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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1917)
L O CALS. Miss Juanita Rodiguez is visit ing her cousin, Miss Georgia Belle Smiley at The Brewton- Parker Institute. Miss Rodriguez has been spending the summer ■with relatives in Claxton. Her home is in Cuba. She is a most charming type of Castilian line age. through her father and has many prominent connections in Georgia. CAR FOR SALE. —One Ford touring car; 1917 model. Address Box 117, Mt. Vernon, Ga. While attending the teachers institute here last week, Misses Lizzie Howard and Annie Lee Howard were the guests of friends in Mt. Vernon. Mr. G. V. Mason, the furni ture man, has just received two carloads of new and tasty furni ture. See him. ad. FLAVORING. —I have a full line of Flavoring. The best and cheapest; guaranteed. W. J. Stephens, the Jeweler, Mt. Ver non, Ga. Mrs. Camille Bass of Atlanta is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Adams. Texas Rust Proof Seed oats, $1.36 per bushel, and Georgia Seed Rye for sale by M. E. Fountain, Mt. Vernon, Ga. Seed Oats. Fulghum variety; clean and free from obnoxious weed seed. See or write at once W. G. Williamson, 920tf Alston, Ga. Lost Raincoat. I/>ng rubberized raincoat; be tween Ailey and Tarry town; small bottle linament in one pock et; suitable reward for return;; leave at Monitor oflice or send to Fked Andrews, Tarry town. Farm Wanted. I want to lease a 2 or 3-horse farm near school and church. Must be good land. For three or live years. Address at once, E. J. Eight, Tarrytown, Ga. No. 1. Seed Oats for Sale. 1 have for sale 300 bushels best Appier Seed Oats. Get them now, Price right. See 10254. L. C. Mcßae, Mt. Vernon. Emmett R. Shaw OF FORT GAINES jj Candidate for the United States Senate jj 11 to succeed Thomas W. Hardwick, will j: address the voters of Montgomery j i county, at the court house, at noon, on | Wednesday, November 7th ij Mr. Slmw is the only candidate from jj South (Georgia. He lms agreed to meet ij Hardwick, the incumbent, or Win. J. ij ;i Harris, the daily newspaper candidate, ij jj in each district for debate. He has ij ji served the people. He will deal with ij i his own record; also the records of his <i opponents. He will speak on war and j! conscription. He has never dodged an ij :j issue and won’t do it in this campaign, j ji He entered the race against the powers jj jj that he, without financial assistance, and jj depends entirely upon the independent ji i voter. He is entitled to a hearing and ji jj to each voter’s consideration, and he ji asks no more. (adv.) jj Damons Entertained for the Pythians. Quite an enjoyable affair was 1 the reception given Monday even ing by the Damon Literary So : ciety, in honor of the faculty of Brewton-Parker Institute and the Pythian Literary Society. This charming event took place in the dining hall, which was most picturesquely decorated to suggest the Hallowe'en feature, festoons of moss and branches of autumn leaves rendering the ef fect most artistic. Huge pumpkin head jack o'lanterns grinned from the al coves and chandeliers, while a harvest moon shown realistically from behind an arrangement of autumn leaves and moss. Black cats pranced on the walls, and witches rode their brooksticks in every direction. Another feature which added to the ghostlike nature of the oc casion was the continual screech ing of two owls, in the almost semi-darkness. As a funeral dirge was stuck up on the piano, the white clad guests formed in line for a funeral march, headed by six pall bearers who appeared bearing an imitation corpse, and loudly lamenting. Various con tests were indulged in, after which the guests unmasked, and were served with crackers and peppermint candy. District Endeavors to Meet Here Monday. The district convention of the Christian Endeavor meets in Mt. Vernon Monday for a one day's session. Services will be held at the Presbyterian church through out the day. A number of delegates are looked for. Prominent among the visitors will be Mr. Wyatt 1 Taylor, field secretary, one of the best known workers in the En deavor. The public is invited to attend all services-9;15 a. m. and 2:16 and 7:30 p. m. Fresh groceries cost no more than stale goods. We carry noth ing but the best and most relia ble in the grocery and fruit line. Fresh vegetables at all times. Mason Grocery Co., Ailey. ad Bancroft Seed Oats. Fall grown and in perfect con dition; rustproof. $2.00 per bu. J. T. Brack, 920tf Mt. Vernon, Ga. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1917. Southern Negroes Are Returning Home. Albany, Ga., Oct. 30.—Two powerful influences appear to te drawing back to this part of Georgia hundreds of the negroes who left during the spring and early summer to seek their for tunes in northern and middle wes tern states. One is the approach of winter, and the other is the unprecedented prosperity of Geor gia farmers, both white and black. A large percentage of the ne groes who went north this year and last were from the country. The labor agents found them more credulous than the more so phisticated town dwellers, and the farms suffered most severely from the exodus of colored labor. But now the darkies who went fortune-hunting on the other side of the Mason and Dixon line are coming back in surprisingly large numbers, and it develops that they have been hearing stories up in their new homes of the sea son of plenty that is being experi enced on Georgia farms—stories of colored farmers and their fam ilies riding to town on Saturdays and to church on Sundays in new and shiny automobiles; of colored farmers’ bank accounts that make old-time ideas of prosperity look like the proverbial three slick dimes; of peanuts selling at $1.50 a bushel, cotton at 27 cents a pound and cotton seed for enough to make a bale of the staple bring the owner more than S2OO. The interesting part of these stories which drift back to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois is that they are not exag gerations of the truth. The great est prosperity they have ever known has come to farmers, white and black, in this section this year. For the first time in their lives many of them are ab solutely clear of debt, have their places well stocked and can check on their banks for hundreds of dollars. The farm districts fair ly breathe prosperity, and plans are already being worked out for the greatest year of agricultural development in the history of this section in 1918. Another potential influence in stimulating the return of many dusky prodigals is the increasing death rate among them as colder weather sets in in the northern part of the country. Nearly ev ery day word comes that another victim of pneumonia has passed in his checks, and when the bodies are brought home for burial, as is frequently the case, the enthusiasm for home-seeking in the land of promise and of frost drops several degrees among those who have been almost per suaded to leave Georgia. The south Georgia negro who has stuck to his farm this year and worked his crops faithfully is just about the best-satisfied man in the country. He couldn’t be Dulled north by a team of oxen. Pythian Notes I v; Proceedings oi Regular Meeting Held by Pythian Literary Society The following program was ren dered by the Pythian Literary Society Saturday afternoon last: Song—Society. Prayer—Mr. Underwood. Jokes and wants —B. Parkeson. Prophecy—Bayne Coleman. Piano solo—Katharine Currie. Reading—Lester Smith. Violin trio —Charlie Will Salter, Esther Geiger and Sue Lee. Pen picture—Grace Currie. Current events—Homer Win gate. After the program we had a short business meeting and the following officers were elected: President—Lester Hataway. Sec. and Tre as—Clara Wells. Vice-Pres.—Willie Wood. The Hallowe’en party given by the Damons was a great success |in every way and the Pythians | enjoyed it very, very much. I G. K. C. I UNUSUAL OFFER I | Magazines at Hall Cost II I O END in your cash renewal to our paper now and you £ l H WiSSp il can have your choice of any of these splendid magazine rj\ I / U club* at the special prices shown below. V? D y/ //J fl This offer is open to both old and new subscribers. If you @9 are already a subscriber to any of these magazines, your sub- & i I C7Wa>i I{ ecription will be extended one year from date of expiration Sc ciuk A. Club B. ?!? rs! 1 »2 3 - 5 "sI fij Today’s Boasewite .75) L Womans World. . .50 J V' Club C Club D. v Oar Paper . . Sl.s* } Our Paper . . *»•*« ) tnnc ® Womans World 50 V $1o” Today s Bouse-.viie .75 v ■WUO A HOME LIFE F«m * Fireside . 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The following from the Macon Telegraph, referring to a little birthday entertainment by Miss Bess Wood, Oct. 23, will be read with interest by Mount Vernon friends and relatives: “A pleasant children’s party was held on Friday afternoon when Mr. and Mrs. Bernard B. Wood entertained for their little daughter, Mary Bess, who cele brated her sixth birthday. “The popularity of the little girl was shown by the many hap py little folks present. After playing numerous games on the lawn, they were invited into the house, where a Hallowe’en fea ture prevailed. “The dining room and living room were prettily decorated for the occasion. Goldenrod and yel low daisies were used in profus ion, The dining room had for its centerpiece a large jack-o’lantern banked with fruit All jack o’lanterns were electrically light ed, giving a soft yet mysterious, glow for the pretty scene. The color scheme was carried out in the refreshments served, after which the little hostess blew out the six yellow candles on the pretty dirthday cake, each guest cutting a slice in turn. Little Ruth Robinson cut the ring: Mar guerite Rutlege the silver thim ble; Martha Dubose the lucky dime and Wardlaw Moore the bachelor button. “she little folks enjoyed an “apple bobbing, ” in which Jau nita Fitts, Helen Klein, Marelin Robinson and Wyley Dorsey won prizes. “As each little guest departed Master Bertrand Wood present ed the little girls with an appro priate souvenir of the occasion, while Misses Mildred Ingle and Marguerite Rutledge pinned a tiny pumpkin head stickpin on the boys. “Mrs. Wood was assisted in re ceiving and entertaining the lit tle folks by Misses Hazel Ander son and Agnes McGregor and Mrs. W.T. Rutledge.” . j Jury List. Grand Jury. W V Thigpen, B F Palmer, L Smith, B F Hart, B F Hamilton, W J Peterson, J I Stanford, M F Durden, Willie Gay J W Sherrod, C H Jones, C A Rackley, B A Conner, S Y Youmans, W L Calhoun, W L Thigpen, O J Whipple, A E Hooks, J L Adams, J E Hall, F M Sharpe, R D Beatty, O B Moye, J W Wardlaw, H W Warnock, J R Adams, E McLendon, M S Conner, Goo Beckworth, W J Fowler. Petit Jury, (Ist week.) B F Hamilton, C A Beasley, J H Maddox, C L Battle, F M Calhoun, H W Warnock, W L Sessions, J E Hunt, T G Peterson, J J Frost, A G Hicks, F E J ones, Tom O’Brien, George Beasley, G W Tapley, J H Kitchens, | M F Davis, Elijah Miller, J W Adams, J N Evans, C I Gillis, Tom Morris, E B Taylor I W Hamilton, A Calhoun, H L Page, 0 I Hightower, Jas L Gibbs, H L Gibbs, M W Calhoun, 1 G E West, Geo W Smith Jr, John Gillis, D F Warnock, J J Moriug, W J Higgs, A D Combee, W T Stephens, Lonnie Mincey, W E Mosley, Petit Jury, (2nd week.) J J Ricks, P M Mcßride, I H Hail Sr, A W Whitaker, John Phillips, Neil Gills, ! W H Smith Jr, D O Calhoun, H B McNutt, Joe W Minton,, W J Dent, R A Dukes, T H Davis, E C McAllister, W B Frost, J S Durden, J P Scott, E G Simmons, Frank Garrett, Tom Hardee, J B Brown, J G Fowler, H G Brown, Jim O’Brien, W F Davis, W T McCrimmon, J M Dame's, R M Rowlaud, iC H Peterson, Frank Gibbs, Jas W Sharpe, B S Reattv, W R Thigpen, Geo L Miller, W R Dowd, H T Sharpe, j J A Gillis, K E Ward, | F E Wardlaw, W H Denton, 1 W W Lane, G C Horton, H K Lanier, L D Morris, J S Williams, A L Hamilton, N A Dowuie, A L Wheeler, J W Walker, D H Mitchell, 1 L I Davis, J W Lett, i T W Walker, AS Dukes, J J Davis Sr, Oscar Byrd, RB Thigpen, John Goff, j A C Moxley, C W Graham, T. C. Hounds. Second Round. I will be at the following places for the purpose of collecting state and county taxes for year 1917. Mt. Vernon during court week. Uvalda Nov. 19th 9t012 m. Alston “ “ lto4pm Higgston “ 20 9t012 m Ailey “ 20 Ito 4 p m Tiger “ 21 10 to 12 m Kibbee “ 21 Ito 4 p m Tarry town “ 22 9t03 p m Orland “ 23 10 to 1p m Soperton “ 24 9t04 p m Lothair “ 26 9t012 a m Yours truly, H. C. Davis, T. C. M. C. ’ Citation. Georgia—Montgomery County. Ordinary’s office, Oct. 1, 1917. W. C. Mcßae as administrator of the estate of T. J. Thompson, deceased, has applied for leave to sell 150 acres of land, added to said estate through provisions of I the will of said deceased. This is therefore to notify all concern |ed to tile their objections, if any they haye, on or before the first j Monday in November, next, else leave will be granted said appli cant, as applied for. Alex McArthur, Ordinary. Service by Publication Georgia —Montgomery County. In the Superior Court of Mont gomery County. Rosa L Bragg et al vs Cora E. and C. C. Conner, administrators. To the John Hancock Mutual Lite Insurance Co. et al: You are hereby required person ally or by attorney*to be and ap pear at the Superior Court, to be held in and for said county, on the first Monday in November, 1917, next, theu and there to an swer the plaintiff’s demand in au j action of complaint, or in default jthereof the court will proceed as ;to justice shall appertain. Wit ness the Hou. E. D. Graham, Judge of said Court, this the 10th j day of July, 1917. M. L. O’Brien, Clerk. M. B. Calhoun, Atty. for Plffs. Save money; trade with the Vidalia Installment Co., Vidalia, Ga. Furniture, Stoves and Ran ges—everything for the home. (We sell for less). ad
