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VOL. XXVII.
Had Glass House,
But Cast Stones
C. P. Thompson Indicted for Larceny
After Trust by Fulton Grand Jury
and His Bond for S6OO is Forfeited.
By several reliable witnesses who were present at the rally and
barbecue at Alamo, held on June 20th, we are informed that one
C. P. Thompson, who was put up before the large audience as chief
spokesman, proceeded to villify and speak in very derogatory terms
of several Mt. Vernon Citizens, including in his libelous remarks
the editor of The Montgomery Monitor.
Not to attempt any reply to his dirty aspersions, as no respect
able Georgia editor could afford to get down to his level, but purely
for the information of Montgomery county people, and our friends
on the west side of the county, with whom our relations have been
most pleasant, and through whose veins courses the same blood that
gives life to many Mt. Vernon citizens, we submit a few plain facts:
First, the people of Alamo had a perfect right to attempt the
creation of a new county.
Second, The Montgomery Monitor has never had a line either
for or against “Kent” county, preferring that the people settle this
and all other matters of the kind.
Third, the moral and law-abiding people of Montgomery county
have rights that ought to be respected, regardless of thieves and
jail-birds, and have a right to know who people are that come here
to dictate to them in their own affairs.
Fourth, this C. P. Thompson, who recently came to Mt. Vernon
and put up in the office of W. B. Kent, who has been disbarred
from the practice of law' by the Superior court, and a recent decis
ion of the State Supreme Court, has received the utmost courtesy
from the people of Mt. Vernon.
Fifth, it was well known to the people of Mt. Vernon and The
Montgomery Monitor that C. P. Thompson had been arrested and
was under indictment in Atlanta for larceny after trust; but no one
attempted to use this information, notwithstanding the fact that he
was put forward to address the Confederate Veterans here as an
orator and a gentleman, and other brazen-faced efforts made to
foist him on our people.
Sixth, the records of Fulton County Superior Court show that
a true bill was found on the first day of Oct., 1010, and signed by
twenty-one grand jurors, including W. .1. Blalock, foreman, the
body of which reads as follows:
COPY OF THE INDICTMENT.
“In the name and behalf of the citizens-of Georgia, charge and
accuse C. P. Thompson of the County and State aforesaid, with the
offense of Larceny after Trust for the said C. P. Thompson in the
County aforesaid on the Ist. day of Oct. in the year of our Lord
Nineteen Hundred and Ten with force and arms being then and
there intrusted by Mrs. J. C. Bulloch with Three Hundred and!
Thirty Dollars for the purpose of paying over said money to Mrs.
J. B. Estes in payment of a claim for damage which the said Mrs.
J. B. Estes then and there claimed to have against Mrs. J. C. Bul
loch for personal injuries claimed to have been inflicted by the said
Mrs, J, C. Bulloch upon said Mrs. J. B. Pistes, he, the said C. P.
Thompson, after the said money had been intrusted to him for the
purpose aforesaid, fraudulently convert the same to his own use,
said money of the value of Three Hundred and Thirty Dollars and
the property of Mrs. J. C. Bulloch, contrary to the laws of said
State, the good order, peace and dignity thereof.
“Hugh M. Dorsey, Solicitor-General
(SEAL) “H. E. Bulloch, Prosecutor
“Fulton Superior Court, 1911.”
S6OO BOND IS FORFEITED.
Seventh, a rule nisi dated Feb. Ist, 1912, following the well
known form reads as follows:
“Fulton Superior Court. January Term, 1912.
“This day. came Hugh M. Dorsey, Solicitor-General for the
Atlanta Circuit, who prosecutes for the State of Georgia, and shows
that heretofore to-wit: on the 20th day of September, 1911, Clinton
P. Thompson, principal, and J. B. McConnell, security, entered
into an obligation before J. H. Owen, Deputy Sheriff of Fulton
County, by-which they acknowledge themselves to owe and be just
ly indebted to Hoke Smith, Governor of said State and his success
ors in office, in the sum of six hundred dollars, ($600.00) to be void
on condition that Clinton P. Thompson, principal, should personally
be and appear at the Superior Court of said County, on the second
Monday in October, 1911, to answer for the offense of Felony and
not depart thence without leave of said Court.
Now, on this day, the said Clinton P. Thompson, principal, be
ing solemnly called to come into court, to answer said charge, and
the said J. B. McConnell, his bail having been w r arned to present
the body of said principal, whom he engaged to be present this day,
to answer said charge; and the said parties respectfully having
wholly made default, it is therefore considered by the Court, that
the said obligors forfeit their obligation, and that Joseph M. Brown
* Governor of said State, and his successors in office, recover against
the said obligors the sum of six hundred dollars, ($600.00) the
amount of their obligation, so forfeited as aforesaid, unless at the
next term of this Court they show sufficient cause why this order
should not be made final, and a Scire Facias is ordered to issue,
This the first day of February, 1912.
(SEAL) Hugh M. Dorsey, Solicitor-General.
W. E. Thomas, Judge S. C. S. C., Presiding.
Eighth, copies of these papers, bearing the official seal of Ful
ton Superior Court, and each one attested by John H. Jones, Depu
ty Clerk, are on file in Mt. Vernon, for the information of all
parties interested.
The Presbyterian Meeting.
The protracted meeting is in 1
progress at the Presbyterian
church. Two services are held
daily, at the usual time in the
morning and at night. Rev. L.
A. McLaurine of Statesboro, ar
rived Monday night, and is doing
most of the preaching. The
meeting bids fair to be of great
uplift to the church and com
munity.
Mr. Jas. T. Geiger and daugh
ter of Glen wood were visitors to
Ml. Vernon Tuesday.
SlJje iTtxmtiuimprg iUmtttor*
New Ginnery At Glenwood.
We are pleased to note that
still greater preparations are be
ing made at Glenwood for gin
ning and handling the cotton
crop. Glenwood gets a big share
of the cotton made in Montgom
ery county, and her enterprising
men are getting ready to han
dle the cotton business in the
: most expeditious manner.
A large new ginning plant is
being erected by Dr. M. Morri
son, A. P. Stone, Charlie Gal
braith and Sam Reynolds, and
will be ready in time for the
j new crop,
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 4. 1912.
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“I hope they’ll never have reason to regret it.—Wilson.
ESCHOL GRAHAM
CORRECTS THOMPSON
Not Meddling, But Offers
Some Advice to Friends
Worth Considering.
Mcßae, Ga., July 1 1912
Mr. C. I’. Thompson,
Associate Editor Alamo News,
Alamo, Ga.
Dear Sir:—l thank you for your
recent favor replying to my letter
of June 27th addressed to you as
follows:
“It has been brought to mj
attention that in Alamo at the
barbecue on the 20th you public
ly made the statement, and pub
lished it as a rumor in your issue
of the 21st of the Alamo News,
that I am employed to oppose the
new county bill before the Legis
lature.
I would be glad to know
| whether or not you so stated and
lif so who informed you that f
have been so employed and upon
what authority did you make
and publish such statement.”
I note that you say you do not
recall having publicly made die
statement that I am employed to
oppose the new county bill be
fore the Legislature, but that
you have heard lam so employed;
that Mr. John VV. Clementw told
you Mr. Andrew Mcßae told him
he believed 1 had been employed
by the Mount Vernon people to
fight the new county; and that
you further state that if the ru
mor has no foundation in fact
\ that you will publicly correct.it
and publish such statement in
regard to it as 1 see fit to send
you.
Mr. Mcßae denies telling Mr.
Clements anything of the kind
ami I herewith enclose you his
affidavit to such effect which I
i request you to publish with this
! communication. I intend to ask
the Monitor and Enterprise to
also publish same.
I am not employed to fight the
new county. Many of the peo
ple interested either for or
against it, excepting those who
Get their suspicions getaway with
: their better judgment, know that
1 have had nothing to do with
l the same one way or the other.
; I have friends on both sides of
I the issue and for this reason,
| notwithstanding I have some
property in the proposed new
county, taken in connection with
the fact that 1 do not reside
within the territory affected, I
have purposed from the begin
ning to hands off in the matter.
It is true I have stated that I
did not think the new county
sould be named Kent, and I am
still of the opinion that its au
i thor should not undertake to
name it for himself. At the.same
time I have stated that on ac
count of my friends I did not in
tend to oppose it. I will further
state that Mr. Kent has it with
in his power to change the name
and that in my judgment if he
has the success of the new coun
ty bill at heart, he wili not bur
den its passage with his own
name.
1 am told that Mr. Cromartie,
the author of the original bill for
new counties refused to let. his
new county be named for him
.,i it but had the bill amended
changing the name from Cromar
tie to Jeff Davis. He was pa
triotic. llis new county was
created. Yours very truly,
Eschol Graham,
Georgia, Telfair County.
Personally appeared Andrew
Mcßae who on oath says: “I
did not tell Mr. John W. Cle
ments I believed Eschol Graham
! had been employed by the Mount
Vernon people to fight the new
county bill before the Legisla
ture.” Affiant further says: “If
the said Eschol Graham has been
employed to oppose, or is oppos
ing the new county it is not with
j in my knowledge.”
- Andrew Mcßae.
Sworn to and subscribed be
fore me this Ist day of July 1012,
* E. C. Ryals.
Notary Public.
Col. W. L. Wilson went to Vi
i dalia yesterday.
Wilson Gets
the Nomination
Swept the Deck in the 46th Ballot and
Gov. Thos. R. Marshall of Indiana
is Chosen for the Vice-Presidency.
The big Baltimore convention has passed into history. After a
warm time for over eight days the big meeting wound up its busi
ness and adjourned at 1:56 yesterday morning. Woodrow Wilson
of New Jersey and Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana are the Demo
cratic standard bearers. Many great incidents, too voluminous to
mention here, marked the convention. The first, ballots showed
that Champ Clark had the largest following, but could not secure
the required two-thirds vote. The last ballot, the 4(sth, gave Wilson
95)0 and Clark 84. Speaking of the convention, after declining to
allow his name for vice president, Clark said:
‘‘l never scratched a Democrgtic ticket or bolted a Democratic
nominee in my life. I shall not change the Democratic habit now.
I am too seasoned a soldier not to accept cheerfully the fortunes of
war.
*T will support Gov. Wilson with whatever power I possess
and hope he will be elected.
‘‘l lost the nomination solely through the vile and malicious
slanders of Col. W. J. Bryan of Nebraska. True, these slanders
were by inuendo and insinuation, but they were no less deadly f*r
that reason.”
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
Old Bill Minor, the noted ban
dtt and train robber, escaped
again from the state prison farm
at Milledgeville last Thursday
night, making twenty-seven
times he has taken leg bail du
ring forty years. W. J. Widen
camp, serving sentence for the
murder of Moore, in Tattnall
county several years ago, also
went away with Minor.
A one-legged man named
Tompkins is walking from New
York to Jacksonville. He passed
through Brunswick Tuesday and
will make it by Saturday.
A pecan grove at Bacon ton,
Ga., of 600 acres half in bearing,
was sold by Charles M. Barnwell
for $200,000, being a profit on his
investment of $125,000.
Last Saturday as Charles Wade
was driving off from the L. & N.
depot in Atlanta with a dray
load of whiskey ho was arrested.
He had five cases each of 48 half
pints and five barrels of 50 flints
each.
This May Be the Reason.
W'illiam J. Bryan announced in
the convention at Baltimore that,
he could not vote for any man
who had the support of New
York.
This statement may tend to
solve the mystery why he refused
to vote for Charles F. Crisp of
Georgia for Speaker, a Southern
man and a Confederate soldier.
This may also account for his
recent attack on Chief Justice
White of Louisiana, a Southern
man and a Con federate soldier.
Mr. Bryan also expressed his
displeasure with the appointment
of Justice Lurton of Tennessee, a
Confederate soldier, and Justice
Lamar of Georgia, even going
so far as to demand that the
President make public the in
dorsements on which he made
the appointments.
Two United States Senators of
New York voted in 1894 and in
1911 to confirm the White, Lur
ton and Lamar appointments, and
several of the delegation from
New York favored Representa
tive Crisp for Speaker.
The feeling of the Nebraskan
against anything Southern so
indifferent that he never uttered
a word of praise for this section
except when he needed its vote
may be explained now. —Macon
Telegraph.
This is the Day we celebrate
i or would if we had time.
Melvin Vaniman, with his bro
ther and'three other men, met a
horrible death Tuesday when the
big arirship in which they were
sailing off Atlantic City exploded
a thousand feet in the air, burn
ing all to death as they plunged
down in the water. Three thous
people witnessed the awful sight.
Miss Josie Oliff of Statesboro
was badly hurt Monday after
noon by being kicked by a horse
that was playing around the lot.
Worms have destroyed the en
tire cantaloupe crop around
Americas. One man had fifty
acres and expected to ship twenty
cars, but will not , get twenty
crates.
Charles Baughn, a Savannah
boy, leaped into Vernon river
and saved from drowning a little
girl who had fallen from a boat
Friday while on a picnic. He
swam to a pole* standing in the
water and kept the girl above
water until rescued.
FORGED CHECK AND
LANDED IN JAIL
White and Helmick Make
Botch and Held For
Superior Court.
On Wednesday of last week,
Charley White, a Montgomery
county man and E. D. Helmick,
claiming to hail from Buchanan.
Mich., wended their way to
Mt. Vernon, and securing a blank
check at Mcßae Bros. & McLe
more’s store, filled it out for
$250, writing only the figures in
the face of the check, and signed
it ‘‘Bill Kent.” The check was
made payable to Helmick, and
was poorly written in pencil, but
was presented to the Mt. Ver
non Bank, the men claiming it
was for the purchase price of a
tract of land.
It was apparent that the check
was a forgery, and a plausible
excuse, that delayed the matter,
! soon had the men under arrest.
They were given a preliminary
trial before Justice G. J. Stan
ford, and each held under bond
of SSOO, Not being able to give
bond, they are in jail awaiting
trial at the next term of Mont
gomery Superior Court. From
appearance, Helmick is about as
much of a greenhorn' as White,
who is well known here.
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