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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.
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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.
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