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THE MONTICELILLO NEWS
ESTABLISHED IN 1881.
GOVERNMENT FIGURES SHOW
THIS COUNTY GINNED 717
- BALES IN 1923 AS COMPARED
- WITH 297 FOR THE YEAR 1922.
The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of the Census,
announces the preliminary report on
cotton ginned by counties, in Geor
gia, for the crops of 1923 and 1922.
The total for the State was made
public at 10 a. m., Thursday, March
20th. ;
In 1923 there were 612,581 bales
ginned, against 735,874 for 1922.
Carroll county leads all ' other
counties with 22,921 bales in 1923,
against 17,928 for 1922, being close
1y -followed by Burke with 21,343
bales in 1923, against 15,466 the
previous year.
Counties in this section of the
State, together with their figures,
are published herewith:
County 1923 1922
Balawin C..oroceg 2,990 902
RIOh L Lo g e aos
Burke .ou-iolll: 91,948 15366
Busks: Dol in L 8897 12848
Caeroll o 2 ui a 0 22,991 < TT.948
Clazhke 00l op Sod R 0 40
Olayton (oiiolang 718 458
Crvawtord: _ ... "o 887 934
Dodpe. .. . ucwiiy Y 866 16887
Greene ..., iol 1,626 345
Hart mmemgsma--- 11,278 11,200
Henry “meglmma= 5,682 2,858
Houston ..<. .. 6,605 7,107
ROy SR N S 717 297
TAmMAY Lo sne e Rol o T 498
bauvens ... ... 12000 14,774
Monroe ... S 2,039 579
Movgmn ._.: 0. .4 2,413 1,566
NSRS ..o e 2,616 1,624
Deones. 00l 2,696 1,815
Oglethorpe ... _._ 4,663 3,067
Pikg dooh oLosalat LGERT 44D
Putnam oo 00l 776 164
Rockdale ... ____ 2,114 1,144
Spalting .. .Lo 4781 I.Te
WAV Sobl o lnit 0088 1806
Hoeon Ll il s 8%0 - 2.088
Walton ... oLI 8087 7,728
arren oo.ceos. 4981 2.668
Washington __. __ 6,786 5,394
Wilkinson -_. ____ 641 716
P-T. A. NOTES
Precepts
A P.-T. A. County Council in the
East recently issued the following
precepts that will bear our earnest
consideration: :
“School children aged four need
twelve hours’ sleep a day; aged five
to seven, eleven to twelve hours; and
twelve to fourteen, nine to ten hours.
Children grow mainly while sleeping
or resting; do you want yours to
grow stunted? ¢
“Tired children learn badly, and
often drift to the bottom. of the
class; do you want yours to grow up
stupid? . a
“Sufficient sleep draws a child on
ward and upward in the school and in
home life; insufficient sleep drags it
backward. Which wdy do you want
your child to go?
“Tiresome children are often only
tired children. That a neighbor’s
child is sent to bed late is not a good
reason for sending your child to bed
late. Two wrongs do not make a
right.”
’
The Function of P.-T. A.
Mrs. Milton P. Higgons, our
former [¢National President, says:
“It is not to interfere with the cur
riculum of the school, nor to tell
teachers how to do their work. It is
not to criticise the school system, but
it is to bridge the gap between the
school and the home, to harmonize
and UNIFY. P.-T. A.’s can do more
if they WILL., They can create and
foster a more lively and responsible
interest in education. The one is
their function, the other their ef
fect. Y
State Convontior‘l
Remember the State Convention,
April 29th, May Ist, Savannah, Ga.
Mrs. Charles A. Hilbun, Chairman
of Program, assisted by Mrs. R. D.}
Van Allen, of Savannah, and the five
directors of departments, is buuy.‘
arranging the program for the Sa
vannah Convention, It has just!
been ascertained that Mrs. Helen
Bradford Paulsen, “The Mother
Goose Lady” (so named by the Na
tional Rotarians) will be with us in
Savannah. Mrs. Paulsen was thel
outstanding speaker of our last Nu-I
. (Continued on pagé 8)
COSTING $6,200 HAS BEEN PUR
CHASED BY THIS CITY.
At a recent meeting of the city
council a modern America-LaFrance
fire engine, costing $6,200.00, was
purchased for use in this city in the
future. .The new machine will be
shipped within the next sixty days
and upen its arrival in Monticello
will have an adequate fire-fighting
equipment which will cope, it is
hoped, with all emergencies which
may arise from conflagrations both
in the business and residential sec
tions of the town.
The Hecht building, that is, the
lower floor and two rooms up-stairs,
have been rented for two years, and
as soon as necessary alterations can
be made to allow the fire engine to
be placed therein, the council cham
bers will be moved from the court
hLouse basement to the new quarters.
Owing to the fact that many ladies
find it necessary to go to the city
hall to transact business with the city
authorities, the change from the
court house basement to a better
place was deemed advisable by the
city fathers and when the Hecht
building has been made ready for the
accommodation of the city govern
ment, any one may go there with
perfect propriety.
Of course, there may be some who
will want to assassinate the -city
fathers for this progressive step, for
it is impossible to please everybody.
We only hope that fire will not visit
them, as they will be the ones who
will call the loudest for help should
such a calamity befall them.
When the new engine arrives and
men have been trained to manage it
and it has been given a chance to
prove its worth to the citizenry of
the town—everybody will be pleased
and live happily afterwards.
ONE VARIETY OF COTTON
FOR EACH NEIGHBORHOOD
The mixing of cotton seed at the
gin has given rise to the idea that
varieties “run out,” There is no
doubt about their running out but
but this is due to ‘““mongrelizing” or
mixing rather than any defect or
disease in the seed. The proposed
remedy of changing the seed does
not remove the cause of the trouble,
but only invites still more “running
out,” for the more numerous the va
rieties in a community, the greater
the mixing of the seed at the gin and
crossing of varieties in the field.
The real remedy lies in the growing
of one kind of cotton in the com
munity, so that there is neither
crossing in the fields nor mixing at
the gin. ’
In deciding on the variety which is
to be grown throughout the com
munity, it is necessary that the farm
ers meet together and arrange for
the making of local variety tests to
determine which is the best of a lot
of promising varieties. At the end
of one year a variety should be se
lected for general planting in the
community, for although several
years may be needed to reach a de
cision as to the best variety, due to
seasonal fluctuations, even a rather
inferior variety will give better re
sults when grown by the community
as a whole than-a number of good
varieties mixed together. Further
more, an organized community can
change to superior variety when a
definite advantage can be shown and
seed can be obtained in sufficient
quantity, The Pima variety was
substituted for the Yuma in the Salt
River Valley of Arizona, after a suf
ficient stock of Pima seed had been
raised to plant the entire area.—The
Progresive Farmer.
j! The News is requested to make
‘announcement that Rev. J. J. Win
burn will preach at Bethel church
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock and at
New Rocky Creek at 3 o’clock in the
afternoon,
Mr. Winburn is a former pastor at
both these churches,
SERVICES SUNDAY AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Regular preaching services will be
held Sunday at the Presbyterian
church at the morning and evening
hours, Rev. L. K. Martin, of Bolzell,
S. C., occupying the pulpit. “
A cordial invitation is extended to‘
ali to attend both services.
MONTICELLO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1924.
MONTICELLO-ZEBULON
'DEBATE HERE TONIGHT
M. H. S. WINS TWO DEBATES
Monticello High School negative
defeated the Eatonton High School
in Eatonton on last Friday night.
At the same time Eatonton negative
was defeated by the Monticello High
School affirmative in Monticello.
The Monticello debaters for Eaton
ton were D. T. Pye and Chas. R.
Smith., Those for the Monticello
debate were Annie E. Benton and
Luetta Smith.
Tonight (Friday) at 8:15 the
GEORGIA WEEKLY
Columbus—Central of Georgia
railroad to spend approximately $5,-
000,000 improving line from this
city to Birmingham.
Decatur—New SIOO,OOO building
to be erected for Decatur Bank &
Trust company.
Savannah—Contract to be let for
construction of new auditorium for
Benedictine School.
Brunswick—Construction of new
drawbridge Back river on highway to
St. Simon Island completed.
Augusta—Georgia and Florida
railway planning extension of line
from this city to Greenwood.
Summerville—Erection of new
$35,000 Presbyterian church nearing
completion,
Jackson—s3s,ooo bond issue
voted for erection of new school
building.
Savannah—Plans under way for
construction of new Pals’ club house.
Jackson—Georgia Pimento Can
ners sign contract for 1924 output
of 1,000 cars.
Blackshear—Contract let .for con
struction of addition to Farmers
Tobacco Warehouse.
Atlanta—s6oo,ooo campaign to
advertise and' develop Georgia re
sources planned by representatives
of all sections of the State.
Augusta—Construction to begin
soon on new $700,000 addition to
veterans’ hospital.
Sylvester—Site being selected for
erection of new post office building.
Atlanta—St. Luke’s Episcopal
church to erect new additions at cost
of $40,000.
Dalton—sßo,ooo contract let for
street paving.
Jackson—New Methodist church
under construction to cost between
$50,000 and $60,000.
Valdosta—Valdosta Lighting Com-
Canning and Home Demonstration Club Dept.
Girls' Canning Club Motto: *“To Make the Best Better.”
Conducted by Mrs. Ida M. Phillips, Home Demo#stration Agent
IMPROVE YOUR KITCHEN!
Is life a pleasure or a drudge?
The answer to this question depends
in large measure upon the kind of
kitchen you have. Is it convenient?
Is it easy to keep clean? It is equip
ped with l_abor-saving- devices that re
duce the expenditure of time and
energy?
Home-making is a business as
practical as that of farming or keep
ing a store. The housewife should
become as proficient in her realm as
the business man is in his. Without
careful planning and organization
housework becomes a ceaseless
drudge.
The editor of the Farmer’s Wife
tells of a woman on a farm who walk
ed twelve miles a day when doing
‘only her daily routine of housework.
‘Had her home been conveniently ar
‘ranged and had she had a few of the
necessary labor-saving devices her
work would have been reduced many
times. |
Recently a demomstration was car
ried out by a group of students at
Antioch College to see how much]
time and labor could be saved by
having the kitchen properly ar
ranged and equipped. Two meals
consisting of like dishes were pre
pared, one in & model kitchen and the
other in an old-fashioned kitchen.
It required 21% minutes and 271
steps to prepare the meal in the old
fashioned kitchen while it only re
quired 15% minutes and 21 steps in
the well-arranged kitchen. At this
rate the old-fashioned woman trav
cled 200 miles a year more than was
necessary in preparing the meals for
Zebulon High School negative will
debate the Monticello High School
affirmative in Monticello, while the
Monticello High School negative will
debate the Gray High School affirm
ative in Gray. All are requested to
be present at the Monticello-Zebulon
debate. COME AND STAND BY
THE SCHOOL!
There will be a charge of ten and
twenty cents to defray the expenses
of the judges who, according to the
rules, must be secured out of the
county,
\
COUNTY SCHOOL
|
MEET ON APR. 11
Two weeks from today we meet
for what should be the eventful
day for Jasper County. That cause
which we are all interested in—edu
cation. The entire county should
feel the spirit of the day. The prog
ress of the county in many ways
depends upon the stride that is made
in education. Put all you have in
the cause. Come, bring your basket
and be one of the CROWD.
The schools, by this time, should
be well along with your getting ready
for the events for field day, April
11. I would like to' know how many
events each school are entering, as
well as the names of the pupils who
are to’ enter the individual events.
Get just as much of this information
as possible to me Monday, March
81. This will enable me to begin
working up our program. This does
not mean you are not to enter other
events but as soon as you have com
pleted your program please send re
maining names.
. DENNIS D. STILL.
pany completes construction of new
transmission line to this point, bring
ing hydro-electric power from Geor
gia-Alabama plant.
’7s.flinesville—-Plans completed for
erection of new high school building.
Rockmart—Second Baptist church
to begin construction of new edifice.
Macon—Negroes purchase site for
new community playground on Fort
Hill.
- Austell—Austell Cabinet Com
pany building new factory.
Arlington—soo bushels of Salis
bury cotton seed to be distributed to
farmers of Calhoun county at cost.
Macon—Central Georgia Power
company orders equipment of first
unit of $3,000,000 electric and
steam power plant. |
lher family
After all it is not the actual prep
aration of a meal that makes cooking
go fatiguing. It is the fact that in
preparing these meals miles upon
miles have to be walked in the course
of 2 week’s time in getting the proper
|utensils with which to work., The
efficient woman arranges her kitchen
well; saves her time, saves her ener
gy, saves her patience. It is not
har! to decide between these two, the
|ol(|»fashioned woman or the efficient
woman of the present, which one will
greet her husband home from a hard
day’s work, with a smile nd a cheery
welcome. A worn-out woman in the
kitchen cannot be happy no matter
how hgrd she may try to conceal her
l troubles,
It does not always require a great
"expvnditure of time and money to
‘mnkv the kitchen convenient. A
;wisc usesof the spare time of the
man on the farm may accomplish
this. It may consist only in ar
‘ranging furniture so as to save steps,
in adjusting working surfaces to suit
the height of the worker and in ar
ranging cooking utensils conveni
ently. There are also many kinds of
labor-saving devices that may be
made at home,
Because of the great need for bet
ter kitchens the State College of Ag
riculture is Qnductlng kitchen con
tests in the vaMous counties where
there are Home Demonstration
Agents. Later there will be a State
wide Contest. If your kitchen lis
not what it should be join the con
test. Rules for the contest will be
furnished by your County Homo‘
Demonstration Agent,
TO BE ERECTED AND WILL BE
READY FOR PEACH SEASON.
A permit was granted by -city
council a few days ago for the
erection of a modern packing shed
on the Wellington lot near the bob
bin mill and‘material is now being
placed on the premises for that pur
pose.
Another shed is now in the course
of erection at Minneta.
These sheds, together with the one
built last year by the Monticello Or
chards Company, will be used in a
co-operative way by members of the
Jasper county division of the Geor
gia Peach Growers’ Exchange.
The building in Monticello will be
used by owners of peach orchards in
this vicinity, the one on the property
of the Monticello Orchards Company
by shippers in that section and the
one at Minneta in a like manner.
~ The location of the sheds was
‘made so as to even up the shipping
‘facilities of the various orchards
owned by members of the organiza
tion as much as possible and no
doubt the new plan will prove very
helpful and profitable to all con
\cerned.
It is the aim of those in charge of
the erection of the two sheds men
tioned above to have them ready for
use when the peach-shipping time ar
rives.
' It is needless to state that these
buildings will be modern and con
)venient in every way.
The News congratulates the mem
bers of the local exchange upon this
new movement and trusts that 1924’s
peach crop will prove to be one of
the largest possible.
MRS. LEILA EZELL
Mrs. Leila Peteet Ezell, widow of
the late H. H. Ezell, of Shady Dale,
died on March 21, at her home in
Shady Dale, in the sixty-second year
of her age.
’ Although Mrs. Ezell had not been
'in the best of health since the death
‘of her husband on August 1, 1914,
yet her last illness which began Feb
ruary 2 was not expected to prove
fatal until a few days before the end.
Naturally of a sunny disposition
she had brightened many lives, and
had made and held scores of friends
in this section and elsewhere. A de
voted member of the Providence
Baptist Church at Shady Dale she
had been an active worker therein,
and was President of the Woman’s
Missionary Union. She had been
generous in responding to every
good cause, and lavish in the hospi
tality extended to those who enter
ed her home as guests. She was
quick to visit the sick, and was
especially kind to her - neighbors.
Mrs. Ezell had been preceded to
the grave by her parents, Mr. and
John C. Peteet, and her only sister,
Mrs. Clayt Freeman. No children
were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ezell, but
shortly after taking up their resi
dence in 'Shady Dale they adopted a
baby girl, who was thereafter known
as Louise Ezell, until her marriage to
Mr. M. C. Mobley. The condolence
of a wide circle of friends is being
extended to this surviving daughter,
who is still a resident of Shady Dale,
The funeral was conducted by
Messrs T. C. Tucker, of Shady« Dale,
and Ray M. Persons, of Monticello,
and the funeral sermon delivered at
the residence by her former pastor,
Rev. J. D. Winchester, of Monti
cello, after which she was laid to rest
by the side of her husband in Shady
Dale cemetery., The funeral was
largely attended and there were
many beautiful floral offerings.
For the past several days a force
of hands, with the aid of mules and
wagons, have been at work on War
ren street putting it into first-class
condition. Top soil is being used to
make the thoroughfare better and
more permanent,
As soon as this work is completed
the street leading from the publie
square to the depot, more commonly
known as “Depot” street, will be
worked in the same manner.
Other streets which need repairing
will be worked, we understand, as
goon as posaible.
Try a “want” ad--it pays!
NUMBER 51.
MRS. JOE GRUBBS
SWEET CHRISTIAN WOMAN OF
MONTICELLO FOUND DEAD
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—FU
NERAL MONDAY MORNING.
A great shock to relatives and
friends was the announcement flash
ed over our little city late Saturday
afternoon that Mrs. Joe S. Grubbs
had died suddenly in her apartments
at the home of Mrs. S. F. Peurifoy,
on Eatonton street.
Mrs. Grubbs died about 5:30 o’-
clock, and a sad thing connected
with her passing was that no one was
in the house with her when the end
came. A lady friend calling on
Mrs. Peurifoy, who was at the time,
out visiting on the other side of the
town, found Mrs. .Grubbs lying on
the floor in an unconscious condi
tion. Assistance was summoned but
she died within a short time.
Mrs. Grubbs delighted in doing
little acts of kindnesses for others,
and she was stricken just following
one of these deeds—that of building
a fire in the bedroom of her friend,
Mrs. Peurifoy, whom she thought
would be cold after walking home
from her visit out in town.
Before marriage Mrs. Grubbs was
Miss Susie Hardin, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hardin. She
was born in Jasper county and at the
time of her death was seventy-one
years of age.
The deceased was a devout mem
ber of the Monticello Baptist church.
She was a sweet, Christian lady and
had countless friends who mourn her
passing. She was kind, affectionate
and tender in her dealings with
all and to know her was to love her.
Funeral services were held from
New Hope church, in the lower part
of the county, Monday wmorning,
Rev. J. D. Winchester, of Monti
cello, and Rev. J. I. Niblett, of
Gladesville, officiating.
Interment was in the church ceme
tery.
Mrs. Grubbs is survived by her
husband, Mr. Joe S. Grubbs, of Mon
ticello; one brother, Mr. J. M. Har
din, of Siloam; one sister, Mrs. L. H.
Cherry, of Macon; also two step-sons,
Mr. Claud Grubbs and Mr. Olin
Grubbs, both of Terra Cea, Florida.
On last page of this issue of The
News may be seen an advertisement
of the Heffner-Vinson Stock Com
pany announcing a week’s engage
ment in Monticello, beginning next
Monday, March 31st.
This company is reputed to be one
of the best on the road today.
The performances]will be given
under canvas, which will be located
on the T. C. Tucker & Son’s lot op
posite the printing office.
- HILLSBORO NEWS
i Miss Odessa White spent the week
‘end with Miss Cleo Jackson, who is a
'student of the State Normal School
'in Athens.
| Prof. J. H. Wheeler, of Norman
Park, spent the week-end with rela
’tives here, and was accompanied
;home Monday by Mrs. Wheeler and
‘baby.
| Mr. and Mrs. Odell White, Mr. G.
'B. Turner and Miss Dorcas White
spent last Monday in Macon.
| Miss Evelyn Rylee, of Oxford, was
‘the week-end guest of Miss Vanda
‘Taylor,
Miss Dorcas White left Saturday
for a visit to relatives in Grovania
and also to be a guest at the White-
Register wedding on March 30th.
~ Mrs. C. L. Ridley spent Monday
with her father, Dr. Cheatham, who
is ill at his home in Macon,
Mrs. H. E. Torrance, of Hender
sonville, N. C., spent several days re
cently with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hadaway, Miss
es India Hadaway and Amy Lizzie
Turner and Mrs. J. C. Turner spent
Satunday in Macon.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Middlebrooks
and children, of Macon, were recent
guests of the for_er's sister, Mrs, E.
B. McCullough.
Friends of Mrs. Eulalia Alexander
regret to learn of the illness of her
little daughter, Laree.
Mr. J. C. Turner, of Mercer Uni
versity, spent several days of last
week with homefolks here, .
Mr, and Mrs. Ham Holland, Mrs.
‘Watson and Mr. and Mrs, Hunt Tay
lor, of Jones county, spent Sunday
‘with Mr, and Mrs. R. J, Sammons.