Zlw ifimttiunnprg Monitor*
VOL. XXVII.
THE ELECTION LAST
WEEK VERY QUIET
About Half As Many Votes
Polled As Were Cast
In the Primary.
The state and county election
last was a very quiet affair, es
pecially in Montgomery county.
The total vote for governor John
M. Slaton in the county was 858,
the totals for the other state
house officers running only a lit
tle less. The constitutional
amendments all received majori
ties for ratification, though there
was not a full vote cast on them.
John C. Johnson, nominee for
representative, received 837, and
39 scatering votes were cast for
W. B. Kent who was not a can
didate. The only contest was be
tween James Hester, the regular
nominee for sheriff, and J. I.
Palmer, who ran fifth in the pri
mary and then bolted the ticket.
Hester got 653 votes and Palmer
198. For county officers the vote
was:
For Ordinary, McArthur 884
“ Clerk, O’Brien, 868
“ Sheriff, Hester, 653
“ Tax Receiver, Brooks, 884
“ Tax Collector, Currie, 880
“ Treasurer, Gillis, 875
“ Surveyor, Morris, 884
Coroner, Meade, 868
“ Commissioners,
J. M. D. McGregor, 868
J. G. Snellgrove, 862
J. T. Walker, 867
R. D. Beatty; 869
W. H. Moxley, 869
For judge of superior courts Oco
nee circuit E. D. Graham got 856
votes, and W. A. Wooten for so
licitor polled 851.
M. H. Edwards Dead.
Eastman, Ga., Oct. B.—Milton
H. Edwards, one of the leading
business men of this section, died
here this morning after an illness
of several weeks. For twenty
nine years he had been a mem
ber of the firm of M. H. Edwards
& Bro. He was also a director
in the Citizens Banking Company,
vice-president of the Eastman
Cotton Mills, president of the
Edwards-Clements Company,
vice president of the Oconee Riv
er Mills at Dublin, and director
of the Farmers’ Fertilizer Works
at Milan, and of the Ocmulgee
River Guano Company at Haw
kinsville.
He was a native of Tattnall
county. His wife is widely known
in temperance circles as state
secretary of the W. C. T. U. Be
sides his wife he leaves seven
children. Mrs. Eugene McMil
lan, of Macon, Mrs. S. J. Har
grove, Carr Edwards, Miss
Christine Edwards and three
younger children.
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Feast on Fair Exhibits.
Dalton, Ga., Oct. B.—Two hors
es and a small mule colt got
away with a wonderfully expen
sive feed at the fair grounds last
night when they schemed their
way into the agricultural build
ing and proceeded to make a
hearty meal off prize farm pro
ducts.
The watchman at the grounds
failed to see them enter the
building and he locked them in.
Taking their stand in front of
the general farm exhibit of John
I. Tibbs, they ate prize ears of
corn and then sampled the hay
and other edibles which tickled a
horse’s palate. As if to add in
sult to injury, they waded into
the giant pumpkins, and it is said
they topped the feed off with
bottles of sorghum which looked
eloquently like a more satisfying
beverage.
Administratrix Sale.
Georgia Montgomery County.
Under and by virtue of an order
from the Court of Ordinary of
Laurens County, Georgia, granted
at the September Term, 1912, will
be sold at public outcry before the
court house door at Mt. Vernon,
Montgomery County, Georgia, on
the first Tuesday m November,
1912, between the legal hours of
sale, the following tract of land:
All that tract or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in the
1380th district, G. M., Montgom
ery County, Georgia, containing
587 acres, more or less, and being
all 'Adjoining, but divided into
four tracts or surveys as follows:
One tract coutainsng 140 1-2 acres,
bounded north by lands of Wil
liams & Pope, which is a part of
the 587 acres, east by lands of
Alex Calhoun, south by lands of
Carrie Phillips, and west by lauds
of Williams i fc Pope, bought from
J. E. Phillips, and being the*same
140 acres deeded by Btella Phillips
to Williams <fc Pope; also one
trac f land in the same district,
containing 140 acres and known
as tb .J E Phillips tract and one
tract containing 143 acres, and
on i , 1 miauiing 164 acres, all
a li and bounded north by
lands ( tailie Youngblood and
Wilder Phillips, on the east by
lands of the Stella Phillips 140
acre tract above described and
lands of Alux Calhoun, south by
lands of Mose and Hattie Phillips
and west by lands of Mary E.
Wing. Said 587 acres of laud
being the same land deeded by G.
H. Williams and C. S. Pope to J.
W. Martin December 15th, 1909.
Said land will be sold either in
parcels or in a lump according to
the judgment of administratrix on
day of sale, subject to the rights
of the tenants on same for the year
1912. Terms of sale cash. This
October 3d, 1912.
Ursula Turner,
Administratrix of the estate of J.
YV. Martin, deceased.
Judge A. W. Fite of the Chero
kee circuit, who severely criticis
ed the Georgia Court of Appeals
for reversing his decisions recent
ly, will be held by that court as
being in contempt.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCT. . 10, 1912.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
There were over 200 cases be
fore the state prison commission
when it convened in regular ses
sion Tuesday morning.
A pitched battle was fought
on the streets of Greenville, Tex
as, Monday in which a policeman
and two civilians were shot to
death.
A company of 100 Greeks in
Savannah will go to their native
land to fight against their ene
mies, the Turks.
Clementine Barabat of Lafay
stte, La., a fanatic negress who
has confessed to the murder of
seventeen of her race, was put
on trial Monday.
F. M. Rountree, a bailiff of
Emanuel county, was shot and
severely wounded by his cousin,
Bob Youmans, late Sunday eve
ning near Stillmore. Youmans
was drinking.
A Holstein cow owned by Earl
Upton of Brochton, Mass., has
given 26,930 pounds of milk since
the 15th of Nov. last, the product
valued at $1,300 and the record
running to 108 pounds of milk a
day.
Forgetting that it was Sunday,
Riley Giddens, ex-representative
of Whitfield county; drove ten
miles to Dalton last Sabbath to
get a load of shingles.
O. B. McTeer, a wealthy plan
ter driving to Americus Monday
in his buggy, was seized with
heart trouble and fell out, break
ing his neck.
Whitfield county, Ga., Demo
crats think of abandoning the
primary election. Bolters elected
a Republican for sheriff.
SOPERTON CITIZEN
DIES SUDDENLY
Mr. Hamp Meadows Drops
Dead While Appearing
Iri Good Health.
Hamp Meadows, a well known
young citizen of Soperton, drop
ped dead at that place Sunday
night, heart failure being given
as the cause of his sudden taking
off. He had resided in Soperton
for some time, in the employ of
the Soperton Grocery 'Co,, as a
salesman, and was known to
many friends.
He was about twenty-seven
years of age, and leaves a wife
and three children to mourn his
departure. Remains were carried
to Pulaski county for burial Mon
day. Mr. Meadows appeared in
usual health up to the time of
his sudden death, and his sudden
departure came as a shock to his
friends. Death was almost in
stantaneous, and no medical aid
could be rendered.
Montgomery County is
Some on Vegetables.
We were handed yesterday the
largest specimen of egg plant
we have ever seen anywhere.
The fruit weighed 33-4 pounds
and was raised by Mr. J. C.
Smith at Glenwood. This vege
table commands good prices in
city markets. Mr. W. B. Cham
pion at Ochwalkee has made and
sold this season from a plat 44
feet square $37.50 worth of egg
plant and this small square of
land will probably net $45.00. An
average acre of cotton this sea
son will not net more than half
this amount.
A party of Italians, employed
on a dam at Mathis Shoals in Ra
bun county, knocked Grover
Shirley into the river Saturday
night and fired several shots at
him, and he has not been seen
since
The grand psi/,e automobile
races will be run near Milwaukee
again in 1913, and will be held
earlier next year.
James Farris, one of the weal
thiest farmers of central Ken
tucky, was shot and killed on the
streets of Richmond, Va,, Mon
day by another wealthy farmer.
Mrs. W. R. Lawrence of West
minster, S. C., jumped from a
vehicle with which the team was
running away and her neck was
, broken. The mules were fright
ened by an automobile.
‘ Mrs. Russell Sage has bought
| Marsh Island near New Orleans
as a refuge for wild birds. She
paid 150,000 for the 75,000 acres.
Dancourt the French aviator
flew 570 miles on Sunday from
Valceniennes toßiarrity and we n
a prize of *1,500.
Dr. McNaughton, charged with
the murder of Fred Flanders,and
sentenced to die on the gallows,
has secured a stay of sentence
until Mrs. Flanders, indicted
jointly, can be tried.
A case of yellow fever arrived
at the mouth of the Mississippi
river Tuesday by steamer from
Santos Brazil.
Henry Bowden, a negro of Mn
; con, put an ounce of carbolic acid
in his wife’s glass of beer Mon
day night because he was jeal
i ous. He was jailed for murder.
FOR THE BOVS AND
FOR THE PUBLIC
Rev. J. C. Adams Will
Give His Famous Talk
About Boys.
An event looked forward lo
with great pleasure by those who
! have before heard Rev. J. C.
i
1 Adams will be his appearance at
the Brewton-Parker Institute, on
the evening of Monday, October
1 14th, eight o’clock. Mr. Adams
I (once a boy himself) will deliver
I I his very entertaining lectures on
“The Ups and Downs of the Boy.”
This is said to be one of the finest
'and most entertaining lectori
on the public stage, and the en
: tire audience will be pleased with
; Mr. Adams’ appearance here.
While it should appeal directly
to the boys, the older ones (in
cluding the girls) will feel inter
ested in it, and should attend by
all means. His entertainment
will be full of interest and in
struction. Let the public attend.
Admission 25 and 50 cents.
To Urge Improvement of
Three Rivers in Georgia.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 5.—A dele
gation of shippers along the
routes of the Ocmulgee, Ocom e
and Altamaha rivers will appear
before the United States board
of engineers in Washington, on
October 21, and show reasons
why the government should ex
pend more money in deepening
the channels of these stream ,
J. G. Weatherly, of Brunswick;
A. J. Long, W. E. Small and B.
Gilham, of Macon, will head the
j delegation.
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Turner County Boys
Get Prizes for Corn.
Ashburn, Oct 7. —Saturday
was Boys’ Corn Club Day in Ash
burn and a goodly number of the
youngsters were in evidence to
be greeted by a large crowd of
citizens from all over the coun
ty. Before the business meeting
convened the boys were lined up
at the courthouse, each with a
representative stalk of corn from
his patch on his shoulder, and
headed by the Ashburn city band
marched through the principal
streets of the town. Practically
all business was suspended to ob
serve the show.
Immediately after the parade
a meeting convened at the court
house, where addresses from both
|T. E. Waldrupe, field agent of
■ the G. S. and F. railway, and
the district agent of the olubs,
C. V. Cunningham, were well
received by an unusually large
crowd of boys and citizens of the
county.
The first prize of *4O in cash
and merchandise was awarded to
Master Mark Rainey, of the Am
boy district, whose yield was 81.3
bushels per acre at a cost of $32.-
05.
The second prize of S3O was
won by J. B. Pierce, of the Syca-
I more district, whose yield was
74.10 bushels to an acre, at a cost
of of 35.35. Third prize of $25
was given to Frank Bell, of near
Ashburn, who showed a yield
of 77.75 bushels per acre at a
cost of *3B. Fourth prize of S2O
was awarded to Charlie Childs,
of the Sycamore district, who
made 64.25 bushels on an acre,
at a cost of S3O.
The meeting and distribution
of prizes renewed the interest
and enthusiasm of the contes
tants for this year and there will
probably be three times the num
ber of contestants in the field
next year.
Notice to Bridge Contractors.
Sealed bids <>r proposals will lie
received by the Board of Coinmis
sioners of Roads and Revenues of
Montgomery County on the first
Tuesday in November, 1912, be
tween lu o’clock a. m. and 4
o’clock p. m , for repairing of the
bridge known as *'Rycraft” Bridge
across Alligator Creek in Mont
gomery County. The bridge to
lie repaired is 310 feet in length
and 12 feet in width. That sec
tion or span of said bridge im
mediately over and across the
Creek for a space of 100 feet from
I I he east bank to west bank is to
lie built anew and of new material.
j All material such as lumber and
i posts will be furnished by the
[county. Nails and iron pins to
! be furnished by contractor.
Mudsills must be anchored to
! rock bed of the stream by iron
pins not less than l.j inches in
diameter and at least 3 inches in j
length and driven through each
end of mud sill into the rock hot-j
tom. Bring piste*to be mortised
and tenoned into sills and made
secure. Posts to lie erected not I
exceeding 11 feet apart across
main channel of creek. Bridge'
most he 12 feet in height over
main channel with gradual slope |
from each bank to end of abut- j
ments so us to be above high wa- j
ter mark as nearly as possible, j
All old material in the parts of,
the old bridge are to tie used that i
is sound and serviceable. Specifi
cations as to the material can be
obtained Gy request. Party to
whom contract is awarded is to
give bond as required by law.
Bridge to be paid for when com
pleted and accepted by the Board
of Commissioners. The right is
reserved to reject all bids sub
mitted. This Oct 7th, 1912.
YV. M. Lewis,
Clerk Board of Commr’s.
In the Very Dim Future.
It was 1950.
Two citizens were discussing,
their friends.
“That man Srnythe is horribly
stuck-up,” said the first citizen.
‘Tie is that,” agreed the sec
ond. ‘‘Did you hear about his
spelling his name S-m-i-t-h now. ”
!a CALL FOR THE
CORN CLUB BOVS
To Meet in Mt. Vernon.
For The Com Contest
Next Thursday.
By request of Hon. J. Walter
Hendricks, District Agent Boys’
Corn Clubs, all the boys of Mont
gomery County who belong to
the Corn Club of Montgomery
are urged to be in Mt. Vernon on
Thursday next by ten o’clock a.
m., October 17th. A show of
prize corn will be made and the
premiums awarded. All patrons
and teachers of the public schools
are invited. Every boy interested
should be present. See the be
ginning this year, and you will
see wonders on the line next
year.
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President Helpless as
His Bank is Robbed.
Statesboro, Oct. 7. —Bulloch
county had its first bank robbery
this morning when the Farmers’
State bank at Register, ten miles
from here was entered by pro
fessionals, who took away nine
hundred dollars, leaving only
about fifty dollars in gold and
I silver.
The sheriff at Statesboro was
phoned for about 2:30 this morn
ing that the robbery had just oc
curred.
F. P. Register, president of
the bank, lives near the institu
tion, and hearing the explosion
got up to investigate. He struck
a match to light a lamp but was
ordered to put out that light,
which he promptly did.
According to Mr. Register there
were three men, and after or
dering him to put out the light
they made their escape, coming
in the direction of Statesboro.
All trains have been watched
but no suspicious characters have
been seen to board a train. It is
probable that the trio had an au
tomobile in the vicinity and had
made good their escape.
The sheriff went to the scene
with dogs but no trail was taken.
It is thought they used a preven
tative to keep the dogs from
smelling.
DAMON DOTS.
The Damon Literary Society
met in chapel last Saturday.
The roll was called, minutes
| read and adopted.
Gesmon Nevil was elected ed
itor-in-chief and Minnie Wells
and Charles McAllister assistant
editors of our semi-annual maga
zine.
There being no further busi
ness the following program was
rendered:
Piano Duet, Ernestine Black
well and Josie Williamson.
Jokes and wants, Eva Williams.
Play, Anna Morrison, Tyra
Stanley, Marie McQueen, Mamie
McDaniel, Minnie Wells and Vi
ola McLemore.
Vocal Solo, Herbert Autry.
Debate: Resolved; That Pa
rents and Children Should not lie
Separated on Account of Poverty.
Affirmative, Gesmon Nevil and
Chas. Ricks. Negative, Chas.
McAllister and Herbert Autry.
The decision of the judges was
in favor of the Negative.
After having an interesting
talk by our old member, Rufus
Hodges, we adjourned.
V. M.
Charline Ferris of Atlanta, three
years old, was ground to death
beneath a street car Monday, and
a lady who tried to rescue her
was almost killed. *
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