The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, February 12, 1920, Image 1
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. i 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. i A Prominent \eteran Dead. Mr. F. P. Griffith, a well knowh and highly esteemed citizen of Athens, died at his home in that l 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. ( 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. | 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, NO. 40.