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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1915)
VOL. XXX. HON. J. C. JOHNSON DIED LAST WEEK Represented this County in General Assembly 1913-1914. On Wednesday night of last week, Hon. John C. Johnson died suddenly at his home near Long pond. It was scarcely known that Mr. Johnson was ill, and be fore many of his children living near by could reach his bedside he breathed his last. The im mediate cause of his death was probably heart failure. Mr. Johnson was a native of Montgomery county, and had perhaps the largest family con nection of any man in his section. He lacked only a few months of reaching the age of 69 years. As a gallant Confederate soldier he fought throught the civil war, surviving but a few of the old comrades of that troubulous peri od. He was a prosperous farmer and stood high in his native coun ty. In 1913-1914 he represented Montgomery county in the Gen eral Assembly of Georgia. Os his immediate family, his aged companion survives, with one daughter and five sons. His sons are Messrs. Alexander, Hi ram, Wade, Henry and Harley, and the daughter, Mrs. Nora Bush of Dublin. The interment took place at the Longpond cemetery on Thurs day afternoon in the presence of a large gathering of friends and relatives, and the funeral service was conducted by Lev. Chas. Montgomery of the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian church. Examination to be Held For Motor Rural Carrier. I The United States Civil Service : Commission has announced an J examination for the County of Montgomery. Ga., to be held at Vidalia on August 14, 1915, to; fill the position of motor rural j carrier at Ailey, Mt. Vernon and Uvalda and vacancies that may later occur on motor rural routes from post offices in the above mentioned county. The salary on motor routes ranges from $1,500 to SI,BOO per annum. The examination will be open only to male citizens who are actually domiciled in the territory sup plied with mail by a post office in the county and who meet the other requirements set forth in Forms 2121 and 1977. Form 2121 may be seen posted at any post office in the county for which the examination is held, and Form 1977 and application blanks may be obtained from the offices at which the vacancy exists and where the examination is to be held, or from the United States Civil Service Commission at Washington, D. C. The ap pointee to this position will be required to furnish, maintain, and operate a modern motor ve hicle with a carrying capacity of not less than 800 pounds and a cubic capacity of not less than 80 feet. Applicants must file with their applications a statement of the equipment they will be able to provide in the event of ap pointment. Applications should be forwarded to the Commission at Washington, D. C., at the earliest practicable date. Home From San Francisco. Mr. L. M. McLemore returned Tuesday from a trip to San Fran cisco, where he attended the world’s fair. With this trip he made quite an extended tour of the north and west. His is an interesting account of a pleasant and profitable trip. Mr. A. T. Johnson of Alston was a business visitor here Mon day. MmMmxxtm:. To Rebuild in Uvalda. Mr. H. Groher, one of Uvalda’s leading merchants, has purchased i the Rountree corner and will re build this summer. This lot con tained a two-story building which | was burned last summer. Mr. ! Warren, owning the lot to the rear of this corner, will rebuild also, thus making improvements of a substantial nature. Two Negroes Lynched For Murder of Farmer. Macon, Ga., July 5. — An armed j posse of about 100 farmers i was searching today for John Richey and Thomas Brooks, ne i groes, who are alleged to have been responsible for the killing early Sunday at Grays, in Jones county, of Silas Turner, a promi nent planter. According to in formation received here today two negroes, Will Green and his son, were lynched near Round Oak by a mob last night, follow ing the killing of Turner. The authorities now believe the Greens had no connection with murder. Will Gordon, one of the three negroes brought here for safe keeping by sheriff’s deputies, is said to have told the Jones coun ty authorities that he saw the shot fired that killed Turner. Gordon, the officers said, accused Thomas Brooks of killing the planter. Farmer Killed, Wife Hurt by Lightning. Rome, July 2. — During a se vere electrical storm Arthur Burns, a young farmer on the Ford place, four miles from Rome, on the Summerville road, was struck by lightning and in stantly killed. A big splinter, torn from a wall by the bolt, tore open his wife’s cheek. In this city lightning ignited the Gaines mill, in the Fourth Ward, but did little damage. The fire department responded to a call in a driving rain and wind. Says Tax Law Repeal Would Mean Great Loss. Quitman, Ga., July 6.—ln a statement issued today Charles T. Tillman, president of the Georgia Board of Tax Equalizers, declares that if the present tax equalization law should be repeal ed Brooks county would lose be tween $2, (>OO,OOO and $3,000,000 n property returns, and that this same proportion of loss would hold good throughout the entire state. President Tillman also shows that a vast amount of the farm land returns have been diminish ed by the board rather than in creased. The tremendous gains brought about through the oper ation of the tax law consist, in the main, in discovering conceal ed property and returning it to the state. A Real Highbrow. The head of a big New York business concern is exceptionally i tall and his hight is further ac- j centuated by his exceeding slim-1 ness, says the Pittsburg Chroni- i cle-Telegraph. The other day a visitor from the South called to see him and was duly asked to sit down. After they had concluded their business the visitor rose to go and his host rose also, aid seem ed to rise and rise. The South erner, as though inspecting a new species of skyscraper, let his glance travel upward, and with an expression of awed admiration ejaculated: “Great Scott, old man, your parents must have trained you on a trellis!” MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 8. 1915. j Presbyterian Revival Closed Sunday Evening. The series of services which were held at the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian church for a week, closed last Sabbath evening. The preaching w'as done by Rev. W. W. McMorries of Hazlehurst, a minister of unusual force and .eloquence. Having attended the i Presbytery here, he is no stranger to our people, and his coming I and the able and earnest efforts exerted have resulted in the spiritual uplift of the church. His sermons were clear and soul stirring. On Sunday afternoon he preached at Hack Branch and on Monday returned there to assist in the opening of a meeting, al though scheduled to leave Mon day for Augusta, from which point he contemplated a trip to North Carolina before returning home. His coming and his work was more than acceptable to our people, who will look forward to his return. One Killed And Five Others Injured. Augusta, Ga., July 5. — Mrs. Fannie Poole, aged forty-five, a widow, of Warrenton, promi nently connected, was instantly killed and her five companions in an automobile were seriously in jured eight miles from Augusta this morning. L. D. McGregor, an attorney of Warrenton and a son of Major C. E. McGregor, is in a critical con dition at the University hospital and may die. His little son is al so seriously injured. Mrs. Neal, aunt of Mrs. Poole, and mother of J. W. Neal, of Norw'ood and of T. J. Neal, of Gibson, Ga., was in the car and suffered a broken collar bone. Mrs. Mattie Wicker, a sister of Mrs. Neal, suffered injuries to her left eye, and the excitement and shock has so deranged her mind that she cannot talk coher ently. Robert Gunn, the driver, suf fered a broken collar bone and: broken ribs. McGregor and son suffered fractured ribs, broken collar bones and internal injuries. Let Bankers Co-operate With Farmers. One of the greatest, opportunities in the business life of the nation lies in practical co-operation of the coun try banks with the farmer in building agriculture and the adventure is laden with greater possibilities than any forward movement now before the American public. A few bankers have loaned money to farmers at a low rate of Interest, and oft-times without compensation, to buy blooded livestock, build silos, fertilize the land, secure better seed, hold their products for a betetr mar ket price, etc. The hanker in con tributing toward improving the grade of livestock; the quality of the seed and the fertilityAjf the soil, plants in the agricultural life of the community a fountain of profit, that, like Tenny son’s brook, runs on and on forever. Community Progress a Bank Asset. The time was when money loaned on such a basis would severely test the sanity of the banker; such trans actions would pain the directors like a blow in the face. A cashier who would dare to cast bread upon waters that did not return buttered side up In time for annual dividends would have to give way to a more capable man. This does not necessarily mean that the bankers are getting any better or that the milk of human kinduesss Is being imbibed more freely by our finan ciers. It Indicates that the bankers are getting wiser, becoming more able fin anciers and the banking Industry more competent. The vision of the builder Is crowding out the spirit of the pawn broker. A light has been turned on a new world of Investment and no usurer ever received as large returns on the investment as these progres sive bankers, who made loans to uplift industry. The bankers have always been liberal city builders, hut they are now building agriculture. A Dollar With a Boul. It is refreshing in this strenuous commercial life to find so many dol lars with souls. When a dollar Is ap proached to perform a task that does Mr. George Johnson Died Friday Morning. On Friday morning last, about 4:00 o’clock, Mr. George Johnson died at his home in the Rosemont community. He had been in poor health for some months, af fected with Bright’s disease. Mr. Johnson was a good farmer and well known to a host of friends. He was a brother of Messrs. John fnd Ashley Johnson. The re mains were laid to rest in the Davis cemetery near by, on Sat urday. Hen Lives In Old Well For Over Nine Months. Macon, Ga., July s.—When a cover was l’emoved from an old abondoned well here today at the: home of Elmore Dupree, 2116 Second street, after the well had been closed up for over nine months, in it was discovered that a dominicker hen, which has been missing for over nine months, was at the bottom of the well. The hen made her pres ence known by her clucking, and was rescued by L. D. Palmer. In addition to the hen, Mr. Palmer brought up twenty-seven eggs which the hen had laid dur ing her long confinement. The fact that there were plenty of worms and bugs in the well enabled the hen to keep alive. When Mother Got Stung. This story is vouched for by Miss Margaret Foley, the Boston suffrage worker. It concerns a small maid who had away of saying startling things. Not long ago the family ex pected a visit from a relative —a distant cousin from the roomy west, “Now,” said the mother, “don’t you dare say a word if you see Cousin Jim eating with his knife.” All through the dinner the lit tle maid gave the visitor her closest attention. She noticed; that his manners were faultless; that he ate as politely and cor rectly as if kings and queens had been his tablemates. And then she turned to her mother. “Well, ma,” she gravely said, “I guess somebody stung you, all right; he didn’t use his knife once.” not directly yield the blgheat rate of intereat, we usually hear the rustle of the eagle's wings as it soars up ward; when a dollar is requested to return at the option of the borrower, It usually appeals to the Goddess of Liberty for its contractural rights; when a dollar is asked to expend in volume to suit the requirements of industry, it usually talks solemnly of its redeemer, hut soul material has entered into the vaults of our banks and rate, time and volume have a new basis of reckoning In so far bh the ability of some of the bankers permit them to co-operate in promot ing the business of fanning. God Almighty’s Noblemen. These bankers are God Almighty’s noblemen. Heaven lent earth the spirit of these men and the angels will help them roll In place the cornerstones of empires. They are not philanthropists, they are wise bankers. The spirit of the builder has given them a new vision, and wisdom has visited upon them busi ness foresight. , The cackle of the hen, the low of klne and the rustle of growing crops echo In every bank vault in the nation and the shrewd banker knows that he can more effectively Increase his deposits by putting blue blood in the veins of livestock; quality in the yield of the soil and value Into agricultural products, than by busi ness handshakes, overdrafts and gaudy calendars. Taking the community Into part nership with the bank, opening up a ledger account with progress, making thrift and enterprise stockholders and the prosperity of the country an asset to the bank, put behind It stability far more desirable than a letterhead bearing the names of all the distinguished citizens of the com munity. The bank is the financial power house of the community and blessed is the locality that has an up-to-date hanker. Singing Convention. The next meeting of the Mont gomery County Singing Conven- I tion will be held at Harmony j Church on the third Sunday (18) of this month. The public cor dially invited to attend. Georgia Peaches are Bringing Good Prices. Georgia peaches are bringing i from 50 cents to 75 cents a crate j more this year than last, despite the fact that the number of car loads of peaches shipped out of the state to July 1 this year is greater than it was to the same date last year, plus the fact that there was comoetition to the num- 1 her of 200 cars of peaches on the market from Texas and Arkan -1 sas up to July 1. This information was given out by the Georgia Fruit Ex change Thursday, at which time it was stated that up to July 1 the total Georgia peach shipment for the season of 1915 was 322 cars as against 301 cars at the same date in 1914. Sawmill Operator Ends His Own Life. Waycross, Ga., July 3.—W. I. Buford, aged thirty-five, well known sawmill operator, died at his home here today, after taking carbolic acid. He purchased the acid this morning, went home out into the hall and told his mother-in-law, Mrs. M. A. Stokes, of Jacksonville, here on a visit, of his act, and said: “I want you to take care of my wife and children.” Quick medical attention failed to check the effects of the acid. Buford had been in ill health for months. Woman, 106, Oldest In Cobb County, Dead. Austell, July 6. Mrs. Anna Wilson, 106 years old, died at the home of her grandson, C. A. Banks, a farmer, living near Austell. Mrs. Wilson was perhaps the | oldest woman in Cobb County. She was born in 1809. She owned a large farm in Florida, where she spent a great deal of j her time. Until a short time be-1 fore her death Mrs. Wilson was in good health and as active as many women of 60. Her mem ory was remarkable. She could tell many interesting stories of the Indians and of the several different wars. The body will be buried this afternoon at Orange Hill Cemetery. Embroidery Club. The young people’s Embroidery Club held its regular meeting at the home of Miss Theodosia Gei ger on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 6th. Twenty members were present and two visitors. They were entertained during their work with a reading by Miss Jennie Thompson. After which delicious refreshments were serv ed. After a short business meet ing we adjourned, the next meeting to be held at the home of Miss Helen Lee. Secretary. Mr. Geo. R. Walker Died Thursday Last. We regret to learn of the death last Thursday of Mr. Geo. It. Walker, which occurred at his home, near Longpond. Mr. Walker was the son of Mr. J. A. J. Walker, and leaves a wife and six children. He had been sick fourteen days with typhoid fever. His neighbors speak of him as an honest and industrious citizen, the kind so much needed in this country, and he will be greatly missed in his home and com munity. I HOUSE MEMBERSHIP MUCH TOO LARGE f 1 Legislature Disgusted With The New County Craze. The House membership is get ting too large and unwieldy. In fact the Hall of the House is re : ally too small for the present ■ membership. IS9 desks and men * are crowded in the Hall of the House of Representatives and yet, on top of that, bills have al ready been introduced for the creation of three new counties, bringing, of course, three more representatives into the Hall, should the bills pass. The indi cations seem to be, however, that the legislature is tired of the new county business, for the time be ing, at least. Monroe Adver ! tiser. Planter Is Killed, Sheriff Hunts Negro. Augusta, Ga., July 6. —Heilery Edenfield, a Swainsboro planter, l was shot and killed, DottieEden field, his kinsman, was mortally wounded and an unidentified ne gro was seriously wounded in a shooting affray at the Edenfield tenant houses last night. Wil liam Mills, a negro, is sought by the authorities on the charge of having shot the Edenfields. The wounded negro was said to have been shot by white men as he ran from the place. Mills inter ferred between Heilery Edenfield and the unidentified negro, ac cording to witnesses. Touchers Exam. The next regular teachers' ex amination will be held in the court house at Mt. Vernon on Friday and Saturday, July 30th and 31st. The following books have been selected for the read ing course: Primary and Gen. Elementary. | Manual of Methods, County Su perintendent Free. Allen’s Civics and Health, Ginn & Co., Commerce Hall, Atlan ta, Ga. - - - #I.OO Colgrove’s The Teacher and the School, Chas. Scribner’s Sons, Temple Court Building, Atlan ta, Ga., - - - #I.OO High School and Supervisory. Manual of Methods, County Su perintendent Free. Allen’s Civics and Health, Ginn & Co., Commerce Hall, Atlan ta, Ga. - - - #I.OO Hollister’s High School Adminis tration, Southern School Book Depository, 121 Auburn Ave., Atlanta, Ga. - - $1.35 This June 22, 1915. A. B. Hutcheson, C. S. S. M. C. Death Toll of Fourth. Chicago, 111., July 5. — Eight persons were killed and 177 in jured as a result of Fourth of July celebrations throughout the nation yesterday, according to figures compiled today by the Chicago Tribune. In 1914 the total number of victims was nine killed and 601 injured. The fire loss, due to accidents combined with the use of explosives yester day was #66,550, campared to the loss of $76,035 last year. Card of Thanks. To those who have ministered unto us during the recent illness and death of our son, Geo. R. Walker, we desire to express our lasting appreciation. I)rs. Palmer and Sharpe did everything pos sible for his relief, and we feel under special obligations to them. | J. A. J. Walker and Family. NO. 10.
