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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1909)
VOL. XXIV. Liquor Claims Another Victim. •* , i Advices from Savannah state that James Giilisof Alamo died in a hospital there Tuesday after suffering for several weeks from the effects of jvottnds received in a row at Alamo some weeks ago. llis remains were returned to Glen wood yesterday and laid away. While it is impossible to give j the details of t he affair, it will he recalled that three men were ac cused of the fatal cutting of the young man—Sunny Gillis, Ik* . Walker find l) L. Gillis, the two! former being brothers-in-law and j cousins of the dead man. Those j men waived preliminary trial, gave bond, and since til*' cutting have been at or near Alamo, all of them being residents of that section of the county. tiillis, the dead man, was about twenty-six years of age, and well known in the county. Telephone communication with the ind) yesterday morning indi cated that they were willing to come to Mr. Vernon and await indictment, by the grand jury, to convene here in less than three weeks, and they were expected on tic afternoon tram yesterday. Thus, it may be said again,! that another life has been sacri ficed to the cause of liquor, for such is said to have been the case; and our county has another black mark to record, and her taxpayers required to furnish money to sup port the mockery of a trial in the 1 courts. At the present rate of opera- ; tion, our county will have to en- : large her accommodations for those accused of crime, particu-l lary those classes of crime known ! as murder and manslaughter. A little sprinkling of justice now j and then would help the cause ' wonderfully. DR. COOK’S STORY is given in full. At considerable cost,, 'Pile Moni tor has secured f r its readers a i complete account, written Gy Dr-: Cook, of his travels in the frozen; regions and his remarkable find- 1 ing of the north pole. This mat-1 ter, which is historical, scientific and full of interest, is embraced in thirty columns, including many j superb illustrations, and will be given in this paper during the next six weeks. Dr. Cook has established him self in the belief of the American jieoplo as the real discoverer of the north pole, as is eleariy borne , » out by his vivid account, and Ins manly bearing in the face of the bitter accusations on the part of his opponents; and while we can- 1 not add anything to the settle ment of the controversy, we feel sure Dr. Cook’s splendid story will prove a small education to tnose who read it. The first of the series began in the last issue. Watch for it each week. JS,S(MK) Reward. I will pay 150.00 for the arrest ami detention ot Blanton Howard unti l I can take him in custody. Wanted tor the killing of Man ning Koskov at Troup’s Ferry in Montgomery county. On., Oct. Is. 1009. Was reared in Laurens comity; about 24 years old; dark complexion and gray eves; lame in one hip from rifle wound; and weighs about 1510 pounds. Notify Jas. Mustek, 8 tier ill' Montgomery County. .Mr. Vernon, Ga. I will be prepared to accommo date court visitor- with lodging (rooms only) during court weeks. Engage -onms early. Mrs. Janie Mcßae, Mt. Veruon, Ga. First entertainment of the sea son at U. B. Institute tomorrow vvning (Friday) S o'clock. Sit? ffUmtiutnuTy iHmtitmL I GLENWOOD LEAGUE SERVICE, There will he Epworth League | services at Glenwood next Sunday I night at 7 p. in., under the man- 1 ageinent of the 4th Vice-Presi- i dent. Services will be conducted at the Methodist church. The ! subject will bo Tithing. The pub lic is cordially invited. JURY' LIST. 1 . | Following is a list of the juries! drawn for the November Term of j Montgomery Superior Court: CRA\n JURY. 1 (1 W Mclntyre D O Calhoun .1 J Calhoun E C McAllister ! D S McArthur W A Conner W P Calhoun J. 1 .McKay P. F Conner A K Davis I J C Flanders K .1 Weils .1 W WardhGv .1 T Ge g *r L E Avant Uriah Scars, 1 \\ L Snow H D Let* J K Mcliae Jno. W. Morrison, Sr. , D D Gillis . 1) G Anderson M L O’Brieti J A Riddle 0 D Williams Willie McArthur D S Williamson C B Warnock W T Adams A II Johnson TRAVERSE JURY — I ST. WEEK. H G Mi mbs G C Keen E S Gibbs A W Clements W F McVay U A Dukes T J Mcßae A MeCrimmon jj F Danniel J 11 Conner \V B Green way C B Browning; David Miller AJ Copeland ,1 L Calhoun Willie Auldmon i M L Purcell W II Clark jC L Hamilton J L Mimbs W C Browning J J Frost I W C Futroll L H Hyals I A D McGowan W A Peterson R T Grafton B H Atchison ! J L Adams L A Hattaway jjR Martin W N Clark ! J LI Hudson (< L Adams j G I Radford D E Walker TRAVERSE JURY — 2l>. WEEK. J J W Fhnrpe, Jr. Ben Gillis ; W R Meeks J Ft Aukl ! W C Holder A A Galbreath j Samps Dixon J E Tharpe i vV O Harrelson W. E Wright D E Palmer Geo L Hughes! ;J C Meadows J C Harbin; | W T Kinchen T N Griffin | i F Lee Mcßae Ira Thigpen ; ; W A Clark WB Smith I W I* Lord S L Sharpe j jF B Mcßride N A Downi* ! J M C Truett W A Braswell I | Jno W Mclntyre S W Hughes j J C Patterson G VV Wright |G W McCritnmnn Id W Cauid' i J J McArthur W J Iligg* J S Sharpe R K Moseley T.VI.IH JURORS. J L Morrison F B Keen Wallace Moses G VV Hamilton W L Calhoun C O Hightower LI K Cock field ' J R Fisher I J 0 Johnson G 1, Peterson E T Mcßride J J Davis J 1 Mitchell G W Sharpe N J Vaughan Duncan Morrison VV’ B Snow Jno D Johnson II J P urser L T Thigpen VV P Stevens C G Hightower F M Mcßae Aligns Morris; REVIVAL AT SWEETWATER. Swaiusboro, Ga., October 12. j —The Methodists here last night closed a meeting of three weeks’ duration. The first week the ser vices were held in evening only and these were conducted Gy the stewards ot the church, Messers. G. M. Heath, L. S. Proctor, W (). Sanders, George Rountree, Lester Ponder and Col. J. A Smith. The second week’s ser vices were conducted by the pas tor. Rew. J. T. Ryder, relieved the latter part of the week by Presid ing Elder L. J. Ballard, while the !a-t week was tilled with many able sermons from Rev. Mr. Tin lev of Helena. ■ Just what you need in littl* boys’ hats and caps will be found iat Mr-. J. L Adams’. % MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, OCTOHKR 14. too*). First Lyceum Fntertainment. I . . [ On Friday evening, <>• t. 15, at j 8 o’clock, The Hearons Sisters Concert Co. will give the first i number on tin* ly< emirs** in the Chapel at the l nion Baptist ; 1 list It ill e. i The company comes to the In-! ! statute highly recommended, Gy j j individuals and by the press. | Each member of the company is • an art ist, and dues work of a high I I order. Very successful work du’r j ing 11)*> past season has given theinj i a good reputat ion among the first- 1 j class lyceum attractions. Doers of good music should : avail themselves of the opportune ! 1 1v of hearing this compuifv. The ; price for students will lie twenty- . live cents and for others, fifty J j cents. City 'Fax Notice. Ad valorem taxes dm- tie* City jof Mount Vernon for tie* year I Dot* are due and payable, and ‘tax payers are requested to make j ! immediate payment to tin* Clerk I lof the Council, else proceedings j . will issue as the law directs under tin* charter. This the sth day of j October, FJO'J. By order of ihe City Council .Mt . Vernon, Ga. .1.-C. McAllisrer, Clerk.! ’ : . :■ ‘ 'f f|./ L f- Y %-b%■ < pf|gpf| I , .If . *’ •! ” > -'-yM \ - ■ < /'ft ' i&i , m . | ! ■ I ' f .. .... .V. K- - A - - - *»«&*«*»* . *y- - ; r *t ij ■i* * A ~ t* *••• -wr ... nin tr ii' r 'rr - ——e - .a* -,,. - yazr *:;■ ~7iTr~:vr. :T~x?7Tr*vrv~- SCENE AT THE NORTH POLE, PHOTOGRAPHED BY DR. COOK LYCEUM ATTHAOTIQNS | AT U. B, INSTITUTE. A good coin’s** of Iveeum attrac tions is indispensable for any community that wishes to make progress educatioiialy. The at-; tractions for Ibis season at the I . B. Institute have been selected with great care, and at a heavy i cost. Tin* community is urged t<> i help us keep up these attraction jby at lending them. It will be a i feast, to you and u lu-lp to u- We have hist on each company; 1 before. Won’t you help more Ibis year? There will In* five attrac tions this season. Students and; lather children under 15 years will | be charged 25 cents for cadi at tractions, and adults .>0 cents. The first of the series will be .given Friday night, the loth, at t* ; o’clock. The celebrated Hearons Sisters will *giv*» this entertain-- 1 incut. This is a concert company,' singing, reading and stringed in ' struments. A great mind and I soul feast, is offered you bv tins ! company. Remember the date, 15, at s o’clock p. m. .1 . 0. Bfewton, i ,S**rvices w>*r<* bebl for til*- j»ris j oners in the county jail in Mt. j Vernon last Sunday afternoon by I | Rev G F. Austin. Barrett Says It's "Bluff.” Allanta. u *t. 11. Declaring 'tin- threat ing cirrtailmcut of the ! out put by the enllon mills on ae- J count of the high price of cotton,; only a “Inimorous iilutV,” Pivsi ! dent Charles S. Barrett of the j Farmers’ l niou today issued an aildress to the members of I Ins association, urging them to ludd I their crop for higher ju ices, 'which, la* sa\'s. are sure to come. lie asserts that I In* cotton mills ; have made fabulous profits during i the era of low cotton, and that it is now time for tho farmers to get i fair price fur 1 heir out put. At 15 cents a pound, lie savs, tie* I cotton mills can g"t a fair return I on t heir invest nient*. lb* advises the farmers to con- I'inne raising a diversified crop liud t lius e| itn inute the necesisty jof sel 1 1 ng all lln -1 r cotton a t once to buy supplies, lie states that tin* fanners have already sold sufficient cotton to pav all press ; nig claims, and can now afl'ont 'l i hold for a rise, even it that ! period is as long as two or three | iriohl hs. Ladies', misses' and children's ! rsady-t'ij-wear lulls in tin* latest, shapes and styles. Mrs. .1. L. ! Adums. Hpi i-iiil f'm i t npfhdll’liim*. Mr. and Mrs. Walac** Moses are all -miles over the arrival of a five * >n Gy boy. Mr. VVyJly Adams and sister, Mis.- LoHie, wi re in Ml! Neriion shopping last S it unlay. | We arc indeed glad to say that [Mrs, L. N. Barlow is still improv i. 1 mg. W'( arc sorry to sav that John nie Moseley, tie* sou of Mr. .1. W. Moseley, is very ill. But we hope to see him out again soon. We are glad to sav tlial th<- ■rail is laid within a mil** of this i place. • Mr. W A. Conner and wife and Grover Conner and wife spent one day last week in Ail«-y. Mr. .Malcolm Ryu Is spent a f**w .days in our community recently. We sympathize very much with the bereaved family of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gordon in the sad (death of tle-ir daughter, Miss Lizzie, who dc-il Sunday morning •tt two o'clock. She was laid to rest in tin* family cemetery near her home Monday evening, She' is gone but not fnrgotton —in ‘memory still she lives. M’LENDON OPENS FIGHT, , Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 14. Before Judge Charlton, in Savannah to day, will begin the legal light of S. G. Me London, former chair man of the Georgia railroad com mission, to regain Ins place l>\ ousting Joseph 11. Gray, of Sa yan null. named as his successor Sincii Ih<* legislature wrote its approval on the action of former Governor link’** Smith in remov ing Mr. McLendon from tin* com mission, tho former In-ad of the commission hits been rest ing quiet tv at his home in this city. Fori sev‘*ral weeks ho Inis suffered! imirli rheumatism, the trouble 1 that years ago left him a praeti ca 1 cripple. Following the appointment of Mr. Gray by Governor Brown, Mr. McLendon instituted quo warran to proceed mgs before J mlge Charl ton, in Savannah, tin* home of Coiuinissumer Gray. Mr Gray is called on to show cause whv in* is holding oil ice and why In* should not surrender it. t<* tin- plaintiff It will be contended t but Mr. McLendon is sitll legally entitled io tin place, anil tlial C.onmis sioner < i r.iy has no right to the same. Mr. Mel ,<>ndon will be repre sented by Candler, Thomson A flirseli, of Atlanta, and several I ; ex- justices of tin* slat** supreme. L*oiirl. Commissioner Gray will ! la* represented by Hitch »V Den mark and Judge Peter M -hlnm \h it. is a personal suit between the part i**s at interest., the state ! will take no part in thecas*'. M. McLendon left for Savannah j ! Tuesday night, and will **•* pres ent. during the hearing >»l tin* j ' ease. i . I Teachers’ Institute. lie* next annual session of tie* Montgomery Count y Teachers’ In- 1 j statute will he h»*lil in Mt . Vernon 'October 25 to 20 inolusivo, UNV.t, All the teachers employed to tench 1 in I lie public schools of t It** county vill he required to attend this | I nstit ut.e I lie full t irtie. Tie* trustees ami patrons ' i urged t* > attend ibis [nsliliite as i olleii a- llu-y possibly can. All tie* schools of the county , will open on the first day »! No ; veuiher. Term s> ven montlis. Reaped I’u 11y, A. B. 11 111 dies,lll > 0. S C. M. C. ; Revival servicim now in progress i ul Ail**y. Services at II a. in. ami 7p. in. Mr. M. J. Barrett is leading the chorus. ‘ 1 The Panic is Over! | Si c$ W fry cvj ohm, ami money more p;<*nt ifill than ever, we note with Cy pleaHiire t In* umiiherof new account- that nr** fro fr* lining op**liP(|. We’ve opened more Kit j 3 new account)* Mine** Sept. I than 27 j 25 ever before in lie- hiiiim fr# period <d time 8j p Let This be Your Invitation So to open mi account with u- it you have ii**v«*r tie lore done g* ?2 mo. W<- will appreciate it, an*l you will nppr late fc* frZ it, when you have tried tn* it while *3 W W S If You Have a Deal in Prospect g C<# ryi I and have not enoucli lummy to -wing it, call on m*. We fiS will help you out. We are now making loan- je| due in in tin lull of lillO THE MT. VERNON BANK | Mt. Vernon, (ia. 1 * Abundant Law; No Enforcement. in v*>!iiin**, (leurgia has nn i abundance of law—so much that • Mir state printer can scarce!y ret Milt, | 111* |>l*. ‘<l il|o>* of Olio SeSSIoH •of i lie General Assembly hclme janother is at hnii'i—lull wlioii it, iconics to tlo* eiiloreenielit of 1 1■ ■ r si atutes, Georgia is a \\■ -nk. niom -1 her. Tins state of a Hairs may exist in otlior states, Imt thut is tint our funoi'itl. H’e will do well to loud a hr* 1 1»i no; limiil toward tin-* j enforcement of law and ordor in our midst ; and it should be tin* duty of i vory citizen, in his state ; and county, to it|dtold t ile law, (•Veil though it may be ilisutlieient lor t lie [> 1 1 r||oSo 1 111 ei|(|ei I . 1,1. its weak points he toned up by m ! creased moral «taminu. r Ildar tin* nipt ion of “A lamia l/iw,"lhe Kit zii era Id Daily News has t he fol lowing pointer : In the ()rdini ry s ollii a may ha found bright lirms measures from gill to gallon In1111 d measure and from «|ii nrt to half bushel dry I measure, They set there year at ter year—silent tokens ol a lam law on a most important subject. In this county they have never j been used null 111 lll'ikl ot I lie i‘ounties,of tin* slate they hay* nor been used in may years. i \\'e dale say there is not anoth er lull measure, drv or liipiid, in the city, either in i» s•• or lor sale, and what is t rue in Kit zgeral in i lint respect, is true m every otic r city in tie- stale. • Not 'hat the merchants are dis honest — for not one 111 a dozen ev ! er stops tot hiuk or to invest igate. ; They buy the measure they use i without, a thought of the question of full or short measure. Indeed, what would become ol the -erup | ii lons merchant whose competitors all use the short measures? It is not, so much ii huitter of 'dishonesty as it. is a iamo law. | The present law put is u premium on dishonesty. I'nder its inforce ! incut, if it should ever lie itiforo ; i-d the holiest niereluiid would la* •nt irelv at the mercy ol Ins less j serupulotiH competitor. l ie' law should provide for the list, ol measures and scales ot ! every merchant who sells hy the j gallon, bushel, pound or yard, ill J least t wice each year nt u time to mi i t the ollieer and Without not r*e ini lie dealer. And it should be clad ■ a enme for any dealer to ! keep or have about bis place ot business any measure not, up to 1 I lie si a uda I'd. Such a law is needed to promote . tlie spirit of honesty more tlniit ! for the protection ol the buyer. 1 The buyer often gets an offset m ; a cut in prices, but a law tlint. permits tic deception is u bid tor ■ "heats and Ilueves. Let, the law be repealed or a ne nih d ! _ NO. j;
