I). C., Oct. 19.
The need of more arid better ru
ral schools in Georgia is made
manifest by conditions revealed
in a recent census report showing
the per centage of illiterates
among the native white farming
class of this State. The figures
show that the percentage of il
literacy in the rural districts of
Georgia is 9.5. and 2.4 per cent
in the cities and villages of the
State. Georgia has 389,775 illit
erates and 338,018 of them live
on the farms. There are 174,811
boys and men and 163,207 girls
and women on the farms of this
state that can neither read nor
write.
Carload Seed Wheat
Received at Americas
Americas, Ga., Oct. 19.—Seed
wheat, the first carload, was re
ceived in Americus this morning.
It will be devoted to crop plant
ing in Sumter county at once.
Other shipments will follow this
soon.
The shipment just received is
from North Georgia stock. Just
about every progressive farmer
in the county is going to plant
wheat this winter, and many of
them have already sown from
five to twenty acres.
Hilton Dodge Lumber Co.
In Hands Os Receivers.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 17.—Judge
W. T. Newman, of the United
States District Court for the
Northern District of Georgia, has
appointed R. H. Knox arid Gee.
H. Lewis receivers for .the Hil
ton-Dodge Lumber Co. The pro
ceeding is mainly for the purpose
of reorganization of the company
as the assets are far in excess of
the liabilities. The company
owns several large sawmills and
thousands of acres of timber
lands, the assets estimated at
$7,000,000.
But We Abhor
Anything Like Change.
It takes three pounds of cotton
to buy a pound of meat; four
pounds of cotton to buy a peck
of meal; twelve pounds of cotton
to buy a sack of common flour,
and all of these articles can be
successfully raised in Laurens
county. If the farmers fail to
grasp the lesson, as dear as this
one is, it will be surprising.—
Laurens Citizen.
j Would Make Surplus
j Cotton Into Petticoats.
Chicago, October 18. —Much of
j the surplus cotton of the south
• will find its way into the 1915
petticoats, which will be of gen
( erous fullness, according to a
bulletin issued here today by the
1 Fashion Art League of America,
ilt was sent to thousands of club
j women in the United States, and
j urges “American gowns for wo
men of America.”
“The lingerie, or washable
petticoat, which has been out of
fashion for a decade, again is to
be in vogue, and the wider skirt
will succeed the present close
fitting skirt” the announcement
| says. "Both will prove accept
able for comfort, and encourage
ment is given to the wearing of
cotton petticoats as a means of
vastly increasing the consump
-1 tion of cotton which has been
falling off because of the war in
Europe.”
Makes World Record
As a Cotton Picker.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 16. —The:
world’s cotton-picking record j
wus broken at Blue Springs, j
Miss., by Alvis L. Little, a white!
man, who picked 1,116 pounds in j
fourteen and one-half hours. In !
the first three hours he pickedj
1 109 pounds an hour. In twelve
hours he had picked 1,000 pounds.
The remaining 116 pounds was
picked after sundown.
WONDERFUL TREE
IN MONTGOMERY
Magnificent Magnolia Sends 1
Out Fragrance Twice
Each Year.
Montgomery county can boast
of a wonderful magnolia tree,
from whose branches Capt. M.
i 1). Hughes, carrier on Route 2,
brought us this week a number
of blossoms. The peculiarity of
the tree is that it blooms in the
spring and again in the fall, the
profusion of flowers in the fall
being about equal to the spring
flowering. This wonderful tree
grows in the yard of Mr. E. J.
Wells near Longpond, and was
pulled up as a switch by Hon.
Reter Johnson, while out fishing
on the Oconee a few years ago,
and presented to his daughter,
Mrs. Welis. The tree seems to
belong to the well known species
that form the glory of our South
ern swamps and hammocks.
Opening of School at
Alamo is Postponed.
Alamo, Oct. 19. The fall term j
of the Alamo public school that
was scheduled to open this morn- [
ing, was postponed on account of
the death of Hon. I). W. Burson, j
father of Prof. A. W. Burson,
the newly elected principal of the
school which occurred at Monroe
last night. Professor Burson left
this morning to attend the fun
eral of his father and will not re
turn until the latter part of the
week. The school will open nextj
Monday morning, a week later
than was expected.
Thinks it Absurd.
The talk of legislation to force
the reduction of cotton produc
tion by taxation or otherwise, is j
absurd, if not unconstitutional.
! The farmer who sees the need of j
increasing his production of food
and supply crops, and will not,
: does not deserve to escape the
j certain calamity that a large cot
ton crop next year would entail
upon the South. Not only the j
farmer, but all others in busi
ness, would be hit hard. Perry
•Home Journal.
ICORN CLUB BOYS
MAKE FINE SHOWING
Show in Court House Here
Yesterday Excellent
Exhibit.
Yesterday was a veritable corn
show in Mt. Vernon. It was the
day assigned by Prof. G. V. Cun
ningham, manager of the Corn
j Club boys of Montgomery coun
ty to bring their exhibits in, to
gether with their reports of
growth and yield.
Early in the morning the boys,
with their fathers, began arriv
i ing, each with ten choice ears of
grain. The Monitor supplied
•i tags, and in a short while the
grand jury room in the court
house was filled with boys and
corn. Even the older ones had
to stand aside while the young
sters told how they made the
stuff. In some sections of the
county weather conditions were
j unfavorable, yet the yield, as a
; whole, was creditable indeed.
Nineteen boys were present
| with exhibits, and the three best
i yields are as follows, per acre:
Elton Moxley, Sopcrton, 106.5
j bushels, at a profit of $67.60.
i Rabun R. Stewart, Mt. Vernon,
! No. 1, 67.63 bushels, at a profit
j of $47.63.
Leon Canady, Soperton, No. I,
63.5 bushels, at a profit of $28.75.
He also brought a sample of hay,
of which he made 2,300 pounds
to the acre.
These three boys win the first
three prizes, which are quite sub
stantial. They include a scholar
ship to the State Agricultural
School, trip to Atlanta, trip to
State Fair at Macon, etc. Prof.
Cunningham and the boys were
in session practically all day yes
terday. In next issue will be
given a full list of the entrants
and the prizes offered and won.
Dr. A. L. Hirleman, of the
i Bureau of Animal Industry, U.
jS. Department Agriculture, was
j present, and in the afternoon
! made a talk on the subject of
hog cholera. This disease is not
very prevalent in this section,
yet the discussion was heard with
interest. The farmers should
never miss an opportunity of
hearing lectures by officials train
ed in the work.
Record Corn Crop
From One Acre.
Dalton, Oct. 16. The judging
of exhibits of the Boys’ Corn
Club at the Whitfield County
Fair showed seven members each
raised more than 100 bushels to
the acre.
The greatest yield, 140 bushels
and 30 pounds, was produced by
Dan Callaway, a 10-year-old boy.
While Morrison was a close sec
ond, with 134 bushels and 50
pounds. The other 100-bushel
members were Wilson Foster,
Hill Anderson, Jud C. Brooker,
Marion Cady and Lester Cald
well.
A Saturday Night
Killing in Laurens.
Willie Lee Grier was shot and
killed on Saturday night at the
Wilkes home in Laurens county
by Tom Wilkes. Grier had mar
ried Wilkes’ sister, from whom
he had been seprated, but con
tinued to visit her. A row fol
lowed a visit by Grier to the
Wilkes home, and Wilkes claims
he shot in self defense. Wilkes
gave up to the sheriff and was
lodged in jail at Dublin.
Off To Petersburg.
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Palmer,
and little daughter, Stella Will,
left Sunday for Petersburg, Va.,
to attend the annual meeting of
the Association of Seaboard Air
Line Surgeons, of which Dr. Pal
mer has long been secretary. Dr.
Palmer’s nephew, Russell Mc-
Arthur, also accompanied the
party. Pullman cars were fur
nished for all the surgeons and
their families.
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