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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1912)
3lj t itUmito. 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. * - j. r ~ 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. NO. 1
