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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1909)
vol. xxiv: UNRULY CONV.CF IS KILLED BY GUARD. While in au ugly mood, and at tempting the life of a guard, Webb McMillan, » convict recent ly sent to the Montgomery county ; camp, was shot uud instantly kill-1 ed Thursday last, before ho had : opportunity of doing any damage, j During the breakfast hour, ■ while Guard Calhoun was eating his meal, McMillan was seen to ( get. out. of his place, and when! ordered back, seemed very con- i t.rary. Instead of sitting down as he was ordered, the black again; made an effort to approach the j guard. Finding a younger negro iii his way, McMillan seized a [ hammer and dealt him a blow on j the shoulder. This move put the j negro in closer touch with the; guard, who, as he saw the negro j grab a shovel, fired a shot over his head in an Plfort to frighten him. This did not have the desired ef fect, and Guard Calhoun instant ly fired a bullet into the negro’s heart. At this instant Guard Davis ar rived ou the scene, and seeing the; negro attempting to kill the other guard with the shovel, fired a load of shot into him. The negro re tained his hold on the shovel for sometime after death. Investi-; gation by a coroner’s jury proved the killing justifiable. The negro j had just arrived from Muscogee county. FOUND —The place to get Or-i ftnges, Apples, Nuts, Raisins. M. If. Fountain’s, Me. Vernon. Alamo, lToute 1. Special Ceric»|i"n<loace. Cane grinding is the go in this; section at present,. Mr. Ashley (Mark and sister. Miss Eliza, was out visiting parents and relatives Sunday. Mr. J. F. Clark and wife visit-; ed at F. R. Gilder’s Sunday. Mr. Charlie and Watson Hum-1 phry were in our neighborhood Sunday afternoon. Mr. J. E. Clark and wife visited the former’s parents Sunday as- j ternoon. The cane grinding was enjoyed; very much at Mr. J. T. White’s Friday night last. Mr. Neal S. Clark made a bus iness trip to Erick Friday last. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Gilder ih rejoicing over the arrival of a fine i boy. Mother and baby are doing | nicely. Mr. S. C. Yeomans and wife i visited parents Sunday also bis! sister was present. Messrs. Marvin and Carless White and Walter Gilder were, among friends Sunday afternoon. ; Judge Neal T. Clark made a business trip to Mcltae one day recently. Mr. Neal A. White and wife vis- 1 ited his wife’s parent* Sunday. Mr. Ed. and Ben Patten of near Helena were in our sectiou Satur-' day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Carroll vis ited the former’s parents .Satur day. Mr. Van H. Patrick and wife were driving through our section a few days ago, Mr. Will Carroll of near Glen wood visited at J. W. Clark » one day last week. Well dear Editor we would like to have you at out c>nn> grinding this week. —Happy Sain. The ladies of Vidaiia do not hesitate to say that Mrs- C. W. Fox has the Bon Ton Millinery Store. Best goods, lowest prices. ’Phone No. 211. Fireworks! Fireworks! The most complete line of new good* to be found at M. E. Fountain’s. fKisutgimirn,' monitor. Glen wood. -Special Correspondence. Among those who attended the State Baptist Convention at Dub lin were Dr. and Mrs. W. A. j Rivers, Rev. G. F. Weaver and \ Mrs. A. .J. Grimes, Misses Vera ; Weaver and Jennie Browning. ! Mr. Edwin Barnhill visited his i parents near here Sunday. He i returned to school Monday at Mc i Rae. Revival services are now in j progress at. the Baptist church ; Rev. Smith, one of the Stale j evangelist, is conducting the ser ! vices with the help of the pastor, i It will continue several days. The Union members and all | who attend will enjoy themselves ■ here at the barbecue today. Carrier No. I, Mr. Frank Mor rison, killed a large rattle snake Monday while out on his route; and his sou, (J. A, Morrison, also killed one that had 10 rattlers,but not until he had struck at Ins leg .and fastened Ins fangs in l>U pant 3 that, took considerable shuk |ing to relieve him which was glad ly done b\ r Mr. Morrison. And on the same day down near the ferry j one that had 18 rattles struck at ! one of Mr. Jim Reynolds’ sons land fastened like the other, only he tore Mr. Reynolds’ pants by j loosing his holt. It. was remark able that neither of the young! men received any injury. Miss Lee of Mt. Vernon is still j making her usual round this week ; instructing her music class which she lias here. The rain was fine Tuesday morn morning. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Adams and j little sou are visiting Mrs. Adams' | parents at Fitzgerald this week. Reg i Shiloh Items. j Special Commponilcnce. Cane grindings are the order of the day in our community now. I Misses Sadie Vaughn and Myra Clement and J. W. Clements were among the visitors in Lumber City Sat urday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Bolinger of Coch ran are visiting their parents, Mr and Mrs. J. W. Hearn. Messrs. Gordon Mi mbs, Austin Wright and Kelley Sears went over to Mr. Lee Ray’s Friday , uight to the cane grinding. A good many young people of ■ this section attended prayer meet-1 i ing at Spring Hill Wednesday! night. j Mr. Rue] Livingston visited his 'sister, Mrs. N. J. Vaughn Sunday last. Mr. Frank Evans and Miss Glide Nash attended Sunday school at Shiloh last Sunday af ternoon. Mr. Tobe Vaughn is on the sick list this week. We hope for him ! an early recovering. Mr. Austin Wright, was a wel come caller at the home of Mr. J. G. Mimbs Sunday afternoon. Mrs. VV. L. Joyner's mother lias retured home after four months stay with her son in At lanta. Mrs. O. J. Clark and sister. Mrs. Jane Lowery, visited at the home of Mr. Bud Clark Friday. ; Misses Bessie and Nannie Will' Tompkins spent Sunday last with M i*“ Rosa Joyer. Mr. Preston Mitchell and Mr. Kinder were in Lumber City Sat urday. Mrs. D. T. Roland visited her daughter, Mrs. Horace Mimbs, Sunday afternoon. Miss Myra Clements is spend ing a few flays with her father, Mr. Gabe Clements. Dark Eyes. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER i 9 o<,. GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION. We wonder if the members of the Georgia Baptist Convention were as glad to visit Dublin as the people of Dublin wore glad to have them conn*? Representing t he dower of Geor gia citizenry, imbued with the one idea of lighting for Christ and His kingdom, those men are doub ly welcome to Dublin. We were monstrously glad to have them come among us. and we shall be sorry to see t hem leave. Many have already gone, and the others will follow this afternoon and tomorrow. It is a great body of men, man ly men, intelligent men, Chris tian men, and they are doing a | great work for the cause of Christ. We hope the Georgia Baptist | Convention will decide to come; among us again, but whether the! convent ion ever again decides to j do tins, we shall ever hold in fond remembrance the visit they have.' made this city.—Dublin Couner- Dispateb. HARD QUESTION TO DETER MINE. “If tlie white people of tie south will close their doors to the shiftless negroes, nine-tenths of the race friction that occurs will be eliminated, because these ne groes will have to go to work.’’ This as a race problem pallia tive ofi'ered by Booker Washing ton in a recent address at Green ville, Tenn. We should like to see the oum plef.e text of the speech, to deter mine in what manner the speaker qualified his statement. As a matter of fact, it is a 'tremendously formidable task Washington has outlined for the southern people. If they could ■‘close their doors to tic shiftless negro,” and keep them dosed. I without fear of industrial and 1 ! economic consequence.the south's | domestic servant and farm-labor; problems would bo solved oil- j band. It is the shift less and u.nreliy- j ; ble negro woman in the kitchen ; ' and the shiftless and unreliable! I negro laboier on the farm that are responsible for some of the gravest a.id apparently least hope ful phases in the southern situa tion today. And yet, if the southern house- : 1 wife closes her doors on tic ir- ! regular cook and southern plant |e r quarantines from hi- farm the negro contract juniper the domes- j tic and field labor shortage would | j lie even more pronounced than i it is at present, and that is saying much. It would not Ic just to bring ; a blanket indictment against the , whole race along the lines of shift less ness. But it is not to be denied ; that the majority of its members, j in both town and country, are of j this type. The fundamental solution, as I The Uoustitution has often poiut , out, lies in manual and practical ! education fur negroes, men and > women, through the agency o( schools southern cominuriities; could well afford, in self-interest ‘ to esiablish and maintain. There is enough education for the negro of the academic sort. The urgent and basic need i- ed ucation that will fit, not the se lect few, but the overwhelming; mass, for tin tasks for which they are instinctively adapt'-,1 and It, the prosecution of which there are endless native opportunities. Along with this system would,; of course, go an extension of gen uine Christianity for the negro, i such as leading southerners have recently been advocating, togeth- ' with broader and more strict law- j pertaining to labor. But as tor (In; closed door and the shiftless negro—that- is rat liar a-knig the southern employer to , forego the half-loaf and offering; , him no bread at all.—Atlanta Constitutions. FOR TREASURER. , t In this issue appears rather a unique announcement for the office of Treasurer of Montgomery county, and it will come as a siir 1 prise to the voters of the county. As is well known there is pend ing before Ihe General Assembly a bill to annul the office of county treasurer throughout the stale, and ii may be that it will receive ! (lie attention of that body at the summer session. Outlie condition that it is not passed or amended “l ode Phil” Mcßae of .Mt. Vernon, well known to every citizen in the county, lias made announcement of his candi dacy fertile place on the salary jof three hundred dollars, and | guarantees the faithful per- I tonmince of the work icqutred ; Tills puts it ou a very economical ; basis, as lar as public expense is (concerned, and is considered a i very unusual proposit ion on the [ia rt of a camldale. New huts and new trimmings every week at Mrs. .1. L. Adams’. Mr. Marvin Williams, who 100-, l ures at Ihe Union Rapt ist I ost i lute Saturday evening, will fill the pulpit at the Methodist church; m Mt. Vernon Sunday. All are invited to at tend services. Silk soutache brad 2f>c per ■ hunch ol l! t yards at Mrs. .1. L. Adams’. Messrs. .J. 11. Parker aid K. I). Horne, two of the first eit izeus of Liberty county, stopped over with friends in Mt. Vernon one day l ist week, ol route home from, Dublin, wlu-re they at,tended the State Baptist, Convent inn. Each family is represented by pupils in the Union Baptist Institute. Now is t.ho t ime to cook your fruit cake. Seeded Raisins, (! ul'l ants, | Prunes aid Apricots to tie found ! at M. E. Fountain’s, the grocer. , , Mr. 1). A. Coleman of Alamo j was a business visitor to Ml. Vi r . I non yesterday. Best bargains ever offered in I children’s school cloaks. Just a | few left apd they are going cheap. Mr*. .1. L. Adams. MISS Bessie ;jlil''k':V visited I'd- j atives at, her home Sunday. 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'J'2 —The! , (!hlpola-Flint- Chattahoochee-A p- 1 jalachicola Waterways Association 1 j met in annual convention Imre to day with delegates in attendance| ! trom Florida, Alabama and Geor giu. The object of the association i is to bring about river improve ments and to create u system of; ; inland waterways connecting the! three states. j (Hand. Special <-ni l Pstntutli-ui-t*. Mr. W . II Tlmrpand wife have returned from a visit among rela tives at Pembroke and Savannah. At present can grinding is in progress at the homes of Messrs. W. B. (I roeiiway and \V. IT. j Tharp, and it is en joyed by all the I i community. Regular services will lie held at ' Red 111 II If next Sil hha 111. let all attend. We regret to iide that Mrs j Latin Seal'll,ir,i is nd improving' -as last as expected. She has been; ill some t l ill". Mrs. Vickie Snow was a recent visitor al the home id her parents of I Ills place . Mr. Enos 11 a tidier is still with! M r .1 1 m lx 'lichen . Mr. Lawton Renfroe was a re- ; 'cent visitor in our community,! ! and was pleasantly received by J II I' lids. tin r se||, ml is iii progress, with; Mis,- Maud McDaniel as toucher. L"t til" school receive t.ll" full ; support ~f the patrons of t he com-1 in u n it y. Among those who attended' j superior court in Mt. Vernon were j Messrs..) L. I liai'p, .1. Flan-. Nlers, M L. O’Brien, W. IS. Grcnii ! way, \V l’>. Snow and .1. W . Green way. Burglars have recently visited 'our town. Effort* were made to enter l he home of Mr. W. T, Lord, and Mrs. Addict* Greenway, and a 1 ! l.rfink was stolen from the depot ! at this place. Editor Folsom of tin* Monitor! I was among our citizens last, Fri* I day morning for a lew hours, and from what we can understand his ; list ol patrons in this section is fast growing. Ihe county paper should be in every home in the : I county. —Beauty. ( LYCEUM ATTRACTION GIVEN BY MARVIN WILLIAMS. On Silt .unlay evening, Nov. 27, in the chapel at tli« I'tiion Bap i ist Institute, the third attraction m the lyeetim course will lie given jhy Mr. Marvin Williams. The entertainment will begin at » o’clock. l Mr Williams is a Methodist j minister, a strong humorist, and a veritable artist in this line. He lias Imil wonderful success during ihe past two seasons and, there fore, comes to us highly recom mended A“. Jolly Evening” consists of: I. One human nature sketch of forty-five minutes taken from ilns cluster: “The American Boy, “Adams Side Issue,” “Hivin' in Hove” “Anti-Stren iiosity.” •J. Then forty-live in inut.ea more nf miscellanemis program, ineltuliiig musical lake- >O', jollv, el eetera and a dosing period of | d nimii lie w ork . (’harlot tosvillo. | S|nrial (loir. DiiiMiiliieuii. Cane grinding is the order of ; i he day in our sect ion. We regret very mueli to learn of j the illness ul (he three children if Mr. and Mrs. .1.1. Mimes, il ope I hoy will soon lie restored to their ! hen 11 li. i Miss A blue Mobley left Siitur- J day to visil relatives in Ool'dele. Messrs. W. A. I’oiiner and <! 1 1 n r 1 11 • .lohiison spent Sunday with friends and relatives in Laurens county. Mr. A. ('. Moseley made a bum. ness trip to Ml. Vernon one day last Week. We sympathize very much with Mr and Mrs it K. Moseley in the sad death of their six month old baby, who died last Monday night. Il was laid to rest in the family burial ground Wednesday morning. Quite a number of folks from mil' section visited Vnlullil lasi Week. Mr. and Mrs. ('. E. Gordon spent Sunday wit h I heir daughter, Mrs. M H, J'urcell, near Cedar Crossing. Mr. d li. Hussey of Nunez, (ia., spent one night last week ut t lie home of Mr. (J. I*. Moseley. Fuss and Fun. NO. ,}3
