VOL. XXXV.
IS JAILED FOR
STEALING HORSE
Prisoner, After Chase, Found
With Ample Supply
of ’Shine.
Following a chase from Ailey
to a point near Kibbee, as a re
sult of taking a horse owned by
H. J. Fountain, and in the pos
session of one of his farmers,
J. C. Kendrick was arrested at a
late hour last night by Deputy
Omer Burch, and is now in jail
under the charge of horse-steal
ing and having liquor in his pos
session.
Kendricks had driven into Ai
ley with George McGahee, the
negro farmer, who had gone to
town for medicine for his family.
The white man, Kendricks, had
asked the negro to carry him to
Tarrytown and had been refused.
While the negro was making his
purchases, Kendricks, it seems
hurriedly drove off in the direc
tion of Kibbee. The negro tele
phoned Mr. Fountain in Mt. Ver
non, and in a few minutes, in
company with the deputy, he
gave chase.
The horse and road cart was
left near the home of Nath Coop
er, who, after finding the horse
and recognizing the rig, carried it
to his home for safe keeping.
Kendricks continued on foot and
when overtaken was found carry
ing a gallon jug of liquor. As he
was being arrested he made ef
fort to destroy the liquor by
throwing it over a fence. The
jug and about a third of its con
tents were saved as evidence.
The affair began about 8:30 and
was concluded before midnight,
when Kendricks was plqced in
jail. He has not yet asked for a i
commitment trial.
Profitable Sale Live
Stock in Bleckley.
Cochran, Ga., March 19.—An
order for eight carloads of feeder
hogs placed here by a Maryland
firm is the largest single order
for feeders ever filed here.
Only one car of feeder hogs
have been shipped from here this
year and this car went to Vir
ginia recently.
Farmers here are not market
ing their feeders as they have
thousands of tons of velvet beans
and corn and most of these farm
ers are in the market for feeders
themselves as they find it more
profitable to feed these products
to live stock and then sell the
live stock than to market the
feedstuffs at the price now pre
vailing.
One farmer sold twenty-five
head of steers here today that
averaged more than one thousand
pounds per head and were said
to have been as fine as any that
have been marketed here. These
25 steers brought this farmer
$1,962.12, or 8 cents per pound.
A Week’s Meeting at
Presbyterian Church.
The Monitor is requested to
again call special attention to the
week’s meeting planned for the
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian church,
beginning on the first Sabbath
in April.
Rev. M. F. Chapman, who is
to conduct the preaching, is at
present engaged in a special
meeting at his church, Tattnall
Square Presbyterian, in Macon,
and is meeting with success.
The singer, Mr. Ellis, of Chi
cago, will arrange a musical pro
gram calculated to please all who
attend. Services at eleven in the
forenoon and eight in the even
ing.
4imttoom?rg Mmxtut.
i
Weeting in Progress
At Baptist Church.
f A week’s meeting is in prog
ress at the Mt. Vernon Baptist
. church, The meeting was to
have commenced last Thursday,
but on account of Dr. Forrester
: having been detained by the
death of Dr. S. Y. Jameson, he
did not arrive until Saturday.
Dr. Brewton, the pastor, preach
ed until Dr. Forrester arrived.
Dr. E. J. Forrester, for many
years teacher of the Bible in
Mercer University, is conducting
the services, which are held at
| four in the afternoon and eight
in the e\»ening. The speaker has
' been dwelling very strongly on
the fundamental principles of
Christianity, in which a broad
knowledge of the Bible is evi- 1
denced. The series of sermons
are both educational and inspir
ing, and are being heard by large
congregations.
The meeting will probably close
Sunday, after which a similar
meeting will begin at the Baptist
i church in Ailey. The public is
invited to attend the remainder
of the meetings here and those
to be held in Ailey. One can
listen to Dr. Forrester without a
; thought of denominational lines,
,so clearly does he enunciate
I spiritual truth as taken from the
i Bible, the rule and guide of all j
Christian people.
S. S. Convention
Held in Macon.
Macon, Ga., March 21.—The
various committee chairman
necessary for caring for the State]
Sunday School Convention, to be !
held in Macon, April 19, 20, 21, |
I have been announced by the of- ]
fleers of the Bibb County Sunday j
School Association, R. L. Ander-!
son. President and J. G. Jackson,,
Secretary.
The convention will be held in
the First Baptist Church, which
will be the convention headquar
ters during the three days the
convention is in session. Dele
gates will be met at the trains by
the reception committee and
carried to the convention head
quarters, where they will regis
ter and be assigned to homes
provided by the entertainment
committee. No registration fee
will be charged, A reasonable
rate will be charged for board and
lodging.
The following committee chair
man have been appointed: Re
ception, F. W. Thurman; Church,
E. S. Davis; Entertainment, W.
W. Hackett; Registration, Mr.
Hunter; Finance, E. H. Middle
brooks; Publicity, W. 11. Roper.
Associated with these chairmen
will be abouty fifty of the most
prominent men and women in
Macon, who will make all local
arrangements tor taking care of
the convention.
LOCALS.
Messrs. W. A. Peterson and D.
A. Mcßae of Mt. Vernon and W.
i T. McArthur of McGregor re
, turned last evening from Macon,
where they attended a joint
meeting of the Georgia Bankers
Association.
Messrs. John C. Peterson of
Ailey, Richard Wilson of Vidalia
1 and Chester Mcßae of Mt. Ver
: non, students in the State Uni
| versity at Athens, have been at
I home for the past few days, fol
lowing spring term examinations.
Mr. Otis Thigpen of Lumber
City was a business visitor to
Mt. Vernon this morning.
Mr. W. C. Mcßae has been
1 quite ill for several days, but is
; somewhat improved today.
■j Be ready for County School
| Contest, April 15th.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MARCH 24. 1921.
] ADOPT CALIFORNIA
{ METHOD IN GEORGIA
Safe Marketing Plan a Blow
to Cotton Speculators
and Gamblers.
! Atlanta. March 22. —In reports
! reaching the State Department
of Agriculture it is generally
agreed that no meeting more im
portant to the farmers, business
interests and the state generally,
has been held in years, than that
which has been called in Atlanta
for April 12, to devise ways and
means to put into effect here the
California or Sapiro plan for the
, orderly and profitable marketing
of the cotton crop!
j- Recent action of the Elbert
meeting,which indorsed the Cali
’, fornia plan, as applied to cotton,
and put itself squarely back of
the Atlanta meeting, has met
widespread response over the
state, and there is every indica
tion that the conference will be
well attended bv representatives
from’every section. Practically
every other cotton state has taken
hold of the matter along similar
lines, and advices received by
Commissioner J. J. Brown point
to the strongest co-operation
throughout the cotton belt,, upon
the new plan of marketing the
crop.
! It is strongly urged by Com-1
1 missioner Brown that every
] county in Georgia be represented ]
!in the forthcoming meeting by
: from three to five delegates. It ]
|is anticipated that business, as
I well as agriculture, will be
strongly represented, since there
is practically no interest in the
| state which is not vitally affected
by the success or lack of success
| of the cotton grower.
“It is at least interesting to
; note that cotton merchants and
j others associated with them, are
j coming around more and more to
to the producers’ point of view.’’
Commissioner Brown said. “I
I have noted this in their recent
advertisements and interviews.
They are evidently realizing more j
than ever their own business is;
dependent upon the farmer get- ]
ting a fair return upon his prod
uct, and in many instances they
are expressing an apparent wil
lingness to help him.
“It is interesting also to note
the attitude of the new adminis
tration at Washington as express
ed by Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace, who is quoted as saying:
‘There will be no further med
dling on the part of the govern
ment with the prices of farm
products,’and no further govern
ment drives for the purpose of
beating down the prices of farm
prices. It benefits the consumer
] but little, and only serves to im
-1 poverish the producer of those
1 products.’
1 ■ “We are going to organize and
put in the California plan of
| marketing, thereby taking the
| control of our product out of the
1 hands of the exchange bears and
speculators; and if the adminis
tration will not only pursue the
policy stated by Secretary Wal
■ lace, but will help whereat can.
we will have no difficulty what
- ever in putting over this propo
-1 sition in a big way, thqj*eby as
suring to the producer for the
■ future, a price which will pay
t him his cost of production and
. the reasonable profit to which he
. is entitled.
t “With the substantial acreage
. reduction now assured and the
California plan coming as a result
of the Atlanta meeting of April
states, 1 feel that the present
outlook is brighter now than we
1 have had in many months. We
i must get together now and make
the April meeting the biggest
I and best thing Georgia has ever
known.”
iTRI=COUNTY DOCTORS
l MET IN SOPERTON
r A Plan for Special Study in
Several Branches of
Practice.
} The regular monthly meeting
t of the Tri-County Medical Asso
f j ciation was held at Soperton
Wednesday evening and proved
. one of the most delightful ses-
I sions the association has held.
J. The physicians, together with
t ia number of the leading business
I men of Soperton. and a few out
-of-town visitors, were guests of
jlthe Civic League of Soperton, an
’ elegant banquet being served in
the auditorium of Treutlen eoun
. ty’s handsome new court house.
Dr. J. C. Williams acted as mas
ter of ceremonies, Mayor Stall
■ ings expressing the pleasure of
the Civic League and the people
, of Soperton upon having the phy
sicians with them.
, At the business session follow
, ingthe banquet, Dr. T. C. Thomp
son made an interesting report
of the meeting of the Council in
, Atlanta recently The matter of
the members of the association
specializing in their work was
taken up and the following se
lections were announced: Dr. J.
C. Williams, Genito-Urinary di
iseases; Dr. O. B. Moye, Neurol
ogy; Dr. J. W. Palmer, Diseases
of Children; Dr. M. L. Currie,
Diseases of Women; Dr. G. M.
Barwick, Diseases of the Stom
ach; Dr. T. C. Thompson, Sur
gery; Dr. Frank Thompson, Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat; Dr. J. E.
Mercer, Heart and Lungs.
It is hoped at the next meeting,
which will be held in Vidalia,
that every member of the asso
ciation will announce his special
ty. Each physician plans to de
vote special study to his specialty
and where possible will take a
Dost-graduate course in his line.
Dr. Mercer stated that he ex
pected to leave May 15th for
special study in his'line.
The doctors devoted some time
to a'discussion of the need of the
* Ellis Health Law, and endorsed
j the plan for the three counties
to adopt the law and employ a
joint health commissioner for the
three counties, the expenses to
be pro rated between the coun
ties until such time as each coun
ty preferred to have an individ
ual health commissioner. Judge
Wallace, of Soperton, agreed to
give a written opinion as to
whether this plan was permitted
under the law.
The prevalence of smallpox in
the three counties was comment
■ ed upon, there being more or less
of theldisease in the three coun
ties. Dr. Mercer reported the
death of a white man from a
, malignant type of smallpox two
weeks ago; there were seven
I cases in Vidalia, he said. I)r.
• Palmer stated there were a large
, number of cases around Higgs
ton and McGregor, with scatter
ing cases over the three counties.
—Vidalia Ad vance.
Which is More Profitable,
Good Hogs or Cotton?
While plans for the year’s
crops are being made, it will be,
? well for the farmers to consider
' hog raising as a branch line, as
I suggested by Richmond & Mc
? Arthur in their appeal to the
farmers, as shown by a half page
> ad. in this issue.
; They have tested thoroughly
t the possibilities of theDuroe, and
1 it is found adapted to this sec
- tion. The farmer certainly can
t not depend on cotton, under
i present conditions—boll weevil
; and low prices—and he must
i plant or grow something for a
t money crop. See Richmond &
r McArthur on the subject of sub
stituting hogs for cotton.
I
An Effort is Made to
j Wreck A., B. &A. Train.
Atlanta, VMarch 22. — “The de
{\ railment of passenger train No.
j 4. of the A. B. & A., this morn
| ing near Douglas, has every ap
ipearanceof a deliberate attempt
ri to wreck the train,” declared
. Receiver Bugg today. Train No.
, 4 is run from Fitzgerald to
I Brunswick and the engine over
. turned as well as one truck,
while a first-class coach was de
, railed. None were injured.
, Receiver Bugg stated that the
. switch was wrenched so the rails
■ led to a siding although the tar
get showed white.
Systematic Robberies of
Mails in Valdosta.
Valdosta, Ga., March 23.—Sys
tematic robberies of the mails
between the post office and trains
were uncovered here today and
investigation under way indicate
that the robberies have been go
ing on for some time and that
goods of much value have been
stolen.
The first arrest in the case was
that of Charlie West Crowe, a
negro, whom the police found in
possession of a suit case full of
fine dresses, furs, etc. Crowe
implicated Hiram Coleman, a
negro carrier of mails between
post office and trains who made a
partial confession in which he
said Sam Frierson and Lottie
O’Neal, negroes, were acting as
receivers of the stolen goods.
Post Office Inspector Tomlin
son is in charge of the investiga
tion and hopes to uncover more
of the stolen goods. All four of
the negroes so far implicated in
the robberies are under arrest
and will be neld for action of the
Federal District Court.
To hold Rally
Uva/da Sunday.
A county f Sunday School Rally
wiil be held in Uvalda Sunday,
March 27 Exercises will begin
at 4 p. m., and the following
program will be observed:
Song—By Schools.
Scripture Lesson—H. G. Mar
tin, superintendent Uvalda Meth
odist Sabbath school.
Prayer—O. A. Gray.
Song—By Schools.
Address —J. T. Brack, presi
dent Montgomery County Sunday
•School Association.
Song—By Schools.
Talk on Better Sunday Schools
—By Dr. S. H. Givler, Chautau
qua Director.
Song—Special number by quar
tet.
Address—Rev. F. M. Baldwin,
of Mt. Vernon.
Fifteen minutes round table
discussion.
Closing song.
Benediction —H. B. McNatt.
The public is invited to attend,
and especially are the Sabbath
schools of the county urged to
send delegations.
Tax Receiver’s
* *
Third Round.
I will be at the following points
•j on the dates named for the pur
pose of receiving state and coun
ty taxes for the year 1921:
Tarrytown, April 16, 9 a. m. to 4
p. m.
Tiger Bridge. Apr. 18, 9 to 12 rn.
Kibbee, April 18, 1 to 4 p. m.
Higgston, April. 19, 9 a.to 2p. m.
1 McGregor, April 19, 3 to 4 p. m.
Longpond, April 20, 9 to 12 m.
Uvalda, Apr. 20, 1 to 4 p. m.
; Sharpe Spur, Apr. 21, 9 to 12 rn.
| Alston. Apr. 21, 1 to 4 p. m.
| Ailey, Apr. 22, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Mt. Vernon, Apr. 23, 9 to 4 p. m.
At Mt. Vernon all during court
week when books will close,
May 7.
G. W. Coleman, T. R. M.C.
ODD FELLOWS TO
MEET IN AILEY
. The Ninth Division Will be
Entertained With Lunch
April Sixth.
1
The Odd Fellows of the Ninth
) Division ;will hold a convention
- in Ailey April 6th. They will
■ be entertained by Ailey Lodge
‘ No. 227 I. O. 0. F.
The following program will be
5 observed:
Song, America—By Orchestra
and Choir.
Invocation —Rev.'A. G. Brew
ton, pastor of Methodist church.
Welcome Address—Hugh Pe
terson, Jr., Mayor of Ailey.
i Response to Welcome Address
> —J. E. Bodenhamer.
' Selection by Orchestra.
Address on F. L. and T. —R.
L. J. Smith.
Song, Love is the Theme —by
Orchestra and Choir.
A basket dinner will be served
by the ladies. All the lodges in
this jurisdiction are urged to send
delegates. The public is invited
to attend the exercises.
Notes Public
School Dept.
r
Honor Roll, Ist Grade—John
Ben Conner, James Hester, Eliza
beth Kitchens, Quinelle Mcßae,
Helen Snooks, Juanita McGahee.
2nd grade—Harlow Johnson,
Clay Wilt, Willa Stanford, lona
Graham, Frances Hunt. Ottis
Yeomans.
3rd grade—Thomas CalVoun,
Elizabeth Frizzelle, Nelle Burch,
Johnnie Peterson, Katherine
Snooks, Edna Earle Smith, Clau
dia Lee Smith, Frank Tarver.
The attendance for last week
was very good, We only had
three absent and five tardy marks.
Fourth Grade.
We had only two tardy marks
last week. Henry Hardman was
tardy Tuesday and Thursday.
Our class had a picnic Satur
day afternoon at the brick yard.
Every one seemed to enjoy it
very much.
By Louise Currie
and Dorothy Espy.
Fifth Grade.
We have stood two examina
tions and most of us have passed.
Honor Roll—Marguerite John
son, John McGregor, Louise
Poore, Lou Price, Clifford Mc-
Swain, Julia Jones, Ruth Mc-
Crimmon.
Seventh Grade.
Several of the pupils in the
i seventh grade have met the re
quirements necessary to exemp
tion from monthly tests. The
{ list is rather long, and if you
( would like to know if your child
is one of the number, ask him.
We begin our out door practice
for the contest this week.
Very few people were tardy
last week.
We are sorry that Delma Gar
rett is out of school now. We
have had on roll seventeen girls
and seventeen boys. This made
us think that in any contest we
were evenly matched.
Cotton Seed.
Three hundred bushels Toole’s
Improved Cotton Black
Root Resistant. $1 per bushel.
C. F. Ferrell,
317tf Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Mr. N. Durham Cobb accompa
nied Dr. J. C. Brewton to Metter
' Sunday. Dr. Krewton was called
there to preach the funeral of a
friend.
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