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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1910)
« ■ jHflntgmtwnj Ithnutiu*- VOL. XXV. BLOODY BATTLE NEAR OCILLA. Georgia has had no more bloody fight than that which occurred four miles from Oeilla on Sun day and Monday last. W. H. Bostwick, a farmer, was under bond, and Ilia bondsmen asked for his arrest. A posse consisting of Chief ot Police Stephen Davis of Oeilla, Sheriff Alelnnis.with Dep uti< s Sheffield Bass and Tucker, attempted to arrest Bostwick, who barricaded himself and six chil dren in his house, and fired on their approach. In the first fusilade Stephen Davis was killed and Deputy Sher iff' Bass was wounded. They sent for more men and in the second apnroach Sheffield was killed and Sheriff Mclnnis was fatally wounded, dying on Monday, at the same hour Bostwick was shut to pieces in his house by troops hurried there by the state. A call was made to Gov. Brown for military assistance, and the Fitzgerald Guards were rushed to the scene, the Albany Guards arriving also about the time the battle ended. Bostwick fired on the troops at every approach and the great mob which had gathered surged about the place waiting to lynch the desperado. The sol diers tried to prevent any injury to the children and when Sheriff Mclnnis fell Bostwick sent his boy out to pick up the officer’s pistols, and the boy was allowed to return to the house unmolest ed. About the time shots fired into the house took effect on Bostwick, he allowed his children to leave the house and none of them were injured. Boat wick’s wife and oldest son had left home Saturday and were hid ing out from Bostwick. The shots that brought down the desperate man were probably the ones fired into the roof while Bostwick was making a hole through the sningles to get better aim at his assailants, as he was heard to fall to the floor with a thud. His body was found rid dled with bullets when the door was broken' in. His Winchester rifle was shot to pieces and every thing else in the house. The dead are, J. P. Mclnnis, sheriff of Irwin county; Stephen Davis, chief of police at Oeilla; Tim Sheffield, deputy sheriff of Irwin county; and the desperado, Bostwick. H. C. Bass, another deputy, Wyatt Z. Tucker, also a deputy, and James Gill, a far mer,are wounded, and Tucker lias since died, making 5 in all. LEGISLATURE IN SESSION. The Georgia legislature con vened in regular session last Wed nesday and proceeded at once to business. Gov. Brown’s message was received and read. He laid stress on the registration law,ask ing for a change in the same; and made an appeal for the equaliza tion of taxes and for biennial ses lions of the legislature. A vote in the house on the bi ennial sessions bill, passed by the last senate, resulted in a loss of the measure. The body took a recess on Saturday. Immediately following the mes sage of Gov. Brown last week, Hoke Smith announced his can didacy for governor. Following this on Monday came the an nouncement of Atty. Gen. John C. Hart for governor. Wish pol itics at fever heat, it is not prob able that much legislation will be put thronght of any benefit to the people. MR. OUTLAW RETIRES. We have a letter from Mr. W. M. Outlaw asking us to w ithdraw his name from the list of candi dates for county offices. Mr. Ou tlaw appreciates the support of his many friends, during his can didacy, and retires not. in the in terest of any other candidate. j IMPORTANT R. F. D. ROUTE CHANGES. To become effective on July Ist, several changes will be made in • the rural mail routes of this sec tion. Routes Band 4 from Mt. •! Vernon, carried by .T. F. Mills • and John W. McCullough, will be transferred to Uvalda and known as routes number 1 and 8. Route number 8 from Ailey, Harold , Gibbs carrier, will also be trails i ferret! to Uvalda, and become • number 2. Under the new arrangements there will be a few changes also on route number 2 from Mt. Ver non, Capt. M. I). Hughes carrier. The Union Baptist institute will lie served by J. 1,. Adams of route number I. This new arrangement is made i j necessary by the passing of the new rail road through this tnrn i torv. and patrons on these routes will soon be accustomed to the changes. MISS BRIGHT ENTERTAIN. The young people wore well en tertained last Monday evening on College Hill by Miss Hannah Bright, is the general opinion of all ail present. The entertainment was given in honor of Miss Mary Sal lie Hen derson, and attractive young lady of Sandersville. After many mi- I joyable games were played the host, left for their home, express ing them selves as enjoying the j entertainment very much, indeed. 1 Those present were Misses Lil-i ; ban Clifton, Saddie McQueen, Joddie Cockfield, Annie Lou Mc- Allister, Ruby McGabee, Lyra and Jennie Thompson, Mary Sal lie Henderson, Camille Adams and Addie Burch; Messrs. John A. Morris, Herschel Morrison, Tim and Rob. Cockfield, Herbert, j Bailey, Charlie Beugnot and i Charles Durloo. STEAMBOAT COMPANY FORMED IN DUBLIN. Dublin, Ga., June 28.—The Oconee Steamboat Company lias been organized here and a charter will be applied for. The company will maintain a fleet of boats on the Oconee with i Dublin as the headquarters. The Katie C will be purchased from the City National Bank and an other boat, will be built. E. Smith, J. E. Smith, Jr., ,T. j S. Fitchett, B, A. Hooks and I.j 11. Lowery are the stockholders. I E. Smith will be president of the ; company and J. S. Fitchett will j be general manager. The men named asked no aid ■ from anybody, but the patronage j of the people along the river is ex- I pected. It is their purpose to develop the commerce on the river and to put us many steamers on the run as may lie needed. There was a time when there was much money in boating the river, but. this fell off when tin railroads were built. Commerce has been picking up on the river lor several years, and can be ex pected to continue to increase. EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT. The merchants of Mt. Vernon | have decided it to be a useless waste of lights to keep open these short nights and have signed the following agreement: We the undersigned merchants of Mt. Vernon agree to close our stores from now until the Ist of Steptemlier at 0:4o p. in., except Saturdays: A. Segal, L. M. M cLemore & Bro. Mcßae & Bro., VV. H. McQueen, N. L. Spooner, M. E. Fountain, R. S. McLendon, T. 11. Cockfield. , Stoves, Ranges, New Horn* ‘Sewing Machines, McCormick Mowing and Binding Machinery, ! are among my specialties.—W. 11. I McQueen. j MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 30. 1910. I A MASS MEETING CALLED, To the Citizens of Montgomery County: A mass meeting of the citizens and voters of said county is hereby called to meet at the (courthouse on the 12th day of July, the Second Tuesday, im i J mediately after the adjournment, of the superior court tor the pur pose of electing a Democratic Executive Committee for the next ensuing two years. A full atten dance is desired. W. M. Lew is, Jas. T Geiger, Sec. pro tern. Chairman. COL. E. P. MILLER DEAD. Col. E. P. Miller of Walthour ville, Liberty county, .lied at the Savannah hospital on Friday night last, after a week’s illness. Col. | Miller was one of Southeast Geor gia’s r most prominent citizens, and his death is a distinct loss. He was a veteran of the civil war and a successful business man. lie made many friends in this section, being a devout Pres byterian. and having several times attended meetings of the Presbytery in Mt. Vernon. JONES LODGED IN JAIL ON MURDER CHARGE. Macon, Ga., June 28. —John- nie B. .Jones, who was bl eated in Jacksonville several days l’go, has been lodged in jail to answer to the charge of murder mad*- against him in connection With the murder of Wiley 1). Bi shop on the night of March 10 in | a house near the Southern rail way passenger depot. Tom Jones, a cousin of Johnnie B. Jones, is now under sentence for life in the state penitentiary for the murder. Johnnie Jones says now lie did not kill Bishop, but said so in t he trial m order to help his consul escape. WILL INVESTIGATE CHARGES. At lanta., June 27. —The charges made through Thomas E. Watson against Lee Barron, keeper of public buildings and grounds, continues to attract much public attention. Very few of the legislators be lieve that there is any substance to the charges and some indigna tion has been expressed that they were allowed to come before the house in a public manner before a | more thorough investigation had j been made. It was learned today that the | governor was in receipt of a mes | sage similar to that which Spoak jer Holden read to the house, I charging Mr. Baron w ith corrupt practices and stealing from the i state. It is now well established that there can he nothing in the i | charges referring to the carpet j and redecorating contracts, be-1 cause they were were awarded by the governor after advertising j them in the leading papers of the state. Sealed bids were received in each case and the work given to the lowest bidder. Mr. Barron bad little or nothing to do with it, nor could he have been guilty of any speculation *in the matter, even had he desired. The investigation will be taken up early next week and will prob ably prove the most interesting feature of the week’s work. Some of the members of the committee on public property are demanding that Mr. Watson himself be sum moned before them and it is not unlikely that he will, as soon as I the committee is given the powers of a court of inquiry by the house. The friends of Mr. Barron and I members of the Farmers’ Union generally, are deeply indignant at the charges that have been made. ( National President Charles Bar rett was in Atlanta last night. While he had nothing to say for publication, awaiting the results of the inquiry, it was evident that he felt that a grievous injustice I had been done to Mr. Barron, |THE POLITICAL SENSATION. / Tlie gubernatorial situation has 9 1 become sensational almost from • ; the jump. [» | ,; Thorn was a chance that the t i ! tight would lio tamo and thou t! came the announcement of Judge - Jon C. Hurt for that office. Just why Judge Hart entered 1 I the race so late in the campaign and voluntarily relinquished an otUee ho could have secured again without opposition is not yet known. The Smit h men claim that the ■ Brown forces are back of the can 'ididacv ot Judge Hart, while the Brown men charge that it is a • | Smith ruse. Truth to tell it is more likely it he latter than the former he- I I cause it is apparent even to the, « most, enthusiastic Smith support-j 1 er that right now Mr. Brown has the decided advantage in the race. 1 - . His support is intact while the Smith following has to n more or less extent dintegrnt.od. He has decidedly more to lose by the can didacy of Judge Mart and his fol- j i lowers would be less likely to want a third candidate in the race. Tht candidacy of Judge Mart, i opens the wav for candidates for , attorney general. It, would be ■ surprising if just the right man i | for this office announces now and is elected. That brings up the ( ! question, did Judge Hart do just ' . the right thing to withhold his ] candidacy until the last, minute j and thus give prospective candi-! , dates for attorney general no time! , to make the race? It seems to us , that, Judge Hurt did not do the I right thing in not taking the poo- : , i pie sooner into confidence. The office of attorney general is tool important, for the people to run the risk of securing just the man 1 ! for the place with only a short ' j t ime left in which candidates can ' announce and qualify. Just what, will develop as a con- i sequence of Judgo Hart’s candi dacy cannot be told for a day or! two at least. There is a clmace, a hare chance that it means he will be accepted as a compromise candidate by both factions. We are not fully convinced that, this will or can be brought about.Time alone will tell. Wo certainly hops that the cam- ' puigii will be free from bitter ness, it matters not how many i < audidates we limy have in the j Held. The people want, peace at almost, any cost, and if Judge Hart’s candidacy means peace We welcome it. The race this year will be fought ! quite differently from the cam paign of 1908. Two years ago popular vote counted. The lasi I state convent ion turned buck to 1 the county unit plan. A candi • date may receive on.* plurality or one thousand in I.aureus county and he will have just four votes in the convention. The six lug counties will each furnish six votes in the conven tion, the next twenty-four largest S counties will furnish four votes j each and the remaining counties two each. The cat didate who re ceives a majority of the votes in I the convention w ill win. The big counties this year will not decide the contest The small counties of the state will name the governor unless the vote shall j be very close, indeed, which is ' not looked for. Even if the fight should become heated and bit,ter it, cannot last j long, the primary being less than two months awuy.—Dublin Cou ! nor-Dispatch. Several dob-gates w ill go down to the District Conference at Ob.tx ton from this section. Mr. W.j M. Mr-Qua* a s in attendance to-j day. I A SURPRISE PARTY | LAST FRIDAY EVENING. Last Friday evenThg the young ; people of this city gave a surprise party at the home of Miss Addie j Burch, in honor of Miss Josie Johnson, a charming young lady of Milieu. After many enjoyable games were played the guests expressed them selves as being well enter tained and hoped that it would I not be long before t hey could as semble at Miss Burch’s home for another pleasant evening, as the one just passed. Those present were: Misses Camille Adams, Mattie Mcßride, Maudclle Mcßae, Jed i die Cockfield, Anna Morrison, ! Jennie and Lyra Thompson, Josie i Johnson, Marin Sut ton and Mvr- I tie, Addie and Inn Burch; Messrs. John A. Morris, Herbert Bailey, I’im Cockfield, Charlie Beugnot, Charles Durloo, Horschel Morri son, Jim A. McAllister and Mark, Howell and Noshit McLemore. ADJUDGED INSANE. In a lunacy Inal before Judge McArthur on Monday last, Thom as K.Beasley was declared insane. The unfortunate young man, who is a son of Mr. Win. A. Beasley of the Lothair section, became I violently insane and his relatives ! were forced to have him oommit ; ted to the asylum. He has a wile and one child, lie | was taken to the state sanitarium by Deputy Toil) Hester on Tues day. While taking him to the train, Beasley made a break for liberty, and his attendants had a j lively chase before recapturing > ,m 4&, ■ NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION. Notice is hereby given that at the approaching session of the General Assembly of Georgia, to tie held during the summer of 1910, | a bill will be introduced to lie au | titled An Act to Incorporate the j 1 Town of Alston in the County of Montgomery, State of Georgia ;to define the corporate limits of said town; to provide for a mayor and j aldermen and other officers of j said town; to prescribe the com-} uenaation of said mayor and al- | derman ; to prescribe their powers} ! and duties; to confer upon the I ■ mayor and aldermen of said town the power to enact municipal or-j jdinances for said town; and to i ‘provide for the enforcement of! j said ordinances and for penalties j ! for the violation of the same; and j to provide for all matters of mu nicipal conern of said town and ‘ for other purposes. r Havi Your || '. if Natural Complexion : i\• Vs i ] ' r 0 // 9 Nature intended everyone to have a perfect complexion. I j Palmolive is Nature’s own aid to the shin. I 'C*j\\y ll) s' The soothing, healing palin and olive I l A ft 1 oils W^' ' l ' S bring back / J* M |j 1- delicacy, softness, beauty to face and hands. I V \ Baby, mother, father —every member I ((j /i\v\ n 'J>7 ~ s ,he one perfect soap for all the jl uses ,o^et- < jM A single cake will prove it to you. r Mount Vernon Drug Company Mount Vernon, (in. - ... 3 JOHNNIE ABT PAINFULLY CUT. On Saturday last while trying to mount an unruly mule, John Abt, an industrious young farmer of Mount Vernon, was painfully ‘ cut on one leg. * John wanted to go one way ami . the hard-headed mule another way, and ran against a barbed w ire fence with the hoy. Dr. Hunt was hastily called, and with nine stitches soon had John in a fair way to go fishing again. I ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR. ■ Judge John C. Hart, who has served the state eight, years as at torney general, yesterday announ ced himself as a candidate for . governor. Judge Hart says that he enters the lace from a sense of duty, his object being to obliter ate the factional tight between Brown and Smith but we are afraid he has waited too long to accomplish his purpose as t,ln nards have already been shuff led and eu and the game will very likely In layed to a finish by the above nan d candidates. The Smitu uen, it is said,charge the Brown llmvers with bring ing out Judg Mart, while t In- Brown men sav t,he Smith faction is responsible for bis candidacy. Judge Mart’s announcement is said to have created a great sur prise and it will be a st ill greater surprise if lie is elected. — llawk iiisville Dispatch and News. DEATH OF MRS. E, H. M’GEHEE, CUTHBERT Cut,lllicit, (lu , Julie 28. —The remains of Mrs. E. H. McGehee were brought from her home in Montezuma yesterday afternoon, and after funeral services at the Methodist, Church, were interred in the family burial lot, in the Western Cemetery, The funeral services were conducted by the Kev. John B. McGehee, brother of the Rev. K. M. McGehee, the widowed husband. Mis tribute was most impressive, tender and appropriate, lie was assisted by the Revs. It. K. Whittington of Macon, son-in-law ot the deceas ed: J. K. Seale, local pastor of the Methodist Church, and J W. Malone, president of Andrew Fe male College. Mrs. McGehee dies! suddenly at, I her home in Montezuma, where | her husband is pastor of tile Methodist Church. For a iiiim- I her of years Cuthbert was her : home, and she had many friends here. Quite a number of friends land relatives accompanied the i remains troin Montezuma, the I officers of the Montezuma Church (acting as honorary pallbearers, with the officers of the Cuthbert 'Church as active pallbearers. Many floral tributes covered the I casket. Mrs. McGehee is surviv |ed by liar husband, Miss Ada Me i Gehee of Montezuma, Mrs. Wliit itington of Macon and Mrs. H. P. | Elder of this city. NO. 9
