VOL. XXXIV.
Will Be At
B.‘P. I. April 1
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RENO, THE MAGICIAN.
Edward Reno has been a magician
for more than thirty-five years. Ho has
traveled in every quarter of the globe
and is constantly inventing new things
in magic and illusions with which to
mystify and entertain the public.
During the hour and half that Reno |
has the platform he executes sixty or \
more tricks, two or three times as
many as are shown by the ordinary j
magician.
The running-fire comments as Reno ’
puts over hi« tricks are about as amus- ;
ing as the tricks themselves. He uses j
plenty of puns and big words and j
keeps his audience in a fever of excite- I
ment and interest. He goes out into j
the aisles and comes into close touch j
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EDWARD RENO.
with those attending the performance.
In fact, the audience takes part in ;
many of his tricks.
Reno uses a number of pets in his
entertainments, and be allows the
children to play with these pets be
tween times. There is always a rush
of boys and girls to the stage when
Reno makes his appeal for assistants.
Among the many bewildering tricks
performed by Reno is one in which he j
takes a lad’s watch from a loaf of
bread when it is supposed to be locked !
securely in a wooden box. Again he
lights a candle, wraps it in heavy pa
per and later takes it from his inside
coat pocket, still burning. He shows |
the children how to make two doves |
out of one. He breaks an egg in a pan, [
lights a fire underneath it and then
pulls out a duck. Everything Reno j
does is done with an exceedingly clever !
pair of hands.
On a recent swing through Ohio
Reno appeared in Cleveland, Colum
bus, Cincinnati and other cities, and in j
every case enthusiastic reports were
received by the Redpath Bureau.
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®!je fTOmttgomerg jUtmtitor*
Attended I. O. O. F.
Convention Alamo.
Messrs. G. W. Leverett, M. H.
I
Mclntyre, J. T. Liles and J. L.
Stanford of Vidalia stopped over
here yesterday morning en route
to Alamo to attend the District
Odd Fellows convention in ses
l sion at that place.
Being unable to cross the river,
the party went over on the morn
i ing train. Mr. Leverett, who is
j the grand high muckamuck of
I the order in this section, could not
; afford to be delayed by high
i water, hence he procured a
I bateau, (or swam the river) and j
went on in advance of meeting j
I time.
i
Oak Grove Dots.
J Special Correspondence
We are having some pretty
weather in this section this week.
Mr. J. T. Walker went to Kib
bee Sunday to see his brother
and family who are very sick
with flu.
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Miss Annie Reynolds and sister
and brother spent Saturday night
and Sunday with their uncle
near Alston.
There was a large crowd out
jto Sunday school Sunday after
jnoon.
Mr. Herman Clark and Miss
! Gladys Leggett were out riding
Sunday afternoon.
I Mrs. J. A. Reynolds visited
Mrs. D. S. O’Brien Monday af
ternoon.
Mr. Dick Wood and Miss Chari
ty Branch were out riding Sunday
afternoon.
i Sunday school at Oak Grove
J Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
J Everybody come.
HONOR ROLL.
This department will contain
the names of subscribers who
j have made payments on subscrip
: tion for the week ending with
date of publication. The appear
ance of few or no names (as
lis often the case) indicates a
shortage of funds in The Monitor
| office. This week:
i Eugene Truett, Ailey.
Archey Taylor, Mt. Vernon 1.
J. H. Peterson. Ailey.
i Dr. J. H. Dees, Alston.
! W. E. Johnson, (col) Mt. Vernon.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 18. 1920.
Alston News.
Special Correspondence.
The flu ban has been suspended
and the weather getting better
makes us want to get busy on
the farm.
Rev. J. H. Oliver filled his reg
ular appointment here Saturday
jand Sunday with a good atten-'
I dance.
Mrs. M. D. Kirkland visited
relatives at Stillmore last week
end.
Mr. Duncan Johnson ipid fami-
I ly of Soperton are visiting their ;
; father, Mr. Miles Johnson.
| t
Mrs. Lillian Myers of Florida j
i has been visiting friends and
i relatives near Alston.
Quite a large crowd from
Alston attended the Chautauqua
at Uvalda last Saturday night.
Miss Etta Gibbs of Longpond
was the djnner guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Atlas Johnson Sunday.
Mrs. Darby,of Atlanta is visit
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Ray.
Dr. Sharpe was on the sick list
a few days last week, but is able
to be out again.
Prof. B. C. Jackson returned
Sunday to take charge of his
school which'has been suspended
on account of the flu.
Sunday school every Sunday at
3 o’clock. Everybody come and
bring some one with you.
In Memory of Jim Garrett.
He is gone but not forgotten,
never to come no more, but some
day we ■ hope to meet him on
Canaan happy shore. There will
be no tears, no sorrow in that
happy day to come with the ones
that go to meet him on that hap
py golden shore. Now dear
friends prepare to meet him in
that happy, happy day where all
tears and all sorrows will all be
wiped away. O, we miss him in
his voice and loving care, but we
must prepare to meet him in that
land of love so fair. Not long
ago he filled his place and sat
with us to learn, but he has run
his race of life and never can
return.
On Feb. 16th, 1920, a bright
angel came into the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Adene Garrett and took
from them their son, Jim. He
leaves a mother, father, four
sisters and five brothers and a
large host of friends to mourn
his sad death. He was attend
ing school at 8.-P. 1., atMt. Ver
non and was taken ill on Satur
day but did not come home until
'the following Tuesday and went
1 to bed Wednesday and never got
up any more. Oh, it was hard
to give him up but God’s will to
I take him away and all that
friends could do did not do any
good.
The body was laid to rest at
: the Sharpe cemetery near Alston.
: Dear Jim, we miss you since j
: you’ve gone, but God knows best,
: His will he done, not ours. We
; miss you but we can’t wish you
II back in this sinful world. He
i i was seventeen years of age; a
1! fine respectable boy. He had
! \ pneumonia five times before.
! j Written by one of his old
j school mates at Rock Spring
I I school. A Friend—G.—Lyons
:; Progress.
;
Singing Convention Will
Meet at St. Catharine’s.
'J The next meeting of the Treut
len County Singing Convention
will be held at St. Catharine's
Primitive Baptist Church on the!
first Sunday in April, 1920, The
j public invited to attend.
G. W. Sammons,
i Secretary.
Longpond Dots.
Special Correspondence.
Mr. A. M. Hughes and niece,
Miss Ella Mae Miller, visited
: Longpond Sunday.
Misses Gertrude Johnson and
Clara Wells are spending a few
days in Uvalda.
I Misses Cassie Williamson and
j Madge Corbin spent the week
end with relatives at Mt. Vernon.
Mrs. E. D. Adams and son,
Willard, visited relatives here
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. I. P. McAllister visited
! relatives at McGregor Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. Everett O’Neal of Mc
! Gregor visited friends here Sat
urday.
Mrs. J. C. Johnson is visiting
relatives in Mt. Vernon.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bird of
Charlotte visited at the home of
Mr. J. W. Gillis Sunday.
Master Walter Cain of Char
lotte visited friends here Satur
day.
Rev. A. G. Brewton filled his
[ regular appointment here Sun
day.
Mr. Francis Brewton attended
services here Sunday.
Broom Corn, Indian Corn,
And Other Plants Barred.
Broom corn for manufacturing
purposes may be imported here
after only under permit and when
its condition is such that it can
be satisfactorily disinfected at
port of entry, under a quarantine
placed by the Secretary of Agri
culture, effective February 21,
1920. Indian corn and certain
related plants from all foreign
countries are denied entry into
the United States in the raw or
unmanufactured state, except
sorghum hav from Canada and
the shelled or thrashed grain,
from any country, of the plants
included in the quarantine. The
quarantine applies, in addition to
broom corn and Indian corn, to
such related plants as sweet sor
ghums, grain sorghums, sugar
cane, Sudan grass, Johnson grass,
pearl millet, Napier grass,
Teosinte, and Job’s-tears.
The necessity for such a quar
antine was demonstrated a week
or so ago by the discovery of
living larvae of the corn borer in
some 97 bales of broom corn ship
ped from Italy to New York, the
first considerable shipment of
foreign broom corn since the war
period. It has been definitely
determined that the European
corn borer, now known to exist
in Massachusetts, N**w Hamp
shire, New York, and Pennsyl
vania, originally reached this
country through the medium of
imported broom corn.
Protracted Services at
The Baptist Church
; As announced last week, pro
| traded services will commencf
' at the Mt. Vernon Baptist church
next Sabbath.
The preaching will be done
very largely by Rev. I. R. Wal
ker, state evangelist, and he will
be assisted by a singer of repu
tation, Mr. Hoffman.
The public is invited to attend
I all services.
T. It. Second Round. |
I will be at the following olaces
on the dates named for the pur-
I pose of receiving state and county
I taxes for the year 1920:
; Uvalda. March 22, 9 to 12 m.
! Alston, 22, 1 to 4 p. m.
Higgston, 23, 9 a. rn. to 12 m.
Ailey, 23, 1 to 4 p. m.
Tarrytown, 24, 9a.m.to 12 m.
Kibbee, 24, 1 to 4 p. m.
Mt. Vernon, 25, 9. a. m. to 12 m.
W. L. Snow,
Tax Receiver.
j Rapid Progress in
Reading and Business.
The following letter was re
ceived byiMiss'Watt from one of
! her pupils of the adult classes
which she is-conducting through-
I out the county.
Some few weeks ago this man
could not read or write, but the
letter shows that he has made
wonderful progress. It is very
good and should encourage others
to take up the work. It is never
too late to gain a knowledge of
reading and writing, on the part
of those so determined.
Miss Watt has accomplished a
great deal in the few months she
has had charge of this depart
ment of the education work of
the county, and is to be congratu
lated on her success.
The letter follows:
Ailey, Ga., March 9, 1920.
Dear Friend:—
Wonder what you are doing
these days. I am getting along
just fine with my studies. I
haven’t finished the whole book
yet, but don't lack much. I have
learned to read and write. I can
work arithmetic very well. I
will send you some of my work, 1
as you said you wanted some of,
it. Sincerely yours,
—E. M.
—1
As Others See Us.
Editor Horace Folsom is a can-:
didate for representative from
Montgomery county. Mr. Folsom
has long championed the cause
of his home county and he would
make that county an excellent
representative. He fought un-!
tiringly to keep the county from j
being cut up for the purpose of
creating new counties.—Telfair
Enterprise.
by the use of shallow running j
cultivators that destroy the grass;
and weeds before they get aj
start and maintain a dust mulch I
for conserving moisture. But
let a month’s wet spell come, and
the desperate situation resulting ,
will usually call for heroic treat
ment. Give it, we say, with (
turn plows if need be, and then
as possible get back to the stan
dard cultivators. Progressive j
Farmer. j
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
.Mount Vernon Bank*
Located at Mt. Vernon, Ga., at the Close of Business Mar 10th, 1920:
Resources:
Demand loans $ 7.171 22
Time loans 111 <)7 |
Overdraft**, unsecured 14 00 j
Bond** and stock owned by
i Ik- Bank 00.460 00
Banking house 4,IKS) Ik)
Furniture and fixtures 2.116 fill
i'ash in vault and amount
deposited hi hanks 150,868 IK!
i 'ittil<hl for Branch Bank,
Uvalda. Oa. 15,tHM)(K)!
Advanced on Lit*. Bonds 987 92 j
Total $862.222 881
SI'ATE OF OKOItOIA Ootmiy of Mo»t«otnery.
ll,Tore mo i:amr W. A. Petera-iii, Cashier or The Mt.. Vernon Hank, who btiiiK duly .worn
iitva Oral the above awl foe, Koins maViolent j. a true condition of auid Dank, a. aliown by
rbe book, of 111*- in (raid b. u ( W. A. PK I'KIiAO.V.
Sworn *o and vnbaeiibtd uefore me Unit 17ih day of .March, 1920 $
11. 1.. Wilt, C. N. P-, M.. Co., Oa.
| MONEY TO LOAN ON MONTGOMERY
COUNTY FARMS.
At sto 0 per cent, in Amounts of SIOOO :
|ij to SIOO,OOO, on Five to Ten Years time.
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I represent one of the largest Life Insurance
Companies, with Unlimited Capital, and can
close loans on short order.
CALL OR WRITE
W. J. WALLACE, Soperton, Ga.
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Best Method
Cultivation.
The methods of cultivation as
well as ease and effectiveness of
| cultivation depend in very con
; siderable measure on the thor
oughness of preparation before
planting. Especially is this true
on clay soils, where a fine seed
bed is imperative if good stands
are to be obtained, and if culti
vation is to be most effective.
On such soils, when poor prepa
, ration is practiced, it is almost
out of the question to apply the
methods of cultivation that would
be effective on well prepared
lands.
But even with the best of
preparation, there comes times,
j especially in the Central South,
the Coastal Plain country of the
Southeast, Arkansas, and east
and south Texas, when the best
of farmers get in the grass. As
an illustration, in 1919 in much
of our territory it rained almost
continuously through the month
of June, and this, too, following
a rather wet May. Mules could
not stand up in the fields, and
even crops that went into the
wet 9pell clean were overrun
with grass before it ended.
When such conditions prevail,
I the agricultural adviser who says
use the cultivators and keep out
the turn plow, simply does not
know what he is talking about.
!As much as anybody do we be
lieve in cultivators, where they
are effective; but in a wet year,
when the grass obtains a firm
! hold and it keeps on raining,
| most cultivators merely trans
' plant the grass instead of killing
j it. Under such conditions it is
jup to the farmer to use what
ever implement is most effiective,
i and do it quickly. If the turn
| plow is the tool that does this,
then we say by all means use it,
running it as shallowly as is con
j sistent with good work, and fol
lowing it in a few days with a
cultivator or harrow that will
1 drag down and smooth our beds
or ridges that may have been
made.
Crop cultivation is largely a
matter of meeting the existing
( situation. In average seasons,
i cotton and corn can best be made
Liabilities:
Capital stock paid In $16,000 00
Surplus fluid, 40,000 00
| Undivided Profit. Iras Cur.
Kxp., Int. and Taxes Paid 0,487 73
individual <1 epos Its subject
to check 185.003 84
Savings deposits 34,40424
Time certiflra ■ 72,73005
Cashier's ('lieckn 1,104 41
(‘tthii over 12 W
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Total $062,222 S 3
NO. 45.
