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Mnnitor.
VOL. XXVI.
BEARISH ON GINNING;
BULLISH ON CONDITION.
New Oreans, Sept. 17.—The
cotton market this week is going:
to i>e chiefly concerned with the
October government reports on
condition and ginning: that is,
unless the foreign political situa
tion should suddenly grow in im
portance.
As the crop situation now
stands, or is generally under
stood, the report on ginning will
be bearish, while the report on
condition is generally expected
to he bullish. The report on gin
ning will take the crop down to
next Sunday, while the report on
condition will carry it to Monday.
Both reports will be issued on
Octoper 22. This week there
will be several forecasts of both
reports from private sources and
they will help mould opinion.
The weather conditions of this
week will be watched closely, for
unfavorable weather would have
a bearing on both reports.
The Moroccan situation prob
ably will continue to be the chief
hope of the bear side. As a
rule, the final settlement of such
matters is generally preceded by
a large crop of rumors which of
ten have more than their legiti
mate effect on the market. The
market is apt to be more or less
nervous until something definite
is announced.
The September spot situation
will attract a good deal of atten
tion, for it will be late enough in
the month for the trade to form
an opinion of the extent of the
committments for the last half
of the month. If they prove to
be as large as it is claimed they
are in some quarters, the advan
tage will be with the long side.
Any strength derived from the
covering of September shorts will
be only temporary, until it can
be shown that the demand has
extended into October and the
later months.
Major John D. Helmken, one
of Savannah’s best known citi
zens, was buried in that city on
Sunday, having been a resident
there about 37 years.
For Quick Side.
One hundred and one and a
quarter acres of land near Alamo,
Ga. For description call on or
write B. J. Guest,
9214 t Alamo, Ga.
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Erick Notes.
We have been absent for
awhile: now we come again.
Olin Brown resigned from his
work in Way cross to attend
school at Georgia Tech, in At
lanta. He will study to be an
electrical engineer. We wish
him much success.
Miss Katy Auld has been on a
lengtha visit to her sister, Mrs.
Pope Brown, at Towns. She re
turned this week.
Mrs. W. A. Brown and family
have as their guests Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Paradise and daugh
ter, Miss Delphia, Maud Lee and
May Low, of Adrian, this week.
Quite a large crowd was pres
ent at the entertainment given
Saturday night, by Misses Willie
Belle and May Lou Davis.
The Mises Davis and brother
Roger spent a few hours very
pleasantly with Miss Berta Brown
last Thursday night.
Miss Cleo Avant is visiting her
sister, Mrs. George Brantley, at
Brunswick. She reports a nice
time.
Miss Vergaline Bland is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. Calhoun, at
Beach, this week.
Mr. W. H. Hinson is very sick
of typhoid fever. We wish for
him a speedy recovery.
Miss Alma Hinson came down
from Arlington Thursday last
where she entered the South
Georgia college.
Alvah Irwin and Borton Hin
son, of this place, are also stu
dents of the South Georgia col
lege.
Mrs. J. E. Coxfield, of Mt.
Vernon is visiting relatives here
this week.
Miss Lillie Brown spent Sun
day with her cousin Miss Berta
Brown.
Miss Iris Morton of Alamo was
visiting friends here this week.
Mr. R. M. Mclntire, of Ailey,
was among friends here Sunday.
Miss Bertha Brown and brother
Bob are attending school at Scot
land.
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Brown vis
ited their son, J. D. Brown of
Towns, Saturday and Sunday
last. * Pa’s Boy.
See M. B. Calhoun before mak
ing application for a loan else
w here.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1911.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
Rev. W. H. Walstrom, pastor
of a church at Versailles, 111.,
pleaded guilty to robbing a res
taurant in that place of S3O.
Fifty banks have been char
tered in Georgia since Jan. Ist,
and 21 applications for charter
are now pending.
At Ortego, a suburb of Jack
sonville, a negro shot down Cic
ero Thompson, a carpenter, early
Monday morning, and then
choked into insensibility, Thomp
son’s woman companion, and
after criminally assaulting her,
made his escape.
On Monday last while dashing
over the Niagara river race
course, a motor boat left its
course, and mounting the break
water, and dashing into specta
tors, killed one and wounded
others.
Six persons were poisoned at a
Sunday church dinner at Pavo,
Ga., by eating of a chicken pie
made the day before, ptomaine
poison having developed in the
pie.
Many of Georgia’s best interi
or cotton growing points now
report record-breaking receipts,
the cotton opening earlier than
ever before.
Moultrie, Ga., has been round
ing up vagrants in the town
limits, and a part of one day’s
catch consisted of ten negro men
who were found playing cards.
The Metropolitan Bank and
Trust Co., of Cincinnatti closed
its doors Monday, by order of
the state banking department.
Its capital was about SIIO,OOO
and deposits $750,000.
Michael Sobolesky, a murderer
in for life in the Ohio peniten
tiary at Columbus, put on the
clothing of the warden’s wife
and walked away on Sunday.
A snake twelve feet long at
East Lake, near Atlanta, made
his dinner on Sunday of three
frying size chickens, and had
killed three more and was about
to swallow them.
Atlanta comes to the front with
a daring and successful highway
robber only fourteen years old.
Ernest Little, a small boy, held
up a negro man at the point of a
pistol and was made to deposit
$7 on the ground and back off
till Willie could pocket the coin.
It cost Louis Bekakas, a Greek
restaurant keeper of Macon,
$250 to get over slapping a young
lady’s face, who was acting as
his cashier.
Mrs. W. Y. Atkinson, widow
of the late Governor Atkinson,
has resigned as postmaster at
Newnan, Ga., but no reason is
given as to the cause of her res
ignation.
A negro named Amos shot and
killed another negro and wound
ed a second one at Jones’ Still
near Cedar Crossing on Sunday.
A telephone message got Sheriff
Thompson and Assistant Warden
Parker with their dogs, and
Amos was captured and in jail at
Lyons inside of four hours.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood, the aged
suffragist leader, and the first
woman lawyer admitted to prac
tice in the U. S. Supreme Court,
and who ran twice for president
of the United States, came near
being burned up in her apart
ments in Washington, D. C.
Monday morning.
Carl Easterling and J. A.
Woodcock of Claxton were killed
in a wreck on the Glennville and
Register road, which occurred on
Saturday near Glennville. It
seems that the men jumped and
a coach turned over on them.
An old Roman barge, which
has been lying under the mud of
the Thames river near London
for 1700 years, has been raised,
and will be preserved in a muse
um.
E. N. Anderson of Pulaski
county, who was under sentence
of 12 months at the state farm
for selling whiskey, was cap
tured Monday and taken to Mil
ledgeville.
Governor Hoke Smith addressed
the Confederate Veterans at their
meeting in Rome on yesterday.
Jacob Z. Hill of Laurens coun-'
ty, under charge of killing
Thomas Whited last week, was
released under a bond of SIO,OOO,
the application for bail having
been heard before Judge J. H.
Martin at Hawkinsville on Mon
day.
At Quitman, Ga., last week,
the Southern Cotton Oil Co. got
to bidding against the local deal
ers in cotton seed, and the price
went up from $1(1 to S2O per ton.
An automobile on the race
track at Syracuse, N. Y., on Sat
urday evening burst a tire, left
the track, and plowing through a
crowd of spectators, killed nine
persons and wounded about four
teen persons besides.
The banks of Atlanta shipped
out by express in one day last
week a half million dollars to
banks in Georgia to use in hand
ling the cotton crop.
While driving to Superior Coal
Company’s mine near Pittsburg
on Saturday with $.‘1,400 to pay
off the miners, highwaymen shot
at David Steen, and his father,
W. J. Steen, killing the former,
but did not get the cash, as the
elder Steene returned their fire
and held the money.
Miss Josephine Brown, a prom
inent young lady of Atlanta, was
accidentally vaccinated in the
mouth last week by using a vac
cine point for a toothpick.
J. T. Hudson, a barber of Cor
dele, shot his young wife Sunday
morning with a .‘IX calibre pistol
and then fired a ball into his own
breast. Both may recover. Mrs.
Hudson is only 20 years old, arid
is a daughter of W. B. Lyons,
and sister of Archie Lyons, who
were tried for murder in several
counties, arid finally acquitted at
Cordele.
A negro at Warren ton, N. C.,
on Saturday criminally assaulted
Mrs. F. FI. Chaplan, wife of a
farmer, and then killed the wo
man’s father arid shot three offi
cers before being captured.
While bathing at Pablo Beach
on Sunday, P. C. Rood, a travel
ing salesman of Hartford, Conn.,
was attacked by a 12-foot shark,
but managed to escape with one
arm badly lacerated.
E. J. Smith, a motorman of
Macon who was injured in a col
lision Friday night, died of his
injuries on Sunday morning.
While trying to locate a burg
lar on his back porch Saturday
morning, Daniel O. Dougherty, a
prominent merchant of Atlanta,
shot and killed himself with a
pistol.
Charlie Singleton, a notorius
chicken thief of Savannah, was
let off the chaingang on Satur
day, and pawned a gold tooth
from his mouth to get food until
he can visit the hen roosts again.
The Game Law
in pamphlet form. Send ten cts.
in stamps to The Montgomery
Monitor, Mt. Vernon, Ga., for a
copy. Supply limited.
Shiloh.
Special Correspomltme.
Preaching at Shiloh last Sun
day was well attended.
Rex. T. B. Winham and wife
were in Lumber City shopping
last Wednesday.
Misses Bessie and Willie Tomp
kins were the guests of their
aunt, Mrs. Josey, last Saturday
night.
Mrs. J. A. Wright visited her
parents last week, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C, Mirnbs.
Miss Pearlean Spivey spent
last Sunday with Miss Mary
Sears.
Hon. I). S. McArthur has been
off to Atlanta and other points
attending to business.
Mr. 0. J. Clark spent Tuesday
afternoon with her sister, Mrs.
J. J. Vaughan.
Mrs, J. C, Mimbs visited her
sister, Mrs. I. V. Mimbs, last
Saturday.
Miss Henrietta McEachern was
shopping in Lumber City recent
ly.
Miss Alma Mitchell visited her
brother last week, Mr. J. I.
Mitchell.
Mr. Lee Stanford, of Ailey, is
visiting friends in this com
munity.
Mrs. T. M. Moses and little
son, Charles McArthur, returned
home Saturday afternoon after
spending several days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
McAllister of Long Pond.
Miss Nannie Lizzie Lowery is
spending this week in Hazle
hurst, guests of friends and rela
tives.
Mrs. V. McArthur visited Mrs.
N. Tompkins Saturday after
noon.
J. O. Hearn and J. L. Lowery
spent Sunday morning with J.
A. Tompkins.
Mr. 0. J. Clark left last Sun
day for F’ernandina, F’la., where
he will spend several weeks with
his son Rufus.
Misses Alberta and Viola Sikes
visited the Misses Mitchell Sun
day.
Mr. John Hearn and Miss
Glady’s Wright were out driving
one day recently.
Mrs. N. F. Clark was the guest
of her aunt Mrs. J. F. Wright
last Sunday.
Brown Eyks.
PROLIFIC COTTON.
Albert Linton, a thrifty colored
farmer on the plantation of Mr.
F’rank M. Mcßae, sends us two
bolls of cotton that show superior
size. One of the bolls contains
seven well developed locks and
the other ten locks. This would
make a fine start from which to
build up an improved variety.
The marble on the new Mt.
Vernon Bank building is being
put in place on the front, and
the outlines will soon begin to
show up the architect’s plans.
Land for Sale.
I am offering for sale a tract
of farming land lying on the
west side of the Oconee River, in
Montgomery county, Landsburg
District, about nine miles north
of Glenwood on the Old Dublin
River Public Road, containing
191 acres. On this tract of land
is a good eight-room dwelling
house, a few acres in cultivation,
and the remainder of the tract
fairly well timbered. Almost the
entire tract is susceptible t f > im
provement and cultivation. Also
one Ijot of swamp land lying near
to the farming land described. A
bargain for the right man. This
land must be sold. Write or ap
ply to J. B. Geiger,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
NEW ALSTON BANK
GETS STATE CHARTEP.
On Tuesday last Secretary of
State Phil Cook granted a charter
to the Citizens Bank of Alston,
capital stock $25,000. The new
bank will be organized at once
and be ready for business in a
short time, and our readers will
be given due notice of the date.
The Citizens Bank starts out
under very favorable circum
stances, having among the in
corporators some of our most
worthy and substantial citizens.
The incorporators, all of whom,
except Mr. L. B. Holt, reside in
and around Alston, are L. B.
Holt, Sandersville, Ga., J. H.
Dees, I). S. Williamson, K. M.
Johnson, J. W. Sharp, Jas. W.
Sharp, W. T. Mcßride, J. M.
Claxton, E. L. Carpenter.
DEATH TO WILDCATS,
On Tuesday morning while the
residents of this peaceful and
happy community were quietly
sleeping, Mr. S. Z. Salter, our
most tireless and intrepid hunter,
sounded his hunting horn and
was soon chasing the wary and
ferocious wildcats which infest
the woods near here.
No music ever fell upon the
ears of Mr. Salter like unto the
cry of his large pack of hounds,
and he is never more happy than
when following them. The catch
of Mr. Salter and companions
with him on Tuesday morning
amounted to two cats, and these
gave two separate chases. A
large female and a male about
two-thirds grown were brought
up to town and exhibited on the
streets.
Gopher Slide.
Mr. Marion Spivey, from near
Adrian, spent a few hours with
his cousin Mr. Charlie Spivey.
Mr. Homer Wilcox visited Mr.
Eddie Manning Sunday.
Messrs. Archie and Leonard
Graham, of near Soperten, spent
Saturday night with their friend,
Mr. Charlie Spivey.
Mr. John Evans, from near
Soperton, visited Mr. Scott Sun
day afternoon.
Miss Bessie Scott visited at the
home of Mr. John Manning Sun
day evening.
The visitors at the home of Mr.
John Manning Sunday evening
wore: Mr. Charlie and Frank
Spivey, Gordon Edge, Bruce Mil
ler, Archie urid Leonard Gra
ham, Charlie Holton.
Mr. Marvin Screws visited
Miss Trudie Holton Sunday af
ternoon.
Mr. John Manning, Jr., visited
his parents Sunday evening.
Mr. Chess Merritt made a bus
iness trip to Soperton Saturday.
Misses Mattie Prosser and
Mary Liz Smith attended Sunday
School Sunday evening at Union
Grove.
Messrs. Charlie Spivey and
Charley Holton were visitors at
Mr. Lee Holton’s Sunday.
The ice cream supper given at
the home of Mr. George Spivey
was fine. Gray Flyes.
Improved Ginnery.
The undersigned have formed
a partnership for the purpose of
operating the ginnery at Uvalda,
and in this we wish to ask the
patronage of the public. The
plant has been thoroughly over
hauled and improved, and it will
be our desire to give perfect ser
vice to the public. Arrange
ments have been made for suffic
ient water, and no delay will be
occasioned by this in the future.
Bring us your cotton, and have
it turned out on the minute.
J. W. Calhoun,
H. J. Gibbs,
The U valda Gi ruiery.
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