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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1909)
BLACK HAND NOTE SENT TO LOWNDES SHERIFF. Valdosta, Ga , July 17. —Sheriff J. K. Puna more, of thin county, Jins just received ;i black-hand letter threatening liin life unless lie cea*<-« hi* efforts to close up t lie place* of ill-repute in the city ami run their in inn ten out. The letter is written in ft disguised Jiand, iinaigned nnd was mailed lit the post office here. It informs the sheriff' that lie Inis “none fur enough,” and that his “light will he put out” unless the crusade against women of questionable character here is stopped at once, A reform wave has been sweep ing over the city for sometime, resulting in the arrest and trial ol a number of women, and the dosing of disorderly houses, Al niosl a elean sweep has been made ol such places, and two women are now in jail await ing trial. The sheriff has been very active in en forcing the laws and in the per formaline of his dut y. In addi tion to his war on disorderly' houses, lie Ims sought to enforce the Sunday closing law in the city. A spirit of resentmu.it is j becoming manifest among a-cer tain class and m certain quarters, but the sheriff does not attach a great <fonl of importance to the threatening letter which lie Inis just received. An ill vest ignt ion nl tlie authorship is being made, | nnd the sheriff' has one or two dues that are hong followed up. Tin- letter will he turned over to the I’nst,office Inspector Brittain aml t In* ib-part incut Will t nke a linild ill t lie case. THE M'LENDON CASE AND THE LEGISLATURE. The case of (hullillissiolier Me l.eiuloii has had a paralyzing ef fect up-in tin- Legislature. The session 'mahout half over nnd very little has In-on accomplished.lsn't t hat because the McLendon case has turned the attention of the members too much to politics? And it looks as il the case would drag along to the very last days of the session. Tin* joint legisla tive committee hasn’t heard all t lie evidence yd. It will take it sonic time to make up its report after the witnesses have all been i-nll-d. And tin- report is likely to la- the subject of a long discus sion. We don’t know what the wil ncsscHs yet to In- lu-ard know that will have an important bearing on tln-ease, tint it doesn’t appear that tiny. Smith’s charges have In-i-n sustained, or? in fact, any other charges. It seems to us that if the case were free of poli tics it wouldn’t, lake the Legisla ture ten minutes to reach a de cision. Il the record is strictly ndlnred to the port rates charge must- full to the ground, since the record shows that state wide port rates were not asked for. The rates were asked for Atlanta job bers only. It is true that tho de cision the commission rendered seemed t -1 lie applicable to the whole state. As a matter of fact, however, the port rates asked for applied only t-> Atlanta. Hut it isn't expected that the Legislature will undertake to de cub- whether or not those rates should be granted <>r refused. Tin* simple question is, would the Legislature have thought of re moving, or even criticising Mc- Lendon for his port rale decision if tlov. Sun'll hadn’t made a po litical issue of it? If not* then tin legislature ought not to waste niiioh more tune on the ease, mi les- something is developed in the bond charge that indicates that Mcis-mb-n violated some law. Thus lur the testimony doesn’t show that lie violated any law hy his connection with either the Athens street railroad hoods or tie- W'riglitavilU- and Temulle Rail road bonds. All that is t<* I>e known alstur the hood (nature of tin* inquiry will i»e known prob ably in a day or two. If nothing new is disclosed the oas-* should he disposed ot quickly so that the Legislature can devote its whole tinn- to the important hills which are awaiting its notion.—Savan nah News. \ * I DEMOCRATS BEGIN FIGHT FOR HOUSE. Washington, I). 0. July 19. — i Taking advantage of the present situation developed by the tariff | t he Ifemocrat ie congressional com- j mittec, one year in advance of the usual time for sueli action, met to-night, elected officers nnd map ped out the course it will follow iin its fight to capture the Mouse in the next congressional eloc t ions. Representative Lloyd of Mis-! Himri was elected chairman by the tiniliiilimns vote of the thirty seven members. i Other officers' chosen were: Ib* prose 11 ta t iv* Dixon, Indiana, secretary; Representative Finley, 1 South Carolina, lirst vice chair man; Represents!ive Palmer of Pennsylvania, second vice chair mini, and J. J.Sinnot of Virginia, sergeniit-nt.-nruis. Chairman Lloyd probably will announce to-mor row the personnel of the finance, literature campaign and other subcommittees. Mr. I Joyd asserted that infor mal ion he has received from all parts of the country indicated j 'that tin* Democrats are more j hopeful of electing a Democratic j House than they have been for I many years. Mr. Lloyd said that the coin- * mil tee had agreed to “get busy”; immediately and that it was -•quipped to give the opposition tin- most stubborn light in its! history. NEW COUNTY MATTER. Thursday the bill creating the new county with Soperton us the county seat will come up before tlie house committee on county matters for hearing. Tin- lull t*» create Cleveland county was introduced by Repre sentative N. L. (iillis ot Kmanuel | county, and, if passed, w ill be formed from portions of Laurens, Montgomery, Kmanuel and John son count ics. Tint bill will have opposition from Kmaiuu-I as well as from Laurens. The following wo clip from the Swniusboro l'ine Forest, : which gives a reason for the in troduction of the bill by Repre sent at ive <ii 1 1 is “If we are sure iif one thing it is that Kmanuel enmity as a whole does not want any more new count iescreated that will in anv way impair her present splendid l shape. Since Representative Oil l lis is representing himself m try ing to create n county at Soperton to make Ins property there more ! valuable, the rest of the countv will expect Representative linn son and Senator Kemp to repre sent it and oppose cutting Kman uel county again, fan she expect them to do it?” Several citizens from Laurens will go up Wednesday to appear before the committee nnd give Reprcsentat iv*-s Hurch nnd Jones all the aid possible. They will make a strong light to kill the bill before the committee and prevent it ever being reported to the house for ennsideration. Follow iu<g ar-- some statements com .-ruing tin* new county that is under ennsiderat ion : The new county would have a population <>f 17,otkt, taxable pro perty of $2 ,500,0(10 and an area of i*Hi square in.lcs. It would take ISo -qii.ii-- miles from Kmanuel, 1 It' from Johnson, LIO from Mont gomery ami Iff from Laurens. The main reason of the change is the insolation of Soperton. This place is 25 miles from Dublin, 21 from Swanishoro.tM frftui Wrights vdle, lti from Ml. Vernon and 10 from Adrian. As has been stated in this pa per, ioiu-> of the statements con tained in the above are doubted, es|s**'ially tin* value of taxable property and the population of the propos.-d new eotintv. —Dub lin t'ourn-r-Dispuioh. House* for Kent. flood Five-Room House with 2 acres of land attached, in Alley. See .11 .nice D. M. ('t'HUIK, It 14 Alley. G*. THB MONTGOMERY MONITOR—TUTRSPAV. JI’LY 22. 190 ft. HON. J POPE BROWN MAKES AN ADDRESS. j Madison, (lu , July Iff.—Hon. J. Pope Brown, state treasurer, i made an address to the Farmers' I’nion of this county yesterday, .. . - , when lie hud something to say about the grain decision of the interstate commerce commission. Mr. Brown read from an Atlanta paper which stated that Atlanta would now be able to lay down | grain at Forsyth, Jonesboro and other Georgia points as cheap as .Nashville and that Atlanta and other Georgia wholesale centers could enter the territory formerly monopolized by Nashville. “As the decision of the com mission did not decrease any rate, but increased the rate from Nash ville so as to equalize it with that of Atlanta,’’ said Mr. Brown, ‘you may be wondering what great good --an come to the people -if Georgia generally from the \Uantu victory. It is a well known principle that the consum er pays the freight. “Well, it is tin* man who plows! j the mule that eats the corn who | will pay for this increase in the irate on grain. Your oats and j corn will cost you more in order that the Atlanta w holesaler may hove the privilege of competing with Nashville grain brokers.” Mr. Brown went further and declared that the farmers deserv ed little sympathy for allowing this state of affairs to arise. The real cure was for them to g*-ow their own corn. He pointed to the famine conditions that were t hreatened by I lie Georgia railroad strike, which, he said, would have been entirely impossible, if tin* farmers along t lie line had done their duty and grown their pro visions at home, lie hoped that it would not come to I lie pass that Georgia farmers were a class of! consumers, and not ot producers' of anything hut cot ton.* ! SF.WAHI). I Hpt ('tun We arc glad to say that Mr. F. M. Gordon, who has been very ill with typhoid fever for the past ! weeks is improving. Mr. Fordhmn and son of Vi . dalia spent one niglir last week at tin* home of Mr. J. L. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. J. \Y. M inter re j turned Monday after spending | two weeks with relatives at Grass ton, Ga. Mr. F. Gordon imtde a busi ness trip t i Lyons one day last week. Mrs. Ambrose George and ehil >tr*'-n and Mr. Kd Mmcy and wife spent one day la-1 week at tln home of Mr. J. R. Conner. Messrs.ll. L. Smith and Archie Hester two popular young men of 'lt. Vernon spent Sunday with friends in our community. Mr. Lllis Moseley and sister, M ss l.ourano spent Monday as- j ternoon at their uncle's, Mr. R K. Moseley. Mrs. George* Thompson and daughter, Miss Ida, of G-nlbey's mill spent a few days recently with lmr sister, Mrs. W. F. Con ner. Mr. and Mrs. (*. Morris spout Sat unlay night at the home of Mr. tl. A. Grav near Cedar Cross i i teg. Messrs. C. P. Moseley and A. C. Gordon made a business trip to Mt. Vernon Monday. Mr. Grover Conner was in Mt. Verimn Monday. Farmer’s Girl. A. Is. Lanier, Attorney at Law, MT. VKUNOX, GA. Will Bract ice in all the Courts of the State. I Ailoy Paragraphs. ; StM-rul Corn Mr. Luther Outler is visiting relatives in Wrightaville this week. Miss Lodn Daniels ->f Dublin is ■ visiting relatives in Aih*v this week. Messrs. < Inis. Peterson ami R. G. .Strickland made a fiyu.g trip over to Krick last Sunday. They report a fine time. MissOppie Lee Fuqua is \isit iug Ineuds in Erick this week. Mr. W. J. Peterson, Jr., spent last Suiidnv in Clu.xtnn. Miss Eva Mann is the gue-t .ul I friends here this week. Miss Kula M- Kiv of Mcßae is visiting lu-re this week. Mr. John Hinson was shaking i hands with friends lu-re Monday. I Mr, and Mrs. .1. p. Long of Hnliii'a are visiting relatives at t Ii is place. Miss Lillie Mae Calle-uu of Long Pond was in town one day last week. Some of the Ailey folks joined some of tin- Long Pond folks in a ; picnic at Dead river one day last : w -ek. Mrs. 11. L. Strickland nnd Miss Rita Mae Outler are visit ing in Savannah this week. Miss Louise Mann of Perry’s Mill was visit ing relatives in town last week. Mr. D. B. Allcorn of Vidalia was in town one day last week. Mr. Alex M'-Lnud of Lumber City was in town recently. Mr. Clifford Mcßride lias ac cepted a position with the firm of K. T. Mcßride & Co. Miss Fannie Thurmon is visit ing in Long Pond this week. Miss Lola McGahee of Towns is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Chits. Friz ze|le. Mr. Leslie Outler of L--iig Pond is with home folks this week. Quite a large crowd of young men from Long Pond and Buck Horn came up to s- e Alloy cross ! lints with Gleiiwood Monday but j to our surprise Gleiiwood did not | a rrivo. WARRANTS ISSUE UNDER PURE FOOU LAWS. Atlanta, July Iff —Warrants' charging violation of the state, pure food laws were issued here I today against L. 1). Hoppe, presi dent of the Southern Flour and ‘ Grain t’oinprtny and A. A. Sam uels, a soft drink manufacturer. Tin- former is charged with sell ing oats with which barh-y was mixed and with selling flour hear ing a false label. Samuels, it is alleged, used saccharine in cer tain drinks which lie bottled. The warrants were issued at the instance of Commissioner ot Ag riculture Hudson. TWO OFFCERS SHOT IN MAKING ARREST. Mi 1 ledge vi I h*. Ga., July Iff.— James AI tired, a citizen of thi place was fatally shot and Patrol man Jack Roberts was painfully wounded in an effort to arrest William Croley. a farmer -if Bald win eotintv, who came t-> town Saturday night. Aldred is dead. Policeman Jack Roberts, who was »!n>t through tin* shoulder, is resting well and will probably re cover. From evid-nco, it appears Aldred received a bullet intended for Roberts. The coroner’s jury charged Croh'-v with murder and he is now in jail. Croley vva- wanted on a minor charge and it is said tin* olli-*cr linked Aldred to help him make ihe arrest. As they atipmach-d Cr-d-'V. In* lv-gan tiring. Oik* bul let struck Aldred in the ahdnuicn. The officer jumped toward Crohn* ■md a second bullet -t ruck him m ■, the shoulder, going through. Crolev was then disarmed nnd ; locked up. Croley is 50 years of age and is. i well 'know n. Good Times COTTON 12 1-2 CENTS This speaks of the* Good l imes this Fall. MOUNT W&m REPAIR SHOP. Ash- A .11 to (i-l |;.•}).lt fur I’rosjv roiis Times by lirint'i ng Tn-ni nil N <>u r Impair Work, such ns Coffee Mills, Corn Shellers, Ice* Cream Free*ze*rs, Stove*s, Chairs, (inns, Pistols, Rifles, Pistols, Lawn Mowers. Shoes, Harness, Farm Implements, Carts IhijgU'ies and Wagons REPAIRED IN BEST MANNER and Made as Good as New. Have* Your Mule* or Horse* Shod in do Minutes l>\ liest Smith in the* Country. I WANT YOUR REPAIR WORK \Y ork 11 iiili-C lass and Not on the* Cheap Plan. Strietlv Cash on l)elive*rv, and All « « Work (jluarntee*d. Will take country produea* at market price*. | JAS. P. DUFFIE, x " ' ilanager. 8 "" ■' ' * . « I; You. 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