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High-grade cheeae and butter to
In* kept on ice during the summer.
M K. Kountaitf, Mt. Vernon, Ga.
So further kick on a lack of
ram. The showers seem to have
been plentiful for the past day
or so.
Mrs .1. S. Easterling and chil
dren of Glennville visited rela
tives in Mount Vernon during the.
past week.
Among the prominent citizens
of Lilnwty county attending the !
commencement, exorcises of the
I mon Baptist Institute thin week
were Messrs. Jos. ii. Barker and
Jus. L. Chapman, both of whom |
ur*- active church workers and
believers in education. Kach 1
family is well represented m the
I Inion Baptist Institute.
Messrs W. A. China and Harry
Barker, former pupils of the In*]
mi it lit*-, were visitors here this
week from Budowici.
It your horse needs a clipping, I
have it, done in too best, manner at
Hicks’ Livery Stables. tl I
Mr, James Balmer of Collins
was among the Commencement,
vsitors this week.
Mr. J. I). McCullough came up
and spent as« w days with Ins
family here tins week.
Have your horses clipped in the
correct manner, at Hicks’ Stable.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Moses of
Lumber City visited relatives
here tins week.
Miss Blanche Mishoeof Soper-I
ton was recent ly t In* guest of M iss
\\ illie I,.<u Coclirail.
You will need ice during the
summer, and need it promptly.
Tell your wants to Hicks Broth
ers, I he ice men.
Mr. and Mrs. \V. I*. Calhoun
and Misses Lillie Mae Calhoun j
and Until Rountree of Cvalda
came up to attend the commence-.
nnuit exercises, and while here'
were entertained at the home of i
Col. and Mrs. W. B. Kent.
Try us on Clothing, Hats and
Slloe-. \V. 11 McQtloen.
Misses Florence and Louise
II igun of Claxton were t lie charm
ing guests of M is* Belle McAllis
ter during the festive season.
Messrs, Re ivy Aekndoge of i
Lvons and Ka\ Loving of Duhlin
Were visitors here Sunday.
Kreso Dip for dies, lice, mites,
etc. Mt. Vernon Drug Co.
Miss Katie Auld of Krick was a
visitor at the home of Mr, K. F.
Mellaethi- week.
Alter spending some time at
I’valda, John Fountain is again,
at home.
'file Rainier Drug Store has a
complete assortment of th e
“Lucky Curve” Barker’s Fount-j
George O'Quinn of Odom, a!
former pupil at the Institute, was
numbered among those attending
the closing period
After a visit of several days
with the family of Mrs. Christian
Bright, Mis- Alma Clements has
returned to her home in Alamo.
Walter Langford is among his
old friends here this week. He is
w a citizen of Cvalda.
lominie Godwin of Lyons came
lip one da v t his week
The l’almer Drug Store lias a
few more gold standard watches
lor sale at cost, plus 10 per cent.
It will pay you to see or write
T. H Cook field, Mt. Vernon. Ga.,
if you want rock bottom, whole
sale prices on builders' supplies,
including doors, blinds mantels,
screen doors, lime, cement, etc.
Mr. L. K. Achorn, a former, re
sident of this place, but now of
Adrian, where he is employed w ith
the Savannah Brick Works, came
over to attend tin* graduating ex
ercises at the Institute.
Miss Ruth Davis of Alamo was
recently the guest of her friend.
Miss Bessie Stucky.
Misses Ada and Maggie Lang
ford of I valda were among friends
in Mt. Vernon this week, return
ing Tuesday.
Among visitors from Vidalia
this week was Miss Imogene Mc-
Queen.
Mrs W. A. Peterson and chil
dren left yesterday for Cairo,
where they will visit relatives.
| Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Yeomans
of Tattnall county were among
those who attended the commence
ment exercises at, tin* Union Bap
tist, Institute during the week,
1 1pdr daughter, Miss Ida, having
j finished the course.
Place your orders for ice with
Hicks Bros., Mt. Vernon.
Rev, CluiH. Montgomery return
ed yesterday from Lewislnirg, W.
, Va., on account of the illness of :
his little son, Robert.
(harlottosvillo.
H|mm ial ('orrcHfMHifU’lice.
Rev. R. O. Smith preached an !
attractive sermon here Sunday.
Quite a large crowd from this
place at.tended tin* picnic at Alston
Saturday and they reported a!
pleasant I inn*.
Rrrtf. D. J. Blalock left Mon
day for his home in North Caro
lina, after spending the past five
moutljs with friends here. We,
hope Mr. Blalock will visit us
again in she future.
Mrs. .1. W. Moseley and daugh
ter, Miss Lillian, returned from
Frick Saturday, after spending
the past two weeks with lierdaugh-i
tors t here. She was accompanied ;
by fu*r daughters, Mrs. J. P. Tom- j
lillHOllUnd Miss Bertha Moseley'
Mr. C. Morris spent the week
end in Savannah.
Mr R. M. Moseley and family
and Miss Pauline Moseley werel
guests at the home of Mr. ('. P. j
Moseley Sunday.
Mr. N. J. Vaughn and family
spent Sunday and M unlay with
parents at Shiloh.
Miss Lena Minsey is) spending j
the week with her uncle, Mr. J. R.
Conner.
Mr. C R. Moseley left Monday
for Macon to visit the orphans’!
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Needam Smith!
from the Center section spent!
Sat urday ami Sunday with friends
and relatives in Charlottesville.
Misses Julia and Rebecca Mose
ley spent Sunday with their sis
ter, Mi s. F. C. Adams.
Quite an enjoyable entertain-!
ment was given at the home of ]
Mr. and Mrs B. M. Moseley last
Wednesday night in honor of
, Prof. D. J . Blalock.
Th os- present were Mr. and
Mrs, C. P Moseley, Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
\dams, Mrs. N. J. Vaughn :M isses
Florence and Louranie Moseley,
Maud and Mae (Jtblis, Lizzie
Vaughn, Ro Gordon, Pearl Keen,
Mackie Nee Smith Annie Lee and
F.llie Davis; Messrs. A. C. Mose
ley, Dan, Fred and F. M. Gordon,
Oscar Bailey, Lindsey Bishop,
Lucien Morris, Fllis Moseley,
llurdn N Smith, D. J. ILalock,
and Frank Gibbs. All present
report a line time.
“Fuss and Fun.”
NEGRO WfU HANG
FOR DOUBLE MURDER.
Vald sta. Vot., May 2S{.—Guilty
without a recommendation to
merev. was the verdict of the
jury, rendered today 1,1 'He case
of Tom a negro, who
several \vt*eks ago killed his wife
and her grandmother in this coun
ty.
Tho negro admitted both rnur
.hws and stated tltat he intended
to kill a uegnyboy who was with
his wife,' • 4ould not catch him.
Jackson w ill be sentenced to ,
j hung. i
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR— THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1910
MURDER MYSTERY IS
BEING INVESTIGATED,
Savannah, Ga., May 2B.—Many
persons in Savannah believe that
the mystery of the triple* murder
m which three defenseless wmie n.
lone of them very old, met terible
death in the Rerrv street “House
of Murders” here last December
will never be solved. Others look
to the trial of J. II Hunter, hus
band 'if one of the victims, W. IJ
Wells, her alleged intimate, both
white men, and John Cooker, a
negro to clear it up and tell the
story of whose hand wielded the
terrible weapon that crushed in
the skulls of the three women.
The evidence against the men is
purely circumstantial, it is said
Hunter being known to have been
on bad terms with his wife; Wells
admittedly having started (or the
House of Murders at a time that
would have taken him there about
the time of the murders, and
i Cooker having been identified as
who was at work in the yard of
tin* Perry street house on the day
• of the triple killing.
i Forty witnesses have been snm
| moned by tlie state, but in so far
jas the public knows the evidence j
j against the trio is not impressive
for its strength. The three vie- ;
i tuns of the mprders were Mrs.
Eliza Gribble, her daughter, Mrs.
| Carrie Ohlunder and Mrs. Hunter.
Intense interest, aided hy the ele
ment of mystery in the case, hangs
about the developments in the
search by the authorities for the
guilty.
The grand jury indicted rhe
j three prisoners but for one of the
murders, though it is practically !
certain of course, that one hand, !
| or the hands of one party of mur-1
j d«rs, killed all three of the wo
men. The object in this is, it is
Isaid, not to exhaust the resources!
jnf the officers now, lest the laps<* j
Jof time may discover new evi- ;
deuce.
*
It is probable that physicians!
who listened to the raving of the!
i dying Mrs. Hunter at the hospit
al, mav be put on the stand by
the state.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MRS. BUREN HART. I
It is a consoling thought to |
know that, there are angels who I
guard us and, at death, waft on
spirit wrings the souls of the
pure in heart to the land of ;
promise of which our mothers j
told us. It is comforting and |
sustaining to know our love ones |
aee there and that we shall meet |
them.
Mrs. Hurt's illness lasted only
a short time, and last Friday af
ternoon at one o’clock she was
taken from otir midst. To the
favored ones who knew her it is
easy to appreciate and understand
the position she maintained in
her home town and in the hearts
jof all who knew her—as wife,
mother, daughter, relative and
! friend she was the embodiment of
all things good, pure and lovely
and her short life is a beautiful
lesson to many.
Death, in what ever form it
comes, produces a shock, but
when it severs the heart strings,
breaks the vital cords of a
mother’s heart, there is one va-!
| cancy that can never, never be
tilled, for of all sweet words, that
of ‘‘mother” is the sweetest. She
left a husband and a number of
children to moyrn her departure.
Dear surviving ones, sorrow not,
as others which have no hope, for
if we believe that Jesus died and
ros«* again, even so them that
sleep in Jesus will God bring
with him. For the Lord Him
self shall descend from Heaven
with a shout, with the voice of
arch-angel, and with tin* tAimp
of God; and tin* dead m Christ
shall rise tirst. Then w.> which
are alive and remain shall be
eauglit up together with them in
tin* clouds to meet the Lord in
the gir; and so shall we ever be
with the Lord. Wherefore com
j fort one another with these words.
A devoted friend.
i Stuckey, Ga. Carrie McDaniel. i
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In Mcmoriam.
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Mr. Neal S. Ci.akk.
On Wednesday night last the
death angel visited this home and
took from them a kind and lov
ing husband and father, lie was
a Christian and noble man, has
been a member of the Methodist
church for several years. We are
glad to say he led a Christian life
before his family. He leaves a
wife and seven children, one
brother and one sister and a host
of friends and relatives to mourn
his departure.
It made our hearts ache with
pain, but the Lord has carried him
home to live with his dear loved
ones that have gone one before. '
His oldest son died two days be*
I fore he passed away; they suffered ;
in this world with pneumonia,
blit they are goiie now where no
pain nor sorrow ever come, noth
ing but joy and peace.
Our heart felt sympathy goes
| out with the bereaved family in
time of their sorrow, for we know
that they have lost their best
friend. His loving niece,
Liza ClarK.
A REASON FOR
PROHIBITION FAILURE,
.Montgomery, Ala., May 22.
| “The prohibition question in AI-
I ahama is no more a political is-
J sue than is the saving of a soul,”
said Rev. Brooks Lawrence, sup
j erintendent of the Alabama Anti-
I Saloon League, in a sermon
| preached at the South Side Bap
tist church today.
Referring to the recent state
primary, he declared the people
of Alabama to lie now passing
through the val ley of humiliation,
j Greedy, selfishness and unbelief
: lie cited as the three causes for
recent political reversions of the
prohibitionists.
“If saloons are a good thing,”
he said, “we ought to have several
around this church.”
The sermon was his first public
utterance since the primary, at
which time it was asserted Dr.
Lawrence had left Alabama for
good. A big subscription was
taken to aid the anti-saloon
cause.
Ice in any quantity. Hicks
Bros., Mt. Vernon.
GAVE LIFE FOR NEGRO.
Augusta, Ua M May -o. —Walter
Kelly, fifteen years old, a mem
ber of a prominent family of
Hephzibah, Ga., lost his life Sun
day afternoon at a pond near his j
home while trying to save the life i
of a negro boy, Henry Bryan.
The negro shouted for help and
Kelly, who was near by, plunged
into the pond without disrobing. J
He reached the negro’s side just j
as he was going down for the last
time. The negro locked his arm
around Kelly’s throat and they
sank together. They came up
one more ti*ne and the negro still
had his hold on the white boy’s
throat. They were both drowned
before help could reach them.
Young Kelly's sister was so
shocked by the news of his death
that it was necessary to give her 1
morphine to quiet her. I'wo phy
sicians worked all night with her
•to save her life. She is better
this morning.
NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION,
Notice is hereby given that at
the approaching session of tip*
General Assembly of Georgia, to
j be held during the summer of 19-
10, a bill will be introduced to be
entitled An Act to incorporate
the town of I valda in the County
of Montgomery, State of Georgia:
to define the corporate limits of
said town; to provide t“>r a mayor
and aldermen and other officers of
said town; to prescribe the com
pensation of said mayor and al
dermen: to prescribe their powers
and duties; to confer upon the
! mayor and aldermen of said town
the power to enact municipal or- ’
dinances and for penalties for the
violation of the sam o : and to pro
vide for all matters of municipal
!concern of said town, and for
, other purposes, *
LIQUOR AND PISTOL ;
FURNISH DEAD MAN.
Douglas, Ga., May 22. —Last
! night at about 11:80 o’clock John
Cowart, an engineer on the Geor
gia and Florida railway, shot and
killed Dan Johnson, a fireman on
the same read. The shooting oc
curred on the lower end of Madi
son street, in the city of Douglas.
Johnson was immediately carri
ed to the Douglas hospital where
lie died about 1:80 this morning.
Particulars of the shooting are
meager, but it seems that the two
men were drinking some, that
they were walking along the
street together when Cowart be
gan pranking with his pistol.
Johnson cautioned him not to
be playing with his pistol and it
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sis saul that Cowart then turned
! to Johnsod, saying:
“You think I’m not game.”
As he said this he discharged
the pistol somewhere about the
, abdomen of Johnson.
The men were alone when the
shooting occurred, but Policeman
O. A. Furnev appeared on the
scene in a few moments and the
above,or a similar statement, was
made by Johnson to him.
It is claimed, however, that
possibly a different’statement was
made later by Johnson at the hos
pital in which he asserted that
the shooting was accidental.
It is also said that the two men
were intimate friends, and hail
been for years.
Cowart was immediately arrest
ed by Policeman Furney and
placed in jail.
