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Mt. Vernon, Georgia, Thursday Morning, July 15, 1909.
From Milage
to Metropolis .
The Atlanta Journal has the
following pretty account of the
origin of that hustling cilv’s vil
lage name:
In a quaint, little home in De
catur, which faces a yard ol clear
graveled walks, bordered with
old-fashioned Mowers, lives a
silvered-haired woman, whose
name, years ago, first, christened
the unpretentious hamlet of Mur-
Ihusviile, where Atlanta now
si anils.
Almost, tn the shadow of the
liny-hearted city, which sin* once*
knew as a village in a forest, and
yet away from its pulsating din
and confusion, she has come to
spend the last days of a full life
among the marigolds and- daf
fodils of her quiet home. There
111 the stillness, removed from
tin* relentless, busy marts of the
pauseless city, she recounts to
herself and to tin* many triends
who find Iter home an open house, .
the first scenes of Atlanta’s in
fancy, when I Vac lit ren st rect was
a path in a forest and tin* union ,
depot was a marsh where even j
wild animals arc said to have had
their undisturbed lairs.
She was a little girl when the
name of Marthasville was given
to the few straggling huts and
one or two trading shacks that
had been built in little plats of
ground cleared of trees, with tin*
underbrush still standing. ll»r
name was Martha bumpkin,lien
the daughter of one of the most
famous and proudest of Georgia's
governors, who guided the state
through the times before the civil
war.
Her fat her had served as chief
executive before Marthasville was
known, and had ledd office in
IHJtli ’.'ll and 'Mb. lie was known
as a man who controlled all vital
problems Ity quick thought and
immediate action. So that, short
ly afterward, when a commis
sioner was needed to supervise the
completion of the Western and
Atlantic railroad, cx-Governor
bumpkin was named by former
t inventor McDonald.
Atlanta was Terminus at that
time, and lluslicd with the pride
and conceit of being the destina
tion of a railroad, the few citi
zens suddenly awakened with the
desn> of a more original name.
The inhabitants insisted that it
fie called bumpkin in honor of
th** former governor, who pro
tested, because another town and
county had been named for him.
An Mubniuian,named Mitchell,
who donated land he owned in
Terminus for the terminals of the
road, knew little Martini bump
kin. plead for the name of Mar
thasville—ns a tribute tn the lit
tle daughter of the former gover
nor as well as for the chief »xi*ou
tive himself,
"That was long years ago,"
said Mrs. Martha bumpkin Comp
ton, Saturday,in her home among
tin- flowers in Decatur. "I can’t
remember all of the details hack
then. A life id’ over four-score
years dims the memory w hen there
is so much to remember.
"I remember principally that
there was woods every where. There
were only a few Intis shacks—l
think there was a grog-shop, ami
I know that there was a little
white church somewhere in the
tangle of the woods. 1 remember
that Mr. Mitchell gave me two
lots where the Ktmhali house is
now. It was mostly swamp, and
my father never thought that the
land was worth enough to even
have the titles recorded.
“Yes, if 1 held this land now,
I could have bought an automo
bile for all the young girls and
l.oys here that I love so well,
"1 never lived in Marthasville,
as niv father moved to Athens
and we lived there lor seventy-five
years, until I came t> Decatur
two years ago. Hero I expect to i
remain until I die, and though j
sometimes I am strong enough to
go to the great, big city, I |ov<
my flowers most, the same kind
of (lowers that grow nearly eigh
ty years ago, when that great city!
first bore a name for me.”
Decatur is to remain the home
of this woman, whose life has
been so crowded with deeds of
kindness until you can see I lie
realization of a crowned life in j
her every gesture and expression. 1
Sometime ago she gave the old
bumpkin homo to the ITiiiveraity j
of Georgia in Athens. It is now
apart of the campus. She also
set aside many acres for the es-;
taldishment of an old home for'
widows of Confederate soldiers.
So, with only one-little tract of
land 111 Atlanta for her own—a
grass plot in a cemetery given her
by the city, she lives among her i
recollections and her friends;!
i peaceful, satisfied with what her;
life has been, contented with the
old-fashioned flowers bordering
' the walks in the quiet yard.
1
TAGGING THE PISTOL TOTER.
If the house of representatives
and the senate accept the favor
able report of the special judiciary
committee on a measure by Mes
srs. l-'ulbright of Burke and While
of Screven, the Ancient ami De
structive Order of Pistol Toters !
will find themselves against n new
harrier in Georgia.
The bill provides that Geor
gians alllicted with an incurable
desire to pack around a gun must i
register with the ordinary, take
out a lieense and give a bond of
$ l< H 1 to keep t lie peace.
Just one thing is needful hi
make a law of this nature serve
its mission, and that is rigorous,
undiseriminating and consistent
enforcement.
'The average man addicted to
the hip-pocket habit is also char
acterized, as a rule, by secretive-
I ness.
Uarely does his best friend
know tlut he is a walking arsenal,
until some more or less trivial
encounter protrudes its provoea
' t ion.
Then it i- that tin* pistol-toter
develops in his full glory, distri
buting death and destruction just
as often to i In* innocent bystan
der as to tin* object of his resent
ment.
'The proposal of the gentlemen
trout Ihirke and Screven is, how
ever, a decided step in the proper
,direction. 'The more restriction
placed around the portable human
battery tin* brighter will grow
the chances of lessoning the uum
of murderous brawls that consti
tute a regular indictment ol our
t went i**t h-eent nry civilization.
Perhaps an even more effectual
plan would lie to cot»|>cl tin* pis
, tol-tuter, unless a guardian of tin*
law, to also wear some sort of
badge or insignia, such as a skull
nud-cross bones, n miniature cof
fin or the plain lnl**l, in big red
, letters, "Poison! Handle With
1 Care.’’
Snob unflattering candor should
■ logically have a tendency to di
-1 mi 11 mb the practice — Atlanta
Count it ut ion.
TJiK MONTGOMERY MONITDft—THTU-SIMY, Jf’LY 22, 1900.
UNION SAVES MEMBERS
MONEY ON FLOUR,
Atlanta, Ga., July Iti. Accord
ing to President J. lb bee. of fne
Georgia Farmers’ t’nion. his or
ganization has completed arrange
jiients whereby, it can ship and is i
already shipping a carload of
flour into this state and a half
carload into Alabama daily to be
distributed to its members at
$1.50 per barrel less than tie* mar
ket price.
This lias been accomplished by
special arrangement with nulling!
interests of the northwest. The
gram is purchased directly from
the farmer by the union, sent to
I the mill, and from there disturb-{
»d to the southern consumers. In
This way the middle man, Mr. D-e
says, isentirely eliminated.
Mr. bee is enthusiastic over the
result of his effort to secure cheap
er flour for union farmers and
'i*xpee(s, at an early date, to in
crease his shipments. All the flour
handled lie says, is whole wheat
flour of the best quality, and re
tails in the market at $7.25 per
j barrel, lb* says the grain grow
lers are now getting 18 cents a :
| bushel more for their product j
than when the arrangement \v:e
firat made.
SOUTHERN TO HAVE
A DOUBLE TRACK,
Macon, Ga., July I<s.—Several
rumors are current about Macon 1
, regarding the plans of the South-;
'•rn railway to take the kinks out.
|of the line between here and At
lanta. and double-track within!
Ihe coming few months. It is
said the plans have already been
settled upon which will mean tin*
1 shorteningof the distances miles.
The principal work to be done
will be the bringing up of a mini- j
her of grades and removing of
several curves. In a number of
places, if is stated, the road will
Tie moved a considerable distance
; from where it now rests. .
The question <»f double-! racking,
it is stated, is not a new one with
the Southern officials as it. lias
! long been considered a necessity
between Macon and Atlanta.
These i mproveinents, according
To ih*> rumor, are to be taken tipi
immediately and pushed till the I
line from hereto Atlanta is in
first-class condition.
CLEVELAND WESTBROOK,
COLORED, FOUND GUILTY.
Tiffon, Ga., July 15. — Cleve
land Westbrook, colored, who
stabbed James Davis, also colored
a fellow convict on the Tift conn-j
tv chningang,on the night of Jan. i
j 2 last, will die at 'Tift’s county's
first legal hanging, unless the;
courts interfere.
Westbrook, who was in an ugly
humor was raising a disturbance
among his fellow convicts around
lliecamp fire on the night of the j
killing, and some of them called
Supt. Davis' attention to the fact
Westbrook had a knite. When
Davis called on him to give up
tlie knife, the negro tried to get
t<» tin* superintendent to cut him,
but was held bv the chain to
which all the -nuvicts were has
tened, and Davis kept stepping
back out of his reach.
Seeing he could not reach Da
vis, Westbrook, in a paroxvsm <>f
rage, turned on James Davis, the
nearest convict to him on the
chain, and slashed him horrible
with the knife, lb* had tn la*
beaten into submission lie for,- be
could ,>e handcuffed.
The case was called ibis morn
ing in Tift Superior Court and
tin* jury returned a verdiet of guil
ty this afternoon. The court ap
pointed Cols. K. D. Smith and lb
K. Dins more t<» defend th** negro,
and they made a stubborn tight
lor him.
The witnesses for the State were
Supt. Davis, who is now superin
tendent of the public roads for
Newton county, and Warden G.
\\ . Walker of the Tilt countv
dang. Judge Mitchell has n*,t yet
1 tiini lli» date fur the eXKatlutt.
|
Epilepsy,
Fits
“My son was cured of a very
I,ad case of epilepsy with Dr.
Miles’ Nervine."
MRS. D. BAKER, Cleveland, O.
"My little daughter who was
afflicted with St. Vitus’ Dance
is now entirely well after taking
Dr. Miles’ Nervine only four
I months."
MRS. C. G. BENNETT, 1
Alma, Mich.
Epilepsy, Fits. St. Vitus’
i I )anee and Spasms, are all nerv
ous diseases. They have been
cured in so many instances with -
Dr. Miles’ Nervine that it is (
reasonable to conclude that it is |
I almost sure to cure you. W illi If
nervous diseases of a severe $
type, persistent use has almost >;
invariably resulted in a complete *
cure or lasting benefits, worth f
; many times the cost of the rem
edy. 'The best evidence you can 9,
get of its merits is to write to <;
those who have used it. Get a ?
bottle from your druggist. Take x
it all according to directions, and j |
; if it does not benefit he will re- <;
turn your money.
I *
LITHONIA WOMAN |
COMMITS SUICIDE, j
l.ithonia, Ga., July 17. —Mrs. $
I Mattie Sinqnofield was found 1?!
plead at. her home Thursday l,y-|
(’. M. Simpiefield, her husband, a ?
j granita cuiter. It is supposed ?
! site committed suieido’by shoot- ;<
j ing herself in t lie right temple. 11l | ?
health is said to be t he cause. , '
Mrs. Sinquetield was 88 years ?
|of age, and leaves two small ohil- ?
ilreu. She sent thmn away from ?
home in charge of a nurse before j j
taking her life. A note addressed!?
to her husband was found. 2
BRANCH WAREHOUSE. j
Macon, Ga.,July 17. —A branch i
of the farmers' consolidated ware- <
house corporation, which will?
probably have its central head- ?
quarters in Savannah, has been ?
formed in Macon with W. 11. ?
O’l’ry as president and W. G. ?
Everett, of Twiggs county, as vice s
president and general manager. ?
The Mai-on warehouse will be \
; operated in t ime for the present \
season. \\ .\\ . Webb, of llahira, j
and others arc in charge of the
! formation of the line of ware- ;.
j houses.
I- | ;
Sheriff Sale. j
I l<.<ir;;'a Mnnlt-nm* i-.v County. j
Will 1.,. snltl In lor. tie 1 e.»,| 1 1 lemse .lent- in ,
ll> V"Tliell ell lll<- til I I'll i|h> 111 \l|e||-t, |
i;Nl!l, lx IWI-I-II lie- legal lemis el sale, ,te 111. .
lii-le i-l I 1 el. l |..r i :i'li, 11 it lie |i |i. itv, <i! |
whieli Tie- lell.nvilie uupli-l■ . 1 is. i iji| ien : I
I'tt'e i lain Inis el l.uel -iiin,n-il m lie- l-,»a ]
»»f Se|,eriini, lia., aiel in tin- l'Z-ilst ili-o iet <1 ! i
Mid county and vnut.-uniug one I ]
linieli.il a ini I flirt •> -seven 11 :»7 * a ) mill i.ie- ’ i
in It f.-et i ,n-li. ami bounded »* ioitotrss On ]
-he mu 111 liv lauds of J. t\ Mollis, on tin east <
' !>\ l-'ii ri sir. i-i. nil Hu s.-mh liy Imnls nt Mrs J
M. I-'. 11 in lien ami mi the vvt-si iiv mi nlh-y. , '
i l.t-vieil on as tin- |nejnrl\ ”1' \ 0. lint,on |
| to satisfy mi e\i I Itlioii issued freni lie-.lns- '
J turn*a Court "i ,le- i3Bfrli ,i M diikiet of !
sael i-oeuty in lavor \. K Morris, Aj|eiit, ami 1
. niinsi Mrs. A. I'. Holton. S lid |>rn|'ei ty In-- ]
!me in her | mss* Ssi*»n. aiel |iointeii nut t--r J
; lev yln iillernt'.v lei |tlaiel ill. tin -min l.einn !
On - laud ih sininrl.'t in tie nmi-.iu.- Levy ]
in.eh-mul return..! tone Iry , I', lliuidy. .
: const able, and writ too limin' of levy given ns - ]
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Merchants ij i
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«[ Mi min■!<* Nuvatin.ilt d’ 'ton * [ J
Jl Handlers of I’plaml, Se- || !
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Special Attention liivcn in
F. 0. B. Colluu ;
i; Handlers of I'pland ami Sea- i; j
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BLACKSMITH - SHOP.
All kinds IJepair Work, Iron ;
and Wood. Kill-* line ,»f Bieyeie
Material on baud. High-Grade !
Uepair \\ * *rk mi Jtievcles, S, wing
Machines. Guns. Re\idv**r-' and
Glucks. See tne before placing
• votir work; I w ill save you money*, r
Work promptly and neatlv done
'J. SELLERS, : : AILEY, GA.
1 ABSOLUTE SAFETY |
V ► ” < is tli(‘ best tiling we have to §)
M fc - 4 offer. AH other inducements )§i
;* £ “ J are of secondary importance.
f£\ K <Q
SF £ _ 2 Fpon this basis, mid with the assurance at
cordial and courteous at tent ion, we solicit. ><-
4 your patronage. (2)
ll < THE MT. VERNON BANK |
Summers
Buggies
.
I Brow n!
v a>
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| Wagons j
| 1 have a Full Line of these Standard I
Vehicles on Hand, and in order to ( lose |
them out, am giving the Most |
REASONABLE TERMS! jl
Se me at once if you need or 1
will need a (iood Bnggv 01* a
$ r * |
$ (mod Wagon. Terms right
) A.A.PETERSON,JR.
| AILEY, GEORGIA |
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| Oils, lame, Lie. j
$ Special Agents For
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CORRESROXDEXCE SOLICITED. I
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j Manager SUPPLY CO. {
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