The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, February 22, 1912, Image 1
Mmitpmtrd Hmtttar. 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. I THE VIDALIA CHEMICAL CO. Vidalia, Ga. i' : il i i ©• Hanufacturers of High-grade '% i; I FERTILIZERS 11 G % &&>&&&&&&.; Before Buying Fertilizers, see THE VIDALIA CHEMICAL COMPANY, Vidalia, Ga. Makers of the Highest Grades jj; OFFICERS: j I)r. J. H. McArthur, - - Vice-President Geo. N. Mathews, Sr. - - Gen. Mgr. Mark W. Mathews, - Sec’y and Salesmah : : | DIRECTORS: : i I)r. I. H. McArthur Geo. N. Mathews, Sr. : I; John Jay McArthur A. I). Strobar W. G. Barnwell : | Test Our Goods. All High Grades I I They Produce Well and Build up Land | 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. NO. 44