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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1917)
VOL. XXXII. PRESIDENT ASKS ■ CONTROL FOOD Administration Measures Do not Fix Price.—Avoid Speculation. Special Service to Monitor. Washington.—The administration’s food control legislation has been in troduced in both houses of congress. In the house Chairman never of the agriculture committee, offered a bill to give the agricultural department di rect supervision of food production and deliberation. The program was put before the senate .in a resolution by Senator Gore, chairman of the senate committee. The measures proposed do not cover price-fixing or control of grain enter ing into the manufacture of liquor. Twenty-live million dollars is asked for the agriculture department’s use in administering the program. The legislation calls for an immediate sur vey of the country’s food resources and confers power on the department to prevent -speculation and price man ipulation. It would provide for equita ble distribution and would suspend the law prohibiting the mixing of flour. It would establish anti enforce standards for agricultural products and for fer tilizers. Under the measures asked the secre tary of agriculture could, if the gov ernment thought it necessary, license or operate any business of manufac ture, storage or distribution of food, food materials or seed. He could , compel concerns so licensed to loose hoarded stocks of food, to refrain from . unjust or discriminatory practices or charges and could force them to exact j fair prices only. The federal trade commission, di- j rected by President Wilson to investi gate with the agriculture department the causes of high food prices started its inquiry May 1 with a hearing at which representatives of state food commissions told of food conditions throughout the country. Laymen’s Meeting Presbyterian Church. | At the Mt. Vernon Presby-! terian church Sunday morning, j 11 o’clock, there will be held a j service conducted by laymen, in : which a number of ladies and 1 some of the young folks will par ticipate. The pastor, Rev. D. A. 1 McNeill, is absent in Savannah,; where he is conducting a revival j meeting, and this service, while 1 somewhat out of the usual, will be held by the members. The special service begins im mediately after -the Sabbath school hour, and the public is cordially invited to attend. The following program will be ob served\ Song—“ Glory be to the Father” No. 303. Song—“ Come, Thou Almighty King.” No. 239. Prayer—“ The Lord’s Prayer.” By congregation. Scripture Reading—W. C. Mc- Rae Song—“ God is Wisdom”—Junior Choir. A sermon to Children—Read by Henry Mcßae. Song—“o How I Love Him” — Senior Choir. Address—J. A. Stacy. Sentence Prayers —Congregation. Echoes from the Christian En deavor Convention—Miss Urania Mcßae. Song—“ Stand up for Jesus.” No. 227. A paper- “The Field and Faith of a Christian Woman.”—Mcs. D. A. Mcßae. Talk-H. B. Folsom. Address—“ Our Attitute Toward our new Officers—W. C. Mcßae. Song— Doxology—Congregation. National Prohibition as a War Measure. Washington, D. C., April 30. — A group of political leaders call ing themselves “liberals” met here today to promote r.ationa! prohibition as a war measure. They did not see President Wilson as planned, but sent him a memorial urging prohibition both to save food supplies and to encourage military efficiency. Those present today were Mat thew' Hale, chairman of the Pro gressive national committee; Gov. Nat E. Harris of Georgia; Allen W. Benson, Socialist candi date for president last year; Vir gin P. Hinshaw, prohibition national chairman, and Thomas B. Felder, Atlanta lawyer. Stye itonfcjmnmj iTO^nttat. i Hack Branch News. j Special Correspondence We hope that all cotton will be I chopped this and those who j are out of school will be back I next week. Rev. D. A. McNeill filled his i regular appointment here Sun ! day, with a good attendance. Miss Estelle Stille visited Miss Alma Gibbs Sunday. The Misses Knight and Peter son of Sadie attended church at Hack Branch Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Mcßride and daughters, accompanied by Mr. John Hughes, visited Gov. ! Troup’s monument Sunday. Messrs. Gibbs and McDougald ' attended the singing convention ; at Rosemont Sunday. : Mrs. Hogan of Dexter visited j her sister, Mrs. Julia Gibbs, Sun day. Miss Lorene Hughes and broth er, accompanied by Mrs. Amanda j Gibbs, visited Alston Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Hughes, ! Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Morris visited Lyons Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Mary Hughes left Tues day last for Picayune, Miss., where she will visit her daugh ter, Mrs. Morgan Hughes. Dies From Hydrophobia. Newington, Ga., April 30. — i After seven months, during j which time he showed no symp ; toms of hydrophobia, Robert E. j Morgan, 15-year-old son of R. B. 1 Morgat), a prominent farmer of this place, has succumbed to what physicians declare to have been hydrophobia at a Savannah hospital. The hoy was bitten by a dog on \ his father’s farm seven months ago. The dog, though not sus pected of suffering from rabies, was killed. Saturday morning of last week the boy became ill and doctors were summoned. Treatment was of no avail and the boy was rush ed to the hospital in Savannah. He died within six hours after his arrival. LIFE OF PRESIDENT WAS THREATENED Death of the Plotter Reveals' Plan to Kill Prominent Americans. Trenton, N. J., April 30.—As sassination plots against Presi dent Wilsbn, Theodore Roosevelt, j William H. Taft and Senator Tom Taggart, of Indiana, are be lieved to have been revealed to day through the death of Charles ; ,G. Mueller, Indianapolis archi tect, who dropped dead of heart | disease last night in a hotel lob by here. I Coroner Bray and United State.s Marshall Snowden found in Mueller’s pocket a note book in which was memoranda stating that Wilson, Roosevelt and the others were “picked” for death. A loaded revolver was discov : ered in Mueller’s hip pocket. Two double-barreled guns in cases were found in his trunk. The assassination memoranda was in pencil. It had no details |of how the murders were to be ; committed or who was to attack. Officials first stated they be lieved Mueller must have been in sane. Search of his effects re sulted in discovery of numerous i books and architect’s blue-prints. It was declared by officials that no drawings of public buildings or other important structures which ; might have been designated for i destruction were found. A paper found in the truck re ferred to Frederick Mueller, an Indianapolis druggist, who is be ! lieved to be the dead man’s son. Honor Roll of \ McGregor School. Amoret Conner, Kathleen Con ner, Martin Morris, Foy Mitchell, R. D. O’Neal, Bessie Morris, Henry McArthur, Ophelia Mor ris, W. T. O’Neal, Sarah McAr thur, Needie B. Morris, Leona McSwain, Eddie Morris, Theo dore Mitchell. Soldier Takes Life. Savannah, Ga., April 30. Walker Morris, a private in com pany M, First regiment national guard of Georgia, committed suicide at Monteith, Ga., today. He shot himself through the heart with his rifle. His home was in Sylvania, Ga. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAY 3. 1917. BRITISH COMMISSION IN WASHINGTON Arrival of the British war council commission at the residence in Wash ington provided for its occupancy, and A. J. Balfour and Secretary Lansing photographed at the Union station as the commission arrived. Food Conference at Court House Monday An American conception of patriotism demands more of us than sending our young men to the front to uphold the tenets of true democracy; it lays on us the responsibility of furnishing our quoto of food for our young men and also for the armies of the other na tions which are fighting for the same principles of liberty for which we have taken up arms. Millions of women and children in Europe are hungry, because there is not enough food to go around. Already numbers of poor people in this country are beginning to feel the pinch of want. Un less a supreme effort is made, now, to double our food production, we will fail not only in our duty to our country but also in a plain Christian duty. If the South should fail in this it will become a burden to the rest of the country, because food will have to be diverted to us that was intended for the army and for the hungry people of Europe, and furthermore cars and trains that can not easily be spared will be needed to move the food to us. Once brought to a realization of this dire need the farmers of Georgia will not fail in their plain duty. They never have, in the past, and must not now. In order that Montgomery county may do her share, and all of the people be made acquainted with the situation, a conference will be held at the Court, House in Mt. Vernon on next Monday, the 7th, noon hour of court. Will you not do your ‘bit,’ by attending this conference and urging your friends and neighbors to come? An organized effort will be undertaken to meet the require ments of the situation intelligently by providing the necessary seeds and fertilizers and assuring ready and convenient means of prepar ing and marketing the surplus products. If the ministers, school teachers and others in a position to do so will lend their best efforts to presenting this question to their congregations and schools a great and patriotic service will be ren dered. At the meeting next Monday a representative of the State Col lege of Agriculture and the U. S. Department of Agriculture will be on hand to offer practical suggestions about the planting, hand ling, harvesting and storing of staple crops that are needed to re lieve the critical situation. Attend the meeting. An Aged Couple Travel in Auto. Mr, and Mrs. R. S. Davis of Charlotte stopped over in Mt. Vernon a short while Monday morning en route home from a visit to Candler county, where they had spent some time. Mr. Davis, while far above seventy years, is hale and hearty, and has no difficulty in managing his car, driving with all the ease of a young man. They appeared a happy couple, despite the fifty three years since they had taken their first journey as husband and wife. After transacting some busi ness here, they left for the home of their son, Mr. J. M. Davis, at Charlotte. They are yet in ac tive life and bid fair to enjoy many more summers. Memorial Day Exercises at Brewton-Parker. Memorial Day was observed by the public school department of The Brewton-Parker Institute last Thursday afternoon with ap propriate exercises by the several grades of that department. In addition to the song service, talks were made by Dr. J. C. Brewton and Rev. D. A. Mc- Neill. The patriotic address was ably delivered by Col. Fred M. Harris. His talk was inspiring, and won splendid applause. The program was pleasing, and was witnessed by a large number of , visitors. Will Soon Move Telephone Exchange. The Mt. Vernon Telephone Co. is arranging to move its exchange to the Palmer house south of the court house square. This dwelling will again be oc- ! cupied by the family of Mr. I). E. Mcßae, and Misses Sidney and Maggie Morris will continue in charge of the exchange. For several years these young ladies have rendered most excel lent service, and the removal of the exchange to the dwelling will be more agreeable for them. Their attention has been studi ously applied to business, and the service of the system has been greatly facilitated by their constant, courteous care. To West Point. Mr. Ray Coursey of Toombs county visited friends here Mon day. He is an appointee to West Point Military Academy, and will report for duty June 14. Mr. Coursey is a graduate of The Brewton-Parker, and is highly esteemed by a broad circle of friends in this section. A young man of pleasing address and lib eral attainment, he had no diffi culty in passing the examination. Success to him. Tarry town. Special Correspondence. Mrs. D. E. Holliman, who has been spending several weeks in Florida, returned Monday. Mr. Crosby Williams of Soper ton was a pleasant visitor in town Sunday. Mr. B. S. Beatty made a busi ness trip to Vidalia Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Barwick of Vi salia spent Sunday afternoon in the city. Mr. Paul Calhoun of the 8.-P. I. spent the week end with rela tives here. Mr. E. L. Gillis and daughters, Bertie, Janette and Ruby, were the spend-the-day guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dickens Sunday. Mr. Carl Adams of near Mt. Vernon visited friends here Sun day afternoon. Mr. Bill Currie and Misses lola Hartley, Sallie Mae Gibson and lola Hawkins attended the me morial services at Soperton last Thursday. Miss Mary Lee Hall of Popular Head was the week-end guest of Miss Mollie Kemp. ✓ . Mr. and Mrs. Usry of Glascock county are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Beckworth. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Holliman, Miss Mabell Burns and Mr. Paul Fowler motored to Mt. Vernon Monday afternoon. Prof. B. H. McLarty of Soper tQn was shaking hands with friends in town Saturday. Tax Assessors. The Board of Tux Assessors convened Monday for their an nual adjustment of taxes. They will doubtless be in session for several weeks. The Board is composed of E. .J. Wells, chairman, J. A. Beck worth, J. E. Tharpe, S. B. Mor ris, clerk. Mr. Wyatt Taylor of South Car olina, an officer of the Christian Endeavor, addressed the local society at the Presbyterian church Monday evening. AMERICAN VESSEL IS SUNK BY GERMAN Lieutenant and Nine Gun ners Sent Down Victims * of U-Boat. Special Service to Monitor. London. —’The American oil tank steamer Vacuum has been sunk. The captain and part of her crew and the naval lieutenant and nine American na val gunners are missing. The Vacuum was sunk by a German submarine while she was on the way to the United States. The chief male and seventeen men, including three of the American navy gunners have been landed. A boat containing the master of the ship and the remainder of the crew, together with the lieutenant and nine [ naval gunners, Is missing. The details of the sinking of the Vacuum are not yet available here, $150,000,000 Loan Going To Belgium Washington.—ln addition to loans to Fiance and Italy totaling between two hundred million and three hundred million dollars, the United States will soon make a loan to Belgium, the amount of which is yet to he do er mlned. Unofficial estimates of the size of the Belgian loan place it at approximately $150,000,000. Applica tion for a Belgian loan was made v. hen the Belgian minister, Baron de Cariier, called upon Secretary McAdoo and placed before hi nitenta ive esti mates as to the relief desired. French War Mission To, Tour U. 8. Washington.- The state department announces that the French war mis sion will ieave Washington to visit Chicago and later will go to Kansas City St. I»uis, Springfield, 111.; Phil adelphia, New York and Boston. The members of the mission, including Rene Viviani, its head; Marshal Jof fre, the hero of the Marne, will travel on a special train as the guests of the government. The itinerary was determined upon after hundreds of in vitations had been received by the mis sion from all sections of the Union. SUPERIOR COURT MONDAY ONLY Farmers Allowed The Time to Devote to Farming Operations. Communication from Judge E. D. Graham is to the effect that the May term of Montgomery superior court will be adjourned over until a future date. However, The Monitor is au thorized to announce that a one day’s session will be held Mon day for the disposition of such cases as are not contested, and to this end the traverse jury is called to attend. The grand jury will not be called. This consideration on the part of Judge Graham is very com mendable, and will be appreciated by the farmers. This will allow full time on the farm. Crop con ditions are none too favorable, as it is, hence the petition asking for relief at this time. The date on which the court will later he convened will be an- I nounced in the next issue of The Montgomery Monitor. The civil calendar, which is published in this issue, will doubtless be ob served at the adjourned term. Death of Mr. A. M. N. Peterson Friday. In the death of Mr. A. M. N. Peterson, Montgomery county loses one of its best known and most respected citizens. Death came to him Friday morning, April 27th, at the home of his step-son, Mr. J. C. Carpenter, near McGregor. Late Thursday night Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter were attracted to him by his calls. He complained of pains in his shoulders, and after receiving their ministrations, he lay down, and at 1 o’clock he passed silent ly away, without a murmur or the slightest struggle. Mr. Peterson recently celebrat ed his eighty-fourth birthday. For some years he has been de clining, and especially has this been noticed since the recent death of his companion. His wife was Mrs. J. C. Carpenter, who, before her first marriage, was Miss Hughes, sister of Capt. M. I), and Mr. Arch Hughes of Mt. Vernon. Mr. Peterson was the father of one son, William, who died twelve years ago, but is survived by his step-children, Messrs. J. C. and F. B. Caroen ter and Mrs. J. W. Sharpe, Jr. His death removes the last of a well known family. He was a veteran of the late war, having enlisted in 1860 in Company H, 47th Georgia, infantry. Remains were laid to rest Saturday in the Sharpe cemetery, witnessed by a large circle of friends and rela tives. The service was conduct ed by his pastor, Rev. D. A. Mc- Neili, he having been a member of the Vidalia Presbyterian church. Mr. Peterson was a gentleman of quiet manners, and was be loved by a large number of friends who will regret his going away. Peace to him. Mrs. John Truett Died Yesterday Morning. After an illness lasting about twelve months, Mrs. John Truett died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Currie, at an early hour yesterday morning. For several months her life has been despaired of, and death came as a relief from much suf fering. She and Mr. Truett were mar ried several years ago, and three little children are left without a mother, and a devoted husband is left alone. Remains were carried to Beu lah Church, in Wheeler county, for interment, near her girlhood home. The services were held late yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a number of friends and relatives. The family his the sympathy of a large circle of friends in their loss. NO. 1.
