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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.
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