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VOL. XXXIV.
PALMER IS ON
GEORGIA BALLOT
Would Make Race on Rec
ord of the Democratic
Administration.
Atlanta, March 1. —Attorney
General Palmer tonight formally
announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for Presi
dent in a telegram to Hiram L.
Gardner, secretary of the Geor
gia State Democratic Committee.
Referring to the petition filed
in his behalf for the Georgia pri
maries, Mr. Palmer declared that
“if the Democrats of Georgia see
fit to select me as their choice 1 1
shall receive the honor with deep
appreciation,” holding it to be!
highly important that an oppor-l
tunity be given in the primary 1
“to directly pass upon the record
made by the present Administra
tion.”
The telegram from Mr. Palmer
read as follows:
“1 understand that my friends
have entered my name in the j
Presidential primaries. If the
Democrats of the State of Geor- j
gia see fit to select me as their
choice, I shall receive the honor
with deep appreciation. I deem |
it highly important that the Dem
ocrats of Georgia should have,
the opportunity to directly pass
upon the record made by the
present Administration. The can
didacy of one who supports that
record in every phase presents
that opportunity.”
Revenue Man in Mt.
Vernon March Bth. i
A letter from Mr. A. E. '
Adams, deputy collector for in- 1
come taxes, states that he will
be in Mt. Vernon March Bth for
the purpose of receiving 1919 in-;
come tax returns.
On that date Mr. Adams de
sires to meet as many of the
citizens of this county who are j
subject as possible, and they;
should be present by all means.
He will doubtless be found at the
court house in the justice court
room, as his former custom.
Oak Grove Dots.
Special Correspondence.
We are having some real cold
weather in this section this week, j
Miss Sudie Graham was the
guest of Misses Ola and Nora
Curl Sunday afternoon.
Miss Nola Youngblood of Vi
dalia is visiting her cousin, Mis 9
Annie Reynolds, this week.
Mr. J. A. Reynolds made a bus
iness trip to Ailey Monday last.
Messrs. Rid Mclntyre and
Owen McDougald and Misses
Gladys Leggett and Annie Reyn- *
olds motored to Vidalia Sunday !
and spent the day with Miss Nola
Youngblood.
We are very sorry to know that
Mr. Henry Walker’s family is
down with the flu. We hope they
will all soon be up again.
Mr. and Mrs. Pratt Daniels
were the guest of her father and
mother last Sunday afternoon.
There will be services at Oak
Grove next Sunday as usual.
Everybody invited to come.
Farmer’s Wife.
Staves Wanted.
White Oak Flat Sawn or Split
Staves. Will pay $175.00 per
thousand cash at your shipping
point. Will arrange with local
bank to make weekly advances
to responsible parties. Write me
for full information.
Ed C. Bruce,
346 Box 294, Brunswick, Ga.
Ford For Sale.
Good car, in perfect running
order. See at once
C. A. Abt,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
iMontgflmprg Mmltot.
Dr. Currie Buys The
Mt. Vernon Drug Co.
Dr. Jas. F. Currie has recently
! purchased the entire stock of The
1 Mt. Vernon Drug Co. and is now
the sole owner and manager.
This company was formed near
!ly fourteen years ago, with Dr.
Currie as manager and part|
owner, and it has been a very
successful business from the out
set. He bears the reputation of
being one of the most skilled
druggists in the state, and under
his ownership the business will
be conducted on the same high
plane as heretofore.
A New Schedule on
County Water Rents.
The following charges for water
! rents were fixed for parties using
! water from the county well, per
month payable in advance:
Fountain & Palmer Co., cold
storage $16.50 per month
Mt. Vernon Drug Co. 3.00
J. F. Currie 2.50
A. B. Hutcheson 2.50
iJ. C. McAllister 2.50
C. H. Wright ... 2.50
ID. A. Mcßae 2.50
Mrs. R. F. Mcßae 2.50
Hicks Bros. Garage 2.50
! W. C. Mcßae 2.50
W. A Peterson 2.50
T. B. Hughes 2.50
C. A. Mason 2.50
' J. E. Cockfidd 2 50
|Dr. J. E. Hunt 2 50
F. M. Baldwin 2.00
Mrs. Alice Wilson 2.00
D. E. Mcßae 2.00
J. A. Mcßride ' 2.50
Henry J. Fountain 2.00
S. V. Hicks 1.50
Mrs. Alice Hicks 1.50
J. E. Mcßae 1.50
i M. D. Hughes 1.50
Dr. E M. Rackley, office 1.50
O. Hill 150
Mrs. Flora Higgs 1.00
! Approved in regular session of
; the Board of Commissioners of
Montgomery county. March 2,
1920. J. H. Dees,
Chairman.
J
Hope for Oil
Telfair County.
s
For the past several weeks
much interest has been aroused
in this section and in Scotland
more particularly over the prom
ise that an oil well would be!
started near Scotland within the
’ next few weeks. Certain parties
came down and secured leases 1
guaranteeing to drill a well with- j
in six months, and they say they!
have already secured a rig and
will begin work as soon as they
can get it here.
This concern has already ap- 1
' plied for a charter to do business,
1 and Secretary of State Gu.vt. Mc-
Lendon informed the editor of
The Enterprise in person last
week while in Atlanta, that he
considered them bona fide and
he further stated he believed that
the best oil prospect in the state!
of Georgia were right here in
Telfair county.
It is common knowledge among
state house officials in Atlanta
that Dr. McCallie, the state ge
ologist, believes there is great
promise of one in Telfair county.
In fact, it is said he made state
ments privately that he did not
think it well to put in his official
; report, that is very favorable to
• say the least.
■ Dr. McCallie was in Scotland
1 yesterday for the purpose of
> going over the field in person,
k He visited several prospects in
and around Scotland and it is
! said that he was highly compli
mentary of the evidence he found
and it is reported that he stated
that had it been wet, rainy weath
[er like it has been for the past
r week or so. when he made his
first examination, his official re
port would have been more san
guine.—Telfair Enterprise.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 4. 1920.
Extension on
Automobile Tax.
Under a recent ruling by Sec
retary of State McLendon, motor
! vehicles without 1920 tags may j
be operated until April Ist. As-;
ter that date no vehicle will be I
allowed on the road without the 1
i proper tag.
This is due to the fact that'
such a vast number of owners
neglected to buy tags in time un
til the department finds it impos
sible to supply them in time.
After April Ist the tag must be
attached to every car, otherwise
all sheriffs are expected to make
cases against those in default.
This information is contained in
a letter to Sheriff Burch of Mont
gomery county and also given
out through the daily papers.
Send for your tag at once, and
1 you u ill be in time for April first.
Passing of Prominent
Confederate Veteran.
Mr. Henry A. Calhoun, a for
mer citizen of Montgomery coun
ty, died at his home six miles
east of Lumber City in Wheeler
county last month. Mr. Calhoun
was the oldest member of the re
markable family of the late
Thomas B. Calhoun —possibly
one of the largest in this section
of the state.
In this family circle there were
H. A. Calhoun, Wm. Calhoun,
Mrs. John W. McArthur, Mrs.;
Sallie Brewton, J. C Calhoun,
Mrs. W. J. Peterson, Mrs. B. F.
Conner, Dr. Lawrence Calhoun,
Mrs. Gaston Lennon, Mrs. H. H.
Williams, Mrs. Luke Campbell,
Ben Hill Calhoun, M. B. Calhoun, 1
Mrs. C. Murchison, Mrs. C. H.
Peterson, a number of whom are
deceased."
Mr. Henry Calhoun leaves five
children —J. L. Calhoun and Mes
dames Dora Brown, Lola Fowler,
Mattie King and Anna Ryals.
He was 79 years of age Jan. 2,
*1920, and until the past few
months seemes to have enjoyed
good health. Mr. Calhoun was
one of the first from this section
to offer his services to the Con
federacy, having left for the front
Sept. 9, 1861, a member of the
61st Georgia Regiment. He was
! captured by the Federals and
served fourteen months in Elmira
; prison.
The late M. T. Moses, Henry
I Calhoun and possibly one other
; man from this section witnessed
the death of Gen. John F. Reyn
olds at Gettysburg in 1863, and
1 these three men, finding the Un
i ion leader dying, erected a shelter
: over him with his tent-fly, that!
he may be shielded from the hot
sun during his closing moments.
Mr. Calhoun was a man of!
gentle but considerate tempera-
I ment and enjoyed the friendship
I and esteem of his fellow citizens.
!He represented Montgomery
county in the State Assembly in
1887-8. Remains were laid to
| rest in the Clements cemetery in
Wheeler county. One by one
these men of the Gray fall asleep,
full of years and memories of
days trying to the very souls of
men —days when none but stout
: hearts could have stood the strain,
with life, w-ith homes, and with
i honor—that virtue so dear to
Southern men—at stake. Their
record is their monument. The
story of how they fought will
outlive markers of stone or
bronze, and the world has long
i since recognized Southern valor
as shining topmost on the scroll
of fame.
I s
Seed Cane for Sale.
i 1500 Seed Cane at my old home
• place near Alston. For price
- write G. G. Horton,
212tf Rt. 3, Baxley, Ga.
Enlargement
County Paper.
This issue of The Monitor goes
to its readers in an enlarged
form, carrying four extra pages.
; For quite.a while the regular size
! of the paper has been four pages,
l on account of a lack of facilities
) for getting it out, mainly a short
age of blank paper and also a
shortage of mechanical force.
Anticipating the trouble that
will come from a continued short
age in the paper market, and the
almost impossibility of getting
the blank paper at even a greatly
advanced price, we have formed
a contract for the extra pages,
which we will have printed in
Atlanta. It is clearly seen that
this will allow a larger paper, but
one which will still contain the
usual amount of county news and
local advertising. Our contract
with the Atlanta company will
insure a larger paper, containing
a number of special features,
which we would otherwise not
be able to print.
From this issue can be seen
four or five columns of state
news, national news features,
special articles on poultry raising,
farming, road building, the Inter
national Sunday School lesson
and other features of interest and
benefit to our readers.
We trust our readers will ap
preciate the extra expense of
getting out a larger paper and
rally to our support. It is our
purpose to give the people of
Montgomery county the best pa
per possible, no matter what the
cost, and unless it becomes ab
solutely necessary, will not raise
the subscription price above $1.50
l a year. Show the paper to your
neighbors, that they may see the
advantages through our new
contract for the extra news mat
ter and the special features.
HONOR ROLL.
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. A. Palmer, Mt. Vernon 1.
H. H. Williams, Byron.
H. M. Thompson, Ailev.
E. D. Adams, Mt. Vernon 2.
Miss Belle Morris, Ailey.
J. W. Sharpe, Alston.
J. B. Canady, Mt. Vernon 1
W. T. Mcßride. Alston.
J. W. Hughes, Mt. Vernon 1.
Mrs. E. W. Armfield, Savannah.
I). R. S. Woodard, Ailey.
IThos. B. Conner, Mt. Vernon.
! C. C. McAllister, Sr., Mt. Ver. 2.
1 Ben F. Conner, Ailey.
Jno. W. Mclntyre, Mt. Vernon.
Arthur Register, Mt. Vernon 2.
Charlotte.
Special Correnpondance
Messrs. L. S, and W. E. Adams
i
of Charlotte made a business trip
to Lumber City Saturday last.
Miss Daisy Higgs of Wheeler
. is visiting Miss Allie Adams this
. J week.
I Mr. S. B. Morris of Mt. Vernon
i visited his sisters. Misses Lizzie
* and Emma Morris, Wednesday
last.
I Mr. Frank Williams called on
• Miss Ora Lee Vaughn last Friday
: night.
The musical entertainment at
1 Mr. Foskey’s was enjoyed by a
, large crowd Saturday night.
Mis 9 Allie Adams visited Miss
! Daisy Higgs last Saturday.
» Mr. Ernest Adams and Mr.
i i Stephen Carter called on Miss
, Daisy Higgs and Allie Adams
i Sunday night.
| A Destructive Fire at
Soperton Saturday. J
Soperton, Feb. 27.—Fire that
. broke out at 4 o’clock this after
[ noon in a moving picture theater
| destroyed five places of business
’ and damaged other property be
] fore it was gotten under control.
( The total loss is estimated atsso,-
‘ 000.
t The theater had been closed on
account of the “flu” and the
origin of the fire is a mystery.
Business establishments com
! pletely destroyed are the build
ings occupied by the Soperton
News, Cromartie’s garage, Sum
ner & Sammons’ warehouse, W.
iE. Evans' grocery and the only
moving picture theater in town.
The buildings were of brick
construction and were owned by
C. D. Williams.
Sparks from the fire ignited
several houses across the street
and also set fire to the Macon,
Dublin & Savannah railroad de
pot.
Will Make Talks on
Christian Stewardship.
In lieu of the regular service at
the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian
church Sunday morning, there
will be a talk on Stewardship by
Col. George H. Harris of Mcßae,
to which the public is invited.
In the afternoon he will appear
at Hack Branch. The subject of
stewardship is of interest to all
church believers, of whatever de
nomination.
At Vidalia Tuesday morning
Dr. A. L. Patterson of Savannah,
Dr. J. S. Sibley of Wa.vcross and
Rev. E. J. Hertwig of Statesboro
will discuss the subject in the
Presbyterian church at that place.
In the afternoon they will be at
McGregor and Tuesday evning
they will conduct a similar service
in the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian
church.
The public invited to all the
services.
Recalls Record
Country Editor.
Relative to the candidacy of H.
B. Folsom for representative of
Montgomery county, we shall
take the liberty of using from
time to time some kind express
ions of friends in the county and
from newspapers of this territory.
The following from our old
friend, W. B. Hilton:
“Glad to know you will make
the race for representative of
Montgomery county. You are
just the right man to represent
the people of Montgomery county.
If the people want to elect the
proper man to serve their inter
ests in the legislature, they could
not choose a more faithful * * *
[his very kind adjectives omitted]
man than you are.
“I have known you for years
and never knew you but what
you were always right. Well do
I remember, and hundreds of
others do if they would but stop
1 to consider, the bold stand you
took for old Montgomery county
r when she was being torn asunder
i almost ruthlessly cut, whacked
and sliced into mincemeat to
satisfy political factions. When
i dark clouds hovered over and
e around her, you, realizing the
v danger, pointed out her rights
and stood by and defended her
border lines, her people and her
1 territory, not only with your
y brilliant pen but with every
known effort of your pacer, the
Montgomery Monitor,
t “But did you succeed? You did
a in part; you saved a remnant.
Therefore, it is but fitting and
proper for her citizens to honor
9 you with the privilege of repre
senting them in the legislative
. halls of Georgia. The people will
' honor you at the polls.
8 “Yours very truly,
s “W. B. Hilton.
“Vidalia. Ga.”
NEW FORCE TO
STOCK RAISING
Provisions for Removing the
Tick and Controlling
Cholera.
Montgomery county is rapidly
forging to the front as a cattle
and hog raising section, and each
season finds a multiplied number
of cattle and hogs put on the
market. This county began cat*
tie dipping as a means of eradi
cating the tick several years ago,
a number of private vats having
been constructed indifferent sec
tions of the county.
Including the private vats, to
gether with those built by the
county authorities, there are
about thirty-six vats in the coun
ty ready for operation, and dip
ping will be regularly in progress
in a few days.
The three local dipping super
visors are W. D. Ricks, F. Dees
and Ernest Brooks. The cattle
are to be dipped every fourteen
days, and these men will co-op
erate with the farmers and stock
raisers in every manner possible
under the law, in order to rid the
county of the cattle tick.
Last year the annual state ap
propriation for measures looking
to the prevention of hog cholera
throughout the state was increas
ed, and each county in the state
will have four men trained ty
experts to administer hog cholera
serum-virus. This work will be
done at actual cost.
At Tuesday’s meeting of the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues the following citi
zens were given the assignment,
and they will receive the inst. QO
tion provided by the state: F.
Lee Mcßae, Mt. Vernon: C. H.
Gotr, Tarry town; B. A. Conner,
Higgston; K. M. Johnson, Alston.
Longpond Dote*
Special Oon'enpondence.
Master Walter Cain of Charlotte
visited at the home of Mr. J. S.
Williamson last Saturday night
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Hughes of
Mt. Vernon visited relatives here
Saturday.
Messrs. W. G. and M. M. Mar
tin of Uvalda attended preaching
here Sunday morning.
Mrs. A. W, Bendimire has re'-
turned to her home at Odum, af
ter a very pleasant visit at the
home of Mr. H. H. McAllister.
Miss Cassie Williamson is visit
ing relatives at Mt. Vernon for a
few days.
Miss Ruth Mobley is visiting
her sister at Americus for a few
days.
Rev. A. G. Rrewton filled hia
regular appointment here Sun
; day.
Mr. Francis Brewton spent
• Sunday with friends at Longpond.
, Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the
> Georgia & Florida Railway Faa
i made application to the Railroad
> Commission of Georgia for au
-1 thority to discontinue its agency
station at Charlotteville, Ga.
’ This application has been as
r signed for hearing before the
r Commission at meeting beginning
f at 10 a. m., March 23rd, 1920, at
i its offices in the State Capitol,
Atlanta, Ga.
1 All parties desiring to be heard
j in connection with this petition
r should communicate with the
- Commission on or before the date
i above named.
1 By order of the Commission.
Georgia & Florida Railway.
By G. F. Dickson,
General Superintendent.
NO. 43.