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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.
LOST—Money by not buying
i iiiv groceries from M. K. Foun
tain, the Grocer.
Mr. W ill Cdeman came up from
Savannah Friday to spend the
week with home folks.
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WATERWAYS ASSOCIATION.
Columbus, Ga., Nn\. '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.
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