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VOL. XXXV.
Ralph Bingham
Here Saturday.
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No individual performer has
ever achieved greater fame than
Ralph Bingham, the humorist,
and perhaps he has entertained
more people than any one man
in America. For the past eighteen
years he has been witlj Red
path Lyceum Bureau. As a pub
lic performer he has missed out
two engagements in twenty
years.
Mr. Bingham will be the next
number in the series of enter
tainments by the Redpath Ly
ceum Bureau being given at The
Brewton-Parker Institute, and he
will be there Saturday evening,
16th in all his glory and charm, j
To miss hearing Bingham will be
to miss one of the best of the
season, and hundreds will doubt
less avail themselves of this op
portunity.
Bingham is also a musician of j
repute and this is charmingly
blended with his sparkling wit
and humor, making an evening
with him one of lasting pleasure
and benefit.
Coming on Saturday night, in
order to allow the business men
to attend, the performance will
not begin until 9 o’clock.
District Delegates to
South Ga. Conference.
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The South Georgia Conference j
will be held in Moultrie Novem
ber 17th to 22d. Delegates from
the Mcßae district areas follows:
Ira Leggett, Baxley, 0. D.
Gray. Baxley; Mrs. D. J. John
son, Baxley; Mrs. J. A. Harrell,
Eastman; Rev. G. W. Pharr,
Higgston; W. L. Edwards, Clax
ton; Col. Eschof Graham, Mcßae;
E. S. Martin, Alston.
Oats For Salo.
Five Hundred Bushels High-
Grade Fulghum Seed Oats. See
or write Henry A, Johnson
or J. Wade Johnson, ' J
10144 Mt. Vernon.
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6 October, 16-23
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§ Georgia; Plenty of Fun and Frolic 1
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CAN YOU AFFORD TO MISS IT? 1
monfojottwni ifctritev
Will Have Box Supper
at Longpond School. ;
i There will be held a box supper
at the Longpond school Friday,
evening, 15th, (tomorrow) and
; the young people from far and
near are invited to attend and en
joy the festivities of the occasion.
Other than the regular box
course refreshments will be
served. The proceeds of the
event will go toward school im
provement.
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Won Grand Prize
at the District Fair.
Mr. B. A. Conner of Higgston
is receiving the congratulations
of many friends on the prize
winning qualities of his famous
Duroc boar, Orion Top Col 7th,
which won first and grand cham
pion prizes at the Twelfth Dis
trict fair in Dublin a few days
ago.
Mr. Conner, while engaged in
the hog raising business for only
a few years, has made a remark
able success of the enterprise
and has demonstrated to what
successful ends hog raising can
be carried in this section of the
state. i
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An Oyster Supper
at Epping School.
There will be an oyster supper
at Epping school house Friday
i evening, October 22. The public
lis invited to come and enjoy the
occasion. Teachers.
Farm Wanted.
Wanted to hear from owner of
i farm or good land for sale. Must
! be priced right. Write
L. Jones,
Box 551, Olney, 111.
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Tax Notice.
Friday, October 22, will be the
last day for making tax returns
for the city of Mt. Vernon. Make
i returns to JE. M. Rack ley on or
before that date. By order of j
| the City Council.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1920.
Tarry town. j
1 Special Correspondence.
Mr. W’alker Morris spent Sat
urday in Savannah.
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Mrs. Tyler and daughter of ,
JV(t. Vernon visited Mr. and Mrs. j
B. F. Conner Sunday.
Miss Eva Conner, who is teach-!
ing at Higgston, spent the week '
end with her sister, Mrs. E. 0.
Dickson, at Mt. Vernon.
Mr. R. M. Rowland and family
spent Sunday the guests of the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. Rowland.
Miss Vina Hooper spent the
week end with her cousin, Mrs.
Make Morris.
Mrs. J. C. Carpenter and chil
dren visited the former’s daugh
ter, Mrs. 0. E. Lowe, Sunday.
Victor, the little son of A. G.
Morris, is quite sick at this writ
ing.
Wade Carpenter, who is attend
ing school at Vidalia, spent the
week end with home folks.
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! Mrs. J. 0. Brown and son,
i Lamar, of Hazlehurst are visiting
i Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Carpenter
j this week.
> Mr. Carson Mitchell attended
the fair at Dublin last week.
Mrs. S. H. O’Neal is visiting
her mother at Jesup, Ga.
We have enrolled twenty-five
pupils to date.
Towns—Mills.
Mr. J. Frank Mills of Uvalda!
and Mrs. Julia C. Towns of
Laurens county were, married
on the 12th inst., Rev. L. A. Hill
performing the ceremony.
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Mr. Mills is a well known citi-
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zen of this county, a former citi
zen of Mt. Vernon but for the
past few years a resident of
Uvalda. Mrs. Mills is prominent
ly connected in Laurens county.
| They are now at home to their
I friends in Uvalda.
Longpond Dots.
1 Special Correspondence.
Misses Mary Lou Downie and
Ruth Chapman spent last week
end with friends and relatives
I near Hazlehurst.
Miss Pearl Williamson has re
i turned home after an extended
! visit with relatives at Hazlehurst
I and Baxley.
Mr. Henry Bush of Dublin is
visiting his grand-mother, Mrs.
J. C. Johnson.
Miss Cassie Williamson is visit-;
ing her sister, Mrs. A. M. Hugh
es.
Mr. Frank Mobley of Collins j
spent the week end with home j
folks here.
Mr. Southwell of Claxton is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. A.
Mobley, here.
Misses Cassie Williamson and
Madge Corbin joined a party from
Mt. Vernon and visited friends
near Soperton Sunday last.
Oak Grove Dots.
Special Correspondence.
Miss Maggie Gillis spent the
week end with home folks at So
perton.
Miss Sudie Graham is at home
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very sick with malarial fever.
We hope she will soon be well.
Mr. P. E. Register and family
visited relatives at Towns Wed
nesday and Thursday of last
week.
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Mr. J. A. Reynolds and family
spent Sunday with relatives at
Vidalia.
Miss Julia Register was the
I guest of Miss Estelle Milligan
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Annie Reynolds was the
guest of Miss Sudie Graham Sat
urday afternoon.
Mr. Willie Graham was visiting
in this section Sunday.
School starts in the new build
ing Monday with about 35 pupils.
Mr. Willie Hughes was visiting
in this section Saturday night.
Mr. C. W. Peterson made a
business trip to Vidalia Thursday.
Messrs. Arthur Register and
Aaron Branch were visiting in
Charlotte Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Mason Graham of Fort
Screven, Savannah, is visiting
home folks this week.
Mrs. J. T. Walker visited her
daughter, Mrs. D. S. O’Brien,
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. H. D. Leggett and family
visited his son, Mr. E. G. Leg
gett, near Aiiey Sunday.
Mr. J. A. Reynolds and sons
made a business trip to Alston
; Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Ben Peterson has returned
to his home in Savannah, after
: visiting relatives in this section.
There was a very large crowd
at Sunday school and B. Y. P. U.
Sunday.
Sunday school and B. Y. P. U.
next Sunday at 3 o’clock. Every
body come and bring some one
with you.
Tax Collector’s
First Round.
I will be at the following places
on the dates given for the pur
pose of collecting state and coun
ty taxes for the year 1920:
Uvaida. Oct. 20, 9 to 12 m.
Alston, Oct. 20, 1 to 4 p. m.
Higgston, Oct. 21, 9 to 12 m.
Aiiey, Oct. 21, 1 to 4 p. m.
Kibbee, Oct. 22, 9 to 12 m.
Tarrytown, Oct. 22, 1 to 4 p. m.
Mt. Vernon, first week of court.
Yours very truly,
H. C. Davis, T. C. M. C.
Program Meeting
of County Teachers.
' j The following is the program
for the Montgomery County
1 Teachers’ Association to he held
at McGregor, November 6, 1920,
beginning at eleven a. m:
, 1. How to Teach Reading in
First Grade—Miss Glennie Ken-
I nedy.
j 2. “Your Personality”—Miss
Sara Mae McWhorter.
3. Round Table Discussion on
subject of “Proper Grading.”
4. How to Secure Co-opera
tion—Mr. C. E. Warren.
5. Sanitary Toilets.—Supt. T.
j B. Conner.
j 6. Demonstration in Cooking
i—Miss Hooper.
Lunch will be served at the
noon hour by the community.
All teachers are expected to at
tend. _____
Be Ready for Sweet
Potatoes Oct. 18th.
We desire to announce to the
public that we will be ready to
receive sweet potatoes Monday,
18th. Crates are now ready. Get
what you need this week and
have them ready. In sending
for crates send man authorized
to sign a receipt for same. Also
'get our circular showing how to
handle and grade before digging.
We want 1500 bushels next week.
W. A. Peterstm & Co..
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
RALPH BINGHAM.
Ralph Bingham, another number on
the forthcoming entertainment course,
is a humorist who for forty years
has been making large audiences laugh
and still is In the prime of life. This
Is accounted for by the fact that his
first appearance was at the age of six
RALPH BINGHAM.
years, when he traveled as the “Boy
Orator of America.” Ills appearances
on the American platform number
nearly 10,000.
T. De Witt Talmage, after hearing
Bingham, said: “Bless Bingham and
all the apostolic college of humorists.
The man that makes me laugh Is my
benefactor. God bless all skillful pun
sters, all those who mirthfully surprise
us with unusual Juxtaposition of
words. Theirs Is a divine mission.”
Mr. Bingham Is an Impersonator a
humorist, u violinist, a pianint au£ n
vocalisL
Our Prices and Our Business
to All Alike.
We have no favorites. Whether in Fordson
Tractors, Ford Cars or Trucks or Supplies
for Them or Service in General, all patrons
are served with equal and uniform courtesy
—a square deal to all. Flay the game wilh
us; you can get what you want when you
want it. We are in business to serve )ou.
R. J. McN ATT
! Uvaida and Mt. Vernon
Increased Power
in Suffrage Vote .
Seeing then that we ought to
charge up to the race problem the
, faults of the race problem, let us
see what will be the probable
effects of woman suffrage itself.
Os course, we are going to have
some trouble from selfishly am
' bitious women in politics, just as
we have always had from selfish
ly ambitious men. But from the
rank and file of women voters, if
we may use the term, what may
we expect?
1. Women as the mothers of
the race are naturally interested
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in childhood and all that affects
it. Is it not likely therefore that
women will be especialy interes
ted in better schools, better
health conditions, the prevention
of injurious child labor, and all
other measures to give childhood
a better chance?
2. The majority of women
have higher moral standards than
most men. Even a selfish inter
est would make women interested
in suppressing drunkenness and
immorality, because the wives of
America have suffered most from
dissipated husbands and sons. Is
it not natural to expect therefore
that prohibition and other laws
looking to the elevation of our
moral standards will be better
supported as a result of woman’s
vote?
3. Women hate war and love
peace. May they not be expected
to throw their influence in favor
of some Supreme Court of Nath ns
as a substitute for war?
4. Women love beauty. Hence
i may we not expect them to use
their power to encourage the
beautification of public buildings
and grounds, school houst-s,
parks, streets and roadways ‘o
an extent unknown heretofore?
To sum it up, what does woman
s iff rage mean? It simply means
more power for women. If a
woman is of the wrong sort, it
means more power for her wrong
tendencies. If she is of the right
wt, it means more power for
her right tendencies. And since
everybody believes that the r e
are more women with right ten
dencies than with wrong, it is
easy to hope that the net results
be good. Anyhow, since woman
suffrage is here, even former
anti-suffragists ought to try to
believe this.
When a bad man in a Virginia
neighborhood died, an old Negro
woman said, “Well, I hopes he’s
gone where I ’spects he ain’t!”
We commend the philosophy of
the old Negro woman to those
who still fear the effects of suf
frage. Let them hope for the
best even if they really expect
the worst—and wait and see the
thing tried out.—The Progressive
Farmer.
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