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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1920)
VOL. XXXIV. SCHOOL CONTEST BE HELD MAY 21 Many Prominent Educators Will Have Place on Program. The County School Contest, which was to have been held April 30th, has been deferred to May 21st, and will be held at The Brewton-Parker Institute. On account of the lost time as a result of influenza, when many of the schools of the county were suspended, it was found imprac ticable to hold the occasion with out due preparation, and the new date will allow ample time lor this. As a result of the change in date, the affair will be conducted on even a grander scale than originally planned. Among the prominent educators who will attend and make addresses are Hon. M. L. Brittain, state school superintendent; Prof. Carlton B. Gibson, superintendent of public schools of Savannah: Prof. M. L. Duggan and Prof. I. C. S. Smith, both members of the Board of State School Supervisors. Every educational interest of the county will be represented, and ,the public is invited to at tend the exercises. Dinner will be served at the noon hour as usual. A detailed program will be announced later. This will be an occasion of great profit to Montgomery county from an educational standpoint, and the people are not only in vited but urged to attend and enter into the spirit of the work. Rapid strides have been made in education in this county, and the work should be continued until I Montgomery county has a public school system second to none in Georgia. Workmen are Injured as Structure Collapses. Soperton, April 17. —This morn ing at 10:30 the steel framing of the Treutlen county courthouse now being erected fell, as the workmen were removing the scaffolding supporting it, and in jured five workmen. E. E. Jones wa3 injured worse than any one else. Part of the scaffold fell on him and broke two ribs and crushed his lower jaw bone. Captain Ricks was hit by falling timbers. His head is hurt, shoulder partly broken and leg bruised badly. Chap Davis has his head hurt, two pieces of timber wedging it be tween them. D. C. Johnson’s head was gashed and bruised badly and his leg and foot mash ed. J. T. Pickin was hit on the leg by falling timber and bruised. The cement pillars supporting the steel frame work were not thoroughly dry, owing tp the bad weather, but the workmen thought it had dried enough for the scaffolding to be removed and they were engaged in re moving the scaffold when the pillars supporting the frame broke and the entire frame work fell. , It crushed in one brick wall. It will take about three weeks to put this frame work back, and it is estimated th 6 damage is $2,000. The injured men are being cared for by local physicians and all are resting easily. Registered Duroc. For Sale, 13-Mos. Old Duroc Boar: weighs 250 lbs. Grand-sire sold for $20,000. Also 2 younger boars, of same strain, weighing about 60 lbs. See at once T. B. Conner, 422 Mt. Vernon. Seed Peas. 100 Bushels Brabham, Iron, Whipporwill and Mixed Peas. Also lot of Bunch Velvet Beans, $5 per bu. See at once. T. L. Tatom, 4228 Alston, Ga. 31jp iiomtor. Tarry town. Special Correspondence. Mr. J. P. Mixon and son, Blan co, went to Macon Tuesday to have the latter’s eyes treated. Messrs. M. E. Burns, I. E. Brooks and Paul Calhoun were business visitors to.Vidalia Tues day. Dr. Grimes made a business 1 trip to his old home in Colquitt county Monday. . Rev. J. H. Oliver of Vidalia . filled his regular appointment , Saturday and Sunday at the Bap tist church. ’ i j Rev. Wesley and wife, con ’ verted Indians, of Ada, Okla., lectured at the Baptist church Sunday afternoon to a full house. 1 Mr. Henry Walker and daugh ter, Annie Maude, of Kibbeewere church visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Zack Simons of Vidalia were visitors here Sunday. Prof. Sharp, teacher at- Zaidee, attended the B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening. Miss Mary Lee Hall, teacher at Poplar Head school, was a popu j lar visitor here Sunday. I Messrs. J. M. Phillips, M. E. Burns, Ovie Pullen, Duren Burns, and Misses Mary Conner, Essie May and Velma Phillips, Vera, Mabel and Zelma Burns motored to Uvalda Saturday afternoon to to hear the Indians, Rev. and Mrs. Wesley. Messrs. H. H. Adams and Elzie Moxley made a business trip to Stillmore Saturday. Messrs. Floyd Calhoun and Ovie Pullen went to Lumber City Sunday, returning Monday, re porting a very happy time. Messrs. ,J. T. Warnock and L. E. Stanford visited Macon Sun day. ' Mr. and Mrs. Shellie Hamilton of Kibbee were in town Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. W. L. Snow of Kibbee was the guest of Mrs. L. E. Stanford Saturday. Judge A. L. Wheeler went to Mt. Vernon on business Wednes day. Mr. B. F. Hamilton and family and Mrs. Newton Powell took in the movies at Vidalia Tuesday. Return to the North For the Summer. After spending the winter near Mt. Vernon, Messrs. A. W. and Byron Spooner and families left a few days ago for their home in New Bedford, Mass,, where they will remain until the fall. It is quite probable that Mr. A. W. Spooner, on returning this fall, will locate in Mt. Vernon. During their stay here these ex cellent people won a host of ! friends who will look forward to their return. These gentlemen are nephews of Mr. H. J. Wright, south of Mt. Vernon. Col. George B. Davis Made Flying Call. Col. George B. Davis of Dublin, candidate for Attorney General of the State, stopped over in Mt. Vernon a few minutes Saturday afternoon en route home from a tour of the several counties south east of Montgomery. He is well pleased with the prospect of vic , tory. Hundreds of friends have rallied to his support in every section of 'the state. For some time he will be in North Georgia, but will visit this section again before the primary. As stated last week, Mr. Davis is a local man, competent and worthy, and ; it is hoped that he will receive the recognition deserved. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APRIL 22, 1920. Palmer Carries Georgia: Watson a Close Second. 5 _ Final returns, though unofficial, • from Tuesday’s presidential pri a mary in Georgia give Attorney General Palmer a lead of twelve convention votes over his nearest 5 I t opponent, Thomas E. Watson. This report, which will doubt | less not be materially changed, I shows the following result: Pal ; mer, 52 counties, with 142 con ' vention votes: Watson, 55 coun ities, with 130 convention votes; -1 Hoke Smith, 47 counties, with 112 , | convention votes. II Georgia has 386 electoral or j convention votes, and under the . rules as adopted by the State Executive Committee, the candi-1 date who has a plurality of the | , [convention votes, regardless ofi j the number of counties carried, j has the privilege of naming dele-; I gates to the national convention] I in San Francisco. In the national! convention Georgia will have 28! votes —two from each congress-1 ional district and two from the] state at large. Quoting from the rules of the state executive committee, the language is as follows: “The executive committees of the several counties shall choose delegates to the state convention from the friends and supporters; of the candidate receiving the 1 largest number of votes in the county.’’ Os this there can be no question. The rule applicable to the nam-! ing of national delegates is as! follows: “The delegates to the j national convention shall be chosen from the friends and sup- j porters of that candidate receiv- I ing the highestcounty unit vote.” | Under this ruling the Palmer forces will claim the right to name the delegates to the nation-! al convention, in the state con-1 vention to be held May 18, in | , Atlanta. Ordinarily the plurality vote of the convention prevails, and it is | quite probable that the Smith-j Watson forces will enter strong protest. ! In Georgia the first six counties in population have three repre-1 sentatives, and likewise six con vention votes. These counties, known as the “big six,” are k Brewton=Parker By Regular § NeWS Correspondent | The meetings at Mount Ver non and Ailey proved great bless ings to the school. The students and faculty had an opportunity of hearing Mr. Walker in many helpful talks in chaDel. A con siderable number of the students i were converted, among them several of the larger boys. In accordance with the desire of the president, the faculty, the trustees, and every other friend of 8.-P. 1., a strenuous effort is being made to secure an addition al man for the faculty. This effort has been difficult, because a man is wanted who is a gradu ate of a standard college. If such a man could be had, there would be little doubt that 8.-P. I. would take its place on the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges. A sociable was given by the B. Y, P. U. Saturday night. Marshmallows were provided and a large bonfire was built on the baseball diamond back of the dormitory. Misses Ethridge and Tingle chaperoned the crowd. Another social event of no small importance was the picnic given by the Damon Literary Society last Monday. Practically all the Damons and a number of i other students, along with the (faculty, were present. j Chatham, Bibb, Fulton, Rich mond, Floyd and Muscogee, the latter of which was carried by j Hoke Smith. Palmer carried the other five by large majorities. The next twenty-six counties, by 1 the same rule, have two repre ■ sentatives and likewise four con vention votes. The remainder have only one nepresentative in the Assembly, and two votes in | the convention. It will be observed that Mr. ’ Watson carried three more coun ; ties than Palmer, but neither of ithesix-vote counties. No elec ] tion was held in Wilkinson coun i ty, and it is suggested that, un |der the rules of the state com j mittee, this county, having two i votes, will go to .the candidate j having the plurality in the con [ vention. I Mr, Watson carried the majori -Itv of the counties in this section of the state, as follows: Jeff i i Davis, Laurens, Wheeler, Treut ] len, Toombs, Washington, Tatt nall and Johnson. The outcome of the convention ! fight will be awaited with inter est. Montgomery for Watson. The vote in Montgomery county j by districts was as follows: A. Mitchell Palmer—Mt. Ver non. 50; Ailey, 17; Higgston, 7; Kibbee-Tiger, 2; Tarrytown, 3; j | Uvalda, 28; Alston, 13. Total 120. j Hoke Smith—Mt. Vernon, 35; ! Ailey, 14; Higgston, 16; Kibbee j Tiger, 15; Tarrytown, 15;‘Uvjdda, j 16; Alston, 18. Total, 129. Thos. E. Watson—Mt. Vernon, 113; Ailey, 32; Higgston, 3; Kib-| i bee-Tiger, 42; Tarrytown, 31; Uvalda, 37; Alston, 26. Total, 1 ! IS4. | The total vote in this county] | was 433, or about half of the! | regular vote. This is accounted ! for by reason of the demands on 1 the time of the farmer at this j ; season. ] Mr. Watson having carried this I j county, the delegates to the State Convention, which meets ih At lanta, May 18, were chosen from l among his supporters as follows: J. M. Downie, alternate T. A. Peterson; Geo. J. Stanford, al ternate, W. W. Frost. ■ I Monday night the Sophomore i Class hired a truck and went to Vidalia to see Longfellow’s ,j “Evangeline” as it was depicted on the screen. The crowd was chaperoned by Miss Tingle. , I ( ! Miss Eunice Burkhalter spent 1 the week-end with her parents at 1 Reidsville. Her mother has been quite sick, but is better at this , i time. J Mr. C. E. McDaniel filled his | appointment at Normantown i Saturday and Sunday. Mr. W. B. Underwood, who has [ been confined to his room for ! several days with a bad carbun ; cle, is again able to be in school. * Alvin Freeman, Curtis Brown ing, and Harvey Kent visited !ihomefolks at Glen wood during i! the week-end. Dr. J. C. Brewton is away this i week in a protracted meeting at Glennville. He preached at Ha- I gan Sunday night in an appoint > ment made by Mr. Walker, the : evangelist who has been at Ailey 1 and Mt. Vernon. On account of sickness on the > part of some of the players, the : play which was to be given ' Thursday night, has been post - poned until Tuesday night, April ! 27th, at 8:30 o’clock. Prices of s | admission will be the same as has been announced. Loiigpond Dots. I Special Con'esponileuee. Mr. and Mrs Hiram Johnson and daughter, Jane Ethel, of Uvalda spent Saturday and Sun ’ day at the home of Mrs. J. C. Johnson. t i Mr. Will Hughes of Alston was among friends here Saturday and Sunday last. Mr. John Hudson and Miss Helen and Mr. Frank Tarver ' spent Sunday with Mr. A. H. Johnson and family. i Mr. Frank Mobley is visiting his brother, Mr. Southwell Mob j ley, at Elza, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Johnson and children of Mt. Vernon were among friends and relatives here last Sunday. Miss Cassie Williamson is vis iting relatives at Hazlehurst, Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Worthen and daughter, Emily, and Mr. Henry and Miss Lillian Bush of Dublin spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. J. C. Johnson. | Mr. Earnest Goff of Alston was a visitor here Sunday. Mrs. Carl McAllister is visiting relatives in Savannah. Misses Willie Gertrude Johnson and Clara Wells visited relatives in Uvalda last week-end. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bendimire of Odum visited the latter’s pa rents. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Mc- Allister, Sunday and Monday last. Mr. Frank Carpenter and i daughter, Lizzie, spent the week end with relatives at Higgston. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Rhoden of Hazlehurst visited the latter’s | parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Williamson last week-end. Mrs. E. C. McAllister was 1 among friends and relatives at ; Hazlehurst last Friday and Sat ,urday. Mr. Willie Lieupo of Atlanta ' visited relatives here last Sunday ' and Monday. l I Miss Belle McAllister was; ! among relatives and friends at] | Hazlehurst last week. Large Real Estate Deal. One of the largest real estate deals consumated in this section in some time was closed last week j when J. Wade & H. A. Johnson 1 purchased the D. J. New place, near Vidalia. The price paid being in the neighborhood of $20,000. The parties, it is un derstood, bought as an invest ment and will resell in small farms. I Duroc Jerseys 8 fj (Registered Stock) jl | || FOR SALE, A FEW 1 II | CHOICE YOUNG | I I BOARS. I I 1 ALSO A LIMITED | $ I NUMBER GILTS. 1 I I THE PUBLIC IS I I I CORDIALLY 1 | I I TO INSPECT OUR I II I STOCK. I Richmond & McArthur 1 AILEY, GEORGIA Mrnm&ttmmmmvmmmmimmsfflm STEADY GROWTH MT. VERNON ‘I Half Dozen New Dwellings Projected for Summer Months. ! Mt. Vernon has never enjoyed 1 a building boom, yet its growth has been steady; and before the close of the year half a dozen business houses and possibly a dozen dwellings will have been built. The Mt. Vernon Auto Co’s new concrete block garage is nearing completion, and will doubtless be ready for occupancy within three weeks. Work on the McNatt garage will begin at once. Mn McNatt has material ordered for this building, which will be erected on the vacant lot adjoining The Monitor office. It will be a brick structure 60 xB6 feet, built es pecially to accomodate the Ford j agency held by Mr. McNatt for ; this county, and will be fitted up ] with modern machinory for re pairs. Dr. E. M. Rackley is making preparations for the erection of two business houses in the rear of the hardware store on the southwest corner of the court house square. These will be either brick or concrete blocks. Hrick are selling at an exhorbi tant price, otherwise more build ing would be in progress. Mr. P. J. McNatt has recently purchased a dwelling lot from Col. Lanier on College Avenue, and is assembling material for his new home in Mt. Vernon. For several years he has been residing in Uvalda, and Mt. Ver non will be glad to welcome this family in her midst. Mr. R. Bruce Fountain has re cently completed a new cottage on College Avenue. I Messrs. F. M. Mcßae, F. Lee 1 Mcßae and H. B. Folsom have recently purchased dwelling lots jon College Avenue and will build during the summer and fall. Mr. Lee Mcßae is placing material on ground for his new home. Some weeks ago Mr. Mcßae rold his present borne to Col. Fred M. j Harris. j Mr. Geo. L. Hughes is just completing a handsome new home opposite The Brewton-Parker Institute, and it is probable that other dwellings will be erected in this section of the town. Two Fords in A 1 shape for sale cheap at Hicks Bros. Garage. NO. 50.
