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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1919)
VOL. XXXIV. PROCEEDINGS LEGISLATURE Road Bills on the Calendar for Action Action by Assembly. Special service to Montgomery Monitor. Atlanta.—The legislature plans to get down to hard work on the import ant business that must be disposed of. Up to the present time the house has broken all previous records for I speed, and the senate has made good progress, considering the fact >that ar guments on the Susan B. Anthony I suffrage amendment occupied about 2 ! w r eeks. There has not been a single i hitch in the proceedings of the house, i the appropriations bill and the suf- j frage fight being put out of the way in short order. The rules committee of the house has taken charge of the program. All the important matters I have been scheduled as special orders by action of the house in adopting a resolution to that effect introduced by the rules committee, through its chairman, Cecil Neill of Muscogee | county. Afternoon sessions are being held at three o’clock and continue un- i til the day of adjournment. The house has taken into consideration the measure providing that 50 per cent of the annual revenue of the state be given to the common school fund. All the measures seeking to reorganize the state highway department and es tablish a system of roads throughout the state connecting all the county seats have been taken up. These bills j have been prepared in a report sub- ! mitted to the legislature by the spe- J cial highway commission, and no de- ) lays are anticipated in getting the bulk as the important features through. One of the bills seeks to amend the state constitution by extending powers of taxation exercised by the general as sembly, so as to include a provision “for the maintenance and construction of a state system of highway.” An other measure seeks a second amend ment to the constitution, to permit an increase of the bonded debt of the state for constructing and maintaining a system of main traffic roads, con necting the site of all Georgia coun ties. Pending Bill Bares Health Status Atlanta. —Vital information concern ing Georgia’s public health record has i been brought out by an investigation conducted by backers of a bill pending before the general essembly providing for establishment at the University Medical College in Augusta of a de partment to train health experts and nurses. This measure is the com pletion of the Ellis health law, which !s less than two years old, and is ex pected to provide means for applying ;he law, which have been unattainable because of the inability of the state board of health to find a supply of suf- Sciently trained health experts with which to meet the demand made by j i small number of counties. Commerce Planning New Church Commerce. —An advisory committee ■ consisting of Rev. J. E. Ellis, chair- | man; T. Frank Wright, secretary; A. j Marvin Shankle, treasurer; Dr. O. E. j Shankle, J. T. Quillian, J. F. Shankle, j Dr. L. J. Sharp, C. VV. Truitt, H. P. Holbrooks, R. L. Sanders, Claud Mont- Somery and Dr. W. D. Sheppard, was Appointed at a congregational meet pig of the Methodist church to look tfler the preliminaries leading to the j •lection of a new church building hei'e. l ater this committee will be con verted into a permanent “building j committee” and will supervise the ac •ual construction of the new church. J 801 l Weevil Advances Toward North Atlanta.- —The boll weevil is trav eling toward the northern part of the Pate where it has not been known before, according to reports received by A. C. Lewis, state entomologist. In Pulton and Milton counties the boll | weevil has been discovered for the j Irst time this summer, in Cobb and :he neighboring counties where there bas been some trouble in the past with the insect, the weevil is much ihicker now than is usual at this time | pf the year. Mr. Lewis sees the only pope of relief in a better price for cot- I ton, which must follow, he thinks, the reduced crop this year. Savannah Man Killed By Plane Savannah. —Frank T. Moye, a report er for a local newspaper and a former reserve officer in the aviation service, was killed when struck on the head i by the propeller on an army airplane j which he was attempting to start in ' assisting Lieutenant Colonel H. A. Dargue, department air service offi cer. on a flight to Charleston. Farm Loans. For quick loans on farm lands see A. L. Lanier Mt. Vernon, Ga. Mt. Vernon relatives were this morning informed of the very critical illness of Mrs. Duncan J. Mcßae at her home in Mcßae. She has been in declining health for several months. Manx tor. Tobacco Industry In Southeast Georgia. A total of 85,805 pounds of bright tobacco grown in Turner and adjacent Georgia counties was sold in Ashburn last week on the opening day of the market for an average of 20 cents a pound, bringing the growers about $17,000. was the record of the opening saje day of the market season, and the occurrence prac tically was duplicated in other sections of Georgia in which the tobacco growing industry is be coming an important one. Last year only 60 acres in Tur ner county was planted in tobac co. The results from the 60 acres was such that this year 3,000 acres in that county and adjacent coun ty were planted in the weed. — Industrial Index. Harris Chairman Georgia Legion Macon. —Walter A. Harris, ol Macon, formerly brigadier general in the Dixie division, was unanimously elected chairman of the Georgia division of the American Legion at the session here. W. H. Beck, of Griffin, was elected vice chairman; Baxter Jones, of Macon, secretary, and J. G. Bankston, of At lanta, treasurer. I $50,000 For State University Atlanta. —A check for $50,000, re- J ceived by State Treasurer W. J. Speer : from the federal treasury and turned over by him to Governor Dorsey, was sent by the governor to Thomas W. Reed, treasurer of the University -of Georgia. The money represents Geor gia’s part of the annual appropriation made by the United States govern ment to state schools of agriculture and mechanic arts. Boys And Girls Pig Club Parades Athens. —The Watkinsville Pig Club, one of the largest in the state, march ed through the streets of Athens, 100 strong, all hoys in short pants and girls in short dresses. After the parade of the youngsters, the party were entertained at the movies and ; at a late hour in the evening all returned to their homes as happy as larks. State’s Greatest Hog Sale July 23d Carters ville. —One of the largest sales of pure-bred swine that has ever been held in the South was held j at Meadow view farm near Cartel’s ville on July 23. The sale was conducted by Ruohs Pyron, proprietor of the ] farm, who has become one of the fore most Berkshire breeders in the South. Jury List. The following is the list of ju ; rors drawn to serve at the August ! term of Montgomery superior | court, 1619: Petit Jury. I) W Folsom H V Thompson C B McLeod S S Calhoun L M Outlaw E J Wells, Sr. C W Skipper 0 A Hack ley J P Canady S A .Johnson | Geo L Peterson J M McDonald E Willis Wallace Moses A P Mclntyiy J W Calhoun M E Hums A H Johnson .1 I Fountain J D Mitchell C G Thompson H K Carpenter Geo W Coleman J T Daniel J M Phillips II M Davis W II Brooks I T McLemore J M Downie H C Davis j E J Simons R .1 Boyd ! A H Calhoun W P Moore J E Horne John Martin E G Hicks John G Morris I C D Adams J J McAllister C A Mason Angus Morris W T Brantley F M Phillips |.J D Taylor W P Calhoun T (J McArthur J D Simons 6 F Morris D F Waruock J T Walker G C Conner W E M oaeley W A Peterson W A Conaway H D Lee J S Sharpe D N Hughes B F Hart . G J Waruock Grand Jury. D H Phillips C H Almond I II A Moses H B Braddy i W A Conner I P McAllister W T McArthur, Sr. A L Hamilton ■ DeWitt Calhoun J W Sharpe W B Mathias R L O’Neal iC B Cummings LG Graham 1 A M Hughes B F Palmer IT B Hughes Austin Morris R D O’Neal C B Braddv J R Adams C F Gordon W L D Rack ley JM D McGregor M Wilkes Dennis O’Brien J VV' Wilkes J F Daniels S Z Salter W H Sharpe MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 31. 1919. Much Os War Work Fund Unpaid Atlanta. —Nearly two million dollars . pledged last November to the United Rates War Work campaign in the t South has not yet been paid in. Un [■ ess thA people who promised this turn pay it during “Speed-Up Week,” inly 28 to August 4, the work of the 1 ieven welfare organizations, inelud t ng the Young Men’s Christian Associ ition, National Catholic War Council 1 (K. of C.), Jewish Welfare Board, War 5 'amp Community Service and Amer cau Library Association, participating n the campaign must he seriously cur ailed, and thousands of soldiers and t sailors will suffer thereby. , Opposing Reports On W. & A. i Atlanta.- The senate Western and ! Atlantic committee reported favorably | he hill to sell two pieces of state J property in Chattanooga, while the louse committee amended the hill so | is to lease the property for a four- j • ,'ear period. The two pieces of prop- i , ;rty under consideration are the I Southern Express company building 1 i md the Eastern hotel in Chattanoo ■ i ja. The action of the committee ! . ! :anie as a result of a trip to Chat- j anooga by the two committees lasi ,veek for the investigation of the jroperties on behalf of the state. Sumter Fair To Offer $2,500 Prize Americus. —Twenty - five hundred 1 lollars. for awards will be offered by he Sumter County Fair Association for exhibits during the big two-day fair, which will be staged here October 16- 17. This was determined at a meet ug of the directors of the associa- j ion, and a committee was named to secure funds necessary to provide .hese awards. Stock Men Getting Good Prices Moultrie. —Live stock men of this lection who have had some summer logs to sell have literally been clean- j ng up as a result of the record-break- j ng prices. A good sized hog now , irings more than a five hundred-pound | sale of cotton brought just a few years igo. A farmer from the Funston dis ;rict marketed three porkers, receiving i check for $165 for them, despite the ’act that one of the three was just | small shoat. For Glasses. All who are in need of glasses are invited to call at our place on August 15th, when a representative of the A. K. Hawkes Co. will be with us to examine | eyes and properly fit glasses. For one day only. See him. D. A. Mcßae Store I MT. VERNON, QA. l THE BREWTON-PARKER INSTITUTE ; ► (MT. VERNON AILEY, GA ) « I 3 ,| H 5 t „ a I t Modern High School for Boys 3 t and Girls 5 [ \ l ► <4 ► MOST CHOICE LOCATION 2 i 5 t VERY STRONG FACULTY 2 l i ► * i t EVERY CONDITION IDEAL J ► . .... ■ -i .... i 4 ’ I ► <4 E 3 ► * ► Extensive Improvements in Progress. Fall Term < ► 4 ► Opens Sept. 2, 1919. For further information and * 1 i ► 4 ! t catalogue, write 4 E : :[t : 2 1 ► / 4 ; S L. S. BARRETT, President \ r ► 4 J t MT. VERNON. GA. 2 9 E 3 Select Planting Seed For Next Year. At the experiment stations in many states where varieties of various crops are tested under identically the same conditions, some varieties outyield others by as much as 50 per cent. The ex-1 pense of growing the best and poorest varieties is just the same except for the slight additional cost of harvesting the best crops. Os course it is best to secure the j j seed of a first-class variety when ! attempting to improve the crop, but it is also absolutely necessary to carefully select the seed in the j field every year, to prevent the l seed from running out. It is probably advisable to test out a number of varieties to find the ! best one and then by careful selections in the field to make it butter. | Summer and fall is the time to I carefully select cotton, corn, peas, I soy beans and other seed in the field. Get in touch with the c >unty agent at once and get him to assist you in selecting seed. — Progressive Farmers. Fights New Potash Bill. Savannah July 30.—President Chas. G. Edwards of the Savan nah Board of Trade is active in his work in the interest of the ! farmers of Georgia for the defeat of the potash bill now in Con -1 gress. “Every cotton planter should protest against its passage,” said the farmer congressman today. The measure is the Fordney measure before the ways and means committee now levying a heavy tax on the importation of potash. Mr. Edwards has asked the governor to send Washington a message on the subject, and in his request said: “This matter is of such great importance to the cotton farmers of the country and to the cotton consuming public, that I think it merits your immediate and ear nest attention. The Georgia Legislature is now in session, ard 'if it meets with your approval, ' unquestionably it would have ‘great weight if you would send a special message to the Georgia Legislature urging that body to pass a resolution of protest im mediately and send same to the ways and means committee of i the national House of Represen | tatives.” August Superior Court Opens Monday Morning. Montgomery superior court con venes here Monday morning for , the regular August term, and will continue throughout the week. Solicitor Wooten asks The Monitor to announce officially for the court that the week will be devoted to the trial of civil cases and jail eases. It is quite probable that the first of the week will be devoted to the trial of civil business listed on the calendar, and that the ! criminal or jail cases will be ' taken up by Thursday morning. Or, it is possible that certain jail cases pending may be called earlier in the week. Senate Rejects Woman Suffrage Atlanta. —By a vote of 39 to 10 the I senate refused to ratify the Suean B. Anthony suffrage amendment to the federal constitution. This action marks the final disposition of the question of ratification at this ses sion as far as the upper house is con cerned. The record vote cam eat the end of a prolonged debr.te on the prop osition in which both friends and op ponents of suffrage participated. The discussicn covering a period of almost u week, during which time the consid eration of many highly important leg islative matters has been delay id. The refusal to ratify tlie amendment came on the vote of the committee substi tute to the resolution introduced l>y Senator Parker of the forty-seventh. ' Senator Parker ntroduced his resolu- i lion calling for the ratification some , time ago with the express purpose to bring the matter to a vote and having the Georgia senate go on record as having rejected the Susan B. Antho ny proposition. Bill Proposes Sale of Mansion Atlanta. —A bill introduced in the house of representative by Repre en taitve Williams of Walton county pro poses to investigate the advisability i of selling the present mansion own* d j by the state and occupied by Gover nor Hugh IV. Dorsey, and purehaiing more suitable property for a new mansion, or exchanging the property now occupied by the mansion for other property that could l)<- used to a bet- ! ter advantage. Mr. Williams’ bill pro- I vides for the creation of a committee j to he coi lposed of the govern r, pres- 1 ident of the senate, two senators and j three representatives to conduct in- j vestigations and receive proposals from individuals or companies who might wish to buy the present man sion or exchange other property for ! it. The committee would be require I to report iLs findings to the general Assembly. Vete ans To Meet In Atlanta Atlanta. —Telegran & from Gen. K. M. Van Zandt, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, I > ; Mayor Key and to Walter P. Andrews | Announce the acceptance of Atlanta’s i invitation extended to the organ iza ] lon and this city for the first time in 21 years will become the host of the remnant of the southern army, the invention to be hele some time dur ing October. With the quickly th 'ri ding ranks of the gray-clad veterans j will come also the sons and daugh- ; ters of the Confederacy and the Con- 1 federate Memorial Association, mak- | ng a grand total of some hing more I than fifty thousand people, aside from j jtlier visitors, who will he entertained | iy Atlanta upon the occasion of the , reunion. Urge Storing Houses For Potato*s Atlanta. The importance of Geor- j ;ia’s sweet potato crop is strongly I emphasized in a pamphlet which has just been issued by the state bureau it markets for the purpose of giving I ! ipecific directions for the construe ion of efficient storing houses for po ,ates. To the $100,000,000 value of j .he entire sweet potato crop of the j United States in 1918 the southern j dates contributed ninety per cent, | io the bulletin stutes. The rapid growth of the potato crop in value is indicated by a comparison of the 1918 figurer with those of 1909, which diowed the e'ltire crop of the Unit tC States wort! $35,000,000. Deserters Rounded Up Taken to Camp Deputy Sheriff Torn Brown went to Savannah Tuesday with . two deserters he had captured at | Wesley. The two men, Walter Mims and Rabun Lamp, \vere i from Montgomery county, and deserted from Camp Gordon in July, 1918, as arrangements were being made to take them over seas. They were delivered to the authorities at Fort Screven. —Swainsboro Forest-Blade. MARKET HOGS IN BUSINESS MANNER 1 Progressive Georgia Farmer > to Deliver Talk Here Tuesday. With a view of interesting the farmers and stock raisers of Montgomery county in profitable methods of marketing livestock and produce, Hon. W. W. Webb of Hahira spent a part of Tues day and yesterday in Mt. Vernon. Mr. Webb, one of the most successful farmers of Lowndes county, is at present with the State Bureau of Markets in field i work. Having limited time here this week, and not having been able to see many of the farmers and stock raisers, he will return to Mt. Vernon for an address to the farmers and citizens Tuesday, August sth, at the noon hour of court, the exact hour to be an nounced later. For the present the Department will stress the proper marketing | of live hogs, and this feature will : be discussed by Mr. Webb in his ! talk Tuesday, to which the entire | public is invited. Under the plan advocated by Mr. Webb, acting I for the Department, istheassem . bling of hogs on the feet at the most convenient place or places, : where they are graded and assort !ed for sale. At. such sales com petitive bidders are present, or those who do not care to attend accept the grading of Mr. Webb or such other expert as may have the work in charge. This brings producer and buyer together in such manner as to obtain the I best price for the stock, as has been proven by the highly suc cessful efforts of Mr. Webb. Mr. Webb styles himself a “Wiregrass Farmer,” and in this calling he has been very success ful. He is a resident of Lowndes county, where such methods I have been tried with marked {success; in fact, such methods as have been in use in this county, I have made it one of the banner I counties in Georgia. Diversified i farming is one of his themes, and he is a most interesting talker. Under the plan advocated, and which has been proven a success, the farmers are asked to' assem ble their hogs at a given point ! and date, in numbers sufficient ! for at least a carload shipment. This can be done at no great ex pense, as the hogs are shipped { immediately, in minimum lots of 15,000 to above an average of 17,000 pounds to the car. Under ! this plan the farmer gets the \ highest market price for his hogs, ! as there is no speculative feature jor fees involved. Mr. Webb is not buying stock, either for hirn ! self or any firm, but simply act ting as the general agent for the • farmer, so to speak. Mr. Webb’s success in this line induced the Bureau of Markets to employ him 1 to aid the farmers in improved methods in marketing, stock raising, etc. The farmers and business men | are invited to hear him taik on the first Tuesday. Will Sell Army Food. Washington, July .‘lO. Early action by the war department in devising a plan for direct sale of I surplus army food stocks to con : surners was expected by Repub lican leaders today as a result of the adoption by the house yester day of a resolution requesting ' that the stocks be made available through a seiiing organization. Senate approval of the house measure is not necessary as the resolution is not without execu tive direction. Chairman Graham of the house war investigating committee said a joint resolution, which when adopted would have legislative force, might be intro duced later if the house request was not complied with. NO. 13.
