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VOL. XXXVI.
PROGRAM FOR
COUNTY FAIR
Special Stress Given Work
Public School Children
of County.
Interest is now centered in the
Montgomery County fair, to be
held November 23 to 26 in Mt.
Vennon, and the promoters are
planning to make of it the best
country fair held in this section j
during the season.
Special features will mark the l
four days as follows:
Wednesday, November 23
Agricultural Day.
Thursday, November 24—Gov
ernor’s Day.
Friday November 25—Educa
tional Day (Children’s Day.)
• Saturday, November 26—Live
Stock Day.
> No charge will be made for the
entry of exhibits, of whatever
kind, and entries are invited from
the county at large. Premi
ums will be awarded as listed in j
the premium list.
An unusually strong agricul
tural and live stock exhibit is an
ticipated. Montgomery county
is one of the most thrifty agri
cultural sections in the state, and
there is every reason to believe
that in the county’s first fair will
be shown a most creditable out
lay of home-grown products.
Another feature, not included
in the premium list, but which
is of extreme importance, is the
children’s work, or the handi
craft of the eounty school child
ren. The Association offers S3O.
in cash prizes for the best collect
ive school work, divided as fol
lows: First prize, $15.00; second
prize, $10.00; third prize, SS.CO.
In addition to school displays,
pupils will be awarded cash
prizes for individual exhibits.
Prizes will cover in general
school work, literary work, do
mestic science, domestic art, man
ual training, basketry, etc.
With a view of advancing this
important feature, Mrs. Dennis,
Mrs. Wright and Superintend
ent Conner last week visited ev
ery school in the county. Dr.
M. L. Brittain, state school su
perintendent, will be present
that day. Prominent men have
been invited for this as well as
other days.
Those having exhibits or who
contemplate making a display
will please report to the sub
chairman of the several districts.
Ladies will report to Mrs. C. H.
Wright of the advisory commit
tee; men will report to Mr. W’
A. Peterson, Mt. Vernon.
Carnival attractions are being
booked every day, and the fair
will doubtless open with an ag
gregation seldom seen at a coun
ty fair. Every man is urged to
arrange a float for the opening
day. Flowers, other than those
intended for exhibit, will add
greatly to the attractiveness of
the occasion. Relics, heirlooms,
antiques, etc., are invited. Prop
er care will be taken of this class
of exhibits by those in charge.
Program of
Teachers 9 Meet .
Program of Montgomery Coun
ty Teachers Association at the
Epping School, Saturday Nov. 12.
1. How to Teach Geography.
Discussion led by Miss Pinkerton,
Brewton-Parker Institute.
2. Reading—Miss Marie Brown,
Brewton-Parker Institute.
3. Why Have a Library and
How to Obtain One.—Mr. C. E.
Warren, Tarrytown.
4. Round Table Discussion of
County Contest.
Sara Mae McWhorter,
Claude Phillips,
T. B. Conner,
Program Committee.
ohp Mmxtar.
Card of Thanks From
County Commissioners.
The board of County Commis
sioners of Montgomery County
takes this opportunity to thank
the citizens of the County for
their loyal support during the
tick eradication campaign in .the
county. We also extend our
thanks to the Cattle Inspectors
and to the state authorities for
their untiring efforts to get rid of
the ticks in our community.
Again thanking the people for
their support, we are
Yours very respectfully,
John T. Walker,
C. H.Calhoun,
A. B. Hutcheson,
Board Commissioners Montgom
ery County, Georgia.
Better Market
Farm Products.
Eastman, Ga., Oct. 31. — Active
steps are being taken by the busi
ness men of Eastman to provide
a better market and complete fa
cilities for the handling of Dodge
county farm products. Due to
the fact that the county’s cotton
crop this year is only about one
fifth of normal, the keen impor
tance of establishing some ar
rangment whereby the farmers
may dispose of their commodities
other than cotton is being forcibly
experienced.
The question has been discussed
in considerable detail at the past
two meetings of the Kiwanis Club
and at its last luncheon a commit
tee was named to invite to the
club’s next regular weekly meet
ing a number of representative
farmers, business men and bank
ers from each militia district of
the county for the purpose of en
listing their co-operation and sup
port of the movement.
At the meeting a definite course
of action to be pursued will be de
termined upon. It is likely that
immediate steps will be taken to
provide storage and grading fa
cilities for various kinds of pro
ducts. The banking and financial
interests of the county will be
asked and are expected to afford
full co-operation in carrying the
proposition to an early and suc
cessful conclusion. A campaign
of education, urging the farmers
to standardize their products and
put them up in marketable shape
will also be inaugurated.
Oak Grove Dots.
Special Correspondence.
There was a large number at
tended the district" meeting of
the Daniel Association which was
held at Oak Grove church Sunday
and enjoyed many splendid.talks
and also the music
Mr. D. O’Brien and son Her
bert made a business trip to Bax
ley last Friday, returning Satur
day.
Miss Viola McDougald of Sav
annah was called home on ac
' count of illness and death of her
uncle, Mr. John McDougald, who
died Tuesday a. m. We extend our
greatest sympathy to the be
reaved friends and loved ones.
Mr. Roy Wood and Miss Annie
Reynolds were the guests of Miss
Julia Register Sunday afternoon. j
Quite a good many attend the j
cane grindings here. I suppose
it will be a steady job for awhile.
All are extended a hearty wel
come.
Everybody remember prayer
meeting at the church on each
Wednesday night and come.
The Oak Grove school is pro
gressing nicely with thirty five on
roll.
Rev. C. E. McDaniel will fill
; his regular appointment here
next Saturday and Sunday at the
usual hours. We hope to have a
large crowd present.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOV. 3, 1921.
Epping School News.
Special Correspondence.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Fountain '
visited Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Clarke
Sunday.
Cane grindings are very fre-!
quent in this section. Quite a
crowd were at Mr J. M. Moxley’s
Tuesday night.
Mrs. John Q. Palmer went;
down to the yidalia Hospital to
see bar daughter-in-law, Mrs. j
Pickett Palmer, and reports that
she is improving.
Mr. Claude Philips, and Miss
Allene Elliot attended the Mins-,
trel show at Brewton-Parker:
Friday night.
The first meeting of the Par-1
ent-Teacher Association was well j
attended. The pupils of the in-j
termediate grades did some good |
spelling in a spelling match for
the parents, after which they
were dismissed. Then Mr.
Claude Philips made a short talk
on the “Relation of Parents to
School”. After refreshments
were served, the following offi
cers were elected: Mrs. C. S.
Palmer, Pres., Mr. J. M. Moxley,
Sec’y. and Treas. The President
insists that all parents be present
at the next meeting.
Messrs. J.Q. and Robert Pal
mer and Misses Sophie and Vic
toria Palmer, attended the funer
al of Mrs. Ed. Palmer at Kibbee
Sunday. /
Mr. Jimmie Adams made a
business trip to Mt. Vernon Mon
day.
Mr. Joe Horne is visiting in
Florida at this time.
Several of the hoys, chaperoned
by Mr. Claude Philips, hiked to
the old stave mill last Saturday.
Chess Moxley went ahead with
his gun and killed six squirrels,
which were fried in the open.
This squirrel with the lunches the
boys had was very palatable.
The boys are looking forward to
the next hike.
Trespass Notice.
This is to forewarn the public
against hunting with gun or dog,
removing wood or timber of any
kind, fishing, or in any manner
trespassing on the lands of the
undersigned. Violations of this
rule will be prosecuted according
to law. This the 3rd day of No
vember, 1921.
L. N. Thompson,
Mrs. Jennie Hughes,
(Individually and as guardian of
Alice and Ethel Thompson.)
Mr. John McDougald
Died Last Tuesday.
After an illness extending over
a period of two years, Mr. John
McDougald died Tuesday at his
home in the Hack Branch com
munity. Declining health was
the result of a stroke of paralysis,
received about two years ago,
since which he he has been an
invalid.
Mr. McDougald was sixty-five
years of age, a native of Cheraw.
S. C., and was a brother of Mrs.
Margaret Abt of Mt. Vernon.
He had been a citizen of Mont
gomery county for thirty years,
and was a man of quiet amiable
disposition.
Remains were laid to rest in
; the Hack Branch cemetery yes
terday, the service being con
ducted by Rev. B. C. Prickett of
the Uyalda Methodist church.
Lodge of Sorrow in
Glenwood Sunday.
Glen wood Lodge No. 477, F. &
A. M., will hold a Lodge of Sor-!
row in Glenwood Baptist church
on Sunday morning Nov. 6th,
1921, to pay tribute to the mem
ory of the following deceased
brethren: I. C. Conn, J. C. Me-
Neal and Jas. T. Geiger.
The ceremony will be public
and friends and relatives of these
brethren are invited to attend.
J. H. Cantrell, W. M.
Tarrytown.
I Special correspondence.
Mr. R. W. Anderson returned
Tuesday from Millen and Sylvan
da where he has been visiting rel
atives. *
i
Mr. L. C. Underwood and fam
ily were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
IW. B. Cadle Sunday. We greatly
enjoyed Mr. Underwood’s talk to
the men’s class at the Baptist
| Sunday School.
Mesdames W. T. Stephens, E.
J. Simmons visited the former’s
brother, Mr. Zack Simons at Vi
dalia, Monday.
Mrs. Ellie Calhoun was shop
i ping in Vidalia Monday.
Mr. Alvin Calhoun of Savannah
! was shaking hands with old
I friends here Monday.
Mr, and Mrs. Rube Page of
Savaonah spent the week end
with Mr. and Mrs. 1. E. Brooks.
Mr. Schiffren was a business
visitor to Vidalia Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Brooks have
a very sick child. The child has
typhoid fever. We hope for an
early recovery.
Judge A. L. Wheeler attended
the Grand lodge of Masons in
Macon last week.
Rev. Chas. E. Warren and M.
E. Burns attended the revival
meeting at Baptist church, Sop
erton Monday night.
Mr. Frank Simons has a new
Ford; we are expecting a ride
soon.
Miss Sallie Mae Calhoun enter
tained a number of her friends i
at a Hallowe’en paity Monday
night. Every one had a most
enjoyable time.
Official Bankruptcy Sale.
Sale of mules, wagons, oxen, 1
ox wagons, motor truck, automo
biles, rough pine lumber, sa'wn
hickory lumber, boiler and en
gines and other personal proper
ty of G. V. Mason, bankrupt, at
Mount. Vernon, Georgia, on Fri
day, November 11th, 1921.
Under an order of the HonoF
able A. H. MacDonell, Referee
in Bankruptcy, entered Novem
ber Ist, 1921, I will sell at public
sale the below described proper-'
ty before the court house door at
Mount Vernon, Georgia on No
vember 11th, 1921, between the
legal hours of sale, to-wit:
Five head of mules; ten head
of oxen; two two horse wagons;
three ox carts, one Maxwell auto
truck; one old Ford touring car;
one old Briscoe touring car; one
boiler and two engines; a lot of
rough pine lumber and about
13,000 feet of sawn hickory lum
ber.
Sale to be free of liens, valid
liens to attach to the proceeds of
the sale, and said sale to be for
cash, subiect to the confirmation
of the court. Sale will stand for
confirmation before the referee
at his office, Mendel building,
Savannah, Georgia, on Saturday,
November 12th, 1921, at 12
o’clock noon.
Said boiler and engines and
lumber will not be brought to
place of sale but will be sold at
their present locations, and pros
pective purchasers may examine
the same at said locations, to-wit:
i Boiler and engines on F. Lee
Mcßae place north of Bear Creek:
sawn hickory lumber at Mason
Mill near old brick yard on S. A
L. Ry., betweeh Mount Vernon
and river and sawn pine rough
lumber at Mount Vernon depot.
Ten per cent, of bid to be de
posited with Trustee on day of
sale and palance of purchase
price paid on confirmation by the
court.
November Ist, 1921.
M. B. Calhoun, Trustee,
Mount Vernon, Georgia.
Trespass Notice.
This is to forewarn the public
' against hunting with dog or gun,
removing timber or wood of any
kind, fishing, hunting, or in any
manner trespassing on the lands
of the undersigned; and parties
violating this order will be prose
cuted to the extent of the law.
This the 3d day of Nov., 1921.
Mrs. W. C. Mcßae,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Miss Currie Entertained
With Hallowe’en Party.
Miss Katharine Currie enter
tained at a beautiful Hallowe’en
party Monday evening.
The house was decorated with
a profusion of Hallowe’en sym
bols. Softly shaded lights glowing
through golden pumpkins cast a
, soft glow over the scene. Many
i games were played and at a late
hour delicious refreshments were
served.
The host received her guests
wearing a very attractive Hal
lowe’en costume in orange and
black crepe paper. The guests
present were:
Miss Helen Lee, Miss Marie
Brown, Miss Pinkerton, Miss
Younians, Miss Effie Bedding-
I field. Miss Theodosia Geiger, Miss
Margaret Currie, Miss Katharine
Currie. Messrs. Hugh Peterson,
Hoke Riddle, Alex Peterson, Don
Lanier, Clement McArthur, Max
McGregor, Charles Beacham,
and Ben Segall.
Aged Lady is
Killed by Mule.
The angel of death has once
more come in our community and
claimed for its victim Mrs. J. E.
Palmer. Her friends and rela
tives were shocked last Saturday
afternoon, when they received
the intelligence of her sad death
by accident, which occurred near
the residence of Mr. Charles
Fowler.
She and one of her grand-sons,
Pat Palmer, were on their way to
D. C. Palmer’s, when the mule
l which young Palmer was driving
became frightened and ran,
throwing both occupants of the
buggy and killing Mrs. Palmer
instantly, her neck being broken,
also skull fractured, either in it
self being sufficient cause to pro
duce death. Young Palmef es
caped with only a few minor
bruises.
Mrs. Palmer spent her entire
life in Montgomery county. She
was born July 13, 1842, making
her stay on earth 79 years, 3
months and 14 days.
She had been a consecrated
member of the Missionary Bap
tist church for a number of years,
her membership being with the
Mt. Pisgah congreation at Kibbee.
She was the mother of ten
children, five daughters and five
sons. Three daughters and one
son preceded her to the grave.
She is survived by her husband,
J. E. Palmer, two daughters,
Lucinda Palmer Morris and
Theodosia Palmer Fountain, four
sons, D. E., B. F., J. D. and D.
C. Palmer, also forty-eight grand
children and twelve great-grand
children, besides a host of other
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Palmer was a good wife,
a devoted mother and a kind
neighbor. She has led an ex
emplary life for her children,
grand-children, and great-grand
children to emulate.
Byway of consolation, to the
bereaved family, weep not as
those who have no hope, for by
faith she will live again.
“Blessed are they that die in
the Lord, they shall rest from
their labors and their works do
follow them.”
Her remains were interred in
the Braddy cemetery Sunday af
ternoon and a large concourse of
relatives and friends assembled
to pay the last tribute of respect
to her. Burial services conduct
ed by Rev. O. O. Williams, same
faith as she.
May God comfort her loved
ones and keep them to live Godly
lives, so they may be permitted
to enter into the Heavenly city.
Written by a friend,
Kate Morris.
COUNTY IS NOW
FREE OF TICKS
Co-Operation of Citizens and
Officials Bring Good
Results.
Montgomery county is now
tick-free, as declared by the au
thorities, and cattle dipping is a
thing of the past.
This is welcome news to many
who have kept up the work for
the past two and a-half years,
since the order was passed mak
ing it compulsory. Prior to that
time the county had quite a num
ber of private vats in operation,
and to this in part, may be at
tributed the advancement of the
work.
As a result of regular dipping,
the county is now released and
cattle may be shipped from the
county without further restric
tions or form. This has been
made possible by the united ef
forts of the Federal, State and
local authorities, together with
the co-operation of the farmers
and cattle owners of the county.
While the enterprise has cost
quite a sum, the people of the
county will have reaped a sub
stantial benefit from the work.
The cattle have been improved
in quality from several stand
points. Free from ticks, cattle
will fatten much more readily
and with the standard raised,
cattle will later bring a better
price, and milk cows will produce
more milk.
To many the work has been
arduous, but in the main the re
quirements have been complied
with. In many counties much
opposition was raised to the
work, and the authorities were
given a great deal of trouble, but
in Montgomery the people as a
whole, realizing the benefits to
accrue, have obeyed instructions
and have extended every aid
possible toward the furtherance
of the # work and its successful
termination.
Mutt and Jeff
On at Vidalia
At City Auditorium, Friday,
4th, With Bevy of
Pretty Girls.
The title of the new play is
“Mutt and Jeff in Chinatown,”
and is based on the world-famous ,
cartoon of Bud Fisher. The new
offering, which has been pro
claimed the best of the series
thus far, is in two acts and six
scenes. A dozen song hits, plen-
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ty of surprises, new ideas and
novel twists complete a contribu
tion sure to oe endorsed by the
most exacting seeker after all
that is good and wholsome in
musical comedy. Pretty girls
and a capable cast add additional
class to a production said to be
out of the beaten path of modern
entertainment. Tickets now on
sale at Page’s Drug Store, Vidalia,
NO. 30.