The Montgomery Monitor.
VOL. XXIX
CONGRESSMAN HUGHES
APPEALS FOR SOUTH
Thinks Intrinsic Value of
Cotton on a Parity
With Gold.
In an address before the House
on Oct. 21, Hon. Dudley M.
Hughes concluded with these
words:
Cotton, in its intrinsic value to
the world, is on a parity with
gold. In saving cotton to the
South you save gold to this coun
try. One is of not less impor
tance than the other.
I address this House with a
heavy heart, burdened with a
sorrow I can not express for the
people I represent, who hold the
result of their year of toil tem
porarily without a market, but
only temporarily. Unless, how
ever, the market or relief comes
soon, it will be too late for the
good of the growers, for they
can not hold their crop indefinite
ly. They offer their labor, the
sweat of their brow, the raw ma
terial, as security for a loan. Cot
ton, in peace or war, is not only
the equal but the superior as a
security of any two names of the
highest financial rating, the two
names that will be taken as a se
curity under the new currency
law.
We ask you to make this war
loan in this emergency and take
the security of the borrower.
Declare any just and equitable
terms, and the farmer will meet
the requirements.
The States were joined to
gether in solemn compact for
mutual good. The South is a
party to that compact. A great
crisis surrounds her, and as a
part of you she asks your aid.
If you refuse, you allow a con
suming fire to destroy your
neighbor’s house, thereby en
dangering your own; and you do
this when you have the control
of the water which can easily ex
tinguish the flame.
Should you say nay, we must
bear the hardship with all the
fortitude and bravery of a cour
ageous people, with that same
nobility of spirit which charac
terized the South during the dis
tressing years of the past.
Tnough you stand and watch the
structure that a great people has
builded burn to ashes for the
want of a friendly hand, that
great section, will rise again in
all her majesty and strength, for
her trial, though it be one of the
most severe she has ever known,
can be met and will be met, but
it will require a decade for her
to overcome that which you can
avert in one hour.
If our Southland has to make
the fight alone, there will be
scars of conflict to mark the ter
rible struggle, the pinch of pov
erty will again be in her cheek,
the sadness of disappointment at
the failure of her sister States to
measure up to their friendship
will be in her eye, but in the end
there will rest upon her brow the
crown of victory from a contest
that should have been required.
Pecans Shipped To Chicago.
Albany, Ga., Nov. 2. —The
largest shipment of pecans ever
made from this section of Geor
gia has just gone forward from
Albany to Chicago. The nuts
were from the groves of a local
concern whose trees are seven
years old and there were four
teen thousand pounds in the con
signment. The shippers expect
to realize an average price of 50
cents a pound and will ship a
total of forty thousand pounds
this season. Many groves near
Albany will ship nuts on a com
mercial scale this season.
Great State Fair.
The state fair opened at Ma
con on Tuesday morning, and
| will be the greatest agricultural
show ever seen in the state. The
exhibits surpass all former fairs,
and every farmer in the state
should see the big display before
the fair closes on the 13th inst.
A big feature is the exhibits
iby the corn club boys and can
ning club girls. There are 1,500
corn exhibits of canned articles
by as many Georgia girls. Many
counties are making grand ex
hibits, and the show of live stock
is beyond description.
Franklin Corn Growers
Establish New Record.
Carnesville, Ga., Oct. 30.—The
Franklin County Corn Club met
here Friday with sixty exhibits.
The greatest number of bushels
per acre are as follows:
Bethel Edwards, 180 bushels;
Clifton Cole, 120 bushels; Dewey
Bellamy, 114 bushels; J. P. Ow
en, 114 bushels; Raymond Cole,
107 bushels; Dewit Shirley, 105
; bushels; Dalton Cole, 101 bush
i els.
The first prize this year ex
ceeds any previous record of the
yield per acre in this county, and
it, will he remembered that this
was under difficulties, as the
seasons were very unfavorable.
The farmers present reported
a great quantity of grain that is
being sown throughout the coun
tv, and an enthusiastic spirit of
“produce it ai home” policy
seems to predominate.
Sheriff' Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will bo sold before the court house door in Mt.
Vernonon the first Tuesday in Dec., 1914, between
j the legal hours of sale, to the* highest bidder for
rush, certain property, of which the following is a
complete description:
All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and
j being in the i 687th G. M. District of said county
' and state and stale, and bounded as follows: On
! the north by lands of David Smith and Calvin
Dowell, on the east by lands of Lizzie ('. Allen
! and on the south by lands of James Smith and
Florida Gray, containing 152 acres more or less.
! Levied e,n and will be sold as the property of J.
J A. Allen to satisfy an execution issued from the
superior c »uit of .-aid county in favor of Southern
Cotton Oil Co. vs J. A. Alien. Written notice of
levy given as required by statute, this the 3d day
of Nov., 1914.
James Hester, Sheriff.
Williams & Flynt, Attys. for Plffs.
Sheriff Sale.
! Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will be sold before the court house door in Mt.
Vernon on the st Tuesday in Dec.. 1914, b<-
1 tween the legal Lursoi rale, to the highest bidder
: for rush, certain property, of which the following
I is a complete description:
J AH of Charley Farmer’s undivided one-eighth
(1-8- in teres- as .:>) h : ar law of his father, Rich
ard Fa: me; in l.> a or lain tract or parcel of
land containing in the aggrgate two hundred and
! fii iy y .- s. more or Jes, situated, lying and being
in u.n 275th, District G. M. of said county and
| bom u<i n the north by lands belonging to E. S.
| Gibbs and the wa-era of Milligan’s Creek, on the
easi < lands • longing to Dr. George Gray, B. F.
j Wolfe and P. J. SicNatt, on the south by lands be
{ longing to P. J. McNatt and on the west by lands
I bel* i g !»:-■. to P. M. Moseley, and known as the
j Richard Farmer place, and being an undivided
one-eighth in est in the following described
j three Lads of land, to Wit: An 86 acre tract
( mo." or ie-ss, conveyed to Richard Fanner by Hi
ram Gibbs by deed dated April 26th, 1877 which
deed i.- recorded in Book “EE*' pages 689-690, a
! one hr. u ed aw-? trad . more or less, conveyed to
I Richard Farmer by Hiram Gibbs by deed dated
! IX., .nber - h. 1877, which deed is recorded in
Book ‘GO pa --o i. and also a iifty La< *,
| mo: • or lew. Conveyed to Richard fa* mer by C. P.
Most i.v by deed dated September 19th, I*B4, which
deed is recorded in Bool: “EEE” page 305 all of
said d( vd:i herein referred to be of record in the
j office of <b • i rk of the Superior Court of Mont-
I • y County, Georgia, Said or.e-eighth inter
est in sahl land levied upon as the property of
I Charley bn rrn to sat isfy four fi fas issued from
{ the Ju-.i > e s Court of ihe 748ih G. M. district of
Coffee coun iy, Ga., in favor of Lou Bell vs Charley
i Far mV-: . being the distributive share of raid de-
I fendanr in estate o< Richard Farmer. Pointed
j out for levy by. plaintiff and in possession of said
I defendant or his agents. Levied and returned to
j me bv :A. A. Petersen, constable, and written no
-1 lice given. This Nov. 4, 1914.
Jam. -. Hester,Sheriff,
Montgomery County, Ga.
M. B. Calhoun, Attorney for Plff.
10NTG0EE1Y COUNTY
TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
Program for Meeting in Mt.
Vernon November
14th, 1914.
I. Manual Arts in School
Miss Mamie Tarver, Miss Inez
Brantley, Miss Beulah Holland.
11. Primary Reading, how
taught —
Miss Genevieve Lanier, Mrs. C.
A. Johnston, Miss Bertha Swan.
111. School Entertainments
and their objects
C. A. Johnston, Miss Harriett
Brooks, Jas. R. Dickson.
IV. The value of holding at
tention in school—
Mrs. Nelli:: Roach, Miss Nell Ba
con, Miss Jennie Butler.
V. General discussion of plans
for County Contest.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER, 5, 1914.
Governor signs SI,OOO
To Each Aggie School.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 2.—Gover
nor Slaton today signed war
rants for SI,OOO for each of the
eleven district agricultural
schools, and this sum will be for
warded to them at once.
This payment makes $9,000
paid them to date for this year,
leaving a balance of SI,OOO. Un-j
der the law these schools can re
ceive up to SIO,OOO from the fund
arising from fertilizer and food
inspection fees.
Some apprehension is felt con- j
cerning next year, due to the
! slow movement of fertilizers. If j
the fertilizer business picks up, |
however, these schools will get
their usual sum in 1915.
Clubs Contest at Dawson.
Dawson, Mov. 3. —The corn I
and pig club show held in Daw-j
son was a success in every par-1
j ticular. The prize pig was raised I
;by Buren Jones, was 7 months j
old and weighed 230 uounds. It
cost only 2 1-2 cts. per pound in
being raised.
Second prize went to Jesse
Henry, whose pig at 8 months
; old weighed 200 pounds and cost j
: 3 cts. a pound.
In the corn club contest, Billie'
Hall won the Shorthorn bull that I
was offered by the Central Rail-j
way, valued at $125, as first
prize. Tom Kennedy took sec
ond prize, a $25 scholarship to
the short coure at the State Col
lege of Agriculture. Among the j
other fifteen prizes, one was for,
a year's subscription to the Tele
graph. That was won by Ches
ter Bridges.
Demonstration Agent Kent has |
already begun to form plans for
increasing the membership to
both clubs next year. He has!
done good work during the past!
year.
INEW BOARD OF
CO. COMMISSIONERS
“Progressives” Make Some
Show in Tuesday’s
Election.
In the general election held
Tuesday a little over 1,000 votes
were polled in Montgomery coun
ty, all of the amendments having
received a plurality of votes.
For United States Senator Hoke
Smith received 002 and r s. W.
Hardwick 702 votes. C. W. Mc-
IClureand G. R. Hutchens, inde
pendent candidates, running oiL
the “Progressive” ticket, re
ceived 285 and 270 votes respec
tively. The remainder of the
state ticket received the full
vote, aside from the fact that
one or two districts did not vote \
the full ticket for judges and
solicitors and the amendments. (
Considerable interest attached
to the race for new county corn- J
missioners, and as a result of
| this election a new board will as
! sume charge of the county’s af
fairs on January Ist.
The candidates from the First
Road District were J. T. Walker,
and Carl McAllister, and the vote
|by precincts was as follows: i
i Alston, Walker*B9; McAllister 25:1
Uvalda, Walker 14; McAllister, i
117; Higgston, Walker 22; Mc-j
Allister, 37; Tiger, Walker 13;!
McAllister 7; Kibbee, Walker 45;
McAllister 9.
Candidates from the Second
Road District were Elijah Miller j
and A. T. Miller, and the vote by
precincts as follows: Mt. Ver
non, E. Miller 134; A. T. Miller
56; Lothair, E, Miller 52; A. T.
Miller 38.
Candidates from the Third
Road District were W. H. Mox
ley and J. L. Lowrey, and the
vote by precincts as follows:
Tarrytown, Moxley 52; Lowrey
56; Soperton, Moxley 72; Lowrey
140; Orland, Moxley 59; Lowrey
Q1
61, I
i Turner County Man to
Show Hereford Cattle.'
Ashburn, Nov. 2.—Turner |
county is to be well represented
at the Georgia state fair in Ma
con, which opens tomorrow, with j
an unusually fine exhibit of live|
stock shown by C. F. Shingler, ;
manager of the Red Pebble farm,
located in this county.
The exhibit wall consist of nine
head of Hereford cattle and one
fine Percheron stallion. This ex
hibit was shown at the Georgia
j Alabama fair at Valdosta and
| won seven first prizes and two
second prizes.
Mr. Shingler’s farm comprises
10,000 acres and he makes a;
specialty of Hereford cattle, hav-i
jingmore than 100 head. He is !
; confident of carrying the honors J
i at the state fair this year.
Cotton Accumulating
Fast At Americus.
Americus, Ca., Nov. 2.- Such
is the crowded conditions of the
several Americus warehouses, '
stacked to roofs with cotton bales, j
that the unusual spectacle of fill-!
ing up vacant store buildings was'
i witnessed this afternoon. Two
store rooms in the Windsor Hotel
j block were filled with cotton bales ’
temporarily. Several additional!
| warehouses are under eonstruc
j tion here.
j 1,500 Bales of Cotton
Destroyed by Flames.
Columbus, Nov. 2. A dispatch
!to the Enquirer-Sun from Gay,
Ga., says:
“One thousand and five hun
dred bales of cotton were burned
| here early this morning entailing
a total loss of $50,000. Many i
farmers of this section had stored j
| their cotton in the warehouse, but
I had not insured it and the loss
will be heavy on them.”
D’KOYEN QUARTET j
HERE THIS EVENING
I
First Number of High-Class
Series at the Brewton
Parker.
The coming of The DeKoven
Male Quartet on Thursday night,
the sth, marks the beginning of
a five-number Lyceum Course
which is to be given at the 8.-
P. I. auditorium during the com-,
ing Fall and Winter.
The program of The DeKovens
promises to cover an evening with
the highest enjoyment. Besides
rendering the best quartet music,
they delight with musical sketch
es, water color paint'rigs, imper-■
donations and readings, and with
brass instruments. Expressions l
of satisfaction with their enter
tainment come from wherever
they have appeared. The short
character skit, “Tom’s Busy
Day,” is reported to be decided
ly well presented, and shows the
wide ability of the young men.
From Roseburg, Oregon, comes
this report of their appearance
on Feb. 7, 1911: “Monday
night’s entertainment by The
DeKoven Concert Company was
! enjoyed by a large audience. |
The several numbers were well j
rendered. The songs of other
days were especially well appre
ciated by the older members of
the audience. The readings and j
impersonations were well re
• i »
ceived.
Season tickets for the five
number Lyceum Course may be
had from Prof. T. B. Conner for
$1.75, students’ price. $0.90.
Single admission will be 50 cents.
Will Sell Oysters.
The young ladies of the Ep
worth League will sell oysters in
the justice court room today at
noon. This is for a worthy
cause, and it is hoped that the
public will be liberal in its
! patronage. i
Fixing the Blame.
World opinion seems to have
settled firmly and more firmly in
to a damning indictment of the
German government. Even its
most earnest and devoted de
fenders seem to have become rec
onciled, to judge by their com
parative silence recently, that
this indictment cannot be changed
either.—Macon Telegraph.
Venison in Mt. Vernon
Game or no Game Law.
A very unusual occurrence fur
nished some Mt. Vernon people
a feast of venison on Tuesday.
A fine deer wandered up into
town and met a quick and unex
pected death without the fire of
a gun. This “god of the sylvan
dell and leafy bower” followed
the pea fields from the Oconee
swamp until near Mcßae &
Thompson’s ginnery, and becom
ing frightened at the noise of the
machinery, dashed into a wire
fence around the premises of Mr.
Lee Scruggs. The buck’s horns
caught in the wire and his body
going on with the momentun
snapped his neck. Some of the
old time nimrods were soon on
the scene and cut the deer’s neck.
Willie C. Mcßae is accused of
using the knife on deer,
but we were not a witness to the
deed. However, we always put,
down anything Tom Thompson
tells us.
Mrs. Lee Scruggs and Miss
Darcas Mcßae first dicovered the
enfettered animal.
Profitable Institute
Held Last Week.
On Friday afternoon last, one
of the most successful teachers’
institutes ever held in Montgom
ery county, came to a close. The
exercises, beginning on Monday,
were under the leadership of
Prof. F. E. Land, of Macon, one
of the state supervisors of insti
tutes.
A majority of the teachers
were in attendance, taking part
in the subjects assigned them,
and joining freely in the discus
sion of the topics presented.
On Wednesday afternoon, Mr.
G. V. Cunningham of Tifton, su
pervisor of corn club work for
this section, gave an interesting
lecture on the production of corn.
An interesting exhibit of corn by
Montgomery county corn club
boys, and a lecture by Dr. A. L.
Hirleman, representing the na
tional department of agriculture,
were interesting features.
Thursday evening a highly en
tertaining program was rendered
at the Brewton-Parker Institute,
complimentary to the attending
teachers, and was most heartiiy
enjoyed.
Prof. Geo. D. Goddard, also a
school supervisor, of Milner, Ga ,
relieved Prof. Land on Thursday
morning, and proved also an ef
ficient leader.
Resolutions were passed agree
ing to make the institute perma
nent, to meet in Mt. Vernon on
the second Saturday in each
month during the school year.
Thanks were to Professors Land
and Goddard, high compliments
were paid to County Suerintend
ent Hutcheson, and commenda
tory resolutions passed for the
hospitality of Mt. Vernon and
the entertainment given by the
Brewton-Parker Institute. Con
gratulations were extended to
those teachers who have returned
to the county to teach, and a
strong resolution passed calling
on patrons to vote for the candi
date who makes compulsory edu
cation his platform.
We can’t all live on hay, hut
beef made from peavine hay and
pork made from Montgomery
county peanuts will go very nice
ly.
NOVEMBER TERM
SUPERIOR COURT
Judge Larsen of the Dublin
Circuit Presides for
Judge Graham.
On Monday morning the su
perior court of this county be
gan its November term. As pre
viously announced, Judge W. W.
Larsen of the Dublin Circuit ex
changed benches with Judge Gra
ham, who is in Laurens forjudge
Larsen this week. Judge Lar
sen’s charge to the grand jury on
Monday morning was a legal and
literary gem, and was heard at
tentively by a large number of
our citizens. The Judge made a
strong plea to the jury to exer
cise the power„delegated to them
by the state for civic righteous
ness and correct and honest citi
zenship. His remarks were
highly appreciated by the jury
and citizens in attendance, many
of whom heard Judge Larsen for
the first time. A unique and sat
isfactory adjustment of the ques
tion of adjourning over for the
election Tuesday was settled by
allowing the assembly to vote on
it. A rising vote showed that
the crowd were unanimous in
wanting to vote, and court ad
journed Monday evening to Wed
nesday morning.
Monday was confined to the
trial of a number of divorce
cases and civil matters of minor
importance.
When court convened again
yesterday morning the case of
the State vs may Dunn, charged
; with murder, was carried over
on account of the absence of cer
tain witnesses. This case will
be first in order for trial this
morning. A number of petty
criminal cases were disposed of
yesterday. It is probable that
court will last throughout the
week. The attendance is up to
i the usual limit.
Among the visiting attorneys
are A. C. Saffold of Cochran; W.
| B. Smith, Eschol Graham and G.
IL Harris of Mcßae. W. M.
! Lewis, C. W. Sparks, W. J. De-
Loach and 1). C. Patillo of Vida
-1 lia. G. W. Lankford of Lyons.
G. B. Davis of Dublin. It. S.
Wimberly of Macon. Winnie
Bonnet of Baxley.
Solicitor General Wooten jut
iri a busy day Monday, and a
number of bills were returned.
Mr. D. W. Folsom was elected
foreman of the grand jury, and
Mr. J. B. O'Conner secretary.
Epworth League
Has Hallowe’en Party.
A Hallowe’en party at Mrs. .J.
L. Adams’on last Saturday night
was one of the most interesting
features of the season. This so
cial was given by the members
|of The Mt. Vernon Epworth
League. The house was deco
rated with witches, cats, bats
and jack-a-lanterns. Ghosts stood
quietly on each side of the front
door. On the back porch was a
heart tree which held thirty-two
kinds of hearts. Numbers were
i drawn and hearts taken to cor
i respond. There was a contest
too, pinning the witch’s nose in
place. The black witch told the
fortunes of those present from
the tent on the back porch.
Owls were drawn to make
couples for supper. All present
were masked and there was
much fun trying to distinguish
lone from another. A low fire
land a jack-a-lantern dimly light
ed the parlor. A mysterious
noise from one end of the daven-
I port, was heard, the cause of
! which was never discovered. All
! report a dandy time.
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