The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, July 01, 1920, Image 1
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. i Tarrytown. | Special Correspondence \ Miss Johnnie Ricks of Adrian lis visiting her sister, Mrs. F. M. , Simons. 1 ! 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. 3 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. I • 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. I , • , j 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. 1 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. I X Miss Mattie Campbell of Au ! gusta is visiting her grandmother, I Mrs. W. B. Langford. / i 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. j 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. i ' 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. NO. 9.