VOL. XXXIII.
ROAD FUNDS FOR
ALL COUNTIES
Georgia Road Building Put
on Uniform Business
Basis.
Special service to Montgomery Monitor.
Atlanta.—Action taken by the stale
highway commission has opened the
way for every county in the state of
Georgia to become a beneficiary of the
emergency federal aid road fund of
$1,346,600 which must be applied for
by the counties on or before -March
20.
Following the action of the state I
highway commission, W. R. Neel, stale
highway engineer, addressed letters j
to all the county commissions in the
state commission will act on all ap
plications for federal aid available and
the commissions are urged to submit
their applications before March IS and
to show that they are prepared to
ceed with active work. The counties
need not furnish technical details spell
as plans and surveys at this time,
the only requirement being that ap
plications must be accompanied by
evidence of the county’s good faith
and ability to make good on the bid
and match its share of the government
fund. This gives to each county an
open and clear cut business proposi
tion for the development of it: roads,
which, it is believed, few will fail to
take advantage of. Each county may
secure its share not only of the sum
of $1,346,044.75, which must be con
tracted for prior to July 1, but also of
the further allotment of $2,019,067.12
available after that date, in addition
to which there will be $675,0d0 of the
original federal aid appropriation.
Sounds Warning About Railroads
Savannah. —S. Davis Warfield, of
Baltimore, graphically described the
various phases of the railroad situa
tion from the standpoints of the ship
pers, the landowner, business general
ly and the security owner in him by !
Mills B. Lane, at which were present j
prominent members of the board of
trade, attorneys, clearing house, bank
ing and business institutions, also rep
resentatives of land owning associa
tions, throughout the southern coun
try, coming from Louisiana, Mississ
ippi, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina,
SB,OOO of Whiskey Seized Ey Police
Atlanta. —About $3,000 worth of blind
tiger liquor was seized, and one white
man and three negroes placed under
arrest, when city detectives, accom
panied by local revenue agents, staged
one cf the largest whiskey raids that
has been made in the city for several
months, at the Frank Cooperage
works, in the rear of 325 Decatur
street. The big raid occurred within
two blocks of the police station.
. Shipping Sweet Potatoes.
Moultrie, March 8.- The South
Georgia Products Warehouse
Company, a Moultrie corporation,
shipped thirty car loads of sweet
potatoes to northern and eastern
cities this week. More than fif
teen of the cars went to Pitts
burgh. The potatoes were load
ed from the company’s storage
warehouses located along the
Georgia Northern Railroad. Oth
er big shipments will go forward
within the next few days, it is
announced.
The warehouses owned by the
South Georgia Products Ware
house Company have a capacity
of nearly three hundred car loads
of sweet Dotatoes and the cor
poration is said to be the largest
buyer and holder of sweet pota
toes in the country. It was or
ganized about three years ago
and since that time, in connec
tion with the railroad company
along whose line its warehouses
are located, has spent a consider
able sum of money in encourag
ing the sweet potato industry in
this section.
Notice to Public.
By order of the Board of Com
missioners of Roads and Reve
nues of Montgomery County the
Board of Tax Equalizers will not
receive taxes direct at their of
fice, the same being contrary to
the law provided, and all tax
payers are hereby required to
make returns to the Tax Receiver
direct, and in the future there
will be no deviation from this rule
and order. This the 6th day of
March, 1919.
364 Board Tax Equalizers
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IN THE SERVICE OF AMERICaX TO THE END: FOR VICTORY, FOR PEACE AND FOR WORLD-WIDE LIBERTY
Mr. John A. McKay
Died Out West.
Mr. John A. McKay, one of
Telfair’s most widely known and
admired citizens died at a sani
tarium in Albuquerque, N. M.
He has been ill for several months,
suffering from tuberculosis, and
a few months ago, he went West,
thinking the climate there would
be beneficial to him. However
he did not improve, as was an
ticipated, but gradually grew
weaker until the end came last
Saturday night.
Mr. McKay is a native of Tel
fair county, having been born
and reared at his country home, i
Cedar Park, about ten miles
south of here. Several years
ago, he with his mother and sis
ters moved to Mcßae and have
been living-here since, he being
man .j . i of the Chero-Cola plant
here. * * * Besides his moth
er, Mrs. J. A. McKay, he is sur
vived hy four sisters, Mrs. King
of G: t - n Cove Springs, Fla., Mrs.
0 car Smith of Donalsonville,
and Misses Aleph and Kate Mc-
Kay of this city.—Telfair Enter
prise.
New Department for
Agricultural Dept.
The State Department of Ag
riculture has now fully organized
its new department known as
the Bureau of Statistics, with
Martin V. Calvin, one of Geor
gia’s best known agricultural
experts, in charge. The bureau
has been provided with an office
in the capitol and has made ar
rangements for the collects n and
publication of valuable statistics
relating to agriculture and indus
try throughout the state. It will
he the purpose of the Bureau to
supply with definite information
about Georgia or any section of
it, any person desiring to know
about the state and its resources.
The department invites those who
have need for information of this
character to call upon the bureau
for it.
Urges Employment For Tabor
Atlanta. —Governor Dorsey has re
turned from the conference of gover
nors held in Washington for the pur
pose of discussing the problems of re
consl ruction. He expressed the opin
ion that many good results will be ac
complished through the general un
derstandings reached at the confer
ence, and through the co-ordination of
effort in the various states. The first
and foremost need of the country, said
Governor Dorsey, is for the widest
possible employment to be given to
labor. While the conference developed
unanimity of opinion on very few
general subjects, there was no differ
ence of opinion as to this question. It
was the unanimous sense of the con
ference, the governor stated, that the
federal government, the state govern
ments and tiie municipal governments
should at once go forward with all
possible public work, but that this
butler employment will not be suffi
cient to meet the needs of the situa
tion. Business men generally, Gov
ernor Dorey declared, ought to pro
ceed at once with all kinds of activity
o as to furnish employment. The
general opinion of the conference was
that no reduction of the cost of labor
can reasonably be expected in the
near future, nor any substantial re
duction in the cost of living. The thing
!o do, in his opinion, and in the opin
ion of the conference, is for every
business man to give employment to
its many people as he possibly can.
Union Prayer Service
Closes Friday Evening.
The union prayer meeting w hich
has been in progress at the Bap
' tist church for the past week will
'be continued through tomorrow
(Friday) evening. The meetings
have been well attended, and
strong interest has been mani
fested throughout the services by
the church-going people of the
place. The ministers of the
three churches have conducted
the services.
Regular services at the BaDtist
church Sunday, preaching by Dr.
Brewton. Rev. F. M. Baldwin
having been called to Valdosta
for Sunday, there will be no
preaching at the Presbyterian
church here that day.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 13. 1919.
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In A Red Triangle Dug-Out Overseas
Y. M. C. A. men fixed up dugouts with our men on the French front In the bad old days before the
armistice was signed, and it became possible for the American veterans to take their recreation out In (lie
open. Here in the dimly lighted underground rooms, refreshments were served, and an opportunity was
given the boys to write home, indoor games were played and occasionally some more athletic games such
as boxing. It was even possible sometimes to put on a moving picture siffrw for the boys in their time off
from actual trench duty.
Three Students From
South America.
Nashville, Term., March 10.—
Three Brazilian youths, about 19
years old each, arrived here to- 1
day after a month’s journey from
their native land in Brazil, for
the purpose of learning American
publishing methods, so that they
can return and set up a Metho
dist publishing plant in their own
country.
The boys are Pedro Tosetti,
Tito Becker and Jiro Waltenberg,
none of whom know any English.
They will start from the bottom
in the big printing plant of the
Southern Methodist Publishing
House and, after spending a year
in Nashville, will probably go
elsewhere for a year’s vocational
training.
The plan is to send them back
to Brazil able to handle the en
tire publishing end of Methodist
activities in that land. The
Methodists there expect to pub
lish a vast amount of educational
literature in connection with
their church work. They are al
so planning to send fifteen new
missionaries there and to develop
thirty-five native teachers for the
new parochial schools to be set
up after the financial campaign
for $35,000,000 has been con
cluded.
The leader of the Brazilian trio
is Tito Becker. He is the son of
Dr. J. L. Becker, who is pre
siding elder of the Bello Horizon
to District, and a professor of the
Methodist Seminary in the same
district. All three lads expressed
themselves as greatly impressed
with the magnitude of America.
Auto Thieves are Caught.
Savannah, March 10. — While
looking for Roy Edwards and
Frank Cooley, who escaped from
Sheriff Brady, of Sanford, Fla.,
while he was taking them on
train to Florida, local officers cap
tured last night Joe Duncan, who
is said to be wanted in Waynes
ville, N. C., to complete a sen
tence of two years for auto-steal
ing, the same offense which the
other pair are charged with.
Cooley and Edwards were also
captured and today returned to
Florida.
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Mules for Sale.
Four head of heavy mules, for
immediate sale. See at once
I W. W. Pierce,
Barnes Sentenced to Nineteen Years
Thomson.—John M. Barnes for
many years United States marshal of
the southern district of Georgia, was
found guilty of manslaughter by the
jury trying him for killing his brothel'-
in-law, J. O. Lewis, on February 3.
A sentence of nineteen years in prison
was imposed by Judge llenry C. Ham
mond. The decision of the jury was
reached immediately upon adjourning
to the jury room.
Wind And Rain Has Wires Down
Macon. —A violent wind storm, ac
companied by heavy rain, has caused
considerable damage to telegraph and
telephone wires, in southern Geor
gia. Many points were entirely cut
off from wire communication. The I
storm appears to have been most
violent around Leesburg and in the
neighborhood of Souther field, Ameri
cus, according to reports reaching
here. *
Doctor Wilmer Leaves For France
Atlanta. —Dr. C. B. Wilmer, rector
of SI. Luke’s Episcopal church, left
for New York, en route to France
where he will spend six months in the |
service of the Y. M. C. A. It was an- j
nounced that during the absence of
Dr. Wilmer Rev. Cuthbert W. Collor
bon, who is coming to Atlanta from
Waycross, will have charge of St.
Luke's church.
Mrs. Rachel McDaniel
Died Last Thursday.
Mrs. Rachel McDaniel, after a
prolonged illness, died at her
home here last Thursday. For
thirty years or more she had
made her home with her daugh
ter, Mrs. James Hester, but for
the past few years she has been
gradually declining in health—
patiently waiting for the final
summons.
Mrs. McDaniel died just two
days before reaching her 83d
birthday. She was a member of
the Baptist church, and had lived
a consistent Christian life.
Remains were interred in the
cemetery at Red Bluff Friday
last, the Methodist minister at
Soperton conducting the funeral
service. Mrs. McDaniel is sur
vived by only one child, Mrs.
Hester, the other children, Archie
T. McDaniel and Mrs. Lovedy
Davis, both being dead.
Oyster Supper at Hack
Branch Friday Evening.
There will be held an oyster
supper at the Hack Branch school
house tomorrow (Friday) even
ing, and all the young folks, and
old ones, too, are invited to
attend. The proceeds of the oc
casion will be devoted to the
benefit of the school house. Go
out and enjoy the affair. The
Hack Branch people are a hos
pitable set and the visitor is al
! Aujb welcome.
Waycross Barber
Seriously Injured.
Waycross, Ga., March 12. —W.
C. M urray, a barber at the Sou
thern Barber Shop, was seriously
injured yesterday morning about
8 o’clock when he was struck by
the Dixie Flyer, just as the train
was pulling into the station from
Macon. Mr. Murray’s left leg
was completely severed from his
body and his right foot was so
badly mangled that it was found
necessary to amputate it at the
local hospital. He also sustained
severe cuts and bruises about the
head and body.
Signs Order For Railroad's Sale
Savannah. —Federal Judge Evans
has signed an order for the sale of
the Georgia Coast and Piedmont rail
t road, on petition of David Loewenthal,
jof New York. W. J. Talbert was up
i pointed commissioner and the first
Tuesday of May set for the sale, which
will be held in Brunswick. The road
is bankrupt and has given mortgages
on the property approximately $2,-
250,000.
Brunswick Building 2nd Oil Refinery
Brunswick. —While very little pub
licity has been given to It, because the
! owners are among those who seek
1 as little publicity as possible, still
j there is now in course of construction
j in Brunswick what is claimed will be
j the second to the largest, oil refinery
in this country. The work is progress
ing rapidly on many of the buildings,
tanks, etc., and each day a large num
ber of new workmen are being added.
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Peanut Crushers Organize in Albany
Albany.—Peanut crushers from
Georgia, Alabama and Florida met
here and organized under the name
of the Southeastern Peanut Crushers’
association. Fears were expressed
that, unless higher prices can prevail
for peanut products and the farmers
thereby secure a higher price for their
products the acreage devoted to this
crop in the southeast will he seriously
reduced this year.
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Atlanta Votes For Bond Issue
Atlanta. —The $1,000,000 municipal
bond issue which was voted by the
voters of Atlanta, was duly authorized.
I The proposal to restore the city tax
rate to $1.50 waH lost by a margin of
154 votes on the face of the unofficial
returns. These figures show that. 2,-
411 votes were east for the lax rate
restoration, while 2,545 were cast
against it.
Sample Paved Road Is Given Approval
Griffin. —The piece of sample con
crete road constructed on the Dixie
j highway between Griffin and Experi
ment a few months ago lias been ap
| proved by the federal government as
| well as others who have seen it, and
1 the government has offered a special
appropriation of $60,000 to have the
j pavement extended to the Henry coun
ity line, a distance of six miles. The
| county commissioners are arranging
j the balance of the amount necessary to
' build the read.
BONUS FOR ALL
EXSOLDIERS
Honorably Discharged Men
are Eligible for Extra
Payment.
Section 1406 of the Revenue
Act approved February 24, 1919
authorizes the payment of a bo
nus of $60.00 to officers, soldiers,
field clerks and nurses of the
Army upon honorable separation
from active service by discharge,
resignation or otherwise. This
bonus is not payable to the heirs
or representatives of any deceased
soldier.
Those who are discharged here
after will receive this bonus on
the same roll or voucher upon
which they are paid their final
pay.
Those who have been discharg
ed and have received their final
pay without the $60.00 bonus,
should write a letter to the Zone
Finance Officer, Lemon Building,
Washington, D. C., stating their
service since April 6, 1917, the
date of last discharge and their
present address to which they de
sire their bonus checks to be
sent and enclosing with this let
ter their discharge certificate or
military order for discharge and
both, if both were issued.
Upon the receiut by the Zone
Finance Officer, Washington, D.
C., of this information and the
soldier’s discharge certificate, this
officer will cause checks to be
drawn and mailed to the claim
ants in the order in which their
claims werereceived by him.
The discharge certificate will be
returned to the soldier with the
check.
It is estimated that at least one
million and a quarter persons
have been discharged from the
service who are entitled to the
benefits of this Act and while
payments will be made as expe
ditiously as practicable, it will
manifestly take considerable time
to write and mail this many
checks.
Government Instruction
Disabled Soldiers.
The government has under
taken to give free instruction to
disabled soldiers who may desire
to pursue certain trades or pro
fessions, and who may not feel
competent to undertake such.
To this end the Federal Board for
Vocational Education has for
warded to the clerks of all local
boards application cards which
may be filled in by acquaintances
or friends of disabled men, and
the matter will be taken up by
the Federal Board.
This is a fine opportunity for
men whose advantages have been
lessened by wounds or otherwise
and should be accepted by those
who come within the scope of
the plan.
Aside from the special training,
to which is added the expenses of
the student, he receives a com
pensation of not less than $65
per month during his period of
study, together with allowance
for dependents.
If there are such men in Mont
gomery county, they should call
on the clerk of the local board,
Miss Anna Morrison, for blanks,
etc. It is an opportunity not to
be overlooked. The liberality of
the government is unbounded,
and this plan will doubtless ap
peal to thousands.
Box Supper.
A box sup Der will be given at
« Ruth's Chapel school house Sat
| unlay evening, March 15, be
ginning at 7:00 o’clock. The
proceeds will be used to improve
the school. Everybody invited,
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