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VOL. XXXIV.
HOLD PRIMARY
APRIL TWENTY
Georgia Voters Will Express
Choice ot Presidential
Candidates.
Special service to Montgomery Monitor.
Atlanta.—Voters of Georgia will ex
press their preference among the Dem
ocratic candidates for president at a
primary to be held in every county
of the state on April 20 and this ac
tion will be ratified by a state conven
tion to be held-in Atlanta on May 18
following which the convention will
name delegates to represent the state
at the national convention in San Fran
cisco. This action was taken by the
state Democratic executive committee
at probably the most harmonious meet
ing of this body. While some differ
ences of opinion developed, they were
easily adjusted, and every member of
the committee appeared to be satis
fied with'-the action taken. After the
primary, the executive committee in
each county will name delegates to the
state convention from the friends of
the presidential candidate who gets the
highest vote in the county. The presi
dential candidate who secures the
largest number of county unit votes
will receive the vote of Georgia in the
San Francisco convention. A commit
tee of seven named by the chairman
will arrange the details of the pri
mary.
Dawson To Have New Hotel
Dawson. —Efforts of the chamber of
30mmerce to secure for Dawson a new
and larger hotel, to be built of brick
and to cost not less than SBO,OOO to
SIOO,OOO, are about to be crowned with
gratifying success. James S. Farnum,
who was born and reared in Dawson
and who is now a wealthy and in
fluential citizen of Charleston, S. C.,
owns a desirable lot for a hotel in
Dawson and at the instance of a com
mittee from the chamber of commerce
has agreed to sell this lot at a reason
able valuation and to take 50 per cent
of the stock in the company that will
undertake the work of erecting the
proposed hotel building.
Date For Hearing Petition Changed
Atlanta. —The date of the hearing
on a petition for an injunction brought
by Butts county against the state
prison commission to restrain that
body from including the mileage of
the city streets in the basis of dis
tributing county convicts has been set
for March 3 at the state library in
stead of February 14 at Griffin, as pre
viously arranged. The case will be
heard before Judge W. E. H. Searcy,
Jr., of Griffin, who announced the
change of date.
Sparks Institute to Issue Bonds
At a meeting of the board of trus
tees of Sparks Collegiate institute,
held here, resolutions were proposed
and passed that bonds be issued to
the extent of $16,000 and put on the
* market sor # sale in the very near fu
ture. The money received for the
bonds will be used for the purchase
of additional ground for campus and
for providing for the accommodation
of boarding students. This will put
the school in a position to take care
of the ever-increasing enrollment.
Interesting Old Land Grant
Americus—A land grant conveying
202 1-2 acres of pine land, located in
what is now the twenty-seventh land
district of Sumter couty, to “James
Pedigrees’ orphans,” and signed by
“His Excellency Charles J. McDonald,
governor and commander-in-chief of
the army and navy of this state and
the militia thereof,” is an interest
ing legal document owned by Gordon
Howell, Americus attorney, who is
now in possession of the property con
veyed in the grant.
Experts Speak On Money Crop
Blakely.—A large crowd of farmers
and business men assembled here to
hear experts from the state college
of agriculture speak on present farm
ing problems, greatest interest being
centered in discussions relating to cot
ton production, such as poisoning the
weevil with calcium arsenate, varie
ties of seed to plant and kind, amount
and time of application of fertilizers.
Oyster Supper for
Benefit Nacoochee.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will give an oyster supper
at the home of Mr. W. C. Mcßae
tomorrow (Friday) evening, to
which all are invited.
The affair promises to be of
pleasure and benefit to all who
attend. The proceeds will go as
a gift to Nacoochee Institute, a
mountain industrial school under
the auspices of the Presbyterian
church in North Georgia. Some
weeks ago one of the dormitories
of the Institute was lo9t by fire.
You, can enjoy an oyster supper
to your taste and at the same
time contribute a mite toward a
worthy cause.
Sty t monitor.
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Tarrytown.
Special Correspondence
Mrs. Exie Gay of near Augusta
is the guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Hamilton, this
5 week.
Mr. Newton Meeks made a bus
iness trip to Vidalia Monday.
Miss Mabel Burns, literary
teacher at Kibbee, js at home this
week with mumps.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Boyd, Jr.,
are rejoicing over the arrival of a
girl.
' Mr. and Mrs. Millard Phillips
1 and daughter, Velma, motored to
1 Soperton Monday afternoon.
Mr. Tom Webb of Fort. Mc-
Pherson visited friends here Sun
day.
Messrs, Newt Moxley and J.
E. Boyd attended the box supper
at Kibbee Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Crawford
of Sandersville were the guests
of Mrs. B. Crawford Sunday.
Miss Ora Hamilton has return
ed after an extended visit to her
sister, Mrs. Exie Gay, of near
Augusta.
Mr. J. E. Boyd has put up a
grist mill on Railroad Ave., which
will be a great help to the town.
Miss Monie Coleman, who is
teaching at Rosemont, spent the
week-end at home.
Miss Alma Morrison, music
teacher, was absent last week on ;
account of the illness of her!
mother at Mt. Vernon.
Mr. Dewey Mixon of Lyons
was in town Sunday.
Mr. W. T. Dickens and son,
Clyde, spent part of last week in
Gibson.
Mr. H. W. Walker and Misses
Annie Maude and Mildred Walker
and Neile and Elizabeth Hamil
ton of Kibbee were Sunday school
visitors Sunday afternoon.
Dr. E. S. Peacock of Harrison
was a visitor in town Sunday.
Mr. H. Zeesman and family
were the Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Estroff of Soperton.
Election School Trustees.
The regular election for trus
tees for the various schools of
the county will be held the fourth
Friday in February, the 27th, be
ginning at ten o’clock a. m. and
closing at three p. m. Please let
the trustees arrange for the
election which will be held at the
school house or some conveniennt
place in the school district, and
let the County School Supt. be
notified promptly. Done by or
der of the Board of Education in
regular session the third of Feb
ruary, 1920.
T. B. Conner, C. S. S.
Charlotte.
Special cwrcspi n letice.
Rev. and Mrs. Carter of Hazle
hurst were callers at this place
Friday, returning home Saturday.
i!
Mr. and Mrs. Croft Gordon j
spent the week-end with relatives
i at Vidalia.
Mr. Stephen Carter and Mr.
Dewey Brantley were in Mt. j
Vernon on business Saturday.
;
Mrs. Tom Waldon, after a visit
at Warthen, returned home Mon
day.
Miss Alice Sutton of this place
sdent the week-end with home
folks at Vidalia.
Mr. W. A. McCoy and Mr. Jim
Salomons were transacting busi
! ness in Mt. Vernon one day this
( week.
> Mr. and Mrs. Sellers, Wrights
ville, spent the week-end with
' relatives here.
j Messrs. George Lowery and
t Claxton Davis made a visit to
- Bannockburn, Ga., this week.
1 Misses Rubydell and Allie
! Adams were callers in town Sat
; urday.
Sunday School at the Methodist
* church at 3:30 o’clock. Every
i body invited to come and bring
I some one with you.
MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1920.
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A Prominent
\eteran Dead.
Mr. F. P. Griffith, a well knowh
and highly esteemed citizen of
Athens, died at his home in that
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city last Friday morning. Death
came to Mr. Griffith within a
few moments after he had taken !
to his bed, following a sudden'
illness. He had gone about the !
place, with his usual round of
early morning duties, and being
taken ill, entered the house and
lay down.
Mr. Griffith was the father of
Mis. M. B. Calhoun of Mt. Ver-,
non and Mr. H. A. Griffith of
Pembroke. The late Mrs. Senie i
Kent was the other daughter,
j Mrs. Calhoun is still in Athens
with her mother. Col. Calhoun :
having returned hoifle.
Mr. Griffith was commander of
Cobb Deloney Camp of Confed- i
erate Veterans, and was a most
ardent member of the organiza-|
tion, fired to the last with that
zeal peculiar to those who wore
the Gray and fought under Lee
and Jackson. He was a member
Jofßethabara Baptist church in
Oconee county, having retained
his membership in the old church
despite his residence of many
years in Athens.
He was seventy-seven years of j
age. Remains were buried in
Athens. Having made a number.
of trips to this section, Mr. Gris-J
fith is remembered by many I
firiends in Montgomery county!
who will regret his going awav, ,
and who will sympathize with
Mrs. Calhoun in the loss of her
beloved father.
Dr. Palmer Officer
in New Association.
At a recent meeting of the rail
way surgeons of the state in
Macon, there was perfected an
organization known as the Rail
way Surgeons Association of
Georgia. The new organization
is composed of the surgeons of
the different roads of the state.
Georgia was the last state of the
union to develop such an associa
tion.
For the organization of the new
body credit is very largely due
I Dr. J. W. Palmer of Ailey, who,
for the past seventeen years, has
been secretary and treasurer of
the Association of Seaboard Air
Line Railway Surgeons, a posi
tion which he has filled with
credit.
Officers of the new association
are:
President, Dr. A. R. Rozar,
Macon.
First Vice-President, Dr. G. R.
Manar, Warrenton.
Second Vice-President, Dr. T.
J. McArthur, Cordele.
Third Vice President, Dr. T.
H. Hancock, Atlanta.
Secretary and Treasurer, Dr.
J. W. Palmer, Ailey.
The Monitor has just issued
I the constitution and by-laws and
!stationery for the new organiza
tion.
Engineer Hurt When Cars Turtle
Tifton. —Passenger train No. 6, local
between Tifton and Macon, north
bound, was wrecked two miles north
of Tifton by a broken rail. The en
gine and two cars turned over. En
gineer Sasser was caught under his
locomotive and severely scalded, sus
taining severe cuts on the head. The
S injuries are not necessarily fatal,
I however.
Atlanta Mecca For New Concerns
Atlanta.—lndicative of the rapid |
growth and industrial expansion that I
is being experienced by Atlanta, a list ■
of wore than J4<T new industries and i
business concerns that have located :
here within the past six months was ,
given out by J. E. C Pedder, divisional .
superintend; nt of Bradstreet’s com i
nieVcial agency. These industries and 1
1 business concerns range in capltaliza 1
lion from $5,000 to $500,000, and the
total amount of capital involved is be
lieved to run into many million dol
i lars.
Cases Disposed
of Last Week .
The following cases were dis
posed of in superior court here
la9t week, verdict for plaintiff
being rendered in each case:
CIVIL CASES.
Alexander, Alsup & Co. vs J. A.
I Stewart.
Mrs. Henrietta Conner vs W. R.
Phillips.
First National Bank of Lyons vs
| J. A. Stewart, principal, J. A.
Alexander, endorser.
Edward Weston Tea & Spice Co.
vs J. F. Partin.
Commercial Bank vs D. Q. Cole
man, principal, J. A. Hall, end.
J. L. Carmichael vs L. D. Butler.
Vidalia Chemical Co. vs Arena!
Ashford.
John B. Daniel Co. Inc. vs D. H.
Allen.
Mrs. Vela McDonald vs J. M.
McDonald: judg. for cost.
Atha Arrington vs L. Arrington.
Total divorce.
Della Dowd vs Willis Dowd. To
tal divorce.
Ed Bazemore vs Lizzie Bazemore.
Total divorce.
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CRIMINAL CASES.
iState vs Ollie Barrington; S2B or
I I month on gang.
J. M. Hill: $75 or (5 months.
Harrison Dallas; S4O or 3 months,
j Bill Burton: SSO or 2 months,
| E. H. Caswell; not guilty.
; E. L. Carpenter; SIOO or 6 mos.
j Elbert Newsome: *3O or 3 mos.
H. A. Garrett : S4O or 3 months,
John Bell; S2O or 60 days.
A Valentine Party
and a Box Supper.
Os keen interest to the young
folks is the Valentine party and
box supper in the auditorium of
The Brewton Parker Institute on
Saturday evening, 14th inst.
Exercises will begin at eight
o’clock. Among the pleasure
making features will be a vote on
the laziest man (in which there
will doubtless be several eligi
bles on the waiting list.)
Admission 10 cents.
Longpond Dots.
Special Correnpoiirlonoe.
Messrs. Will Hughes and Tom
Clark of Alston were among
friends here Sunday.
Mrs. Jane Odom of Lyons is
visiting at the home of Mr. C. C.
McAllister, Jr,
.Misses Susie Gray and Jane
Ethel Johnson of Uvalda spent
the week-end at the home of Mr.
A. H. Johnson.
Mr. Johnnie Hughes of the
Hack Branch section was among
friends here Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hester of
Hazlehurst are visiting at the
home of Mr. J. S. Williamson.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Johnson
and children of Mt. Vernon vis
ited relatives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Wade Johnson
and children of Mt. Vernon were
among relatives here Suntjay.
Mrs. E. C. McAllister is visit
ing relatives at Lumber City.
Miss Ruth Chapman spent the
week-end with relatives at Mt.
Vernon, guest of her cousin, Mrs.
E. D. Adams.
HONOR ROLL.
This department will contain
the names of subscribers who
i have made payments on subscrip
tion for the week ending with
date of publication. The appear
ance of few or no names (as
is often the case) indicates a
shortage of funds in The Monitor
office. This week:
W. C. Ryals, Mt.*Vernon.
F. B. Mcßride, Mt. Vernon.
E. A. Wynne, Mt. Vernon.
W. H. Dukes, Soperton.
J. R. Cockfield, Cades, S. C.
B. A. Rowe, Soperton.
Uvalda News.
I Special Correspondence.
| Mrs. R. H. Mobley is spending
a few days with her sister, Mrs.
■ W. B. Kent at Alamo.
; Mr. J. J. Moses and Dr. W. M.
■ Moses were business visitors to
Vidalia Friday.
Mrs. O. J. Whipule is visiting
her father at Lyons.
Mr. and Mrs. Houston LeGare
of Darien spent part of last week
with their sister, Mrs. Quince
Coleman, here.
Mrs. Jordan of Fleming, S. C.,
has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
J. B. Thurmond.
Mr and Mrs. Earle McArthur,
Mrs. W. M. Moses and little son, i
i Hill Henry, and Miss Marv Lou \
McNatt spent last week-end in!
Vidalia, guest of Mrs. H. P. Wil
banks.
Mr. H. Grady Martin spent
Monday and Tuesday in Hines
ville with relatives.
Mrs. Mozingo and Miss Edna
Gray have returned to Lyons af
ter a visit here with Mrs. B. C.
Anderson.
Mrs. Cody of Cochran is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. John
Gray.
Miss Shearhouse of Savannah,
a prominent Epworth League
worker, made a very interesting
lecture at the Methodist church
Sunday night, at the regular
; meeting of the Epworth League.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Moses
and children were guests of Mrs.
Moses’ father, Mr. Joe W. Smith
at Reidsville, Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Burke
Died Last Saturday.
After an illness of several
weeks, and under the weight of
years, Mrs. Mary Waldo Burke
died four o'clock Saturday after
noon at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. E. M. Rackley, with
whom she had spent the winter.
Mrs. Burke was 81 years old
and is survived by three chil
dren—Mrs. Rackley of this place,
'Mr. W. D. Burke of Atlanta and
jMrs. S. L. Parker of Savannah.
For some years this gentle old
lady has has been a regular visi
tor to Mt. Vernon, and was
known by many in this section.
Remains were taken to Ten
nilie, her old home, where the
funeral service was conducted
and where the body was laid to
re9t Sunday. She was a life-long
member of the Baptist church.
Campaign To Reduce High Costa
Atlanta.- The Immense proportions
of the government’s country wide cam
paign against the high cost of living
and its plan to bring together ull the
people of the United Mtatcs in an
effort to direct the course of after
war reconstruction, were made pub
lic at a meeting of fuir price and gov
eminent officials here and at a mass
meeting of Georgia women. Both the
meetings were held at the chambei
of commerce and resulted in a hearty
endorsement of the campaign. Govern
ment representatives for the first time
j made official declarations that the
United State’s faces an economical cri
| sis beyond governmental control and
1 appealed to the patriotism of the pee
| pie as the one power which can avert
ian economical disaster, which, they
ipiite frankly admitted, is impending.
Patriotic attention to the economic
situation and a unity of purpose In
combating it was declared to be as
j important now as during the war.
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Elect School Trustees
Throughout County.
County School Superintendent
Conner in this issue gives notice
of an election for school trustees,
to be held throughout the countv
on the 27th inst.
Os special interest locally will
be the election of trustees for the
public school department of The
' Brewton-Parker, to be held at
- the same time. Under the origi
nal agreement, which should be
' maintained, one of the local trus
tees should come from Mt. Ver
• non and one from Ailey, the pub
t lie school department of the
’ school being maintained and en
joyed jointly between these two
places, each having equal rights
with the other.
The term of Mr. J. H. Hudson
of Ailey and Mr. A. B. Hutche
son of Mt. Vernon expires at this
time.
PRESENTMENTS
GRAND JURY
Make Number Recommend
i ations of Importance
to County.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
We, the grand jurors, chosen
and sworn to serve at the Febru
ary Term, 1920, of Montgomery
Superior Court, beg to submit
herewith our'general present
ments for the term:
We have received the report of
the Tax Collector showing the
amount of special taxes collected,
i and attach same to our general
presentments, marked Exhibit
“A."
We have received from the
Clerk of the Superior Court a
statement of costs, properly cer
tified, and same is hereby made
a part of the general present
ments of our body, containing
the recommendation of the body,
and marked Exhibit “B."
We recommend that W. B.
Brown be paid as pauper the sum
of $15.00 per month, same to be
paid out of the county funds.
We have through a committee
from our body examined the
county jail, and their report to
the body finds same in a good and
sanitary condition.
We recommend that the county
commissioners of the county pur
chase the necessary cuspidors to
supply the court house, that it be
made an offense to spit on floors
or other parts of the building,
and further that fines be imposed
for all violations of their order.
We recommend that the county
commissioners change the landing
fit Bell’s Ferry to some point
more convenient and less dan
gerous, as the present site is ua
s lited for travel or passage.
We recommend that the clerk
of our body be paid the sum of
$5.00 for services rendered.
We recommend that these pre
sentments be published in the
Montgomery Monitor, and that
SIO.OO be paid for same.
In taking leave of the courtj
w * desire to express our appre
ciation of its officers, feeling that
the courts of our circuit are ably
presided over by Judge E. D.
Graham, and that the better in
terests of the county and state
are ably protected through the
untiring efforts of Solicitor W.
A Wooten. '
Respectfully submitted,
D. A. Mcßae, Foreman.
J. W. Calhoun, Foreman pro-tem.
D. N. Hughes J. B. Brogdon
F. M. Mcßae J. T. Walker
E. C. McAllister A. M. Hughes
J. T. Brack M. D. Hughes
I). H. Phillips A. P. Mclntyre
vV. H. Sharpe J. A. Hughes
E. F. Clark H. V. Thompson
James M. Davis Dennis O’Brien
W. P. Moore W. N. Clark
VI. E. Burris . C. H. Goff
It is ordered by the court that
he within general presentments
oe received and spread upon the
ninutes of the court.
Ordered further, that saidgen
•ral presentments be published
and paid for as recommended.
Granted in open court this the
>th day of February, 1920.
E. D. Graham, Judge.
W. A. Wooten, Sol-Gen.
Recorded February 7, 1920,
minutes No. 10. pages 196 and
197. J. E. Mcßae, Clerk.
From Tarry town School.
The Tarrytown school is ex
oecting to send to the paper
the names of the pupils who
get ‘on the honor roll each
• month, and also the names of
those who haven’t been absent
i »r tardy during the month.
We are planning to have dif
ferent kinds of exercises on Fri
i day afternoon, namely-, spelling
and arithmetic matches, debates,
i recitations, composition work,
(etc. ' Pupil,
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