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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1906)
I BEST GRADES £ » OF § f| COMMERCIAL § STATIONERY, p § S VOL. XXL NO. io. Lightning Brings Death to Faithful Old Negro . Charles Maun, an old-time ne gro living on Dr. J. E. Mobley’s place, while plowing in a field within two hundred yards of the house, was struck and instantly killed by lightning, as was also the mule he was plowing. Both fell in their tracks, dying without moving, the old man still holding the plow lines when found. Both plow handles were torn into splinters, and parts of his hat and shirt were found twenty five feet away. The body was partly covered with sand and mud having remained there during a hard rain. Dr. Mobley had just got out of his buggy when the shock came, and was felt by him like a handful of needles in each hand. A black cloud was rising on Wednesday of last week and Charles was trying to plow to the end of Ins row before seeking shelter, as was his custom when a cloud approached, but did not NEGRO HELD ON A CHARGE OF MURDER. A trial under peculiar circum stances was held here on Tuesday before Judge McLemore. Joe Brown, Jr., a negro had oeen ar rested in Laurens county on a war rant sworn out in this county, charging him with the murder _of George Fordham in Wane county, while they were en route to Dari en with a raft of timber on March 12th last. The negroes were on a raft to gether, and Brown claims that while they were trying to tie up the raft above Bugg Suck that the rope parted and left Fordham on the bank, aud he carried the raft on to Darien. A rumor of a ne gro having been found in a lake ( on the Wayne county side, and the ; fact that Fordham has not been j heard of since, caused the relatives of the missing man to take out a warrant for Brown. As there was no proof that Fordham is dead, and the crime, if committed at all, was done in Wayne- or Liberty counties, the court of inquiry here had no juris diction, and the warrant was dis missed after an investigation. A second warrant was sworn out charging Brown with murdering Fordham in in Wayne county, and he will be held for the authorities there. NOTICE. The members of the Juvenile Society are requested to meet at the Methodist parsonage Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Mite boxes will be opened. Be sure to bring them. Mrs. J. B. Griner. ! UNION BAPTIST £ ! INSTITUTE £ | jjg* ? College Preparatory and Industrial Training School for Boys and Girls W -h The Institute has a nice farm and modern equipments. Special attention is paid to Agriculture, Dairying, Manual ■jg Training and Domestic Sciences. Contract is let for -jL Electric Lights and Artesian Water Works. Board $9.00 per month; tuition SR.OO per mouth; medical fee $2.00 card in advance, you will be met at the depot. * Fail Term Begins Sept. 4, 1906 t jft For further information and catalogue, address i(fr * J. €. BREWTON, Pres. * ■* MT, VERNON, G». * *»*****#******+-*'***-IMMr**** I t Mmxtfytmnyi Mmitot. reach tlie end. Failing to show i up, a search was made and the mule and its faithful follower were found cold in death, two hours after the death-dealing flash i had passed. Charles was a faithful old darkey, and will be greatly missed by Dr. ; Mobley, whom he had served faith fully over twenty years. He was always honest and trusty, and i ready to do anything he was called • on to do. He loved to talk with i the Doctor of the old friends of bygone days, and wished to meet them in that Great Day. He was always true and faithful to his church, being a deacon at the time of his death. He always led a life that others could sec and follow. Charles was sixty years old and is survived by three chil dren. A few days before his death he requested to bo buried at Ins old home where he was raised a slave. BRANTLEY TO SPEAK FOR ESTILL. Statesboro, Gn., July 22. —Hon. Wm. G. Biantley has been in ! vited to address the people of Bul loch and adjoining counties at Statesboro Saturday, Aug. 4, or about that date, on the issues of the gubernatorial campaign. A letter signed by the Mayor of Statesboro, county officials and a large number of merchants, pro fessional men, bankers and farm ers of Bulloch county hits been sent to Congressman Brantley, in viting him to visit Statesboro on or about the date mentioned. It is intended to make the oc-j casion one of the biggest Estill rallies that has been held in this section of the state. Congressman Brantley is one of Col. Estill’s strongest supporters, and the peo- I pie of Bulloch and adjoining coun ' ties will rally in force to hear him. MARRIED SUNDAY. Miss Eleanor Morrison, eldest daughter ot Dr. and Mrs. ivl. Mor rison, aud Mr. Ben Fussed, with McKenzie’s Sons, contractors on the new court house, were mar ried on Sunday afternoon last. The ceremouy was per formed by Judge Geo. J. Stan ford in his usual happy style, and the young couple left immediately over the Seaboard for Savannah and other points. The young folks surprised their friends, and no doubt astonished themselves at their agility in making their es cape, as the parents of the bride were not at home when the mar riage took place. We offer con gratulations, and wish for them a long and happy life. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1906. MR. BEUGNOT PROMOTED. Mr. Willie Beugnot, carrier on ’ Mt. Vernon route No. I, was called to Atlanta last week in con nection with the mail service, and ' . returned Tuesday afternoon. He I 'will resign his place here and go i on as mail clerk August Ist. Mr. Beugnot is well posted in 1 mail routes, having ranked as second in the state m his exann , nation. llis first run will be from Tennille to Hawkinsville, to re lieve Agent Burke for his vacation of two weeks. His next run will be from Brunswick to Waycross as a sub, after which he will have a regular run. No young mail in this section is ' better posted than Willie Beugnot, and he is well read. We wish him abundant success. REVIVAL SERVICES. Rev. Chas. Montgomery of the Presoyterian church and Rev. J. W. Stokes of the Presbyterian church at Dublin commenced a revival meeting at Hack Branch on Tuesday of last week which closed Sunday night with six ac cessions to the church, and much good was accomplished. The meeting was continued with the new church at McGregor on Monday and is still in progress with fine promise of success. mm © © mi © © © © .©■©•© 1 © I <» | LOCAL - PERSONAL § ® <:•:> 0 ©•©•© e©s©© e©e ©: fee's ©® a 0 ©•© ee © © Mr. George hughes of Soper ton spent a day in Mt. Vernon last week, enroute to his old home at Vienna. Mrs. Cousins of Macon is here us the guest of Mrs. C. W. Fox. Mrs. McLaurine. mother of Prof. W. M. McLaurine of Ailey, I came down from Tennessee to vis-j it her son’s wife during her late illness and death. Miss Sadie McQueen entertained ! her young friends with a lackey party last Friday evening. A number attended and report an enjoyable time. Choice home-raised beef always on hand, at reasonable price. Give my shop a trial. J. M. Moore. Mr. S. D. Williamson, the live agent of the Steel Huy Press, was here Friday and Saturday. Mr. W. C. McAllister, stenog ; rapher of the Oconee circuit, came |over from Hawkinsville 011 Satur day evening to attend session of ; court in chambers here on Mon-1 day. Mrs. F. O. McKay of Scotland j was over last week on account of the illness and death of her niece at Ailey. Mrs. J. O. Mcßae was a visitor to Savannah on Monday. Mrs. W. W. Sumner and chil dren are in Thempsou, Ga., visit ing her brother, Mr. J. J. Math ews. Where GO-FLY goes flies will not go. Use it on your Horses and Cattle. Sold by S. 1. Bul lurd, Alamo; Rivers Drug Co., Glenwood; andJ. A. Peterson, Jr. Alley; W. H. McQueen, Mt. Ver non, Ga. Mr. W. J. Blackstou was among the visitors to Savannah Monday. Mr. W. 11. Kelley of McGregor section was in town Tuesday with a load of his famous watermelons. Mr. B. 11. Calhoun of Vidalia was transacting business here on Tuesday, and shaking hands with friends. Mr. Duncan A. Mcßae was a business visitor to Savannah j Monday. 1 SAD DEATH AT AILEY. On Saturday morning last, at 6 o’clock the spirit of Mrs. Carrie McLaurine took its flight. After several weeks of suffering, in which j medical skill aud tender care were j exhausted in an effort to prolong! her life, she passed to the realm of the good and the true. Mrs. McLaurine was the diuigh i ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Peter son, and was married to Prof. W. M. McLaurine in December, 1904. Her father and mother and several j brothers and sisters survive her. j Os her immediate household she leaves the disconsolate young hus band and a beautiful little girl, the pledge of her early love. 011 Sunday afternoon, in the presence of a large assembly of sorrowing relatives and friends, the mortal remains were laid away in the Peterson family cemetery. The funeral service was conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. B. Griner of the Methodist church, assisted by Dr. J. C. Brew ton of the Union Baptist Institute. With a tear of sympathy for the stricken ones, and a single flower for the grave of our fair young friend, we wait for more skillful hands to pay a more suitable trib ute to her precious memory. Several Ml. Vernon citizens are busy explaining how they missed the excursion tram Monday even | ing in Savannah, “just fifteen ' minutes’’ and had to stay over till i Tuesday. Mrs. VV. L. D. Rackloy and : Mrs. C. \V. Fox spent part of last I week in Helena, visiting Mr. C. ! A. Rackloy. Misses Ada and Maggie Lang > ford, with their brother Mr. Wal ter Langford, spent Monday in Savannah. None better than the old relia ble Singer Machine. Sold by ‘J-l M. D. Burch, Ailey, Ga. Work on the court house is very much delayed by the daily down pour of rain, but the walls begin i to show what the general appear ance of the building will be. The red pressed brick with white trim ming will show up finely. Miss Ruby Lee Fox of the Gra dy Hospital, Atlanta, is spending her vacation herewith parents arid (friends, Miss Ruby is a general j favorite here, and will graduate! i |as a trained nurse in May next. Has stood the test of time —the Singer Sewing Machine. Sold by 9-i M. D. Burch agt, Ailey. Mr. Mark McLemore still has i fever, but is reported as doing fairly well. The dairy farm in connection with the Union Baptist Institute is turning out some of the finest j butter ever seen in Georgia. j Call on me for ice. Have it on hand all the time. Oue cent per I pound, retail. J. M. Moose. Miss Mattie Mcßride is visiting relatives in Vienna, and will stop over in Cordele on her return. Mr. W. A. Peterson of the Mt. Vernon Bank, packed his grip last week and “silently stole away” to | join Mrs. Peterson and little Peter sons at Cairo, where Mrs. Peterson ; has been visiting relatives for a I month. They all returned Tues- | | day, Mr. Robt. Griner is ut home; j visiting bis parents. I News Paragraphs From The Week of Events . Max H. Neuberger of Savannah | was drowned while bathing in the | surf at Tybee on Friday evening j last. Same obi story of swim j mmg out to far. A freight tram was wrecked on I the Central road a mile above Mi 1- j len on Saturday, demolishing five cars and tearing np several hun j dred yards of track. No trace has yet been found of Justice Walter Orniand of Atlan ta, who fell off the Steamer Kanas City last week when 50 miles off shore. A collision between a freight and a passenger train near Ham let., N. C.,011 Sunday night killed twenty people. Caused by a failure of the operator to hold the pas senger train. Russell Sage, the noted finan cier and multi-millionaire, died at Ins summer home, at Lawrence, L. I , on Sunday last, and was nearly 90 years old. Two freight trains of the Ceil fra! road collided near Fori Valley mi Sunday morning, and threo negro trainmen were killed and one engineer seriously in jured. While working near a running saw at the mill of Boyd Burton in Hancock county on Thursday, Ike Allen, a colored farm hand, fell on the saw and was cut to 1 pieces. The first bale of open cotton lias been seen at Americas. Four people lost their lives within one hour at Atlantic City, N. J. while bathing in the surf on Saturday lust. Geo. S. Fitzwater, special agent of the Seaboard Air Lino, was drowned early Sunday morning j by falling into the river at Sav vunnah while stepping from one lighter to another. Five persons were killed by! lightning which struck the grand j stand while they were watching aj ball game at Manitowoc, Wis., on ! Sunday last. The fortune left by Russell Sage is said to be over a hundred mill ion dollars in value. ! BUIST’S TURNIP SEED f ! BUIST’S TURNIP SEED % % BUIST’S TURNIP SEED % I BUIST’S TURNIP SEED % % | * - * % LEADING VARIETIES: % * Ruta Hiipi White E.gg * * White Elat Dutch * •3P Seven Top Cow Horn J Purble Top Strap Leaf |~ lied Top or Purple Globe Jr * | * IN BULK i * £ 4 AT .... * ! MT. VERNON DRUG CO., | I MT. VERNON, GA. | 'I PAGES i TO io. The body of Geo. S. Fitzwater, who fell into the Savannah river Sunday morning, was recovered ild hours afterwards, and his pis tol and S6OO were secured. The Seaboard excursion to Sav annah on Monday carried about 2,(XX) people in the three sections run, C. E. Farrar, a young druggist of Dawson, Ga., committed sui cide by drugs taken, on account of domestic troubles, on Monday. Representative Williams of Laurens lias introduced a bill to make tho governor's term four years instead of two, and to make him ineligible after one term. At Alexander in Burke county on Saturday night last, Matt Sikes was killed, Watt Chance was m 1 lot. in tlm arm and eye, and a negro was also hit, the occasion being a drunken ro w. Judge H. D. 1). Twiggs of Sav annah, and his first wife, from whom he was divorced !!0 years ago, were married again in Sav annah yesterday. lie wns divorced from his second wife some five years ago. A gun in the hands of James Niblett, that lie “didn't know was loaded,” shot out both eyes of Miss Eva Kilgore near Monticello, | Ga., on Tuesday. ) - .... JUDGE MARTIN HERE TO HEAR MOTIONS. Hon. J. H. Martin, judge of the Oconee circuit, came down from Hawkinsville Sunday to hear mo tions here on Monday. The reg ular term of the May court had been hold over without regular adjournment, which was formally done on Monday. Several matters of minor importance were attend ed to before adjournment. CAMPMEETING NEAR ERICK. All good people are invited to attend a campmeeting at Little Rock church, two-aiid-a-half miles from Erick, commencing on Sept. Ist, W. It. Watson. - ... . . ■ 'i OFFICIAL ORGAN | i op >3 I; MONTGOMERY « COUNTY. S { $1.09 PER YEAR.
