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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1916)
3lj£ iUmttgnmmf iHntttfcir* VOL. XXXI. CONVENTION LAST WEEK Elects Delegates and Exc. Committee Adopts Primary Rules. The State Convention for se lecting delegates to the National Democratic Convention in Saint Louis, platform committeemen and i residential electors, was held in Macon on Wednesday of last week. At the same time the State Democratic Executive Com mittee met and adopted rules for and fixed the time of the state primary. The delegates from the state at large are, J. M. Vandiver, of Floyd county; Peter S. Cum mings, Decatur; W. F. Jenkins, Putnam; Chas. L. Bartlett, Bibb; Crawford Wheatley, Sumter; Neyle Cel juitt, Chatham; Wm, H. Davis, Burke; Jas. R. Gray of Fulton, who is chairman of the delegation. From the Twelfth District, the following delegates were chosen: John S. Adams, Laurens; A. S. Bradley, Emanuel; J. W. Palmer, Montgomery; Emmett Houser, Houston. Presidential electors from the state at large, E. J. Reagan, of McDonough; C. C. Brantley, of Valdosta. From the Twelfth District, Howard E. Coates, of Hawkinsville with E. S. Boyer, of Hawkinsville, alternate. On the platform committee, A. S. Bradley, of Swainsboro, was named. The fifteen rules adopted are lengthy, and we can only give the following synopsis: The state primary election will be held the second Tuesday in September, the 12th. The ballot to be used will be the same as heretofore in use. An effort to have an oath printed on each ballot was voted down, 28 to 1(5 The county unit rule will be adhered to, the effort to substi tute therefor a state-wide major ity primary having also failed by a vote of 35 to 15- The state nominating conven tion will be held in Macon the fourth Tuesday in September, the 2(Jth. The date for closing entries, for f ayment of assessments and filing of pledges by candidates, is to be fixed by Chairman E J Reagan and Secretary St. Elmo Massengale, of the executive committee. The rules adopted by the com mittee in Atlanta in 1914 were adopted in full for the coming primary with one exception, which allows five days for filing notice of contest instead of “at noon the day following the hold ing of such primary.” Closing Exercises of Rosemont School. The closing exercises of the Rosemont School, under the able management of Miss Mary Pettit, will be held Thursday, 18th inst. The following program will be observed: Song—Battle Hymn of the Re public. The Way to Wyndham. Recitation —When the Teacher Gets Cross. Tom Thumb Wedding. Recitation No More Spanking. Play—Judge Offerheimer’s First Case. Song—lt’s All Gone Now. Recitation—Sister’s Best Feller. Drill—Hottentot Hunters. Play —No Gure, No Pay. Drill-Red, White, and Blue. Song— Watah Melon. Play —The Old Maid’s Club. Pantomime Nearer My God to Thee. More Honor For Mt. Vernon Man. Mt. Vernon friends are inter ested in the success of Mr. Max Segall, a student in the State University, and honors coming to him are received with pleasure here. He has recently been chosen a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, an honor which goes only to those whose excellence in scholarship merit it. Seven men are included in the new' selection, and besides Mr. Segall, they are as follows: No ble Bassett, Henry Brown, W. Q. Gresham, Leon Folsom, Milo Hatch, Otis McClellan. This se lect fraternity includes none but seniors. Recital at Institute For Tomorrow Evening. The term-end recital by pupils of the department of voice, piano, expression and violin will be given at the auditorium of The Brewton- Parker Institute tomorrow (Fri day) evening at eight o’clock. This occasion will furnish enter tainment of a high order, and a full house is expected. The pub lic is invited to attend and wit ness a performance of talented and trained pupils. SENATOR SMITH FOR NITROGEN PLANTS Southern Senators Actively Support Plan for War and Agriculture. Atlanta, Ga., May 1. It is confidently believed by fertilizer men in Atlanta that by the end of twelve months a plant to produce nitrogen from the air and the shipment of potash through the Panama Canal from the Pacific Coast in great quanti ties at cheap rates will both be in operation. Three Southern senators have actively supported the erection by the government of a nitrogen plant to produce nitric acid, ab solutely necessary in case of war and when not needed for this purpose to furnish raw material for the nitrogen used for fertili zers. They were Senator Smith, of South Carolina, Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, and Senator Oscar Underwood, of Alabama. It is proposed to erect one or more nitrogen plants to extract nitrogen from the air and be prepared to make nitric acid with out importing salt peter from Chili in case of war. As the plants will be needed but little for this purpose in times of peace, it is proposed when they are not engaged in war to utilize the product for commercial fertiliz ers. In connection with the investi gation upon this subject before the committee on agriculture, Senator Hoke Smith developed fully the raw material in this country out of which potash can be made. There are a number of beds in the west that may be used for this purpose, but the thing es pecially brought to the attention of the committee was the great quantity of “kelp,” a sea weed growing from Alaska to Southern California, extending out about three miles from the coast. When dried 25 per cent of this weed consists of potash salts, and Senator Hoke Smith, in co-opera tion with the secretary of agri culture, is arranging for a gov ernment plant on the Pacific coast to test out commercially the separation of the dried kelp from the potash salts in the sea weed called “kelp.” The necessi ty for the separation is to reduce the freight on the transportation from the Pacific coast to the eastern coast. —lndustrial Index. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAY 11. 1916. COMMENCEMENT DAYS COMING AT B.«P. I. Joyous Season to Surpass all Former Occasions in Lively Interest. The commencement exercises l of the Brewton-Parker Institute | begins on Friday evening. May, 19th, at 8 p. m. and will continue till Monday. There will be many former students and other friends of the school present, and it will be an occasion of gladness and good cheer. Every one is cor dially invited to attend. An excellent series of programs is being prepared, which will furnish interesting entertainment to all that are present. On Friday evening the program consists of a concert given by the Glee Club and Orchestra of Brew ton-Parker Institute. We may count upon one of the best pro grams they have ever given us. The Literary Society Contest in Expression on Saturday a. m., jlO o’clock, will not only be en ! tertaining to all, but will be of i special interest to all friends of j either literary society. ! The Senior Class Exercises on Saturday, 3:30 p. m., in which one of the largest classes ever graduated from the school will participate, will be one of the most varied and delightful pro grams of the commencement oc casion. The Annual Champion Debate Saturday evening 8 o’clock be tween the the Damon and Pythian Literary societies always calls forth the greatest enthusiasm and rivalry. The subject for debate this year is: Resolved, That Capital Punishment Should I be Abolished. The affirmative will be championed by Messrs. Robert N. Odum of Glennville and Mr. Albert Sidney Johnson of Mount Vernon; the negative, by Messrs. Joel T. Outler of Mount Vernon and Hugh Peter son of Ailey. On Sunday morning at eleven the commencement sermon will be preached by Rev. R. J. Mincey, pastor of the Baptist church at Mcßae. He is an able and earnest j preacher. His enthusiasm is con tagious and his sermon will be full of inspiration to both young and old. He will also very likely preach again on Sunday evening. The closing exercises will be held on Monday 11 a. m. Rev. T. W. Callaway, pastor of the I First Baptist church of Dublin will deliver the baccalaureate ad dress. He is a fine speaker, young in heart, but old in head, genial and witty, but serious in purpose. His address will mean much, especially to the young S people. Immediately after the address will be delivered the ; diplomas. _ • Send Delegates to S. S. S. Convention. With the dates for the State Sunday School Convention draw i ing near, it is suggested by President T. B. Conner of the Montgomery county association i that each Sabbath school in this county send a strong delegation at least three. The state oc casion will be held in Atlanta June 13-15, and provision will be made for the entertainment of the delegates, as far as lodging and breakfast is concerned. This courtesy will be extended also to pastors and superintendents. The local association met at Soperton on the sth Sabbath in April, and much interested was manifested. This is a great work, and should be encouraged. McCormick Harvesting ma chinery is sold by C. A. Mason, Mt. Vernon. Can make you prices on the whole line. Time for reapers and binders. |THE PRUDENT FARMER GETS READY IN TIME Ravages of 801 l Weevil Has Changed Farming in Alabama. The boll weevil is certainly causing the Alabama farmers to change their system of farming. It is estimated by the State Agri ! cultural Department that acreage planted to cotton will be reduced 135 per cent, from last year, and we think this a very conservative estimate. For ten years we have been traveling the A. &. W. P. road to Selma, Ala., and we went over this route last week. The change is wonderful. We saw | 100 acres of oats to one that we saw five years ago. It was in this section that we rode fifty miles and never saw a corn field, all the corn planted was dropped at stated intervals along in the cotton rows. This year we saw thousands of acres planted to corn. We will venture the as sertion that there are thousands' of negroes in Alabama that are ' this year learning how to lay off j their first corn rows. We have [ hundreds of farmers to ask how much damage the boll weevil will do when they come. Well we can tell you what they have done in Alabama. Up to 1916 Union town, Ala., received from 14,000 up to 20,000 bales of cotton. Last year she only received 4,000 and 1,000 of these were carried over from 1914. Mr. Thomas, of Marion, Ala., told us that he made over 150 bales in 1914. In 1915, 8 on 40 acres that should | have made him 60. He and Mr. i Miree have been growing from 1 4(H) to 500 bales. This year they j will not have but twenty acres 1 planted. This readjustment can be made by farmers in good fi nancial condition, but it comes awful hard on the white man in debt and upon the negroes. The only man that it does not serious ly hurt is the man who begins to get ready two or three years be-1 fore they reach him. Southern Cultivator. The above article, from the Southern Cultivator, we repro duce at the request of a progress ive Montgomery county farmer. This gentleman and several oth ers are becoming interested in live stock raising, but if the boll weevil never comes, it will pay to change the methods of farm ing in South Georgia It will be far easier for Montgomery coun ty to make the change from the slavery of cotton planting, and reach out for prosperity, than it will be for those counties where large plantations are let out to negro tenants who know nothing, and care less, for permanent ad vancement and the prosperity of the future. The one idea that has been stressed but very little, but which should be burned into the brain of every white farmer, is that soil fertility must come before there is a profit in any crop, and that it will never come until there, is enough live stock on the land to produce it. The present plan of sprinkling lightly our lands with commercial fertilizers has not advanced us a step in years that we have not lost with every recurring year of low prices and adverse seasons. The burning thought is that the cotton belt in general and South Georgia in particular needs live stock more for the permanent building up of the soil than for the quick dollar that a cow or a hog will bring. | Freedom from the enormous annual and increasing tax of commercial fertilizers can only come through the combination of live stock raising and intense farming Sunrise Wedding of A Popular Couple. At five o’clock Wednesday | morning, at the home of the bride on Institute Heights, Miss Rita ; Mae Outler and Mr. Lawson I). I Peterson w'ere happily married. ! Dr. J. C. Brewton performed the ceremony, which was witnessed by only the immediate members of the bride’s family and a few friends, the happy young couple ; leaving on the morning train for a trip to Savannah and other points. i The bride is the charming i daughter, of Mrs. M. O. Outler, j and is admired by a large circle lof friends. Mr. Peterson is a son of the late A. A. Peterson of Vi dalia, and enjoys the esteem of ! many friends. He has extensive I farming interests. They will : doubtless reside in Vidalia. Soperton vs Mt. Vernon In Baseball Tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon, 3:30, at : the Institute grounds, will be played a game of baseball be tween Soperton and Mt. Vernon, the latter team being chosen from Institute boys and town boys. Admission 25 cents. SERIOUS POISONING FROM BUTTERMILK Well-known Family Made Quite Sick But all Recover. From drinking buttermilk which had been kept too long in a tin milk can came near bringing serious results in the family of Mr. Daniel O. Calhoun of 'Parry town Monday night. Mrs. Cal houn, it seems, had placed the buttermilk in the tin vessel and placed it in the well to cool for supper, when she and her son, Mr. Vance Calhoun partook of it. Mrs. Calhoun soon became ill, her son going for a doctor. On arriving home, the young man who had eaten supper after the other members of the family, also became sick. Mr. Calhoun, the father, only drank a small portion, and thus was not badly affected. They were not relieved until several hours afterward. The action of the sour milk on the lead in the can, of course, had caused a form of lead poison ing, or possibly a form of pto maine poison. Mortgage Sale. Georgia Montgomery County. Where**, on thelirNl flay of April, I'M! John A Peacock exceutoi and delivered to the Georgia l/mn & Truat Company lilh deed, under Section 1909, of the IRM2, (iKVHi of the 1910) Code of Geor gia, to the lundH hereinafter deiv-ribcd, for the purpoHe of nccuring a debt referred to in aaid deed, which deed in recorded in the Clerk'm office of Montgomery Superior Court in hook 14 of deeds, page HM. And Whereon, in aaid deed, Maid John A. Peacock gave to aaid The Georgia Loan Ar Truxt Company the power to well aaid land* in cane of default in the prompt payment at maturity, of inherent or principal of nuid debt. Now. Therefore, by virtue of the power ho vented in the underMigncd, which in more accurately hhown by reference to »oid deed Maid the Georgia !,oari a Trout Company will Hell at public outcry to the higheHt bidder, for eatth, on the firnt Tucm day in June 1910 during the legal hours of hale, before Montgomery County (louri House door at i Mt. Vernon Georgia the lundH deacrihed in the aforcKaid deed, to-wit: One farm containing Two Hundred and twenfy h'x (226) acre*, more or lean, being In the 1221*1 Diatrict G. M Montgomery County, Georgia, and bounded on the north by lundH of W L. Gray; cant by landH of K. It. Gillin and It. Glllix, Mr >. K. Allen and W. B. Greenway; Mouth by landa of L. Fonkcy, and went by landfi of Kil Branch. The aaid deed ft rut above mentioned wa« execu ted and deliverer! to eecure the payment of one certain prorninHory note tor the Hum of SIOOO.OO and the intercHt ccupona attached thereto. Maid note dated April Ixll9ll, and the principal debt hearing interest at the rate of nix and 1-2 percent, per annum. Said principal debt i* now pant due by the lerrriH thereof, and ren al nn due arid unpaid. The total amount of principal and Intercut. * hat will be due on naid debt, on the brut Tu«-Mday in June 1910 ih $1077.#7. Fee Mirnple titlcn will be made to the purchnxer at Maid Hale and the proceed* of uuch Hale will la; applied Ur Hi, to the payment of k .aid debt with Intercut and cxpenncHof thin proceeding, and the remainder, if any, will be paid over to Maid John A Peacock or hi* legal representative. Dati-d thiH 3rd day of May 1910. The Georgia Loan At Trunt Company A. H, HutcheMon, itn Attorney at f«aw. Trespass Notice 1 . This notice is to forewarn ail parties against trespassing in any , manner whatsoever on my lands. Any one found doing so will be prosecuted to the full extent (if the law, regardless of who or what they are. M. E. Fountain. | Mt. Vernon, April 25, 1916. CASES DISPOSED OF LAST WEEK Long Calendar Cut Down In Superior Court May Term. W. A. Tapley va Georgia and Florida Railroad, verdict for the plaintiff. Peruvian Guano Corporation vs | Geo. Beasley, verdict for plaints. Peruvian Guano Corporation vs | Spencer Coleman, verdict for ptf. All Star Manufacturing Co. vs j B. A. Conner, verdict for pltf. Peruvian Guano Corporation vs i M. D. Davis, dismissed. Barwick Dumber Co. vs H. J. & J. L. Gibbs, verdict for costs. Fisher, Lowrey & Fisher vs N. I N. Barwick, verdict for plaintiff. Emma Koehler, executor A. Koehler, vs J. W. Lett, verdict for plaintiff. W. A. Peterson, Receiver, vs H. P. Thomsson, et al, verdict j for plaintiff. W. A. Peterson, Receiver, vs A. P. & 11. C. Thompson, verdict for plaintiff. VV. P. Calhoun vs J. M. Hughes et al, verdict for plaintiff. W. A. Peterson, Receiver, vs M. 11. Gordon, verdict for plntf. M. Phillips vs D. H. Phil lips, verdict for plaintiff. 11. H. Smith vs A. Jones, ver dict for plaintiff. A. LefHer Co. vs John J. Mc- Arthur, verdict for plaintiff. Calvert Mortgage Co. vs Benj. Gillis, dismissed. Youngstown Sheet & Tub Co. vs C. H. Peterson, verdict fr plf. W. A. Peterson, Receiver, vs I). C. Sharpe, et al, verd fr pltf. J. B. Geiger, Administrator M. T. Moses, vs A. M. Moses, judgment for costs. J. B. Geiger as assignee of C. F. Ferrel, vs A. T. Miller, judg ment for plaintiff. Progress Paint Co. vs W. Mish oe, verdict for plaintiff. E. T. Mcßride v Lewis Sharpe, verdict for plaintiff. E. T. Mcßride vs Major Som erset, verdict for plaintiff. First National Bank of Vidalia, vs W. W. Phillips, et al, verdict for plaintiff. First National Bank of Vidalia vs J. A. Calhoun, et al, verdict for plaintiff. W. A. Peterson, Receiver, vs A. I*. & 11. C. Thompson, 2cases, verdict for plaintiff. Emma Koehler, Exectr, vs J. W. Lett, verdict for plaintiff. Alice & T. J. James vs Patience Avery, verdict for plaintiffs. CRIMINAL CASES. State vs Goldsboro Powell, verdict guilty, sentence 9months. State vs Joe Walker, verdict guilty, sentence 9 months or SSO. State vs Bud Brantley, verdict gudty, sentence 9 months or $75. State vs George Joyce, plea of guilty, sentence 10 years. May Enter Race For Representative. The name of Mr. Clifford Mc- Bride has been suggested as a candidate for representative. Mr. Mcßride is a prominent young business man of Alston, but to date has doubtless not given this matter any grave con sideration. Sheriff Sale. (i**trv:in Montgomery Ojunty. Will Ikj sold before the court house floor In Mt. Vernon on the lirst Tuesday in June. 1910. be i we*n the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, fertain property, of which the following is a complete description: All of that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the 1343rd district G. M. of said county arid stab*, and hounded as follows: On the north by land* of John <J. Palmer, on the east by landsofA.fi. Hutcheson, on the south by lands of W. It. Keniandon the west by lands of Mrs. Amanda Adams, containing twenty-one and one half act <■* more or less, and being the same land conveyed to The Mt. Vernon Hank by W. A. Havant in a mortgage dated Sept. 24, 1912. aa shown by Hook of Mortgages in the office of clerk of the superior couit of said county. No. 34. Page 2b 4. Levied on and will be sold as the property of W. A Da van t to satisfy nine fl fas issued from the Justice s Court of the 1343rd district in favor of The M*. Vernon Hank vs W A. Davant, pr re s pal. J. H. O’Conner, security. Pointed ou. for levy by attorney for plaintiff, and written notice I thereof given in terms of the law. This the 9th day of May 1916. Jas. Hester, Sheriff. M. B. Calhoun, A tty. for Plffs. NO. 2.
