uJln> itotttgmnenf HUmtitor*
VOL. XXIII.
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PRESIDENT TAFT.
MURDERED ON THE STREETS
GF ViDALIA.
Vidalia, Ga., March B.—ln a
difficulty over business matters,
in which the lie and a blow were
passed, W. L. Darby shot and fa
tally wounded O. G. Moore in the
street here this morning, his vic
tim dying this afternoon. Dar
by escaped for a time but later
was caught hiding beneath some
logs in a swamp two miles away.
Both men are well known and,
well to-do and the tragedy and
subsequent chase of the slayer
caused intense excitement here.
Darby is now in the Toombs coun
ty jail at Lyons where he w T as
taken by the sheriff, who led the |
pursuit and aided in effecting the
capture.
It was stated the trouble arose
over an account. It is alleged
that Darby cursed Moore, who,
quick as a flash, slapped the for
mer’s face. An instant later
there was a report and Moore fell
fell to the ground with a bullet
hole in his body'. Darby’s pis
tol was concealed in his coat
pocket and was fired without
being drawn. It was stated that
during his interview with Moore
he kept his hand in his pocket
and fired a moment after his face
was slapped.
Immediately after the shooting
Darby went to his home, mounted
his horse and rode away toward
the Altamalm river. Though he
had two hours start of the sheriff
lie was caught about three hours
after his victim died. Both Dar
by and Moore have families,
From Alamo.
Special CorrcaponJppco.
Miss Sadie Davis has returned
from a visit to Jacksonville, Fla.
She reports a fine time while gone !
but is glad to be home again.
Miss Georgia Anderson, supply
agent for the Seaboard, is in our
town for a short visit.
Rev. Austin, the Methodist min
ister, made his regular visit here
on Sunday last. If the congrega
tion keeps on increasing as it has
since his first visit we will have to i
build a larger church. Mr. Aus
tin is certainly’ the right man in
the right place. He was the guest
of Mr. Elkins and also of Miss
Browning during this visit. j
On April 4th, “Palm Sunday” the
celebration of the Lord,s Supper
will be given. Mr. Austin will
fill the pulpit and it is hoped
there will he every communicant
of the church present.
The young people met fur their
nsual Sunday night sing at the
home of Mr. Joe Sikes.
A mysterious dissapearance is
reported. One day last week Mr.
Austin Morrison dissapeared from
his home and his friends fear
there has been a foul play for he
he was known to have had quite
a sum of money about him. Your
correspondent did not learn any
of the particulars of the case.
Subscriber.
I BUSTER BROWN HURT.
Tuesday afternoon Mcßae &
Bro.,at whose place Buster Brown,
with his famous bulldog Tige, was
to have given an entertainment
j yesterday afternoon, received a
j telephone message from Mcßae
j stating that Buster, while play
ing with some of the Mcßae young
sters, had the misfortune to break
one of bis legs. The little folks
jof Mt. Vernon will regret to learn
this, as they were all looking for
ward to Ins coining. However,
just as soon as he is'able to travel
he will come over, the exact to lie
announced later. This is unfor
tunate, but Buster is young yet, 1
and will soon recover.
Notice.
{ This is to notify all persons
not to hire or shelter one Norman
Brown, a minor, who is now in j
Montgomery county. Any one
doing so must abide by the con- I
sequences of the law.
W. J. Brown,
Mclntyre (in. I
MORRISON DISAPPEARS;
SUPPOSED MURDER.
For more than a week the en
tire west side of the county has
been in a state of excitement over
the disappearance of Mr. Austin
Morrison.
Morrison was last seen at Hel
ena early in the morning ot Tues
day, 2d inst., when it was thought
that he intended to take the Sea
■ board for Ml. Vernon, with a
view of meeting with the tax col
lector here. For some weeks lie
had been collecting taxes from
fi fas issued by Tax Collector
‘ Wood, and it is supposed that he
had a sum of money on his per
son at the time of his sudden dis
appearance. Monday night, and j
up to an early hour Tuesday morn-1
ing, he was seen with a set of men
who are recognized as gamblers,
and it is supposed tbat they were
instrumental in putting Morrison
out of the way. He lias not yet
been located.
SEWARD.
3ptei;i! CorrcHpoiidouco.
We are sorry to state that. Mrs.
J. W. Moseley has been confined !
to her room for several days. But
we hope to see her out again soon.
Prof Tomilson was called home
last Friday to attend the marriage
of his sister. He was accompani
ed by one of Ins students, C. S
Moseley. They will return Wed
nesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C F. Gordon spent
; a few days last week with their
| daughter, Mrs. Jus. M. Davis near
Glenwood.
Mr. Grover Conner -and wife
spent Saturday night their sister,
Mrs. Daisy Adams.
Miss Fannie Howard spent last
! week wfith friends at Cedar Gross
i ing-
The tacky party given at the j
home,of Mr, and Mrs. P. M. Mos
eley’s last Wednesday night was,
: greatly enjoyed by all who were
j fortunate enough to be there.
Mrs. J. L. Wolfe spent Sunday
afternoon at the home of Mr. J.W.
Moseley.
i
Mr. Cleveland Byrd and sister, !
Miss Bettie, were pleasant visit
j ors at Mr. C. P. Mosley’s Sunday. ,
Miss Tlietus Gray was the
guest of Misses Lula and Ida Glis- j
son Sunday.
Mr. Ses3 Pruette accidently i
shot one of his colored workmen
through the foot while greasing
lus pistol a tew da)’3 ago.
Mrs. C. P. Moseley isatthe bed
side of her sister. Mrs. J. W.
Moseley, who is very ill.
Hurrah! for the new railroad it
J is Drogressing nicely.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH x i, 1909.
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Mr. R. H. Rockett of Norman-1
(town, accompanied by his little
niece, was a caller at this office
Saturday.
Messrs. Jerry Johnson ane J. F.
Elton of Scotland were business
visitors to Mt. Vernon last Thurs
day.
Anything that men should wear,
l from a 25 cents silk tie to a S2O
blue serge suit, can lie found at
\V. J. & T. A Peterson’s, Ailey.
Rev. T. B. Winham of the west
! side of the county was a visitor
to this place Monday, lleisal
j ways in a jolly mood.
Mr. 1). F. McCoy of States
-1 boro was a visitor at our office one
day last week. He is an export ac
countant, and has recently audit
ed the books of the county offi
cials of Bulloch county.
Just received, a nice line of
voille and panama skirts. Prices
right. J. H. Hudson’s,Ailoy, Ga.
Services at the Methodist church
Sunday next. Preaching by the
pastor, Rev. Geo. F. Austin. All
I cordially invited to attend, both
morning and evening. 11 in the
morning and 7:80 in the evening
—promptly.
Mkals—l will he prepared to
serve meals for 25 cents to the
public during court week. Mrs.
R. Morrison, Mt. Vernon.
Mrs. Roberts of Sardis, Ga., j
and Mr. Jim Ruckley of Zeigler,
Ga., sister and brother of Mr.
VV.L.D. Rackley, are visiting here
this week.
If you need a good milk cow or
i two. see Mr. F. I). Williamson,
lof Route No. 4, Mt. Vernon. He
has two for sale, and if you want 1
’(>m, write him quick.
School books at Palmer Drug
Store.
After spending several weeks,
here, Mr. Henry Spooner, left,
Tuesday morning for a visit j
among relatives at Tifton, before
returning to his home in Illinois. 1
He is a very pleasant gentleman,
and made many friends here. Mr. 1
Spooner was accompanied as far:
|as Tifton by his cousin, Miss'
! Pearle Spooner, who will visit
relatives there.
Wanted: —8000 seed cane, at
once. Monroe Fountain,
1 |
Mt. Vernon, Ga. j
Friendship.
HpcHal Correspondence.
L. A. Crosby and family spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
j Gray.
Mrs. E. J. Johnson visited
| friend in Lyons the latter part,
jof tliis week.
| J. C. Clifton made a business
I trip to Mt. Vernon Thursday.
The tnekey party given at the
home of E. S. Gibbs was enjoyed
| by all present.
Mrs. E. S. Gibbs visited Mrs. I
E. J. Johnson Sunday.
Miss Anna Sharpe spent one.
night of last week with Mrs. :
J. C. Clifton.
Kilos Mosley and Fred Gordon
were in our community Sunday
P- ">•
11. J. Gibbs spent a part, of;
last week in Mt. Vernon.
Success to the Monitor. —Blue'
, Hells.
| Judge Tom Williams of Reids
ville was a welcome visitor to our
sanctum Tuesday.
This paper is a few hours late
on account of delayed legal matter ;
| for the month. j
J Rev. Charles Montgomery filled!
his regular appointments at the J
Presbyterian church Sunday.
The novelties ol the season, m 1
shirts, hoisery, ties, suspenders.,
belts and other sporty notions
becoming to tie- swell guv (gentle- j
man) to be found at our place, j
W. J. it T. A. Peterson, Alley, j
Millet seed, amber cane, Ger-j
man millet and other vuriet ies, al j
the Palmer Drug Store, Ailey.
Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Cherry of
Abbeville arrived Tuesday after-;
noon, and for several days will be |
guests of relatives and friends I
in Mt. Vernon.
i
Farmers may supply themselves j
with Planet Jr. and Oliver Plow;
fixtures, steel shapes and other!
necessaries at W. J. it T. A.'Peter-j
son’s, Alley, (la.
Mesdanies C. W. Fox and J. L.
Adams have returned from At
lanta.
Bi-e the complete line of post
cards at Palmer Drug Store.
My millinery opening will be
hold on Thursday and Friday,
March 18th and 19th. The ladies'
are invited to see my line before j
buying. Mrs. Morrison, Mount.j
Vernon, Ga.
We have a complete lino of soft;
shoes for ladies’ tender feet. W.J. j
it T. A. Peterson, Ailey.
Mr. Jeff McArthur of Tatt nall
! county was m Mt. Vernon on 1
| business Tuesday. He is an old j
Montgomery boy, a member of j
firm of W. T. McArthur & Bro, i
doing business at Elza.
Special attention to medium
j priced low cut shoos for ladies,,
$1.50 to SB.OO in the newest lasts 1
| and leathers—tans, kids and pat
ents, m lace, buttons and elastic.;
W. J. it T. A. Peterson. |
Mr. Lester Yeomans of Vidnlia '
, visited friends hi re .Sunday last. '
I . . !
i My spring line of fine dress
i linens, all colors, lawns, Persian |
I lawns, dimmitiPß, etc., is arriving!
daily. Call and make select ions j
I before they are picked over. J. H
Hudson, Ailey, Ga.,
* Mr. J. A. Browning ol Towns
was a business visitor to Mt. Ver
non Monday.
You will find a nice line of dry
J goods and notions at J. 11. 11 nil - j
| son’s, Ailey.
| CITATION.
! Georgia—Montgomery County.
Whereas, S. F. Reynolds, ad- j
rnmistrator of the estate of .las. L. j
Morrison, represents to I lie court,
j in his petition, duly tiled and on-;
Ito red on record, that. Ins has fully'
administered said estate, this is 1
therefore to cite all persons eon-1
corned, kindred and creditors,,
j to show cause ii any they can why
said administrator should not be
t discharged from his adinistrat ion .
land receive letters of dismission
on the first Monday in April, 1909.
Alex McArthur,
Ordinary. ,
j ROAD NOTICE.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Alex Downie and others having;
j applied for the openingnnd estnb-i
jlishment of a new public road, j
commencing at point on t lie Long- \
pond and Nail’s Kerry road at the i
i place of Carl McAllister arid ran-1
Ining in the direction of the War-j
ren Conner old place to Jtlie new '
; railroad and thence in anjeasterl.v j ;
! direction to the Toombs county | (
line. From the railroad one part j
;of said road will run in a south-[
j westerly direct ion to the place of j
! John 15. Conner. Proposed road i
j having been reviewed by proper ,
: authorities, application will be
granted on the first Monday in
April next if no good cause be
shown to the contrary. This Mar.
j 2d, 1909. J. F. Sikes,
Clir. Board Co Coins.
THE MINUTES OF
BOARD EDUCATION.
Mt. Vernon, Ga., Mar. 8, 1909. :
The Board of Education of!
Montgomery met today in regular j
| session. Present, T. A. Peterson,!
!W. A. Peterson and Walter 11. J
I Dukes.
; The meeting was called to order
Iby Hon. T, A. Peterson and the
! billowing matters considered:
The minutes of the last, meet
i ing were rend and approved.
A statement from Miss Alma
Moore for teaching ten days at I
;
j Ochwnlkne school during Novem-j
j her, 1908, was presented. Payment j
jof said account was refused on the
j ground t hat M iss Monro left the
j school of her own accord and wit li
mit knowledge or consent of the
Bourn ol Education.
; The trustees of Sadie school, a
i school located near the county
Mine of Montgomery and Toombs
'counties, askml the Board to al
• low them to use the amount, of
money to he paid by Toombs
j county for pupils attending said
I school from said county to aid
them in paying a supplement
'promised their teacher. Alter
: considering the mutter and it.
appearing Hint the teacher of;
j Sadie school is receiving tile same;
I salary paid touchers doing like,
; work the request, was not, granted, i
It, was thought best bv the |
j Board not to take any action in j
i rhe Norinantown District School j
! matter at this meeting.
Commissions were ordered issu
ed to the following trustees elect
ed to serve t heir respect ive schools
jat an election ordered by the
I Board of Education to be held at.
l each school house in the county
lon Friday Feb. 19, 1909:
Alamo school, J. Stroud, J year,
II It. McAllum 2 years j L. Iligli
; lower 8 years.
Braswell, J. F. Elton 8 years
! Bruce
! Crooked Run (L W. Sammons 8
. (Moments J. W. Clements 8
| Cross Ronds l>. G. Anderson 8!
I Dnilisey T. J. Tni piny 8
Erick C. M. Bailey 8 I
I Fairview
i Glenwood J. L. Morrison 8|
Higgston G. W. Smith 81
! Hancock W. E. Crawford 8;
Hack Branch James Hughes 8
K i I>bee G. W. Pal nuir 8 !
Kemp J. II Martin 8
Lotliair M. H. Newsom 8
Long Pond E. C. McAllister 8
.'.let J regor
Marion W. <). Harrelson 8
i Marie
; New II ope
j Oak-Grove J. W. K. Clark 8
< teliwalkee .1. I. McKay 8
Rosemotint B. F. Cooper 8
Red-Bluff L. (Jillis 8j
Ruth's Chapel Jus. It. Adams 8j
Sadie Geo. 1,. Peterson 8j
Spring Hill M. P. Burnette 55
Stuckey J. |>. McDaniel 8
'Swift Creek A. J. Hilton 8 I
Sliarpe’n 11. A. <mnet I, 8
Shiloh 11. .J. Purser 8
Sopertou i)r. J.C. Williams 8
Seward
Tarrytown It. J. Boyd 8
Thigpen George Spivey 8j
Union Baptist Initituto, Common j
School, W. C. Mcßae 8
Ciiioil li. 11. Grimes 81
Union Chapel M. 15. Adumsß
Violet Hill W. O. Harrell 2j
D. T. Hardy 8j
Zaidee
Browning
Board-adjourned until the next j
i regular meeting.
T. A. Pktkuso.v,
pres. Bd. Ed.
A. 15. Hutcheson, C.S. C.
SERVICES AT GLENWOOD SUNDAY.
The Monitor is requested to.
j announce that Itev. J. F. Jordan
of Mcßae will preach at Glenwood ;
next .Sunday, at 11 in the morn-'
ing at 7 in the evening. Every-i
body cordially invited to go out
and hear him.
Lost —A 80-inch drawn work
white pen ter piece or tulle cover,
near residence. Kinder will please '
return to Mrs 11, B. Folsom. |
i 1
Vick president kiikkmw
SCHOOL MATTER ADJUSTED
FOR TIME BEING.
11nc 1. *r mi order grouted hy
Judge Martin at lln wkiiisville
on thn lotli day of February,
effort i vo twenty days later,patrons
who worn petitioner! before Judge
Mnrtli) to restrain the local board
of trustees from collecting a cer
tain matriculation fee from pu
pil# within limits prescribed by
the state as public schools bene
ficiaries, on the 2nd day of March
presented the certain pupils at
the Union Huptist Institute for
j entrance.
ft is understood that the pupils
in question were refused admiss
ion, against the Judge’s order,but
jon the following day the author
ities received the pupils and placed
them under the charge of a newly
employed teacher.
The mutter of this discrimina
tion was again taken before Judge
Mart in with the result that attach
ments were issued ngoinst all de
fendants in the case for diso
| bedionco of the order, as itsmean
| ing legally conveyed. When
|in I ice of this proceeding was
I given, the authorities consented
Ito receive these certain pupils,
! regularly enrolled, without the
; payment of the matriculation fee
ias contended for by the local
I board, and they are now in school.
KILLED NEGRO BURGLAR
TUESDAY MORNING.
Mr. Tom Morris, a woll known
and highly esteemed citizen, near
If iggston was forced to shoot and
kill an unknown negro at his place
early Tuesday morning. The ne
gro had hecn to his place Mon
day night with the intent of rob
bery, but lie,wns run oil - . Later
ihe again attempted to gam en
! trance to the house, when lie was
ishot by Mr. Morris. Os course
j Mr. Morris regrets the necessity
lef shooting the negro, but wns
justifiable in doing so.
Feed Stable.
Horses properly fed and cared
j for at tlm Hicks stable (formerly
Hutcheson’s barn.) Low rates
|by th - month. New and safe
stable. See I). |<L Mcltne. or
[Hicks, Mt. Vernon, <Ja.
Slip riff Sale.
[ (lr'Ki"in Montgomery County.
Will lir H’iIII imfiirii On' m in i*i limiMn ilonr 'll
Mount Vi'i'iion mi til*' first Tiii'mlay in Ap it,
I 10011, ln;lwi:#*M tie? leg.l l»*MU*..of sale, to lln;
i lii„'lii st liiililis* fur i'iimli, certain properly, of
! »lii< li tin' following Ih a complete ilcwriptioo:
One s»W mill iiullil complete, being
known as the I). F. Wamock <V Km.
jsaw mill oofflr, originally containing
; one Frick engine Uxl2 center link.one
| firebox, Flips!* boiler, one Frick
i carriage and heiulldoek, forty feet
lof shaft ing. one Mallary saw mill
feed, one oxH Fl ick engine, two .Sim
mons saws, cut oIT saws, belt mg. ole.
■ said out lit. being now near Soperfon
on the Mt. Vernon and Llackville
public road, where if may been by
! prospective purcliasers. Fevieil tat
as lln- property of Ij. A. Thigpen
land .i. S. Phillips to satisfy a certain
execution issued from the City
Court of Mount Vernon in favor of
.). N. F. Holton vs Ij. A. Thigpen and
.1. S. Phillips. Pointed out hy attor
ney for plaintiff and written notice
of levy legally given. Tills Mar. 10,
pjf)o. * James Hester,
Slid it! City Court, Mt. Vernon.
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