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THE MONTICELLO NEWS
ESTABLISHED 1881,
ALL ARRANGEMENTS AND FA.
CILITIES HAVE BEEN MADE
TO TAKE 300,000 BALES FROM
GEORGIA CROP, IT IS SAID.
John W, Hammond, Macon Tele
graph’s corespondent, in Tuesday’s
issue of that paper, says:
ATLANTA, Oct. 25.—“The Geor
gia Cotton Growers’ Co-operative As
sociation is ready to take over and
finance every bale of the 300,000
bales of cotton from this State’s
crop. It proposes to retire from the
market, and advance the money to
the farmer,” said J. E. Conwell,
president of the Georgia Association,
today.
“We have all the facilities, all the
financial backing and arrangements,
all the warehouse space, in fact, we
have now in readiness everything
those gentlemen talked about as being
needed in the meeting Saturday,”
said Mr. Conwell. ‘“Of course, we
can’t go out and throw the cotton
farmers down and take their cotton
away from them but if every bale of
the 300,000 which it is proposed to
be taken off the market were ship
ped to us today we are ready to re
ceive it, store it and advance the
money on it. More than that, we
are in position to handle the entire
crop of Georgia and finance it if
that is desired.” *
In respect to the suggestion made
by Eugene Meyers, Jr., that the cot
ton co-operative organization take
in the cotton farmer as a member of
that organization on a basis of one
year in order to meet the present
situation. Mr. Conwell said:
“That’s simple, and even that con
dition can be met. Any cotton farmer
in the State who wants to come into
the association now can do so on the
same basis identically as the present
long-term members. The contract
which all the other members signed
was, at the time it was made, a five
years" contract. Four years of that
contract period have passed, and
there remains only one more year of
the period. Any farmer in the State
can eome in right now, sign the same
contract I signed, get the same bene
fits for the remaining period I get—
and in one year the contract will ex
pire and he is no longer bound. It
is simply one more year of life and
that’s all there is to it.
Contracts Expire 1927
“Qur present contracts run dut in
the Fall of 1927, and at that time we
will make new association contracts
for seven years. As a matter of
fact, we have now 4,000 members
under the new seven years contract,
which does not become effective un
4il the Fall of 1927. That doesn’t
mean that any farmer coming into
the association now under the old
contract, running one year more, is
compelled to renew at the expiration
of the present remaining period. He
ean do as he likgs about that. He
ean sign a contract now, get the
benefits of the association and when
the present contract period ends he
ean quit if he wants to or he can
go on if he wants to. There will
pe nothing obligatory about it.
“Right now, though, we are con
fronted with an immediate situation
in which action is the essence of
offect. The Georgia Association is
in full position to meet it and we are
ready. We can take 300,000 bales
of cotton off the market in this
gtate, and handle the balance of the
¢rop through orderly financial ar
rangements to handle it, either part
er all, and that’s all there is to .
" The special committee, named at
the meeting of bankers, federal of
ficials and business men held Satur
day, at the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce, following the suggestion
of the Georgia Bankers Association,
t 0 organize a cotton corporation,
met this afternoon to lay its pre-
Jiminary plans for the formation of
the proposed ten million dollar corpo
‘ration. That committee is composed
of J. S. Floyd, chairman; W. B.
Spann, of Atlanta; Chas. B. Lewis,
of Macon; R. F. Strickland, Jr., of
Atlanta; John M, Graham, of Rome.
The plan of operation of the propos
ed corporation will be outlined when
the work of this meeting is com
rleted, but—
Time Is Needed
‘lt is pointed out here today by
officials of the co-operatives that
gome time will be required to per
feet the working grmngements of
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TRAVERSE JURY DRAWN FOR
THE NOVEMBER TERM 1926,
JASPER SUPERIOR COURT. TO
CONVENE NOVEMBER BTH.
Jasper county’s regular term Su
perior Court will be held in Monti
cello beginning Monday morning,
November Bth.
Following is a list of men drawn to
serve at that session.
1. J. C. Davis
2. M. C. Mobley .
3. J. F. Turner
4. J. M.Ozburn
5. R. Powell Ezell
6. S. H. Cunard
7. F. R. Ezell
8. J. F. Anderson
9. J. K. Allen
10. E. N. Smith -
11. W.F. Wells
12. W. H. lvey Jr.
13. J. L. Hardy
14. M. D. Layson
156. R. T. Lazenby
16. L. S. Kelly
17. R. L. Bailey
18. B. F. Malone
19. B. G. Malone
20. C. H. Greer .
21. W. H. McElheney
22. R. H. Barker
23. J. M. Aiken
24. C. K. Malone
25. Lee McElheney
26. G. M. Davis
27. .R. H. Harrhs
28. E. M. Lancaster
29. L. O. Benton
30. J. F. Brown
31. W. W. Kinard
32. T. W. Thompson
38. R.T. Greer
34. W. B. Kelly
35. Arthur Smith
36. J. L. Burney
87. J. T. Chaffin
38. R. Lee Bailey
39. E. B. McCullough
40. W. J. Phillips .
41. A. L. D. Allen
43. A. D. Floyd
43. L. A. Mercer ;
44. E. T. Leverett
45. R. F. Turner
46. J. L. Lane, Jr.
47. Jewie Cunard
48. L. E. Malone
49. J. C. Newton
50. O. O. Banks
51. S. R. Harris
52. Hurbert McElheney
53. J. F. Malone
54. J. Q. Wyntt
55. M. B. Chaffin
56. C. B. Ezell
87. :B. K Farenr
58. O. P. Jones
659. J. E. Polk
60. W. W. Lewis
REV. BRADLEY IS
CALLEDD TO §. C.
Rev. James Bradley, for the past
four years pastor of the Hartwell
Presbyterian church, has accepted a
call to the pastorate of the Upper
Long Cane Presbyterian church near
Abbeville, S. C., and will take up his
active work there on November Ist.
Announcement of Bro. Bradley’s
decision to leave Hartwell and the
other churches he has so faithfully
and efficiently served, comes as a
regrettable surpyise to all our people,
who have learned to love and re
spect this minister and his noble
family. They came to Hartwell from
Monticello, Ga., four years ago.
Rev. Bradley goes to one of the
larger churches in the Carolina Sy
nod, with 453 members, and will
have only the one church under his
pastorate.
He has served Hartwell, Royston,
Lavonia and Sharon while residing
here. And has also supplied Hope
well and Pleasant Hill.
The best wishes of all our people
of every denomination go with Rev.
Bradley and family as they prepare
to leave this community and take up
their abode in our neighboring state,
—Hartwell Sun.
Smile a little bit, anyway. 'Tis a
great tonic and helps to banish
gloom.
MONTICELLO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1926
BEGINS NOV. 14
DR. H. M. FUGATE, OF MACON,
WILL CONDUCT MEETING.—A
SERIES OF PRAYER SERVICES
TO BE HELD AT RESIDENCES.
The revival meeting, to be held at
the Baptist church of = Monticello,
will begin Sunday morning (Novem
ber 14th) ‘at 11 o’clock with Dr., H.
M. Fugate, pastor of Tattnall Square
Baptist church, Macon, as the
preacher, and Mr. Grendle, of Lum
ber City, Georgia, as song leader.
Dr. Fugate, beside being one of
the most beloved pastors of Macon,
and one of the sanest preachers of
the State, is a lovable Christian gen
tleman. Mr, Grendle was here last
year and his labors were appreciated
by all.
1t is the desire of pastor and peo- |
ple that we shall have a community-‘
wide revival. This is possible only‘
as we pray and lend ourselves to the
will of God our Father, and follow
the leadership of His Holy Spirit. ‘
A series of pre-revival prayer“
meetings have been planned, to be
held in various sections of the city.
You have a most cordial invitation
to attend the prayer meeting nearest
you regardless of your denomination
al affiliation,
The homes, dates, and leaders of
prayer meetings are as follows: Tues
day evening (November 2d) at 7:30,
prayer meeting will be held at Ira
Malone’s, Dr. Smith leading; E. T.
Malone’s, M. W. Rainwater leading;
B. E. Hatfield’s, M. Phillips leading;
A. S. Walker's, W. B. Underwood
leading; Thursday evening (Novem
ber 4th) at 7:30, at Dr. Smith’s, R.
H. Harris leading; Claude Ezell’s, M.
Phillips leading; J. B. Henderson’s,
W.: D. Cornwell leading; T. G.
Blackwell’s, W. E. Ballard leading;
Tuesday evening (November 9th) at
7:30, at J. W. Polk’s, M. Phillips
leading; J. D. Lane’s, M. W. Rain
water leading; J. C. Newton’s S. J.
Smith leading; W. E. Ballard’s, W.
'D. Cornwell leading; Thursday even
ing (November 11th) at 7:30, at
Mrs. L. S. Kelly’s, R. L. Oxford
leading; B. B. McElheney’s, R. H.
Harris leading; J. E. Hill’'s, W. E.
‘Ballard leading; Z. T. Roberts, W.
'B. Underwood leading.
| W. B. UNDERWOOD, Pastor.
Monticello’s “Purple Hurricane”
journeyed over to Thomaston last
Friday where it tackled the Robert
E. Lee Institute that afternoon in a
game of football, the Monticello
nians receiving the short end of the
score, 27-0.
Today in the ‘“Bowl” Covington
will be the opponent and the local
eleven hopes to be victorious.
HALLOWE'EN PARTY
A Hallowe’en entertainment will
be given at Bethel school house this
(Friday) ' night, October 29th, to
which the public is cordially invited.
. The festivities will begin prompt
ly at 8 o’clock, and you will have to
hurry to see the witches, spooks,
hob-goblins, et cetera, for these
weird ‘objects, and others of similar
nature, will be there—for it’s a
Hallowe’en celebration, you know,
and you do not wish to miss the fun!
« A program will be put on by the
Bethel school children and the
P.-T. A. will serve coffee, chocolate,
sandwiches and home-made candies.
Your presence and patronage will
be highly appreciated by those who
are sponsoring the affair.
ARMISTICE DAY,
All Word War veterans and wives
are invited to dinner at 1 o’clock
in the Kiwanis room November
11th.
There will be no other invitation
extended except through the paper.
Every Veteran come and tell
every other Veteran to come!
Crude rubber is the leading Ameri
can import this year.
MONTICELLO STRING _ORCHES
TRA WILL PUT ON SPECIAL
PROGRAM OVER WSB BROAD.
CASTING STATION, ATLANTA.
Of pleasing interest locally, as
well as over the State, is the an
nouncement that the Monticello
String Quartette will “be in the air”
over WSB, at 10:45 (Atlanta time)
Saturday night, October 30th, when
a musical program will be ‘put on by
these talented artists from the old
red hills of Jasper.
It is an assured fact that all
radios in Monticello, Jasper and ad
joining counties will be *“tuned-in”
to listen to the entertainment.
The personnel of the Monticello
String Quartette, known far and
wide, is as follows:
S. G. Lynch, manager, who is a
fiddler from Fiddlersville. He can
simply make a fiddle talk and talk
so loud and well that he has won
prizes at fiddlers’ contests, and the
like. Only a short while ago he
carried off honors at the Southeast
ern Fair. However, on the program
Saturday night his name my appear
as ‘“‘violinist.”
Frank Huff is the other fiddler
and, he too, is a wielder of the bow
to Queen Marie’s fashion. It is
said he will play a sclo for Her
Highness’ special benefit Saturday
evening, she ‘“tuning-in” in typical
Rumanian style.
The banjoist of the four is none
other than E. C. Lynch, than whom
there is none whomer, a la banjo
istically speaking. His music makes
one, paralytic or toe dancer, shake
a foot when he pulls the strings of
his instrument.
Dock Merritt, guitarist, can “strut
his stuff” on the get-thar. He is
known from the banks of the Yellow
river to the Glades of Jasper county
as one of the best in his line.
Besides ensemble offerings the
solo work will come in for a part of
the program Saturday night.
The News bespeaks for the Mon
ticello String Quartette a large and
appreciative invisible audience Sat
urday night, beginning at 11:45
o'clock (Monticello time) upon its
first appearance as radio artists.
There’s going to be a hot time over
WSB on that night. Mark our pre
diction!
The News has been requested to
announce that the third and last
dose of toxin-antitoxin, for im
munizing against diphtheria, will be
given the school children of Monti
cello and community this afternoon
in the school building. The hour is
2 o'clock.
As has been previously stated in
these columns, Doctors Belcher,
Cary and Pittard, co-operating with
the local P.-T. A., have charge of
administering the serum. They will
be assisted by Mrs. Harold Davis
and Miss Inez Hardy, experienced
nurses. ,
Parents of children who are tak
ing the injections should bear the
fact in mind that this afternoon the
final treatment is to be given and
see to it that the children are pres
ent. '
Comes now a postal card from our
highly esteemed friend, Hon. Ludy
Kelly, of the metropolis of Maxwell,
this county, to the effect that Jack
Frost has made his first visit of the
season to that section of the world.
Brother Kelly could easily qualify
as a weather prognosticator, but he
is satisfied to keep his eye open for
the annual trips of the well-known
Frost, and usually is the first per
son in the county to herald to the
populace the devastating presence of
the chilly and deadly visitor.
According to Mr. Kelly, Jack
Frost was late this year in making
his appearance,. having arrived on
October 22nd, while last year he
came on the 11th of the month:
Every second, 205,000 cubic feet
of water flows over Niagara Falls.
GOOD GAME IS SCHEDULED FOR
THE “BOWL"” THIS AFTER
NOON.—LOCAL ELEVEN HAS
A SET OF SPEEDY BACKS.
On Monticello’s football field, the
“Bowl,” a determined Monticello
High Schoel team is scheduled to
meet a victorious eleven from Cov
ington High, with the issue in the
gravest sort of doubt. Expert
opinion seems to be equally divided
on the outcome of the game.
The two football teams meet at
3:30 o’clock and, frankly, it appears
that neither team is overconfident.
Exactly the opposite. Covington
turns toward Monticello with a
knowledge that the athletic teams
from Monticello have a feeling to
ward them like the one that exists
between Georgia and Tech.
Both teams have good, strong
lines. The backfield from Coving
ton is somewhat weaker than usual.
So you see Monticello possibly can
show what is‘in her, this time.
The fast Monticello backs, namely
Lucius Kelly, Heard Ballard, E. C.
Kelly and Sidney Jordan, will be in
action Friday. Driving a hole in
the opposing line will be their aim.
Capt. E. C. Kelly will lead his
team into the game with vim and
force, hoping to show the supporters
that they can win the game with
good, clean football, and will not
play the game as Thomaston insists
upon doing.
Dope will be upset if either team
wins. Never have teams met here
with battle strength as evenly dis
tributed. Both have played a hard
schedule to date and both are
hammered by injuries.
Lucius Kelly} the versatile half
back, whose spectacular broken field
running has created such a sensa
tion, has a sprained ligament in his
‘shoulder, but possibly will be seen
in action again Friday.
A record crowd is expected to be
there when the referee blows the
whistle, and the kickoff will take
the air. e
The following named gentlemen
have been chosen to serve as mana
gers at the various voting precincts
throughout the county on election
day, November second:
Monticello: A. J. Thomason, G.
M. Davis, Robt. S. Talmadge.
Shady Dale: E. H. Thompson,
Otis Farrar, C. D. Blackwell.
Thompson & Barnes: C. E. Cun
ard, J. H. McClendon, J. K. Allen.
Martin & Burney: W. B, Kkelly,
W. A. White, H. V. Edwards.
Wyatt’s: T. H. Blackwell, T. L.
Wagner, Frank Williams.
Johnson & Malone: C. 0. Ma
lone, B. E. Pye, Milton Williams.
Gladesville: J. I. Niblett, E. T.
Hencely, J. F. McMichael.
Henderson & Cook: W. W. Lew
is, L. A. Davis, Mrs. Frank Wyatt.
Robinson & Kelly: L. S. Kelly,
E. L. Smith, J. W. A. Smith.
Hillsboro: Brooks Turner. H. B.
Ezell, A. Glawson.
Lawrence: H. J. Rigdon, A. M.
Waits, W. A. Mercer.
Minter & Gilstrap: W. F. Ellis,
R. H, Smith, N. L. Smith.
Blackwell: J. T. Bowden, Durell
Smith, Walker Blackwell.
Smith & Jordan: H. E. Tuck, W.
V. Wilson, R. H. Ferrell.
Machen: F. L. Bullard, E. E.
Newton, E. F. Perry.
Presbyterian Church
Announcements for Week com
mencing Sunday, October 31st:
Sunday School: 10 o’clock.
Morning Worship: 11 o’clock.
Evening Worship: 8 o’clock.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary will meet
with the President (Mrs. R. L.
Marsh) on Monday afternoon at 4’
o’clock.
Intermediate Society of Christian
Endeavor meeting on Monday at
7:30 p. m.
Midweek Service on Wednesday
evening at 8 o’clock.
Junior Christian Endeavor So
ciety meeting on Friday afternoon,
at 4 o’clock.
REV. K. J. MORGAN, Pastor.
NUMBER 30.
BULLETIN SHOWS IN THE PAST
TEN YEARS THERE HAVE
BEEN BUT THREE PASSENGER
FATALITIES ON THAT LINE.
An interesting bulletin, recently
issued by Hon. J. J. Pelley, presi
dent of the Central of Geogia rail
way company, gives some ‘‘eye
openers’ to the traveling public, es
pecially those who patronize the
railroads, concerning the ‘“safety
campaign” inaugurated a few years
ago. '
The bulletin follows:
“The Central of Georgia Railway is
constantly being made safer for those
who travel or work for this rail
road. The number of preventable
accidents among passengers and em
ployes is steadily reduced. Grati
fying results have followed the
Safety Campaign instituted several
years ago.
“There was a time when railroad
travel was not without a certain
element of danger. While the haz
ards of modern life have increased
ordinary accidents, particularly on
busy streets and main traveled high
ways, rajlroad safety measures such
as the careful operation of trains,
all-steel cars, well ballasted track,
block signals and other precautions
have made travel so free from dan
ger that human life is at no time
safer than when entrusted to the
railroads.
“In the past ten years there have
been but three passenger fatalities
on the Central of Georgia, and in
none of these was this railroad at
fault. In each instance the passen
ger was not riding in a proper posi
tion, but fell or jumped from the
platform of a coach while the train
‘was in motion.
“There has been no passenger fa
tality of any kind on the Central of
Georgia since December 29, 1922.
From January 1, 1923 through July
31, 1926 (the last date for which
figures are available), 11,945,417
revenue or pay passengers have been
handled by this railroad—without a
single fatality. The last such fatal
injury reported on the Central of
Georgia occurred December 29, 1922,
marring a perfect record for a year
during which 3,660,660 passengers
were safely handled. One passen
ger was fatally injured in 1921, dur
ing which year 4,065,368 passengers
were handled over the Central of
Georgia. It is necessary to go back
to December 20, 1916, to find an
other fatality on this railroad. De
spite the stress of war time condi
tions during 1917 and 1918 not a
passenger was fatally injured while
traveling on the trains of the Cen
tral. In the ten years and eight
months from January 1, 1916,
through July 31, 1926, 48,917,154
passengers were transported safely
by this railroad without a single
fatality of a passenger riding in a
proper position,
“The Central of Georgia’s record
for handling passengers safely is not
unusual. The records of almost any
well operated railroad will show
many millions of passengers handled
safely for each fatality occurring.
Life insurance companies recognize
this freedom from danger in modern
travel by including practically every
policy their Double Indemnity Clause,
providing that in case of death due
directly to accident while a passen
ger on a railway train, twice the
amount of the policy shall be paid.
Accident insurance policies likewise
carry a similar clause, some such
policies providing for the payment,
in case of death resulting from ac
cident while a passenger on a train,
of as much as fifteen times the
amount paid for death from accident
while a pedestrian, Insurance com
panies make no mistake in regarding
steel cars of modern railroads as °
safety zones where their policy hold
ers are free from the danger of
perilous street crossings, reckless au
tomobile drivers and the like.
“Improvement has likewise been
made in reducing preventable ac
cidents among employes. During the
first 8 months of this year 5 Central
of Georgia employes were killed and
616 injured. For the same period last
vear 7 employes were killed and 702
injured, a decrease for 1926 of 2 or
of nearly 80 per cent. In fatalities
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