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THE MONTICELLO NEWS
ESTABLISHED 1881.
SUBSTITUTE IS ACCORDED GEN
UINE SOUTHERN HOSPITALI
TY UPON HIS RECENT TRIP
TO GRAND OLD JASPER.
Extended an invitation to be one
of the guests at a barbecue supper
given by Monticello and Jasper coun
ty sportsmen at “Camp Suitsus”
recently, O. B. Keeler, who conducts
an interesting and always highly
entertaining column each day in that
paper which “Covers Dixie like the
Dew,” “writ-up” the local tribes
men in an effusive as well as pro
fusive maner in Sunday’s paper under
the caption, “Covering Monticello by
Proxy.”
When it comes to ‘“‘covering”
sports—from golf down to up-jinks—
Keeler has no equal and is entitled
to the cut-glass fly-swatter. He
helped to put Bobby Jones in the
limelight, gofistically speaking, not
to mention other celebrities of lesser
renown, and at the rate he is going
now the eyes of the epicures through
out the world are turned Monticello
ward, wistfully and eagerly longing
to “sample’” some of these dainties
which have gained national and inter
national recognition, due to his out
burst of language. Suffice it to
say, when O. B. puts his o. k. to a
thing it is capable of standing the
test.
Mr. Keeler's article is as follows:
Sometimes a proxy is a wonderful
thing. I can fancy a golf match
against Bobby Jones by proxy; a
trapshooting contest with Mark Arie
by proxy, a boxing competition
with Gene Tunney by proxy. But
imagine having to report a meeting
of the Monticello sportsmen by
proxy? I had a good proxy, to be
sure— Trammell Scott. But gee—
fancy taking home-cured ham by
proxy; and your peaches out of a
bottle, by proxy; and listening to the
talk about field dogs and bird dogs—
some people insist on a distinction—
and doing your bit in the songs, by
proxy, when Georgia sportsmen get
together? However, it had to be
that way, I couldn’t go to the Big
Pond, nine miles as the boiled owl
flies from Monticello, where they
have the big barbecue every year and
the dog-men assemble, and every man
is a winner, there being no judges
and the dogs not having to run a
course. “Every man there had at
least one winning dog,” reported
Major Scott. “The judges had to
lay off, this time. At Waynesboro,
now, there will be another story.
Several other stories. But at Monti
cello—" Well, Major Scott admits
that he got there a bit late; that
they were singing when he arrived,
though they had not yet reached
“Sweet Adeline.” And he further
depones that he came rapidly from
the rear and in less than four fingers
was in the middle of the chorus led
by those two estimable tenors, Dr.
E. M. Wilder, of Augusta, and Au
gustus J. Ryan, of Atlanta, the only
real sartorial rival of John K. Ottley
when it comes to dressing a field
trial as it should be dressed.
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“The next to the first thing that
greeted me, gastronomically,” said
Major Scott, “was a brace of ham
sandwiches of that famous home
grown and home-cured ham of Dr.
‘Fess’ Belcher’s. Remember it?”
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1 should say I do! One sniff of that
divine ham would cause Jove to kick
over the ambrosia-pot and go thun
dering down the slopes of Olympus,
seeking the origin of that supernal
odor. Also, that ham will put hair
on your chest, if used regularly. I
wish I could use it regularly, although
I never was one to cdre'about hirsute
adornment in that section.
* * *
There they were, at Big Bend,
just out of Monticello; a gathering of
gentlemen-sportsmen as fine as any
the world can produce—and me hav
ing to report the proceedings by
proxy! Still, as I said, I had a darned
good proxy; a sportsman; a soldier;
an officer and a gentleman. Tram
mell Scott {s all of that, and you
can’t go so much farther, in this
sphere of activity. Also, he has a
graphic taste for news and features;
take his statement about the peaches
in their best form. That is a touch
worthy of Chaucer or Bill Shake
speare. As an humble writer I re-
The News has been requested to
announce that Elder Jas. M. Adams,
of Monroe, will preach at Fellowship
church the third Sunday in October,
the services to begin at 11 o’clock
a, m,
The public is invited to attend.
NO LITTLE TASK FURNISHINGI
BASEBALL BULLETINS, YET
ONE MAN, EDSON BREWSTER,
AN EXPERT, DOES IT ALONE.
It’s a world series game. Score is‘
tied, bases full, and the slugger is‘
swinging his bat. The stands are
packed with fans, their eyes glued on ‘
the game. As the fans watch the
pitcher uncoil, they keep an eye on
the batter; bam!!! He hits it! It
crashes to the shortstop or sails into
the right field stands—or it comes to
rest in the catcher’s mitt.
But still within the charmed circle
are millions of fans who never-held
down a seat at a “world’s serious.”
In cities, towns and hamlets stretch
ing from coast to coast and from
gulf to gulf they follow the game in
the newspapers, on the sports tick
ers, or on the bulletin boards in
theatres and crowded squares. They
know the names of all the major
league players and can tell you in
an instant who put this man out at
second and who backed into the
fence to catch a high fly.
Getting the news to these fans by
newspaper, ticker, and bulletin board
is no little task. For days before a
world’s series game is to be played
wires are being strung from the dia
mond to the waiting millions. Ap
proximately 60 special wires, each
‘manned by an operator, are required
‘to accommodate the 600 odd news
paper and magazine writers assigned
‘to cover the baseball classic. Several
of the press associations own or lease
networks of wires that top the moun
‘tains, cross rivers, and dip into every
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move my new fall hat to that line.
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Now read the roster of those
gentlemen-sportsmen who were pres
ent at Monticello—and who will be
at Waynesboro, at the winter field
trial ; a galaxy of old-fashioned, dyed
in-the-wool, thoroughbred sportsmen
from south of the Smith & Wesson
line; men you can’t meet anywhere
else in the world, and men who,
when you are lucky enough to meet
them, will supply you with conversa
tion, song, ham, barbecue, and
peaches in their most intriguing
form.
* * *
At Monticello were assembled A.
S. Thurman, Eugene Benton, C. J.
Goolsby, W. A. Reid, F. R. Ezell,
who bred John Ezell, Ty Cobb’s fa
mous dog; Dr. G. O. Wheeler, of
Milledgeville; Edward R. Terrell, of
Decatur; G. L. Veith and Dr. W. 8.
Elkin, Jr., of the same place; Al
Mathews, John K. Ottley, the sar
torial glass of fashion and mold of
form— when Gus Ryan is not too
close—Gus Ryan himself, not a mo
tion picture; W. J. Gilleland, of Au
gusta; W. A. Lane, J. T. Chapin, Dr.
L. Y. Pittard, the celebrated basso
ginger; J. Lee Malone, probably the
finest chef in the world if he cared
to be a chef; “Fess” Belcher, com
piler of the ham what never was
dreamed of before; D. R. Persons, J.
N. Walker, Jack Belcher, Tom Mar
tin, of Decatur; J. D. Lane, Charles
Henry Jordan, George C. Stinson,
Dr. E. “Mutt” Wilder, famous tenor;
Major Trammell Scott, my personal
representative; Dr. E. W. Allen, J.
B. Powers, -A. Barney—he ought to
be “the” Barney—and . Hunter
Pope.
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Now do you blame me for the
sackeloth and ashes, at being de
prived of the Monticello event? Ah,
but’ there is Waynesboro, and me
an honorary member (so-called) of
the Georgia Field association. And
I'll see them all there and embrace
them, and maybe have a small one,
since (as Rip Van Winkle was wont
to say) this is the first I've seen.
MONTICELLO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1926.
SIXTH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN
IS IN FAVOR OF MEASURE TO
HELP COTTON PRODUCERS OF
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
FORSYTH, Ga.,, Oct. 13.—Con
gressman Sam Rutherford, of For
syth, representing the Sixth con
gressional district, Tuesday received
a telegram from Robert A. Orr, ed
itor of the New York Daily News
Record, asking Mr. Rutherford what,
in his opinion, can be done to best
aid the Southern cotton farmers in
their present disastrous situation due
to the collapse of the price of cot
ton. The New York editor’s tele
gram reads:
“Representative Sam Rutherford,
Forsyth Ga.: Please wire state
ment on the most effective manner
of aiding the cotton situation by the
country generally and mills in par
ticular. What government action
can be expected or recommended?
Robert A. Orr, editor Daily Newui
Record, New York.” |
Congressman Rutherford imme
diately wired the New York editor
the following message:_
“The cotton farmers thinking spec
ulators would force the price to ten
cents became panicky and rushed
their cotton to market. lam strong
ly favorable to legislation at the
December session of congress to
take care of the surplus for orderly
marketing, S. Rutherford, M. C.”
Congressman Rutherford is strong
ly of the opinion that if the Me-
Nary-Haugen bill had been passed
when it came up for a vote in the
late session of congress the present
distressing situation of the southern
cotton growers would have been
averted. He also believes that the
present situation will be the cause
of many southern congressmen vot
ing for farm relief at the next ses
sion of congress.
“If the McNary-Haugen bill as
amended had been passed in the last
session of congress,” said Mr. Ruth
erford Tuesday in speaking of the
message from the New York editor,
“the surplus of cotton from this
crop would have been bought up and
held by the federal farm board until
the manufacturing world was will
ing to take it at a fair and just
price, thereby saving the producer
of the commodity from financial
ruin.
“This depression in the price of
cotton may induce many of the
southern delegation to vote for farm
relief legislation at the next session.
“I have never believed that the
present crop of cotton would amount
to 16,000,000 bales. There is prac
tically no bottom crop, and the mid
dle and top crop rarely ever comes
up to expectation.
“In fact, there is no surplus. If
the consuming world is prosperous,
the people are able to buy more
manufactured products.”
The significant and important
types of clouds are shown in a new
United States Department of Agri
culture educational motion picture,
“Clouds,” The film, a single-reel
picture, has many beautiful cloud
formations photographed in nu
merous locations throughout the
United States and on the high seas.
The Fall meeting of the Augusta
Presbytery will be held in the Monti
cello Presbyterian church next week,
beginning Tuesday night and con
tinuing through Wednesday.
Dr. M. M. MacFerrin, pastor of
the Augusta Greene ‘Street church,
will preach the opening sermon
Tuesday night and Rev. Thompson,
pastor of the Milledgeville church,
will preach at the- eleven o’clock
service Wednesday morning.
The Augusta Presbytery is com
posed of twenty-seven churches. In
cluding elders, about twenty-five
delegates are expected to attend.
A cordial invitation to these serv
ices is extended all denominations.
BEST INTEREST OF STATE (S
AIM OF NOMINEE IN RUN.-
OVER ELECTION. — PLEDGES
SELF TO SERVICE OF ALL.
COMMERCE, Ga., Oct. 6.—“1 am
very grateful indeed for the expres
sion through the people of Georgia!
in the interest of a plain, busine:sl
administration, that has been so
clearly demonstrated in both the(
first and last primary,” said Dr. L.
G. Hardman, the gubernatorial nomi-!
nee at his home here tonight.
i“lt shall be my purpose to carry
out, as far as it possible, as the
governor of Georgia, the interest of
the entire state; the looking for the
development of the state in its great
diversified resources and enterprises,;
giving to every individual and to ev-‘
ery section and to every interest thei
greatest consideration based upon
righteous, honest, business methods
that will be conductive to the greatest i
possible progress and happiness of
the whole people—giving the great
est consideration to both foe and
friend; hoping Georgia may go for
ward in her development as never be
fore, and asking the loyal support of
every citizen to this end.
“I want to express my profound
thanks and gratitude for the indorse
ment that the people have given to
the clean campaign that it was my
desire to give Georgia.
“My sole purpose is to serve Geor
gia and her citizens, in a manner
conducive to her greatest progress
and development.”
At Hardman headquarters in the
Kimball house hundreds of friends
and supporters thronged the offices
and corridors of the hotel Wednesday
night, congratulating Alex. S. Cham
lee, campaign manager, Mrs. H. C.
Carrington, Dr. Hardman’s secretary
for more than 20 years, and other
m%n of the campaign force here.
“Jt was a great victory,” Mr.
Chamlee declared, while Mrs. Car
rington said, “It is a wonderful vic
tory and a deserved tribute to a
great man.”
Mr. Chamlee issued a statement as
follows: 5
“I am deeply grateful for the re
sult of today’s election. Dr. Hard
man will not disappoint Georgia. He
is all we have claimed for him.”
The News has been requested to
announce that the first dose of toxin
antitoxin serum for immunizing
against diphtheria, will be given the
children of Monticello and vicinity
this (Friday) afternoon, at 2: o’clock,
at the school building.
Doctors Cary, Belcher and Pit
tard, co-operating with the local P.-
T. A., which is sponsoring this noble
work, will be present to administer
the serum.
Presbyterian Church
Announcements for week Com
mencing Sunday, October 17th:
Sunday School: 10 o’clock.
Morning Worship: 11 o’clock.
Evening Worship. 8 o’clock.
Circle number one of the Ladies’
Auxiliary will meet at the church
on Monday at 4 o’clock; Circle num
ber two will meet with Mrs. L. K.
Jordan at the same hour.
Intermediate Society of Christian
Endeavor will meet on Monday even
ing at 8 o’clock.
The Fall meeting of the Augusta
Presbytery will convene at the church
on Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. The
sessions of Presbytery will continue
through Wednesday morning and
afternoon.
There will be no midweek service
this week. _
The Junior Christian Endeavor
Society will meet at the Manse on
Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
REV. K. J. MORGAN, Pastor.
AT HILLSBORO
i METHODIST CHURCH
Preaching Sunday at eleven a. m.
Dr. A. W. Reese, president of
Emory Uuniversity Academy, at Ox-
Recently Jasper county's delegates
were chosen to attend the Demo
cratic State Convention which was
held in Macon yesterday.
The delegation included: Monroe
Phillips, M. 0. Campbell, F. J. Mec-
Elheny and W. F. Persons, ;
B |
FOOTBALL GAME
FIRST GAME EVER PLAYED ON
LOCAL GRIDIRON IS EXPECT
ED TO DRAW LARGE NUMBER
OF “FANS.”—GO, AND PULL! }
Monticello’s “‘Purple Hurricane”
tackles the swift eleven from Mon
roe this afternoon. This is the
first football game ever played in
Monticello, and a large crowd is ex-j
pected. ‘
The boys on the Monticello squad
are due much credit, due to the fact
that this is their first season that
they have been on a football field.
Probable Lineup
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BINE BN i knscianseea B B
COTE LT TTR SRR R
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BUERRE BIR Ll viinahannns BB
BRI FIONow . siasniace B
Rollin Blackwell cccceea. T, @
Zels Bally (2. iiiivu s BB
Hare BaIANE oooncacicacw bk B B
BIGNOY JOPORN wovoviivnpune G B
E C Kelly (Captailn) ....... 5 b,
Substitutes: Richard Holsenbeck,
Frank Lane, Evan Jordan, J. S. Wil
liams and Emmett Powell.
The game will be played on the
“ball flats” and will be a benefit
game,
Monticello’s Schedule.
Monticello’s schedule for this
season will include the best teams in
Middle Georgia. It is as follows:
- Oet. 16th—Monroe in Monticello.
Oct. 22nd—Thomaston in Thom
aston.
Oct. 29th-—Covington in Monti
cello.
Nov. bth—Madison in Monticello.
Nov. 12th—Griffin in Griffin.
Nov. 19th—Fayetteville in Mon
ticello.
A great season is expected by all.
Let’s get behind the boys and show
the other schools that we are still
fighting for Glory!
USE NEGLECTED ASSET
SAYS SOUTHERN FIELD
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—An
issue of The Southern Field, just
published by the Development Ser
vice of Southern Railway System, is
devoted to the agricultural and horti
cultural upbuilding of the South.
Its most important features are
an editorial and an address by
Mr. Roland Turner, General Agri
cultural Agent, Southern Railway
System, directing attention to the op
portunity to put graduates of South
ern agricultural schools and colleges
on farms. At present a very small
proportion of these trained young
men become dirt farmers for the
simple reason that the great majority
1 of them lack sufficient money to en
‘able them to take over a farm and
run it in the way they have been
\taught farming ought to be done. It
is suggested in the Field that organi
)zations or individuals can do real
constructive work in their communi
ties by preparing groups of attrac
tive farms and offering them to
these splendidly-equipped young men
on terms that will enable them to
pay out and own unencumbered
farms.
This issue also includes articles on
Southern Horticultural Development;
on Southern Apples, with special
reference to marketing advantages
and freight rates as compared with
Western apples; on Opportunities for
Growing Grapes in the South; on
Profits From Sheep, with special
reference to spring lambs; on Dairy
Cows and Poultry; on Hauling the
1926 Peach Crop to Market; on As
paragus as a Profitable Crop; and
on a remarkable transportation re
‘cord made by the Southern Railway
in Handling Mules for the Spanish
Government. 1
ford, will occupy the pulpit.
The pastor, Rev. J. T. Burdette,
will preach at the evening hour.
NUMBER 28.
THIS BREED OF CANINE 1S THE
FLEETEST DOG AFOOT TO
DAY. — OLD-TIME FIDDLERS
TO FURNISH UNIQUE MUSIC.
MACON, Ga., Oct. 14.—Whippet
dog races are something new in the
line of thrilling speed attractions
and their appearance at this year’s
Georgia State Exposition to be held
in Macon during October 14th to
23rd will be the first time in Geor
gia,
The Whippet dog is the fastest
dog alive. Trained to run at their
fastest possible speed, and without
restrictions of any kind these
speedy little animals furnish an
abundance of thrills to lovers of
spirited racing. The Whippet dog is
in a class to himself; there is no dog
that can beat him. He is nearly as
fast as a carrier pigeon for the
duration of his strength, it is as
serted.
Whippets are trained to run when
they are mere puppies and some
thirty or more of these dogs have
been entered by their owners for
this race program at the Macon
Fair. No strings, no reins, carry
ing no burden, it is “dog beat dog”
in a race where there are no re
strictions, no jockeying for space,
no holding back. The run is a real
race—a contest for the goal—and
the dog’s intense effort to win will
get you on your feet in spite of
yourself. These dogs will run each
afternoon during the week of Octo
ber 18th-23rd.
Fiddlers to Fiddle.
Another attraction on the enter
tainment program of this year's
State Exposition is to be a real old
time Georgia Fiddlers’ Convention,
each night during the week of Octo
ber 18th. This convention will be
under the auspices of the Old Fid
dlers’ Association and Georgia fid
dlers everywhere are invited to take
part and “do their stuff” at this
unique contest. Such entertainers
as Gid Tanner and John Carson are
expected to have a part as well as
many others of note. The Old-Time
Fiddlers are unique in that they playp
old-time tunes and melodies ex
clusively and bring back the days of
the good old past.
A splendid entertainment program
of free acts has been contracted
for by the State Exposition manage--
ment in addition to the above and
visitors to this year’s Macon fair will
find plenty of clean amusements.
The exhibits at this year’s fair
are to be unusually attractive and
educational and every department
of the fair will offer a splendid
showing of our State’s progress
along many lines of production.
Agricultural products, live stock,
poultry, boys’ and girls’ club work,
vocational schools, boy scouts,
woman’s domestic art, trades and
crafts, horticultural and floral ex
hibits will all have their place in
making this fair a real Georgia Ex
position.
Reduced rates on the railroads of
Georgia and a number of special old
time excursions on lines running
into Macon will be offered the pub
lic and Macon invites Georgians
everywhere to have a part in this
Georgia State Exposition,
Special announcement!
There will be a congregational
meeting of the Members of the
Mount Olive Presbyterian church on
Sunday, October 24th. Rev. M. C.
Dendy, (Superintendent of Home
Missions in the Augusta Presbytery)
will be the speaker at this meeting.
The members of the church are
urgd to keep the date (October 24)
in mind, and make .arrangements te
attend. ! B
REV, K. J. MORGAN,
Stated Supply.
There were 662 bales of cotton,
counting round as half bales, ginned
in Jasper county, from the crop of
1926 prior to October 1, 1026,