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VOL. XXXIV.
GAME IN STATE
VERY PLENTIFUL
Camilla a Peanut Market —
Mother and Babe are
Drowned.
Special service to Montgomery Monitor.
Atlanta. —According to S. J. Slate,
state game commissioner, the game
season this fall will open auspiciously
and it is stated that the reports from
many sections give cause for bright
prospects. "The department of game
and fish,” Mr. Slate says, “has been
reorganized and .the appointments
made for the term beginning 1919 to
1921. We hope to make the depart
ment more efficient for the next two
years, and we desire to have the most
hearty co-operation of all the sports
men and all parties interested in our
work. While the rains have not been
beneficial to quail, deer, doves and
squirrels are very numerous. The
first hatch of quail came out all right
and the birds will be larger than
usual. It is to be hoped that all peo
ple will respect the opening dates
of the season and that so far as pos
sible every attempt will be made to
keep people out of the fields quail
shooting until November 20. In south
Georgia the report as to the number
of deer and wild turkey is very en
couraging. After a year of stress
such as the one through which we
have just passed, after a period in
which w% have all struggled to place
our business affairs upon a new ba
sis the fields and woods of Georgia
invite you to a season of recreation.
Our fall fishing on the coast should
be better than usual and nature her
self with her floods has intervened
to largely protect our fish in many
of our fresh water streams from the
reckless hands of the dynamiter and
other wholesale destroyers of fish.
This state is wonderfully blessed with
many places to which the sportsman
can go and we will be very glad to
give any information to anybody in
the state relative to reports that have
been received in this office from dif
ferent sections.
Camilla Busy Handling Peanuts
Camille. —Camilla is claiming to
have the best peanut market to be
found nearer than Virginia and North
Carolina. It is also claimed that,
with two shelling plants in operation
here and oil mill crushing all grades
of peanuts, there will be plenty of
competition, and the best prices are
assured. It is said that while the
crop is not as large as that of last
year, owing to the frequent rains, the
peanuts are of much better quality,
and will average up well on that ac
count. The growers have been dig
ging them for several weeks and have
started in to threshing them.
Urges Licensed Warehouses
Atlanta. —Inspection headquarters
for the southeastern states are being
established in Atlanta by the ware
house section of the bureau of market
ing, United States department of ag
riculture. R. L. Nixon, specialist in
warehousing, is chief of the Washing
ton department, ancf he is present in
person in Atlanta to see to the es
tablishment of the office. Mr. Nixon
Is a native Georgian, and for that rea
son he is especially interested in the
establishment of the local office. He
was born and reared in Carroll coun
ty and educated at the State Agri
cultural college at Athens, for which
he did extension work after his grad
uation.
Mother And Baby Found In River Bed
Macon. —Scarely 100 yards apart, I
the bodies of Mrs. Harry Mathis and
her four-year-old daughter, Mary
Thompson Mathis, were found at the
bottom of the Ocmulgee river within
a stone’s throw of the grave of the
husband and father, the late Harry
Mathis, who met death in an auto
mobile accident September of last
year. Mrs. Mathis and the girl had
been missing some time.
The Fordson Tractor
on Sale in Vidalia.
In this issue will be seen an
nouncement of the Fordson trac
tor, one of the most successful
sources of farm power on the
market.
This machine is sold by the
Meadows-McSwain Co., of Vi
dalia, and these gentlemen have
the agency for Toombs, Mont
gomery and Treutlen counties.
When in Vidalia go around to
their place and see the Fordson.
This machine can be seen in the
demonstration of farm machinery
near Vidalia on the 30th. The
Fordson can be adapted to several
uses where-power and speed are
wanted.
The town boys and Brewton-
Parker baseball club engage in a
game of ball on the school dia
mond tomorrow afternoon.
Wqt Hmttoom?nj jKmtttor.
j Seaboard Surgeons to
Meet in Charleston.
, The Monitor has just issued an
elaborate program for the Charles
. ton meeting of the Association of
Seaboard Air Line Railway Sur- ;
1 geons. This meeting, the first!
held in two years, on account of
the war, will be held in Charles
; ton on the 16th and 17th, and
1 will be in the nature of a Victory j
i Meeting, attended by the sur- j
; geons of the entire Seaboard sys- j
I! tern.
i: Dr. J. W. Palmer of Ailey has
1 been secretary and treasurer of
, the Association since its organiza
tion seventeen years ago, and will
; doubtless be re-elected, in view
t of the long and very efficient ser
vice rendered the Association.
The Association of Seaboard Air
| Line Railway Surgeons is one of i
the strongest associations in the 1
1 United States, and has in its'
, membership some of the most
noted surgeons.
Program W. B. M. U.
to be Held Soperton.
1
The annual meeting of the W. j
B. M, U. of the Daniell Associa
tion convenes with the Soperton
church on Friday, Oct. 10. 1919, ;
10 o’clock a. m. The program is
as follows:
Hymn—Jesus Calls us O’er the ;
Tumult.
Devotional —Mrs. 0. O. Wil- J
liams.
We!c ime- Mrs. G. W. Williams.
Response —Mrs. D. 0. Calhoun.
Supt’s Message and Call for
Messengers Report—Mrs. J. H.
Oliver.
Report of Treasurer—Mrs. J.
A. Bland.
Report of District Sec'y Mes-;
dames Chivers, Hart and Price, j
Report of Personal Service
Chairman —Mrs. J. C. Timmer
man.
The Importance of Missionary 1
Training for our Children —Miss
Julia Meadows.
The Importance of Missionary
Training for our Young Women
Mrs. f. R. Lee.
The Importance of Giving— |
Mrs. J. C. Price.
Our Special Objects—Mrs. T. I
L. W. McDonald. !
Address —Leadership—Mrs. E.
K. Overstreet, Supt. S. E. Divi-1
sion, Ga. W. B. M. U.
Announcement of Committees.
Lunch —One Hour.
Afternoon Session, 2 p. m.
Devotional—Mrs. J. J. Walker,
SopeFton.
State Missions—Mrs. E. O.
; Dickson.
Home Missions—Mrs. J. E.
Thompson.
Foreign Missions —Mrs. H. M.
Newton.
Round Table Discussion of
Methods in Local Society. Mrs. i
China, Lyons.
W. M. U. Study Course Ex-|
plained-Mrs. H. W. Williams. J
Survey of Our Field —Mrs. J.
H. Oliver.
Expressions of What This Day
Has Meant to Me and What I Can
Carry to Any Society (open to
all)-Miss Maggie Langford.
Report of Committees.
Doxology.
Benediction.
Went as Delegate to
Sou. Cotton Congress.
Mr. H. C. Davis left a few days
ago for New Orleans, where he
1 went as a delegate from Mont
gomery county to the Southern
; Cotton Congress, in session first
of the week. Mr. Davis was ap
: pointed as a delegate by Con
gressman W. W. Larsen.
While away Mr. Davis will visit
other points in Louisiana, where
. he has some business interests.
i ‘
Rev. J. M. Hancock of Uvalda
was a visitor here this morning.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 1919.
Camp Jessup Will Have
Big Training School.
| Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 9.—United
States Senator Hoke Smith, while
in Atlanta today on his return to
Washington from New Orleans,
was officially informed by the
war department that an army
vocational training school with
more than 1,000 students soon
would be opened in Atlanta.
The school, which is to be in
stituted at Camp Jesup, accord
ing to previous advices, will be
similar to the great vocational
school at Camp Holabird, Mary
land. Courses in practically
every branch of activity will be
established, conducted by instruc
tors the equal to any in thecoun
i try.
Daniell Association
Meeting Changed
j At a meeting of the Executive
Committee held recently, the
meeting of the Daniell Associa
tion was changed from Wednes
day after Third Sunday in No
vember to Wednesday after Third
. Sunday in October, 1919. This
change is necessary that there
may be no conflict between the
meetings of the Association and
the Georgia Baptist Convention.
The meeting place of the Associa
tion remains the same, Uvalda.
By order of the Executive Com
linittee. H. W. Williams,
Chairman.
Vidalia, Ga., Sept. 1, 1919.
Boyer in Race
for Solicitor
The determination of Mr. Woot
ien to make the race for the
judgeship of this circuit creates
a vacancy in the office of Solicitor
General. 1 It is understood that
our fellow townsman, M. H.
Boyer, Esq., will make the race
and at the proper time his formal
announcement will appear.
; Mr. Boyer has been a member
of the bar of this circuit for more
I than twenty years and while he
has done a large and lucrative
■ general practice, he has rather
specialized in the criminal branch
of the profession, which admir
rably fits him for the duties of
this most important office.
On recent visits to several coun
ties of the circuit he has been re
ceived most kindly by the people
and the press has been generous
in its cordial treatment of him
and his candidacy. The citizens
generally, of Pulaski county, are
very enthusiastic over his inten
tion to make the race, and are
lining up solidly behind him.
Mr. Boyer not only enjoys the
distinction of being one of the
ablest members of the Oconee
Bar, but is esteemed the peer of
any member of his profession in
this section of Georgia.
His friends throughout the
circuit are standing solidly behind
his candidacy, feeling that this
honor is due him owing to his
long and honorable career in his
chosen profession.
Immediately after his admis
sion to the bar he was appointed
| solicitor of the county court,
which position be held in a most
satisfactory manner for six years.
He was also City Attorney for a
number of years and during his
term of office codified the laws of
i the city.
j In 1912 he went as a delegate
to the National Democratic Con
vention at Baltimore, at which
time President Wilson was nomi
nated for President.
Mr. Boyer is an enthusiastic
Shriner and has always taken an
active part in the W. O. W. of
which organization he is also a
loyal member. He belongs to
the B. P. O. E. and is a trustee
of the 12th District A. & M.
School located at Cochran.—Haw
kinsville Dispatch and News.
Hall Should be Next
. Treutlen Representative.
1 The many friends throughout
i the county of Mr. J. E. Hall are
> urging him to enter the race for
, representative. Mr. Hall is Vice
» President and Cashier of the
r Bank of Soperton, in which po
i sition he has won scores of friends
i by his courteous treatment of the
public. He is also associated with
- many other enterprises of the city
■ and county. He has served as
> mayor of Soperton several terms.
1 He was influential in the cam
paign for Treutlen county in
which he spent both time and
■ money. Should Mr. Hall decide
to make the race and the people
see fit to elect him, the county
would be ably represented.—So
perton News.
Mt. Vernon Mer. Co.
Thrifty Establishment.
The Mt. Vernon Mercantile Co.
is selling lots of goods these days,
and their stock is being kept up
i to a high standard.
Special attention is called to
their line of shoes—a new lot, to
be sold as reasonable as cost
prices will allow.
Their stock is all new, and em
braces a varied line. This com
pany has just received a carload
of wire fencing of a well-known
and popular brand. Read their
ad.
Letter From
Pres . Barrett
September 8, 1919.
Editor Montgomery Monitor,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly permit me the
use of your columns to call the
attention of the public in two
important points?
Upon inquiry, I find that 3ome
of the students living in this com
munity failed to make the re
quired standard in their studies
last year. The opinion as given
in answer to my inquiry is that
this failurd was dye, in a num
ber of cases, to the fact that
these students were late in en
tering upon the work last fall.
This lateness of entrance pre
vented their having the advan
tages derived from the teaching
of fundamental principles during
the first few weeks of the study;
consequently, they failed to be
come properly interested in the
course. It is manifestly impos
sible for the teacher to stop the
work of the class after a month
or two to go back and bring up
those who have been late enter
ing.
Therefore, I want to urge that
the parents not be unjust to their
children, keeping them out for a
time and then expecting them to
do as good as those who entered
at first.
The second point in mind is
with reference to the safety of
the life and limb of the students,
both those in the boarding de
partment and the day school. I
have seen children in danger sev
eral times already. This is caused
by those who drive rapidly when
on the campus in their cars. I
call attention to this now through
your paper to request that those
who come on the campus in cars
drive slowly. This would be a
source of great relief to me and
to the others of the faculties. I
would appreciate it very much to
have this request granted. And
I make it for the sake of all con
cerned. Very truly yours,
L. S. Barrett, Pres.
Monumental Work.
, We carry a complete line of
monuments. Please call at yards
and inspect designs, get esti
mates, etc.
Vidalia Monument Co.,
ts Vidalia, Ga.
I
Mrs. Hartley Wins
Suit Against Central.
t Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 9.--The
J superior court of Washington
county, with Judge Robert N.
? Hardeman presiding, consumed
» j
the greater part of last week
i with the trial of the case of Mrs.
> Ella Hartley against the Central
i of Georgia Railway. Mrs. Hart
ley’s suit was based upon the kill
-1 ing of her husband on August 2,
i 1917, by a passenger train of the
Central, which collided with a
'buggy in which Mr. Hartley was
riding in Tennille, Washington
1 county. Mr. Hartley was in
’ j
stantly killed in the collision.
Mrs. Hartley was represented by
Attorney Reuben R. Arnold of
Atlanta, and Messrs. Jordan and
Harris of Sandersville. The rail
road company was represented
1 by Messrs. Evans & Goodwin of
Sandersville.
Much evidence was introduced
on both sides. The jury found
a verdict in favor of Mrs. Hart
ley for $16,000. This is one of
the largest verdicts ever render
ed in that section of state.
Work Started By Highway Board
Atlanta. Otiui'hut a now highway
commission got down to work soon
after the members were sworn in by
Governor Dorsey when they met u(
the capital for the first time. The
three members, who include Pro*.
C. M. Strahan, head of the civil on
gineering department of the Univer
sity of Georgia; .C. Neely of Way
■ neshoro, und Aanlty Dennett of Quit
man, made their first official action
the election of W. It. Neel as state
highway engineer. Mr. Neel held this
position under the former conituicßiuu.
Mr. Neel was instructed to proceed
at once with the organization of the
staff of the aig lwuy department, and
to fill the various positions, such as
chief field engineer, assistant engi
neer and clerks, so that active work
may he carried one. It is understood
that pructicaly all the present force
of the state highway department \.ill
he retained so that there will he lit
tie or no delay from this cause. The
commission decided to hold meetings
in Atlanta the fourth Friday of each
month, hut vested such power in the
chairman that lie will be able pi look
after the details of the work, and
shoulder such responsibilities for ttio
members as is necessary for expedit
ing affairs between now und the lime
of the next meeting.
Governor Heads Georgia Delegates
Atlanta. —The largest delegation of
and hunkers from Georgia which left
prominent cotton growers, merchants
for New Orleans to attend ttie muss
meeting of cotton men was headed
by Gov. Hugh M. Dorsey. Governor
Dorsey presided over the second day’s
session. In the party there will be
officials of the American Cotton As
sociation under whose auspices the
convention is being held, including
Maj. Devereaux McClatchey, member
ship campaign director of the Geor
gia division, J. A. Davis, the secretary
treasurer, and many from the head
quarters of the American Cotton As
sociation in Aflatua.
Business Men Will Tour West
Savannah. One of the result of the
recent meeting here of the president
and directors of the South Atlantic
Maritime corporation, and the South
ern Export corporation with five
soutli Atlantic ports represented in
the directorate, will he a great tour
at an early date by the strongest rep
resentatives that can he obtained
from the commercial bodies, hoards of
trade, chambers of commerce, etc.,
of the southeast, a tour that will tuke
business men who know how to go
after business into the heart of the
middle west.
Discovery Os Gas Causes Stampede
SandeiMville. -People from various
sections of the ountry are coming to
Washington county to see the phe
nomenai discovery of natural gas that
has been made on the lands of an oil
company at .'as formed here a few
months ago. At first there were
many who were skeptical of the dis
covery of oil, hut today these san.o
people firmly believe there is a rich
deposit of both gas and oil in this
county.
House Veterans In Tented City
Atlanta.— Piedmont Park, where 50
years ago the veterans of today min
gled mid laughter and song with an
almost forgotten arkitooracy, will j
again ring with the shouts and har- j
bor the smoke from the campfires of
the heroes of the lost cause. The j
park hoard unanimously voted to al
low the veterans free rein in the park 1
and also free admission as often as :
they liked to the cyclorama at Grant
Park.
SHOULD BALANCE
; UP WITH FARMER
i
. Long Hours and Plenty of
l Labor the Lot of The
; Farmer.
There is much complaint rela-
I tive to the high cost of living in
. towns and cities. Wage earners
and salaried men complain of the
I high cost of living while they live
j high and insist upon an income
vvhich will enable them to sup
port their families in idleness,
i These town and city men work
eight hours a day for five and a
half days in the week and com
plain of the high price of farm
products produced by the farmer
and his family working about
: twelve hours per day. The farm
er and his family toil long hours
and know little of the comforts
and conveniences enjoyed by the
j town and city man’s family, and
[seldom complain.
The world seems to begrudge
the farmer a decent living. He
sells for !15 cents a pound of cot
ton which is manufactured into
cotton goods that sells for $5 or
more. He gets about $7.50 for
the wheat which goes into a
barrel of flour that retails for
about S2O when made into loaves
of bread. The lowering of the
price of cotton and wheat and
other farm products will have
vcrv little effect upon the retail
price of the finished product to
the consumer, as the cost of the
raw material is usually a small
item in the final cost of the things
we buv.
However, price or no price,
there is no reason why the farm
er and his family should toil long
hours to grow food for idle town
and city families. The farm
woman cans, sews and washes
for "all the family, and besides
raises chickens, milks the cows
and cultivates the garden. Farm
children go to school from four
to six or seven months in the
year, work around the home dur
ing the nights and mornings and
for long hours every day during
the long summer days. The town
and city /Women refuse to move
out into the suburbs and attend
to gardens, chickens, cows, fruit
trees and so on. The town chil
dren go to school nine months in
the year and do nothing during
the mornings and evenings and
the three vacation months. How
ever, in spite of these facts,
there is a strong movement to
greatly reduce the price of farm
products.
Farmers of this country should
thoroughly organize and demand
a sufficient price for their pro
ducts to enable them to enjoy the
same educational advantages and
the same comforts and luxuries
enjoyed by the town and city
man. Furthermore, the farmer
and his family should not be re
quired to work longer hours than
the town and city man works.
In other words, all tariffs an<f
price-fixing commissions should
treat evpry phase of production
and distribution impartially, and
the farmers will not complain.—
Progressive Farmer.
Will Ask Farmers to
Hold for 37 1-2 Cents.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 9. —
With Governor Dorsey of Geor
gia presiding, the American Cot
ton Association began its final
session today.
The cotton price committee,
composed of representatives from
each cotton state, will make its
i final recommendations later in
, the day. While it was stated
yesterday that this figure would
I be 40 cents indications were to
day that 37 1-2 cents would be
, the figure agreed upon.
NO. 19.