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VOL. XXIV.
Negro Strung
Up to a Tree .
Eastman, On., July 20.—King
Gref*n, a negro was lynched and
Ins body riddled witli bullets at
Gum Branch this morning.
Tin- Misses Nicholson, daugh
ters of Sam Nicholson, one of
Eastman’s prominent citizens,
while four miles out from East
man were met in the road by the
negro who caught their horse l>\
the rein and told them to get out,
that it was his horse and he was
going to have it. The young la
.dies whipped up their horse and
itriod to got awav from him, but
the held on until frightened by
their screams.
|>ogs were sent from t lie county
convict camp, and placed on his
trail and after a run of several
hours the ifegro was captured.
The slierdV and his deputies
while on their way to town were
met at Gum swamp by a posse ol
17f> men who took him away from
the officers and strung him up to
a sapling, idler which the crowd
quietly dispersed.
WOMAN ENTERS-SUIT AGAINST
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
.Jonesboro, Ga., July Hl.—Suit
was filed here today in the su
perior court by Mrs. Clora Hill
against the Southern Railway
company and J. N. Biddy, road
master of the Southern Railway
company', alleging that she ha*
been injured and damaged in the
sum of $50,000 on account, of the
death of her luishand. Atkinson
& Born, of Atlanta, represents 11n*
plaint ill .
It is alleged that last June
,VJrs. Mill’s husband, Waller 10.
HBI, was a brakeinan on one of
< lie fast freight trains of tin-
Southern Bail way company, on
tns run from Atlanta to Macon,
and that while the train was pass
ing: through Ellenwood, in this
comdv, her husband was knocked
from the top of the train by an
overhanging water spout and in
stantly lulled.
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GOVERNOR WILL HAVE
NO SUSPENSION POWER.
Atlanta, July 20. —In future
the Governor of Georgia will not
have the right to suspend or dis
charge a member of the Railroad
Cominitnunn, and the finish of tie-
AlcLendun case, whichever way
it goes, will see the last, of its
Kind in this state.
Hereafter impeachment. pro
ceedings will he necessary to su*-
pend or remove a commissioner
from office.
The attitude of the Senate on
this question was conclusively
shown today when Senator Irwin's
toil taking the power of suspen
sion from the Governor came up
for passage.
Vigorous speeches advocating
the biH were made by Senators
Harrell, Burwell and Slater, and
the hill was passed by a vote of
20 to 0.
WANT SPEEDY TRIAL
. FOR HENRY PATTERSON.
Americas, Ga., July JO. Hum
dreds of citizens this afternoon
readily sigiud a petition nddre-sr
cd to. Judge /,, A. |,it.t lej.ilui re -
qti sting tlie convening of Sumter
superior eoMrt in special session
to try Jl enry But lerson, enjoyed,
who killed Captain \V. (■’. Mcßae
lie re last week. Unless the special
session is convened, J'atterson,
who freely confesses the homicide,
cannot be tried before tin* regular
December term. Ail classes of
citizens, including several clergy
man, signed Hie petition fur im
mediats trial.
CITV COURT IN SESSION
The .1 uue term of t lie City Court
of Mt. Vernon, whieji was ad
journed until this month. is in
-session, to continue, in all pro
liability, through the entire week.
Many important cases have
been disposed of l>v Judge Win.
It, Kent, and Solicitor E. C. I'll
- More than the usual
am milt of business Inis be.-n <lis
posed of at this term of the court.,
while tin* interest lIILS Im-i-h shown
by t he usual at tendance.
MRS. ARMOUR TO BE
AT SOPERTON TOMORROW.
The ladies of the Woman's
Christian Temperance I'nion of
Soperton announce that Mrs.
Armour, president of that organi
zation, will deliver a -lecture at
that place tomorrow evening (Fri- 1
i day) 221, beginning at seven
o’clock. No admission (eo will i
he charged, and the public is cor
dially invited to attend. Thi*|
will he a rare opportunity of hear
ing this gifted lady mi a very im
portant subject.
A SUDDEN DEATH ;
BY FLYING TIMBER.
News reaeln-d Mt. Vernon last
week of the tragic death of Mr.
K. |*. Horne by a flying piece of,
: timber at a sawmill near tin- home
I of Mr. C. D. Williams on W.-dnes-.
j day of last, vyc-ek, about, the noon i
hour. It seems that Mr. Horne
was sawing and that a piece ol j
limber was picked up fly the saw.
! and t liriist against him wit h such
force as to produce death, and j
aft it lingering for a few hours lie !
I
passed away.
Mr. Horne was a brother ol'i
M ess I’m. J. K. nud Henry Horne,
both living north of this place,!
and ins untimely death is regret
led by a large circle of friends!
and acquaintances. Ilis remains j
were laid away the day following,!
: in the cemetery near Eotliair.
GAINESVILLE MAN i
: HANGS HIMSELF. I
Gifitiesvill< V , Ga., Julv It). —M r. j
Edward Jf. Jewel committed sui-i
eide t his morning about 7 o'clock !
by hanging.
j He had been in bad heall Li Jdr ■
some weeks, and had attempted;
suicide once before, taking st ryeli- i
i nine.
Being missed from his home,
his wife went to his uptown olficc
to find him. While she was gone.,
the little non,nine years old found
tl)o father hanging from a beams
in I lie barn.
Two neighbors quickly cut him j:
down, but detit-l) had ensued.
Mr. Jewell was for twenty yealV
■ 111 tlie fpi’l ilizer business In-re. i (*-*'
was prominent socially, a in“ii|her'
of the Baptist, church, Masonic
and Pythian orders, lie is sur
vived by Ins wife ami several
small children.
No cause is known for tin- deed j
,op-ept, mental unbalancing cans- 1
ed by illness.
FOR CONGRESSIONAL HONORS,
Jlagan, Ga., July Hi. —Friends
of the Hon. John )|. |Vrl< ms are |
after him to make the race lor!
congress. Mr. )'• iTin.s is a strong I
man, a native of Burke, which he'
represented in t lie general assein- |
lily, and besides he is very pope-1
Jar. Mr. I’erkins is -living nolh-T'
I
ing. but if would not be surplus- j
mg if In- entered the race.
Swamsboro, (fa., July If). —
Friends of lion. Alf Herrington
state positively that lie will he in
tlie race tor congress. They soy
this with assurance that lie wili
make announcement in the re-xt
■ day or two declaring himself a
candidate ami briefly giving Ins
reasons for entering the race. Mr.
It ■ rriogton s friends gre s-mplia-j
1 LjC UH Ili tns Hotel. liOn*.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, |I L A 2J, 11 )<>().
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Mr. Milton Bailey of JOriek was
in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. S. B. Morris returned
1 home 'Tuesday from the Springs,
where she has been for the last
week or two.
Mr. Nosbit McEoninro spent
1 Sunday ami Monday very plesanl
ly in Alamo.
Mr. Tim (lockfield spent Sun
day and Monday with friends and
relat i ves m Erick.
Haile a crowd of young folks
spent Tuesday very pleasantly
down on the river picnicking.
Remember, drugs—fresh drugs
—an-going at cost at J. A. Bid
dle’s.
Mr. John Hinson of Erick spent
Monday afternoon here with ivla
tives.
Miss Addie Biifeh entertained
quite n number of lu-r friends at
Imr home last Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. I). A. Meßae have
i'ei iirued from Savannah, w here
i lu-y went for treatment for their
liahy, The lit t li> one seeips to
have been improved by the trip
to Ihe seaside.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. .1.
K. Hunt, has been quite wok for!
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I several da vs,
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During I lie past wia-k the NI«»n i -
lor has been presented with a dim
melon each hv Messrs. Jas. W. 1
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Glams, J. A. Barlow and 11. I>
! Hoe. These good men were not.
j competing for any prize, and ten
dered tlu'se line melons si inply as
in matter of oniirlcsy in I lie i.kuih*
tv paper, and it is appreciated
! very much. f
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i Mrs. \V. B. Langford lias re-,
turned from a I rip to Augusta and
other points in North East Geor
gia.
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Gnl. E. C. Underwood spent ,
I part of last week in Savannah,
where Mrs. Underwood is receiv
ing treatment. She is improving, !
and will hr- home in a few days.
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Mr. A. J. Burch nod family!
have moved to Ailey, their old j
home. Many Iriends in Mt. Vern-i
mi regret to haye tli<-m leave.
HIT BY STRAY SHOT.
Washington, (4u.,July MV-* I{'• I»-
ert S. Smith, vice presided! of I
i In* brokerage linn ol I!. M. &■ It.
S. Smith, of this city may lose j
the sight, of/his left cv<- as the re.
suit of an accident.
|n company with his younger’
brother, Marion Smith, ho was
hunting near Washingt m. The’
gnu which young Marion Smith
carried was accidentally disohargsi
ml, and t lie load of shot struck I
Mr. Smith, who was 100 yards
away.* lue shot entered N| r.Smil h’s
eye, and it is leafed that he will
lose i he I he sight, of that member. I
lie was taken to Atlanta forex*
lamination and treatment by an ■
oculist.
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PLAY FAIR—IT PAYS,
No matter how much money te
man lias lie does not like In he de
frauded. If lie buys a coat In*
! wants the cloth to he jn*l what j
i t lie merchant says, it i*;il he buys
\i earrd ot apples he is indignant, j
1 if lie discovers that the big apples
I have been put in t lie ends of tin
barrel and small or unsound ones
between, and he decides not to
deal again with tin* man from
whom In* bought them. No man
wins permanent success who does
not deal fairly with Ins customers.
Hut h-t i|s not he honest simply
because it. pays financially, for
there is a bet ter reason—*it pays
*u peace of mind afforded and the
j t rue welfare of tin? soul. —-Farm
J'/Srutil.
s' Mis- AI ice Me I ,'*od of V ida lii
j.spent a few days of last week hen
■ t with her cousin, Miss Addii
! Burch.
, I
i Miss Young h|' Yidolia lias ac
cepted a position with (’ol. .1. li.
I J Geiger as stenographer.
- j Drug burg,i ins at .1. A . Biddle - :
Three packages of Black Draught,
three packages of St. Joseph s
I l.iver Regulator or thi Sim
. inons' for 15 cent s ; seven bottles
of Medicament urn 25 cents: three
I I hot t ies of Blue Seal Vaseline for
10 cents: Darby’s Fluid 215 cents ,
Liquid Yel slle SlZ.e2i.x-: Itlels
i size, 5 cents; Walker’s Dead Shot
< Colic Cure, SI.OO size 1)0 cent-,
. and ot her bargains.
j ('arl Geiger spent Saturday ami
: Sunday wit Ii p lat ives in t ilen
\ wood.
I Sheriff James Hester Weill Up
so Mt-Bae Sunday to get a negro,
1 re*timing on tlie afternoon tr.iin.
Deputy SlierilV Tom Hester
spent Monday in Savannah on
business. ’
Begislered Berkshire pigs lor
{sale. Ready for delivery. Write
! Lawson hi. Brown. Smidersville
Rememlier, shoes lire gi lug .'ll
! cost at J A. Biddle’s, Alley, tin.
MIS. J. E. (lock field spell! a
few days of this week iii Erick,
I In* guest, of friends and relatives.
, Dr. J. F. Hall ami family have
removed to I heir old home m
Ai ley, after having spent 11 1 ■ * past
two years in Ml. Vernon. We re
| grid to have I heiu leave t Ins place-,
but, wish for I lu-ir happiness and
welfare in I lie sister town.
Mrs. M. D. Mev'UT ami family
( have removed to tin home recent,,
ly occupied by Dr. 11 1 1).
Mr. It. A. Bovvi-of Si>perlon was
!ft business visitor to this oilice
, Tuesday, placing an order for
some lngh-elass station"!')’.
!
Mrs. D. W. Folsom was talon
;to the Dark View Sanitarum in
j Savannah bird week for I real
-1 ino 1 1 1. She is improving. Her
I daiigliler, Mrs, W. 11. Metjiieen,
j went down yesterday morning to
! spend a few days with her.
j CAUGHT RUNAWAY NEGRO.
(In 'J'lK'N'iii ,V |>!■•(»*r-i ivd (’1Irri• •
! iirri ved from lia iiibridgo wit Ii .1 i m
*
, rmntmtl, who escaped from tin*
I county in December of 1007. I»**n-
J nof.fr, il somii|'-<|. li.nl been fried
nml convicted and sentenced to n
! term of fij months in kite gang,'
. tint mndn !n« escape before I >(<iiiu
put into servinn.
Mr. (hirrin received Ihe rnwurd
of >l*7/1 offered liy f ho count V' colli*
missioimis of this comity for tin*
nil jit lire of Rennet t ,
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OEAD UMBRELLA MENDER
WAS SON OF MILLIONAIRE,
t Lexington, Ky., July Sd).—Tim
body of nn it iimrnnt umbrella
mender found in Stoner creek.
■ I'aris, Ky., Imd Kridnv, has been
, ident isled iih t hut of lln rry J f01d,.,
j whose fill her i>. nml to In' u mil
j lioiiinre. Word was sent to f,l,<>
' father a* Dorchester. \la.-s, fie
I ordered the liody funded here and I
full particulars of the death sent
to him.
Tim uuihrcllu mender, wlm iv e
known fmi'euliouth ns- Ihirrv Mur
tin, was ahoiit H'2 years old.
House l or Snle.
House and lot, and lot with
j stables and outhouse. S.-e m< d
finer. \V It Langford,
7lG4t Mt. V’fcrncdi, Ga.
5 FIRST BOLL OF
FLEECY STAPLR.
•) Col. A. L. Lanier presented at
■) th" Tuesday the first
■) open boll of cotton we luive seen
• ! this season, and the indications
a are t hut lie wi 11 ha v a hale or so on
v the market at an early date. The
e cotton crop ol Montgomery enmi
ty is except iona 11 v tine, according !
to reports, and we trust that tlie
price will lx* agreeable to our
fa riners.
: SERVICES BY ADVENTIST MINISTER,
The Molii'or is leipiestod to an
nouiiee that Rev. D. I - '. I’almerof
Vidalia will deliver two sermons
in Mt,. Vernon on t lie fourt h Snn
r day m this month. Ile rcprcsenl s
. Hie (h-nomination of Second Ad
vent ist s, ami Ins sermons will In
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heard with interest.
Services will lie held at I I
o’clock in the morning and 7 did
in the evening, and unless other
wise arranged for, will be In Id in
theeniil'l hnli.se. The public is:
1 cordially invited to hear him, j
, .1 illy 251 h.
MUSICAL CONCERT AT BEULAH.
i The Monitor is reipje.slcd I• > 11 11 -
nouiiee that there will In- a nniHi-j
|. cal concert at Beulah ehurch t<•- j
..morrow (Friday) evening, begin
ning a I I did o’clock.
To l his cutert aiiiim-nt I In* puh
lic is cord in 11 y invited, and it is
Imped | hill It w ill lie at tended
I This ell (ert a 111 lllelil is to he given ,
by I ‘in I. .1. (!. Leml'Tinan, who is |
dwell known as a miisieal director, 1
. and is held in high esleein hv a
large number of friends in tins
county.
RALPH SEDYLMEYER
BURNED TO DEATH,
Fitzgi-rald, Ga., Julv It)—While
in l lie net of lil t ing a primary
I 'circuit win- off a chimney where!
it had caught on a house lining
moved here this morning, Ralph!,
Sedylmover was instantly killed.
He 1 1 a 1 1 succeeded iii removing |
one of the wires which, as if left i ,
l lie bricks Hi ruck him across the!
, legs just above the knees and ini- x
mediately set his clothing afire, 1 ( ,
and began burning into the flesh.
lie threw away the stack he had 1 |
been using to handle t In- wire and ,|
grabbed ii with both hands and ~
I lie whole J,L ,k -t) volts carried j
pa-sed through his hoily. lie (|
.eo 11 1 1 1 not release his hold until ~
tin- wire hurtled itself in two, and
I lien he fell across the parallel:
wire and before In* could be taken j Ii
oil Ins body was praelu-aly burned)
in two. J|e is the only son ol
Jacob Si-dylmeyi r, a prominent
• . i i
Gent ml avenue merchant, and is
survived by his lat her, mol her and
one Sister,
FALLS ON JOIST AND
SUFFERS SERIOUS INJURY,
Savannah, Ga., July l'.» —Los-
ing In- foothold and fa 11 ing Ima vi- i
Iv on a joist in the building at !
Fort y-Hccohd aml Barnard streets,;
where he was engaged inputting;
iii the plumbing work, <•. G.
Morn- was seriously injured
about I o'clock yesterday after-!
noon. IB- was taken to his home
at No. 12 Thirty-third street,’
: east, and nmde-al attention given
him. lie was resting well at
night.
Mr. Morriii only fell about
three feet, a- he was working on
1 1 lie (ground floor, but. le- weighs
I‘.HI pounds. II- struck til'- joist
: with, his left tliiali, and his physi
cians ii po i) examination an
noiiiiOi (| that Ik- was suffering
from a 1.,—-rated kidney. Mr. I
Moms was walking across tin
joists from one suit* ol Iho build- 1
to tin-other. H«- made n misstep,
and struck tin- joist in falling.
Several of the workmen in tliej
building saw him lull aud rushed ,
i to his >iid. ■ j
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Resolutions by
F.E.&C.LJ.
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Montgomery Monitor:
The following resolui ions ivcru
adopted hy tln> Montgomery Co.
I>ivision of tlir K. K. iV (', I'. of
Anu'iica at a recent session 1 1 >-1«1
wit li l In- Sa id is hoc aI.
| Placed in form, the preamble
, and resol tit ion should rand : |
Whereas, We have learned that
our honorable enunty comniissioii
ers have rented a farm for the
jpurpose of working our county
eon viol s this year, and expect to
buy a farm to continue working
j I hem on : t hereforo, be it
licsolved, Ist, That this the
Montgomery County Division of
i lie K. K »V <'. I oi Vnicricu now
,in session do iinaniiiioiisly con*
deinti such acts of our ('mini v
'(e on in iss loners, and we do hereby
ask our honorable commissioners
to have said county convicts ~n
I mir piild ic reads.
And Whereas, There is a great
; deal of talk at | ire sen t a bout lm i Id
ling public highways for automo
biles, he it
Ifesolved, I*||, l>V the Moiltg' ll
erv (’on 11 1 v division of the 1> IC.
A- C. I . of America that we enter
our protest against said roads' be
ing lillill by I axut ion.
Ilesolveil, fid, That the Mont
gomery (’minty Division of Ibe
K. IC. it (I . ol America is ui
lavor o| an agricull ural commis
sioner, and we ask our senator and
represent all ve to vote lor same.
J.is. T. (huger,
Secret irrv.
WHITE WUMAN AND
NEGRO MAN PUNISHED,
Macon, (bi., July lb. A while
woman giving her name as Jennie
O'Neill, who came here fro in Nmv
York, eaine near bringing serious
trouble upon herself aml a negro
whom she openly claimed as her
sweetheart, ami when she said he
was as good as any Soul hern white
man, Patrol nflicciv closely guard
ed lur when she and the negro
were put under 11 rrest .
Ih cordi r liipiliarl gave i lie
woman ten days in flm barracks
and cummifte.d her to the stale
court. The negro was committed
likewse and w ill a’.so serve ninety
days on the public works. An
angry crowd of white men hear
ing t lie assertion of the woman
made desperate I Ifol’ts to get hold
d’ her before the arrest.
RESUME HEARING
IN OLIVER CASE.
Hainlindge, (la., July lb.—Thu
hearing before Ueferce \Vilifr>-<|
Lam*, in the hankrnptey proceed
ings of the* alleged millionaire,
O. I). Oliver, the (’linwix hank,
t Im Soul hern Mannfaet urine < 'mii
panv, and his other interests was
resumed here today.
Tlmre were no development!; of
1 a sensat iona i n il ure.
Tim e.\aiiiination of many wit
nesses was made in the endeavor
ito plane additional assets in the
| hand* of t lie custodian. .Inst be
fore court tool; a re-ess ijntil It
o’clock tomorrow morning. Judge
I,aim lli<|ilir< d of Oliver if lie lllnl
ever oper;df.*d in Alabama; i! lie
had one'- operated ill Florida, and
’lntd business relations with soiiih
of tlm most prominent men of tfie
state, the present governor being
one m ipicsl ion, as wre f-x-l iev
erti'.i'H Jennings and Itrnward. Me
(juest mimd Oliver about his opera
tions in Ohio and Missinsippi.tHi*
ver posit Ivefy denied, under out h,
that Im ever operated in nnv id'
these places, ami denied having
been in any of tin* stales, except
Ohm, admit tmg lie had been to
Oincinnat i.
' llis wife and mother in-law were
I
I at th-.- hearing.
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