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VOL. XXXIV.
A PROBE INTO
HIGH RENTALS
A State-Wide Investigation
Soon to be Taken Up by
Committee.
Special service to Montgomery Monitor.
Atlanta. —Declaring that rent profit
eering has reached the attention of
his committee, and that some im
mediate action will be taken to rem
edy this condition, John A. Manget,
state fair price commissioner, an
nounces that the next work of the
combined fair price commissions over
the state will be to reduce this item
in the expenses of living. .Mr. Man
get stated an immediate probe of all
rentals in the state will be ordered
within a month, and that some action
will be taken immediately. Mr. Man
get stated that he would first direct
the activities of the various commis
sions toward the tenants paying S4O
or less a month, whose renting scale
had been increased 20 per cent with
in the last two years. This probe
will be followed immediately by an
investigation of rentals or more than
forty dollars monthly.
War Camp Service Closes Work
Atlanta.—About six hundred people
were 'present at the closing event held
at the-Soldiers’ club, 190 Peachtree
street, which concluded the activities
of the war community service in At
lanta. Present were the boys in khaki,
mingling, perhaps for the last time,
at this happy social center with new
found friends in Atlanta, and enjoy
ing the wholesome entertainment of
fered under the supervised direction
of the organization which lowered the
final curtain. There was present also
the returned soldier, members of the
girls’ groups and hostesses, who serv
ed as volunteers during the past
months, and the fathers and moth
ers of these young people. The spe- ,
c.ial feature of the evening was a se
ries of tableaux, depicting the chief
activities of the war camp community
service, participated in by organized
groups of girls uncler the direction of
Miss Rose Speck, the girls’ recrea
tion director for the war camp com
munity service.
Vessel Ashore And Crew Missing
Brunswick. —Local tugs returned
here from near Dobey, where they
went in search of the Spanish schoon
er, Sanfost, reported ashore off the
island. The schooner was discovered
ashore four miles north of Dofciey
light, and is rapidly going to pieces.
The schooner had been ashore for
two or three days. What has become
of the crew of the sehoner is a mys
tery. Not a single one of the mem
bers have been heard from. It is be
lieved that they have all been lost.
Ship’s papers were picked up on Rain-,
bow island, indicating that the crew
. consisted of thirteen men. Pieces of
wreckage were also strewn along the
beach. A search along the island has
been made, hut nothing has been heard
of any of the members of the crew.
The schooner was lumber laden, and
was bound from Jacksonville to
Oporto.
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Weevil School To Aid College
Athens. —A committee representing
farmers from all sections of Georgia
who attended the “boll weevil school”
at the state college of agriculture have
in a set of resolutions drawn up and
adopted by them, drawn attention to
a number of crying needs faced by the
college, and recommending immediate
attention to them. Among the chief
needs faced by the agricultural col
lege enumerated in the resolutions are
higher salaries to prevent the loss of
services of expert professors, several
es whom have left for other fields
more lucrative; an agricultural build
ing for women containing living and
class accommodations; training for
veterinary students and a college ca
feteria.
It Has Been Thus:
Even So Mote it Be.
Editor H. B. Folsom is a candi
date for the Legislature from
Montgomery county. He would
make old Montgomery a most
creditable Representative. For
many years he has worked un
ceasingly and with much ability
for that section of the State. We
hope he will be elected without
opposition. —Adel News.
Lost Suit Case.
On road between Wadley and
Mt. Vernon, via Swainsboro,
Louisville, Vidalia; Feb. 2; case
contained men’s wearing apparel,
two razors, 9hot gun, two insu
rance policies, etc. A suitable
reward to finder. Notify
Dr. E. A. Odom.
Norway, S. C.
t monitor.
! February Term Court
is Now in Session.
The February term of Mont
! gomery superior court began
Monday morning, and'will doubt
less be in session throughout the
week. Judge E. D. Graham is
presiding.
The first two days were de
voted to the trial of civil business,
and for the past two days quite
a number of criminal cases have
been on trial under the direction
of Solicitor Wooten.
Mr. D. A. Mcßae is foreman
of the grand jury and Mr. John
T. Brack secretary. This body
will adjourn this afternoon.
A full list of the cases disposed !
of will be given in next issue.
Kibbee News.
Special Correspondence.
Quite a large crowd are attend
ing court this week at Mt. Ver
non.
Mr. J. W. Register has return
ed from St. Matthews, S. C.
Mr. Clyde Dickens motored to
Kibbee last Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. E. S. Adams visited her
daughter, Mrs. Charlie Beasley,
last week end.
Miss Cora Lee McDonald en
tertained a few friends with a
candy pulling. Among those who
attended were: Misses Sereptra
and Victoria Palmer, Mabel
Burns, Norma Adams and Pearl
Wilkes. Messrs. Adams* Mc-
Donalds, Hamiitons and .Hayes.
Miss Ruth Hamilton, who has
been very ill at the hospital at
Vidalia, is resting better, and we
hope she soon will be home.
Mr. Biggerstaflf and family
'nave moved back to their old
home at Kibbee. We are glad to
have them back.
Miss Clara Register had as her
guest last Sunday afternoon, Mr.
George Hamilton and children.
Raise Standard
in Montgomery.
With a view of raising the edu
cational standard of the state,
there was begun in the winter a
. campaign of instruction for those
unable to read and write. The
work in Montgomery county
was placed under the supervision
of Miss Frances Watt of this
place, and as a result of her un
tiring efforts, great progress has
been made.
In Montgomery county there
were found 113 grown people un
able to read or write. Os this
number 45 were women and 68
men, divided as follows:
Number ineligible from defec
tive eyesight, 10.
Number ineligible from feeble
or weak mind, 4.
Number in classes or studying,
41.
Number not in class, or indif
ferent, 58.
Number of classes, 25.
Total number in classes, 41.
Os this number several have
already learned to read and write,
as evidenced by letters received
by The Monitor from them. Most
of these people have been taught
in their homes, and much of the
work has been done by the public j
school teachers.
Miss Watt is peculiarly fitted i
for the work, by reason of her
former training in the school
room, together with her charm
of manner, and the school au
thorities were fortunate in hav
ing had her services in this very
important work.
At the outset of the campaign
The Monitor offered to send the
paper to those of this class who
had completed the course to the
extent of learning to read and
write, for the space of three
months, and already a number of
very creditable letters have been
received in response, and their
names have been entered on the
subscription books at this office.
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MT.-VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1920.
Walker Visits
Montgomery.
Hon. Clifford Walker, candidate
for governor, spent a short while
in Mt. Vernon Thursday after-!
noon, following a hurried tour of
! the southern part of the county.
iHe was warmly received in this
county, where he had in advance
of his formal candidacy a number
of staunch supporters already
pledged to active interest in his
candidacy.
As attorney-general of Georgia,
Mr. Walker has attainsd a most
excellent record, and the pros
pect of having him as Georgia's
next governor is very bright to
his friends throughout the state.
Mr. Walker is a very active man,
but never too hasty to be re
moved from that inborn charm
of manner and gentlemanly bear
ing which have marked him as a
man and as a public official.
Montgomery county friends!
trust that he will again visit this
county before the state primary,
if his time will allow. Mr. Wal
ker is a college-mate of Mr. W.
A. Peterson of this place and has
scores of warm friends in Mont
gomery county who will support
him.
In local matters the policy of
the county paper will not allow it
to participate in political cam
paigns, but in matters outside of
the county it has ever reserved
the right of expression and ad
vocacy. Therefore, as one of the
original promoters of the candi
dacy of Mr. Walker, the paper
goes on record as an advocate of
his candidacy for the governor
ship of Georgia, ready and wil
ling to support him to the last
ditch.
Longpond Dots.
Special Correspondence.
Mr. Fred McAllister of Atlanta
visited his parents here, Mr. and
Mrs. E C. McAllister, last week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. McAllister
visited relatives at Lumber City
last week.
Mrs. F. D. Carpenter is visiting
her sister, Mrs. S. J. Blande, of
Cedar Crossing.
S'
Miss Cassie Williamson is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. A. M. Hugh
es.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hughes
visited relatives here Sunday last.
Misses Nellie and Johnnie
Johnson scent the week end with
relatives at Mt. Vernon.
Mr. Thrinton Harris and sister,
Essie, of Uvalda visited friends
here Sunday last.
Miss Gertrude Johnson enter
tained a number of friends with
a tacky party last Thursday
night. Those who enjoyed the
happy occasion were as follows:
Misses Ruth and Ora Mobley,
Essie Harris, Madge Corbin,
Ruth Chapman, Belle McAllister,
Clara Wells, Mary Lou and Lollie
Downie, Eloise Johnson and Julia
McArthur. Messrs. Thrinton
Harris, Hubert Corbin, Frank and
Mack Mobley, Hobson Wells,
Peter and Albert Sidney Johnson,
Henry Carpenter and Jim Mob
| ley. Winners of prizes were
1 Mary Lou Downie and Jim Mob
ley. After many games were
played, parched peanuts and gin
ger cakes were served.
Rev. A. G. Brewton will fill his’
regular appointment here next
Sunday afternoon at 3:30. Every
body come.
To Rebuild Mill.
This will inform the public of
our intention of shortly rebuilding
our grist mill in Mt. Vernon. We
will appreciate a renewal of the
patronage accorded us prior to
the destruction of our former
plant by fire.
Cockfield Milling Co.,
25tf Mt. Vernon. Ga.
Strong Talk
Civic Needs.
Mr. John W. Greer of Moultrie,
making a tour of the state in the
i interest of the "Municipal League
of Georgia, addressed the mayor
and council of Mt. Vernon and a
few citizens at the court house
Friday morning last. Stopping
over only for a few hours between
trains, no opportunity for invit
ing the public was had.
The talk was along the line of
municipal and civic development,
in which a number of very strong
and interesting points were
brought out. The League, in its
completed form, will embrace all
of the county-seat towns in the
state, as well as hundreds of
others. In the grand scheme of
development hydro-electric pow
er will be employed for power,
lights, etc., and all available
sources of water in the state will
! be inspected and if possible used
by the town in’touch with them,
if even hundreds of miles away.
The speaker showed how the
water power of the state is being
wasted and how easily it can be
conserved and used by thousands
of citizens throughout the state,
not only in North Georgia but
extending throughout the entire
southern part of the state.
Mayor Harris, presiding, placed
the question before his council
and it was unanimously voted
that Mt. Vernon become a mem
ber of the Municipal League of
Georgia.
Hon. W. A. Wooten, solicitor
of the Oconee judicial circuit,
this week announces his candi
dacy, for judge of the circuit.
In fact, for the past several
months, following a direct state
ment to this effect, Mr. Wooten
has been considered an avowed
candidate for the judgeship.
He is a native of Montgomery
county, where he began the
practice of law eighteen or twen
ty years ago. He was a member
of the Legislature from this
county in 1903-4, and was recog
nized as one of the most popular
members of the House.
For two terms he has served
as solicitor of the Oconee circuit,
and as a prosecuting officer his
work has been such as to com
mend him to the people of the
entire circuit. He is a man of
unusual polish and recognized
ability as a lawyer.
Many Methods Used
In Census Taking.
Everything from aeroplanes to
snowshoes is being used by the
agents of Uncle Sam in taking
the 1920 census of the United
States. About the only modern
method of transportation either
on, over, or below land or water
that has not been employed in
enumerating Uncle Sam’s nieces
and nephews seem to be the sub
marine.
Aeroplanes have came in handy
in enumerating the dwellers on
the islands off the coast of Flori
da; yachts and rowboats have
been used in the harbors of the
country: native canoes have been
in demand among the Hawaiian
Islands; ‘flivvers’ are being used
everywhere; the tried and trusty
mule team has carried the census
takers out on the desert regions;
and snowshoes have become the
trusted aides of the census
gatherers in the northern states
and Alaska.
Lost Hog.
Young Hampshire sow; un
marked; about 18 months old.
Disappeared from my residence
in Mt. Vernon Jan. 12. Infor
mation leading to recovery will
be suitably rewarded.
W. L. Snow,
1224 Kibbee, Ga.
I
County School Contest
be Held April 30th.
The following reference to the
county school contest was sent in
, by a pupil from the Tarrytown
, school:
J On April thirtieth there will be
a county school contest held at
’ Mt. Vernon. The common school
' grades will contest in composi
tion, declamation, arithmetic and
athletics. The high school pu
; pils will also contest in athletics. 1
Mr. Evans will also make an ad
! dress to the people that day.
The teachers' meeting will be
held at Epping school this month. 1
j Miss Holt and Mr. Duggan are
! expected to be there and make
> talks. We hope that some of the i
trustees, patrons and pupils of
the county schools will attend the ;
meeting.
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W. W. Bennett
Dies in Baxley.
Baxley, Ga., Feb. 2. —W. W.
Bennett, a well-known lawyer of
Baxley, died Sunday at his home
after an illness of one week. He 1
leaves a widow and one daughter,
Mrs. Pauline Cox of Baxley; his
mother, three sisters, Mrs: J. W.
Johnson, Mrs. H. J. Parker of
Baxley and Mrs. R. A. Tyre of 1
Surrency; four brothers, C. C. !
Bennett of Alabama, J. C. Ben
nett of Hazlehurst, Lucius Ben- 1
nett of Florida and R, M. Bennett
I
of Surrency.
Mr. Bennett was a lawyer of
wide and extensive practice and
has at present many cases pend
ing in the courts of Appling, Jeff
Davis, Montgomery, Toombs,
Coffee, Ware, Wayna and Pierce
I counties, besides a large number
pending in the Court of Appeals
and the Supreme Court. He has
i been a remarkably successful
attorney, especially in' criminal
courts. He was the sole ond only
attorney for the defense in the
celebrated Lyens case that was
■ tried in Jesup, Brunswick and
i Cordele, in whicn he secured a
verdict of not guilty. He will
be buried at Omega cemetery to
day, the pallbearers being At
torneys J. B. Moore, H. J. Law
rence, S. D. Dell, Gordon Knox,
Dave M. Parker of Waycross and
E. W. Bell.
uamagc By 801 l weevil
Atlanta.—Much has been nai<l and
written about the damage done In
Georgia by the boll weevil, but It haa
remained for Martin V. Calvin, sta
tiatician of the state department of
agriculture, to make a concrete an
alysis of the havoc wrought by a
comparison of ginning figures gath
ered from each of the producing coun
-1 ties iyr tiie past three years. The re
sults) of Mr. Calvin’s invesllgationa,
which have been made public, contain
some rather startling revelations, ilia
figures show that south Georgia, which
produced 30,6 per cent of the state’s
cotton in 1917, produced only 17.6
per cent In 1919; and that the money
return from the crop in the same
section, in spite of the increased price
per pound of tjie staple, declined from
$52,746,000 In 1917 to *54,192,000 in
1919. On the other hand, the thirty
two counties north of Atlanta, eleven
of which were not Hated among the
cotton-producing counties In any of
the three years under observation,
showed an increase from 11.6 per cent
■ of the state's crop in f 917 to 20.8
. per cent In 1919. It Is evident, from
these figures, that ’the center of cot
ton production In Georgia is moving
north, hut Just to what extent this
! will he Interfered with by the northern
i migration of the boll weevil this
year’s production will probably show.
; Foreign Exhibit For Savannah Fair
i Savannah. —The Savannah Fair as
( eociatlon is developing plans for Its
great agricultural, Industrial and com
-1 mercial exhibit to be held in Novem
ber. Secretary-Manager J. W. Flem
ing announces a foreign exhibit as a
unique feature of the exposition. A
meeting wus held recently, attended
by representatives from France, Spain,
' Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark,
Great Britain, Cuba and South Amer
ica. Exhibits are assured from each
of these countries. The association
plans to erect a foreign exhibits build
ing, covering 30,000 square feet of floor
space, and ever) .ffort is being put
forth to make this one of the great
est exooeilions In the South.
WHEELER FURNISH
STATE SENATOR
The Question Settled in Con*
vention in Mt. Vernon
Monday.
With a view of determining
which county should furnish the
senator from the Fifteenth sena
torial district and fixing the plan
of election, a senatorial conven
tion was held here Monday with
the following delegates present:
Montgomery county—J. B.
O’Conner, J. W. Palmer and J.
M. Downie.
Wheeler— J. P. Tomlinson and
Hiram L. Sears.
Toombs —C. S. Meadows, Sr.,
and I. H. Corbett.
Absent members of the conven
tion were T. N. Walker of Toombs
and C. M. Jordan of Wheeler
county.
Mr. Meadows was elected chair
man and Mr. Tomlinson secre
tary.
By action of the convention,
Wheeler county will furnish the
senator, who will be nominated
in the September primary from
that county. The majority rule
will prevail. Montgomery coun
ty, in a massmeeting held in De
cember, unanimously passed a
resolution favoring a district
wide vote in the primary, but the
other two counties of the district,
Wheeler and Toombe, took no
such action.
Dr. I). C. Colson, W. B.' Kent
and J. E. Bomar are candidates
from Wheeler county for the state
senate.
HONOR ROLL.
To satisfy certain fancies, this
department will contain names of
ail who have made payments on
subscription for the week end
ing with date of publication. If
few or no names appear (as is
very frequently the case) it will
indicate a shortage of funds in
The Monitor office. This week:
J. R. Stanford, Sofkee.
J. C. Horne, (col.) Mt. Vernon.
Rev. D. E. Green, Towns.
Mrs. W. H. H. Stephens, Kibbeei
J. W. Stephens, Bartow.
J. I. Dixon, Vidalia.
J. A. Memory, Soperton.
I. A. Stewart, Mt. Vernon.
W. H. Denton, Charlotte.
0. M. Pool, Uvalda.
S. S. Calhoun, Vidalia.
J. W. Calhoun, Uvalda.
F. E. Long, Mt. Vernon.
E. A. Wilkes, Vidalia.
N. H. Knowlton, (col.) Uvalda.
J. A. Hughes, Ailey.
D. H. Phillips, Soperton.
F. M. Sharpe, Ailey.
Oak Grove.
Special Oorrmponilence.
Mr. Milligan and daughter,
Miss Estelle, are called to North
Carolina on account of the illness .
of his mother.
Messrs. Charlie Peterson and
Kd McDougald are visiting la
Brunswick this week.
There was not many out at
church Sunday on account of the
weather.
Messrs. Owen MeDougald and
Rid Mclntyre of this section were
at Mr. Charlie Graham’s near
Tarrytown Saturday night to g
fruit sup Der.
Several are attending* court
from this section this week.
Sunday school Sunday after
noon at two-thirty. Everybody
come and be with us. Our Sun
day school is improving very
much.
Wire Fencing.
Carload American Wire Fence
just received. Standard sizes,
kt. Vernon Mercantile Co.,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
NO. 39.