The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, June 17, 1920, Image 1
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. ■ 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. ■ 1 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. i 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.