The Montgomery Monitor.
VOL. XXIV.
TO PROSECUTE MEN
WHO ROBBED HIM.
Savannah,Ga., July 12. —E. W .
Norton, who was recently robbed j
hv a gang of men after one of j
<»f them hud won his confidence
by making Odd Fellow sign to
him, says that it is his intention
to prosecute the case against t,
men to the full limit of the law. j
Norton met the four men in a res
taurant and one of them made |
advances toward-''him prefacing)
these by the hailing sign of the j
Odd Fellows. This put Mr. Nor-j
ton off his guard and he went out j
tor a good time with the four, j j
Later in the night they threw i
him down in Colonial park and ;
robbed him. He lost, his watch
and over a hundred dollars. He J
has identified the four men arrest-J
«*d as those who deceived him and I
robbed him of his property, and !
it, is probable that he will succeed j
iu having them convicted.
FARMERS ON EXCURSION.
Athens, Ga., July 14.—Five i
hundred farmers from Jackson |
county visited the state College of
Agriculture in tins city Saturday, j
In the large crowd were a number :
of farmers’ wives and daughters. |
This excursion which was brought. |
in over the Gainesville Midland j
early Saturday morning was the j
first of its kind in the history of I
the South. It was arranged for i
the specific purpose of enabling)
the visitors to see the State Col
lege of Agriculture.
At the auditorutn m Agricul- j
tural Hall illustrated addresses j
were made by Dr. A. M. Soule,!
Prof. J. R. Fain, Prof. 11. P Jar- ;
liagin, Prof. A. J DeLoach and j
Prof. Herbert MoHatton on a j
number of subjects of rare in-,
tereat to the farmers and many
question* were asked by the farm
ers present, and answered by the J
professors. More than an hour j
was taken up most profitably in
.this manner.
During the afternoon the entire j
erowd went over the farm, visited j
the dairy, the demonstration field j
and all parts of the farm.
REV. A. W. REESE
ELECTED PRESIDENT.
At a 'mating of the Board of
Trustees of Sparks Collegiate In
stitute, Rev. Alliert W. Rees was ;
elected to the presidency of that. |
institution to succeed Professor j
JtSlliott, who is now pastor of
t-Vestay Monumental church, Sa
vannah. Professor Reese lias been |
in the school work for some years j
and has had phenomenal success.
JRe is a highly cultured and well
educated gentleman and a worthy I
auccassor of the mail whose place 1
fie takes. As a pastor, he has 1
done splendid work at Vidalia fori
four years. He comes to Sparks
pell recommended and will take
Ins place at the head of that no-1
|ble institution to make it a bless-,
Dig to hundreds of young people ;
.n this section.-r-Nashville Herald, j
MACON WAKES PLAN
FOR TAFT RECEPTION.
Xlwb/ui, Ga., July HL—Active
preparations by the Macon Cham
ber of ConiiaAr.ee are now being
made for the recepfcgijt that is to j
h»e ijiven President William If ow-,
su'd Taft when he conies to Macon i
this fall. Just what will bethel
feature of Mm reception is some-!
(thing that, must fit worked out la- !
ter, but it is safe to say that }iis|
trip here will be long remembered ;
by him. Secretary Burns has wir
ed the president's secretary ask
ing him for the exact date and as i
«oon as tin* bat; been secured the
work of the completing the de
tails will be taken lip.
President Tuft has ui ready
brought the Georgia ’possum and
sweet ’taters into the public eye,
so it is up to the local people to
Hod some new way.
PROMINENT MEN FIGHT A DUEL.
Oliver, Ga., July 11. —W ith a
trivial quarrel as the cause, John
YV. Hodges ami Rufus Lucas,
1
| both well to do and with families,
j fought a pistol duel here Satur
day in Hodges’ store, and Hod
ges lies dead, and Lucas, with a
bullet in his breast, is probably
i dying. Both men emptied five
I chamber revolvers, but Hodges'
;aiui was bad, because he was the
! first to he wounded.
It is said by an eye-witness t hat
! Lucas complained to Hodges be
j cause the lat ter, as he charged,
! hud repeated a statement made
}by some one else that Lucas had
•been “drunk on the public road.”
: Hodges, it is said, ordered Lucas
j from the store and was invited to
I follow Lucas out.
Suddenly Hodges called out,
j “Put up that,” and Lucus’ pis
! tol Hashed. Hodges staggered,
hut grasped his own pistol from
the desk in his office, and re
turned the fire. The men walked
up the length of the store on op
| posite sides of the counter, firing
until their pistols were empty.
Lucas is at his home four miles
j from here.
|
! THE DAVIS-HUIE MARRIAGE.
I- This morning at 11:550 o’clock,
'at the home of the bride’s pa
rents on Durden street, occurred
; the marriage of Miss Nona Davis
: and Dr. F. L. Hnie, the ceremony
being impressively performed by
! Rev. D‘Four of Hazlehurst. Ow
| ing to the popularity of the cou
| trading parties the marriage was
! one of more than ordinary inter
lest to the people of Vidalia.
! The marriage was a quiet one,
Ino cards having been issued. The j
I ceremony was performed in the 1
| presence of the immediate rela
tives of the bride.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.
land Mrs. M. H. Davis and is a
(young lady of charming person
ality and many desirable accom
plishments. Her friends are nuin
• bored by her acquaintances and
'she is one of the city's most pop
ular young ladies. Dr. Iluie lias,
j been a resident of our city for '
about, three years and during his
stay here he has, by his gentle
inaly conduct ami courteous man
ner, made a large circle of friends. ;
He is successfully engaged in the;
I practice of dental surgery with
; Dr. Neal and he stands in the
j front ranks of his profession.
The happy young couple left
i this afternoon oyer the M., D. A
|S. for the groom's old home in
North Georgia, where they will.
I spend about, two weeks, before re
turning to their home in this city,
j finite a crowd of our young peo
: pie were at the train to see them
|off, and they were liberally show
|ered with rice and good wishes.
The Local joins in extending
congratulations, and wishes for
I them an endless honeymoon
through )ife. —Toombs County Lo
cal.
FOR COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
Atlanta, July 12. —The House
' Ooipujiftee on Education con
j tinned its bearing on the com
pulsory education bill this after
noon. it is now proposed to draft
ja measure providing for compuls
iory education which will exempt
; chii.itliving three miles from
ja school house; children whose
(services are absolutely needed by
j their parents, and children whose
j education would not be, in the
opinion of county boards, con
ducive to good citizenship. No uc
i
tion was taken.
Remember, the regular term of
Hie City Court of.Mt. Vernon will
convene here «p the 19th. and
I those concerned will take due no-
I llce - |
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1909.
1 LOCAL - PERSONAL f
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Mrs. W. li. Langford is visiting
i . ...
, j relatives and friends in Augusta.
Prof. P. A. McQueon of Vidalia
spent Monday with relatives in
i Mi. Vernon,
I Remember, shoes are going at
cost tit J. A. Riddle’s, Alley, Ua.
Mr. James E. Fowler of Soper
, ton w:is a business visitor to Mt.
Vernon Saturday last.
Misses Bertha and Sweetie Smith
1 of Route No. 1 and Messrs. B. L.
1 Smith and Archie Hester of Mt.
Vernon spent Sunday with friends
at Stuckey.
| Remember, drugs—fresh drugs
—are going at cost at .1. A. Bid-
I dl6 ’ 8 ' I
The regular services at the Me
thodist church will he held iiij
Ailey next Sunday morning at, 11
o’clock. The entire membership
of this church is urgently reqnest
ledto be present. A hearty wel
j couie to tins service awaits the
! public.
S. A, & N. NOT TO
BE SOLD IN AUGUST.
The sale of the Savannah, An- 1
gusta and Northern Railroad will
not come oil’ on the 3d of August,,
j
us Judge Speer had decreed.
The latest development in this
case has taken the direction of an
appeal from the road’s attorneys
to the United States Circuit Court!
I
of Appeals which has put a stop
to everything until that judiciary
w ill puss on the case, This will j
prevent any action on the part, of j
Mr. J. N. Talley, who has served
as standing master in this case
and who would have sold the road.
it will he remembered that, W.
J. Oliver brought suit against the
Savannah, Augusta mid Northern
■ Railroad Company for the re
covery of a certain sum due linn
as contractor for the road, he
having built the road as tar as it,
i now extends. When he brought
a foreclosure against the road, J.
N. Talley was appointed «« mas
ter in the case and after taking
evidence, granted that Oliver had
a contractor’s lien on the road's
property and directed that t|p*
road should pay Oliver the
amount of $”1)0,000.
When it was found that the
road could not do this, and after
the company had brought excep
tions to the master’s report, the
eas'* was hen id before Judge Sheep,
who sustained the findings of the
master and also directed that the
road be sold to satisfy tlie claims
of contractor Oliver. The date of
the sale was set, for the third of
| next month.
At this time Bowdrc I'liinizy of
Augusta, was appointed us re
ceiver for the road by Judge Speer
and was also directed to continue
the operation of the food until
the date of sale. This lias been
done and everything was running
smoothly until tins appeal was
made by the attorneys for the
road company.
Although not unexpected by
■ tjje master and Oliver, tins ap
peal to the circuit pqijft, will liaye
I the effect of stopping the sale of
the road as originally decreed by
Ridge Speer, Not iintil October
when the judges of the circuit)
court of appeals for the fifth cir
cuit meets in Atlanta will the
case come up for a hearing. They
will decide then whether the de
cree of Judge Speer will stand or
not. This court consists of three
judges, namely J'ardee, Sliel by
( and McCormick.
; | Registered Berkshire pigs for
sail*. Ready for delivery. Write
Lawson E. Brown. Sundersville.
Miss Willie Alexander of Boids
ville is in Mt. Vernon t > visit, her
cousin, Miss Stella Morris, during
the absence or Mrs. Morris ut the
springs.
Revival Services will begin at,
the Methodist church in Glen wood
Sunday night. There will bn two
services daily 10:510 a. 111. and i
7 :4o p. 111. Those are the hours j
that tin* song services, under the;
direction of Mr. M. J. Barrett,
will begin.
Drug bargains at J. A. Riddle’s:
* Three packages of Black Draught,
| three packages of St. Joseph’s
J Liver Regulator or three of Sim
| moos’ for lb cents; seven bottles
of Medict!nlenm 111 2ficents; three
bottles of Blue Seal Vaseline for
10 cents; Darby’s Fuid docents,
Walker’s Dead Shot Colic Cure, |
SI.OO size fio cents, and other bar
gains.
OUTLOOK IS GOOD
FOR THE SOUTH,
New York, July 10.—President |
\V. W. Finley, of the Southern]
.railway, who was in this city j
j yesterday to attend the monthly
meeting of the directors of the
Southern, said before starting for
Washington that the South is
making foward strides in btisi*
| ness and that in most lines the
new fiscal year starts with bright .
prospects. New construction worn
jis under way in many parts of
; tpo South, its crop are. being!
] further diversified and in 'his,
j way the low condition <d' the col.- I
ton crop will have less influence
than it otherwise would.
Discussing the outlook in the
South, Mr. Finley said :
“The report of the agricultural
department as to the condition of
the growing cotton crop of June
27> showed rather a poor condition
throughout the cotton belt, result
ing from unfavorable weather con
ditions in June. ]t. is not too
late for improvement, however,
and whet her or not t lie crop turns
out. better than now seems pos
sible, there is little douht that
the price received by the planters
will be better than last, year.
“The high price of grain which
has prevailed during the last year!
has led to a more general diversi
fication of agrieultii re hi the!
South und to the planting of lar
ger areas in griun crops. This 1
will tend to increase the economic
strength pf the Southern fanners
and their increased purchasing
power, which will follow a higher 1
price of cotton, will be an impor
tant factor in improving the gen
eral situation. The cotton mill
industry of the South is active.
The mills are generally working on
full time. A number of new mills
are under'construction, more are
projected, and some of the exist
ing mills are increasing the cap
acity of their plants.
“Conditions in the lumber in
dustry are better than Inst year,
tho uncertainty as to the tariff
has retarded improvement some
what. Better conditions may be
expected when this uncertainly j
has bee j | definitely pminved
“Tho Southern furniture fac
tories are doing better than last
year. Activity in the furniture
; business generally follows the ex
positions which are held in the
principal furniture centers in the;
mid-summer. ‘'
“The railways are entering the
market as purchasers to a larger
extent than last yegr, tlp(* help
iliSf aiv 1»»« to the general in
dustrial situation,’’ |j
TOOK TWO TRIALS
TO EXECUTE NEGRO
Nashville. Ga., July o.—Mar
I
j shall Lewis, tlu* negro who slm
and killed Clifford Kuiheford a
Lenox in April, was executed her'
today by Sheriff Avera at 11
o’clock. He confessed his guilt
professed religion and gave tlu
! usual warning to his race, and to
publishing a sketch of Ins lift
earned sufficient money to pat
j t ransportation of his body to hii
home at Oaklield, Ga.
The execution was quiet niu
orderly, taking place inside tin
county jail. A largo crowd cam*
to town to witness the executioi
j despite the fact that a heavy ran
: fell all the morning. The tra|
: was sprung at 11 o’clock. Tin
first attempt to break bis neck
was a failure and ho was led baek
upstairs and dropped tho secom
time. As he walked upstairs Moot
streamed from his mouth and In
begged for water, ilis neck wat
not broken the second time, but
he strangled to death in about
fifteen minutes. Several hun
dred negroes with a few whip
people gathered at, the jail last
night, and held religious services,
singing praying and shouting foi
several hours.
CARD OF THANKS.
i Wo desire through the columns
of The Monitor to express our
, heartfelt thanks and gratitude to
i those who wore so kind to us dur
i ing the recent illness and death
!of our beloved husband and fii
! liter, and for the beautiful floral
'offerings. May God’s richest
blessings he with each one.
Mrs. F. M. Botnar and
Children.
Glen wood, Ga.
DEFERS SUICIDE
TO EAT CHICKEN,
Abbeville, (Ja., July 12. —W.
0. Hamilton, of Seville. Wilcox
’County, killed himself Sunday
morning about S:8<) o’clock by
shoooting himself through t.lu,
head with a pistol, lie told Mrs.
Fountain, who keeps house for
him, that, he was going to kill
himself before breakfast. She
jokingly told him not, to do that,
as she was going to have chicken
for breakfast,.
After breakfast Hamilton went,
into bis room and shut the door.
Soon afterwards u pistol shot rang
ollt.
Mr. and Mrs. Fountain went to
tile window of the room and look
ing in found Mr. Hamilton wash
ing bis face, lie told Mr. Foun
tain that lie bad not, done any
barm, and Mr. and Mrs. Foun
tain left.
In a few minuted another pis
tol shot, was heard in the room.
Mr. Fountain again went, to as
certain the c/mimc. This time lie
found Mr. Hamilton dead on the
bed, with a pistol hole through is
head, the ball passing through
bis bead, The pistol was clutched
in bis right, hand.
Ho leaves a wife and live child
ren, three hoys and two girls.
A letter for Ins wife dated from
Gridin, Ga,, was discovered at, his
side. The cause of the suicide is
not know, but, it, is believed to
have been domestic trouble.
For several years Hamilton bad
been a resident of Cordele, where
he bad extensive mereantile in
terests, He also owned and op
erated farming lands near Seville,
where bis palatial country home
is situated. He was for many
years a wholesale merchant of
Montgomery, Ala.
Edgar S. Hamilton, of Abbe,
ville. county school commissioner
of Wilcox county, and KlnVfe
Hamilton, cashier of the bank of
IFx'lieUe, are sons of the deceased.
ffe was a prominent Mason,
god was buried from the Union
Baptist church today. He was a
prosperous farmer.
; flor:da governor
).; VISITS WAYCROSS.
r-! Wavcrosa, Ga.. July 18.—Gov.
g ! Albert W. Gilchrist, of Florida,
,i arrived in the city Monday night
[■,, 1 from a trip to New York and otli
j jer points, and has spent tho duv
j, > ; here. lie left today at noon for
„ | Tallahassee.
v , Governor Gilchrist is well known
V j in Waycross, where lie has exten
y jsive real estate interests, and Its
j H I has a wide circle of friends here
| who are always gluil to welcome
( | him to the city.
" QUARTERMASTER FOSTER
j! DIES FROM WOUND.
p Savannah, Ga., July 11. —As-
,. ter a live hours’ light, for life,
k ; Quartermaster George \V. Foster,
k i of the steamship Frederick, of tin*
,1 i M'•reliants and Miners Transpor
g | tat,ion Company, died at the Mu
„lrine Hospital at f* o’clock yeater-
H day morning from the wound in
1, dieted hy Samuel B. Trebnut, the
I pantryman on the same ship.
Trebnut. in now held on a charge
~ of murder.
t An account of the shooting,
, ! which happened short ly after
midnight, was given in yesterday's
! Morning News. Foster was shot
j oil the deck of the steamship
i Fridriek. The two eye-witness
i stated tile shooting wus without.
’ | provocat ion. Trebnut, shot Fos
] ter because lie was the lirst man
I lie saw. Trebnut bad been drink-
i ing while on shore and when lie
i went aboard and caused trouble
I! be was ejected from the mess
( room, lie immediately went for
bis pistol and shot Foster as soon
I as he saw him, although Foster
had nothing to do with ejecting
j him.
; Those who saw the shooting did
| not, think Foster had been injured
! seriously. Shortly after lining
I. shot, lie got, up and walked from
the steamer to the dock in order
< to get, into the ambulance. lie
. talked freely with those about
y, | linn, and did not seem to be had
fi |ly hurt. It. was with surprise his
fellow officers learned of his
'death, as thought lie would he
I | out iii a day or two.
I .
F* '
THE U. B. I. TEAM DEFEATED AILEY.
t
i Last Monday afternoon the
Ailey boys came over to cross bats
I, with the U. B. I. boys. When tho
. institute boys looked at their
opponents they thought it, nnposi
ble to defeat t hem, hut after a
ij eh ert struggle of nine innings the
- score was read out seven to lif
- | teen in favor of the 11. B. 1.
ft is true that the I . B. J. boys
/ also defeated the Mt. Vernon
- second team by the score of five to
; eight, on July fit h.
This makes two games thut the
I B. I. summer selio'.l boys have
played and come out, victorious in
- both.
* Tim hoys wish they could play
4 another game, but us there is on
i ly one more week of the Summer
I School tln-y will have to put, in
some hard slmly to make both
■ ends meet. Member.
, MEETING OF FARMERS 1 UNION.
■i Editor Monitor:
■i I’lease announce that, the n.-xt
i session of the Montgomery Coun
ty Division of the F. E. &. 0. L.
I will beheld with Hie Kemp Lo
• cal, and that the time has lie**n
- changed on account of the State
- Convention from Saturday led’oro
, the 4th Sunday in July to Friday
> before the first Sunday in August,
r which will U* tho 80th day of
July. Tho bretlieren will please
take notice of this change.
. Jus. T. Geiger,
, Sce’y.
>
House For Sale*.
, House and lot, and lot with
i stables and outhouse. See me at
i once. \V. B. Langford,
i 710 It Mt. Yuiuoii, Ga.
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