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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1922)
VOL. XXXVI. MAY JUNK THE j GAJc FLA. RY. Authorities Would Curtail Expenses by Reducing Trams. Atlanta, March I. Junking of the Georgia & Florida Railroad not only is certain but inevitable unless the road is able to reduce expenses by reducing train ser vice, it was told the Railroad Commission yesterday by officials of the road and by John Skelton Williams of Richmond, the re ceiver. Last year the road operated, according to a telegram sent the commission by Mr. Williams, at | a loss of more than $300,000, j without paying interest on its, * bonds of several million dollars i I which have paid no interest in seven or eight years. Creditors of the road are now threatening court proceedings to force a sale of the road in the hope of salvaging as much of their debts as possible, it was J stated to the commission by J. M. Hull of Augusta, general counsel. The question for patrons of the road to decide for themselves, Mr. Hull declared, is whether they prefer a half a loaf to no loaf at all. Numerous patrons ! were before the commission to object to a proposed discontinu ance of certain passenger trains. I They declared it would be virtu ally impossible to get along with out them, unless they reorganized their whole method of carrying on business. “We sympathize with our pa trons and believe they sympa thize with us,” said Mr. Hull. . “They have showed a disposition when we have faced a financial crisis several times before to co- j operate with us and, lighten our burdens. We regret extremely the necessity which compels us to discontinue these trains. But our problem is their problem. Unless we reduce expenses we] go to the junk pile, leaving them without any railroad at all.” Three hundred miles of short line railroad have been junked in Georgia in the past eighteen months. The junking of the; Georgia & Florida would run the ' total to more than 400 miles, i There has not been a mile of new railroad constructed in Georgia in ten years. There is no imme diate prospect of any more new'’ railroads, but on the contrary; there is imminent likelihood of many short lines going on the block. Many traffic experts be lieve the development of good roads and automobiles will even tually freeze out a majority of the short-line roads. Oak Grove Dots. Special Correspondence. Mr. Dewey Johnson, Misses Effie and Etta Ricks of Rockledge were the guests of Miss Sudie Graham here Sunday. Mrs. Herbert Sharpe of Vidalia spent last week with her sister here, Mrs. M. A. Peterson. Misses Julia and Samantha j Register were the guests of Misses Annie and Ida Belle Reyn olds Sunday. Miss Adine Stanford was the guest of Mrs. C. W. Peterson Sunday. Miss Sudie Graham gave a candy pulling Saturday night. ; It was attended by a large num- i ber and enjoyed verv much by | all. The baby of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brantley is very sick with pneu monia. We hope for it a speedy recovery. Mrs. M. A. Peterson and Miss Annie Reynolds were in Mt. Ver non and Ailey Saturday. The Oak Grove school rendered a fine program Friday afternoon, Washington’s birthday. Cake and lemonade was served. It was an enjoyable afternoon. Rev. C. E. McDaniel will fill his regular appointment here next Saturday snd Sunday at the usual hours. Public invited. The Montgomery Monitor. Sunday School Contest in Mcßae District, j The attendance contest among the Methodist Sunday schools of the Mcßae District has aroused the greatest interest throughout the entire district. Many of the i schools competing have doubled their attendance since the con test began in January. Eastman leads the district* to-date with an average attendance of 274.3 a Sunday; while Mcßae follows a close second with 262.1 average a Sunday. The standing of the schools as related to their com petitors thus far is as follows: Eastman 174.8 vs Vidalia 205.4 ' Mcßae 262.3 vs Baxley 192.3 Lumber City 233 vs Helena 232.8 | Hazelhurst 98.5 vs Lyons 90.7 ; Glen wood 109 vs Uvalda 58.5 l Alamo 87.6 vs Chauncy 30.3 ! Rhine 111.5 vs Towns 105.6 Raided Local Blind Tigers. Officers have during the past ' week made three raids on blind i ! tiger distilleries in Montgomery! ■ county, and for the time being ! there are three enterprises less as a result of the activities of the officers. Thursday last Messrs. Omer and Claris Burch, deputies, took ! an outfit near Tarrytown.com ; posed of an apparatus made of a j gas drum. The capacity of this outfit would probably be con trolled by the amount of time and labor expended in its opera tion. On Friday a lard-can outfit was captured north of Ailey. This type has for some time been a j 1 favorite method in this county,’ and if allowed to operate regu-: larly could produce great vol-! umes of the enticing poison. The : ' lard-can and horse trough meth od is said to be one of the sim plest methods in existence. ! Saturday County Policeman Currie, assisted by Revenue offi cers Gordv and Pearce of Dublin and Sheriff Burch, overhauled a large capacity still near Uvalda. This was a regular copper outfit, substantially rigged up for a ; wholesale work, and is supposed to have been in operation some j time. Officers found at this plant 1000 gallons of beer. Sheriff Burch and deputies as sisted in each of the raids. I Spriug Program of Parent-Teacher Club. March Program. Practical Talents—Mrs. D. A. Mcßae, Director. ! What is Meant by Practical ■ Talents?—Mrs. Ciaude Wright. When Do We Know That Edu cation is Practical?—Mrs. E. O. Dickson. Discuss the Value of Vocation al Training in the School.—Miss Marie Brown. Mothers’ Aid in Teaching Prac | tical Knowledge in the Home. — I Mrs. Seward Hicks. Music Director —Mrs. M. B. Calhoun. April Program. Decision—Mrs. M. L. Stephens, Director. Quality of Decision; Right or i Wrong—Mrs. T. B. Conner. Unhappy Results of Indecision i Mrs. Ciaude Wright. The Necessity of the Present Age: An Early Decision of Life’s Work —Mrs. D. A. Mcßae. Music Director—Mrs. Fred M. Harris. May Program. | Literature-Mrs. S. V. Hicks, j Director. Selection of Books and Maga- j zines Suitable for the Home and School—Miss McWhorter. What Part Does Story Telling i Play in Character Formation?— Miss Katherine Currie. A Mother’s Encouragement of Good Literature. —Mrs. J. Wade Johnson. A partial List of Books and Stories Suitable for Children Un-. ider Sixteen.—Mrs. J. H. Peter ' son. Music Director—Mrs. Tyler. Members are requested to keep i this>pro?ram for reference during < spring months. MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAR. 2, 1922. BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR APPOINTMENT WILLIAMS. Dublin, Ga., February 25. Friends of G. H. Williams here,! regardless of politics, are deeply I interested in the suggestion of his appointment for the new United States judgship to be al lotted Georgia if the bill now pending in congress passes. Mr. Williams belongs to one of the strongest families in this j part of the state, and while he is; an active republican, he holds the esteem of all his fellow-citizens, j He has received an avalanche j i of pledges of support from prom inent Georgians of both parties, in practically every section of the state. A steady stream of let ters and telegrams have been re ceived daily from republicans : who openly state their belief j that the “plum” should go to the j | man who has injected new blood ; ! and virus into the ranks of a par |ty which has made no headway jin politics in this state in many , years, until 1918. In 1918 Mr. Williams was the ! unaimous choice of a white pri-; ; mary for the state senate from i this district, and would have no ; opposition in the general election. After the flattering election, he] resigned to follow a fight forcer i tain reforms and conditions which : he thought might best be accom-1 ] plished in a campaign for the United States senate on the re publican ticket. As an illustra-] tion of the high regard in which he is held by Georgians, he polled the largest vote for the republi j can ticket in Georgia that it had ever received. He was not unaware of the hopelessness of the campaign but it records his honesty of purpose | and courage of convictions. In deed, he is one of the few repub licans in Georgia whom demo- I cratic friends are willing to con ; cede had po ulterior or selfish motives in leaving the folds of his former party. Mr. Williams represents the new blood of his party in Geor gia. The friends of Mr. Williams < point to his achievements in the I business world, and his high at-! tainments in the legal profession. They know him as a man, a lead er among men, a loyal party man. They do not see him as the aver age republican “pie-hunter.” The above news item, appear ing in the Sunday dailies, practi cally sums up the situation rela- Clarence Poe Speaks Lyons . j i On March 4th the citizens of' Toombs county will have the op portunity of hearing one of the greatest discussions on agricul tural subjects that has ever been offered in the county. Mr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Progressive Farmer, has ar ranged to speak at the Court House at 8 o’clock in the evening. Not a man, woman, boy or girl will have to be exhorted as to; the greatness of Mr. Poe, for he is known all over this county for ; invaluable knowldge in agricul tural lines. All those who have; had an opportunity to read his i paper feel an advantage over! those who are not acquainted with it, for through the columns! of The Progressive Farmer one | gets an insight into his personal j nature and knowedge of his sub- j jects. For the past several years he I has been specializing on the Cot ton Marketing Problem and he j is recognized as authority on this question.—Vidalia Advance. Services at Ailey. i Regular services at the Ailey Methodist church next Sabbath, March sth. Preaching by pas tor, Rev. L, E. Brady, 11:00 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. Sunday school, 3:30 p. m. J. M. D. McGregor, superintendent. The public in vited. tive to the proposed attitude of : Col. Williams to the Federal judg- I ship, if such is created by act of congress. It reflects the esteem in which he is held in South Georgia. The fact that Col. Williams united with the Republican party several years ago, not with a j view of gaining preferment, but ion account of convictions obtain ! ed by him as a student of nation |al affairs and conditions agree j able to his taste, did not in any sense estrange him from a large circle of friends and admirers in this section of the state. It did not lessen his ability and integri ty, nor did it lose for him the re-; spect of his fellow men or busi ; ness associates. His standing in j the legal profession today is as high as it ever was, otherwise ' the law firm of which he is a ] member would not be in exist ] ence. Naturally, the Federal judg ship, should it be created, will, through party practice, go to a leading Republican, and as such there is no valid reason why Col. Williams should not have it. From standpoints of sectional pride, the people of this county, where he practiced when quite a young man, would be glad for him to secure the place, feeling that he is fully competent to ful fill the the trusts of the exalted position, and that on the bench he would measure up to a very high stantard of excellence. Therefore, as stated, the place will be awarded to a Republican; and in the Democratic forces there will probably not arise any opposition to the appointment if it can be secured by Col. Wil liams through his friends, both ■ Republican and Democratic. Ordinarily Democrats take lit tle or no interest in such appoint ments, but The Monitor takes the liberty of advancing the opinion that hundreds of Democrats in this section of Georgia will not i only agree to the appointment of Col. Williams, but will be willing to endorse his candidacy for the place. Birthday Dinner | W. E. Mathias. i On Wednesday, Feb. 22, the writer had the pleasure of being at a birthday dinner given to Mr. W. E. Mathias in honor of his 78 n birthday. The dinner 1 was given at the home of Mr. B. Mathias—the old family home stead. By 10 a. m., while the people were gathering, the young folk enjoyed music and games. About 12:30 dinner was spread on a long table vvhicii had been prepared for the occasion. The table fairly groaned under the weight of good things which had been prepared by the good ladies of the community. All things being ready thanks were offered. After the inner man had been satisfied, music and plays were again in order until a late hour when people began to depart for their homes after spending a very pleasant day and hoping this good man may live to see many more birth days and enjoy them as he seemed to enjoy this one. A Friend. Ailey, Ga. Residence for Sale. My residence, located in west ern part of Mt. Vernon, on high way. Desirable location. Low figure. See at once H. L. Wilt, Mt. Vernon. Reversed Georgia Law Owners Responsibility. Washington, Feb. 28.—The Georgia statute, placing the bur den of proof upon persons upon whose premises illicit distilling aparatus is found to establish their innocence was held today by the Supreme Court to be in | valid. Apparatus for manufacting li quor was found about 300 yards from a house occupied by Robert Hawes, and upon land rented by him. He contended that the State must prove, as an essential factor, that he had knowledge of its presence, but the State courts held the burden of proof was up on him, and that he was required to prevent the location upon lands under his control of appa ratus to make liquor. Justice McKenna in delivering the opinion caused laughter in the court by remarking that “dis tilling apparatus is neither nat ural nor pertinent equipment in ! the conduct of a farm.” Bond Issue Cut Taxation. That, the success of the $75,- 000,000 road bond issue will serve to decrease rather than in crease taxation in individual counties is the statement made by the Georgia Good Roads As sociation, which points out three reasons why this is true, and why there should be universal support of the bond plan. According to the Good Roads Association, counties that have already voted bonds and built their portions of the state sys-’ tern will have such amounts re- 1 funded to them out of their por tion of the bond money. These refunds may be used in retiring county bonds, thus reducing county taxes. Approximately one hundred and twenty-nine counties in the state will receive a refund under this provision. Counties that have not yet (lone any work on their portions ;of the stale systems will have these roads built for them by the | state, out of the bond money, at I no cost to the county. Then, since all state roads must be maintained at state ex pense, counties are relieved of a heavy maintenance burden on what have heretofore been their most expensive roads to keep i up. This state maintenance alone 1 will have the effect of reduced taxation, and will enable every county in the state.to keep the other roads in its borders, in better shape with the released | funds. The bond plan is growing in i favor all over the state, as it is | recognized as the soundest and i most economic way of financing a big undertaking in which the I whole state shares benefits. ' Messrs. J. T. and J. D. Lang i ford of the Sadie section were in Mt. Vernon Tuesday after noon. The former is rapidly re covering from a severe attack of fever, with which he suffered during the fall and early winter. THIRD SHIPMENT OF TENNESSEE MULES. On Monday, Feb. 27, will have at my barn Third Shipment of high-grade Tennessee M ules. Reasonable prices. Approved se curity asked on time sales. Last shipment of season. See them. W. J. PETERSON Ailey, Ga. MADE TALK AT PRESBYTERIAN Prof. Hart Spoke in Interest Church Program and Education. Prof. J. F. Hart of Dublin, a prominent Presbyterian layman, spoke to the congregation of the Mt. Vernon Presbytian church Sunday morning. Mr. Hart came by invitation, and his dis course, timed to the needs of the church during its financial cam paign, was not only enjoyed by the membership present but by the entire congregation. His ad dress, mainly along educational lines, dealt with the unseen spir itual forces as controlling the destinies of man, and drew a number of contrasts between the divine forces and the efforts of man throughout the walks of life. Mrs. Hart came down with him, and they returned in the afternoon. Mt. Vernon friends will look forward to his return. Mr. Hart, for many years attach ed to the State College of Agri culture, and recently located in Dublin for extension work, will keep in contact with the agricul tural interests of this county, forming a part of the territory assigned to Mr. Hart, and it is hoped that our people will have opportunity of becoming more thoroughly acquainted with him. He is an eloquent and forceful talker, and the years of training and endeavor in his line make ' him a strong factor in the devel , opment of the agricultural pur i suits. Sunday, March 12th, is the day on which the Presbyterian Pro gressive Campaign is put on throughout the state, but on ac count of not having services at the local church on that date, it was decided to take up the work last Sunday, following the ad dress by Mr Hart. The officers of the church met in the after -1 noon and organized for the work, ! confined mainly to the every member canvass, which is being done, as annually, at this season of the year, with a view of de termining the financial status of the church year, beginning April first. The officers having in charge the work will please be prepared to make fidl reports af ter the Sunday school hour next Sabbath morning. The members who have not filled out cards will please have them ready when the officers call. Son of Murdered Man Removes Father’s Body. Douglas, Ga., Feb. 28.—The body of Edward'Funk, of Fort Wayne, Ind., whose dead body was found near West Green Fri day night and which was buried at Douglas cemetery, has been disinterfed by Douglas Under- I taking Company at the instance l of Epochram Funk; son of the deceased, and the body has been embalmed. Epochram Funk has arrived from Fort Wayne and will accompany the body back North, leaving here tonight. He says his father left Fort Wayne on January 20, saying he was corning South and his family had not heard from him until a trav eling man friend of the deceased, whose card was found in the pocket of the dead man, residing in Fort Wayne, was telegraphed !by Coroner G. L. Sims, and h i delivered the telegram to his family. It is said that while here the young son employed counsel to prosecute vigorously W. L. Tay lor, charged with killing the de ceased and robbing him. It is not known how much money the dead man had on his person, lut it is thought he had a goodly sum. as his family seems to be prominent in Fort Wayne, having one 3on who is ex-treasurer of the county in which Fort Wayne I is located. NO. 47.
