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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1908)
WAYCROSS PRODIGAL S YEARS A WANDERER Considerable interest i 9 taken at \Vuycro9a in the story of the wanderings of Will Bladen, who has at Inst turned up well and hearty after his absence of nearly five years, during which his pa rents spent a large amount of money hunting him. Paul Carver, for a year in the employ of the Bladetis as helper on their farm, grew quite friendly with the son at that time, about lo years old. On the night of Oct. 10, 1908, the two left home for Waycross. Carve*’ enticed the hoy away, telling him plausible tales of the wonders in the great world beyond Ware county. The two left without telling anyone of their intentions, and for five years the parents did not know whether their son was living or dead. Carver had money at the' time of his departure, but would spend none of it. riding on rail roads. He furnished the boy money for food and in thin way the pair walked to Mississippi. In that state, at a turpentine farm, the lad was deserted by his com panion. The life of a wanderer appealed to him, however, and he went on from one state to anoth er. Twenty-six states and the Do minion of Canada were visited during his absence, and most of the larger cities in the South, Middle Westnnd East have known him at one time or another. Throughout his career, however, young Bladen lias worked for his living and never had to apply for aid. In Eau Claire, Wis., lie was taken ill a short time ago and wrote home. He reached Way cross Wednesday! of last week and a happy day was spent by the family, relating the experiences of five years’ separation. We venture the assertion that in all his five years’ wandering lie never felt quite so good ns when he “poked” his feet under his mother’s table the first meal after reaching home. No, no 1 No one like a mother, and “there’s no place like home.” RAVAGES OF STRANGE WILD BEAST A special from Albany, da., to the Savannah News (luted theßth, says: The people who live in the vicinity of Bridgeboro would greatly appreciate enlightenment concerning the identity of some species of voracious and elusive beast of prey that has terrorized that section. Most of all would j they appreciate the favor ir some man of mighty prowess would 1 hunt down and slay the unknown and unidentified terror. Bridgeboro is in the extreme southwestern part of Worth coun ty, near the line of Mitchell. | About ten days ago a report came j in from a nearby farm, that a wild beast had raided the place, killed a half grown calf and carried it to the woods, where it was partial ly devoured. A few days later the mysterious creature appeared in another quarter, killing some half grown pigs and a sheep. Since then its depradat ions have been reported from various other places and women and children are afraid to venture away from home, ex cept in the middle of the day. Several persons claim to have seen the animill which is causing such u.furor, but the descriptions differ so greatly that the conclu sion is inevitable that some lively imaginations have been at work. One wild-eyed individual, who had a bad fright while passing through a dense wood late one evening, saw the “varmint,” and declares that it was »s large us a young mule, and so powerfully builtthat it could easily have jumped a fence with a full grown cow in its mouth. The habits of n strange beast and the manner in which it lias attacked animals it has killed, no less than the appearance of half devoured carcasses found in the woods, leads to the belief that the animal is a wolf, though where it could have come from "is a mys tery. Hunting parties have failed to get a glimpse ot the best. THE DISTRICT COLLEGES WILL BE MAINTAINED The House on Thursday of last week took up pending appropria tion bills and passed measures car rying appropriations aggregating $208,825, of which about $182,000 is lor agricultural education. The state college of agriculture at Athens was voted SBQ,OOO for past maintenance. This money has already been spent during the pre ceding session and the members of the board ot trustees had pledged themselves individually for it. The same institution was given $25,000 for maintenance during the re mainder of 1908 and $50,000 for i the year 1909. The next bill passed, by Messrs. Martin and Candler and others, who also introduced the foregoing, appropriates about s77,ootVfor the j support of the eleven district ag ricultural schools during the ses sion of 1908-9. Exact, figures are | not given, for the bill provides that all proceeds from the inspec tion’of fertilizers, oils and pure foods, shall go to the support of these schools after the expenses alone of inspection are paid. The Agricultural Department of the State is hereafter to receive its support from the general fund in the treasury instead of from these fees, which which will all go to I the schools. ~ . j Tom Powell of the saw mill : firm of Powell Bros, was placed ; in'jail one day Inst week at Val dosta, charged with the murder j of Owen Folsom, who was struck on the head with a shingle while on the wav home. He was dis covered several hours later in the throes of- death and died soon af terwards. Powell claims Folsom started on him with a knife and he knocked him down, but does not think the blow sufficient to cause dentil. SAVANNAH MAN SUICIDES ON ACCOUNT OF FAILURES Capt. D. G. Purse, aged about] 09 years, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head j with aBB calibre pistol Thursday ; morning at his office in Savannah. It. seems that in younger days lie had been rather successful in the business world —pilotting through big deals in which he made con siderable money ; but since the last panic has been on ho had failed to consummate some very! large deals, and in consequence he! no doubt failed to realize perhaps several thousand dollars, and all this in addition to being run] down in health lie got tired of liv-! ing, and put an end to his life, i He leaves a wife and several grown children, among them being Dr. M. A. Purse, a prominent citizen! of Atlanta. ; Help a worn and weary brother pulling hard against the stream. —Conyers Free Press. That is the correct doctor] lie to preach.: So many are pulling hard and the: load is heavy and wears and wor ries; and yet a little help, a kind ly word, would tie such u bless ing! Try it and you will feel lietter, and so will the one you helped, says the Marietta Journal. LYNCH LAW. In the language of Judge Taft in the booK “Four Aspects of Civic Duty,” by W. H. Taft, just i published by Charles Scribner s Sons, “the only way to remedy the evil in which law is supposed to find a justification is by strength ening the hands of the court by repealing the absurd laws that give to every defendant too much chance to escape just punishment and make it as difficult as possi ble for the state to secure a con vietion. It should be provided.ns bus been recommended a number of times, that no error in the record of a criminal case carried to the corirt of appeuls should lead to the reversal of the judg , meut, unless it affirmatively ap > pears that but for the error a dis -1 ferent vejdict would have been ‘reached,” —Savannah Press. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR —THURSDAY, Al'G 18, 1908. PROGRAM SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION AUG. 28-30. Following is the program for the S. S. Convention, Daniel Asso-j edition, to be held with Tarry-i town church, at Tarrytown, Mont- 1 gomery county, August 28-80 : Friday. 10 a in. Devotional service, H. T. Wright. 10:20, Organization. 10:80, The object of the S. S. Convention, E. L. Ray and K. 1,. j Williamson! j 11 n in, Convention sermon, U. i K. Leo, K. Right Alternate. I :80 p in, Progress and achieve*-, nfent of tlic Sunday School, P. A.j Jesup and E. ('. .1. Dickons. 2:Bd, Is indillVrt'iioe to Sunday! School and to Missions the fruit of. life same spirit., J. C. Brewton! and J. T. Huberts. 8:30, The teacher Ist'before the! 2*l During Recitation, E. L. Ray and J. T. Roberts. 7:30, Bible Reading conducted by P. A. Jesup. Saturday. 9:80 am, Devotional, <i. E. Weaver. 10:0<), The S. S . hs a power in Evangelizing the World, .1. T. I Roberts, J. T. Cobb. II a in, Annual address by Pres ident of Convent ion. 1:80 p in, In what period <>f a Child’s Jdfs is Training most Im portant, .I. C. Brewton mu IF v L. ltay. 2:80, The Comparative Import ance of the trainer, the training 1 place, and the ones to be trained, according to 2 Tim. 2:15; 1 Cor. 23:2 and Prov. 22:0, P. A. .P'sup,; E. C. J. Dickens and J. T. Rob erts. 7:30, Preaching, J. C. Brewton.! Sunday. I 10a m, The work of the S. S. Board, E. L. Ray. 10:80, The work of the Mission] Boards, P. A. Jesup, 11 am, Sermon by B.G.Smith. | Subject, “Does the Bible tench | t hat there are degrees in reward anil honor in the future seats of the good?” We lovingly urge each Sunday ' school to send messengers, and each speaker on the pr»grnin to read and obey 2 Tim. 2:15, and j lie on hand nt the appointed hour under penalty of being called a slothful servant. M. E. Burns, Clim’ii Com. Noil Reals who was lodged in Bibb county jail from Appling county is counting the days be fore his execution. I nh-ss his at torney can do something for him and he has nearly exhausted every measure Rvafs will be taken to Ap pling county Aug. 1 1 and hanged, j He is charged with an assault on Mrs. Overstreet, near Baxley, last September. Ho was sentenced to be hanged July 28. Irnt. was grant-, ed u respite because of now evi dence. He was resentenced to] hang on Aug 1 I. H peering, Engineering ( hemistry, Chemistry and Architecture. Ex tensive and new e<| ui pmtnt of Shop, Mil), Laboratories, etc. Nev. Library and new Chemical l.abora ry. The demand for the Si bool's grad tesis much greater than the supply. Next session opens Sept. 30th. For further information address K. G. ATHfSOK, A. 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All in Good Condition. Hilton & Dodge Lumber Company, Oeliwalkoe, Ga. GORGO. GOKGO is a Hlack Stallion, 4 years i; old, 10 hands high, and weighs 1,300 Lbs. ij Will make the Henson of 11 1 ih grand .Stallion at 
