VOL. XXXVI.
FALL TERM OF
BREWTONPARKER
Opens Tuesday—Faculty of
Both High and Public
• School.
The fall term of The Brewton-
Parker Institute opened Tuesday
morning, with exercises appro
priate to the occasion. The exer
cises were attended by a large
number of friends and patrons.
Talks were made by Dr. J. C. I
Brewton, one of the founders of j
the school, and pastor of the!
Baptist church; Prof. Thos. B. !
Conner, superintenent of county ;
schools; Mr. King Evans of Ogee
chee, a pupil.
Despite the limited number of
pupils entering, the school opens
under very promising conditions,
as additional pupils from a dis
tance are expected to enter later.
The faculty of the high school
department is as follows:
Prof. L. S. Barrett, president
Bible and Latin.
Prof. Ross Williams, Abbeville,
principal —English and History.
Prof. W. C. Dudley, Utica,
Miss.—Science.
Miss Lillian Douglas, Camilla—
Mathematics and Education.
Miss Floy Ethridge, Milner-
Home Economics and French.
Miss Effie Bedingfield, Cadwell
—Expression and English.
Mrs. Jessie V. Tyler, Millen —
Stringed and Wind Instruments.
Miss Elizabeth Lee—Piano.
Mrs. Earl Conally, Stockbridge
Matron of Dining Hall.
The faculty of the grammar
school department is as follows:
Miss Sara Mae McWhorter,
principal—Seventh grade.
Miss Marie Brown—6th grade.
Mrs. E. 0. Dickson—sth grade.
Miss Irene Pinkerton—4th
grade.
Miss Cassie Youmans—2d and
• 3d grade.
Miss Catharine Currie—lst
grade.
The local attendance, drawn
mainly from the towns of Ailey
and Mt. Vernon, is up to a fair
average.
Oak Grove Dots.
I Special Correspondence. '
Mr. J. A. J. Walker and wife
of Wrightsville spent Saturday
night with their son, Mr. J. M.
Walker.
Mr. Jim Walker of Denton is
visiting in this section.
Miss Sudie Graham was the
guest of Miss Annie Reynolds
Sunday morning.
Mr. Talmadge Jackson of near
Stillmore visited homefolks here
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Henry Walker and children
of Kibbee visited relatives here
Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Miss Gladys Leggett gave a
birthday party Saturday night in
the form of a peanut boiling.
There was a large crowd present
Games of all kinds played,
and enjoyed very much by all.
Mrs. D. O’Brien was the guest
of her mother, Mrs. J. T. Walker,
Wednesday.
Rev. L. L. Barr of Nashville,
Ga., was a visitor to his place
here Friday afternoon.
The prayer meeting here is
progressing nicely. We hope it
will continue.
Piano for Sale.
High Grade upright Piano, at
Vidalia, for unpaid balance on
terms. Irfquire owner care P. 0.
Box 211, Savannah, Ga. *ad.
uty? Amtyamtn; Unnitnr.
i
Tarry town.
Special Correspondence.
The remains of Mr. Johnson
was brought here here Tuesday :
and carried to the home of his j
niece, Mrs. W. B. Cadle. Inter-1
ment took place in the town
cemetery at 4:30 o'clock. Rev.
Wainwright of Soperton conduct
ed the burial service.
Those from out of town attend
ing the funeral were, Mrs. Mary
Palmer of Harrison, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Jordan of Dublin, Mr.
George Spell and two sons and :
I daughter of Toombs county, Dr.
; and Tallis Moye, Mr. and Mrs..
! Smith, Mrs. Barwick and Rev.
! Wainwright of Soperton. Our
j sympathy is extended to the fam
ily.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Ferrell and
family were the spend the day |
guests of Mr. C. H. Calhoun and
family Sunday.
Mr. J. B. Fordham of Jesup
was a business visitor to our town
this week.
Misses Vera and Mabel Burns
were in Vidalia shopping last
week.
Judge A. L. Wheeler and Mr.
H. H. Adams were business visi
tors to Mt. Vernon Saturday.
Prof, and Mrs. Chas. E. War
ren and Misses Vera and Zelma
Burns and Narcy Cartrett and
Annie Slade were shopping in
Soperton Tuesday.
Tarrytown school opened its
doors for the fall term Monday
morning with seventy-five in
attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Fowler
were Tuesday visitors in the city.
LYONS MARSHAL
✓
KILLED SUNDAY.
The marshal of Lyons, A. J.
Collins, was shot by burglars at
an early hour Sunday morning
last, in attempting to escape
from the store of S. and W. Es
troff, where they had been cor
nered. >
Parties passing the store late
Saturday night noticed matches
being struck, and summoned the
officers and a number of citizens.
The city lights having been turn
ed off, a car was driven up to
the store in such position as to
throw the light in the store. As
this was done two men rushed
from the store, going in different
directions.
Marshall Collins fired at one of
the fleeing men, and as the other
man passed the marshal he fired
a shot into the marshal's head.
Dr. McLeod, who had been sum
moned, fired at the man, but he
does not seem to have been hit.
Wilson Harper and Lester
Kirkland have Deen arrested on
suspicion. The. Toombs county
grand jury will convene Monday
to investigate the case.
Odd Fellows Meet
at Bartow Sept. 28.
G. W. Leverett, Division Dep
uty Grand Master of the Ninth
division I. 0. 0. F. of Georgia,
has called a meeting to be held
with the Bartow lodge No. 365,
at Bartow, Georgia Wednesday.
September 28th, 1921.
All lodges are reqnested to
send a full number of representa
tives. The ninth division is com
posetf of the following counties:
Candler, Treutlen, Jefferson,
Jenkins, Johnson, Laurens, Mont
gomery, Tattnall, Toombs, Wash
ington and Wheeler with about
thirty lodges. On this occasion I
Hon. J. A. Perry, Deputy Grand
Master, of Atlanta, will make an
address to the Odd Fellows and
to the public generally at 11:30
o’clock a. m. There will likely
be other prominent Odd Fellows
j who will make addresses.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPT. 1(5, 1921.
Special Meeting
Aural Lodge.
The next commn nication of
! Aural Lodge No. 239 F. &. A. M.
will be held Saturday next, and a
full attendance is asked. On
this occasion will be discussed
the Washington memorial project,
and the lodge will doubtless de
termine its action in the matter
; at this meeting.
The appeal was some time ago
, placed before the lodge, just as
|it has been before the Masonic
lodges of the United States for
the past ten years. Every IVJa
sonic lodge in the United States
is asked to contribute to the fund
for the erection in Alexandria,
Va., a Masonic temple to the
memory of the first president of
the American republic and one
of the most ardent patrons of
the Masonic order.
In order to properly dispose of
the matter, summons have been
issued to all members, and this
they are expected to obey. Other
matters of Masonic importance
will be taken up Saturday.
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NATURE OF HOUSE-WARMING
Old Custom in England of Setting Out
Meal for Entertainment
of New Neighbors.
An undent custom Is still main
tained in some parts of England on
midsummer eve; every housekeeper j
who in the course of the year has
changed his residence into a new j
neighborhood spreads a tuhle before
his door in the street with bread,
cheese and ale for those who choose ;
to resort to it.
The thought cannot but arise that j
if this custom were prevalent in the
United States a vast number of our
citiztfis would be “entertaining their
friends and neighbors in the street,
owing to the number of removals
which have taken place in the last
year or two. * ;
In Ireland on this day there are ul- i
so remnants of the sun-worshipers. ,
According to Uev. Donald McQueen
“the Irish have ever been worshipers 1
of the fire and of Baal, and are so to ■
this day. The chief festival in honor !
of the sun and tire is upon the 21st of
June (23dV) when the sun arrives at !
the summer solstice, or, rather, begins |
its retrograde motion. We were tohl \
that at midnight we should see a
singular sight and accordingly at ndd- (
night tire| began to appear and the
people danced about* them and made
their sons and daughters and cattle
pass through the tire.” —Chicago Jour
nal.
That Word “Hospital."
One of the features of an ancient
Homan home were the “hospitalia,” ■
or apartments set aside for strangers,
or “hospes.” Hence, in its original I
meaning the word “hospital” wus up- j
plied to places where stratigers were ■
received and kindly entertained. The |
, commonly restricted use of the term
to designate places where sick strang
ers were received was an after de
velopment.
The word came to us directly from
the French, who got it from the Ho
mans. It is derived, of course, from
the same root as “hospitable." The
name “Hospitaler” was borne with
pride by several semi-religious and j
semi-military orders, like the Knights ,
of St. John or the Knights of Malta, i
who made It a business to relieve the j
• poor, the strangers and the sick.
It is worth noting that the first 1
“hospital” for diseased men and uni- I
umls was established by the Buddhists
in Hindustan.
Whistle Governs Wall Street.
“Ah, they go by the whistle here,
too,” observed the factory hand from
up-state visiting in Wall street.
"Yes,” said his city cousin, “that’s
the truth. I suppose the majority, or
at least a large proportion, of the
hoys in Wall Street were horn in the
country, and lived iri some country
town before hitting the trail to the
big city. In the country town every
body goes by the factory whistle. One j
doesn't see many clocks in Wall
street or any factories with whistles
I to guide the ‘boys’ during lunch hour,
| but there's a building being torn down,
i And every wrecking crew is assisted
I by a dummy steam engine. Well, you
see the wreckers lay off work at noon
for lunch, and so do a majority of the
Wall Streeters. Therefore when the
dummy engine blows Its whistle to
call the wrecking crew back to labor,
I the Wall Streeter returns to his office."
j —New York Sun.
j,
Rev, C. J. Brewton, a nephew
of Rev. A. G. Brewton, filled the
pulpit at the Mt. Vernon Metho
dist church Sunday morning lasi,
lin the absence of the pastor. He
j is from Baltimore, Md
' Doctor Latimer j
| Week's Visitor .
# •
A most interesting visitor to
: Mt. Vernon this week is Dr.
Solon Latimer of Abbeville, Ga.
He is accompanied by his daugh
ter, Miss Ida Latimer, and after
spending the week in Mt. Vernon,
will visit relatives in Toombs
! county. This is their,'first visit
l in several years, and they are!
warmly welcomed by Montgom
ery county relatives and friends.
Dr. Latimer, now in his 89th
: year, is wonderfully preserved
for one of his age. He has been
a very active man, and even in
advanced years, takes his daily;
j exercise—not merely walking
around, but doing some active,
constructive work. This seems
to have been his motto in life.
His reminiscenses of former!
days are most interesting. He
moved to Montgomery county
from Stewart county in 185(5, and
for a number of years practiced
medicine in this section, having
at the time quite a broad field,
when physicians were few in
numbers, and when their fields
covered territory for forty and
fifty miles around.
| For something over fifty years
he resided at Lumpkin, having
moved to Abbeville in recent
! years, but retaining his farm in
terests in Stewart county,
i During his stav in this county
; he was prominently connected
with the affairs of the county
and associated with the men of
the day. Dr. Latimer read medi
cine in the Oglethorpe Medical
School at Augusta, Ga., in 1855.
While he has not practiced medi
! cine in many years, his knowledge
of the practice as it was under
stood until recent years is very
clear.
Weekly Cotton Letter.
By Savannah Gotten Factorage
Co.
! Fluctuations in the cotton mar
ket have been wider during the
past week than at any time this I
season. On Tuesday, September
6th, futures advanced the limit
|of 200 points. The next day
I there was a decline of 200 points
from the high. On September
Bth, there was a further break
|of 120 to 154 points, and since
that time fluctuations have aver
aged about lc. up and down each
day.
The principal Bullish news was
the apprehension of English
spinners concerning disastrous
crop conditions in this country;'
. the Texas storm, and a better
demand for cotton. Thd Bears
I
j got out a little propoganda, claim
ing the South was selling spots
I more freely, and that buyers in
: the goods market were inclined
to hold off in the hope of getting
in on a lower level.
Reports received by us from;
the West are to the effect that
farmers are not dumping theif |
j cotton like they did last year.
| This is due to the fact that every-1
one knows general conditions
are improving; that the condition
of the cotton plant is such as to
prevent a larger vield than 7,-j
000,000 bales; that most cotton
mills are now running on full
time, and some of them having
day and night shifts. Spinners’
takings are also over 450,000
bkles in excess of last year, and
exports are larger.
It is gratifying to note a gen
eral recovery in all lines of trade,
and textiles have been leading
all other branches of commerce, j
Farmers in this section of the
belt should continue to market
their cooton slowly, or hold it
until prices work higher.
Longpond Dots.
Special Correspondence
Miss Margaret Currie of Mt.
Vernon spent Sunday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Johnson.
i Mr. and Mrs. F. Gibbs and
baby of Hack Branch spent Sun-!
day with relatives here.
Miss Frances Rackley of near
Uvalda spent the week-end with:
friends and relatives here.
Miss Minnie Wells left last
Saturday for Rosier, where she
will teach school.
Mr. Albert Sidney Johnson left
last Monday for Macon, where he!
will resume his studies at Mercer:
University.
Mr. Bruce Gibbs left last week
for Tampa, Fla., where he has
secured a position. We wish him
1 success.
Miss Carolyn Mobley of Vienna
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W,
, G. Williamson.
Mrs. Thurston Legareand sons
of Darien are visiting their pa
rents here.
Mrs. 1). Q. Coleman of near
Uvalda is visiting friends and
! relatives here,
Drum and Cornet
Boys Here Thursday.
The Drum and Cornet Corps of
| the Georgia Industrial Home,
. Macon, will make its annual ap
pearance at the auditorium of
The Brewtou-Parker Thursday
evening, 22d inst. The perform
ance, which is free to the public,’
will begin at 8:15. i
The hoys have been in Mt.
Vernon many times, and never
fail to please. The donations
received go toward the support
of the home, and while affording
a pleasing entertainment to the
public, their performances are
also profitable to the institution.
Go out and hear the boys, and
chip in a little change for the
i cause. The entertainment is very
pleasing.
FINE FIELD FOR
BEE BUSINESS.
An enterprising and observing
farmer said the other day, “The
bee industry of our county should
be encouraged. As I go about
through Montgomery county I
am surprised at the number of
bee hives on every side. We
ought to develop the industry.”
As that is just the conclusion I
have come to in my four years in
Mt. Vernon, I was glad to hear
him say this. He is right. That
does not, mean that he will go
into beekeeping himself; for like 1
most people he keeps at a re
spectful distance from the bees.
Not everybody is suited to the
industry. Nor would it support
everybody. Only a comparative
few will pass up up the discom
fort of the stings one must bear
;and go ahead. But he or she
will find both pleasure and profit
:in the work,'provided they do it
in the modern way.
Our territory is good for the
honey gatherers because a large,
j variety of nectar bearing plants
l grow in it. Nectar is what the
bees gather from the flowers and
which they refine into honey in
their hives. Next week I will
try to name some of the many
plants that are common ip/hur
woods and fields and that the
bees work on.
F. M. Baldwin.
The new concrete bridge at j
Hawkinsville will be formally)
opened tomorrow. Doubtless a I
number from here will attend!
i the exercises, among them Mrs. I
Mamie Mcßae, Mr. and Mrs. |
Durham Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. D. j
A. Mcßae, Col. and Mrs. A. B. j
Hutcheson.
FALL MEETINGS
PARENFTEACHERS
Full Program for Fall and
Winter Meetings Been
Prepared.
Sept. 23, 1921. Co-operation.
Mrs. Claude Wright, director.
Practical Methods of Co-opera
tion Between Home and School
—Mrs. Harry Wilt.
How Parents Hinder the School
Work of Their Children —Mrs.
1 M. B. Calhoun.
How Can we Best Aid the
iTeachers in Their Work, and
Make Them Feel our Sympathy
and Desire for Co-operation?—
Mrs. M. L. Stephens.
Director of music, Miss Catha
arine Currie.
October. Pre-School Age.—
Mrs. H. L.' Wilt, director.
1. Discuss the Possibilities for
Growth of an Infant —Mrs. Lee
Mcßae. '
2. Give the Mental, Moral
and Physical Characteristics of
a Normal Child Under Six Years.
Mrs. Geo. Hughes.
3. What Moral Training is
Possible for a Child Under Six
Years of Age?—Mrs. Conn.
4. What Aid Does a Child Re
ceive Attending a Kinder
garten?—Miss Youmans.
Music director, Mrs. J. H.
Peterson.
November. Junior Age.—Mrs.
D. A. Mcßae, director,
Give the Natural Instincts of
Children of Both Sexes Between
. the Years 6 12. —Mrs. Jim Peter
son.
How Best Can a Parent Deal
with the Age of Inquisitiveness?
Mrs. W. C. Mcßae.
Discuss the Marked Mentality
of Children of this Age.—Mrs. J.
H. Peterson.
Some Methods of Teaching
Morals in This Age.—Mrs. M. L.
Stephens.
Mrs. M. B. Calhoun, director
of music.
December. A Christmas Pro
gram. Mrs. Arpad Hicks, di
rector.
1. The Origin of Christmas
Miss Lila Riddle.
2. The Christmas Spirit—The
Third Grade Teacher.
3. Discernment in Christmas
(living - Miss Elizabeth Lee.
Christmas Carols—By Seventh
Grade.
Miss E. Lee, music director.
Failure to Dip Cows
Brings Many Arrests.
Moultrie, Ga.. Sept. 14. — War
rants for the arrest of seventeen
anti-dippers, two of the accused
being women, were sworn out
here yesterday by the inspector
! in charge of the tick eradication
campaign in Colquitt county.
Ten warrants against persons
accused of the same offense were
issued during the latter part of
1 last week.
The grand jury which meets
here on the first Monday in Octo
ber will investigate the charges
tl)at have been brought against
the twenty-seven persons who
are alleged to have ignored the
rules and regulations governing
’the dipping of cattle. In case
indictments are returned they
will be tried immediately.
The arrests were made in com
pliance with instructions from
the county, commissioners to the
authorities in charge of the tick
light to do everything possible to
conclude the campaign during
the current year. All of the
seventeen for whom warrants
have been issued this week live
in the Pineboro section of Col
quitt county. That* dipping vat
at Pineboro has been dynamited
1 once this year. Three arrests
were made after the blast wreck
!ed the vat, but the defendants
i were acquitted.
! The ten anti-dippers who were
J arrested last week a<so lived
j within a few miles of Pineboro.
I The tick eradication fight is
j meeting with little opposition in
'any other sections of the county.
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