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VOL. XXXVI.
M. E. PREACHERS
MEET GLENWOOD
Mirtisters Mcßae District in
Session to Organize for
Year’s Work.
The annual preachers meeting
for the Mcßae district of the
South Georgia Conference was
held at Glenwood Monday and
Tuesday. Rev. J. M. Outler,
presiding elder of the district,
presided.
There are twenty-seven Metho
dist ministers in the district, and
they came together under the
call of the presiding elder to dis
cuss the work of the year, to
plan and make arrangements for
help in revival work.
Aside from plans entered into
the preaching of the gospel was i
magnified. Glenwood was great
ly blessed as a result of the meet
ing. In addition to business ses
sions, the following program was
observed:
Monday evening, 7:ls—Song
service.
7:3o—Sermon by Rev. C. G.
Earnest, Baxley.
Tuesday morning 11:00—Ser
mon by Rev. W. M. Blitch, Vi
dalia.
12:00 m.—Dinner served atj
church.
Tuesday, 7:15 p. m. Song ser
vice.
7:3o—Sermon by Rev. T. E.
Pharr, Lyons.
Agricultural Agent is
Dismissed in Emanuel.
Swainsboro, Ga., Jan. 3.—The
county commissioners at their
meeting yesterday decided that
in order to economize that they
would discontinue the county ag
ricultural agent. A number of
citizens attended the meeting to
urge the commissioners not to
cut off the work, stating that it:
was badly needed just at this;
time, but they could not see that;
way. C. G. Garner has been in ;
charge of the agricultural work j
in Emanuel county.
Public is Still Taking
Advantage of Profit
Sharing Sale
m
December 15 we began a Profit Division
Sale. Hundreds of people have taken ad
vantage of the Greatly Reduced Prices, but
our stock is still large. It will stand fur
ther reduction on the same basis—the cus-l
”
tomer taking the Larger Part 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, hut
just a Plain, Open, Sweeping Opportunity
to buy the Necessities of Life on a Liberal,
Co-Operative Plan, arid in keeping with the
times. Common living demands economy. |
WILL CONTINUE SALE THROUGH JANUARY
Nothing Charged. * Cash Gives You the Reduction
D. A. Mcßae Store
MT. VERNON
31 Mmttgmnprg Homtar.
January Program of
Parent-Teachers Clujo.
The following program for the
month of January will be ob
served by the Parent-Teachers’
Club:
The Adolescent Age, 12 to 18.
Director, Miss Lila Riddle.
How I Would Meet the Assertion
of Personality Peculiar to £his
Age— Mrs. Fred M. Harris.
What Would Guide me in the Se
lection of Companions for My
Girl or Boy at this Age?—
Mrs. J. E. Hunt.
Discuss the Limitations of Social
Life at This Period
Mrs. T. B. Conner. ;
Give Some Idea of the Physical, !
Mental and Moral Training
Necessary at This Period
Mrs. Harry Wilt.
Musical Director. Miss Catha
! rine Currrie.
Died in Los Angeles.
Miss Nevvtie McAllister receiv
ed news of the death of her friend,
Miss Lona Thomas, who died at
the California Lutheran Hospi
tal on Dec. 21, 1921. Miss Thom
as was a daughter of the late
Col. and Mrs. W. B. Thomas of
Atlanta, Ga., and niece of Ex-
Governor and United States Sen
ator Chas. Thomas of Colorado.
: She is survived by three broth
iers, C. S., W. B. and A. A.
Thomas all of Los Angeles.
Fire Destroys Wiley
Factory in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Jan. 4.—Fire of un
determined origin practically de
stroyed the three-story brick
candy factory of the Wiley Com
pany here early today and for a
time threatened the building of
the Metzger Mattress Company,
adjoining, but firemen, aided by
a fire wall, stopped the flames,
although smoke damage was re
ported. The loss to the stock of
the candy concern was placed at
; $60,000 irrespective of damage
;to the building. The loss was
1 partially covered by insurance,
i The building was t valued at
; $40,000. The losses are covered
) by insurance.
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MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JAN. 5, 192^
MINIATURE WAR WAS i
STAGED IN RHINE!
j..
A General Moonshine Party
Results in Wounds to
Several.
Abbeville, Ga., Jan. 2.—A
small size war was waged at
Rhine, located near this place,
late Saturday, according to news
reaching here today. Cleve
Studstill, his 15-year-old son,
| William Ilarroid, Dan and George
Smith and six or seven other men,
whose names are unknown, were
I wounded in a fight which had as
! its basis, it is said, a little too
;muchNew Year’s “hootch.”
Studstill, formerly a marshal
of Rhine, operates a meat mar
ket. Later Saturday, it is stated,
the market was fired upon by
unknown men, the firing coming
from the direction of a store ope- j
rated by a Mr. Stuckey. Later
on when the market proprietor
and his son came outside of their
place, they were again fired up
on. In the later “brush” more
than fifty shots were exchanged.
It was learned today from
Rhine that none of the men were
seriously t wounded. Studstill was
taken to a hospital in Dublin, but
he was dismissed today after a
slight wound in the abdomen had
been dressed.
Rev. L. A. Hill \
Dies Savannah, j
Rev. L. A. Hill, pastor ofTrin-l
ity Methodtst church, Savannah,
died in that city early Sunday!
morning, following an illness of
several days. He was fust strick
en with pleurisy and later pneu
monia developed.
Rev. Mr. Hill, well known to
the people of this section as the
presiding elder of the Mcßae
district, over which he presided
several years ago, was serving
his second year at Trinity, He
had been in the Methodist minis
try for ovbr twenty-five years,
having preached his first sermon
at the age of seventeen. He
; was a native of Macon, born No
jvember 17, 1878.
Mr. Hill was one of the most
prominent ministers in the South 1
Georgia Conference, and had
filled a number of important
stations. He is suryived by his
wife and four sons and two
daughters, all of whom live in
Sovannah.
Funeral service, under an ex
isting bond, was preached by
Rev. L. J. Ballard of the Wes
leyan Christian Advocate, assis
ted by Dr. Bascom Anthony, pre
siding elder of the Savannah
i circuit. Remains were interred
:in Laurel Grove cemetery, Sa
; vannah, the occasion being at
tended by more people than us
ual on account of the prominence
of the minister and the high es
teem in which he was held by
the people of Savannah.
Moves to Guyton.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 4. — Rev.
Bascom "Anthony, who came from
Macon to assume the work of
presiding elder of the Savannah
district, South Georgia Metho
dist Conference, will make his
home in Guyton, Effingham coun
ty, where there is located a dis
trict parsonage. He left tonight
for his new home. The presiding
elder has resided in Savannah
for many years.
Services Methodist Church.
Regular services at the Mt.
Vernon Methodist church next
Sabbath morning. Preaching by
; the pastor, Rev. L. E. Brady, at
;11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath
school, W. A. Peterson, superin
tendent, at3:3o p. m. All invited
jto worship and study the word !
I with us. j
NEW BUSINESS HOUSE j
I BURNED IN CORDELE
The Total Loss Estimated
at Hundred Twenty-
Five Thousaud.
Cordele, Ga., Jan, 2.—The new j
Williams building, a three-story
brick structure located in the
heart of the city’s business dis
trict, was destroyee by fire at an
early hour tonight. Fire officials
estimate the loss at $125,000.
Thirty automobiles stored in
the Buick agency and the Cor
dele Top and Harness company
were consumed by flames. These !
two firms occupied the ground,
floor of the building. The J. B.
Tavlor Furniture Company, Dr. i
T. A. Bradley, Dr. Lee Williams
and the Reid Phosphate Company j
were also heavy losers,
j The fire, according to firemen, j
started in a battery plant located
in the basement of the practically
new $75,000 building shortly af
ter dusk. The firemen believed
they had extinguished the blaze
and left the scene. A few min
utes later they were recalled,
this time the building being a
mass of flames. It was complete
ly gutted before firemen could
place the flames under control.
Ga.=Carolina
i Boundary Row.
i Washington, Jan. 4. —Georgia’s
suit against the State of South >
I Carolina, brought under an act of
the Georgia Legislature passed in
1917, involving the boundary dis
pute between the two states
j which has prevailed for over a
century, was argued in "the Su-l
preme Court today. The final lo
cation of the boundary line be
tween the two states is declared
of utmost importance in view of
the twenty-one hydro-power
sites on the the three rivers.
Savannah, Tagaloo and Chattoo
ga, which forms the boundary.
Georgia claims that the bound
ary is the middle of the three
rivers where there is no island,
that the islands have been con
ceded to it by South Carolina and
that where there is an island in
any of the three rivers, the bound
ary line is midway between them
and the South Carolina shore.
South Carolina claims that the
boundary in the rivers where
there is no island is the low wa
ter mark on the Georgia side,
and that where there there is an
island that the line is low water
mark on the north shore of the
island.
Roy Carter Acquitted;
Brother Guilt.
Blac-kshear, Ga., Jan. 4. Roy
Carter. 18. brother of Mage Car
ter, v. ho is under a sentence ,of
death for slaying Sheriff John W.
Roberson on August 23, was ac
quitted of murder here tonight
in the Pierce Superior court. The
youth was placed under bond fol
lowing the verdict of SBOO for
violating the prohibition law.
Mage Carter was on the stand
in behalf of his brother, and he
took all the blame for the slaying
of the sheriff, claiming that his J
broth ir was not armed when the
sheriiF surprised them in the
swamp jit their still. Mage Car
ter at his trial admitted shooting,
the sheriff. He was granted a
new trial and is now kept for
safekeeping in the Chatham coun
ty jail.
Special Notice.
All parties having open ac
counts. carried over from 1920 or
1921, will please call and adjust
same at once. Positively no fur
, ther credit extended without
special provisions for continu
ance. It is our desire to extend
every courtesy possible.
Respectfully,
The D. A. Mcßae Store,
i Mt. Vernon, Ga. j
jR. C. Currie Now
County Policeman.
Montgomery county now has
a regular county policeman, Mr.
R. C. Currie having entered upon
the discharge of his duties upon
appointment by the county com
missioners a few days ago.
For the past year or more Mr.
Currie has served in this capaci
ty in Wheeler county, and his
work is said to have been very-ef
fective, and the same may be ex
pected of him in this county.
Bethel News
Special Correspondence
On Friday afternoon, Dec. 23,
! a very interesting program was j
rendered by Swift Creek school j
and just after the program aj
Christmas tree for school nnd j
[community, and all seemed to
j enjoy it.
Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Simpson
and little daughter, Margaret, of
Nashville, Tenn., spent the holi- |
days with Mr. and Mrs. Make 1
Morris, and on their return home
will visit Mrs. T. J. Thompson
Atlanta, she being a cousin of
Mr. Simpson.
1
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Johnston 1
of the Lyons section visited Mr. t
and Mrs. Make Morris during
the holidays. i
Miss Alma Hobbs of Savannah
spent the holidays with her cou
sin, Mrs. L. (X Graham. She
returned home Saturday.
A party motored from this sec- j
ition Wednesday afternoon to a 1
cane grinding at the home of i
Mr. Dave Palmer.
Misses Mary Malene and Annie
Mills spent the holidays with I
homp folks at Bartow and Wad-;
ley, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Make Morris, |
Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Simpson and
daughter, Margaret, and Meda
Bell Morris motored to the Oconee
Bridge in this county Tuesday,
and all enjoyed the scenery very
much.
Bro. Ralph Griffin filled his
regular appointment Sundav. Re
member his next appointment, ]
first Saturday and Sunday in
February.
We have Sunday school at 2 p.
m. All invited to cdtne and spend
an hour with us studying the
word of God.
Jitney Service.
Equipped to give First-Class
service. Cars meet all trains at
Mt. Vernon. Passengers carried
to any point. Call Ford Service
Station or Hicks Bros’. Garage.
Adamson Bros.,
154 Mt. Vernon. Ga.
IHfc UNI VIIiSAL CAB
Pride of Ownership
i The Ford Touring Car has brought to the farm homes >
11 of the country more real pleasure, comfort and con- j
j venience than perhaps any other one thing.
' It has enabled the farmer and his family to mingle j
: with friends, attend church, neighborhood functions, j
! and enjoy the many pleasantries that abound in
I country life. I
Truly the Ford car with itg 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 MOTOR CO.
UVALDA, GA.
GOOD STATEMENT
OF LOCAL BANK
i
Stockholders of Mt. Vernon
Bank Re-Elect Old
Officers.
In this issue will*be seen state
ment of the financial condition
of the Mt. Vernon Bank at the
close of business December 31,
as called for through the superin
tendent of banks of the State of
Georgia.
Ordinarily but little attention
is paid to a bank statement, but
the people of Montgomery coun
ty are especially invited to read
this statement, and if necessary
have it explained. Having great
er resources than any banking
institution in this part of the
state, the Mount Vernon Bank
is a credit to this entire section.
It was organized over twenty
years ago, and has grown steadi
| ly since its first year.
Conservative business meth
ods, free from speculation, with
ample facilities always at com
mand, has inspired for it the
confidence of the people of this
j section of the state. Protection
for depositors and patrons is one
J of its strong points. It maintains
at all times the highest credit
obtainable with the large finan
cial centers, and with ample re
serves could at any moment meet
any possible demand, prompt*.d
| by sound business.
At a meeting of the stockhold
-1 ers yesterday the business of the
past year was reviewed in full.
, The old officers and directors
were re-elected for the year 1922.
These number some of the most
capable business men in the
1 county, including several promi
i nent farmers and professional
j men.'
Towns Bluff Ferry
Free to Citizens.
At a meeting of the Board of
County Commissions of Mont-
I gomery County, Georgia, held
! today, crossing at Town Bluff
Ferry was made free to all the
citizens of Montgomery county,
except at, pight and on Sundays,
at which time they wilT pav full
ferryage. This January 3, 1922.
A, B. Hutcheson,
Clerk Board of County
154 Commissioners.
From the census report on cot
ton ginned in Georgia prior to
December 13, it is seen that
Montgomery county produced
3321 bales. For the same date
in 1920 th« output was 3672.
NO. 39.