The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, December 09, 1920, Image 1
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. .0. 0.0.0 3. ©OOOO 0.0 MOT O 0 00000; § Brewton=Parker By Regular c 0 H News Correspondent j| <s> ©oooo® ©.©ooo® ©}®®o®®o©:®®o®'® 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. NO. 34.