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Sifje ittmttonnu'rg Monitor.
VOL. XXX.
MONTGOMERY CO.
S. S. CONVENTION
Sunday School Work Put on
New and Progressive
Basis.
There was recently organized in
Mt. Vernon the Montgomery
County Sunday School Associa
tion, following a two days session
at the Methodist church, in which
every phase of the work u-as
discussed by experts and taken
part in by a number of Sabbath
school workers of the county.
The leaders in the work were
Miss Daisy Magee and Rev. Hen
ry B. Mays of Atlanta, workers I
in the state organization.
The county was divided into
four districts, and plans were
made for a successful organiza
tion. The districts are as fol
lows: No. 1, Orland and Soper
ton. No. 2, Lothair, Kibbee,
Tarrytown and Tiger. No. 3, j
Mt. Vernon and Higgston. No.
4, Longpond. The presidents of
the districts in their order are
Col. Victor Davidson, Mr. M. E. l
Burns, Mr. W. C. Mcßae and Mr. ,
John T. Brack. Meetings are
supposed to be held in the vari
ous districts several times a year,
the schools of each district com
bining, while a county meeting
should be held annually.
The session here was well at
tended, and delegates were pre
sent from the Sunday schools of
Mt. Vernon, Brewton-Parker In-1
stitute, Ailey, Soperton, Oak!
Grove, Hack Branch.
The officers chosen for the
county association were Prof. T.
B. Conner, president; Prof. R. i
E. Robertson, secretary and
treasurer. This is a great work, i
and never before has it been
given such an impetus in this
county. Every school is expected j
to unite in a movement for bet
ter Sabbath schools, and it is to
be regretted that each school in
Montgomery county could not 1
have sent a representative.
Soperton was well represented,
there being present from that
point Mrs. Lawson Sessions, Miss
Willie May Ivey, Miss Cassie 1
McCriminon, Mrs. B. A. Rowe,
Col. Victor Davidson and Mr.
Lester Gillis.
Mrs. W. L. Wilson spent a part
of last week in Macon.
1 99 per cent.
OF THE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
I MEN ANI) WOMEN ARE BANK
DEPOSITORS
BECAUSE
in a good bank their money is absolutely safe and al- j
ways available; checks are returned and become receipts; j!
checks and stubs form a convenient record of income and j
; outgo, and best of all, when she bank depositor sees an op- j
; portunity of using some money profitably, his acquaintance ;
: at the bank and record as a depositor make it possible for !
; him to procure a loan. ]
You can promote YOUR suc
cess by becoming a depositor with
j MT. VERNON BANK, MT. VERNON, 6A.
CAPITAL, J 15.000.00 SLR PLUS, J3.3KW00 RESOURCES, $175,000.00
Willie T. McArthur. President W. A. Petersen, . Cashier \
Alex McArthur. Vice-Pre dent H. L. Wilt, Assistant Cashier
MT. VERNON, GA.
Married Sunday.
Last Sabbath afternoon, at the
home of Judge J. B. O’Conner,
near Kibbee, Mr. P. R. Hamilton
and Mrs. Ina Warnock were
happily married by the aforesaid
judge.
The groom is a successful
young farmer. His bride is a
daughter of Mr. J. R. Adams.
They have many friends who
wish them smooth sailing along
life’s tempestuous seas.
A Big Land Sale
Planned for January.
During the first week in Jan
uary the Overland Realty Co.,
of Macon, will offer for sale at
auction the Warren Crawley
tract of land near the Brewton-
Parker Institute Mt. Vernon,
with possibly an adjoining tract.
This property is vety desirable
for building purposes, and will
be sold to the highest bidder.
Mr. C. W. Stuart, who recently
conducted a similar sale with
success in Uvalda, will be in
charge, and a day of profit and
pleasure is in store for those who
attend and participate. Lots will
be sold only to whites. The
ladies will spread dinner on the
ground, and other features of
entertainment will be provided
for the occasion. Look for a
page announcement, together
with particulars week after next.
Agricultural School Wants
Pupils From Montgomery.
The recent session of the Legi
slature increased its appropria
tion for the state agricultural
colleges, of which there are
eleven. The new Twelfth dis
trict has no college of this class,
but the counties continue to en
joy the educational privileges for
their sons and daughters in the
schools to which they originally
belonged.
Montgomery county, of course,
has free scholarships in the
school at Douglas, and no tuition
is required. This institution is
conducted on a high plane, and
offers a coarse unsurpassed. As
seen from an ad. in this issue,
the spring term opens Jan. 6th.
Those who would like to enter,
may call or write this office at
once, and scholarships will be
furnished to Montgomery county
boys and girls. Read the ad. as
to board, uniforms, etc. We
have authority to serve only those
who apply early.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1915.
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REV. CHARLES E. COOK
Pastor Methodist Churches Mt. Vernon Circuit
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PAYS COMPLIMENT TO
METHODIST MINISTER
Hazlehurst Paper Says Mr.
Cook Made Brilliant
Record.
Rev. Chas. E. Cook, pastor of
the Mt. Vernon Circuit, composed
of the Methodist churches of Mt.
Vernon, Ailey and Glenwood, ar
rived with his family Friday
morning last and is now comfort
ably quartered at the Methodist
parsonage. Mr. Cook tilled his
first appointment here Sunday,
delivering two able sermons,
morning and evening.
Mr. Cook is a son of Rev. J.
O. A. Cook, remembered by the
older members of the congrega
tion, who for more than twenty
►years served as presiding elder in
the South Georgia Conference.
Mr. Cook himself has been en
gaged in the ministry for about
twelve years, and is recognized
as an able minister, and every
church under his pastorate has
been enlarged in membership
and built up spiritually. He is
an active worker, of pleasant
manners, and is blessed with a
happy family.
Referring to his stay in Hazle
hurst, from which point he was
transferred to the Mt. Vernon
work, the Hazlehurst News of
recent date contains the follow
ing complimentary mention:
“When Rev. Charles E. Cook
leaves Hazlehurst next week for
his new home in Mt. Vernon, the
good wishes of the best people
of this City and County will go
with him. No man ever did
more for the Methodist church
of Hazlehurst than Mr. Cook
during his two years stay in this
city. He came here a stranger
and made friends by his acquain
tances. Since Rev. Cook came
to Hazlehurst there have been
203 new members added to his
mission and there has been col
lected by the Methodist church
of Hazlehurst $4,758.00 for all
causes. We congratulate Mt. Ver
non on securing his services as a
minister for 1916.”
Young Men Organize.
The I. 0. 0. S. was organized
Thanksgiving Nov. 25th, 1915,
and the following officers elected:
F. C. Bailey, President.
T. B. Hughes, Vice-pres.
J. L. McCullough, Chairman.
W. A. McQueen, Sec’y and
Treas.
The club is in very high spirits
and we are anticipating some
very jubilant times in the future.
The club meets every Monday
evening at 7:00 o’clock. At our
next meeting a mock trial is set
for the evening. The case being
larceny, and we hope it will be
an interesting program.
| Sec’y.
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WILL D. UPSHAW TO
APPEAR AT B.*P. I.
“Georgia Cyclone” to Please
Audience Tomorrow
Evening.
Rev. Will D. Upshaw, known
throughout the United States as
“The Georgia Cyclone,” will ap
pear at the Brewton-Parker In
stitute tomorrow (Friday) eve
ning in one of his famous lectures,
“John and His Hat.” Mr. Up
shaw is too well known for words
of comment, any further than to
announce his coming tomorrow
evening. He is assured of a large
and appreciative audience. Mr.
Upshaw is editor of the Golden
Age. He is a scholar, orator,
soul-stirrer and gentleman.
For this appearance admission
will be 25 cents to the public and
15 cents for pupils. Hear him
tomorrow night.
An Aged Veteran
Goes to Reward.
His many friends and relatives
in this county will be pained to
learn of the death of Mr. Aaron
Moses, which occurred at hia
home at Lumber City Monday.
Mr. Moses was 81 years of age,
and had been in declining health
for several years. He was a
brother of the late Martin Moses
of Longpond, with whom and be
sides another brother, killed in
the war, he fought through the
struggle of the Sixties.
He leaves a large family, main
ly sons, the one daughter being
Mrs. Wm. McEachern. His wife
preceded him to the grave about
a year ago. Remains were laid
to rest in Shiloh cemetery Tues
day. One by one those of the
Gray join the ranks of those who
rest on Fame’s Eternal Camping
Ground. _
Will Elect Officers
Aural Lodge Saturday.
At the regular communication
of Aural Lodge No. 239 F. & A.
M., to be held in Mt. Vernon
j Saturday, officers for the en
suing year will be elected. Ile
: sides this, other matters of impor
; tance will be transacted, there
fore a full attendance is request
ed.
Supplying the Farmers
With Tennessee Mules.
Mr. W. E. Robinson of the
firm of Robinson Brothers, deal
ers in stock, has arrived in Mt.
Vernon with a car of fine young
mules, which are on sale at Hicks
Bros.’ stables.
Mr. Robinson is a young man of
, pleasant address. He is accom
panied by his wife, and they will
probably remain in Mt. Vernon
during the stock season. An
nouncement of the firm's busi
ness plans will be found in an
ad. in the Monitor.
Married in Bellville.
Mr. D. W. Folsom of Mt.
Vernon and Mrs. Fannie Daniel
of Bellville were married at the
latter place yesteiday afternoon.
A simple ceremony, witnessed
by only the immediate friends,
was observed, the happy couple
returning to Mt. Vernon on the
evening train, and are now at
home to their friends.
Mr. Folsom has been a resident
of this place for thirteen years,
and is well known. During the
greater part of his stay here he
has been closely identified with
The Montgomery Monitor, in
which capacity his influence has
been felt and appreciated
throughout the county and sec
tion. His wife is a most estima
ble lady, who will be welcomed
here. This marriage will come
somewhat as a surprise to their
many friends and acquaintances
throughout South Georgia. Even
we, after a newspaper experience
of over twenty-five years, in
which possibly a thousand mar
riage notices have passed from
our pen, have never suspected
that Cupid would demand that
we write a wedding notice about
our daddy.
In Memoriam.
Mrs. Maud Vaughn, wife of N.
J. Vaughn, of Charlotte, Ga.,
endeared to the people whose
happy lot it was to be her neigh
bors by her many acts of kind
ness and sympathy, after a brief
illness of intense sulforing, de
garted this life Nov. 16th, 1915
at Dr. J. M. Hall’s sanitarium,
Hazlehurst, Ga., where she had
been taken for treatment.
She was born Dec. Ist, 1886,
in Montgomery, now Wheeler
county, Ga., her parents being
John B. and Martha Livingston.
Uniting with the Shiloh Metho
dist church of that county at
about the age of nine years ; she
became a consistent and useful
member. She had also taken the
usual degrees takeh by ladies in
the Masonic lodge at Uvalda, Ga.
She was married to N. J.
Vaughn Dec. 26, 1903. Os this
union four children were born,
three of whom survive her. Be
sides her husband and her chil
dren she leaves a mother, now
Mrs. Browning of Mclntosh, Ga.,
one sister, Mrs. F. J. Page, and
three brothers, Ruel and John B.
Livingston, Lumber City, Ga.,
and Bryan Livingston, Mclntosh,
Ga., and a host of friends and
other relatives to mourn her
death.
Nov. 17th, 1915 her remains
were interred in Shiloh church
cemetery, in the presence of
sorrowing friends and relatives,
the funeral services being con
ducted in a very impressive man
ner by the Rev. Mr. Summer,
pastor of the Shiloh Methodist
church.
Civic League to Meet.
The Mt. Vernon Civic League
will hold an important meeting
at the court house on tomorrow
(Friday) afternoon, and all the
members are urged to attend.
I
Eleventh District
ji Agricultural School
DOUGLAS, GA.
(Branch State College of Agriculture)
This school offers splendid opportunities to young men
| and young women. Thorough courses in Mathematics, En
i glish, History. Science, Agriculture, Domestic Science and »
Arts, Mechanic Arts, and Surveying. g
Tuition, free; board, $11.00; uniform for boys. $7.70, »
| and for girls #10.50. Work done by students is credited on ft
\ board.
Military training; Athletics under direction of compe- |
tent coach who is a member of the faculty. Farm for prac- ;
tical work and experimental purposes.
Class A of accredited schools of Georgia.
Work after the Holidays begins on Jan. 6th.
For further information, address
J. W. POWELL, Principal, Douglas, Ga. j
NEW CANDIDATES
ENTER THE FIELD
Interest Increases With The
Approach of January
Primary.
Among this week's announce
ments will be seen that of Mr.
D. M. Currie, who seeks the of
fice of Tax Collector, an offioe
which he has filled before, and
in which he is no stranger. He
desires to again serve his people,
and assures them of his best ef
forts to conduct the affairs of
this office in an acceptable man
ner. He is grateful for the con
sideration shown him in the past,
and asks that the boys remember
him very strongly in the primary.
Another candidate for Tax
Receiver is Mr. Isaac Brooks,
who once filled this office. Mr.
Brooks is a good, conscientious
man, and expresses in his card a
deep appreciation of the friend
ship accorded him in his former
campaigns and solicits the future
support of his fellow citizens in
the .January primary.
Mr. B. F. Hamilton, Jr., again
offers for the office of County
Surveyor. It will be remembered
that he ran a remarkable race
two years ago, and now feels
that his chances are very bright
for election. He is a successful
young farmer, and has a great
amount of energy and ambition.
He is a son of Mr. W. J. Hamil
ton and has many friends rely on
for support in the coming pri
mary election. Read his card to
the public.
County Supt. of Schools A.
B. Hutcheson offers for re-elec
tion to this important place, which
he has successfully filled for a
number of years. Under his
administration, the schools of the
county have been advanced to a
degree second to but few in this
section. This improvement in
the public school system of the
county has been of a substantial
and permanent nature; new
schools have been organized from
time to time, modern methods
adopted and the work systema
tized and broadened from every
standpoint. Mr. Hutcheson, in
his card of announcement, prom
ises the same faithfui service
which has characterized his ef
forts in the past.
Honor Roll of the
Hancock School.
7t.h and Bth grades—George
Morris, Sam Connell.
sth grade-Lola O'Conner,
Lonnie Ladson, Stella Connell.
3rd grade—Ovid Graham, Shel
lie Connell, Ernest Connell.
2nd grade—Elzie Davis, Be
atrice Connell.
Ist grade—Bertha Graham,
Alec Connell.
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