Newspaper Page Text
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.