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CHAUTAUQUA
| INTEREST GROWS
Great Attractions Next Week
Will Please Crowds of
People.
The Chautauqua, to which all
are looking forward, will begin a
three-days session Monday morn
ing, 20th inst., with an educa
tional address by Prof. Joseph S.
Stewart of Athens, professor of
secondary education in Georgia.
In fact, Monday is to te recog
nized as educational day. Prof.
Stewart is recognized las one of
the state’s ablest educators and
his address will be heard with
interest and profit. Mr. Stewart
will talk at eleven o’clock.
Tuesday has been set apart as
Agricultural Day, and a speaker |
will be secured for this feature, !
the farmers institute to open at;
10:00 o’clock. The afternoon will
be great with such impersonators !
as Eugene Lockhart and the ■
magician, Durno. The evening
session to see the climax of fun .
and magic.
On Wednesday, the third day,
will occur the Neighborhood Pic-;
nic and Town Booster’s Day.
Addresses at 10:00 o’clock arrang
ed by local committee. The lec
ture at 3:15 by Dr. Hyde, and
the grand concert by the Tyrolean
Alpine Yodlers at 4:00 will be
charming features, followed by a
rare entertainment by the Yod
lers at 8:15 and a lecture by Dr.
Hyde at 9:00 o’clock.
Opportunities for such high
class entertainment as the Chau
tauqua will afford are rare, even
in larger towns, and you will
miss the chance of years if you !
do not attend. Everybody is;
looking forward to the opening;
day, next Monday, with the;
brightest anticipations. The 8.-
P. I. auditorium is spacious and
comfortable, and you should be j
conspicuous by your presence.
I Booster Club |
Chautauqua I
COMING! I
MT. VERNON, MARCH 20, 21, 22 1
I RECREATION EDUCATION INSPIRATION I
I FIRST DAY -Educational Day (j|j
MORNING—11:00 o’clock, Educational Rally. Addresses by Prof. Joseph S. £i;
90 Stewart, Athens, Ga.
rib AFTERNOON—3:IS, Opening Concert, Columbia Concert Co.
)& 4-00 o’clock, Lecture, “The Coming Man,” By Col. Geo. A. Gearhart (3£
X EVENING—B:IS. Lecture, “Civic Righteousness, By Col. Gearhart
Qg 9:00 o’clock. Concert by Columbia Concert Co. £b
§ SECOND DAY -Agricultural Day.
00 MORNING-10:00 o’clock. Farmers’lnstitute' To be arranged.
@0 AFTERNOON—3:IS. Impersonations, Songs, etc. By the Scotch-Canadian
aft Entertainer, Eugene Lockhart. , . xy
4:00. Forty-five minutes with Durno, World’s Greates Magician.
THIRD DAY -Town Boosters’ Day and Neighborhood Picnic
00 MORNING-10:00. Address on Community Co-operation. r\i
(£} AFTERNOON—3:IS. Lecture, “The Richest Man in Town.” By Dr. Albert )|;
aft M. Hvde, Chautauqua Director. ;■?
4:00. Grand Concert. By Tyrolean Alpine Yodlers.
X EVENING— 8:15. Instrumental and Vocal Concert by Alpine Xodlers. (uj
Sg 9:00. Lecture, “The Call of the Century,” by Dr. Hyde. @5
w All Exercises Will be Held in the Auditorium of |
I THE BREWTON-PARKER 1
I ■ INSTITUTE |
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I TICKET PRICES: |
jg Season Tickets, Adults, 81.50. Children, 81.00 |
I Adults, any Night, 50c. Chilren, ‘2sc. |
1 Any Matinee, Adults, 35c. Children, 15c. |
Dr. Hyde to Preach.
Dr. Albert M. Hyde, a member
of the Radcliffe Lyceum staff, j
will arrive in Mt. Vernon next
Sunday, and in the evening will
fill the pulpit at the Baptist
church. The public is cordially
invited to attend. Dr. Hyde is a
lecturer of national reputation, j
and will doubtless be heard by a '
full house. His place on the
Chautauqua program is arranged 1
for the third day.
Mt. Vernon Drug Co.
Makes Improvements, i
The Mt. Vernon Drug Co. is
replacing their soda fount with a
magnificient and more modern!
fount, and getting ready to keep
Mt. Vernon cool through the
summer.
This improvement is in part to
: celebrate the tenth anniversary
of this progressive establishment,
|as well as to keep in line with |
the spirit of advancement that
has always characterized the
business.
I
Play at Tarrytown.
The pupils of the high school
at Tarrytown will give a play at
the school auditorium in Tarry
town, Friday night, 17th inst.
The play will prove highly enter
taining, and the public is cordi
ally invited. An admission of 10
: and 20 cents will be charged.
Remember the time, tomorrow
night.
! Early Velvet Beans.
'i
I have for sale Early Speckled >
Velvet Beans. This kind makes
vines equal to old kind. Good
sound seed $2.00 per bushel.
I). S. Williamson,
Uvalda, Ga.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 16, 1916.
WHEELER COURT HOUSE
BURNED LAST WEEK
Superior Court Adjourned
But the Records are
Preserved.
| Fire was discovered about 3:00
' o’clock Thursday morning in the
Wheeler county court house aC 1
' Alamo and the flames had gained 1
' such headway that it was im- 1
| possible to save the building.
| The origin of the fire will never
!be known, regardless of the ru
mors started when the fire occur-!
ed. The building was new and!
had been erected at a cost ofi
about $35,000, and insurance was!
carried on it to the amount of
$25,000.
The March term of the superior ,
court was being held, and the;
burning of many court- papers
I caused much inconvenience, and j
the court had to adjourn. The i
j records were kept in fireproof
! vaults and practically all of them
were saved.
We understand that the au
thorities will rebuild the court
house as soon as matters can be
straightened out.
I *
Kil Kair Klub Meets.
The Kil Kair Klub was delight"
fully entertaied with a porch
party Monday afternoon by the
Misses Adams at their home on
Washington avenue. Late in the
afternoon delicious orange cups
were served. Those enjoying the
Misses Adams’ hospitality were
Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Wright, Mrs.
Bass; Misses Alleen Mcßae, Lu-1
cille Mcßae, Jennie Thompson
i and Annella Cook.
Little Miss Rosa Daniel went
down to Bell ville Saturday to visit
relatives over Sunday.
GREAT RESOURCES OF j
STATE SHOWN IN FILM
Wonderful Motion Picture
Secured for Vidalia
Next Week.
On March 24th, the wonderful
' Georgia Motion Picture will be j
jin Vidalia, Manager Arthur Davis
, of the Amusu Theatre having se
cured the Georgia picture by a
! stroke of good business.
This picture has just started
its six months tour of Georgia,
! having been exhibited in about
i twenty-five of the larger cities
and Vidalia is very fortunate to i
' get this so early after it was re
i leased.
| After this picture has finished
jthe swing of this state it will be
[sent to the north and east where
it will be run for five years.
This picture is eight thousand
feet in length and requires two'
| hours to run. The theatre will
;be opened on this date, March
; 24th, at three o’clock, so that as
great a number can be admitted
and shown the picture as possible,
the prices will remain the same
or. this day as usual, although the
cost to the Manager has been
considerable more.
This picture is unlike the us
ual moving picture. It is a tre
mendous feature and has drawn
a record attendance where it has
been shown as is attested by the
press reports in Atlanta, five
thousand people were turned
away on account of there not
being seating capacity for them
in the auditorium, which is the
largest building of the kind in
the State of Georgia.
Many people, citizens of the
State, contend that Georgia is
I self-sustaining, in other words,
the people of the Empire State
could live at home, ever if a fence
were built around Georgia and
nothing could be sent in to us,
while others claim the reverse,
the picture is a decided answer
Ito this bebate. The various re
sources of the State are vividly
shown and the picture is assem
bled as to make a romance of the
story. The scenes are the Tybee
Beach showing the ocean and
shore life, the great Live Stock
Show at Quitman, and other
features too numerous to men
tion, which will make you more
familiar with your State, The
Empire State of the South.
Admission 5 and 10 cents.
“The Deacon” For
Friday Evening.
The little play, ‘‘The Deacon,”
will be rendered by the depart
ment of expression of The Brew
ton-Parker tomorrow (Friday)
evening at the auditorium, and
promises to be a pleasing event.
The orchestra will add interest
to the evening’s entertainment.
The public is cordially asked to
patronize the entertainment by
nome talent. Admission: Chil
dren under 13, 15 cents; over 13
years, 25 cents. The program in
j full appears on another page of
j this issue.
I(H)-I)ay Velvet Beans
Choice 100-Day Velvet Beans,
two dollars per bushel, delivered
in five bushel lots or more. We
handle planting peas, all kinds,
and will deliver anywhere. Write i
| for prices. Better peas, and j
| better bagged than others you j
will buy, and sold delivered.
H. M. FRANKLIN,
325 m Tennille, Ga
Planters for Sale.
I have on hand a limited num
ber of the Famous Cole Plain
j View Planters, which can be had
jby calling at once. Farmers
j should investigate merits of this
' wonderful farm implement. Write
J. T. Brack,
fit. No. 2. Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Clifton Elected Sheriff.
Lyons, Ga., March 14. —In the
I special election held to-day in
Toombs county Lester Clifton
was elected sheriff over his two j
opponents by a lead of 142 votes, j
Building New Store.
I
On Monday morning Mr. John
Wesley Morrison began building
I a new store on the corner ad
-1 joining his present stand. The
building is to be of brick and will
be of good dimensions. Mr. A.
M. Hughes is in charge of the
work, and the building will be
l rushed to completion.
Singing Convention
To Meet In Ailey.
We are requested to announce
that the Montgomery County
j Singing Convention will meet
with the Baptist church in Ailey
ion the third Sunday in April.
At this meeting an election of
officers will beheld. The public is
cordially invited.
Honor Roll of the
McGregor School.
Amoret Conner, Edna Conner,
Ruby Carpenter, Wade Carpen
ter, Martin Morris, Henry Mc-
Arthur, Marvin O’Neal Charlie
C. Conner Harvey Rowland Willie
Rowland, W. T. O’Neal.
The McGregor school house is
being painted this week.
Day of Auto Accidents
In South Georgia
Valdosta, Ga., March 13.
Sunday was a day of automobile
accidents in this section. Lee
Byrd, of Live Oak, Fla., son of a
prominent banker and business
man, was killed between Madison
and this citv when his car ran
into a pine tree. Two other
young men received bruises.
Dr. J. L. Frasier of Fitzgerald
and S. Linsey’s car had a head
on collision six miles north of
here on the national highway.
Mrs. Linsey had her mouth cut to
the bone on both sides by being
thrown against turned wind
shield. Mr. Adams, in Dr.
Frasier’s car, also was injured.
Frank Johnson, local chauffeur
with a traveling man, had his car
turn a complete somersault near
the same place, but no one was
hurMhe car righted itself without
injury except a bent radiator. A
party from Meigs had a big car
to plunge into a deep ditch on
the national highway north of
here. All were bruised up, but
none seriously.
Millinery Oponing.
i
We will have our opening of
fine Spring Millinery on March
20, 21, 22, to which the public is
cordially invited. Parlors over
the Mt. Vernon Drug Co.’s store.
Latest in styles and correct in :
price. Mrs. M. E. Armfiehl,
Mrs. R. Morrison.
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Rev. J. D. Rabun of Lyons
visited his old friends and former
parishioners here a few days ago.
_
STATEMENT OK THE CONDITION OK
TFie /Aourit Vernon Bank*
Located at Mt. Vernon, Ga., at the Close of Business Mar. 10, 1010:
UKSOIJHCKH :
Demand loans $ 2.1)70 01)
I line loans 79,47*1 90
Overdrafts unsecured ‘*ll7 15
Hanking Mouse, 4,0nu00
Furniture and fixtures, 2,297 SI |
Other real estate 122 001
Due from hanks and hank
ers in this state .‘II ,154 50
Due from hanks and hank
ers in other states 5,289 90
Currency $1,885 00
Gold 172 50
Silver nickels, etc. 494 39 2,501 89
Advances on cotton 910 00 91000
Set aside as capital for Com
mercial Hank, I‘valda 16.0ttn no
Safety deposit boxes H>7 21
Total, $144,185.67
HTATE OP OEOKOIA—County of Montgomery. ... . ,
1 Heroic mo Curie* W. A I’eteison,Cashier of The Mt. Verm, ll Bank, who being <luly sworn
1 *»v* I list the above mid ton,going suteiaent is a true condition of said Ba.ik, »» sln.wn by
! the books of flle in said hank \V. A. 4T.rfc.RSON.
Bw«n 11 »o and iilbsodbtd before me this Hth day of Vtarch. 1918.
J ltd i t urn*, tom* N. I*. M. to., Ga,
NEW TOWNS LAID
OUT IN TELFAIR
Grand Opportunity Offered
For Profitable Invest
ment at sale.
Two real estate deals of first
importance to Telfair county took
place this week when C. W.
Stuart, reprssenting the Overland
Realty Co., took over two choice,
well located tracts of real estate
on the Ocmulgee Valley Railway
between Lumber City and Jack
sonville, Ga., for the purpose of
locating and developing two towns
to handle the business created by
the construction of this railroad
which is now being constructed,
with the first eighteen miles out
of Lumber City completed for
freight hauling and the iast three
miles into Jacksonville, Telfair’s
old county seat, partly construc
ted and soon to be completed.
Spivey, one of the new towns,
is located about 10 miles east
from Lumber City and Jackson
ville, the nearest traveling points.
It is located on the farm of Char
lie Spivey from whom the land
was bought and is high, dry and
healthy.
Smithdale is located between
Spivey and Jacksonville on the
Parks Clements road and is equal
ly as well located as Spivey and
both towns are situated in rich
agricultural districts and Spivey
is located near a tract of timber
estimated to cut over 100,000,000
feet of lumber.
In addition to a large acreage
of lands under cultivation along
the Ocmulgee Valley Railway,
5000 acres of land have been
‘‘taken in” this winter and up
wards of $150,000.00 worth of
fertilizers have been and are be
ing delivered to farmers along
this new railroad for the seasons
crops, a large part of which will
be marketed in the new towns,
Smithdale and Spivey, and a
rapid growth of Telfair’s two
youngest towns is assured.
The towns will be sold in lots
at Smithdale March 28th, and at
Spivey March 20th at auction or
easy terms. Prospectors for
general stores, shops, drug store,
and a cotton gin are looking the
ground over every day but no lots
will be sold at either place till
sale day.
Messrs. Westcott, Vann, Hol
land and Stuart of the Macon firm
are already on the properties with
a crew of workmen, and the work
of surveying the properties is un
der way. Streets will be graded
and other developments and im
provements will be made at heavy
cost.
The opening of Smithdale and
Spivey will be made gala days.
Brass band, daylight fireworks
land balloon display will enliven
and four free lots and 50 cash
prizes will be given away free to
those present to encourage.
Witty auctioneer and public
I speaking will be other features,
j Free transportation on the new
railroad from Lumber City to the
town sites will be provided at
7:30 a. m., sharp each day of the
I sales. Further particulars appear
in a half-page ad. in this issue of
the Monitor.
Mr. M. L. Adams of Kibbee
was a visitor here yesterday.
liabilities:
Capital stock paid m, $16,000 00
Surplus r.iml, 84,000 00
(Tikii vlded profits, I«*hh cur
ex's.. ini. and tuxes p<l. i 5,471 83
I ndividiml deposits subject
to check, 40,713 80
Savings deposits 7,100 28
Time certiiicales 43,603 82
Cashier's checks 1,177 27
< .'ash over 3 08
Total, $144,185.07
NO. 46.