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VOL. XXXV.
NATIVE GEORGIAN
RETURN TO STATE
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Has Position on Progressive
Farmer, Headquarters
in Atlanta.
W. C. Lasseter, formerly of
Villa Rica, and since 1917 Direc
tor of Government Extension
Work at the University of Arkan- 1
sas, will become editor of the
Georgia-Alabama Edition of The
Progressive Farmer November111, 1
with headquarters in Atlanta.
The return of Mr. Lasseter to
Georgia will add a notable mem- i
ber to the staff of distinguished
agricultural authorities who are
now identified with the farming!
interests of this state.
Prof. W. C. Lasseter was born
and reared on a farm in the
Piedmont section of North Geor
gia at Villa Rica. He early learn
ed the progressive lessons of a
diversified agriculture; for on the
farm where he grew up, the
wheat, meat, corn, oats, hay,
poultry, milk, fruits and vege
tables consumed were grown on
the farm, cotton being made a ]
true cash crop. In 1909 Professer ;
Lasseter graduated in agriculture!
at the University of Wisconsin, I
and shortly after 1909-10, became
Assistant Agronomist at the
Ohio State University. In 1910
he came to the University of
Arkansas as Professor of Agrono
my and Assistant Agronomist of
the Experiment Station. In 1915 i
his duties were enlarged by mak
ing him Assistant Director of
Agricultural Extension Work,
and in 1917 Director, which posi
tion he still holds. Mr. Lasseter
during his whole life has been |
1 especially interested in agronomy j
—soils, fertilizers, crops and
crop production. He is a most
effective speaker to farmer au
diences on subjects within the
lines of his activities.
The state of Arkansas has'
made great progress agricultural
ly during the time Mr. Lasseter
was at work there, her crop
values increasing during the ten
years from 110 million to 395
million dollars, or an increase of
232 per cent. In this large in
crease the agricultural extension
workers of the state, under the
direction of Professor Lasseter,
have played an important part.
Fall Millinery.
My fall and winter millinery |
will be arriving from the first of
the coming week, and will be on 1
display in-grand array. Goods
opened up and placed on display
a9 they arrive, and the ladies in
vited to call from time to time.
Varied in assortment and fabric,
but all measuring up to the high
est standard of the art and the
demands of the season.
Miss Bessie Higgs,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Opens New Grocery
West Side Block. |
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Mr. W. W. Grimsley. who, for
several years, was with the Mt. i
Vernon Mercantile Co., has re
cently opened a fancy grocery,
store in the Case building to the!
rear of the hardware store, in
Mt. Vernon.
Mr. Grimsley has had fine busi
ness experience, and will carry a
choice line of groceries, produce,
etc.
Tiger School.
Tiger school has an enrollment
of 29, and is progressing nicely.
The pupils are planning to or
ganize a literary society shortly.
The second grade has an honor
roll. Those on the honor roll
last week were: Uden Collins
and Sallie Phillips.
Sty? ifatttgmttpm ilUmtton
Interesting Letters
From Boy Overseas.
Mrs. H. C. Fentress of Mcßae,
after spending some time with
her brothers, Messrs. Angus and
« Everett McLeod, returned home
j last week.
Just before leaving she receiv
ed letters from her son, Mr.
: William Fentress, who for the!
i past six months has been in the !
ocean freight service, He is on
i the Elkridge, a37,000 ton freight
er, and has visited the Philip
pines, Japan, Italy and other
countries. In the past few years
| he has covered the globe, having
! been in the U. S. Navy for seve- j
ral years, and his accounts of ex- j
periences in the old country are:
very interesting.
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! Auxiliary Meeting
Held in Vidalia. j
Mrs. Moore of Savannah, presi- 1
dent of the Woman’s Auxiliary j
of the Savannah Presbytery, !
will be in Vidalia Friday, («;o-j
morrow) 3 p. m. to address the:
ladies of the auxiliaries of this;
section.
The ladies of the Mt. Vernon '
! church and others from this sec- j
| tion are urgently requested to!
attend. Mrs. W. C. Mcßae,
President, i
Will Begin j
Sale Monday. ]
On Monday morning, October
i 25, the D. A. Mcßae Store, Mt.
Vernon, will begin the most un
usual thing in its business history
—throw thefcdry goods, clothing,
shoes, notions, etc., on the coun
ters at cost, according to the an- j
! nouncement which they are this
! week making to the Montgomery ;
county public.
According to the plans of Mr.
Mcßae, who is recognized as one
of the most successful merchants
in South Georgia, he is going to
; make a wholesale sweep of the
dry goods end of his business, if;
the public will take them at cost,
and not a penny over cost. He
desires to reduce his stock, and 1
invites the public to come and*
get it. Nothing charged during,
the cost sale.
This means that the public will i
have opportunity of taking up
about $25,000 worth of dry goods
at wholesale cost. This seems to
be a very liberal offer on the part
of Mr. Mcßae, and at this par
ticular season the people will
appreciate his offer.
I Ailey.
Special Correspondence.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sharpe and
little son spent Sunday in Alston, j
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hudson and
family visited relatives in Dublin
Sunday.
Dr. J. W. Palmer spent a few •
days in Atlanta last week.
Miss Adine Stanford of Epping
spent a few hours with home
folks Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. V. Thompson
and family spent Sunday with
: relatives near Vidalia.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Humphrey
jand baby are visiting the latter’s |
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawton!
Williamson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Frizzelle
and children spent Sunday with
relatives near Soperton.
Mr. Charles Peterson spent the {
week end with home folks.
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Trespass Notice.
Georgia—Montgomery Cunty.
This is to forewarn the public
against hunting, fishing, remov
ling wood or timber or in any
manner trespassing on the lands
of the undersigned, and parties
violating this rule subject them-1
, selves to prosecution. This the
21st day of October, 1920.
W. T. McArthur,
I I Duncan McArthur,
I Parks McAllister.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1920.
McGregor Items.
Special Correspondence.
|. Supt. Thos. B. Conner was a
( j very pleasant visitor at our school
| last Friday. We are always glad
! to have him with us.
! Edna Conner, who was sick
last week, is able to be back in
school.
More new pupils this week.
We are looking forward to
Nov. 6th with much pleasure, as
that is the day set for Montgom- j
ery County Teachers’ Association i
jto be held here. We feel honor
led to have it at our school first.
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!We hope to have all teachers,
l parents and members of our
! county board of education with
j us. Don’t forget the date.
! Mr. Carson Mitchell is in At- f
■ lanta this week attending the
Southeastern Fair.
Mr. B. A. Conner and father
! visited our school last week. We
| were pleased to have them.
We are glad to report little
I Victor Morris improving.
Eddie Morris, W. T. and Mar
! vin O’Neal attended the show at
| Vidalia Saturday.
1 It is no easy task to get on the
j McGregor honor roll, but some,
lby patient work were on last
! week. If you are late, have bad
! lessons, fail to keep health rules,
or are in any way “naughty”
you fail to get on.
Honor Roll.
W. T. O’Neal. Ruby Carpenter,
Bessie and Ophelia Morris,
seventh grade pupils, and George
Rowland, third grade pupil.
There is to be preaching at the
, Church of Christ next Sunday j
; morning and afternoon. Sunday l
school every Sunday afternoon.
Everybody cordially invited to
attend each meeting.
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i Eight children of the first grade
' took part in the Columbus Day
program in chapel Saturday
morning: Stella Will Palmer,
James Hester, Evelyn Mason,
David Mcßae, Quinelle Mcßae,
Paul Coursey, Martha Wright
and John Ben Conner. They held
the letters forming Columbus’
name while the grammar school
sang.
Each pupil is realizing his duty I
as a first grader and is perform
: ing those duties to the best of his
1 ability. The primer class have
their books now, and are reading
1 beautifully for beginners.
The total enrollment is nineteen |
1 but we are expecting our number
to increase when the free term
begins.
The second grade pupils have
dramatized the 9toryof “Chicken
Little.” They are now making
little booklets to illustrate the
story.
Elizabeth Frizzelle of the third i
grade gave a very interesting
reading in chapel Saturday morn
ing.
| There were only 3 absentees
in the fourth grade last week. ;
jWe are trying to make 100 per,
; cent, this week.
Dillon Leggett, Douglas Hugh
es, Joe and John Underwood ren
dered a reading in chapel Satur
urday morning. We also had a
piano solo by Nina Salter from
our grade.
Some of the fifth grade people
are out of school this week on
account of sickness. We hope
they will soon be back. We need
every pupil every day to do stan
dard work.
Oak Grove Dots.
Special Correspondence.
Mrs. P. H. Daniels visited Mrs.
D. S. O’Brien Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. George Milligan and
daughter, Miss Estelle, spent the
week-end in Vidalia.
Mrs. D. R. S. Woodard and
children visited at the home of
her father, Mr. P. E. Register,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Thompson
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wal-
I ker Sunday.
Miss Anna Gibb 9 was the guest
|of Miss Julia Register Sunday
afternoon.
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Several from this section went
to the 9how at Vidalia Saturday.
Miss Annie Reynolds had as
| her guests Sunday afternoon
1 Miss Sudie Graham and brother,
Willie, and Mr. Claude Mixon of
Vidalia.
Quite a number attended the
B. Y. P. U. Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Will Hughes of Alston was
in this section Saturday.
Mrs. D. S. O’Brien and chil
: dren visited her mother, Mrs. J.
T. Walker, Saturday afternoon.
The men of t His section met at
the new school house Friday af
ternoon and elected Messrs. D.
S. O’Brien, C. W. Peterson :and
J. A. Reynolds as trustees.
The school opened Monday
morning with 50 pupils. They
organized a literary society last
Friday afternoon and elected of
ficers as follows:
President—Julia Register.
Vice-Pres. —Gladys Leggett.
Secretary—Annie Reynolds.
Program Com., Annie Reynolds,
Samantha Register and Elvira
Woodard. They will render a
program next Friday afternoon
about 3 o’clock. Everybody in
vited to come.
Tressie Herrington from near
Hazlohurst was called home Tues
day on account of sickness in the
home.
Marguerite Johnson represent
ed the fifth grade in our grammar
school exerpises Saturday morn
ing.
i We are having tests now and
most of the children are doing
creditable work.
The sixth grade pupils are
standing examinations this week.
Parents, ask your children about
their grades. See that they do
some home work and it will be
helpful and appreciated.
Jokes.
Robert Mobley looking at Octo
ber calendar—“ Miss Brown, is
that an August or September!
map?”
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j Gregory Hughes—“ Miss Brown |
do you work th#t example by i
paralysis?” (meaning, analysis.)
Tommie McMillan spent last
week at her home at Jay Bird
Springs.
| We are sorry that James and
Tressa Herrington have been
i called home because of illness in
i the family.
This week is examination week
and we are anxious to show good
records.
Murray, J. Wade, Ray, T. A.
and Annie Ruth are the only ones
who have been tardy this week.
The grammar school grades
| rendered a short programme on
Columbus Day, Saturday morn
ing. Different programs will be
given every Saturday by these
pupils. Come to see us.
Montgomery Boys
Attend Big Fair.
Among the school boys from
this county attending the South
l eastern Fair in Atlanta as awards
, of merit are Ernest Stanford of
Mt. Vernon and Jeff Godowns of
Ailey Route 2.
These young men passed the
' required examination, and as a
result they are having a royal
time in Atlanta,, where they are
receiving instruction as well as
entertainment.
Zeesman Mas
Big Fall Sale, j
According to his custom, in
putting on fall sales, but more
particularly to raise a batch of
cash to meet the demands upon
him, Mr. H. Zeesniam, the Tarry
town dry goods man, begins a
grand price-cutting sale tomor
row, Oct. 22.
Mr. Zeesman undoubtedly fig
ures that by selling at or below
cost for fifteen days he will raise
the money he needs for operating
his business, and while this is
being done the public will have
the chance to buy goods at prices
lower than can be bought in this
section of the county.
Among some of the specialties
he offers is flour at $1.65 per
sack and ten pounds of sugar for
$1 35. He has an unlimited
line of dry goods, shoes, clothing,
etc., which he is offering at
ridiculously low prices, and for
I the next two weeks his place will
be like a beehive —the people will
be there.
Jury List.
The following is the list ot ju
sors drawn to serve at the Novem
ber term of Montgomery Superior
Court, 1P20:
Petit Jury—lst Week.
James Peterson A P Melt.tyre
J P Mohpb T W Hammock
C E Poore S W Harrell
C F Ferrell C W Peterson
C K McDonald It N Yeomans
M A Rico D A Mcßae
A J Phillips W R McArthur
.1 A Odom W L 1) Rack le y
Walter R Morris O A Simpson
D C Morris II H Adams
,1 B Brogden T (5 Peterson
H I, Wilt <) M Pool
J F Mills W J PotuHon
W A Johnson H E Mathiu-
Geo W Mclntyre M C Coleman
M C McAllister L W Beck urn
P .1 McNutt C II Calhoun
W W Frost C H Wright
Roscoe McQueen B F Hart
Abhie Smith W T Simpson
8 P Jones J F Daniels
S J Clark L C Adams
L C Graham M P M Bride
Geo L Peterson H A Braddy
2nd Week.
R L Harris H G Wardian
J B Brown John B Phillips
Angus Morris Anthony Adams
J H Williamson N A Hughes
Jason Powell C D Mitchell
Henrv Joyce W C McCrimmon
J W Mclntyre Charlie Palmer
G V Mason C 8 Palmer
8 Z Salter J E Martin
J W Sharpe, Jr., J B Garrett j
H H Martin J H Peterson
Cecil Lee Everett McLeod
Albert Morris H H Johnson
J E Moses DG Warnock
II V Rogers C W Roberson
Geo. L. Hughes T N Thompson
] B R Snooks E M Raeklnv 1
I Charlie Frizzelle P R Hamilton
| W F Avant B J O’Conner
j A J Dickey Geo W Lowmun
|.J Wade Johnson W C Langford
1 Chus D Peterson M D Kirkland
| W A Conner Glen Gibbs j
II H Galbraith J H Gray
; M A Peterson O B Braddy
W J Hayes Willie Wilson
I' M Galbraith M E Fountain
J II Martin J 8 Sharpe
I Geo W Palmer John J McArthur
A C Wilson D D McGregor
Grand Jury.
J E Calhoun J H Sanders
W H Mason M Morris
A D Hughes R J Boyd
M C Graham W L Calhoun
8 V Hicks C L Allmond
B A McArthur A M Hughes
J I Dixon E J Simons
S D Morris Martin McQueen
H A Moses W N Clark
EG Wilkes W B Mathias
CH Fowler M E Bums
J B O’Coni er W G Williamson
Geo W Beckworth J I Dunn
B F Conner A G Hicks
C F Gordon F F McArthur
|ML VERNON HOTEL
NOW OPEN
A Well Arranged Stopping
Place and Experienced
Managemen’.
The furniture and fixtures for
the new hotel arrived a few days
ago and have been nicely install
ed, making tne new hotel modern
in every respect.
Mrs. T. H. Johnson, the mana
ger, is recognized as one of the
most competent and popular hotel
I ladies in the state, and under her
j charge the hotel will prove a
credit to the town and section.
The traveling public will be glad
ito learn of the opening of the
i place. For several years Mt.
Vernon has been lacking in hotel
accomodations, but this can no
longer be held against the town.
All are invited to call and inspect
the premises and accomodations
offered the public.
Tarrytown.
'tpocial C‘>i i < H|)ondeiice.
Rev. Oliver filled his regular
appointment at the Baptist
church Sun Jay. All the members
and friends regret very n uch
this is the last sermon Rev. Oliver
will preach us on this call.
But hope to have him with us
again for he always has a cordial
welcome to every home.
Mr. H. S. Calhoun was taken
to Dublin to the hospital Tuesday
morning for an operation. He
has been ill for some time. We
hope him a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Ida Crowder visited her
mother, Mrs. Brantley, near
Lothair a few days last week.
Mrs. Newton Powell will at
tend fho association at Alamo
this week.
Miss Sallie Mae Calhoun spent
Saturday with Miss Lessie Mae
Crawford. .
Miss Mattie Moxley was the
week end guest of her sister.
Miss Mettie Moxley.
Miss Agnes Memory of Kibbee
spent Sunday with her aunt, Mrs.
B. F. Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Agee of
Crawfordville were guests of Dr.
and Mrs. Crowder Monday.
Mrs. S. W. Wheeler and chil
dren were visitors at the home of
Mr. A. L. Wheeler Sunday.
Mr. C. H. Branch is in our
midst this week.
Miss Grace Wheeler of Soper
ton was spend the day guest of
the Misses Moxleys Sunday.
Quite a crowd from here at
tended the show at Vidalia Sat
urday night.
Mr. Newton Moxley and sisters,
Mettie and Mrs D. '6. Lindsey of
Dry Branch, Misses Essie Mae
and Velma Phillips, Jewel Bram
let and Vera Ray attended the
j fair at Lyons Thursday night.
| They report a fine time and say
the exhibits were fine.
Every one is glad to see Little
Elizabeth Calhoun able to be out
after such a long illness.
Misses Nellie Mae Ferrill and
Nannie Moye of B. P. I. spent
the week end at Mr. C. F. Fer
rell’s. They had as their guests
Monday night Misses Dorothy
Tharpe and Dessie Davis of Or
land.
Messrs. C. L. McGaheeand W.
B. Cadle will accompany Rev.
Oliver to the Baptist Association
near Glen wood. We wish more
would attend.
Sunday school at 4 o’clock
every Sunday afternoon. Every
body has an invitation. You
missed something by not being
there last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Flandprs and
family ami Miss Johnnie Ricks of
Adrian 'dsPed nt the home of
Mr. F. M. Simons Sunday.
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