The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, February 29, 1912, Image 1
JTltp HRintigmwn) iMmtttnr. VOL. XXVI. SUPERIOR COURT CONVENES AGAIN Judge Martin Takes Up the Criminal Docket and Disposes of Cases. The February term of Mont gomery Superior Court, recessed over until last Monday, re-con vened promptly, and at once took up the trial of criminal cas es. A large number of people have been in attendance, and much interest has been taken in the cases tried. Among the visiting attorneys in attendance we note Jas. R. Grant, of Hazlehurst; W. A. Wooten, Eastman; Eschol Gra-1 ham, Hamilton Burch, Eugene Talmadge and Solicitor E. D. Graham, Mcßae; S. L. Kent, Wrightsville; Will Stallings, So perton; Alex Akerman, Macon, and others. The court was engaged yester day on the most important case of the term, that of the State vs. Wick Dent of Wrightsville, who is charged with burning the store house of his brother-in-law, Mar tin, at Uvalda, which caused the destruction also of the splendid brick warehouse of J. B. Jones, Jr., who is the prosecutor in the case. The case was being tried as we went to press. The case of Richard Baker, col., charged with murder, was continued for the term. The following cases were tried: Mallard McKinnon, assault and battery, guilty, fine $l4O or 12 months. J. S. Williamson, misdemean’r, guilty, fine $125 or 12 months. Bob Williamson, misdm, plea of guilty, fine SSO or six months. Sam McLeod, misdm., plea of guilty, fine SSO or six months. Bench Elam, misdm., plea of guilty,*sso and cost or six mos. Tom Bridges, gaming, plea of guilty, SSO or six months. Anthony Daniel, murder, not guilty. Charlie Morrison, violating game law, $5 and cost or 3 mos. Robt. Warden, misdm., cost paid and case dismissed. Lum Collins, misdm., dismissed upon payment of cost. TWO FOR SHERIFF, ONE FOR COM’R. The latest entrant in the race for Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Montgomery county is Mr. H. H. Heath of the west side. Mr. Heath is a life-long citizen of Montgomery county, an honest, diligent man, who has achieved success through hard work and ‘constant effort. Mr. Heath is well known, and has many friends who will stand by him in the race. Mr. J. I. Palmer has entered the field for Sheriff, and is re joicing “as a strong man to run a race.” He is a member of one of the oldest and best known families in the county, and will doubtless have a large following in the primary. Mr. Palmer is a* thrifty young gentleman, and is making an active appeal to the voters. See his card. Another candidate for the of fice of Sheriff is Mr. Lott W. Barwick of Lothair. He has had experience in the line of work re quired of the sheriff, and his friends claim for him ability to fill the place. He has been a resident of this county for over thirty years, and expects “the boys” to stand up to him. His announcement will be found in the “old county paper.” ______________________ Horse for Sale. . One bay horse 8 years old. Al so 250 bushels of corn. I will sell at a bargain B. A. Rowe. Soperton, Ga. j Ailey Paragraphs. Special Correspondence. Mrs. E. T. Mcßride spent one ‘ day of last week with relatives ! in the city of Vidalia. Miss Sula Truitt returned home | a few days ago from Adrian. She was accompanied home by j her brother and sister, Mr. and i Mrs. H. D. Youngblood in their touring car. Miss Martha Brown, a most charming young lady of Vidalia, spent a 'few days last week as guest of Mrs. J. W. Palmer of this place. Miss Vera Mason spent one day last week very pleasantly with relatives in Mt. Vernon. Mrs. J. H. Hudson left Monday ! for Atlanta, where she goes to purchase her spring millinery. Mrs. Hassie Elkins of Alamo was here a few days of last week with parents. J. M. C. Truitt spent last Sat urday and Sunday with his j daughter Mrs. J. C. Gill, Jr., of Jacksonville. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. McLendon of Mt. Vernon were visitors here a few days ago. D. M. Currie spent last Satur day in Glen wood. Miss Esther Parrish from near Longpond was a guest of rela tives here a few days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mann are visiting the former’s sister Mrs. J. A. Coursey of this place. FARMER’S MULE FOUND DROWNED Last week Mr. W. S. Holmes came to the Monitor office and had handbills printed and mailed to more than forty postoffices, advertising a stray mule. On Sunday the mule was tracked to the Oconee river, and it was found that the mule had gone in to the water at the landing of the old Hancock mill road. The j mule was found drowned later' by Mr. W. K. Cooper. Mr. | Holmes sustained a serious loss | just as the plow season opens, of which many will regret to hear. Rev. Dr. James Stacy Dead. Atlanta, Feb. 27.—Dispatches from Newnan announce the death of the Rev. Dr. James Stacy, one of the most noted Presbyterian divines in the state, at the age of 82. Dr. Stacy was one of the best known and most beloved ministers of that church. He was a profound student and scholar and the author of many interesting books. He served the Presbyterian church at New nan for 36 years and for 40 years 1 was stated clerk of the Georgia! Synod. He was born in Liberty! county and wrote the history of | the old Midway church in Liber- 1 ty church. He mastered Arabic after he was 70 years old. His wife died four years ago. The i funeral will be held at Newnan i tomorrow. For Sheriff: I 'Unite to B'M ve the county of Montgomery lin the capacity of Sheriff. It ie my purpose j | to execute the affairs of this important office j without fear, favor or affection, if honored i with the plaeo by my fellow citizens. I re- | : spectfuliy ask your support in the coming ! primary election. Yours to please, L. VV, BAUWICK I For County Commissioner: I hereby announce to tbe public that I am a | candidate tor a place on the Board of Comrnis ; sinners of Roads and Revenues of Montgomery j ! county. At. the solicitation of many friends I ; am seeking the place, and respectfully ask the support ol the voters generally. Respectfully, H. 11. Heath. For Sheriff: I beg to announce to my friends and f-llow citizens that I am a candidate for the Sheriff’s ' office of Montgomery county. I trust that I ; may be found worthy of the esteem and conii- I ! deuce of the voters, and that my name may he ' found on many ballots on election day. Ask ing the support ot all aud thanking those who j may tavor me me, I arn Yours very truly, J. I. P aimer. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1912. General News Items Told in Short Meter. Winifred Ankers, a woman at- ' tendant in a Brooklyn hospital for children, has been arrested for putting poison in milk that caused the death of eight babies j last week. W. J. Burns, the noted detec tive who ran down the McNa mara brothers and unearthed the great dynamite plot that sent them to the pen for life, has op ened a branch office in Atlanta. ! ! Theodore Roosevelt, ex-presi dent and spectacular politician, has announced that he is ready to accept the Republican nomina tion for- president. Mrs. Ben Hirsch of Brunswick died in a Pullman car en route from Chattanooga to Brunswick on Friday evening last. The re mains were taken to Brunswick for interment. j Out of 56,000 bales of cotton in the great fire at Houston, Texas, last week, one bale was saved and 55,999 bales were lost. On Friday evening Peter Ser rier, a rich farmer near Galli polis, 0., was murdered in his home and the house burned in an effort to hide the crime. A tornado which swept over Arkansas on Sunday caused the death of ten persons and de stroyed many homes. While being arraigned in may or’s court at Reidsville Tuesday night for selling whiskey, W. M. Wiggins made a dash for liberty and fired into the court twice, hitting three men. He was caught and put under a bond for $55,000. Erick Notes. Special Correspondence. We were all saddened to learn jof the recent death of Uncle Tom I Wiggins. He passed through I here and stopped with his sister one night. He told several that I he was going to spend his last days with his daughter, Mis. • Clyde Crowder at Lothair. He went, and a few days later we we heard of his death. Mrs. Hinson attended the burial. The j remains were carried to Lothair cemetery. He had reached the age of seventy-five. He led a j good Christian life and was well I thought of by all who knew him. His wife died some years ago, leaving him all alone in life to journey until an angel came down and said “Come with me.” Our deepest sympathy goes out to the sad and bereaved ones. I j Miss Berta Brown and brother ! Olin attended the lyceum attrac ' tion at the college at Mcßae last Thursday night. Miss Carrie Hinson was in Mcßae one day last week. Miss Agnes Hinson will leave for her home in Valdosta Monday where she will attend school, i She has been with friends and , ! relatives quite a while, and all 1 her acquaintances will be glad to hear of her coming again. Cleon Brown and Miss Lucile | Williams attended church and Sunday school here Sunday. Miss Katye Mae Tyson went to ! her home in Dublin last Thurs day. She has been on an ex tensive visit to friends and rela tives here. Messrs. Joe Knight and R. M. Mclntyre have been on a visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brown of this place. j Mrs. L. M. Browning and daughter Miss Lucile spent Tues day afternoon with friends here. We can almost hear wedding hells. ' While out hunting Friday near Fitzgerald, W. A. Hunter killed his 14-year old son. His gun was accidentally discharged. | I While holding the job of scrub bing floors in a New York lodg ing house, Leopold Hirschberg was informed last week that his father had died in Alabama and left him heir to real estate worth SIOO,OOO. Traffic was blocked for two days last week between Waycross and Montgomery, Ala., by freight wrecks and washouts. An Italian passing across the continent last week from San Francisco went without food four days, not knowing there was a dining car on the train, and be ing afraid to get off for fear of , being left. | Detectives are hunting for Earl Standard, book-keeper of the 1 American National Bank of i Ponona, Cal., who is short $149,000 in his accounts. Miss Kate Randalls of Greens - boro, Ga., killed herself with a i pistol Saturday night. She had t been prevented by relatives from i marrying the man of her choice, . and put a bullet through her , heart. While driving along in his bug gy a few days ago, Walter C. Holmes, living near Brewton, was killed by a falling tree blown down by the high wind. A negro in the same buggy escaped. At Deepstep in Emanuel coun ty on Saturday night Tom Ennis shot his sister, Mrs. Giles, and she died next morning. Helena, Route 1. Special CorreapondencG. Quite a large crowd attended Sunday school at Mt. Olivet Sun j day. Glad to see so many out. • j ! Mrs. L. W. Haralson of near Rentz is spending this week with her mother Mrs. W. Henry Clark. >! Mrs. Bradley Purvis spent ■ Thursday with Mrs. W. Henry ! Clark. I Mr. Dan Wright Saturday ! night and Sunday with Lonnie Clark. W. Henry Clark attended court I in Mt. Vernon this week. j Mr. Hodges of Mcßae was the I I guest of R. L. Clark and family - jSunday. I Mr. and Mrs. John Couch were guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. 11. • Purvis Sunday. 1 i Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Clark and Miss Dora Haralson returned Friday from Dublin. Mr. Charley Clark of Mcßae j spent a short while Thursday with Robert F. Clarke. Mr. S. Haralson, who has been quick, we are glad to say is at present improving. Messrs. Dan Wright and Lon- 1 nie Clark attended preaching at New Bethel Sunday. Mrs. Laura Bell Spoon spent Wednesday with her aunt Mrs. Robert Bellflower. Messrs. Dan Wright and Hen ry Wilkes were visitors at W. Henry Clark’s Sunday afternoon.! Dr. Currie Loses Barn. The many friends of Dr. M. L. Currie in this his native county , will regret to hear of the loss of his barn at Vidalia on Monday morning. Two valuable horses i and a number of buggies and wagons were lost in the flames. The loss approximates $5,000, and reports say that there was no 1 insurance on the property. Shiloh. SooouU Correspondence. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Gray re turned to their home in Atlanta Sunday after spending several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. D. S. McArthur. Marcus Moses was in Lumber City Saturday afternoon. N. J. Vaughan of Charlotte spent Sunday with home folks. Mrs. W. W. Davis and son Tom of Hazlehurst are visiting her brother W. F. Wright. Miss Katye Hearn spent the latter part of last week with Misses Bessie and Nannie Willie Tompkins. C. I. Josey visited Glenwood Sunday afternoon last. Miss Mary Sears returned to her home at Bruce Sunday last after a three weeks visit with her sister Mrs. Ivy Mimbs. Mr. J. W. Dukes was in Mc- Rae one day last week, on busi ness. Miss Bessie Tompkins was among the visitors at Lumber City one day recently, where she was having dental work done. Mr. Preston Mitchell of Hazle hurst was visiting in our com munity last week. Mr. 0. J. Clark returned home Wednesday from Pinehurst, Ga., where he attended to business. The most enjoyable affair of recent date was a candy pulling, given by Mr. [and Mrs. C. I. Josey last Thursday night. Miss Annie Hadden is visiting her sister at Uvalda, Mrs. Mc- Daniel. MissAlbertic Sikes spent Tues day afternoon with Miss Sadie Vaughan. Mr. D. P. McArthur of Lum ber City was in this community one day last week. Mr. Jesse Hearn is very sick at this writing. Hope to see him out again soon. Miss Nannie Willie Tompkins spent Friday night with Miss Katye Hearn. Little Miss Ora Lee Vaughan returned to her home at Char lotte last Sunday after spending several weeks with her grand parents Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Vaughan. Mr. El lie Hadden was a pleas ant visitor at Mr. Sikes’ Sunday afternoon. Miss Victoria Vaughan was the guest of Miss Gladys Wright Tuesday afternoon. Mr. L. C. Sikes was attending to business near Glen wood Satur -1 day last. The Snake Season Opens. On Monday last, Mr. J. C. Sumner brought to town a large; j rattlesnake which he had killed about two miles below here rieari the river. The snake had crawled ; out of a gopher hole and was shot \ as he attempted to return. The j I reptile was not driven out by water as the hole was dry to the j I bottom. These rattlers are not usually found crawling out at ! this season, and it is possible that he was playing the groundhog act--trying to see his shadow. Your Fertilizers Should be of the most reliable. ! Armour’s Bone and Blood Fertil ' izers enrich the soil and increase the yield. Best results can be obtained from their use. Before placing your orders for fertilizers write Chas. H. Smith, Mcßae, Ga., and he will see that you get the best, at right prices. sor 6 doses “660” will cure any case of Chills and Fever. Price, 25c. I ROOSEVELT SEEKS A THIRD TERM Goes Back on All His Former Assurances as to Third Term. A great stir was created in na tional political circles last Mon day when Theodore Roosevelt an 'nounced that he stood ready to accept the Republican nomina tion for president if tendered him. In the year 1904 in the month of Novembeg, Roosevelt de clared: “On the 4th of March next I shall have served three and a half years, and this three and a half years constitute my first term. The wise custom which limits the President to two terms regards the substance and not the form. AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL I BE A CANDIDATE FOR OR AC CEPT ANOTHER NOMINA TION.” Again in 1907 he'affirjned his purpose to stand firm on his first promise, -and said: “I have not changed and shall not change that decision thus an nounced. ” In his declaration last Monday from New York he says: “I will accept the nomination for President if it is tendered to me, and I will adhere to this de cision until the convention has expressed its preference. ” Loss By Poor Cotton Baling. The question of making a standard cotton bale recently in terested Secretary Knox, and putting on his great horn-rimmed spectacles, he signed an impres sive letter on the subject of pro tection of American foreign trade. Mr. Knox called atten tion to the excess tare charged in foreign countries against Ameri can cotton in comparison with African and Asiatic cotton. It was estimated that this loss amounted to something like twelve million dollars a year, and with information brought to him by Representative Brantley, of Georgia, the secretary strongly recommended that the baling and and binding of cotton be stand ardized and improved so as to prevent the wastage which for eigners allege is the reason for the present high tare. “What a lot of trouble,” re marked one of a group of con gressmen, “about a little tare. Secretary Knox seems to be in a tearing mood.” “Tare,” took up an erudite representative of the state de partment, “is the root also from which tariff sprung,’’and a smile played about the corners of his mouth as he looked from one to another of the legislators who represented all sides of the tariff : question. The average bale of cotton weighs 500 pounds, and it is ar bitrarily decided abroad that 6 per cent, or an average of .30 * pounds, shall be deducted from the price paid to the American seller for tare when the actual tare averages only ten pounds.— National Magazine for February. Some Freak Eggs. Mr. Francis B. Mcßride owns one of the nicest and most care fully tilled farms in this section. But Mr. Mcßride has some hens of a freakish turn of mind. He showed us two eggs Tuesday of curious formation, one being shaped like a pecan nut, and the other like the neck of a crooked neck gourd. But this is election year, and we may expect all kinds , of things to happen. We regret to learn that Mr. Thomas Adams is not improving, and still quite ill at his home near ihere. NO. 45