The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, March 25, 1920, Image 1
VOL. XXXIV. FALLING SHELTER KILLS YOUNG MAN Martin Morris is The Victim of Fatal Accident at Higgston. Our entire community and the surrounding country has been made sad by the death of one of our dear boys, Martin Morris. While returning from Vidalia last Friday afternoon he was caught out in a storm and after driving his car under a shelter at Higgston, the shelter blew down on him and it is thought that he was instantly killed. He was found shortly after the storm un der the shelter dead. His brother, Thomas, was hindered by the storm and did not leave Vidalia until after the storm. He was in another car and came on just in time to see his dear dead brother taken from the fallen building. The body was removed at once to his home by Messrs. Floy Johnson, Rufus Todd and Thomas Morris. Martin was seventeen years old in November. He was just in the bloom of youth. It seems so hard to think one so young and so promising must be taken from us, but God in His infinite wis dom saw fit to take him from us. So let us say, “Not our will, but Thine be done." Martin was one of the most cheerful and most obedient chil dren I have ever known. I have had the pleasure of having him in school about four terms, the first being when he was about nine years old. He was never the boy to cause me the least bit of trouble. He was loved dear ly by all his school mates and teach ers. The concourse of sorrowing friends that attended his funeral and the beautiful floral decora tions testified to the great love of his many friends. Funeral services were conduc ted by Dr. Brewton of Mt. Ver non, and the remains were laid to rest in the Ferguson cemetery. I He leaves a widowed mother, 1 Plants Cotton at a Time Here's a money - saving once, dropping a single seed item we want to call to your at a time equai distances attention right now. 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Heavy stock of Plows, Planters, Distributors, Syracuse Plows and Parts, at Reduced Prices. H. V. THOMPSON AILEY, GA. « y llattlgumerg Young People Married in AbbevillejjSunday. Coming somewhat as a surprise to their friends and relatives was the marriage in Abbeville Sunday afternoon of Miss Lucille Mcßae of this place and Mr. W. Taylor Stuckey of Dublin. Miss Mcßae is the eldest daughter of Mrs. Mamie Mcßae and the late R. F. Mcßae of this place and was a ; student in the Georgia Normal and Industrial College in Mil ledgeville. At the time she was visiting at the home of Dr, J. M. C. McAllister at Rochelle. But for reasons best known to ■ the young folks they drove over i to Abbeville Sunday afternoon and began life as man and wife, after a courtship covering the ■ past few years. Mr. Stuckey is! . a young business man of excep tional qualifications and well known in this section. He is at present employed by Black’s Pharmacy of Dublin, where they will make their home. Mt. Ver non friends extend congratula- I tions and best wishes. | i Reno, the Magician at ’ 8.-P. I. Thursday, April 1. Constituting the last number of the Redpath Lyceum’s series of numbers for the season, Reno, the Magician, will appear at The Brewton-Parker on the evening of Thursday, April Ist. This has been an excellent series of entertainments, and the closing number will no doubt measure up to a high standard, and will doubtless be greeted by a large audience. 1 Mrs. Alice Morris, one sister, Josephine, one brother, Thomas, and many other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. ! May the Lord bless all of them aid help them to bear their I j trouble is my prayer. His Teacher, 1 Vina Hooper. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 25. 1920. How Would You Like to Harvest Two Crops of Corn a Year as They Do in the Philippines? - ' N -* — " * ' No, reader, this corn was not grown by one of our local farmers! It wasn’t grown in the United States, even. It was grown in the faroff Philippine Is lands by Filipino schoolboys. Two tine crops of corn a year are produced in the Islands. The Philippines are doing some won derful things in the agricultural line. The Philippine government has tine ag ricultural schools throughout the Is lands, and the Philippine legislature, composed entirely of Filipinos, is each year making larger and larger appro priations for this important work. The slapie food of the islands is rice, hut corn is coming right along in popu lar favor. Its use was given great im petus in the last year because of a rice May Try Currie Toombs County . Vidalia, March 20.—An appli cation for change of venue for I Lee Currie, who is in Savannah jail, charged with the murder of Burley Phillips, was denied by Judge R. N. Hardeman in the Toombs Superior Court this week. A large number of witnesses were examined and the prepon derance of the testimony was hat there was no danger of Currie’s being lynched should he oe brought back to this county for trial and that he could secure a fair trial. The plea of Currie, through his attorneys, Giles & Sharpe, was that on account of the strong feeling against him in the county, he would be in danger of being lynched should he be brougl t back to Toombs county and that of this feeling he could not secure a fair and impartial trial. It is not known whether any other move will be made to keep-Currie from being tried in this county. His trial will likely be called for next week, as the criminal docket will be taken up ’ Monday morning and the presid | ing judge has declared that court will continue until the docket is cleared. Longpond Dots. Special Cnrrespomlcnce. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wade Johnson and children of Mt. Vernon visi ted relatives here Sunday last. Mr. Harley Johnson and chil dren visited at the home of Mrs. J. C. Johnson Sunday last. Mr. Herman Hughes of Alston visited friends here Sunday last. Mr. Frank Mobley visited his brother, Mr. Southwell Mobley, of Tattnall county last week-end. Misses Elizabeth and Essie Harris and brother, Threntori, of Uvalda visited friends here Sun day afternoon. Miss Gertrude Johnson enter tained a number of friends last Saturday night. Those present were: Misses Belle McA Ulster, Ora Mobley, Sara Lou Avant, Alma Parker, Essie and Elizabeth Harris, Marv Ethel Moses, Clara Naomi and Esther Wells, Madge Corbin, Cassie Williamson. Clyde and Frances Rackley. Messrs. Vernon Wooten, Johnnie Johnson, Threnton Harris, Herbert Allen, Austin Kennedy, Hubert Corbin, Bennie and Joe Henry Wolfe, Mack Mobley, Lamar Wells, Mack McAllister, Albert Sidney and Peter Johnson and Mr. C. A. Rackley. shortage. Other important Philippine crops are hemp, sugar cane, cocoanuts, coffee, tapioca and pineapples. Lum ber is also an important Industry. There are hundreds of thousands of acres of land lying idle in the Philip- j pines, which have a greater area of fertile land than Japan— in spite of the fact that the population of the Philippines Is 11,000,000 while that of Japan Is around 55,000,000. There Is every reason to believe that some day the Philippines will have a population as large us that of Japan today. The rillpiuos are the only Christian people In the orient, ami their young men are working night and day to prepure themselves for the responsibility of citizenship in the Philippine Itepublic, which they believe to be near at hand. Remuneration Subject A stain. Atlanta, Ga., March 20. Government renumeration for former service men in the war with Germany and earlv action by congress on the bonus meas ures pending before that body is strongly urged by Brigadier A. W. Crawford of Atlanta, com mander of the Salvation Army in the Department of the Southeast in a statement issued Saturday. I While Brigadier Crawford is not particularly committed to any form of renumeration for the soldiers he declares his experi ence with former service men, thousands of whom including many who were disabled have been aided by the Salvation Army throughout the country, con vinces him that in thousands of cases government aid in some form is absolutely essential while in hosts of others it would serve to make better and substantial citizens “The government should do something for the millions of men ' to whom it entrusted the Salva -1 tion of the republic." says Brig adier Crawford, “and it should not be put off by government red tape until the war with Germany has become ancient history and the men who took part in it are i bent, with age. “It. is immaterial to me what form the government, bonus takes, whether it is a lump sum, a soo bond for each month’s service, a land grant, or a loan at small interest for buying a home or a i farm. I “However, if I have any choice at all, I believe I lean toward the i loan for a home or Farm. This ! would encourage men of a roving disposition to settle down and , 1 give them something definite to ■ i tie to. which they might not be ; able to obtain with years of hard j toil. 1 “I believe this would do more I to allay unrest than any other tlone thing. Whether a man in t, i vested in a home or a farm it ! would be his, or would be his in , | a few years with ordinary iridus i try, and would give him some i! thing to work for and insure him ? against want in his old age, ; “Many former servicemen feel discouraged because they almost have to start life anew. The , | vast majority of them left good , 1 jobs and good prospects for ad , i vancement in their chosen call , 1 ings aud many of them have been / i compelled to start again at the . bottom. By a land loan the government would furnish them Missionary Institute Uvalda Baptist Church. There will be held at Uvalda Baptist church on April 15, 16, 17 an Institute for the purpose of giving information for the Wo man’s Missionary Societies and their auxiliaries. We trust that each church, whether organized or not, will send representatives that they may get information, inspiration and enthusiasm. The ladies of Uvalda are mak ing preparations and desire and expect you to come. We will have with us Miss Rhoades to represent the Young People’s work, a converted Indian and his wife to speak for us one evening, and Mrs. Willingham one evening. Watch next week's paper for full program. Mrs. J. 11. Oliver. Supt. Daniell Association, Will Soon Award the Contract for New Hotel. i The building committee of the ! Mt. Vernon hotel company, it is understood, will shortly award the contract for the new hotel. The matter has been under ad visement for some time, but on account of the absence of some of the members of the committee,' the award of the contract has necessarily been deferred. A number of bids have been received. Singing Convention Will Meet at St. Catharine’s. The next meeting of theTreut- ■ len County Singing Convention will be held at St. Catharine’s Primitive Baptist Church on the first Sunday in April, 1920. The public invited to attend. G. W. Sammons, Secretary. Card of Thanks. We wish to extend our sincere' I thanks to our many friends whoj were so kind to us in the death, of our darling son and brother. Mrs. Alice Morris and Children. '. l with a splendid nucleus for a new start. “But whatever form the re muneration takes there is no question as to its wisdom and should not be - !delayed until the i men who forsook all to defend j their country’s very life come to feel that the hurrah of wartime j • came from the lips alone.” .wTfvvmmmrmfmmvfmmvvmmmmmj 11 : ' E IN MOMENTS OF ] j ACTUAL NEED I ’: : HI It is just as necessary \ ; j to select your Druggist as \ ! ► 4 5 1 your Physician. Human life : 1 1 may depend on the skill of j ; ► 4 f either at some critical time i ► 4 1 ► 4 - ► 4 Our prices are Right and our < 1 ► 2 i t Service Prompt : ■J ' ‘ j -] MI. VERNON DRUG COMPANY : ► 4 ! ► MT. VERNON, GA. 3 j ft ft »a a * a*aaaaaaaAAAA AAAAAAAAAAA4AAA ♦ MAN DROWNED ACCIDENT The Towns BlufTFerry Sank During Sudden Squall Friday. Hazlehurst, March 19.—One negro man was drowned and two traveling men from Savannah seriously injured tHis afternoon when the ferry at Town Bluff, twelve miles from here on the Altamaha River, was swamped in midstream by heavy winds. The name of the negro, who was driving a car for the Savan nah men, was not learned and attempts to recover his body have so far failed. The other occu pants of the machine, D. Waits and H. Betdler, are in a hospital here in a serious condition. These men, with the operator of the ferry, were rescued by relief boats, but the negro could not be reached. An automobile belonging to a party of women tourists from Philadelphia was on the ferry and was also lost. The women were not on the ferry, waiting until the boat had crossed and returned for them. They got into a car with another tourist party and left for the other ferry before their names were learned. The accident occurred in the middle of the stream which is badly swollen and over half a mile wide at this point, and both cars are considered lost. I Those familiar with the river at this point say the attempt to make the crossing was ill advised. The stream has been rising and was running very swiftly. The ferry is about fifty feet in length, is suspended against a cable and towed by a motorboat. It is be lieved the crossing would have been effected but for a squall that came up about the time the mid dle of the stream was reached. | The wind threw up tremendous , waves, which quickly swamped the flat boat and it went to the • bottom. ' As soon as the peril of the ■ ferry was realized from the shore ! rescue boats put out. The negro floated down the stream and dis appeared before he could be reached. The search for his body continued this afternoon. The ferry is owned by the counties of Jeff Davis and Mont gomery, and is a favorite short cut for tourists from Florida 1 bound north. 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