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VOL. XXVI.
SUPERIOR COURT WILL
GRIND NEXT WEEK
First Three Days Criminal
Cases—Three For
Civil Cases.
The recessed February terra of
Montgomery superior court will
convene here Monday morning,
after an intermission of two
weeks.
In the absence of no defiinitely
arranged criminal calendar, it is
stated upon official authority that
it will be taken up Monday morn-j
ing, to run for three days, after j
which the civil docket will be I
resumed. As usual, each docket
has its full quota of cases.
Weather conditions being un
favorable for farming, a large
crowd will doubtless attend the
week’s session. With the pri
mary only two months off, the
county candidates will all be
present mingling with their pros
pective supporters and friends.
THE SOUTHERN STATES
COTTON CORPORATION
Will Operate in Montgomery
County—J. B. Brewton
Chosen Secretary.
Our readers will not fail to no
tice the large ad. of the Southern
States Cotton Corporation in this
issue. This is perhaps the most
important, as well as the largest,
commercial undertaking ever in
augurated in the South. Our
farmers are vitally interested in
the marketing of cotton, and the
proposition to secure 15 cents per
pound for cotton will surely ap
peal to them.
The plan is fully set out on an
other page of this paper, and ev
ery one interested as planter or
seller of cotton is asked to give
it a careful reading. The presi
dent, Mr. George Dole Wadley,
is one of Georgia’s far-seeing
business men, and is associating
with him only high class men.
Mr. J. B. Brewton of Ailey is
secretary for this county, and
will cheerfully give the fullest
information as to the operations
of the company.
A GEORGIA GIRL SPONSOR
Honor Goes to Miss Regina
Rambo of Marietta.
Macon, Ga., Feb. 20.—Gen.
Bennett Young, commanding the
Army of Tennessee, United Con
federate Veterans, today named
the sponsor, the maid of honor
and the matron of honor for the
army during the coming reunion
which is to be held at Macon in ;
May.
Miss Regina Rambo of Mari
etta, Ga., is named sponsor for
the army, Miss Annie Brown of
Lakeland, Fla., is named maid
of honor. Mrs. George Harrison
of Opelika, Ala., is named mat
ron of honor.
The army of Tennessee com
prises the states of Alabama,
Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, Lou
isiana, Mississippi, and Tennes
see. The announcement will be
received with great interest
throughout this section of the
South as there was great specu-;
lation as to who would be the
fortunate ones chosen..
Missionary Society Meets.
The Ladies’ Foreign Mission
ary Society of the Mt. Vernon
Methodist church met at the res
idence of Mrs. G. V. Mason on
Railroad Avenue on Monday af
ternoon. An interesting and
profitable program had been pre
pared, and the attendance. was
good.
We deem it a great privilege
to be working for the advance
ment of “His Kingdom.”
Alamo, Route 1.
Special Correspondence.
I Mr. D. L. Perclue returned
home Friday from Jacksonville
where he visite'd his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Perdue.
Miss Bertha Clark visited her
sister Mrs. M. T. Clark of Alamo
Saturday last.
Messrs. Watson Humphrey,
Henry Parish, Corless White vis-'
; ited at the home of Mr. J. M.
! Perdue Sunday last.
Mr. J. W. K. Clark made a
flying trip to Vidalia Saturday
last.
*
Mrs, C. C. Humphrey is quite
I sick at present.
Mrs. J. M. Perdue and little
daughter Louise visited at the
home of J. W. K. Clark on Mon
day last.
Messrs. Watson Humphrey, D.
L. Perdue and Archie Yeomans,
called at the home of Mr. J. W.
K. Clark a short while Sunday
last.
Misses Bessie Warren and Cora
j Coleman and Mr. Ashley Cole
man visited Dublin Saturday last
on business.
Messrs. Dock Perdue and Wat
son Humphrey visited at the
home of Mr. J. S. Patton Satur
day night last.
Misses Sal lie Mae Smith and
Pearl Parish visited at Higgston
part of last week.
i Mrs. R. N. Clark visited at the
home of Mr. J. W.' K. Clark
Monday last.
Mr. D. L. Perdue left Sunday
afternoon for Jacksonville.
Mr. Carless White visited his
, brother Mr. ,John W. White Sun
day last.
Mr. W. R. Coleman and Ash
ley Coleman were in Alamo Mon
day on business.
Mr. Elbert Clark passed thru
our community Sunday last.
Some Leap Year Hints.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
throws out the following hints to
i the girls on how to land a hus
[ band:
Girls, be sure and look before
i you leap.
Pick out a fat man. They wear
better in the long run, and then,
i too, they are easier to land. A
fat man is tender hearted and
simply cannot refuse an offer of
marriage.
Never mind the looks. Don’t
wait until you find a Greek God.
Grab off a homely one while the
grabbing is good. The homely
ones are the ones who bring
home the pork chops.
If you cannot support the man
in the manner to which he has
been accustomed, be honest and
j straightforward about it and tell
him so. Don’t lead him to ex
pect champagne when you have
only a beer income. Never lie to
the young man about your sala
ry, for when he learns the truth
there is apt to be trouble.
Be sure that your approach is
all that it should be. Everything
depends upon that. When you
ask a young man to marry you,
don’t go about it as though you
were ordering a ham sandwich
in a one-armed restaurant. Be
pleasant and petite about it. Ap
proach him with tact and let him
find out your true nature after it
is too late to back out.
Coleman—Gibbs.
On Wednesday afternoon, of
last week, an interesting mar
riage took place near Vidalia, the
contracting parties being Miss
Ina Coleman and Mr. James
Gibbs. Rev. J. H. House, pastor
of the Methodist church in Vi-
I dalia performed the interesting
■ ceremony. The bride is the
i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. M.
Coleman and the fortunate young
: man is a son of Mr. H. J. Gibbs
■lof Uvalda, formerlyresiding in
iMt. Vernon.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1912.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
Mr. H. F. Barfield of Hahira,
Ga., was out sawing wood last
week with his 12-year-old son
pulling one end of the paw. The
boy tried to push the grass out of
his way, when his hand came in
contact with a big rattlesnake
coiled up but to cold to strike.
Four men were hanged in the
jail at Chicago last Saturday for
murdering and robbing a farmer.
They tried the insanity dodge to
the last.
T. E. Young, coroner of Bibb
county, got into an altercation
with a Jersey cow last week, and
was tossed into the air several
times and severely hurt.
An express company gave bond
for a Chinaman who had to be
transported through U. S. terri
tory, and sent him through by
express from Lower California to
Vancouver, B. C.
Over 140,000 persons in the
South were treated for hookworm
during the past year by the j
Rockefeller sanitary commission,
the average cost per person be
! ing $1.27.
. i
At Vidalia on Sunday night,
Lester Lewis, colored, shot and
seriously wounded Tom Thomas,
1 another negro, in a row over the
price of a bottle of whiskey. !
! The Central of Georgia rail-
L road is having made oil-burning
engines to be used on its line be
' tween Savannah and Tybee Is
land, the regular schedule to be
. put on about June Ist.
Eight persons were killed and
many injured in a tornado which
swept through Shreveport, La.,
on Tuesday. A baby was carried
two blocks away by the wind.
Thomas Hughes of New York
was found wandering around
East Savannah on Tuesday in a
deranged mental condition, and
placed in charged of the police
1 station.
* Felix G. Edwards, sheriff of
Dougherty county, has served
regularly for 37 years, announces
that he will not offer for re-elec
tion.
REGULAR MEETING
BOARD EDUCATION
Public School Department of
U. B. Institute Found
to be Crowded.
Feb. 7, 1912.
i At the regular meeting of the
; Board of Education held today
i T. A. Peterson, M. Jenkins, B.
I R. Benton, A. T. Miller and W.
A. Peterson were present,
t The meeting was called to or
» derby T. A. Peterson and the
following matters considered. |
i The minutes of the last meet
ing were read and approved.
Prof. W. A. Wood and the
trustees of the common school j
department of the U. B. Insti
tute were requested to investi
gate the crowded condition of
1 some of the grades in said school, |
with a view to relieving same.
An order was passed authoriz
ing the purchase of six or eight
desks for Graham school.
The Board refused to order a
. special examination to be held
during the present school term.
, A school was granted the col
i ored people in the community of
1 Frank Fuller. Other colored |
schools were asked for which will
. be considered at the next regular
. meeting of the Board.
Upon motion the Board ad
: journed, to meet again on the
; first Wednesday in March.
T. A. Peterson, Pres.
A. B. Hutcheson, Sec’y.
Charley West, the negro who j
killed the marshal of Jakin, and
Will Sims, also colored, who
killed Freeman Spence, were
hanged at Blakely on Tuesday.
When the drop fell, the crowd
broke down the jail fence to see
the execution.
Mr. Joshua Lang of Liberty
county, a well known and highly
respected veteran, was thrown
from his buggy on Tuesday and
instantly killed. He was thrown
against a stump and his skull
fractured.
Burglars blew open the safe of
H. B. Hicks’ grocery store in At
lanta early Sunday morning, and
-got $l5O, and it is supposed that
it was the same gang who robbed
the bank at Austell Sunday
night, where they secured $2,500.
J. Lawrence Odom, of Mobile,
!Ala., a triple murderer, was
hanged Monday, going to the
gallows laughing.
A collision between a freight
and express train in the great
Hoosac tunnell in Mass, on Tues
day caused the death of four
train men. The wreckage took
fire, but the passengers were
2,5000 feet from the east portal
and were saved.
! Amateur burglars broke open
the postoffice and two stores at
Brooklet on Monday night. They
secured only ten dollars.
P. J. Thompson, who left Pem
broke for the war and was car
| ried away a prisoner 47 years
ago, returned to Savannah last
Monday. He found his wife mar
ried to another man, and his lit
tle daughters long since grown
and married.
I Judge Emory Speer, of the
United States District court, has
completed his 27th year as judge,
and is now presiding in Savannah.
I
Seed Peanuts, etc.
For sale, Genuine North Caro
lina Seed Peanuts, Cow Peas,
Soy Beans, Chufas, etc. Write
for price list.
Hickory Seed Co.,
Hickory, N. C.
BROWN IS NAMED
HEAD OF FARMERS
W. H. Faust, of Oglethorpe
County, Elected Vice-
President.
Macon, Ga., Feb. 16.—Practi
cally the only business of impor
tance transacted at the morning
session of the Georgia Farmers’
Union was the election of officers,
which resulted as follows:
President—Lawson E. Brown,
of Washington county.
| Vice Presieent —W. H. Faust,
of Oglethorpe county.
Secretary and Treasurer— J. T.
McDaniel, of Rockdale county,
i State chaplain, A. S. Ulm, of
Fayette county; state organizer
and lecturer, J. L. lAie,I Aie, of Dc-
Kalb county; sergeant at arms,
IA. L. Wallace, of Screven coun
ty; doorkeeper, Asa D. Cobb, of
Berrien county; conductor, J.
Grady Smith, of Upson county.
President Duckworth declined to
the last to accept re-election but
agreed to lecture or give any as
sistance when in his power.
Salesman Wanted.
One reliable salesman to sell
Carrara House, Barn and Bridge I
Paints, 25 years the standard of
qua ity. Salary or commission.
The Carrara Paint Co.,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Snooks have
removed to Ailey, where they
reside.
Erick Notes.
Special Correspondence.
Miss Berta Brown spent last
week with her uncle at Towns,
and reported a nice time. Miss
j Jewel Boone was their guest
also.
Miss Jeddie Cockfield returned
to her home in Mt. Vernon last
week.
Little Cecil Bailey is quite ill I
at this writing, but we hope for
him a speedy recovery.
L. G. Irwin of Macon .was with
friends here Sunday.
J. D. and Olin Brown spent a
few days in Macon buying mules
last week.
Misses Nina and Nona Hodges
of Mcßae were the guests of the
Misses Braswell Saturday and j
Sunday.
Miss Katye Mae Tyson re-|
turned to her home in Dublin
after spending a very pleasant
time with friends and relatives.
i
Ruth’s Chapel.
Special Correßponilonce*
S irday school at Ruth’s Chapel I
was well attended Sunday.
Miss Lucinda Adams attended
church at Tarrytown Sunday.
Mrs. Nancy Coleman of Soper
ton is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Smith this week.
Miss Clyde Mcßride visited;
home folks :it, Longpond Satur
day and Sunday last.
The many friends of Mrs. .lane
Mathews will be pleased to hear
that she is improving.
Mr. B. F. Hamilton of Tennille
was shaking hands with friends
in our community last week.
Mas. Ina Warnock and children
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Green
Warnock at Tarrytown this Week.
Mr. and Mrs. George Moxley
attended Sunday school at Ruth’s
Chapel Sunday.
Mr. W. J. Hamilton made a
business trip to Vidalia Saturday.
Mr. Florence Sellars and Miss
Keener of Kibbec were happily
married Feb. 14. Since Cupid
was kind enough to bring Flor
ence a real Valentine we boys
will look forward to next Valen
tine day. And byway of paren
thesis we will remind the girls
that it is Leap Year.
Notice Juvenile Missionaries.
The rpembers of the juvenile
missionary society of the Metho
dist church are requested to meet
at the residence of Mrs. W. H.
McQueen on Monday afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock. Important.
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Vidalia, Ga.
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THU PETERSON CASE
TRIED IN D. S. COURT
Large Sum is Involved in
Suit and Defendants
Gain Case.
A case of much local interest,
in which the sum of SIB,OOO was
j involved, was that of Gwathmay
I & Co. of New York vs. C. H. and
| A. A. Peterson, Jr. of this coun-
I ty, the latter being deceased and
i his administrators being made
i parties to the suit, tried in the
U. S. District court in Savannah
last week.
j In this case, which has been
pending several years, Gwath
may & Co. sought to recover a
large sum from the defendants
on a contract for cotton futures.
The jury rendered a verdict in
favor of the defendants. The
defendants were represented by
Cols. W. L. Wilson and A. C.
Saffold of Mt. Vernon and Aker
man & Akerman of Macon.
Grimes—Mann.
Mr. Henry Mann, Jr., of Mt.
| Vernon, and Miss Ruby Lois
Grimes, of Pembroke, were mar
ried by the Rev. M. W. Blitch at
the parsonage of Epworth Meth
odist Church, at 5 o’clock yester
day afternoon.—Savannah News,
I Feb. 15th.
| m
Mr. Mann is a hustling young
business man in charge of the
hardwood plant near here, and is
being congratulated on his good
fortune in securing as a bride
one of Southeast Georgia’s fairest
| daughters.
, Pythian Notes.
The Pythian Literary Society
was called to order in the Fresh
man room Saturday afternoon.
After prayer the roll was called,
minutes read and adopted. We
then took up the following pro
gram:—
* Declaration—Philip Harrison.
Conversation Kelley Mann,
Kate Parker, and Annie Lou Mc-
Allister.
Reading Bertha McArthur.
Debate: —Resolved, that coun
try life is more beneficial to hu
manity than city life. Affirma
tive, William Bright and Jerewel
Calhoun; negative, George Rabun
and Aubrey Hendrix.
Pantomime Sue Burnett, Mar
tha Pool and Emma Edwards.
Reading—Dan Street.
The decision of the judges was
in favor of the affirmative.
We were glad to enroll Thelma
Bland as a member of our so
ciety. A. L. M.
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