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VOL. XXXVI.
MONEY IN SIGHT
FOR VETERANS
Money Forthcoming as Soon
as Warrants Can be
Issued.
Ordinary McAllister has re
caived from the governor’s office
a communication of extreme in
terest to the Confederate Veter
ans of the county.
The last General Assembly of |
the Georgia Legislature passed a ’
bill providing that the governor
may sell in advance rent war
rants on the rental of the State
Road (the W. &A.)
This case was tested by the
Supreme Court and the decision,
handed down a few days ago,
pronounces the act legal. There- 1
fore, it will be only a few days, i
in all probability before Christ- •
mas, when the Ordinary will be j
able to make payment to the |
Veterans of this county.
The pension commisioner has
his clerical force preparing the
warrants and they will be sent i
out to the various counties at
once. When the Montgomery
county warrants arrive, notice
will be given in The Monitor.
Citizens Bank Alston
Has Closed Doors.
The Citizens Bank of Alston,
which was organized in 1911, has
closed its doors, and is now in
the hands of the State Superin
tendent of Banks.
Auditors are now checking the J
books of the institution, and in a j
few days a liquidation agent will i
be placed in charge. Whether
the bank will reopen for business,
The Monitor is not informed.
lattice From Ordinary
Regarding Annual Returns
To Guardians and Administrators:
The law has been changed, and
you are now required to make
annual returns to the Ordinary
January first, instead of July
first, as heretofore. Observance
of the change will facilitate mat
ters in many instances.
J. C. McAllister,
Ordinary, j
Profit Division
HOLIDAY SALE
BEGINS THURSDAY, DEG 15
We are Overstocked—not with shelf
worn odds and ends, but with High-Class
Merchandise. If the people will help us
reduce this Enormous Stock, they are wel
come to a Goodly Share of the Profits.
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES
NOTIONS, HOUSE FURNISHINGS
HARDWARE
These are some of the principal items which
are offered the public on the profit-sharing
plan. No traps or schemes to offer, but
just a Plain, Open, Sweeping Opportunity
to buy the Necessities of Life on a Liberal,
Co-Operative Plan, and in keeping w ith the
times. Common living demands economy.
BEGINS THURSDAY COME EARLY
Nothing Charged. Cash Gives You the Reduction
D. A. Mcßae Store
MT. VERNON
atlj? iiflmtnr.
MEETING OF
PARENT-TEACHERS, j
' !
The Parent-Teachers Associa
te held its regular meeting at
the auditorium on last Friday.
The following program was pre
sented:
Silent Night—7th Grade.
Spirit of Christmas—Miss Ma
rie Brown.
Vocal Solo— Mrs. M. B. Cal-!
houn.
Piano Solo—Margaret Currie.
Christmas Carols —Quartet.
Christmas Giving —Mrs. R. C.
Edwards.
Jingle Bells —Ukulele Club.
After the business session de-1
lightful refreshments were serv
; ed by the entertainment commit-:
tee.
j i
Those present were: Mesdames!
S. V. Hicks, A. ,G. Hicks, D. A. 1
i Mcßae, F. M. Harris, H. L. Wilt,
jj. Wade Johnson, C. H. Wright,
J. E. Hunt, Julian Peterson, M.
L. Stephens, M. B. Calhoun, E.
O. Dickson, Jessie Tyler, and
Misses Brown, Pinkerton, Yeo
mans, Currie, Lee, Beddingfield
and McWhorter.
We wish that all patrons would
attend these meetings. They are
j helpful and result in much good.
Tax Collector’s
• Last Round. |
I will be at the following places
on the dates named for the pur-
I pose of collecting state and coun
i ty taxes for the year 1921:
Charlotte, Dec. 12, 9 to 11:30 a m
Uvalda, Dec. 12, 12 to 3 p. m.
Sharpe Spur, Dec. 13, 9 to 11:30
a. m.
Alston, Dec. 13, 12 to 3 p. m.
Higgston, Dec. 14, 9 to 11:30 arr
McGregor, Dec. 14, 12 to 1. p m.
Ailey, Dec. 14, 1:30 to 3 p. m.
Tiger Bridge, Dec. 15,10 to 11:30
a m
Kibbee, Dec. 15, 1 to 3 p. m.
Tarry town, Dec. 16, 9 to 3 p. m.
Mt. Vernon, Dec. 17, 19, and 20,
when books will close.
Yours very truly.
H. C. Davis,
T. C. M. Co., Ga.
MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. DEC. 15, 1921.
Bethel News
1 Special Correspondence.
Brother Ralph Griffin filled his
regular appointment at Bethel
and preached an interesting ser
mon. His subject being Conse
cration. He will preach here
‘January 1, 1922. All invited to
attend.
t
■Miss Annie Mills, who is teach
ing at Swift Creek School, spent
the week end with home folks
: in Wadley.
Miss Miss’Mary Malone, who
is teaching at McGregor, and Mr.
Carson Mitchell attended preach
; ing here Sundry.
Mr. S. L. Morris and family, J
also Miss Mary Malone and Mr.
Carson Mitchell were the dinner!
guests of Mr. and Mrs" Make
Morris Sunday.
A large uumber of nice hogs
j have been killed in this section, j
> during the past week.
I
All are invited to came to our!
Sunday School which meets at!
2p, m, Come and let us spend
one hour studying God’s work. >
»
Brother Barfield will preach
here Dec. 25, at 3 p. m. just after I
Sunday School.
Mr. and Mrs. Make Morris j
were shopping in Vidalia Satur-!
day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hilton are i
1 planning to move to Savannah j
jsoon.
Miss Annie Mills will render a j
! Christmas program at Swift j
| Creek Dec. 23, in afternoon.
j Mr. A. J. Hilton spent Friday
with Mrs. Make Morris.
We are sorry to report Mrs.
Newell Dixon on the sick list. [
Hope for a Speedy recovery.
Are Subject to
Special Tax.
The following is a summary of
the special tax Act, passed by,
the General Assembly oflGeorgia \
and approved August 15, 1921,
! reference being made to such j
items as are’calculatedlto affect
citizens of Montgomery county.
Parties engaged in such on Janu
ary Ist are required to register
with the Ordinary, payment of
special taxes to be made'to the
tax collector. Failure to so regis
ter and pay subjects the party to
indictment for misdemeanor. All
persons beginning such business
after the first of January are re
quired to register and pay tax
in full for the year.
Abstractor of titles $25.00
Automobiles—dealers or
soliciting orders for 27.50
Automobile garages 5.00
Automobiles for hire 5.00
Barbershops 10.00
Book agents 5.00|
Real estate dealers 25.00
Playing card dealers 25 00 ,
Cigar dealers 5.00
Cigarettes and papers 25.00’
Corporations (according to
capital)
Pressing clubs 5 00
Insurance agents 10 00
Lightning system dealers 25.00
Lightning rods 50.001
Live stock dealers 10.00 I
Loan agents 25 00
Slot machines and punch
boards 10.00
Musical instruments 10.00 j
Peddlers (drugs, soaps, etc) 50.00
Pistols and cartridges 35.00
Photographer 10.00
Pictures and frames 15.00
Soda founts 5.00
Hotels, for each room .50
Monuments and tombstone
dealer 10.00
Cases and restaurants 5.00
Undertakers 10. (X)
Ferries 25.00
All who have not paid special
I taxes for the year 1920 will please
' do so at once.
Yours very truly,
H. C. Davis, T. C. 1
Oak Ridge News.
J Special Correspondence
We are very sorry to hear of
the death of Mrs. C. L. Moore,
j who died Friday p. m. at her
;home near Moultrie, Ga. She
was a former resident of Mt.
Vernon. She is survived by her
husband, one child Miss Annie
Laurie Moore and numerous rel
atives and friends. The remaips
i were laid to .rest near Moultrie
Sunday p. m. We sympathize
with the bereaved ones and may
the richest of God’s blessings
rest upon them all.
Mr. I. L. Ladson and his sons'
G. M. and J. E. Ladson of Moul-j
trie, B. Ladson of Dublin, W. B.
Ladson of W’illacoochee and Colon
Ladson of; near Tarry town all
i met at their old home, near Mt.
Vernon, Sunday en‘route to Lib
! erty County, where they will en
| gage in a big deer hunt. We |
wish them a good time.
i Mr. George Thigpen and fami
ly of Stuckey spent a few days
with his brothers, J. E. and Bob
Thigpen.
Mrs. F. M. Barrington is still
ion the sick list. Hope she will
1 soon recover.
Mrs. W. P. Moore called to see
I Mrs. Wiley Taylor Sunday p. m.
Mr. W. P. Moore left Saturday
p. m. for Moultrie to attend the |
i funeral of his brother's wife.
Mr. F. M. Barrington and little
son, Marvin, made a business
j trip to Ailey and Mt. Vernon
Saturday.
Master A. J. Price spent Sun
day night with his cousin. Lad
j son Moore.
Ask Bond Issue
for State Roads.
Mr. J. N.[Stephens, Third Vice
President of the Georgia Associa
! tion of County Commissioners,
attended the annual meeting in
; Macon yesterday of the State
1 Highway Development Associa
tion.
The purpose of the meeting
was to permanently organize the
association, with a view of enlist
ing co-operation toward building
up sentiment in favor of a $75,-
000,000 state bond issue, to be
used in connection with Federal
aid for a system of statewide
highways for Georgia.
The meeting was held in the
city autitorium, and Hon. J. B.
Daniel of LaGrange was elected
chairman. Vice-Presidents are
Morgan Thompson of Hawkiris
ville, J. M. Twitty of Brunswick,
W, J. Satterfield of Cannon, Mrs.
E. A. Thornton of Atlanta, Mrs.
Orville A. Hark of Macon, Mrs.
jc. E. Battle of Columbus.
Under the Federal allotment
Georgia’s share would be52,000,-
000 annually.
The executive con.mittee, to be
appointed by the chairman, will
consist of one citizen from each
congressional district, who will
have power to appoint a secre
! tary and a committee to push the
[work in each county of his dis-j
! trict.
The 1922 session of the Georgia:
Assembly will be asked to pass a
i constitutional amendment which:
will be submitted to the voters j
of the state at the November:
election for ratification. There
is cor siderable sentiment iri fa-!
vor of the bond issue. This is
the solution of the road building
problem. The county, under the
present system, which does not,
or eannot, raise sufficient funds
to match Federal aid is not build
ing a permanent system of pub
lic roads. * , 1
Montgomery was one of the
first South Georgia counties to
seek Federal aid for public road
building, and this has resulted in
the highway running east and
1 west across the county.
j MR. K. H. GARNER
died Sunday;
Mr. K. H.\Garner, a well
known citizen of the county, died
lat his home six miles north of
Mt. Vernon, at an early hour
Sunday morning.
For some time he had suffered
with a cancer,({which, beginning
on one hand, had spread upward
to his shoulder .'and had reached
his body in malignant form.
Mr. Garner was a man of quiet
orderly bearing, and ' lead an
honest life. He had the good
i will and esteem, of his neighbors
and his going is a blow to the
community in which he was a
beloved figure. He is survived
by his wife and one daughter,
Mrs. C. R. Palmer.
Funeral services were held
'Tuesday afternoon*by Dr. J. C.
Brewton of the Baptist church,
of which deceased was a member.
Remains were buried in the \
Cooper cemetery. Mr. Garner
was about sixty years of age.
Oak Grove Dots.
Special CoiTVapomleucti.
Mr. D. O’Brien left Tuesday
for Appling county for a few j
days.
Mr. J. A. Reynolds made a
business trip to Ailey Tuesday.
Miss Annie Mae Richardson
gave a candy pulling Tuesday
night of last week. It was en
joyed by all present.
Mrs. A.*J. Graham visited Mrs.
I). O’Brien afternoon.
There was a large crowd at
the cane mill Monday night.
Mr. Will Hughes was in Mt.
Vernon Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Annie Reynolds gave a
sing Sunday night. It was at
tended by a large number.
We are practicing every few
days for our Christmas program.
We are not planning a very long
program, but hope to have a good
one. The children are expecting
Santa Friday.
Our prayer meetings on Wed
nesday nights are still progress
ing nicely.
Little Ethleen O’Brien spent
Monday night with Ida Belle
Reynolds.
Sunday school next Sunday at
2:30. Everybody come and be
with us.
A Select line of Christmas toys
on display at McCrimmon’s Store.
THE UNIVERSAL CAB
Pride of Ownership
The Ford Touring Car has brought to the farm homes ij
of the country more real pleasure, comfort and con- \\
venience than perhaps any other one thing.
It has enabled the farmer and his family to mingle :
with friends, attend church, neighborhood functions,
and enjoy the many pleasantries that abound in ;
j country life.
Truly the Ford car with its low cost of operation and
maintenance, its usefulness and efficiency, has been
a boon to the American farmer.
Your order should be placed at once if you wish to
avoid delay in delivery.
McBRIDE MOTpR CO.
UVALDA, GA.
LOSES ARM IN
MILL ACCIDENT
I .
I Mr. Frank Mobley is Victim
of Accident Johnson’s
Mill Tuesday.
Mr. Frank Mobley, son of Mr.
I and Mrs.fA. W. Mobley of Long
; pond, L suffered a very painful
I accident at the sawmill of Mr.
W. A. Johnson Tuesday. The
I unfortunate young man was taken
to Vidalia after he had received
attention from Dr. Moses, who
was called to the scene of the
accident, and he'is in a very
precarious condition, according
to reports.
The mill is located on the Mos
es land near Dead River. The
young man attemptedito put on
I a belt attached to the sawdust
I conveyer or somersimiliar part of
the machinery, whenihis left arm
was jerked off above the joint
and his shoulder lacerated.
Mr. Mobley is a veteran of the
late war, havingljserved in the
Coast Guard Artiilery, trained at
Fort Screven, and saw overseas
service. He is an energetic, pop
ular young man, and the misfor
tune which come to him is regret
ted by a largejnumber of friends.
Will Issue Booklet on *
Marketable Crops.
Athens, Ga., December 13. —
The State College of Agriculture,
under the direction of Dr. Andrew
M. Soule, is preparing an educa
tional booklet on the markets
situation in Georgia. The book
will be distributed throughout
Georgia by the county agents.
The work takes up the ques
tions of crops being raised now
and how they are being market
ed, and also what should be rais
ed and how if could be marketed.
The booklet is strictly an educa
tional publication, and, like the
other work of the agricultural
college with reference to market
ing, is designed to help Georgia
farmers.
Santa Has Arrived.
Santa Claus has come to the
Mt. Vernon Drug Store!
See the table at the left of the
door—something for father,
mother, brother and sister.
Look at thfc list:
Baskets, Doll Clothes, Blotters,
Needle Books, Pincushions, Tie
Hangers, Scrap Books, Possible
Histories, Crocheted Work, Sten
ciling. Napkin Rings, Post Cards,
Xmas Booklets.
Come while the best is there.
Merry Xma«!
NO. 36.