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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1920)
m®>o. ©:© © © © © ©: © : .©3©: fa n . m © Brewton=Parker By Regular © NeWS Correspondent © ©o©o© © © © © ©;.© ;© i President Barrett preached at Bethel, near Glen wood, Saturday and Sunday, One of the most beautiful occa sions of the year was the recep tion Riven the senior class by the junior class on last Monday eve ning. Those who have attended similar occasions in the past de clared this to he the most success ful of all. Those who missed the play at 8.-P. I. Tuesday night certainly missed somethin# worth while. The play itself is splendid, hut the parts were carried out so well by those who performed them that many of those present declared it wonderful. The stars of the occasion were Maxwell and Elizabeth Mcßae, while not a single player deserved to he classed as mediocre. The success of the play must he attri buted to the direction of Miss Burkhalter, the teacher of ex-1 pression. The delight of those j present was so great that Miss, Burkhalter has been requested to I put the play on in some of the I neighboring towns, and also to repeat the performance at 8.-P. I. Plans are already on foot to take the play to other towns within the next week or two. Charlotte. Hprnul Correspondence Rev. Hancock of Uvalda filled his regular appointment at this place Sunday afternoon last. Mr. Clayton Davis of this place | went to Hazlehurst Saturday. Misses Winnie Smith and Alice Sutton attended the teachers’ meeting at Mt. Vernon Saturday, j Messrs. Steve Carter and Eras-, tus Craft and Misses Minnie Lee, Purcell and Effie Gordon made a flying trip to Vidalia Sunday. Miss Tommie McCoy, our post mistress, was in Uvalda Saturday on business. : . - > “ Music Unites the Family HOW the heart stirs at the memory of beloved ballads of long ago! Melodies of tender sentiment and affection —beautiful songs that knit hearts together and make home happier. The Pathe Phonograph is the product of French genius and American ingenuity. A musical instrument of high prestige and acknowledged art. Its tonal quality is a delight to musicians sund music lovers. Ll/nfiWCOSTS NO MORE 1 THAN ™ E ORD,NAftt PHONOGRAPH Patlie is the only phonograph to buy. It is the finest phonograph in the world. It play., all makes of records. You take no chance when you buy a Pathe. The key to all Pathe Record quality is Verity: Verity in all music, from opera to jazz. All the music is in a Pathe Record. The Pathe Phono graph gives you a true duplication. [ I '‘ftTiTfTiTiTifk 1 -» X Come in and Hear the Pathe i H. G. Martin, Drugs and Sundries UVALOA, GA. I Mr. G. F. Tyner, a graduate of Mercer University, and who has been in attendance upon the school of Christianity at the same during the past year, was at 8.- P. I. Monday night. After his return to Macon Mr. Barrett received a telegram that he would accept the position as teacher of Bible and Latin and coach of the athletic teams. It was the intention of the President and Board of Trustees to secure a man who was a full graduate of a standard college in order that 8.-P. I. may next year take a place on the list of Southern Association of Schools and Col leges. With the addition of a man on the faculty who has done work equal to that for an A. M. degree, there will be little doubt but that 8.-P. I. will be on the list for next year. A photographer is to be on the i campus today (Wednesday) for ! the purpose of taking scenes and groups for the catalogue for ‘ next year. One of the pictures | for next year’s catalogue will be that of the Boy Scouts, which organization is fast becoming a part of regular school work thruout the country. Messrs. Rufus and OttoFoskey, George L. Adams and Jimmie Cason and Mrs. Foskey and Lillie Mae Denton were the week-end ▼ sitors at Soperton. Miss Allie Adams, who has i been visiting relatives in Atlanta, has returned to her home. We are very sorry to note that Mrs. Rachel Moseley is very ill at this writing. We wish her a ! speedy recovery. i Our Sunday school is still pro gressing. Everybody is cordially invited to come and bring some one with you. For sale cheap, two Ford tour -1 ing cars. Hicks Bros, MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY.APRIL 29, 1920. Money in the Ground, And How to Get It Out. i Yes. there is money in the | ground, but you must know how to get it out. The successful i farmer knows how to get it out— « by correct farming methods and stock raising. The Progressive Farmer, the leading farm paper of the South tells how it is done. ‘ Send me SI.OO and I will have : the Progressive Farmer sent you | one year, and in addition I will • give the Farmer’s Account Book, . in which you can keep record of all accounts having to do with ! the farm. Also. I will send you, I with complete directions, a pack i age of seed, from which you can ■ produce an endless supply of green cow feed. Grows five in ' ches in 24 hours. Planted in May 1 and June and lasts until frost. Greatest feed on earth. If you . are already getting theProgress t ive Farmer, kindly allow me to extend it another year and get the benefit of the valuable pre miums, either of which is worth the price. /No such offer ever made the people of Montgomery county. Send all remittances to T. L. Tatom, Alston, Ga. Registered Pigs. For sale, one lot Registered Duroc Pigs, 2 Mos. old. Orion Cherry King Stock. Herbert McCrimmon, 422 Mt. Vernon. Oak Grove Dots. SDeci&l CorreHpnmlenoe. Mr. I. A. Stewart and family were visiting in this section Sun day. Miss Etta Mae Jackson returned borne Sunday. She has been spending a week with her aunt in Emanuel county, who is ill. Mr. J. A. Reynolds and wife visited relatives at Tarrytown Sunday. Mr. P. H. Daniels and wife went to Hack Branch for services Sunday afternoon. Miss Annie Reynolds and broth er, George, spent Sunday at Mr. Branch’s. Mr. Jack Graham of Tarrytown spent the latter part of last week with his daughter, Mrs. J. A. Reynolds. Quite a large number met at the Peterson cemetery Monday afternoon for cleaning out and placing flowers on the graves of their loved ones. There was a good many out to Sunday school Sunday afternoon. Mr. M. A. Downie and wife and mother, Mrs. J. F. Walker, were in Vidalia on business Sat urday afternoon. Mr. D. S. O’Brien and family visited at Mr. at Mr. J. F. Wal ker’s Sunday afternoon. Buy Your Delco Now and Save Money PRICES ADVANCE MAY Ist R. A. MAYER Dealer VIDALIA, C jjt | Saving Money with Electricity % j J Economical in Operation. J 1 i / rJ\ Eelco-Light costs no more to operate J j than the old coal oil lamps. One gallon ; % of coal oil give you four times as much i S light when used as fuel in the Delco- jf Light as it gives in coal oil lamps. & ; * * # . How One Hotel Keeper Reduced a & # Big Item of Expense. #> : # * With the increased interest in farming dust and fine grit left in the web of the 1 3* and farm living from the efficiency stand- carpet and beneath it, and ground into it ; 4 point, there is a great tendency on the part by people walking on it, had been slowly # e r . i . ~ , cutting the carpet to pieces. When vacuum *■ : 0 farmer to ask whether a proposed sweeping was installed, the shaking effect At ' Pay * Unquestionably 0 f the sweeper brushes and the suction of « 1 j »*’ most of the modern improvements offered the fan drew all of this dirt and grit out, J 1 to the farm home do pay in increased com- and left the carpet to stand merely the # fort of living and hence in increased ability much easier wear of walking. The hotel Jser > to produce profit bearing crops. And the keeper found that this saving through jjfc- keen farmer of today realizes this. But it making his carpets last twice as long more Jg. :’j is also interesting to note that some of the than paid for the vacuum cleaning system. T modern improvements do pay directly And the same thing will appeal to the Ts J through the dollars and cents savings they farmer's wife. She knows that a large 3ji effect. amount of sand and dirt is brought into her I Take for instance the matter of the elec- house daily and that any system which will jj£- i trie vacuum sweeper. A certain hotel help her to keep her carpets free of it will keeper in a middle western state found that be well worth while. Fortunately, the j*. : * the carpet, in the hotel reception room, electric sweeper is at her service today which was cleaned uy hand sweeping and throngh the development of the small s <* r an occasional beating, had to be removed electric light and power plants for farms. every three years. He installed vacuum She's enjoying to the full the comfort and | sweepers and found that his next carpet convenience of electric light, and in elec- iJ? lasted for seven years instead of three. trie power she’s finding a servant to do the jr rj The reason was that hand sweeping re- washing, ironing, separating, churning Ts j3r moved merely the surface dirt and that the and pumping as well as the sweeping. * Er I ♦ *£ i Jr Write for Catalogue fR. A. MAYER, Dealer \ j# * # VIDALIA, GA. ‘ I SPRING SHOES j | NOW IN ORDER § I A VERY STRONG LINE TO I I SELECT FROM * | I Anticipating a Strong Demand for the Popular Brands find Styles of Shoes this Season, we have placed in Stock a Line gs which we feel sure will please the people, both in Quality. I You are especially invited to see our Newest Footwear. ® NEW LiNE OF MEN’S HATS AND OVERALLS j I Groceries, Hardware, Farm Tools | 1 Wire Fencing, Notions | j MT. VERNON MERCANTILE CO. | I Mt. Vernon, Ga. 1
