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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1908)
BEST GRADES OF COMMERCIAL STATIONERY VOL. XXII. HON. G. W. WILLIAMS DIES IN DUBLIN. Dublin, Ga., Feb. 7 —Hon. G. i W. Williams, one of the represent-, atives of Laurens county in the; legislature died last night at his; home here from tuberculosis. Mr. i Williams attained great promi nence in the legislature last year when lie introduced the negro dis- j franchisement hill and elmiupion- j edit, through both houses. He ■ was a delegate to the anti-divorcc. congress which mefin Washing-! ton sometime ago. Jt will be re-1 called tbat he introduced several bills in the last legislature re stricting divorce evils; he was fre gueutly mentioned as a probable candidate for congress and was a I lawyer of ability, a ready orator j and an earnest champion of the cause of education. Mr. Williams is survived by a! wife and three children. Ho is | well-known to the people of Mont gomery county. RETIRES FROM RACE. Mr. J. .1 Fountain asks The Monitor to state that he is no longer in the race for Sheriff of Montgomery county. He says, further that lie is leaving t he cam paign in favor of no one man now in the race—having gone m inde pendently, he purposes to retire independently; Mr. Fount ian intends moving away from his present home, and i offers his place for sale. SCHOOL COMMISSIONER HUTCHESON RE-ELECTED. 1 At the regular meeting of the Board of Education held hero on 1 the 4th inst,., County School Coni- j missioner A. J’>. Hutcheson was re*-! elected to the place lie has been I filling for several terms past. He ' has made an excellent otlicer as Superintendent of the county ''schools and at the recent election had no opposition for the place. CRIMINAL BLACKS DRIVEN FROM SOUTH BY PROHIBITION. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 10— /. W. Mitchell, a negro, supreme commander Loyal Legion of Hon or a negro organization with 110 councils in the United States has issued this statement in Minneap olis : “Within a few weeks with the I coming of warm weather the North i will Le Hooded with a horde of the! criminal blacks driven from the j South by the prohibition wave. Whites and blacks of the North ! must meet this great problem. It) will be merely the shifting of the; negro problem from the South to j the North. The South has dodged it; tie* North must face it.” He declares Booker Washington realized the new phase in this problem and that the latter’s com ing visit to Minneapolis will mark the opening of a campaign to pre- ; pure the North for the inllux of black men from the South. I 1 i nuer ana oy virtue oi an order passed by the Hon. A. H. McDonnell, referee* in bankruptcy, 1 in the District Court of the- I "nit- I ed States for the Eastern Division j of the Southern District of tieor- j gia, in tlie matter of D. S. Barn hill, bankrupt, on the bth day of 1 February, A D, thus, | will set up ' ami expose for sale all of the stock ; of goods wares and merchandise, ( fixtures, store and office furniture ( etc. belonging to said bankrupt, located in .Sop**rton, Georgia, on the 15th day »f February A D. ] between the legal hours of sale; the said stock of goods, wares,etc. will be first exposed for sale m lots or parcels and then as u whole. The successful bidder is required to deposit Id p* r cent of his bid : with the trustee, the same to be refunded if such bid is not con firmed by the referee. All bids , subject to confirmation by the court. E. A. Oiti.vw, Trustee, It Sopertou, Ga. J ahr iflmttivmtm; ill invite. AGRICULTURAL TRAIN. Many of our people are looking forward to the arrival of the Ag ricultural train, which is sched luled to reach Mt. Vernon on the 21st about 12 o’clock; The train will remain at the Ml. Vernon de ; pot about an hour and a half and I all are invited to go out and henr the lectures on the subject, of ng- I ricull lire. | D'*. Soule bus provided for five |lecturers to be aboard this train | and make brief talks at each town visited. In order to provide for the “College on Wheels,” n spec ial train lias Been made up of two baggage cars for exhibit purposes and throe day coaches for lecture rooms. This tram will run on a j special schedule and a sidet rack j for a course of lectures at each .town visited. One of these lecturers will go deeply into the subject by fertili zation and will tell the wonderful properties, to hff found in the use of cotton seed meal as a fertilizer tiller and will show exhibits which have resulted from its use.- He will also g<> into the subject of cattle raising in the South and will explain how much more i cheaply cattle can be raised and j how much bettor by a use of a mixture of cotton seed hulls than Western hay or bran. Dr. Soule! has tried the experiment and will vouch for the good results to he obtained. HORSE STOLEN. A horse belonging to Prof. J.M. | Davis was recently stolen in the I night from the stable on Prof, j Davis’ farm near Alamo in this, county. The horse has not been j located and the thief is still at i large. A bridle and saddle was ! also taken. | _____ I ENTERTAINMENT AT U. B. INSTITUTE. There is an evening of pleasure j in store for those who go out to the Union Baptist Institute Tues day evening, 18th mst. The oc casion will he the first appearance of Prof. R. B. Ilariey,who will en tertain you with his “White wash,” a serio-comic, society and 1 political combination of fun. This class of entertainment is j sure to please all and he will prob ably have a large house. A small i admission fee will be asked. Go out —Tuesday evening, 7 :*SO. “LORD HAVE MERCY!” SOBBED BEACH HARRIS. Jackson, Ky., Feb. B—Beach Hargis, who shot and killed his; father, Judge James Hargis on Thursday, was permitted to stand by the coffin today and look at the face of the dead. Turning away I with smothered sobs,the son knelt! bv the body and murmured:! “Lord have mercy!” While he. was kneeling his mother came in-! to the room and fell by his side, where they remained for a short j time, when the son was returned ; to jail. Many friends and relatives oft Judge Hargis came to Jackson for the funeral; also a large crowd from the country, which took place from the little family bur ial ground on the crown of u knoll around which flows the north fork of the Kent ueky river. Near by; are the graves of Judge Hargis’! three brothers, all of whom died of wounds inflicted by political en emies. The casket of mahogany and steel, with solid silver hand les, bad been constructed for Judge Hargis recently oil the Judge’s special order. --■■ - 1 ■ < A THOUGHT FOR TODAY. So many Gods, so many creeds; So many paths that wind and wind, i When just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. I MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, KER. 13, 190 S. I ATLANTA IN GRASP OF ICE KING. . I | Atlanta, Feb. 12—Wires are down, lights are out, highways blocked and trallie all hut par alyzed from one rim of Atlanta to the ot her. In addition to tlmslip pery condition of everything hun ' tlreds of wires snapped and scores of polos strewed the streets. The j limbs of trees also had broken un l I der their weight of ico and rah horses that had been lashed into service picked their way cautious ly like mountain donkeys m Spain. The I'roezi is almost severe ;as the one of February, 1805. It ! came on suddenly. Many were without coal, which caused sut ering, and l ho poor of t lie city ex perienced many hardships. To (’oai. in Savannah. Savannah, Fob. B—The8 —The Ocean Steamship 00, is preparing to i make the experiment of coaling ■ its vessels in Savannah instead of the ports of the east. The steam ers plying between Savannah and Boston will hr* the first to receive their coal at this end. It is ex pected the New York ships will I later be coaled here with coal j mined at Birmingham, Ala., i brought in over the C. of Ua. tracks and transferred to tin* docks of the Ocean Steamship Co, A CARD. Editor Monitor— Please allow me space in your valuable paper to request all my good friends and voters of my na tive county to assist, my brother, 1). M. Currie, in his race for the office of Tax Collector. I He is competent and if elected will make a good,eonscimit ions of j fieer, and surely needs the benefit, jof 1 lie office worse than any man lin the race. Thanking all these ‘ good people in advance for any! and everything they may see lit to jdo to help him get the office, and ! for the kind considerat ion always extended to me 111 the past, I am, Very truly and sincerely, M. L. Ct'iuiiK, M. I). ——— i | Mykhs Stii.i, J.IVIM.. ! ■ 1 Columbus, Eeb. 7—Dr. L. F. Myers, who was shot through Mm head yesterday by Ed Tower, ivlmi ! said the doctor exercised u hyp- j tiolic influence over him and shot! 1 him to break the spell, still lives, j ! His tenacious elingihg to life is' almost remarkable as the phycoli j gical aspect of the ease. ;©: .© :©: 0. .© © 0 .©; .©: ©: ©. 0 © .© 00©000 ©OO 0 © 0 § LOCAL - PERSONAL % 0 0 •©©o©©:©©■ ©o©©: © © ©OO 00 0 0:0 00© 0 0 Hear Prof. Harley at the* Union baptist I list it tile next Tuesday night. Mr. K. M. Ituckley came down ! from Atlanta this week, and in j spending a few dtivs its home r<•- |etiperating. lie has been unwell i for some weeks. Dr. John K. Hall and family of Ailey have recently moved over to Mt. Vernon and are residing on College Avenue. We welcome them as citizens. Recipe for making others pay t heir debts: —Pay yours. We can’t all he merchant prin ces or captains of industry; hut there’s room in the chorus. Advices from Atlanta state that Mr. J.C. McAllister will he well enough to return home in a few days and many friends will wel come him. Some weeks ago he was operated on for appendicitis. Col. M. 15. Calhoun was indis posed a part of this week, hut is now out on the streets. Mr. G. W. Peterson is improv ing from an attack of the grippe, hut is still quite unwell. TO VOTERS. To Mv Friends and Fellow ('it i- I zens of Montgomery County: | While my canvass for the office I of Tax Collector of the county has ; been an active one, possibly there M arc those of the voters whom I j have not seen during the past few [weeks, on account of my duties at ! home. Indeed I wi 11 appreciate tlm sup port of the people of tile county in the present race, especially those who have moved in to tlm county during the past few years from some of the sister counties. And while 1 I cel eon lidei, t ol winning the race at this election, ! 1 trust that my friends will give sufficient support to make my election a surety on tlm 20th Inst. \\ itTi the* best ..I good will and friendship toward my fellow citi zens, 1 am Yours Truly, Jas. W. Adams. ! VICTORIAN NOTES. Last Saturday we had our n*gu- I In r business meeting. Oil account of the absence of , svernl of our members we bad a j rather short program. I Wi had a piano duct by Net 1 m [Mosley and Maggie (>IIiIV, Iteeitu tmn by Lilian Evans. This was a beautiful piece and was well . ii 1 rendered. Then we hail a piano solo by i i‘earl Col Ims. . ! Wants by Myrt h* Clements,; [ and Jokes 1 1 \- Florence 11 ngan. j Misses Maggie Smith, Myrtle J Burch, ami Ada and Maggie Laiig -1 lord were wiMi us and Miss Mag 'gie Langford kindly consented to I . * ! sing for us. I ; Oncol lhedi• lai t .»*r.* I icing ab ! sent we had no debate, but Mary j ! Coleman, tlm ol Imr spealo ron the i debate, gave us a recitation in-I |stead. I Moo kN i*: Aenoit.V j _ Lko \eii:s Eon \iii.iio Schools. Bit Islicld, Mass., Feb. 7—l>v the will of Miss Alice Byingt.on of! ! Stock bridge, tiled lor probate, the j | Hampton Coinnmrieial and Agri- j jon Imi i'a | Institute of 11 am pt on, j Va., is given ijii*I(»,()()!); the Yor | mill and Industrial Institute of Tuskegee, Ala.. 1.000, and the Mt. IJermon Schools lor Mo vs at j East Xorl'hlicld, Mass., i)i25,<MM). I)r. 11. C. Himrpc of t lie lower | 1 | seel ion of the county was a pleas- I ant visitor at this office one day last week. Ih* is building up a good practice. I i 1 1 Mr. Jane s McCullough was quite ill at I lie home ol M r*. .1. I>. McCullough yesterday, hut is I somewhat improved at t his time. ij Only a few days and the thing ■ i will he over. U Many candidates for county of fice have hoen cireulut ing among , friends here t his week. Dr. Edward Hunt of Vidaliahas ; recently located in Mt. Vernon.i l>r Hun! eome- w ll recommend , las a pliysieinu and a warm wel come is accorded him. Du it now, if you cun; hut do it. right if it takes twice- as long. Members of the Executive (Join-! in it Lee arc week, making 1 preparat ions for the primary of the gdth. The water supply for the court, house was cut oil the past tew days on account of damage to the piping try the recent freeze. How ever, it has been repaired and ev erything is now in regular work ling order. V Col. C. V'., Atwil of Eastman * came over one day the week to visit friend;. , . THE SWEEP OF PROHIBITION. “ Leverages” which is published l in New York and is the lending . organ of the liquor trade ot the s i country, recently printed an item ized account of the spread of pro hibition, as an argument for the iwecossarv ol a compact, orgauixii t ion of 11m cut ire retail liquor In , t.erests of t in* country. According to this talmlnt ion, al though Kentucky is famous for its Mine Grass whisky and has -jiMMMMHMMM) invested in distiler ics, all but fourteen of its ll'.t count ies are w holly “dry" and of tlm fourteen only four arc wholly “wet." Stepping over into Ten imssce, you can get a drink only id the city of Memphis, Nashville and I’hattanooga. Georgia has ; become a prohibition state. Seventy-live per cent of Alabama ; is “dry" under a county local op tion law. I’llirt y-f >ur of the for j iy-soven count ies of Florida are ] “dry” and Gov, Broward is lead ing a campaign for stale prohibi tion. A simtibir campaign is be ing waged ill Mississippi, where sixty-eight out- of seventy-live comities have adopted prohil it ion. Sou till Ga rolina has repealed its dispensary law, substituting local option by counties, and a move ment for state prohibition has Imeii st a rt ed, A large part of North Carolina [ has no saloons, and the temper ! a nee cam pa ign is act i v<*. Vi r j ginia Ims sevent-y-! wo “dry” conn-; j t ies mil of IIS, West Virgin in j thirty mil of fifty-five, Maryland fourteen out of t. wen I y-f wo. About ha 11'the towns of Dcleware went “11ry' at tlm id i*lee| ion. Arkansas lias sixty nut of seventy live count ies “dry” and many dry j towns in the others. Missouri's! local option law has driven tlm [liquor trade from forty-four conn- j | tW's, In Texas, lli count ies are 1 reported absolutely “dry” all'll J I'oi'l iy forty-seven totally “wet”! ! Oklahoma ami Kansas are prohl-l 1 ■ lotion states. Minnesota has I2.'L “dry towns, Jml nine (580 \V'is-j ; consul (550. In <)liio, 1,1 111 out, ot 1,15715 townships are “dry,” and lit) per cent, of the miineipal it ies. M assiiehiiset i s has 250 “dry” and 100 “wet,” towns. Connecticut; ■ lias ninety-six “dry” towns out of i ! 17*5, ami every saloon must lie run by ii s a<*t ua I owner. Wlii'.o tin* tabulation is incom-j [ ph*te, imismimli as it docs not) ! show prohibition gains made in si ales other than I hose mentioned, there cun be no doubt tlint, it in- | < dieafes a growth of public senti-! 1 m<*nf against tin* drinking Inibit i which is übsnlul<*y revolutionary in it s elm racier, because flic listen idling progress of the prohibition movement bus been made w ithin I the last two nr three years with out any national organization, j Id tle public agitation and with-! mil any relationship whatever to! party polities. To what extent j tlm movement will go and what. j i I lie results will be are questions j flint only time can determine. — j) Washington Herald. \ T. S. IIKVU'.UIK J. MANKR LAWTON ij ! ' !i s Sllll' VOL'Ii COTTON \ TO i| j T. S. HEYWARD & CO. 5 Colton Factors, Having and Tios i; <* N j i! ; FERTIMZKKS ; \ EXPERT HANDLERS OF i | I pland, ITorodora and Sea-1 stand Cotton j LIBERAL ADVANCES ON CONSIGNMENTS j J i2o and 122 Kav Sr. K., SAVANNAH, GA. { $ gtri.uKi' Dj-tanc? 'I ‘*l'-|»lion*'s: 110. Georgia, 74-» !> JUDGE DILLON DIED IN BRUNSWICK , .1 1 1<lu• * I). J. Dillon, one of south tieergin’s most prominent and he . loved citizens, died nt thendvnnc , <‘d age of 82 years, at his home in Brunswick at an early hour Tues | day morning. Judge Dillon spent most of his event till life in Brunswick, and tor many years has been one of its leading and most progressive citizens. Known to thousands, jit has been said that no man in south (ieorgia had a larger circle of friends. lie is survived by the following children: I). K. Dillon. superin- Londent of tin* Western I'nion Telegraph company at Jackson ville, Kla. ;J. It. Dillon, of ('lark son;.!, W. Dillon, of Tliomas ville, (.la.; Mrs. D. T. Coney, W. 11. Do You, Miss Kate Dillon, all lot Brunswick, am) Mrs. K. I*. 11. I Akers, of Atlanta. Mrs. Akers has gone to Brunswick to he pres ent at the funeral. He is also survived by a number of grand children, several of whom live in Atlanta. ION TAX RECEIVED Subject to the primary election to be held for Montgomery county |on Kelt. 20. I am a candidate for l lie office of Tax Receiver. I am ! thoiiroughly in touch with the people and tool capable of fulfill ing every duty incumbent upon t lie olliee. If lam favored with jI he Ollice, it. shall he my whole jdutw to protect, the interests of I lie people. Yours in earnest., .1 NO, <i. Molt It IS. SIX YEARS OF SILENCE. William Mitchell, Dr. Charles |S. Marie and Leslie K. llulbert, the three Amerieans whose death sentences for the murder of two jollier American* for life insuranee ! were recently commuted to go j yours imprisonment by the gov ' ernor rd the state of Chihuahua ! arrived here recently under strong j guard. They are being taken to VerOriiezto In- confined in the fortress ot St. Juan do flea. i lie dismal eel Is of this grim old euntie are far down m the • ground and it is said t hat, few men 1 live to serve out their sentences when once placed within its walls. The t hree convicts are prohibited from uttering a word to anyone during the lirst six years of im prisonment. This provision of the lasv applies to all long term con victs. They will be kept in soli tary confinement during this time. —Mexico City Dispatch to New York Sun. Thunk (iod every morning when you get up that you have something to do which must be done whether you like it. or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your hest will breed in you tnmpereiice, self-control, dili gence, strength of will, content and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.—Ex. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY. $1.06 PER YEAR. NO. 39
