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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1920)
VOL. XXXIV. SPEND VAST SUM STATE’S HEALTH State News From Different Sections Given in Short Form. Special service to Montgomery Monitor. Atlanta. —Reports to Doctor Hay good of the rural sanitation division —state board of health —show that the fourteen counties now operating under the Ellis health law have laic out budgets aggregating $77,000 to be expended in sanitation work this year Glynn county leads all the counties with a budget of $16,000. The amounts to be paid out by the others follow: Baldwin, $4,000; Bartow, $4,000; Cobb $6,000; Colquitt, $5,000; Floyd, $5, 000; Laurens, $3,500; Lowndes, $6,500; Sumter, $2,400; Thomas, $4,000; Tift $4,000; Troup, $9,600; Walker, $4, 000; and Worth $4,000. Hart is alsc operating under the law, but has not yet furnished a budget of expenses Dougherty Will begin operations un der the law this month. New Banking Concern Proposed Newnan. —A new banking companj which has been organized with a cap ital stock of four hundred thousand dollars and a surplus fund of one hundred thousand dollars, has closed a deal with the Newnan Banking com pany by which it has just purchased 627 shares of stock of a total numbei of 1,250 shares, paying $250 a sliare ; which gives the new company a con trolling interest in the bank. Applies tion will be made to amend the char ter of the Newnan Banking companj to read the Newnan Banking and Trust company, the name under which the new company will charter. 3,700 Acres Change Hands Louisville. —One of the largest rea j estate deals that has been transacted in this section took place when W , W. Ramsey of Augusta sold “Old j Town’’ to the Carolina Loan and To bacco company of Winston-Salem. Ii has been impossible to learn the pur j chase price of this estate, but it is a' very big amount. This tract of land I embraces something like 3,700 acres. II is one of the oldest estates in this section that has not been previously subdivided and sold to small farmers This is a very historic old plantation as a good many early incidents in Georgia’s history happened on this old place. Southern Metal Trades Dealers Meet Atlanta. —A meeting of the South ern Metal Trades’ association was held here recently and was featured by several interesting talks by members and a luncheon. This association if composed of manufacturers of iron and other metal products, owners of ma chine shops and foundries from Vir ginla to Texas and was called for the purpose of discussing business condi tions. Glynn To Have Demonstration Farrr Brunswick. —Under the auspices oi the Brunswick board of trade, Glynn county is to have a demonstration farm, conducted under the direction ol j the commercial body in charge of R ! V. Crine, farming expert. The farm Is located six miles from the city and includes 265 acres, all cleared, and ready for cultivation. Mr. Crine has already commenced work on it. Lumber Traffic Halted Thomasville. The recent bad weather has held back lumber ship ments greatly from this section, and j comparatively little is being sent out Owing to the bad weather in the north and west, the railroads report much congestion of freight, and no more con signments of lumber will be taken up until the roads are opened up. Valdosta To Start Recruiting Valdosta. —Beginning the week ol March 1, Valdosta will have an en campment of more than two hundred soldiers, accompanied by a full mili tary band, the troops coming in the Interest of recruiting work and in furthering the plans of the govern ment to acquaint the people with army life and conditions. HONOR RO LL. This department will contain the names of subscribers who 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; J. D. Brown, Alamo. F. Lee Mcßae, Mt. Vernon. Mat Gillis. Mt. Vernon 2. L. M. McLemore, Vidalia. W. M. Hill, (col.) Mt. Vernon 1. D. J. Corbett, (col.) McGregor. ®lj t Mmtqnmtrg Mmxtotl Tarry town. •/ Special Correspondence Messrs. Marcus Boyd and Geo. Jackson of Washington county were week end visitors at the home of the former’s uncle, Mr. R. J. Boyd. Miss Inez Crawford returned home Friday after a visit of sev eral days with relatives at Kite. Dublin and other points. Mr. Lamar Holmes of Soperton was in town Tuesday looking af ter his tie interest in this section. Miss Gladys Branch visited friends at Vidalia last Friday. Mr. H. H. Adams left for Sa vannah Sunday night to attend supreme court which is now in session. Mr. Hillary S. Calhoun of Cos mopolitan spent a few days of last week with home folks. Mr. Dude McNeely of Da vis boro was a week end visitor at the home of Captain and Mrs. C. F. Ferrell. Mr. Chas. H. Branch, our pop ular cashier, has a Ford. Farmers are badly behind with their farm work owing to too much rain. Miss Mettie Moxley and Moody Calhoun visited Vidalia Saturday afternoon. Mrs. H. S. Calhoun was in Vi dalia shopping Saturday. Mr. Henry Moxley, and son, Newton, went to Macon Sunday. Farmers are hauling out fer tilizer, but not as much as in for mer years. Two Fords had a head'-on colli sion between Tarrytown and So perton, one going south driven by Mr. Watson Peacock of Vidalia, and the other going north with J the children of Mr. J. P. Mixon, driven by Mr. Mixon’s son. Mr. Peacock’s car turned over, while the Mixon car broke one wheel and ran into a bank. Fortunate ly no one was hurt. Miss Vera Burns, who has been 9ick for quite awhile, is improv ing slowly. Messrs. M. E. Burns and J. P. Mixon were business visitors to Soperton Monday. Messrs. Watson Peacock and Cannie Meadows of Vidalia were in town Monday. Mrs. B. S. Beaty is quite sick at this writing. Miss Annie Truitt and Miss Wiilett of Vidalia were dinner guests Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Walden. Mr. Rufus New of Stilson was a Sunday visitor to the city. Mr. Dock Davis and son of Or land were in town Monday after- | noon. Mr. C. C. Adams was a busi ness visitor toMt. Vernon Friday. Messrs. R. D. Beaty, W. B. Cadle and W. L. Calhoun are off to Middleton lake fishing. W alters—Carpenter. Miss Sallie Reid Walters of Davisboro, Ga., and Mr. Arch N. Carpenter of this city were hap pily married at the home of the bride on January 29th, Rev. Mr. Hammond, pastor of the Baptist church of that place, performing the ceremony. The bride is one of the most popular and attrac tive young ladies of her home town and the groom is a well known young business man of this city. He is to be congratu lated on having won so winsome a bride. They will make their home in this city, where they will receive a cordial welcome. — Vidalia Advance. Mules for Sale. Four head of good mules. See at once. W. W. Pierce, 212tf Mt. Vernon, Ga. 0 MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1920. France honors American Dead. , France, deeply grateful to America for what we did for her in the great World War, issued a diploma in memory of the dead Americans who fell on her soil in defense of liberty. The War De partment at Washington through the Adjutant General suggested that the presentation of this diploma to the families of our heroes who gave their lives for for the great cause be a Dart of I the church service Sunday, Feb ruary 22d. In this way the birth day of our first Commander in ] Chief, Gen. George Washington, | the w’ork of our soldiers in the l last war would be jointly honored. The Presbyterian church, al ways ready.to do a patriotic ser vice, gladly fell in with this act of both our own and the French government: and those who were interested in our boys turned out to hear a sermon by the pastor, Rev. F. M. Baldwin, from 2 Tim. 3:3, “Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.” The points of the sermon were four: endurance, obedience, loy alty to an ideal and brave de termined fighting. These are qualities that make greatness in a soldier and are common to the American and the Christian war rior. The service closed with the presentation of the diploma to Mrs. J. B. Geiger, the mother of our young townsman who fell at Chateau Thierry. Harold C. Geiger was one of that determin ed band of American marines, who outnumbered more than four to one, stopped the on rush of the Germans and drove them back. They broke the morale of the Huns and began the series of victories that ended the war. It was America’s first chance and demonstrated that we have the best fighting men of the world. From then on we lead and the I rest of the allies followed till the signing of the armistice. All hail to Mt. Vernon’s brave son, Harold C. Geiger. Oak Grove Dots. Special Correspondence. Misses Ola Curl and Annie Reynolds visited Miss Charity Branch Wednesday afternoon. Miss Sudie and Willie Mason and Jim Graham and Owen Mc- Dougald spent a happy hour at Miss Annie Reynolds’ night. * Messrs. Willie Hughes and Wil lie Graham and Misses Estelle Milligan and Annießeynolds were out car riding Sunday afternoon. Mr. M. A. Peterson made a business trip to Hazlehurst Mon day. Mrs. M. A. Peterson and Mrs. Leggett and daughters, Gladys jand Sue, visited Mrs. J. A. Reyn olds and daughter, Annie, Mon day afternoon. Mrs. C. W. Peterson visited Mrs. J. A. Reynolds Sunday afternoon. Mr. Arthur Register and Misses Sudie Graham and Oia and Nora Curl were out car riding Sunday i afternoon. Sunday school at three o’clock. EJverybody come and bring some one with you. Lost Pocket book. Coca-cola bill fold, containing slß in currency, check for sll, | check for $4, note for $44.75 and other papers. Lost on streets of Mt. Vernon, Feb. 22. Suitable reward if returned to H. W. Cockfield, 2264 Mt. Vernon. Services at the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian church Sunday. I The public invited to attend. Farmers Shot I by Negro Tenant Tifton, Feb. 23.—J. L. Roland and his son, Charles Rowland, white farmers living four miles east of Tifton, were seriously if not fatally 9hot this afternoon by a negro named Bill Tomlin. The elder Rowland has a No. 4 shot in the jugular vein on the left of his neck and Charlie was shot in \ the left side, in the face, neck and shoulders. The weapon used was a single barreled shot gun. , Tomlin was a cropper on Row land's farm and did not start his. plows this morning. Rowland j and his son went to the negro’s! home this afternoon and after a! few words the negro, who had his gun in his hand, shot the el-! der Rowland at a distance of I thirty steps. Only one shot took 1 effect, but Rowland fell like a beef, the blood spouting from the jugular vein. Charlie opened fire on the negro with his pistol but missed both shots. Tomlin ran into the house, got another shell for his gun, and coming out, shot Charlie down. The elder Rowland carried a winchester rifle but did not use it. The negro escaped but the county track dogs have been sent for and a nosse organized. Rowland is married and has a large family. Charlie Rowland is also married and lives with his father. Both men are dangerous ly hurt. Georgia Rlcn In f-yr...« Atlanta— Georgia mines product more barytes than all other states com blued, according to a report just is sued by the state geological survey The active mines are located at Car tersville, Bartow county, and five oth er counties have rich deposits. Iht mineral is used in the manufacturt of paints and automobile tires, anc I the industry has sprung from iusig | nificance to one of prominence in « few months, following loss of impOrta tions from Germany. Little advertis ing has been given the output and the geological survey report placet particular emphasis on its production In addition to the barytes mines al Cartersvilie, the only grinding and bleaching plant in the United State* is located there. Besides the main moth deposits of yellow ocher, enor rnouß deposits of potash slate is ad vantagepusly situated in the same lo cality for mining purposes. The naturt and occurrence of the barytes ore its gelogic association, geographic dis . tribution, uses, statistics and detailod property descriptions are given in th« report of 146 pages, including nineteen sketches, four maps, twenty-one half tone illustrations and an index, which has just been issued by the state geological survey. Will. Probe Cost Os Milk And Ice Macon.— Following the receipt ol confidential information from Wash ington, Chuirrnan L. It. Smith, of thf Bibb coilnty lair price committee, an nounced that the committee would shortly begin a thorough investiga tion of the price charged in Macon foi ice, milk and brick, ail of which are alleged to be too high. Dairymen re cently increased the price of milk tc 15 cents a quart, and ice Is now retail ing at 5o cents a hundred pounds Complaints have recently been mads against prices charged by local brick manufacturers, which is said to be re tardlng building operations. Maloney Heads Subsidiary lines Savannah. Charles Maloney, o! Dublin, was elected president and gen eral manager of the subsidiary line ol the Central of Georgia railroad at « special meeting of the directors of th« company. The roads are as follows: The Wrlghtsviile and Tennille railroad company; Louisville and Wadley Rail road company; Sylvania Central Hail road company, and Wadley Southern Railroad company. Mr. Maloney’s head quarters will be at Tennille. To Enlarge Brunswick Plant Brunswick. —Officials of the Olid j den company of Cleveland, Ohio, pur chasers of the rrtammoth plant of the ; Yaryan Rosin and Turpentine compa j ny, who have befen In the city on s trip of inspection, have announced that I the Brunswick plant wil at once b< ! enlarged by the addition of a plant foi i the manufacture of linseed oil and | other products, and it is stated thal work on the addition will begin with in a very short time. Lumber for Sale. A lot of good Weather-Boarding and Ceiling, the latter in thick) sand thin sizes. See or write G. W. Pharr. I 212tf Higgston, Ga. Longpond Dots. , Special Correspondence. I Mr. and Mrs. H. G. McAllister of Scotland visited relatives here last week end. i | Mr. Southwell Mobley of Clax ton visited homefolks here last week. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Corbin and daughter were called last Satur day to death of Mrs. Corbin’s sister. Mr. W. A. Johnson visited friends at Wadley Saturday and Sunday last. I * j Miss Ruth Chapman is visiting homefolks at Hazlehurst for a ; few days. Miss Belle McAllister is visiting i relatives at Scotland. i I Mrs. D. Q. Coleman and son, jD. Q., Jr., are visiting at the home of Mr. E. J. Wells. Mrs. F. D. Carpenter is visit ,ing at the home of Mrs. S. J. Bland of Cedar Crossing. Mr. and Mrs. Oliverof Augusta attended preaching here Sunday. Mr. J. H. Oliver filled his reg ular appointment here Sunday. Mr. G. W. Hester of Hazlehurst visited relatives here Sunday last. Miss Cassie Williamson has re turned from a very pleasant trip to Hazlehurst. Mrs. T. M. Corbin is visiting relatives at Midville this week. Kibbee Nows. Special C HM Hponduiice. The farmers around here are getting behind with their work on account of the flu. Mr. W. L. Snow is away from home this week receiving taxes. Mrs. Stella Frost was the guest |of Mrs. M. L. Adams Monday afternoon. The family of Mr. Elbert Adams is improving after having the flu. Mr. George Hamilton made a business trip to Vidalia Tuesday. Miss Lovely Logan is visiting Miss Essie Snow this week. We regret the sorrows incici dent to the death of the little babe of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cal houn, which was laid to rest at the Tarrytown cemetery last Wednesday. Miss Clara Register was the guest of Miss Ruth Hamilton Saturday afternoon. Our school vacated a week un til the flu is better. Miss Ruth Hamilton has re turned from the hospital at Vi dalia. We are glad to see Ruth home again. Miss Clara Register was the guest of Miss Essie Snow Mon day afternoon. The death of Mr. Angus Moore was a shock to the people of this community. Mr. Moore contrac ted influenza and pneumonia, and was sick only a week. He leaves a wife and five little children to mourn his loss. Remains were laid to rest at the McGrego cemetery Tuesday morning. The funeral service was conducted at. the home. New Concrete Building Well Under Way. Work is progressing rapidly on the new stone building of the Mt. Vernon Auto Co. on the southwest corner of the court ) house square, and if weather con ditions permit the new structure l will be ready for occupancy in a few week. It is of concrete block construc tion, 56 x 70 feet, with two main front entrances, together with office department on the right corner. It is being built by Messrs. A. B. Hutcheson and A. !M. Hughes. Mr. D. F. Clark of ! Vidalia had the contract for man | ufacturing the concrete blocks. I It will be a very creditable struc ture. VI DALI A ADTO MAN MURDERED Burley Phillips Found With Bullet Hole in His Head. Vidalia, Ga., Feb. 24. —lnvesti gation of a fFesh mound in a cow i pasture near Johnson’s Corner, in the southern part of Toombs county led to the discovery that a body was buried there. The body was later identified as that of Burley Phillips of this place, who had been conducting an automobile livery and trading business here for the past several years. Examination of the body show ed a bullet hole in the head be hind the left ear. Deductions showed that the body had been buried before the rain 9 which occurred on Sunday night, but a fresh footprint in the mound and a log laying across the grave gave rise to the con clusion that the place had been visited this morning and the log thrown across the fresh dirt in hopes of concealing the place. The body will be sent to Vidalia for interment. Mr. Phillips left here on Thurs day nresumably to sell his car, it being his custom to buy cars here and carry them to prospective markets. A message is said to have been received here this morning, with a Jacksonville date line and over Mr. Phillips’ signature, saying that the car had been sold and that he would be home presently. The message came only a few hours before the body was dis covered and identified. The fresh mound was discover ed this morning by a farmer on whose place it was located. He scraped about with a stick to see. what was buried there. A few scratches disclosed the feet of the corpse. The sheriff was im mediately notified before any ex huming was undertaken. The sheriff noted the footprints and the log, aJsO a fresh automobile trail leading close to the mound and later, it is said, witnesses were found who remembered seeing a strange car coming to the road near the place. Milledgeville, Feb. 25.—Lee Curry, a young white man, about 23 years old, was arrested here yesterday afternoon by A. J. Hawkins, policeman at the State sanitarium, and turned over to the sheriff and lodged in jail. Curry was riding iri an automo bile, and fits the description of the man sought by the sheriff of Toombs county for the murder of Burley Phillips, a garage man in Vidalia. Phillips’ body was buried and his car taken. When he arrived Curry’s auto mobile had blood stains on it and it fits the description sent out to the police. The murder happened a week ago. Sheriff McLeod, of Toombs county, came for the prisoner this morning, and took him and the auto to Lyons. Curry denied any knowledge of murder and said he ran over a calf that spattered the blood on his automobile. Hon. John N. Holder Visits Montgomery. Hon. John N. Holder of Jeffer son, Ga., one of the candidates for the governorship, spent a few hours in Mt. Vernon one day last week, meeting the people and making his usual characteristic appeal for support. • Mr. Holder has served eight or more years in the Assembly of Georgia as representative of his county, Jackson, and has befen speaker of the House for the past term, and is well known through out the state. He is a sound business man and a clever gentleman. NO. 42.
