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VOL. XXXVI.
INTERESTS BOYS
RAISING HOGS
County Agent Tyre Would
Create Interest Poultry
and Stock.
As stated last week, County
Agent Tyre has planned to or
ganize the boys of the county in
to a pig club, the purpose of which
will be to have the boys raise a
hog for the market. Through
this means a carload of hogs can
be assembled at the proper time
and will be sold at auction, thus
enabling the boys to realize the:
full, or possibly above the market
price.
In this day of advanced agri
culture and stock raising, it
should be an easy matter to get
one hundred boys to raise a hog |
apiece for market purposes.
Some years ago, when the pig
club idea was first advanced,
many boys, even young boys,
began raising pigsbut the number
of boys and likewise the number!
of pigs was small, compared to
what may be done by the boys of.!
the present day, when, aside
from the fun of it. any boy in the
country can raise a hog which
can be sold at a good price.
Years ago, while hoys were
taught to raise a pig, the idea of
marketing the hog to an advan
tage had not been developed, and
not finding a proper market, i
many boys became discouraged, i
This is the main idea to instil! in
the boy —that he produce some-;
thing in which he finds bolls ;
pleasure and profit.
The idea as advanced by Mr. I
Tyre some days ago, is not to in- '
sist the boy on raising a pure
bred, registered hog, unless he
happens to have that grade of
,hog already, but produce a hog
■ that will go on the market for
pork, and for which he will re
alize a fair price for hogs of this
type. This, of course, cannot in
terfere with boys who will be:
able to raise thoroughbred stork.
This idea is commendable within
itself, but the idea of fattening a
hog to sell this fall is better.
Mr. Tyre, unfortunately, has
not been in the county but a few
days, not having been engaged
until the first of the present
month, otherwise there are many
matters in which he would have
interested the boys and the farm
ers of the county before this date.
On Saturday he will hold a poul
try meeting in Mt. Vernon, to
which the public is invited. Let
the farmers bring their boys at
this time, that they may get ac
quainted with Mr. Tyre and be
come interested in many subjects
of interest and benefit to them.
The planting season being so
near at hand, and having come
to the county too late for activi- j
ties of this nature, Mr. Tvre is
endeavoring to create interest in :
timely subjects, that is season- :
able subjects. Just now 7 he talk
ing to the farmers of the county
about pasturage and matters to
which some attention can be
given before the actual season
arrives.
Erects Filling Station
on New Highway.
The new filling station erected
by Mrs. C. W. Muse of Dublin,
at the intersection of the high
way and Railroad avenue, will be'
completed within a few days,
and will probably be opened tQ
the public the first of next week.
The new enterprise will carry
gas, oils and repair material, in
addition io which facilities for re
charging batteries will be install
ed. Mr. Muse is engaged in
business in Dublin, but will prob
ably join his family here later.
Mmxttpmtrg iMomtnr.
Mrs. Whitman Made
Talks to the Ladies.
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Mrs. J. R. Whitman of Way
cross, representing the mission
ary interests of the Savannah
Presbytery, as promoted by the
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ladies missionary societies, spent •
Saturday in Mt. Vernon and dur
ing the afternoon addressed the
local society.
Mrs. Whitman was at Aimwell
church, in Toombs countv, T.hurs-1
day, in Vidalia Friday following, |
and reached Mt. Vernon Friday |
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evening. Sunday morning shej
addressed the congregation at j
McGregor and in the afternoon
spoke to the ladies at the Hack
; Branch church.
! !3he is a very zealous worker,
and is very active in the mission
ary cause. She is a daughter of!
the late John W. Wuarterman, 1
and as the name implies, has:
devoted her life to the cause, as j
represented by the Presbyterian
church of South Georgia.
Hon. Ogden Persons
May Run For Congress.
Forsyth, Ga., April 11, —Ogden
Persons, formerly president of the
senate, may become a candidate
for congress from the sixth dis
trict in the fail primary.
He is giving the matter serious
consideration at this time and
| has promised a committee of citi
zens who recently presented to
him a petition to enter the con
test that he would take their re
quest under advisment and noti
i fy them later of his dacision.
It is understood that Mr. Per
sons is giving the matter very
serious thought and those close
ito him believe there is a strong
probability of his announcing his
candidacy before long.
Negro Kills Another
For Two Gallons Syrup. |
Millen, Ga.. April 10. Accord- j
; ing to a confession officers say he j
made, Grover Ellison claims that, j
he was hired by Richard Reese]
to shoot and kill Will Powell Sat-j
urday night, receiving two gal- ;
ons of syrup for the deed. All
are negroes. Eilison is alleged
to have told the officers that af
tey he and Reese procured a gun
at the home of Silas Lockhart it
was agreed that Ellison was the
best shot. Ellison, Reese and
Lockhart, according to the alleg
ed confession, then proceeded to
the home of Powell and Powell
was shot dead bv Ellison. The
| body was found yesterday after
noon by Johnston, owner of the
place.
Reese is said by officers to have
accused Poweil of intimacy with
Reese’s wife.
Dissolution Notice.
j Georgia- Montgomery County.
This is to notify the public that
! the firm of Snooks & Co., com-!
posed of T. A. Peterson, B. R.
Snooks and W J. Peterson, has ;
this day been dissolved by mu- ;
tual consent, T. A. Peterson and
W. J. Peterson retiring from
said firm. B. R. Snooks assumes j
all indebtedness of said firm and
is to collect all accounts due or
past due said firm of Snooks &
Co. Ailey, Ga., April 8, 1922.
Snooks & Co. i
B. R. Snooks,
W. J. Peterson,
T. A. Peterson.
Potato Plants.
Porto Rico Sweet Potato!
Draws, from carefully selected
stock and treated against disease,
now ready for delivery, at the,
following prices: 1000, $1.50;
5000 at $1 25 per 1000; 10,000 at
SI.OO. per 1000, E. F. Clark,
4134 Alston, Ga. |
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APR. 13, 1922.
Notes Public School Grades.
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First Grade Honor Roll —
Walter Dickson, J. W. Grims
ley, Jack Johnson, Edwin Mc-
Natt, Malcolm Peterson, Alex
Denton, Frederick Truitt, Jose
phine Anderson, Sara Frances
Calhoun, Mary Maude Garrett,
Vernon Hicks. Corinne Hardmon,
; Mary, Jones, Juanita McGahee,
Helen Martin, Mary Lizzie
i Thompson, Louise Sammons, Oris i
: Yeomans, Sara Vlema Thomp- j
: son.
Second Grade Honor Roll
Maria Anderson, Manelle Bra-'
dy, Paul Coursey. John Ben Con
ner, Elizabeth Kitchens. David;
Mcßae, Helen Snooks, Quinnellei
Mcßae, Giles McNatt, Ottis Yeo-I
mans.
Third Grade Honor Roll
Juanita Avant, Lucile Darley,
Willie Joe Adamson, lona Gra-,
Jham, Harlow Johnson, Clay Wilt,
| Ella Bess Morrison, Elmer Jones.
Fourth Grade News—
The following children made
highest marks in examinations:
Arithmetic—Genevieve Truett,
100; English—Genevieve, 97;
Spelling —Thomas Chlhoun, 100;
Geography-Genevieve Truett, 98, j
Thos. Calhoun, 98.
Edna Earle Smith, Elizabeth I
Frizzelle, Johnnie Peterson, j
Katherine Snooks, Carter Peter- j
son, Claudia Smith and Nelle
Burch made good marks also.
Sixth Grade—
Those making the highest
marks in tests are:
Spelling —Willard Burch, 100, j
Active Interest
in Bond Issue.
General and active interest
that is being manifested through
out the state in the good roads
bond issue is extremely gratify
ing, according to J. B. Daniel,
j President of the Georgia Good
! Roads Association.
“There is unquestionably a dis
position on the part of the public
jto regard the good roads move
ment as a real business proposi
tion in which every citizen of the
state is directly concerned. If
Georgia’s progress js to be in
keeping with other progressive
states, it is recognized as being
imperative that we now r com
mence as extensive program of
highway construction.” said Mr.
Daniel.
“Hearty approval of the plan
to build a great network of good
roads which will interlink every
county seat in the state, as pro
proposed by the good roads asso
ciation, is withheld by some of
our citizens until they can| famil
iarize themselves more thorough
ly with the plan of financing the
project. With this attiude, the
good roads’ association is in thor
ough accord.
“The method and plan of float
ing and retiring this bond issue
is a simple clear and sound busi
ness proposition. It is simply
consolidating and utilizing reve
’ nues now made availible by tax
ation for road purposes in away
that permanent and lasting good
will be derived from its expendi
tures. Not one penny of addi
tional taxation is involved in the
: plan. Furthermore, the approv
al of the provisions of the consti
| tutional amendment necessary to
! the issue of good roads bonds will
also enable- the state to meet ev
ery requirement of federal laws
which provide federal aid to the
construction of roads.
“There is not the slightest
doubt that when this proposal is
thoroughly understood it will be
so overwhelmingly indorsed by
the people that the passage of the
necessary laws to carry to com
! pletion this great undertaking
I will be assured'
Ruth McCrimmon, 100: Arithme
tic-Willard Burch, 90; Geography
Louise Poore, 93: English—C.
B. Cummings, 90, Nina Graham,
I 90, Ruth McCrimmon, 90. His
tory—John McGregor, 96. Hy
giene—Marguerite Johnson, 94,
Daniel McSwain, 94, John Mc-
Gregor, 94, Louise Poore, 94.
i Honor Roll —
j W’illard Burch, Marguerite
I Johnson, Ruth McCrimmon, John
| McGregor, Louise Poore, H. V.
: Thompson, Ben Conner.
; Seventh Grade—
; The highest marks on exami
i nation were:
Arithmetic—Cora Conn, Julia
| McArthur, Margaret Salter Er
i nestine Underwood, Franklin
Dickerson, 100, Geography—
Schalah Stephens, 96. English
Schalah Stephens, 98. History— j
Cora Conn, Edwin Stelle, Schalah
Stephens, 97. Spelling —Cora
Conn, Dorothy Hunt, Schalah!
Stephens, 100. Hygiene—Scha-;
lah Stephens, 98. Reading—Ed
win Steele, Schalah Stephens, 96.
j We had no tardies last week
; and only four absences, all of
which were against the boys.
! Last week we studied “The
; Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
We enjoyed the program the 1
I first grade gave week be
fore last, and the 2nd and 3rd
grades gave last week.
We were glad to have Mrs. |
Lee Mcßae visit us last wo“k.
Written by Schalah Stephens,
and Gregory Hughes, j
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Presbytery
held in Tifton. j
Rev. F. M. Baldwin of the Mt.
Vernon Presbyterian church and
Elder T. J. Mcßae left Tuesday
morning for Tifton, to attend the
semi-annual session of the Sa
vannah Presbytery, which con
vened in that city Tuesday night.
The session will probably adjourn
this afternoon.
There are twenty-nine church
es in the Savannah Presbytery.
Os the seven Presbyteries in the!
state that of Savannah stands
second in raising its quota for
benevolences during the year be
ginning April l3t. This Presby
tery was assessed $33,649. Many
of the churches have pledg- d the
amount of their quota and a few
have exceeded it.
Rev. Mr. Baldwin, who has
been serving the Mt. Vernon
group of churches including this
place, McGregor and Hack
Branch, since the fall of 1917,
has just accepted a call to the |
Darien group, and after the pas
toral relation in Mi. Vernon has;
been severed by the churches
concerned and the change rati-|
fied by the Presbytery, he will
take up his new work.
Montgomery county friends of j
Rev. and Mrs. Baldwin will re
gret to have them leave. Mr. :
Baldwin is a minister of ripe ex-1
perience and unusual powers, j
and while his ministry in this!
; county has been very successful, |
the change will mean for him a 1
broader field.
The local churches will doubt-;
less call a successor to Mr. Bald
win as soon as the matter can he
arranged. He will probably take
up the work in Darien about June
first, and will reside in that city.
Rev. and Mrs. Baldwin will carry
with them the best wishes of a
large circle of friends.
Mr. Tom Pritchett and friend,
Mr. Isler, of Dublin, are visit
ing the former’s uncles, Messrs.
Everett and W. A. McLeod, south
of Mt. Vernon. They spent yes
terday with relatives in Mcßae.
The young men are students in
Georgia University.
Had Picnic on River
Tuesday Evening Last.
.! Last Tuesday evening the
, young people of this place gave
a moonlight picnic at the river
bridge. After many games were
Lplayed and numerous jokes were
told, lunch was spread. This
was one of the first picnics of
the year and was very much en
joyed hy all.
Miss Lessie Mae Rackley or
ganized the movement, and it
was chaperoned by Mrs. J. E.
Mcßae and Mrs. Harry Smith.
Others present were Miss Gol
die Mcßae, Miss Helen Lee, Miss
j Theodosia Geiger, Miss Francis
i Rackley, Miss Geneva Long, Miss
Ruby Rackley, Miss Janie Mc
-1 Queen, Clarance Smith, Charlie
Abt, Frank Williams, John C. |
i Peterson, Hermond Mcßae, Tom
Pritchett, Bill Isler, Walter Mor
rison, Chester Mcßae, and Bert
| Cantrell.
Blalock Will Run for
Commissioner Agriculture.
j A. O. Blalock, former collector
of Internal Revenue, has an-1
nuunced his candidacy for com- 1
missioner of Agriculture to sue- ’
iceed the present incumbent, J. J.
Brown, and indications point to
a heated race. Mr. Brown natu
i rally will be a candidate, and it is
; said that C. M. Houser of Ft.
Valiev will be in the race.
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HON. A. O. BLALOCK.
Mr. Blalock is a very success
ful farmer and business man,
and should he be elected would
bring to the office a ripe experi
ence, in which success he has
been an outstanding feature.
Hi» candidacy is being strongly
backed by people in different.
! sections of the state. His ac
quaintance is very extensive and
■his popularity is measured by his
! circle of friends and acquain
tances. His platform, announced
1 some time ago, is broad and yet
1 calculated to meet present day
i demands.
Big Ball Game to Be
Played This Afternoon.
The Brewton-Parker baseball
j team will play S. G. C. of Mcßae
| this afternoon on the local dia
j mond. The Mcßae aggregation
1 is an unusually strong one having
| defeated many teams which were
by no means weaklings. On the
other hand the local team has
had but little trouble solving the
pitchers thus far faced. There
fore the public is assured an un
usually hot contest, and those
v/ho fail to attend will miss one
of the best games of the season.
The game will be called at 4:00
o’clock.
Laundry.
We have the agency for the
Ideal Laundry at Macon. Leave
packages at store. Prompt ser
vice. Mt. Vernon Mercantile Co.
4134. |
HIGHWAY DEPT.
i ACCEPTS ROAD
Mr. S. Z. Salter to Maintain
New Road and Portion
Old Road.
The State Highway Depart
ment, through the local convict
force under Warden Ferrell, has
replaced the till on the highway
west of Mt. Vernon near the new
bridge. This was washed out
during the high water about a
month ago, and work on the re
pair was commenced as soon as
the water receded.
The work of replacing the
broken section of the fill required
only four or five days and re
quired 2200 yards of earth. No
culvert will be used at this point,
and the entire fill is being sodded
with Bermuda grass, in addition
to which the fill will be strength
ened with additional earth of a
permanent nature.
The newly completed highway
from the bridge to the Toombs
county line, a distance of twelve
j miles, has been taken overby the
i State and costs the county noth
ing, as in the case of the broken
i fill referred to.
In addition to the Montgomery-
I Toombs section of the highway,
the State will maintain the road
from Mt. Vernon to Swains boro,
via Soperton, and Mr. Salter will
have charge of this also. The
authorities have been assured by
the Highway Department that
the road from Mt. Vernon to the
Treutlen county line will be re
constructed aud converted into a
highway simiiiar to that of the
Montgomery-Toombs route just
I finished, and work will probably
; commence on it during the sum
mer.
Machinery and supplies for the
maintenance of the highway and
the north-and-soukh road is ar
riving daily. This will induce- a
tractor, trucks, scrapers, tools,
etc. Mr. Salter is a very reliable
man, thoroughly able to handle
labor, and under his supervision
the road will be kept in perfect
condition. For some time he has
been polishing the new road, a> d
for the time being has used a
part of the convict force. This,
however, was under a temporary
arrangement, as the labor for the
maintenance work will be hired
direct, and no convict labor, ex
cept possibly through tfh emer
gency, will be employed for
maintenance.
Publish Additional Data
on Cotton Pruduction.
Washington, April 12.—Collec
tion and publication by the Gov
ernment of additional cotton sta
tistics are provided for in bills by
Senator Harris, Democrat, Geor
gia, passed today by the Senate
and sent to the House. One would
require the Census Bureau to
take more detailed reports of un
ginned cotton aud the other
would require the Department of
Agriculture to pnblish with its
regular cotton reports of this
season, estimates obtained from
cotton ginners of the probable
ginnings of the current crop.
Senator Harris said that the
additional information was de
sirable because ginningestimates
have indicated an error of about
1,000.000 bales and have been a
factor, he said, in continuing the
depression of cotton prices.
Secretary Hughes is
Against Navy Reduction.
Washington, April 11. —Reduc
tion of navy personnel to 67,000
enlisted men as provided in the
! naval appropriation bill now be
fore the house would reduce
the American navy below the
55 3 ratio established by the
arms conference and “would be
most injurious to the interests of
| the United States," Secretary
Hughes today wrote Representa
tive Rogers, Massachusetts.
NO. 50.