The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, March 31, 1921, Image 1
VOL. XXXV. WILL ASK FOK CHANGE VENUE Attorneys for Buchanon and Thompson File Petition for Hearing Today. Dublin, Ga.—New interest was] added to the approaching trial of ] John Buchanon and Jake Thomp- i son, charged with the murder of | Robert Willcox last January when ] attorneys Stephens & Stephens] of this city announced that they j would ask for change of venue before Judge Graham of the] Oconee circuit in Alamo Thurs day of this week. The alleged slayers are still confined Laurens county jail and will only be taken to Alamo on the days of their I trial which is scheduled for next week in Alamo. The petition for change of venue will state that defendants cannot get a fair and impartial trial in Wheeler county and senti ment inclines toward the efforts ; of the attorneys for the two men, i Some criticism has been heard over allowing hundreds of citi-' zens of Wheeler county, prospec tive jurors, to hear the inquest; which was held several days ago. j Many people express themselves as confident that it will be diffi cult to select a competent jury from among those who did not attend the inquest. Mayor of Atlanta Spoke in Abbeville. Abbeville, Ga , March 30. j Mayor James L. Key of Atlanta spoke in this city today before a fair audience on the proposed water power bill which will, it is 1 understood, be introduced at the next session of the State General Assembly. Mayor Key was introduced by J. R. Monroe, mayor of Abbeville and Legislator-elect. Mr. Key centered his speech on his fights against three corporations in At lanta who sought to keep him out of office. He made an inter esting talk and it seems that his hearers agreed with him.on most of his points. Joe Hill Hall, of Macon, spoke to a fair audience this morning against the bill. STATEMENT OE THE CONDITION OF T?\e ]yio\jLr\i Verr\on Bank, Located at Mt. Vernon, Ga., at the Close of Business Mar. 28, 1921: Resources: Demand loans $ 16,214 48 Time loans 110,166 96 Bonds and stock owned by the Bank 16,000 00 Banking house 4,458 25 Furniture and fixtures 1.416 67 Cash in yault and amount ' deposited in banks 90,864 10 Profit and Loss l 77 Overdrafts 44 11 Capital Commercial Bank, Uvalda, Ga. 15,000 00 Advanced on Liberty Bonds 179 86 Total $253,336 08 STATE OF GEORGIA—County of Montßomery. Before me came W. A. Peterson, C&ithier of The Mt. Vernon Bank, who being duly aworri ■aye that the abore and foregoing statement ie a true condition of said Bank, aa shown by the books of file in said bank. W. A. PEI’ERbO N. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of Mar., 1921. H. L. Wilt, C. N. P. M. C. Ga. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE COMMERCIAL RANK, (Branch of The Mount Verßoo Bank) Located at Uvalda, Ga., at the Close of Business March 28, 1921. resources: Demand loans $ 3,07(1 00 rime loans 56,092 07 Bonds and Stocks owned by • the Bank 6,350 00 Banking house, 2,670 00 Furniture and fixtures, 1,022 70 Cash in Vault and amount deposited in banks 9,862 03 Cash items . 54 93 Overdrafts 54 34 Total, 179,182 07 STATE OF GEORGlA—Montgomery County. Before me came l. B, Brown, Cashier of The Commercial Bank, vho belli); duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement isa true condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said Bank. J. B. BROWN. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of Mar., 1921. B. L. O’Neal, Notary Public, State at Large, Uvalda, M.’C., Ga. Jly Commission Expires April 22, 1921. Hmttijmttm} Uteritm*. Longpond Dots. Special Correspondence Mr. and Mrs. H. G. McAllister ] and little son, Grady Jr., of Scotland spent the week-end with: relatives here. Miss Mary Louise McArthur is spending some time with j friends and relatives at Uvalda. i 1 Miss Velma McArthur is visit , ing friends and relatives in Ocilla. Messrs. Hubert Corbin and John A. Williamson spent Sunday ] with friends and relatives near Hazlehurst. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Johnson j and children of Mt. Vernon spent ] Sunday at the home of Mrs. J. C. Johnson. Rev. J. H. Oliver filled his regular appointment here Sunday last. Misses Belle McAllister and Willie Gertrude Johnson attended ; the B. Y. P. U. Convention at Douglas this week. Plans for Meeting at Presbyterian Church. To the people of Montgomery j’ County: The hours for the meetings at i the Presbyterian church that be gin next Sunday will be 11 a. m. and Bp. m. each dayluntil fur ther notice. These meetings are i for the benefit of all, and every- I body is heartily invited to come 1 to each service. Our hope is to i benefit all the people of the com- • munity and we will bedisappoint !ed if any one fails to get his share of the good that we antici pate. “Come thou and go with us and we will do thee good.” ! The singing will be in charge of a trained leader and will be very enjoyable. Mr. Ellis has ' been very successful in this kind * of work. He got his training in . his home city. Chicago, at the great Moody Bible Institute, the same school that trained Charley i Alexander, the most famous song leader the world has ever had. We will be very glad if all who sing will join Mr. Ellis’ choir , without an invitation. Let this " be your invitation to make one of that band and put yourself into it from the very beginning. We want you. Yours for better things in all our churches. F. M. Baldwin. Liabilities: Capital stock paid in $15,000 00 Surplus fund, 26,000 00 Undivided Profit, less Cur. Exp., Int. and Taxes Paid 3,825 24 Individual deposits subject to check 86,928 36 Savings deposits 20,315 95 Demand Certificates 11,067 50 Time certificates 74,886 86 Cashier’s Checks 1,312 17 Surplus set aside as cap. of Com. Bank, Uvalda 15,000 00 Total $263,336 08 LIABILITIES : Capital stock paid in, $15,000 00 Undivided profits, less cur ex’s., int. and taxes pel. 11,832 63 Due to Banks and Bankers in this State 7,00000 individual deposits subject to check, 22,810 97 | Demand certificates 150 00 Time certificates 22,118 13 Cashier’s checks 470 34 Total, $79,182 07 MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 31. 1921. % ‘Farmers Make Good Fight in Holding and Acreage Reduction. Atlanta, March 29. — Facts brought out at the recent meet ing of Georgia bankers in Macon, indicate that Georgia farmers have not only made a splendid fight in the cotton holding move ment, but that they are continu ing that fight with a determina tion which means in the end a fine and substantial victory. Such is the conclusion of offi- j j cials of the Georgia Department] ,of Agriculture who point to the bankers’ questionnaire as show ing not only widespread’determi nation in the holding movement, 1 but also acreage reduction this j year of full 40 per cent. They also call attention to the state ment of W. B. Thompson, well j known cotton dealer of New j ; Orleans, who declared if it had not been for the holding move ment, would have been selling as low as 5 cents last October, instead of being around 11 cents as it is today. “Although Georgia farmers have accomplished much through the fine fight they have made,” said Commissioner J. J. Brown, j “the department is confident that the biggest and best results are yet to come through acreage re duction which, I believe, from reports from all parts of the State, will reach a full 50 per cent or more. Ep worth League Conference . The Mcßae District Epworth League conference met at Lum ber City last Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The delegates were given a reception at the Masonic Hall Friday night in order that thev may become Acquainted. All the Leagues of this district were represented, each League sending about three delegates. There were some very interest ing talks by several prominent League workers. Miss Ida Mal lory Cobb gave a very interest ing talk on “How to Keep a Sen ior League Alive,” bringing in the importance of a Junior League. There was another in teresting talk by Miss Florine Smith, superintendent of the de partment of missions, on “The Call of Missions.” Mr. G. C. Barnhill gave a talk on “What it Means to be a Christian.” Miss Grace Beck gave an interesting talk on “Recreation for the Young People,” and Col. W. O. Bozeman on “How Leaguers May Help in the Sunday School.” After the session Saturday af ternoon the delegates were carri-. ed down to the river for a boat ride, which was enjoyed very much. There were about 110 passengers on board. On Saturday night there were two addresses, by Mr. S. H.! Haddock, Jr., and Rev. J. D. Smith. Sunday the regular ser vices were held by Rev. E. E. Gardner, the pastor. The conference will be held at Baxley next year. / The Mt. Vernon Epworth Lea gue was represented by Miss AUene Elliott, Miss Alma Mason and Mr. Herbert McCrimmon. Party From Swainsboro. Col. F. H. Saffold of Swains ] boro spent Monday night in Mt. Vernon, en route home from Alamo, where he had been called on legal business. He was ac companied by his sister, Mrs. Claude Lord, and his stenogra pher, Miss Mollie Warnock. Theyj left early Tuesday morning for home, having driven through in the car. i “The holding movement was only one big battle in the cam paign, and Georgia farmers have fought it splendidly and well. “In acreage reduction we are now in the midst of the second phase of the campaign, and an j equally fine battle is being waged. ! “The third stage and climax j will come when we adopt and | put into effect the Sapiro or Cali- j fornia plan for marketing our product. That is what we pro-; pose to do in the Atlanta meet i ing of April 12, when. I believe, j every Georgia county and everyi line of activity interested in thei success of the cotton grower will | be well represented. “With a reduced supply and ( with the California plan in force,' thereby taking the pricing of our product out of the hands of the exchanges and the bear specula-! tors, we will be able to bring the | buyers direct to us and to sell on the basis of a fair margin of profit; and we will then have] won the splendid victory to 1 which we are all now looking forward. “Georgia farmers have not only fought patriotically and well, but with a remarkable de- j termination they are standing to i j their guns everywhere along the | j line. They are entitled to win jand they are going to do it." Georgia Peaches Escaped Frost. Washington, March 30. —Leav-j ing widespread destruction be-1 hind it in the orcnards of thej East and Middle West the cold i wave which crossed the Mississip-] pi river Easter, passed out over j the Atlantic today with a return j to normal temperatures following 1 in its wake. The weather bureau said .that in the Atlantic states north of Maryland the weather would be I fair and warmer tonight and cloudy and warmer tomorrow, while in the South Atlantic states indications were that unsettled conditions and warmer tempera tures would prevail tonight and Thursday with probably local j rains. Unsettled weather was forecast generally for the Eastern inland region. Government reports today said the freeze was “disastrous" to fruit, especially early varieties, but no attempt was made to es timate the extent of the damage. A strip starting in Eastern New Mexico, crossing South Nebraska and moving eastward through Kansas, Southern Indiana and Illinois, Tennessee, and reaching • the Atlantic seaboard, was par ticularly hard hit. i Delaware and New Jersey fruit j was said to have been “badly 'damaged," but the peach grow ing sections of the Southern states escaped, while Wisconsin got off with light damage. The exact damage will not be known, it is said, until warmer weather thaws out the frozen parts and discloses the amount of actual frost bite. The Georgia crops were not ; hurt. Attended Quarterly Meeting in Glen wood. j A party composed of Rev. and Mrs. A. G. Brewton, Miss Minnie Abt, Mrs. D. C. Dawkins, Mrs. A. G. Hicks, Mr. H. L. Wilt and Mrs. Wilt and Master Clay Wilt attended the Quarterly Meeting in Glenwood Monday. The presiding elder of the Mc- Rae district, Rev. J. M. Outler, conducted the conference, which was well attended by delegates from the several churches of the circuit. Oak Grove Dots. Special Correspondence. , | Mrs. J. B. Roberson sand chil : dren have returned to Savannah Rafter spending some time with relatives here. Mr. D. O’Brien was called to Rockledge one day last week to the bed-side of his brother’s wife, . who is very sick with pneumonia. | Misses Annie Reynolds and , Gladys Leggett were the guests of Mrs. T. G. Peterson last Mon day afternoon. i Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bennett spent Sunday with his father, Mr. H. D. Leggett. Miss Sudie Graham was the guest of Miss Gladys Leggett .Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reynolds 1 were in Uvalda and Alston Sat urday shopping. ! The!Oak Grove'school had an Easter egg hunt Friday. It was enjoyed by a large .number of i children. i Mrs. C. W. Peterson spent Saturday with Mrs. H. D. Leg i gett. Mrs. D.! O’Brien "visited her mother, Mrs. J. T. Walker, Fri . day afternoon. ! Mrs.'J. T. Walker 'spent Sun day afternoon with her daughter, ; Mrs. Downie. Quite a large number from this ' section attended! preaching at ! Longpond Sunday night. Mr. W. D. Lawrence and wife and children visited at the home of Mr. H. S. Fullford Sunday. There were several from this l section at the sale at Alston Sat- | urday. I Mr. J. A. Reynolds and son, ! George, were in Alley and Mt. ! Vernon Friday. Rev. C. E. McDaniel will fill | his regular appointment here 1 next Saturday and Sunday at the j usual hours. Remember he will preach from the book of Acts on (Saturday. B. Y. P. U. in the ! afternoon. Everybody invited to come and be with us. Singing Convention. The Treutlen County Singing Convention will meet with Pine j Grove Church, in the northern i part of the county, Sunday, April 3. All invited to attend and take part. G. W. Sammons, Secretary. Cotton Seed. Three hundred bushels Toole’s Improved Cotton Seed) Black Root Resistant, $1 per bushel. C. F. Ferrell, 317tf Mt. Vernon, Ga. PANAMAS AND STRAW HATS Cleaned and Blocked by Expert Hatters Returned to you looking like new; and ready for another season’s wear. Mail us your old “Straw” TODAY-* we will return it promptly. MONTFORD’S Hatters—Dry Cleaners —Dyers "We Knotv How” DUBLIN, GA. DUBLIN, GA. TEXTILE WORKERS WALKED OUT i 1 Columbus Workmen Claim Wages Insufficient to ' Live On. I Columbus, Ga., March 30. — Several hundred textile workers of the Eagle and Phenix Mills, one of the largest cotton mills in this section of the’state, walked out this morning after making a demand for a 30 percent increase in wages and more time. The mill operatives claim that they are not making enough to , live on, and that it will be abso lutely necessary that their pay be increased and the mills run longer hours. Officials also issued a statement to the press stating that they realized that the salar ies were too meager, but that they had been running at a loss, and couldn't grant the request of the employes. This is the first action of this kind since 1919, when there was a general strike among the tex tile operatives in the several mills in Columbus, and many thous ands of employes were cut. Just what will be the outcome of the trouble is not known, as no official action has been taken on either side, further than the walkout. The action of the workers of the Eagle and .Phenix mills this morning came as a surprise to the management and citizens of the city in general, as the an nouncement made by the Colum bus Manufacturing Company, another cotton factory, that they would resume full time operation on April 1, put an optimistic viewpoint on the textile industry. The announcement made by the Columbus Manufacturing Co. was to the effect that beginning on April 1, the mill will run full time during the day and 60 per cent at night. There were 700 employes working during the winter months, while at the present time over a thousand workers are kept busy. The textile workers’ local un ion called a meeting this after noon to discuss the walk out of several hundred workers of the Eagle and Phenix Mills, which took place this morning, when a demand was made for a3O per cent increase and longer hours and denied. Although nothing has been announced by the offi cials of the union, it is believed I that stens will be taken to rem edy the situation by the -best means possible. LOT FOR SALE. Residence lot, located in best part of Mt Vernon, Inquire at Monitor of fice. NO. 50.