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VOL. XXXV.
SAYS OPENING
FOR NEW-PARTY!
Would Open Harding Cam
pain with Snap Says
Manager.
Chicago, June 15.—Declaration
by Amos Pinchot, members of the
committee of forty-eight that
there postively would be a new
party presidential candidate in the
field, rumors that Senator LaFol
lette would head a ticket as Pres
idential candidate and announce
ment that the campaign in behalf
of Senator Warren G. Harding,
Republican presidential nominee, j
would be started promptly, were
the outstanding developments
following the Republican national
convention.
The statement by Mr. Pinchotl
declared that the “Republican}
party has driven out of represen
tation in its councils the millions i
of voters who followed Roosevelt,
Johnson and LaFollete, ” and that
the new party will represent these {
voters, and “present a definite and j
constructive program.”
Reports concerning Senator La-!
Follete’s possible candidacy were
less clearly defined and in some
instances were linked with decla
rations made in behalf of the com
mittee of forty-eight.
Harry M. Daugherty, pre-con -;
vention campaign manager for
Senator Harding, began prepara
tions for the presidential nominee ,
campaign by requesting the nat-:
ional committee to take “prompt, !
snappy and energetic action” in
placing the merits of the Repub- j
lican issues before the voters of 1
the country. Party managers,
it was said, would start the cam
paign soon after the Democratic j
convention is held and would not
wait until Senator Harding and
Governor Coolidge are officially,
notified of their nomination.
Pollette-Frost.
Their many friends will be in- 1
terested to hear of the announce !
ment of the marriage of Missj
Ruth Pollette, near Tarry town,
and Mr. Grady Frost of near So
perton, which occurred Sunday
last. Mrs. Frost is the attract
ive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
G. Pollette and has a host of
friends who are extending her j
hearty good wishes.
Mr. Frost is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Frost, a well known
young business man of Treutlen
county. Sincerest congratulations
are being offered him on this oc
casion. —Friend.
Charlotte.
Special service to Montgomery Monitor.
Quite a crowd from this place
went fishing Tuesday.
Mrs. G. E. Lowe has recently
returned from a trip to Bladen.
Misses Julia Mae Adams and
Rebecca Cook left Sunday for
Broxton, where they went to at
tend the marriage of their cousin.
Master Houett Haltwanger and
little sister, Inez, of Savannah
are visiting relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Branch of
Oak Grove were pleasant visitors
in this section Sunday.
Misses Nora and Lois Miller
were in town Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Poole were
pleasant callers at the home of j
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Walden last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kavakos of
the New York Case, Vidalia, vis
ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
C. F. Gordon Sunday.
Brown Eyes.
Post Your Lands.
Open your woodland to the pub
lic and soon there will not be a
stick of wood or timber on it.
Put the public on notice bv post
ing up printed notices. Get the
printed notices at The Monitor
office, 10 cents each.
Slip iMnnitur.
j
Mother Miss Chapman
Dies at Hazlehurst.
Miss Ruth Chapman, teaching
at Longpond, was called to her j
home in Hazlehurst last week in j
response to a message announcing j.
the death of her mother, Mrs. G.
W. Chapman, who passed away
very suddenly Wednesday night.
Mrs. Chapman is survived by
her mother, Mrs. Miller, heri
husband, two brothers, E. P. :
Miller of Charleston, S. C., and 1
Theo Miller of Jacksonville. Fla., j
and two sons and two daughters, j
G. A. and Wilbur Chapman andj
Misses Ruth and Miriam Chap
man of Hazlehurst. Mrs. Chap- j
man was a niece of the late Jas.
McCuilough of this place. She
was about 60 years of age. Re
mains were interred in the city ;
! cemetery at Hazlehurst Friday.
1 Montgomery county friends of
Miss Chapman extend sympathy
in the loss of her mother.
Organize Camp
of Woodmen .
1
Plans are well under way for
the organization of a camp Wood
men of the World in Mt. Vernon,
and the first meeting of the ap
plicants will be held in the Mason
j ic hall tomorrow evening at 8:30.
iAt this meeting a name will be
j selected for the camp, the pros
pective members will be listed
i and application will be made for
; a charter.
Deputy W. R. Wood of Hazle
hurst arrived yesterday afternoon
! and will spend the next few days
'in Mt. Vernon arranging for the
| final organization. The camp will
be set up as soon as the charter j
arrives. To date he has some
! thing over twenty applications
filed.
All applicants, and those who
J desire membership, are urged to
attend the meeting in the hall to
! morrow evening. The insurance
i feature of the Woodmen com
mends itself to many. The camp
! will be instituted under promis
| ing conditons.
j
Work Begins on the
McNatt Ford Garage.
Mr. D. L. Williams has secur
ed the contract and will at once
commence work on the large
gararge of Mr. P. J. McNatt, to
|be located on the court house
j square.
The structure will be of brick,
1 60 xB6 feet, with plate glass
front, while the western sidewdll
j contain a vast amount of plate
glass. It will have ample entrance
j on the front, and will be substan
tial and couvenient from every
standpoint touching the business
for which it is intended. Ee
! tween the new building and the i
Monitor office will be a driveway.
Mr. McNatt has the Ford agen
cy for the county south of the
M. D &S. Ry. except directly
in Tarrytown and Kibbee, and
| his plant will be fitted with the
most modern and up-to-date ma
' chinery for repairs. He will car-
Iry an enormous stock of Ford
i parts —enough to supply all the
j Fords in this section of the state,
I and they can be had at a moment’s
| notice.
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1 Highest Prices Paid
for Live Stock.
We are constantly in the mar
ket for cattle and hogs. Many
‘ years experience qualifies us to j
i offer superior advantages to the j
producers of this section. Wej
are in position to handle your
business in a most satisfactory
• manner. Get our prices.
W. D, & C. W. Peterson,
9192 m Ailey, Ga
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JUNE 17. 1920.
PRIVILEGES TO NONE, |
I BUT EQUALITY FOR ALL.
Indications point to a very interesting, and doubtless absorbing,
political campaign in Georgia this summer, in filling the full list of
1 state-house officers from governor on down, for one United States
senator, for twelve congressmen, and for half of the judges and
solicitors of the superior court circuits of the state: and it is certain
that no ordinary fate will deprive Montgomerv’county of its part in
the political melee during the abnormal period closing in September.
In order that no false impressions may develop regarding its
i well-established policy. The Monitor has but to direct attention to
its fixed and unalterable rule of allowing all patrons equal opportu- j
nity in the use of its advertising columns, and this rule will be
! strictly enforced this year. The county paper is being operated as
a means of earning a livelihood, and those who desire to use it for.
; the promotion of interests peculiar to their taste or inclination may,
do so at will, the absolute responsibily for such expression being
vested in the individual or party using the paper for such purposes,
and the same being conducted in accordance with the ordinary
business rules of the paper—paid for at regular rates. However,
The Monitor will not accept for publication any matter reflecting on
the character or integrity of any citizen of the county, thus allowing
one man undue advantage over another in this respect.
Again, the editor and owner of The Monitor, as an American
citizen, enjoying a contact with the affairs of his county and state,
having their interests at heart, and with the ordinary right of per
sonal opinion, naturally reseserves the right to such expression as
his inclination and judgment may suggest, but without altering or
violating the policy of the paper in granting equal rights to others
as above stated. For instance, the editor has been taught, and has
become steadfast in the belief, that the earth is round, (except a
little patch’around the north and south poles) that it revolves on an
imaginary axis, and that one revolvtion of the massive sphere, in
agreeable relation to the 9un, creates a day and night, et cetera.
But. if there are those who are convinced, by investigation, expe
rience or otherwise, that the earth is as flat, as a pan-cake, and that
around the ragged edges is a dangerous jumping off place for the
ordinary mortal without wings, they are entitled, as free-horn citi
zens and free thinkers, to their opinion. Or, if another man thinks
Egyptian darkness was blacker than the murky depths of the Sty
gian stream of seven bends, let him think so. It matters little,
after all—just a matter of opinion, and not calculated to change
conditions, past, present or future.
So it is in politics. If any citizen believes that certain qualifi
cations and records of service to county and to state are necessary
or worth considering, for the welfare of the country, when choosing
a man for office, he should exercise the right of voting for that man.
And likewise, if he dares not consider merit, ability or experience
with affairs having to do with the progress and develpment of the
country and the education of its ehidren, and simply desires to nay
a compliment (or political debt) to some friend, vote for such a
friend, and let the balance of the country and the people go to the
bow wows. This is the rule of politics; it is very largely a matter
of opinion, and is inexorable as the ancient statutes of the Medes and
Persians. Hence, every man to his opinion.
MANILA CARNIVAL BIG
ATTRACTION OF FAR EAST
This is the season of the year when
the Philippines become the playground
for the entire orient. It is carnival
season in Manila.
In 11108 the first Philippine carnival
was held on historic Wallace Field in
Manila in February, when the climate
of the islands is at its best, and each
succeeding year there -has been a larg
er and more elaborate celebration. !
The 1020, or Victory Carnival, will he
the greatest event of its sort ever held
anywhere in the Far Mast.
There are commercial and govern
ment exhibits in connection with the
carnival, and on no oilier occasion is it
possible to gain at once such a com
prehensive idea of the production and
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:
J. R. Foskey, Uvalda.
H. P. Wilbanks, Vidalia.
W', T. Harris, Mt. Vernon 2.
jC. T Braddy, Mt. Vernon 1.
C. H. Branch, Tarrytown.
C. L. McGahee, Tarrytown.
W. H. Rosier, (col.) Tarrytown. j
Robert McCrimmon, Lincolnton. '
development of resources of the archi
pelago as tliat which is offered the
visitor at the carnival city.
In the evenings the carnival becomes
the center of Philippine and oriental
social activity. A huge open air audi
torium serves for the elaborate nightly
halls* and on its mammoth floor thou
sands of couples swing together to the
1 strains of music furnished by the fa
mous Constabulary and other military
bands. Probably at no other place in
the world will one see an equally Im
pressive cosmopolitan spectacle.
The Manila visitor who can plan Ids
trip to arrive at the Pearl of the Orient
for carnival time may well deem him
self fortunate.
iTook Fishing Jaunt
»
to the Satilla River.
A party composed of I Jr. J. E.
Hunt, Dr. J. F. Currie, Messrs.,
E G. Smith, D. A. Mcßae and W.
A. Peterson left Monday morning
for a fishing trip on the Satilla
■ river. They drove through and
'took Tom McKinnon, colored,
jas chief cook. These same gen
i tlemen are to some extent respon
sible for the shortage of fish in
! the Ogeechee (to say nothing of
; the utter lack of fish in the Oco
: (nee and they are now seeking
greener pastures.
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Drys Are Opposed
to Governor Cox.
| Washington, June 16. —Prohi
j bition advocates will ask the Dem
ocratic national convention at
San Francisco to adopt a plank
declaring for rigid enforcement
of the 18th amendment and the
enforcement act and will “pre
sent a solid front against Gover
nor Cox of Ohio,” Wayne B.
1 Wheeler, general counsel for the
Anti-Saloon league, declared to
j day in a formal statement.
“The resolutions committee at
■Chicago,” said Mr. Wheeler,
I “adopted a law enforcement
, plank and lost it between the com
mittee room and the convention.
Mr. Bryan will act as a body
guard for it if it is adopted by j
the resolutions committee at San
Francisco.”
Mr. Wheeler said Governor Cox
was “the last hope of the wets in
their program for nullification,”
and that his “record makes him 1
an impossibility if national prohi
bition is to be effectively sustain
ed and enforced.”
Good Prices for
Houston Peach.
Fort Valley, June 15. — The
fourth" week of the 1920 peach
%
crop begins Monday. There will
be shipped during the present
week, three different varieties
of peaches. The Uneeda crop
will he finished ny the middle of
the week. The Red Bird, which
is a new peach that is beginning
to hear in large quantities, will;
be shipped during the latter nart.
of the week. While the Red
Bird is a new variety, it is con
sidered by many to be a peach
that will be a good seller. It
grows to be large and has a beau-,
tiful color. There will be morel
of this variety shipped this year!
than ever before. There were ]
several thousand new trees of j
this variety set out during the
past year.
There is a greater demand for
Georgia peaches this year than
there has ever been before in the
history of the peach industry.
This is caused by the smallness
of the crop. There will be less
than forty per cent of the ex
pected crop over the entire coun
try. The crops in Texas and
other Gulf States are not expect
ed to be one-tenth as heavy as
usual, as the greater part of the!
crop was killed by a cold spell
during the early months.
The prices received by the
growers for their Mayflowers
and Uneedas have been good.
There was for a time some doubt
is to whether these early varie
ties would carry because of the
heavy rains that fell during April
and May. But the bright sun
shine of the last month has done
wonders with the crop. The car- 1
rying quality of these .varieties
turned out to be excellent. Prices
received ranged from $4 to as
high as $5.25
Successful Meeting in
Progress at Metter,
The report comes from Metter
that the meeting in the Presby
terian church there is growing in
interest and power. Rev. A. D.
Wauchope is doing the kind of
preaching that draws a crowd. !
The church is filled at every ser-
I vice and conversions are taking
! place,
Mr. Wauchope closes his work
iat Metter next Sunday, going
I from there to his home at Way-
I cross for a brief rest. Then he
I begins the meeting at the Pres
j byterisn church here the last
I of the month, June 27th.
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WOULD RELIEVE
CAR CONGESTION
Conference Between Palmer
and Commission to
This End.
Washington, D. C., June 16.
Department of justice and inter
state commerce commission offi
cials began working together to-
I day to relieve frieght congestion
on the nation’s railroads and to
restore coastwise shipping to nor
mal through settlement of strikes
of marine workers. Failing
through these methods to allevi
iate serious coal shortages in
various parts of the country, con
sideration will be given the ques
tion of embargo on coal exports.
Cleans of dealing with rail con
gestion and marine labor troubles
adopted by the two government
agencies at aconferenceyeserday
i between Attorney General Palm
er and interstate commerce com
mission members have not been
announced, but it has been learn
ed that, an export embargo on
coal is being discussed as a last
resort to remedy conditions where
coal shortages exist.
Reports compiled by the rail
roads car service commission to
day showed continued improve
ment in car supoly. Only 125,606
cars were being held on sidings
| during the week euding June 4.
as compared with 159,606 idle
I cars reported the previous week.
When the freight jam was at its
1 height 290,000 cars were tied up.
Kpping
Special corrt'BpomlHiiee.
Mr. and Mrs. Jodie Horne at
tended the singing convention at
Idylwild Sunday.
Messrs. Ben O’Conner and
| George Allmond, accompanied by
| Misses Lessie Memory and Bessie
j Williamson, of Kibbee, were the
; guests of Misses Sophia and Vic-
I roria Palmer Sunday afternoon.
Mr. H. B. Folsom has donated
thirty'* volumes toward our new
library. This gift is appreciated
and gratefully welcomed by our
entire school.
The ice cream supper at Mr. J.
M. Moxley’s Saturday night was
enjoyed by all present.
Mr. Johnnie Horne and Miss
Pearl Adams were out riding Sun
day p. m.
Mr. M. C. Graham and family
and Misses Clark and Stanford
attended the movies at Mt. Ver
non Saturday night.
Misses Ida Horne and Victoria
Palmer spent the week-end with
relatives at Mt. Vernon.
Miss Adine Stanford, accompa
nied by little Miss Bertha Graham,
spent a few hours very pleasantly
j with home folks at Ailey Friday.
Miss Margaret Clark was “all
smiles" Sunday night.
Master William Mcßae of IVJt.
Vernon is visiting his grandfa
ther, Mr. James Morris, near
here.
Miss Annie Mae Waters left
Sunday for a visit to Dublin.
Mr. Frank Palmer of Mt. Ver
non spent Sunday with homefolks
| here.
HONOR ROLL.
Ovid Graham, Ernest Connell,
Maggie Lee Moxley, Bertha Gra
ham, Vannie Lou Moxley, Lewis
Palmer, Aleck Connell, Ray
Price, Herbert Horne. Frank
Warnock, Lawrence Joyce, Bar
nie J. Moxley, Eugene Joyce,
Dozie Copeland, Henry Herman
Joyce, Walter Joyce, Lillie Mae
Spivey, Burtis Spivey.
The first cotton bloom of the
season sent to this office came
from the farm of Mr. M. D.
Kirkland, near Alston, June 16.
NO. 7.
