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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1916)
Ulir Hlmttiumtm; ifUntitm*. VOL. XXXI. GEORGIA LEADS ! IN COUNTIES' More Counties and Greater Tax Rate than Any Os Them. i The Bureau of the Census often sends out figures that make dry reading, but they give out infor mation that is appreciated by thinking men. The statistics re cently published on wealth, debt; and taxation do not show Geor gia up in a very enviable light in the matter of taxation. With a greater number of counties than ! any state in the Union, except Texas, the state tax rate is high- j er and on the increase. It will be ' noted in the table given below of j the number of counties, the tax j rate and the area of a dozen states, Georgia has far more counties and a tax rate just double the highest on the list but one. Between the years 1903 and 1913, the revenues of the coun ties increased by 85.8 per cent, ; and for the same period the ex penditures increased by 95.2 per ; cent. California, with far more than double the square miles of Georgia’s area, has only 58 coun ties against Georgia’s 152. States Counties Tax Sq. Miles i California, 58 none 158,297 Georgia, 152 $4.80 59.2651 Idaho, 33 1.68 83,888 Indiana, 92 .70 36,354 Kansas, 105 120 82,152 Minnesota, 86 2.87 84,682 Missouri, 115 1.80 69,420 N. Carolina, 100 240 49,204 New York, 62 1.70 52,426 R. Island, 5 .90 1.248 S. Dakota, 61 1.00 77,615 j W. Virginia, 55 1.40 24,140 New York, with the dense pop- j ulation of 9,113,299, has 201 men in her legislature while Georgia has 233. Is it any wonder that Georgia is over-burdened with laws? Mrs. H. D. Wilson Died Last Week. Mr. S. J. Elliott of Mt. Vernon ; was called to Hazlehurst last | week on account of the death of ( his sister, Mrs. H. D. Wilson. Mrs. Wilson formerly resided here, and was well known to many of our people She was the j youngest one of the family, and is survived by one sister and four brothers. Protracted Services Presbyterian Church. Beginning with Sunday morn ing, 23d inst , Mr G W Stradt man of Savannah will conduct a week’s revival service at the Mt Vernon Presbyterian church, continuing through the fifth Sab bath Mr Stradtman will be as sisted by a visiting minister, who will arrive in time for the open-| ing service. The public is cordi-; ally invited to attend each ser vice. Card of Thanks. I desire to return my sincere thanks and appreciation to those kind friends who administered to us during the recent illness and death of my wife Their servi ces shall ever be remembered. R A. Johnson, Alston, Ga. Dissolution Notiuk. Th* firm of H. V. Thompson <fc Bros., Ailey, Ga., composed of H. V. Thompson, J. W. Thompson and C. G. Thompson, has been dissolved by mutual consent, H. V. Thompson continuing said bus-i iness, collecting all accounts and j paying all debts against said firm, ! the two latter members retiring. | This the 17th day of July, 1910. H. V. Thompson, J. W. Thompson, C. G. Thompson. Reports From Kibbee. President Bunyan Smith was at Kibbee last week, and brings good reports from that section ' for the Brew ton-Parker Institute. The farmers of that section are I alive to progressiveness, and ; with their good crops, they are 1 expecting to place their boys and girls in the B -P I. September 6th Some ten or fifteen boys and girls of that section have already made up their minds to attend B -P. I. this fall Ben O’Conner, who will be senior next year and who lives in the Kibbee district, is working very 'enthusiastically for the B -P I. Laurens Goes After Agricultural School. I Dublin, July 17. —Dublin is go j ing after the Twelfth District Ag ricultural High School which is authorized in a bill now before .the Legislature, and which is thought to be pretty sure of en actment. There are several i towns in the district preparing to ' make a fight for the school, but I ; Dublin and Laurens county will - ' make a splendid fight for it, and with the natural advantages of being located in the center of the district and a very rich farming county, stands a good chance of getting the school. Cotton in Decatur Is Ready to Pick. Bainbridge, Ga., July 17. Cot ton picking will begin within a few days in Decatur county. Nearly every one who planted cotton this year has tried to rush the staple to an early maturity in ■ order to get ahead of the boll S weevil. Eearly maturing varie ties have been planted and the cultivation has been hastened to produce a staple that would open |by the middle of July. County Agent Lewis, who is from Louis -1 iana and conversant with boll ! weevil conditions, says that no real damage need be expected before the middle of August. At ; this rate, most of the cotton in Decatur will have heen picked. (Farmers in the western portion of the county are making prepa tions to begin the latter part of this week. Ailey News. Special CorreaponrleDoe. Miss Lettie Fryer is visiting the family of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Skipper. The Misses Peterson enter tained Wednesday evening of last week at a prom party in honor of their house guests, Misses Smiley, Edwards and Tippins, of Claxton, and Brinson of Stillmore. Mr. Alex Smith, of Mcßae, is spending a few days here with relatives. Mrs. Ewell McGahee and daughter are in Alamo for a few days. Mrs. Herman Futrell, of So perton, is down for the week with her mother, Mrs. J. A. Riddle. Little Miss Cleopatra McLau rin, of Nashville, Tenn., is spend ing the summer with her aunt, Miss Jesse Peterson. Miss Erin McArthur, of Mc- Gregor, was the guest of Miss Marie Peterson last Friday. Misses Leta and Winnie Stan ford left last Friday for Soperton where they will apend the week with the Misses O’Brien. Mr. Lewis Burch of Savannah was in town a short while yester day with old friends. Mr. S. A. Sykes spent last week with relatives in Mcßae. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 20, 1916. COME CLEAR OF 11 CHARGE OF ARSON 1 Dobson and Collins Freed But Detective Was Arrested. ! i Glenwood, July 19.—The cases ■ of W. M. Dobson and D. S. Col lins, charged with the burning of the courthouse of Wheeler coun ty at Alamo, was nol prossed to day. Immediately after the cases were dismissed, D. J. McCormick, the Hazlehurst detective, was ar rested by Chief Wilson, of Ala mo, and delivered to the deputy 'sheriff of Toombs county, on! , charges of jumping a board bill at Vidalia. At the train the of ficer from Toombs county was confronted by the sheriff from Jeff Davis, who had come for him to serve out a chaingang sen tence in the latter county. Three Children Are Drowned In Alapaha. Valdosta, Ga., July 15. —Three 'children of Henry B. Phillips, of Stockton —Henry, aged 14; Eliza beth. 10, and a boy, 2, were drowned in the Alapaha river there late today, according to a message received here. Mrs. Phillips, who was with the chil dren when they waded into what they believed to be a shallow la goon made by the river’s recent overflow, narrowly escaped death. Parties have gone from Naylor and Stockton to recover . the bodies. Benjamin Pafford, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pas-1 ford, of Milltown, Ga., was also drowned in the Alapaha river near Milltown today when he dived from the railroad bridge. Donald Dorsey and Cranford Peters, his companions, were rescued by Lawton Patten. They became exhausted and couldn’t save Pafford. I LOCAL - PERSONAL § 0 I© i ®m®i®m® wmmm ® Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Williams; of Collins came up Sunday to vis it Col. Geiger, who is a brother of Mrs. Williams. Mr. Robt. Smith, of Jackson ville, Fla., is here visiting his rel-, atives and friends. Mrs. Thad Huckabee, of Syl vester, came over Sunday to visit her mother and other relatives. | Miss Alice Way, of Moultrie, Ga., is here visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Adams. Miss Way is a relative of Mrs. Adams. Col. W. C. McAllister, of Hawkinsville, stenographer of the Oconee Circuit, was a visitor to his parents here one day last week. Rev. C. E. Cook has returned from his outing at Cumberland Island. Mrs. Barron has returned to her home in Macon, aftera pleas ant visit here to her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Morrison. LADIES Earn a handsome gold Elgin watch or diamond ring for a few hours work. Write for particulars. Box 606, G., Macon, Ga. ad Judge G. J. Stanford, Mr. J. W. Morrison and Mr. W. C. Mc- Rae were among the excursionists to Atlanta yesterday. Mr. Lewis Burch, express mes senger on the Seaboard Air Line, was mingling with his friends and former associates here Tues day. Messrs. Lane and Luther Cut ler, of Cordele, visited their mother and friends here this week. DUDLEY M. HUGHES ON j CONG. CAMPAIGN COM.' Georgia Delegation Elects Him as the States’s Representative. Washington, D. C., July 17. The Georgia delegation at a meet ing held this afternoon in the of fice of Representative Adamson, j dean of the delegation, elected ! Representative Dudley M. j Hughes of the Twelfth district as the state’s representative on > the Congressional Campaign Committee. The object of this: I organization is to secure a return i of a Democratic majority to the next Congress. Grey Wolf Killed In Pierce County. Waycross, Ga., July 17.—1 n the western part of Pierce coun ty today a party of Waycross I men, headed by W. C. Denny, vice president of the First Na tional Bank, chased for five hours and killed a large gray wolf. It is the first animal of the kind seen in this section in years. Searchers are out trying to find other wolves supposed to have been in the same locality. Soldier Plays Pranks And Loses Eye. Camp Harris, Macon, Ga., July 15. Trooper Edward M. Carter, . Battery A, Chatham artillery, may lose an eye a9 the result of a friendly scuffle with a comrade, i Fred Merkle, at mess today. He was pouring ice water down Merkle’s back, when the latter jabbed his fork over his shoulder. The fork went in Carter’s eye. He was taken to the field hospital and then to Macon. Doctors say it will probably be necessary to cut his eye out. Both hoys are from Savannah. Miss Mary Sallie Henderson, after a visit to her sister, Mrs. J. E. Hunt, returned to her home in j Sandersviile Tuesday. She was accompanied by little Miss Doro ; thy and Master Edgar Hunt. Prof Bunyan Smith, President of the B -P. I , has gone to North Georgia for two or three days His family will come hack with him; and they will make their home in the Girls’ Dormitory of j the B -P. I. | Messrs Holmes and Franklin of Vidalia are nainting the dome and belfrey of the court house. On Tuesday evening, August 1, the Citizens P B I Booster Club i will meet again at the court house. The singing convention will, meet at Hack Branch on the 30th ] inst, the sth Sunday. i| | A number of the young folks enjoyed a moonlight picnic at the McMillan bridge Monday evening Mr. John A McMillan and family of Bartow are spending a! few days with the family of Mr. S. / Salter, north of Mt-Vernon ’ Mrs Katherine McAllister of I Longpond is visiting relatives in Lumber City. Her daughter. Miss Emma McAllister, is visit ing her brothers at Oeilla this ; week Miss Minnie Abt came home to spend the week end. Miss Min nie has a responsible position in Valtosta, and returned to her work there Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hester went up to Atlanta Tuesday even ing. | Hon. Dudley M. Hughes. i Hon. Dudley M. Hughes is now between the deep blue sea and the other terrible phase. Mr. Hughes is held in Washington by his duties and is needed at home to protect his own interests. At , present he is letting his own in terests go and looking after the affairs of the people.—Emanuel County Times. This is just the kind of public | servant that suits the people and ! they are going to remember him ! when the primary comes off. — j Vidalia Advance. Singing Convention at Hack Branch sth Sunday. We are authorized by Hon. D. M. Currie, president of the Mont gomery County Singing Associa- I tion, to announce that the next convention will he held at Hack Hranch on the fifth Sunday, July 30th. The leaders will prepare a splendid program, and the music will be fine. The usual social dinner, contributed by family heads attending, will be a fea ture. For a day of real pleasure, without a single detrimental fea ture, you are asked to be present. Dumas- Brunson. Miss Vivian Dumas, of Blake ly, who was visiting her aunt, Mrs. Nannie Mobley, last week, surprised her many friends here when she was married to Mr. Brunson, of Blakely, on Thurs day afternoon at two o’clock. The ceremony occurred at the home of Mrs. Mobley in the pres ence of only the intimate family, Rev. John Dumas, of Blakely, father of the bride, officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Brunson left im mediately after the ceremony for their future home at Blakely. Mrs. Brunson made many friends here while visiting and all wish the happy couple a long life of happiness. Monticello News. Winter F'ound Guilty Os Wife Murder. Reidsville, Ga., July 18. 0. J. Winter, charged with the murder of his wife, whose death occurred on May 27 last, was today found guilty by the jury that had heen considering his case since yester day afternoon. The verdict con tained a recommendation for mercy. Soon after his wife’s death Winter was suspected of poison ing her and placed under arrest, later being indicted. His trial l was begun Friday and concluded Saturday afternoon. The jury agreed upon a veidict this morn ing after which Judge W. W. Sheppard convened court to re ceive it. Winter will he sentenced Monday morning. The evidence aginst Winter was practically all ; circumstantial. The deceased la dy was before her marriage Miss | Mamie Smith, daughter of James Smith, a prominent farmer of I Evans county. Horse Tries to Outrun Train Over a Trestle. Waycross, Ga., July 17.—An unusual runaway, in which a horse tried to get over two small trestles, is reported from Beach, in the upper part of Ware coun-, ty, today. Saturday a young son of Sheriff Googe, of Bacon coun ty, was at Beach to get a load of lumber. The horse he was driv ing was frightened just as a train approached, and turning sharply from the road dashed along the railroad ahead of the train. The horse got over one of the small treHtles all right, but fell through the second. The train crew and others helped get the animal off the trestle. !nass meeting TO BOOST SCHOOL Interesting Discussions about Brewton-Parker and its Needs. In response to a call for amass meeting to devise plans for arousing interest in the Brewton- Parker Institute, a number of citizens assembled at the court house Tuesday evening. Mr. D. W. Folsom was called to preside over the meeting and Col. A. B. Hutcheson was elected secretary. Col L. C. Underwood explain ed the object of the meeting and strongly urged action by our citizens in taking up the matter of more thoroughly advertising the school and filling it with pu pils. Dr. .1 C. Brewton, the founder of the school, Prof. Bunyan Smith, the newly elected ! president, Prof. T. B Conner, Prof It K Robertson and Miss Inez Mcßae spoke from the school’s standpoint, and outlined its work and needs. The school was clearly shown to be the most valuable asset of this section, and an institution toward the conser vation and perpetuation of which wo should bend our best efforts. Col W. L Wilson, Col. L. C. Underwood, Mr I) W Folsom, Mr John C McAllister, Mr I). M Currie and others spoke from the people’s standpoint, and urged the proper advertising and i local patronage of the school. Dr. Brewton urged that the work of boosting the school be begun at once, that the fall term might be benefitted by the move ment, and suggested that an ad i vertising folder might be pre pared for immediate use, and that copy should be furnished for advertising in the county papers of the section covered by the sup porting associations. A committee consisting of A. B. Hutcheson, I) W Folsom, Miss Inez Mcßae and Prof. Bun yan Smith was appointed to ar range for the folder and adver tisements. Dr. J C Brewton gave an ac count of the financial condition of the school, and announced that he would soon take the field with the express purpose of raising funds with which to relieve the I school of indebtedness. It was unanimously agreed to | hold another meeting for further organization and outline of work ion Tuesday evening, August Ist. Ordinary of Pike County Resigns. Barnesville, July 13.—Judge J. W. Means, on account of fail ing health, has resigned the of fice of Ordinary of Pike, after ■ having filled the place for twenty years. There is a vacancy in the Board of County Commissioners and an election will probably be called to fill the two places on the same day. There will likely be several candidates for both positions. Want F'ederal Nitrate Plant at Mussels Shoals. Nashville, Tenn., July 14. —To bring about the location of the *20,000,000 federal nitrate plant at at the Mussels shoals of the Tennessee river is the purpose of a meeting in progress here today, attended by representatives of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee. Leaders of the movement hope to enlist the sen timent of the entire South in favor of the Mussels shoals site. Commercial bodies of Tennes see and Alabama have been es pecially active in promoting the Mussels shoals site, and both states have large delegations present for the meeting. NO. 12.
