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VOL. XXXVI.
GEORQIA CAROLINA,!
SETTLE DISPUTE
Boundary' Dispute Pending
in Courts Since Days of
Revolution.
Washington.'Jan, 30. —The Su
preme Court today decided the
boundary dispute between Geor
gia and South Carolina, holding
that where there are no islands in
the river the line shall be mid
way the river between the states
at normal flow stage and where
there are islands the lines shall
be midway between the islands
and the South Carolina shore.
The islands in thethatooga River
were awarded to Georgia.
The boundary controversy be
tween the two states has prevail
ed for over a century and became
acute when the.location of hydro- j
power sites were injected into it.
Georgia claimed the middle of
the three rivers, Savannah, Toga
loo and Chattooga formed the
boundary where there were no
islands in those streams and that,
the middle of the stream between
the islands snd the South Caroli- j
na shore marked the boundary in
those parts where there are is
lands. South Carolina claimed
the low water mark on the Geor
gia side was the boundary where
there are no islands and low wa
ter mark on the north shore of
the islands was the boundary
where there are islands, conceding
that the islands belonged to Geor
gia.
The suit was brought by Geor
gia under a resolution adopted by
the Georgia Legislature in 1911.
The two states in an effort to set
tle the issue by arbitration met
at Beaufort, South Carolina, in
1787 and adopted a pact. Under
article IX of the Confederation
subsequently ratified bv the two
States and by Congress, the I
boundary was stated to be low
water mark on the southern
bank of the most northern stream
of the Savannah and Tugaloo |
rivers, where those rivers were;
broken by islands, and the mid
dle of the stream of the two riv-:
ers were not broken by islands, ;
and the middle thread of the
stream or the southern shore of
the Chatooga River, the islands
of the Savannah and Tugaloo
rivers being reserved to Georgia.
Cantaloupe Growers
Meet in Crisp County.
Cordele, Ga., Jan. 30. —An im
portant meeting of prospective
cantaloupe growers of the Hatley
district of Crisp county will be
held next Wednesday at Hatley.
The purpose of the meeting will
be to determine the acreage that
shouid be planted in this crop
this year. The lands in this sec
tion are good for cantaloupe pro
duction and it is hoped that a
sufficient acreage can be guaran
teed to warrant expert supervis
ion both in growing and market
ing this crop this year.
Secretaries to Meet.
Dublin, Ga., Feb. I.—Presi
dent, N. G. Bartlett, of the Geor
gia Associotion of Commercial
Secretaries, has announced the
annual meeting of the association
for February 9, at Macon.
Commercial secretaries from
all over the State are to be pres
ent, and the program is to be
announced in a few days. It is
expected to hold some important
discussions of problems that now
confront the cities over this
State.
Armour’s Fertilizers.
The big crop kind. Farmer’s
should buy them to insure good
yields. It cuts'the cost of grow
ing. GeOhem now, I from A. B.
Hutcheson, Mt. Vernon, local
agent.|or Chas. H. Smith, Mcßae.
224.
atyr Mmitar.
Oak Grove Dots.
i Special Correspondence.
Mr. W. D. Peterson made a |
business trip to Savannah last
week. i
Mr. J. A. Reynolds was in Mt.!
Vernon and Ailev Saturday.
It was something new to the:
eyes of many last week to see ;
everything covered with ice, but
it was great sport to play i» it.
Miss Carrie Reynolds of Or- j
land, and Miss Nola Youngblood !
of Vidalia were the guests of|
their cousin, Miss Annie Reyn-i
olds, the latter part of last week, j
I ~ i
Several from this section at- j
I tended the Fifth Sunday Meeting j
at Longpond Sunday.
Miss Gladys Leggett spent last |
week with her sister near Cedar
Crossing.
Miss Annie Reynolds gave a,
sing Saturday night in honor of j
her cousins.
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Rev. C. E. McDaniel will fill
I |
his regular appointment here;
next Saturday and Sunday at the
i usual hours. We hope to have a
i large number present.
Griffin Will Ship
Carload of Poultry.
Griffin, Ga., February 1. —!
Arrangements have been com-1
j pleted whereby a solid carload of j
poultry will be shipped from here :
|to eastern and western markets.
The deal has been made by A. G.
Sv.int and company, of Orchid
Hill, and W. T. Bennett, county
agent for Spalding.
Buyers from Savannah and
Jacksonville, representing west
ern packers and a buyer from ’
New York will come to Griffin in
the near future to bid on the.
poultry. It is expected that 4,-j
000 chickens will comprise the
car. These fowls will be non !
producers. This will be the first
car of poultry to be shipped from
Spalding county. Farmers and
poultry raisers are showing an
! unusual amount of interest in the
; industry at this time due largely
;to the failure of the cotton crop.
! They have adopted this as one of
I the means with which to fight |
the boll weevil.
Tarrytown.
Kpoeial correspondence.
Mr. J. J. Calhoun of Vidalia
was in town Tuesday.
Misses Jewel Bramlett, Clayton
and Mrs Jennings of Zadiee were
visitors to Mrs. Claude Simmons
‘Sunday p. m.
Mr. Clarance Dukes of Treut
len county was in town Sunday.
i Messrs. Simons & Simons, cat
tle and hog dealers, have shipped
five cars of cattle and are ship
i ping their second load of hogs to
day, Wednesday.
Miss Addie Lou Brooks of
Crooked Run and Mr. Meeks
were in town-Sunday afternodn, |
the guests of Miss Sallie Mae
Calhoun.
Mrs. Allie Calhoun was shop
ping in Soperton Saturday,
j !
Mrs. D. O. Calhoun visited her j
daughter, Mrs. Lowery, near
Soperton Sunday.
We deeply sympathize with j
Mr. and Mrs. Beckworth in the |
death of one of their twin baby
boys, which occured Monday
night. The interment was
made in the town cemetery Tues
s I day p. m.
1 Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Warnock i
of Soperton were the guests of;
Mr. and Mrs. G. J, Warnock
, Sunday.
j Mrs. Exie Gay of Avery is vis- j
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Hamilton.
Mayor B. F. Hamilton is a
> champion pear grower. After
l bearing a full crop'one tree took !
. on a second. Only two stayed
until mature. These were eaten
. byithejmayor on New Years day. j
I the pears —but
Mr. Hamilton is like George ;
I Washington. i
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEB. 2, 192^
i
| Cooper Moves for
New Trial for Bass.
! Dublin, Ga., Jan. 30. — An ex
traordinary motion for a new
! trial for Marshall Bass, under
sentence to hang in Laurens
i county jail for killing his wife, I
■has just been turned down by
Judge J. L. Kent in Laurens Su
; perior Court, and the case will i
! now go to the Supreme Court, |
! according to his attorney John R.
; Cooper of Macon, who was in
| Dublin today.
j Mr. Cooper will make the point
■ that Bass was drunk when he,
; did the shooting was not brought
| out at the trial, and he lately j
; found that this was. He is mak
jinghis motion on the grounds
! that while being drunk will not j
excuse a crime it can mitigate it,
i and at least allow the death pen
alty to be commuted to life im
■ prisonment.
I Bass shot his wife during a
'quarrel with her in the road just
; a few miles from Dublin, more
, than a year ago. He was found
guilty of murder and sentenced
;to hang. A new trial was denied
by the Supreme Court, which re
cently also denied a rehearing.
This extraordinary motion is the
next step in the effort to save
i his neck.
Grand Jury
| Feb. Court
In this issue will be seen
a list of grand jurymen drawn;
for the February term of Mont
gomery Superior court, in addi
tion to the list which has been
I
published for the past three
weeks. I
Under an act of 1921 the terms
of Montgomery superior court,
while fixed at four terms a year,
grand jury terms were provided
for May and November only, the
regular February and August
terms, held the first weeks in
those months for one week only
and without grand juries.
On account of having quite a
number of prisoners in iail await
ing indictmentjby the grand jury,
Judge Graham has advised the
sheriff to summon a grand jury
which had been drawn at the
I November term of court.
Aside from hearing testimony
relative to those in jail, it is
probable that the grand jury
i will have no great amount of
business, and therefore will not
remain long in session.
Court will probably last only
one week. It will be noticed
that a part of the traverse jury
has been drawn to&ppear Monday,
6th inst., and the other section
l is summoned to appear Wednes
day, Feb. Bth. The Monitor has
no authority to so state, but it is
i supposed that this arrangement
signifies that the criminal docket
wilh be taken up Wednesday
morning, Bth.
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Will Hear Ford’s
Offer to Purchase.
Washington, D. C.. Jan. 31.
j Henry Ford’s proposal to take!
j over Muscle Shoals will be laid
before the president and his cab
inet today by Secretary of War
I Weeks, if the opportunity is pre
| sented for its discussion, it was
announced at the war depart
! ment.
Secretary Weeks has virtually 1
\ completed his recommendations,
but wishes to discuss them with
the cabinet before submitting
them to the White House.
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A new baby boy at the home
!of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Smith.
Whether he is named W. A., Jr., ;
may he live long and, like his
I happy father, fill a large place in
i the world.
Norman Park Wins
Dixie Championship.
Brewton-Parker’s strong de
fense was unable to hold Norman
team Tuesday night when over a
hundred enthusiastic fans wit
nessed one of the hardest fought
. games ever played on the local
court.
i Brewton-Parker held Norman
i Institute to a nineteen fifteen
j score at Norman Park despite the
I fact, that Norman had a team
| which had played together for
nearly four years at Omega, and
, had defeated Norman’s last year
team 60-13. Coach Jenkins had
| been taken by surprise there and
his famous five man defense rid
dled bv McSwain’s sensational
j long goal shooting and the close
guarding of the rest of the team.
But in this game his team ex
pected one of their hardest
games. Both teams were de
termined to win and the game
was fast and rough from the
very start. Brewton-Parker scor
ed first on a foul shot by “Stub
by” but lost the lead a second
later when Norman shot a field
goal after a foul shot. The first
half ended with Norman Park
leading seven to eight.
The last half of the game was
marred by fouls and rough play
ing, three Norman men and one
Brewton-Parker man being dis
qualified. Despite hard playing
by our men Norman won by a
score of 20-10.
McSwain, Smith, and Olan
Stubbs, collected a field goal
apiece. Simmons starred for the
visitors.
Norman’s victory gives her
the championship of the Dixie
League, composed of South Ga.
prep schools, Brewton-Parker
finishing second. Last year she
occupied fourth place.
Eastman High will play here
Saturday night at eight o’clock
at the Fair grounds. A good
game is expected as Eastman
has a strong team.
Investigating Cause
Knickerbocker Wreck.
Washington, D. C., Jan 31.
A federal grand jury is at work
now on an investigation to fix
the responsibility for the Knicker
bocker theatre disaster of Satur
day.
Plans have been completed for
the fuperals of a score of the
victims.
It wasa nnounced this morning
that 95 lives were lost. Several
reported to have been killed were
found in hospitals.
The grand jury is receiving as
sistance from the engineers of
the war and navy departments.
Married in Vidalia.
A marriage of interest to many
: friends in this section was that
lof Miss Belle Palmer and Mr.
Harry Riddle, both of Ailey.
They drove down to Vidalia,
where* they were' married bv
Rev. Dan Walker of that place
Tuesday night.
The bride is a sister of Dr. J.
! W. Palmer of Ailey and Mr. Rid
dle, a son of the late Capt. Rid
dle, is a member of the Ailey
Drug Co. Prosperity and hap
piness.
Hays Comes South.
Washington, Feb. 1. —Postmas-
: ter General Hays will spend the
next ten days at Miami, Fla., in
an effort to regain his health,
which has been poor for several
weeks as a result of a cold and
the railroad wreck in which he
was involved, it was said today
at the Postoffice Department.
Mr. Hays was enroute today to
the Florida city.
Rub-My-Tism, antiseptic and
pain killer, for infected sores,
tetter, neuralgia, rheumatism. I
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Kibbee News.
Special Correspondence.
Miss Nell Hamilton spent Sun
! day afternoon with Miss Annie
Maud Walker,
Master Kendall Hamilton and
Miss Elizabeth Hamilton spent
! Sunday with Miss Elberta Sam
! mons.
Mr. and Mrs. Montford and
children spent the day with her
sister Sunday at Tarrytown.
Miss Ethel Walden spent Sun
day afternoon with Miss Clyde
Simpson.
Mr. C. L. Sammons made a
business trip to Vidalia Saturday j
Mr. G. W. Hamilton made a
business trip to Vidalia Saturday.
I
Miss Mildred Walker spent
Sunday afternoon with Miss
Eddie Mae Sammons.
Miss Ruth Hamilton spent the
day with Miss Rosebell Barfield
Sunday.
Our school is getting along
very nicely. A good many pu
pils are enrolled. A program
will be rendered every Friday
j evening and everybody is invited.
Tarrytown
School Notes .
The Tarrytown School is be
ginning its news with this issue'
of The Monitor. It hopes to pre
sent some of its work from week
to week.
There are now enrolled in the
school about one hundred seventy
five, with a good per cent of at
tendance.
Work was hindered last week
on account of the disagreeable
j weather, but every one has re
turned this week with new en
thusiasm.
A number of the grades have'
begun the Riverside Readers
pursuant to regulations govern
ing county schools' contest.
Several of the high school j
trirls have registered with Mrs. !
Warren for a course in the Geor
gia State Teachers’ Manual to be
taught after school hours.
At a recent meeting of the fac
ulty it was decided to have a
school-day some time before the
end of school. It was planned
for each room to have a definite
part in making the school day a
success. One of the main fea
rures of the day will be the,
selecting of the school’s repre
sentatives to the contest.
Occasionally one hears the sub
ject of a new school building
mentioned, and the matter seems
to be gathering interest.
Tardiness ot Pupils
Makes Inefficiency.
% During the past week and a
half the public school work has
been badly handicapped, accord
ing to brief reports sent to The
Monitor in lieu of the regular
school notes. The ‘attendance
last week was only about fifty
per cent, and this week doubtless
a similiar record will obtain.
There was no session held;
Wednesday of last week.
Absence from Providential
causes cannot be avoided, but
absence and tardiness from
trivial causes handicaps the pu
j pi! and interferes with the rou
! tine of the work. It develops in
difference on the part of the pu
pil and this naturally leads to in
efficiency. This is a matter in
which parents can co-operate
with the teachers and materially
advance the welfare of the pupil.
Gin Report.
The Government report on cot- ■
ton ginning in Montgomery
county, prior to January 23
shows 3834 bales. To this date
in 1920 there were ginned in,
I Montfomery 3331 bales.
AGRICULTURAL
RALLY FEB. 8
Federal and State Speakers
Mount Vernon Next
Wednesday.
On the Bth inst., which will be
Wednesday, the third day of
Montgomery superior court, there
will be heard in Mt. Vernon
! speakers representing the Co
operative Extension Work in Ag
riculture and Home Economics.
This is a work in which the Fed
eral government is working with
the Georgia College of Agricul
ture, and during the month of
February a group of trained
workers will tour the southern
part of the state in the interest
of improved forms of agriculture,
stock raising and marketing.
Some weeks ago it was an
nounced that Prof. J. F. Hart
would be in Mt. Vernon during
court. Mr. Hart’s name is in
cluded in the group of speakers,
of whom there are eight or nine,
but whether he will be in the
group coming to Mt. Vernon,
The Monitor is not informed.
The new schedule comes from
headquarters in Athens, and re
fers to a number of speakers,
dealing with marketing plans,
boll weevil problem, livestock,
poultry, home orchard and crop
ping plans for the year 1922.
The talks will be given in the
court house, probably during the
noon hour, and the entire public
!is invited to hear them. It is a
matter of vital interest to the
farmers of this county to solve
as far as possible the problems
! that confront the farmer in the
! several lines of endeavor pur
sued by him, from growing a
crop to selling it.
Therefore, unless otherwise
i announced,.the meeting will be
held at the court house in Mt.
Vernon Wednesday, February
Bth, during the noon hour of
court.
Prof. Hart, whose headquar
j ters are in Dublin, spent a while
in Mt. Vernon yesterday en route
to Wheeler county. He is very
much interested in the forthcom
ing meeting, and insists that the
people of Montgomery county
attend. Being connected with
another group of speakers, he
will not be able to take part in
the meeting in Mt. Vernon on
the Bth. However, he will from
time to time be with the farmers
of this and adjoining counties in
an advisory capacity.
Mr. D. J. Mcßae is
Very Seriously Hurt.
Montgomery county friends
and relatives regret to learn of
the painful accident coming to
Mr. Duncan J. Mcßae at his
home in Mcßae last Thursday,
as a result of which he has suf
!fered great pain.
Leaving his home Thursday
morning, after successfully de
scending the front steps, he slip
ped'on the front; walk'and broke
one of hisi,thigh.?bones. Just
how the accident occurred, The
Monitor is not informed.
As early.as.itj.was) possible to
move hirn.'he.wasjitaken to Vi
dalia, where an examination re
vealed the.nature of his injury—
more serious than was first
thought by the family. He is
still at the VidaliaJHospital.
Mr. Mcßae is seventy-four
| years of.age and.it’is feared that
his injury, while not necessarily
fatal, will be more or less of a
permanent nature.
Lost Hog.
Year old unmarked Duroc Jer
! sey boar; strayed from farm of
■C. E. Poore, south of Mt. Ver
non, about January Ist. Any
I information leading to recovery
will be sjitably»rewarded .by th&
undersigned.
Hicks Brothers,
[224. Mt. Vernon.
NO. 43.