VOL. XXXV.
NO LENIENCY
IN TAXATION
Tax Collector Forced to Issue
Executions Against all
Delinquents.
The following letter from
Comptroller-General Wright to
Tax Collector H. C. Davis of this
county is self-explanatory. The
Comptroller or the Tax Collector
has no power to extend the time I
of paying state and county taxes.
Therefore, as is usual, the tax
collector will necessarily issue tax
fifas against delinquents after
the 20th day of December. This
adds cost, of course, and the
sooner taxes are paid, the better
for the individual and for the
This is law and not the
pleasure of county or state offi
cials.
Atlanta, December 11th, 1920.
Mr. H. C. Davis, Tax Collector,
Montgomery County,
Mt. Vernon, Georgia.
Dear Sir:—
I am in receipt of yours of the
9th inst.
I recognize fully the distressed
condition prevailing throughout «
the state of Georgia. The Comp- ,
troller-General is given no au-!
thority to extend the time of tax
collectors for collecting state
taxes. The law gives the collec- '
tor no authority to extend the
time for collecting taxes. The '
State has to meet its appropria
tions and is dependent upon the
prompt collection of taxes with
which to meet the appropriations .
made by the General Assembly
for the fiscal year.
The tax collectors are required
to issue executions on all delin
quents on the 20th day of De
cember, and there is no discretion
conferred upon me or the tax
collector to extend this time. It
would be very questionable
whether a fi fa issued after the
20th of December could be legal
ly enforced. You are therefore,
instructed to issue fi fas against
all delinquents on the 20th of ,
December, as the law requires. ,
Yours very truly,
Wm. A. Wright,
Comptroller-General.
Padgett is Made
Mayor of Glenwood.
Glenwood, Ga., Dec. 13.—The
annual municipal election of of
ficers, held Saturday, resulted
as follows:
Mayor—J. C. Padgett.
Councilmen —C. L. Galbraith,
J. H. Kent. E. A. Pope. C. M.
Jordan and Dr. W. A. Rivers.
board of Education—Dr. D. C.
Colson and Prof. J. E. Pope.
The contest was a spirited one
and the vote very close; the re
sults forecast a continuation of
the progressive policy in town
affairs inaugurated some twelve
months ago.
Church Notice.
All members of the Mt. Ver
non Baptist church are urged to
attend a special conference, to be
held at the church next Sunday
morning immediately after ser
vices. Done by order of the
Board of Deacons.
T. B. Conner,
Chairman.
Seed for Sale.
Supply of High-Grade Bancroft
Seed Oats for sale at right fig-|
ures. J- T. Brack,
1118tf Mt. Vernon, Ga- I
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Collins of
Hagan have returned home after
visiting their son, Mr. Carl Col
lins, who has been quite ill at
the home of Rev. A. G. Brewton.
altj? ilmttgiimprg ilomtnr.
Tarrvtown.
Special Correspondence.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. McGahee
motored down to U valda Tuesday.
We deeply sympathize with
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Calhoun on
account of the death of their
baby, which occurred Saturday
afternoon. The remains were
buried in the O’Conner cemetery
Monday afternoon.
We are real glad to see Mr.
E. J. Simons able to be out after
several days confinement to his
room.
C. H. Calhoun, Jr., is quite
sick with scarlet fever. We hope
for the little fellow an early re
covery.
Misses Mettie Moxley and Ora
Hamihoi spent the week en i
with Miss Bessie Williamson near
Kibbee.
W. B. Cadle was a busiress
v sitor to Vidalia Monday a m.
School closed Tuesday at r oon
n account of the prevalence of
scarlet fever in the comn unity.
Mr. B. ?. Calhoun of Glenwood
w as nc re Mo iday.
Col. A. C. Saffold was in town
Saturday and Sunday the guest
of Mr. L. Collins.
The act of the Board of Educa
tion in consolidating Tarrytown,
Kibbee and Poplar Head schools
meets the disapproval of the ma
jority of Tarrytown citizens.
The new brick store of Mr. N.
T. Powell is about completed and
will be ready for occupancy in
just a few days.
The foundation has been laid
for another store. The building
is being built for Mr. J. N. Pit
man and will be completed early
in January.
Miss Zada Jackson spent the
week end with Miss Vickey Pal
mer at Kibbee.
Mr. D. E. Holloman of Soper
ton was in town Monday.
Mr. Paul Calhoun was called
home from Lake Hamilton, Fla.,
on account of the sickness and
death of his baby sister.
Messrs. I). G. Warnock and
L. E. Stanford left Monday in a
Ford for Florida.
Mrs. Millie Fort was buried in
the cemetery here Monday a. m.
If you are a member of Tarry
town Baptist church you should
attend the services Saturday and
Sunday next. Good preaching
and a cordial welcome.
Georgia Must
Send Offering.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 14. “Geor
gia will make a handsome Christ
mas gift to the orphans of the
Near East” says H. B. K< nnedy,
prominent Atlanta banker, who
is state chairman of the Near
East organization. According to
A. L. Terrell, director-secretary
of the Georgia commute, 2,500
orphans in stricken Armenia will
not only be fed Christmas day
but every day during the year.
Several hundred Georgians who
are identified with this worthy
charity have secured pledges that
insure the maintenance of one
orphanage in the starving coun
try. Sunday schools, church or
ganizations, fraternal .orders,
business and civic organizations
are supporting many of the or
phans. It costs only five dollars
a month to feed an orphan in the
j Near East, it is stated by mem
oers of the committee who have
I the work in hand.
For Sale.
Two used cars—a Ford and a
Maxwell Touring—in good condi
tion. Also two good farm mules.
W. G. Williamson.
1028tf Alston, Ga.
MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1920.
[CONTRAST BETWEEN HOG
RAISING AND COTTON.
A few days ago Mr. C. C.
French, Industrial Agent for the
Ft. Worth Stock Yards, was in
my office and presented the fol
io ving clipping from a live stock
j >urnal:
“Comanche, Texas, September
7. —This section has one farmer
who not only has no fear of the
boll weevil, but actually turns it
to an advantage. His name is W.
B. Sterling, and he lives near
Blanket, about ten miles south- !
west of Comanche. He says he |
has now about a half bale of cot
lion to the acre matured, with
good prospects for continued ma-!
turity. He has his farm fenced [
into sub-divisions with hog-proof i
fences. As soon as the boll wee- \
vil begins to make its appear-!
ance he turns his hogs into the |
cotton field. He has about 30 to i
35 head of pigs big enough to eat;
and range, and these pigs gather!
everv fallen form punctured by !
the weevil and knocks off the
punctured forms which still ad
here to the stalk. They actually
fatten on the larvae thus devour
ed and seem to be specially fond
of the combined vegetable and
animal diet.
“In addition to destroying the
entire weevil crop, they also
.oosen up the soil without the
slightest, damage to the plant in
their rigid cleaning up of the fal
len forms. Fields adjoining or
'adjacent to his farm, where no
nogs have been ranged will not
make cotton enough to pay for
the picking. (Mr. Sterling is
well known as a man of the high
est veracity and integrity and his
itatement may be absolutely de
pended upon as true.)’’
In discussing the matter with
Mr. French he decided to make
rhe trip to Blanket immediately
or the purpose of checking up
■he story, and after making a
thorough investigation on Sep-
Proper Method of
Curing Sweet Potatoes.
To those who have not had ex
perience in curing and storing j
sweet potatoes in modern storage ;
oouses, there arises the question:
vhen are the potatoes cured. .
The standard directions say cure
for ten days to two weeks at a j
emperature of 85 degrees F., |
:nd then reduce the temperature
to about 55 degrees.
In practice it is often difficult j
to get the temperature up to 85, |
yet in some cases it may rise to
about 100 degrees. If a tempe- j
rature much above 85 degrees is
retained for any length of time,
especially in a house of small ca
pacity, the potatoes will be cured
in less than ten days. If the
high temperature continues the
notatoes begin to sprout, which
is an undesirable feature in po
atoes intended for table use.
Observations at the Georgia
Experiment Station indicate that
at the first signs of sprouting of
che stored potatoes the tempera
ture should be lowered to about
55 degrees, as they are then suf
iciently cured to keep thruoutj
che storage season.
A recording thermometer is a
desirable addtion to any large
storage house, especially where a
Dermaneot record of storage tem
perature is desired.
bor the smaller house not de-1
siring such expensive equipment, ,
as the above, at least one good
maximum and minimum ther
mometer should be installed, and
its high and low readings for
each day recorded. In this way,
it is possible to judge whether orj
not the proper temperatures are!
being obtained, and to account
for such things as sprouting of j
potatoes before the standard
time for curing has elapsed.
Sprouting of potatoes in storage j
is an indication of too high tem
pera ures, and the wise storage
house operator will reduce the
temoerature to about 55 degrees
at the first indication of sprout
ing. J. A. McClintock,
Physiologist.
tember'27th, the con
ditions he found somewhat as
follows: In an adjoining field
c msisting of 12 acres, from 85 to;
90 per cent of the bolls were
punctured and the entire 12 acres
would not make more than two
bales of cotton. On the experi
mental plot of 23 acres where the
hogs were allowed to range, the;
cotton will make a half bale to j
the acre and probably more. Mr. !
! French states that he took up one j
| stalk of cotton with 52 bolls, none
of which were punctured. The
herd of hogs consists of 3 sows,
! 6 gilts and 14 pigs. They have
[ been running in the patch ever
i since the first punctured forms
' have fallen.
As a further evidence of the
| value of the pigs running in the
i cotton field. Mr. French found
i that where the pigs slept at night*
! near the barn and watering place,
i there were practically no punc
tured bolls; but in remote parts
of the field where the pigs range
less frequently the punctures
were more numerous. The cot
ton was in no way damaged by
the hogs. Mr. Sterling has been
conducting this experiment for
the past 6 years, and has found
that it has given him uniform re
sults every year.
I am passing this information
on to members of the Better Sec
retaries’ Club for I believe it is a
momentous discovery due to the
fact that it is a very hard task to
produce hogs at a profitable price
and cotton under boll weevil con
ditions.
I have made arrangements with
two reliable farmers to conduct
this experiment to determine its
value in this section.
Yours very truly,
M. E. Melton, Secretary,
in Farmer and Stockman, Jack
sonville, F’la.
Glenwood Masonic
Lodge Elects Officers.
Glenwood, Ga., Dec. 13.
j Glenwood Lodge No. 479, F. and
jA. M. held its annual election of
officers at its last communication
ISatuiday. The following were
! chosen:
| J. H. Cantrell. W. M.; G. M.
! Rom tree. S. W.; W. S. Joiner,
J. W ; M. Jenkins, treasurer; T.
P. McLaughlin, secretary; J. T.
j Sumner, S. D.; Max L. Segall, J.
•; D.; W. P. Pope. S. S.; M. M.
Meeks. J. S.; W. E. Brack, tyler.
The lodge is in progressive con
dition and one of the best in
Southern Georgia.
I
• To Santa Claus.
Dear Santa Claus:—
I am expecting you to bring me
and my little sister a lot of pretty
prerents. I am seven y< ars old
and going to school in the first
grad*'. I want you to bring us
both a sleeping doll, a do!! car
riage a tea set, three pretty
handkerchiefs, a nice box of
chocolate candy and all kinds of
i fruits and toys.
Your lirtie friends,
Ruthie Mae and Martha
Cleo Moxley.
_
Died at Cobbtown.
| Dr. J. C. Brewton was called
away yesterday on account of the
sudden death of his sister, Mrs.
Salbe Collins of Cobbtown.
Mrs. Collins was 61 years old.
She was a recent visitor at the
home of Dr. Brewton. and will
I be remembered by friends in this
| section.
! No Regular Paper
For December 23d.
i I
On account of the Christmas
holidays. The Monitor will be is
sued in brief form next week, 23d.
r will please not
send in matter for this issue, but.
be ready for the 30th inst. in full
form. I
I
Oak Grove Dots.
Special Correspondence.
Mrs.
children of the Sadie section
visited at the home of Mr. J. T.
Walker Sunday.
Mrs. Milligan and daughter,
j Estelle, visited Mrs. W. M.
| Branch and daughter, Charity.
Thursday afternoon."
Mr. J. A. Reynolds and daugh
ter, Annie, were in Mt. Vernon
and Ailey Thursday morning.
We were very glad to have
j Messrs. Rid Mclntyre and Jack
i Morris of the Hack Branch sec
tion with us Sunday.
There will be a Christmas tree
at Oak Grove church on Friday
night, Dee. 24. There will be a
short program rendered to which
everybody is invited.
Mr. Will Hughes of Alston wa9
in this section Sunday night.
There was a large crowd out to
, enjoy the candy pulling Monday
night, and also the rain. Think
every one got well sprinkled.
Mr. W. D. Peterson has been
very bick but is better. We hope
him a speedy recovery.
The Oak Grove school is doing
nicely. We still have a good
number on roll.
Miss Charity Branch was the
guest of Miss Estelle Milligan
Saturday afternoon.
Everybody come to Sunday
school and B. Y. P. U. next Sun
day. We will'be glad to have
you with us.
Writes From
Honolulu .
Mrs H. A. Simpson of this
place is in receipt of a letter from
her nephew, Charlie W. Adams,
stationed in the Hawaiian Islands.
He encloses a letter to the young
people of Mt. Vernon, most of
whom will remember with pleas
ure the young man. He is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. John C Adams
of Savannah, former residents of
Vidalia. It would be quite timely
for the young folks to write the
soldier boy a letter from time to
lime. His letter follows:
Honolulu. T. H..
Nov. 25. 1920.
To the Young People of Mt. Ver
non:
Dear Friends:—
Perhaps some of you know me
and yet others of you do not. I
think I have quite a few friends
in Mt. Vernon, and I am here to
say that 1 certainly wish I was
back there to enjoy the associa
tions with you.
I am now a soldier in the I7th
U. S. Cavalry, stationed in the
Hawaiian Islands for duty.
Honolulu is a wonderful place,
and I am enjoying my stay over
here very much, but I guess it is
like the old song, “There is No
Place Like Home.”
Although Mt. Vernon is not mv
home, it is just like home to rue,
because I always spent my va
cations there and enjoyed it very
much.
Perhaps some of mv friends
are wondering where I am. Well,
after I came back from France
and was discharged and had
| gone home I made a visit to my
kinspeople m Mr. Vernon and
stayed about three weeks. After
I returner! home, I begin to lo ig
to be back in the army with the
“bunch.” So in May, 1919, I re
enlisted for toe Hawaiian Islands.
But at times when I have the
“oluea’’ I surely wish to be back
in Mt. Vernon having the good
times 1 1 at I used to,
I would like to he ir from any
of you who would care to wine,
because it certainly makes mi
feel good to receive a letter from
I ome,
Weil, will close wishing you
rr any happy returns of the day.
I am Sincerelv yours,
Pvt. Girlie W. Adams,
Mounted Orderly,
Car lOth Co C. A. C.,
Ft. De Russey,
1 Honolulu, T. H.
MILL PROFITS
! VERY HEAVY
South Carolina Senator in
Scathing Arraignment
of Mills.
Washington, Dec. 15.—Cotton
mills of the South and New Eng
. land were declared by Senator
, Smith, Democrat, South Carolina,
in an address in the Senate to
day, to be in a position to make
greater profits now with cotton
selling at a low price and with
their products cut 331 3 per cent,
than during the recent days of
I 40 cent cotton when, he said, the
'! profits of many mills amounted to
i 300 per cent.
i The South Carolina Senator
charged that the mills had not
, reduced the prices of their prod
ucts to correspond with the drop
in the price of cotton and also in
| many cases in the wages of
workers. The price of raw cot
ton, he said, had declined 200
per cent, while the prices receiv-
II ed by the mills for the finished
1 produces had fallen only 33 1-3
per cent.
“Conditions in this country are
frightful,” Senator Smith de
clared. “Senators come in here'
with fine spun theories instead
of trying to do something to assist
the farmers.”
The Senator upbraided those
' who, he said, had declared let
■ the farmers take their medicine
in the form of falling prices.
“Many millionaires were made
during the war but not one of
them came from the farmers,”
h'> continued. “You stand here
, haggl ng about anti-trust laws
• breaxing the hearts of the fann
,iers when thousands are suffer
.jing.”
Senator Smith declared there
was as much or more profiteering
; | today “in dollars” as there had
f! been a year ago in “commodi-
J ties” although no word of criti
i je.sm was heard. He quoted Sec
, jretary Meredith to the effect
1 that the farmers already had lost
r | over $5,000,000,000 this year
»j through shrinkage in the values
, i of their products.
Marriage Longpcnd
Couple Yesterday.
Miss Mae Carpenter and Mr.
Mnck T. McAllister, a popular
young couple of the Longppnd
I section, were happily married at
, the home of the bride yesterday
, afternoon, five o'clock.
, J The marriage ceremony was
I read by Rev. A. G. Brewton of
I the Methodist church, witnessed
, by members of the family of the
‘ j contracting parties and a number
!of intimate friends.
|
Miss Lula Sharpe of Alston
, was chosen as maid of honor and
i Mr Henry A Johnson served as
best man, having been the only
’attendants. 1
Immediately after the cere
mony they drove to Vidalia.
where they took the Seaboard for
i; Savannah, en route to Jackson
ville and other points in IFlorida.
On their return they will prob
ably make tbeir home in Long-
I pond.
The bride, the eldest daughter
of Mr. arid Mrs. Frank D. Car
penter, is a young lady of rare
charm and grace, Mr. McAllis
. ter is a successful business man
and farmer. These young people
i were reared in the Longpond
community, and have a large
number of relatives and friends
to wish them all the joys and
i successes of life.
1 Mrs. F. M. Baldwin returned
Tuesday from Statesville, N. C.,
where she was called in the fall
on account of the illness of her
daughter, Mrs. D. S. Conway,
who has since recovered, follow*
a very serious operation.
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