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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1910)
VOL. XXV. Prominet Man Killed by Horse. Waycross. Ga , Sept. 21. —E. Prentiss Peahodv, one of the best known church workers in South Georgia, died here t his « morning as a result of injuries received Monday morning in a runaway accident. Accompanied by Mrs. Peabody and their two little children, Frances and Walton, he left the city Monday morning for a drive out in the country where he hud business to transact Four and a half mile froip Waycross, the horse, a livery animal, became frightened on account of the breaking of the shafts, and began to kick. Mr. Peabody tried to save his wife and children, and in an effort to lift little Frances out of the buggy, was kicked twice by the horse. One blow struck him near the hip and the other m the pit of the stomach. Mrs. Peabody aiso was injured by a kick from the horse, one of her ribs being broken. The accident occurred at a dis tance from any bouse. Leaving Mr. Peabody and the children lying on the "la pro lie, Mrs. Pea body went 1 i search of assistance, but had to walk two miles through the hot sun to the home of Mrs. Boatwright, who telephoned into the city for help, stating that Mr. Peabody was badly injured and asking that an automobile be sent at once. Physicians left at once for the scene, but it was several hours alter the injury was receiv ed before help reached them. The injured man was brought in to city, but bad several conyul sions on the way. Mr. Peabody was a native of Florida, but came to Waycross several years ago, when the town *vas small, and was one the oldest business men in the city, though he was stall a young man in years lie was first connected with the Atlantic Coast. Line Ra.lroad Ollices here, but later engaged in the lire insurance business, as a partner of the late Judge Warren Lott and a member of the Lott- Peabody Insurance Agency. ' He was best known, however, as a church worker. He was a member of the First, Methodist Church of this city and took a warm interest in the work of the Knvvorth League. He was former ly secretary and later president of the South Georgia Fpworth League and at. the national league conference in Asheville, was plac ed on the national board of man agement. In league inetll ids he was considered an expert and this summer delivered, addresses be foul - state league conferences. Mi'. Peabody was also active in nub ile affairs, at one time was secre tary of the Waycross Chamber of Commerce, a mein tier of the Board of Trade and an enthusias tic worker in ail movements for the promotion of the business in terests of the moral uplift of the city. Mrs. Peabody was before her marriage. Miss Mary Hitch of this city, the only daughter of Col. and Mrs. 8. \V. Hitch. Both Mrs. Hitch and Mrs. Peabody are prominent in missionary work,, perhaps the best, known workers in the South Georgia conference. Mrs. Peabody is a sister of tin* lb-v Jam s \V. Hitch, a mission ary to Korea. Mr. Peabody is survival b. liis wife and three children, Elbert, Frances and Walton. The news of the accident, was kept out of the papers at first on account of the illness of Mrs Hitch, who was, with Elbert Em body, in a hospital in Atlanta for treatment. Mrs. Hitch was noti fied tliis morning, however, of the ue;eth of Air. Peabody. . Demon Dots. The Damons met m Freshman room Saturday afternoon. Tin-roll was cal led, minutes read and adopted, and a lew mem her was received into the Society. The follow ing program was \ tln- n taken up: It Ration, Annie Ingraham. Jokes, Tom Mohly. Prophecy, Clenou Overstreet. Debate —'“Resolved that more knowledge i- to be derived from books, than from observation.” Affirmative: Uilburu William son. Whitney M l, more, I,e-a Simpson. Negative ; O.car Jones, Marls Edwards, f>ta Vurnado. i lie utlirmuli ye side w n. -E. F., The Montgomery Monitor. THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN PASSES INTO NEW HANDS- Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 21. ' The ownership of the Nashville American passed to Luke Leu, who also controls and operates, the Nashville Tennesseean, It is understood that the two newspapers will be consolidated within the next, few days. The new owners of the Ameri can hav, purchased the interests jof Me-srs. Preston and Miller, of Chattanooga, after the reignation iof Milton K. Ochs, as publisher, and his declination to become a party to the transaction. For the past eighteen months the ■American has been under the ! management of Mr. Ochs, who, although in control of the proper ty. was a minority stockholder. The American has been pronoun cod as a democratic and anti-pr >hi bition paper. The Tennesseean, f, irmerly edited by the lute ex ■-Senator E. W. Carmack, is pro nounced in its advocacy of state wide -prohibition and has ag giv.-vsively imposed Governor Pat terson. It is now supporting for jgo verm r B. W. Hooper, the re publican nominee, who was re cently endorsed by the state in dependent democratic convention. FATHER AMD SDN ATTEND SAME SCHOOL, Athens, Ga., Sept. 25. To have noth father and son enrolled upon the books of the institution as students is the unique record of the University of Georgia. The Rev. M. L. Troutman, D. IX, pastor of the First Methodist Church of this city, has register ed at the university for the law course and will take the two years’ legal work with the sixty or more young men in that course. l)r. Troutman states that he did not reg ister with the intention of studj mg and practicing law, hut for the purpose of securing a more intimate knowledge of that important, subject, and he has no id< i of giving up his calling as a minister. i liis stilt, Robert Troutman, also is registered at the university as a iiiemht r of one of the academic classes and so it is that both fath er and son are students at the same college at the same time. While not an old man, the Rev. Mr. Troutman is over the half century mark and is the oldest student entered'at the university since the late Judge Logan E. Hinckley several years ago enter ed and took several courses. A MAN GOES OVER NIAGARA FALLS IN A BARREL. Niagara Fulls, N. V., September 25. Bobby leach, of Niagara Falls, Gut., made a trip through the Whirlpool rapids in a barrel starling from the Maid of the Mist, landing near the Cantilever' Bridge. Except for a few scratch- j es and bruises, Loach, who claims i to have made the trip several 1 tmus before, was unhurt. Leach entered the rapids at, 8:57, and went through them in three minutes, riding the tre- j mendous waves smoothly. The wave caught the barrel and hurl ed it clear of the water, but it righted lt-s- ls nicely and went on to the Whirlpool without mishap. Five times the barrel circled the whirlpool, keeping to the outer edge. *At the sout h end ot the pool it was caught in an inshore) • tidy and floated in close enough to ci. ught. with a pole at 5:05. I'he only one of the barrel navi valors to be killed in the trip to tin- whirlpool was Maud Willard, who suffocated in her barrel in i>p? -mber, IGO J. She was in the whirlpool for live hours. GLENW JOd LEAGUE. At a recent meeting of the Gi'-iiWood Fpworth League, one ot the most nourishing hi the < •unity, the following wereelected oili -ei s for the year: {'resident, G. C. Barnhill; Ist Vice-president, Mist May me, Kib-rts; 2-1 Vice-president, Mrs. J. C. Muitli; IUI Vice-president, M Agues Hogan; 4th Vice pre-ulent, Miss Sadie Galbreath; Seer-tarv, J. P. Morrison; Trea surer, R A. Hogan; Fpworth Fra A_ -,, t , M.- Ftta Reach am. LOST WATCH —On the street ->r - art house square, ladies' size . goid watch. Return for a or.table reward, to M. B. Calhoun. . MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 29. 1910. PROMINENT D3OLY CITIZEN | KILLED BY A TENANT. Cordele, Ga., Sept. 24. Judge J. B. Scott, a citizen of Cor dele, was shot and instantly kill ed this afternoor, by ILlliery Day, who was a tenant of Judge Scott’s The news of the tragedy was brought to the city by Day Kim-* self, who came and surrendered to the sheriff and he was locked up in the county jail. The kill ing took place in the woods and there are no eyewitnesses to the ; tragedy. Mr. Day claims that he shot Judge Scott in self-defense as the latter was advancing upon - him with a knife, and that he drew his pistol and fired two shots at Judge Scott, one taking i effect in the body and the other in the forehead. The trouble arose over a dis pute between Scott and Day, re garding a division of the crop grown on Judge Scott’s farm. Judge Scott was a pioneer cit izen of Cordele, and took a lead ing part in all public enterprises, lie was mayor of Cordele for two ! terms. He was a member of the i Georgia constitutional convention jof 1877 and took a loading part ;in its deliberation. He was a ■ Confederate soldier, and followed Lee in bis campaigns through Virginia. He loaves a wife, three sons and four daughters. The coroner started an inquest to-night. FOGT BALL SQjUARD PRACTICING HARD. Dougins, (in., Sept. 27. —F very ] afternoon now one inity hear the t hud of t lie pigsk in upon the i athletic park of The Eleventh District Agricultural School, and a huskey bunch of 'men may be i seen moving to unit fro, as they are lining put, through practices at tackling, falling on the balls sig nal, running and other work pre liminary of contest-; upon the gridiron. F nder the inst ructions of Mr. IT. F. Stone, who is a graduate of ; The* Fnivei'ity of the South. Se -1 wan.ee, Tenn , and D ipt u in Camp ■ hell, the men are putting forth l every effort to round into shape as quick iy as pos bide Quite a number of the old men ; have returned and some new ina terial has- appeared upon the scene of action, which bids fair to pi a V good loot bai 1. This is the third year for athle tics in the school, and taking all tilings into consideration, pros pects an- brighter than they have ever been heretofore. Manager Mosm has already scheduled a number of games,; but still has several dates open for any team who may desire to arrange a game With them, MARRIAGE CEREMONIES AND FUNERALS MIXED, Athens, Ga., September 25. — White on his way from the church, where he had preached a funeral sermon, to i lie grave where he was to conclude the solemn services, Rev. B. W. Mercier, of this city, yesterday stopped at, the postoffice at Nicholson to marry a couple, performing the ceremony in short order, and then catching up with the pro cession on its way to tin* ceme tery. The couple married was Mr. \V. W. Duvi-q of Nicholson, and Mrs. Lucinda Kb dwell, of this city. Mr. Davis has been thrice married before. Mrs. Kidwel! has been once married previously. I Mr. Davis is 75 or HO years old; his bride is about 45. 'Die groom is the father of Messrs. Young and Jerre Davis, of this city, and is a prominent citizen of Nichol son . When the funeral sermon was over at Nichol-ou, the preacher was informed that a couple had just come in on the tram and wished him to stop in at the post oliiee, as he went from the church to the graveyard, and took three minutes to tie the nuptial knob. lie slipped ollt of the cllUl'dl, performed the ceremony and caught the funeral cortege on its way to the burial grounds. Fall Sued Oats. I have for -ale the Famous Ap pier and Bancroft' Seed Gats. See me at once for seed. D. 8. W illiamson, 'Jlotf L"valda, Uu. PHYSIOiANS WALK OiK OF ATLANTA COLLEGE, Atlanta, Sept. 2.">. The cause of the dissatisfaction in the Ai lanta. College of Physicians and Surgeons, which has resulted in the resignation of several pro fessors and the threatened resig nation of others, was due. it is stated to the action of the hoard, of trustees in overruling the faculty in the disposition of two professorships. When Dr. An drew Calhoun died the depart ment of the eye, nose, ear and throat was divided into two de partments and the faculty ap pointed Dr. Dunbar Roy to have charge of the department of the eye and the nose, and Dr. Phin izy Calhoun, son of Dr. Andrew ■Calhoun, to the department of ! the ear and the throat. This was not satisfactory to some of the faculty, who thought i the son should succeed l he fat her, and when it came before the board of trustees for ratification, the board reversed the faculty. The physicians who have recent ly resigned from the college are Drs. W. P. Nicholson, Roy Harris, J. B. Baird, .Jr., and (!. P. Huguely. Some of t hese re signations, it is stak'd, however, were not due to this dissension. It is also stated that a slo.oob donation had something to do with the dissatisfaction. WiLL WAYCROSS HAVE SUNDAY LID? Waycross, Gn., Sept. L‘o. — Whether Wavcross will in future In* a dosed town on Sundays is n question that, will in all probabi-! lily lie settled at tills week's ; sion of City Court. When court convened to-day .Judge John C. McDonald called live cases in which allegations of violations of of the Sunday law were mad . I Those charged with the violations , jareG. It. Brinson and J . (J. Payne, ia druggist ; W. J. Clark pmpne ! tor of the railroad restaurant,! and Peter George and Georgi Pappedea, Creeks op<Tatii e res taurants and fruit stands comidn-. e«l. the contention of the defense will be that there have been no violations of the Sunday law as it is construed m this latter day. j Christianity and morality of the present, day will probably lie com pared witdi that of the earlier days when the so-called “blue laws” were passed. In view of the interesting af fairs that have generated out of ldm campaign to dose Waycross as tight as possible on Sundays, 1 one of them being the ordei og from a drug store of the leader of the movement, much interest cetiters about the trials and the court room will undoubtedly be packed. So far no witnesses nave been called for the defense. Drug stores have figured be fore in Ware courts for the same ; alleged offense and in several in stances cases of more mien than those now pending hav been in court without convictions. MASKED ROB3ERS LOOT MAIL m. New Orleans, Sept. I'd T■. o masked robbers invaded the mail car of the Southern Pacific train leaving New Orleans at o’clock tonight and secured several batch- • es of registered mail. No attempt was made to rob the passenger-.. The robbery took place at Avon dale, twelve tubes west of New Orleans. The robbers are supposed to have boarded the train at N■ w Orleans and have entered the mail car when the train came to a-. Lop at Avondale. Authorities of Jefferson parish are now in pur suit of the robbers. bate reports from the Southern Pacific postal car robbery were to the effect that the robbers secur ed only a small amount of booty. The robbers have not yet been caught, t SAVANNAH MAN HIRES NEGRO TO KiLL WIFE, Savannah, Ga., Sept. 24 —B. F. Brown, a white man well known in Savannah, who keeps a small store on Green street and tin White Bluff mad, i-< held at! the police bar neks on the charge of conspiring with Sam Glover, a negro to kill Brown’s wife. According to the story told by the negro, he and Brown have had several conferences relative to the killing of Mrs. Brown, the plan was to do the job tonight. Glover weakened and told the police the plot, in advance, lfc said (lie pistol with which tin deed was to he committed was to be handed him today by Brown, The cit v detectives kept watch and saw Glover meet Brown and receive the weapon. They had previously secured the number of Brown’s revolver, and when Glo ver brought them the weapon it bore the same number and was of the same make ns that owned by Brown. The accused man declares he gave Glover the pistol yesterday, but will make no further state ment. Mrs. Brmvn had been ad vised of the plot against, her life a,el entered into the scheme to trap her husband.. • M i Hinny <>i toning. Ladies, are you paying to much for millinery? Arc you interested m s I vies? Do you know that Mrs. M. F. Rogers has done more than any otlmr factor in this section to raise the standard of quality and keep the prices down? Dome to Lumber City Thursday, Friday and Katunlay, October 0, < ami 8, and bring your eyes with you and keep them wide open and trust what, they tell you. You will sec the best! styles for this season at, Mrs. M. F Rogers s millinery parlors—-the house that ■a llsdei* most and best goods for t he same money, Mrs, M. 10. Rogers, Lumber Uity, Ga. Public School Term. The next term of I'uMic Schools of Montgomery conut.y will begin on Monday October li, I 810, and close on Friday May 5, 1711. The Trustees and patrol’s will please see that the school houses, school grounds, wells, etc., are in good condition tor the opening of the schools. Catrons are urged te enter every pupil possible on the first day. The 'Teachers Institute will he held in .Mt. Vernon, beginning on Monday, G tuber 10th, and clos ing on Friday October Mill. All the teachers employed in the Dommon Schools of the county will tie expected to attend this j institute the full time. The above institute will b" in charge ,! I'rof. .1. Walter Hen dneks. A very profitable wevk is anticipated by those that know I'rof. Hendricks. Tim trustee , school, patrons and the poetic generally are in vited t', i ! lend the Teachers In-) hlifuti i-- olleii as possible. IT -peel fully, A. B Hutcheson, 2*. D S. C , M. Co., Ga. - vr m > vvYntra wTVtwvvfvv trv vtvfvf rwvtffrrvrvrrrtv 4 £ V/ 32T Selecting a Bank i ► 4 Tin* points to consider are these: J 4 1 ,r-t. Js it, a and Hound institution. When I intrust * ► m money to it. can 1 always count on getting it back when I 4 ► ic-i-d it,. 2 ► 4 ."■•‘ oiid. Js it. of sufficient st.r ngtli to be able to stand by * ► nu m casi of need. 4 ®- 4 Both tie ir- important points and not to be overlooked. J We believe we -Her as great a degree of safety as can he found *- in my mtik in this Section. We make it a point to look to s 9* -4 ►- t ; ,t ; it of on cost inters. W ■ stand by them in time of < £ • .od our n-ngth enables us to do tins at all times. We 2 ► 4 £ invit• your business. < t THE MOUNT VERNON BANK, j t Mt. Vernon, (ia. 2 ► 4 ► 4 »AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* T. J. Pritchett Dies in Dublin. Dublin, Ga.,Sept. 27. —Thomas I. Pritchett shot and killed him self at Ins home here curly this morn mg. A pistol bullet entered his right temple, ranged downward and lodged under the skin on the left side of the face, a little be low and to the left of the right eye. No one was present when the shot was fired. Mr. Pritchett was lying m bed with the bed clothing pulled well over his body. The pistol was gripped in his right hand. A ragged hole m Ins right, temple showed that the ball had plowed through his brain and that death was almost instan taneous. Mrs. Pritchett did not know that there was a pistol on the place, and thought that the ex plosion was of an electric light globe. She found the room oc cupied by her husband full of smoke and realized at once that he had shot himself. Her da lighter came as a result of her screams, and then the neighbors. Mr. Pritchett had been in wretched health for several years. Ho was in bed for the last week sulfci ing from asthma and exces sive nervousness. The latter has l)i-on Ins chief trouble tor months east, utilising him to retire from active business life and devote all of Ins time to the effort to nurse hi iiisoll back to health. lie was one of the wealthiest men in the city, and up to just a few weeks ago was president of one of the local hunks and of the Georgia Warelmuse and Compress Company. Owing to bad health In* retired several years ago from the firm of Pritchett it Hooks. Mr. Pritchett was a native of North Carolina and for a number of years was engaged in the tur pentine business tu Montgomery county When he retired from that business fifteen or twenty years ago tie moved to Dublin and sumo that time has been engag'd m banking and other business in this city, lie owns considerable bank stock, city and country real ■estate and other property, and ins life was insured for SIIO,OOO. lie is survived by his wife, who was formerly Miss Willie Mcleod of Montgomery county, by two daughters and two sons, one an infant. W l ll in in Pritchett of this city, G. orgo Id. Pritchett of Indite and Ib-nry Id. Pritchett of Jackson ville, Kla., are his brothers. Three sisters, Mrs. Hurry Waters of Jacksonville, Miss. Hattie Pritchett and Mrs. N. H. Huilice of Wilmington, N. C., also sur vive him. The remains .of Mr. Pritchett will be interred in Nerthvicw Cemetery, this city, to-morrow morning. Servians will he con ducted by the Rev. John M Cut ler, pastor of the Dublin Metho dist. Church,-of which Mr. Pritch ett was a member. Seed Outs. 1 have for sale, the fa mens Geor gia Rust Proof and Appier deed Oats Nothing hut first class seed offered the public. Call or write J. M. D. Mi Gkkuok, ‘J-L'St Alley, Ga. NO 22
