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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1916)
The Montgomery Monitor. VOL. XXX. PROFITABLE MEET OF GA. EDUCATORS Interesting Session Educa tional Association in Macon. Montgomery county was well represented in the Educational Association meeting in Macon last week held Thursday. Friday and Saturday. County Superin tendent ot Schools A. B. Hutche son and Mrs. Hutcheson, with Misses Claude McDonald, Mildred Terrell and Ruth Chestnutt, of the 8.-P. I. faculty, and perhaps others, attended the meeting and had a pleasant and profitable trip. Many important matters were discussed at the meeting, and several far-reaching resolutions were offered and adopted. Among these were, that the legislature create a state illiteracy commis sion; condemning the present method of electing county school superintendents; providing for the election of school boards by the people; that effective compul sory attendance laws be enacted; that the state provide revenue for its schools by assigning a definite portion of its income for that purpose and requiring counties to supplement the state appropria tion by sufficient funds by local taxation; favoring universal phys ical training but opposing com pulsory military training; and requesting the calling of a state constitutional convention to mod ernize the policy and activities of the state government. It is proposed to make thisand other institutions into one great association which will inclnde every white teacher in the state. Before adjourning the association passed a resolution condemning the text book bill now pending in the legislature. The attendance was very-good and will probably be doubled next year. The teachers speak in loud praise of the courtesies shown them by the city of Macon. Col. W. A. Huff, Noted Macon Citizen, is Dead. Macon, Ga., April 24. —Col. W. A. Hu If, 84 years old, ex-mayor and leading citizen of Macon, died at his home here today, fol lowing an illness of several weeks. He is survived by five sons and two daughters. Col. Hulf came into national notice a few years ago when he began a fight for the impeachment of Federal Judge Emory Speer, that led to an investigation by Congress of Judge Speer’s record on the bench. This grew out of bank ruptcy proceedings against Col. Hulf in Judge Speer’s court, in which Col. Huff had been cited and fined for contempt. Col. Hulf was at one time the largest m -rchant in Macon, and served eight years as mayor of the city. Tiger School. Quite a large crowd attended the Easter exercises which were pulled off at Tiger School Friday p. m. Tho exercises consisted of recitations and plays. Alma Wilkes won the prize in speaking. After the exercises were over a group of bojs and girls were busy for a few minutes hiding eggs. Then came the pleasure of the children hunting them. Every one seemed to enjoy it. It is phoned for the school to close tie 19 hos May. We have several good plays and dialogues, which will afford fun for all. Seed Pea Bargains. No. 2. Clay Mixed Peas, *1.10; No. 1 Clay Mixed Peas, $1.25; Brown Whipporwills and Early Bur.ch Speckles, $1.40. C. P. Daniel’s Sons, Waynesboro, Ga. i Out For Representative. In this issue will be found the card of Mr. E. L. Gillis, who an nounces as a candidate for Repre sentative. Mr. Gillis is well known to Montgomery county i people, being a native of this county, and a successful farmer and business man. Mr. Gillis is quite well posted as to the needs of the people, and purposes to deal fairly and squarely for their best interests. He has a large circle of kinsmen and friends, and will doubtless poll a large ! vote. We refer you to his card in this paper. McNatt-McAllister. A wedding of much interest to a wide circle of friends occurred at the home of the bride in Uval da yesterday afternoon at the hour of 6:00 o’clock, when Mr. Henry Grady McAllister and Miss Victoria McNatt were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The fact that both the contract ing parties are members of prom inent families and quite popular in the social sphere, added zest to the happy occasion. The bride is the accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McNatt of Uvalda, and the groom is a na tive of that most excellent com munity of Longpond, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. McAllister, i The marriage took place in the i handsome home, the impressive ceremony being read by Rev. L. A. Hill, of Fitzgerald. The bride’s maid was Miss Pearl Jonps of Uvalda, a loyal friend, and the best man, Mr. Charles McAllister of Butler, Ga., brother of the groom. Miss Ora Lee, of Mt. Vernon sang most beautifully “Until,” from Sanderson, and the wedding march, from Men delsohn, w'as rendered by Miss Anna Morrison, also a talented I musician of Mt. Vernon. During the impressive ceremony Miss Morrison played softly “Love's Melody,” by Inglemann. There was a profusion of rare I carnations and roses, and the 1 young couple received the heart- I iest congratulations of loved ones and friends. Southern Ry. Office Fire Loss $400,000. Washington, April 24.—Fire loss to the Southern Railway main offices here will aggregate $400,- 000, it is stated this afternoon. Duplicate copies of every line of correspondence in the building, it is said, are intact in a large fireproof safe, so there is no un easiness on this score. The office force haß been given la day off with pay, but tomorrow' will be located in the Munsey Building, just across Pennsyl ! vania avenue from the damaged structure, where business will be 1 resumed. Florida Fish Story. C. D. Smith, of Cortez. Fla., in a letter to his brother, Dr. Linton Smith, of Atlanta, de clares that he has established a world’s record for catching king fish, having landed, with a reel and rod, 3,158 pounds of fish in three days. The king fish, according to Mr. i Smith, resembles the Spanish mackeral, sometimes weighs as much as twenty five-pounds and is said to be the fleetest fish that swims. Mr. Smith declares that he has sold all the fish caught at the rate of two cents per pound. Atlanta Journal. For Representsive. I gncoance to tlie people of Montgomery | County that I am a candidate for Representa tive in tlieLetrUlaturc, aabject to the action !of tbs Democratic primary. If lam elected I pledge mjaelf to do all that I can to carry i out the will of the people. I have uo private j meaemeti of mv own to pmdi through, i K. L. OILUH. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APRIL 27. 1916. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT BY RED BLUFF CHURCH Memorial to J. H. Davis by His Brethern and Friends. Our hearts were again made sad when on Tuesday, Jan. 25th 1916, Death’s angel entered our midst and took the spirit of our beloved friend and brother, J. H. Davis, back to the all-wise God who gave it. Bro. Davis was ill only a short while, acute pneumonia being the cause of his untimely death. We had hope for his recovery as long as there was breath, for it seemed so hard for God to take from us one loved and cherished as was our Bro. Davis, hut since such is in accordance with God’s Holy will, we are forced to bow in humble submission to the same. He was born Jan. 1, 1874, and joined the Missionary Baptist Church at the early age of 18 and lived an upright Christian life, having missed only 6 conferences during the time, all these in cases of sickness except one. He was laid to rest at Red Bluff cemetery, Rev. O. O. Wil liams conducting the funeral ser vices. Brother Davis leaves a wife and six children, a father, Rev. M. Davis, six brothers, Cal vin Davis, J. B. Davis, A. R. Da vis, Morris Davis, B. L. Davis and M. D. Davis and two sisters, Mrs. J. E. Tharpe and Mrs. W. T. Ridgell, and a host of friends and relatives to mourn his death. We can hardly bring ourselves to a sense of realization that our friend and brother has gone from us, but it is true, and the great soul of this brother has passed to that great beyond from whence no traveler ever returns, but we are steadfast in the hope and be lief that he is basking in the sun shine of our blessed Redeemer, who is too wise to make a mis take but does all things well. We are consoled with the fact that Paul told Timothy that “If we be dead with him we shall also live with him.” And John said, “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from Henceforth, yea saith the spirit that they may rest from their labors and their works do follow them.” We feel that our loss is Heaven’s gain for to know him was to love him. But since our Heavenly Father hath called him home to the great beyond, he it Therefore Resolved, First, that we as a church and as a people bow in humble submission to the divine will of our Heavenly Fath er. Second, That we extend to the bereaved family our heart-felt sympathy and point them to the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world, and pray God’s blessings upon them in this their hour of bereavement, and may they be consoled with the fact that God does all things for the best. Third, That a copy of these Resolutions be sent to the Mont gomery Monitor for publication and a copy be sent the family of the deceased. Written by a friend and rela tive. Recital in Expression. The public is cordially invited to attend the recital of Misses Eunice Burkhalter arid Lessie Mae Rackley, assisted by Misses Turner Wilcox and Lee. One feature of the program will be a pantomime by Misses Ethel Bass, Sue Lee McNeil, Fannie Furlow. Gertrude Hudson, Effie Beding field and Veeta Vickery. Blanche Hogan will read for the panto mime. WEUKNOWN MINISTER I PASSED SUDDENLY AWAY Rev. H. C. Fentress Died Tuesday From Stroke of Paralysis. Telephone messages received here Tuesday announced the sud den death of Rev. H. C. Fen tress. Mr. Fentress filled his an pointment Sunday at a church near Lumber City, and spent the night with friends near by. On I Monday morning while explain ing to them certain passages of : scripture, he was seen to he fall ing and was caught by those standing with him. A stroke of paralysis, from which he did not rally sufficiently to be returned , to his home at Mcßae, ended his life on Tuesday morning at 6:00 j o’clock. He was one of the oldest mein | hers of the South Georgia Con ference, aged 71 years, and was granted a superanuated relation in 1914. His second wife, who survives, was Miss Sophia Mc- Leod, reared here, and a sister of Messrs. Everett and Angus McLeod. Three children are left by this union, and two sons | ! and four daughters by his first ; marriage. Besides being a “Soldier of the Cross,” he was a gallant Con federate veteran. He preached all over this country, and was known to a vast number of I friends. i To await the arrival from Tex as of his two sons, the funeral has been postponed until today, and the interment will take place at Scotland. Mrs. James O’Conner Os Kibbee is Dead. On Monday morning of last week, at. the family home near Kibbee, Mrs. O’Conner, wife of Mr. James O’Conner, died at the extreme old age of 80 years, 1 month and 1 day. She was the j wife of one of our oldest and most highly respected citizens, who still lives, and a sister of Hon. Chas. Hamilton, deceased, and a grand daughter of the Revolutionary soldier, Stewart Hamilton, to whose memory the Daughters of the American Revo lution last year placed a marking tablet. A good woman has gone to her , reward, and will he missed in he r community, where she was relat ed by blood or marriage to al : most every family. Besides her aged husband, Mrs. ; O’Conner is survived by eight children. Mrs. Mary A. Rogers, Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer, Mrs. Alice Parker, Mrs. Maggie John son, Mrs. C. A. Moore, Hon. Jas. l>. O’Conner, Mrs Lucinda Wil liams and Mrs. Eliza Fountain. One sister, Mrs. J. E. Palmer is still living. The remains were laid to rest I on Tuesday in the Hamilton fami ly cemetery, Rev. S. D. Walker performing the funeral service. j 8.-P. I. Boys Lost to First District Aggies. As announced last week, the First District Agricultural school | team came over last Friday even ing to play the Brewton-Parker team here Saturday and Monday. In Monday’s game the score stood 16 to 8 in favor of the Statesboro Aggies. On Monday they wiped up our local hopefuls again with the awful score of 18 to 9. Got in the habit of beating the home team two to one, and couldn’t quit it. Mr. A. J. Hilton, a prominent farmer of Iliggston District, was transacting business here yester , day. , ; j Returned From Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. ,T. C. McAllister returned Tuesday morning from t a visit to their sons in Atlanta. They brought home Claude Cody, a boy taken there from Mr. Mc- Allister’s farm below here, for an operation. The boy’s recovery is now hoped for, though the operation was considered a des perate one. One and a half quarts of pus was taken from his side, and his rally from the operation was a surprise to the physicians. Profit in Peanuts. j ! The talk of growing peanuts is rapidly spreading, and should the boll weevil be as detrimental as I many think, then I think they i will be a profitable crop. In read ing a market bulletin last week l I noted with interest what they i had to say about t his crop. Grant ing that those who made up this bulletin give accurate figures, 1 think it will prove to be a profit able crop. This Alabama market bulletin said that peanuts would make more and a better oil than I I cotton seed, ranking next in value to olive oil. Then the meal is of somewhat better grade; than j cotton seed meal, while the vines make excellent forage. Our ordi-1 nary cotton seed oil mills can manufacture the products as well as they can cotton seed, hence no extra expence would be in ' curred there. I think it would i lie well for us to read up on this I particuar subject, learn all about it we can (our Congressmen will gladly send us all the available | knowledge the Department ofj; Agriculture knows or can gather) I and make a start by planting a j few this year, for sooner or later something like this will have to; lie resorted to, and why not pea nuts? They are easily grown, I will grow anywhere, and require! less work to make and gather than cotton. You must, and will, always plant some cotton; but we must plant something else, too. , In two years 1 expect to see pea nuts planted extensively in the cotton belt. Frank Dunn in i Home and Farm. t Hasty Wedding Occurs In Telehpone Exchange. On Thursday last, curious eyes began to blink and stare at some unusual occurrence in the Mt. Vernon telephone exchange, and j soon a small crowd gathered to! find out that a marriage was in j progress in the upstairs room. Mr. Frank Taylor of Alston had met Miss Louie Stanford of Glenwood here, and they were! married by Mr. Davis. The young man is a son of Mr. E. H. [' Taylor and his bride is thedaugh- i' ter of Mr. W. It. Stanford of Glenwood. The young lady has. been telephone operator at Glen wood, and that, fact probably ac-, counts for iheir meeting in the exchange here. Anyhow, we venture the hope that the course i of true love will never become j! entangled like wires for them, and that the happiness may run ' the long distance of a peaceful life, arid he intensified by the currents that comes from th bat teries of Heaven to keep ever burning the spark of enduring affection, i Rev. Chas. Montgomery : Tenders His Resignation. 1 Rev. Chas Montgomery, who i has been pastor of the Presby terian church here for many years, tendered his resignation to the congregation recently, with a view of accepting work in J another place. At a special ser- i vice last Sunday, tlv matter was j taken under consideration but t when a vote was taken the con- \ gregation declined to accept Mr. Montgomery’s resignation. ,1 SUPERIOR COURT HERE NEXT WEEK Long Civil Caldendar For Judge Graham To Dispose Os. On Monday morning next, the May term of Montgomery Su perior Court will convene here. Judge Graham will find quite a lengthy civil docket awaiting hie coming. The calendar was pub lished in these columns last week. We have not been furnished with the criminal calendar, but learn that there is only one mur der case on the docket so far. It is quite probable that the criminal business will be taken up about Thursday, bvt we have no au thoritative statement as to this. Congressman Edwards Not for Re-election. Washington, I). C., April 23 Representative Charles G. Ed wards, of the first district* in a formal statement issued tonight, announces that he will not be a candidate for re-election to con gress. Instead he will retire after March 4 next to take up the practic of the law. Representative Edwards has served five terms, or ten years, in congress. More Baseball. The Dublin High School team will play ball here Friday and Saturday with the 8.-P. I. hoys. Friday’s game will be called at 3:15 p. m., but on Saturday the game will start at 2:00 p. m. Big time. Grand game. Get there. Scott —Odom. On April 19th at the home of the bride at Kibbee, Mr. Julius A. Odom, of Hack Branch, and Miss Mamie Scott were united in marriage. The ceremony was performed by Rev. S. I). Walker, pastor of the bride, in his usual impressive style. Mrs. Odom is a lady of fine character, and will receive the congratulations of a large circle of friends and ac quaintances, who wish her all the happiness that falls to the lot of mortals. Mr. Odom is a worthy farmer who enjoys the friend ship and good will of a host of acquaintances. Honor Roll of the McGregor School. Kathleen Conner, Amoret Con ner, Edna Conner, Ruby Carpen ter, Truman Conner, Theodore Mitchell, It. I). O’Neal, Martin Morris, Charlie C. Conner, Foy Mitchell, W. T. O’Neal. Willie Mack Morris, Marvin O’Neal. Hugo, Tall Man, Dies of Pneumonia. New York, April 24, — Hugo, the tallest man, with Barnum & Bailey’s circus, is dead from pneumonia. He was 8 feet 4 inches tall and used to sleep crosswise in three beds. When in good health his breakfast con sist <1 of sixteen pieces of toast, a dozen eggs and six oranges. Funeral Service at Kibbee. On the second Sunday in May, the funeral of Mr. Sikes Collins and his former wife will be preached at Kibbee. Rev. S. D. Walker, pastor, will deliver the memorial sermon. Trespass Notice. This notice is to forewarn all parties against trespassing in any manner whatsoever on my lands. Any one found doing so will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, regardless of who or what they are. M. E. Fountain. Mt. Vernon, April 25, 1916. NO. 51.
