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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1915)
Stye iUmttgn ntm| monitor. VOL. XXX. GREAT DAY AT HISTORIC MIDWAY Thousands Gather to Pay Tribute of Honor to Heroes. One of the greatest events en joyed by the people of Southeast Georgia in many years was the meeting of the Midway Society and the unveiling of the Stewart- Sereven monument, a shaft erect ed in the historic old cemetery adjoining the church by an ap propriation of SIO,OOO by the na tional government. It would take all the space of a big book to tell even a part of the story of this old church and county, so fitly spoken of as “the cradle of Liberty,” and words can scarcely do justice to this, the crowning day of the zenith of its glory. The scene was one which will linger in memory as long as life lasts. About five thousand people filled the grounds, coming from all over Southeast Georgia, and even from adjoining states. The soldiers from Fort Screven, the old Chat ham Artillery of Savannah, the noted old Cavalry Company, the Liberty Independent Troop and the band from Fort Screven add ed interest and swelled the great throng. Col. Newton J. Norman of Savannah, president of the Mid way Society, and chairman of the Midway Monument Commission, was master of ceremonies. He introduced Rev. W. E. Way of Jacksonville who offered the in vocation while the great crowd stood with uncovered heads. The first speaker, Col. William C. Langfitt of the Engineer Corps, U. S. Army, made formal delivery of the monument, ending with the words, “and I commit to your loving care this monument to Gen. Screven and Gen. Stewart.” The cords holding the two great flags wrapped around the beauti ful shaft were pulled by Miss Eliza Maxwell Stevens of Dor chester and Miss Mary Helen Quarterman of Savannah, two of the thirteen young ladies se lected as sponsors from the de scendants of the heroes to whom the great tribute was being paid. The speech of presentation was then made by Congressman Chas. G. Edwards, so much beloved by the people of the First District, who had worked for years shoul der to shoulder with Hon. N. J. Norman, Senator A. O. Bacon and others to secure the appro priation for the great memorial. Col. A. S. Way of Reidsville, one of the descendants of the old Midway stock in a fine address accepted the gift for the Midway Society. Hon. Samuel J. Graham, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, came as the personal representative of Presi dent Wilson, and delivered a great address, worthy of the great Prc-s dent of the Union and the great occasion. An incident of the big day was the presentation, in one of his characteristic addresses, by Gen. P. W. Meldrim, President of the American Bar Association, of a marble slab for the Colonial Dimes of America, commemor ating the repairing of the wall aro md the cemetery. This was responded to by Hon. J. B. Way of Hinesville. As the great flags were drawn away by the young ladies, the artillery fired the double briga dier general’s salute of eleven guns for each of the distinguished generals, 22 rounds, and the pa triotic; boom will never be forgot ten by these who stood on the hallowed spot and felt the jar that shook the sacred dust, cover ing the sleeping ashes of some who had slept there before the war of the Revolution, and shak ing the tombstones broken by Sherman’s hosts who were quar tered in the sacred enclosure during his ‘March to the Sea.” Col. A. Gordon Cassels of Sav annah was marshal of the day and reported that perfect order prevailed throughout the stay of the vast throng. Dr. W. B. Burroughs of Bruns wick, distinguished as a Confed erate veteran and a historian was present, and also Col. J O. Var nedoe of Valdosta, onecf the few surviving students of the original Oglethorpe University, near Mil ledgeville. Hon. William Sailette of Liberty county, direct descen dant of the great scout, Robert Fine Comedy on Bills 8.-P. I. Next Week. Miss Fearless & Co., a three act comedy, will be presented by the girls of the Freshman class of Brewton-Parker next Wednes day evening, May sth. These girls have been working hard in preparation for this play and they are going to give an enter tainment that will be worth the time and price of anv one who may attend. The admission price for students and other children will be ten cents, for adults, twenty cents. A rich heiress, Miss Henley, and her guests are invited by the “lords of creation,” as their suitors have styled themselves, to camp with them up the river. To offset the arrogance of the style of their invitation the young ladies refuse to accompany them and to decide to show' their own independence by making a camping trip to “Spook Island.” To keep themselves firm they forma company and each agrees to forfeit $lO if she communi cates with a man during the trip. But nervous Miss Euphemia — chaperon—cannot bear the name of “Spook Island.” Their ex periences on the island and the consequences of their agreement are interestingly shown. Peterson —Robinson. An early morning marriage of much interest to a large circle of friends was celebrated at 5:15 o’clock Thursday morning at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. J. A. Peterson, in Ailey. The high contracting parties were Mr. Louis Robinson and Miss Maggie Peterson. Mr. Robinson is a prominent young business man of Ailey, and his bride a popular young lady, known and admired by numbers of friends and relatives. The young cou ple left over the Seaboard road for a trip of a week, after which they will be at home to their friends in Ailey. Rev. H. C. Ewing performed the marriage rites. Success in Diversification. The most successful man in our vicinity is a farmer who fol lows diversified farming. He doesn’t depend on the crop alone but raises a little of almost every thing. He puts out a good crop of corn, has a large orchard and raises all kinds of garden truck, plenty of sweet and Irish pota toes. Pumpkins, melons, etc, are raised each year, He raises mules, horses, calves, sheep, hogs, turkeys, guineas, chickens, geese and ducks. He feeds ali his corn, oats and roughness to live stock on the farm and re turns the manure to the land. In the summer he hauls fruit and vegetables to towns 20 miles away arid peddles them out. He has live stock of some kind to sell the year around. He started with a small mountain farm; to day he owns nearly 400 acres of land all paid for and has good buildings, and the best live stock in the vicinity, has raised and educated a family of six children, and is looked up to by all who know him. —A. C‘. Hull. VVash ingt n County, Tenn., in South ern Farming. Sailette, of revolutionary fame, and who fought through the civil war in the Liberty Guards, com manded by Capt. William Hughes, was a conspicuous figure in that assemblage. But how can we tell Stall? This surging mass of living hu manity, standing on the toombs of a great and loyal ancestry, walking up and down the aisles of the old church, still standing after serving 122 years as the fourth house of worship of this wonderful people, we give up the task to the more fortunate historian. Ms. VERinOin, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APRIL 29, 1915. MISSIONARY RALLY AT TARRYTOWN Elaborate Program Prepared For Profitable Day With Workers. The following is the program for the Womans’ Missionary Rally of the Daniell Association, to be held with the Baptist church at Tarry town, Ga., May 5, 1915, beginning at 9 o’clock a. m. and for one day only: 9:oo—Devotional —Mrs. J. D. Rabun. 9:ls—Greetings—Mrs. D. O. Calhoun. 9:2o—Response—Mrs. J. L. Hart. 9:3s—Appointment of Commit tees. 9:40 -The Whole Bible a Mis sionary Book. 1. Missions in the law Gen. 12:1-3; Gal. 3:8; Matt. 5:17-18. 2. Missions in the Prophets— Jonah 1:1-2; Amos Ist Chapter Amos 9:7, Isa. 45:18-25, Isa. 43:1- 12. > 3. Missions in the Psalm's — Psa. 24:1-10: 72-8-19; 07:12. 4. The Misrionary Christ — Jno. 3:10; Jno. 10:10; Jno. 14:31. 5. The Missionarv Teachings of Christ—Matt. 28:18-20; Mark 16:15. O.- The Missionary Apostles— Acts 1:0-8; Acts 11:1-18; Romans 10:10-17. Mrs. Tom R. Lee. 10:15. Why the Womans’ Mis sionary Union? —Mrs. G. H. Wil liams, Dublin. 10:45—Duet —Misses Annie L. Cook and Elizabeth Price. 11:00. Hindrances to Mission sionary Endeavor in our Associa tion:— (a) Unenlisted churches. Unenlisted Women. Unenlisted Young People. Unenlisted Societies Mrs. F. M. Smith, Lyons. (b) Lack of personal Service Mrs. F. M. Grady, Vidalia. (c) Lack of Systematic Giving Mrs. W. T. China, Lyons. (d) Lack of Mission Study— Mrs. Marion Calhoun, Mt. Ver non. 12:00 Aims of our Union— Mrs. G. H. Williams. 12:30 Noontide Devotional Mrs. J. W. Waller, Soperton. A FTivRNOoN Session. 2:00. Devotional and Address “The Man of Galilee”-Mr. 11. M. Shapiro, Vidalia. 2:45. Report of Committees. 3:oo—Open Discussion—How to Make Our Societies Interesting— Mrs. J. H. Duggan, Vidalia. 3:40. Special I o ig:—Y. W. A’s. 3:45. The Ideal Y. W. A.- Miss Ruth Peacock. 4:00 The Sunbeam Song “Be a Little Sunbeam”—All Sun beams. 4:10. “What Became of the church that had no Sunbeam Band?”—Mrs. J. C. Price. 4:20. What will add interest to all our Missionary organiz tion ? 1. Revelation-Found in Pray er—Mrs. C. A. Mason, Mt. Ver non. 2. Information—Study of God’s Word and the Work Mrs. W. J. Futral, Glenwood. 3. Inspiration Fellowship, one with another Mrs. W. A. Rivers. 4. Realization Personal con secrationr~Mrs. It. I']. Robinson. Benediction —Mrs. J. J. Cal houn. All the sisters whose names ap pear on this program are urged to be present and take part. The Tarrytown church and commu nity are making preparation to entertain all who come. It is hoped that all the Societies of the Association and all the churches without societies will he largely represented. Those com ing by railroad will be met at the station if they will notify the chairman of hospitality, Mrs. D. P. Usry, Tarrytown. A special invitation is extend ed the brethren to come out and be with us. Mrs. J. C. Price, Supt. Daniel Association. Rev. Shapiro to Lecture. On Sunday morning at the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian church, Rev. H. M. Shapiro, a Hebrew converted to the Christan relig ion, will lecture. His subject will be “The Man of Galilee.” You are invited. SPEAKS HIGHLY OF OUR ROADS Personal Inspection Over a Wide Territory Shows Our Average. Editor Monitor: I have just returned from a Iroundtrip by automobile to Co lumbus, Ga., and have been very much impressed with the roads through the different counties traversed. I feel that the citizens of Montgomery county ought to know what kind of roads we have in comparison with others —hence my reason for writing you this. My route was from Uvalda through Soperton, Dublin, Coch ran, Hawkinsville, Montezuma, Oglethorpe, Ellaville, Buena Vista Jlo Columbus, traversing the counties of Montgomery, Laurens, Bleckley, Pulaski, Hous ton, Macon, Schley, Chattahoo chee and Muscogee and with the exception of some very fine road in Marion and Schley, and a few short stretches in Chattahoochee (which is being built by popular I subscription,) Bleckley and Lau rens, I find none to be superior to the roads of Montgomery, on the average. Os course we have some roads that are bad, hut with a little time we will have as good roads as any of the counties. And good roads are not simply for the great economical advan tage for the people of the county, but is an excellent advertisment for the county. Let’s pull for Montgomery county. Respectfully, E. W. Gray. Sunday School Institute To Be Held at Glenwood. The Sunday School Institute for the Mt. Vernon pastoral charge will be held at Glenwood May 3-5. An interesting program has been arranged and profitable meeting is expected. The opening service will be held Monday evening at 7:30. Numbers of pa pers will be read by the best Sunday school workers, and a general uplift will be given by those who know how. The meet ing will close at 7:30 Wednesday evening with a sermon by Rev. L. J. Ballard. Send your name to Rev. 11. C. Ewing, Mt. Ver non, to secure entertainment. Sister of Georgia’s War Governor Dead. Canton, April 20. —Mrs. Mary Watkins, aged 94, died at her home near here Saturday even ing, and was interred at Sharp Mountain Church yesterday. Mrs. Watkins was a sister of Geor gia’s War Governor and United; ! States Senator Joseph E. Brown ! and the late James R. Brown. I She leaves five children, three I girls and two hoys. She had been a devout member of the Baptist Church for many years. I She was horn in South Carolina, her parents moving to this coun | try when she was quite small. He Told the Truth Bill Nye had the truth well told when he said: “A man may use a wart, on the back of bis neck for a collar button, ride in the back coach of a railroad train to save interest on his money till the conductor gets around, stop : his watch at night to save wear and tear, leave his ‘i’ or ‘t’ with i . out a dot or cross to save ink, pasture his mother's grave to save corn, hut a man of this sort is a gentleman arid a scholar com pared to the fellow that will take a newspaper two or three years and when asked to settle puts it it in the postoffice and has it [ : marked ‘refused.’ | Baseball Here Last Saturday and Monday. As scheduled last week, the ball team of the First District ! Agricultural School at Statesboro came down for two games with I the Brewton-Parker Institute J team here. On Saturday the score stood 25 to 5) in favor of the B. I. team. Monday did not materially change the victory of the local team as the score was 20 to Bin their favor. The home team simply far outclassed the j Statesboro players. The 8.-P. I. team will go to Savannah today to play the Sa | vannah High School. They will play the Statesboro High School! ! team on Friday and Saturday, and play the Aggies of Statesboro again Monday and Tuesday. This will wind up the itinerary, and the boys will be at home about Wednesday. Hon. James L. Booster Died in Savannah. James L. Foster, of Savannah, and a former resident of St. Si mons Island and known by prac tically all of the older residents of Brunswick and the county, died this morning at 9 o’clock in Savannah. News chronicling the death was received in Brunswick this after noon and it will bring sorrow to many hearts. Dr. R. L. Fox was a nephew of the deceased. Upon hearing of the serious illness of Mr. Foster, Dr. Fox hastened to Savannah but reached thereaf ter his uncle had died. Mr. Foster for a number of years was superintendent of St. Simon’s Mills, among the largest atone time on the Atlantic coast. He was also well known in Da rien. He hail a daughter, Mrs. Tharin, well known in Brunswick, now who resides in Jacksonville. Brunswick Banner. Free From Supply Man, I will tell the farmers what 1 have done and what I am go ng to do. I have made a pasture for my hogs, planted plenty of oats, some wheat, bedded my po tatoes, planted garden peas, cab bage, turnips, beets and toma toes. lam going to plant plenty of sweet potatoes for the hogs, as I find 1 can make more hog feed on an acre of potatoes than anything else, and it costs noth ing to gather; just fence them and turn the hogs iri, they w.ll eat vines and all. I always try to raise a little of everything that will grow well here. 1 raise my corn, oats, syrup, meat lard and plenty of chickens for our own j use. My wife cans plenty of fruit, vegetables, pickles, preserves and jelly, so you see we can live if there is a war going on. Os course 1 raise some cotton, also some tobacco, for my money crop. I made ten bales of cot - ton, had three acres in tobacco. For the tobacco I received about S6OO. That was not so much, hut it was better than cotton. You all know what I got. for cotton. I have five small shoats arid one sow that will farrow in a few days, and if nothing prevents will have plenty of meat to kill for another year. If all the far mers would raise their provisions at home we would be getting 15 cents for our cotton today. So, brother farmers, if we want peace at home, we will have to get out of debt and stay out. It may be a little hard at. first, but it is far better to live hard a lit tle while than always, dreaming of the supply merchant at night. S. B. Tolson, Timmonsville, S. C. in Southern Ruralist. Superior Court convenes next Monday. Those v/ho bring that dollar due The Monitor will tie, kindly treated by the grand jury. MONTGOMERY’S | SCHOOL CONTEST Great Field Day and Fine Exercises Mark the Occasion. As thoroughly advertised in The Monitor, the Montgomery County Schoo' Contest came off on Saturday last, and was a suc jcessful and profitable affair. By a systematic series of write-ups in this paper, the people had am ple notice of the plans and pur poses of the meeting, and re sponded with a large and enthu siastic attendance. In numbers the crowd was far larger than that of last year, and the deep interest taken by the people and I the schools was very gratifying. It is probable that one thousand people participated as pupils and spectators. Even our friends in adjoining counties came to lend encouragement by their presence to the scheme of uplift of the schools. Os course it takes untiring work and patience to produce such results as were reached on this occasion, and teachers and committees are to be congratula ted on the excellent showing made. It is very encouraging to note that the practical side re ceived more than ordinary atten tion. Fine specimens of live stock and poultry were among the exhibits, and a very credita ble showing was made in handi work. Who knows that these exhibi tions and contests will not grow, sooner or later, into a creditable •ounty fair? Surely the teachers and children of old Montgomery are setting a splendid example. In the literary contests, we note the following winners: Spelling. Third grade, Ila Mae Walker, Alston. Fourth grade, a tie between Opal Dixon, Alston, and Mildred Sessions, Soperton. Fifth grade, a tie between Borina Fulehum, Iliggston, and Eula Belle Partin, Uvalda. Sixth grade, Minnie Johnson, Soperton. Seventh grade, a tie between Mattie Moxley, Zaidee, and Ger trud*! Boyd, Tarrytown. Reaping. Second grade, Roger Crawford of Smut. Third grade, W. T. O’Neal, McGregor. Fourth grade, Opal Dixon, Al ston. Fifth grade, Lillian Conner, Higgs ton. Stoiiy Writing. Third grade, Mattie Thigpen, Zaidee. Fourth grade, I). Johnson, Longpond. Fifth grade, Eula Belle Partin, Uvalda. Sixth grade, Aline Moxlex, Zaidee. Seventh grade, Mattie Moxley, Zaidee. We regret exceedingly not be ing able to attend the exercises on account of hurrying away to the great Midway reunion. We failed to get many important de tails of the successful event, but hope to give many of them next week One of the very best features of the well-planned program was the address by Prof. R. H. Pow .ll, president of the South Geor gia State Normal College at Val dosta. Prof Powell is an educator lof ability and wide experience, and could not fail to interest his hearers This story will be con cluded next week. ' Seed For Sale. I have Vandiver’s Heavy Fruit er Cotton, Broadwell’s Double ! Jointed Cotton, Summerour’s Half-and-half Cotton seed for sale, SI.OO per bushel. Early Speckled Velvet Beans $5.00 per bushel. Address, D. S. Williamson, Uvalda, Ga. R. F. D. Bring that dollar you owe us to Superior Court next week. NO. 2
