Mmtipimwg Mmxtat.
VOL. XXIII.
EDUCATIONAL MEET
AT U. B. INSTITUTE.
Representatives from various
schools of the Mercer System are !
in session at the Union Baptist
Institute, the exercises to be con
cluded this evening with a nnisi
cale by members of the student]
body of the U.T. I.
Last evening was held the ora
torical contest which was highiy |
enjoyed by all present. Dr. S. Y. i
Jameson, president of Mercer
University, addressed the body
yesterday morning. Other prom
inent visitors are present, and the
meeting is a splendid success from
every standpoint.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this evening’s entertain
ment.
W, J. HIGHTOWER DEAD;
CLERK LAURENS COURT.
Atlanta, Ga., March 21.—W. J.
Hightower, clerk of the superior
court of Laurens county, died
here this morning between 12 and
1 o’clock.
The death look place at the
home of Mr. Hightower’s daugh
ter, Mrs. Mary Catchings, 357
Capitol avenue, where he and Mrs.
Hightower had been for about a
week.
He is survived by his widow,
seven children and his mother.
The remains were taken to Dub
lin today and the funeral will take
place there Monday at 10 o’clock.
WOMENS RELIGIOUS MEET
INGS FOR THOMASVILLE.
Thomasville, Ga., March 19.
Thomasville is to have two im
portant religious conventions at
an early date. One of them is
the Woman’s Foreign Missionary
Society of the South Georgia Con
ference April 2. This is the
largest and most important body
next to the conference itself and
200 or more ofthe foremost and
most intelligent women in the
Methodist Church in South Geor
gia. There will be missionaries
present from China, Japan and
other foreign fields, and a number
of prominent speakers will be here
to address the meetings. Mrs.
George Mathews of Savannah is
president of the Union.
The Womans’ Missionary Union
of Macon Presbytery will meet
April 13. Delegates will be pre
sent from all the missionary
societies in the presbytery and
while not as large as the Metho
dist Union, it will be quite an
important meeting. It will be in
session for several days. Mrs.
S. L McCarty of this city is presi
dent of this union.
Snow Hill.
Bro. A. L. Miller, of the U-. 8.1.
filled his regular appointment at
this blace Saturday and Sunday, j
Our school at Dempsey is get
ting along well with Miss Knight
as teacher.
The farmers have come to a
stand still on account of the rain
and it is too wet to plow.
Mr. G. S. Lowery made a trip
to Mr. L. E. Avante’s, near
Mcßae one day last week.
Mr. J. P. Thompson was a
pleasant caller at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Beck.
Mrs. J. P. Thompson has re
turned from her parents’ home
near Tingle m Laurens county,
where she spent more than a week
by the bed-side of her sick sister.
Mr. Jerry McDaniel, of Stucky,
in company with Mr. Thomas
Currie, of Mcßae, were in our
section on business last week.
Mr. A. P. Grimes has completed
his cross fence after a long worry.
Cracker Jack.
Miss Lizzie Walker of Mcßae
is visiting friends m Mt. \eruou.
MARRIAGE OF YOUNG FOLKS.)
Mr. John M. Truett and Miss
Mabel Curry, both of Ailey, were
married last Friday at 8:30;
i o’clock p. m. at the home of Col. I
; Saffold in Mt. Vernon. Rev. j
George F. Austin officiating.
] Those witessing the ceremony
were Mrs. Collins and daughter,
Mrs. 8a(Told, and Mr. Truett’s;
brother and brother-in-law. Thisi
; happy young couple sails out upon |
the blissful sea with the best
wishes of everyone.
SEWARD.
gpi ciul Correspondence.
Mrs. J. W. Moseley, who has
been very sick for several weeks,
we are sorry to say is not improv
ing.
Messrs. Ed Armfiold and Arch
Hester of Mt. Vernon were in our
community the latter part ol
last week.
1 Mr. A. C. Cordon and family
spent Sunday at Mr. A. T. Gor
don’s.
Mr. P. M. Moseley made n busi
ness trip to Mt. Vernon Saturday.
Mrs. Stella Gray is visiting her
brother, Mr. Eli Mincey. a few
days near Cedar Crossing.
Misses Bertie Crosby and Maud
Gibbs, two charming young ladies
of this section, spent one night
I last with Misses Florence and
Louranio Moseley.
Mr. Jim Harlow of near Cflen
wood is visiting relatives here.
We have been having some;
rainy weather here for the last
few days and the Altaniaha river
is ou_a boom.
Mis Florence Mossley was in
Mt. Vernon shopping Monday.
Mr. F. C. Adams and son made
a business trip to Mt. Vernon
Mooday.
Mr. T. C. Mincey made a flying
trip down to the road Sunday p.m.
Messers. Ellis Moseley and Fred
Gordon were in the Friendship
section Sunday afternoon.
Best wishes to the Monitor.
Farmer’s Girl.
Kibbee News.
Special Correspondence.
As this is my first, attempt, I
hope you will allow me space in
your valuable paper.
We are sorry to state that Mr.
Chas. Hamilton is still on the
| sick list, but we hope for him a
speedy recovery.
We have been having some
rainy weather for the past few
days. It is very disagreeable to
the farmers.
Glad to say that the little babe
|of Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Conaway
! is improving.
Mr. Walter Stephens and Miss
Mamie Scott attended Sunday
school at the Mt. Pisgah Sunday
last. Also Mr. Floyd Hamilton
Miss Annie McGowen.
Mr. Elder Wilkes is expected to
leave at an early date for South
Carolina.
A large crowd of young people
j from this section visited the cou
] vict camps Sunday afternoon at
Mr. J. B. Adamson’s. They re
i port a nice time.
Miss Sallie Warnock is the
guest of her sister, Mrs C.B. Con
away.
Mr. Aloy Calhoun and Mr. Guss
Montford visited the home of Mr.
C. C. Warnock Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Mack Mason made a flying
trip to Vidalia Monday.
■ | Prof. G. C. Corbin called to see
Miss Saliie Warnock Wednesday
uight.
Special attention is called to
Mrs. Adams’ millinery opening
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day of next week. The ladies will
profiit by visiting her store.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1909.
MURPHY CANDLER ON
THE COMMISSION.
The choice of Hon. Murphy
j Candler, of DeKnlb, to till the va
cancy on the state railroad com
mission caused by the resignation
|of Hon. Fuller E. Callaway, of
Troup, will bring to the delibera
tions of this important board the
; ripo experience and the strong
j mental equipment of an able pub
lic servant. In both branches of
the general assembly Mr. Candler
lias been an acknowledged leader.
Some of the most important legi
slation of the past decade bears
the impress of Ins constructive
statesmanship; and, whether in
the committee room or on the
floor, ho lias been equally re
sourceful and equally at home.
| Despite the fact that he is a
i man of large affairs and impor
tant interests, being one of Geor
gia’s industrial captains, lie lias
nevertheless given much of his
timo to the service of the common
wealth; and on the state railroad
commission ho will no doubt make
substantial additions to a a record
already rich in honor and in use
fulness.—Atlanta Georgian.
Tarrytown Items.
Special Cotreapomlence.
Mr. and Mrs. C. 11. Calhoun
left Thursday for Savannah. Mrs.
Calhoun is in poor health and
goes there for treatment. We
hope soon to hear of her recovery.
Vera Burns, eldest daughter of
Mayor and Mrs. M. E. Burns,
came near being seriously burned
a few days ago while wanning a
llanuel cloth saturated with tur
pentine before the fire. The Man
uel ignited and the flames burned
the chi id’s face. We are glad to
know that Ihe accident was not
more serious.
Rev. S. D. Walker preached t.w<>
very interesting sermons at the
Baptist church Sunday. Each
service was well attended.
Miss Averitt, a charming young
young lady of Vidaiia, is visiting
at the Wheeler home.
Mr. Walter Poe of Vidaiia was
here on busines Saturday.
Miss Ada Uillis of Covena is
visiting Mrs. H. W. Warnock.
Mr. Mack Meeks of Wrightsvillo
is visiting relatives here.
Mesdames Bettie Palmer and H.
W. Warnock visited Dublin Tues
day on a shopping trip.
Mrs. J. J. Calhoun is quite un
well at this writing.
Miss Naomi Beatty has been
spending several days with the
family of Mr. Henry llraddy near
1 Scperton.
SHOUTS CHIEF POLICE
AND IS LYNCHED.
Elkins, W. Va., March If).—
■ Joseph Brown, said to have been
' an ex-convict, who last evening
' shot and seriously wounded Chief
1 of Police Scott White, at Whit
mer, near here, was taken from
, jail by a crowd of men early to
, ] day and hanged upon a telegraph
| pole. There was little demons
] tration.
Last evening White, who is a
son of Mayor Washington White,
'lof Whitmer, remonstrated with
(Brown for using offensive lan-j
Iguage. Brown drew a revolver
and shot White, aud then fled to
■ the mountains. He was followed
by a posse, captuaed and placed !
i j in jail.
Early today it seemed that the j
' 1 whole town was aroused, and
; 1 Brown was quietly taken out of
the jail and lynched. The body
; was later cut down.
' At the hospital today Chief of
j Police White was reported to be
] doing well. It is expected lie will
, recover. Brown, it is alleged, had
’ a reputation as a desqerate char- 1
I«actor. lie is said to have served ;
J several terms of imprisonment.
AN ARKANSAS TOWN
LOOTED BY BANDITS.
Memphis, Tenn., March 19. — |
Robbers shot up town of Haiti
Knob, Ark., early tins morning,
wrecked the Bank of Bald Knoli '
with dynamite, robbed several
; other places and fought a pitched j
battle with citizens before leaving
on horseback.
At Bald Knob, Ark., there were
six robbers in the party. which
shot up the town shortly before
2 o’clock this morning. They us
ed dynamite on the Bank of Bald
Knob, and the building was
wrecked but the safe was not
cracked and no monev was obtain
ed. Earlist citizens on Mio scene,
attracted by the noise of the ex
plosion, gave chase and fought a
battle in the street. One of the
robbers was probaly wounded,
but no citizens were wounded.
The robbers escaped on horeback.
Normantown.
Special OoiToapondenoe,
Rev. R. E Lee filled his regu
lar appointment here Saurday and
Sunday last.
Misses Loacie Brantley and
Maude Meadows came over from
Vidalia Friday to visit friends.
Hon. C. S. Meadows of Vidalia
was hero last Wednesday.
Miss Eva Me Watty of Jefferson
county is visiting her brother,
i Mr. J. T. Me Watty, of near here.
A very heavy rain fell hero last
Saturday and Tigor Creek is on a
boom.
Mrs. Brown of this place is
visiting relatives near Wnghts
vilio this week.
Misses Ellie and Annie Pearle
| Rockett gave a musical entertain
ment at their homo last Friday
night. Those present wore Misses
Nettie Durden, Loacio Brantley,
Maude Meadows, Elliot William
son, and Messers Cleveland
Meadows, Henry Bush, Rufus
Williamson, Charlie Rockett,
! Clarence Cox, Algerine and
Leonard Williamson. All had a
jolly time.
Mrs Nancy Philips of near Sadie
visited Mrs. R. B. Rockett Thurs
day night.
Mr. E V. Smith of Vidalia was
a pleasant visitor to our town
Sunday last.
Miss Linmo Pearle Smith of
Iliggston visited her grand
parents, Mrs. R, B. Rockett last
week.
Miss Leacie Brantley returned
to her home last Sunday night at
Donovan, Ga.
The young people of this place
enjoyed a very delightful walk
to the Tiger Spring last Sunday
afternoon to see the high waters.
Mr. W. J. Hall of tins place
visited Wrighlsvillo on business
last week.
Prof. N. B. Jarret attended tin
party at the home of Mrs.
Rockett last Friday night.
Rev. E. L. Williamson, north
of here was in our town Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Meadows of
Vidalia was in our town Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Philips of
Emanuel county visited Mr. 11. j
Kirby and family last week.
Mr. A. It. Williamson of here
visited relatives near Lyons last j
j Saturday.
Mrs. R. B. Rockett of this place;
is visiting her daughters. Mrs G. |
W. Smith and Mrs. W. 11. Morrisl
of near Iliggston,
Some of the young peoole en- j
joyed hearing the graphaphone at!
Mrs. N. M. Williamson’s last!
Sunday afternoon.
Success to the Monitor.
Miss Jessie Johnson is visiting
friends m Vidalia.
I
ALCOHOL: THE DESTROYER
OF THE HUMAN BRAIN.
Two great German investigators
Kin pel in and Kurz, published in
1900, the result of a senes of care*
I
fill experiments in illustration of
the persisting influence of slight
I
;chronic alcohol intoxication. The
j daily dose of alcohol decided on
was eight drams (equivalent to
two liters of hoer, and this was
taken before going to bed. The
subjects of the experiment were
two medical men, one of whom
had been a teetotaler for years
while tho other seldom took al
cohol. The tests were the learn
ing of figures, the adding up of
sums, etc. The influence of these
moderate doses of alcohol was
j found to ho decidedly unfavorable.
Mental aptitude slowly and then,
after some days inoro markedly
decreased, tho loss being in one
case equal to twenty-five per cent,
of tho normal ability. Moreover,
111 one case at least, the unfavor
able influence did not cease with
the discontinuance of the alcohol.
It was proved that oven a very
moderate dose of alcohol exerts its
offects for more t han twenty-four
hours.
Even those physiologists who
maintain that alcohol lias food
qualities, are agrood that, it a very
expensive food, and that tho same
quantity of nutritition can be ob
tained in much safer and less
costly ways.
But, indeed, the question is
largely academic, lor men do not
take the alcohol for tho sake of
its power to build up tissue, but
for the sake of its effect on the
emotional tone of the mind. Al
coholic drinks are seldom taken
for their taste alone. Alcohol is
at once a kind of pseudo-stimu
lant and a depressant. Hence
some men, when in a merry mood,
drink in order to check their shy
ness and other worries and thus
raise their sense of happiness to a
higher pitch; but the majority
drink because ol the narcotizing
influences of the drug. The
troubled business, the woman left
alone to face the petty details of
domestic drudgery, overdriven
professional man, the individual
on whom some terrible calamity
lias fallen and who can see no way
of escape from ruin-all these be
take themselveH to drink 111 order
to drown their sorrows, to lose
t heir personality for u brief period
in oblivion.
Alcohol is taken at first nH uj
means of relief. The reason why
this happens is that, in common
with other agencies, such as mor
phia, cocaine, and other kindred
drugs, it can banish fear, worry |
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MISSIONARY INSTITUTE
AT GLENWOOD.
Beginning tomorrow, Friday
20., at the Methodist church in
Glemvood will be held a Mission
ary Institute. There will be two
services a day, 11 o’clock a. ni.
and 7p. m. A great Missionary
Display or exhibit is boing pre
pared, and all who attend these
services will find these interest
ing and profitable. The Institute
will close Sunday night.
ATLANTA MAY ADOPT
COMMISSION PLAN.
Atlanta, Ga., March 18.—In
dications aro now strong that At
lanta will adopt the commission
form of municipal government
und to do away with the old plan
of running the city’s affairs
through councilman and alder
men.
Seine weeks ago a charter re
vision committee of forty-nine
prominent citizens was appointed
to investigate various types of
modern city government with a
view to making a change in At
lanta’s. Yesterday they mot and
after a number of the committee
expressed themselves ns decidedly
favoring the commission plan,
March BO was fixed as a date for
finally discussing the matter.
Though it is not certain what the
attitude of the people largo will be
when a general vote is taken, as
it, must be, it is certain that a
majority of the business men
favor the commission idea, which
means that the city will be run by
a limited number of commission
ers just ns a corporation is.
MILLINERY OPENING.
The Indies of Mt. Vernon and
section are cordially invited to at
tend our Millinery Opening, on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day, March 29, 110 and 111. We
will show everything new in ready
to-wear and pattern lints.
M its. 0. W. Fox,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Mr. Howell McLernoro ol Alamo
visited relatives here this week.
The Ladies are cordially invited
to call and inspect my line of
millinery April 1,2 and 51. J, H.
Hudson, Alley, Ga.
care; it can create a world peopled
with the illusions of happiness.
But ut wliafc a dread penalty 1 For
alcohol awakens a morbid appe
tite, a pathological desire. After
ju time tliis desire becomes domi
nant, the forces of the will go
down before it, and the drinker is
then the victim of a disease. —
Rev. Samuel MeComb, in the
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