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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1917)
JErnttnomm* lEomta * VOL. XXXII. WILL MEASURE ! FOOD OF NATION i Nation Will Gather Accurate Account of its Entire Resources. Special Service to Monitor. Washington.—The administration’s food survey bill, first of the food con trol measures, was passed by the house without a record vote. It appropriates $14,770,000 for an immediate investi gation of the country’s food resources : and for measures to stimulate produc- ; tion. A similar bill is under debate • In the senate. The agriculture department expects to present a fairly accurate estimate of i food resources within three weeks as- ! ter the bill is signed by the president, Secretary Houston says. As soon as the measure becomes law, the depart ment will start its 17,000 employees and the 150,000 voluntary crop report ers to work on the investigation. The j preliminary report to be made within i the three weeks will be supplemented with monthly reports and probably by a further complete report within six months if necessary. Material gathered will be turned over to Herbert C. Hoover, who will be named to head a food administration as soon as the pending regulatory food measure becomes law. The survey bill passed virtually as it came from the committee. Miss Ran kin, the woman representative from Montana, inserted an amendment which requires the department of agri culture to use women in the survey work whenever practicable. An amend ment by Representative McKenzie of Illinois would make all persons em ployed under the bill liable to mili- | tary service and another would per- j mit citizens to refuse to go more than three hundred miles from their homes or places of business to testify in a food inquiry. As originally drawn the bill carried more than eighteen mill dollars, but the changes in committee reduces the total somewhat. These are the prin cipal amounts appropriated: For seeds, $5,778,000; education for Increasing production by waste elimi nation and conservation, $4,348,000 ; general survey, $2,522,000; eradication of live stock diseases and live stock improvement work, $885,000; miscella neous items, $547,000, and eradication of plant diseases and insects, $441,- 000. ___ Orianna High School. Special Correspondence Our school closed at Orianna, May 18th with a nice picnic and a very large crowd, something like two or three hundred people being present. Our teachers have all returned to their respec tive homes with sad hearts, leav ing several close friends in this community. We had a very nice speech delivered by Mr. S. A. Scott of Adrian. The school closed with three primary teach ers, Misses Sadie Gibbs, Lizzie Mosley and Maud Stephens, who thanked the ladies of this com munity for the nice dinner pre pared for them, being enough for three such crowds as we had. These are three as good teachers as ever taught at Orianna. Jack. Liquor Makers Will Help the Goyernment. Washington, May 26. —Believ- ing nation-wide prohibition to be inevitable, whisky manufacturers already have practically ceased manufacturing their product. They are preparing to divert their plants to the manufacture of commercial alcohol for the uses of the army. This was the start ling statement made this after noon by W. L. Wolford, presi dent of the American Association of Coop rage Interests, before the Intersta e Commerce Com mission. Baptist to Raise 520,000. The Baptist Sunday Schools of Georgia, on the first Sunday in June, will endeavor to raise $20,- 000, for the Georgia Baptist Hospital. This sum will be nec essary to make possible the large amount of charity work, which the Hospital is being called upon to do. Longpond Dots. ! Special Correspondence. Mr. Charles Peterson and mother and Mrs. Fuqua of Ailey i visited at the home of Mr. C. C. McAllister, Sr., last week. Mr. W. F. McAllister is in At lanta this week. Mr. Henry Johnson and moth er and Misses Mary Lou and Lol lie Downie attended the Birth of ■ a Nation at Vidalia last week. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. McArthur were visitors in Vidalia Friday. Mrs. F. D. Carpenter has re turned from a visit to relatives near Baxley. Miss Dollie Wells is with home folks, after teaching at Cobb town. ! Mr. Carl McAllister and sister, Miss Emma, and Mr. E. C. Mc- Allister attended the Birth of a Nation in Vidalia Thursday. We regret to note the serious illness of Hon. C. C. McAllister. We wish for him a speedy re covery. Little Misses Carrie Mae and Eula Lee Peterson of Vidalia are visiting their grand mother, Mrs. J. W. McArthur. A STRANGE ACCIDENT TO A SMALL BOY i Fell Over Twenty Feet on Oak Table and is Not Injured. While playing with several other boys in the third story of the court house Monday after-1 noon, C. C. Daniel broke through the steel ceiling of the court room and fell to the floor, a dis tance of more than twenty feet. It appears almost a miracle that the lad was not killed, having struck an oak table in the bar as he fell, and this piece of furni ture was practically demolished. After his sudden flight (and he agrees, a sudden landing) the boy ran down stairs and informed • parties on the lower floor of the accident. Dr. Hunt immediately examined his body, and found • few scratches—but a badly frightened kid. Despite the efforts of the keep i er of the building, boys gain ad : mission to the upper stories and commit various forms of mis- I chief. The above occasion seems ■ to have been a sparrow and bat : chase. How the boy escaped i with his life is the marvel of all ■ who have examined the location, - circumstances, etc. The actual • damage was slight. Moral: Boys, keep out of the ; court house, particularly the sec ond and third stories, whether or not sparrows and bats are there. Do not go near enough to the clock to hear it tick, and only look at it from the outside—or . guess at the time. Let this ac cident serve as a warning against ' further depredations—and this, ; in a measure, applies to some of i the older ones. The court house | has been desecrated ever since it was built. (• f Baseball Game at J Vidalia Tomorrow. The Vidalia ball team will open the baseball season at Vidalia , tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, , when they meet the fast team _! representing the Second Georgia j Regiment. The Soldier boys will ’present an unusually strong line up and the game is expected to be a fast and scrappy one. The f game will be called promptly at i 3:30. Admission 25c. Velvet Beans. e Hundred Day Velvet Beans at i $1.50 per bushel. At mill of I I C. A. Mason, Mt. Vernon, Ga. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAY 31, 1917. SENDING WILSON’S MESSAGE TO GERMANS C XV \\ Wf 1 j Iff 1 m M mlf p. i mil! H# I The French translated President Wilson’s war message into Herman, at tached printed copies to small balloons and thus sent them across to the dor man troops. Plans are Complete For National Registration, June 5. Plans for national registration, as provided by a recent act of congress, are fully made and everything is in readiness for the day of registration, TUESDAY, JUNE FIFTH. Gov. Harris has issued a proclamation, calling on the people of Georgia to make the day one long to be remembered in this state. The day will, in away, be made a holiday, and every patriotic movement will be given full sway. Those who are eligible to reg ister (21 to 31) should be given every encouragement possible. This applies to both white and colored, and married and single. Ere this every man in the county should be familiar with the requirements, as have been given in the newspapers and through special instructions issued from the national departments. Possible exemptions are not to be passed on by the board of registrars, and should in no way effect the registration of those within the age limit. Exemption will be passed on by boards to be appointed later, and the dfaft will be made in accordance with the findings of that board. Whether you comtemplate exemption, for whatever cause, this is not to interfere with registration. Having given a summary of the plan, purpose, etc., in last issue, further reference to the plan is unnecessary. Registrars at the several precincts have been supplied with the necessary, cards, blanks, etc., and the questions will be put to the applicant in an in telligent and pleasant manner by men well chosen for the work. Protracted Services at Methodist Church. Protracted services begin at the Methodist church Monday evening, 4th inst. The pastor, Rev. J. N. Hudson, will be as ssted by Rev. J. P. Dell of Uriadilla and the presiding elder, Rev. L. W. Colson, of Mcßae. Services will continue through out the week, and possibly long er. The public is earnestly in vited to attend. There is no reason why Mt. Vernon should not experience such a revival as it never has. The time seems ripe for it, and certainly the de mand for Christian men and wo men was never greater. This is not a plan to simply increase the membership of the Methodist church: it is a plan by which men will be directed to God—of what ever faith or inclination. Creeds and forms come second. The salvation of men is the all-im portant subject. The three churches of Mt. Ver non have always worked together very harmoniously, and it is hoped that the approaching meet ing will be no exception to the rule. Let the union he made stronger, that the cause will be greatly aided. Mrs. Alice Hick.s is recovering from a week’s illness. Economy Contest for Maxwell Automobiles. (Telegram.) Detroit, Mich., May 29, 1917. Mcßae & Hicks, Mt. Vernon, Ga. This authorizes you to tell the following important news story to your local newspaper. Another great Maxwell economy contest. Fifty thousand dollars in U. S. Liberty Bonds will be given away by the Maxwell motor Co. as prizes in a nation-wide Maxwell ! owners one gallon gasoline ecori iomy competition, June 16th lo 25th, similar in scope to the great dealers contest of May 23d. Jn i spired by the tremendous success ! of that, $25,000 in Liberty Bonds ! will go to private owners and | $25,000 in Liberty Bonds to Maxwell dealers throughout the nation for conducting Maxwell owners contest. Local Maxwell owners have as good chance as any to win Liberty Bonds. The i contest is open to women drivers as well as men. Contest details will be published in a few days. Walter E. Flanders, Pres. & Gen. Mgr., Maxwell Motor Co. The official members of theMt i Vernon Presbyterian church met in joint session Monday evening, and plans were entered into for the erection of a new church. Committees were appointed for j the various departments of the work, which is to begin at an early date. Committee will se ; lect the new site this week. Tarrytown. Special correspondence. Mrs. Frankie Armour of Mi ami, Fla., is the guest of her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cal houn. Mr. and Mrs. DeLoach Dixon of near Wrightsville are visiting Mrs. D. P. Usry this week. Miss Gladys Calhoun spent the week-end with relatives in So perton. Messrs. M. FI. Burns and D. F. Warnock were business visitors to Swainsboro and other points Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Waller and family spent Sunday very pleas antly with relatives in Norman . town. Mr. George Clark is very ill of measles this week. Mr. and Mrs. Watson of Dub lin are pleasant visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Mc- Gahee. Misses Betsy McAfee of Har rison and F’lossie Chivers of So perton spent a short while with Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Burns Sun day afternoon. Miss Ola Hawkins returned to her home near Agricola Satur day, after teaching for some time here. Mr. Stealey Calhoun of Ham let, N. C., spent last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Calhoun. A large number of our people i attended the Birth of a Nation in Vidalia last week. LABOR DEMANDS MAY YET REIN RUSSIA Demands of Labor Outweigh Strength of the New Government. Special rviee to Monitor. Petrograd. -The industrial crisis In Russia is so acute that, according to a recent utterance of the minister of finance, M. Shingaroff, only a miracle can save the country from economic ruin. The demands of the working men are so enormous, he declares, it seems impossible to keep the industrial wheels going for any great length of time. The Socialist ministers at a recent ministerial council said the only pos sibility they saw of settling the dif ficulty was to bring the war to a close. Neither the coalition cabinet nor the newly appointed commission to regu late the difficulties between capital and labor has yet found away to set tle the industrial crisis. The commis sion is composed of the ministers of finance, trade and industrty and labor, but since there Is a wide divergence of views between the minister of fi nance and the new Socialistic minis ter of labor It seems probable that, this commission will be confronted with the same difficulties that attended the previous efforts at reconciliation. An investigation of the factory con ditlons In Petrograd leads to the alarming but Inevitable conclusion that unless the government soon findH a means of adjusting the present dif ficulties most of the industrial enter prises working for national defense will be compelled to close Arrested For Opposing Conscription , Roanoke, Va. —According te infor mation, William Velon McCoy and his partner, "(lon.’’ J. W. Phipps, who were arrested at St. Paul, in the mouri -1! tains of southwest Virginia, and 1 [ brought here, are charged by govern |ment agents with attempting to organ -1 i ize mountaineers To resist the draft | j act. Information in possession of | j government officials show McCoy and j : Phipps had about three hundred fol ! lowers. Government officials allege that the band planned to raid St. Paul, : kill revenue agents and landowners l ! 100,000 Americans For Fighting Front London. —An official statement is sued here says that counting the Americans serving in the British and French armies and the additional units ordered to France, there will be 100,000 Americans In France shortly. ; The statement says 3,500 war air planes will be constructed, and 6,000 aviators trained in the United States this year. The official statement was i Issued by tin* British war office with ’ the object of showing America’s com \ ! plfcte participation in the war. \ Mrs. I). J. Mcßae of Mcßae is visiting relatives here this week. MEN IN SERVICE NOT REGISTER President Wilson Explains Certain Sections of Draft Law. Washington, May 28. —Mem- bers of any duly organized and reorganized force, military or na val, subject under the laws of the United States to be called, or dered or drafted in the military or naval service, are not required to register June 5 under the se lective service act. In telegrams to governors of all states today Provost Marshal General Crowd er said: “The president holds that the selective service act of May 18, and proclamation and registra tion regulations of same date, do not require registration of mem bers of any duly organized and reorganized force, military or naval, subject under laws of the United States to be called, order ed, or drafted in the military or naval service of the United States: and in order that this con struction may be made plain he directs that Sections 4 and 61 of registration regulations of May 18 tie constructed as follows: “The only exceptions are per sons in the military or naval ser vice of the United States, which includes all officers and enlisted men of the regular army, the regular army reserve, the offi cers’ reserve corps, the enlisted reserve corps, the national guard and national guard reserve, re cognized by the militia bureau of the war department, the navy, the marine corps, the coast guard, the militia, the naval re serve force, the marine corps re serve, and the national naval volunteers, recognized by the navy department.” Illustrated Lecture. On the evening of June 6th, Rev. Daniel A. McNeill will de liver an illustrated lecture in the City Hall setting forth the work and aim of the American Bible Society. The special object in giving the lecture at this time is to give the people of Vidalia an opportunity to help furnish our soldiers with Bibles. Mr. Davis, mayor Thompson and leaders in the churches offer to heartily co operate and as only a slight ex pense will be attached it is hoped that we will be loyal in sending the Word as well as our young mi n to the front. Details will be given in next week’s edition.—Vidalia Ad dance. S. S. Program for Sunday. The following special program will be observed by the Presby terian Sunday school Sunday morning. Exercises begin at .9:45 a. m., and the public invited to attend. America, No. 263 — School. | Psalm 95, reading—School. He included me, No. 64—School. Life of Peter —LeConte Adams. Be a hero—Junior choir. A thought of Him —School. Lesson story Miss Viola Mc- Lemore. Into the woods—Elizabeth Mc | Rae. Ashamed of Jesus—Choir. The lesson—John 18:1-18. Collection for missions. Where He leads —School. Georgia Lad, Held as Spy, Dies by Poison. Nashville, Ca., May 26. Win dom Tracey Richardson, arrested a few days ago at Elizabethton, Tenn., as a spy suspect, died here yesterday from the effects of an overdose of potash. His brother brought him home, and he seemed to be demented. Soon after he arrived he drank a large quantity of potash. NO. 5.
