The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, March 20, 1919, Image 4
P —— $ I LOCAL- - PERSONAL § ©' ——— fg ©x©m©m© w@ffl&oM $ Mrs. Annie Wilkins of Kastman is visiting her sister, Mrs. D. A. Mcßae. Mr. Ethan Stephens of Adrian is spending a few days with Mt. Vernon friends. Mrs. E. D. Adams left this morning for Walthourville, where she was called on account of the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. J. C. Norman. Montgomery friends hope for her recovery. Miss Ada Blanche Allmond spent the week-end with friends in Bartow. Time to get supply of Irish Potato Seed. We have the best variety. Cock field Grocery Co., Mt. Vernon. Mrs. J. H. Sharpe of Vidalia visited friends in Mt. Vernon Saturday afternoon. Messrs. I). A. Mcßae and S. Z. Salter made a business trip to Bartow yesterday. 'THE PRESIDENT IS ASKED TO < REMOVE EMBARGO ON COTTON I . {Petition Prepared By Senator Hoke Smith and Signed By All ’ Southern Senators, Except One. The following In a copy of tln> petition prepared by Senator Hoke Smith, which waa presented to l’r< ident Wilson Just before be sailed for France thin month. It beara the signal tires of all, but one, of the Southern senator* It Is hoped that the President will Hct favorably on thla petition very shortly and that the embargo will be removed. February Twenty-Fourth, 1919 i Mr. President: — We reapedlully urge the necessity for Immediately removing cotton from the embargo list. The present price at which cotton sella la below the estimated cost of production In many localities. Bankers and merchants have advanced ;upon It In many Instances beyond the prices at which it now sells. This situation Is demoralizing business conditions In the States where cotton Is raised, and threatens serious financial loss to cotton growers and to merchants and bankers who have advanced money upon cotton. Cotton, now on the embargo list, can only he exported where the exportation is approved by the War Trades Board. A number of us have learned recently of large sales of cotton which would have been made to neutral countries, hut for the fact that the War Trades Board refused li censes, and cotton, being on the embargo list, could not he exported without the licenses That you may appreciate the condition and the injury that this re striction of markets places upon holders of cotton, we call your attention to the fact that cotton was selling last September for thirty-eight cents a pound. It waa then that the subject of cotton was referred to the War Industries Board wllli a view to stabilizing the price, or fixing the price. This inter ference with the market broke the price and demoralized purchaser so that buyers ceased to purchase at the thirty-eight cent market and bid down the market to around thirty cents a pound. The War Industries Board finally determined that it had no authority to (lx a price and no power to maintain It, but the Injury had already been done. Then It developed that the War Trades Board was seriously Inter faring with the export of cotton by restricting licenses for shipment even to countries not contiguous to Uermany and Austria, and front which countries cotton could not have reached either of the enemy countries. This still further demoralized the cotton market and forced down the price. If cotton is taken off the embargo list, broader opportunities for sale at once will follow, and the Injury which has been done to cotton raisers and merchants and bankers in the sections where cotton is raised will he reduced. We earnestly appeal to you to take cotton off the embargo list and permit it normally to he sold and shipped where purchasers are willing to buy. The cotton raiser has suffered more from (he war than any class of out citizens. He is not now asking the Government to give him the assistance which is going to other farm products. We only ask that he he relieved from burdens placed upon him by his own Government. Respectfully, North Carolina:— Mississippi:— P M SIMMONS. JAMES K. VARDAMAN LEE S. OVERMAN. •Louisiana:— South Carolina:— JOS. E. RANSDELL ELLISON D. SMITH. EDWARD J. GAY. WM P. POLLOCK. Arkansas:— Georgia:— JOS T. ROBINSON. HOKE SMITH. WILLIAM F. KIRBY. , THUS W. HARDWICK. Oklahoma:— Florida:— THOMAS P. GORE. DUNCAN U. FLETCHER. ROBERT L. OWEN. PARK TRAMMEL!.. Texas:— | Alabama:— CHAS. A. CULBERSON. JNO H. BANKHEAD MORRIS SHEPPARD. OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD. Tennessee: JNO. K SHIELDS. KENNETH McKKLLAR. r- ....... REAL ESTATE * REAL ESTATE If you want to buy or sell farm or 1 city property see us STEPHFNS & DURDEN SOPERTON, GA. SEND THE MONITOR THE NEWS. Mr. John W. Abt left a few days ago for Atlanta, where he has accepted a position. After spending some time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McAllister, Dr. J. A. McAllister has returned to Atlanta to re sume his practice, after about a year in the service, part of which was spent in France. Advices from Atlanta state that Mr. Otis Rackley, who has been quite ill, continues to improve, and will probably be able to re turn home in a few days for re cuperation. Auto Owners—Don’t forget that we carry any kind of spring for any kind of car. E. L, Meadows, Vidalia, Ga. Col. B. P. Jackson and Rev. P. R. Anderson of Vidalia were visi tors to Mt. Vernon Tuesday af ternoon. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 16J9 FOR THE BENEFIT OF ILLITERATES Bill Introduced In Senate and House In Their Behalf—The Church Organization Will Also Give Practical Aid. WILL PROMOTE EDUCATION The Significant Movement of the Times Is That of the Centenary of the Methodist Episcopal Church South---Will Spend Mil lions Among the Uneducated. The fact that several thousand sol diers were unable to understand the orders given them from their superiors and that many, many thousands could not sign their own names to their questionnaires brought to light a con dition so serious that two Southern Representatives at Washington are now Introducing billa to promote the education of Illiterates throughout ths length and breadth of America. Sena tor Hoka Bn»lth, of Georgia, has intro duced a bill In the Senate "to promote the education of Illiterates, of persons unable to understand and use the Eng Ush language, and other resident per sons of foreign birth,” and the same measure has been introduced In the House by Hon. William b. Bankhead, of Alabama. The Introduction of this important bill means a great deal to the South, which, because of Its negroes and mountain whites, has long borne a reputation for Illiteracy out of propor tion to that of the rest of the coun try. Just what steps will ba Immedi ately taken as the result of the passage of the education of illiterates bill at Washington cannot he stated at this time, hut, certainly, practical meas ures will be put Into operation for the establishment of schools In both rural districts and cities Other organizations besides that of the government are at work on the same problem—the establishment of schools in the heart of tenement dls trlcts and rural communities being a matter of first Importance with all of them. One of the most significant movements of the times In thii con neetlon ia that of the Centenary of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, because that denomination will expend within the next five years ovar $3,000,000 among the uneducated classes In the Southern and Western States The church la to raise a fund of $35,000,000 In an eight-day drive In April, the financial campaign being a part of the Centenary Celebration of the denomination. The money la ba lng raised with a view to putting the work of the church on a business basis, the church considering its duty to the Illiterates here In America to be among the matters of first Importance which It should undertake. A survey has been made and the result of the campaign will be the apportionment of $3,000,000 among the various illiterate population as follows: Mountain pop ulation, $750,000; immigrant, $900,000; negroes, $600,000; Indians, $l5O 000; cotton mill population. $160,000; Chris tian literature for all of them, SIOO 000 With the definite step undertaken at Washington, with one denomination already completing its plans for fur thering the work among them, and with other churches and organizations getting ready to join hands in their behalf. It ia more than posslbla that the Illiterates of the South are in a fairway to soon become educated citi zens of the United States. METHODIST LEADERS RETURN FROM FRANCE Three prominent leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Bouth. have Just landed in America, after spending two months In Europe, where they went for the purpose of tnvestl gating actual conditions and dactdlng upon a program for the expenditure ot $5,000,000, which sum will be allotted to European upbuilding by the Cente nary Commission of the denomination. The three returning church leaders are Bishop James Atkins. Chairman wt the Centenary Commission; Bishop Walter Lambutta, who has been In Bu rope for nearly a year in the interest of his church; and Dr. W. W. Pinson, General Secretary of the Mission Board. Dr Pinson and Bishop Atkins re turned to the headquarters of the de nomination at Nashville the latter part of the week, and Bishop Lambuth went directly to his home at Oakdale. Cali fornia. While the plans for the European work have not been announced as yet the returning members of the commis sion say that they have mapped out a very satisfactory program and that five million dollars of the Centenary fund will be expended In upbuilding schools and churches in the devastated lands of Belgium, Italy and France Notice to Public. I have purchased the C. R. Baggott stock of drugs, etc., in Uvalda, exclusive of the accounts of said business, and in taking over the stock, incur no responsi bility whatever as to the obliga tions, if any, of said business. Mr. Baggott retains all accounts due him. Respectfully, H. G. Martin. 3134 Uvalda, Ga. Mules for Sale. Four head of heavy mules, for immediate sale. See at once W. W. Pierce, Notice to Debtors and Creditors. Georgia—Montgomery County. All parties having demands against the estate of W. H. H Stephens ure hereby notified to present them, properly attested, to the undersigned, and all parties indebted to said estate are re quired to make immediate pay ment to the undersigned. This the 8d day of March, 1919. J. W. Stephens, Adr. Estate W. H. H. Stephens. 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 Sheriff Sale. Georgia—Montgomery County. Will be sold before the court house door in Mt. Vernon on the first Tuesday in April. 1919, be tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bid der for cash, certain property, of which the fol lowing is a complete description: One certain house and hit in 'he Town of Uvalda. said state and county, and known and distinguish ed in the plat of said town as Lot No. 1 in Block No. 17, fronting 66 feet on Myrtle street, and ex tending back 165 feet to an alley, and known as the O. A. Gray home place. Levied on and will be sold as the property of O. A. Gray to satisfy a tax fi fa issued by H. C. Davis, tax collector of said county, vs O. A. Gray, for state and county taxes for the years 1917 and 1918. Levy made and e turned to me by I. C. S. Berner, special bailiff, and written notice given in terms of the law. This the 4th day of March, 1919. E. E. Burch, Sheriff. Citation. Georgia—Montgomery County. Notice is hereby giveu that N. J. Vaughan, administrator cf the estate of Mrs. Maude Vaughan, deceased, has applied to the un dersigned for leave to sell two lots of land located in the Town of Charlotte, Ga., said county, and two lots (tracts) of land situated in Wheeler ccunty, said state, and same will be heard at my of lice on the first Monday in April next. This the 3d day of March, 1919. J. C. McAllister, Ordinary. 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, with lowest 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 I am 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. Hutcheson, Mt. Vernon, Ga. LOANS ON FARM LANDS. Loans on improved farm lands of Montgomery County can be placed promptly at 5 l-2c in terest in amounts of SI,OOO and above, with the privilege of re paying part of the principal at any interest bearing periods.in amounts of SIOO or multiples thereof, thereby stopping the in terest on amount paid. Loans can be made for periods of 57, or 10 years to suit the borrower. Commissions charged are reason able. M. B. Calhoun, Mt. Vernon, Ga. R. E. Ward, Soperton, Ga. THE UNIVERSAL CAR _ It’s no longer necessary to go into the details describing the practical merits of the Ford car—everybody knows all apout “The Universal Car.” How it goes and comes day after day and year after year at an operating expense so small that it’s wonderful. This advertisement is to urge pros pective buyers to place orders without ? delay. Buy a Ford car when you can get one. We’ll take good care of your order —get your Ford as soon as possible—and give the best in “after service”, when required. t P. J. McNATT Uvalda, Ga. ) Oakland Sensible Six I It is a six-cylinder car of medium price. ijj It has a small bore, high speed, overhead :j: valve engine. It is a light weight, high powered car, with |i j 44 horse power, weight 2130. ijj; It has more power according to weight than 8 any car built. I It gives from 18 to 25 miles per gallon of gas. | Better than ail else is that you are not always buying 8 parts for it. I have been handling the Oakland Six 1 I for twelve months and have never had a call for any | of the rear axle parts. The profits on my sales of | Oakland parts for twelve months would not buy a « box of good cigars. | Why not buy yourself a car like that? It is a | | whole lot cheaper in the long run. | Several used cars of different makes, part cash | I and balance payable next fall. | | L. L. GODBEE, Oakland Dealer I VIDALIA, GEORGIA | Citation. Georgia—Montgomery County. Ordinary’s Office, Mar. 3, 1919. To all whom it may concern: C. A. Mason, guardian of Janie Mae McQueen, has in proper form applied to the undersigned for leave to s i> ll a 3 10 undivided in terest of his said ward in three lots of land located in the Town of Mt. Vernon, Ga., and same will be passed upon at my office on the first Monday in April next. J. C. McAllister, Ordinary. Sheriff Sale. Georgia Montgomery County. Will be Bold before the court house door in Mt. Vernon on the first Tuesday in April, 1919, be tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, certain property, of which the following is a complete description: One certain lot of land situate, ly ing and being in the Town of Uvalda, Georgia, said county, and in the 275th G. M. district, and bounded as follows: Fronting north 33 feet on Main street, east 100 feet on Broad street, south 33 feet, on an alley and bounded west 100 feet by lands of J. S. Kennedy. Levied on and will be sold as the property of .1. B. Keen to satisfy a lax fi fa issued by H. C. Davis, tax collector of said county, vs J. Is. Keen for state and county taxes ror the year 1918. Written no tice of levy given as required by law. This the 4th day of March, 1919. E. E. Sheriff. Citation. Georgia—Montgouiery Conntv. The appraisers appointed to set apart and assign a year’s support to Mrs. Luronie Conner, for her self and three minor children out of the estate of .T. X. Conner, de ceased, having filed their return, unless good and sufficient cause is shown, the same wjll be made the judgment of the court of ordinary, to be held on the first Monday in April, 1919. This the 3d day of March, 1919. J. C. McAllister, Ordinary. Sheriff Sale. Georgia—Montgomery County. Will be sold before the court house door in Mt. Vernon on the first Tuesday in April, 1919. be tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, certain property, of which the following is a complete description: Ten acres of land situate, lying and being in the 16915 t G. M. district of Montgomery county, as it existed before the creation of Treutlen coun ty, and bounded as follows: On the west by lands of Leona Webb, on the south by lands of (J. B. McLeod and on the north and east by lands of Cola Phillips, being ten acres cut from the southwest corner of a tract of land owned by Cola P. and Emma Phillips. Levied on and will be sold as their property to satisfy a tax fi fa issued by H. C. Davis, tax collector Montgomery county, vs Cola P. anti Emma Phillips, for state and county taxes for the year 1918. Levy made and returned to me by C. H. (toss, constable, and written notice of levy given in terms of the law. This the 4th day of March. 1919. E. E Burch, Sheriff. Sheriff Sale. Georgia—Montgomery County. Will be sold before the court house door in Mt. Vernon on the first Tuesday in April, 1919. between the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, certain propsrty, of which the following is a complete description: Fifteen acres of land situate, lying and being in Ailey G. M. district of said county and state, and bounded as follows: North and ea tby lands of J. W. McArthur and the Liza McArthur estate, south by lands of B. A. Mosley and J. H. Hudson and on the west by lands of Lovedy William » and the J. A. Riddle estate, the same being fiffeen acres carved from the corner of the Allen McArtfiur old home place. Levied on and will be sold as the property of J. W. McArthur to satisfy a tax n fa issued by H. C. Davis, tax collec tor of said county, vs J. W. McArthur, for state and coun y taxes for the years 1917 and 1918. Levied and returned to me by I. C. S. Berner, special bailiff, and written notice of 1 -vy given in terms of the law. This the 4th day of March, 1919. E. E. Burch, Sheriff. Citation. Georgia—Montgomery County. The appraisers appointed to set apart and assign a year’s support to Mrs. Clifford E. Geiger for herself and four minor children, out of the estate of J. B. Geiger, deceased, having fi ed their return, and unless good and sufficient cause is shown the same will he made the judgment of the court < f ordinary to be held on the first Monday in April next. This the 3d day of March, 1919. J. C. McAllister, Ordiuary.