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VOL. XXV.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SHOWS BIG GAIN.
The population of Montgomery
county is 19.635. Population ten
years ago was 16.859. showing i.
remarkable gain—in fact, hettei
than the majority of those coun
ties showing big incre .se in pnpu
lafcion.
Now that the official figures on
the population of the United
States, Georgia, and the count n
of Georgia have been giv*-n out
great deal of discussion hus started
as to whether Georgia will have
one or two more represent nive»
iu congress; whether one countv
will have a larger representutim
in the lower house of Georgia than
another, and whether the sena
torial districts will have to be
changed.
Georgia now has a population
of 2.609,121. It is argued that at
the present basis of apportion
ment, 194,168, that the state will
get two more congressmen. It is
further argued that t his basis of
apportionment is, however, to be
raised. In case that step is taken
Georgia will at any rate have one
more representative.
Georgia in 1910 leads all of the
•tates of the southeastern portion
of the Uuited States in popula
tion, going ahead us Kentucky,
and at the same time she steps up
to tenth in the list of states
The figures are sufficient reason
for a very boastful attitude on the
part of Smith Georgia It lias been
longsusp oted that t his part of the
state had begun tn emne ii.t■ > its
Own and thut it was setting a
pace that would be n .rd !•> I It""
The figures show that every par
tide of that expectation was
grounded ou fact.
It must be remembered thut
several of the counties have given
of their territory and people tn
build up new counties. In some
cases, as *in Thomas, this causes
•o apparent decrease in p >pula
tion for the new counties weiv
created since 1900. when the last
census until thut of this year was
taken.
Nine new counties have been
created in Georgia since the 1900
census. The 1900 population of
those counties is included in the
couuties from which they were
created follow: Ben Hill, trout
Irwin and Wilcox; Crisp, from
Dooly; Grady, from Thomas ana
Decatur; Jeff Davis, from Ap
pling and Coff ,-e ; Jenkins, from
Screven, Burke, Emanuel and
Bulloch; Stephens, from Frank
lin and Habersham; Tift trum
Worth, Irwin and Berrien;
Toombs, frmn Montgomdry. Tatt
nall and Emanuel; Turner, from
Irwin, Wilcox, W« rth and Doolv.
Stray Yearling.
One heifer yearling, about fif
teen or eighteen months old, un
marked, at my place. Owner can
get same by paving for feed and
cost of this notice. Otherwise
will de sold. W. F. Tharpe
Route 1. Adrian, Ga
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I THE VERY BEST.
Just received, another carload of
I Summers’ Barnesville Buggies and |
I Studebaker Wagons.
I These represent the VERY REST
i in buggies and wagons, and when you
j buy these you can check the blacksmith
off you payroll.
If interested in the Best, call to j;
see or write us.
W. J. & T. A. PETERSON,
ALLEY, GA,
NO PAPER NEXT WEEK.
As usual, no issue of this paper
' will begotten out for the Christ
mas week. except a small sheet,
carrying I lie legal advertising, and
minor matter.
We trust that, this will be fu 11V
understood, and that no unusual
demands will be made next week.
N' xi regular paper will be issued
January 5. 1911 During the few
idavs holiday, we will make an es-
I hi i" put things n* shape for a
I g >od Mar Casually bring in the
liitle amount you owe the paper.
If your name is to be retained on
he hst another year, the paper
must lie paid for. This wind
business has become a little nui
motonous. _
Pythian Notes.
Pythian Literary Society met
in the chapel Saturday, Dec. 17,
1910, and was called to order by
the president, Hildreth Lang.
After singing a song we had a
prayer by Prof. Carpenter. The
minutes were then read and
adopted.
We were glad to have as visi
tors Professors - Carpenter and
Mason, Mrs. Carpenter. Misses
Alice Cumming, Mattie Cone and
Julia Achorn. The following
program was then well rendered.
Piano Solo—Mary Coleman.
Essay on Xmas—Margarete In
graham.
Prophecy of the Holidays—Ma
ry Coleman.
Wants—Kate Parker.
Piano Solo—Elsie Everett.
Piano Solo—Gussie Coleman.
Debate—Resolved, That Christ
mas Should be Regarded as the
Most Sacred Day of all Days.
Affirmative, Herschel McAllis
ter, Dorcas Mcßae, Leroy Cow
art.
Negative, Julian Walker, Geo.
O’Quinn, Kate Parker.
Piano Solo—Alma Kennedy.
Chorus—Ethel Jones, Agnes
Jones. Mary Bailey, Elsie Ever
ett, Kate Parker, Kelley Mann,
Alma Kennedy, Madie Cowart,
Mamie Woodcock, and Mary
Coleman.,
Piano Solo—Onie Calhoun.
Farewell Address—Leroy Cow
art. Corresponding Sec’y.
TWO PERSONS KILLED
IN A RACE CLASH
Burnesville, Ga., —Trouble be
i wen ll i lie races is reported in tin
vicinity of Milner, five miles
north of here. It is alleged that
for soi,ne weeks night riders have
been whipping negrnes, and the
ieeling has heroine so fritter, it is
thought, troops may have to be
!ci I I'd out to prevent bloodshed.
M—sages were received here
j last night that the night riders
visited the home of Will Atwater,
la negro and met with resistance
i when they attempted to whip
[him. In the fight that followed
‘the negro was killed, and also
one of the night riders. The
iden* ifv of the white man is being
kept a secret.
The cause for the outbreak of
night riding is not known. The
sheriff of Pike county has gone to
the scene and will make an inves
t igat mu.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DEC, 22, 1910.
{WHO PAID FARE
FOR ROOSEVELT?
' Wasaington, T>. C., Dec. 19.
; A congressional investigation of
Theodore Roosevelt’s railroad
transportation expenses while he
| was President of the United
i States is directed in a resolution
[introduced by Representative
Rainey of Illinois, a Democrat.
| today.
[ It provides that a committee of
; five members be selected in such
manner'as the House may direct
to investigate how much, if any,
of these expenses were paid by
i Mr. Roosevelt or by anyone act
ing for him, the contracts made
by him or any acting for him,
while President, with the Penn
sylvania Railroad or its officials,
“or the demands for transporta
tion made by Theodore Roosevelt
while President, on said road.”
The committee would report as
to the amount of transportation
furnished Mr. Roosevelt, . its
value and whether any portion
of it was paid and when.
The committee is to make the
same investigation with regard
to other railroads furnishing sim
ilar transportation.
PAYS HIGH TAXES,
GETS NO ROADS.
I Editor of Monitor:
Being a reader of your paper
and reading in yourJast issue one
or two good pieces on the subject
of public matters, I wish to say
something of the road tax. lam
a citizen of the 275th (Longpond)
District, and have the figures
given by the road man in this
part of the county.
These figures show that the
citizens of this district pay into
1 the county treasury about fif
| teen hundred dollars a year. The
j road tax collected in this district
iamounts to about $550 every six
[ months. The advalorem tax col
lected is supposed to he about
|s4so for the year, making a total
of about fifteen hundred dollars
paid in taxes by our district.
We are not getting results from
this tremendous expenditures for
taxes. We have had no road
working except one short piece
in two years. This state of af
fairs is alarming. 1 hope that
public sentiment will rouse up
on the question, and that finally
the county can adopt some busi
ness system that will give the
people better service. I am one
who appreciates good roads, and
when we pay enough to get them
we feel disappointed. In fact,
jwe are the losers. I understand
1 that the majority of the county
j is in the same fix.
If you can help up out in the
{matter, you will please do all you
can. Respectfully,
Taxpayer.
UNION CHRISTMAS TREE
A committee from the several
churches of Mt. Vernon met at
I the Methodist parsonage Monday
iafternoon, and all necessary ar
rangements were made for a un
! ion Christmas tree. The place
i selected for the tree is at the
! Methodist church. The time is
Saturday evening, 24th inst, at
i seven o’clock.
A committee has been appoint
ed to receive and place the pres
ents on the tree and will be at
'the church Saturday afternoon
,by one o’clock. Every one who
wishes to put presents on the
treet is requested to have them
at the church by 1 p. m., or soon
after, so that the committee will
have time to get them all ar
ranged before night.
Everybody take notice and
have your presents at the church
jon time, then come out at 7 p. m.
and see the children have a good
time. ~
TAX NOTICE.
This is to notify the public that
I will be in my office in Mt. Ver
non from this date until the First
Tuesday in January, with the
exception of Saturday, Dec. 24th.
Monday, Dec. 26, and Tuesday.
Dec. 27. Please call and make
payment of taxes.
Respectfully.
1). M. Currie, T. C.
! ('losing; Out Sale-
Wo still 1 1 iivh on band a few
mu Us and two good horses, which
*vi> will close out within the next
tV days at reduced prices. Some
jof this stick is of the highest
grade we brought to this place.
If you «imt a bargain, come at
once, as we will tie here for a few
days, only.
J. M. Brookshor A Sons,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
HOLIDAY RATES ON
SEABOARD AIR LINE.
Account Christmas Holidays,
the Seaboard Air Line will sell
low round trip tickets between all
{points on Dec. 15, 16, 1?, 21, 22,
28, 24, 25, 31 and Jan. Ist. Tick
ets good returning until Jan. Hth.
For full information, rates,
schedules, etc, cull on your near
est Soabnurd agent, or write
R. H. Stunsell, A G. P. A
j, Savannah, On
THREE NEGROES BURN TO DEATH.
: Augusta, Ga., Deo. 19. —Infor-
' mat ion came to Augusta today of
t.lie burning to death of three
negroes on the farm of I). I).
Lamar, on Beech Island, the j
night before. William Gurdner,
an !ig"d negro, paralyzed, lived on
the place, in the house occupied
|by the Reynolds family’s farm
I hands. Friday he was left in the
I house with John and Charity Rey
lolds when the other mem here ot
I the family went to the fields to
! work. During the forenoon the
■ farm hands were attracted by
| smoke in the vicinity of t he house
j.occupied bv the Reynolds family.
{on cl found that the building had
i been (lest ioyed.
It is presumed that the old man j
, and one of the children fell asleep
and tile other young Reynolds, in
I attempting to kindle the tire was
i careless.
iu;lk nisi.
w. ). Ac Kill VH li. I, I‘owell. K.IIC. limarc
of KortKao 111 Moiilgeumry Superior Court..
Navaiilwi' Term, UIAO.
Xi li. iax to Ihc Court fj.y the
l„ tit ion of W. .1. Acosta. thut on the 14th ill.)
In 11. I. IWcll, execute.l two
oroaiiHH try tiotcH to Then. J. Aiiinc ho.I ite
livcrc l the nano to him, together willoi mori
i j.»ge on cci tiiia ir.-H o*Ut« lying in Halil Cnuie
i v iI.-hcj jhixl hh follown:
All llial eel lam toe t, or parcel of land ni -
ait"!, lying and tc mg in Montgomerycoun'y.
! wilifate. lying and lining in Montgomery Con ..
| tv, (lemgia, and described aa follows: Land
dlHtrict, Two Hundred and .Seventy-live
and haainded . aat by lands of M l>. I'eteiHiai
! uid liTh children amiMi by the Hilda of.l. M.
1 i lees, wear by tic-lamia of MelUnA Morgan,
and North l>y laoda of M. If. Ceferaon ami Ilia
j children and William branch, and Maid - in.
I hundred aerea of land being the Maine (leaded
! m Dwells, ( aim and lianiel by M. 1) I'eterann
S and othen, May Zl, ISOS, foi the purpose of
j aecnring the payment ol two certain prornia
; aory noioM for i hre.j Htmdted mid Filly Dol
| l ira, in the ag. egnte, executed and delivered
{by arid li, L. Powell, to aaid Tlioa, .1 Arlim
! oil the 1 4t.|i day of January, 1908, and there «f
--j ter endorsed to petitioner, ami one of aaid
1 noted falling one two niontha after dale, and
one for Three Hundred D'lll ra dun Octoli i
t dial, 1908, alipnlaiing for interest from inabil
ity at the rate of eight per relit, per annum,
ilid ten pel cent attorney’* feet.,
il in ordered that the aaid defendant to pay
I mto tiiia Court, by the Hint day of tlm next
erm the principal including attorney a f. ea
I luterrat and . oat due on aaid note, or dhow
| eaiiKi- whv lie ahoitld not pay the eme, m
| that ill d- fault them'd the afnreaaid moi tg.ige
1 .e foncloaed and the eipiitv ot redemption of
: the raid defendant thereto forevei birred; and
that nervier of I hi. rule be p. rs. cted on attic
- defendant according to law In open com I
Nov. 19, 19111, I ti. MARTIN
H. O. J. C
Georgia Montgomery County.
i, J, C. Calhoun, clerk of the Superior Court
i of Montgomery county, do lieu by certify that
lilt abovd ia a true and correct copy of a rule
i nidi granted by the Hon. J. H. Martin, Judgt
(of the Superior Court, ad appear- are the
leeordain mv office. Tfiid the 17th d. : V <1
December, 1910. J. C. Calhoun.
C. H. C. M. 0. Ga.
Citation.
Georgia—Montgomery < Nullity
Whereas. Mrs. M itt Talinadge, ad
ministratrix on the estate of John A.
Peterson, late of said comity, cle
| ceased. represent*, to the court in her
petition, duly filed and entered on
! record, that she has fully admlstered
I -aid estate- this is therefore toeir'-
all persons concerned, kindred and
I creditors, to show cause if any they
| can why ghe should not tie discharged
i from her administration and receive
e-ters of dismission oil the first Mon
day in January. 1911. This the sth
dav Dec.. 1910.
I Alex McArthur, Ordinary.
GOES TO UVALDA BANK.
! His many friends in this county
- "ill he interested to learn that
{.Mr. W. F. McAllister has resigned
*1 his position with The Mount
| Vernon Bank, and leaves this
| week tor Lvnlda, where he accepts
‘! the cashierslup of the new bunk
at that place. Mr, McAllister hits
tilled the place of assistant cashier
of this bunk for the past six years,
and in tins capacity lias made
many* friends. He is endowed
with a high sense of honor and
manly traits, mid coupled with
Ins business attainment, is a
[Valuable man in the business
world. Ho is thoroughly compe
tent, in full touch with the mass
jes, and the I'vulda Bunk, of
which he is a stockholder, is to he
congratulated on having secured
| his services, lie will not go to
the new bank us a stranger, us
having been reared in this county,
is well and favorably known to
all.
Mr. McAllister is succeeded in
Mount Vernon by Mr. Hurry
Wilt of Sandersville. Mr. Wilt
Inis had a number of years experi
ence in the banking business, and
will doubtless make a desirable
man in the Mt. Vernon Bank ns
assistant to Cashier I’eterann, win*
Inis been w ith the bank since its
foundation. Mr, Wilt, isuyoung
man of pleasing appeuraiice, and
is welcome to the town.
THE POTATO DUEL.
Laughable Battle Between a Bad Man
and a Preacher.
Not all (lie duels fought in Ken
turky have been bloody or even dan
gerotis. Many years ago Bill Bow
| man, a noted circuit preacher and a
muscular Christian, once employed
j unique weapons with effectiveness.
At one of his meetings a iocni
desperado hud created u disturbance
and on being publicly rebuked by
i Bowiuun sent him a challenge to
| fight. Bowman us the challenged
party had, of course, the choice of
! weapons, lie selected a half bushel
{of Irish potatoes as big us his list
for each man and stipulated that
{his opponent min t stand fifteen
{ paces distant ami that only one po
I tato at a time should lie taken from
(the measure. The desperado was
furious at being tlms insulted and
1 made an indignant protest, but
{ Bowman reminded him (hat the
| challenged man hud a right to
j choose his own weapons and threat
|ened to denounce the “bad man'
! as a coward if lie failed to come to
time. As there was no wav out hut
ito fight the desperado reluctantly
I consented.
The tight took place on the out
I skirts of the town. Kverybody was
I present to see the fun. The see
( ornls arranged the two men in po
( sitiou, by the side of each being n
I half bushel measure filled with po
tatoes hard as brick-.
Bowman threw' the first potato.
Il struck his opponent and flew in to
a hundred piece's. A yell of delight
went up from the crowd. That dis
concerted the bud man, and hin po
tato tl- w wide of the mark. Bow
man watched In- chance. livery
{time tin- dof-pci-ndo stooped for a
i potato another potato took him in
jtlic side. The sixth potato took
| him in the short ribs, knocking the
j wind completely out of him and
! dolib'illg him up on the glass.
The people were almost crazy
With laughter. Inil Bowman looked
II- solid- a- if he had jtlst finished
ii funeral service. The bad man
was taken home and put to bed.
and there In* remained for more
than a Week before he recovered
i from the effect of his potato duel.
The Point of View.
“\'o newspaper in the place!*’ ex
claimed the tourist, really horrified.
.{“Why, what n way to live! You
never know what is going on in the
rest of the world.”
“Oh, well,’" returned the old inn
keeper, resuming her knitting,
which -he had laid aside for a mo
men! to answer the sojourner’s
questions, “it’s about a* broad as
it’s long, ain't, it 'l
"The rest o’ the world’s no better
off. They-don’t know what's going
on here. Ye told me versclf as how
ye hadn’t so much as heard o’ the
name o’ this place ’fore ye landed
, here bv accident, and "<• all’s known
about it all our lives through.
“I'd like to know what ye call
that, now.”—Youth's Com nan ion.
i
BANK OF TARRY TOWN
DOING GOOD BUSINESS.
On*' of the new hut flourishing
hunks of this section is that of
The Tarry town Bhiik, which
'openod for business a few months
ago. This institution is a branch
!ot the Hank of Sopertou, hut u
; glance at the showing which it
I makes, one would think it had
been in operation for a ntimber of
years. Its success has been
wonderful, and the officers and
stockholders are more than pleased
w ith the remarkable stioee* of the
, venture.
i While only a few miles from
Soperton on one side and Vidatin
on the other, th* 1 new bank draws
business from far uud near. They
have just finished and moved into
a handsome new bunking house,
and are now installing additional
fixtures and furniture. From
I their statement, in this issue, it.
will be seep that the l abilities of
tho new bank is #22,81S 17. This
ligure is based on the statement to
the state at tho close of business
December 10, ii:nl it is a splendid
showing for the new bank.
Mr. L. A MoCurry, who, for a
; number of years. Inis served as
I assistant, cashier of the Hank of
, Sop* rton, is in charge of the Hank
jof Tnrrytown. He is a competent
and clever young business man,
flic other otlieers of this hank are,
IN. I. (iillis, president; J. It.
O’Conner, vice-president, while it
numbers among its stockholders
some of the best business men it)
that section of the county. Turrv
tuwn is proud of the new hank,
and her citizens are supporting it.
Hook over their announcement
ami statement in this issue,
MASONIC. OFFICERS FOR
j THE COMING YEAR.
At the regular communication
of Aural Lodge No. 239 F. &. A.
M., held here Saturday bust, the
I following officers were elected to
serve for the year 1911:
jj. B. Geiger, Worshipful Master.
J. 0. McAllister, Senior Warden.
Aden Garrett, Junior Warden.
Wm. Bland, Secretary,
jj. K. Mcßae, Treasurer.
J. L. Sumner, Senior Deacon.
G. J. Standford, Junior Deacon.
W. R. Stanford, Tyler.
W. A. Wood, Chaplain.
.J. W. Mclntyre, Senior Steward.
Ghas. Frizellc, Junior Steward.
CLERK OF SENATOR BACON
HURT IN WASHINGTON CITY.
Washington, Dee. I‘J.—Hull.
John T. Hoifeui I let, as a result of
a hard fall on the ice which h««
! covered the pavements of Wash
ington for a week, last, night
broke Ins collar bone. On leav*
ling the house, where lie Inul been
'•ailing, Mr. Boifeuiilet began de
scending the steps w hen Ins feet
| slipped from under huti and he
{struck forcibly on his shoulder.
He reached his hotel without as
sistance, and did not summons &
i doctor until Ibis morning. The
bone was set* uud tin* popular
Georgian, who is here as clerk to
Senator Bacon, was at the Capitol
at the usual hour. More than
twenty people have been more or
less seriously injured by falls
during the past w*ek.
_—
Damon Dots.
The Damons held their last
! meeting of the Fall Term dwt,uf*
1 day afternoon.
The usual business routine was
I carried out. Hilhiirn William
son delivered the farewell address
which was very impressive, and
it was followed by short talks
i by the members.
The program was as follows:
Declamation —Burton Kennedy.
Jokes —Cary Sherrod.
Wants —Leonard Banks.
Pantomime —Ghas. Petersou,
Porn Mobley.
The remainder of the time was
taken up in practicing songs and
yells. E. F,
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