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VOL. XXXVI.
HAVE THE BOYS
RAISE HOGS
Thoroughbred Pigs Offered
As Prizes by Farmer and
Stockman.
County Agent Tyre, among his
other duties, is organizing the
boys into pig and hog clubs. The
older boys are being organized
into a club, the purpose of which
is to raise a hog each, with a
view of collecting them at some
point in the county in the fall
and having a grand sale.
The work is progressing very
nicely, and Mr. Tyre finds most
of the boys willing to enter the
enterprise. While the older boys
enter the hog raising venture,
there are many younger boys
who desire to take part in the
scheme. For the younger boys j
Mr. Tyre will ask them to unite in !
a contest for prizes in the nature
of thoroughbred pigs, which are
offered by the Farmer and Stock
man.
While boys from eighteen down
to ten years are desired by Mr.
Tyre, let it be understood that
only the larger boys will enter
the hog-raising enterprise. There
is no prize for the hogs to be
raised by ,the larger boys, but
simply to train them in the prin
ciple of marketing, and they will
receive a substantial reward in
the sale of these hogs.
The contest for the smaller
boys is a different proposition,
calculated to appeal to the small
er boys, and the details of the
idea will be given by Mr. Tyre, j
who is first anxious to enlist the j
boys in some movements of this
kind. It is hoped that the pa- i
rents who desire their sons to
engage in a profitable enterprise
of this nature will make it a point
to get their boys in touch with
Mr. Tyre at once.
No Objection to the
Bridging of Streams.
Brunswick, Ga., April 18.—No
objection, from a point of navi
gation was made at a hearing to
day to the building of bridges
across navigable streams for the
purpose of making a highway
from Brunswick to St. Simons
Island.
Col. F. W. Altstaetter, United
States engineer in charge of the
Savannah district, held the hear
ing here this morning.
The Savannah River Lumber
Company, through R. B. Fox, its
manager at Darien, objected to
the right-of-way at Brunswick,
as the proposed right-of-way goes
through its old mill property. ■
Col. Altstaetter told Mr. Fox the
hearing was not to consider the
right-of-way but to find out if
there is any objection to bhilding
bridges across navigable streams.
He said the matter of right-of
way would have to be taken up i
with the county commissioners.
There was no objection to the con
struction of the bridges.
Col. Altstaetter, who is presi
dent of the Rotary Club of Sa
vannah, is to be a guest of the
Brunswick Rotary Club at its
luncheon today.
ROOM FOR ALU
1 Hello stranger, howdy do,
Welcome to our town.
If the place looks good to you,
Come and settle down.
I ] Let us have a happy home,
Make it friendly there;
Father, mother, sister, brother
You must do your share.
Let’s have everybody neighbors;
Let’s have every one a friend,
Let’s all strive to help each other
And we’ll have good times without end.
For if this county is just a good place for some, I ■
Then our pride will take a fall. jj
So let’s get together, work together, j|
Think together, pull together
And make a good county for all.
J. B. Tyre, Countv Agent. !j
Wc\t Houtxjnmm; Hmttfcir.
P.-T. Association
Held Meeting Friday, j
The Parent-Teachers Associa
tion held its regular meeting on >
last Friday afternoon at the au- 1
ditorium. Interesting papers w r ere
i read by Mesdames Julian Peter-1
son, Duncan Mcßae, E.
son, and Miss Marie Brown.
Plans for a Grammar School j
Library are being worked out, i
our May programme dealing with
this phase of school work.
Mrs. Duncan Mcßae, assisted
by Mrs. Marcus Calhoun and Mrs.
J. Wade Johnson, served delicious [
refreshments,
Four Square Club
Entertained Monday, i
The Four Square Club held its!
regular meeting with Mrs. Tyler i
and Miss Youmans on Monday ■
j afternoon at the girls’ dormitory
which never appeared more love
ly than with its decorations of
ferns and Easter lilies.
Punch was served to the guests
by Misses Thelma Andrews and
Margaret Currie from an impro-1
vised nest of Easter eggs and j
bunnies.
After the games, the highest j
score being made by Mrs. Jim i
Peterson, Misses Andrews and j
Currie served delicious straw
berries, cream and cake.
It was indeed a most enjoyable
occasion.
We regret the continued ab
sence of our President, Mrs.
Durham Cobb, but we are glad to
know that her mother is so much
i imyroved in health.
Those present were Mesdames
Jim Peterson, Julian Peterson,
Mark Mcßae, Tyler and Misses J
| Jessie Peterson, Marie Peterson, 1
i Catherine Currie, Thelma An
drews, Margaret Currie, Geiger,
Brown, Bedingfield, Douglas,
Pinkerton, E. Lee, McWhorter,
and Youmans.
.
Russia Now Out of
Danger of Starving.
New York, April 19.—A1l dan-:
ger of famine in Russia has pass
ed, asserted James P. Goodrich,
former Governor of Indiana, who
arrived on the steamer Olympic
today after a six-month tour of
the stricken regions of Europe in
behalf of the American Relief
Commission.
He planned to leave for Wash
ington later in the day to lay his
report before President Harding.
The 52,000,000 appropriated by
Congress to feed starving Rus
sians has been well spent, Mr.
| Goodrich said. American food
has arrived in sufficient quanti
ties to break the famine.
Bonus Will Pass.
Washington, D. C., April 18.—
: Passage of the bonus, speedy ac-
I tion on the tariff have both been
; decided upon by the senate re
publicans in conference.
A resolution committing the
, republican party to the passage
i of a bonus was adopted by a vote
of 26 to 9.
MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, APR. 20, 1922.
Notes Public School Grades.
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V
First Grade Honor Roll
Charlie Burch, Walter Dickson, i
Jack Johnson, Malcolm Peterson, j
| Cecil Raekley, Alex Denton,
Frederick Truitt, Josephine An-!
derson, Sarah Frances Calhoun, j
Mary Bess Cummings, Lucille
Connell, Vernon Hicks, Corrinei
Hardmon, Mary Jones, Helen
Martin, Mary Lizzie Thompson, j
Oris Yeomans, Sara Velma
Thompson.
The first grade enjoyed an
Easter egg hunt Saturday after
j noon. The prize basket of eggs j
! was found by Alex Denton.
|
i Fifth Grade —
Our grade no longer has tardv .
marks and it has only a few ab-'
;sent marks. If spring doesn’t
get too great a hold on us and
we continue our promptness and
will study hard enough most of I
us will be promoted.
Honor Roll —
Lucius Brady, Lucile Conn,
Nina Salter, Dillon Leggett,
! Herschel Grimsley, Joe and John :
Underwood, Johnnie Sears.
j Seventh Grade-
Honor Roll —Cora Conn, Rosa
Daniels, Margaret Salter, Julia (
McArthur, Eloise Johnson, Scha
! lah Stephens. *
B. Y. P. U.
at Soperton.
The following is the program
to be observed by Fourth District
B. Y. P. U., to be held in Soper
ton, Friday, April 28:
Presiding officer—C. L. Mc
! Gahee.
10 a. m. —Inspirational music— •
Mr. Claude Phillips.
10:15 —Devotional —Abiding in
Christ—J. J. Walker.
10:30 —Words of welcome— 1
Col. D. R. Jackson.
Response to words of welcome
—M. E. Burns.
10:45—Special music duet— |
| Mrs. F. T. McGahed and Miss
Mabel Burns.
I:so—What the B. Y. P. U.
has meant to my life—Miss Ma
bel Burns.
11:00—Reports from unions.
11:15 —Address Stewardship
—H. A. Turner.
11:35—Making the most of life
Miss Emilv, Boyd.
11:55—Value of Faithfulness
in Service —Dr. L. H. Darby.
11:55—Special music solo—
Miss Zelma Burns.
12:00—What the Denomination
expects of our young people—
Rev. Levi Phillips.
Adjourn for dinner.
I:4s—lnspirational music—!
Claude Phillips.
2—Devotional fellowship'with i
Christ—Joseph E. Taylor.
2:15-What the B. Y. P. U.
means to the church —Rev. C. E.
McDaniel.
2:3O—A Poem —a Junior desire
—Miss Ethel Boyd.
2:4o—Address on Junior Work
Miss Luella Hudson.
2:55 —Business.
3:05 —Why have a B. Y. P. U.
—C. V. Cooper.
3:ls—A challenge to young
people —R. Dove.
3:3s—Special music duet—Mr. J
and Mrs. Pierce Calhoun.
3:4o—lmportance of Bible
readers course—J. J. Atkins.
3:so—Our plans for making
our union 100 per cent—F. J.
Tanner.
Closing address—T. J. Barnett.
Ali Unions are urged to send
representatives.
C. L. McGahee
Vice-President.
Laundry.
We have the agency for the
Ideal Laundry at Macon. Leave
packages at store. Prompt ser
vice. Mt. Vernon Mercantile Co.
4134.
j The girls had a clean record
; this week. The boys had 7 ab-
I sences and 1 tardy.
Most of us are doing very nice
ly in our school *now, and hope
every one will make their grade.
! We are getting ready for our
time to entertain in chapel by
giving a play.
We are very sorry that Frank
i lin Dickerson is not in school
| now.
1 Frank Mcßae is out today on !
account of hurting his eye. We
hope it will be all right.
By Dorothy Hunt and j
Margaret Salter.
The free term of Mt. Vernon
i Ailey Grammar school closes Sat
urday, April 29. A tuition of
$2.50 for first four grades and
$3.00 for sth, 6th, 7th grades
! will be charged for month of
| May. No child will receive a
card of promotion unless this last
month’s work is done. This work
is necessary in order to cover
| required course of study, and to
j make the proper connection with
high school, which will also do j
this extra month’s work. This ;
tuition must be sent or brought :
, by Tuesday, May 2.
S. M. McWhorter,
' Principal.
Schools to be
Consolidated.
Signed by a vast number of
citizens from the territory involv
ed, the following petition was
presented to the Board of Educa
tion at their last regular session:
I “We the undersigned voters of
! the Seward, Longpond, Charlotte
and Uvalda school districts do
| hereby petition your honorable
; body to consolidate these districts
I to allow us to avail ourselves of
| the advantages of a consolidated
: school to be located at Uvalda.
pupils from a distance to be trans
ported by trucks; one trustee to
be elected from each consolidat
ing district and one from the dis
trict at large.”
The Board tabled action on the
above petition until their next
' regular meeting in order to give
: time for any objection to the pe
tition, should there be any, and
to also give further opportunity
to the citizens of the Longpond
district to sign the petition, as it
was stated to the Board that the
petition had not been fully circu
lated in that district.
Any one objecting to the pe
! tition will please file their objec-
I tions with the County School
! Superintendent by or before the
next regular meeting of the
j Board, as the Board will take ac
tion on the petition at that time.
Thos. B. Conner, C. S. S.
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Orange Trees Being
Destroyed «by Pests.
Waycross, April 19. —Orange
i growers of this section are being
annoyed to a considerable extent
by a small animal known as the
“orange dog.” The pest com
pletely devours the foliage of the
trees and unless checked will
destroy the crop. Several grow
ers have found a large number of
the pest on their trees. H. B.
Spear stated that he had dis
covered several hundred on his
trees.
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.
A Recital by Pupils
Tuesday Evening.
On Tuesday evening at 8:15
o’clock at Brewton-Parker audi
torium a program will be given
by Miss Margaret Currie, pianist,
and Miss Nellie Long, reader,
assisted by Miss Nannie Lou Mc-
Intyre and Mr. Olan Stubbs,
violinists. The public is cordial
ly invited to be present and there
by encourage home talent.
Poplar Head.
Special Correspondence
Mrs. C. H. Collins was the
guest of Mrs. C. C. Warnock
' Sunday.
j Mr. Howard Phillips was the
i guest of Willie J. Phillips Satur
day night.
Mrs. Norman Gillis and Miss
Hazel Gillis were the guests of
Miss Atlas Braddy Wednesday.
Mrs. Clara Pernali was the
guest of Mrs. J. T. Jones this
past week.
Misses Mary Esther and Irma
Lee Phillips were the guests of
i Miss Agnes Memory Friday af
!ternoon.
Mrs. H. A. Braddy made a
business trip to Soperton,Thurs
day.
I •
We are glad to report that. Mrs.
J. T. Jones is still improving.
Mr. Willie J. Phillips and Miss
es Mary Esther and Irma Lee
Phillips attended church at Tar
rytown Sunday night.
Mr. Willie Braddy and family
were the guests of his brother,
Mr. H. A. Braddy, Sunday last.
Mr. Clifford Whitaker was the
guest of Mr. Milton Whitaker
Sunday.
Mrs. Lummie Collins was the
guest of Mrs. G. E. West Sun
day.
South Georgia Mah
Mysteriously Disappears.
- Albany, Ga., April 18.—The
mysterious disappearance of E.
R. Sheppard, of Putney, near
here, in Dougherty county, and
finding of his abandoned automo
bile and suit case near Lumber
ton, N. C., in which section he
had been selling lightning rod
equipment, have caused his fam
ily to make public the facts in j
the case in the hope that he may
! be found.
Mr. Shepard is a member of,
the firm Shepard Bros., dealers
in lightning rod equipment, and
his territory includes North and
South Carolina. He left his
home in Putney on March 26, in
his roadster and up until about
a week ago he wrote regularly to
| his wife. Then his letters sud
denly stopped coming, and after
several days inquiries were insti
tuted. Telegrams were sent to
; place which it was thought he
j had probably visited recently, I
but these brought no information |
lof the missing man.
Then a man in Sylvester who
knew Mr. Shepard received a let
ter from a man in Lumberton,
N. C., telling of the finding of
an abandoned Ford car contain
ing a suitcase with the initials
“E. D. S.”
The letter was written to the
Sylvester man because he has a
son with those initials, but the
Ford and suit case were not his.
It was through this letter, how
ever, that relatives of Mr. Shep
ard obtained their first clue, and
inquiry soon established beyond
all doubt that the car and suit
case were those of Mr. Shepard
It was standing in a road with
the lights burning near the Lum
berton River. Mr. Shepard had
been in Lumberton the afternoon
before, and it is supposed that
he had been on his way to some
other town. .
J. B. Shepard, of Doerun, Col
quitt county, has gone to North:
Carolina to make further inquir
ies and Sheriff G. E. Davis, of \
, Thomas county, left tonight toi
I clear up the mystery if possible.]
S. S. INSTITUTE -
MAY 16 AND 17
Ailey and Mt. Vernon Hosts
to the District Sunday
School Meet.
There will be held in Mt. Ver
non May 16 and 17 the Mcßae
District Sunday School Institute.
The exercises will be held in the
Mt. Vernon Methodist church,
and the entire public is invited
to take an active part in the ex
ercises.
Each Sunday school in the dis
trict is entitled to one delegate
for each fifty pupils or fractional
part. There will be able speak
ers and Sabbath school workers
from the bounds of Methodism,
and the meeting will be very
profitable for the cause of Sab
bath school work. Naturally,
✓ .
it is the purpose of the In
stitute to foster the cause and
advance the most modern and
effective methods looking to the
Methodist church.
The Institute will bring to the
county some very able talent.
Rev. I. L. Llellewyn of Helena,
district secretary, will be in
charge of the preparation of the
program, which will he given la
ter. Ailey and Mt. Vernon will
be joint hosts to the Institute,
and this will insure a pleasant
and profitable time for all who
attend.
Services Sunday at
Presbyterian Church.
Regular services at the Mt.
Vernon Presbyterian church next
Sabbath. Sabbath school, 10:00
a. m. Preaching by pastor, 11:00
a. m. and 3 p. m.
The morning service will be
followed by a congregational
meeting, the purpose of which is
to take action on the resignation
of Rev F. M. Baldwin. A full
attendance of the membership is
desired. The church will act on
the matter Sunday morning, and
in the event of the pastor leaving
Mt. Vernon he will not do so un
til the first of June.
The Darby Mill Plant
Burned at Douglas.
Douglas, Ga., April 19. — r lhe
J. F. Darby & Brother Lumber
Company, sawmill and shed in
Douglas was destroyed last night
about mid-night by a fire, the
origin of which is unknown, at a
loss of some $7060 or SBOOO with
no insurance. This was a small
mill which had been put in by
the company. The company was
already planning within a short
time to put up a big mill to cut
the various tracts of timber pur
chased by the company within
I reach of Douglas and it is proba
| ble that they will go to work at
once to install the big mill. The
mill was located out of reach of
the fire limits and the Douglas
fire department was not in posi
tion to render any aid.
Short Line Railroads
Make a Strong Appeal.
Atlanta, April 18.—Plans for
legislative and other aid for the
short line railroads in Georgia
were the subject of discussion at
a meeting of the newly formed
Georgia Shorty line Association
called here today.
“This is a campaign to prevent
Georgia from taking a step
backward,” said H. J. Quincy,
chairman of the association's
legislative committee. “The
short line railroads of the olate
are of vital impotance to
thousands of Georgians and
; their abandonment would cause
| ruin to a large number of people.”
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