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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1916)
? iKorntm. VOL. XXXI. THE RESULT OF PRIMARY ELECTION Dorsey Governor.—Barwick Representative.—Davis Sheriff. Election returns received up to our hour of going to press show that Hugh Dorsey of Atlanta swept Georgia in the governor’s race, having carried 125 counties, giving him 234 convention votes. Other accounts say that Dorsey carried 107 counties, with 258 convention votes. Gov. Nat Harris carried 37 counties, with 100 convention votes. Hardman four counties, with 10 votes. Pottle three coun ties, with 6 votes. Official re turns will doubtless not change the result, and Dorsey will be nominated on the first ballot. In the first -congressional dis trict Gen. P. W. Meldrim was de feated by J. YV. Overstreet, the latter having carried every coun ty in the district except Chatham and Mclntosh. The vote in Mc- Intosh is said to have been a tie. Gen. Meldrim carried Chatham by a majority of 1,500. The ma jority rule was adopted in this district. For governor, the vote in Mont gomery was as follows: Nat E. Harris, 660; Dorsey, 743; Hard man, 30; Pottle, 63. For state treasurer, W. J. Speer, 783; W. J. Eakes, 686. For state school commissioner, M. L Brittain, 744; A. E. Keese, 732. For commissioner of agricul- J. J. Brown, 956; J. D. Price, 527. For railroad commissioner, J. A. Perry; 694; S. G. McLendon, 761. For court of appeals, H. J. Fullbright, 724; Alex Stephens, 453; W. F. George, 659; O. H. B. Blood worth, 517; J. B. Hutcheson, 436; Roscoe Luke, 357; M. J. Yeomans, 362; other vote smaller. For congress, D. M. Hughes, 440; W. W. Larsen, 1056. For representative, J. C. Cal houn, 735; G. M. Barwick, 761. For clerk of court, M. L. O’Brien, 766; G. R. Tyler, 729. For sheriff, I. J. Davis, 828; Jas. Hester, 659. For tax receiver, J. G. Morris, 643; W. L. Snow, 867. For coroner, E. L. Hammock, 950; J. C. Collins, 538. In the race for commissioner of agriculture, it is a little signifi cant that J. J. Brown should have defeated the present incumbent, J. D. Price by 425 votes. In 1912 Price defeated Brown in Mont gomery by 695 votes; in 1914 Brown was defeated by Price 555 votes. Evidently the people of this county have developed a tremendous liking for Mr. Brown. Incomplete returns indicate that he carried Georgia in Tues day’s election. « d I S ATi SPacT 1 i A Source of I j rjissJ? You lESS ,rs ' i /^v*XV^V^J- The lonCi kuN £ Pride j And lasting satisfaction is beautiful jewelry. It becomes -! a more valuable treasure with each succeeding year. Our »j jewelry carries with it that distinctness of its quality and workmanship that always insures satisfaction to both the ]',i j wearer and the purchaser. j| Also we make a specialty repairing high grade watches '{ and jewelry. We have the largest and best equipped repair department anywhere in this section of the country. We so- i; licit your mail order work and give it our best attention and get it back to you as quickly as possible. :\ , W. E. WALKER, Jr. VI DALI A, GA. Willacoochee Bankers Indicted For Shortage. | Douglas, Ga., September 11.—j Charged with embezzlement, George F. McCronie, M. H. Mc- Cronie and Thomas R. Cox, re- ; spectively, cashier, assistant cashier and bookkeeper of the, 1 Bank of Willacoochee, have been indicted by the grand jury of ' this county. Last May, the bank of Willacoochee was forced to close its doors when a large shortage was discovered. Cox, ! ’ who had severed his connection with the bank, was suspected and [ finally arrested in New York city, ! charged with the crime. Subse- 1 quentiy, he was released on bail, j It is said that the cases will be 1 tried this week, during superior j ! court, now in session here. All J parties are prominent and the case is attracting much atten tion. Grave Damage To Pine Timber In the South J. B. BERRY, Prof. Forestry Georgia State College Os Agriculture Wherever one travels in the south j there Is noticed small groups of dead or drying pines. Often in midsum mer tho leaves turn yollow and fall, leaving the trees bare. As a rule this I damage is due to the southern pino t beetle (Dendroctonus fontalis), a small beetle about a quarter of an | inch long, which penetrates the bark j and works in the cambium layer. If enough beetles are present the treo is girdled and gradually dies. Following a summer cutting of pine is the damage especially noticed. The beetles are attracted from considera ble distances by the odor of the fresh ly cut wood and attack the surround ing trees. The cutting of even one tree in a group of pine is sufficient to | attract the beetles. Usually the work | of the beetles in standing timber is \ confined to the upper portions of the stem; on felled timber, it works on j the entire length of the trunk. Damage may be greatly reduced by ; restricting cutting of pine to the win- j ter months when both trees and bee- ', ties are in a dormant state. If cut-,' ting in the summer is unavoidable, the slashing should be destroyed by i firing. Beetles in infested timber may j be destroyed by peeling the bark and I burning it or by submerging the logs J in water and destroying the slashing. Hogs For Sale. About 200 head of good meat hogs; good condition. Will sell as a lot or smaller numbers. See 1 me at once. F. Lee Mcßae, Mt. Vernon, Ga. In the race for representative , Mr. J. C. Calhoun was defeated by Dr.{ George Barwick by 26 votes. This was a warmly con- ( tested raoe. Mr. Calhoun car- 1 ried Mt. Vernon, Kibbee, Higgs ton, Uvalda, and Alston districts. Dr. Barwick carried Soperton, < Lothair, Orland, Tarrvtown and Tiger districts. Mr. Calhoun re- ( ceived 18 votes in Soperton; Dr. Barwick received 30 votes in Mt. Vernon district. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1916. A New Postmaster For Mt. Vernon. The Mt. Vernon postoffice is now in charge of D. W. Folsom, who succeeds D. E. Mcßae, whose term has expired. Mr. Mcßae was appointed in 1912 by President Taft. Thus for the first time since the Cleveland administration Mt. Vernon is served by a Democratic appointment. Mr. Folsom is a thoroughly trained businessman, and will no doubt render satis : factory service. j Assistant Postmaster Curl of Vidalia came up a few days ago j and inducted him into the office. Mr. M. L. Stephens, recently moved to Mt. Vernon, will assist him for a short while. Miss 1 Ethleen Folsom will act as assis i tant. Walker the Jeweler And Optometrist. In this issue will be seen ads. of Mr. W. E. Walker, the Vidalia jeweler and optician. | Mr. Walker is splendidly pre | pared to serve the public in his ! line, and enjoys a large and in | creasing patronage. His line of jewelry is larger than that ordinarily carried in cities much larger than Vidalia. He is a trained optometrist, and in this line gives general satis faction, having patrons from far and near. If you need the ser vices of a man capable of fitting the eve, call on Mr. Walker at Vidalia. m Tarrytown. I Special CoiTettpondeuce. Miss Alice Anderson who has I been spending the summer | months in Glenville returned Sun ' day. Mrs. Evans, Miss Clara Mae and Alfred Hobbs of Lothair were the guests of Mrs. C. R. Crowder Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Adams of Soperton visited relatives in the city Sunday. Mr. Knight of Glenville was a visitor at the home of Mr. R. W. Anderson Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Calhoun motored to Vidalia Sunday after noon. Messrs. Arlie Jackson and Vance Calhoun and Misses Maude and Lillie Mae Joiner were visi tors to Kibbee Sunday. Mr. Jodie Horne of near Mt. Vernon was a B. Y. P. U. visitor Sunday evening. Mr. D. F. Warnock made a business trip to Rockledge one day last week. Miss Mollie Kemp spent Satur day in Mt. Vernon. Little Miss Essie Snow, who spent a few days with her friends, Misess Susie Belle and Lonie Lo gan, of Soperton, returned home Thursday. Miss lola Usry and Mr. Dixon, formerly of Wrightsville, were happily married at Soperton Sat urday afternoon, Mr. Claridee Holmes officiating. We extend congratulations to them. Another wedding of much in terest to their many friends be cause of the popularity of both was that of Miss Leila Waller and Mr. Felton Mixon, which was solemnized on Sunday afternoon at Mt. Vernon. Miss Waller was one of Tarrytown’s most accom-; plished young ladies, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Waller. Mr. Mixon, son of Mr. J. P. Mixon, is one of Tarrytown’s most prom-1 ising young men. They left im mediately for Savannah, We wish them a happy voyage on the sea of matrimony. | t Cotton Loans Urged I At 12 Cents Per Pound. i ; Fort. Worth, Texas, September 12. —Henry N. Pope, president of the Association of Farmers’ Union State Presidents, has writ ■ ten all southern congressmen j and candidates for congress and ■ the presidents of all southern state bankers’ associations ask : ing for concert of action on the l part of the financial interests and government in protecting at • 12 cents per pound, minimum loans on cotton. In discussing the plan, Mr. Pope today made » .the following statement: “The federal bank has made 6 I per cent on cotton in storage pos sible, but this legislation should i be supplemented by a minimum loan price, so as to protect the cost of production and give American commerce an effective j trade weapon. American cotton | occupies a commanding position in world trade that no other product holds. Nature has for bidden all other countries to pro duce it, and society has demand ed that the citizens of every country, race or clime wear it. It is the only exclusive staple American product on land or sea and this God-given advantage is forfeited through lack of a capa ble marketing plan. A 12-cent loaning minimum would mean a 20-cent selling minimum or it would enable the farmer to hold his own with the bears.” Her Mind Deranged, Woman Kills Self. Gainesville, Ga.. Sept. 13. Mrs. Robert Barrett, wife of a prominent farmer living a few miles out of the city, committed suicide this morning by jumping in a well and drowning herself. She was suffering from pellagra, and her mind is said to have been affected. The rescuing parties brought her to the surface, and though she was still alive, she could not be completely resusci tated. Mrs. Barrett attempted to steal away to the Chattahoo chee river last night and drown herself, but was prevented from doing so. Mrs. Barrett was a daughter of the late A. J. Odell, and is connected with several of the best families of Hall countv. Lost Papers. Lost, bundle of paners belong ing to Connecticut Fire Insurance Company, on or about Aug. 31. Finder will please return to Ashby E. Hill, Special Agent, 632 Equitable Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. About 15,000 Guardsmen Have Been Discharged. Washington, September 12. Nearly 15,000 national guards men have been discharged by the war department for various j causes since the state troops were mustered into the federal ser vice. A statement compiled to day shows that on August 31, last, 9,M0 members of the guard had been discharged for physical disability; 4,919 because of de pendent families; 146 to return to government civil positions and a number for other reasons. Os the four departments into which the guard organizations are divided, 2,916 discharges were made in the southern; 351 in the western; 595 in the central arid 10,384 in the eastern. In making the figures public, war department officials empha sized the fact that they were not intended as a criticism of the ; guard. Mr. Eugene Peterson of Vi dalia arrived Tuesday to resume his studies in The Brewton ; Parker Institute. B. Y. P. U. Notes. The Mt. Vernon B. Y. P. U. will hold a devotional service at the Baptist church this evening. Miss Ijessie Mae Rackley will con duct the service,- and the follow ing program will be observed: Prayer—Bessie Higgs. Song—No. 67. Scripture reading—E rnes t Smith. Introductory remarks—Lessie Mae Rackley. “The Meaning of Temptation” —Alma Smith. “What is the cause of our i Temptation?”—Alma Morrison. “God permits us to be Tempt ed”—Jim Cook. “There is no Harm in Being i Tempted”—Theodosia Geiger, j Song—No. TB6. “God’s Care When we are Tempted”—Miss McDonald. “To You in Doubt” —Lessie Mae Rackley. Song—No. 167. Hughes Defeated For Re-nomination. Macon, Ga., Sept. 12. —Re i turns received by the Telegraph at 11 o’clock tonight indicate that Congressman Hughes has been defeated for re-election in the Twelfth congressional district, the only congressman who is be lieved to have been defeated. Judge Larsen claims to have car ried Laurens, Montgomery, Wil cox, Toombs, Dodge, Johnson, Emanuel and Twiggs counties. Congressman Hughes’ manager at Dublin admits that Larsen is well in the lead, but will not ad mit defeat. Mistakes About Ailments Os Animals DR. W. M. BURSON, Prof. Vet. Sc., Ga. State College Os Agr. WOLF TEETH—BLIND TEETH I Occasionally horses and rnules are found to have small Hupernumeniry teeth just In front of the first molars —jaw teeth. There Is a popular su perstition that these extra teeth are i a cause of eye diseases and blindness. There is ny foundation in fact for this belief. There is nothing to it. It is ridiculous. The blood supply of the teeth is entirely distinct and sepa rate from that of the eyes. There is no direct connection between tho eyes ami teeth as far as the nerves are concerned. As a matter of fact, some horses and mules have seven molar tenth instead of the normal number of six. Tbe small "wolf toot.ti” is simply tho evidence that there was a tendency toward tho de velopment In that particular animal I of an extra number of teeth. Such extra teeth have absolutely no con nection with the occurrence of eyo diseases. Hoo * ! The horse needs three eye lids in each eye and has them. All animals not provided with fingers have this extra structure In connection willi the eye. It Is nature’s method of providing something for tho removal of foreign particles from the surface of the eye. In nervous diseases the “haw," or Ihlrd eyelid. Is seen to pro trude over the surface of the eye i jto a varying extent. In eye troubles i it is also seen to cover a considerable j portion of the eye. If your horse Is unusually nervous and exciteable, j somewhat stiff In the limbs and has I the “hooks,” you had better call your j veterinarian as the disease Is likely j “lockjaw.” Lockjaw, of course, is a very dangerous disease and unless j treatment is prompt is apt to lie far tal. Cotton in Texas. It begins to look as though the Texas farmer is really going to profit this year from the high price of cotton. With the cotton rapidly approaching the 16 cent mark, Houston is receiving from the interior some 10,000 bales a day and the banks are meeting a heavy demand for money which is going directly into the pockets of the farmers at the rate of about $75 a bale. Beside this, they are getting high prices for i cotton seed. If present marked | quotations continue those farmers who are so fortunate as to be in the good crop territory will have more money in the banks than they have ever known before. j Houston Post. THE DEATH OF 1 WM. PRITCHETT Was Formerly in Turpentine Business in Montgomery County. t Dublin, Ga., Sept. 12. —Mr. William Pritchett, a prominent ; pioneer citizen of Dublin, died at his home this morning. He had ’ been sick for more than a year, but recently he had an operation - performed in Atlanta, and it was thought at one time he would re cover. Mr. Pritchett was a native of Fayetteville, N. C. He was 63 f years old and had been in Geor gia forty years. He leaves a wife and three children. Mr. James Pritchett and Misses Ethel and ! Emily Pritchett; also two broth ers, Mr. H. E. Pritchett of Jack- J sonville, Fla., and Mr. George Pritchett of Reidsville, Ga.; and two sisters, Mrs. N. H. Quince and Mrs. H. H. Waters of Wil mington, N. C. Funeral services will be held from the residence at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning under charge . of the Knights Templar. The interment will be in the mauso ' leum at North view cemetery. ' Mr. Pritchett was a prominent i factor in the development of ! Dublin. He was at one time a large turpentine operator, built a furniture factory, cotton mill and operated a boat line on the Oconee river. _ Mr. Pritchett formerly lived in Montgomery county, and has a number of connections in the county. He was a prominent, ■ successful business man, and at i one time operated a turpentine plant at Lothair. § Damon Dots % o •0 > 0' Proceedings ol Weekly Meeting at lircwtoii Parker Institute. Ml. Vernon Lss W 0; ’Pi&mmmm ©bm©m<& :©) The Damon Litery Society held its first meeting in the Freshman room Saturday afternoon last. Mr. Max McGregor gave us a fine welcome address and Miss Black delivered a very interesting read ing. It being our first meeting this term caused the program to be short. We elected new offi cers and enrolled several new members. The prospects for a successful year for the Damons are very bright. Hurrah for the Damons. -L. M. R. Millinery Openings In Montgomery. The fall season having opened, several Montgomery county mil liners have had or announced openings. On the 21st, and 22d Mrs. W. R. Phillips of Uvalda will have on display the new styles, and she has incited the ladies to call. On yesterday Miss Mamie Higgs placed before the public a new and fine line of fall millinery arid trimmings. She has a good trade. New Road Notice. Georgia—Montgomery County. Office of Commissioner of Knuds <fe Revenues, Montgomery County, Sept f>, 191(5. 11. V. Thompson, B. R. Snooks, J. M IJ. McGregor and others having made application for the opening anil establishing of a new public road, commencing at a point on the Old Shell Road lead ing from Mt. Vernon to Alston near J. M, I). McGregor’s barn extending in a southwesterly di rection through the lands of J. M. I). McGregor, lands of the egtate of T. J. Thompson, deceased, and Mrs. A. L. Lanier and intersect ing the Mt. Vernon and Uvalda highway at the corner of Mrs. A. h. Lanier’s fence, and being about seven eights of a mile in length, and the reviewers appointed to lay out and survey said road hav ing filed their return, notice is hereby given that said proposed road will be granted on the seven teenth (17th) day of Oct., 1916, if no good cause lie shown to the contrary. Elijah Miller, Chm. William Jones, Clerk. NO. 20.
