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VOL. XXXV.
COTTON PRICES
AFFECT BUSINESS
A Movement in Which All
Georgians are Asked
to Join.
Atlanta, Ga., June 28. —Ac
cording to officials of the Georgia
Division of the American Cotton
Association, the price of spot
cotton in the South bears a very
close relationship to the success
of every big business trading in
the South. If the price of cotton
can be maintained at profitable
prices to the growers, business in
the South is maintained upon a
safe and stable basis.
“The extent to which waste is
eliminated in the handling of
the crop, and economic reforms
adopted in the marketing of the
staple, ' the safety of Southern
business is to that extent still
further safeguarded and protec
ted” says R. M. Mattox, presi
dent of the Georgia Division of
the cotton association. All classes
of business connected with
Southern interests in any way,
therefore, regard the financial
support of the American Cotton
Association in its efforts to pro
tect the price of cotton and apply
economy and efficiency to the
handling and marketing of the
staple as being both sound and
necessary at this period of the
Association’s development. The
subscription of a three-year mem
bership in the Association is an
investment which will be used to
make business safe for the sub
scriber.”
Sustaining memberships, ac
cording to President Mattox, are
now being subscribed by large j
farmers, bankers, merchants,
ljobbers and manufacturers ope- j
rating in the various states, and ;
by large jobbers and manufactur- j
ers in various sections of the
country doing business in the
South.
In addition to taking sustain- j
ing memberships, officials of the
association are at work increas
ing the membership roll in Geor
gia. Plans have been perfected
for a campaign throughout the
entire state. The slogan will be
“Every Georgian a member of
the cotton association,” for as
pointed out by the cotton associa
tion officials the organization is
doing and will continue to do
more for the state and. the South
as a whole than perhaps any
similar organization that has
been formed during the last
quarter of a century.
Will Build Feed Mill
in Mount Vernon.
Mr. Henry Johnson, a progres
sive young farmer of the Long
pond section, is soon to move to
Mt. Vernon (as has been stated
before, to be near the school).
" As soon as he gets located here
Mr. Johnson will install a feed
and grist mill of considerable
proportions. Besides general
grinding for the public, corn,
feeds, etc., he will manufacture 1
a fine of standard feeds.
In addition to regular lines, he
will install special machinery for
shelling and threshing certain
crops. He is a strong advocate
of upland rice, and if the farm
ers of this section will plant the j
upland variety in sufficient
amount to warrant the outlay, he
will place a rice cleaning mill.
Mt. Vernon has ever been in
need of industries —anything to
fill public demands and give em-
Mr. Johnson is to
be congratulated on his plans to
install a feed and grist mill.
Farm Wanted.
Wanted, to hear from owner of
farm or good land for sale. Send
price and description. Fall de
livery. L. Jones,
Box 551, Olney, 111. ‘
Amxtav.
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Tarrytown.
| Special Correspondence
\ Miss Johnnie Ricks of Adrian
lis visiting her sister, Mrs. F. M.
, Simons.
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Mr. D. E. Holliman of Soperton
was a business visitor to the city
Monday.
Miss lowne Waller spent Sun
* day with friends in Soperton.
Messrs. Newton Moxley and
, | Cecil Cooper made a business trip
, to Vidalia Saturday.
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l Mr. and Mrs. Carl Adams of
i Mt. Vernon spent the week-end
? with the latter’s parents, Mr.
l and Mrs. R. D. Beatty.
l j Messrs. Frank and Robert Pal
mer of Mt. Vernon were ming-
C ling with friends here Sunday.
, Mrs. Susie Cutler of Soperton
, spent Friday with her niece, Mrs.
J. F. Mixon.
I Little Messrs. Hansley and
• I Kelso Horn returned to their
I home near Dudley after a week’s
’ | visit with their grandfather, Dr.
; C. R. Crowder.
1 Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Waller
spent Sunday with relatives near
LJvalda.
Mr. H. W. Biggerstaff of Kib
bee was mingling with friends
here Monday.
Messrs. C. H. Calhoun and I.
E. Brooks were transacting busi
ness in Vidalia Saturday of last
week.
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• Sunday school was very inter
i esting Sunday. Were you pres
ent?
I
A new feature in the Baptist
Sunday school for next Sunday.
! The Beriati and Fiddeliis classes
; w’ill sit together during recitation
; period and the married men and I
women will sit together during j
recitation, provided the men will j
: have a good lesson. You are in-!
vited to come. Inspiring music!
and a welcome await all.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mixon and
Mr. Luther Waller were shopping j
I in Vidalia Monday.
i
Miss Nellie MaeFerrill was the!
spend the day guest of Miss
Mattie Moxley Sunday.
Mrs. H. Zeesman is visiting
her sister at Milan this week.
Mr. and Mrs. I). C. Lindsay
I of Dry Branch were Sunday visit
ors to the city.
Mr. Henry Moxley and daugh
ter of Zaidee were here Tuesday.
Miss Mattie will spend several
days with her brother and sister.
Mr. and Mrs. !. E. Brooks vis
ited the former’s parents near
Crooked Run Sunday.
We regret to learn of the ill
ness of Mr. Chas. H. Branch, the
popular cashier of our bank.
Hope to see him out soon. ,
Mayor J. M. Phillips is quite
sick at his home here with ma
larial fever. We wish for him a 1
!speedy recovery.
Judge A. L. Wheeler is re-[
ceivirig thanks from his many I
friends because of the sale of his ]
i large herd of Wm. goats.
Messrs. J. T. Warnock and L.
iE. Stanford were business visit
! ors to Vidalia Monday afternoon.
Mr. H. Zeesman was transact
ing business in Dublin a few days
ago.
Drove to County Seat;
Married by Ordinary.
Mr. J. M. McDonald, living
northeast of Kibbee, and Mrs.
Ida Mosley of that section were
happily married in Mt. Vernon
this morning at nine o’clock.
The ceremony was performed in
the office of the ordinary by
Judge John McAllister and wit
nessed by a few friends.
Mr. McDonald is one of the
! best known and most highly res
pected citizens of the county, and
is to be congratulated.
Mrs. McDonald goes into a<
happv home of peace and plenty, j
I Their many friends wish for them j
Gong lives of happiness. 1
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 1. 1920.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
i| METS AT UVALDA JULY 6.
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The annual convention of the Montgomery County Sunday
Association will be held at the Methodist Church in Uvalda Tuesday,
1 July 6. The following program will be observed:
FIRST SESSlON—Tuesday Morning.
10:30 Devotional —Led by J. M. Davis.
’ j 10:45 The Influence of the Sunday school at the Present Time By
Dr. J. C. Brewton.
| 11:15 The Rights of the Child —By Miss Daisy Magee, Children’s
Division Superintendent, Georgia Sunday School Association.
11:45 Song.
11:50 A Challenge to Victory—By R. D. Webb, General Superin
r tendent, Georgia Sunday School Association.
I 12:20 Offering for the support of the work.
12:30 Announcements,
j 12:35 Adjourn for dinner.
i Basket dinner on the ground. Everybody come and bring a well
filled basket.
■j SECOND SESSION-Tuesday Afternoon.
12:00 Devotional—Led by H. G, Martin.
, 12:15 Music in the Sunday School—By Miss Daisy Magee.
; 2:45 Song.
2:50 Why Ten Boys Left the Sunday School —By R. D. Webb.
3:20 Question and Discussion Period.
3:45 Place of next meeting.
, 3:55 Reports of Committees and Election of Officers.
4:10 Adjourn.
An Ailey Boy
to West Point .
Mr. Dan G. Riddle of Ailey
left Monday for West Point, N.
Y., where he will enter the We9t
j Point Military Academy under an
appointment received for him
about a year ago by Congressman
Larsen of this district.
Mr. Riddle is a son of the late
Capt. and Mrs. James Riddle of
Ailey, and Montgomery county
friends are pleased with his ap
pointment. His military record,
too, is one of which any Ameri
can soldier should be proud. He
was a volunteer in the recent
World War, and left for France
t with the first American expe-
I ditionary forces.
He Served with credit through
iout the conflict, having been in a
number of battles. He returned
home with the First Division, the
j last to leave France, and will
lever bear the distinction, along
! with thousands of others, of
having served his country well
and faithfully throughout the
successful efforts to defeat a
bloody and hearties* foe whose
arms had been raised to crush
the world, and who, under the
weight of American manhood
and military prowess was van
quished forever.
Mr. Riddle reports for duty
July 1.
Three From Montgomery
to G. N. I. College.
Under a recent resolution pass
ed by the Board of Directors of j
the Georgia Normal and Indus-!
trial College, scholarships will !
be awarded on the basis of popu-!
‘lation, etc.
Montgomery county will be|
entitled to three pupils, and the !
! young ladies will be admitted by
I the county board of education t)y
1 application through the county
[superintendent of schools.
! Should the state’s quota not be
! taken up, it is possible that this
county will be entitled to an ad
ditional pupil. Those interested
should see Superintendent Con- \
ner at once.
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No Regular Paper to be
Issued Next Week, i
According to custom, no regu-1
lar paper will be issued next i
week, but instead only a sheet,
Carrying such legal advertising
as is necessary. Correspondents i
need not furnish a letter for the,
week, but be ready with a full
letter for the week following.
This should have been the week
in which no regular paper was
issued, but for business reasons
the forthcoming week will be
observed by the office force.
Stock for Sale.
Registered Duroc Jersey Boar,
15 month old, to be sold at rate [
jof 20c per pound. Also a choice!
[9-months old Jersey bull. See
T. B Conner,
‘713 Mt. Vernon, Ga. |
Man is Badly
Cut at Soperton.
Soperton, June 26. —London
Phillips, age 50, was severely
chopped with a heavy meat knife
in the hands of Owen Brantley,
age 18, when he intervened in
a quarrel between his son and
Brantley. Phillips is in a hos
pital at Vidalia tonight, with no
chance for recovery the doctors
say. Brantley is free on SI,OOO
bond for appearance at the Au
gust term of Superior Court.
Both parties are prominent farm
ers of Treutlen county.
The trouble occurred in a
butcher shop of Ben Gillis. A
trifling dispute arose between a
son of of Phillips and young
Brantley, when Phillips took up
the quarrel. He cursed Brantley
and hit him with his fist. Brant
ley picked up a heavy butcher
knife lying on the meat block
and struck four times with it.
The first stroke cut Phillips in
the face. The second was aimed
at his head, but he held up his
left hand to ward off the blow.
The knife severed the hand from
the arm and cut his nose. The
other strokes landed on his breast
and lungs just above the heart.
Teachers’ Examination.
The annual teachers’ examina
tion for Montgomery county will
be held at the court house in Mt.
Vernon July 30 and 31, 1920.
The following reading course will
j be used:
, Primary and General Elementary.
( 1. School Code and Manual j
jforGeorgja Teachers. Address,
! County Supt. Price, free.
2. Wooster’s Teaching in Ru
ral Schools. Southern School
Book Depository, 121 Auburn !
Ave., Atlanta, Ga. $1.20
3. Dresslar’s School Hygiene.
Southern School Book Depository.
$1.20.
; High School and Supervisory.
| 1. School Code and Manual for
j Georgia Teachers. County Supt. (
i Free.
2. Hollister’s High School and
j Class Management. ■ Southern
' School Book Depository. Post
! paid. $1.26. *
j 3. All the Children of All the;
i Peopje Smith. Southern School
1 Book Depository. Postpaid, $1.05.
T. B. Conner,
Supt. Co. Schools.
Off to Ogeechee.
Dr. J. E. Hunt and Messrs. J. |
E. Mcßae, H. J. Fountain, M. E.'
Fountain and Francis Brewton
are spending a few days down
on the Ogeechee river on a fish
ing jaunt.
The Ogeechee is a famous
j stream, and for uuite a number
lof years many from this section
j have been making trips to its eri- j
| ticing retreats.
Uvaldu News.
Special Cori eapomlence.
• , Misses Mary Nell and Audrey
Webb of Vienna are the charm*
y ing visitors of Miss Alberta Mc
- 1 Natt.
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Miss Mattie Campbell of Au
! gusta is visiting her grandmother,
I Mrs. W. B. Langford.
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1 Miss Mary Louise McArthur of
s Longpond spent the week-end
. here with friends.
Little Miss Margaret Calhoun
; has returned home after spend
ing a week at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. E. T. Mcßride in Vi-
I dalia.
Little Miss Jane Ethlyn John
son is visiting in Vidalia.
A party from Dexter have
' been camping at Towns Bluff.
They were chaperoned by Mrs.
R. C. Hogan and Mrs. F. M.
Daniels. Those in the party
were: Misses Clarice McClelland,
Bertha Mae Daniels, Helen
r Chadwick, Jennie Currell, Elsie
Daniels,” Lucille English and
Dorothy Daniels of Dexter, Lou
ise Maunde of Dublin and Mary
Ethel Moses of Uvalda. Messrs.
: Harry Daniels, Max McClelland,
Rupert Hogan, Parks Daniels,
, Auburn Hogan, Milton Kemp,
Red Collins, Calhoun Hogan and
F. M. Daniels, John Edward
Moses and Robert Mobley of
Uvaldu and Mrs. Prentice Maunde
t of Dexter.
Alley.
• Special Correspondence.
Mr. C. T. Alcorn of Savannah
spent Tuesday with his sister,
Mrs. H. M. Stanford.
Miss Esther Hosch, a former
i teacher of 8.-P. 1., has been
visiting Miss Jessie Peterson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sharpe and
little son of Vidalia are spending
the week with Mr. and Mrs. H.
M. Stanford.
Miss Sara Williamson has re
turned home after an extended
visit to Dublin. Her sister, Mrs.
M. D. Humphrey returned with
her.
Little Miss Sara McLeod of
Lyons is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Tom McGahee and chil
dren have returned home after
an extended visit to Atlanta.
Mr. Dan Kiddle left Monday
for West Point, where he will
attend school.
Miss Erin McArthur of Mc-
Gregor and Miss Tvra Stanley of
Vidalia spent Monday with Mrs.
J. H. Peterson.
Mr. Hoke Riddle made a busi
ness trip to Savannah last week.
Red Blood Activity
or Dry Rot—Which?
In their hunt for a candidate
who had never done enough in
his public life to make an en6rn.\
or give any one offense, the Re
publicans found the real one.
But we believe the people woulu
rather have a red-blooded guj
j that has done his darndest in all
i things and let the enemies
i accumulate. Bain bridge Post
! Searchlight.
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Woodmen Will Picnic .
at Magnolia Springs
Tarrytown Camp Woodmen of
the World will hold their annual
picnic at Magnoiia Springs Tues
j day, July 6, and friends of the
order are invited to attend.
A basket dinner will be pro
-1 vided, and neighbors and friends
are asked to fetch in baskets and
enjoy the day with them.
A speaker of note will he pro
| vided for the occasion. The
Woodmen is a good and progress
ive order, and is growing in this
i county. The Tarrytown camp
has been in operation for several
years.
WILL TAKE VOTE
r ON STOCK LAW
Hold Election on Question
in County Wednesday
July 7th.
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Pursuant to a call by the Ordi
f { nary, there will be held through-
I out the county next Wednesday,
the 7th inst., an election on the
I I question of Fence or No Fence,
j Some years ago the question
! was put to a vote in this county,
j and as a result it gained but little
favorable sentiment. Public
opinion, however, in the past few
years seerns to have changed to
i a degree which will insure for it
a much larger vote.
This law, while state-wide, is
adopted in counties or districts
upon a vote of the county or dis
trict concerned. It is said to
have some disagreeable features,
in the opinion of many, while in
the estimation of those who have
made a study of the matter, great
merit is claimed for the no fence
idea.
Elections will be held in each
of the 'seven precincts in the
county, and those qualified to
vote in the general election will
be entitled to vote in this special
election.
Thomas W. Hardwick
to Speak at Vidalia.
Ex-United States Senator
Thomas W. Hardwick, a candi
date for the governorship of
Georgia, will address the citizens
if this section at Vidalia, Friday,
■July Kith, 11 o'clock.
Mr. Hardwick will doubtless
b * heard by a large audience.
He will set forth his platform in
this his first address in this part
of the state, and will doubtless
touch on national issues as well
as state 1 issues.
Longpond Dots.
Special Correapondence.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W.-Bendimire
of Odum visited the latter’s
pirents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
McAllister, Sunday last.
Miss Mary Louise McArthur
visited friends and relatives in
Uvalda last week.
Mrs. C. C. McAllister returned
last Tuesday from Savannah.
Her son, Master William Dud
<nan, came with her.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. McAllister
>f Scotland visited relatives here
iast week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hughes of
Vlt. Vernon visited relatives here
Sunday last.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff McArthur
of Elza visited friends and rela
t ves here Sunday last.
Mrs. E. C. McAllister is visit
ing relatives at Tennille and
Statesboro this week.
Mr. E. C. McAllister is visiting
at Scotland for a few
days.
Got FJowing Well
at Hardwood Plant.
Mr. J. C. Thornburg, the well
•ontractor, has recently bored an
irtesian well at the hardwood
ilant of G. V. Mason & Son, fiva
niles north of Mt. Vernon.
For some time the plant had
leen forced to close down on ac
ount of lack of sufficient water,
tnd the new source will be of
<reat benefit. Difficulty is ordi
mrily met in seeking a flow on
his side of the river, but in this
case the well was sunk toadepth
if only eighty feet, when it was
Viund to have a substantial flow.
! ‘his is probably less depth than
ny flowing well in this section,
nd the firm is greatlv pleased •
with the results obtained.
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