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VOL. XXXV.
FINED FOR NOT !
DIPPING COWS;
i
Dipping Season Open March i
I.—New Director in
Charge.
A case of interest to the stock
men was the recent trial of Ed ,
Anderson of Ohoopee, who, dur-1
ing the summer refused to dip
his cattle in accordance with
government regulations. His cat
tle were driven up and quaran
tined in August at an expense of
$153.
The August grand ju y found
a true bill against Mr. Anderson
and at the trial in the December
term of City Court he was fined
SSO and costs for failure to dip 1
his cattle and for having ticky
cattle on his premises.
Montgomery and Toombs coun
ties are under the supervision of
Dr. Hugh F. J. Arundel, who ■
succeeds Dr. H. S. Stoker in the i
work. The dipping season for
the year closed December 1 and
the new season begins March 1, |
1921. It is thought that with
strict compliance with the re- (
quirements, Montgomery county,
or at least a portion of it, will be
released and pronounced tick free
by the close of the summer.
The value of the institution can
be readily seen, and it is hoped
that the people of Montgomery I
county will exert every effort i
toward complying with the rules. ■
Parties desiring to ship cattle
out of the county will find it
necessary to have a permit, and
this can be obtained on applica- j
tion to Dr. Arundel, who will
make the necessary inspection.
As the new dipping season draws
on notice will be given in The
Monitor.
J. P. Election
Last Saturday.
Last Saturday there was held
in each district in the county an
election for justice of the peace
and bailiff. The following is a
list of those chosen:
Mt. Vernon—Capt. M. D.
Hughes, justice. John W. Hugh
es and J. J. Fountain, bailiffs.
Ailey—L. Williamson, justice.
W. A. Smith, bailiff.
Kibbee-Tiger—W. W. Frost,
justice. 11. W. Bigeersfaff and
G. W. Palmer, bailiffs.
Tarry town —A. L. Wheeler,
justice. F. B. Calhoun, bailiff.
Higgston—J. R. Dickson, jus
tice. B. L. Smith, bailiff.
Longpond—K. M. Johnson, jus
tice. J. W. Sharpe and C. W.
Peterson, bailiffs.
Death to Rats.
A study of barium carbonate
as a rat poison, made by the
United States Department of Ag
riculture, indicates that a 20 per
cent mixture with food makes a
satisfactory bait. With this per
centage a rat ordinarily needs to j
eat only one-third or three-eights ;
of a meal of average size to get:
a fatal dose. It was found that
with this dose many of the rats
poisoned died within 24 hours,
though an occasional rat was
found which survived an even
larger arflount, thus indicating'
that 100 per cent mortality is not
to be expected in any case.
A summary of results of ex
periments conducted by various
persons with a view to determin
ing the deadliness of barium to
different animals shows the fal
lacy of the assumption that ba
rium is poisonous only to rats. It
is pointed out that the fatal dose
of barium per pound tends to de
crease relatively as the size of
the animal increases, and that a
bait calculated to be fatal to rats
may be assumed to be more or
less dangerous to small domestic
animals also.
Sty? iHmttPumtm; HJamtur.
Tarrytown.
Special Correspondence.
Mr. Newton Moxley made a
I business trip to Pemroke Monday.
Mrs. Kittie Arrington of Au
gusta is the guest of Mrs. W. B.
j Cadle.
I Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McGahee
1 and Mrs. C. R. Crowder were
I Sunday visitors to Lothair. Ow
i ing to the refusal of the Ford to
run, they had the displeasure of
walking in.
The baby of Mr. and Mrs. C.
H. Calhoun has been real sick for
the past week, and is still quite
sick. The family has our deep
est sympathy. We wish for her
an early recovery.
Mr.lHubert Boyd returned from
Florida Sunday. He doesn’t give
a very glowing account of the
Land of Flowers.
Messrs. W. L. and J. E. Cal
noun left Monday for Moultrie
and other places in southwest
Georgia.
Mr. W. B. Cadle and family
and Mrs. Kittie Arrington
spent Sunday with the family of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Spell near
Cedar Crossing.
A number of very fine porkers
have been slaughtered in town.
Mayor J. M. Phillips and L. E.
Stanford, E. J. Simons and C. C.
Adams have killed some very fine
pigs. They forgot to send this
scribe some back bones and spare j
ribs. It was an oversight, lam
sure.
Mr. E. J. Simons, our popular
tonsorial artist, has been con
fined to his room for several days.
We hope to see him out soon.
Miss Addie Lee Brooks of
Crooked Run is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. C. H. Calhoun, this
week.
Mr. H. Zeesman was a busi
ness visitor Monday to Vidaiia.
Misses Mattie May Beatty,
teacher, at White Oak, Vera May
Burns, teacher at Ruth’s Chapel,
and Sallie May Calhoun, teacher
at Orland. spent the week end
with their parents.
Miss Mary Zeesman spent Sun
day with Soperton relatives.
Mr. A. T. Brantley helped kill
hogs last week. At this writing
he has had no pork for his table.
Wonder the reason.
Mr. Dewie Mixon of Lyons
came for his sister, Miss Rosa
Bell, who has been spending a
few days with her aunt, Mrs. D.
V. Crawford.
Messrs. C. 11. Calhoun, L. E.
Stanford, I. E. Brooks and M. E.
Burns attended the Commission
ers’ meeting in Mt. Vernon Tues
; day.
Your presence is requested at
Sunday school next Sunday. A
cherry welcome to all.
The Champion in
Big Turnip Raising.
Mr. J. B. Connell, one of the
most successful farmers in the
1 county, came in a few days ago
i with samples of his turnips.
They were of the purple top
! variety, and of exceedingly large
! size and fine flavor. Mr. Connell
i makes a large crop of them as a
side line every year, and always
brings The Monitor a liberal
batch of them.
Mr. Connell is strongly of the
opinion that the average farmer
does not make enough home sup
plies—and he is right.
Commissions Received
for County Officers.
Judge J. C. McAllister has re
ceived the commissions for the
several county offcers, and they
are requested to arrange bond
and call and take up their com
-1 mistions.
| On January Ist all county of
ficers begin their full term of
four years.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1920.
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H News Correspondent j|
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The 8.-P. I. basketball quin
. tette was pleasantly surprised
{ Friday evening. When they gath- j
ered in the dining hall at the
i supper hour, they found their
! training table holding a center
piece of beautiful roses and a big \
bowl of steaming oyster stew for;
each one. Those who enjoyed
the surprise with the team were:
Coach Tyner, Misses Floy Eth
ridge, Eunice Burkhalter, Marie
Tingle, and the gracious hostess,
Mrs. Jessie Tyler.
I \
Are jolly Juniors to have their;
spirit of merriment dampened by
by a little rain? Not the Juniorj
Physics class of 8.-P. I. No-sir-j
ree. It has been tested and found
true. On last Saturday after- j
noon this class with a few invited ;
guests, chaproned by their teach
er, Miss Ting e, and the express-;
ion teacher, Miss Burkhalter, j
hiked to the river for an outing. !
Boats were secured and the
woods were made to ring with
the laughter and songs of the
merry boaters.
As the twilight silently closed
out the last mellow rays of the
sinking sun, a campfire was built
on the shore of the on-rushing!
j river. Each one found a part in j
the preparation of supper. As
many hands make light work the
delicious aroma of savory bacon
and coffee soon perfumed the air!
and invited sixteen hungry, hap-;
py humans to partake of them.
They with pickles, bread, Frenchi
fried potatoes, apples, oranges, !
and grapes would have been a '
1 fitting supper for a king.
Yes, and old Jupiter Pluviusj
was angry because he was not
asked to the feast. In fact he
was so angry until he wept, and
shed his tears of jealously upon
the gay party. When he thought;
. he had dropped enough to damp-!
. en the pleasure of the occasion
he ceased. Lo and behold! he had ,
only moistened their sweaters
and not their spirit at all. This
made the old fellow furious and
he called on all the clouds to help j
him. They did their best for a
few minutes, but to no avail, so
, withdrew’ in shame and left the
L i jolly Juniors to their fun.
i ~'~i
Mr. G. W. Stradtman
to Preach McGregor. !
Mr. G. W. Stradtman of Sa- 1
• vannah conducted the service at
’ the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian
church last, Sabbath, preaching
t in the morning during the ab-
L sence of the pastor, Rev. F. M.
Baldwin.
In the evening he described in
full the workings of the Savan
. nah Port Society, of which he is
chaplain and superintendent of
' the Seaman’s Horne. He gave a
number of incidents in which the
3 , home is brought in touch with all
I nationalities. At certain seasons
of the year all sailors, when in
I port, are reauired to sleep at the
home. During the past year
1 25,000 men w ere cared for in this
. respect by the home.
Mr. Stradtman will return to
the county Saturday, and in the
3 evening he will hold a service at
r McGregor. On Sunday he will
- hold three services there, morn
ing, afternoon and evening, to
which the nubile is invited.
Rev. F. M. Baldwin will give
the congreatiori of that church a
stereopticon lecture Friday eve
’’ mng. No charges, and all are
. invited.
e
y Seed Oats for Sale.
i
Supply of high grade Fulghum
seed oats. Thoroughly cleaned
. and free from grass seeds and
weeds. See me at once,
f J. M. D. McGregor,
107tf Ailey, Ga.
On Thursday evening the stu
dent body and people of Mt.
Vernon and Ailey w’ere delight- j
fully entertained by the St. Claire
Sisters. The program consisted
of readings, pianologues, vocal
'numbers, and selections on the,
i guitar, violin, mandolin, and har
monica. They made a refreshing
and entertaining quartette.
If any of the girls of the pres
ent Sophomore class of 8,-P. I. j
ever want a recommendation as
la cook they can get it by calling
;on any of the Sophomore boys,
whom they entertained with a
! demonstration lession in candy
j making Tuesday afternoon. That i
was just about the “sweetest”
i class in school when the lesson
; w'as over for, of course, each one
had to “sample” the w'ork of each 1
;cook.
I On Monday evening Sara Mc
; Arthur had a number of the 8.-'
;P. I. students out to a cane
grinding. The mill did not grind
the cane to suit some of the fas
* tidious guests so they used their
[own individual “grinder”. On
Tuesday morning their jaws were
so tired and sore until they!
couldn’t talk—not even to recite |
their lessons and they wanted?
i to do it ever so much,
i ‘‘Amo, Amas, Amat
The other team mu3t trot
: We’ve got the stuff
We’ll win or bust
Amo, Amas, Amat
This is the spirit of the 8.-P, I.
.basketball team. Although the
I two tryouts had given them each i
1 time a losing score of 13 they
' w’ere not discouraged. Last Mon
i day afternoon when the five Go- i
Hath built players of Hazlehurstj
stepped out on the B P. I. court;
one of the home quintette was
I heard to say to his fellow players:!
! “We’re not afraid of them, we
1 can beat them and we’ll do it in
a good, clean, honest game ”
i With that in mind they went into j
the game with it won before they
! started. The score w’as close —
first one and then the other in
the lead. Five minutes until
time up and the score 8 and 8 j
Discouraged? No! They just
shot a field goal and Hazlehurst i
a foul closing the game 10 and 9
! in favor of B. -P. 1.
• Young Lady Badly
Burned at Ellaville.
Americus, Dec. G. Miss Louise
Collins, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. C. Collins, is in a serious
condition at the Collins home in
Ellaville, as a result of an open
grate accident. The young girl
was standing before the open
grate in her underclothing pre
paratory to retiring, when, in
some manner, her clothing be
came ignited. Her mother, who
was in the room w’ith her, had
her hands and wrists severely
burned in extinguishing the
flames. A physician who attend
ed Miss Collins pronounced her
I injuries serious
Cotton Ginned in
, County to Nov. 14.
i There was ginned in Montgr m
ery county prior to November 14
of this year 352 G bales of upland
,; cotton; against 44G1 bales ginned
Ito the same date of last year. __
Thus it can be seen that this
year’s crop is nearly 80 per cent,
of that grown in the county last
i year, the greater part of the
crop having been ginned for the
year.
Farm Wanted.
Wanted to hear from owner of
farm or good land for sale reason
able. L. Jones, Box 551, Olney,
111.
Oak Grove Dots.
Special Correspondence.
Miss Bessie Graham of Rock
ledge is spending this week with
her cousin, Miss Annie Reynolds,
of Oak Grove.
There was a good many out to
church and B. Y. P. U. Sunday.
j Miss Estelle Milligan and moth
er visited Mrs. J. A. Reynolds
and daughter, Annie, Monday
afternoon.
I
j Miss Gladys Leggett gave a|
sing Saturday night, which was j
i enjoyed by all.
Misses Annie Reynolds and
cousin were the guests of Miss
Estelle Milligan Tuesday after
noon.
j Messrs. C W. and W. D. Pe
' were in Vidaiia Wednes
d y on business.
Mr. Will Hughes of Alston was
in this section Sunday .'night.
I
Misses Mira Graham and sister I
■of Uvalda were the guests of
their cousin, Miss Annie Reyn
olds. Sunday.
j Misses Sudie Graham and Julia
Register were the guests of Miss I
Gladys Leggett Sunday.
Mr. Arthur Register and sister,
I Julia, and Sudie Graham accom
panied Mr. McDaniel to Mt. Ver
non Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Roy Wood called on Miss
Estelle Milligan Sunday night.
Sunday school and B. Y. P. U. j
! next Sunday beginning at 2:30.
j Everybody come.
Farmers Should Wait for
Lower Priced Fertilizers.
I doubt if the average man in
town realizes just what a serious
; situation is facing our farmers, I
and farmers all over the country, i
for that matter. Cotton is selling
; for half or less of what it cost to
| make it. Corn is a dollar a bush
el or less for the man who has it
1 for sale, sweet potatoes are 60
cents a bushel, the cattle and
, wool markets are all to piects,
and so on down the line.
On the other hand, when the
farmer goes to buy the things he
needs to proJuce another crop,
he finds he has to pay prices in
some cases actually higher ?han
I ever. As an illustration, nitrate
of soda this time last year wa9
about S6O a ton, delivered: tcdayi
it is around $75. Acid phosphate
last season was $24 to $26 a ton; |
quotations now, I understand, are,
decidedly higher. Farm imple
ments and hardware of all kinds
are selling as high or higher than
ever.
In view of this situation, 1
think it well to stay out of the
fertilizer market until the situ
ation clears up. If farm products;
prices do not go up, fertilizer
prices must come down, because
we simply are not able to buy,
them at present prices. The
Progressive Farmer.
Local Postmaster is
Given Reappointment.
Mr. D. W. Folsom, postmaster
,atMt. Vernon, has been re-ap
' pointed for a term of four years
Mt. Vernon is one of the most
important, offices in this section,
in point of business transacted.
Foifcseveral years the work was
' uqusually heavy, on account of
' Mt. Vernon having been the cen
-tral accounting office for this
* county and severa’outside offices.
Postmaster Folsom received no
■ remuneration for this work, nor
; for the vast amount of extra work
' imposed on the office as a result
of the war, ar.ci the re-appoint
comes as a fitting tribute to his
I untiring energy and efficiency in
F keeping the office up to a high
- standard of excellence, despite a
, lack of pay for the extra services
I rendered.
NO DELEGATES TO
LEAGUE NATIONS
U. S. Not Being a Member,
President Declines
Invitation.
Washington, Dec. 8. —Presi-
dent. Wilson today declined the
invitation of the league of na-
I tions to send delegates to take
I part in the discussions of the dis
| armament commission.
The President informed the
league of nations council that in*
! asmuch as the United States was
not a member of the league he
did not feel justified in appoint
ing a commission “to take even a
de facto participation.”
The United States, however,
the President declares, is in sym
pathy with any plan for world
disarmament.
The reply of the President to
1 the invitation of the league coun
cil was transmitted today through
the State Department to Paul
Hymans, president of the coun
cil. It follows:
“I have the honor to acknow
; ledge the receipt of your cable
gram of December 1 inviting the
(government of the United States
to name representatives to sit
with the military, naval and air
! commissions of the league in a
consultative capacity during the
discussion by the commission on
the reduction of armaments, the
i consideration of which is to be
undertaken by it forthwith at
the request and on behalf the
council.
“The government of the Uni
ted States is most sympathe'ic
with any sincere effort to evolve
a constructive plan for disarma
ment, which is necessary for the
economic rehabilitation, perce
and stability of the world. The
President and the United States
is deeply interested in this ques
tion and is most desirous of co
oDerating to this end, but as the
government of the United Stat> s
is not a member of the league he
d ms not feel justiged in appoint
ing u commission to take even a
de facto participation in the de
liberations of the council or of
.he commission acting on behalf
of rh ■> councM in the execution of
| provisions in the covenant of the
J league of nations.”
Coca Cola
\ Wins a Suit.
Washington, Dec. 6.—The
Coca Cola Company, manufactur
ers of a popular soft drink, today
won its suit in the Supreme
Court for an injunction restrain
ing Federal corporations in Mis
souri, Texas, Oklahoma, and
Arkansas from using similar
names in their corporate titles,
and for an accounting for dama
ges resulting from such infringe
ment,.
Toe defendants against whom
the injunction was asked included
the Koke Company of America,
a Missouri corporation, the Soutn
Koke Company, Limited;and the
Kok<* Companies of Texas. Ar
kansas and Oklahoma. In op
posing 'he suit they alleged that
the Coca Cola Company had come
into court with unclean hands in
that its product was not truth
fully described by the trade name
under which it was sold.
The court, refused to bar tha
defendants from using the term
“dope” in describing their pro
-1 duct.
; Trespass Notice.
.) 1
Georgia -Montgomery County.
( This is to forewarn all parties
against hunting, fishing, remov
iing wood or timber or in any
! manner trespassing on the lands
i of the undersigned, and viola
! dons of this order are subject to
-os' co ion. T his the 2d day of
1 December, 1920.
1 L. C. Mcßae,
| Mrs. Florence McAithur.
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