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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1921)
VOL. XXXVI. PENSION PAY IN "SUPREME COURT Test Case Will Show Legal Status of State Road Rent Bill. The payment of pensions to Confederate veterans is contin gent upon the ability of Gover nor Hardwick to dispose of ad vance rental of the Western & Atlantic railroad, as authorized by the General Assembly and as favored by him as the solution of the problem. The matter is pending in the supreme court, in a test case, in which a warrant amounting to SIO,OOO, was sold to the Bank of Tifton. Until the case is settled b£ the court, nothing can be done. Should the court decide the matter legal, it will be only about three weeks before pay ment can be made. The amount of pensions due the old soldiers is $1,883,686. Relative to the matter, Gover ' nor Hardwick said Tuesday: “We are hopeful that a deci sion will be rendered soon in the Western and Atlantic case and if the supreme court’s verdict is in favor of the state we will begin paying the pensions within three weeks after the decision is re ceived. “This is the only way the money can be obtained now to pay the pensioners,” the. gover nor said. “The legislature adop ted this plan and we have based our program on probable sale of these warrants. It the decision is against the state I don’t see where the money will me from to pay the pensioners at this time. “If we had been able to sell' the Western and Atlantic war-! rants a few weeks ago it would not have been necessary for us to have drawn any more school warrants and hence the school j money would not have passed j through Berrien’s hands in No vember and a part of October.” U. S. Senate Turns Down Link Johnson. The U. S. Senate has formally rejected the nomination of Lin coln Johnson, Atlanta negro lawyer and national committee man from Georgia, for recorder of deeds for the District of Co lumbia. Senator Watson very bitterly opposed Lincoln and submitted evidence to show that Lincoln i was unfit for the place. He was | also personally opposed on the I floor of the Senate by Senator Harris, who pronounced him per sonally objectionable and to both himself and to Mr. Watson. There was no record vote taken the matter—just simply a re fusal to agree to the nomination of the big negro by the president. In a recent speech in Alabama President JTarding expressed himself as being in favor of} equality as between whites and * biacks in such matters. Yanks in general have ever advocated such, but to a Southern man, with full knowledge of the ne gro, from every standpoint, this thing does not go. For the past eight months the Republicans have been specula ting on what to do with Johnson. Poland China Hogs. Twenty-five big-bone Po|and- China boars and gilts for sale at the County Fair. Will take corn, oats, hay, syr up or peas. A. L. Lanier, Mt. Vernon, i Mmttoom?rg Momfrir. Oak Grove Dots. Special Correspondence. Mr. W. D. Peterson made a business trip to Savannah on j Thursday of last week. Mr. A. J. Graham of Kibbee spent part of last week with his daughter Mrs. J. A. Reynolds. 5 Rev. S. W. Law filled the pul pit here Sunday morning. He ■; delivered a splendid seamon. Mr. H. M. Thompsom, wife : and baby were the guests of Mr. 1. D. 0. O’Brien and family Sunday. 5 1 Miss Sudie Graham was the i! day guest of Miss Annie Rey j nolds Sunday. I ; j Quite a large number attended j i j the box supper here Friday night. , i | The young people through here : ', are enjoying very much the can-. [| dy pullings and big times they ; are having during the cane grind ings. ( Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reynolds visited Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wal ker Sunday afternoon. i Messrs. Will Hughes and Char- J lie Henriott attended the singing 1 convention at Uvalda Sunday aft ernoon. Mrs. J. T. Walker is on the sick list. We hope for her a speedy recovery. j Everybody remember prayer j meeting at the church on Wednes day night. Also Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. next Sunday be ginning at 2:30 everybody come, and be on time. I Try Coleman Pulaski County . Hawkinsville, Ga., Nov. 22. E. E. Coleman, well known farm er of Truetlen county, and a member of a wealthy Emanuel county family, will face trial in 1 the Pulaski Superior Court here 'on December 5, on the charge of murder in connection with the death of W. H. (Bill) Hall, a white cropper, who died near Soper ton on September 13, 1920. | Dan Davis, a cropper of Treut jlen county, co-defendant with Coleman, was convicted at Soper ton this summer and sentenced to life imprisonment. It was Davis’ second conviction and due |to the many disqualifications : among jurors in Treutlen county Judge Eschol Graham granted a venue for Coleman. Wiley J. Smith, another co-de- - fendant, has turned State evi- i dence and it is not definitely known when he will be placed on j trial. _ Unlimited Gas Wells Found in Louisiana. ' l New Orleans, Nov. —An enor j mous natural gas field with pro duction potentialities “unsurpass ed in the history of the natural gass industy of the country” has been uncovered in Northern Louisana,according to a report > made public here tonight by en gineers of the United States bu reau of Mines, following an in- , vestigation conducted for the j State at the request of Governor . | Parker. A productive area of 212 square miles, or approximately 135,000 acres in a solid block, located in Union, Ouachita and Morehouse parishes, near the city of Monroe, , and designated as the Monroe i gas field, is outlined in the report of the engineers. Although over ninety billion cubic feet of gas has been re- 1 moved since the “discovery well” was drilled in 1916, the engineers . : estimate the total amount of gas ! remaining in the reservoir at ap- ‘ proximately 4,750,000,000,000 cu bic feet, with indications that the i volume is much greater becausJ ! the limits of the field had not been , finally determined at the time! i their investigation was concluded. | MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOV. 24, 1921. Montgomery County Fair Running in Full Blast. , The Montgomery County Fair , opened in a blaze of glory yester day morning,fand the interest is increasing every hour. For several days exhibits have been coming in, and practically every phase of endeavor is rep resented, as far as the people of Montgomery county are concern : ed. The court house is used for I general exhibits in the line of farm products and ladies’ fancy work, school exhibits, floral dis ' plays, antiques, etc. The several districts of the county have exhibits that reflect ; the enterprise and progress of each section of the county, and many of the public schools of the county have exhibits showing the handiwork of the children, i These are very creditable. The displays of fancy work, either in collection or individual form, are seen in endless profus ion, and every style of the art seems represented. Preserved fruits, pickles, etc., form a large portion of the exhib its in this class as brought in by the ladies, and while the prizes as offered for this department are comparatively small, it is clearly seen that the ladies of the county have furnished some of the more attractive features. The live stock surpasses any thing ever seen in this part of the state, and many breeds are represented, in cows, hogs etc. | For many years Montgomery j county has been making rapid strides in the development of the I live stock industry, as may be j seen bythe class of animals placed ! on exhibition. Poultry embracing many varie ties, is given a prominent place Epping School News. (Too late for last week.) Miss Adine Stanford of Ailey was the guest of Mrs. M. C. Gra ham last week end. Misses Ida and Annie Laura Horne visited Misses Maggie Lee and Vannie Lou Moxley last Sat urday afternoon. Miss Allene Elliot spent the week end with home folk. A nice rain came Monday and found this section much in need of it. Many of the wells were ceasing to furnish water. Mr. Jack Shaw made a business trip to Mt. .Vernon Tuesday a. m. Mrs. H. S. Minton of Soperton visited Mrs. Jennie Minton last Sunday. Mr. Claude Philips spent last week end with home folk in Vi dalia. Mr. Estus Brady. Miss Leila Battey and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Adams went to the new bridge Sunday afternoon. The Boy’s Club is going on its second hike Saturday. Because of the good water at the stave mill they decided to go there again. Game will be killed and cooked in the open air. Immediately af ter the lunch, each boy will en tertain with a good story or joke, then many games will be played. Each member of this club is re quired to do reasonably good school work and kind deeds when he can and must not curse or use tobacco. Misses Victoria and Serepta Palmer of Kibbee were the guests ’ last Friday night of Misses Sophie and Victoria Palmer. Mr. .J. E. Horne and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Fennelle Sunday. Mr. J. M. Moxley called on Mr. Jimmie Adams, Sunday p. m. Quite a number from this sec jtion is attending court this week. ■ on the grounds. These are in ex |hibition pens built especially for the fair. The livestock section occupies the entire eastern end of the fair grounds, and a vast number of stalls and pens were taken by ex hibitors. The management has secured a large outlay of carnival features ,—everything from the fanciful, to the real —and these are on in 1 full blast. The transient artists are all quartered in the fair grounds. Lunches are served in the grounds. Tomorrow (Friday) will be ob served as educational day, and Dr. M. L. Brittain, state school superintendent, will address the public in the court house at 11:30. This exercise is free and the pub lic is invited to hear him. There are many original fea tures among the attractions. One of the more attractive consisted of a wagon load of hay and corn, the corn being arranged in the form of decoration for the affair, and mounted with persimmon trees, in which ranged a regular, live ’possum placidly eating the fruit. This unique float was sent over by Mr. J.'.M. D. McGregor of Ailey. Season tickets are on sale at $1.50. The season ticket enti tles the holder to admission throughout the fair, both to the grounds and the court house. ! | The price of general admission j tickets is 25 cents. This ticket admits both to the grounds and jto the court house, but is valid (only for one admission. By noon ! yesterday over one hundred and fifty season tickets had been sold, single admission tickets. Will Open Dry Goods Store Mt. Vernon. Mr. J.Jldelson of Doerun was here this, week arranging for the ! opening of a store in Mt. Vernon, in addition to the establishments which he has at other points. The new business will be lo icated in the Rackley building, formerly occupiedlby Mr. G. V. Mason, and will be opened be tween the first and tenth of December. Mr. Idelson is a business man of many years experience, and the new dry goods store will be an addition to the business inter jests of Mt. Vernon. He will carry a full and ( complete line of dry goods, notions, men’s and ladies’ ready to wear goods and the new place, Mr. Idelson, says, will be made a credit to the town. He will not move to Mt. | Vernon in the near future, but will place a competent man in charge. The new place will be j known as “The Fair Store.” Mayor and Council are * Nominated in Vidalia. In a hotly contested election Wednesday, the administration of B. P. Jackson, now mayor of ; the city, received an endorsement at the hands of the voters, Mr. Jackson being nominated for an other term by defeating his oppo nent, Mr. S. B. Meadows, by a majority of 33. Messrs. T. R. Lee, John T. Ra gan, Geo. L. Johnson W. J. Williamson and W. O. Donovan compose the new council, Mr. Johnson being renominated with out opposition. Messrs. F. L. Huie and W. T. Jenkins were nominated for places on the school board, Mrs j J. W. Poe the first woman to off er for a city office, receiving aj Ispendid vote, but 79 behind 1 the vote received by Mr. Jenkins. The executive committee for the next two years will consist of J. B. Warthen,-J. E. Thompson, D. C. Pattillo, I. J. Harrel, I. D. ; Stewart -Vidalia Advance. Tarry town. | Special correopoudence. ! Mrs. B. A. Rowe of Soperton ' was a Sunday guest of Mrs. W. ! B. Cadle. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Ferrell and ' daughter, Miss Lillie Mae, and ! Miss Sarah Morrison of Mt. Ver -1 non were Sunday visitors at the , home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Calhoun. Mr. J. T. Warnock was a busi ness visitor to Dublin Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Branch of Rockledge are spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Calhoun. Mrs. P. P. Waller and daugh ter were shopping in Dublin j Tuesday. Miss Sarah Smith of Vidalia has been added to our school faculty as music instructor. Mrs. Ellie Calhoun visited So-! perton Monday afternoon. Rev. T. J. Barnett of Dublin preached splendid sermons both morning and evening to large audiences Sunday. An old fashioned dance was given at the home of Mrs. Jacob Tuesday night and was largely attended. Our entire school faculty spent Monday afternoon in Mt. Vernon, arranging our school exhihit. We are glad to note slight im provement in the baby of Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Brooks. Messrs. C. H. and Paul Cal-' I houn were transacting business in Mt. Vernon Tuesday. NEW METHOD OF COTTON FINANCING Farmers have found this season that an expert classing of the'r cotton is often worth to them from SI.OO to $4.00 a bale in excess of the price they are able to secure from casual buyers without classing. This discovery has been mude through the operation of the Cotton Certificating and Inspection Company, of Atlanta, a new company and a now apllcation of scientific prin ciples to the sale of, and borrowing on cotton by farmers. The company began operations in the fall of this year, and Is composed of Frank M. Inman, president; J. J. Williamson, vice president, and Haynes McFadden, treasurer. Its purposes are to weigh, class, seal und certificate cotton In warehouses. The certificates are readily acceptable in bunks as col lateral for loans, and are given prefer enco over open warehouse receipts, as under this plan each bale bears a fire proof Beal and serial number corre spending to the numerals in the cer tificate Issued against it. Tim latter sets forth also the market value of the cotton so many points on .or off middling, on the day of Inspection. Besides furnishing a definite basis for collateral, the sealing of the cot ton Is Invaluable to Insurance compa nies, which for the first time are of sered absolute identification for burned cotton, not only the number of bales In any lot inspected, but the particular number and grade of each bale de stroyed. As a matter of fact, It was first thought that the plan of inspection and certification would appeal mainly to hanks, and Insurance companies, hut when the company started to operate, It became apparent at once that the service would possess to the farmer a greater value, if anything, than tc the other interests. Farmers owning cotton covered by one of these cert.lfl cates are in a position to secure loan) from local and large city banks at tb< lowest available Interest rates, with out the expense of paying freight and high storage charges to the large con centratlng centers, also to offer buy ers so many bales of definite weight and which will grade a certain num her of points on or off middling. A; the grade Is established by the best classers in the cotton belt, there is no argument about the price basis. Or. the other hand. It has been the expe rlence of farmers that they have beer protected on price by means of thi certification to the extent of from , twice to five times its cost. Though the company has been operating onl> a short time. It has already handled several thousand bales to the entire j satisfaction to both hanks, and cotton ; owners, thus proving the practicabll lty of the plan. Rub-Mv-Tism, antiseptic and pain killer, for infected sores, i tetter, neuralgia, rheurratism. , I SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE The Methodist Pastor Closes Four Years on Mount Vernon Work. Rev. A. G. Brewton left early yesterday for Tifton, where he attends the annual session of the South Georgia Conference open ing there Tuesday. He drove to Uvalda and joined a number in an auto party from that point. It is understood that Ailey and Mt. Vernon paid out in full on pastors’ salary, while there was a shortage on missions through out the charge. This closes the fourth year of Mr. Brewton’s work on this charge, and it is very probable that, under the rules of the Con ference, he will not be returned. Mt. Vernon and the other points of the charge will regret to lose this estimable family. For four years it has been a part of the social and religious life of the place. Advance reports from the con ference indicate that a large class of applicants to the Methodist ministry will be present for ad mission. This is the largest class in several years, and many points in South Georgia are represented. Under a resolution passed by the committee on evangelism Tuesday, in advance of the open ing, no evangelist laboring in the field will take a collection, but his salary will be provided for otherwise. Within the past few years practically all of the churches have adopted more definite and businesslike methods in the sup port of the ministry, including pastors' salaries and missions. The church, as a fixed institution, can no longer ask its ministry to pass around the hat, take what drops in or do without. It takes money to support the church and where there is regard for the in stitution, there is likewise some system of supporting it. Return Body Wm. Fentress. Mr. Everett McLeod yesterday afternoon went over to Mcßae, on account of the burial of his nephew, Mr. William Fentress, who was drowned off the coast of England last sumuier while attempting to save a comrade. For the past two years, follow ing extended service in the U. S. Navy, the young man had been aboard merchant ships, and had traveled over the known world, visiting many points of interest. Less than a year ago he was home on a furlough, and spent a week or more in Mt. Vernon, where he is remembered by many friends. He served in the navy practic al throughout the war, and made many trips across the Atlantic n convoy service, in which he dis tinguished himself as an Ameri can seaman. He was the only son of Mrs. H. C. Fentress of Mcßae, arid during his early boyhood spent much time with his uncles, Messrs. Angus and Everett Mc- Leod, south of Mt. Vernon. He was unusually bright, and exten sive travel had made of him a veritable storehouse of informa tion. Many ar% the hearts made sad at the untimely death of this brown eyed lad, v. ho sacrificed his life that a comrade may live. The body is expected in Mcßae today and the interment will be there. NO. 33.
