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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.
