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VOL. XXXVI.
DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
Counties of Twelfth District
Plan for Agricultural
Development.
The Twelfth District Develop
ment Association is the name of
an organization to be composed
of the fourteen counties of the
Twelfth Congressional District,
and to date a number of the
counties of the district have en
tered actively inso the movement.
Last Thursday afternoon Judge
E. D. White, ordinary of Laurens
county, and Mr. N. G. Bartlett,
secretary of the Dublin and Lau
rens County Chamber of Com
merce, addressed a number of
Montgomery county citizens at
the court house in Mt. Vernon,
and as a result this county be
came a member of the organiza
tion.
Judge White and Secretary
Bartlett gave a resume of the
plan by which the counties of
this district will be united for
the develepment of the agricul
tural interests of the entire dis
trict on a co-opefative ba
sis. This splendid movement
seems to be the outgrowth of
co-operative movements originat
ing in Laurens county, the larg
est and most progressive in the
district.
It is planned to put on an in
tensive advertising campaign, by
which every countv in the or
ganization will reap permanent
benefit. This is recognized as
the best farming and stock-rais- 1
ing section in Georgia, and when
developed can be made the most
progressive and thrifty in the
state.
Considering the lack of notice,
the Montgomery county audience
was a most representative one,
practically every section of the
county being represented. The
work of the organization will
naturally be furthered with the
organization of each county with
in itself, and this feature re
ceived strong support in last
Thursday’s meeting, several citi
zens have given most favorable
support of this idea; therefore
the county will be organized in
addition to its part in the district
association.
A district meeting will be he'd
in Dublin on the 9th inst., and
the county will be represented
by a large number of citizens
from Montgomery. But in order
to carry out the original plan to
the best advantage, a county
meeting is to be held in Mt. Ver
non Saturday afternoon, Sept. 3,
at three o’clock, when the local
organization will be perfected.
To this meeting every citizen of
the county is invited. The com
mittee appointed to arrange for
this meeting is composed of H.
B. Folsom, T. B. Conner, M. H.
Darley and B. A. Conner.
Each county in the new dis
trict organization is entitled to
two directors. For this county
J. M. D. McGregor and W. T.
McArthur, Jr., were elected at
Thursday’s meeting. They will
represent this connty at the dis
trict meeting in Dublin on the
9th.
Notice to Taxpayers
for 1920.
»
Special bailiffs have been ap
pointed to collect the balance of
the taxes for the year 1920, and
ordered to make levies at once if
these taxes are not paid. Please
pay now and save the cost of
levy and sale.
Aug. 30, 1921 Respectfully,
J. T. Walker, Chm.
A. B. Hutcheson, Clerk.
Mmtvpmtrg fUntuior.
Longpond Dots.
Special Correspondence
Mrs. T. M. Moses and children j
of Lumber City are visiting rela
i tives here this week.
Mr. John 0. McArthur has re
turned to his work in Los Ange
les, Cal., after a pleasant visit
with relatives here.
I Messrs. Frank and Tom Mob
! ley have returned home after
spending awhile with friends and
relatives at Reidsville.
Mr. Henry Carpenter was call
ed to Savannah on business this
week.
t
Mrs. Herman McArthur has,
i returned home after spending
some time with relatives at
Bainbridge.
■
Rev. J. H .Oliver filled his reg
ular appointment here Sunday
last. '
Made Success
With Durocs.
!
Within the past three years
the thoroughbred hog industry in
Montgomery county has increased I
wonderfully, and now many well
to-do farmers have establish
ed herds of the finest stock, from
which they are selling some of
the best strains to be found in
. the United States.
Less than a year ago Mr. J. !
Wade Johnson purchased from
the Richmond & McArthur stock
farm a number of thoroughbred
sow's, bred to famous sires, and
I
now he is offering for sale the
spring litters.
The heads of the Johnson herd
are King’s Creator, the SSOOO
boar owned by Richmond & Me- j
Arthur; High Ultimus, first prize
winning junior yearling boar 1920
Georgia State Fair, also owned I
by Richmond & McArthur; and
other sires of this type.
This stock is the equal of any
in the state, and Mr. Johnson
and others who raise similar
stock are to be congratulated on
their success and for having aid
ed in the establishment of an in-!
dustry taking higher rank than
uncertain forms of agriculture.
In this section of Georgia it is
found profitable to raise stock in
connection with farming inter
ests, and each year finds the
farmers adopting the plan. It
has been clearly demonstrated
that thoroughbred stock, regard
less of the original outlay, is most
profitable, both to the seller and
the buyer.
Fire at Tarrytown
Early Tuesday Morning.
Tuesday morning at five o’clock
our citizens were awakened by
1 the alarm of fire. The fire was
discovered in the concrete build
ing owned by Miss Susie Calhoun.
The building was occupied by the
offices of M. E. Burns, N. P., and
A. L. Wheeler, J. P. The fire
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spread rapidly, destroying in its
path the wooden buildings of J. T.
Warnock occupied by Mrs. J. D. :
Salmer, and the store of B. Brink
ley, then to the blacksmith shop
of C. L. McGahee. Most of the
contents of the shop and stores
) were saved, but the buildings
were a total loss with the excep
tion of the concrete building
which was insured for about half
' its value. The law books and
papers of Burns & Wheeler were
! destroyed with no insurance.
Misses Geneva and Nellie Long
* spent last week end with rela
tives and friends in Reidsville.
Registered Duroc
J erseys.
; Registered Duroc Jersey hogs
l hogs for sale; the best in the
country; will sell or exchange
for other hogs. See me at once.
J. Wade Johnson,
Mount Vernon, Ga.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPT. 1, 1921.
i V ictim of Accident
Buried in Reidsville.
The remains of Mr. John Pear
son, who was killed in a wreck
at Baltimore, Md., Wednesday,
arrived in Reidsville Friday.
The funeral service was held in
the Methodist church at that
place Saturday afternoon, con
ducted by Rev. F. M. Baldwin of
Mt. Vernon, assisted by the
Methodist pastor at Reidsville,
Rev. Dennis.
Mr. Pearson was the eldest son
of Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Pearson,
and one of the most popular
, young men in Reidsville. He had
i engaged in railroad work prior to
the late war, in which he served
as a volunteer in the American
army in France and in Germany
during the period of occupation
Returning home, he assumed his
original position, and at the time
iof his death bad again advanced
to the rank of conductor.
| He was a member of Rising
Sun Lodge N°. 32 F. and A. M.,
and that organization conducted
a Masonic service to the memory
of a faithful brother.
In addition to the frienus who
came down with' the body from
Washington City, there were
many friends and relatives from
a distance to pay a tribute of
respect. Those attending the
i funeral service from Mt. Vernon
; were: Rev. F. M. Baldwin, Mr.
and Mrs. F. M. Mcßae, Mr. D.
E. Mcßae, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Mcßae, Mrs. Mamie (Robbie)
Mcßae, Mrs. Alex McArthur,
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Folsom.
Were Married
j Sunday P. M.
A surprise marriage of interest
to many friends in this section
, was that of Miss Eula Eloise Mc-
Rae and Mr. N. Durham Cobb,
both of Mt. Vernon, the happy
event having been celebrated at
Lyons last Sabbath afternoon,
i The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Jason Shirah, pastor of
the Methodist church at Lyons.
Immediately after the marriage
the young folks returned to Mt.
Vernon and announced the news
to friends. They had been fast
friends for many years, and their
marriage is but the culmination
of an extended courtship.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs.
Mamie (Robbie) Mcßae, and is a
popular member of the young
set. She is a graduate of the
Georgia Normal and Industrial
College at Milledgeville, of the
class of 1921, having finished the
Collegiate-Normal course.
Mr. Cobb is a native of States
boro, but has resided in Mt. Ver
non for about eight years. He
is recognized as a young man of
character and gentlemanly worth.
He served overseas in the 82d
Division Heavy Field Artillery
and acquitted himself very credit
ably as an American soldier. Af
ter the war he returned to Mt.
Vernon to resume his position.
I On Monday night they were
given a welcome in the form of
an old-fashioned serenade, pho
netically witnessed by every one
in their part of the town. They
are now at-home to their friends
in Mt. Vernon, warmly received,
; thoroughly congratulated and
fully blessed with good wishes.
Cotton Money.
Cotton should not be thrown
on the market as fast as picked,
! but should be sold over a period
of several months to prevent a
. decline.
The Savannah Cotton Factor
age Co., Savannah, Ga., has
money to loan on old and new
crop cotton, either for prompt
| sale or to be held. They solicit
your consignments.
Estimate on
Cotton Crop .
After traveling over a large
number of cotton growing coun
ties in Georgia, Commissioner of
; Agriculture Brown estimates that j
• not more than 600,000 bales will
be made in the state this year,
‘ and that the crop of the entire
cotton belt will not be over 7,-
000,000 bales.
He recently visited the state
experiment farm at Griffin,
where a fifteen-acre field, as us
ual, was planted in Cotton for
1 experiment purposes, and where !
ordinarily a bale to the acre is
produced. This year he estima
tes the yield at three'bales, com
menting on which he says:
“They have fifteen acres of
cotton at the experiment farm.
Usually they make about fifteen
bales of cotton in this field. This
year they won’t make three
bales. ”
Mr. Brown said the cotton
raised at the experiment farm
was produced without regard to
1 expense and under the direct
supervision of agricultural ex
perts.
“If the boll weevil damage is
this great at the experiment
farm there is no telling how
much it is among the average
farms in Georgia.’’
Then, as a result of the boll
weevil, the cotton crop may well
be pronounced a failure, with
little or no hope of ever restoring
it to anything like a normal crop
in actual bales, to say nothing of
fluctuations in price.
WYCLIFFE’S WORK ON BIBLE
Historians Uncertain as to What
Part He Actually Took in Trans
lation Into English.
John Wycliffe (1:135-1384), who has
been (•ailed the “Morning Star of the
Reformation,” translated —or caused
to be translated —the Bible from the
Vulgate (St. Jeromes Latin version)
into English, with the assistance of
Nicholas of Hereford and John Pur
vey. Wycliffe and bis disciples la
bored at the translation for some ten
or fifteen years. Scholars are not
agreed as to exactly what part Wy
cliffe himself took in the literary
work.
“It is a known fact,” says the En
cyclopaedia Britannicn, “that Wydilfe
proclaimed the Bible as man’s su
preme spiritual authority, and that he
sought in consequence by every means
in his power to spread the knowledge
of it among the people. It Is, there
fore. in all likelihood due to the zeal of
Wycliffe and his followers that we
. i owe the two noble Fourteenth century
translations of the Bible which tradl
! tion has always associated with his
name, and which are the earliest com
, pi ete renderings that we possess of |
the Holy Scriptures into English. The
first of these, the so-called early ver
sion, was probably completed about
1382. at ail events before 1384, the
year of Wyeliffe’s deat.ii. The second,
or later version, being a thorough re
-1 vision of the first, is ascribed to the
1 year 1388 by Sir Frederic Madden
and Rev. Joshua Forshull in their
edition of these two versions.—Detroit
News.
■I NO CHANGE IN GULF STREAM j
i
Government Experts Correct an Im
pression Which Hac Become More
or Less General.
|
R is hard to he steady, consistent
and unswerving in spite of cuptrury j
forces, and silll to gain the j
■ of uri erratic wanderer. Vet this is ,
r just what lias happened to the gulf |
i stream. Indeed, its character was I
1 getting so maligned that the United j
States government itself found it nec- j
essary to vindicate this current of j
tlie ocean. Much lias been said of ;
late years in regard to the changing j
route of the streuin. The government ;
experts declare there is no change in i
the course, nor lias there been for
many years. No other physical feature
of the ocean Is subject to more per
sistent misinterpretation than is the
| Gulf stream. It is u pet theory of
many that the temperature of Europe
is greatly affected by It, but this effect !
I is not as extensive as is commonly
,! thought. Practically starting at tiie
Florida straits, where its volume is
* j made up by the union of currents, it i
' I ceases to he a true current by the
► time not long after it reaches the
, Grand hanks, where it becomes sur
' face drift, governed by the winds. —
Christian Science Monitor.
Tarrytown.
Special Correspondence.
Miss Sallie Mae Calhoun visited
relatives near Soperton last
week.
Miss Leila Beatty was the
i guest of her sister, Mrs. Carl
j Adams, near Mt. Vernon last
week.
The Misses Price of Oak Park
spent the week end with Miss
Zada Jackson last week.
Mr. J. J. Calhoun of Vidalia
was among relatives here one
day last week.
Mr. J. M. Phillips and family
i visited relatives near Hazlehurst
! last week end.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Boyd, Jr.,
who have resided at East Point
for some time, have moved back
to Tarrytown. We welcome them
home again.
Miss Narcie Cartrett and Quay
Cadle spent last week end in Vi
dalia. guest of Miss Thelma Jor
dan.
Little Miss Sallie Waller of
near Harrison is the guest of!
Miss Fannie Bell Waller this'
week.
Mrs, Earline Kirkland of Lu
dowici is the guest of Mr. R. W.
Anderson and family.
Miss Alice Anderson of Milieu
is visiting homefolks this week.
Read Bible in
Public Schools .
County school superintendents
have received from State School
Superintendent Brittain instruc
tions on the recently.enacted law
requiring the Bible (Old and
New Testament) read daily in
the public scnools of the State.
With the opening of the public
schools in the fall, the new law
will be observed.
With the majority of the pub
lic schools of the State this is al
ready a rule, and one to which
no one could object in a Christian
nation; yet, for the first time in
the history of Georgia it is made
mandatory and the method pre
scribed by legal statute.
One unsavory provision of the
Fleming bill is that parents who
do not approve the measure can
ask for the excuse of their child
ren or wards during the reading
of the Bible, at whatever period
of the daily school exercise it is
read.
Discussion of the bill in the
House (it having originated in
the Senate) brought out some
very interesting points. Os the
four ministers in the House who
debated the bill, two were strong
ly for it and the other two were
equally opposed to it. Opponents
of the bill advanced the idea that
!it was that
church and state should remain
separate, and that its observance
would bring evil tendencies, by
which the rights of citizenship
j would be imposed upon. Advo
j cates of the bill claim that oppo
! sition really meant a disregard
lof the Word of God as an estab
lished institution.
The measure, on its face, is
apparently harmless; and yet it
|is calculated to arouse criticism
from which both church and
i state will suffer, as time brings
out the motive for such unusual
legislation. Regardless of views
to the contrary, it is a question
if Bible or religious standards
j can be instilled by force of law,
in a free-thinking country, and
i upon a people whose liberty be
j gan nearly a century and a-half
ago, when the separation of
church and state was one of the
principles for which our fore
parents fought—and won.
FAIR MEETING
■ TUESDAY MORNING
Officers and Committeemen
s to Hold Meeting Court
House Tuesday.
A meeting of the officers of the
Montgomery County Fair Associ
ation, the committeemen from
1 the various districts and the pub
| lie generally is called for Tues
. day, Sept, fith at the court house
i in Mt. Vernon.
I The meeting will be held at 10
| o’clock in the morning, and at
this time committees for the
management of the various de
partments will be appointed.
At one of the meetings in the
spring five men from each dis
trict were appointed for the pur
pose of furthering the organiza
tion. During the past two months
these men have nb doubt been
able to arrive at some conclusions
for the successful operation of
the enterprise, and each and
every committeeman should be
: present.
This notice is given on the au-
I thority of the officers of the
Association, and The Monitor
urges a full attendance.
Rev. H. D. Johnson
Goes to Valdosta.
Sylvania, Ga., Aug. 31.—Rev.
H. D. Johnson preached his fare
well sermon here Sunday night
at the Baptist Church, where he
has been pastor for the past year.
1 He left Monday morning for Val
dosta, where he is to serve the
First Baptist Church of that
r
place. Bince he came to Sylvania
there has been over 100 additions
to the cnurch.
Rev. Gibson of Winnsboro, S.
: C., lias been called to take Rev.
Johnson’s place and will come to
take up his work in October.
Mr. John Bell Ricks
Dies in Soperton.
Montgomery county friends
will regret to learn of the death
of Mr. John Bell Ricks, a promi
nent citizen of Treutlen county,
who died several days ago, fol
lowing an illness of five weeks
with typhoid fever.
Fer the past two years he was
a resident of Soperton, having
moved there from his country
home north of Soperton, in or
to enjoy the school facilities of
i the town. He was a native of
Emanuel county, but a member
■ of the Ricks family of Montgom
ery county, most of whom re
■ sided in that portion formed in •
to Treutlen county.
i l Mr. Ricks is survived by his
wife and six children, He leaves
three brothers, J. E. Ricks of
Adrian, D. T. Ricks of Blackville
and I. K. Ricks of Jesup.
Remains were interred in the
Blackville cemetery, the service
being conducted by Rev. John
Bowen of Collins.
Congregational Meeting
Presbyterian Church.
There has been called for Sun
day morning at the Mt. Vernon
Presbyterian church a congrega
tional meeting.
Matters of importance to the
church will be placed before the
congregation for action, and a
full attendance is desired. Ser
vices at 11 o’clock. Preaching
by the pastor, followed by the
i congregational session.
Farm Wanted.
. Wanted to hear from owner of
\a farm or good land for sale,
■ price reasonable.
L. Jones,
Box 551, Olney, 111,
NO. 21.