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Drove to His Death
in Waters of Oconee .
John Pickren, who lias been op- i
©rating It'-sawmill at Daisy, and,
whose home is in Bulloch county, j
met his death in the red waters of j -
the Oconee river at the public
ferry here Saturday evening.
He arrivtm in Glenwood by the 1
westbound Seaboard train Satur
day morning, stopping with his
sister, Mrs. Allen. He lured a
horse and buggy from Mr. Cola B.
Browning in the afternoon and
came over to Mt. Vernon on busi
ness. He afterwards went on to
Ailey, returning through Mt. Ver
non after sundown.
His last inquiry here in passing
was for a corkscrew, and Mr. Wil-j
liams, the ferryman, met him J
about half way between the ferry,
and Mt. Vernon, and noticed that
he was intoxicated. The river is
quite full and the water covers the
usual landing place. It is sup
posed that he drove the horse into
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE TO MEET,
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Montgomery County is
hereby called to meet at the court
house in Mt. Vernon on Monday,
Aug. 13, to arrange for the hold
ing of the state primary on the
22d inst. Each member is urged
to be present. Jas. T. Geiger,
Chairman.
M. B. Calhoun, Sec’y.
TAX RETURNS COMPLETE.
Tax Receiver Racklev has fin
ished his work on Montgomery’s
tax digest for 1906. The returns
naturally show a falling off in
values on account of the cutting
off of a large slice of territory to
form Toombs county.
The returns for the year 1905
were, ... $3,131,528.
For 1906, - - 3,008,754.
Loss, $122,774.
The totals would still show an
increase figuring off the teiuitorv
lost in the formation of Toombs
county.
THE NEW COTTON CROP.
Indications are that it will be
short in this section. It will stand
every farmer in hand to make his
cotton to the best advantage. The
well-known house of Hunter,
Pearce & Battey, Savannah, have
extra fine facilities for handling
your cotton. They are well and
favorably known to all our mer
chants, and they are ready to give
your business special attention.
Their card always appears in this
paper,
Mr. T. A. Clifton of Toombs
was in to see us Monday.
! UNION BAPTIST I
| INSTITUTE !
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College Preparatory and Industrial
"51* Training School for Boys and Girls &
W
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The Institute has a nice farm and modern equipments.
Special attention is paid to Agriculture, Dairying, Manual
Training and Domestic Sciences. Contract is let for
Electric Lights and Artesian Water Works. Board $9.00 jj£.
per month ; tuition $3.00 per mouth ; medical fee $2.00
per term. Apply for rooms at once. If you will send jjg.
jL card in advance, you will be met at the depot. -jg.
Fall Terra Begins Sept. 4, 1906 *
Fof-fjuther information and catalogue, address
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swimming water, when the animal
turned and broke loose fioin the
buggy, as he was found early Sun
day morning feeding near the
ferry.
Mr. John \V. McCullough, who
came over alter dark, saw the top
of the buggy just above the water,
from where it was recovered Sun
day morning. An old and partly
broken harness was probably all
that saved the valuable horse of
Mr. Browning.
A crowd gathered early Sunday
morning and began dragging with
hooks for the body. Mr. Boss
Morrison, an expert diver, and
others, spent some time in diving
and fishing for it. The search was
kept up until Monday afternoon
about 4 o’clock, when the body
rose from under the clump of wil
lows just below the landing.
The body had been in the water
about 45 hours, and was greatly
swollen and blackened. Remains
were carried to Glenwood for in
terment.
SING AT ALAMO.
. The Union Singing Convention
. at Alamo on the 6tli Sunday m
j July was a splendid success, and
■ enjoyed by all present. Meeting
was called to order by President
. C. M. Williams who led in prayer.
> Address of welcome was delivered
by Mr. Hanip Burch.
The following were appointed to
. lead a lesson of 15 minutes each :
W. A. Howell, Prof. P. N. Brown,
C. M. Williams, Prof. J. C. Len
derman, T. B. Caldwell andG. W.
■ Stapleton, Dinner was then an
i nounced, and all enjoyed the feast
s prepared by the good people of
i Alamo. The convention again as
; sembled and sang untrl 8:30, when
I it adjourned to meet with Long
Branch church on the sth Sunday
iin September. The convention
j desires to thank Misses Pansy
Haralson, Emeline Coleman, Sa
die Galbraith and Prof. Lender
i man, who ably performed on the
! orgnn. Many thanks are also due
. the good people of Alamo and vi
cinity for their cordial welcome
and the very pleasant day spent
with them. J. F. McDaniel,
Secretary.
From Edna.
.
! Bpccial CBfißHpondoncfi.
, Rev. Reese- preached an interest
ing sermon Sunday afternoon .
* Miss Eva Orr of is
I I visiting her aunt, Mrs. Haskins
i! of this place.
! Miss Ola Darby of Vidalia spent
/a part of last week with Miss Edna
i | Peterson.
The Misses Knight and brother
j visited the Misses Williams Sun
day last. G.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUG. 9, 1906.
A Gala Day in Lyons ,
The Capital of Toombs.
Friday last was a rousing big 1
dav in the town of Lyons. The oc- 1
casion wae the laying-ot the cor
nerstone of the new Toombs
county court house, which was
done by the Masmic fraternity
with solemn and impressive cere
-1 monies. A great least and barbe
cue was prepared by the people of
. Lyons and Toombs county, and
the people came from all quarters,
many from Tattnall and Mont
gomery joined in the festivities.
The crowd was estimated all the
way from 8,600 to 5,000 people.
The heat was terrific out at the
new building, but most of the
crowd stood through the interest
ing cereniony r . One very sad ac
cident did much to mar the pleas
ures of the day. The grand stand,
which had been erected 111 front;
of the building, collapsed when
the advance of the crowd began
tojtake seats on it, and Miss)
Sharpe, daughter of Mr. Ansell
Sharpe, about 16 years old, wasj
ctwfght between the heavy timbers
and a partly rotten stump under-:
. neath, and the right limb torn j
open, from the ankle to above the;
knee, in a terrible manner. An
old lady was severely bruised, and j
a little girl had the skin split.J
open on the forehead, The ac
cident occured before the cereino-J
' ny and did not interfere at all
with the exercises.
Col. W. B. Stubbs of Savannah,
acting Grand Master, was master!
1 of ceremonies. Past Master -T. H. j
Estill of Savannah was present, I
and presided over the preliminary
meeting of the local lodge. The
temporary Grand Lodge was filled
by acting officers as follows : Mas-!
’ ter, W. B. Stubbs: deputy master, j
G. C. Jones; senior warden, Geo.:
W. Aaron; junior warden, Hiram
Clifton; treasurer, L. L. McGreg
or; secretary, W. C. Oliver; sen- 1
ior deacon, V. 11. Coursey; junior 1
deacon, Jas. Anderson ; chaplain,
S. B. Morris; stewards, E. Parker
and J. B. Aaron; tyler, F. L. 1
Bowen; marshal, P. H. Patrick*.
Past Master G. B. Johnson car
ried the Bible.
The address on Masonry, by
Acting Grand Master Stubbs, wasj
a real gem, and Mr. Stubbs sus
tained his well-known reputation
TRACING CLERKS—BEWARE!
Washington, I). C., July 5, 1906.
Editor Common Carrier:—The
letter from a prominent
i! citizen of Georgia, gives a new
construction of the law in regard
Ito tracing freight. The writer is
i evidently a student of constitu
| tional law, and has the law before
j lnm as he writes. This letter was
j addressed to the Southern Kail
way, but I send it to you, so that
you may warn the remainder of
the Southern roads, of the penal
ties they are incurring in tracing
shipments, which according to the
citizen of Pennick, Ga., is trea
son, and is punishable by death,
.or a fine of SIO,OOO dollars, pos
sibly both. Yours truly, M.
(Copy.)
Pennick, Ga., June 25, 1906.
I Southern Railway Company.
Railway Business.
I have a Freight bill against
I the southern railway co. for one 1
I Flat top jacket can syrup 80c
j and 1 box smoke meat 70c
Date of way bill 1901. this
l shipmeute is from sears, roabuck
| co, Chicago 111. I have a tracer
| card direck from the house coh
signee of this vaulued shipment.!
| southern railway company, this
day want SIO,OOO Dollars at oftce
| I have the rule for tracing in the
1 united state, tracihg iso a punish
j merit the constitution declat trac
; ering to be the livering war. any
j person tired for tracering is offen-
I der and a convicked offender
i should Be hung
as a polished and entertaining
speaker. The impressive ceremony
was witnessed with intense in
terest. by hundreds who stood
through it all with the, broiling
rays of an August sun beaming
full upon them.
The long tables were next filled
with t he wagon loads of barbecued
meats, supplemented by the
tempting contents of hundreds of
baskets of good things, and .when
the onslaught was made o.j the
tables, a drenching rain poured
down upon the devouring multi
tude, and the sconce changed in a
few minutes to one of grand, ex
citing, peculiar and bedraggled,
dripping, prodigious proportions.
for all the oilicoi ex
cept president of the United
States,were on hand, and mingled
with tlTe great crowd. Col. J. H.
Estill and Hon, R. B. Russell can
didates for governor, Hun. W. \V.
Sheppard, lion. J. A. Brannen,
HOll. Win. Clifton, and Cordon
Saussy, candidates foi congress,
Judge B. T. Rawlings candidate
for judge, wore those most act ive
in the handshaking business. Col.
Estill, Col. Tom Morgan and
Judge Russell spoke at the school
building in the afternoon. The
address by Tom Morgan was the
finest wo have heard during the
campaign. Col. Estill and Judge
Russell fully sustained their well
known positions on the issues
involved.
Lyons, the capital of the pros
perous new county of Toombs,
is a hustling town with fine stores
anti progressive business men, and
as clever a lot of people as we
have ever met. The stores would
do credit to any little city, and
everything is pervaded by the
contagious spirit ot progress.
Wo found Uncle Peter Clifton,
the “daddy” of Toombs, at. home
from his place in the legislature
on the gala day, with a briquet tin
the lappel of his coat and a smile
that reached from Pendleton to
the Ohoopee, stepping around as
a four-year-old colt. Uncle John
Clifton, the first Ordinary of
Toombs, and the chief director in
the building of the splendid new
courthouse, was in his jolhost
vein, and was exceedingly anx
ious to make everybody happy.
Numerous friends, some of
whom we had not seen in thirty
years, added much to the pleas
ure of our first visit, to the hospi
table little city of Lyons.
IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUE,
Col. A. L. Lanier and wife of
Bartow, and Mr. Leo of Effing
ham were here several days pros
pecting, and left Tuesday. We
learn that they have purchased
the ten-acre tract of Mr. Ceo. L.
Adamson the hill half way from
'the court house and Institute and
will Build at mice. No more choice
piece of land could have been
found. Let others come and do
I likewise.
t j Lumber is being pi need for the
residence of Mr. .1. P. Currie on
“Institute Heights.” Several oth
er residences are contemplated.
Brick-laying commenced on the
new building of Mcßae <fc l>ro.
'j last Monday.
SUMMER GOODS MUST
CLEAR THE TRACK.
A. A. Peterson, Jr., the hust
| ling merchant and cotton buyer
I announces Tn this issue a cut-price
| sale to reduce stock. In addition
he offers a SIOO prize in gold to
help along the movement. You
may hold the lucky ticket. Read
the new ad and take advantage of
his cost prices.
Jentlemens i have the opportu
nity of reading the Law passed
april the 80th in congress 1700 a
ease of this kinde may be tried by
the joury and after the case be
tried is to put the prisoner to deth
or to find him for a some not less
than SIO,OOO Dollars f received
this Freight Bill at Sterling I am
for Hoke smith Yours truly,
■; (Signed) G. F. Pf.ny.—
i Common Carrier.
News Paragraphs From
The Week of Events *
James Lnmon, a firemiln on the
Steamer Elite at. Savannah, fell
overboard Monday' morning and
was drowned.
While a jury was sis t itig to con
sider her case as a lunatic, Miss
Ida Calhoun, aged IS, stole a pis
tol, wont two miles to a cemetery
and shot herself through the
heart.
A mob of 3,000 forced open the
jail at. Sailshurg, N. C., on Mon
day night and lynched three ne
groes in there, charged with mur
der.
The court of Special Sessions in
New York has declared the child
labor law of t hat state unconstitu
tional because it. is class legisla
tion.
Over 20 people died from the
extreme heat in New York on
Monday.
L( mi AIR.
Special Corru.l pomloucu.
Protracted meeting at the M.
E. church closed last Wednesday
, evening, Rev. Mr. Gibbons of
1 Tennessee did all the preaching
which was enjoyed by all. Every
1 sermon to get better.
There wore no new members ad
ded hut the church was revived.
\ A nice little sum was made up for
Rev. Gibbons. It. was regretted
that the last night of services the
congregation was so small <>n ac
count of the inclement, weather.
1
On Sunday evening at. Sopor
ton, Mr John Mosley and Miss
• Bessie Wilcox were united in niar
. riage, Mr. Ben (iillis, J. P., offi
-1 eialing. It was a runaway match,
, the only objection being
1 their ages. Johnnie couldn’t have
1 selected a nicer little girl any
where, and so accomplished. Both
’ have many friends who hope their
matrimonial bark may glide safe
ly through life. Johnnie was a
, student of the U. I>. 1., but. I sup
. pose 110 thinks his school day's are
over.
MASONIC RALLY AT
LOWERY CHURCH.
The people in the vicinity of
Lowery Church ask their friends
j to join them in a Masonic Rally,
!at the church on Tuesday, Aug,
21st.
All are requested to bring well
filled baskets and help to make
I the day enjoyable to all who at
tend. Col. W. It. Kent of Mt..
1 Vernon will deliver an address on
the occasion.
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'| K. M. Smith of Valdosta cleared
■ 1 l coutb on one car of cant aloupes
11 but hi s * next car lacked 40 centd
of pitying freight and other ex
penses .
i R. F. Knight, agent of thd
Southern road at New Holland;
j Ga., hanged himself on Monday
afternoon, and it is supposed that
it was on account of grief for his
• | wife who died some time ago.
Dr. J. I’. Thomas and a prof
essional aeronaut sailed their bal
loon 225 miles on Monday front
New York to Rrunt Rock, Mass.;
i in 12 hours stopping once to get
1 breakfast.
The Italian Steamship Sind
' sank near Gape I’alos, off t lid
J coast of Spain Sat urday last and
■ ROO eingfanfs, most iy Italians and
i I Spaniards, were drowned. The
captian then committed suicide.
COUNTY CQMWSSiONERS
IN MONTHLY SESSION?
The board of County Comniis
, sinners held a busy session oil
Monday, and returned Tuesday td
finish up the work. Much routine
work was attended to at the meet
ing, citizens from every section of
the county attending.
One important matter taken u;J
by the hoard was they levying of
taxes for the year and the extri
• expense of building the court
house. The rate when added td
the state will be $19.50 on thd
i thousand. This is intended td
cover all expenses, is much lead
than it was expected to be.
Another important matter con*
, sidered by tile board was thecrea
tion of a new militia district. Tho
citizens around Tarrytown ajv
plied for the formation of a new
militia district, and though thd
matter was opposed by some, the
L new district was granted. Thd
number will lie given by the state
when the grant is made, and Tar
rytown will he the precinct.
JUDGE D. M, ROBERTS A CANDIDATE
Judge I). M. Roberth of Kust
-1 man, former judge of the super*
' ior court of the Oconee circuit;
, announces for one of the judge
ships of t he new Court of Appeals,
as provided for by a recent act of
' the legislature.
This section is justly entitled td
one of the judges, and Judge Rob
i erts ranks among the very higli
- est in legal attainments, and the
. office would be a tilling testimo
i mal to his ability. We hope Judge
Roberts will get it.
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