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VOL. XXXV.
COMMENCEMENT
BREWTONPARKER
A Three-Day Program Will
Begin Saturday, May
Twenty-One.
Plans are being: perfected for
a great occasion at The Brewton-
Parker Institute on Tuesday,
May 24th, the closing day of the
present scholastic year.
Committees from Ailey, Mt.
Vernon, Glenwood and the Insti
tute have been in conference and
decided upon a joint meeting of
the former students, teachers,
and other friends of Brewton-
Parker, and are planning enter
tainment for all those who will
visit the school at the time men
tioned. The people of the com
munity and county will be hosts
and their homes will be opened
for the care of those who come.
Invitations are to be sent out to
the former students and teachers
as soon as correct addresses can
be secured and the invitations is
sued.
The committee on arrange
ments will appreciate it if all
these will communicate with Mr.
T. B. Conner, giving their post
. offices and full names, and stat
ing at the same time if they shall
likely attend. While the request
is made through the press that
this be done, thecommittee states
that it is their purpose to mail an
invitation to every one whose ad
dresses can be secured.
The Commencement Exercises
of the school will be held at the
same season, beginning Saturday
evening with the annual debate
between the literary societies.
The sermon will be preached
Sunday, the 22nd at 11 a. m.
On Monday the Baccalaureate
address and graduating exercises
will be given during the forenoon,
the senior class exercises during
the afternoon, and the music and
expression contests Monday
night. This will be a re-arrange
ment of the program and some
what out of usual order; but it is
to make possible a convenient
date for the gathering of those
who have, in former days, been
associated with the institution.
Annual announcements will be
made Tuesday morning.
The tentative program for
Tuesday calls for addresses by
prominent speakers, to be fol
lowed by a dinner on the school
grounds provided by the people
of the community and county.
During the afternoon the Alumni-
Alumnae Association is to hold
the annual business meeting.
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I Fresh Groceries |
We handle a line of Staple and ||
Fancy Groceries which has been sat- E
isfactory to the people of Mt. Vernon $
since our doors opened. It is still §
kept complete with an assortment of &
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES 1 1
FRUITS, TABLE DELICACIES 1
FRESH VEGETABLES 1
We appreciate your patronage. It $
is our aim to please all, in quality Sj
!and in service. White Crest Flour |f
is one of our leading specialties.
Cormer=Dickson Grocery Co.
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Oak Grove Dots.
Special Correspondence.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Walker
land his father and brother of
. Denton spent Sunday night with
relatives in this section on their,
way home from the burial Sunday. !
Miss Sudie Graham spent the!
latter part of last week with Miss
Nola Youngblood at Vidalia.
I Mrs. C. W. Peterson was the
guest of Mrs. J. A. Reynolds
Saturday.
Mrs. M. A. Peterson was the
guest of Mrs. C. W. Peterson
Wednesday last.
Little James Peterson happen
ed to the misfortune of breaking
his arm Tuesday last from a fall.
He is getting along fine. We
| hope him a speedy recovery.
Mr. J. A. Reynolds and daugh
ter, Annie, were in Ailey Satur
day afternoon.
Quite a good many of the rela
tives and friends from this sec
tion attended the funeral of Mrs.
Henry Walker at Tarrytown Sun
day. We are in sympathy with
the family.
Mrs. C. W. and M. A. Peterson
attended the funeral of her
brother’s wife, Mrs. Charlie Hen
' riott, near Nichols, who died Sat
i urday night. We are in sympa
thy with those who are left to!
mourn her death.
Miss Annie Reynolds was the
guest of Miss Sudie Graham Mon
day afternoon.
Mrs. Herbert Sharpe and baby
of Vidalia are visiting relatives
in this section this week.
Miss Gladys Leggett and moth
er were in Uvalda shopping Mon
day last.
Mr. and Mrs. D. O’Brien were
in Vidalia Friday afternoon.
Mrs. J. C. Smith and children
of South Carolina are spending
the week with relatives here
s
Mr. Will Hughes was in Vidalia
Saturday afternoon.
Will Inoculate Hogs
Monday, April 18th.
Dr. Murray King of Soperton
will be in Mount Vernon Monday
the 18th for the purpose of in
oculating hogs. People who have
hogs for inoculation will please
have them enclosed on this date.
Services are free, the only charge
made being for the serum.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APRIL 14. 1921.
COUNTY SCHOOL
CONTEST TOMORROW.
Public School Pupils of County to Meet
I
and Engage in Literary and Athletic
Contests —Address at Noon—Ball
Game in the Afternoon.
Announcement is made that
the Montgomery County School
Contest will be held in Mount
Vernon on Friday the 15th of
April. This is now an annual
affair, and when held last year,
proved a great success.
The address of the occasion
will be delivered by Mr. W. G.
Sutlive, editor of the Savannah
Press. Mr. Sutlive is a brilliant
talker, and wiil please our people.
Not having had his consent to
come until the last moment, his
subject cannot be announced, but
suffice it to say that his presence
will be a prominent part of the
program.
Contests in the following events
will be held:
Literary, which includes Read
ing, Spelling, Ready Writing,
Arithmetic, Expression and Dec
lamation and in which the follow
ing rules will govern:
Reading contest to be for the
first four grades. One contest
ant and alternate allowed for
each grade. Spelling to be for
fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
grades, all spelling to be written
and outlined from state adopted
books, according to grade.
Ready writing to be for fifth,
sixth and seventh grades, each
grade separate.
Arithmetic to be for fifth,
sixth and seventh grades. Five
examples to be given, a different
set for each grade.
Successful Ten
Days Meeting .
The ten days meeting at the
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian church
closed last evening. Rev. M. F.
Daniels, pastor of the Tattnall
Square Presbyterian church, Ma
con, did the preaching.
Services were held at four in
the afternoon and at eight in the
evening. Mr. Daniels preached
with pronounced vigor and ear
nestness, and his exposition of
the gospel was well received.
The special meeting did not re
sult in many additions to the
church, but it was a season of
spiritual refreshing for the entire
community. The meetings were
well attended by all denomina
tions, and there was nothing
done or said calculated to arouse
denominational differences.
The song service was tinder
the direction of Mr. I. M. Ellis
of Chicago, and his efforts proved
a very vital and interesting part
of the service. Mr. Daniels left
this morning for his home in Ma
con. While in Mt. Vernon he
and Mr. Ellis were entertained
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D,
A. Mcßae.
Mr. Ellis remained over, and
will take up the work at Mc
j Gregor Sunday.
Services will be held at the
| Presbyterian church Sunday
! morning, 11 o’clock, followed by
communion service. At this hour
applicants for membership will
! be received.
j
i Mr. J. W. Mitchell, one of the
best known citizens of Treutlen
county, was with friends in Mt.
Vernon a few hours yesterday.
He came down to receive a lot
of pork which he had placed in
cold storage at the plant iri Mt.
Vernon.
Expression and Declamation,
i one boy and one girl allowed
; from each school.
1
Athletics to include the fol- j
1 1 lowing:
! 100 yard dash for boys be- (
tween fourteen and eighteen.
50 yard dash for boys under:
fourteen.
50 yard dash for girls under
j fourteen.
; Running broad jump for boys
i between fourteen and eighteen.
| Running broad jump for boys
under fourteen.
I Running high jump for boys
between ages of fourteen and
eighteen.
Standing broad jump for boys
between fourteen and eighteen.
Sack race for boys under eigh
teen.
Three legged race for boys
any age under eighteen.
Potato race for boys and girls
under the age of fourteen.
Club work to include Domestic
Science and Arts and Manual
training. All of this is to be un
der the direction and supervision
of the various teachers of the
county.
Prizes will be given to the win
ner in each contest, and the
Board of Education will likely
I give a prize to the school main
taining the best average attend
ance for the year. Exercises!
: to be held at Brewton-Parker In
stitute.
B.~P. Institue
Will Participate.
The preliminary contest in
piano for the purpose of deciding
who is to represent Brewton-
Parker Institute in the district
contest to be held at Hawkins
i ville, was held at the school au
j ditorium on Tuesday evening last.
The contestant winning first
i place was Miss Margaret Currie,
i and while she is to be congratu
lated for winning this distinction,
jit is only fair and just to extend
,to the others who entered in the
| contest congratulations for the
. talent they showed as pianists,
! and for the earnest effort which
they put into their work. Those
' taking part in the contest were:
Misses Katherine Boynton, Van
. nie Leek Tvler, Elizabeth Barrett,
. Margaret Currie and Mr. King
Evans.
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Wealthy Farmer is
Killed in Telfair.
! Jacksonville, Ga., April 12.
; Thomas D. Wilcox, a wealthy
; farmer of this section, was shot
and instantly killed by Clark
i Wilcox his first cousin, today,
I following a quarrel, it is said,
over some family affair. Clark
Wilcox, surrendered to the sheriff
I! at Mcßae at an earlyjhour tonight.
Both men are prominently con
nected and well-to-do citizens of
; Telfair county and merchants at
r | this place. Thomas Wilcox was
' well known throughout this sec
•; tion of the State. His father was
1 the late B. E. Wilcox who, before
I his death, represented both Irwin
>and Ben Hill counties in the
i Georgia Legislature.
i 1 Jacksonville is a small town
. located about twenty miles from
. Abbevilleon the Ocmulgee River,
t
j Mr. F. S. Holmes and Mr. A
|
. L. Vann of Vidalia were visitors
here Monday.
Longpond Dots.
Special Correspondence
I Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Moses and
children of Lumber City spent
I last week-end with relatives here, j
Mrs. Ed Montford and Miss
i Lillian Bush of Dublin are visit
ing relatives here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bendimire
and baby of Odum spent last
week with relatives here.
Messrs. Monroe Bush and Ed
Montford of Dublin were among
relatives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. McAllister
of Statesboro spent last week-end
; with relatives here.
Mrs. S. M. Bush and baby of
| Dublin spent last week with
I homefolks here.
j Mrs. H. H. HcAllister and lit
j tie son, Wilbert, are visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Bendimire of
Odum.
Mr. W\ E. Adams of Mt. Ver
non was among friends here
Sunday.
Mr. I. P. McAllister spent Sun
' day at McGregor.
Our school is quite busy this
week practicing for the contest.
We hope to win some prizes.
Brewton-Parker Wins
From Vidalia High.
On Monday afternoon, April
11th, the baseball team of Brew
town-Parker Institute went to
Vidalia and tried its bat on the
High school’s ball. It was a very
fine fit, but /vhen the bat and
ball were reversed the fit Was
also. The score was tit for tat
undl each side had seven noints.
Here 8.-P. I. left Vidalia to hold
the bag while they went on
'ahead. At the close of the ninth
I
inning Vidalia still had the seven
but 8.-P. I. had eleven.
Ye lovers of this sport will
have an opportunity to enjov the
first game of the season on 8.-P.
Ps. diamond next Friday after
noon, April 15th at 4 o’clock.
That is to be the day of days in
the way of contests but this base
ball game between Alamo and
your High School will be a fitting
climax for it. Come and root for
your home team and help them
win.
Community Sing
Saturday tzve.
Mt. Vernon will engage in a
community sing Saturday eve
ning at the Presbyterian church,
and all are invited to attend and
participate.
This will be purely a song ser
vice, and should be pleasurable
and profitable to all who enjoy
song. It will be under the leader
ship of Mr. I. M Ellis, who will i
remain over for a few days, fol- 1
lowing the close of the meeting j
at this church last evening.
The program will contain a
number of instrumental numbers, !
together with a few' special se- :
lections, but in the main will be
of such a nature that all can take
part.. This special exercise will
begin at 8 o'clock. As a result
of the visit of Mr. Ellis, more in
terest is being manifested in the
song service, and the community
sing will serve to keep up the
interest.
The anglers complain that the
“fish ain't biting fer nothin.”
Perhaps they got used to high
priced bait while times were
| good to even look at reduced
priced bait now necessarily used.
Fish are awful particular critters
anyway, at times, except one
variety we all know about.
MASSMEETING
FIRST MONDAY
Will Discuss Plans for Hold
ing a County Fair in
the Fall.
A news item of interest to the
people of Montgomery county is
I the call for a mass meeting of its
; citizens, to be held at the court
house in Mount Vernon on the
first Monday in May at nine
o’clock in the morning. The
meeting is called for the purpose
of discussing the advisability of
inaugurating a county fair for
the year 1921. As this is the date
set for the opening of the May
term of court, there should be on
1 hand for the purpose of discus
sion, a large body of the repre
sentative citizens of the county.
Tarrytown.
Special Correspondence.
Miss Mable Burns, one of the
faculty of the Harrison High
School, spent the week-end with
her parents here.
Mr. R. 1). Beatty and son,
Otis, were in Macon last week.
Mr. R. J. Boyd, Jr., was a
business visitor to Macon last
week-end.
Private J. Whit Crawford of
Atlanta is home on a furlough.
Miss Mixon of Oak Park is
visiting her grand-mother, Mrs.
Crawford, this week.
I
The funeral services of Mrs.
H. A. Walker, who died at her
home near Kibbee last Saturday,
w.*re conducted at the Baptist
church here by her former pastor,
i Rev. J. H. Oliver. Interment
was in the city cemetery. A
large concourse of relatives and
friends were present to pay a last
tribute of respect to this good
lady. The family has our deep
est sympathy.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
H. Branch a son, Chas. Jr.
Mr. D. E. Holloman of Soper
ton was in town Tuesday.
M. E. Burns attended the Geor
gia Baptist S. S. Convention in
Atlanta last week. He reports a
great convention.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Mixon, a boy.
Mr. S. Z. Simons of Vidalia
was mingling with friends here
Monday.
Mr. G. G. Stanford of Abbe
ville spent Sunday with his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Stan
ford.
Dr. Lays Blame on
The “Higher-Ups.”
Atlanta, April 13.--‘‘Higher
ups” are more to blame for the
dynamiting of dipping vats in
certain South Georgia counties
than the men who do the actual
blowing, it was asserted today by
’ Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen, state
J veterenarian, in commenting on
the most recent destruction of
! vats in Berrien county.
Dr. Bahnsen recently had a fist
fight at Nashville, the county seat
of Berrien county, with John P.
Knight, lawyer legislator, in re
gard to a law suit involving dip
ing vats.
“The men higher up are en
couraging these lawless outrages”
said Dr. Bahnsen. If they were
not, there wouldn’t "be any blow
ing up of dipping vats.”
Dr. Bahnsen yesterday issued a
statement replying to the $16,000
suit filed against him by the
Alexander Clear Serum Company
i of Kansas City, claiming he had
defrauded on a hog serum con
tract.
i He said he refused to accept
! the company’s serum because it
was found to be impure.
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