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The Montgomery Monitor.
VOL. XXVI.
THE LAST RECITAL AT
U, B. S. THIS TERM,
A most delightful event was
that witnessed by a large num
ber of the people of this vicinity
last monday night, at the U. B.
I.
This being the last recital to
be rendered by the pupils before
the close of the fall term, it
seems that unusual efforts were
put forth to make the occasion
one of special enjoyment, the
best vocal, musical and oratori
cal talent that the school affords
being employed for this occasion.
The stage was most tastefully
arranged with ferns and potted
plants.
Each number of the program
was skillfully rendered, and was
received with applause by a large
and appreciative audienc
SQUELCHING A BORE.
Os the late Kyrle Bellew an
actor said at the Player’s Club in
New York, according to the
Washington Star.
“Poor Bellew hated a bore.
I’ll tell you how he once squelch
ed a bore on the way from New
York to Chicago.
“Bellew was reading in the
smoker. The bore flopped down
beside him and opened up with:
• “ ‘Well, who are they going to
nominate —Taft or Roosevelt?’
“ ‘Taft or Roosevelt?” he said.
‘Who in the deuce are they?’
“ ‘Why, man.’ exclaimed the
bore, ‘you don’t mean to say you
never heard of Bill Taft and Ted
dy Roosevelt?”
“ ‘Never,’ said Bellew, calmly,
and he buried himself in his book
again.
“The bore smoked in silence a
long while. He kept glancing at
Bellew uneasily out of the corner
of his eye. At last he said:
“ ‘I wonder how John D. likes
all this trust-bustin’?’
“John D. ?’ said Bellew. ‘John
D.?’
“John D. Rockefeller! Rich
est man on earth. Certainly
you’ve heard of him!’ roared "the
bore.
“ ‘No,” said Ballew. ‘No,
he’s a stranger to me.’
“ ‘Holy jumpin’ Jonah!’
“The bore’s contempt was be
yond words. He glared at Bel
lew steadily for nearly half an
hour. Then he snorted:
“ ‘Say, ye fool, did ye ever
hear of Adam?’
“Bellew looked up from his
novel, yawned and murmered:
“ ‘A r who? What’s his
last r.w-..e?’ ”
THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
Following th long establish
ed custom, t’ nday schools of
Mt. Vernon p.,1 unite to cele
brate the Christmas festivities at
the Methodist church on Satur
day evening at 7:30 o’clock. A
competent committee is in charge
of the arrangements, and the
young folks look forward to an
evening of real pleasure. In
years to come, many will look
back to the joyous Yuletide of
youthful days as the only lasting
pleasure worth remembering.
Mrs. W. J. Donnell, who was
hurt in an automobile accident on
the race course in Savannah,
while riding at midnight with a
man named Oliver, died Monday
evening and her remains were
brought out to Lyons for inter
ment.
Farm Machinery.
The Vidalia Machinery & Farm
Implement Co. are offering com
plete Gasoline Engine Pumping
Outfits for $75.00 and upward.
Write them for prices on En
gines, Boilers, Woodworking Ma
chinery, Farm Implements, Hay
Presses and Stump Pullers.
American Lady Corsets give
best fit, form and service. Com
plete line at Mrs. J. L. Adams’.
LAURENS PEOPLE
HIT BY SWINDLER.
, It has developed that several
Laurens county citizens were
swindled by the man who has
been operating under various
aliases, and who is now in jail in
» Augusta.
Recently a man giving his
name as E. M. Lott went to
Rockledge in this county and
bought thirty-eight bales of cot
ton. He promised a half cent
per pound more than the buyers
in Dublin would offer. He gave
draft on the Planters Warehouse
and Loan Company at Fitzgerald.
Os course the drafts were not
paid and are now in the hands of
a local bank. It appears t'-\at
posibly the local people who sold
the cotton to Lott may lose their
money unless they can locate and
identify the cotton.
Mr. Walter Wilkes was given
a draft for S7OO, Mr. E. C. Stew
art one for a little more than
$550 and Jack Thigpen for almost
the same amount.
Recently Lott was arrested in
Savannah and carried to Augus
ta. It has been discovered that
he operated under the name of
J. W. Dyers in some places and
J. W. Lee in others.
A few days ago Mr. Wilkes i
went to Augusta and identified
Lee or Dyers as Lott.
Lott, Lee or Dyers operated in
various parts of the state and
swindled many of the citizens of
Georgia. False drafts were giv- :
en them for cotton sold to him.
Dublin Courier-Dispatch.
PEOPLE WHO BORt ,OU.
In a New Year’s talk in the
January Woman’s Home Com
panion, Margaret E. Sangster re- ,
ports what a brother said about
his own married sister:
“I never dine at Mary’s. I
used to enjoy going there, but
she and Jack are at present su
engrossed with the rising gener
ation that there is no fun in be
ing their guest. The children
are permitted to interrupt con
versation; their father and moth
er stop in the midst of a sentence
to answer their questions and to
conduct their education; and,
worst of all, their wonderful say
ings are repeated in their hear
ing, and a bachelor uncle is
frowned upon if he does not rise
to the occasion and express his
amazement at the brilliant
speeches of the small people.
When Mary’s children are grown,
I shall visit her again; but, for
the present, I drop in only when
I think they are safe in bed.”
For Leave to Sell.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has applied to the
Ordinary of said county for leave
to sell 24 acres of land more or
less situated in or near the Town
of Soperton and bounded on the
east by lands of W. C Futrell, O.
jO. Williams and Tiger Creek, be
j ing on the east side of said town.
I Also about four acres of land lo-
Icatedin said town of Soperton,
together with improvements, be
ing bounded on the west by Oak 1
street, adjacent to lands of C. H.
Peterson. Sold for the purpose
of payment of debts and distribu
tion.
Said application will be heard
at the regular term of the Court
of Ordinary of said county to be
, held on the first Monday in Jan.,
1912. This Dec. 4, 1911.
J. C. Williams,
Ex. Margarete B. Williams, late
of said county, deceased.
Cow & Calf for Sale.
Cow has five-weeks-old heifer
calf. Call on Chaa. Beugnot or
at Mt. Vernon postoffice.
Farm for Kent.
Five-horse farm for rent and
, eight head of mules for sale. Ap
ply to W. B. Cadle,
Tarrytown, Ga. I
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1911.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
While out driving a spirited
horse Tuesday, Mrs. W. G. Mas
ters, a bride of Americus, was
dashed against a telephone pole
and her skull crushed, and there
is no hope of her recovery.
Snow plows were moving the
snow from the tracks of the. Fort
Worth and Denver railroad in
Texas on Monday, it being two
feet deep.
Savannah is making a strong
pull to have President Taft visit
the city on St. Patrick’s Day as
the guest of the Hibernian Soci
ety.
The second mistrial in the case
against Childers for poisoning his
wife, tried this time in Ameri
cus, was declared Friday. The
jury stood nine for conviction,
three against.
Savannah has already received
a half million bales more cotton
than forsaame period last year.
The receipts surpassing New Or
leans two bales to one.
While digging a well near
Jackson, Ga., a negro named
Turnipseed was blown out of the
well by a blast of dynamite and
one foot torn off.
A gin at Schlattersville, near
Waycross, was burned Saturday
and w ith SI,OOO worth of cotton.
Fitzgerald was visited by yegg
men Monday morning who blew
open the postoffice safe. They
secured big booty in registered
pouches and stamps, including a
bag“of diamonds and SISOO in un
signed bank notes.
Mrs. R. L. Robbins of Way
cross, who shot and killed Belle
Smith on the streets some months
ago, has been sentenced to 20
years in the penitentiary.
Little Annie Lou Smith of At
lanta, 9 years old, was run over
by an automobile on Wednesday
of last week, and died soon after
from internal injuries.
The plate glass front of the
Robinson Hardware Co.’s store
at Dubl'n was broken into Sun
day morning and the burglar got
several pistols. The Robinson
home wab entered about the
same time, but the thief escaped.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE UVALDA BANK,
Located at Uvalde, Ga., at the Close of Business Doc. 4t,h, 1911.
resources :
Demand loans $ 24105 9(5
Time Loans 27,375 23
Overdrafts, secured 1,402 35
Banking house 2,800
Furniture and fixtures 2,020
Due from banks and bankers
in this state 8,425 63
Due from Banks and Bankers
in other States 183 89
Currency sß.y 00
Gold • 47 50
Silver, nickels, etc. 372 02. 1,05(5 52
Profit and loss **l6 85
Total $45,58(5 33
STATE OK GEORGIA—-Montgomery County.
Before mo came W. F. McAllister, Cashier of The Uvabla Rank, v ho being duly sworn, nays
that tin; above and foregoing statement in a true condition of said Rank, aa shown by the
hooka of file in said Rank. W. F McALLIHTKK.
(Sworn to and subscribed before rno, thin 13th day of Doe., 1911,
O. J. STANFORD, 3. P.
Statement of the Condition of
TP\e Citizens
Located at Alston, Ga., at the Close of Business Dec. 4th, 1911.
resources:
Time loans $4,013 it)
Ranking bonne • 332 47
Furniture and fixtures 29 70
Due from banks and bankers in
this state 13,070 02
Due from banks and bankers in
other states 1,004 53
Curroncy $320 00
Gold
/Silver, nickels, etc. 10C 05 ,
Cash items 3 32 434 37
Total ' $20,09ti13
State of Georgia—County of Montgomery.
Before me came L. K. Glaxton, cashier of The Citizen* Bank of Alston, who, being duly
sworn, says that the above and (on going statement is a true condition of said Bank as shown
by the books of file in said Hank. L. K. CLAX'I'ON.
.‘sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th day of December, 1911,
I 1. t. UAUUEBL, Com. N. P. M. 0. |
1 Ben Ramsey, a baggage master
of the Atlantic Coast Line road,
i plead guilty to stealing a SSOO
i package from the express mes
i senger on his run Sept. 3d, and
was sentenced in Brunswick
, Tuesday to six months in the
penitentiary.
The contract has been let for
i the building of the railroad from
Elberton to Tignall, a distance of
. 21 miles. Ira L. McCord of New
York has the contract.
i During this year 78 aviators
have met death in making flights,
and out of this number 15 were
Americans.
i Eighty-five bank charters have
been granted in Georgia during
: this year, and there are eight
other applications on file. The
total of state banks is now 639.
Roberson Leonard, 18 years
old, of Dublin put a pistol to his
head Sunday and fired to show
the boys a trick, and was dead in
two minutes.
The body of Reuben Heyward
was found mangled on the tracks
of the Wrightsville and Tennile
railroad near Tennile on Saturday
night. He had been drinking.
The ‘Southern Express Co. at
Macon has offered a reward of
S3OO for R. C. Fargason, who has
disappeared with a package con
taining $7,000.
John L. I xml of Broxton was
killed by a Southern train pear
Hazlehurst Sunday night. He
was sitting on the track with his
feet inside the rails when struck
by the engine.
New York City will use a half
million Christmas trees this year,
and they will cost the users
$250,000. Great forests up in
New England are cut over year
ly to supply the demand.
Ten people were killed in a
wreck on the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul railway on Monday at
Odessa, Minn., when the second
section of the train crashed Into
the rear of the first.
Blind staggers seems to be ep
idemic in Oklahoma. Hundreds
of horses and mules have died,
and in Delaware county alone
500 have died in two weeks.
LIABILITIES :
i Capital stock paid in $15,000 ‘
> Undivided profits less cur
■ rent, ex. infe, and taxes pd. 1,387 02
Individual deposits subject
to check 16,(X11 58
Time certificates 2,225
I Cashier’s checks 1,912 73
Bills payable, incl’ng time
1 cor. rep. bor. money 10,(XX)
( f
* i
Total $45,580 83
LIABILITIES:
Capital stock paid in SIO,OOO (X) 1
Undivided pr fits, less current
expenses and taxes paid 140 40
Individual deposits subject to eheck 4.590 04 t
Casliu r’s checks 300 14
Total $20,090 13 j
EXCHANGE CLOSED
CHRISTMAS DAY.
Stanford Bros., managers of
the Mt. Vernon Telephone Co.,
announce that the Mt. Vernon ex
change will be closed Christmas
day, except between the hours
1 of 9 to 10 in the morning and 3
to 4 in the afternoon.
This is done in recognition of
’ the faithful and efficient service !
‘ rendered by the operators, Misses
Minnie Abt and Urania Mcßae,
■ with Miss Camille Adams as sub
i stitute.
This telephone company has
grown since its organization to
one of the best county lines in
, this part of the state, covering
the greater part of the county and
, giving splendid service. They
deserve the splendid patronage
now received by them. Let the
public take notice of the hours
arranged for Christmas day.
TO DIVIDE WRECK OF MAINE.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 15. —
Portions of the wreck of the bat
tleship Maine, now being cleared
of mud and debris in Havana
harbor, are to be donated to cit
ies, patriotic societies and the
survivors or heirs of survivors of
the Maine under a plan presented
to the House to-day in the urgent
deficiency bill.
The entire bill carries $2,270,000
and authorizes an additional ap
propriation of $250,000 for rais
ing the Maine, making a total of
$900,000 appropriations for that
purpose.
The bill wouldjauthorize Secre
tary of War to give “some por
tion of the wreck” to the repub
lic of Cuba for incorporation in a
public monument to be erected at
I Havana. It would also authorize
the Secretaries of War and Navy
to donate pieces of the battleship
or of its equipment, or the prop
erty found on it, to “any munici
pality of the United States, or to
any military or naval association
of the United States, or to the
former officers and crew of the
Maine or their heirs or represen
tatives.” The work of raising
the wreck is nearing completion.
NEWTON-PALMER.
On Sunday, 17th inst., at the
home of Mr. Jas. Beasley, near
Blocker's Mill, Mr. W. T. Palmer
and Miss Mamie Newton were
married, Judge W. B. Hilton of
ficiating.
Mr. Palmer is a son of Mr.
Dave Palmer, formerly of Wash
ington county, is a splendid
young man and a progressive
farmer and resides with his
father near Kibbec. The bride
is a handsome and charming
young Jady, formerly of Jenkins
county, but recently engaged in
; teaching. We wish the young
couple a happy voyage through
life. OUSEKVBK.
House and Lot for
" Sale.
I offer for sale a house and lot,
with barn, on corner court house
square in Mt. Vernon. Bargain
for quick sale. Nicely located,
and very convenient. See me at
once for a profitable trade.
Thos. M. Mason.
Low Excursion Kates
ACCOUNT
Christmas Holidays
VIA
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY
I
Reduced fare tickets on sale
Dec. 15, lfi, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
and 31, 1911 and Jan. Ist, 1912. *
Good returning to reach origi-*
nal starting point by midnight
1 Dec. Bth, 1912.
For full information, see near
lest Seaboard agent or write
K. H. Stansell, AGFA.
| SAVANNAH, GA
THE GEORGIA EDITORS
WIN THEIR CASE.
To comply with the require
ments of the Hepburn act, the
Georgia railroad commission de
cided that it was illegal for week
ly newspapers to exchange ad
vertising for transportation. The
I weekly editors went before the
legislature and secured the pas
| sage of a bill making it legal to
make such exchange. Gov.
Smith vetoed the bill on the
ground that such transportation
was on the line of “free passes.”
The Weekly Press Association
took the matter up with the rail
road commission, and in a hear
ing last week got an order passed
allowing them all they asked for
—the right to advertise for the
railroads and in payment to re
ceive mileage over the roads.
DEATH OF AN ESTIMABLE LADY.
Many friends and relatives in
this county were pained last week
to learn of the death of Mrs.
Currie, wife of Mr. W. E. Carrie
of Glenwood. The sad death oc
curred in Atlanta, the former
home of Mrs. Currie, whose
maiden name was Miss Ann
Baker. Mr. Currie has the sym
pathy of numbers of friends in
his bereavement.
WILLIAMSON-SMITH.
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Williamson
of Uvalda announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Leona
Dare, to Dr. Dwight Leithman
Smith, of Cuthbert, the wedding
to take place at the home of the
bride-elect January 24th.
Timely Suggestions
For Xmas Presents
Necklaces, lockets, bracelets,
hat pinß, belt pins, veil pins, cuff
links, lapel buttons, fountain
pens, tic clasps. Mrs. J. L.
Adams.
A beautiful assortment of
Christm.'is booklets, penny post
cards—gift tags, New Year cards
at one cent each, to be found at
Mrs. J. L. Adams’.
BANKRUPT NOTICE.
I n the District Court of the United
Staten for the Southorn District
of Georgia; Eastern Division.
In tho matter of L. H. Brown*
ing, bankrupt, in bankruptcy.
To the creditors of L. H. Browning
a merchant, of Mt. Vernon, in the
county of Montgomery and dist
rict aforesaid, bankrupt: Notice
is hereby given that on the 4th
day of Dec., A. D. 1911, the above
named party was duly adjudicated
a bankrupt, and that the first
meeting of his creditors will be
held at the U. S. Circuit Court
Room, Savannah, Ua.,on the29th
day of Dec., 1911, at 12 o’clock
in the forenoon(city tiino)at which
time tho said creditors may
attend, prove their claim, appoint
a trustee, examine the bankrupt
and transact such other I usiness
as may properly come before said
meeting. Savannah, Ga., Dec.
10, 1911, A. 11. MacDonell,
Ref. in Bank’ey.
J. B. Geiger, Atty. for Bkt.
Feather Keds.
For a limit**! time only we will sell one Feather
ii«**l weighing pound* an*! one pair of pillow*
wdtfhiritf «ix poundn, all for $lO caah with order,
f o. b. ( JoviriKton, Ga. NEW feathers only.
Made of the beat A. C. A. ticking. If huda are not
an advertised we cheerfully refund your money.
Huy from the manufacturer and save half your
money. Order today. Inference, Hank of New*
ton County. Send your orders to the oldest bod
company in the State of Georgia—
DIXIE FEATHER BED CO..
Covington, Ga.
Money to Loan.
I represent some of the best loan
companies doing business in
Montgomery county, and can so*
j euro loans for a term of five years
at a very small rate of interest.
Commissions charged are small,
and parties desiring to negotiate
; loans in Montgomery or l’oomba
; counties will save money by seeing
me before making application
elsewhere. M. B. Calhoun,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
New shipment of jewelry juat
’ received by Mrs. J. L. Adams.
All new styles and right price*
and quality guaranteed.
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