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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1919)
VOL. XXXIV. ENTHUSIASTIC COTTON MEET False Report Stopped Spech by Vice-President in £ Atlanta. Special service to Montgomery Monitor. Macon.—Representative fanners ano business men from all sections of tlie state gathered at the city auditorium here to perfect the state organization of the American Cotton Association. A number of speeches were made by prominent leaders of the movement including former Congressman A. F Lever of South Carolina, J. Skottow* Wannamaker of St. Matthews, S. C., president of the organization; Com missioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown, 1 R. L. Nixon of Washington, D. C., special agent of the United States bu reau of markets in charge of ware house operations and others. Governoi Dorsey called the meeting to order and presided at both morning and after noon sessions. Much enthusiasm was developed and the local organization of more than half of the counties in the state was reported, but owing to the fact that many of the delegates were compelled to leave early in the afternoon in order to catch trains, or ganization of the state was deferred for a later meeting to be called at a near date in Macon. Former Con gressman Lever struck the keynote as to the purpose of the organization when he declared that he would never be satisfied until conditions of living in the country had been made equal to that in the city by giving the farm er a higher return for his labor, and thereby enabling him to take his wom en out of the fields and to educate his children. The movement from farm to city might be checked and by that way only, he said. False Report Stops Speaking Atlanta. —The address of Vice Presi dent Thomas R. Marshall came to an abrupt end at the auditorium when a false report was received to the ef fect that President Woodrow Wilson had passed away at Washington. I Some one claiming to have the news from press reports had the speaker called to the telephone by the mes sage that President Wilson had just died and that he was wanted on the long distance telephone from Washing ton. So shocked was he by the mes sage that he wes speechless for a mo ment, then muttered "I cannot believe it.” The audience felt that something dreadful had happened and waited anxiously to be informed. Then C. J. Haden, who had been called to the door from the stage by a police officer and who had interrupted Mr. Marshall to give him the report, said: “News has just been received from Washing ton that President Wilson is dead.” Governor Dorsey announces that the state will pay a reward of SIOO for the arrest of the perpetrator of the hoax. Brunswick Will Try Commission Plan Brunswick. —Brunswick is to give the commissioner-manager form of gov ernment a trial. This was decided on at the election for aldermen held re cently, when the candidates pledged to a change in the form of govern ment were overwhelmingly elected and the commission form was practically the only issue in the campaign. The four ‘men elected, T. E. Hampton, M. L. McKinnon, C. A. Averitt and J. G. Harvey, while elected for a term of two years, have announced their in tention to retire at any time that the commission form may be put into ef fect, and it is the general belief that the change will be made on January 1, 1921. Savannah Budget Totals $2,000,000 Savannah. —The tentative budget for 1920 as outlined by the city council of Savannah totals more than two mil lion three hundred thousand dollars, almost twice the budget of expendi tures for the present year. The total new improvements contemplated amount to almost eight hundred jthou sand dollars. This included a quar ter of a million for vast improvements and enlargements of the city market. It may be, however, that a special bond election will be called for the au thorization of $350,000 in bonds for the new market. | BUILDING fIATERIAL WE HAVE A FULL LINE IN STOCK I Lumber, Lime, Cement, Brick, Lath I Piaster, Shingles, Windows Doors and Frames I In fact, everything used in building. If you are going j to build, get our prices. They are right, and we can u make prompt deliveries. JOHN T. RAGAN & CO. VIUALIA, GA. I ifflmttgxMtmf iMmtttar. Charlotte. Special Correspondence. fiMr. Mason Graham of Uvaida and Mr. Don Black of Alama were among friends at this place Saturday night. Mr. Dewey Brantley and Miss Alice Sutton of this place were! out driving Sunday afternoon. Everybody around town is grinding cane this week. Messrs. Aaron and Dewey ; Branch and George Conner of Long Pond were pleasant visitors in this community Sunday last, j | A large crowd attended the box supper at this place Friday nighs,: in which a sum of money was raised for the benefit of the school.! Misses Mattie Mae Tommie and Clara McCoy of this place were pleasant visitors of Misses J Myra and Maggie Graham of Uvaida Sunday afternoon. Mr. E. F. Minton of Hazlehurst is transacting business in this section. 1 Mr. Harold Carter of this place accompanied Miss Allie Adams home from Sunday school -last Sunday. Miss Ellie Gordan of the New York Case, Vidalia, is visiting friends and relatives here. | Messrs. Eugene Mullace and Joe Morris of Uvaida filled their | regular appointment at Mr. Charlie Cody’s Sunday evening. Hunting Trip to Seaboard. Messrs. Neal Hughes, Will Hughes, Dr. J. E. Hunt and Col. George Cowart left a few days ago for Camden county, where they go on a hunting trip. Camden county is said to be a great game section, and this party is sure to be favored with good luck while associated with the good people in and around St. Marys. Another party composed of Sheriff E. E. Burch and M. E. i Fountain of Mt. Vernon, and Dr, H. C. Sharpe, Jno. M. Hughes, D. N. Hughes, K. M. Johnson and W. D. Peterson of the lower part of the county left a few days ago for St. Catharine’s Is land, off the coast of Liberty county for a deer hunt. Finding that proper arrangements had not been made for the trip to the island, the party altered their plans and took a hunt around Middelton’s Lake on the Alta maha. Tarry town School. The Tarrytown school is going to observe Thanksgiving Day with aupropriate exercises, con sisting of songs, recitations, etc. We are expecting to have the program on Friday morning of this week. Everpbody is invited, especially the patrons of the school. We are also expecting to organize an adult illiteracy class here this week. I Pupil. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 27. 1919. New Hotel for Alt. Vernon. Plans are rapidly for a hotel in Mt. Vernon. For several days a number of the citizens have been holding meet ; ings for the purpose of receiving ; subscriptions to a stock company for the purpose of erecting a hotel ;in keeping with the demands of the traveling public, i Under the present plans a building to cost between SI2OOO and SISOOO will be constructed, ' and the site contemplated by those who are pushing the move . merit is the lot formerly owned , by Mr. C. A. Mason and at pres ent owned by Mr. J. Wade John son, on the southeast corner of the court house square. This is a very desirable lot, well suited to the purpose. A number of the promoters have subscribed SSOO and SIOOO each and others have obligated to place into the fund smaller amounts. The Monitor has advocated a hotel for the place for years, and is pleased to commend the move ment and congratulate the pro moters .of such a greatly needed enterprise. Union Thanksgiving at M. E. Church. I A very pleasing program has been arranged for the union • Thanksgiving service at the Mt. Vernon Methodist church 7:30 this evening, in which the three churches of the place will par ticipate. The orchestra of The Brewton- Parker will have a part in the musical program. The three pastors, Dr. J. C. Brewtonof the Baptist church, Rev. A. G. Brew ton of the Methodist church and Rev. F. M. Baldwin of the Pres byterian church, will deliver short addresses. The public is cordially invited to attend the services. j The meeting was held last evening, according to program, i The house was crowded, and as a result of the union service, it is quite probable that such will be an established custom for Mt. Vernon in future years. The collection amounted to $18.92, and this will be prorated among j the orphanges of the three! churches. Heiner Heads Fort Screven Savannah. —Col. Gordon H. Heinei has been ordered from the coast ar tillery training station at Fort Monroe, Va., to Fort Screven as commander of the coast defense of this point. Education Campaign On In Terrell Dawson. —Teachers engaged in the white public schools of Terrell coun ty assembled at the court house foi the purpose of organizing a county or ganization. The meeting was presid ed over by Prof. J. C. Dukes, super , iuteudent of city and county schools, j Officers of the Terrell county teach ers' association were elected as fol lows: J. W. Richardson, Parrot, pres ident; W. A. Wheeler, Bronwood, vice president; Miss Nannie Fletcher, Veo ans, secretary and treasurer . Potatoes and Cane. During the past few weeks The Monitor has been the re cipient of several batches of farm produce, enumerated as follows: J. M. Moxley of Route No. 1 brought in a number of fine spe cimens of red sugar cane. I). C. Morris of the Higgston section recently contributed samples of his Porto Rica yams. They were full size and of fine flavor. He reports a full crop. Mr. John W. Mclntyre drove by with a wagon load of Porto Ricas yesterday afternoon and asked the editor to help himself. Having been in his potato bank on former occasions, The Monitor did not feel justified in taking over a ten days supply. Elzie Fuller, a colored farmer of near McGregor, furnished I samples of his green sugar cane. I Appointments Mcßae Dist. ' The annual session of the * South Georgia Conference of the ! Methodist church, which was ■ held in Dublin last week, ad > journed Monday afternoon. r ; Rev. A. G. Brewton, who has I for two years served the Mount Vernon Circuit, was returned to i the work. The appointments for l the Mcßae district are as follows: 1 Presiding elder, L. W. Colson; Alamo Circuit, E. P. Drake; Alta maha Circuit, W. D. McGregor; Baxley, L. A. Brown; Baxley 1 Circuit, I. K. Chambers; Cedar Grove Circuit, to be supplied by IW, E. Kinchen; Center Circuit, C. A. Griffin; Chauncey and Mi -1 lan, Moses Register; Claxton, S. A. Hearn; Cobbtown Circuit, C. J. Mallett; Eastman, W. M. 1 Blitch; Glennville Circuit, C. R. 1 Phillips; Graham Circuit, to be supplied; Hagan Circuit, J. E. Channel!; Hazlehurst, G. W. ' Hutchinson; Helena and Scot ■ land, I. L. Llewellyn; Jackson ville Circuit, L. E. Brady; Lum ber City, H. L. Pearson; Lyons and Collins, Jason Shirah; Mc [ Rae, N. T. Pafford; Mt. Vernon | Circuit, A. G. Brewton; Pem ! broke Circuit, B. C. Prickett; | Reidsville and Shiloh, R. F. Den inis; Rhine Circuit, R. E. Haupt; jSpringhill Circuit, O. S. Smith; Surrency Circuit, C. A. Morrison; ! Uvaida and Alston, J. M. Han cock; Vidalia, J. H, Mather; I West Green Circuit, C. B. Ray; South Georgia College, President J. D. Smith; South Georgia Col lege, Professor G. N. Rainey, j i 111 for Many Years, I I Passed Away Tuesday. Miss Maggie Fountain died Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. M. J. Thompson, after j having been in extremely bad health for about a year, when she was stricken with influenza. | Shut in by reason of affliction, ! she had suffered practically all her life of about forty-eight years, but bore it with patience and fortitude. She was a daughter of the late J. I. Fountain of this : place, a sister of Mrs. John W. Hughes, Mrs. J. H. Peace, Mrs. George Jenkins and Mrs. Thomp son of this place, Messrs. J. 1., ,D. A. and J. J. Fountain of Mt. Vernon, and Messrs. W. E. and M. N. Fountain of Berrien coun ty. Remains were laid to rest in the family lot in the McGregor cemetery Wednesday afternoon. Dr. J. C. Brewton of the Baptist church conducted the funeral service. Democratic Massmeeting. The citizens of Montgomery county are hereby requested to assemble in massmeeting, at the court house in Mt. Vernon, Tues day, December 2d, for the pur pose of choosing a new executive committee for the county, in pursuance with regular plan of providing for the conduct of pri mary and regular elections in the county, and for the purpose of transacting such business as may properly come before the body. Meeting will be called to order at 11:00 o’clock a. m. Respectfully, A. B. Hutcheson, Chm. Dem. Ex. Com. Blacksmith Wanted. Must have blacksmith for all around work and general horse shoeing. Good wages to right man. Apply at once to W. W. Pierce, 1127tf Mt. Vernon, Ga. Cypress Syrup Barrels, good as ■ new. See McCrimmon Grocery. Also Coarse Diamond Crystal Salt. McGregor Items. Special Correspondence Mrs. J. D. Brown and little son, Lamar, of Jessup, Ga., are 1 visiting the former’s parents, 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Carpenter. Mrs. Blount Morris is on the sick list this week. Mr. Thomas Morris was in , Kibbee Sunday afternoon. Mr. Foy Mitchell was the guest of his cousin, Mayo Browning, of Glenwood, Sunday. Mr. Hamp Carpenter was a pleasant caller in Vidalia Sunday. Mrs. Oree Axton and baby of Ohoopee are visiting the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Blount Morris. Mr. A. N. Carpenter is in At lanta on business this week. Mr. Daughtry Mitchell spent Sunday in Glenwood. Mr. Hiram Conner, who has been working on the new bridge, is unable to resume his work for a few days. Quite a large crowd enjoyed the cane grinding at the home of Mr. J. C. Carpenter Wednesday night. Miss Seffie Lee Lowe of Glen wood was a pleasant visitor at the home of Mr. J. C. Carpenter this week. Miss Sarah McArthur and Mr. Foy Mitchell attended the enter tainment at Brewton-Parker In stitute Saturday night. Massmeeting December 2. In this issue will be seen notice of a call for a county massmeet ing in Mt. Vernon Tuesday, De cember 2, 11 a. m. At this meet ing will probably be fixed the time for holding the county pri mary, and a new executive com mittee will be chosen for the county. Col. A. B. Hutcheson is the present chairman of the Demo cratic Executive Committee and under his authority the meetirg is called. The public is invited! to attend. Let every district in the county have a full delegation. Two New Candidates for County Office. This week finds two new an nouncements as candidates for county office. Mr. G. A. Rackley of the Uvai da section aspires to the office of tax collector, as seen by his card. Mr. Rackley is a very successful farmer, but aside from the farm ing interests which have engaged his attention for several years, he has had a very extended busi ness experience, and is a man of very pleasing personality. Mr. Jas. Hester, who, some years ago served the county as sheriff, again desires this office, and is asking the support of his friends' throughout the county. Many years of experience as guardian of the peace and good order of the county qualifies him in discharging the duties of this office if he is again called to his old station. THE LADIES Are invited to visit our store to witness a demonstration of the famous Majestic Range Beginning Monday Morning, December Ist when an expert from the factory will be with us THE D. A. McRAE STORE Mt. Vernon, Ga. (SPLENDID WORK COUNTY FORCE i Road Gang Has Prominent Part on Big Bridge Contract. Much very favorable comment has been excited over the work | done by the Montgomery county road force in the construction of the new Wheeler-Montgomery bridge being built across the . Oconee river near this place. It will be remembered Mont gomery county assumed that part of the contract having to do with the enormous fill on the west side, and the complete manner in which it was done is marvelous, all conditions being considered. This work, under ordinary con ditions, would have required about three months, but County , Warden Claude Ferrell, with a force of eighteen men. finished the job in 59 days, having moved something over 50,000 yards of earth from the hill and formed it 1 into the magnificent embankment forming the approach to the river on the Wheeler county side, a distance of something like 300 yards. This mammoth parapet was built with an average of 28 head of mules and 11 wheelers, or mounted scoops. It is 100 feet at the base, is something like 27 feet at the highest point, and is 30 feet broad on top. The work was done in stratas, thus allow ing each layer the benefit of the p'acking incinent to the forming of subsequent layers of earth, recognized by all successful engi : neers as the most effective method in embankment construction. No attempt is made to give the exact figures on the work, but it 1 is safe to say that the two coun ties have saved money on this particular part of the mammoth contract. The road force is now on the public roads, but will later put in the fills on the Montgom ery approach to the bridge. The work speaks for itself, and the public is invited to go down and inspect the finished sections and note the rapid progress being made by the other contractors. Death of Miss McNatt. The death of Miss M. E. Mc- Natt, mention of which was made in our last week’s issue, oc curred in the sanitarium at Hazle hurst, where she had gone for an operation. The operation was performed on Monday of last i week and her death occurred the following Thursday. She was 58 years of age and had been a res ident of this city for a number of years. She was related to many the prominent families of this section and is survived by sever al brothers and sisters. The re mains were interred in the ceme tery in this city on Friday after noon.—Vidalia Advance. Corn Wanted. Will nay $1.25 per bushel for new corn, shucked. See Cockfield Milling Co., 1127tf. Mt. Vernon, Ga. NO. 30.
