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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1909)
VOL. XXIV. A Most Brilliant Commencement ■ —. After a most successful term, the Union Baptist Institute is j now closed for the summer, the ! commencement exercises having j been concluded on Monday morn ing; and the management is to he congratulated upon the suc cess and merit of the commence ment exercises just closed. Every feature was well attended and heartily applauded, many visitors being present from a distance-. The principal feature of the opening exercises Friday evening was the contest m expression, m which three young men and three young ladies were the cun’estants. Decision was in favor of Mr. H. D. Johnson, who used as his sub ject the arena scene from Quo Vadis. Each selection was well rendered by the others, in that it must have been a task for the judges to decide in favor of either. The classday exercises were held Saturday morning, and in the evening was held the annual de bate, on the subject: “Resolved, That the South has Best Sub served her Interest by Remaining Politically Solid.” The speakers were chosen from the girls’ socie ty, the Victorian, .and the boys' society, the Brewtonian, each be ropresented by three speakers. The boys the affirmative and the girls the negative. Splendid work was done by each speaker. De cision was rendered m favor of the negative, and the announce ment was made by Col. DeLoach of Vidalia, acting as one of the judges. Great interest was mani fested in this.part of the program, not only by members of the two societies, but by the entire au dienco. The manner in which the question was handled showed much careful preparation on the part of the speakers. Commencement sermon Sunday morning was preached by Rev. A, Chamlee of Forsyth, Ga., who also preached on the subject of missions in the evening, each be ing heard by crowded auditorium. Monday morning, in the absence of Governor Smith, the speaker for the occasion, Mr. Chamlee «a6 again called to the rostrum i for the address of the day. This, was followed by the delivery of diplomas to a largo graduating class. This is considered by far the most attractive and mterest mg commencement exercises held since the institution of the school and the management js to be con gratulated upon the efficiency of the student body. THE SPRING HILL CAMPMEETING Will begin Thursday night Au gust 20th and continue for jOj days, closing Sunday night Sept, j sth. Fine spring water. Beautiful 1 groves. Now is the time to secure j you a lot and build you a tent, j See or write Mr. J. C. Clements, J Towns, Ga. about the lot. Railroad station is Towns, Ga., j I and 1-2 miles from Camp ground. Hotel rates during meeting SI.OO per day. Get ready fco spend this i 10 days at Old Spring Hill Gamp, j We are expecting a great meeting. Bro. M. J. Garrett will lead sing-j ing. Revs. J. W. Tin ley, Walter) Anthony, and C. W. Curry be in charge of the preaching, with others. Be sure and come. For further information apply’ to Rev. j K. C. Willis, P. C. Towns, Ga. I Monitor* SHERIFF RETURNS WITH CURRY FROM FLORIDA.; Swainsboro, Ga., May 23. ) Sheriff T. A. Fields has returned from Sumterville, Florida, where j |he went to arrest Munson Curry,) alias Will Dunlap, charged with! the murder of Lizzie McLeod, a negro woman in 1901 in this coun ty, near Still more. The circumstances surrounding the killing showed it to be wilful murder. Curry it. seems had soma grudge of long standing against the woman, and on the day of the killing went to her house and call ed her out and while talking to her deliberately shot her. As soon as he committed the deed he (led the county and had not been heard from since until some one informed the sheriff a few weeks ago that he was in a small town in Florida and had assumed the name of Will Dunlap. The shcrili immediately wired the officer of that county to arrest hi nr and hold him until he could come for him, Curry waived requisition papers and returned with the sheriff and is now in jail await ing trial at the October term of the superior court, of this county. Ailey Paragraphs. Supeial Correspondence. Mr. Robert McNatt and sister, Miss Vick, of Cedar Crossing were pleasant visitors in Ailey last week. Miss Anna Currie of Vidalia was a week end visitor here last week, the guest of her many friends. Mrs. .J. W. Palmer spent one day last week in Savannah, shop ping. Mr. George Mcßride of Lyons spent Sunday in town with homo folks. Miss Rossie Williams of Leslie, Ga., is visiting here this week the guest of Miss Pettie Fuqua. Several of the young folks of Alley were royally entertained Monday evening at the home of Hoik and Mrs. VV. J. Peterson. Dr. M. L. Currie of Vidalia was here Monday. Miss Rita Mae Outler visited Vidalia Monday evening. Mr. Nesbit McLemore and sis ter, Miss Jsla went down to Vidal ia Monday afternoon to attend the j closing exercises of the Vidalia i high school. Mr. Arthur Moses and sister, ! Miss Myrtle, of Longpond were visitors here Monday. Mr. Henry Johnson of Long pond was here Monday. Miss Bland of Cedar Crossingj is visiting here, the guest of Mr.| and Mrs. J. M. Avant. Miss Luella Walker, of Long poud, was a visitor here Sunday. Mr. George F. Milligan, one of iSoperton’s cleverest young men, ! wa3 here Monday, shaking hands with his many friends. Mr. Arren Conner of Higgsfcon j was in town Monday. Miss Lillian Clifton of Cedar Crossing is visiting Mr. and Mrs. > H. D. Lee on College Hill. j Mr. J. B.Jones of Dublin visit led here the first of this week. Mr. L. N. Williams was a visi tor to Vidalia Monday. Mr. Jas. K. Palmer and Miss Williams were outdriving Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Strickland and children have returned from several weeks i visit in Sanford and Andulsia, | Ala. Mr. T. A. Peterson visited Co lumbus one day last week on Bus iness. Mr. Leslie Outler spent Sunday I here with borne folks. T. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1909. CHAUTAUQUA TO BE HELD IN DUBLIN. ! Some weeks ago, on account of la misunderstanding with the tu lle nt engaged, it was decided by jthe management of the Dublin Chautauqua not to have the annu al session this season. But later arrangements have been made with superior talent for the engagement, and the regu lar session will be held June IS IS. This gives promise of one of the most attractive entertain ments yet given in Dublin, and this decision will be heard with delight by many from this coun ty who annually attend these splendid entertainments m Dub lin. A inagniffi'ieiit program has been arranged for the occasion,one splendid feature being the engage ment of the famous Robloy Male Quartet, heard by our people some months ago. This alone will prove attractive aside from many other strong features. Shiloh Items. Special Correspondence. We had a nice rain last Thurs day and it was much needed. M rs. L. Joyner and her mother, I Mrs. Miller, visited Mrs. J. J. Vaughn Sunday afternoon. Mr. J. W. Clements and sister, Miss Myra, of Alamo, visited friends here a few days ago. Mr. Billy Wright and daughter visited at Mr. Vaughn’s Sunday. Mrs. Victoria McAFthur and Miss Bessie Tompkins attended church at Lumber City Sunday. Mr. D. S. McArthur made a business trip to Mt. Vernon j Friday in his automobile. M iss Olive Mitchell is spending ; a few weeks in Mt. Vernon with friends and relatives. Messrs. B. Smith and John Win ham were visitor Here Sunday. 1 M r.I ,ec Stanford was a welcome t visitor to Shiloh Sunday alter -11001 l . Messrs. John Vaughn and Ash ley Clements visited at the home of Mr. Cas Mi mbs Sunday after noon . Messrs. Geo. J. Me Fan hern and Rurel Livingston were visitors at ' Mr. .T. J. Vaughn’s Sunday. Billie. I % I LOCAL - PERSONAL f 0 ; 0 ' 1 ® M M.O & ;©: <•>.©: 0.000000 !j Fresh Evaporated Apples just !arrived at B. L. Smith’s. I Mr. J. 11. Parker, a prominent citizen of Liberty county, came up to attend the commencement exercises of the Union Baptist In , 9titut<-, having a son and a daugh 11ter at the Institute. Call at B. L. Smith’s for the best Ice. Among the visitors here last week were Mr. and Mrs. VV. H. ' Yeomans of Cobbtown anti Mr. S. F. Long and son of Elza, Ga. ’ The former have a daughter as a ptudfcuit in the Institute. • The summer is here and nothing but a. new and stylish hat is in border. Let me furnish it now. MMrs. C. W. Fox, Mt. V ernon, Ga. j You cun find ull kinds of fresh 1 canned goods at my place. B. L. * .Smith. ’| Read the report of the auditing {committee and the report of the ■jcounty treasurer, a part of the ■ regular grand jury presentments, j in this issue of the Monitor. ' Clerk of Council Fowler of So* ULrtoij was a visitor here Monday. SUMMER SESSION OF I . UNION BAPTIST INSTITUTE. ' It will 1... of interest to loony . students to learn that a summer) , session of the Union Baptist In-j stitute will open Juno Ist. This! | * course is put on for the benefit of) pupils who failed to pass exami nation, and new students who ex ■ pect to enter school in September, since in taking this course it will enable them to enter regularly in the full. The dormotories will bo open to boarding students at $lO per scholastic month. Tuition will be $7 for the two months,it paid cash iu advance; otherwise $4.00 per month. For ot her information concern ing this important announcement consult Dr. J. C. Browton or Prof. A. M. Gates, Mt. Vernon, Ga. AN INTERESTING SERVICE; VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC. The only services to ho held in Mt. Moruon or Ailey noxt.Sunday, except the regular Sunday Schools will be at the Methodist church in Ailey Sunday evening. Preach- ' ing by the pastor, ltov. G. F. Austin. Interesting subject. Ever ybody invited. SEWARD. Special OorroHpomloncc. Cotton chopping is the order of the day in this section. Misses Julia and Rebecca Mose ley spent Sunday with their sis ter, Mrs. C. F. Gordon. , Miss Marunda Barlow spent last 1 week with relatives at Glenwood. ] Mr. P. M. Moseley aiul family | ' spent Sunday with parents, Mr. land Mrs. C. P. Mosoloy. i Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Purcell and 1 little daughter of Kibbe spent 1 / the * ' latter part of last week with re latives in this section. Mrs. 101 iza Barlow of the Lands berg section is spending a while with her daughter, Mrs. 0. P. s Moseley. I Mr. Albert NceSmitli and lumi i ly spent Saturday night with his i brother, Mr. Tom NeeSmith. i Success to the Monitor. “Farmer’s Girl.” i Mr. Henry M. Kirke, the plumb ing and limiting engineer ot Dtib litt, wus a business visitor to this place yesterday. He docs con : sideralne work throughout this section. ■j Mrs. L. M. Hancock of Heph-; fzibah, O'j... spent the past few! j days with the family of Mr. W. L. D. Hack ley. Slu* is pleasantly remembered by many friends. I pay the highest price foi coun try produce. 15. L. Smith Prof. D. E. Green and family: L will spend a few weeks at the home of the former’s father, Itev. J. VV. Green, south of Glenwood. ’ During the past, term Prof. Green 1 has been a prominent and active \ . member of the faculty of the: , Union Baptist Institute, and will : appreciate the rest, which he <le-' : serves. ■ i I Mrs. C. W. Pox is still showing j , the best line millinery seen here ' this season. See her at once. Miss Newton Swinney and Miss! , Elizabeth Walker of Mcßae were ; among coinmeneeinent visitors, j - You can find the very best fruit | . in town at 15. L. Smith’s. i | MACON TICKET AGENT PLANNED HOLD-UP. i ! Macon, Ga., May 23.—Caught .) last night in a trap at the home of i Mrs. Ben L. Jones, on Mulberry |street, F. T. Hill, local station j ticket agent at night, for the 'Southern railway, broke down uud confessed to officers that lie bad planned a bold scheme to wring money from Mrs. Jones by im proper proposals. Late at night the crisis came with Hill and Call Officers Allen walked him t.o a police station coll, where he is now held under charge of disorderly conduct. His alleged scheme started in several improper and unusually endearing letters to Mrs. Jones. These were unsigned, but she been me alarmed ! and determined upon a disclosure when others came and turned them over to her son, Henry’ Jones, ami consultation with detectives led to a course which trapped Hill completely and shocked the family and officers when they made him tell his name. A telephone call at tin* resi dence was answered yesterday, and when Mrs. Join's found it was j tile mail who had been writing her, she immediately allowed him to make itn engagement. At the hour named, he presented himself, and was admitted to the parlor, where Call Officer Allen was in hiding, lie took charge of Jlill, and Henry Jones then walked in with the letters Mrs. Jones had received. Hill was made t.o admit that lie | had written them,and broke down and wept, lie bogged not to be locked it]>. Henry Jones was so angered that, it was difficult for tho officers to prevent him assail ing Hill. The case was closely’ suppressed today and will (1 ml a hearing be fore the recorder tomorrow morn ing. The United States authori ties will have the letters for fur ther investigation. Those who knew of the affair today can hardly account for Hill’s conduct.Ho stated to officer Allen on tho way to the police station last night that he only got. l $39 a month and was after money from the widow of Ben L. Jones to help himself. He lias a wife, a member of a prominent family 1 and six children. lie is fully 35 years of age and was well thought'! of in the community where 1 e lived in East Macon.* DEPUTY SHERIFF SWEAT FATALLY WOUNDS NEGRO. Valdosta, Ga., May 23.—Horace Jones, a local huckmun who was charged with assaulting a white man at the Georgia Southern de pot lust night, was arrested' about midnight by Deputy Sheriff | Sweat, wlio started to the jail with | prisoner. While on the way to prison the | negro drew his knife and turned upon Hie deputy, ripping his coat and grazing the flesh. The officer pulled his pistol and shot the negro twice, one bullet passing through the negro’s stom ach and one through his leg. The doctor says the negro will die. SPECIAL SERVICES AT ADAMS’ SCHOOL HOUSE. A series'of special services will tie held at Adams’ School lions’*, j five miles sovth of Glenwood, be-j ginning, toyiiglit Thursday, May 27, closing Saturday night follow ing. Special subjects will be dis eussed m each service and excel lent mnsic, lor which tins com- 1 munity is noted, will be rendered.; Everybody invited. ( Taxation on the i Free Will Plan . AGnnta,Ga.,Muy '22. —“Passing , around tiie hut for coutribu . tiona," in tho way Attorney G«»- I anil John C. Hurt characterize* I the Georgia tux laws iu his annu ; ul report just out. Georgia’s taxing system and methods ho points out. ore more . than a century old and lie thinks i it. about, time to begin the work , of bringing them up to date. With a legal requirement that i property everywhere in the state [ shall be returned at its market • i value, tax receivers accept it at . j anywhere from ‘25 to 05 per cent. I—sometimes Ickn and seldom more .' —according to their way of look j ing at it. “We have recently made some 1 progress in amending our tux laws,” Judge Hart says, “but a J study of them will demonstrate very conclusively they are inade quate to present times and condi tions. “The machinery and method of collection of tuxes to-day in Geor gia are over a hundred years old. The returns nro practically vol untary and amount, to but little more than passing around the lint I for contributions, i “There should be established in Georgia a state hoard of equal izers and in each county a board of assessors, to the end that taxes are equitably imposed and collect ed' “Georgia’s taxable values amount to 705.000,000 as return eel by the tuxynyers, yot it will scarcely be doubted if all the pro perty in the state was returned at its market value, the volume of property would be doubled. “If every property owner in Goorgia measured up to the duty required of him by luiv in making his return for taxation/ the treasury would be relieved of its embarrassment and Georgia would meet her appropriations promptly. “The administration of govern ment depends solely on taxation, j The average man looks upon taxes jas a burden for which he receives | nothing in return and therefore feels at. liberty to to resort to any and every means to avoid this j burden. As a matter of fact he I gets more byway of dividends for his contribution to the support of government than to any, even his most favored financial ventures, lie must look to the government to protect him in the enjoyment of life, liberty and property, and i but for the taxes annually contri buted, government is sustained, anarchy and chans would reign. “It is essential to the stability of government and tho public safety, peace and tranquility that the power to tax be preserved and j machinery should be provided to t lie end that each piece of property shall contribute to the support of the government designed for its | protection, proportionately to its I value. “There are thousands of men in Georgia, who return their property as the law requires it—at its value —and there are thousands who do not return it at half its value, and i thousand, no doubt, who do not return it at all, and under such -fate of facts the result is tho burdens of the dishonest man are born by tho honest. This ought not to be and, ns stated, may be i remedied very largely by the crea tion of county asssessors and a j state board of equalizers.” I It is possible that the gradually increasing embarrassment of the i state treasury may soon stimulate legislative action, as a result of the inquestioned necessity of pro- I vidmg sufficient funds to meet the appropriations which the Leg | islat ure makes. NO. 4
