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VOL. XXX.
THE STATE TAX
RATE IS FIXED
Governor and Comptroller
General Name $4.80
for 1915.
On Friday last the state tax
rate was fixed at $4.80 on the
SI,OOO. A statement by Tax
Commissioner shows the total
taxable values of the state for
1915 to be *799,734,973, exclusive
of railroad property. In 1913,
the year prior to the passage of
the equalization tax act, the to
tal values were $723,021,014. In
1914, under the operation of the
tax act for the first year the val
ues were $803,390,196, showing a
small decrease of $3,655,221 for
1914.
This is the executive order as
passed at the conference:
Ordered, That the following
rates of taxation be assessed and
collected upon the amounts of the
taxable property returned by or
assessed against each taxpayer,
and upon the value of all proper
ty in this state subject to taxa
tion, ad valorem, and for the
following purposes, respectively,
to wit:
For the sinking fund to retire
matured bonds of the state, 12-100
of a mill.
For general purposes, includ
ing the support of the common
schools, $4.68.
The whole state tax hereby
levied and assessed making $4.80
for each thousand ($1,000) dol
lars’ worth of property for all
purposes for the year 1915.
N. E. Harris,
Wm. A. Wright, Governor.
Comptroller General.
Fight Over an Account
Results in Stabbing.
Dublin, Ga., Aug. 29. —P. C.
Collins, a well-known printer
here, was seriously stabbed in
the back by B. A. Hooks, one of
the most prominent citizens in
Laurens county, in a street fight
here Saturday. The difficulty
began over the adjustment of an
account owed Hicks by Collins,
involving $3.50.
Both men went on the ground,
when Hooks managed to slash
Collins with a knife.
Lightning Flash Stuns
Boy, Kills Woman.
Adel, Ga., Aug. 30.—Mrs. Jim
Hodges, of Cecil, was instantly
killed this afternoon while stand
ing in her yard by a flash of
lightning, which struck a syca
more tree, under which she was'
standing. She was a Miss Grady
before her marriage. Her hus
band and four small children sur
vive her. A little boy, Arthur
Kennedy, who was in the yard,
was painfully hurt by the same
flash but his injuries are not
serious.
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Arrested for Burglary.
On Saturday night last, the
home of Mr. Gordon Moore, out
on Route 1, was entered and sev
eral articles were stolen. Money,
a shotgun and a lot of chickens
were taken from the premises.
On Sunday morning Thompson
Connell, a young man of the
neighborhood, was arrested on a
: warrant charging him with the
crime, and brought to jail, where
!he is still lodged, awaiting a
1 preliminary hearing.
Decatur County Farmers
Will Grow Wheat.
Bainbridge, Ga., Aug. 29.-
Decatur county will be among
the leaders in wheat production
next year. This county has long
been divorced from the all-cotton
handicap and set her neighbors
an example in the way of diver
sification, being the leading coun
ty in the production of shade to
; bacco and one of the leaders, if
not the leader, in livestock. This
year’s experiments proved that
wheat will grow successfully here
and next year will find many
farmers taking advantage of the
lessons learned from this year’s
pioneers.
Smith-McGahee.
On Sunday afternoon at 4:00
j o'clock the marriage of Mr. Ewell
! F. McGahee and Miss Sallie May
Smith was solemnized at the
home of the bride near Alamo,
Rev. J. I). Rabun of Mt. Vernon
performing the ceremony.
Mrs. McGahee is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. G. VV. Smith,
and is well known here, the fam
ily having resided near Ailey un
til recently. Mr. McGahee holds
a responsible position with
Thompson Bros, at Ailey. We
j wish the young couple all the
i happiness that comes in this life.
Court House Lawn
Party Last Week.
I An enjoyable affair for the
young folks was the lawn party
on the court house square on
Wednesday of last week. The
affair was presided over by sev
eral young matrons and moved
smoothly as the happy hours sped
away.
Those present were, Misses
i Bessie Stuckey, Alleon Mcßae,
1 Maudella Tillman, Lucile Mcßae,
: Mary Neva Garretson, Ora Lee,
Marion Adams, Lollie Belle Lee,
Cadie Belle Adams, Jeddie Cock
field, Bertie Lou Adams and Sulie
Cockfield. The young gentlemen,
Carl Adams, Albert Simpson,
j Taylor Stuckey, Robert Cockfield,
Clarence Mcßae, Hilliard Cock
* field, Fred McAllister, Charles
Abt, Tom Mason, Mack McAllis
ter, Max Segall, Patrick Her
rington, Lane Outler and Ben
, Segall.
Mesdames D. A. Mcßae, J. E.
Hunt, M. B. Calhoun, Claude
j Wright and J. E. Cockfield.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1915.
Home Grown Flour
And Sorghum Syrup.
Thomasville, Aug. 30. Over in
the Meigs district of Thomas
county some of the farmers have
been grinding up a portion of
their large crops of sorghum
cane into syrup and the results
have been gratifying.
G. W. Alligood and T. J. Bowen
have just finished their grinding
and have seventy-seven gallons
of the finished product to show,
I and the quality is said to be very
fine. In some sections of the
sorghum syrup is much used, but
in south Georgia there is too
much good sugar cane syrup to
; need it, though they say that the
I sorghum made at Meigs is hard
to-beat. They are telling, too,
that they are eating it with cakes
made from home grown wheat,
which is something new for this
;section.
.
Mr. William Minton
Died Suddenly Tuesday.
While calling at the home of
his brother, Mr. George Minton,
a few miles above Mt. Vernon,
Mr. William Minton died quite
suddenly on Tuesday. Standing
at the front door, he complained
|of a swimming in his head and
fell out into the yard. He lived
only fifteen minutes after falling.
Mr. Minton was about 67 years
of age and leaves a family.
HON. D. M. HUGHES
WAS \\m YESTERDAY
Very Optimistic Over The
Outlook And Sees
Prosperity Ahead.
Hon. Dudley M. Hughes, con
gressman of the Twelfth Dis
trict, dropped into see his friends
here yesterday, and look into the
j change being made in the rural
j carrier service. Mr. Hughes is a
I large planter, as well as a states
man, and thinks our people will
be in far better circumstances
this fall than last. He expects
an imprecedented era of prosper
! ity to immediately follow the end
jof the European war. He says
the one great thing for our far
mers to do is to put in large grain
crops this fall and reach out for
freedom from the all-cotton plan.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia -MuiUgoiii' iy County.
Will In* soH la-loro tin court house
'floor in Mi. Vernon on llin first Tues
day in .Sept., lifltl, lie! ween the leg),l
1 lion I s o'i-■ ale, fu the highest bidder
| for cash, (-erialii property, of which
the following is a complete desciip-
Iion:
One certain tract or parcel of land
1 situate, lying and being in the lf>(S7th
<;, M. (listticl of -aid county and
| slate, containing 186 acres more or
. less and bounded as follow- ; on the
non h by binds of S. I >. Morris, on the
east by land- of Angus Mollis, Sr.,
on I lie south by lands of I. .). Morris
and <»n the west, by lands of Torn
; Morris. Levied on a lift will be sold
as the property of H. L. Morris to sat
isjy an execution issued from the
super).,: con <ju aid coiml.v ill favoi
of swift Ket ti//,ct < 0. vs S. !.. Mor
ris SVi itten notice of l<-vy given de
fendant. in possession of said land,
(bis the Kill) day of Aug., lit 15.
Jas. Hester, Sheriff M. (J.
J |{. Geiger At,tv. for I’ilfs.
First Bale Brings
$750 in Liverpool.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 30. —E.
W. Rosenthal has been advised
that the first bale of Georgia cot
ton of the present season receiv
ed at Savannah and shipped to
Liverpool has been sold there for
$750 at auction. The money went
to England’s war relief fund.
Mr. Rosenthal donated the cot
ton to be sold for this fund.
Segall’s Big Sale
Will Begin Tomorrow.
Mr. A. Segall, the dry goods
man, will begin his annual fall
sale tomorrow, as announced in
The Monitor. He has arranged
the prices to suit the times, and
invites the buying public to call
on him for dry goods, clothing,
etc. Read his big ad. in lull.
Mr. Richard Garrett
Died Saturday Night.
Mr. Richard Garrett, father of j
Messrs. Aden and G. F. Garrett
near Ailey, died suddenly of I
heart failure on Saturday night.
Mr. Garrett was visiting his sons
when the summons came. He
was about 70 years of age, and
had been a member of the Bap
tist church, 41 years.
His remains were laid to rest
in the Peterson cemetery at Ailey
on Sunday afternoon, Rev. J. 1).
Rabun holding the preliminary
service before the Masonic rites
were observed by the Mt. Vernon
Lodge, F, A. M., Mr. Garrett be-1
ing an honored member of the
fraternity.
Notice to School Patrons. |
A reception for the faculty of
the High and the Grammar school
will be given at the main build
ing of the Brewton-Parker Insti
tute at 4:00 o’clock, p. m.,
Thursday.
Every patron of the school in !
the Public School Department,
and other adult friends iti the
Mt. Vernon-Ailey District are
very cordially invited to meet;
with us. It is the wisii of the i
promoters that all teachers and
patrons meet for an interchange;
of ideas and social intercourse)
that must prove profitable to all. I
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BREWTON-PARKER INST, j
BEGINS FALL TERM
Enrollment of Pupils Yester
day, Regular Exercises
Begin Today.
As announced in this paper
last week, the Brewton-Parker j
Institute opened up yesterday
for the enrollment of pupils, and
the regular exercises begin today.
A fine attendance is anticipated,
and every effort is being made
to put everything in readiness
for the opening and for a sue
cessful term. We are are confi
dent that the prospects are en
couraging for the school.
The tuition per month is $3.00
for High School. In the graded
school the following rates will
hold for loyal pupils: Grades
14, $2.25. Grades 5-7, $2.75.
Tuition is payable in advance and
tickets can be bought from the
Mt. Vernon Drug Co., and the
Ailey Drug Store.
Friends and patrons are cordi
ally invited to attend any or all
of the exercises of the school.
Their hearty co-operation is ear
nestly solicited.
New Road Notice.
Office of Commissioners of)
Hoads and Revenues of Montgom
ery County Georgia:
J. J. Moses, Lester O’Neul, W
I’. Calhoun, i. C, Collins, I’. 11, 1
McNutt, C. A Ruck lev, Lewis
Wolte and others having
applied for the opening of a new
public road and the establishing
of the same, beginning at the:
home place of C. A. Rackley and
running to the Town ot Uvalda, a
distance of two and a half miles,
passing through the lands of Mrs. I
.1.0. McAllister, J. J. Moses, H.j
Arthur Moses, and the review- j
ers appointed for laying out and j
reviewing the same having filed |
their return, notice is hereby j
given that the said application {
will lie granted on the first Tues-!
day in October, next if no good
cause is shown to the gontrary.
O. C. McAllister,
Clerk Co. Coins.
Hines Is Reappointed
Commission’s Counsel.)
Atlanta, Aug. 29.- Announce
ment was made today of the re
appointment of Judge James K.
Hines as attorney for the Rail
road Commission for a term of
four years. Judge Hines has
held this office since its creation
in 1907. This is his third * ap
pointment. Judge Hines’ ser
vices have proven highly satis
factory to the commission.
Returns to Alabama.
After spending the summer
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
EL C. McAllister, of Longpond,
Mr. Charles McAllister leaves
Saturday for Thorsby, Ala.,
where he is a teacher in the Unity
Chilton Baptist High School.
Charles has in this county many
friends who are proud of his suc
cess.
Steer Runs Into Horse,
Hurling Man to Death.
Colquitt, Ga., Aug. 31. While
driving cows about two miles
west of here early this morning,
Christal C. Cook was thrown
from his horse and killed. He
was triying to stop a steer from
going to a pond. The steer ran
into Mr. Cook’s horse and knock
ed it from under him throwing
him to the ground crushing his
chest and head.
Mr. Cook was a prominent
young man here. He was twenty
one years old. He was engaged
to be married soon.
Debts Total $77,947,
With Assets of S3OO.
Valdosta, Aug. 30. The first
meeting of creditors of J. G. Wil
liams, a live stock dealer at Fitz
gerald, before J. F. McCracken,
United States referee in bank
ruptcy, brought out, claims to
show that the bankrupt owes lia
bilities of $77,947, with visible as
sets amounting to approximately
S3OO, consisting of personal pro
perty, and exclusive of notes
which had been hypothecated at
banks.
1; viildu.
Special < Jon'cupondenc*!.
Miss Ethel Orr of Brew ton is
the guest of her cousins, Misses
Pearl and Bernice Jones.
Mrs. Ray Bargeron of Valdosta
is visiting Miss Frankie Lee John
son.
Miss Pearl Kennedy who has
been on an extended visit to her
aunt, Miss Annie Findley near
Lyons, has returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cheatham
and Mr. arid Mrs. Jordan Outler
of Swains boro came down Sun
day by auto and spent the day
with the family of Mr. W. B.
Langford.
Miss Susie Gray, the telephone
operator, after a month’s vaca
tion visiting relatives in Atlanta,]
Athens and other points, has re-;
turned to her work.
Miss Minnie Abt of Mt. Ver
non, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
S. A. Lynn, for a few days.
Mr. R. L, O’Neal visited home j
folks Sunday last.
Mr. y. S. Hogg spent. Thurs
day night last in ilazlehurst.
Mrs. W. It. Phillips has return
ed from a month’s visit to Balti
more, Washington and other
points.
Miss Cieo Matthews has re
turned to her home in Alston.
Miss Lucile McClelland, after
spending the summer with her
grand parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Wrn. Calhoun, has returned to
her home in Dexter.
I MOWERS, HAY PRESSES I
RAKES, WAGONS I
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l Get them while the sun is shining |
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and while the hay is ripe
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£ Mount Vernon, Ga.
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ANOTHER ARREST
FOR ROBBERY
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John B. Connell of Bear
Creek Arrested on
Two Warrants.
Matters continue to develop in
the case of the wholesale robber
ies of the stores of Mr. A. T.
McGregor at McGregor, Ailey
Grocery Co. at Ailey, und Mrs.
M. J. Thompson at Mt. Vernon
Depot. In addition to the arrest
and jailing of Elbert Sellers and
the recovery of a quantity of the
stolen goods, account of which
was given in full in this paper,
John i>. Connell of the same
neighborhood has been arrested
and lodged in the county jail.
Two warrants were issued for
Connell, one for aiding in the
! escape of another party implica
ted, and one charging burglary.
New Loan Company.
In this issue will be seen an ad.
of the Mt. Vernon Loan & Col
lection Agency, which has re
cently opened for business. This
firm is composed of Col. P. C.
Herrington and Mr. T. M. Masiyi,
and they will engage fn a general
loan, insurance and collection
agency. Loans on farm lands in
Montgomery and Wheeler coun
ties and lire insurance on farm
dwellings will be a specialty with
111 in.
Cliff Collier Dead
From Auto Accident.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 30. —Cliff
Collier, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Collier, of 36 Gerard avenue, who
was injured when an automobile
in which he was riding with
; friends early Sunday morning
crashed into a post at the corner
of Marietta street and North
avenue, died at the Grady hos
! pital al 4 o’clock Sunday morning.
A serious fracture at the base
o p the skull was responsible for
his death.
S. A. L. Soon to Start
New Savannah Line.
I Savannah Aug. 29.—The new
railroad linking Charleston and
Savannah, formerly known las
the Bonsai Line, and which is to
be operated by the Seaboard Air
Line as a part of its system, will
be under actual construction
within the next month, according
to the statement of W. L. Shed
don, assistant to the president,
i It is the belief of Mr. Sheddon
! that the road will be completed
' in a year.
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I Fugitive on Island 11
Years, Returns to Jail.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 28. —
After spending eleven years as a
fugitive on one of the mysterious
islands off the south Florida
coast, Thomas Weeks has return
ed to the state prison farm at
Raiford to serve out the remain
der of his twenty-year sentence.
Weeks was convicted of man
slaughter in Lee county, March
8, 1901, and escaped from one of
the state convict camps on Feb
ruary 6, 1914. Friends will en
deavor to secure his pardon.
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