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Mount Vernon. (la.. Thursday Morning, October 31, 1918.
Luke T. Outler Writes
Letter From France.
Mrs. M. O. Outler of Cordele
sends The Monitor the following
letter from her son, Luke, who
is in France, and whose address
is attached to the bottom. This
family formerly lived in Ailey
and later in Mt. Vernon, and
friends of the young soldier will
be glad to hear from him.
Somewhere in France,
Sept. 16, 1918.
Dearest Mother:
Have just received eight let
ters and was certainly glad to
get them —two from you, one
from Lane, one from Joe, and
two from uncle J. T. They were
all dated along from Aug Ist to
20th. And Lane is expecting to
go to the army? Tell him if he
does to try for the Q M C. when
he first goes to camp is the time
for him to try for it. I continue
to get along fine but it has been
exciting the past six days. This
is our eighth day at the front
since we had a rest. It has been
a steady shooting on both sides
all the while hut we soon get
used to it and pay but very little
attention to it—unless they get
too close.
We live in holes in the ground
like a “wood chuck.’’ We get
plenty of water to drink but we
dont dare take any to even wash
our face and hands, so you can
imagine how we look after
several days of it.
Am glad you get the paper and
enjoy it. 1 have sent you one
every week and will continue to
do so; am mailing you one today.
i can’t answer all my letters
just now as am out of paper and
we don’t have a Y. M. C. A. here;
but let me tell you, the Knights
of Columbus certainly have pulled
one over on the Y. M. C. A.
when is comes to looking after
us boys. They sure do look out
for us. The Y. M. C. A. sells to
us at a good price but the K. of
C. gives to us and finds out
where we are and sends us
cigarettes and chocolates. They
both help out a lot.
You suoke of your trip down
home. I know you had lots of
good things to eat. How I would
liked to have been sticking a
round, but such is life and we
have to make the best of it. Ido
feel like there are better days not
far ahead. Mama, just let me
tell you how near 1 came to see
ing John Lee; I heard that thirty
of the Dixie Division had been
transfered to our battalion, so I
went up to see who they were
and found that they were a part
of the 121st company; ran right
into a fellow that said that there
was a Cox in the bunch but when
1 found him it was not John Lee.
He said the bunch was split that
morning and John Lee was sent
some where else, he didn’t know
where. I sure w as disappointed, as
there is not a man in France that
I had rather see. 1 haven’t even
heard any more about him.
Well Mother, the trenches are
right bad some times, but not so
bad as 1 had thought. It is a
great relief tho’ to get out. go to
a cootie machine, have your;
clothes steamed and get “scald- i
ed. “ You sure do feel fresh and
clean, and then get a rest camp j
where you have real American
bread, bacon, potatoes, good beef,
coffee and butter.
These French people are real
good to us. Once in a while we
run up on some old lady who
“raises sand” with us but we
just let her know that we have
“seen ’em” like her before.
We certainly do have some funny
experience and a lot of fun mixed
in with the hardships, hut don’t
you worry about old Luke. I be
lieve I will come out all right and
come back to home and mother.
How is the bunch at the office?
Tell them hello for me and to hold
things down till I get hack.
Tell everybody to write to me for
I sure do like to get letters from
home. Hope you are all real well
Write me often. With iota
and lots of love from your boy.
Luke.
[Corp. L. T. Outler, Co. L, 326
Infantry, Am. Ex. Forces.]
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Metter Advertiser: —One of the
constitutional amendments to be
voted on in the November election
is that providing for the creation
of Treutlen county, the bill hav
ing been passed by the general
assembly of 1917. Practically all
the opposition which developed
during the effort to create this
county has disanpeared, and there
is no doubt of this amendment
receiving the requisite numberof
votes. That new counties make
for progress has never been suc
cessfully denied.
Nashville Herald:—The know
ing ones predicted that Tom Wat
son would turn against Governor
Dorsey sooner or later. Seems
that it was sooner.
Dublin Courier Herald:—Sa
vannah has been considerably
stirred over the picture of a statue
on the curtain of her auditorium.
This picture is said to be migh
ty like the statue of General Sher
man, whose raid across Georgia
is remembered by a good many
people now living, and which was
almost as bad in some respects as
the Hun invasion of France. The
artist who made the picture, how
ever, is endeavoring to explain
thoroughly that he had no partic
ular person in mind when he paint
ed it, and did not know he was
repoducing the Sherman statue of
New York. He certainly was not
the man to trust with a job of that
kind for the City of Savannah
not exactly.
Cordele Dispatch: —Hindenburg
suffered most when he had it all
settled in his mind that the French
were begten. He may be trying
to play that same thing back at
the French. It was no little em
barrassment to the crown prince
to have to turn back from his
journey to Paris so very suddenly.
It might be well for the Allies to
remember that the German fight
ing machine is one capable of im
provement.
Vidalia Advance: —The farmers
are complaining loudly about the
cotton seed situation and we think
they are justified in their com
plaints. They are not able to sell
their seed because the buyers are
not permitted to carry more than
a imited amount of seed at any
one time. The seed regulations
are wrong somewhere as this
great industry has been com
pletely demoralized, and there is
no market at all for the seed in
this section.
Lyons Progress:—The old the
ory that the kings and emperors
rule by divine right is receiving
a severe jolt j ust now The people
of Europe, long oppressed by
kings, are declaring their disbe
lief in the divine right of these
scoundrels to rule them. Ger
many is about to wake to the fact
as well as all the other oppressed
peoples of Euroue that the Kaiser
is a humbug; that he does not rule
by divine right but by military
rule and brute force.
Savannah Press : Germany
doesn’t want to be followed by
her enemies when she evacuates
Belgium. Germany evidently
thinks she is fighting fools.
Seed Rape. 36 cents per quart
or three quarts for SI.OO, at
H. G. Martin’s Drug Store,
U valda.
Ford for Sale.
One used Ford in excellent
shape; good top: crown fenders;
new radiator. A bargain. See
Hicks Bros. & Peterson,
103tf Mt. Vernon, Ga.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, OCTOBER 81 1918.
Notice to Patrons.
As formerly announced, The
Monitor is entirely without help,
and until sufficient force is se
cured every phase of the work
will be handicapped. With one
man attempting to do the work
ot three, the consideration of the
patrons of the paper is asked
until conditions improve.
Notice Tax Levy.
State of Georgia—Montgomery
County.
Office of Board of Commission
ers of Roads and Revenues for
said County, iu session on Sept.
3, 1918.
After considering the proposi
tion of levying and assessing a
tax rate for said county for the
year 1918, it is ordered and ad
judged that the following tax rate
be and the same is hereby levied
to wit:
Item 1. —25 cents on the hun
dred dollars, the same being
fifty per ceut. of the State
tax levy for the year 1918, to pay
the legul indebtedness ot the
county, due or to become due du
ring the year 1918.
Item 2.—60 cents on the one
hundred dollars, the same being
120 per cent, of the state levy, to
build or repair court houses,
build bridges or ferries or other
public improvements according to
contract.
Item 8.—20 cents on the one
hundred dollars, the same being
40 per cent, of the state levy, to
pay sheriffs, jailers or other offi
cers’ fees that they may b? legally
entitled to out of the county.
Item 4. —2 cents on the one
hundred dollars, the same being
4 per ceut. of the state levy, to
pay coroners all fees that may be
due them for holding inquests.
Item 5—16 cents on the one
hundred dollars, the same being
82 per ceut. of the state levy,
to pay the expenses of the county
for bailiffs at court, non-resident
witnesses, fuel, servant hire, sta
tionery and the like.
Item 6. 12 cents on the one
hundred dollars, the same being
24 per cent of the state levy, to
pay juries a per diem compensa
tion.
Item 7.-5 cents on the one
hundred dollars, the same being
10 per cent of the state levy, to
pay expenses incurred in support
the poor of the county and as is
otherwise prescribed by the Code
Item 8.—46 cents on the*one
hundred dollars, the same being
90 per cent, of the strte levy, to
pay charges for educational pur
poses. to be levied only in strict
compliance with tho law
Item 9—40 cents on the one
hundred dol’ars, the same being
80 per cent of the state levy, for
road purposes
Item 10 —Making in the aggre
gate the sum of $22.50 on the
thousand of taxable property of
said county for county and school
purposes for the year 1918.
This Sept. Bd, 1918
J L. Lowrey, C. D. Greenway,
G. H. Calhoun, J. H. Dees,
A. B. Hutcheson, Clerk.
Citation.
Georgia —Montgomery County.
Ordinary’s Office, Oct. 7, 1918.
James Herndon has in proper
form appplied for letters of ad
ministration on the estate of W.
M. Herndon, deceased. This is
therefore to notify all concerned
that said application will be heard
on the first Monday in November,
1918.
Alex McArthur, Ordinary.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will be sold before the court house
door in Mt. Vernon on the first Tues
day in Nov., 1918, between the legal
hours of sale, to the highest, bidder
for cash, certain property, of which
the following is a complete descrip
tion :
That certain tract or parcel of lend situate, ly
ing and being in tile 16#lat district G. X. of aaid
conn y and atate and bounded aa follows: On the
north by landa of Son Phillips, on the east by landa
of Wiley l’bi lip* and on the west by landa of Son
Phillip* Said property levied on and will be • old
as the property of S. M Hutcheeon to satisfy a
tax fl fa issued by H. C. Its via, tax callector, vs S.
M- Hutcheson, for state and county ta*e» for the
year IU7. Levy made by LC. S. Berner, -pecial
bailiff, and written notice riven in term* of the
law. This tha lit day of Oct.. 1918.
1. J. Davis, ShariS.
Citation.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Odinary’a Office, Oct, 7, 1918.
W. A. Conner and E. L. Car
penter, as administrators of the
estate of J. R. Conner, deceased,
have applied for leave to sell all
of the lands of said deceased in
the 275th district of said county.
This is therefore to uotifyall con
cerned to file their objcctious, if
any they have, on or before the
first Monday in November, next,
else leave will tbeu be granted
said applicants as applied for.
Alex McArthur, Ordiuary.
Stale of Georgia,
Executive Department,
Atlanta, August 24th, 1918.
A PROCLAMATION.
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitution of Georgia, to be
voted on at the General Election to
be held on Tuesday, November sth,
1918, said amendment to amend Para
graph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of the
Constitution of Georgia, so as to lay
out and create a new county from
portions of Montgomery and Eman
uel Counties, to be known as Treut
len County, with the town of Soper
ton as the County seat.
By His Excellency,
HUGH M. DORSEY,
Governor.
WHEREAS, the General Assembly
at its session in 1917, proposed an
amendment to the Constitution of
this State as set forth in an Act ap
proved August 21st, 1917, to-wit :
An act to propose to the qualified
electors of this State an amendment
to paragraph two (2) section one (1),
article eleven. (11), of the Constitu
tion of this State. The following
amendment is proposed by the House
cf Representatives and Senate of
Georgia to paragraph two (2), sec
tion one (1), article (11), of the Con
stitution of this State; the same be
ing an Act to ay out and create a
new county from portions of Mont
gomery and Emanuel counties to be
named and to be known as Treutlen
County with the town of Soperton as
the county seat.
Section 1. The General Assembly
of the State of Georgia hereby pro
poses to the people of Georgia an
amendment to paragraph two (2),
section one (1), article eleven (11), of
the Constitution of this State as fol
lows: That in addition to the coun
ties heretofore existing in this State,
created by the General Assembly,
and those created by amendments to
the above and foregoing paragraph,
section and article of the Constitu
tion of this State, there is hereby
created an additional county, which
county, when created, shall be known
as Treutlen County. The territory for
the formation of the said County of
Treutlen shall be taken from the
counties of Montgomery and Eman
uel, and the said territory so taken
for the formation of said County of
Treutlen shall be included within the
following described boundaries, to
wit: Starting at a point on the east
side of the Oconee River where Red
Bluff Creek empties into the Oconee
River and running up said Red Bluff
Creek to a point where the river
road crosses Red Bluff Creek, thence
en a straight line in a northeasterly
direction to Wixtrum’s Bridge on
Pendleton Creek, said Pendleton
Creek being the present line between
Montgomery and Emanuel Counties,
:hence in a northerly direction from
Wixtrum’s Bridge on Pendleton Creek
to Moore’s Bridge on the Ohoopee
River; the public road from Wix
trum’s Bridge leading to Swainsboro
being the line to said Moore’s Bridge
on the Ohoopee River; thence up the
run of the Ohoopee River from
Moore’s Bridge to McLemore’s Bridge
where the Savannah and Dublin pub
l.c road crosses the county line De
tween Laurens and Emanuel Counties
Laurens thence in a southwesterly
direction along the county line be
tween the present Counties of Eman
tel and Laurens to Pendleton Creek;
thence along the county line between
Laurens and Montgomery Counties
to Mercer’s Creek; thence down
Mercer’s creek in a outhvveterly dir
ection to where Mercer’s Creek emp
ties into the Oconee River; thence
down the Oconee River to the amount
of Red Bluff Creek; at the starting
point. That if the said county is
created the county seat shall be the
Town of Soperton now in the County
of Montgomery. That if this amend
ment shall be ratified by the people
when the same is submitted to them
for their ratification, then, on the
first Wednesday in December, 1918
an election shall be held for the elec
tion of county officers herein named
to serve in and for said new county ;
that said election shall be at the said
election precincts existing within the
limits of said proposed new county
at the time this amendment shall take
effect, and be held during the hours
now fixed by law for holding elec
tions, and all legally qualified voters
residing in the territory included in
the limits of said proposed new coun
ty shall be qualified to vote at said
election for said officers, and the or
dinaries of the several counties in
which the election precincts are In-"
cated within the limits of the said
proposed new county at tile time this
amendment is .to take effect shall
appoint the election managers
for the precincts in the county in
which he exercises jurisdiction as or
dinary, and said managers shall take
and subscribe the oath now prescribed
by law; and the election managers
shall on the day succeeding the elec
tion meet at the Town of Soperton,
the place herein designated as the
county seat of said proposed new
county, and consolidate the votes
cast at said election at such place
within the limits of said Town of
Soperton as shall he designated by
the Judge of the Superior Courts of
the Oconee Circuit whose duty it is
hereby made to designate a meeting
place for said election managers
within the corporate limits of said
Town of Soperton; and the general
laws of the State now in force as to
the consolidation of votes, the re
turn of the election, and the commis
sion of the officers shall be applic
able to such special election herein
provided for. The officers to be elec
ted at said election shall he an ordi
nary, clerk of the superior court,
sheriff, tax-collector, tax-receiver,
coroner, county surveyor, county
treasurer, county superintendent of
education and member of the General
Assembly; that the persons who shall
he eected to fill said offices at said
election shall he commissioned as
now required by law, and the laws
now in force in this State in regard
to commissions for officers and the
bonds required of them shall he ap
plicable to the officers so elected, and
they shail hold their offices until next
general election for county officers
and until their successors are elected
an dqualitied. The General As<em-'
bly is hereby given power to create
and statutory offices or statutory
| courts ana provide for filling the
anie. Vacancies that may occur be
fore the next general election in any
of said offices shal be filled as now
provided by law. That said new
county when created, shall become a
part of the twelfth Congressional
District and sixteenth Senatorial Dis
trict, and shall be included in the
Oconee Judicial Circuit, and a Super
ior Court for said county is hereby
created, which court shall have the
same jurisdiction as now provided by
law for the Superior Courts of this
State; that the said court until other
wise changed by law shall be held on
the third Mondays of February and
August of each year, but the General
Assembly is hereby expressly given
the power to change the terms of
aid court and to increase the nurp
ber thereof; that the justices of the
peace and constables residing within
the territory included within the new
county of Treutlen shall exercise the
duties and powers of their offices un
til new militia districts are laid out
for said County of Treutlen as now
provided by law. That the provisions
of Chapter 13 of the Code of 1910
are hereby made applicable to said
proposed County of Treutlen, and
lhat all the general laws of this State
in reference to holding elections for
the purpose of creating debt, and
lhat the said proposed County of
Treutlen shall, when created, become
in all respects a statutory county, and
•hall be governed by all laws now in
lorce in this State relating to coun
ties and county affairs, and shall be
übject to the legislative control of
this State, and the Legislature oT~this
State is hereby given power to enact
laws in reference to said county in
the same manner and the same extent
that they have the power to legislate
as o the other counties now existing
in this State; tat the property of all
taxpayers included within the limits
as herein defined of the said propos
ed County of Treutlen is hereby mad e
chargable with any debt that may
have been incurred by any of the
counties from which the territory
included in the new county is taken
by the legally constituted authorit?' s
of the county for the purpose of
raising revenues) for the benefit of
either cf said counties, whether the’
said debt is a bonded debt or one
which has been incurred for the ben
efit in any way of either of the
counties. The value of the taxable
property included in the said county
of Treutlen tit the time of the adop
tion of this amendment to the Con
stitution. in proportion to the value
of the property left in the counties
from which the said County of Treut
ien is taken, shall determine the pro
portionate amount of the debt which
shall be put upon the property of the
taxpayers located in said proposed
new county. Authority is hereby
given the ordinary of the said Coun ’
ty of Treutlen and to the officers of
the counties from which said terri
tory is taken who are charged with
management of the business of the
said counties to settle and agree up
on an amoun of the said indebted
ness that shall be assumed, and paid
by the aid County of Treutlen; and
it is hereby made the duty of the
ordinary of said County of Treutlen
when the amount of said debt is so
ascertained to cause a tax to be levif
ed upon all the property within the
limits of tile said County of Treut
len of such per cent as wll be suffi
cient to discharge said debt; and in
the event of the failure or refusal of
the ordinary of Treutlen County to
levy such tax it shall be the duty
of the Judge of the Superior Court of
the circuit of which the said County
of Treutlen forms a part, to compel
the ordinary of the County of Treut
len to perform the duty herein re
quired of him. In the event of the
failure of the authorities of the said
Couny of Treutlen to ascertain the
proportionate part of said debt the
said Couny of Treutlen is hereby re
quired to pay, or in the event the
authorities of the counties fail to a
:ree upon he amount of said debt,
then either of said counties may
bring" a suit against the said County
of Treutlen in the Superior Court of
>aid county for the purpose of hav- ]
tng the proportion of said debt so as
umed by the said County of Treut
len to be ascertained, and the said
court is hereby given power to en
force whatever judpnent may be had
as the result of said trial by compel
ing the ordinary of said county to
levy a tax for the payment of said
debt.
Section 2. That Section 846 of
the Code of 1910. in reference to the
legistration of voters, is hereby ex
pressly made applicable to said coun
ty. and in addition to the provisions
contained in said section, t is hereby
made the duty of the ordinaries of
the several counties in the territory
• iicluded in said county to furnish to
the electon managers the names of
all persons legally registered and
who reside in the territory included
in the said County of Treutlen and
who are qualified to vote according
to the laws of this State.
Section 3. The Governor is here
by directed and required to submit j
this proposed amendment to the peo-j
pie of this State for their ratification I
or rejection at the next general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, after the
first Monday in November, 1918, and
it shall be his duty to cause this pro
posed amendment to be advertied in j
;.t least one paper in each Congres
sional District in the State at least
two months before said general elec
tion. If a majority of the legally!
qualified voters voting at said elec-1
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lion shall ratify this proposed amends
ir.ent, then it shall become a part of
the Constitution of this State when
the voe is cerified by he Secreary of
Sate to the Governor that a majority
of the legally qualified voters voing
at said election have voted in favor
of its adoption and the Governor
shall issde his proclamation to that
effect.
Section 4. The form in which th 1 *
proposed amendment shall be sub
mitted to the people for their ratifi
cation or rejection sail be as follows:
Those voting for this amendment
shall have written or printed on their
ballots the words “In favor of the
latification of the amendment to par
agraph 2, section 1, article 11, of the
Constitution, creating the County of
Treutlen,’’ and those opposed to the
ratification of this amendment shall
have written or printed on their bal
lots the words: “Aganst the ratifica
tion of the amendment to paragraph
2, -section 1, article 11, of the Con
stitution, creating the County of
1 reutlen.”
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Hugh M.
Dorsey, Governor of said Sate, do is
sue this my proclamation hereby de
claring that the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution is sub
mitted for ratification or rejection
to the voters of the State, qualified
to vote for members of the General
Assembly at the general election to
be held on Tuesday, November sth,
1918.
HUGH M. DORSEY,
Governor.
By the Governor :
H. B. STRANGE,
Secretary of State.
Highest Prices Paid
for Live Stock.
We are constantly in the mar
ket for cattle and hogs. Many
years experience qualifies us to
offer superior advantages to the
producers of this section. We
are in position to handle your
business in a most satisfactory
manner. Get our prices.
W. D. & C. W. Peterson,
9192 m Ailey, Ga.
Lost Cow.
Two and a-half year old heifer;
black sides; back and under par.t
white; buttheaded; unmarked;
strayed from my place north of
Sharpe Spur some time in April.
A suitable reward will be given
for information leading to re
covery. J. W. Mclntyre,
8-22tf Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Storage Batteries
Storage Batteries recharged and
rebuilt. Rebuilding a specialty.
Batteries exchanged. Agents for
Willard Storage Batteries.
Tarrytown Storage Battery
Company,
Tarrytown, Ga.
For Long Term Farm
Loans,
SEE A. B. HUTCHESON.
I am negotiating some very
attractive Long Term Farm Loans
for the best companies doing bus
iness in Georgia, withiowest rates
of interest and the most liberal*
terms of payments.
I have several years experience
in the loan business, am located
at the county site and believe that
lam in position to give you the
best terms and as prompt services
as any one.
If vou need a loan see me before
application.
A. B. HutchesoD,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
M. B. CALHOUN
Atty at Law,
Mt Vernon, Georgia
E. M. RACKLEY
Dentist
Office over Mt. Verpon Postoffice.
MT. VERNON. OA.
A. L. Lanier,
Attorney at Law,
MT. VERNON, GA.
Will Practice in ali the Courts of
the State.
