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Addresses by Experts Court
House in Mt. Vernon
This Morning.
“More Meat and Milk” is the;
name given to a meeting to be
held in Mt. Vernon at the court
house, at 11 o’clock today, Thurs
day, November 15th, and to
which every man, woman and
child in Montgomery county is!
earnestly invited. It is pointed
out that Montgomery county is!
losing meat and milk trom pre-!
ventable causes at least $100,000!
annually. Speakers at this meet
ing will point out in just what
way this loss is being sustained, j
and how, as a part of a nation
wide Food Conservation move
ment, which is being carried on
because of the stress of the world
• war, this loss can be prevented.
This will be one of the most
important meeting ever held in
Montgomery county. It will deal
with a subject of vital interest
to the people in general, most es
pecially to the farmers and stock
raisers.
The following program has
been arranged:
Music.
Prayer.
Introductory remarks—Mr. T.
A. Peterson, Ailey.
“The Importance of Milk and
Butter, and How to Conserve
Them” —Miss Ruth McKie, Dis
trict Supervisor Home Demon
stration Agents, Macon, Ga.
The Davis-TownsendTick Law,
and How to Increase the Meat j
Supply of Montgomery County—
Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen, State
Veterinarian, Atlanta, Ga.
Music. .
What Other Counties are Doing,
to Solve the More Meat Problem
—F. H. Abbott, Waycross, Ga.,
representing the Georgia Land
Owners Association.
Some Things the Women and
Children can Do to Help—Miss
Maggie Bailey, Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Each address will consume not
to exceed fifteen minutes.
A special invitation is extended
to the pastor of every church in
the county because of the partic
ular work which is being done by
the Churches in the Govern
ment’s Food Conservation pro
gram, and they are being re
quested to announce the meeting
at their several services.
The Orphan Boys
Appeared Here Friday.
The band of the Georgia Indus
trial Home, composed mainly of
small boys, visited Mt. Vernon
Friday evening last and made;
their annual appearance in a con
cert at The Brewton-Parker In
stitute.
The boys are under the leader
ship of Bandmaster Salter, and
their work is up to a high stand
ard. The boys play well. At
night they were quartered in a
number of homes. They seem to
enjoy their visits to this place.
Saturday morning, before leav
ing in their auto truck for Soper
ton, they gave an open air con
cert on the court house square,
and as a result they received a
liberal contribution. Mr. Salter,
himself a young man, was reared
in this home, and is a splendid
type of man, fitted for the leader
ship of the boys.
They are a manly little set, and
their coming will always be hail
ed with delight by Montgomery
people.
Cars for Sale.
I'
Five Ford Touring Cars, 60-in.
tread; in Good Shape. Prices
range from $250 to $350.
L. B. Godbee,
Chevrolet Dealer,
118tf Vidalia, Ga.
“Uncle Billy” Martin Died|
Monday Evening.
Mr. W. D. Martin of the Loth
air section, familiarly known as
“Uncle Billy,” died Monday af
' ternoon, after a gradual decline
j covering a period of several
! months. Was advanced in years, ;
1 yet to a remarkable degree had |
i retained his vitality until the last
illness seized him.
Mr. Martin was one of the old- j
est citizens of the county, coming
to Montgomery from Laurens
county. He had amassed consid
| erable property, both in this and
j Laurens. He was charitably dis-
I posed, and many causes had re
ceived benefits from him. Mr. -
; Martin was a man of the rugged
type but possessed many splen
did traits, having the esteem of <
jail.
He leaves a wife and one little
daughter, his only child. Re
mains were laid to rest yester
day at Union Church in Laurens
county, a spot Mr. Martin had
selected for his last resting place,
near his old home.
The sympathy of many friends
is extended the bereaved wife
and daughter.
Won Blue Ribbons.
The Williamson Stump Puller
company took two blue ribbons
at the State Fair last week, one
for the best stump puller on dis
play and another for the best
tractor attachment. The Cordele
concern had a very attractive dis
play at the fair. The William
son puller was an easy winner of;
first prize, while the tractor at
tachment, though not a product
manufactured by the local con
cern, was as easily a winner.
The attachment is used for Ford
cars and is manufactured under
the name of the “3-P” tractor I
attachment. — Cordele Dispatch.
MANUFACTURERS ARE
FOR STANDARD BALE
This Would Add Greatly to
Facilities for Shipping
the Staple.
Washington, Nov. 10.—Cotton
manufacturers conferring here
today with the railway war board
and the shipping board on ex
pediting movement of the cotton
crop concluded that a standard
ized cotton bale was necessary to
the efficient handling of the
staple. Various speakers said
shortage of transportation facil
ities rendered necessary immedi
ate action if mills are not to be
delayed in government work.
Increase of vessels in coast
wise trade and more efficient
loading of freight cars were tak
en up at the afternoon session.
!
Classification of cotton ware
| houses in three groups under the
federal warehouse law, instead of
j four as indicated in proposed
rules and regulations upon which
hearings have been held in the ;
south and at Washington, has
been determined upon and other
changes making clearer the :
phraseology and providing great- 1 !
er elasticity have been agreed up- j :
on for the regulations soon to be
promulgated by the secretary of
agriculture. . j ;
Warehouses are to be classed
in three groups, A, B and C, in
addition to those owned, leased :
or operated by states, which are
to be classified separately as such.
To be classified as A, a ware- (
house must first have net assets (
of $5 to each bale of storage ca- •
pacity, with a minimum of $5,000
and a maximum of $50,000; sec
ond, must in negotiable receipts,
unless otherwise requested, guar
antee weight of the cotton with
in two per cent, and class one
grade; and, third, must be so
constructed and equipped as to
exceed 50 cents on the SIOO value
of the cotton. i
Warehouses meeting only two 1
of the requirements are to be
classified as B. Those failing in
two or all three of the require
ments are to be classified as C.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 1917.
MT. VERNON CIRCUIT
OVERPAID ASSESSMENTS
Ministry of Rev. J. N. Hud
son Highly Pleasing
to Churches.
i
Rev. John N. Hudson, pastor
'of the Mt. Vernon Circuit, com-
I posed of the Methodist churches
(of Ailey, Glenwood and Mt. Ver
non, left Monday for Albany to
attend the South Georgia Con
ference in session in that city.
This has been a most success
ful year on this circuit under the
pastorate of Mr. Hudson, and as
a result of his work every de
partment of the church has been j
built up. Each church of the
work has overpaid its assessment, j
At the close of the conference j
year there had been paid on the
charge for all purposes $5,440 60,
including the pastor’s salary and
the cost of the new church at
Glenwood, which was built and
paid for in full during the year.
For pastor’s salary there had
been paid $1,200. Not having
gotten off Monday morning, as
he contemplated, Mr. Hudson, it
is understood, was the recipient
of $28.00 additional on salary,
making the grand total $5,468.60.
The new Glenwood church cost
$2,807.00, and is a credit to the
town and community.
Petitions asking the return of I
Mr. Hudson to the work were!
freely signed by the members!
during the past week, and it is
i probable that he will be returned.
His work has been highly pleas
ing to the charge, and as such
there seems to be no valid reason
why he should no be returned.
Having known Mr. Hudson
i possibly longer than the people
of this section, we do not hesi
tate to commend him. Having
been reared in the Methodist
church, and without interfering
with the official direction of its
affairs, we join in the hearty ap
peal for his return. He is a God
ly man, preaching nothing but
salvation through Jesus Christ.
This is his business, aside from
which he has followed nothing
else. He shows no tendency to
consume time on anything else.
Christian people can ask nothing
more of a minister, and the mem
bership of the circuit will look
forward to the return of Mr.
Hudson and his estimable family.
Join the Red Cross;
Help Defend America.
The Mt. Vernon chapter of the
Red Cross is actively at work,
and the local organization bids i
fair to flourish.
The lady members are engaged
in making articles of comfort for
the soldiers boys in France, and
in this they invite the co-opera
tion of the ladies who are not yet
members. This is a work in
which the ladies can join.
They have on hand consider
able material for making hospital
supplies, which are badly needed
at the front. All ladies are eli
gible for membership, and the
men can also be honorary mem
bers. The men are not asked to
aid in the work, but their dues,
which are small, will prove very
acceptable.
Plans are under way for an en
tertainment in behalf of the j
cause, to be given at an early,
date. •
Join the Red Cross and lend J
your aid toward a great cause, i
Great demand for volunteer
workers. See the ladies in charge
and get interested. When you
contribute even the value of a
bandage, you may bind up the
wound of a Georgia boy wounded
on the battlefields of Europe.
Our boys did not go there to
play; they are there to defend
America, and struggling Europe, !
from the clutches of German cut
throats and murderers.
JAY HOLD NATIONAL
ARMY IN RESERVE
Need of Supplies For Allies
will Not Allow Ships
for Soldiers.
Washington, Nov. 14.—The
possibility that the first incre
ment of the national army will
not be sent to France for at least
> six months loomed large today
when it became known that the
allies’ demands for food, coal and
iron are so strong as to forecast
use of available ocean tonage for
their transportation instead of
i for troops.
A decision on the question will
! rest largely on reports expected
soon from the American commis
| sion now abroad, and on figures
: being assembled by Food Admin
istrator Hoover to show the
amount of grain and other food
products available for export in
the United States and South
American countries. Present in
dications are, the food adminis
tration believes, that the food
situation, particularly in Eng
land, France and Italy, will force
the United States to use its ships
to send food instead of soldiers.
Plans for the second draft
would be affected by any post
ponement of the removal of the
first insrement from camps, but
i since the camps’ capacity is much
j greater than their present as
signments, it would not be neces
sary to delay the draft until the
camps are actually emptied.
Waits Decision on
Grip Carried Liquor.
Washington, Nov. 12. —While
awaiting a court decision on
whether it violates the bone dry
law for a traveler to carry liquor
into prohibition territory as part
of personal baggage, Attorney
General Gregory has ordered that
search of baggage by federal
agents without warrant shall
cease at once. The department
of justice contends that such
transportation of liquor does vio
late the bone dry law, but wants
a court decision.
Mr. B. F. Conner and Miss
Cutts are Married.
Mr. Ben F. Conner, one of the
best known citizens of the coun
ty, residing on Institute Heights,
Mt. Vernon-Ailey, and Miss Mary
Cutts, for several years in charge
of the girls’ dormitory and the'
dinning hall of The Brewton-
Parker Institute, were married
Tuesday evening, 6 o’clock, at
the home of Dr. J. C. Brewton,
where the latter has resided for
the past year.
Witnessed by a number of rel
atives and friends, the ceremony
was performed by Dr. Brewton,
and the happy couple left on the
westbound train for a visit to
Southwest Georgia.
Mr. Conner is to be congratu
lated on having chosen so desir
able a mate for the continuance
of life’s journey. He has exer
cised that sound judgment with
which he is gifted.
The bride is beloved by a large
circle of friends, and the student
body of the school with which
she was so long identified will al
ways cherish the friendship of
this most estimable lady. She
; has been as mother and sister to
> the girls of the school, and they
! are glad to know that she will
continue to make her home so
near the school.
Miss Cutts is a sister of Rev.
!W. L. Cutts, a well known Bap
tist minister, president of the
Mary Willingham school at Blue
Ridge, Ga.
j Continued happiness to them.
! Mr. Henry Bush of Dublin was
among friends here the first of
this week.
Rivers and Harbors Commit
, tee to Visit South.
' Washington, D. C., Nov. 12.
Congressman John H. Small of
' North Carolina, chairman of the
House committee on rivers and
! harbors, was in Washington to
! day with other committee mem
-1 bers preparatory to their trip of
inspection over the South.
' They will go to Texas cities
during the coming week, and will
be present at the meeting of the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways As
j sociation at Miami, beginning
Nov. 25. They will also be the
| guests, he said, of the city of Sa
j vannah and Jacksonville while
I they are in that section.
; j It is no easy matter to secure
the presence of this, the larger
j part of this important committee,
and the fact that its members
will stop in Jacksonville and Sa
vannah before they return to
Washington for the coming ses-
I sion of Congress should mean
much for these plans.
There is almost certain to be a
generous river and harbor bill
passed by Congress this winter
and it will be in the interests of
those cities visited to make their
needs known when this commit
tee visits them.
Deason Given SI,OOO
Fine and 12 Months.
Savannah, Nov. 10. —W. O.
Deason, charged with being an
accessory before the fact in the
killing of Mrs. Jennie Baldwin,
was found guilty in Superior
Court by a jury shortly before 12
o’clock. Judge Meldrim immedi
ately passed sentence on him of
a SI,OOO fine and twelve months
hard labor on the chaingang. The
case which promised to be a sen
sational and long continued, was
a record for quickness.
COTTON IS WELL
WORTH 311 CENTS
Commissioner Brown Urges
Farmers to Hold For
this Price.
There is no need for any seri
ous alarm on the part of Georgia
farmers over the apparent at-,
tempted bear raid on cotton, de
clares Commissioner J. J. Brown
of the State Department of Ag
riculture. There isn’t a pound i
more cotton in sight today than
there was a month ago, and the
department regards the attempt
to create a scarce over the recent
published announcement that
there are practically no vessels
available for carrying cotton to
England, as an absurd bear ef
fort to depress the price below
the actual worth of the staple.
“It is my advice to the farm- j
ers of Georgia to hold their cot-;
ton and to continue to hold it
against any declining market,”;
said Commissioner Brown. “Our
Georgia farmers are better able t
than ever before in their history '
to hold the cotton they have!
made. We know the world has
got to have it, and that sooner or
later it will take it, England in
cluded.
“My opinion has not changed
one iota with regard to the value
of this crop. I believe it is worth
30 cents a pound, and that be
fore very long you will see it at
that figure. Every statement we
have made about this situation, ;
has been borne out by develop
ments, and those who hold their
cotton now, I am confident, will |
certainly congratulate themselves
that they did so.”
Ginnery for Sale.
For sale, prior to January Ist,
complete Ginnery Outfit, consist
ing of Four 80-Saw Gullet Pneu
matic Gins. Double Breast Hull
ers; one 80 h. p. high pressure
Boiler; one 60 h. p. Automatic
Engine, complete, with five acres
land, in Alston. See at once
G. A. Sammons.
11154 Soperton, Ga.
SECOND WEEK
SUPERIOR COURT
Trial of Criminal Cases Has
Been the Order Past
Three Days.
i The second week of Montgom
ery superior court, November
term, began Monday morning,
with the criminal calendar. To
date the following cases have
been disposed of:
State vs Geo. Adams, misde
meanor; verdict not guilty.
Thornton Weeks, assault with
intent to murder; not guilty.
S. W. Wright, forgery; guilty.
I Thornton Weeks, misdemeanor.
The following is a list of the
civil cases disposed of last week
in the superior court:
CIVIL CASES.
Home Fertilizer & Chemical Co.,
vs Eliza Fountain et al, claim
withdrawn.
Empire Cotton Oil Co. vs M. M.
Ricks et al, dis. at cost of pIIF.
Mrs. Ida J. Wilkes et al, vs S. A.
L. Ry.. judg. for plff.
Frederick Dist. Co. vs Montgom
ery Co., dis at cost of plff.
Jim Morris vs J. A. Morris, ver
dict for plff.
J. W. Sharpe & Son vs J. B. Rob
erson, judg for plff.
International Harvester Co. vsH.
V. Thompson & Bro., settled.
Will Strickland vs Fannie Strick
land, total divorce.
First Natl Bank of Amityville vs
W. Mishoe et al, claim dis.
G. E. Wall vs Grady Frost, dis.
Vidalia Chemical Co vs J. A. Cal
houn et al, dis at cost of plff.
Soperton Guano Co vs J. M. Mc-
Gahee, judg for plff.
Kohn Weil & Co vs H. V. Thomp
son et al, settled.
Brooks Oil Co vs J. A. Memory,
judg for plff.
Mrs. S. V. McNatt vs M. H. God
win, judg for plff.
Mrs. S. V. McNatt vs Mrs. Isaac
Mosley et al, judg for plff.
Mrs. S. V. McNatt vs Mamie
Mosley, judg for plff.
W. J. Higgs vs Lucien Higgs,
dis at cost of plff.
Eucien Higgs admr, vs W. J.
Higgs, dis at plffs cost.
Fisher, Lowrey & Fisher vs An
drew Blount et al, claim dis.
E. T. Mcßride & Co vs Ben Mor
ris et al, settled.
E. T. Mcßride & Co vs N. B.
Gibbs et al, claim sustained.
Emma Warnock vs D. F. War
nock, total divorce.
Southern Exchange Bank vs D.
E. Walker, settled.
Mt. Vernon Bank vs J. B. Frost
et al, judg for plff.
Pearson & Braddy vs John Jay
McArthur et al, settled.
W. A. Peterson rec., tfs 0. A.
Gray et al, claim withdrawn.
El. T. Mcßride & Co vs Major
Summerset et al, dis at plff cost.
1 Ida J. Wilkes et al vs J. A. Kitch
ens, judg for plff.
! T. J. Mcßae et al vs Oconee Brick
Co., judg for plff.
Robert Manson vs H. J. Gibbs,
dismissed at plff cost.
Della Bass vs Luther Bass, total
divorce.
Sweet Wright vs Annie Wright,
tatal divorce.
Mrs. S. E\ F'aircloth vs W. A.
Peterson rec. dis at plff cost.
Empire Cotton Oil Co vs Ed Cars
well et al, dis at cost of plff.
Farmers & Merchants Bank vs
FI. L. Gillis, dis at plff cost.
Dannenburg Co vs J. W. Sharpe
& Sons et al, settled.
H. V. Thompson & Bro. vs Fid
Carswell et al. dis at plff cost.
A M. Moses vs Julius Porcher et
al, dis at cost of plff.
Mrs Willie T. McArthur Jr., vs
S. A. L. Ry., settled.
Union Pharmacy vs Martin Drug
Ccr., settled.
Mt. Vernon Bank vs Hiram J.
Johnson et al, judg for plff.
M. A. Garrison vs J. W. Whit
lock et al, judg for plff.
Julian Schley & Son vs A. M.
Moses, dismissed at plff cost.
Canadian & American Mortgage
& Trust Co vs Hattie Mae Phil
lips et al, judg for plff.
Georgia Loan & Trust Co vs J.
E. Phillips et al, judg for plff.
NO. 29.