VOL. XXXIV.
HOTEL IS NOW
GUARANTEED
Company Will Remodel and
Use Wilson Dwelling
for Present.
The stockholders of the Mt.
Vernon hotel project have pur
chased the home place of Mrs.
Alice Wilson, on the southeast
corner of the court house square.
Instead of building: a new hotel
at this time, the Wilson home
will be remodeled and put*in
first-class condition for hotel
purposes. This is a commodious
dwelling and at no great expense
can be fitted out for a public
stopping place well suited to the
needs of the town.
The lot owned by the company,
and recently bought for a new
building, will be retained, and
later may be used for a splendid
brick structure. Or, it is possi
ble that a more modern structure
will in a few years be erected on
the Wilson lot.
The building committee is to be
congratulated on its choice, by
which the towm will be supplied
with creditable hotel accomoda
tions at a much earlier date than
would have been the case other
wise. Such a building as would
reflect credit on the town would
cost an amount out of proportion
to the resources of the place.
Work of remodeling the Wilson
home will begin at once, and it
will be ready for occupancy in a
few weeks.
Rev. Howard McGehee
Dies in Cuthbert, Ga.
Guthbert, March 22. The Rev.
E. H. McGehee, Methodist min
ister and superannuated member
of the South Georgia conference,
died here this morning at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. H. P.
Elder. He is a brother of the
late Dr. John B. McGehee, wide
ly known as a churchman and
minister.
Mr. McGehee was a traveling
preacher in his church for fifty
eight years. He has thousands
of friends throughout Georgia,
and especially South Georgia who
will be pained to learn of his de
cease. The funeral and inter
ment will take place in Cuthbert
Tuesday morning and conducted
by Rev. O. B. Chester, presiding
elder of the Americus district,
and an intimate friend of Mr.
McGehee.
A safe investment —$1,50 in
the county paper.
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Special Correspondence
I Mesdames J. W. Adams and C.
R. Palmer attended lithe revival
services at Mt. Vernon Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Arch Hester of Mt. Ver
non spent Saturday and Sunday
with her parents here.
Mrs. J. A. Clark, who has been
sick with influenza the past
month, is able to be up again.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Jordan
. and W. H. Hawkins of Dublin
spent Sunday with their sister,
Mrs. J A. Clark.
> Mr. M. C. Graham and family
' visited relatives at Higgston Sun
day last.
Mesdames C. R. Palmer, Poole
and Lockhart were pleasant visi
tors to our school Friday after
noon.
Our school was saddened by
the recent death of one of its
brightest pupils, Master Guy
j Clark, who departed this life
! March 9th, after an illness of
i several days, at the tender age
of eight years and four months.
Guy was an obedient and indus
trious child at home and in school,
and we miss the bright, sunny
face and lovable disposition from
our midst. A little desk is vacant
and there’s a vacant corner in j
our hearts which no other can
; fill. The angel death has come
and borne him away to that fair- i
er clime “where partings and
I farewells are sounds unknown.” j
Safe in the arms of Him who
said, “Suffer the little children to
come unto me, and forbid them
not; for of such is the kingdom of
Heaven.”
We extend our sympathy to the
bereaved parents and relatives
and may “He who doeth all
things well” comfort and
strengthen them to bear their
loss.
Honor Roll Epping School.
Bth grade—Victoria Palmer and
Ida Horne. 7th and 6th grade—
Ernest Connell, Ovid Graham,
Maggie Lee Moxley, Hattie Lock
hart and Pearl Adams. sth grade
Bertha Graham, Vannie Lou
Moxley, Berenice Devant, Ramon
Joyce, Lewis Palmer, Aleck Con- ■
nell and Myrice Devant. 3rd;
grade-Herbert Horne. 2d grade
—Otis Thigpen, Willie Spivey
and Henry Joyce, Ist grade— i
Oakley Palmer and Joe Brown
Johnson. Primer class- Roy Had
don, Emma Palmer, Lucille Pal-:
mer and Burtis Spivey.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APRIL 1, 1920.
CATTLE TICK ERADICATION
IN ORDER IN MONTGOMERY.
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r | The work of Tick Eradication in Montgomery county is now on
and the following is a list of dip days at the several vats throughout
the county, from daylight until 11 o’clock a. m. each day:
• I April 1 Ailey.
r ' April 2 McGregor.
April 3 Higgton.
(April 5 Sharpe Spur, H. J. Wright and Salter,
i; April 6 Alston, County Farm and E. E. McLeod,
t' April 7 Johhson, Goff and W. T. McArthur, Jr.
April 8 Uvalda, Cedar Grove and F. M. Mcßae.
! April 9 Longpond, Tarrytown and E. J. Wells.
April 10 Williamson, Walker and E. G. Smith.
, April I>2 Fountain, Crossroads and Hutcheson.
April 13 McAllister, Morris and Peterson.
April 14 Mt. Vernon, Calhoun and Hightower.
April 15 Ailey, Pool and Wilkes.
April 16 McGregor, Dr. Mobley and Conaway.
April 17 Higgston, Coleman and Beatty.
Following these dates, every two weeks thereafter until further
; notice.
, j Kindly have all cattle over ten (10) days old to the vats as
! early in the day as possible. !
Cattle should be watered before being dipped, and if driven
' i long distances on hot days should be allowed to cool before dipping.
If cattle are properly handled there should be no falling off in
the amount of milk given.
Now let us all pull together, and make a short job for Mont
gomery county. Respetcfully,
H. S. STOKER,
U. S. Inspector.
, Dr. O. L. Alexander
Dies in Reidsville.
| Messrs. S. B. and John A.
; Morris and Frank Williams re
: turued yesterday afternoon from
Reidsville, where they attended
j the funeral of Dr. 0. L. Alexan
der, who died the day before.
Dr. Alexander was well known
to the older citizens of this coun-
I ty, having practiced medicine in
Mt. Vernon thirty or more years!
1
ago. For the past few years he i
has been in declining health and;
death came quietly as he sat on
| his porch in conversation with;
i members of his family. He was
about seventy years of age, a
native of Liberty county, and
was known as a man of a very
happy frame of mind, the soul of
| wit and humor. Besides his wife
he is survived by a daughter,
Miss Willie Alexander, and one;
brother, Mr. S. B.’Alexander.
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:
H. H. Morrison, Jacksonville.
Make Morris, Ailey.
i J. M. D. McGregor, Ailey.
i B. R. Snooks, Ailey.
S. Phillips, Hazlehurst.
j N. H. Hart, Soperton 1.
! Fred Brewton, Atlanta.
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One Little Thing the
People Could Do.
' Editor H. B. Folsom, of the
Montgomery Monitor, is a candi-
I dote for representative of Mont
gomery county. Mr. Folsom is
a clean-cut gentleman through
and through and we certainly
hope that the people of Montgom
ery county will honor him with
this office without opposition.
For over sixteen years he has
labored unceasingly—at times
when many others would have
lain down on the job. He has
! always stood for things that were
; uplifting—taking a hand in every
i civic improvement—every educa
tional interest—and all else per
! taining to the good of his town
I and county. Now the thing for
i the voters to do is to show some
j appreciation of his efforts and to
j send him to the legislature with
jout opposition. This would be,
| about as little as they could as-
I ford to do for him. Folsom, we
are with you and would like to j
I live in old Montgomery long
i enough to cast a vote for you.
' Soperton News. i
Potato Curing Plant
Scheduled for Mt. Vernon.
Among new enterprises sched
uled for Mt. Vernon is a potato
curing plant, which will doubt
less be ready to handle the fall
crop of sweet potatoes.
Conservative estimates would
place the loss of sweet potatoes
at over one-half through spoilage
every year, and this is one of the
most valuable crops. It is an
jeasy crop to make, and always
j commands good prices.
| With facilities for curing po
j tatoes, the crop will be greatly
increased in this section. Par
i ticulars of the curing plant will
be given later.
How Tractor is Used
For Removing Stumps.
With root-knot and various
other troubles to contend with,
it is often necessary to remove
peach trees from the land. This
is never an easy task, but with
the present shortage of labor the
work of removing such trees
becomes a big problem.
In making room for a new
project at the Georgia Experi
ment Station it was necessary to
remove some twenty year old
Elberta peach trees from a Cecil
clay loam. To facilitate this an
8-16 tractor was used for the
heavy pulling.
The limbs were cut from the
trees leaving stumps three to
four feet high. A trench was
dug about each tree so that the
large roots near the surface of
the soil could be cut. A log chain
attached to the tractor was fas
tened as near the top of a stump
as possible; then the tractor was
started, and as the stump re
sponded to the pull, the location
of the roots which still held it,
was noted by the movement of
the surrounding soil. Often such
roots could be cut and the stump
pulled without stopping the steady
pull of the tractor, but in some j
cases it was necessary to dig ou t j
more soil before the roots could
be cut and the stump pulled clear
of the soil.
As soon as a stump was pulled
the chain was removed and the
tractor traveled to the next
stump. The time required for
pulling each stqmp was not taken,
but the pulling of six successive
stumps required just twenty
minutes, including the time to
move from one stump to the next,
each time. This is an average of
three and one-third minutes to a
stump.
On younger trees with less ex-!
tensive roots better time should I
■be made, but even.if it required I
five minutes to a tree there would
be an immense saving in time
over what could be expected from
men working alone or with a team
of mules.
J. A. McClintock,
I Physiologist.
Longpond Dots.
Special Oorrogpondeuee.
Misses Alma Parker and Sara'
Lou Avant of Uvalda spent the
week-end with friends here.
Miss Mary Louise McArthur
iis at home for a few days from
school at Athens.
Mrs. F. D. Carpenter is visit
ing relatives near Cedar Cross
ing for a few days.
Mr. Clarence Leveritt of Vi
dalia spent Sunday and Monday
last at the home of Mr. A VV.
Mobley.
Miss Ruth Chapman has re
turned to her school here, after ai
few days at home near Hazle
hurst.
Miss Minnie Wells of Scotland
spent the week-end with her
parents here.
Mr. Harley Johnson and chil
dren of Mt. Vernon visited rela
tives here Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hughes of
Mt. Vernon visited relatives here
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. J. C. Johnson is visiting
relatives in Mt. Vernon.
Miss Cassie Williamson is visit
ing relatives in Mt. Vernon this
week.
Rev. J. H. Oliver filled his reg
ular appointment here Sunday
last.
Mrs. J. J. Calhoun is
Claimed by Death.
i The many friends of Mrs. J. J.
Calhoun were pained to learn on
last Friday morning that she had
died suddenly during the night.
She had suffered much during the
past few years from her eyes and
1 they had been treated at different
times, but a few months ago she
lost her sight completely.
She retired Thursday night
feeling as well as usual and at
near three o’clock her husband
was aroused by her moving upon
the bed and when he arose and
turned on the light he found her
in an unconscious condition and
death came in a very short while.
Mrs. Calhoun was about sixty
eight, years of age, having been
born in 1852 in Montgomery
county, where she lived all her
life until her removal a little over
a year ago to this city. She was
married to Mr. J. J. Calhoun in
May, 1876, and for 44 years she
was his true and tried companion,
fulfilling the duties and responsi
bilities of a wife and mother with
all the interest and devotion that
one could desire. Before her
marriage she was Miss Teresa
Williamson, a member of a well
known family of this section.
Her remains were laid to rest
in the new cemetery in this city
last Saturday afternoon, the fu
neral services being conducted
by her pastor, Rev. H. W. Wil
liams, at the Baptist church, of
which church she was a conse
crated member.
Besides her husband, she leaves
five children, Mr. Chas. H. Cal
houn of Washington, Ga., Mrs.
Theodosia Courson of Vidalia,
| Mr. Judson Calhoun of Augusta,
; Mrs. Frankie Armour and Mr.
Lewis Calhoun of this city.
To these and her other loved
ones the heartfelt sympathy of
our entire community goes out
in this sad hour. —Vidalia Ad
vance.
Preliminary Contest in
Music and Expression.
The preliminary contest in
music and expression will be
given Friday evening at the 8.-
P. I. auditorium. This contest
| will decide which of the contes
i tants will represent the school at
! the district meet in Eastman,
| April 9th and 10th. A small ad
mission fee of 10 and 15 cents
will be charged to defray the ex
penses of the judges. The ex
ercises will begin promptly at 8
o’clock and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
EDUCATIONAL
MEET SUCCESS
Supt. Conner Gives Resume
Recent Conference in
Macon.
Mr. T. B. Conner, County
School Superintendent, on his re
! turn from the educational meet
ing held in Macon last week, re
ports one of the greatest meet
ings in the history of the Georgia
Educational Association.
The county school officials held
their first meeting at the chapel
iat Mercer University, at which
time Dr. M. Ashby Jones deliver
ed an eloquent address. Follow
ing this the authorities at Mercer
gave a complimentary dinner to
the county and state officials. At
this meeting Gov. Dorsey, presi
dent of the State Board of Edu
cation, rehearsed in brief the
work done during his administra
tion to advance the educational
interests of the state.
Thursday was devoted to the
discussion of leading educational
topics such as vocational educa
tion, state aid for consolidation,
compulsory attendance and adult
illiteracy work. These topics
were ably treated by leading edu
cators, and remarkable progress
was shown in all these phases.
Thursday evening at eight
o’clock the Georgia Educational
Association proper held its first
session. At this meeting the
State School Superintendent gave
a retrospect and prospect of edu
cation work. In his retrospect
Mr. Brittain enumerated the
great work done by the last
legislature in passing so many
laws effecting our schools. Among
these might be mentioned the
following: A law to compel chil
dren between eight and fourteen
to attend school regularly for six
months of each year, state aid to
promote consolidation of schools,
and a law to compel those coun
ties who are not already levying
a local school tax to do so after
this year.
In his prospect, Mr. Brittain
stressed the fact that we would
have to increase the salaries of
our teachers in order to keep
many of them in the profession.
One thing advocated by Mr.
Brittain and approved by the
association was that the office of
County School Superintendent
should be taken out of politics
arid have the board of education
select a man from anywhere in
order that none but capable men
should fill the place. It was fur
ther recommended that the sal
ary paid should not be less than
$2,000.00 per annum.
Friday morning was given over
to discussions by leading national
and state educators. Friday af
ternoon marked the close of the
session of the county school of
ficials. at which time each was
called on for a brief rehearsal of
the educational progress in their
respective counties.
Friday evening the association
was addressed by two distinguish
ed educators, Dr. McMurray of
Peabody, and Prof. John C. Met
calf, head of the department of
English Literature, University of
Virginia. Music was furnished
by the Wesleyan Glee Club which
was greatly enjoyed by all.
Saturday morning brought the
convention to a close. For the
first time in the history of the
association, a lady, Miss Cath
erine Dozier of Gainesville, was
elected president. The Associa
tion will meet in Atlanta next
year.
Monumental Work.
We carry a complete line o 7
monuments. Please call at yards
and inspect designs, get esti
mates, etc.
Vidalia Monument Co.,
ts Vidalia, Ga.
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