VOL. XXXV.
LIFE SENTENCE
KILLING HALL
Davis Convicted and Given
Sentence—Try Other
Participants.
In Treutlen superior court yes
terday the jury pronounced Dan
Davis guilty, with recommenda
tion to the court, and Judge
Graham sentenced him to life
imprisonment. This case has been
on trial for several days and has
attracted great attention.
Davis, together with E. E.
Coleman, Roy Durden and Wiley
Smith, are charged with taking
the life of W. H. Hall on the
night of September 13, after the
body of Hall had been found in a
creek into which he was suppos
ed to have been thrown as the
result of the car being overturned.
Later it was shown that Hall
was poisoned.
Davis, it appears, had a life in
surance policy on the life of Hall,
and this was brought out by the
state. Coleman, Durden and
Smith will be tried at this term
of court. Davis appealed for a
new trial, and April was set for
the hearing at Mcßae.
Home From Cruise
v in Foreign Waters.
After an extended cruise in
European and Asiatic waters,
Mr. William Fentress has return
ed home, and is at present spend
ing some time with his uncles,
Messrs. Everett and Angus Mc-
Leod, south of Mt. Vernon. Dur
ing the war Mr. Fentress was in
the American Navy and since
the close of the war he has been
in the merchant marine service,
and has covered thousands of
miles overseas, visiting practi
cally every country on the globe.
Landing at Baltimore some
weeks ago, he was accompanied
by a young Swedish sailor, Mr.
Carl Milander of Goeteberg,
Sweden, who returned to Ameri
ca from the Phillipines on the
same ship with him. True to the
characteristics of his nationality,
the little visitor is quiet in man
ner, but after having traveled
extensively, has a store of knowl
edge equaled by few of his age.
Interesting among the souve
nirs owned by Mr. Fentress is a
collection of coins from many
foreign countries. Since child
hood he has spent much time in
and around Mt. Vernon, and
friends are glad to greet him
again and form the acquaintance
of his interesting little friend.
Must Have Auto
License Tags Mar. 1.
Secretary of State S. G. Mc-
Lendon desires to have special
attention willed to the fact that
March Ist is the last day on
which 1920 motor vehicle license
tags can be used. Thus it is in
cumbent on all auto owners to
have 1921 tags by that date.
Less than thirty days remain,
and some 100,000 have to date
failed to send in for new tags.
The sheriff is forced to arrest all
parties who appear on the high
ways with old tags after March
Ist.
Mr. McLendon also calls atten
tion to the idea that those who
fail to respond at once may have
to wait some time before their
order can be filled.
Sweet Potatoes.
We have on hand about 100
bushels of well cured sweet po
tatoes of the Porto Rico variety,
to be sold to local trade at $1 per
bushel. Try them—just to learn
what a cured potato is.
W. A. Peterson & Co..
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
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McGregor Items.
Special Correspondence.
Mr. S. H. O’Neal visited his ]
'; wife and little daughter, Sarah
Louise, last week.
Miss Bell Morris and brother,
Jesse, have each purchased a new
Ford car.
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Mr. G. B. Rowland is quite sick
at this writing.
Miss Bertha O’Neal spent Sun
; day with Miss Josephine Morris.
, Mrs. Mobley Higgs and son
j were week-end visitors at Mr.
J. T. Conner’s.
Mr. Foy Mitchell is on the sick j
’ | list. v
'j Messrs. A. N. and C. D. Mitch
i 1
| ell attended services at Ailey
Sunday afternoon.
Several people from Higgston
. attended services at this place
Sunday.
Miss Bessie Morris spent Sat
urday with her cousin, Miss Jose
■ phine Morris.
Mrs. Glaze, daughter and niece,
of Vidalia spent Sunday visiting
at the home of S. L. Morris.
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Mr. and Mrs. Make Morris
■ were the guests of S. L. Morris
and family Sunday.
Miss Fannie Brown has return
ed to Jesup.
We were very glad to have
most of our parents at school last
Friday afternoon. We enjoyed
an old time spelling match, after
which we had talks and sugges
tions from our parents.
The cooking class served cake
and boiled custard to the visitors
and the school. We hope thev
will come often. We need them.
Last Friday ended another
month of school. We have three
more months. So let’s make
those the best yet.
It is encouraging to see most
1 of the report cards for this month
have more Es and less Ps. Let’s
make more of the former for
next month.
February Court
Opens Monday.
The February term of Mont
gomery superior court will con
vene Monday morning for a
week’s session.
This will be the first term of
Montgomery superior eourt at
which the newly elected judge
and solicitor will preside. Os
the two or more courts held in
the circuit since January first
Judge Eschol Graham and Solici
tor Boyer have already proved
their splendid fitness and ability.
Solicitor Boyer asks The Moni
tor to announce that Monday and
Tuesday of next week will be
devoted to the trial of civil busi
ness, and that the criminal dock
; et will be taken up Wednesday
morning. All criminal cases will
! be in order for trial Wednesday.
» Spend-the-Day Party.
Mrs. M. B. Calhoun entertained
Wednesday last with a spend-the
day party. Those enjoying the
. hospitality of the home were Mrs.
J. F. Currie, Mrs. Wallace Spoo
ner, Mrs. A. B. Hutcheson, Mrs.
J. E. Hunt, Mrs. Adna Coursey
and Mrs. F. P. Griffith, mother
of Mrs. Calhoun.
I
; Will Hold Meeting
of Civic League.
The members of the Mount
Vernon Civic League are urged
l to attend a meeting of the orga
• nization at the home of Mrs. A.;
B. Hutcheson Friday afternoon,!
■ 4 o’clock.
i Among topics for discussion
will be the League library and
plans for its development and ex
tended usefulness.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1921.
Pension Funds
by March First.
i JudgeMohn W. Lindsey, com
missioner of pensions for the
state, desires to notify all pen- 1
sioners who have not received
i their pay for the year 1920 that
the funds for this have not been
in the hands of the state treasur
-ler to date, and that same cannot
be paid until the state is in re
| ceipt of the funds.
He attributes this shortage to
a lack of, receipts [from.;.taxes, i
As soon as the funds are avail-
checkiwill.bel'sent to the
lordinary and he will pay same
outlas soontas received.
Itjf would appear that further
inquiries -fromj pensioners is en
tirely unnecessary. It is a waste
of time and money. As soon as
this money arrives, which the
authorities trust will be by March
Ist, a notice to this effect will be j
given in The;!Montgomery Moni
tor. Watch[the[county paper for
a notice from the ordinary.
Will Assist
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Taxpayers.
Mr. C. E. Drew, Deputy Col
lector for this section of the
state, will be in Mt.[,Vernon Feb
ruary 9th and 10th for the pur- i
pose of assisting tax payers of
the county in making returns of
income taxes for the year past.
He will be located in the justice
court-iroom at the courthouse,
and his services are at the dis
posal of the public.
Friday, February 11th, will be
given to the.tax payers of Ailey
and vicinity. Saturday, 12th
he will be at Glenwood. Mr.
Drew has?,visited .Mt. Vernon a
number of times during the oast
year, and is known to many of
our citizens.
Ten Out of Eleven is
Brewton-Parker’s Record.
The snappy, lively team of bus
iness men of Glenwood played
Brewton-Parker’s quintet on the
local court Wednesday afternoon.
The score was so partial toward
8.-P. I. until, when it reached
13 and 5, the Scrubs took the
Varsity’s place, and finished out
the last few minutes of play.
But this made no difference.
The points continued to fall to
8.-P. I. until, when the time
keeper’s whistle blew, the talley
was 16 and 5.
This splendid work of the
Scrubs told the secret of the suc
cess of their-Varsity. They made
the players work hard for their
places on the team. Equal credit
is due both for the winning of
the last 10 out of 11 games
played.
Look! Norman Park is to suf
fer like fate on 8.-P. I’s court
Tuesday, February Bth at 4 p. m.
This bids fair to be the scrappiest
game of the season, because both
teams are practicing over time
with the full intention of win
ning. To miss this game is to
miss the treat of the season.
Seek Additional Funds
for Highway Building.
Washington, Jan. 25.—The ap
propriation of $100,000,000 for
federal participation in the con
struction of roads with states co
operating to a like amount to be
expended during the fiscal year
of 1921, beginning July 1, was
favorably reported from the
house roads committee today.
Its purpose is to assist states
in providing work for unemploy
ed.
This appropriation bill is being
' watched with interest in Georgia
! just now, for the reason that the
road-building program of the
State Highway Commission of
Georgia is waiting upon the ac
tion of congress upon this appro
priation.
Trying Hooks
Killing Lumley.
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Soperton, Ga., Feb. 2. —Dennis
j Hooks, aged 54, a farmer resid
ing in Treutlen county, went on
trial this morning in the Treutlen
Superior court on the charge of
slaying T. K. Lumley, Sr., aged
75, and his son T. K. Lumley,
Jr., aged 46, near this place last
August. The defendant’s son,
! Buss, awaits trial on the same
charge.
It required’only forty minutes
to procure a jury after the case
was called and at 7 o’clock to
night all of the evidence had
j been heard and half of the argu
ments were over. It is probable
that the case will be given to the
jury at noon tomorrow. An
early verdict is expected.
Several witnesses were placed
on the stand by the State, who
j told of the fight, which resulted
after a quarrel between the
Hooks and young Lumley at a
dipping vat, seven miles from
Soperton on August 14, 1920.
Co-operation
in Marketing.
Speaking of raising more hogs
again, brings me back to the sub
ject of co-operation in marketing,
i I cannot profitably raise hogs if
l, as an individual small farmer
with just a few hogs to sell, must
undertake the whole job of find
ing buyers and determining the
best time to sell, arranging about
shipments, cars, freight rates,
collections, etc. There must be
co operative efforts in such cases.
Every county agent in*the South
right now ought to interest him
self in plans for the co-operative
shipping of hogs and let farmers
know that if they put a few more
hogs into their general diversifi
cation program, they can get
this marketing service during
the coming year.
As I size up the co-operative
marketing problem, there are
two great'needs.
1. In the case of our great
Southern money crops, such as
cotton, tobacco, rice, and pea
nuts, they should be stored and
graded in local warehouses and
reports made to central state or
interstate offices. Then at these
central offices we should have
the best selling talent to be found
on the continent, hired by us to
market these crops in quantities
as the market justifies, using the
general features of theGalifornia
plan.
2 For the miscellaneous pro
ducts of the farm, vegetables,
fruits, poultry, eggs, meats, wool,
etc., there should be a local co
operative market association in
every important town. Right
now, for example, on Hilltop
Farm, we have a small excess
quantity of sorghum syrup.
Many other farmers in the coun
ty have small quantities. Now,
instead of having each individua
farmer who has a surplus to sell,
coming to town and spending
half a day selling a few gallons
of syrup, or a few chickens, or
three dozen eggs, a ham, or a
few bushels of potatoes not know
ing in any case just what price
he ought to get, there should be
a capable marketing agent em
ployed by the farmers to supply
the needs of the locality, stan
dardize prices, regofate receipts
by advice to producers, and to
ship any surplus to larger places
—The Progressive Farmer.
Election School Trustees.
The annual election for school
trustees whose terms will have
expired this month has been set
for February 25th, from 1 to 4 p.
m. The election is to be held at
the various school houses of the
county, and will be dv ballot.
The trustees will please arrange
for holding the election.
T. B. Conner, C. S. S.
Oak Grove Dots.
1 Special Correspondence.
I
1 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Walker was
[visiting relatives near Kibbee
*. Sunday.
‘| Mr. Stanley Foskey of near
1 Dublin is visiting friends and
[ relatives in this section.
I A few from this section went
to Ailey to the district meeting
; Sunday morning/
Mr. H. S. Fulford and children
! visited relatives here Saturday
and Sunday.
1 The B. Y. P. U. program was
! rendered by the officers Sunday
as follows:
j Scripture Quotation.
Prayer by Volunteers.
|,j Talk by Leader—Annie Reyn
| olds leading the group.
I Our[lesson was about Dr. John
1 A Broadus.
j Birth and Childhood—Julia
Register.
Conversion and Personal Work
■ —Mr. H. M. Thompson.
Teaching and Studying—Etta
Mae Jackson.
Preacher and Teacher —Mrs.
T. G. Peterson.
Beginning of the Seminary—
Mrs. H. D. Leggett.
Sunday school and B. Y. P. U.
Leadership—Mrs. J. A. Reynolds.
Four-fold Eminence—Mr. L).
O’Brien.
Conclusion—Gladys Leggett.
It was a great lesson. Let us
all try to be like Dr. Broadus.
Mr. Willie Graham of Lyors
visited home folks here the fiist
of this week.
Miss Sudie Graham gave a sing
Monday night. Mr. Foskey play
ing the violin for us. There was
a large crowd, present. It was
very much enjoyed by all. We
hope to have another one soon.
Several in this section are s ck
with cold. We hope they will
soon be well again.
Services' here next Saturday
and Sunday at the usual hours.
Mr. McDaniel said he would
preach from the Book of Acts on
Saturday throughout this year.
Everybody come, both Saturday
and Sunday.
The Stephens
Engineering Co.
The Stephens Engineering Co.,
headquarters at Dublin, havealso
opened offices in Mt. Vernon, in
charge of Mr. T. L. Stephens,
who will be located at the Mt.
Vernon Hotel from the 15th *o
the 30th of each month.
Mr. Stephens is a son of Mr.
J. N. Stephens, supervising en
gineer on the several Federal Aid
bridges in the Twelfth district,
vho has been living in Ml. Ver
ion for a year and a-half. Theirs
s probably the strongest engi
neering firm in South Georgia
nd they have a patronage <m
iracing every form ofengimir
og and surveying.
During the war Mr. Stephens
he younger was in the engine* r
ng department of the gove; n
nent and was connected with a
umber of large projects, and as
i result of his ability acquitted
limself with distinction.
Tax Receiver’s
First Round.
I will be at the following points
>n the dates named for the pur
pose of receiving state and coun
ty taxes for the year 1921:
I’arrytown, Feb. 15, 9 to 12 m.
Kibbee, Feb. 15, 1 to 4 r. m.
Miggston, Feb. 16, 9 to 12 m.
McGregor, Feb. 16, 1 to 3p. m.
Uvalda, Feb. 17. 9 to 12 rr.
Alston, Feb. 17, 1 to 4 p. m.
, Ailey, Feb. 18, 9 to 12 rr.
iMt. Vernon, Feb 18, 1 to 4r. m.
I G. W. Coleman, T. R. M. C.
! REFUSES PARDON
; EUGENE DEBS
Socialist Leader Will Pay
I; Penalty for Obstructing
Government. #
Washingten, Jan. 31.—Presi
dent Wilson refused today to
j commute the ten-year sentence
•imposed upon Eugene V. Debs
for violation of the espionage act.
The President disapproved a
recommendation of the depart
-1 ment of justice that Debs’ sen
tence be commuted to expire on
next February.
Washington, Jan. 31. — Com
mutation of the sentence of Eu
gene V. Debs, effective next
February 12, has been recom
-1 ] mended to President Wilson by
the department of justice, it*was
1 learned today at the White House.
Mr. Palmer’s recommendation
was placedibefore the President'
this morning and it was reported
at first that,'the executive had
acted upon it favorably. This
later was'found to be erroneous,
however, and White House offi
cials said they.had no intimation
as to when action would be taken
or what the President would do.
Debs, many times candidate of
the Socialist party for President,
entered tne penitentiary at At
lanta, Ga., on June 19, 1919, to
serve a ten-years' sentence im
posed following conviction by a
federal jury at Cleveland, 0.,
September 12, 1918, for violation
of the espionage act. Specifical
ly the charges included attempt
ing to incite insubordination in
the military forces and obstruct
ing recruiting. Debs' conviction
was sustained by the United
States supreme court, which, on
mo*ion of the government, ad
vanced the case on its docket.
Atlanta, Jan. 31.—Samuel Cas
tleton, local counsel for Eugene
V. Debs, Socialist leader, now
serving a ten-year sentence in
the federal penitentiary here for
violation of the espionage aet, de
cl ired today nothing was known
here officially of steps looking to
the early release of Mr. Debr.
Debs never has made any move
toward securing a commutation
of his own sentence, Mr. Castle
ton stated, taking the position
that all “political prisoners”
should be released, but friends of
the Socialist leader in all politica
>arties have been actively at
vork in his behalf, he said.
Interesting Figures on
Local Cotton Production.
Census figures indicate the
mount of cotton ginned in Mont
gomery county prior to January
L 6 to be 4030, as against 4484
>,iles ginned to the same date
’ast y -ar.
Thus it is shown that praeti
cilly as many bales were pro
duce 1 in this county last year
is the yjar before.
In the state there were pro
luced for the year 1919 1,648,968
tab s. For the year 1920 the
tate made 1,387,470 bales up to
anuary 16th.
Wheeler’s production for 1919
/as 3,498. For 1920 it was 3,179.
For the year 1919 Treutlen
lade 4485 bales, but fcr the past
ear (to January 16) there is
hown for the county 2,492, a
jss of practically 2000 bales.
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Tractors Reduced.
Mr. P. J. McNatt, the dealer,
•day received notice from the
’ord people that the price of
■'ordson tractors had been re
tuced from $790 t 05625, effective
t once. He will have their
tatement published in next issue.
FOR SALE)—Two good farm
ules, cheap. Terms. Mrs. J,
B. Geiger, Ait. Vein -u.
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