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VOL. XXVII.
SOUTH GEORGIA BOYS
WIN HIGH HONORS
Make Good at Emory Col
lege and Honored By
Student Body.
We are always proud to chron
icle the achievements of our home
boys while off at college. South
Georgia is very ably represented
at the best institutions of learn
ing in the state.
Os the young men at Emory
College, we are pleased to note
that J 4 Edwin Barnhill of Glen
wood has been elected editor-in
chief of the College Annual; and
Clifford Mcßride of Ailey has
been selected as exchange editor
of the Emory Pheonix. J. E.
Mathews of Vidalia, at the same
election, was chosen president of
the Student Government Associ
ation.
These testimonials of esteem
came from the entire student
body, and we are proud that the
boys are illustrating so brilliant
ly the home section down among
the pines.
MOUNT VERNON WINS
FROM TARRYTOWN
Locals Cop First Game of
Season Thursday, Score
11 to 4.
The fans of Mount Vernon
were overjoyed on Thursday last
when the home team won their
first game from Tarrytown.
Two pitchers were sent in by
the visitors to stop the terrible
swatting by our boys, but with
their batting eye there was noth
ing to it but a victory.
J. A. McAllister twirled the
full seven innings for Mount
Vernon, and was never in dan
ger. He struck out six of the
opposing team, and at all times
played the game well.
Both catchers put up a stiff
game. Bagby for the locals was
here, there, everywhere. His
sensational playing took the op
posing team off their feet. Mc-
Crary showed a thorough knowl
edge of the game, and hit well.
Our boys are improving in ev
ery department, and we rise to
rimark that more victories will
follow that of Thursday. The
score was 11 to 4.
Vidalia will play here Friday
next, and possibly Tarrytown
will return for a second game
on that day. Let all loyal fans
turn out and cheer the team to
victory.
Lightning Strikes House.
On Monday morning while the
rain was pouring in torrents, the
house occupied by Mr. Claude
Moore in north Mt. Vernon was
struck by lightning. No great
amount of damage was done, and
no one was hurt, as none of the
family was at home. The cur
rent was carried into the build
ing by the telephone wire which
was burned in two and dropping
to the ground was melted by the
electric heat.
Mr. Moses Withdrew.
It was seen by voters in the
primary yesterday that the name
of Mr. J. J. Moses was not on
the ticket. We were informed by
Mr. Moses just before the tickets
were printed that he desired his
name left off, although he had
announced. Mr. Moses saw he
would have little time to devote
to county affairs, and preferred
to retire and look after his pri
vate interests.
If you want money quick, write
Lvons Loan & Abstract Co., Ly
ons, Ga., for they are loaning
money cheap.
Graduate Recital U. B. I.
Quite one of the most charming
affairs of the season, was the
graduate recital given on Monday
evening last in the auditorium,
U. B. 1., by Miss Anna Morrison
and Miss Rita Mae Outler. A
most delightful program of ten
numbers was skillfully rendered,
Miss Morrison, who graduates in
music, giving five excellent selec
tions from noted composers.
Miss Outler, who completes the
course in oratory, also rendered
five selections from well known
authors, among these being, “An
Old Sweetheart of Mine,” with
piano accompaniment by Miss
Morrison.
The stage was attractively ar
ranged with ferns and cut flow
ers. The interesting program was
highly entertaining, and both
young ladies are to be congratu
lated on the charming manner in
which it was rendered. —E.
sor G doses “G 66” will cure
any case of Chills and Fever.
Price, 25c.
AN APPEAL TO THE
DEMOCRATS OF GEORGIA
WHY GEORGIANS SHOULD SUP
PORT DIXIE’S CANDI
DATE.
The Name of Underwood and the
Strains of “Dixie” Will Dominate
the Convention,
To the Democrats of Georgia:
Northern Democrats are now speak
ing out In approval of the presenta
tion of the name of Hon. Oscar W.
Underwood for nomination for presi
dent. They have come to the conclu
sion, from having watched his course
for about eighteen years in congress,
and especially his recent generalship,
that he is the proper man. They do
not seem to think because he is from
Alabama and the South that this de
tracts from his chances of election,
if nominated by the national conven
tion. It is perfectly absurd to say
that It would, when only a few
months ago a Republican president
appointed an ex-Confederate soldier,
who waß also a Democrat, and who
lived in the state of Louisiana, chief
justice of the United States Supreme
court; having before this appointed
Judge Lamar es Georgia, also a Dem
ocrat, as a member of the same court.
“Shall the South longer be content
to suppress a sense of justice to her
self and continue to accept abject po
litical servitude, or shall she present
to the Democracy of the nation a
man whom all admit is an ideal can
didate for president? Are we to con
: fess by implication or acquiescence to
a taint of Southern blood, on account
| of the war now fifty years past?
“Now is the time for Georgia to
J stand by her daughter state, Alabama,
and give her support in the coming
primary to a son of the South, Hon.
Oscar W. Underwood, and show to
the nation that we have as much
right to furnish the man as any other
section.
“Underwood still lives in Alabama;
he is not just “practically” a South
ern man; he is of the South to the
manor born. Now is the time for the
South to do its part in the final act of
removing whatever fragment of bad
feeling there may be between the sec
! tions, by accepting in good faith the
utterances ol Northern Democrats,
when they say they have no objec
tion to Mr. Underwood.
“I have too much confidence In old
Georgia to believe that she will turn
j her back on Alabama in this, her glo
j rio'is effort to honor her noble son,
I by refusing to send a solid delega
tion for Mr. Underwood to the na
j tlonal convention.
“I am in the fight for Underwood,
because I love my native state, from
which he comes; because I love
Georgia and the South; because I love
my country as a whole, and because
I know Oscar W. Underwood, with
the whole of his big Southern heart,
loves every American home,
“When it shall be announced that
he is the choice of the national con
vention and selected as the standard
bearer of Democracy for president,
then may the band play with pro
priety, for the first time in the his
tory of the political South, since the
war, the inspiring strains of “Dixie,”
and then we may adjourn with “My
Country” for a benediction, after hav
ing given to the American people a
man for president whose every
thought is for their good.
I "I do not believe there is any pow
er on earth to prevent Georgia from
giving an overwhelming majority for
j the son of the South. I>?t the cam
paign slogan in Georgia be: “Ala
bama, we are with you.”
Yours for true Democracy,
G. R. HUTCHENS,
j Manager Georgia Headquarter*.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, ArRIL 25, 1912.
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As house leader of the Democratic majority and chairman of the ways
and means committee, Mr Underwood has directed the tariff policy of his
party, not always to the entire satisfaction of some of its other leaders, but
in away that has gained him tho enthusiastic support of a considerable num
ber in his candidacy for the presidential nomination. He Is a little slow In
starting his campaign for delegates, but has been making up for lost time
since definitely announcing himself.
Dr. Palmer Highly Honored
Dr. J. W. Palmer received a
great compliment from the Geor
gia Medical Association, in ses
sion in Augusta last week, in
being elected first vice president.
This deserved compliment to Dr.
Palmer is very gatifying to his
friends here, as the honor is next
to the highest that the proses- j
sion in the state can confer on
one of its members. Dr. Palmer
has long held the position of sec- j
retary of the Association of Sea
board Air Line Surgeons.
The Augusta meeting was very
largely attended, »there beinjfj
over three hundred physicians j
and many students in attendance.
The next annual meeting will be
held in Savannah.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
The heavy rains of the past
week have caused many wash
outs on the railroads, and many
trains have been late.
Tornadoes swept over parts of
Illinois, Indiana and Kansas on j
Sunday and thirty-two people are j
reported killed.
President Taft will visit Savan- 1
nah May Ist as the guest of the
Hibernian Society, and will he in
Augusta next day to take part in
almemorial tribute to Major Butt,
his aide who was lost in the Ti-,
tantic disaster.
Miss Freda Bridges and Mr. :
Flynt Mcßanie were married
Sunday afternoon while seated
in a buggy at the Methodist par-,
sonage in Adel.
Robbers took possession of a ,
sleeper on the Rock Island road
at Sheffield, 111., Saturday night
and secured several watches, di
amonds and a good sum in cash.
Three United States mail clerks
were lost on the Titanic. When
last seen they were working on
deck in two feet of water.
When Mr. Ladd Bought a
Hat.
William Ladd of the hanking
family of Portland, Ore., is fussy
about his hats. He likes them
easy and comfortable on his head,
says the Saturday Evening Post.
One day he wanted a new derby
and went to buy it.
The clerk showed him a lot of
hats. Ladd tried them all on,
but none suited him. Finally he
picked up a hat and put it on. It
was very comfortable.
“I’ll take this,” said Ladd.
“All right, Mr. Ladd,” said
the clerk. “Five dollars, please. ’’
Ladd paid the money and went
along. When he got home he
discovered the clerk had sold him
the old hat he had worn into the
store.
, fßy order of the grand jury of
Bibb county, the sheriff raided
! the saloon of Ike Bashinsky in
Macon and found 1,700 quarts of
whiskey and eight barrels more
under the counter.
Engineer Jones on the Coast
! Line road was blown through the
: window of his cab and an arm
broken Saturday near Brunswick
j when the arch pipe of the engine
blew out.
Great loss of life and property
jis reported from the Mississippi
i flood. At Rosedale, Miss., the
! river is over 100 miles wide, and
300 lives have been lost besides
millions in property.
, Engineer T. B. Buckalew was
.killed and his fireman, Henry
Hardy, seriously injured Sunday
morning near Fitzgerald on the
A. B. & A. road by their train
being wrecked on a small trestle.
Many bodies have been picked
up near where the Titantic sank,
and those that could be identified
were taken to shore, but those
past recognition were buried at
sea. I
To Try Tompkins.
Steve Tompkins, who killed J.
T. Dean and his mother, Mrs.
Ella Dosten, the latter having
died from her wounds a few days
ago, is on trial this week in Dub
lin. Tompkins is a Montgomery
county citizen, but his wholesale
murder occurred just over the
line in Laurens. The grand jury
found bills against him on Tues
day, hut the trial was postponed
until Wednesday to allow Edgar
Dean, the wounded brother and
son to be brought in as a wit
ness. The case is exciting a
great deal of interest.
McDaniel —New.
A popular and well known cou
ple were united in marriage at
Stuckey on Sunday night last.
Miss Carrie McDaniel, eldest
daughter of Mr. .1. I). McDaniel
and Prof. New, in charge of the
school at Stuckey were the con
tracting parties.
THREE OUT OF TOUR IN
GEORGIA FOR UNDERWOOD
Col. Ed. L. Wight Says Northerner#
Are for Him.
Atlanta, Ga. —Col. Ed. L. Wight
has returned to Atlanta from a trip
to Cuba and Florida with some in
teresting impressions on the* presi
dential situation. Colonel Wight is
well known politically and otherwise
in Georgia. He has served several
terms in both branches of the logia
latwre, was formerly mayor of Alba
ny and commanded the Fourth Geor
gia infantry in the Spanish-Amerlcan
war.
“At. the tlmo that I started South
the candidacy of Mr. Underwood had
just commenced to be seriously dis
cussed, and I took occasion to dls
cuss tho matter with Floridians and
with tile largo army of Northern
people who are wintering in Florida,
and 1 want to say that I never met
one single person who was opposed
to Mr. Underwood's nomination on
the ground that ho is a Southern man,
but, on the contrary, 1 found that
his candidacy met great fuvor.
“Slnco Mr. Underwood’s announce
ment I have met and talked with
many Floridians and Georgians and
I do not exaggerate it when I say
that four out of live are for Mr. Un
derwood. There is not the slightest
doubt In my mind of Mr. Underwood’s
carrying the state of Georgia in the
preferential primary by an over
whelming majority.
“Oscar Underwood is the logical
man for the Democrats to nominate.
He represents conservative Democra
cy, and i believe that Mr. Roosevelt’s
entrance into the fight will result in
Democrats all over the land flocking
to Mr. Underwood’s support. The
radicals are going to be badly beaten
In the coming fight. The real Issue is
to be the tariff and neither Mr. Roose
velt nor the radical Democrats can ob
scure that issue. Mr. Underwood Is
the greatest champion of a tariff for
revenue-only the I>emocrutlc party
lias ever produced.
“For years the Democrats in the
South have sat by and allowed the
Northern Democrats to nominate our
president and it is high time that w<-
of the South were asserting our
selves. Now is the logical time, when
even our Northern and Western
brothers are cordially receiving Mr.
Underwood's announcement.”
GEORGIA CANNOT AFFORD
TO TAKE ANY CHANCES
No One But Underwood Need Apply
In Georgia. ~
Atlanta, Ga. —Manager G. R. Hutch
ens of the Georgia Underwood cam
palgn lias Issued this statement;
“Letters are coming in from all
parts of the state, giving assurance
of active support of Mr. Underwood,
and so fur the progress of the cam
palgn is, to my mind, without a par
ailel In national politics in Georgia,
in tho matter of enthusiasm, consld
orlng the fact that the campaign has
scarcely started.
“No one but Underwood need ap
ply in Geoorgia, for I believe Geor
gians are not going w take the
chance of being responsible for the
defeat of the only candidate for pres
idont from the South since the war.
Suppose we did turn our back on him
and when we got to the national con
ventlon found he could be nominated
with Geoorgia's delegation, and for
lack of our support he was defeated.
Do we want to risk it? I believe he
can be nominated, but If he could not,
we would lose nothing by sending our
delegation for him. If we saw wo
could not nominate him we could norn
inate some other good Democrat.
“But UNDERWOOD CAN HE NOM
INATED, AND HE CAN HE ELECT
RO, and we can have a GENUINE
DEMOCRATIC administration.
“Alabama, we are with you; we will
take no chances.”
PARTIAL RETURNS
COUNTY PRIMARY
Telephone Reports Bring
Returns But Not Given
As Official.
Returns from all the county
precincts except Tiger district,
give the following as the result
of the primary for county offi
cers. As there was no contest
for ordinary, clerk, surveyor and
coroner, these were not reported.
The utmost good order and good
feeling prevailed. The official
vote will be given next week
with finding of executive com
mittee:
For Ordinary:
Alex McArthur Full vote
I
For Clerk Superior Court:
M. L. O’Brien Full vote
For Sheriff:
Dan A. Morrison 846
James Hester 626
A. J. Burch 806
J, A. Coursey 862
J. A. Dunn 72
J. I. Palmer 92
E. G. Thomas 41
For Tax Collector:
D. F, Warnouk 685
D. M. Currie 629
G. V. Mason 805
A. J. Grimes 890
For Tax Receiver:
W. T. Hadden 415
Isaac Brooks 666
J. G. Morris 788
For County Treasurer:
K. M. Rack ley 185
J. W. Morrison 672
A. Gillis 879
A. D. Conaway 887
A. D. Hughes 188
C. A. Pope 117
J. D. Browning 42
For Surveyor:
S. 11. Morris Full vote
For Coroner:
W. P. Mcatlo Full vote
I For County Commissioners:
J. M. D. McGregor 1064
W. A. Rivers 452
J. T. Walker 468
It. D. Beatty 692
J. E. Horne / 428
W. 11. Newsome 141
W. 11. Mox ley 445
W. P. Stephens 191
W. M. Lewis 548
Henry Heath 267
F. G. McGahee 580
J. G. Suellgrove 799
Elijah Miller 880
G. D. Adams 499
J. It. Sumner 441
P. M. Moseley 284
JUDGE MARTIN
FOR RE-ELECTION
In this paper will be found the
announcement of Judge J. H.
Martin for re-election to the
judgeship of the Oconee circuit.
As every voter in this part of
Georgia knows Judge Martin, it
would seem superfluous for us to
attempt to introduce him to our
people.
The welfare of the people de
mands wisdom, character and
unflinching courage in the judi
ciary, and that Judge Martin
measures up to the highest stan
dard that an intelligent public
demands, goes without question.
His young manhood was given
to the cause of the Southland,
but the seven scars left on him
by the bullets of the foe did not
dampen his ardor for what he
conceived to be right, and all his
judicial acts point to his deter
mination still to stand for justice
and the r f?ht.
His record is before his people
like an open hook, and the ster
ling qualities of the true man
stand out in I>old relief against
the background of crime and
schemes of graft that the world
holds up today.
Every lover of truth and civic
righteousness in the bounds of
the Oconee judicial circuit can
endorse the record of Judge John
Henry Martin.
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