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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1918)
iMmttmimmf fHmutrn*. VOL. XXXIII. FOUND BOOKS DEEP DOWN IN DUG-OUTS American Library As*>“~iation Books Sure Reach Soldiers, Says Raymond Fosdick i ! “I found the books of the American Library Association everywhere in France,” says Raymond Fosdick, chair man of the National Commission on Training Camp Activities, who has just returned from an extended trip over seas, during which he conducted a thorough investigation of the work being done by the various war work agencies. "I found them in dugouts thirty or forty feet below ground, in cow-barns where shrapnel had blown parts of the roof away, as well as in the sub stantial huts and tents far back from the firing line. “I have found them in hospitals and dressing stations; in scattered villages in the training area where our men are billeted and even in the remote parts of France where the forestry units are carrying out their lonely, but efficient and essential work. Your books are in continual demand from the time the soldiers arrive in camp in America until they come back home after serv ice over there.” The A. L. A- library service has grown tremendously within the past few months and millions of books have been distributed wherever sol diers and sailors are quartered, on sea or land. ‘‘NEED ONLY CREED’’ i SAYSJIPSY SMITH “Need is the only creed over there,” declared Gipsy Smith, the famous evangelist, speaking to enormous aud iences in southeastern cities, where mass meetings have been held in the interest of the United War Work cam paign to open on November 11. FLORIDA NEWSPAPERS PLEDGE ASSISTANCE Representatives of Florida daily and weekly newspapers in attendance at a luncheon held in connection with a conference of United War Work cam paign workers, pledged themselves to concentrate behind the big drive to open on November 11. Their action puts the full strength of tile Florida newspaper fraternity in the field and in every section of the state the public will be informed through the columns of the press just what the aims and objects of the seven great war work agencies are in this coming campaign to raise $ 170,500.00 f t to County Loan Organization. Montgomery county exceeded it quota of Fourth Liberty Loan bonds by a fair overplus. Prac tically all of the districts over subscribed. The success of the loan -in Montgomery county is due mainly to the untiring efforts of Chair man W. A. Peterson, who has sacrificed time and effort for the cause. On account of a lack of facilities, The Monitor was not able to do its accustomed share toward the furtherance of the Fourth loan, and for a lack of proper advertising the interest was no doubt allowed to lag. From a report by Chairman Peterson, the exact result will seen by districts. He received the following very complimentary telegram from Mr. W. C. Ward law, chairman of the state ex ecutive committee of the loan organization: Atlanta, Ga., 10-21-18. Peterson, Chairman, Mt. Vernon, Ga.—l thank and congratulate you and each mem ber of your committee and your subscribers for their generous response to the country’s call. Each state in the district has gone over. (Signed) Wardlaw, Chairman. County Sunday School Convention Postponed. The. county Sunday school convention, which was to have been held in Mt. Vernon 29th and 30th inst., has been postponed on account of the prevalence of influenza in this section. The convention will no doubt be held at a later date, for which further details will be given. IN THE SERVICE OF AMERICA TO THE END: FOR VICTORY, FOR PEACE AND FOR WORLD-WIDE LIBERTY Montgomery Soldiers Leave for Ft. Screven. On Tuesday morning Mont gomery county sent another con tingent of men to the service thirteen in number. They go to Fort Screven, and the list was as follows: Will J. Peterson. Lamar Jones, John D. Durden, John H. Ster ling, Erie Meeks, Columbus L. Gillis, Shirley Smith, Geo. M. Pollett, Willis Davis, Marvin Poilett, Pierce Calhoun, Albert Phillips, Lester Holmes. The county quota for this call included fifteen men, but on ac count of time extension for two of the men, they will be sent later. Daniell Association to be Held Later. The annual session of the Dan iell Association was to have been held in Mt. Vernon this week, but on account of influenza has been called off. The exact date, together with outline of the program, will |be published later. Preparations in Effect For the Fifth Loan. Washington, Oct. 22.—Long before the fourth Liberty Loan figures have been counted up or the honor flags have been entirely distributed or the money paid in, preparations have been started at the treasury for the Fifth Liberty Loan. The date has not been determined nor the amount nor any other features. The only certain knowledge is that there will be another, and that it prob ably will come in the spring of 1919—in March or April. Whether present German maneuvers for peace are successful or not, the government by that time will need more billions to pay the war costs which can decrease only gradually, even if cessation of military effort should come. Within a few months the treas ury will again begin issuing new certificates of indebtedness as a means of financing itself and by next spring the accumulated billions of these must be re deemed out of proceeds from sale of more bonds. So with the situation in mind the loan organ ization of the treasury today had turned its attention to campaign plans for the next loan. Two features have been given study this far in advance—publicity and campaign methods, both closely connected. Sugar Rules Agreeable and Economical. Atlanta, October 10th—Ap proximately 200,000,000 pounds of sugar will be saved per year by a new ruling of the Food Ad ministration which will prevent any one from obtaining more than two pounds of sugar per month. Many people were unconscious ly breaking the regulation re garding the distribution of sugar by purchasing their sugar on the basis of one-half pound per capita ner week. On this basis of four weeks to the month there would be only forty-eight weeks to the year, or three hundred and thirty-six days. This would leave twenty-nine days or prac tically another month during which sugar would be consumed on a basis of two pounds per capita with a population of 100,000,000 people this would require about an additional 200,000,000 pounds of sugar. The new regulation effective from October 15th, permits the consumer to purchase his allot ment of sugar every 15 days or semi-monthly rather than every week. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCTORER 24, x9lB. MONTGOMERY EXCEEDED LIBERTY LOAN QUOTA. Before submitting the following report of the result of the Fourth Liberty Loan in Montgomery, i wish to explain the following: This county was allotted a certain amount of bonds to purchase. This amount was divided proportionately according to the taxable property on the county digest among the militia districts of the county. In order to take care of any amount that any district may fail to subscribe, the county executive committee added 10 per cent, to each district’s allotment. The following report, therefore, shows the actual allotment to the county and the actual allotment to each militia district and the amount each district subscribed: DISTRICT. . QUOTA. SUBSCRIBED. Ailey $10,000.00 $15,500.00 Higgston 9,200.00 9,000.00 Kibbee 5,500.00 6,000.00 Alston 10,000.00 12,000.00 Uvalda 16,000.00 13,550.00 Lothair 12,600.00 4,550.00 Mt. Vernon 18,550.00 29,150.00 Orland * 7,200.00 7,200.00 Soper ton 24,900 00 31,450.00 Tarry town 10,800.00 9,400.00 Tiger 4,500.00 No report. Totals, $129,850.00 $137,800.00 It will be recalled that honor flags are to be awarded each dis trict or town that subscribed its quota, provided 20 per cent, of the people in such district subscribed for bonds. The names appearing on the tax digest, will be the guide by which this will be determined. As soon as this is figured out and submitted to the State Liberty Loan Headquarters, the awards will be made. W. A. Peterson, County Chairman. State Treasurer Burdened By Heavy Increase Os Work Although the principal reason for the adoption of the proposed constitu tional amendment, authorizing the leg islature to fix the salary and office expenses of the state treasurer, is to open the way for,a state department of banking, for the protection of Geor gia bank depositors, there is another and very important reason for the ratification of this amendment in the coming November ejection. Tha state treasurer is working upon the same salary and office expenses as he was forty-one years ago when the present constitution was adopted in 1877, although he now has more than ten times the amount of work he then had to do. Forty-one years ago Georgia’s in come from all sources amounted to only a few hundred thousands —less than a million dollars. Today the state treasurer must handle—receive and pay out—between $8,000,000 and $9,000,000. And he is responsible to the people for every dollar of it. Because that old constitution stands in the way, the legislature could help him only by giving him heavy addi tional work, putting upon him the ex amination of Georgia’s state banks. This didn’t look like such a big task Charlotte. Special Correspondence. The showers that came Sunday were very much appreciated by the people of this section. Little Miss Edna Avant of Uval da spent a few days of last week with Miss Ruby Smith. Messrs. H. H, McAllister and Jesse Goff of Longpond made a business trip to Charlotte one day last week. Mr. Hubert Gillis and family visited the family of Mr. John Goff Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Dunn of Douglas is visit ing her daughter, Mrs. L. Horton. Mr. Leroy Cato is visiting rel atives and friends in South Caro lina this week. Mr. and Mrs. Horton visited the family of Mr. Gordon Horton at Alston last Sunday. Mrs. Mary Morris is recovering from an attack of influenza, of which there were several cases in this Diace. Mr. Willie Frank Goff, who has accepted a position with W. P. Calhoun at Uvalda, spent last Sabbath at home. Mr. Alex Conner is this week visiting his mother. ' Miss Hattie Conner visited her brother, Mr. Tom Conner, last week. Next Sunday is regular preach ing day at this place. We would like to have as large an attend ance as possible, i —Rainbow. to start with, when Georgia had only about a hundred banks, but now, when the number has grown beyond 000 and is still growing, it is a job that has j become almost appalling for an offi cial who has a full year’s work to do, besides, in handling state funds. For this reason it is proposed, by the adoption of this amendment, to pave the way for relieving the treasu rer of the banking department, and putting it under a separate official whose salary and entire office expense will be paid by the banks themselves, with no expense to the state. At the same time, as already point ed out, the effect of the establish ment of such a separate department of banking, will mean the more fre quent and more thorough examination of all state banks than can possibly be given with the force and facilities now at the treasurer’s command. The primary purpose of the amend ment which is endorsed by practically every bank in Georgia is, therefore, to strengthen Georgia’s financial sys tem and, by making bank failures less liable to occur, to protect the deposits of men, women and children —in fact, of every person or concern who car ries a bank account. Will Remove Orphanage to St. Simons Island. Brunswick, Oct. 19—The small orphanage at Augusta which for several years has cared for about 20 little homeless bovs, will with in the next few weeks be con solidated with St. John’s Haven, on St. Simon’s which is now car ing for a large number of or phans. During the summer, Rev. William Johnson, who is in charge of the orphanage at Augusta, spent two weeks on the island, spending much of his time at St. John’s Haven. He ex pressed himself as being delight ed with the manner in which this home was conducted, and upon his return to Augusta took up the matter of consolidating the two homes, transferring the or phans new cared for at Augusta to the St. Simon home. Peanut Growers Organize. Thomasville, Oct. 19. The peanut growers of Mitchell coun ty have formally organized them selves into a county association and will be a part of the Georgia Peanut Growers’ Association re cently organized in Albany. This organization is*for the purpose of stabalizing the peanut industry and to get uniform prices for pea nuts over the entire section in which the peanut is grown. The crop this season is a good one and the growers are anxious to do the best they can for this industry which has grown to such large proportions m this section. Dr. Edgar Williams Died at Soperton. A shadow of sadness was cast over the city Wednesday after noon when it was learned that Dr. Edgar Williams had passed away at his home here. Taking his bed a few days ago with Spanish influenza, he soon contracted pneumonia and pleu risy, and from almost the first his case seemed hopeless. Al though his death was momen tarily exuected, his death was a great shock to this entire com munity. He was a man possess ing qualities that won for him friends of both old and young. Dr. Williams was 33 years old and is survived by his wife and three children, Kate, Owen and Edison, his father, Rev. O. O. Williams, of Vidalia, three broth ers, Mr. Leroy Williams, of Met ter, Mr. Lawrence Williams, of Rockledge, Mr. Spurgeon Wil liams, of Ashville, N. C.; four sisters, Mrs. D. Y. Garrett, Mrs. Perry Blount and Mrs. James Waller, of Soperton, and Miss Duffie Williams, of Vidalia. His remains were interred at Red Bluff yesterday afternoon, funeral services being conduct ed by Rev. Harville, of Dublin. Soperton News. Thomasville Negroes Like Mr. Wilson. Thomasville, Oct. 19. —Thom asville negroes endorse President Wilson and say he is the greatest President the world has ever known. They say that when their men go into service their families get money from the Gov ernment all the time and if they die abroad they get insurance from them. When they die in this country in camp they are brought home with a military guard and are in a nice casket and every thing done for them that could be. One man stated yesterday if he could have the say so Mr. Wilson would be President as long as he lived and that the members of his race generally were of the same opinion. Grenade Explodes; Soldier Injured Thomasville. —Capt. P. M. Feltham happened to a very unfortunate acd dent a few days ago, while practicing at throwing a hand grenade. Just as Captain Feltham was preparing to throw the grenade it exploded in Ids hand, blowing off several of the fin gers of his right hand and burning his face. He was taken to a military hos pital at Washington, D. C-, and hopes soon to be out again. Hope Os Meeting Coal Demands Atlanta.—Word from Washington that 3,892 cars of coal, containing 194,- 600 tons, had been sent to Atlanta by federal authorities to supply the city’s needs, was hailed by H. B. Kennedy, city fuel administrator, as the promise of relief from conditions that brought, about the acute coal famine last win ter. Boy Loses Life When Boat Overturns Newnan. -Carey Joseph Hardaway, who was in the navy, is the only Newnan boy to lose his life since the war began. His 'father, Rev. J. 8. Hardaway, received a message from the navy department, stating that a motor boat in which young Hardaway was riding was overturned and Carey was among the number of sailors lost. Award Contract For Columbus Camp Columbus. —Announcement is ex pected almost daily now of award of contract to construct the Infaniry school of arms here, the cost of which may run to fourteen million dollars, it is reported. Maj. J. Paul Jones, con structing quartermaster, has practi cally completed the temporary camp. Six Cent Street Car Fare Refused Atlanta. —The second effort of the Georgia Railway and Power company to secure authority to charge a 6-cent street car fare and make a 2-cent charge on each transfer issued on its lines, was frustrated by an order handed down by Judge George Bell of the Fulton superior court, denying the company’s petition for a writ of mandamus against, the state railroad commission to compel that body to as sume jurisdiction In the matter of street car fare Increases. STRONG CALL TO ALL DEMOCRATS Wm. J. Harris, With Other Democrats, Prevented Price-Fixing. Atlanta, Ga., Oet. 18.—The Republicans of Georgia are plan ning to make the most deter mined effort they have ever put forth to elect candidates to im portant public offices in the gen eral election to be held November 6. Having been warned of this intention on the part of the Re publicans, the Democrats of Georgia will now be urged to go to the polls and vote without fail, so as to make certain that no Democratic nominee shall be defeated by a Republican can didate. The most important contest, of course, is the one involving the United States sen atorship from Georgia. William J. Harris, nominee of the Demo crats of Georgia on an issue of loyalty to President Wilson and the war administration, is to be opposed by a Democrat who threw over a nomination to the state senate and subsequently was selected by the Republicans as their candidate for the United States senate. That Georgians have nothing to expect from the Republican party was recently demonstrated in connection with the effort to fix a price on cotton. This move ment originated among Repub lican senators and congressmen in Washington. In most of the Northern states, and especially in those where the textile interests are influential, the Re publican candidates are making a great issue of cotton price-fix ing in the congressional elections this fall. When William J. Har ris gave up his vacation and hur ried to Washington to join forces with Southern congressmen and senators who were fighting the movement to fix a price on cotton, he soon discovered that all of the pressure was coming from Re publicans. Thanks to -his in fluential efforts, the movement was abandoned, and cotton is still controlled by the law of sup ply and demand. Amendment to State Banking Laws. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 19.-The publication of the fifteen pro posed constitutional amendments on a separate ballot for the gen eral election to beheld November (5 will make it much simpler and easier for the voters of the state to keep these matters entirely dtstinct from the list of candi dates to be voted on. It has been decided to print the constitutional amendments separately, at the expense of the state, in order to facilitate the voting in this way. One of the most important of all the amendments to be voted on is the one entitled: “Amend ment to Paragraph 2, Section 2, Article 5 of the Constitution, fixing Treasurer’s salary and clerical expenses of the office.” Tiie ratification of this amend ment will enable the legislature to provide for a more thorough and frequent inspection of state banks, which bankers and bus iness men generally regard as an urgent necessity. The examin ation of state banks was loaded on the state treasurer as an extra duty, or a sort of side line in cidental to the regular work of the office. The result is that Georgia bank examinations are not famous for their thorough ness and there have been more bank failures in Georgia than there ought to be. National banks are frequently and thor oughly examined by agents of the treasury department. De positors in Georgia state banks are entitled to as much pro tection as the federal government gives to national bank depositors. They will get it if the above amendment is ratified. NO. 25.
