The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, December 16, 1915, Image 1
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. - in imiTiii-n 11-ii —i tint hBK; 1 It j| I § m $> 0 R flHgggA REV. CHARLES E. COOK Pastor Methodist Churches Mt. Vernon Circuit iMIMNianUiIIIHHINIMIIIIHIIIimiHimHIUIDIIIIimHIUIIIIIHimMINIHUIIUIMIIMIIIUIIHHiNIIINIMIIMIimiMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMHiUHIHWIINH. 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. I 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. NO. 33.