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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1919)
VOL. XXXIV. HIGHWAY BILL THIS SESSION Interest Centers in Reports of Special Highway Committee. Special service to Montgomery Monitor. Atlanta. —Among the many import antmeasures to come before the leg' ! islature are the highway bills and the \ woman suffrage amendment. It is > agreed that these two will produce a j vast amount of discussion, but there j is this difference: Woman suffrage ' will be taken care of in one bill, while the probability is that to the three or more bills on the highway future of the state which have al ready been drawn up, there will be aded some score or more othersfi and numerous amendments proposed. The situation on highway legislation now centers around the two reports which will be made from the specially ap pointed highway legislative commit- j tee. One of these is the majority re- | port, which calls for a constitutional! amendment that will permit the issu- i ance of bonds for road improvement, | but in the meantime provides for an increase in automobile license fees for use on road work, these funds to take care of the bonds later. A state highway commission of three is pro posed, of which the head shall be an engineer elected by the board. The minority report also contains a rec ommended Amendment, but it differs somewhat from the others. The high way department, as proposed in this report, would consist of one member from each congressional district, to be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, for a term of I six year. The chief executive of the j department would be an engineer' elected by the people. Mental Defectives In Large Number I Atlanta.- —In the report rendered to Governor Dorsey on the conditions existing among the feeble-minded of Georgia by the Georgia commission on the feeble-minded, an alarming number of mental defectives are not ed, and the imperative need for im mediate provision of special institu tional care and training is pointed j out. The commission has had a corps | of scientific experts, headed by Dr. , V. V. Anderson, one of America’s j leading authorities on the subject, at work on Georgia conditions for the past four months; and the findings of these experts as embodied in the report is sumarized as follows: "In our survey of the feeblemindedness in Georgia, owing to the lack of time intervening between the beginning of our investigation and the assembling of the legislature, we considered it more worth while to make a study of the outstanding problem feeble-mind edness was creating—a study of the conditions whic hare, in a striking [ proportion of cases, the result of fail- j lire to make early provision for the ! feeble-minded —than to attempt a statewide census of the number of feeble-minded persons in Georgia needing institutional care. Remember the date of the July celebration has been changed from July 4th to July 25th. Be on hand with your appetite. [ THE BREWTON-PARKER INSTITUTE * ► (MT. VERNON-AILEY. GA.) 1 I H ] : „ 3 : Modern High School for Boys 3 l 3 : and Girls 5 i : MOST CHOICE LOCATION 3 l \ t VERY STRONG FACULTY 3 - ► EVERY CONDITION IDEAL * I ] ► Extensive Improvements in Progress. Fall Term < * Opens Sept. 2, 1919. For further information and « I catalogue, write * \ : L. S. BARRETT , President 3 : : ► MT. VERNON, GA. ► 4 *.* aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAA4AAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA» Wqt ititftttixir. A Seaboard Train is Wrecked Near Alamo, j Alamo, June 24. — Engineer A. | iE. Hines of Americus was seri-! ously, perhaps fatally scalded, when Seaboard Air Line passen ger train No. 11, westbound from Savannah, was wrecked here today. The engine of the train turned over, Engineer Hines being caught underneath. The fireman, Israel Pierce, escaped without injury. The train struck two cows in a cut about 400 yards east of the ! station here and the engine was derailed, turning over on the right side. None of the coaches were derailed and passengers were not aware of the accident so slow was the train running at the time of the accident. Traffic has been blocked all day as a result of the wreck, the afternoon trains transferring ! passengers here. It will be some time in the morning before ! through traffic is resumed. Engineer Hines was given med ical attention here and this after noon taken to his home at Ameri cus. To Entertain House Party . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mcßae will entertain a house party for the | week-end. The guests, who will motor down from Atlanta, expect |to arrive Saturday morning, will ' include Miss Lillie Myers, Miss Ella Garrison, Mrs. Palmer, Mr. Wood, Mr. George Wright, Mr. A. 0. Blalock. Mrs. Maria Myers and little son, Billie, who are visiting Mrs. Mcßae, will remain with the party. The entire party will return to Atlanta Tuesday morning, accompanied by Mr. ; and Mrs. Mcßae and sons, Lee and Frank Mcßae, Jr., who will be the guests of Mrs. Maria Myers and Miss Lillie Myers at their home on Pine street for several days. Mr. Blalock is Internal Revenue Collector for Georgia, now a can didate for the governorship. For many years he has been promi nent in state affairs and Mont gomery county friends will be pleased to have him visit this ;county. Duroe Pigs. Three mos. old; thoroughbred; and subject to registration; male and a female. For sale. See T. B. Conner, 6263 Mt. Vernon, Ga. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JUNE 26, 1919. EXTRA FUNDS NEGRO SCHOOLS Industrial Features Will be Added Several Colored Schools. Prof. Geo. D. Godard, one of the state supervisors of education, in company with County Superin tendent Conner, visited a number of the colored school communities in Montgomery county this week, and as a result of Prof. Godard’s visit, it is quite probable that at least two colored schools of the county will secure endowments with which to further their work. A number of the colored schools are doing very creditable work, the record of Horn’s Chapel being j especially good. The trustees of this school, a few miles south of Mt. Vernon, have on hand something like SBOO. They will endeavor to raise S2OO within the next few weeks, making theirs a SIOOO school fund. To this will be added SSOO, which comes from Northern sources, but disbursed through regular state educational channels. The trustees of this school. Rev. Jas. Roberson, chairman, will give a rally on the 4th of July, for the purpose of raising their balance. The colored people of Ailey have planned an industrial school, and work on it will commence at once. Their first effort will be to raise SIOOO, to which will be added a SSOO special fund. Mr. T. A.- Peterson has given them four acres of ground, and citizens of the place have already con tributed S3OO in cash. The claim of the colored man , to an education, in keeping with his native ability and social standing, is well founded, and he deserves recognition along this line. For him a collegiate educa tion is not practical, but he de serves the common school ad- 1 vantages, which go toward ele vating his citizenship and his industrial opportunities, both for himself and his country. There fore we approve the plan of fur nishing him with such courses as will increase his usefulness. More and more this is recognized by educational authority, and where the colored man shows a disposition to better his condi tion from the several standpoints in which he is recognized as lack ing, he should be given every encouragement. A number of the colored citi zens, those of the Horn Chapel section in particular, measured up to a good standard in recent patriotic demands made on them, for which they should be given credit. Col. Fred M. Harris Weds Miss Ranew. Col. Fred M. Harris of this place and Miss Annie Claire Ra new of Leslie were married at the home of the bride at high noon Wednesday, 18th inst. The ceremony was read, by Rev. C. S. Durden of Dawson, Ga., brother-in-law of the bride, witnessed by a number of friends and relatives. After a brief so journ at Tybee, they returned to !to Mt. Vernon and are now at home to their friends at the residence of Mrs. Lola Morrison. Mr. Harris is a successful young attorney, enjoying the friendship of a large acquaint ance. His wife is a very charm ing lady and is warmly welcomed to Mt Vernon, where they make their home. Congratulations and best wishes. Finished at West Point. Lieut. Ray Coursey, U. S. A., visiting his mother, Mrs. Adna Coursey, in Toombs county, spent Tuesday with relatives in Mt. Vernon. In company with his class, recently graduated from West Point, he sails in a few weeks for Europe, where they will be attached to the army of occupation in Germany for obser vation purposes. Montgomery county friends are proud of the record of Lieutenant Coursey. WILL R. MTNTYRE DIED SATURDAY Well Known Druggist and Member Prominent Family. Mr. Will R. Mclntyre, after an ! illness of several months, died : last Saturday about noon at the home of Mr. S. J. Elliott, Mt.. Vernon. His death was not unexpected, as he had been in declining health since last winter, following an attack of influenza while travel ing in Louisiana. Until a few years ago Mr. Mc- Intyre owned a successful drug business in Savannah where he went after practicing his profes sion for a few years in Dublin and points in Florida. It will be remembered that just before, closing out his business in Savan nah he was attacked one night by highwaymen, and as a result of injuries sustained he was forced to retire from business. Follow ing his retirement, he traveled for a drug firm for several years. He was highly skilled in his pro fession, and being a very ener getic man, it is thought that! overwork contributed no little toward his physical decline. Will Mclntyre was a man of very pleasing personality -a man above reproach, and having the esteem and friendship of all with whom he came in contact. He was about thirty-eight years of age, and until stricken by disease was a very active man. He was a son of Mr. G. W. Mclntyre, besides whom he leaves a number of brothers and a sister—M. H. Mclntyre of Vidalia; J. W. Mc- Intyre of Mt. Vernon; A. 11., A. P., E. L. and G. B. Mclntyre of Ailey and Mrs. S. J. Elliott of this place, besides his wife, now returned to Columbia, S. C. Mr. Mclntyre was a member of the Vidalia Presbyterian church. Remains were interred in the new Vidalia cemetery last Sab bath afternoon, Rev. Ft. B. An derson conducting the service. Friends throughout this section sympathize with the bereaved family. Georgia Towns To Open League Fitzgerald. —Fitzgerald is preparing to step out again on the baseball dia mond with one of the fastest semi pro aggregations in Georgia baseball. At a rousing meeting of baseball en thusiasts here, permanent officers were elected for the recently organiz ed baseball association, and over sl,- 000 worth of stock was subscribed in the association. D. B. Nicholson, the manager of the team, is in correspond ence with the associations at Dublin, Hawkinsville, Eastman and Wrights ville, and a league will probably be formed by these five towns, with one or three others. The plans made at the meeting provide for a season of eight weeks. Many Moonshine Cases Tried Rome. —Such a round-up of moon shiners as north Georgia has not known in years took place one day re cently. Revenue officers scoured the hills, bringing in five from Haralson' 1 county and four from the top of Look j out mountain in Catoosa county. This with three local cases made a total of a dozen and kept United States Com | missioner I’rintup busy all day hear ! (ng evidence and assessing bonds. $90,000 in Bonds For Cartersville I Cartersville. By an overwhelming vote the citizens of Cartersville de cided to bond the town for $90,000 to install a modern sanitary sewer age system. Only seven out of three hundred and seventy votes were caHt against the issue. Watermelon Season Starts | Thomasvlile. —The watermelon sea son of 1819 in South Georgia will be on with a rush the coming week, and, judging from indications, it will be a fine one. Not only is the melon acre age larger than usual this year, but, according to reports the Florida crop hi a poor one, and this will give the Georgia melon the call early in the season. The Georgia watermelon is always associated in the minds of the citizens of the north with the finest product of the kind on the mar ! jet. Suffrage Amendment. Atlanta, June 25. — Represent ative, T. M. Swift, of Filbert county, will introduce in the House tomorrow a resolution to ratify the Susan B. Anthony Federal suffrage amendment. This will precipitate the woman suffrage fight immediately, but the outcome is not in doubt as the House is known to be strong ly anti-suffrage. The suggestion is going the rounds of the anti suffragists here tonight that if the resolution is referred to a committee Col. James Callaway, of the Macon Telegraph, be in vited to appear before the com mittee and make an address. Brush Arbor Meeting Near Tarrytown. The Monitor is requested to announce that the brush arbor meeting will begin at 11 o’clock tomorrow, a mile and a-half east of Tarrytown, between the home of R. 1). Beatty and Marion Cal houn. Preaching by Rev. W. H. Coleman of near Oak Park. All invited. Miscellaneous Shower For Miss Flora Smith. Complimentary to Miss Flora Smith, whose marriage to Rev. D. L. Hill occures this evening at the Mt. Vernon Baptist church, Mrs. Alice Wilson and Mrs. J. E. Hunt entertained with a miscel laneous shower at the home-of the latter Monday evening, eight to ten. About thirty were present, and a number of beautiful gifts were assembled for the bride-elect. Punch was served by Missees Marie Cockfield and Ruth Wilson and cream and cake was served by Misses Arlia McLeinore and Catharine Currie. Music by Misses Mary Sallie Henderson, Catharine Currie and Theodosia Geiger added to the charm of the occasion. Miss Henderson stood in the receiving line with Mes dames Hunt and Wilson. The Hunt home was beautifully decorated for the occasion and the scene throughout was one of grace and charm. Miss Smith wore blue crepe de chine, trimmed with pearls, and was the subject of admiration by those present to do her honor. Members of the bridal party arriving yesterday afternoon in cluded Rev. D. L. Hill, Conway. S. C., Mr. Liles Askins, Tirn monsville, S. C., Mr. Albert Long, Conway, and Miss Sarnie Kelley of Darlington, S. C. Free Medical Exam for Discharged Men. All persons discharged from the military or naval forces residing in and about this city, can now receive medical attention and medical examination for the filing of applications for compensation. The United States Public Health Service, the medical advisors to the Bureau of War Risk Insur ance, have established offices in Mt. Vernon, and Dr. J. E. Hunt has been appointed as local Government examiner. All per sons desiring to obtain insurance or filing application for compen ! sation under the Bureau of War Risk Act, must furnish a medical certificate of their present physi cal condition. These persons, by applying to Dr. Hunt may be 1 examined and all necessary pa -1 pers filled out free of charge. I Such persons will also receive, at the expense of the Government, j medical relief, or be sent to a j Government hospital or institu tion should this be necessary. Entertained Young Folks. Mrs. J. E. Hunt entertained a party of young folks at her home Monday evening in honor of Mis - ies Grace and Catharine Currie. The entertainment was in the nature of a progressive conver sation and rook party combine. Refreshments were served by Miss Goldie Mcßae, IJenry Mcßae and William Fentress. A royal | good time was had by all present. POSTPONED TO THE 25TH JULY The Impossibility to Secure Attractions Carries Date Over. The several committees in charge finding it difficult to se cure desired attractions and ar range details in time, have found it necessary to postpone the Fourth of July celebration, which was to have been held on the campus of The Brewton-Parker Institute, to Friday, July 25th. Two weeks ago citizens of Treutlen met citizens of Mont gomery county at the court house, and the affair was well planned, but on account of the short time in which to prepare, and the un usual demand for aeroplanes, brass bands and other atrractions, it was found necessary to carry the date over three weeks, when conditions will be more agreeable for a very creditable event. Members of the committee met here Tuesday for conference. Mr. M. L. O’Brien, the chairman, presided, with about eight or more present. Every angle of the proposed entertainment was entered into, and as a result the plans were altered to some extent and pitched on a broader level. First, it was decided to supple ment the basket dinner with an old-fashioned barbecue, a num ber of beeves having been offered for the occasion, and arrange ments were made for securing a sufficient number. The duties of the finance committee were en larged, and funds collected by these men should be transmitted to the general treasurer, Mr. J. F. Currie, by July 10. It is quite probable that the committee on entertainment will be able to secure two or more aeroplanes from the camp at Americus, which had been found impossible had the picnic been held on the 4th of July, as origi nally planned. A speaker of note will be present. It is also planned to have a series of ball games between teams from some of the nearby towns and possibly other attractions. As already stated, this enter tainment will be in the nature of a welcome to the soldier boys from Montgomery and Treutlen counties, the most of whom have returned home from overseas and the camps. The soldier boys are [especially invited, including those from this entire section, as well as all Confederate Veterans. Oil the 4th it is probable that a I number of local people will de sire to attend functions in other I sections, and everything being considered, it is the sense of the committee that a more success ful entertainment can be had on •Friday, July 25th. Let every loyal citizen be ready to contri bute in every way possible to ward the success of the occasion. Details will be announced later. A Song Service at Presbyterian Church. Sunday evening’s exercises at the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian church will be in the nature of a song service, in which the entire community is asked to participate. Only the familiar songs will be sung, and these will be projected on a screen by the stereopticon instrument, similar to former services at this cnurch, and which have resulted in the pleas [ ure and benefit of the congrega tions. ’The public cordially in vited, This service will begin at 9:3U. Come, whether you sing or not. NO. 9.
