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EDUCATIONAL
PREPAREDNESS
Proper Training Will Qualify
the Individual for Any
Undertaking.
BY MISS ELIZABETH HOLT.
The poem “In Flanders Fields”
at the end of this article is
the greatest poetic masterpiece
inspired by the World War and
should be learned by heart by
everyone. The ‘ ‘America’s An
swer” is the best poetic expres
sion of the American Soldiers’
reply. • But every civilian has an
answer to make. The faith that
we have to fulfill is to make the
world ever more and more safe
for Democracy. The foundation
of Democracy is universal educa
tion, and the best answer that
school patrons and officials can
make is to see to it that all edu
cational conditions are as nearly
ideal as possible.
One important phase of educa
tion is health training. When our
10,000,000 of men were registered
in the first draft and examined,
one third of them were found Lo
be physically unfit and could not
be allowed to undertake to render
the highest service to their coun
try. The physically unfit can
never render the best service in
anv circumstance, war or peace.
Most of this unfitness of our
men was traceable to preventable
causes; many of them to improper
school conditions. For instance
improper lighting conditions, de
veloping defective eyes; improper
seating conditions, developing
wrong posture and its attendant
diseases, etc.
To meet the demands of win
ning the war, millions of dollars
were appropriated and contribu
ted. We realized that it would
take the best ships, the best mu
nitions, the best of everything
required to free the world from
German domination. We sacri
ficed personally to accomplish
this. Just as surely it will take
the best teachers, 'the best term,
the best of everything required
to free the world from the domi
nation of ignorance.
Does any of the burden of the
responsibility of this answer to
“In Flanders Fields” rests upon
your heart?
JN FLANDERS FIELDS.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow,
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Lo\ e 1 and were lover], and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
-JOHN McCRAE.
AMERICA’S ANSWER.
Rest ye in peace, ye Flanders dead.
The fight that ye so bravely led
We’ve taken up. And we will keep
True faith with you who 1 e asleep
With each a cross to mark his bed,
And poppies blowing ove head.
Where once his own life blood ran red.
So let your sleep be sweet and deep
In Flanders fields.
Fear not that ye have died for naught.
The torch ye threw to us we caught;
Ten million hands will hold it high,
And Freedom s cause shall never die:
We ve learned the lesson that ye taught
In Flanders fields.
-R. W. LILLARD.
Citation.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
To all whom it may concern:
B. F. Palmer of said state has
in proper form applied to mo for
letters of administration on the
estate of Luvenia Palmer, late of
said county, deceased; this is
therefore to cite all and singular
the creditors and heirs of Luvenia
Palmer to be and appear at the
Sept, term of court, 1919, and
show cause, if any they cau, why
letters of administration should
not be granted. Witness my hand
and official signature this the 4th
day of August, 1919.
J. C. McAllister, Ordinary.
Shingles for Sale.
No. 1 Yellow pine shingles, $6
per thousand; No. 2, $4. Mill
two miles south of Alston.
W. B. Jones,
7313 m Alston, Ga.
CHURCH CO-OPERATION FOR
COMMUNITY AND WORLD UPLIFT
Will the Protestant churches of this j
country co-operate in bringing the
message and benefits of Christianity,
to every man, woman and child in
the county?
This question is being asked not
only here, but in every one of the
3.000 counties of America; and its
echo is being heard around the world.
Since the world war, the necessity
for religion has been felt as never
before in the hearts of men. And one
of the outstanding lessons of the war
has been that by unified action among
allies in the same cause victory can
be achieved. The -Protestant churches
of America have determined to work
1 together in bringing victory to
1 cause of Christianity, not by giving
up their own identity or church or
ganization, but by co-operating shoul
der to shoulder in a great community
, and world uplift movement.
The movement has nothing to do
with organic church union or doctrinal
matters and does not propose to set
up any super-commission with exec
utive powers. It simply seeks to show
all the Christian bodies how they
can work together for one cause with
out any of them yielding any funda
mental of belief, practice or independ
ence.
The first steps in this direction
came from the South. A year ago,
the Foreign Missionary Board of the
Presbyterian Church, South, called
upon their fellow workers in the mis
sion field from Baptists, Methodists,
Episcopalians, and all other Protest
ant creeds, to meet together and de
cide upon some basis whereby the
work of each might be carried on to
better advantage by co-operation.
The result of this was the forma
tion of the Interchurch World Move
ment, made up of practically all the
organizations within the evangelical
churches of America. This movement
is intended to be a clearing house of
information in regard to home and
foreign missions, community condi
tions and needs, which shall furnish
to the various denominations the nec
essary facts upon which the denomi
nations can act. This informa
tion will relate to social, mor
al and industrial problems, and it will
enable the churches to act intelligent
ly in planning their own work and in
meeting the needs of the community.
In order for the necessary facts to j
be secured, a survey of local condi
tions is to be made in this county,
in every county in America, and
throughout every country in the
world.
For Long Term Farm
Loans,
SEE A. B. HUTCHESON.
I am negotiating some von
attractive Long Term Farm Loans
for the beat, companies doing bus
iness m 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.
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£ As reported to the State Bank Examiner at the close ◄
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► RESOURCES t
J Loans and Investments $263,469.52 J
| Bank Bldg, and fixtures 20,000.00 :
t . Casn on hand, in other 1
E banks, advances on J
£ cotton and LIBERTY *
t BONDS 96,093.11 j
t Total $379,562.63 :
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LIABILITIES J
* Capital Stock $ 25,000.00 J
s Surplus and Profits 25,063.06 3
E Dividends Payable 24.00 3
E Pills Payable 30,000.00 3
E Notes lie-discounted 10,876.95 3
I TOTAL DEPOSITS 288.598.62 3
l Total $379,562.63 3
E “SAFETY FIRST, THEN SERVICE AND EFFICIENCY” 3
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THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1919.
Representatives of all the denomi
nations in each county are forming
j county councils to undertake local
j studies and to insure that they are
complete and accurate- Surveyors un
der their supervision will collect the
necessary information. They are to re
port upon the condition of every
church in the county, its member
ship, ifc> financial condition, whether
it is gaining or losing members, wheth
er its families are receiving pastoral
| care. They are to report upon church
groupings, upon conflicting efforts,
upon neglected territory or families,
upon community centers, social build
ings, lodges and other social organi
zations.
The county council will then study
this data and use its own judgment
about arranging for interdenomination
al local efforts to handle purely local
conditions. It will then certify the
information to the state council. This
body is also composed of representa
tives—at least one clergyman and one
layman—from all the denominations.
The state council assembles the re
ports of the county council, studies
them, works out its own advisory pro
gram and sends a complete report to
divisional headquarters.
In all the work that is done, there
will be absolutely no interference with
church organization. Each denom
ination will do its own work in its
own way. All will unite, however, in
securing the data necessary to fulfill
the duty of the churches to their com
munities; and in this way each .will
benefit, and will know how best to
enlarge its activities for the welfare
and uplift of the people in their sphere
of influence."
A general conference of 500 repre
sentatives from 200 Protestant socie
ties was held in Cleveland, Ohio, in
May, where the plan of the move
ment was approved. It has since been
indorsed by boards whose membership
comes from 76 denominations, repre
senting 200,000 churches, with a con
stituency of 50,000,000 persons.
The work as planned ha.s already
been fti operation in the state of Ohio,
where results have proven of the
greatest benefit to the forward move
ment of the churches; and tremendous
stimulus and growth has resulted al
ready from the co-operation which has
been extended by all the denominations
in the various communities of the
state. Georgia is beginning the work
of making a survey at the present
time; and with the help of all Prot
estant bodies in the state is expected
to make rapid progress.
Farm For Rent.
Seven horse farm, Wheeler
county, at Ochwalkee on S. A. L.
Ry., ample buildings, good land
with good pasture for stock, good
farm for general crops and stock
raising. Will rent for one or
more years at annual cash rental.
See me at once.
Mrs. J. B. Geiger,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Farm Loans.
For quick loans on farm lands
see A. L. Lanier Mt. Vernon, Ga.
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wp «wj 1 thf>m HICKS BROS. GARAGE, Mt. Vernon,
wc uicui. MINTER-SMITH HDW. CO., Uvalda.
HINSON HDW. CO. Alamo.
L. B. GODBEE, Vidalia. CARTER-CHRISTIAN BUICK CO., Vidalia.
D. A. McRAE STORE, Mt. Vernon.
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jjt Conservative but liberal value placed upon property Wallace & Durden
ab and 40 to 50 per cent, of value loaned. Call on us jfc
or write and we will call on you. SOPERTON, GA.
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Now Law .Firm.
L. C. Underwood, attorney, of
Mt. Vernon, and Fred M. Harris,
attorney, late of the U. S. Army,
announce the formation of a
partnership for the practice of
law, with offices in Mt. Vernon.
The former will give special at
tention to the loan business and
to general practice other than
commercial law. Mr. Harris will
have charge of the commercial
department and give special at
tention to collections. Prompt
and efficient service are assured
in all matters entrusted to the
i firm. Respectfully,
Underwood & Harris,
; 19tf Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Post Your Lunds.
Open your woodland to the pub
lic and soon there will not be a
stick of wood or timber on it.
Put the public on notice by post
ing up printed notices. Get the
printed notices at The Monitor
office, 10 cents each.
Send The Monitor the news
from your section.
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