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VOL. XXXIV.
REVIVE THE
I. 0. 0. F. LODGE
Vernon Kodge to Hold Big
Meeting Mt. Vernon
January 16th.
Conditions are very bright for
the restoration of the Odd Fel
low Lodge at Mt. Vernon, and
the institution at this place will
be revived and put on an active
and progressive basis at a meet
ing to be held here Fridry night,
January 16th.
Division Deputy Grand Master
G. W. Leverett of Vidalia will be
present to put on the work, and
a full attendance is urged. Mem
bers who for any cause haye
dropped out, or who have not
been attending lodge meetings
during the past year or more are
also urged to attend.
This is an honorable and wor
thy order, and there is no reason
why it should not be maintained
at this place. There is consider
able territory to draw from —from
the old membership and also from
those who have never been affili
ated with the order. Its princi
ples are lofty and its benefits
many. The Monitor is urged by
the officials to invite all members
and all prospective members to
be present. Exercises will begin
at 7: 30 o’clock, in the Masonic
hall.
Alston News.
Special correspondence.
The pastor filled his regular ap
pointment here Sunday.
Mr. Gordon Horton and family
have moved to Baxley.
Fine weather for saving meat.
A number killed on the recent
cold snap. Wish the editor would
come down and eat with us.
Mr. Harley Johnson has moved
to Mt. Vernon.
Mr. J. E. Braswell has returned
from Washington county, where
he was called on account of the
illness of his mother.
Misses Gladys Braswell and
Mary Annie Moye visited Miss
Gladys Goff Sunday afternoon.
$30,000 In Taxes Saved Utate #
A'iantn.— More than $30,000 In
special taxes, which amount would
otherwise have been lost to the state,
have been collected by the four special
tax collectors appointed by Governor j
Dorsey, according to information given ]
put by the comptroller general’s office, j
The salury of the governor Is $7,500, !
and the appropriations to his office for
secretaries and other clerical help
slO,l/00 per annum, making a total of
$17,500. As these special tax agents
have not finished their work and a
considerable number of counties re
main to be visited, the governor will
probably be able to reimburse the state
In this way for more than double the
entile cost of the executive depart
ment this year. As it has long been
a matter of public complaint that the
state was losing largely through the
dodging of the payment of license and j
oilier special taxes, Governor Dorsey
last spring conceived the idea of desig
paling special agents from liis office to
find the delinquents and bring in what
they were due the state. The first man
whom the governor put at this work
was A. S. Allen. The governor made
a contract with Mr. Allen which would
cost the state nothing, the latter
agreeing to work on a commission
basis entirely, paying all of his ex
penses and turning in to' the comp
troller general’s office all that he col
lected less his commission. It soon
developed that there were
of individuals and corpoiations all
over the state liable to license taxes
which had not paid them. One tele- I
phone company was found which had
been operating for seven years and
1 ad never paid any tax to the state
Druggists, sos i-drink dealers, cigar
ette and tobacco merchants, amuse
ment place proprietors and others
wi re found in practically every county
visited who were "shy” on their obli- i
gations to the state. Many of these
when confronted by the special col
lector readily paid their tax, claiming
that they did not know that the law
required a special tax from them.
Hear the prohibition lecture at
the court house in Mt. Vernon
Sunday afternoon, 3 o’clock.
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Miller-McArthur.
A pretty home wedding sol
emnized on Sunday, December
28, was that of Miss Mae Miller, ■
of Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Earl
Franklin McArthur, of Uvalda.
j The wedding took place at Oak
wood Farm, the home of the
bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
ID. Miller. The home was deco
rated in southern smilax. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
F. Davis, of Macon. Preceding
the ceremony, Miss Ruth Winn,
of Macon, sang,? “Oh Fair, Oh j
Sweet, Oh Holy,’’ accompanied j
by Mrs. W. W. Solomon whoren-!
dered Mendelssohns’s wedding!
march as the bridal party enter- j
ed. During the ceremony Miss |
Louise Solomon played a violin
solo, “To a Wild Rose.” Theon
ly attendants were Miss Louise
Miller, sister of the bride and
Miss Velma McArthur, sister of
the groom. They entered first
and were followed by the bride
and groom. The bride wore a
suit of blue cloth with which she
wore a nobby hat of brown with j
other accessories to match. Her
attendants were both gowned in
dark blue georgette crepe.
Mr. and Mrs. McArthur left
immediately for Savannah, from
which they go to points in Flori
da. After ten d?ys they will he
at home at Uvalda.
Among the out-of-town guests
were Mrs. Hartridge Wilbanks,
of Vidalia, Miss Velma McArthur,
of Uvalda, Miss Mary Louise
McArthur, of Uvalda, Miss Dollie
Hunter, of Acworth, Miss Lois
Hunt, of Tunnel Hill. Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Butler and Mr. Far
gason, Atlanta, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Hogg, of Columbus, Mrs. Shrop
shire, Miss Blanche Winn, Miss
Elmore Williams, Mr. Tom Macy I
and others from Macon.
Meat Curing Plant
Now in Operation.
While it has been referred to
many times in the past few
months, the meat curing plant in
Mt. Vernon, operated by Messrs.
Fountain and Palmer, is now in
full operation, with meat cornintr
in every hour. This is a splen
did enterprise, and merits the
patronage of the public.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 8. 1920.
Oak Grove Dots.
Special Corresprmdenee.
Miss Trudie Walker of Soper
’ ton spent last week with her
cousin. Miss Louella Walker.
Large crowd attended the sing
which Miss Annie Reynolds gave
'Thursday night. There were
; thirteen girls and twenty-four
boys present.
Mr. Taylor filled his regular
appointment here Saturday and
Sunday.
| Mr. Baker Milligan and family
j are moving near Oak Grove.
Mr. Henry Thompson took
Miss Louella Walker and Mr.
Pratt Daniels over to Vidalia
! Sunday afternoon, where they
were married. They returned to
their future home on the farm.
We hope them success and hap
piness.
Misses Sudie Graham, Ghairty
Branch, Annie Reynolds and
Messrs. Willie Hughes, Aaron
and Dewey Branch, and Marcus
j Stewart were visitors of Estelle
j Milligan Sunday afternoon.
Mr. John M. Hughes arid fam
ily are moving to Alston this
week.
Tne school at Hack Branch
started Monday. We hope they
will have a nice school.
The County Primary
Was Held Yesterday.
The county primary opened
this morning, and at the hour of
going to press indications pointed
to a very light vote throughout
the county.
Having been delayed with the
paper for several weeks on ac
count of lack of help, we are this
week making a supreme effort to
get back on our schedule, hence
the paper is not held for the final
returns. This will he given in
full next week.
Miss Arlia McLemore has re-'
turned to Columbia, S. C., where
she is a student in Chicora Col
lege for women.
Williams-Meeks.
Beautiful in its simplicity was
the marrirage of Miss Elizabeth
. Williams to Walter W. Meeks,
j which took place at Ludowici Sat
-1 urday evening, Dec. 27, at 7:45
o’clock at the home of the
bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry G. Williams. . The ltev.
Dr. A. L. Patterson, pastor of
the Hull Memorial Presbyterian
Church of Savannah, performed
the ceremony.
| The bride wore her traveling
suit of midnight blue, withacess
ories to match and carried a bo
quet of bride’s roses and swan
sonsia.
The ceremony was performed
i in the living room against a back
j ground of holly, intersnersed
with lighted candles and sur
rounded by sprays of mistletoe.
J Only relatives and a few friends
j were present.
Longpond Dots*
Hot cial <Jorr«'Bpoinl#*nce.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Bush have
returned to their home at Dublin
after a very plesant stay with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
i McAllister.
Mrs. C. C. McAllister Jr. visit
ed friends and relatives in Savan
nah last week end.
1 Misses Annie Johnson and
; Mary Louise McArthur have re
turned to school at Athens after
spending the holidays with home
folks.
I
Mrs. EC. McAllister and Mrs.
L. H. Ledford and children visit
ed relatives at Scotland and
Lumber City last week.
Miss Cassie Williamson is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Arch Hughes,
of Mt. Vernon.
Messrs. Ernest Cum bee and
George L. Adams of Charlotte
attended Sunday school here Sun
day last.
Rev..A. G. Brewton will fill
his regular appointment here
next Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock. Every body come.
Mr. and Mrs Lee and son of
Florida visited at the home of
Mr. C. C. McAllister, Sr., last
Thursday and Friday.
Will Concentrate on
Treaty Ratification.
Washington, Jan. 4. —There
were growing indications tonignt
senate’s struggle to dispose of
the peace treaty would be renew
ed during the coming week with
an increased determination on the
part of those who want ratifica
tion.
Senators returning from holi
day trips to their home states
added several new suggestions to
the compromise proposals of
those who had remaided here dur
ing the recess to work on concil
iation program. As a result the
compromise negotiations seemed
likely to take a wide scope, and
although no one could predict
certainly the result, a reopening
of the whole subject, in ’ Drivate
and party conferences on theset
fioor apparently was assured.
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Record For United States Vessel
Savannah. —The United States ship
ping board vessel Magmarie, a
freighter, has, according to official an
nouncement, established a record for
crossing the Atlantic. She ar
rived at Havre, France, December 10.
making the 3,631 miles from Savan
nah to the French port in 12 days and
one hour, severul hours less than any
former record of a freight steamer of |
her class. This was her maiden voy
age. She carried 16,000 bales of cot
ton.
Court Drops Cast Against Pollard
Atlanta.—The case against William
Pollard, labor leader, who was con
victed in 191# on charges of suborna
tion of perjury, and sentenced to serve
five years in the penitentiary, was
nolle pressed, when it was called for
trial for the second time in the crimi
nal division of the superior court here.
Pollard was allowed a second trial
|>y the court of appeals when he ap
pealed from the decision of the lower
court.
Man Holds 100th Birthday Party
Dublin. —Zenua Fordham, of this
county, celebrated his 100th birthday
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. T
J. Perry, a few miles from Dublin,
About two hundred people, almost all
of whom were either his direct de
scendants or had married into his
family, were present. A big old-sash
ioned picnic dinner was served on a
long table in the yard.
Big Savannah Fair Next November
Savannah.—The great fair to he held
in Savannah next fall, embracing in
its territory parts of three states,
wilj likely he held November 8-12.
Tills dating was tentatively fixed at
the meeting of the American Fairs
Association, the secretary manager, J.
W. Fleming, of the association here,
being present.
$71,442.62 in Back Taxes Collected
Atlanta. —According to the records
in the office of Comptroller General
William A. Wright, $71,442.62 unpaid
back taxes has been collected from
the first of June through November of
this year by the special tax iuvestlga
tors. The amount is net to the state
of Georgia.
Atlanta Electric Hub Os Southland
Atlanta.—That Atlanta is the elec
trical hub of the south has been dem
onstrated by the great rain storm of
the past few days, which put out of
business many of the hydroelectric
plants in this section. Wires carrying
many millions of volts of electricity
radiate from this city to North and
South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama
and to many points in Georgia, and
in cases of emergency, current can h
diverted and made to flow tin .■
Atlanta to points that are in die
Savannah Wants
100,000 Population.
Savannah. Jan. 4.—The ma
ker of the city directory, the
school superintendent, the tax
collectors, the newspaper mana
gers, the bankers the postmas
ter, and number of others whose
position entitle them to some show
’of right to speak have been today
; questioned and to the figures
which the census now in progress
will reveal as the population of
Savannah. These estimates range
1 from 95,000 to 135,000. An even
hundred thousand is a favorite
estimate, averaging up the figures
suggested by twenty-five experts
interviewed.
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from your section. j
CELEBRATED
! GOLDEN WED.
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Charming Event at Home
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. D.
Rackley.
The celebration of the fiftieth
anniversary of the marriage of
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. D. Rackley,
at their home in ML Vernon Mon
day evening, sth inst., was an
1 1 event of more than usual interst,
both to members of the family
aud to a large circle of friends.
Guests began arriving at eight
j o’clock, and they were met by a
line representing four generations
beginning with the honored cou
ple, their daughter, Mrs. Lessie
Fox, Dr. Floyd Rackley, Mr. C.
A. Rackley, Dr. E. M. Rackley,
little Miss Catharine Rackley,
acting as flower girl, stationed
at the side of her grandmother,
and little Herbert Bailey, Jr.
A most welcome guest was
Mr. John Mills of Sardis, origi
nal best man at the Mobley-Rack
ley wedding at Sardis, in Burke
county, fifty years ago. Mr.
Milis is still hale, hearty and full
of lifer Other guests from Burke
county were Dr. James Rackley,
Mrs. Eliza Roberson and Mr. John
T. Chance of Sardis. Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Bailey of Atlanta were
present.
The first hour was devoted to
a very pleasant social intercourse,
followed by a beautiful talk by
Dr. J. C. Brewton. Later the
guests repaired to the spacious
dining room, where was served
punch, sandwiches, cake and
cream. Misses Lessie Mae Rack
ley and Clyde Rackley served.
The home was artistically deco
rated for the occasion in white
and green, and it was a scene long
to be remembered by all present.
Quite a large number of friends
were present to extend greetings
and tokens of friendship, and a
number of gifts appropriate to
the occasion were received.
Lecture on
Temperance .
The people of Montgomery
county, ladies and gentlemen, are
invited and urged to come out to
the court house in Mount Ver
non next Sunday, the 11th inst.,
at 3 p. m., and hear the Anti-
Saloon League lecturer.
His lecture will be one well
worth while, and while it will be
absolutely free, it will be far su
perior to many of the lectures
that the public pays to hear.
Owing to the short time in
which to advertise the lecture, it
is hoped that every one reading
this notice will call their neigh
bors’ attention to it, and in this
way summon a large audience
for the occasion.
J. M. Davis,
Montgomery County Campaign
Chm. Anti-Saloon League.
New Maxwell for Sale
It being our purpose to discon
tinue for the present the sale of
automobiles, we will sell at a
great bargain one New Maxwell
Touring Car—the only one we
have in stock. Here is a chance
to get a Jjrand new car at far be
low its market value. Will make
terms to right party. See car at
Hicks’ garage.
Hicks Bros. & Peterson,
1 Btf Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Play, “Standing By”
Was Great Success.
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A large crowd attended the
play, “Standing By,” at the Tar
ry town school house December
19th, and the school cleared s3l.
Our school closed on Dec. 19th
for the Christmas holidays, but
‘ opened again on the sth inst.
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