The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, December 21, 1911, Image 1
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. NO. 35