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VOL. XXXVI CONFERENCE ASSIGNMENTS Rev. L. E. Brady Returned Work Mount Vernon Circuit. The South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church, which has been in session in Way cross during the“ past,.week, 'closed Monday, and,;the'appointments were read out by Bishop Ains- j worth, presiding, just before the noon hour. Bishop Ainsworth stated that the South Georgia Conference had the best Sabbath School or ganization in the connection. His presidency of the conference was indorsed by a rising vote. The sum of $92,269 was appor tioned for general:; work and $71,481 for the conference work of the’ensuing year. 1 Dr. Bascom Anthony, Rev. J. *M. Outler and Rev. J. P. Dell were chosen trus tees of the Wesleyan Christian ■ Advocate. Rev. J. M. Glenn is Centenary Secretary to South Georgia and Florida. Rev. W. M. Blitch, an other well-known member of the' Conference, is assistant secretary of the Church Extension Board. Dr. Bascom’Anthony returns as presiding elder of the Savannah District. The appointments of the Mcßae District are as follows: Mcßae distaict. H. C.. Jones, presiding elder; Alma, R. W. Cannon; Altamaha circuit, C. S. Martin; Baxley, T. E. Davenport; Baxley circuit, N. H. Olmstead; Cedar Grove circuit, W. E. Mirr chens, Supply; Chauncey, I K. Chambers; Claxton, E L. Wain wright; Cobbtown, W. W. Hi 1; Daisy, to be supplied; Eastman, George M. Acree; Glennville, L. B. McMichael; Hagan, J. E. Channel; Hazlehurst, J. W. Tin ley; Helena and Scotland, C. L. Nease: Jacksonville, L, T. Rod gers; Lumber City, E. E. Gard ner; Lyons, Theodore Pharr; Mc- Rae, M. R. Heflin: Mt. Vernon, L. E. Brady; Pembroke, Moses Register; Reidsville, R. F. Den nis; Rhine, T. B. Kemp; Surren cy, J. P. Dickenson; Uvalda. E. C. Dowdy; Vidalia, J. E. Samp ley; Westgreen, W. C. Bryant; President South Georgia College, Joe E. Parker, Missionary evan gelist Mcßae and Dublin district, H. N. Benton. The following ministers and their new charges are referred to by reason of their having at one ! AILEY . DRUG . CO, 1 The Drug Store fills a very im- S portant place in any thrifty community. Ours is even I more than this—it is a Real Necesssity I DRUGS, TOILET ARTICLES ! GARDEN SEEDS, CANDIES 1 | STATIONREY, SOFT DRINKS 1 I 11 CALL ON US DAY OR NIGHT. WE ARE IN | BUSINESS TO SERVE AND SATISFY | AILEY DRUG CO. | AILEY, GA. | m£m fUmttgomprg Itomfur. Victory Bonds to be Retired. 1 The Federal Reserve Bank has given notice that all Federal notes, known as Victory Bonds, have been called to date of De cember 15. After December 15 these bonds which bear four and three-quar ter per cent interest, will no longer bear interest, and all own ers of such bonds, designated by serial letters A to F inclusive, ; should take them to their local 1 banks, to be sent in to the Gov ernment for redemption. ! In other words, the Govern ment will on December 15 retire such bonds, and the owner? are advised to have'them sent in for the cash. Mr. J. M. Ryals Died November 26. Mr. J. M. Ryals, at the age of ninety years, died Sunday, No ! vember 26, at the home of his son, Mr. Shonna Ryals, Wheeler county, near Glenwood. His daughters are Mrs. Lula Patrick, Lyons; Mrs. Laura Stokes, South Carolina. Mrs. J. ;W. McArthur is his sister. Half sisters are Mrs. A. 0. Gray of Uvalda; Mrs. Rosa Wager and Mrs. G. B. Whatley of Titusville, Fla., and his half-brother is Mr. Lawrence Ryals of Mcßae. Mr. Ryals was born and reared in Montgomery county, and is re membered by many of the older citizens of this entire section. Velvet Beans wanted. Best Prices Paid. Mt. Vernon Mer cantile Co. 1123 time served churches in this county and section, or by reason of former residence in this sec tion before uniting with the min istry, or who have been assigned to work in nearby towns. A. G. Brewton, Americus Cir cuit; Columbus, St. Mark, J. E. Barnhill; Columbus, St. Paul, W. L. Wright; Hamilton, J. T- Budd; Lilly, W. D. McGregor; Seville, C. A. Morrison, Vienna, C. M. Ledbetter, Soperton and Mission, F. A. Ratcliffee and W. H. Stro zier supply; Swainsboro, W. A. Tyson; Jeffersonville, J. M. Han cock; Macon, Second Street, J. N. Hudson; Albany, W. H. Budd; Boston, Geo. R. Partin, Norman Park, H. C. Brewton; Poulan, L. L. Barr; Sylvester, W. A. Hucka bee; Americus, First Church, John M. Outler. MT. VERNON, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1922. Striking New Red Cross Poster I ' r - '■ -- . ’ : - J | Chartered 1 Toßelieve and Prevent Suffering In Peace and In War - ] At Home <S~Abroad ■, -- <-' , * . ' *■. t Riveting the attention of the beholder on the fact that the Ameri can Red Cross is chartered by Congress as an official volunteer relief organization the dome of the Capitol at Washington, upon which is super imposed a large Red Cross, is the central figure of a new poster for the Annual Red Cross Roll Call. The poster, which has been pronounced one of the most striking of innumerable representations of the famous dome, is the work of Franklin Booth, a New York artist of wide renown. It will be displayed throughout the country during the Roll Call period, Armistice Day to Thanksgiving, when the Red Cross membership for 1923 will be enrolled. New Method to Check Weevil. On account of the great im portance of the recently discover ed “Improved Method” for con trolling the cotton boll weevil, made by the State Plant Board of Florida, the Seaboard Air Line, through its Development Department, feels that it would be doing a great injustice'if full information was withheld from all those farmers growing cotton along its territory in the States of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. The fact that it has been found practical to bring cotton back in to Florida is very important to the other states named, because in Florida the milder winters do not kill as many boll weevil, and the heavy rainfall during the longer summer greatly favors the pest. This method of control -shows conclusively that any farmer, white or black, need not have no fear in growing cotton under boll weevil conditions. This “Im proved Method” is a radical de parture from those control meth- 1 ods that have been advocated for the past twenty years. The or dinary calcium arsenate method of treating boll weevil has proven successful to some extent in the area served by the Seaboard Air Line. However, it has not been i I found adaptable except on land i that will produce at least a half | bale of cotton per acre. There-; fore, the Development Depart ment of the Seaboard Air Line Railway feels that it should pre seat to the farmers it daily serves : this cheap, and by far the most efficient, method for controlling the boll weevil that has yet been discovered, that farmers may be better able to support prosperous homes. While this method of control has not been worked out, or tried, in any other states than Florida, there at present appears n) theoretical reason why it should not be applicable to the other States. In the light of the information which is at present available, the “Improved Meth od,” adapted to the farms in th< counties through which the Sea board Air Line passes, is briefly this: Remove all squares, whether punctured or unpunctured, from the cotton plants just before the first bioorn appears in the field. Follow this at once, or within a day or two, or before the squares start growing back, with a thor ough dusting of each plant with either calcium arsenate or pow dered arsenate of lead. This poison should be applied by means of a hand dust gun, which forces the poison into the top buds of the cotton plant where the boll weevil feeds when there are no squares. Representatives of the Sea board’s Development Department have carefully followed and studied this method in the fields l as it was being tested out, and have personally talked with the farm owners and tenants, white and black, who have made three ;to twelve times more cotton in those fields where they used this “Improved Method” over where I they did not follow it. In some I fields there was only a small ; number of weevils, but in other 1 fields there were as many as 1,500 per acre. This “Improved Method” proved equally effective under both conditions. The Development Department of the Seaboard Air Line Rail way, at Norfolk, Va., is publish ing a circular entitled “An Im proved Method of Controlling 801 l Weevil,” giving full details regarding this “Improved Meth od” and the results obtained. A copy of this circular will be glad ly sent to any one requesting,,, it. Jesse M. Jones, General Development Agent Sea j board Air Line Railway Company. Hogs From A Hey Streets. The Town of Ailey yesterday took a vote on removal of hogs and cows from the streets of the place, and as a result the animals will no longer be allowed to run at large within the corporate lim its of Atlev. The vote stood 49 against hogs 1 and cows and 23 for a continua- j tion. No town can hope to attain a! j high civic standard as long as animals run at large on the streets, and their presence on the streets is ever a reflection on the pride of the town. Mt. Vernon has had such a law for several years, and it is a success. Aside from the effects of ani mals on the streets, from a sani tary and civic standpoint, it is quite true that the amount of damage done to private property is enormous. The incorporate limits of Ailey extend to those of Mt. Vernon, meeting at a midway point on the campus of The Brewton- Parker Institute, and the two' towns being connected by a broad highway, it is very agreeable that both towns should discard animals on the streets. Condi tions that effect one town quite likely to effect the other, and no doubt this is true of the hog and cow question, as during the past year animals from one town were *Tt)und in the other, and thereby subjected to the impounding pro cess and the usual inconveniences of such action. Ailey is to be congratulated on this progressive movement. Educational Week. December 3d to 9th. Dr. M. M. Parks, state schoo' commissioner, has been sending out much literature in the inter est. of American Education Week, to be observed in Georgia De cember 3 to 9 inclusive. Subjects have been assigned for each day, covering many phases of educa tional work, and if the program could be carried out in each county, no doubt it would be of benefit to the cause of education. tv demonstration agent, wonder ful progress will be made. True, many of the old-time methods are good, but it is conceded by all that modern methods applied to farming and stock-raising will bring better results —more mon ey and more pleasure—than the uncertain, haphazard methods employed a generation or more ago. I $50,000 on hand jj Th is amount to be' Loaned in this || section on Well Located Real Estate O Loans Closed in 24 Hours j j if security ample and titles good. $ No Delay. See me if you want o money on either Farm or City Prop- *) erty. Also have some Real Bargains * in Farm and City Property for Sale. | !J. WADE JOHNSON jj Loans and Real Estate h MOUNT VERNON GEORGIA > MAKE WAR ON THE RAT PEST A Growing Interest in Club Work in Myntgomery County. Got any rats you do not need? In many sections of the state the rat is more than a pest— he does an enormous amount of damage. But taken in any man | ner, the rat is a nuisance, and no doubt thousands of dollars worth iof property are destroyed in this county alone by Mr. Mus Rattus and his tribe every year. It may be impossible to finally get rid of the rat, but by precau tion on the part of the farmer or housenolder, he may be kept from eating up the earth. The Extension Department of the State College of Agriculture is putting on a campaign to de stroy the rat in Georgia, and this begins December 4—a week of rat fighting. When the week is out, and anybody finding rats around the premises may kill them without license, Dr. A. G. G. Richardson State College of Agriculture will speak at a number of points in Georgia during rat killing week, and on the 7th will be at Dublin. Those interested in the work would do well to attend this meeting. The rat is so common, on? scarcely thinks of the rapidity with which they multiply, and the amount of damage they do. Enough about rats. County Agent Tyre is actively visiting the schools of the coun ty and is interesting the boys tnd girls in club work. The membership of the county club, t>oth boys and girls, according to the phase of the work in which they may be interested, now numbers several hundred. Tie result of their work will beshown in a county fair to be held in Montgomery county during the fall of next year. To date the Tarrytown school has furnished a greater number of members than any other school in the county, and this communi ty will be able to make a fine showing. Education along the agricultu ral and live stock lines will pro duce results in this county not to be obtained in any other line. But few of the boys and girls can attend the agricultural col leges, even if their tastes run in this channel, but through the club work, advised by the coun- NO. 29