The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, November 10, 1921, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XXXVI. FOUR DAYS OF SUPERIOR COURT Mr. M. L. Adams is Elected * County*Commissioner Third District. Montgomery superior court convened in Mt. Vernon Monday morning, with an unusually large attendance. Court convened at 10 o'clock, with Judge Eschol Graham on the bench. The grand jury organized by the election of H. B. Folsom foreman and C. A. Rackley clerk. In his charge to this body Judge Graham covered in full their duties, asking that, if possible, the session be confined to one week. His charge embraced the duties of the body relative to the inspection of the county’s prop erty and a strict regard for the observance of the law, with a view of demanding punishment for the guilty. His reference to liquor-makers and liquor-sellers and those hav ing it in their posession was the strongest arraignment of this class of criminals heard in Mont gomery county court house in years—if ever. He characterized as a criminal the man who dealt in liquor as maker, seller or user, and in the strongest terms brand ed it as a most unnecessary evil. As a remedy for this evil Judge Graham recommended swift and sure punishment—no excessive fines or sentences—but punish ment sure and swift visited upon the law-breaker who would curse his country and his fellow man by dealing in the unnecessary poison in whatever form. Those convicted for violation of the pro hibition law need not anticipate freedom of punishment in Mont gomery county during the incum bency of Judge Graham on this bench. Judge Graham concluded his very able charge to the grand jury with well-chosen words of commendation of the public spir it and enterprise which prompted this county to enter so success fully into the joint bridge recent ly finished by Montgomery and Wheeler counties over the Oconee river. It is understood that a number of true bills were found by the grand jury, and parties indicted will doubtless be tried during criminal week, beginning Mon day morning. Considerable interest was cen tered in the election of a county commissioner from the Third road district, to succeed Hon. C. Calhoun, whose term expires Janurary 1, 1922. This road dis trict is composed of the Kibbee- Tiger and Tarrytown militia dis tricts. The name of Mr. M. L. Adams of Kibbee and that of Mr. Calhoun, the present incumbent, were placed in nomination, and Mr. Adams was elected. He is a successful business man of Kibbee. The grand jury as a body in spected the convict camp yester day, the guests of County War den C. F. Ferrell. It is under stood the body found the camp in very fine order. While oh the | grounds they were given a royal good dinner. Court adjourned yesterday for the week. week’s business, it is understood, will be confined to criminal matters. Solicitor Boyer is ready to roll up his sleeves and make it hot for those charged with evil doings. Seed Oats. Best grade Fulghum Seed Oat% for 75 cents per bushel. J. M. D. McGregor, "Ailey, Ga. \ . Armistice Day Program at Brewton-Parker. Armistice Day!will be observed at the 8.-P. I. auditorium Friday afternoon at? 2:15' o’clock. The public is cordially!invited to at tend. This day hast been seh aside by: the: President of: the UnitedlStates as a , legal .{holiday and we think it the duty of ev- j ery citizen to comeiouCand parti-! cipate in these cises. The soldiers! that served in the World War are especially invitedKto! attend, as one of the main features of the program will be planting a tree in memory of the boys who did not return. SeveralCshort talks will be made by different ones and this will be interspersed with appropriate songsTand readings. 1 The orchestra will also play. The exercises will begin promt ly. and immediately following the Parent-Teachers Association will have their regular monthly meeting. After this a basket ball game is scheduled between Brewton-Parker and Hazlehurst. The school will have the regu lar work through the first period after dinner. This will close at 2:15, and the special exercises will then begin promptly. To Pray for Disarmament. The Sunday Schools in Georgia are being called upon and urged to observe Sunday, November 20 1 as a day to pray for the disarma ment conference, which will be in session in Washington at that time, the conference beginning on November 11th. “It is fitting and right that the! Sunday Schools observe such a day,” said R. D. Webb, General Superintendant of the Georgia Sunday School Association. “All the world staggers today under the burden placed upon its shoul ders by the most cruel war of all history. Every Sunday School in Georgia feels the load. The gold stars on the Service Flag now folded away but not forgotten, tell of the losses of young men in whom we had high hope of great ness in manhood. The civiliza tion of the future depends upon the training we are giving to the boys and girls now found in the Bible classes of our Sunday School. May we of Georgia teach them the word and the way of life of constructive service, rather than to teach them to be come familiar with the destruct ive art of war. Our belief is that the absolute safety for the United States is to obtain entire disarmanent.” Many schools will desire to use a special program for this day, and the Georgia Sunday School Association, 917 Hurt Buildihg, Atlanta, will be prepared to give out copies of suggested programs for “Disarmament Day.” Seed Oats. Fulghum seed oats, clear of smut, best grade. 75 cents per bushel. P. H. Daniel, Uvalda, Ga. Box Supper. There will be given a box sup : per at Oak Grove school house Friday night, November 18. It is being given for the benefit of the school. The public is cordial ly invited to attend. Adine Stanford, Teacher. Poland China Hogs. Twenty-five big-bone Poland- China boars and gilts for sale at i the County Fair. Will take corn, oats, hay, syr up or peas. A. L. Lanier, Mil Vernon. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOV. 10, 1921. Oak Grove Dots. Special Correspondence. Rev. C. E. McDaniel filled his j regular appointment here Satur day and Sunday. There was a | large crowd present. A good many of the citizens of this section are attending court in Mt. Vernon this week. I Miss Gladys Leggett was the guest of Miss Etta Mae Jackson Sunday. Miss Annie Reynolds gave a candy pulling last Wednesday I night at the cane mill. It was enjoyed by a large crowd. Mr. Gordon Richardson was the guest of Mr. Roy Wood Sun- : day. Misses Charity Branch and Annie Mae Richardson were the guests of Miss Annie Reynolds Sunday. Mrs. J. T. Walker visited her daughter, Mrs. P. H. Daniels, Tuesday. Mrs. C. W. Peterson was a visitor to Sharpe Spur Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reynolds visited Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dow nie Sunday afternoon. There will be preaching here on the 3rd Sunday morning by Rev. S, W. Law of Mt. Vernon. We hope to have a large number present. Sheppard-Towner Bill May Become Law. Washington, Nov., 7.—The Sheppard-Towner bill for pro jection of maternity and infancy, already passed the Senate, was favorably reported today by the House interstate commerce com mittee. As approved by the committee, which had it under daily consi ! deration for weeks, the bill would limit to a period ot five years the annual appropriation of $1,000,000 for the use by the States and the Federal Govern ment in the effort to protect in fants and mothers. The appro priation of $450,000 for starting work under the bill was retained. Efforts will be made by the committee to have the bill consi dered by the House this month. Statewide Drg For Auto Tax Violators. A state wide drag for all per sons who have operated a ear or truck this year that has not been legally tagged wil start in the next few days. A number of public spirited citizens who annually comply with the law and duly register their cars with the State and pay for their license tag have organ ized and volunteered to make a tour of the State in the interest of rounding up tfie Automobile State license dodger. These gen tlemen make the sacrifice of their time, cars and money, solely in the interest of justice and better roads, which assures the State an efficient drag for the auto tag slackers. The fact that they will go to every city, town and village in the State that has a garage will no doubt swell the State Highway fund materially. Also, it will give valuable information to the State and all citizens, as to which County officers are doing their sworn duty in seeing that all cars in their respective Counties are properly tagged. Since August Ist all parties using dealers license tags, ex cept on cars and trucks actually being demonstrated, are violat ing the law enacted this year. From this one source alone the State is being defrauded of many ! thousands of dollars. Many deal , ers are ignoring the above law . in using dealers tags on their private cars and trucks, and in many instances letting others use their tags on their cars. The above mentioned committee being on the ground will easily get the ndmes of all the above who are violating the law; also, they will go after all others who • mav be defrauding the State in t not buying a tag for their car or truck. Also, it is very evident that many false statements have been made to secure a duplicate tag which was sold at a discount . of regular price. Tarrytown. Special Correapomlenue. Misses ThelmaCCalhoun and Estell Simons visited relatives at Dublin Saturday. Mr. and "Mrs. F.TM. Simons, Misses .Ella!Pound and! Mary Lewis ’ attended the revival at Soperton Baptist; church Sunday night last. J Mayor BJF. Hamilton return ed from Macon, Tuesday where he has been having the books of j the town audited. Mrs. C.|R. Crowder, who has j been right ill, is.much better at this writing. I j Mr. Claud Canady pf Savannah was mingling with friends here Sunday afternoon. A number of our citizens’are in attendance at superior court at Mt. Vernon this week. Messrs. W. E. Bedaingfield and W. K. Horton of Tennille were Sunday visitors to our town. Rev.tChas. E. Warren attend ed revival serviees; at Soperton Tuesday. A splendid rain fell here Tues day, to the delight of all of our citizens. The teachers of Tarrytown school are busy with the children, getting exhibits ready for the fair. Some of the high school boys’ hearts were not beating right after the Ciceronians finished their program last Friday after nooa. Come on boys, we are counting on the Demostheneans. Prof, and Mrs. Warren and Master Edwin motored down to Vidalia Saturday, shopping. Government Cotton Report. Washington, Nov. 9. —The Cen sus Bureau’s report on cotton ginned prior to November 1, as announced today, showed a total of 109,136 bales more than the Department of Agriculture’s pre liminary forecast of production issued October 3. The Census Bureau reported 6,646,136 bales had been ginned to November 1, while the Department of Agri culture’s forecast of this year’s crop was 6,637,000. A final es timate of production will be is sued by the Department of Ag riculture in December. Cotton ginned prior to Novem ber 1 amounted to 6,646,136 run ning bales, including 111,150 round bales, 11,776 bales of American-Egyptian and 1,696 bales of sea island, the bureau annouuced. Epping School News. Mpuciiti Curren|)ondeu<;K. Mr. J. M. Moxley attended the! fair in Dublin last Friday. Miss Lavada Brantley visited the school Monday afternnon. The Minstrel Show which the | intermediate grades are to put on { soon is fastly being whipped into; regular order. Quite a collection of Folk songs, jokes, buck and! wing dancing and stump speak-! ing will constitute the program. Misses Sophie and Victoria Pal mer v/ent down to Vidalia last Monday. Mr. F. M. Barrington made a business trip to Vidalia Saturday. Quite a crowd from from here and Mt. Vernon enjoyed an all night ’possum hunt last Friday night. The occasion was splen did. The game came up short because all the time was wasted i in a coon chase. This was the first hunt of this kind. The oc casion was such fun and splendor that the general talk while com ing home was about the next ■ “’possum hunt.” Last week was examination , week and the pupils as a whole [ have shown up with a good aver age. A Record of Cotton I Ginned to October 18. Collector r of Cotton IStatistics Walter C. Langford sends The Monitorjthe following report of cotton ginned’ in ; Montgomery county prior to October!l8: For year. 3079 bales. same date last year, 2417. It is quite clear that most of the cotton has?, been picked and ginned for this year, but as the figures also show a substantial gain in the amount ginned to October 18 of this year over that of last year. Beekeepers Gather Macon. Desiring to foregather with other bee keepers at the Macon Fair, Mr. Buckner and I drove through country Thursday of last week returning Friday afternoon. Bee-keepers are j. much given to fellowshipping one another, as j much so as members of any se cret order. As we rode through the country we had our eyes open for bee-pastures. We desired to see how our own section compar ed with that in adjoining counties. Montgomery is full of plants that give nectar in the spring and al so of those that give it in the fall. Our fall flow comeslfrom velvet beans and Mexican clover as I have noted in formerjstatements. We saw almost no velvet beans after we crossed the river bridge and only one field in which there was any clover. This county is far ahead of the others in the l cultivation of velvet beans. It did us gpod to see how much more progressive our farmers are than those in the other counties. The only favorable location for bees that we discovered is at and near Eastman and that is a spring location, the fall flowers being absent. Poplar, black gum and gallberry abound there, but it is a poor section for bees at this season of the year. Before we got to Hawkinsville we began to observe wild astors in bloom and more of them the further north we got. The astor is a good hon ey plant that comes in very late in the fall and lasts until real cold weather, but it does not compare with our clover. This last gives a better honey and stays in bloom over a longer pe riod. It began to flower with us as early as last June or the latter part of May and is still at it. Os course it did not reach its fullest bloom until after the corn and cotton were laid by. By the way, it is good hog pasture and has some value as a soil builder and * is therefore a benefit rather than a detriment to us. We returned home more than ever convinced that this is a first I class section for the bee-keeper. I Our route lay through Mcßae, I Eastman, Hawkinsville and Per ;ry to Macon. The roads were vary good except between Glen | wood and Alamo. And there they are being put into shape. F. M. Baldwin. McLeod Now U. S. Marshal. George B. McLeod of Lyons was yesterday confirmed by the United States senate as United States marshal for the Southern district of Georgia. Mr. McLeod is today on his farm near Lyons. It is not known when he will be in Savan nah, but it is expected he will be down in a few days. Several days ago while in Sav annah Mr. McLeod Baid he had not determined who his deputy would be in this city, but stated it would be a Savannah man. i Savannah Press. EXTRA PRIZES COUNTY FAIR A Large Number of Special Attractions are Being Arranged. The fair grounds east "of the court house are being put in or der for thefopening of the'Mont gomery County fair, to be held in Mt. Vernon November 23 to 26 inclusive. In addition to the list of prem iums issued some*weeks ago, the directors have decided offer prizes for horses and {mules, Georgia raised, as follows: For best Geoogia-raised horse, over twojyears 'old,, $5.00. Sec ond prize, $2.50. For best Georgia-raised mule, over two years old, $6.00 Sec ond prize, $2.50. For best Georgia-raised horse colt, under two years old, $5.00. Second prize, $2.50. For best,' Georgia-raised mule colt, under two years old, $5.00. Second prize,’s2.so. The county!fair,;is an agricultural if and jjlive stock fair, and the offer of prizes for home raised horses and mules and colts should be an induce ment having such stock to bring it and place it an exhibi tion. The fair is being held rather late in the season, IbutJJafter all this is an advantage, in that it has allowed the people of the county greater]!timel to prepare exhibits. The agricultural dis plays should I compare favorably with those of any.fair in the class of country^fairs. Another feature, Jtoo, will be the aggregation of special attrac tions, no great number of which could have been secured at an earlier.date, on account of en gagementsjwith some of the larg er cities and* towns. The man agement promises more attract ions of this class than is ordinar ily secured fairs, and from the outlay presented, there will be something for all tastes and fancies. If you have not had a premium list, see Mrs. Dennis at the mil linery store, iMt. Vernon. The time for placing exhibits is fast drawing near, and it is hoped the people of the county generally will appreciate thelefforts to es tablish a county fair in Montgom ery and give the enterprise every aid possible. Bring exhibit, of whatever nature, and help swell collection of home-raised pro ducts. A Literary Society is Organized at Tarrytown. On Monday afternoon, Oct. 17, the girls'of the High School met for the purpose of organizing a literary society." The following officers were elected: President—Annie Bertha Slaton. Vice-Pres. Bernice Warnock. Secretary—lowne Waller. Treasurer. —Eleanor Pound. Reporter.— Emily Boyd. The program committee consists of Vera Dickens and Zelma Burns. A critic will be appointed every two weeks. The Society will be called Ciceronian. Program for Nov. 4, 1921. T. Song—Georgia Land. 2. Recitation—Elizabeth Calhoun. 3. Jokes—Bernice Warnock and Narsie Cartrette. 4. Critics —Velma Philips and Vera Dickens. 5. Riddles—Wilma Beatty and Estelle Simons. 6 Recitation- Mary Truel. 7. Musical Selectioa—Velma Philips. 8. Reading—Emily Boyd. 9. Music -Vera Dickens. 10. Adjective Game—Zelma Burns. 11. Piano Duet—Alma Adama and Villa Dickens. NO. 31.