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THE MONTICELLO NEWS
ESTABLISHED 1881,
“SUG"” KELLY RACES SEVENTY
YARDS FOR MONTICELLO'S
ONLY TOUCHDOWN. — GAME
WAS FULL OF “THRILLS.”
Covington's high school football
team took the measure of Monti
cello’s “Purple Hurricane” in the
“Bowl” last Friday afterncon in a
splendidly played game, the count
being 32-6. The local high school
gridders put up a splendid ariicle of
ball, especially during the first half,
nolding the visitors to thirteen poin's
while they scored one touchdown
themselves. This lone marker came
in the late stages of the first quarler |
when, after Covington had scored a
touchdown, “Sug” Kelly, fleet
“ooted back, from the kick-off, ran
70 wyards through a broken field
19 his own goal line. The try for
goal was blocked. Kelly is one ufl
the “sweetest” broken field runners
we've ever seen and we've seen a!
few. If ever he gets a lead of even
u cat’s whisker, he cannot be over-}
taken, |
The entire local eleven comes in
for a share of the most excellent
showing made by the “Purple Hur
ricane” in Friday's melee. With
cach succeeding game the Monti
cellonians geem to improve in their
vlay.
The boys, minus the presence of
<heir captain, E. C. Kelly, who had
been ill for several days prior to the
game, fought manfully and gallantly
against odds, and they're determined
10 take Madison for a ride this after
noon in the “Bowl.”
The Covington team showed splen
did coaching and team work, a
majority of the players having play
e¢d together on that eleven for a
~ear or more.
The lineup:
MONTICELLO COVINGTON
TS o e ..o Bllett
Jorgan (R) ... 1L t ...... Hopkins
TRREweI .. oh R sl sdewis
ARSI R ety [
PR L s
A Ll e MeCee
Jordan (E) ____ r. t. ___._Drennon
Jordan (S) _-__ q. b. __ Richardson
R s ol s e
Ballard - ..... r.h'b -....Ghither
PR iil DN o BTI
Substitutions — Covington, Me
* ord for Piper; Monticello, Flournoy
<or Holsenbeck; Holsenbeck -for Jor
can; Lane for Allen.
Referee, Herndon (Mercer); Um
nire, McDonald (Mercer); Head
Linesman, Maddox (Mercer).
Score by periods:
Covington ..._.. 7 6 6 13—32
Monticello ......6 0 0 0— 6
MRS. S. H. HARDIN DIES
AT EASTMAN HOME
EASTMAN, Ga.,, Oct. 30.—Mrs.
Alice Miller Hardin, wife of S. H.
Hardin, died at the residence in
Fastman Friday morning, after an ill
ness of several months. Funeral
vervices were held from the Metho
dist church Saturday afternoon, Rev.
Hobert Xerr officiating.
Mrs. Hardin, who moved to East
wman eleven years ago from Way
cross, is survived by her mother,
MMrs. Dora Miller, of that place; also
Iy two brothers, Hugh Miller, of
NMiami, Fla.,, and Henry Miller, of
Jackson, Miss., and besides her hus
pand, a little daughter, Dorothy Har
din. Mrs. Hardin was an active
rember of the Methodist church, of
this city.
Mr. L. K. Jordan, secretary
sveasurer of the Jordan Manufac
turing Company, of Monticello, left
the first of the week for Greenville,
€. C. to attend the annual Southern
Textile'Exposition.
He was joined Thursday by Mr,
Chas. H. Jordan, president of the
{irm.
The Jordan Manufacturing Com
pany has an interesting exhibit in
the South Carolina city.
Messrs Jordan are recognized 'as
two of the South’s leading textile
yaen,
Remains of city that flourished
sbout 500 B. C., have been discover
«il neard Moscow, Russia.
GOVERNMENT FORECAST SAYS!
17,545,000 BALES WILL BE'
PRODUCED. — ESTIMATE 1,
470,000 BALES IN GEORGIA.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A cotton
crop larger than ever before grown
has been produced in the South this
year. The department of agricul
ture Monday placed the indicated
production at 17,645,000 bales of
500 gross weight, or about 8,343,
000,000 pounds of lint cottoon. This
is about 643, 000,000 pounds more
than was produced last year.
The estimate was based on condi
tions existing Oct. 18, to which date
8, 722,066 running ‘bales of this
year’s crop had been ginned, accord
ing to the census bureau’s announce
ment. There was an increase of 827,-
000 bales in prospective production
between Oct 1. when the last esti
mate was made, and Oct. 18. ‘
Uncertainty exists as to how much
of the crop will be harvested, the
crop reporting board announced, in
view of the present low price and
‘the scarcity of labor for picking. The
factors have discouraged cotton far
‘mers and may result in some of the
‘crop, especially that of lower grade,
being left in the fields.
This year’s enormous production
was brought about by the planting
of the largest acreage on record and
favorable growing conditions gener
aly throughout the season. There
was a smaller early season abandon
ment than in previous years and the
weather and insect conditions were
better than usual. Defoliation of the
cotton plants by leaf worms, contin
uation of warm weather and the gen
eral absence of frost advanced the
maturing of late cotton bolls and per
mitted rapid picking. As a result
of all these conditions the crop has
turned out to be much greaater than
was expected.
Georgia’s indicated production for
1826 is 1,470,000 bales.
GENTRY BROTHERS’
The billboards and dead walls
about the city are announcing that
the famous Gentry Bros.” Shows are
to visit Monticello on Saturday, No
vember 13th.
Great interest attaches to the
event, particularly so because the
big show is one of the few tented
exhibitions offering an array of
trained wild animals. The Gentry
Bros.! Shows for nearly half a cen
tury, to be exact, 46 years, have
stood at the top among the high
class shows.
Beginning as a small wagon show,
each vear has seen a steady growth,
until today the mere announcement
of the appearance of the Gentry
Bros.! Shows is synonoymous with
the fact that the patrons will see a
clean, high-class entertainment, free
from objectionable features, em
bodying all that is great and enter
taining in the realm of the ‘“white
tops.”
A special train of dcuble length
railroad cars will bring the big show
here. The big show represents an
expenditure of more than $750,000.
There are upwards of 700 men, wo
men and horses with the show; al
most ten acres of tents; a herd of
elephants; a caravan of camels; one
of the most interesting traveling
menageries; five bands of music,
scores of curviosities ond oddities
from the four corners of the world.
The will be two performances. at
2 and 8 p. m., the doors opening at 1
and 7 p. m. A concert of popular
and operatic music will be given by
Prof. John Griffin’s military band an
hour preceding each performance.
An immense street parade will be
seen on the downtown streets at
noon on show day.
Y it
MONTICELLO CIRCUIT
There will be preaching at An
drew church at 11 a. m.; preaching
at Talmadge, 3:30 p. m.; at Sardis
preaching begins at: 7:30 p. m.
May each one remember to bring
their offering for Conference Be
nevolences, as this week closes the
Conference year of 1926. : |
J. T. BURDETTE, Pastor.
THE MONTICELLO NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1926
STRING ORCHESTRA |
MONTICELLO MUSICIANS MAKEJ
A BRILLIANT SHOWING OVERI
WSB SATURDAY NIGHT.——POP-{
ULAR AIRS ARE RENDERED. '
Playing mostly old-time airs, the|
Monticello String Band, which ap
peared in concert over WSB at the
11:45 broadeast (Monticello time) |
Saturday evening, made one of Lho{
biggest hits- of the season. The,
orchestra, composed of S. G. L_vnch,'
manager, and Frank Huff, fiddlm-s;i
E. C. Lynch, banjoist; Dock Merritt, |
guitarist, and Prof. Wm. D. Corn-|
well, pianist, made the air ring wnhl
‘some of the sweetest music we hzwvl
‘ever heard on last Saturday evening.
If you did not “tune-in” for this
broadcast you missed a rare treat. I
Among the numbers played by the
Monticellonians were the followin;:l
tuneful airs: “Dixie,” *“Alabama!
Gal,” “Turkey and the Straw,”
“Arkansas Traveler,” “Leather
Breeches,” “Racking Pony,” “Dav
enport,” “Kiss Waltz” and other
favorite selections, |
It is to be hoped that these mu
sicians will give another concert
over radio in the near future.
Auxiliary wings enabling airmen
to reach unprecedented heights are
said to have been perfected by an
inventor in France, who asserts that
they will enable a flyer to rise to
50,000 feet.
REPORT OF COTTON
GINNED IN GEORGIA
The department of commerce,
through the bureau of the census,
announces the preliminary report on
cotton ginned by counties, in Geor
gia, prior to October 18, for the
state was made public Monday. Oc¢-
tober 25. (Quantities are in running
bales, counting round as half bales.
Linters are not included.)
The State ____. 920,274 1,051,058
ety ... 1880 1986
Sopting - ..l BTN (1)
Atkinson ... ... 3008 1,079
Balwin L hlluss . RTINS 4,393
RN T TN 3,812
BRYrOw . .uia. a 0 388 5,098 |
Bartow ... .000.. 8,208 18,072
Bea Bl ... 4hen T 046
Berplon ... c..... 2,868 24051
B A L
Bleckley ...._.....6,475 5,140
Bibeks ... :...... 3868 4,097 i
e s T 1,893.
Butlach . cuoo.ii. 24,688 28,504'
Burke . ...oouiou. 41,900 364841
BN Lao 00 8T 4,114
talßoun . 00l 9,778 1161
Campbell ____.... 1,789 - 2,900 |
Candler ......... 10,430 8,823 i
Carroll _._.-:....-19,769 25,619
Chattahoochee ... 1,724 1,495!
Chattooga --_----.. 4,652 6,223
Cherokee ........ 3,484 s,xsoi
Clavke ... ...... 1,280 - 8.918]
Clay ... . ... G 389 1 DBB
Castan oo il 950 2,343 |
Daßl 0o s RN 6,956
Cattes - ... . .....2 "D,ODB 9,156'
Colquit -.----.... 14,666 10,280
Columbia: .. ....is: 4,876 4,865'
Rl e eLo 08k 3’013l
Coweth ... .. ioo 7,802 10,609
Crawford ._...... 2,543 1,912}
Ovlp il - Lso 118030 RNL
Dacatity Cooi L. 2000 3,687 |
DeRRIN v el 766 2,147 |
Dodge .-.---.... 12,605 19,697
Dooly i 40~ 10400 18,087
Dougherty ' _._.... 4,266 ~ 5817|
Douglas ... ...... 2,126 = 8,678
Ry o . BN AT
Effingham . «ooion- 1,137 . 2,326
Blbett . .3u. nvi-~ 8,063 . Bh,Boß
Emanuel voiiiiol. 27,772, 26,874
BYaNN s e ias 4R850 604
Fagotte 000 -l 8068 - 481%:
Blotrai Lo niates 0001 0 RENS
Forsyth . -..... 2,719 5,344
Franklin ____.....~ 3,705 8,940,
Glascoek ..__.....' 3,008 2,661}
Goxllow Siasi....- i 8310 4 8,132"
Grady ... 0:...830 1,000 (1),
Gréene --.---.--- 8,127 ' 4,018;
Guwinett .l oo 4,874 8005
Habersham ...... b 7 1',056;
IR et I 8 1 8083
Hancock -..---.-- 17,766 6,662
Haralson ._--....- 3,612 6,047
Harels 000 oaiiiaa 08,080 0407,
BRI Lk s 966 6,190
Heard i oioaiiais (648% 17,248
ReNry . iceeisnac 6,704 -8,608
Houston ..-.--..- T,041 ' 6,178
Irym ekl 81 7’909
YAM I’OTATOESI
GOODMAN RAISES LARGE CROP |
ON ONLY ONE ACRE.—TWEN-'
|
TY-FOUR OF THEM ENOUGH'
TO FILL BUSHEL MEASURE. {
The editors of The News are un- |
der obligations to Mr. Duff Goo(l-:
man, who lives near Monticello, fol'§
a generous quantity of fine l’m'tol
Rico yams which he brought to,
them Saturday. |
There were twenty-four of these
potatoes in the lot and they were tho!
largest we've seen in a long, long
time. These two dozen yams were!
more than enough to fill a bushel
measure,
~ Mr. Goodman, who is one of Jas
per county’s most industrious farm
ers, has made a bumper crop of
sweet potatoes this Fall, producing
t:x yield of 120 bushels on only one
-acre. This is some record!
%SCHEDULE FOR EDUCATION
‘ WEEK, NOVEMBER 7-13
. Sunday, November T7—“For God
imld Country Day.”
| Monday, November R—*“Constitu
tional Rights and Patriotism Day.”
Tuesday, November 9—*“Rural
School Day.”
| Wednesday, November 10 —
!“Equal Opportunity Day.”
! Thursday, November 11—*“Armis
| tice Day.”
} Friday, November 12—“ Know
SRERAON . ........ 49296 9,722
SRRRRE o o s MY 254
Jefferson __.___.. 22,636 19,164
Jeaking 0...... .. 12510 10,804
Johnson __________ 15,448 10,973
Lol oo Linde RTSB 8,682
Laurens . ........ 30,880 25,718
SRS LUO et SR
BN AR 1,753
Lownaes . ... 8T 2,486
SERRTie ... .... BB BN
BN . aiaui. BT ARSGR
Matlleon ..o ... S4B
Mo has s AN 2,638
Meriwether ._.____ 13,026 14,249
MHton - ane.. o 2800 8784
WORrar s BTt 3,743
Mitehell - 00, .. 11,885 18960
Montgomery ..._. 7,419 8,436
MOTEMY -.. oo v 800 5,152
MUrPRY ... cia.o 2080 3318
Museogee . ....... 1808 2,446
T e S 5,267
Ronee ... Lok LARG 2,936
Oglethotne ....... 3,871 5,131
Yaulding «........ 4,404 5,448
Fohel ' coooiie: . 5921 4,628
PISHENR Lol L. 248 l 2,225
PAAPCR vovhiianne: I 8040
et oGI e AR LT
POIR &t insaan i 8086 S 9870
PRI 8‘135 6,493
TRARM: co . caiii 0 R ol B 0
Bukman UL L 729 2,321
Randolph ...._:_. 16,763 19,080
SUCHMaNd. o - g 5,961
hoekdnle’c Lot 01 281 2,170
Behley: wo - i.O 00 BN 440 D
Serevenr ... ._..... 20,320 22,129
Seminele’ oo ... 8,428 5,373
Spalding .o SoL A 4184 5,327
Suepherts Ll 678 3,388
Stewart ......... 5,621 5,294
pumtery . udoia il 29,670 . 20,087
Rlbet. o 00l eae > - TRe
Tallaferro i ... . 2808 3,067
FRMNAIY Dol R BB
Ao LoLcaLl sB9 B 8 10
Tollhir .ol .o AT ABO . 12881
Terrell ..odtivn.l 21,400 98,740
INOMAR o atenls R 0 TR
B ee i e TR - 1 2040 YT
Toombs ‘_...._... 10,809 11,184
Preutlen:” iiinu 90,402 - 7,087
Troun cisiidieaens 18:884 19,884
PUINAY . 00l tIL 08 'R DeN
Twipee. oL i BBRY T RBTH
VBRI L ltade s LT S 8
Walker .._.......0 24608 . 8,085
Walton. " ciioul. .ol 81 - 8,848
ot R R W
Warren: .ou uass: 5,880 8,878
Washington _._... 15,186 12,198
Waytie Liiouoiiusy 4019 BNIY
Wheeler _........ 6,064 5,838
Whitfield -....... 2,649 5,487
Wiesr oo e VEEIO.: 17.149
Wilkes. Chakmatd b oS SOT
Wilkinson _..._... 8,118 2,669
Worth Liciiiiioie 0910 - 18354
All others ....... 11,201 '28,147
(1) Included in “all other coun
ties” to avoid disclosure of individual
operations. : T
LIGHT VOTE IS POLLED IN THIS!
COUNTY ON TUESDAY, NOV.!
SECOND.—AMENDMENTS ARE}
RATIFIED BY THE VOTERS.
The general election, which was!
a State-wide affair on Tuesday, pass
ed off quietly in Jasper, a small vote |
being polled throughout the county. |
The constitutional amendments sub
mitted for approval or rejection of |
the people, secemed to have won de- |
cisively over the State. The nine |
amendments included three of state- |
wide effect, viz: Return of the Stulei
to the Federal vital statistics area, |
increasing governor's borrowing ca- |
pacity by $3,500,000 annually and |
correction of a deficit in the smto‘[
highway law. i
There were only 216 ballots cast
in this county and all nine amend-’
i ments were ratified by Juspori
\ voters. s
HARVEST FESTIVAL AT !
JACKSON IS DECLARED |
‘ MOST SUCCESSFUL YET
' JACKSON, Ga., Oct. 30.—The
| Butts County Harvest Festival, held
here Friday, was declared one of
the most successful community fairs
ever held in the state. A crowd
estimated at from four to six thou
sand attended, many adjoining coun
ties being represented.
Features were the parade of agri
cultural and school floats and school
children, organizations and industrial
floats. The procession was headed
by the Twenty-second infantry band
from Fort McPherson and the Jack
son Rifles.
Miss Rubie Moore was crowned as
queen of the festival, Major Joel B.
Mallet being in charge of the corona
tion exercises.
At 11 o’clock, Dr. J. Sprele Lyons,
pastor of the First presbyterian
church, of Atlanta, delivered an ad
dress, the central theme of which
was thankfuiness for the wonderful
harvest this year as compared with
the crop failure in 1925.
[ The exhibits, representing the agri
|cultural and live stock resources of
the county, manufacturing, flower
show, woman’s department and the
work of the club members, were de
ciared to have been the best ever
assembled here. The exhibit of dairy
cattle was said to have been the
largest and best ever seen at a coun
ty fair in Georgia. Jersey and Guern
sey cattle were on display.
A colorful feature of the afternoon
was the baby show and children’s
parade. There were 43 entries in
this department.
Moving pictures, a fiddlers’ con
vention and a dance yere features of
Friday night's program. ,
Presbyterian Church
Announcements for week com
meneing Sunday, November 7Tth:
Sunday School: 10 o’clock.
Morning Worship: 11 o’clock.
Evening Worship: 7:30.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary will meet at
the Manse on Monday at 4 o’clock.
Intermediate Christian Endeavor
Society on Monday at 7:30 p. m. (at
the Manse).
Midweek Service on Wednesday
at 7:30 p. m,
Junior Christian Endeavor Meeting
at the Manse on Friday at 4 p. m.
Preliminary Notice.
We shall hold a Special Sungise
Service in this Church on Thanks
giving Day at 7:00 a. m.
REV. K. J. MORGAN, Pastor.
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!
Your School Day.”
Saturday, November 18—“ Co
mmunity Day.” -
NUMBER 31.
AGRIULTURAL EXPERT SAYS
EFFECT OF DROP IN PRICE OF
STAPLE WILL BE MINIMIZED
BY REAL PROGRESS.
ATLANTA, G., November 4.—An
encouraging view of present condi
tions and the outlook for the future
is taken by Roland Turner, of At
lanta, general agricultural agent for
the Southern Railway System, who
has first-hand knowledge of condi
tions in all parts of the Cotton Belt
cast of the Mississippi. Realizing
that the fall in the price of cotton
means loss of expected income to
the growers, he believes that the con
dition of a large proportion of the
farmers is such as to minimize the
effects of present low prices. Dis
cussing the matter, Mr. Turner said:
“The price of cotton is today four
or five cents a pound below what
farmers looked forward to when the
i(:rop was planted. It would be ab
surd to say that this drop in price
!will not call for some reaction in
| buying by the farmer and his family
i and will not have, to some extent, an
adverse effect on business through
out the Cotton Belt. But, there is,
in many quarters, a tendency to ex
aggerate these bad effects.
“If the Cotton Belt had remained
a region of one-crop farming the
i effect of such a drop would have
ihoen disastrous. There ave still in
‘di\'idual farms on which cotton is
I the only crop, but, broadly speaking,
| the Cotton Belt east of the Mississippi
I river has become a region of diversi
‘ fied farming to such an extent that
|a depressed market for any of its
products—even cotton—does not
’ mean disaster.
Year of Good Crops
“The South has produced unusual
ly good yields, not only of cotton,
but of all other crops this year. Cot
ton Belt farmers have greater and
more nearly adequate supplies of
grain and forage than for many
vears, and supplies of food produects
are ample. Fruit crops were never
beiter, gardens produced abundant
ly and farm pantries are well sup
plied with canned and preserved
fruits for home-use. While it is true
that southern farmers have grown
an over-supply of cotton this year,
it should be remembered that the
production of other market crops,
dairy products, poultry, eggs and
hogs has increased steadily since
their introductions as side-lines on
Cotton Belt farms was begun about
1920.
“Dairying, poultry raising and
hog raising, or the Cow, Hog and
Hen Programme, which appealed so
strongly to southern farmers im
mediately following the after-the
war depression, has had a marvelous
growth.in all parts of the South. It
is not true that dairy herds were
neglected or dispersed or that poul
try flocks were neglected or that di
versification generally was given up
for coton farming this year. While
the cotton acreage was greater, the
increase in acreage in the territory
cast of the Missisgippi river this year
over last year was not appreciable.
The more thoughtful farmers realize
that the depressed price of cotton
is the result of over production, and
the South, recognizing this principle,
will reduce its cotton acreage some
what and will increase its production
of live stock, dairy and poultry prod
ucts, thus making substantial prog
ress in the establishment of a sound,
economical, well-balanced system of
farming.
Cows, Poultry and Hogs
“The South will remember when
farmers were struggling with the
boll weevil and restricted credits;
when the question, ‘where has the
money all gon¢?” was on the lips of
everyone. Southern farmers will re
member that in 1920, when the after
the-war depression was lashing us
and when prosperity had all but
vanished, a movement was launched
for dairy cows, poultry and hogs as
side lines on every farm, which, if
it had been adopted to the extent
advocated, would have made the hap
penings of the last few weeks im
possible. No suggestion ever of
fered for the relief of southern agri
cultural depression, even for the re
moval of the possibility of serious
depression in Southern farming, held
such merit as this, with checks from
the creamery and money from eggs
j (Continued on page 8).