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Mr. and Mrs. .1. E. Hall of
Soper ton came down Saturday
night for a visit to relatives.
Col. L. C. Underwood attended
tilt* funeral of Mrs. J. A. J.
Walker on Sunday evening.
Mr. John W. Clements of Ala
mo was over on business Tues
day.
Mrs. J. E. Hunt has returned
from a visit to relatives at San
dersville.
Col. C. W. Sparks, the only
candidate for representative of!
Toombs county, attended court
here on Saturday.
Col. and Mrs. A. 15. Hutcheson
are at home from a vjsit to Nort h
(ieorgia.
Judge Ksehol Graham, after
spending a busy week in court
here last week, was over to see
us on Tuesday evening.
Master Harry Hughes of
Hlackshe ir reached here Satur- <
day night, and will stay with his I
aunt. Mrs. I). W. Folsom, and I
will enter the i\ B. Institute:
when the fall term begins.
Mrs. H. L. Wilt visited rel
atives at Higgs ton on Tuesday, j
Mr. C. Horace McLemore of
Spring Station, Ky., engaged in
the stock business in the Blue
Grass Stal<-, is at home here for
a few days.
Solicitor-General E. D. Graham
Makes Reply—Gives Copy
of Judge Martin’s Tax Return.
1 had concluded not to reply to any of tin* letters or communi
cations published by Judge Martin hearing upon the Judgeship race,
but the appeal published in the Monitor last week over the names
of quite a number of Confederate Veterans is misleading. The
uninformed person reading that article would naturally be impressed
with the idea that the t ersons whose names appear subscribed
thereto are now appealing to the people to elect Judge Martin. Such
is not the ease. The article is four years old. It was gotten up for
political purposes and was published by Judge Martin four years ago.
Some of the men whose names appear subscribed to the published
appeal are dead, and some of those living are going to vote for me
on 21st. of August, if they mean what they say. Those of the
subscribers who are now living are qot making any appeal to the
Confederate Veterans or their sons to vote forjudge Martin at this
election, and the article is clearly misleading.
Nine-tenths of the Confederate Veterans I have heard speak of
the Judgeship race have unhesitatingly expressed their regret at
Judge Martin's running again for the office. They realize that he
has had the honor of the office for eight years and that his age and
health is such that he ought not to run again.
There is another matter that has created a false impression on
the minds of some people and ought to he corrected. I refer to the
letter of Judge Martin in which he says he needs the office and has
only t welve dollars and a half per month income. Some of Judge
Martin’s neighbors say that he is worth in real and personal pro
perty the sum of thirty thousand dollars. His last City tax return
shows that he returns for taxation in the City of Hawkinsville,
alone, real and personal property valued in his return at, more than
twelve thousand dollars. lam informed by some of the citizens of
Ilawkinsvillo that it is a custom in that City to return property for
taxation at about fifty per cent, of its value. Few weeks ago Judge
Martin was offered two thousand dollars for one of his vacant City
lots and refused to sell at that price. In his tax returns he values
this same lot at six hundred dollars. If he valued his other pro
perty in same proportion, then 1 should say that his neighbors are
not mistaken in their estimate.
In publishing that he has only twelve dollars and a half per
month income, it seems the Judge has given us one of his riddles to
solve. The first items in his tax return are money, notes mortga
ges etc, to the amount of thirty five hundred dollars. This alone
at ci t per cent, would give him an income of more than twenty
three dollars per mouth, and in addition to this he has two brick
stores in the t ity ot Hawkinsville that obviously yield some rents.
1 herewith give his last tax returns for City of Hawkinsville as
follows:
Return of J. H. Martin, City Property for 1912.
Vrluo of Me»M-y ■, l «i,|m &ml March Ist. 1912 , ,
Valio of N, ;, M ape* and Solvent I>»*l»ts. March Ist, 1912 .
H 1 1 ‘ ■ 1 ; M.t vh Ist, 191‘.’. Street Warren
Commerce
River
' ■ Ho s. Mules and all other animals March lat, 1912
of D eeuov r.ti ruu . Wagons. Dray* etc.. March lat, 1912
of Gun*, Pistols tutd Rides March I*l. 1912
of Houitchold and Kitchen Furniture March Ist, 1912
of Library, including* Houles Picture*. March Ist, 1912
of Watch*J***dry. Silver and Plated Ware; all other
pi\,H*rty noi , numornu,!. in cirimrai,' limit*
M«rrh l*t. lt»I2
Total
In conclusion, 1 repeat that it was my intention not to have
an\ new sj*,i}K'i controversy in reference to the Judgship race
Judge Martin published a letter stating that he would not appeal
for votes; 1 took him at his word and carefully avoided making any
appeals lor votes, except to call attention of the people to my can
didacy in a polite manner. Mv desire was to run the race in a
manner commensurate with the dignity of the office to which we
aspire and to leave the people perfectly free to vote as they thought
liess. 1 regret that Judge Martin s methods of electioneering have
forced me to publish this letter.
Mcßae, Ga., August. 14th, 1912. E. D. Graham.
Miss Bessie Higgs went to
Higgston Monday to attend the
burial of the last one of the three
infants born to Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Almond some week ago.
Mrs. M. B. Calhoun has been
spending a few days with rel
atives and friends at Mcßae.
Miss Mary Sallie Henderson of
Sandersville is visiting her sister,
Mrs. J. FT Hunt in Mt. Vernon.
Mrs. T. J. Mcßae and babe
have returned from a visit to
Mrs. Mcßae’s parents in Atlanta.
l If you want money quick, write
Lyons Ixian & Abstract Co., Ly
ons, Ga., for they are loaning
m >ney cheap.
Card of Thanks.
J. A. J. Walker and family de
sire to thank those who so kindly
ministered unto them during the
illness and recent death of the
wife and mother of their sadden
ed home. May your reward be
vouched safe by Him who doeth
all things well.
J, A. J. Walker and family.
Early For Sugar Cane.
Mr. I). N. Hughes of Hack
Branch presented us with some
j fine specimens of his cane crop
! on Thursday last. The cane crop
is much better than last season;
and will help the potato crop to
bridge over the chasm that a
short cotton crop will leave this
! year.
RETURNED VALUE
Dollars Pont*
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2600 00
2500 00
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the Montgomery monitor aug. is, 1012
Changed Positions.
I wish to inform my friends and
' customers that I have accepted a
position with S. I. Bullard. We
hnve a good, fresh stock of gen
eral merchandise, and I shall be
glad to make good prices to all.
H. S. H(JR WITZ,
Wheeler Co. Alamo, Ga.
A Correction.
We reproduce the article in
this issue of Judge Martin’s vet
| eran friends with the original
head on it as it should have ap
' peared last week, the printer
not noticing that a change of the
head was of any consequence.
Only Three Cigars.
“Ivet me see? Didn't your son,
Jim run for the Legislature last
year?” inquired the village mer
chant of an old farmer, after the
butter had been weighed out and
the eggs counted, says Joe Kerr
in the New Orleans Picayune.
‘‘Yes, and he w’aselected, too,”
was the answer.
‘‘And how did things go with
him at the capitol?”
‘‘Mighty poor.”
“Didn’t he catch on?”
“Somehow he didn’t, and he’s
a disappointed man. He says he
almost wished he hadn’t run for
the place.”
“What does he say was the
matter?” asked the merchant, as
he began to measure off the calico
called for.
“Why, the only feller that
come to Jim and asked him to
vote for the railroad hill up in the
House talked for three hours,
and then only left three nickel
cigars behind him when he went
away, Jim figured on a clean SIOO
and he was so disgusted that
next day he introduced a hill that
no one should fish for suckers in
the waters of this state while the
Legislature was in session!”
FARM
HACHINERY
If you want Best
Prices on Mowers,
Rakes, Disc*. Harrows,
Grain Drills, Buggies
and Wagons, see
D. S. Williamson,
Alston, Ga.
Letter From Hon. 11.
H. Wynne, ol* Piilax
ki County, a Confed
crate Veteran, on the
Judgeship Race.
Mr. Editor: I see that Judge
Martin had you to publish in yo ir
paper last week a recommenda
tion of himself with my name
and names of other Confederate
Veterans signed to it. I want to
say that all that was made up
four years ago to help the Judge
out in his race at that time. It
was brought to me and I signed
it then, because I thought he
ought to have a second Term.
But 1 am not in favor of electing
him Judge again and I can’t vote
for him this time. 1 don’t think
he ought to run. He has had the
office two terms and on account
of his age and health we all know
that he ought to quit. He has
plenty of property to live on and
we need a younger man for
Judge. Many of us Veterans
have not held any office. I rep
resented Pulaski County in the
Legislature one term but I know
others who have not had any of
fice.
Yes. Mr. Editor, I fought for
what I thought was best for our
country in the war, and I am
still for what is best for our
country. 1 write this letter, be
cause I don’t want the people to
think 1 am asking them to vote
for Judge Martin in this race. I
am going to vote for Col. Gra
ham for Judge this time.
Respectfully,
H. H. Wynne.
Bailey’s Park, Pulaski Co. Ga.
• August, 12th. 1912.
JIM FRIGE'S PLAIN
TALK TO FARMERS
Statement From Only “Practical
Farmer” in Race for Commis
sioner of Agriculture.
To the Voters, arid Especially to the
Farmers, of Georgia:
Relieving as I do that a candidate
for the office of commissioner of ag
riculture should meet and talk with
the voters, and particularly with the
| farmers, that they might have oppor
tunity to see and know him, I have
I visited some eighty Georgia counties
j during th s catnpa gn and met thou
sands of good citizens; and 1 shall
continue until the primary, visiting as
many counties as it is possible for!
! me to reach.
J. D. PRICE,
Os Oconee, Candidate for Commis
. sioner of Agriculture.
But it is impossible for me to meet
every one, so I take (his method of
soliciting your valuable support.
Nothing 1 ever did in my 1 fe has
afforded me more pleasure or instruc
tion than traveling over the state,
no et ng and talking with you in this
campaign; for it has not only made
me know and love my fellow-men
more than over before, hut it has
shown me the needs of the country,
and how best to deal with them.
i am a PRACTICAL farmer, and
farming is my ONLY INTEREST. I
may be pardoned for saying that 1 am
the only practical farmer seeking
your suffrage for the oflice of com
missioner of agriculture. Neither of
my opponents —both good men —pos-
sesses Ibis qualification which the
law demands; neither of them makes
farming his occupation.
In creating -this department the leg
islature said, in the very outset, (see
section 1790, civil code 1X95) that this
office fchimd he filled by a PRACTI
CAL FARMER, meaning one whose
business is farm ng anil who has
made a sued ss of it. I quote from the
foregoing code section;
‘Sec. 1790 —Commissioner, how
elected. Said department shall be
under the control and management of
one officer, who shall be known as
the commissioner of agriculture, who
shall he a practical farmer, elected
by pci sons qualified to vote for mem
bers of the general assembly,” etc.
It I am elected to this office. It
shall ho my aim not only to conform
to the letter, hut to the spirit of the
law, the chief end of which, as I see
it, is to afford assistance and help
wherever the farmer needs it, wheth
er it be uu individual, a community
or the whole state. If the one-horse
farmer has a sick mule, cow or hog,
h can command me as quickly as
the man with a hundred, or the com
niuuity with a thousand.
And. r gilt here, 1 want to tell you
1 am for the one-horse and the two
horsr farmer. In the small farmer,
I believe, lies the dependence of the
state; he is our biggest asset. But
he will make a better farmer and a
more important asset, if he owns his ;
own farm, no matter how small. Ne
gro leaders are preaching this doc
trine to their race; it is up to us to
put it into practice.
Much to do is being made over a
certain fertilizer bill pending in the
legislature, the effect of which, if
passed, would he to prohibit the sale
of anything but the highest grade
fertilizers. Now I want to say that I
have no interest, directly or indirect
ly. in any fertilizer concern under the
pun. and I believe in high-grade fer
tilizers; 1 use them myself, and I
think it Is to the best interest of ev
ery farmer to use them. But 1 can
not subscribe to a law which prohib
its any man from buying just what
he wants Stippos< the state wore
to pass a law saying you could buy
nothing but a $250 inule to work your
farm. You go to the mule dealer; ho
says, “That mule over there is worth
only SIOO, but 1 can't sell you that
one because the law prohibits it."
The principle is the same.
But i'll tell you what I can do and
what 1 propose to do if 1 am elected,
and that is to see to it strictly that
every saek of fertilizer sold in this
stale has branded on the bag just
exactly what t contains, so that the
farmer who buys it will know precise
ly what he Is getting; he can buy the
cheap grade if he wants it; or he
may buy the hh'h grade, but every
t tne the label on the bag will tell
just what it is.
It shall be niv purpose to hold deal
e; s in foods, in oils, n fertilizers, to
a strict accountability to the law and
to see to it that the people of this
state get tin quality they pay for.
1 eh <■ d, my administration shall
be for the farmer, by a farmer and
in the interests of the people of the
I whole state,
j Respectfully,
.7 n. PRICE.
Farm ngton, Oconee County, Georgia.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
A mob took charge of T. S.
Colton, a 16-year-old negro, at
Columbus Tuesday after he had
been sentenced for “unlawful
manslaughter” to the peniten
tiary for three years, and lynch
ed him. He had killed a white
boy.
Seven negro prisoners escaped
from jail at Americus Monday
night. One was charged with
murder and six with misdemean
ors.
Nineteen negro miners were
killed by an explosion in the
Abernant Coal mine at Abernant,
Ala., Tuesday morning.
i
R. C. Fenwick, an English
1 aviator, was dashed to death by
a fall of 300 feet Tuesday while
making a flying test at Salisbury.
Eugene Grace was operated on
again Tuesday, but the bullet
that he claimed was fired by his
wife last March in Atlanta was
not found, and he will probably !
remain paralyzed.
James Bolt, a white man of 25
was killed, and two negroes
fatally injured in a fight at Rome,
Ga., on Saturday last.
Max Morrow and Frank Jack
son, two boys of Wabash, Ind.,
were suffocated by getting in the
chute of a corn elevator and be
ing covered under 1,000 bushels
of corn.
S. L. Purvis of Blundale was
ground to death under the Central
train at Tybee last Sunday. He
undertook to get off after the
train started to pull up to the
depot and fell under the wheels.
George Walker, Jr., a farmer
near Augusta, heard a noise in
his hen house Saturday night and
went to investigate. A negro, ■
hid inside, sent a bullet whizzing j
by his head, and he returned the *
fire, killing the thief instantly.
A. L. Lanier,
Attorney at Law,
MT. VERNON, GA.
Will Practice in all the Courts of;
the State.
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lands than any person making;
loans in Montgomery County. All I
we ask is to get our rate before j
making application to some one j
else for we can save yon 1 to 2,
per cent, interest. Loans closed '
without delay. Write us and we!
will come to see you.
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Best Farm Lands in Georgia along line of
Macon, Dublin & Savannah Ry.
If you are thinking of changing your loca
tion, why not investigate these farms? Both
large and small farms available. If inter
ested write J. A. STEYER,
G. F. and P. A. Macon, Ga.
IN MEMORIAM.
Again death has invaded our
community and now we are sad,
our hearts are grieved too in
tensely for expression.
We never thought death hover
ed so near us, and the beautiful
life of our friend would so soon
cease from its earthly pilgrimage.
Wednesday, July, 31, 1912,
Mrs. Eliza Adams, wife of Mr.
Mathias C. Adams, aged 37 years,
died at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Adams, Lumber City, Ga.,
Route 2. Mrs. Adams was strick
en while on a visit to her broth
er and after three days of suf
fering the - spirit went home to
the God who gave it. It was
peculiarly sad this sudden demise
as the family had come only in
quest of health, as all except her
self had been ill with fever and
shortly after her arrival the mal
ady developed and all that loving
hands and Dr. Napier did seemed
of no avail. “Lizie” as she was
so familiarly known, was a sweet
lovable character. We remem
ber her in her girlhood days with
her rosy cheeks and sparkling
eyes, and congenial companion
ship made her always a favorite.
She imparted most lovely virtues
within her home and it is plain
that each of her children imbibed
much that go to the making of
live men and women and this
life may they emulate her splen
did example for truly she lived
uprightly and when the summons
came she was ready to answer
the call and now she is beckoning
to you dear loved ones from the
other shore where she dwells
with the redeemed and rests in
peace with her Lord. This was
indeed an affectionate family
and this bereavement has fallen
heavily upon them. They cry
out in their anguish, “Why, why,
was our darling so ruthlessly
snatched from us?” but alas, our
hearts may bleed and break and
die and prayers and tears are of
no avail. God’s appointed will
is done. In His merciful good
ness He will speak peace to your
troubled hearts for He has pro
mised never to leave us nor for
sake us in time of trouble.
»Three lovely girls, Verlilla,
Thelma and Arnie, and one son.
Preston, are left with a devoted
husband and'father to mourn
their irreparable loss. Our hearts
go out to them in this deep sor
row and our prayers are that
they may soon be restored to
health.
Mrs. Adams was buried at
Shiloh cemetery, the funeral
services conducted by Bro. I. R.
Kelly, the attendance being
large, a host of relatives and
friends paying their last tribute
and mourning her departure.
May God’s blessing rest upon
the bereaved.
August, 12, 1912. —J.
Cotton Coming In.
The first cotton of the new
crop made its appearance here
yesterday afternoon. Albert
Linton, an energetic colored far
mer on Mr. Frank M. Mcßae’s
plantation, drove into town with
two bales to be ginned. Albert
is a regular subscriber of The
! Monitor, and reads our agricul
j tural articles, and keeps posted.
! Hence his progressive farming.
