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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1912)
VOL. XXVI. EARLY PRIMARY IN MONTGOMERY Executive Committee Held a Meeting Monday And Elect New Body. PRIMARY DATE APRIL U For the First Time In History of Montgomery County Primaries Majority Rule Will Go—Second Race in August. The date of the Montgomery county primary has been fixed for the 24th day of April, so de cided the executive committee in session here Monday. The meeting was called to or der by Secretary Jas. T. Geiger, in the absence of Chairman D. S. Williamson, whose resignation was tendered some time during the fall. Next in order was the election of a new committee, as follows: J. B. Geiger, committeeman from county at large and chair man; J. E. Hall, secretary. Com mitteemen from the various dis tricts were, Alamo, S. L. Full ford; Erick, L. M. D. Nobles; Glen wood, Jas. T. Geiger; Higgs ton, J. W. Linder; Longpond, W. D. Peterson; Landsberg, J. G. Snellgrove; Lothair, D. S. Barn hill; Kibbee, J. B. O’Conner; Mt. Vernon, Dr. J. W. Palmer; Mc- Arthur, W. G. Riner; Orland, M. R. Davis; Soperton, J. E. Hall; Springhill, John Elton; Tiger, Clayton McLeod; Tarry town, D. 0. Calhoun. Col. L. C. Underwood read a resolution, which after some dis : cussion, was adopted. Those en tering into the discussion were J. B. Geiger, L. C. Underwood, W. M. Lewis, W. B. Kent, M. H. Darley ank T. A. Peterson. With an amendment submitted by Col. Geiger, the resolution was adopt ed by a vote.of 36 to 18, showing considerable sentiment in favor of the “majority vote” plan, as submitted in the resolution, and being one of the most prominent features of the document. Among the audience were quite a num ber of candidates, but none of them took an active part in the meeting; however, it is under stood that the plan as adopted by the committee is not pleasing to the majority of the county can didates for the various offices. The resolution as offered by Mr. Underwood is very compre hensive, and covers the entire situation. The provisions in a short form make about the fol lowing requirements: A white primary will be held in Montgomery county for the election of the various county of ficers on the 24th day of April, 1912, for the election of a full list of county officers, who will be elected at the regular election in October. All legally qualified white voters will be allowed to participate in the primary who entitled to vote in the general election. The polls in the Mount Vernon district will be opened between the hours of 6 o’clock in the morning and 6 o’clock in the evening; polls at the district pre cincts will remain open during the hours of 8 o’clock in the morning and 3 o’clock in the af ternoon. Three sworn mana gers will have charge of the elec tions, and they shall be appoint ed and their names published ten days before the election by the chairman of the committee. No one will be allowed to vote in the primary unless his name appears on the registration list furnished by the county regis trars. The various candidates will be assessed a sufficient sum to de fray the expenses of the primary. These assessments shall be paid to the chairman of the committee not later than noon the 14th day SV iUmttgnmm? ilmittnr. Glenwood, Route 2. j Special Correspondence. Miss Maggie Humphrey re turned home Sunday, after visit ing her brother for several days. The young folks enjoyed a fiuit supper Saturday night giv en at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McDaniel. Those present were Misses Birmah Humphrey, Lizzie Johnson, Vick Rowland, Lillie Tarpley, Annie Mae Couey, Eudelle Morris, Ruth Neundor fer, Eula McDaniel, Amy and Stella Hartley; Messrs. Thomas i and Homer Coleman, Luke Row land, Richmond McDaniel, Oscar 1 Neundorfer, Make and J. D. McDaniel, Arglus Smith, Frank Phalen, H. Wiggins, Mr, and Mrs. U. L. Gilder. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Barlow, Mr. and Mrs. Watson Roland. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Browning spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. ; Patton. Mr. A. P. Smith made a busi ness trip to Mt. Vernon Monday last. Mr. Hignes Wiggins spent Sat urday and Sunday with his cou sin Mr. Luke Rowland. Miss Catherine Morrison is spending the week with her aunt Mrs. A. P. Smith. Mr. Park Gillis visited at the home of Mr. J. S. Patton Sunday last. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hinson made a business trip to Macon one day last week. Mr. Make McDaniel spent Sun day morning with Mr. Frank Phalen. Messrs. Arglus Smith and Corless White visited at the home of Mr. W. A. Humphrey Sunday last. School Girls. of April, and the names of the candidates shall be placed on the tickets in the manner in which they pay their assessments. The executive committee will meet at the court house in Mt. Vernon on the 25th day of April for consolidating the returns, and the candidate receiving the majority of the votes cast for any one office will be declared the nominee. The amendment of fered to the original resolution by Mr. Geiger is as follows, be ing a part of paragraph seven: “In the event no one candidate for each office shall receive a majority of the votes cast for all candidates for that office, then the executive committee shall not declare any of the candidates for that particular office the nom inee, but the two candidates re ceiving the greatest number of votes shall be entitled to run in the general state primary election following.” Thus, for the first time in the history of primaries in this coun ty, the “majority rule” will pre vail, and the candidates receiv nig the greater number of votes will pair up for another race in the state primary held some time in August. If there shall be a surplus after the first primary, the funds will be used toward defraying the expenses of the August primary. The committee meet the day following the second primary, as after the first, and consolidate the vote, and those receiving the majority of the votes will be declared the nominees. A sub-committee composed of Jas. T. Geiger, S. L. Fullford and D. 0. Calhoun, will meet here Friday to assess the candi dates, a list of which will be published later. This committee will be known also as the regis tration committee, and that part of the work will be taken up in I due time. At present there are only twen ty-one candidates in the field, but it is probable that half a dozen new entries will be announced within the next month or six i weeks. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1912. MURDER AND LYNCHING NEAR CEDAR CROSSING Negroes Have A General Mixup. One Killed and Another Lynched. On Saturday night near Cedar Crossing there was a general row between two negro men named Flowers, employed by Mr. Dan S. Partin, and a negro named Wooten, employed by Mr. Henry Bland. The Wooten negro shot and killed one of the Flowers men, and seriously wounded the other. Wooten was arrested later and when in charge of an officer taking him to jail, he was set upon by a mob and lynched. The lynchers are said to have worn masks, and it is not known as to whether they were white or black. The row started by an apple being handed to a woman in the party. Gray—Williamson. On Tuesday of last week, at the home of the bride, Mr. Hilton Williamson and Miss Anna Belle Gray were married, Rev. D. F. Sheppard of Daisy performing the service. The young lady is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Gray, and is very popular among a large circle of friends. Mr. Williamson was formerly a student in Mt. Vernon, where he has many friends, and is a son of Mr. Algerine Williamson of Toombs. It is proposed to celebrate the battle of Gettysburg on its 50th anniversary in July 1913. A four days camp by both federal and confederate veterans is to be held on the famous battleground. General News Items Told in Short Meter. Fallon Floyd, a young man of Thomasville, had a fever blister on his lip last week and touching it with an indelible pencil caused blood poison. He suffered greatly and died after every means was exhausted to be relieved. The gross indebtedness of the city of New York is over one billion and thirty-seven million dollars. This is $20,000 more than the total debt of the government of the United States. Mrs. Hugh Bagley of Ogle thorpe, Ga., was thrown from her horse while out riding on last Friday. Het foot caught in the stirrup and she was dragged sev eral yards before being rescued. In jumping from a train last Sunday at Butler, Ga., 0. L. Davis, tax collector of Taylor county, was killed. He tried to get off after the train had gained a speed of fifteen miles an hour, and in the fall his head struck a crosstie. A fire occurred in the ware house of Owens and Crummey at Rochele on Saturday morning. About 25 bales of cotton were partially destroyed. It is supposed that a spark from a fire in the gin the day before caused the fire in the warehouse. The great ice bridge that had stood below Niagara Falls for three weeks broke loose Sunday taking down with it several per sons, three of whom were lost. Thousands gathered on the river as the ice floe took them to their death. Fred Law, a steeplejack paint er has invented a safety appli ance like a parachute. He jump ed from the torch of the statue of Liberty in New York harbor 225 feet, and his parachute did not open until he had fallen 100 feet, but he was only slightly hurt. RAPID PROGRESS ON MONTGOMERY ROADS Superintendent Ferrell Hard at Work, and Good Roads in Sight. On September 12th last the county commissioners of Mont gomery county secured the ser- 1 vices of Mr. C. F. Ferrell of Jes-! ferson county as superintendent of roads and convicts. Mr. Fer rell took charge of the work at a time when the roads of the coun ty were in the worst possible condition, having been torn up by heavy rains preceding. Since assuming control of the work, we have heard nothing but words of praise for the management of the new superintendent. Mr. Ferrell and his force have covered the Glenwood, Lands burg, Alamo and Erick districts, putting the roads in good order. The force is now in the Soperton district, and the people in l*.at fine territory will soon see some good work. After years of dis satisfaction in the matter of roads, we hope to see soon a sys tem of roads in this county of which every citizen will be proud. : Let every citizen aid in every possible way the work of Super intendent Ferrell. When Politics Warm Up. Politics doesn’t warm up much till the sap rises. Wait till the dogwood trees begin to bloom and the song of the thrush is I heard in the land and the farmer gets busy plowing,* and then the nimble candidate will begin to lope up and down the furrow alongside the dear voter and ag gravate him almost beyond endu rance—and likely go to dinner when the horn blows at noon. —Athens Banner, l The British steamship Consols, loaded with cotton from Galves ton bound for Hamburg, was burned at sea and sank 40 miles sout of Cape Henry on Sunday. The crew of 34 men were saved by the steamer Castle Eden pass ing from Savannah to Danish ports. Edwin Hawley, president of the Minc-apolis and St. Louis railroad, died on Thursday last, ,He left a fortune estimated at from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000. | A revolver duel between a ne gro and a crowd of policemen oc curred on the streets of New York last week. Twenty shots were fired before the negro fell dead pierced by eight balls. The Bradley bill introduced in congress proposes to appropriate $250,000 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Lincoln’s emanci pation proclamation at Savannah in 1913. A negro named Charles Powell assaulted a young white woman in Macon Saturday night. He was caught by policemen while leaving the scene of his crime. The officers were trying to get him out of town, and while wait ing in a box car on the suburbs, the rattling of the chains on the negro gave the gathering mob notice and he was promptly lynched and his body burned. The Atlanta Georgian, owned and published by F. L. Seely for six years, has been sold to Wil liam R. Hearstof New York, the millionaire owner of a chain of ! newspapers. In the midst of a dispute Otis Roberson of Waycross handed his pistol to Lester Altman and told him he was not game enough to shoot. Altman fired one shot in the air and with the next shot killed Roberson dead. I Thigpen School. | Special Cori'eapomloneo Miss Ollie Momons of near Wrightsville, Ga., has been vis iting her cousins Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Page of Orianna, Ga. Messrs. Gordon, Willie and Charlie Thigpen visited at the | home of Mr. Dan Hall, Sunday afternoon. Miss Josephine Seals spent the night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Page Friday night j last. Miss Josephine Seals spent Sunday night last with Mary Thigpen. Mr. B. Z. Swain of Orianna, Ga., and also Misses Maud Mos ley, Ora Belle Wilson, OHie Mo mon, Messrs. Lassie Mosley, Tom Spivey, and Marvin Spivey visit ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. It. B. Thigpen Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Arnold Thigpen of near Orianna, Ga., visited Mrs. It. B. Thigpen Sunday afternoon. Mr. Bennie Gillis and Miss Laura Spivey of near Orianna, Ga., were happily married Satur day afternoon, Mr. Henry Rey nolds of Orland, Ga., performing the ceremony. Mr. Gordon Thigpen .visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. It. B. Thigpen Sunday. Misses Josephine Seals visited Mary Thigpen Sunday afternoon. The musical entertainment at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Darley was enjoyed very much by all who attended. Brown Eyes. MARSHAL OF SOPERTON KILLED SATURDAY NIGHT S. A. Calhoun is Shot Down by Norris Holmes, Who is Badly Wounded. The killing of Town Marshal S. A, Calhoun of Soperton on Saturday night last by Norris Holmes of the same place was a shock to the community and the friends of Mr. Calhoun. It seems that Holmes was handling a small rifle, when Marshal Cal houn asked him to put him up. Holmes turned and fired immedi ately upon Calhoun, who drew his pistol and returned the fire. The marshal was hit by the rifle ball, and died early Sunday morning. While trying to fire again at Calhoun, Holmes was hit in the left arm across which he held his rifle, the ball entering his body and has not been locat ed. The wound may‘yet prove fatal, as he is paralized by the shot, and in a precarious condi tion. “Samander” Calhoun, as he was familiarly called by his friends, was popular as an officer and a man, and has served as marshal of Soperton for several years. He was the son of Mr. J. J. Calhoun of Tarrytown, arid leaves a wife and two children. His remains were laid to rest at Harmony church on Monday. Holmes spent some time in the state sanitarium for the insane, but was discharged from that in stitution about two years ago. It is generally thought by those fa miliar with his actions that his mind was far from sound. It is a matter of deep regret that he was not kept confined. But such things are generally more appar ent after some good man has been slain. Later. On Tuesday night the pistol wound received by Holmes proved fatal and he breathed his last. Thus the end of a deplorable tragedy has been reached and an other life has ceased. Norris Holmes was the son of Mr. C. L. Holmes, a well-know citizen of Soperton, who has been a resi dent of the town since its begin ning- SUPERIOR COURT DURING WEEK Number of Important Cases Disposed of During Three Days. MANY CASES NOT TRIED Docket is Unusually Large, Particularly That For Civil Business. The regular spring term of Montgomery superior court con vened here Monday morning at ten o’clock. Judge J. H. Martin came in on time as usual and is presiding with his usual grace and deliberation. Solicitor E. D. Graham is present in behalf of the state, with a representative body of visiting attorneys attend ing While not a great many cases have been disposed of, some importance is attached to a number of them. The list of cases disposed of up to yesterday afternoon is as follows: Jas. McNatt versus G. L. Ad ams & Co., withdrawn. A. Ehrlich & Brother vs. John Quinn; verdict for plaintiffs. Phillips & Rice vs A. S. Dukes, Admr., verdict for plaintiffs. Ella Clements vs G. A. Cle ments, divorce, second verdict. Mallary & Taylor Iron Works ivs I. B. Branch et al., verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. J. S. Schofield Sons Co. vs N. T. Way, verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. W. W. Couch Co. vs M. G. Wilcox et al., verdict and judg ment for plaintiffs. J. T. Womack vs Mattie Wom ack, divorce, second verdict. l’inkey Ladson vs Eugene Mar tin, verdict for plaintiff. The following visiting attor neys are present: Judge Jas. K. Hines of Atlanta, General Peter W. Meldrim of Savannah, Eschol I Graham of Mcßae, Enoch J. Giles of Lyons, Will Stallings of Soperton, C. W. Sparks of Vi daiia, W. A. Wooten and C. W. ! Griffin of Eastman, Rouse of Macon, F. H. Saffold of ISwainsboro, Eugene Talmadge of Mcßae, Alf Herrington, Jr., of' Vidalia. The grand jury is presided over by Mr. B. F. Conner as foreman and Mr. J. E. Mcßae as secretary. The docket being unusually large, quite a large amount of business will be carried over to subsequent terms. A BARN IS BURNED WITH HEAVY LOSS Mules, Farm Tools, Com and Fodder all Go Up in Flames. Another loss by fire was the burning of the barn of Mr. Mon roe Clements, near Springhill, last Saturday night. Along with the building Mr. Clements lost two mules valued at S6OO, three hundred bushels of corn, a calf and hog, a buggy and a lot of farm tools. The loss was about SI2OO, and falls heavily on Mr. Clements. We are not informed as to the origin of the fire. Pointers from Greene. Now, when everything is in vestigated, suppose we investi gate the investigators. A Texas judge has ruled that it is all right to cuss if the home team is defeated. It strikes us that Teddy has traffic blocked when it comes to this presidential business. Woodrow Wilson’s idea of re call of judges is about as ridicu lous as a bull pup trying to sup erintend a creamery. When we get free trade on cotton and teach the monkeys to pick it, things down here will be coming our way for sure. All the places that have tried commission government want to get out, and those who haven’t tried it want to get in. ’Twas always thus. —Greensboro Her ald-Journal. NO. 42
