VOL. XXXV.
Will Preach at
Presby. Church .
!
Mr. George W. Stradtman. a
well known Presbyterian laymen,
will preach at the Mt. Vernon
Presbyterian church next Sab
bath, both morning and evening.
Mr. Stradtman is a man of un
usual power, and while not a
minister, has been very success
ful in ministerial labors. He
will be remembered as having
conducted services in the Mt.
Vernon church prior to the pas
torate of Rev. F. M. Baldwin.
He is well known in this section,
and his coming will be looked
forward to by a large number of I
friends and admirers.
For some time he has been
superintendent of the Seaman’s
Bethel, one of the oldest interde- 1
nominational institutions in Sa
vannah, the purpose of which is
to afford shelter, recreation and
service to seafaring men. He
has been very successful in this
work, the confining nature of
which has no doubt accounted for
his not having beenjn Mt. Ver
non in some time.
Trees and Shrubbery
Add Beauty to Home.
One of the big reasons that
most of us here in the South will |
have to learn is an appreciation
of the beautiful. A home with-,
out trees, shrubs, flowers, or any- j
thing to brighten the land-scape
is a very poor makeshift for
a home, but now common are
such around us.
Our house sits off spme dis
tance from the main road and I
think this has helped greatly in ;
beautifying the place. Leading
up to the house we have double!
rows of pecans on each side of;
the driveway. Though a large
part of them are still small some i
are already beautiful trees and!
yielding not only a fine shade but;
also a nice supply of nuts for the;
winter. This is one of the ad-;
vantages of the pecan, it is as
useful as it is ornamental. Around j
the house there are a number of;
large spreading oaks. Most of'
these are water oaks; they seem ;
to be the best for shade, some |
remaining green until winter is;
well advanced. Even after the!
oaks are bare we still have box
woods, wild peach, and magnolia
to brighten up the surroundings.
It isn’t necessary to remind any
one of the latter’s beauty during
the summer,
Os course if we do that much,
mother is sure to go a little fur
ther. She has a large variety of
box flowers, ferns, geraniums,
wandering jew. and others that
only a woman or a greenhouse
expert could name. These bright
en things up inside the house
during the winter when every
thing outside is brown and bare. !
If the weather doesn’t get too;
cold they are kept in the house !
the whole winter. Arranged
here and there in the living room J
and hall they change the air of a ;
place more than one can tell.
Out in the yard (we still plant
flowers in the front yard) the
flowers begin to bloom early in
the spring with hyacinths, butter
cups, jonquils, lilacs, and butter
and eggs. Later on cape jessa
mines and roses fill the air with
their fragrance. By the begin
ning of summer zinnias, mari
golds, petunias, nasturtiums,
prince’s feathers, and cannas are
in full bloom, and if dry weather
doesn’t get them they will nearly
all bloom on until frost. During
the fall the chrysanthemums are
a mass of red and white and yel
low.—Alexander Nunn in The
Progressive Farmer.
St. Claire Sisters on
Stage for Evening.
The St. Claire Sisters, a lady
quartet will appear at the Brew
ton-Parker this evening.
This is one of the regular num
bers of the Redpath Lyceum
system, and consists mainly of
musical numbers, instrumental,
readings, etc.
It promises to be a very enter
taining number. The perform
ance will probably begin at 8:30.
3l|p fHimtgommj iixmttor.
Tarrytown.
Special Correspondence.
Miss Rosa B. Mixon of Lyons'
is the spend the week guest of
her aunt, Mr. Crawford.
Mr. N. T. Powell is building a
brick store in the place of the
one that was destroyed by fire a
few days ago.
Mrs. R J. Boyd was shopping
in Vidalia Thursday of last week.
Mr. C. H. Branch of Rockledge
was a Tuesday visitor here.
Messrs. J. l\'vWarnock and L.
E. Stanford and N. T. Moxley j
were business visitors to Soperton i
Tuesday afternoon.
| Mr. Frank Collins spent Friday
j and Saturday in Mcßae.
j Mr. Homer Williamson of Ailey
j was a Saturday visitor here.
! Mr. Clements of Eastman has
i accepted a position as town mar
shal.
Mr. Greeley Durden of Norris
town is one of the workmen on
: the new store.
Messrs. Paul Calhoun and Otis
I
Radford left last Wednesday for
: the Land of Flowers. We wish
| the boys much success.
Mr. R. N. Wood was a visitor
to his home Sunday.
Misses Ora Hamilton, Zada
.Jackson, and Mrs. Frank Steph
ens, and Mrs. J. D. Simons were]
i shopping in Vidalia Friday.
Mrs. Russel Bovd of Summit,
who has been spending a few
days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Boyd, returned home
Tuesday.
Mr. J. N. Pittman is having
material put on the ground lor
the erection of a store building in
J the place of the one that was
i burned some days ago.
Dr. C. R. Crowder was a busi
; ness visitor to Dublin Monday.
Mr. Rand Phillips of Denton
was in town Sunday.
Mr. Newton Moxley visited
Denton Sunday.
! Messrs. J. E. Calhoun and B.
; Beaty were in Vidalia Thursday.
1 Mr. Frank Palmer of Mount
Vernon was a Sunday visitor to
the burned city.
Seeking Pardon For
Montgomery Negro.
Col. L. C. Underwood and Mr.
M. E. Fountain made a trip to
Atlanta this week, seeking a
pardon for John Mcßae, the ne
gro convicted of the murder of
Ben Hines, another well known
! negro.
The tragedy occured in 1904, a
| few miles south of Mt. Vernon.
| Mcßae, since his conviction, has
; been serving on the Sumter coun
it,y chain gang, and has main
! tained a good record. The evi
dence on which he was convicted
was more or less circumstantial,
it is understood.
_ I
Spread a Feast at
Mt. Vernon Hotel.
The oyster supper at the Mt. i
Vernon Hotel last Friday evening
was an enjoyable affair, and was'
very well attended by the towns-,
people.
Mrs. Johnson is a pastmistress
in the art of serving, and many
! were the compliments as a re
-1 suit of the occasion, in which she
spread more of a feast than an
oyster supper.
Mt. Vernon should be proud of
the hotel, under the able man
agement of Mrs. Johnson, and co
operate with her in every respect.
• J
Farm Wanted.
Wanted to hear from owner of
farm or good land for sale reason
iable. L. Jones, Bex 551, Olney,
111.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1920.
THE WORLD WITH
• AMERICAN RED CROSS. *M \
In Belgium. (tw }
Hunger, disease and exposure were not all that Belgian children wcr«
subjected to, for enemy shells constantly droppd into what little of their
country the invader did not hold. In tliik picture Ked Cross nurses are seen
taking some of the fifty babies from the American Ked Cross nursery at
L.a Panne into a bomb-proof structure as the Germans opened tire from the sea
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| News
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The Thanksgiving season has|
been a series of great things in j
v irious ways to the students md
faculty of Brewton-Parker. All
were agreed that they wire
thankful that the examinations
w >re over. Some had the pleas
ure of spending the day at home;
others, the joy of reviving old
friendships; while to others came
the happiness of making new
acquaintances.
Who said 13 is not an unlucky
number? Certainly not the stu-!
dents of 8.-P. I. Only a few
days ago, the basketball team
was defeated by the Vidalia team
by a score of 14 and 13. Last
Wednesday the Vidalia fivede-i
seated the 8.-P. I. team with the
score of 15 and 13. The latter
was a thrilling game. The Brew-;
ton-Parker team led the score
most of the time, but by s< me
mysterious fate the Vidalia team
finally forged ahead and stayed
so till the last blast of the time
keeper’s whistle. The public will
have the chance to see another
fast game on the 8.-P. I. court
Monday, December 6th, at which
time the local team will play
Hazlehurst. Mr. Tvner has been
working his boys overtime in or
der that steer clear of
another 13 in the score. All the
members of the quintette are
showing better style in their
playing than they have ever
shown before. The team will
play some of the best teams in
south-east Georgia this season,
such as Dublin, Cochran, Metter,
and others. ,
On Thursday morning the peo
ple of Ailey and Mount Vernon
assembled in the school audi
torium, and, after seeing the Pil
grim Fathers and Indians pass by
as they may have done three
hundred years ago, as these were
so beautifully portrayed by the
children in the grammar grades,
listened to talks by the oastors of
the three churches in town and
the president of Brewton-Barker.
Interspersed with these talks
were songs of praise and prayers
of thanksgiving. Mrs. Tyler’s
orchestra furnished instrumental
music for the occasion.
After the services the boarding
students and faculty, along with
visitors, repaired to the dining
hall, where they found waiting
for them a sumptuous dinner,
consisting of turkey, cranberry
sauce, celery, and other regulars
for a Thanksgiving menu. A
toast of genuine water was
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Correspondent
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J drunk to the matron of the dining
i hall, after which speeches were
1 made by former graduates and
! present members of the faculty.
Friday night Misses Tingle and 1
i Burkhalter gave a weirn r and
marshmallow roast in honor of
their guests, Misses Cobb and
; McNeil, of Cochran. Those who
! enjoyed the occasion were: Misses
| Lollie Cobb, Susie Lee McNeil,
Sara Mae McWhorter, Clara Dug
| gan, of Chester. Eileen Tyler, of
Quitman, Eva Conner, Beatrice
and Mae Burch, of Jacksonville,
Erin McArthur, Sybo! Hampton,
of Athens, Marie and Jessie Pe
terson, of Ailey, and Cassie You
mans, Glennie Kennedy, Eliza
: beth Lee, Irene Pinkerton, Marie
and Elizabeth Brown, Floy Eth-
I ridge, Marie Tingle, and Eunice
Burk baiter, all of the local schools.
| The Romeos were: Messrs. Hugh
Peterson, Alex Peterson, Jim
Peterson, Hoke Riddle, Douglas
McGregor, Robert Williams,
Clyde Jenkins, French, Cecil Lee,
and G. F. Tyner.
Saturday night. Mrs. Tyler en
tertained at the dining hall. ;
Those present were: Mesdames
Tyler and Espy; Moses Vannie
Leek Tyler, Eva Conner, Marie
Tingle, Floy Ethride, Eunice
Burkhalter, Irene Pinkerton,
Glennie Kennedy, Marie Brown,’
Lollie Cobb, Mae Burch, Beatrice
Burch, Eileen Tyler, Sybol Hamp
ton; Messrs. Vivian Stubbs, G.
F. Tyner, Clement McArthur,
Clyde Jenkins, Hoke Riddle, Alex
and Hugh Peterson, and Pierce.
Other visitors to the 8.-P. I.
[campus during the Thanksgiving
season w< re: Willie Wood of Mi
lan; Hugh Burch, of Jacksonville;
Malcom and Miss Emily Jones,
of Quitman. Messrs. Burch and
| Wood came down from Mercer
University, Macon; while Mr.
and Miss Jones accompanied Miss
Eileen Tyler, teacher of English
■in the Quitman High School.
Miss Vannie Leek Tyler spent
'the first of the week with her
sister in Quitman.
Arrangements are being made
for a series of dehates between
Piedmont Institute and 8.-P. 1.,
| the first one to come off during
■ this year somewhere about the
i 22nd of February and the others
:j to follow later. Misses Tingle
: and Burkhalter and Mr. Panter
have been appointed by the facul
’ tv to work out the details of time,
i place, etc. It is hoped that the
. first debate will at the Brewton
i Parker auditoruim.
Longpond Dots.
I Special Corroapondence
Miss Eudelle McArthur of
Douglas spent the latter part of
last week at the home of her un
cle, Mr. L. I). Rack ley.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bendi
mire and baby of Odum have re
turned home after spending last
week with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Hughes and
baby and Miss Alice Thompson
of Mt. Vernon and Master Jack
Thompson of Vidalia were among
relatives here Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Willie Clark of Douglas
spent part of last week with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. N.
Clark.
Mrs. S. M. Bush and baby of
Dublin are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. McAllister.
Miss Eula Peterson of Vidalia
spent last week at the home of
Mr. B. A. McArthur.
Messrs. Willard Adams and
Claris Burch of Mt. Vernon were
among friends here Sunday af
ternoon.
Mrs. J. E. Goff and children
are visiting her sister, Mrs. Ben
dimire, of Odum.
Miss Nellie Johnson has re
turned to Vidalia after spending
the latter part of last week with
home folks.
Mr. S. M. Bush of Dublin was
among relatives here the first of
the week.
Mr. W. T. McArthur, Sr., was
in this section Sunday morning.
Mrs. C. C. McAllister, Jr., was
taken to Hazlehurst Monday
where she will undergo an opera
tion.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that
Seaboard Air Line Railway has
made application to the Railroad I
Commission of Georgia for au
thority to discontinue its agency
at Higgston, Georgia, and make
the same a prepay station. Ti e
application has been assigned for
hearing before the Commission
at meeting heginning at 10
o’clock, December 9th, 1920, All
parties desiring to be heard in
connection with this rnat’er
should communicate with the
Commission on or before the date
of hearing.
This notice is given in accord
ance with the requirements of
the Railroad Commission of
Georgia.
Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.
By G. P. Bagwell.
Divorce Notice.
Olem Cooper vb Martha J. Cooper.
Petition for the removal of ills
abilities, in the Superior Conit
-f Montgomery Comity, Ga., Feb,,
Perm, 1921.
!’<> Mrs. Martha J. Cooper:
You are hereby notified that an
application has been filed in the
Superior Court of said county, for
the removal of die disabilities <>t
■Jiiid Clem Cooper the applicant,
•hi kb me t" h: heard in said court
the first Monday in Feb. 1921.
That the 4ame is based on the
petition for divorce filed against
aid applieu 't, I)"" sth, 1919. to
the Feb term. 1920 of said c m l '*.
T his the 2nd day of Lee., 1920.
Clem Cooper,
Applicant.
Laurens County Lady
Took Her Own Life.
Mrs. Seal) Durden, of near VLri
ter, in this county, committed
suicide this morning when she
swallowed a dose of strychnine,
at about four o’clock, at the borne
of her father, A. S. Barfield, near
Minter. Death followed almost
immediately.
The tragedy is said to he the
; result of a familv quarrel late
last night, followed which Mrs.
Durde i went to the house of a
neighbor and secured the strych
■ nine, afterwards returning to th<
! nouse of her father, where sh<
swallowed the poison this tmrn
ing, Mrs. Durden was a wi iov.
and leaves three children, a
daughter 18, a son about 12, and
a daughter about 10. —Dublin
I Courier-Herald.
Du roc Jersey
Sate Jan . 7.
Richmond & McArthur are
j making extensive plans for their
first Duroc Jersey sale, which
will be conducted on the farm two
miles south of Ailey Friday, Jan
uary 7th.
I In this sale will be offered
! forty-two head of gilts and sows,
; probably the best lot of hogs of
the finer type ever offered in this
section of the state.
Their advertisement illustrates
two of the prize-winning boars,
heads of the herd, which num
bers several hundred head. The
sale will be largely attended.
Oak Grove Dots.
Special Correspondence.
Miss Maggie Gillis spent the
week-end with home folks in So
perton.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Branch
and Miss Charity Branch were
visiting at Charlotte Sunday.
Mrs. J. T. Walker and daugh
ters, Mrs. D. S. O’Brien and Mrs.
P. IL Daniels visited Mrs. Make
Mclntyre of the Sadie section
Tuesday afternoon.
Quite a large crowd enjoyed
the candy pulling at Mr. Peter
son’s Tuesday night.
Miss Annie Reynolds was the
guest of Miss Julia Register
Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Regist r
and children visited at'.the hoi. e
of Mr. B. Woodard^Sunday.
Therh was a large crowd at
tended the Thanksgiving service
that was held at the church
Thu sday night.
Miss Etta Mae Jackson is teach
ing the school the first of this
week. The teacher, Miss G His,
hav.ng returned home for a few
days.
Miss Estelle Milligan had as
h r guests Sunday afternoon K sa
Anni Reynolds and Messrs. V. ill
Hu >,hes and Roy Wood.
Mr. Herman Hughes of Alston
aas in this section Sunday night.
Miss Estelle Milligan was the
,'uest of Miss Gladys Leggett
Thursday afternoon.
The B. Y. P. U. rendered a
ine program Sunday afternoon.
There was a good many present.
Rev. C. E. McDaniel will fill
his regular appointment here
next Saturday afternoon and Sun
day morning. Also B. Y. P. U.
in the afternoon about 3 o’clock.
Everybody come and bring tome
one with you.
Wilson Makes Final Plans.
Washington, Nov. 29. - Al
though it has been generally ui -
derstood that President Wilson
ifter he leaves the White House
«n March 4 will devote his time
to writing, this fact became
Known today with a degree of
finality. It also b-carne known
that Mr. Wilson will make his
home in Washington, but thus
far he tia» no: 0-.iair.ed a r si
de nee.
Joseph P. Tumulty, the Pret i
dent’s seefete*”-. r ?!jin« tjn
remain in Washington after
March 4 a ui Me intends to w .<*s
some b »oks about the President
with whom he has been assoma
te! for the past ten years. Mr.
Turnul y lias Peon offered a place
on the Customs Court of Appeals,
but he has reached no decision its
to accepting the appointment.
Tr sjmss Notit e.
Georgia —Montgomery County.
This is to forewarn all parties
against hunting, fishing, remov
ing wood or timber or in any
manner trespassing on the.lands
of the undersigned, and violn
tions of this order are subject to
nrosf cu ioo. ' r, ii9 the 2d day of
December, 1920.
L. r . Me Tie,
1 Mrs. Fiorenc- MeAi\hur.
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