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VOL. XXXIV.
TWO MEETINGS
COTTON BANK
Governor Calls a Conference
to Discuss Ways And
. Means.
Special Be. vice to Montgomery Monitor
Atlanta.—There will be two impor
tant meetings within the near future
of persons interested in the success
of the Georgia Cotton Bank and Trust
corporation. Governor Dorsey has
called a meeting in Atlanta to be held
at the state capitol of those who have
subscribed stock.
The purpose of the meeting will be
to determine how soon the stock shall
be called in and in what manner and
also to discuss w'ays and means of
arousing greater interest in the plan,
particularly among farmers.
A week later a big boosting meet
ing will be held in Macon on Febru
ary 24 to which all who are inter
ested in the bank project, whether
they are subscribers or not, will be
Invited.
The governor’s original plan con
templated the subscription of the 21,-
dOO shares of stock by explaining the
advantages to the farmers and busi
ness men of each county without the
usual costs of promotion. So far
practically nothing has been spent
and more than $700,000 have been
subscribed. In order to expedite sub
scriptions so that organization may
eb perfected this spring, it may be
found necessary to get up a prospectus
which will give the public an idea of
what a financial institution, special
izing as the one contemplated, can
accomplish.
Planning Birthday Observance
Atlanta. —A unique and fitting na
tion-wide church observance of Wash
ington’s birthday will be held this
year in connection with the Inter
church World movement. February
22 falls on Sunday and on that day
will culminate the Inter-church four
week educational campaign in "stew
ardship”—that is, the doctrine that
God is the owner of all things and
that the man who possesses anything |
is but a steward accountable to God
for that possession. Representatives
of various churches, at a conference
held in New York city, designated Feb
ruary 22 ae "Nation-wide Stewardship
Acknowledgment day.”
Move To Prepare For Rail Strike
Griffin. —A meeting of the busi
ness men of Griffin was held last week
to the conditions arising from
the widely predicted strike on the
railroads, and while faith in the ex
ecutive department of the government
and confidence in the railroad man
agement was expressed, it was decid
ed that all energies be mobilized for
the purpose of taking care of the sit
uation in the event a strike is to be
realized. Coal merchants and whole
sale dealers were urged to secure am
ple supplies and truck-owners were
urged to organize for the purpose of
handling freight. At the same time
an urgent appeal was sent out to other
counties to promote the construction
of such roads as will be necessary
to carry traffic in the event railroad
traffic is blocked. It was decided that
all counties between Macon and At
lanta be appealed to to proceed with
the least possible delay in getting
reads in condition for this heavy traf
fic. Spalding county has already in
augurated a movement to this end.
No More Operations At Grady Hospital
Atlanta. —Grady hospital officials
have announced that there will be no
more operations at the hospital ex
cept in eases where it is necessary to
operate to save the life of the patient
•r in any other circumstance where
an operation is imperative. The num
ber of surgeons at the hospital has
been depleted by the reign of flu, and
they state that ether acts in such a
way on the lungs as to cause this j
dread malady. Until the cessation of
the large number of cases, they re
port, it will be necessary to curtail
the number of operations.
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What Say People
of Montgomery County?
Editor H. B. Folsom over in
Montgomery county is a candi
date for the legislature. Mont
gomery should show its appreci
tion of his splendid services in
her behalf in the past to let him
make the race unopposed.—Vida
lia Advance.
Missionary Society.
The Ladies’ Missionary Society
of the Presbyterian church will
meet Monday afternoon with Mrs.
W. C. Mcßae. The ladies are
invited to attend. Three o’clock.
ahr Mm ttgommj iMomtnr.
Uvalda News.
Special Correspondence.
Mrs. Dan Gordon and baby of
Vidalia were week-end guests of
Mrs. H. D. Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Dess Gray of
Lyons were visitors here Sunday.
Dr. Hall of Hall’s Sanitarium,
Hazlehurst, was a business visi
tor here Friday.
Mr. John Edward Moses is at
home sick, from Oglethorpe
University, Atlanta. He is im
proving now.
Mrs. Clifford Mcßride and Mrs.
Dan Martin of Alston spent Fri
day with Mrs. J. W. Calhoun.
Mr. Wm, Calhoun, DeWitt Cal- j
houn, Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Mob-
ley attended the funeral of Mr. j
Henry Calhoun near Lumber
City last week.
Mrs. W. M. Moses and Mrs.
Earle McArthur were visitors to
Mt. Vernon Saturday.
Mr. John Kennedy is at home
from a business school in Macon,
on account of illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester O’Neal!
spent Sunday at Lyons.
The Epworth League Social |
given at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. W. -M. Moses Friday eve
ning was a delightful occasion.
The livingroom and dining room
were attractively decorated with !
flowers and red paper hearts,
which carried out the valentine
idea. On arrival the guests were
served {iunch. Music and many j
interesting games were enjoyed |
throughout the evening. .Later
orange crush and sandwiches
were served. All the members
of the League and several other
guests were present.
Georgia Will Have
Largest Power Plant.
Georgia will have the distinc
tion of having the largest power
station in the southern states
when work on the Tugalo river,
just above Toccoa, has been com
pleted. This work, which has
just been started by the Georgia
Railway and Power Company,
will cost about four snd one-half
million dollars. It will take from j
four to five years to complete it.
Although immense plants of
the company, supplying power i
through out the whole of North
Georgia, have been in operation
for many years, it is stated in
Atlanta that the new plant will
generate more power than all the
other plants of the company com
bined. This means that Georgia,
already looked upon as an electric
hub, will be more than ever
equipped to furnish power to all
manufacturing plants and enter- 1
prises, that may be brought to
the state. Engineering officials
predict that as a result of the
unlimited electric power provided,
many manufacturing interests in ‘
different parts of the country
will cast their eyes southward as
never before.
A railroad track leading from
Tugalo station on the Southern
railway, just above Toccoa, is
now being placed by the power
company. This track will be
used to transport material from
the main line of the Southern to
the Tugalo river, where the im
mense dam across the river will
be built.
This will put Toccoa in the cen
ter of the electric region, not
over ten rfiiles from the largest
power station in the south, with
the Muscle Shoals on one side and
Tallulah Falls on the other and
the immense new plant to the
west.
Mules for Sale.
Four head of good mules. See
at once. W. W. Pierce,
212tf Mt. Vernon, Ga.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1920.
NOW MAKING PLANS FOR
PUBLIC SALE OF HOGS.
Field Agent W. W. Webb of the Georgia Bureau of Markets
arrived in Mt. Vernon Wednesday of last week and spent several
days in this county promoting live stock sales and discussing with
! the farmers better plans and methods for farming and stock raising.
On account of continued rains, only two sales were held, a cow
sale at Alston and a hog sale at Ailey, and these could not be con
ducted on the established plan as used by Mr. Webb on account of
adverse conditions. At Alston cows were sold at $6.50, a price
higher than had obtained in that section for some time. At Ailey
the highest price offered for hogs was $12.75 for No. 1 and one cent
a pound less for each grade downward. It is understood that cows
sold at Ailey for an average of six cents per pound.
Mr. F. Lee Mcßae. Mr. J. T. Walker, Mr. 1. A. Stewart and
j others took an active interest in arranging for the sales, but little
could be done on occount of rain. Mr. Mcßae will build a grading
pen in Mt. Vernon (doubtless near the ginnery) at once, and a
j grand sale will be held within the next thirty or forty days, the
date to be announced through the paper in time for the farmers of
this entire section to bring in their stock. This will be followed by
j sales in different parts of the county.
At this sale the highest market price will be obtained through
competitive bidding, and the seller will be paid cash at the bank.
! Mr. Webb, as an employe of the state, and as a disinterested party,
! grades the stock and gets the buyers to attend the sales, and in
i this manner the market is brought directly to the farmer’s door and
that without any expense to him.
Mr. Webb is president of thq Georgia Peanut Growers Associa
| tion, and while in the county last week met a number of farmers,
stock raisers and business men, most of whom remerpber his ad
! dress at the court house last August. He finds in Montgomery
! county more fat native cattle than in any county in Georgia, and
| says this section is better prepared to fight the boll weevil than any
part of the state.
Later he will return to the county and superintend the con
-1 struction of a sweet potato curing plant, besides spending some
! time with the farmers of the county at large, The farmers are re
quested to watch for the announcement of his coming through The
1 Monitor. Enjoying an intimate acquaintance with Mr. Webb and
knowing of his successes and his unselfish ambition to be of service
to to the farmers of Georgia, The Monitor again takes occasion to
j commend him to the people of Montgomery county.
Requests sent to this office for information coming through the
department represented by Mr. Webb and intended for his personal
attention will be forwarded to him without charge to the farmer or
: stock raiser. This offer is made by the county paper in order to be
of more service to the farmers of Montgomery county.
Ernest Smith
Dies in Atlanta .
Ernest W. Smith, the seven
teen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. G. Smith of this place, died
at the Tech hospital, Atlanta, last
Friday, 13th inst., about mid
night. The young man contrac
ted pneumonia about r two weeks
before his death, and this devel
oped into the most violent form,
resisting all human efforts and
tie almost superhuman strength
and will of the young man. His
1 father was with him during the
greater part of his illness.
The funeral party arrived in
Mt. Vernon Saturday ’afternoon.
The honorary escort, chosen from
among the class-mates of their
deceased fellow, was as follows:
Joseph R. Craig, Greenwood, S.
C.; J. W. Moore, Atlanta; B. H.
Wells, Kissimee, Fla.; L. L. At
well, Houston, Tex.; Duke Otto,
Houston, Tex.; Newton Norman,
Savannah; Robert Wilson, Lyons
and Ben J..O’Conner, Kibbee.
Funeral services were held at
■ the Mt. Vernon Baptist church,
of which the young man was a
member, Sunday afternoon, and
! the body was laid away in the
new city cemetery. The service
was conducted by Dr. J. C. Brew
ton, the pastor, and was attended
<by a concourse of sorrowing
friends. The escort served as
pallbearers. They left in the late
afternoon for Atlanta with the
consciousness of having lost, a
dear friend and one of the most
popular students at Tech.
Ernest was the first student to
die in the new hospital after
being taken over by the state.
Non-resident members of the
family attending the service were
Messrs. E. R. Smith of Ellaville,
Ga., and T. L. Smith of Mullsns,
,S. C., uncles of the deceased.
Surviving members of the family
are Mr. and Mrs. Smith, parents,
a brother, Mr. H. L Smith of
this place, and sisters, Mrs. Flora
Hill of South Carolina, Miss
Alma Smith, Savannah, Miss
Winnie Smith and two younger
sisters.
Thus again one of our choicest
boys is laid away on the hillside,
taken from the bloom and prom
ises of life, snatched away from
loved ones and friends—all
through a Divine plan we cannot
fathom. The bereaved family
! have the sympathy of many
friends.
Suspension of
Public Schools.
At a conference of Dr. J. W.
Palmer, Dr. J. H. Dees and
School Superintendent T. B. Con
ner here yesterday afternoon, it
decided to have the public
schools of the county close until
March Ist on account of the prev
alence of influenza throughout
the county. Thto order was put
into effect immediately.
1 The above gentlemen, mem
bers of the County Board of
Health, will appeal to the Board
!of Education to make no deduc
tions in the salaries of the teach
ers for the suspended period.
This is a wise order, and if neces
sary to extend it further there
should be no objection.
The public function scheduled
to be at Epping school house
Saturd y, attended by several
representatives of the state school
departments, is necessarily post
poned. _
United Btates To Condemn L«.
I Atlanta.—Under the provisions ui
the Weeks forestry act, a suit will
be filed shortly In the United States
district court tor the northern district
of Georgia to condemn 990 acres of
land in the mountains of Rabun coun
ty which Is to becomte a part of the
national Appalachian forest reserva
tion. The land was recently offered
for sale to the government, hut due
to defective titles condemnation by
the government will he necewsary.
The 990 acres are in three tracts;
are owned by the George W, Muyller
Bank Fixture company of Atlanta,
George Level, et al., and C. 11. Stone,
et al. The purchase price of from
$2 to $5 per acre, has been agreed
upon by all parties concerned in the
transaction, and no oppositfon to the
condemnation will be raised when the
suit is filed in court. Assistant District
Attorney Gordon M. Combs is now pre
paring papers. Over one hundred
1 thousand acres of land, fifty thousand
of which are in Rabun county have
already been acquired by the gov
ernment under the Weeks act,
| provides for forest preservation.
Newnan To Get New Pumping Plant
Newnan. —The water and light com
mission of this place has Just placed
an order for a pumping plant con
sisting of a 200-horse power gasoline
engine and a pump with a capacity
Jof 1,000 gallons per minute. It will
he ins tailed at the pumping station
at an approximate cost of SG,OOO. The
steam boilers and pumps which have
; been in use for twenty-six years have
been condemned, and this new outfit
is being Installed as an emergency
pump, which insures the citizeqs of
Newnan against a water famine, ae
1 was very near the case last summer
when one of the steam pumps was put
| out of commission.
| Tarry town School.
Special Correspondence
»j Dr. Wheeler of Kite spent Sun
-1 day night and Monday with his
i brother, Mr. A. L. Wheeler.
Dr. J. C. Williams of Soperton
was in town Monday.
! Mr. Chas. H. Branch was a
■ business visitor to Soperton Mon
, day.
Miss Vera May Burns, who was
taken sick with typhoid fever on
the 28th of December, is still con
fined to her bed.
Mr. Shade Wheeler of Kite was
in town Monday as the guest of
i his brother, Mr. J. S. Wheeler.
i
Miss Mabel Burns, literary
teacher at Kibbee, returned Mon
day after a week’s illness at
home.
Mr. J. T. Warnock has been ill
for several days.
Rev. J. H. Oliver, the popular
pastor of the Baptist church, filled
the pulpit Saturday and Sunday,
preaching two excellent sermorfs.
Mr. S. T. Simons was confined
to his room Saturday and Sunday
with mumps.
Messrs. Newton Moxley and
Everett Calhoun were week-end
visitors to Macon.
Mr. Claxton of Kite, one of the
most popular insurance men on
the road, was in town Monday.
Miss Mattie Moxley of Zaidee
spent the week-end with her sis
ters, Mrs. Lindsay and Miss
Metter Moxley.
Messrs. L. E. Stanford and
Chas. H. Branch were business
visitors to Dublin last Thursday.
Dr. Grimes of Metropolitan has
located in town for the practice
of medicine. He has an office in
the Alpha Drug Store. He is re
ceiving a cordial welcome.
Miss Mary Conner was a visitor
to Soperton Saturday.
Messrs B. S. Beatty, J. F. Mix
on and Everitt Calhoun went to
Vidalia Friday evening to a patri
otic picture.
Mr. Dave Canady of Dublin
was mingling with his friends
here Monday.
The Baptists are planning to do
some much needed repairs to their
house of worship.
Little Miss Marguerite Craw
ford of Sandersville is visiting
her grand-mother, Mrs. B. V.
Crawford.
Mr. Collon has sold his interest
in the Mixort & Ladson Mercan
tile Co., to Mr. J. F. Mixon. Mr.
Ladson has moved with his fami
ly out to his farm near Mr. J. P.
Mixon’s.
Mr. Dan Wiggins of Higgston
i was here Sunday.
Mr. Laurence Williams of So
perton was a business visitor
here Saturday.
Mr. Wyley Thigpen of Soperton
was a business visitor here Mon
' day.
J Mr. Robert Ruis, a former bar
ber here, has accepted a position
with the new Sammons Shop at
Soperton. We regret to lose him
as a citizen.
Mrs. M. W. Calhoun of Soper
ton was a church visitor here
Saturday.
T. R. First Round.
I will be at the following plat es
oh the dates named for the pur
pose of receiving sate and county
taxes for the year 1920:
Mt. Vernon, Feb. 23, 9t012 m.
UValda, 24, 9 a. m. to 12 m.
Alston, 24, 1 to 4 p. m.
Higgston, 25, 9a. m. to 12 m.
| Ailey, 25, 1 to 4 p. m.
Tarrytown, 26, 9 to 12 m.
Kibbee, 26, 1 to 4 p. m.
W. L. Snow,
Tax Receiver.
Chief O. H. Morrison is distri
i buting street summons this week.
iSTRONG FACTORS
! IN FARM LIFE
«
Ladies Given Recognition on
Program Big Cotton
Meeting.
The farm women of Georgia
and the South are to be recognized
ias vital factors in the future de
• velopment of the organization
1 work in the American Cotton
Association, according to state*
ments made at the national head
i quarters of the association in
! Atlanta. At the coming conven
tion of the association at Mont
, gomery, Ala., March 9-12, two
sessions of the conference will
be devoted to discussions of sub
jects relating to the home and
firesides. Hundreds of farmers
' wives and daughters are expected
to be present at these special
• sessions to hear addresses from
I some of the most prominent
women speakers of the South,
and to perfect their permanent
I organization.
The convention will be devoted
to the discussion of broad eco
nomic measures of reform in the
' future baling, handling, ware
housing and marketing the cotton
crop. Questions also relating to
cotton acreage, production and
consumption of cotton and the
imperative needs for greater
areas planted in food and feed
crops will be discussed.
Major Devereaux F. McClatch
ey, state director of the Georgia
Division of the American Cotton
Association, who with Harvie
1 Jordan, national campaign direc
tor, is making arrangements for
i the big Montgomery convention,
says it will be the greatest get
i together conference of farmers
and business allied interests ever
before held in the South. Geor
. gia will be well represented, dele
gates now being named by chair
men in every county in the state.
Longpond Dots.
Special Oorreupcmdenee.
Misses Pearl and Cassie Wil
i liamson are visiting friends and
relatives at Hazlehurst.
i Mrs. C. B. McAllister of States
• boro visited relatives here last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Cumbee of
: Charlotte were among friends
and relatives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bendimire
of Odum are visiting at the home
of Mr. H. H. McAllister.
Mrs. S. M. Bush is visiting
relatives here.
Mr. Collie Johnson and Miss
1 Lizzie Yeomans visited friends
here Sunday last.
Miss Ruth Chapman spent the
week-end at the home of Mr. P.
b. Mcßride.
i
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hughes
visited at the home of Mr. J. S.
Williamson Sunday last.
; HONOR ROLL.
This department will contain
the names of subscribers who
1 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
1 shortage of funds in The Monitor
■ office. This week:
A. K. Walton, (col.) Higgston.
Mrs. J. D. McCullough, Sav.
C. E. Mcßae, Athens.
C. R Palmer, Mt. Vernon No. 1.
J. E. Mcßae, Mt. Vernon.
H. L. Wilt, Mt. Vernon.
For Sale.
Cheap. A Good Horse, Buggy
and Harness. Would trade for
other property. See
S. 0. Milligan,
2194 Rt. 2, Mt. Vernon, Ga.
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