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VOL. XXXVI.
DR. M’NAUGHTON
GAINS LIBERTY
Famous Prisoner Granted a
Parole by Governor
Yesterday.
Governor Hardwick on yester-.
day granted a parole for Dr. W. ,
J. McNaughton, the Emanuel
county physician serving a life
sentence at the State prison farm
on the charge of murder of Fred.
Flanders, a prominent citizen of |
that county, between ten and
twelve years ago.
Dr. McNaughton was jointly
indicted with Mrs. Flanders on j
the charge of murder, it being
claimed that Flanders came to j
his death through arsenic poison -I
administered by Dr. McNaugh
ton, the family physician, through
conspiracy with Mrs. Flanders.
She was never tried, but Dr.
McNaughton has served ten
years.
During his term of service Dr.
McNaughton has made a model
prisoner. Especially have his
services been valuable to the
State from a professional stand
point. Dr. McNaughton is a
skilled physician, and throughout
the past ten years has been a
wonderful factor in preserving
the health, and in many cases,
the lives of the inmates of the
State prison farm. This was es
specially true through the epi
demics of influenza, the physi
cian being an expert in the treat
ment of such diseases.
It is very probable that Dr.
McNaughton will open offices and
a manufacturing plant in Atlan
ta, for the practice of medicine
and for the manufacture of a
line of remedies which he has
perfected.
TUESDAY MEETING
OF AUXILIARY.
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church
meets at the home of Mrs. E. D.
Adams Tuesday, Sept. 27, 4:30
p. m. The following program
will be observed:
Song—When You Know My
Blessed Savior.
Prayer— That Our Sunday
School May be Efficient.
Roll Call—Answer by Telling
Whether You Attended Sunday
School.
Devotional —Ambitions of the
Home.
Our Church’s Evangelistic Pro
gram—
Sunday School Extension.
An Ivestment That Pays.
No Man Liveth Unto Himself.
The Young People’s Council.
God Answers Persevering Pray
er.
The Election Ballot.
You or Me or Anybody Else.
Freewill Offering.
Business.
Prayer—By S. S. Teachers.
All members urged to be pres
ent and friends invited.
From Vidalia Advance.
Miss Sallie Mae McWhorter,
who is teaching in Mt. Vernon,
spent’ Monday in Vidalia.
Miss Alvena Phillips has re
turned to Vidalia, after a month's
visit to relatives in Soperton and
Mt. Vernon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Folsom and
Mrs. F. Lee Mcßae of Mt. Ver
non were in the city last Friday.
Mrs. W. T. McArthur, Jr., and
Miss Thelma Elmore spent sev
eral days in Macon last week.
Miss Florence Adams of Mt.
Vernon was here Tuesday.
Miss Lavert Hall spent the
week-end with relatives at Tar
rytown.
Mrs. M. 0. Outler of Cordele
is visiting her son, Mr. L. C.
Outler, here, and her daughter,
Mrs. M. L. Peterson, at Petros.
31)p Hmttgcmprg iMnttttar.
Married at Bainbridge
Last Sunday Afternoon.
Miss Ella Dickerson of Bain
bridge and Mr. Mark L. Mcßae
of Mt. Vernon were happily
married 12st Sunday afternoon,
! the ceremony being performed
by Rev. Mr. Shells of the Bain
| bridge Baptist church.
| The marriage, at the home of
the bride, was witnessed by the
immediate family and a number
of friends. Miss Allene Mcßae,
-j of Mt. Vernon, sister of the
j groom, accompanied him to Bain
bridge.
The party returned toMt. Ver
j non Monday afternoon, and the j
j newly married couple will make |
j their home here. Congratula
| tions and best wishes.
T
Opened Bridge
Hawkinsville.
The big steel and concrete
bridge over the Ocmulgee river (
at Hawkinsville was formally!
opened last Friday, and the
event was witnessed by a crowd
estimated at 15,000. There were
visitors from a hundred miles or
more around.
The exercises were held in the
city auditorium, and the princi
pal addresses of the day were!
delivered by Governor Hardwick
of Atlanta, and Gen. Walter
Harris of Macon. Mr. F. B. i
Waterman of hawkinsville acted,
as toastmaster. Invocation by |
Rev. Aquilla Chamblee, and the!
address of welcome was deliver
ed by Col. H. F. Lawson.
The bridge bears a tablet to
the memory of the Pulaski coun-,
ty boys who gave their lives in l
l the . World war. This was ac- j
• i
cepted in a pleasing address by |
Hon. H. E. Coates in behalf of |
the soldier boys. Mr. W. R.!
Neal, chief engineer of the State ,
Highway Department also de-!
livered an address.
Other features made the event,
one long to be remembered by j
Hawkinsville and her guests for ,
the day. This splenhid bridge
was constructed by the Dawkins!
Construction Co., the firm which 1
is now completing the majestic
structure them at Mt. i
Vernon. The steel work was I
done by the Pensacola Shipbuild
ing Co.
Weekly Cotton Letter.
By Savannah Cotton Factorage
Co.
Advices from New York and
New Orleans are to the effect
I
that investment buying sets in at
,18.50 to 19c. and cotton is sold
out when figures above 20c can
be obtained.
Private Bureaus report the es- j
timated condition at this time to !
around 38.5 to 40.0, indicating a
yield of 6,000,000 to 6,500.000 !
bales. If the Government’s Re
port to be published on October j
3rd shows a low figure, a rapid
advance may follow. It is possi
ble that a great many private re- i
ports of a bullish nature may ■
frighten the trade and cause an !
I advance before October 3rd.
The weather has been fair to
good during the past week, and ,
picking and ginning have pro
ceeded on a large scale. The
j Ginners’ Report on October 3rd
may show larger figures than in
1920, but, as stated in our last
j letter, the rush will be over by
the end of October; therefore
the Condition Report should have
more effect on the market than
the Ginners figures-
We see nothing to alarm own:
ers of cotton, and still believe it
j will be to the interest of farmers
and others to market their cot.
ton very slowly throughout the
i season. Let your bank or cotton
factor help you carry your cot
ton.
MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPT. 22, 1921.
PROPER TREATMENT WILL
PREVFNT RUST IN OATS.
The advent of the cotton boll
! weevil in destructive numbers is j
now forcing the farmers of
Georgia to turn from cotton to
a more generalized type of farm-|
jing. Reports indicate a further
large increase in the acreage to
be sown to small grains this fall.
To grow these crops in competi-,
tion with that of grain growing
sections of the country the farm-*
I ers of this State cannot afford to
neglect any factor or practice
; which will increase the yield.
Smut is practically always pres
ent in oats and wheat from un- j
! treated seed, the damage varving j
i from 1 per cent to as high as 30 j
j per cent with an average of,
about 5 per cent. Since this loss
can be entirely eliminated by a
simple method of seed treatment)
no one can afford to neglect this
practice.
! The treatment in most common
use consists in dipping the seed
for two hours in a solution made
by dissolving one pint of com
mercial formalin in 40 gallons of
water. Remove the grain from
solution, drain, and keep covered
five hours then spread out and
dry over night. In practice the
grain in bags may be dipped into
; the solution and removed, and,
after draining, piled together
! for five hours, then poured out
ito dry.
Recently more rapid and other
wise more satisfactory methods
have been, worked out and high
ly recommended where tried.
In one of these, devised and
1 tested at the Arlington Farm of.
! the United States Department of i
| Agriculture, the grain is given l
Longpond Dots.
Special Correspondence !
Mr. Math McNeely of near
Sandersville visited relatives here
Monday.
i Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bendimire!
i and little daughter of Odum are:
I visiting relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. McAllister
iand little son, Grady, Jr., spent
Sunday with relatives here.
Mrs. C. F. Ferrell and children
of Mt. Vernon spent a short
while with relatives here Monday
last.
We were very glad to have J
with us last week-end Rev. J. M. \
Outler of Mcßae.
Revival services at the Metho- j
dist chmt'ch are being conducted
!by the pastor, Rev. A. G. Brew
j ton. Everybody is invited to at
tend.
Good Bee Pastures
in South Georgia.
! |
In many sections there is only ,
one principal honey plant, j
Through the central states white!
clover is the source from which |
the bees gat her Nectar and gen-!
erally that one plant gives a
i very profitable crop. We have
three plants that usually give us
j a good supply of honey—poplar
in April, gallberry in May and
velvet beans in the fall. This
, last is giving nectar now, but not
|as freely as usnal on account of
! the dry weather. Before this
plant was common in Southeast!
| Georgia there was no fall crop and j
ithe beekeepers “robbed the
; bees” in May only. It is not
;: wise to take too much of the fall
i honey as the bees need it for
: winter, but a reasonable amount
I can be taken this month espeeial
-Ily if the rain comes soon. Many
other plants are of great benefit
; to the bees and we will tell
i about them in our next item.
,‘They keep the bees alive and in
, good condition between the main
| flows of nectar mentioned above.
I I Therefore, they are very neces
■: sary and of great importance in
beekeeping. F. M. Baldwin.
a preliminary soaking. It is dip-
I ped in pure water ten minutes,
piled and kept moist for six
hours, then dipped for ten min
utes in the formalin solution as
above, again piled and kept moist
six hours, and then spread out to
dry over night. The presoaking
allows more rapid use of a small
»amount of formalin solution and
greatly lessens the danger of in- i
jury to the seed.
! In both of these methods the!
grain is swollen and the amount
I sown per acre must therefore j
I be increased about 25 per cent,
j- A method of “dry” treatments
, has recently been highly recoin- j
mended in certain grain growing
regions.
! One pint of commercial forma
lin is mixed with one pint of
water and put into an ordinary
small one-quart sprayer. This
solution is sprayed onto the grain
as it is shoveled over into a pile.
The quart of solution is sufficient
for 50 bushels of grain. The
sprayed pile is then covered for
five hours, in order to hold the!
formaldehyde gas and allow it to
act. The grain is dry and ready
to sow at the end of the treat
ment and is not swollen as in the
soak methods. The gas from the
solution will irritate the nose and
throat of the workman unless the
treatment is done in open air.
Either of the three methods
will give good results and the in
dividual may feel safe in choos
ing the method best suited to his
own conditions.
B. B. Higgins,
Botanist.
Oak Grove Dots.
Special Correspondence.
Mrs. John Roberson and child
ren of Savannah are visiting rel
atives in this section.
Miss Sudie Graham was the
guest of Miss Annie Reynolds
Sunday.
A number from this section at
tended preaching over at Alston
Friday night.
Mr. D. O’Brien was a business
visitor to Mt. Vernon on Monday
j morning.
Mrs. J. M. Downie was the
I guest of her sister, Mrs. Dennis
O’Brien, Saturday afternoon.
Miss Willie Meeks gave a pea
nut boiling Thursday night. It
was attended and enjoyed by a
large number.
Mr. J. W. Lett and family of
Brunswick are visiting relatives
in the community,
i !
j Mrs. P. H. Daniels was the
! guest of her mother, Mrs. John
; T. Walker, Wednesday.
Mrs. M. A. Peterson gave a
I sing and peanut boiling Tuesday ;
night in honor of guests from
Savannah and Brunswick. It was
very much enjoyed.
The B. Y. P. U. and Sabbath |
school next Sunday at the usual
hour. We should be glad to have
each member present. Prayer
meeting at the church each Wed
\ nesday. Come and take part
i with us.
Hemstitching.
Mrs, R, M. Stanley of Vidalia
has installed a Hemstitching
Machine in the store of the Vida
lia Hardware Co., and is prepared
to serve the ladies with work of
this kind. 9224
For best results, ship your cot
ton to The John Flannery Com
pany, Savannah, Ga. Liberal
advances made on consignments.
I
Congressman Larsen
SIF a Visitor Tuesday.
■ Hon. W. W. Larsen, congress
man from the Twelfth district,
spent a few hours in Mt. Vernon
Tuesday last. He also visited
other points in the county, con
ferring with friendsand support
ers,
Mr. Larsen has made a good
record in Congress, of which his
constituents are proud, and his
friends in Montgomery county
i are glad to have him visit the
county as often as possible. He
| was accompanied by his son,
j William Larseh. They will leave
j shortly for Washington City to
resume work.
Program of
the W. M. U.
i To be held at Vidalia, Sept. 30.
10:00 Hymn— “Jesus Calls Us.”
Devotional topic: “Service.”
Mrs. J. T. B. Anderson.
10:20 Welcome—Mrs. H. P.
| Wilbanks. ,
Response—Mrs. F. M. Smith.
10:30 Superintendent's mes
sage and report.
Report of district secretaries;
personal service Chm.; Treds.
11:00 Review of each society—
by Presidents.
Prayer of Thanksgiving-Mrs.
D. O. Calhoun.
Solo: “The Son of God Goes
Forth to War,” Mrs. T. L. W.
McDonald.
Some suggestions to awaken a
country community— Mrs. J. C.
Meadows.
. 12:20 The missionary family I
Mrs. E. K. Overstredt. Mrs.
vice-president of the
southeastern division of the W.
M. U. is 'a splendid speaker and
will have something interesting
to say. . ,
12:55. Appointment of commit
tees.
Adjourn for lunch.
2:14 Song—Jesus Shall Reign.
Devotional- Topic: “Power,”:
Mrs. T. R. Lee.
Great watch \yord in unison,
Phil; 4:13.
Song—“My Faith Looks up to
Thee.”
2:35 Reading: “Miss Bradley,”
—Miss Luella Hudson.
2:50 “Keeping Step”—Miss
Rhodes. Miss Rhodes, who is a j
state worker for the W. M. U., ;
i lends much encouragement and
inspiration to the members.
3:30 Open conference.
4:00 Report of committees.
4:15 Song—“Pll go Where You
| Want Me to go.”
Consecration service: Leader,
Mrs. O. O. Williams.
5:00 Adiourn.
Evening service, 8 o’clock.
Song: From Greenland’s Icy
Mountains.”
Devotional, Topic- More Light,
Isa. 9:2 Rev. J. T. B. Anderson.
“Song - “Send the Light.”
“A message from Persia” —
Miss Edna Bridges. Miss Brid
ges is a returned missionary from j
Persia. Her interest in the work
I is noteworthy.
Prayer by pastor.
Mcßride Bros. Have
Uvalda Ford Service.
Mcßride Bros, of Alston have
recently purchased the Ford Ser
vice Station at Uvalda, for a
number of years owned and ope-!
i rated by Mr. P. J. McNatt, and!
they will continue the business
| along the same progressive lines
as establisded by Mr. McNatt.
Mr. Henry G. Mcßride is in
charge‘of the plant at Uvalda.
Mr. B. C. Anderson, who, for
several years, has been with the
Uvalda branch, moves to Mt. j
Vernon and will be identified j
with the headquarters station at;
this place, owned by Mr. McNatt. -
Mt. Vernon friends are glad to !
welcome Mr. Anderson and fami
ly to Mt. Vernon.
#
SPECIAL PROGRAM
MASONIC LODGE
Considered Washington Me
morial and Masonic
Matters.
Last Saturday witnessed an in
teresting communication of Aural
Lodge No. 239 F. and A. M., at
Mt. Vernon. The entire mem
bership had been invited under
the seal of the Lodge, but the
attendance was rather lacking.
The day had been assigned for
a general discussion of the George
Washington Memorial, as the
principal feature, and the Lodge
was to have discussed and taken
a record vote on the question of
changing the Grand Lodge con
stitution altering the initiation
fee so as to include a certain per
cent, additional, half of which
is to go to the charity fund of
the Grated Lodge and the other
half to a similar fund in all sub
ordinate lodges of the order. Af
ter a preliminary vote on the
question, it was deferred until
next meeting, < a constitutional
number not being present.
The George Washington Me
morial project was discussed by
a number of the members, and
as a result of which additional
light was thrown on the subject.
There not being a requisite num
ber present to determine the ac
tion of the Lodge on this ques
tion, it also was carried over un
til the October meeting. How
ever, rather than sacrifice the
opportunity, ten or a dozen mem
bers pledged an amount necessary
to gain for Aural Lodge a limited
recognition, without cancelling
the opportunity of having the
Lodge act as a whole when the
mutter is again taken up.
TJ?e Washington Memorial As
sociation has for its purpose the
erection of a national Masonic
temple in the ancient city of
Alexandria, Va., where is situ
ated the home lodge of George
Washington, now known as
! Alexandria-Washington Lodge
! No. 22, of which the first presi
dent of the United and other no
table men have presided as mas
ters. Each Lodge in the United
States is asked to contribute to
the fund.
The membership of the Lodge
will again be summoned under
seal, and doubtless the urgency
,of a second summons will be
more fully observed by the mem
bership at the October meeting.
Miss Ulna Granberry
Dies After Brief Illness.
Lumpkin, Ga., Sept. 19.—The
death of Miss Ulna Granberry,
which occurred at 8 o’clock last
night in Eufaula, Ala., is much
regretted by her many friends.
Miss Granberry was the only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Granberry, who live near Lump
kin. She was a young lady who
possessed many admirable and
; lovely traits of character, and
i was much loved by those who
knew her. Her illness was short,
of only about ten days’ duration,
and her death is quite a shock
to her friends and loved ones.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock
and interment made in Wesley
Chapel cemetery.
Miss Granberry was a niece of
Mr. N. L. Spooner of Mt. Ver
non, and the only daughter of
her parents, Mrs. Granberry be
ing a sister of Mr. Spooner. She
had been taken to Eufaula for
treatment.
The young lady will be remem
bered as a former visitor to Mt.
j Vernon, and friendsand relatives
here are grieved to learn of her
death. She was a most lovable
young woman.
Mr. Spooner left Monday to
atten 1 the funeral service at
Lumpkin.
NO. 24.
