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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1911)
VOL. XXVI. LOUD LANDS IN LOCKUP. Concerning the detention of Col. Chas. D. Loud in that city a few days ago, the Savannah News gives a very complete ac count. The Colonel is well known in this section, having for many years been a citizen of Mt. Ver non and a practitioner at the local bar. His has been a checkered career, and before this time may be in Mexico revising its govern ment. During his last visit here h 3 posed as a counselor to the Diazian monarchy. The account from the News is as follows: Charged with passing a forged check in Thomasville Col. Chas. D. Loud was arrested at the De Soto Hotel yesterday by Acting Detective Chief Umbach and is a prisoner in the police station. Beyond declaring he is not guilty the lawyer, soldier of fortune and erstwhile South American rev olutionist, refuses to discuss his arrest. Col. Loud is charged with pass ing a forged check for SGS on Homer Geiger, a hotel keeper of Thomasville. The police received a request from Thomasville in the morning for Loud’s arrest, and a search of the hotels was begun, but the erstwhile fighter’s name did not appear on any of the registers. While standing in the lobby of the De Soto Detec tive Umbach overheard a conver sation which was to the effect that Loud was to keep an appoint ment with a local physician in the lobby at noon. When Loud made his appearance at the en trance to the hotel he was in tercepted by the plaip clothes man. After being told he was under arrest the prisoner manifested great surprise and asked the charge. When told he was ac cused of passing a bogus check on Mr. Geiger he said he knew the latter well, but denied the crime. He was placed in a wait ing auto and taken to the police station, where he was locked up. The authorities at Thomasville were notified of Loud’s arrest and advised that an officer would leave at once for Savannah. When he was locked in the station house Loud requested Detective Umbach to bar news paper men form seeing him, but late in the afternoon consented to see a representative of the Morning News. He would not talk of the charge, but repeated several times, “I am not guilty.” Mr. Geiger alleges that Loud passed a worthless chock for SGS while at his hotel. He was un able to locate Loud for some time afterward, but finally learn ed that he was in Savannah sell ing land for the Mexican Land and Turpentine Company. Col. Loud received consider able notoriety in Savannah about fifteen years ago when he killed a man named Fitzpatrick in a hotel at Thunderbolt. He had some trouble with Fitzpatrick over a woman, Helen Claire, and when Fitzpatrick burst into his room one night, shot him, killing him instantly. Loud was ac quitted of murder. He was selling Mexican land during his stay in Savannah, it was said, and was about to close a deal involving a large amount of money, it was claimed, when arrested. The company which he was promoting, the Mexican Land and Tnrpentine Company, was to be incorporated with a capital stock of $300,000, and an office was to be opened in Mlilen, Ga. Loud had the articles of in corporation in his pockets when arrested. iHmttvunnm, Tarry tow u Items. ! Special Correspondence. The farmer of this section are complaining of dry weather. It , is injurious to crops. The Literary School at this place closed Friday. This term has been one of the most success ful terms ever taught here. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. M. Courson and children of near Zaidee vis ited Mrs. Courson’s parents, Mr. ; j and Mrs. J. J. Calhoun, recently. i Mr. Frank Stephens of Dublin ! ; visited friends here Sunday. Mr. Edgar Simons and family! jof Vidalia visited his mother, i Mrs. Mollie Simons, Sunday. j ' The program gotten up by the teachers of the literary school, and which was rendered at the Baptist church Sunday night, was very much enjoyed by the large crowd .present. Rev. Em bry delivered a splendid address. The children showed the careful training of the teachers. Mrs. T. A. Wilkes of Lyons is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. J. Calhoun. Misses Carrie Smith and Bes sie Loach, assistant teachers of the Tarry town School, left Mon day morning for their homes near Rockledge. We webe glad to see such a large number present at Sunday school Sunday afternoon. You are requested to come every Sun day at 3:30 in the afternoon. Misses Stella Thigpen and Alvena Phillips spent Sunday with Miss Frankie Calhoun. Among those from Soperton who attended the exercises at i the church Sunday night were Misses Mamie an Mattie Waller, Messrs. Holloman and Hilary Calhoun and Willie Waller. Mrs. It. L. Kemp, who has been visiting her mothe.r Mrs. James Frost, of near Soperton, has returned home. Rev. Sikes will preach at the Baptist church next Sunday at 11 o’clock. Every body is cor dially invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Adams vis ited the former’s parents, Mr. ! and Mrs. J. R. Adams, of Kibbee S 1 j Saturday and Sunday. Miss Lizzie Waters of Vidalia | has been visiting her nephew, Mr. C. L. Waters. PaO'VIiNENT MAM KiLLED IN LAURENS COUNTY, Dublin, Ga., May 9. —At Brew ton, eight miles from Dublin on the Wrightsville and Tennille and Central Railroads, N. W. •Josey, a merchant of Brewton, shot and killed Whitt Brantley, son of F. H. Brantley. Three shots were fired, one ball en tering Brantley’s neck and caus ing his death. Josey telephoned to Sheriff Flanders that he desired to sur render. He was brought to Dublin and is nominally under ; arrest, no warrant having been issued against him. The trouble grew out of Brantley’s throwing a rock against Josey’s store several days ago. When Josey left his store for dinner today lie says Brantley was waiting for him with a brick in his hand. Before he could j throw it Josey began firing. Several years ago Brantley and an older brother, it was alleged, endeavored to kill their father, shooting him with a shotgun. Since that time he has not been living at home. Brantley was ; unmarried. Josey is a son-in law of ti i- late Hon. Berrien B. Linder, who was one of the most prominent planters in the coun i ty. I MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY. 11, 1911. COMMENCEMENT U. 6. INSTITUTE. The following is the commence ment program of the Union Bap tist Institute: Friday, May 19th, 8:00 p. m., Recital, Musice and Expression Departments. Saturday, May 20th, 10:00 a. m., Exercises, Senior Class. Saturday, May 20th, 8:00 p. m., Debate between the Literary ; Soeities. Sunday, May 21st, 11:00 a. m., j Commencement Sermon, by S. J. Parish of Eastman, Ga. Sunday, May 21st, 8:00 p. m., Missionary Sermon, by S. J. Parish. Monday, May 22d, 10:00 a. m., Literary Address, by Col. Dave Parker of Baxley, Ga.. and Grad uating Exercies. :•* Localettes. & |< I LOST—Waterman’s Ideal Fouri ! tain pen, some where on the streets of Mt. Vernon, May 10th. Had nickle plated holder on it. Finder will please return same I to this office and receive reward. Hon. G. T. Mason and son, Parson, of Lyons were visitor here Tuesday. sor G doses “6GG” will cure any case of Chills and Fever. Price, 25c. Mr. John Powell, a prominent citizen of Cairo, Ga., arrived Saturday evening to spend a few days with his sister, Mrs. W. A. Peterson. The fishing season has opened, and many parties have enjoyed 1 outings on the Oconee. Mr. D. S. Partin, Jr., of Ce | dar Crossing and Mr. J. H. McCullough of Alston were vis | itors at this office Monday. ; Mr. W. E. Crawford of Alamo : was a visitor here Saturday last. sor G doses “66C” will cure ! any case of Chills and Fever. : Price, 25c. ! Messrs. I). W. and H. B. Fol som attended theautombile races in Dublin yesterday. Mr. D. N. Mcßae of Glen wood l called at this office one day last week. I . * ; Miss Clyde McArthur was the 1 guest of Miss Marnmie Conner Sunday. Miss Duggan of Vidalia visited friends here Sunday. She is a teacher in the V. C. I. of that place. Mr. Howell McLomore of j Uvalda spent Sunday here with friends. Miss Gibson and Williamson of the U. B. I. visitpd friends in Vidalia Sunday. Mrs. G. R. Butler of Savan nah is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. B. Hutcheson, this week. Col. Marcus Calhoun was a ; business visitor at Mediae Tues day. Mr. L. F. Hinson of Lumber- City was a visitor to our town Wednesday last. Mrs. J. E. Hall of Soperton is the guest of her parents here this week. f Misses Lucy McAllister and i Bessie Stuckey entertained a feu friends at their home last Friday j night. Those present were Mis- 1 ses Jeddie Cockiield, Annie Lou- McAllister, Addieand Ina Burch; Messrs. Grady McAllister, Arpad Hicks, Harry Wilt and Charles Durloo. At the usual hour re freshments were served. If you take a deed, you want the correct form. It can be had , from this office. New supply ijust printed. M’LENDON OUT FDR SENATE. Atlanta, May 7. S. Guyton ! McLendon, former chairman of the Railroad Commission, an nounces his candidacy for the United States Senate, subject to the will of the people as ex pressed in either primary or be ! fore the Legislature. His announcement is as fol lows: ; ‘T believe the people desire an open and dignified discussion of I those great questions which I most nearly affect their material j well-being and which’are wholly, lor partly subject to public con trol. ‘‘l believe they desire as their ! representative in the Senate that I man whose knowledge of the j constitution and history of our ! country qualifies him to discharge the duties of the office in a man ner creditable to himself and his constituents. ‘‘l believe they desire and need one whose knowledge of trans jportation, the tariff and a world j commerce, equips him for an in- Itelligent discussion, protection ! and promotion of the highest and | best interests of his country on these subjec*. j ‘‘l have a desire to discuss these things before sober-minded j men with all the decorum their i importance demands and all the propriety of speech, good taste should suggest, ‘‘l believe a majority of the people of Georgia will approve my views for I shall proclaim the protective policies and principles of Jefferson and Madison and Monroe. j ‘‘J am, therefore, a candidate for the Senate. If 1 have no misunderstanding of the times, i to know what Israel ought to do, my public utterances will disclose ! this fact. 1 ask the people to hear me, not for my cause, but for theirs, for I shall speak on lines to establish the truth and advance the welfare of my coun try, rather than to win a per sonal triumph.” ANOTHER WORD FROM CGL. ‘‘BILLY” WOOTEN. Eastman, Ga., May 7. Fol lowing recently the announce ment that Dublin probably would have two candidates in the race ! for the solicitor generalship of the Oconee circuit and Jefferson , ville one, comds the assurance | that W. A. Wooten will be a candidate. Mr. Wooten, while ; not having made formal arinoun | nouncement, has stated to his j friends that he will he in the ; race. “Billy” Wooten, as he is gen erally known throughout the cir cuit having lived in Montgomery, Telfair and Dodge counties, has a strong following throughout i the circuit. He represented Montgomery in the Legislature, was solicitor of the City Court of Mcßae for six years, was mern > her of the State Democratic Ex ecutive Committee and has a large state acquaintance. He ! recently moved to Eastman arid formed a partnership with Judge C. W. Griffin under the firm name of Wooten and Griffin. He read law in Eastman a number of years ago. He is regarded as being a strong man and will be a large factor in this race. Meat should have an extra coat of Liquid Smoke, or one coat at any rate, applied to it at the Ire ginning of warm weather, as it will absolutely protect the meat from bugs, skippers or other in sects. You will never regret try ing it once. It is sold by Palme r Drug Store, at Ailey, Ga., for Suets for full quart trollies. Snow iliil Dots. Special fWrchpoiulciu’o. Miss Mary Lizzie Hartley is at home from school now. Several of our young people at tend the picnic at Graham School Friday last. Mr. Jim Elkins and wife visited the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. If. Heath, Thursday and Fri day. Mr. L. I*. Gillis was a visitor at the home of Mr. Weaver Sun day. Mr. R. H. Braswell spent Sat urday and Sunday with his sis ter, Mrs. J. A. Martin. Miss Irish Martin spent Friday night and Saturday with Mrs. Mrs. J. 1). Sears of Alamo. Messrs. J. A. Martin, Wiley Kent, W. E. Crawfor and son, Frank, are repairing the Alliga tor bridge this week. Miss Mary Lizzie Hartley had as her visitors Sunday Misses Marie Braswell, Mary Denie Speer, Iris Martin; Messrs. R. H. Braswell, C. C. Hartley, F. I). Crawford, Grover Gillis Mur dock, J. W. and J. I). McDaniel. Rev, Thomas conducted the I services at Snow Hill Sunday. Master Otis Martin made a ! business trip to Scotland Mon ; day. Miss May Braswell is spending j this week with her neice, Miss Iris Martin. A large crowd of young people from this section attended the commencement exercises at Glim wood Friday night. *> Mr. R. A. Hartley and family , visited his brother, Mr. J. It. Hartley, Sunday. Mrs. Mamie Hinson of Jack jsonville, Fla., is at home on a ! visit. i STRANGE BUSS FOUND IN TATTNALL COUNTY. Washington, I). C., May 8. Has the running mate of the de ist ructive cotton boll weevil been j found? Today, Congressman Edwards of Georgia received from J. J. j Gaudry, secretary of the Savan nah Cotton Exchange, a com munication requesting him to take up with the Department of Agriculture immediately the matter of investigating the ap pearance of a cotton-destroying bug which has just been discov ered near Claxton. At the same time ajar of these bugs has been sent to l)r. L. O. Howard, chief entomologist of the department. The bugs bore into the young j cotton stalks, causing them to wither and die. Dr. Howard, upon hearing of the pests, im mediately communicated with Lee Worsham, state entomologist of Georgia, with the request that he proceed to Claxton immediate ly and look into the situation. In the letter received by Mr. Edwards it is stated that these bugs are of a variety never seen in the cotton belt before and that no one has been able to identify them as belonging to any known species. In addition to this it, is not known how they secured a foothold in Georgia. While the state entomologist of Georgia is investigating the work of the bugs in the fields. Doctor Howard will pursue his investi gation here. Ice Season. The summer season is here, and we are prepared to keep you cool. Ice in any quanity aliove five cents worth. Nothing less sold. Nothing charged but reg ular ice books. Depend on us for ice, any time. Hicks Brothers. Mt. Vernon, Ga. MAY BE HONOR FOR GEORGIAN. Washington, D. C., May 6. There is a possibility that Sena tor Bacon, of Georgia, may be elected president pro tempore of the United States senate, to suc ceed to the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Senator Frye, of Maine. The choice of a Democrat for such an honor aide and powerful a position by a Republican senate would, of course, he unusual, but factional differences among the Republi can members of the senate make it possible. Senator Gal linger, of New Hampshire, is the choice of the stalwart Republicans for presi dent pro tempore. He is not ac ceptable to may of the insurgent Republicans, and the two factions are at loggerheads. Unless they get together, or unless some of the insurgents desert their fel lows and vote for Gallinger, Mr. i Bacon will be elected. * There are 91 members of the 'senate, there being one vacancy Ifrem Colorado. There are 50 Republican senators and 11 Dem ocrats. The factions among the Republicans are classified as B7 stalwarts, or regulars, and 13 in surgents. It is easy enough to see that Senator Bacon has a chance of election in view of these figures. He is the unanimous choice of the 41 Democrats and will cer tainly poll 41 votes when the bollot is taken, unless there are some absent Democrats. If the insurgent republicans stand pat, Senator Gallinger can not possibly poll more than 37 votes. If the insurgents refuse to vote at all or vote for Senator La Collette, as is suggested, then Senator Bacon will have a clear j plurality of the total vote. Should five of the insurgents vote for Bacon his choice would be cinch i ed, as he would then have a clean majority. So far as known, there is no precedent established whether a plurality or majority vote is re required in the election of a pres ident pro-tempore. There has never before been factional dif ferences in either of the parties, arid the regular nominee of the majority has been chosen. The regular Republicans realize the gravity of the situation and will try to bring the insurgents into camp at a caucus Monday morning. Should Lafollette and his followers remain irrconeilable, the regular Republican organiza tion would have to “chuck” Gal linger or allow Senator Bacon to be elected. The insurgents are particularly sore with Gallinger because of his arbitrary attitude with reference to the committee assignments. And they are an xious to even matters with him if possible. It is doubtful, how ever, if any Republican, wheth er he be insurgent or regular, would go the length of elevating a Democrat to the high and pow erful position of president pro temjxjre of the United States senate. Therefore, it is a guess that Senator Bacon will not be chosen, but will be complimented by the unanimous support of his Demo cratic colleagues. ‘Rhone the news to The Moni tor. When you have a visitor, or anything else; tell us about it. We put in a telephone for that purpose. Touch the wire when anything happens; and if nothing happens to happen, get out and make it happen. Ring number forty. ' NO 1
