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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1922)
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. ' 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.
