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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.
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$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
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eyes and properly fit
glasses. For one day
only. See him.
D. A. Mcßae Store
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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.
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