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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.