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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1922)
VOL. XXXVI. JOINT COUNTY POSTAM. LEGION Would Draw Membership Montgomery-Wheeler Counties. There Tis being organized a post of the American Legion, the membership being drawn from ex-soldiers of. Wheeler and Mont gomery counties. It will be a joint post between the two coun ties, and will doubtless be named the Burns-Geiger Post American Legion, the number of which is not yet known. The post is named in honor of a young man who went from Wheeler county and the two Geiger boys ot Mt. Vernon, Jud son Carlton Geiger, who died in | Philadelphia, and his brother, Harold C. Geiger, who fell in the battle Chateau-Thierry. It is very fitting that the post will bear the name of men who gave their lives for the cause of Amer ican liberty, and it is hoped that every former soidier of the two ! counties will unite with the or ganization. Credit is due Lieut. Guy 0. Stone for his untiring efforts toward the organization of the post. Lieut. Stone was attached to the aviation corps and served in Italy and France. In order to protect the the in terest of the men and perpetuate the memory of those who gave their lives for the cause, the or ganization is a necessity. The Monitor commends,the idea, and trusts that the men of the two counties eligible for membership will rally to the support of the post. As the organization progresses, The Monitor will take pleasure in lending every aid toward its in terest and success. The list of officers, date of meetings, etc., will be given as soon as this is determined. Died in Atlanta; Buried in Mt. Vernon. The remains of Mr. Seaborn Lindsey, who died in Atlanta Saturday, were brought to Mt. Vernon for burial Tuesday. Re mains w T ere laid to rest in the family lot beside those of his wife, who died a number of years ago. Mr. Lindsey died Saturday in Atlanta, where he had been for several months, following an ex tended stay in New Mexico, where he went for the benefit of his health, which had been fail ing for a number of years. Deceased was a former citizen of Mt. Vernon, having married Miss Emma Fountain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Fountain of this place. He is survived by three sons, Messrs. Willie Lind sey of New York, Guy Lindsey of Atlanta and Thad Lindsey of Nashville, Ga., and one daughter, Mrs. Cox of Nashville, Ga. Remains were accompanied to Mt. Vernon by Messrs. Guy Lindsey and Max Fountain of Atlanta. Dr. Brewton conducted the funeral service. Tennessee Mules. Just received at my new barn in Ailey my second car of young Tennessee Mules,now on sale from 8125 up. Or, will sell on time, with approved secu rity. W. J. PETERSON, Ailey, Ga. ®fj t Umitgomm* Mmltixt. Must Return Poll or be*Double Taxed. [ In last issue The Monitor called attention to the law requiring i ladies to return and pay a poll tax, under the Act of 1921. Under the ruling of Comp troller-General Wright, as shown ; in correspondence with the tax 1 receiver of Treutlen county, re produced here, it is clear that a! lady’s return must be made on a separate sheet, and that on failure to return,as in the case of a man, double taxation process is issued. General Wright’s letter to Tax Receiver Tharpe is as follows: Atlanta, Ga., Jan, 26th, 1922. i Mr. J. E. Tharpe, Tax Receiver: i Treutlen County, . Soperton, Ga, I Dear Sir: Replying to yours of the 25th inst. inquiring if a man can put the poll tax of his wife or other female members of his family on the same sheet with his tax re- ] turns. All poll tax payers’ names must be entered on the digest separate, the women's names as; well as the men’s. If they do not j make return, then their tax is doubled and the procedure is the same as in case of male default ers of tax. Yours very truly, Wm. A. Wright, Com ptroller-General. Tarrytown. Special Correspondence. Rev. Gainer Harrison, principal of Kibbee school and pastor of Alma Baptist church, and Mr. j M. E. Burns motored to Alma! Sunday where they spent a very pleasant day. Misses Sheppard and Serepta Palmer, teachers'of the Kibbee school, attended B. Y. P. U. Sunday evening. Prof. C. E. Warren and Messrs. M. E. Burns, Paul and Harvey Calhoun and Luther Waller at tended the basket ball game at Mt. Vernon, played between 8.- P. I. and Baxley, Saturday eve ning. Judge A. L. Wheeler is attend ing United States Court in Sa vannah this week. Work was begun on the arte sian well Monday. Mrs. McNeeley is visiting rela tives in Harrison this week. Messrs. B. S. Beatty and H. H. Adams made a business trip trip to Soperton Tuesday. Messrs. R. D. Beatty and J. E. Calhoun were transacting busi ness in Lovett Wednesday. Mr. E. J. Williams and Miss Atlas Braddy of near Kibbee at- i tended Sunday school. Elder Good, pastor of the Ad vent Church preached two splen- j did sermons Sunday. Mr. W. B. Cadle is spending the week at Middleton’s Lake. Preaching services will be held 1 at the Baptist church by the pas ! tor. Rev. T. J. Barnett of Dublin, • Saturday morning, Sunday morn- I ing and evening. Everybody invited to attend. 1 Mrs. P. P. Waller and daugh ter, lowne, were shopping in Vi dalia Monday. Mrs. Henry Biggerstaff and children, Syble and Ray, of Kib . bee were the spend the day guests of her mother, Mrs. N. , Q. Cooper, Sunday. Mr. F. M. Simons made a busi ness trip to Kibbee Wednesday. ( i Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Phillips ’ and children spent Sunday in Kibbee the guest of the former’s 1 brother, Mr. D. H. Phillips. Come to Higgston School for some fun, On Wednesday Night, the 22nd, In honor of George ’ Washington. Higgston School I Children. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEB. 16. 1922. Amend State Constitution and Build State Roads. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 15. —Geor must act this year in the matter of providing a state road building | fund to match federal aid, or lose her portion of federal aid funds, according to T. G. E'armer, Jr., 1 managing director of the Georgia Good Roads Association, which iis sponsoring the $75,000,000 bond issue to complete the state highway system, in a statement ! given to the press this week. ‘‘Under the act providing fed | eral aid for road building, Geor , gia is given three years in which I to correct a constitutional disabil ity which prevents the state from i matching the federal fund dollar for dollar, as now required. It j will require a constitutional amendment to correct this, and : Georgia laws require constitution-1 al amendments to be voted on at j a general election. There is a; general election in the state this j fall and will not be another until j 1924. Within the next three' I years Georgia must remove the disabilities which prevent her act ing as a state in the federal road j building program, or forfeit par- j ticipation in that fund after that time. However, should this be List of Cases Disposed of j During February Court Citizens Bank of Vidalia vs J. |T. Conner et al. Ver. for plff. j First Nat. Bank of Vidalia vs J. H. Sanders. Ver for plff. First Nat. Bank of Vidalia vs D. A. Fountain. Dis. Mrs. Mary J. Blocker vs E. A. Holton et al. Ver. for plff. W. P. Calhoun et al for use Montgomery county, vs J. H. Dees et al. Judg. for plff. J. T. Warnock et al vs U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co. Dis. J J McArthur vs Hardy Hall. Ver for plff. Mrs S V McNatt vs Lewis Sharpe. Dis. Citizens Bank of Vidalia vs J ! H Sanders and J R Beckum. Ver. j for plff. W A Jones vs C W and J A j Beckworth. Ver for plff. R C Neely Inc vs Manning; Mosley et al. Ver for plff. F M & W O Sharpe vs M A Yearty and W D Peterson. Ver. for plff. Minnie P Cox vs Will Cox. Ver, for plff. Selig Co vs W B Cadle and W i P Pritchett. Dis. Elner Mcßae vs Otho Mcßae. | Dis. j Cora E Conner and C C Conner, ; adrs. A B Conner, vs H C Davis, j T C Montgomery county and B B Ware, sheriff Treutlen county. Dis. Minter-Smith Hardware Co. vs B F Morris. Ver for plff. Mcßae & Bro (use D A Mcßae) i vs J E Mcßae, adr. Jas. Morris. I ! Ver for plff. Mcßride Bros vs B H Peterson, deft in fi fa, J D Wood, clt. Dis. International Agricultural Cor poration vs Jason Powell. Ver. for deft. P J McNatt vs H B Morris. Ver for plff. George Ann Hudson vs Lester, Canady. Settled. Mrs Florence Braddy vs E S' Adams, ver for plff. Altamaha Fert. Co vs J D Sel lers, ver for plff. Mrs Clifford Mcßride vs Am- Express Co., judg. agreed. W H Stillwell vs B A Smith, judg for plff. Mrs Neva C Wilkes vs Jake Wilkes, ver for plff. S L Smith vs J A Hicks, with i drawn, cost to plff. Fisher, Lowrey & Fisher vs J j L Cook, ver for plff. done and the state be permitted to act as a unit, Georgia has no funds, without the bond issue with which to match federal dol lars; consequently, she would! lose her allotment of federal aid”, 1 said Mr. Farmer. The state legislature will be called on at its next session to submit this matter in a constitu-, tional amendment to the voters; of the state, in which event 1 it is unthinkable the fund will j not be provided and the wonder ful system of proposed highways, ! linking every county seat in thei state into one great system ofi permanent roads, completed. I The proposed bond issue is a i ' matter with which the rural coun ties of the state should seriously I concern themselves, for it pro j vides the only hope of some of them to participate in the great | system of highways that will, | when completed, link every coun |ty seat in the state. If the bond • issue carries, these roads will be ! built without one penny's addi-| j tional tax on the people, for the j i bonds will be retired by the pre-! sent automobile license fees and gasoline tax. W A Jones'vs Annie E O'Neal i | et al, dis. Fisher, Lowrey & Fisher vs Lucindy Williams, dis. Bank of Soperton vs W A Da- ’ vaht et al, ver for plff. Zona Reed vs E E Burch, Shf. withdrawn, Annie B Harris vs J Wade Johnson and P R Cohen, with-! drawn. J A'Mcßride vs M B Calhoun, ' adr. M D Hughes, ver for plff. j Wm Kennedy vs Mamie Ken nedy, ver for plff. Bank of Soperton vs Maggie i Love et al, ver for plff. ; J Wade Johnson vs Chas R ; Palmer, ver for plff. ! Swift'& Co.vs W H Smith, ver ! for plff. j Int. Ag. Corp. vs Jas Hicks et | al, ver for plff. ! Soperton Guano Co. V vs Maggie Love et al, ver for plff. Leader & Rosansky vs Frank Beacham, prin., Lewis Sharpe, guarantor, ver for plff. j Montgomery Co Bank vs J G Morris et al, ver for plff. Mt. Vernon Bank, trans., vs J. L. Nixon and T. N. Thomp son, ver for plff. CRIMINAL CASES. Sta'evsZona Reed. S4O or 3 months. i John Willis. Mistrial. \ Jim Adams. Nolprossed. L. Collins. Nol pressed, i Maria Joiner. Nolprossed. 1 Lawson Collins. Nolprossed. Joe McKinnon, Murphy Rawls and Jodie Collins. Nolprossed. Clem Cooper. S3O or 3 mos. W H Allen. Not guilty. Arthur Reeves. $75 or 6 mos. Sam Hester. SSO or 3 mos. W. H. Allen. Not guilty, i Will Hudson. SSO or 3 mos. R. C. Mann. Nolprossed. i Anderson Mills. $l5O or 3 mos. | Anderson Harris. 12 mos., or serve 3 mos. and fine SSO. Henry Hicks. $75 or 6 mos. Marion Whitlock. Nolprossed. Gibe Syles. Nol prossed. Seventh Grade Honor Roll Margaret Salter, Rosa Daniels, 1 Dorothy Hunt, Ruby Jones, Cora Conn, Gregory Hughes and Scha lah Stephens. This means an average of 95 in work, neither an absence nor a tardy mark against them. Weekly Notes From Tarrytown High School. Present enrollment 170. At tendance last week 137. The Ciceronian Society render led a Splendid program last Fri day afternoon. The girls say 1 thev always do. Prin. Warren is planning the organization of a civic scout club | with the boys in the near future. ;The boys in the school have shown such good scout spirit in , the past two years of the school. The ninth grade is rejoicing because.they have finished and passed their ninth grade algebra. They have done splendid work in their mathematics. The Seventh grade will be : ready in some of their subjects for the county contest—should anything like that ‘‘come to pass”. We are glad to give some notes from the fifth and sixth grades, and we are glad to say that these children are doing some fine I work. I j We are glad to have with us a new pupil, James Moxley. The fifth grade had a test on ; geography last week .There were several good marks made. Many of the pupils in the fifth and sixth grades are taking; t music. | We have begun an honor roll ! for the best behavior in the room, j Those who were on this roll last week are; J. W. Barber, Willie Mae Brady, Felix Helms, Adel Helms, Udell Helms, and Flor ence Warnock. Those who made stars in spell ing are: Mary Dell Burns, Var nell Cadle, Louise Waller, Mil dred Warnock, Willie Mae Braddy and Theo Spence. Fire at Alamo. Alamo, Ga., Feb. 15.—Fire de stroyed three mercantile business ! establishments here tonight and ! for a time threatened the whole 1 town. The flames were stopped ; 1 before they reached the brick 1 buildings of the town, however. ! Mercantile establishments de-! ■ stroyed are Pope Brothers, the White building and E. W. Clem ents building. The fire started in a restaurant in the Pope build ing. The total ioss will be $40,- 000. There was a big crowd in town on account of court week and there has been much excitement. The fire was gotten under control shortly before 10 o’clock. I Millinery 1 Opening | 2£ Miss Bessie Higgs announces S to the ladies of Mount Vernon jg and vicinity her Spring Showing of g Millinery, Trimmings, etc. Friday, February 17,1922 1 The ladies are invited to attend w and review the latest styles and fads jg in Millinery and Ladies’ wear. Old Stand, Next to Bank Mt. Vernon jj| AIR. H. B. AI’NATT DIED SATURDAY Was a Well Known Citizen and Faithful Church Worker. Mr. H. B. McNatt, one of the best known and most highly re spected citizens of Montgomery county, died at his home in Uval da Saturday morning last, 11:30 o’clock, after having been ill for several weeks. He had suffered a decline in general health for the past two years or more. Mr. McNatt had long been identified with the affairs of this county, of which he was a native, a member of one of its oldest families. He was 64 years of age, and during a very busy life had devoted most of his time to farming, in which he made a success, and as a result of which he had amassed a considerable store of this world's goods. He is survived by his wife and eleven children, the sons being Jas. H. of Uvaldfy E. M. of Sa vannah, W. A., Jr., of Lyons, P. J. of Mt. Vernon, R. H. of Okla homa, John, a pupil in thte Brew ton-Parker, and Eugene and H. 8., Jr., still at home. His daugh | ters are Mrs. H. G. McAllister of Scotland. Mrs. Huley of Florida, and Mrs. Roseoe Price of Vidalia. One brother, Mr. W. A. McNattl resides at Lyons. His sisters are Mrs. Mat Cook of Lumber City, Mrs. H. C. Grace of Cedar Cross ing and Mrs. Jim Odum of | Toombs county. Deceased was twice married, his first wife having been Miss ; Lucy Hall. His second wife, who survives him, was Miss Lou Avant. | Mr. McNatt was a member of the Methodist church, and for many years a steward, and as an official member took a very active interest in the affairs of the church. Services were conducted in the Uvalda Methodist church Sunday : afternoon by the presiding elder of the Mcßae district, Rev. J. M. Outler. Remains were -4aid to rest in the Uvalda cemetery fol lowing t he service at the church. | Mr. McNatt was a highly re spected citizen, and in his death I the county loses a good man. He ! will be missed bv many appre ciative neighbors, friends, the town in which he lived, and the church which he loved. NO. 45.
