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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1919)
VOL. XXXIV. PROCEEDINGS OF I LEGISLATURE Senate Appropriates a Fund for School for Mental Defectives. Atlanta.—Creation and establish ment of a Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives was authorized by the senate in passing the bill intro duced in the lower house by Represen tatie John W. Yale of Floyd, and pass ed the senate unanimously, and will be at once transmitted to the gover- i nor for signing. By provisions of the act, a SIOO,OOO appropriation is made with which to construct and main tain the school. This is to be made available by the governor when he signs it. A temporary commission, consisting of the governor as chair- i man, secretary of state board of health and the attorney general, which shall select a site for the institution and submit a report .egarding its con struction. The location is specified as having to compr.se more than 300 acres, and shall be either purchased or donated. After the commission ! has submitted its report, it automati cally goes out of existence, and the 3chool shall be in the hands of the state health board, which is to select a superintendent and board. Farm Department Probe Defeated Atlanta. —After Arranging all the morning over a resolution which was originally a committee substitute by Judge Covington of Colquitt, foi tho rer.olmion of Representative Barrett of Pike, looking to the appointment of a committee of five to investigate the department of agriculture in all Df its branches, but which finally was extended by amendment of Represen tative Stovall of McDuffie to take in ill biate departments wt'ii an inde ier. ni.'.ate aopropriation and arioits parliamentary complexities the house finally on an aye and :iay 'ote de feated the amended resolution by 91 to 48. Rail Board Pas-es On 572 Complaints Atlanta. —Five hundred and seventy two formal complaints were handled ind disposed of by the Georgia rail road commission during 1918, accord ing to tlie forty-sixth annual report yf that body. Os these .he largest lumber were claims for account, 'oss. damage and demurrage; 82 'related :o passenger fares and service and 89 to freight rates; 58 were based on telephone and telegraph rates aid service. An astonish .act brought out in the statistics given in the report is that the total miles of rail, or all descriptions, in actual operation is 53 94 miles below that of 1917. Show Farmers How To Clear Land Atlanta. —A demonstration tram of line cars, carrying experts, machines ind .equipment for showing fanners :he best metnods of clearing stumpy and and preparing it for home -ee'v »rs. w.ji begin touring south Georgia di, September 1, and will visit eigh ;een towns during a six weeks' trip. The demonstrations will be held un der the pusyoes of the Georgia State lollegc of /. griculture, and in co-ope*"!- ion with the Georgia Land Owners’ issociatiou the railroad admm.stia ion and verms? stump-puller, powder ind tractor companies. Jessup To Be Permanent Camp Atlanta.—lndicative that Camp Jes- j sup is to remain in Atlanta is the tnnouncement by the civil service tommission that competitive examina- i ions will be held for more than one lundred vacancies as assistant instruc- [ ors in the motor transport corps at 'amp Jessup. Examinations will also )e held at Camp Holabird, Baltimore; 'amp Normoyle, San Antonio, and i 'amp Boyd, El Paso. The salari-i ' "ange from $1,500 to $2,400 per year. . - Thomas County Cane Reported Fine , Thomaaville. —The sugar cane crop >f Thomas county is in splendid eon lition as a result of the long eontin sed rains of the summer and is won ierfully developed for so early in the j leason. Many growers are exhibiting italics that are about two months ihead of the usual season. All over j muth Georgia the cane crop will be be largest in some years and will jring good money to the growers. A Week-End Party. Misses Lucille and Eula Mcßae of Mt. Vernon entertained a week-end party in honor of their visitor, Miss Janie McQueen of Waycross. Those attending were: Misses Harriett Martin of Donaldson ville and May Mary Mac Mann of Lyons. Messrs Herman Mann of Lyons, Taylor Stuckey of Dublin, Wheeler Mann of Lyons, Durham Cobb of Mt. Vernon and Mayo Browning, who has recently re turned from Ohio. One of the amusements enjoyed by the voung folks was a ‘‘thea tre party” given on Saturday evening, and were present also Messrs. Herman Mcßae and Richard Wilson. Mtint gumrn? JHomtar. | Will Publish Valuable I Educational Matter. I would like to call the atten tion of the public, especially teachers, trustees and patrons, to a series of articles that will ap pear in the Monitor each week for a number of weeks, begin ning with this week’s paper. The articles are prepared by Miss Elizabeth Holt connected with the extension department of the Georgia Normal & Industrial Col- I lege at Milledgeville, and have to do with better school houses and * equipment. The articles which will appear are not only good in j theory, but thoroughly practica ble, Miss Holt having demonstra ted that these things can be done \ even in the one teacher school by the work which she accomplished in a one teacher rural school in j Richmond county. Miss Holt has gained state-wide renown by the work which she did in Richmond, and is now trying to inspire oth ers to make the country schools much better than what they are today. I hope that these articles will be read by many, and will result in better schools in our county. The work has already begun, McGregor school having taken the lead. I hope that there will be many others to follow in the near future. Yours for better schools, T. B. Conner, C. S. S. STOCK RAISING AND DIVERSIFIED FARMING A Stirring Address on Vital Subject by Successful Farmer. A most interesting visitor to Mt. Vernon Tuesday was Hon. W. W. Webb of Hahira, Ga., 1 recognized as an authority on agriculture and stock raising. ! Mr. Webb addressed a large com pany of farmers and business men at the court house, beginning just before the noon. On account of the importance of the subject, Judge Graham very kindly recessed court for the occasion. Mr. Webb was intro duced by his boyhood friend, Postmaster D. W. Folsom, who referred very fittingly to their boyhood days on the old planta tion in Lowndes county, now one of the richest and most produc-, tive sections of Georgia. Mr. Webb’s talk came from i the lips of an experienced man, 1 and his discourse was thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated by a crowded house. He made special reference to hog raising and the most approved methods of selling and shipping on the foot. He dwelt somewhat at length on the ! subject of diversified farming and marketing as the only method i lof overcoming the effects of the i boll weevil, now practically in every section of Georgia. He j gave a number of illustrations, j taken from the section in which he lives and which has made such marked success in farming and stock-raising, and impressed upon his hearers the importance of modern methods. Mr. Webb’s talk was said by many to have been the most prac tical talk ever delivered to the farmers of Montgomery county, j and many are looking forward j to his return to this county in the ! fall to aid them in marketing hogs under a system by which the farmer gets the full market price for his stock. This gentle-1 man is thoroughly conversant with the subject and it appears a; matter of pleasure to impart his views and the experience of oth-. ers who have made such success, J taking a pride in referring to the successes of the farmers of his I section who practice diversified farming instead of planting cot ton. i So impressed were the farmers of this section with Mr. Webb’s i advice that it is quite sure many will adopt the plans advocated by | this progressive wiregrass farm-1 er. We appreciate very much » his visit, and in common with [ others, will look forward to his I return. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 7, 1919. “PRESS CONVENTIONS”—? i We fear our good friend Editor Folsom of the Montgomery Moni tor has a mistaken idea of the purposes of the Georgia Press Association. We have reached this conclusion after having found this paragraph in the last issue of his paper: About half of the weekly editors who attended the con vention of the Weekly Press Association in Monroe spent last week’s editorial space in lauding the town of entertain ment and their hosts: the re mainder utilized the equiva lent amount of space in throwing comps at each oth j er. All of which is included in the aftermath of a press trip. 1 We have been attending the annual meetings of the Press Association for the past six or eight years and we do not recall having had the pleasure of meet- ( ing Mr. Folsom at any of them. It is Editor Folsom’s misfortune! not to have been on hand every j year. For a Georgia editor, andj particularly a codntry editor, not! to belong to the Press Association j and not to go to the meetings of j the association, is unfortunate,! both for himself and his paper, j Editor Folsom appears to think the annual meetings are held for; the purpose, largely, of permit- [ j ting those attending to go home and write beautiful descriptions of the towns in which the meet ings were held and to say pleas ant things about each other. If I this is his idea, he should quickly have the illusion removed. Natu rally, when the editors return to! : tneir homes they write pleasant | things about those whoentertain-: ed them and indulge in some light j and airy persiflage relative to each other. But these are simply the courtesies and the pleasant I ries of the occasion. ! The editors who attend thei meetings know of their real value and are alive to the importance of these annual meetings. Let Mr. Folsom read the official re ports of the conventions and he will get some idea of what is done. Let him attend the meet ings and hear the arguments on the live questions of the day and the dicussion of subjects of in terest only to the newspaDer pro fession and he will get some idea of the value of these gatherings. The editors of Georgia are not a frivolous set of men and women. They are business folks. They are running newspapers as i a profession and they are making \ a pretty good success of their; efforts. And it is the successful j newspaper men of the state, we believe, who attend the Press Association meetings. The Georgia Press conventions are business gatherings, first and foremost. There is just enough conviviality and hospitality and diversion interspersed with busi ness to make them both enjoy able and profitable—Savannah Press. Ordinarily the editor of The J Montgomery Monitor would not! squander time and space in re- 1 ! ferring to such glaring rot and ; 1 insinuative punk as contained in 1 the above lecture at our expense; but our reference to the after-1 math of the recent meeting of j the Georgia Press Association (quoted above) is so perverted and so extremely uncalled-for, we cannot let it pass, even though it comes from our esteemed friend, the extinguished editor ! of ihe Savannah Press. If there is anything we abhor more than hell and its imps, it is an unfounded insinuation. As a matter of fact, the editor of The j | Montgomery Monitor, for more than twenty-one years a member !of the Georgia Weekly Press Association, whose dues have ! invariably been paid in advance, j ! is entirely familiar with the cori-| stitution and by-laws of the 1 Association. He attends the an- j nual meetings when possible, and has had the pleasure of intimate acquaintance and association with a number of its founders, enjoy | ing still about as close a contact with the weekly press of the state as the editor of the Savan nah Press. It may be further stated that the editor of The Savannah Press has had occasion to associate himself with the editor of The Monitor while at tending a press convention in | very recent years —an incident unworthy of memory, perhaps, but not necessarily refuted and i bleated out to the unsuspecting and unconcerned public. Our misfortune, not to be able to attend all of the press meetings, we grant; but certainly not the official duty of the Savannah Press, whose connection with the organization extends back but few years, to presume on the shortcomings of a weekly paper, which has ever kept the faith and diligently observed all ethics and tenets of an organization primar ily intended for weekly papers. However, if the Savannah Press, in its self-constituted guardian ship, finds the editor of The Monitor straying from the path jof rectitude, we stand ready to | answer the charge, submitting | our status, past and present, to I the arbitrament of the weekly | press of Georgia, i Farther, Editor Folsom does not !in any sense misunderstand the ! function of the Press Association; |to the contrary he comprehends fully every angle of such —from a to z. We have before us the minutes of every convention held for the past twenty-one years, ! and have digested every phase jof the proceedings, including j those elements injected t>y the j brilliant editor of the Savannah 'Press. The editor of The Moni- I tor did not have the privilege of 'assisting in the amendment to ! the constitution of the Georgia Weekly Press Association, a very few years ago, in order to admit into its ranks the able editor of the Savannah Press and the editors of a very few other daily papers, but naturally welcomed them; and whether he attends the meetings or not, he does not propose to be made the subject of a lecture on the part of the editor of a daily or anv other paper unless there was some excuse for it. As a matter of fact, we chal ' lenge any man to point out in the 1 above paragraph, taken from the last issue of The Monitor, any reference to the policy or pur pose of the Georgia Weekly Press Association; the post vaporing referred to is proverbial- it is a part of the game, styled by us as the “aftermath,” a common English word, clear to the mind of any school boy—but with the ; Savannah Press unnecessarily I perverted into a subject for a; ! long-winded discourse in which j j the editor of The Montgomery! Monitor is made the scape-goat, j j What we say about the aftermath j of a press convention is true; the ' Savannah Press knows it, and every editor in Georgia knows it. * There are also successful news paper men in Georgia who do not attend all of the meetings of the Press Association the editor of The Montgomery Monitor is one j of them, and the editor of the j , Savannah Press also knows that. ! As a regular paid subscriber to the Savannah Press, we do not wish to sacrifice its friendship, and casually we invite its editor to adjust his glasses and refocus i his ethical vision before attemp -1 ting to administer another re buke to the editor of The Mont gomery Monitor. Revival Meeting Alston Begins Next Sabbath. Rev. W. W. McCord, a noted I evangelist, will begin a revival meeting at Alston Methodist church next Sabbath. The pub lic is invited to attend all services. Mr. McCord is a minister of considerable force and winning power, and great results have always crowned his efforts. Re cently he has conducted a num ber of very successful meetings in South Georgia, i Superior Court in Session This Week. J Montgomery superior court for the August term began Monday Morning, and will doubtless ad journ this evening or tomorrow, i Judge E. I). Graham is presid ing and Solicitor Wooten is rep resenting the state in his usual | able style. Mr. J. M. D. Me-, i Gregor is foreman of the grand, jury. j The jail cases, of which there ard half a dozen, will be on trial today. A number of civil cases have been disposed of during tho past three days, and these will be listed in next issue, j APPROVED HYGIENE IN THE SCHOOL ROOM Member of School Extension Department Gives Information. Nothing from the standpoint of hygiene is more important than proper school room lighting. And nothing is more abused. The following facts have been worked out through much experimenta tion by scientists and school specialists: 1. All windows should be grouped in the long side of the room to the left of the children as they are seated at their desks. To secure proper ventilation, wooden transoms or slatted win dows should be placed high up in the walls opposite the windows, about eight feet above the floor, so as not to interfere with the black-board. 2. The light should come from the East or West to supply suffi cient but not too much sunlight. t 3. The glass area should be one-fifth of the floor area. Six windows approximately three feet by eight feet will give this proportion in a room twenty-four by thirty feet. 4. The measurements of the window wall should be as fol lows: Bottoms of windows above floor 4 feet to prevent light from shining up into the eyes. Wall space between front window and front wall, fi feet to prevent a glare on the black-board and in the eyes. Space between win dows not more than 12 inches to prevent shadows on some of the desks. Space between tops of windows and ceiling (» inches to allow space for window frame. 5. The distance of the tops of the windows above the floor, should be one-half the width of the room to give sufficient diffu- 1 sion of liglit across the room on ithe desks farthest from the win- j Idows. With windows eight feet i high placed four feet up from | the floor in a room twenty-four feet wide this measurement is secured. Therefore, the wall should be twelve and a half feet high, to allow six inches for the overhead window frame. fj. The following-is the most; universally satisfactory color | scheme: Geiling, very light cream. White gives too much glare. Walls, window frames and sash, old or new ivory. Waiuscoat doors and moldings, Flemish Oak Oil Stain. Blue anti green should always be avoided in a school room, because they absorb the, light instead of reflectin it. Red should be avoided because of its irritating influence. LOST PURSE In Mt. Vernon; contains Seaboard & M. D. & S. annual pass in favor of F. M. Harris; Bessie Tift class ring of 1915; black Morocco leather. Finder return to this office or to F. M. Harris, Mt. Vernon, and receive suitable reward. Farm Loans. For quick loans on farm lands i see A. L. Lanier Mt. Vernon, Ga. i IMPROVEMENTS B.=P. INSTITUTE Fall Term Opens September 2 Under Very Flattering Conditions. Extensive repairs and improve , ments are being made to the .buildings and grounds of The I Brewton-Parker Institute, pre paratory to the September open ! ing of the school. President Bar rett has remained here during the ! entire summer, looking after de tails and planning for the fall opening. Improvements and additions are being made to the light and water systems, and in the future no inconvenience will arise from these, as has been the case. The rooms of the dormitories are being refurnished and refitted, making them most inviting and home-like for the boarding pupils. The dining hall will be supplied with new and tasty china and silver ware in keeping with the dignity and high standard of the school. * In fact, every possible conven ience is being provided for the welfare and pleasure of the stu dent body. President Barrett anticipates a full enrollment for the opening, I September 2. It is planned to I have as many of the pupils from a distance accomodated in the dormitories as possible, and pro vision is being made to care for the high school pupils in a man ner most agreeable to them. Patrons living out seven and eight miles are urged to plan ways and means of getting their children to school. Os late years conditions have become favorable lor a large number of pupils from each neighborhood to drive to school in cars, and it is hoped that this will result in increased attendance this term on the part of those living quite a distance from the school; considering the advantages to be obtained through attending a high-class graded school, this idea is urged for patrons who are not in close touch with The Brewton-Parker. For several years the school has suffered many drawbacks, on ac count of the war and adverse farm conditions, but notwith standing such, the prospect for a full opening in the fall is very bright. Let the jHiblie extend every support possible, that the school may maintain the high standards set for it, and for ' which it has labored. The Brew ton-I’arker is the best school of its class in this entire section of Georgia, and fully deserves the 'active and influential support of every citizen in the territory it serves. It has ample facilities and the moral and religious atmosphere is above question, land its patrons are assured of the welfare of their children ! placed in this institution of re | finement and educational advance ment. Public Fishing 15th Williamson Pond. An event of considerable in terest to lovers of the sport will be the public fishing at the D. S. Williamson mill pond, between Longpond and Alston, Friday, August 15th, when the pond will I be drawn off for the occasion. This occasion will be put on by Messrs. N. A. Hughes and W. G. Williamson, and a pleasant and profitable day is promised for all who attend. The pond was built something like thirty years ago, and has never been drawn olf. It is said to abound in fish of several varieties. The fun begins at 11:30 o’clock, and fishermen should be there on time. Get tickets from either Neal Hughes or Grady William son, and be ready to hop in am >ng them. NO. 14.
