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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1920)
VOL. XXXV. COMMENCEMENT BREWTONPARKERi Three-Day Program to Mark Close Most Successful Term. As was announced in the cata log for this year, the commence ment at Brewton-Parker Institute will begin Friday, May 21st, and last thru Monday, May 24th. The program in general will be as follows: Friday flight, B:3o—Contests in the Music and Expression De partments. The contestants in j music will be Goldie Mcßae and Margaret Currie. .Those in ex pression will be Johnnie Baldwin, Johnnie Hilbun, Henrietta Pierce, and Elizabeth Mcßae. Saturday morning, 10:30—Class Day Exercises for the Seniors. Saturday night, Champion Debate between the literary societies. The subject for discussion will be: Resolved, That the Peace Treaty should be ratified without reservations, j The affirmative side will be up held by Laris Burkhalter and Holmes Pinholster, while the negative will be defended by Hugh Burch> and William Peter son. Sunday morning, 11:00—An nual Commencement Sermon, by Dr. R. L. Baker of Dublin. Monday Morning, 10:30-Bac-. calaureate Address by Dr. George W. Macon, of Bessie Tift College, Forsyth, followed by the Gradu ating Exercises. Monday Night—Alumni-ae Ban quet. The President of the Board of j Trustees has called a meeting of that body Thursday, May 20th, I at 10:30 o’clock. On account of the growth in the school work and greater plans for the coming year, it is the earnest desire of every one who is interested in the school work at 8.-P. I. that a large number of the trustees will be present at this meeting. Oak Grove Dots. Special Correspondence. Miss Viola McDougald of Sa vannah was visiting friends and relatives in this section the latter part of last week. Mr. D. S. O’Brien and wife made a business trip to Hazle- j hurst Saturday. Miss Annie Reynolds gave a sing Saturday night which was enjoyed by the following: Misses Gladys and Sbe Leggett, Sudie Graham, Viola McDougald, Flor-. ence and Della Hughes, Willie and Leona Meeks and Vitus j O’Brien. Messrs. Will Hughes, 1 Henry Carpenter, Owen and Ed McDougald, Willie and Jim Gra ham, George and JoeGiilis, How ard Leggett, Clyde Roberts, B. Hughes, Dick Wood and Jack Morris. - I Mr. J. A. Reynolds and daugh ter and sons went over to Alston to services Sunday morning. We were verv glad to see a large crowd out to Sunday school Sunday. Quite a number of young folks from this section went to Alston Sunday night. Mrs. M. A. Peterson spent Saturday with her mother, Mrs. Meeks. Mr. Jodie Walker of Denton is visiting relatives near Oak Grove, i Miss Annie Reynolds is spend ing this week at Tarrytown. Box and Ice Cream Supper. There will be a box aad ice ! cream supper at Longpond school house Friday night, May 14th. Ladies are invited to come and bring boxes. Gentlemen are in vited to come prepared te buy boxes and cream. Proceeds for; school improvement. ©jp Mmtspmrg MmxtQt. Tarrytown. Special Correspondence. | Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Branch, ; Mr. Homer O’Brien and Miss Sallie Mae Calhoun went to see the new bridge, that is under j construction near Mt. Vernon, 'Sunday. S , I Rev. and Mrs. S. A. Monday of Dublin were week-end visitors to the city. Mr. Robert Palmer of Mt. Ver non called on Miss Alice Anderson . Sunday. i j We are glad to see our post-j mistress, Miss Mettie Moxley, out again from a few days of j illness. Mr. W. A. Keen of Dublin was was dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. McGahee Sunday. Mr. L. E. Stanford is quite sick at this writing. We hope him a speedy recovery. Mrs. R. D. Beaty and daughter, Miss Mattie Mae, were business ! visitors to Dublin one day last week. Mr. John Watson of Dublin was a Sunday visitor to the city. Mr. M. E. Burns was transact ing business in Mt. Vernon Mon day. The baseball team of this place is expecting much progress with their newly elected captain, J. Whit Crawford, who retired from the “mound hill” last summer. He has quite a reputation as an athletic coach. Mr. P. P. Waller, and son, Lu ther, attended church at Soperton Sunday. Miss Mabel Burns spent Satur i day in Vidalia. Messrs. Henry Branch and Ar thur Wilkes of Rockledge visited friends here Sunday afternoon. Mr. Emmit Alman of Vidalia was a Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. visitor here. Mr. Jim Davis of Macon was in town Sunday afternoon. Mr. Aubrey Brooks and sister, Addie Lee, of Crooked Run were Sunday guests of Miss Lessie Mae Crawford. Mrs. Lizzie Flipings of Dowling Park, Fla., state evangelist, is i conducting a series of meetings at the Advent Baptist church: this week. Mr. Jodie Price and Miss Jessie Lou Harris of Vidalia were the guests of Miss Mabel Burns Sat urday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Mixon, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mixon and Mrs. ; M. L. V. Crawford attended the birthday dinner of Dr. Marcus Peacock Saturday. Messrs. B. S. Beaty, V. C. Calhoun, J. E. Calhoun and N. G. Cooper were business visitors in Vidalia Saturday. If in the Eternal Fitness of Things— j We paid a visit to the sanctum of Editor H. B. Fol som. of the Montgomery Monitor, last Monday afternoon, and it was indeed a pleasant hour that we spent chatting with this affable brother of the Fourth Estate. Editor Folsom is a candidate for representative from Montgomery ! county and up to the present he has no opposition. It would be a fitting tribute to the great work that he has accomplished in Mont gomery county if the voters will send him to the House unopposed. | —Soperton News. - Peas for Sale. I Field Peas, Iron, Brabham and Mixed peas for sale. Peas are very scarce this season so get • your supply while they last. J. WadeuJohnson, 212tf Mount Vernon, Ga. i MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAY 13. 1920. Elaborate Plans for the County School Contest. Plans for the Montgomery County School Contest have been developed into an interesting program for Friday, May 21. The exercises will be held at the Brewton-Parker Institute and will in clude a number of interesting features. In addition to contests in literary, athletic and club wofrk, there will be addresses by two or more prominent educators. Dr. M. L. j Brittain, superintendent of state schools, will deliver an address at 12:30. Prof. Carleton B. Gibson, superintendent of the public schools of Chatham county, will address the audience at 1:00 p. m. This will be followed by a basket dinner. The literary and clufi work contests will doubtless be held in j the forenoon and the athletic contests in the afternoon, followed |by a ■match game of ball. Delivery of prizes to the winners will I begin at 4:00 p. m. The program is very comprehensive, and the exercises will i necessarily last all day. All school trustees of the county are urged to attend, and at some convenient hour will be held a convention of these officials. Also the county board of education will hold a special session during the day. The contest having been planned for April 30, and preparation for the event having been interfered with by influenza, the program has been altered and enlarged to such an extent that the different features cannot be given in fixed order at this time. But suffice it to say that it will be the greatest event of this nature ever held in Montgomery county. Os late years remarkable progress has been made in the educa- 1 tional interests of Montgomery county, and the public will gain a more definite idea of the development of the public school system by attending this occasion. Every school in the county will be represented and the work of both Dupil and teacher will be fully exemplified to the public. While the people of Ailey and Mt. Vernon will do everything l possible toward the success of the occasion, as far as entertainment' is concerned, the patrons and friends of the other schools will please bring baskets: and above all, come and enjoy the occasion. If | there are any material changes in the program, such will be an- | nounced next week. Protracted Services at Methodist Church. Protracted services will begin ! at the Mt. Vernon Methodist j church Tuesday evening, May 25th, as announced by the pastor, I Rev. A. G. Brewton, last Sabbath morning. The preaching will be done by by Rev. W. M. Blitch of Eastman, a well known Methodist minister! of the South Georgia Conference. The public is invited to attend to j and participate in the services, i The hours of service will be an nounced later. | Preachers’ Meeting * At Bethel Church.! i There will be held at Bethel J church, beginning on Thursday j night before the first Sunday in June, a preachers’ meeting. The, meeting will last until the fol-; lowing Sunday. t The public of the entire neigh- j ' borhood cordially invited to at- 1 tend these services. w®x®M@®m®w®m® .© ft Brewton-Parker By Regular ! j| NeWS Correspondent | Uw®mmmM®x®imm m®m®i®w®m®Wßmfy In spite of the knowledge of j the serious illness of the mother | of Miss Maude Sewell and Mrs. ‘ Espy, the faculty and student J body were shocked to learn that! a message had come calling them I to their mother’s bedside. The different classes composed in formal personal letters, in which j they expressed their love and sympathy for their teacher and J their matron, and presented them ! Friday before Miss Sewell and J Mrs. Espy left for their home atj Summerville. Last reports from j them say that Mrs. Sewell is temporarily better, but that there were slight chances of her re j covery. The dining hall is being cared for by Miss Ethridge, the Home Economics teacher, assist jed by Mr. and Mrs. Barrett. j Mr. and Mrs. Barrett, little Mary Lucy, and Lomas accom panied Mr. Barrett’s mother to the home of Mr. Harry Barrett at Harrison last Sunday. Mr. j Barrett returned Monday, Mrs. Barrett and the children waited j until Tuesday. Barton Herndon spent the! week-end with Gilford Autry at Rockledge, while Walter Ford ham was with Homer Davis at lOrland. : Sing at St. Mary’s Congregational Church. The Monitor is requested by the good people of that communi -Ity to announce a sing at St. Mary’s Congregational Church on the fourth Sabbath in May. The church is located near the home of Mr. R. D. Beatty and ! those attending will be expected to bring dinner and stay all day. The singing will be conducted : by Mr. Smith, a well known sing ing master of Laurens county, and also well known to the peo ple of this county. All invited | to attend and enjoy the affair on jthe fourth Sunday. Notice to the Public. i , Georgia— Montgomery County. This is notice that a petition : has been filed with the Ordinary of said county, calling for an ; election on the first Wednesday ! in July to vote on the question of ! Fence or No Fence. This the 1 10th day of May, 1920. J. C. McAllister, I Ordinary. j Dessie Davis*' and Dorothy jTharpe visited homefolks at Or j land last week. l I Mr. C. E. McDaniel preached at Ohoopee Sunday, and also organized a B. Y. P. U. in his church. Mr. W. B Underwood filled his appointment at Kibbee Saturday | and Sunday. The final program of the Damon Literary Society for this year will be given next Thursday af j ternoon. It follows: Biography of a Student's Tablet at 8.-P. 1., Lomas Barrett; Piano Solo, Fred McSwain; Reading, Willie Care lock; Chorus—Nellie Long, Gene va Long, Goldie Mcßae, Eliza beth Mcßae, Marie Cockfield, and Lillian Conner; Adjective Game, Truman Stubbs; Ukulele Duet, Vannie Leek Tyler and Dolores Auz'a; Farewell Address, C. E. McDaniel. i Both literary societies have been practicing yells every after | noon for the past week. From j the sounds which have been | coming from both halls it is cer tain that there will be no lack of spirit in the debate during com mencement. - Longpond Dots. Special Correspondence, I Mrs. E. C. McAllister is visit ing her son, Mr. Grady McAllis ter, at Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. E. Leggett and son of Uvalda attended services here Sunday. Mrs. F. D. Carpenter and chil dren, Mae and Henry, were visitors to Alston Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wade Johnson and children of Mt. Vernon visit ed at the home of Mrs. J. C. Johnson Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bendimire of Odum vis Led the latter’s pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Mc- Allister, the first of the week. Mr. I. P. McAllister visited at at the home of Mr. W. T. Mc- Arthur, Sr., at McGregor last week-end. Mr. George Hester of Hazle hurst was here on business last Friday. » Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McArthur, Sr., and children of McGregor ' were among friends and relatives ! here Sunday afternpon. Miss Pearl Williamson is visit |ing at Hazlehurst this week. Miss Ruth Chapman spent the week-end with her parents at Hazlehurst. A large crowd from here at tended ths funeral of Mrs. Mc- Bride last Friday. Mrs. Ala Mcßride * . Died Last Week. Mrs. Ala Mcßride, one of the best known ladies of the county, died at her home in Alston Wed nesday morning of last week after an. lasting only through the previous night. She waain apparent good health and had attended services Tues day. In the evening she was stricken and her children were immediately summoned. Remains were interred in the Sharpe cemetery near Alston Thursday, the funeral service biing condncted by her pastor, Rev. J. M. Hancock, assisted by Rev. L A Brown of Baxley, The pallbearers were H. S. Barr, Sr, J E Braswell, W G. Wil liamson, H G- Martin, J. G. Martin, E S Martin. Mrs. Mcßride was the widow of the late William Mfcßride and was a lady of lovable character and hospitable disposition. She leaves a number of children, all of whom have reached the estates of manhood and womanhood: E. T Mcßride of Vidalia, W. T. Mcßride of Alston, Hugh Mc- Bride of Lumber City and Mar vin, Clifford and Henry Mcßride os Alston, Mrs. McLean of Lum ber City, Mrs. Willie Calhoun of Uvalda and Mrs Dan Martin of Alston. She was a consecrated, Chris tian mother and her passing will be a great loss to the community in which she lived Her life was filled with good deeds and then will be many to remember het kindnesses. Entertainment at McGregor In connection with the pie sup per to be gjven at this place nex Friday night, May 14th, the Sadii Dramatic Club has kindly con sented to give “Mrs. Tubbs o! Shantytown.” Come and spend a few hours o< real enjoyment. Admission If and 25 cents. Program opens at 8 o’clock. Proceeds goes to th< school funds of the two schools. Vina Hooper, Teacher, • McGregor School. Mary Martin, Teacher, Sadie School. Hicks Bros, offers best bargain you ever had offered in two Ford touring cars. Ist class condition. Both new engines. SIFTINGS FROM Mill OF JUSTICE List of the Cases Disposed of During Week Superior Court. The following is a list of cases disposed of during superior court last week: CIVIL CASES. t Mrs. I. V. Smith, administra trix, vs O. O. Hamilton, J. I. Dixon, W. H. H. Stephens, El bert Adams and Jafunia McGa hee. Dismissed. Leader & Rosansky vs W. M. Phillips, Jr., and W. M, Phillips, Sr. Dismissed. Citizens Bank of Alston vs A. I). Hughes, Adr. Verdict for i Deft. Appeal. Inetta Troup vs W. T. McAr thur. Settled. Altamaha Fertilizer Co. vs G# W. Beckworth. Ver. for plff. Augusta Bedding Co. vs G. V. i Mason & Son. Ver. for plff. J. Wade Johnson vs Carr Mc- I Lemore. Settled. M. L. O’Brien, Adr. vs Mrs. [ Maggie Adams. Ver. for Deft. Mrs. Maggie Adams vs M. L. O’Brien, Adi*. Settled. R. K. Moseley vs M. L. O’Brien Adr. Dismissed. Peoples Bank vs Geo M. Tapley. Dismissed. W. F. McAllister vs Hiram Johnson and Bruce Sharpe. Dis missed. L B. God bee vs H. D. Lee and I>. M. Currie. Settled. S. L. Morris vs D. E. Morris et al. Withdrawn. Altamaha Fertilizer Co. vs W. M. Taylor and B. F. Palmer. Ver. for Plff. L. B. Holt vs Citizens Bank of Alston. Settled. Altamaha Fertilizer Co. vs A. W. Harris. Ver. for Plff. Altamaha Fertilizer Co. vs Lin dy Joyce. Ver. for Plff. Altamaha Fertilizer Co. vs Cy rus McArthur. Ver. for Plff. M. B. Calhoun and Lewis Roberson. Adrs., vs Jacob Beck worth. (2 cases) Ver, for Plff. Altamaha Fertilizer Co. vs T. B. Hughes. Ver. for Plff. Mt. Vernon Bank vs I. J. Col lins et al. Ver. for Plff. Vidalia Chemical Co. vs J. F. Mills. Ver. for Plff. Baltimore Bargain House vs C. W. Warnock. Ver. for Plff. F. M. Simons vs J. T. Warnock. Ver. for Plff. Crescent Stove Works vs G. V. Mason. Ver. for Plff. Neva C. Wilkes vs Kate Wilkes. Mistrial. John Outlaw vs Estella Outlaw. Total divorce. J. E Glover vs Bettie Glover. Total divorce. Martha J. Cooper vs Clem Cooper, Jr. Total divorce. Bank of Tarrytown vs D. P. Usry, C. F. Ferrell, clt. Settled. Lewis Hill vs J. D. McDaniel. Dismissed. G. & F. Ry. vs G. C. Conner. Dismissed. CRIMINAL CASES. State vs Tom Stone. Plea of guilty. 12 months. John Cooper. Verdict of not guilty. Major Myles, murder. Verdict *nr manslaughter. 12 to 20 years. Appealed. Notice. Georgia— Montgomery County. I will offer for sale on the'first Tuesday in June, being the first day thereof, at the court house door of Montgomery county, to he highest "bidder for cash the '"ollowing property, to-wit: Five (5) shares of the Capital itock of the Citizens Bank of \lston, Ga., held in my name and owned by me. F. B. Gibbs. Tax Assessors Are Now in Session. The Board of Tax Assessors of Jontgomery county are in ses ion in their office in the court house. The Board, is composed of Messrs. J. B. O’Conner, W. T. (arris and W. C. Mcßae. Me<ftrs. F. M. Mcßae and W. r. Williamson, who served last vear, it is understood, have re signed. NO. 2.
