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ifcmtgimwrg Monitor.
VOL. XXVII.
RAILROAD FROM MT.
VERNON-GLENNVILLE
WORK TO BEGIN AT ONCE ON “SAVANNAH &
WESTERN.”—UVALDA AND CEDAR CROSS
ING TO BE ON ROUTE ON PROPOSED LINE.
As will be seen from our ad
vertising columns, the project to
build a railroad from Savannah
to Mt. Vernon is taking shape.
The charter privileges are being
sought for the line from Glen
ville to Mt. Vernon, but we think
it probable that the link from
Glenville to Savannah via Clyde
is also soon to be a part of the
system, and that the line when
started will be continued to Glen
wood, Dublin, Toombsboro and
on to Milledgeville. But this is
only our own conjecture. A
glance at the map will show at
once that such a road from Mid
dle Georgia to the sea would pass
through the finest territory in
Georgia, dividing the country
Lecture This Evening
At 8.-P. Institute.
Rev. C. M. Ledbetter will give
one of his famous lectures at The
Brewton-Parker Institute this
evening (Thursday) at 7:30, the
proceeds of which will go toward
the improvement of the campus,
planting same with flowers, etc.
Mr. Ledbetter is recognized as
a lecturer of ability, and should
be heard by a large audience.
Admission 25 and 50 cents. Be
sure and attend and enjoy a treat.
WILSON CAMPAIGN
FUND INCREASES
Contributions That Help To
Make Democratic
Success Sure.
The campaign fund for Wilson
and Marshall is growing slowly,
but is not entirely without inter
est. Only a few days remain be
fore the national election, and
those who are disposed to aid in
this work, even though it be in
a small way, should do so imme
diately.
As far as we have learned, the
enterprising town of Soperton
has contributed the largest sum
sent from Montgomery county.
Dr. George Barwick collected as
this fund $22, contributed by the
following citizens: J. D. Pullen,
G. R. Tyler, A. T. Miller, W. D.
Savage, H. W. Warnock, J. A.
Wade, F. C. Wade, W. R. Al
dridge, C. Williams, T. W. Cul
lens, W. W. Wade, Dr. A. N.
Dykes, R. E. Ward, John Fisher,
J. F. Mullis, W. L. Sessions, Fred j
Miller, 0. A. Smith, Geo. John
son, S. Courson, D. W. Freeman,
Dr. G. M. Barwick.
Dr. Barwick has issued certi-j
ficates to the contributors of the
above amoqnt and forwarded it
to headquarters.
The fund contributed through
The Monitor to date is as follows:
Contributed Through Montgomery Monitor:
Montgomery Monitor $2.00
Dr. J. E. Hunt 1.00
Cash 50
3. A. Coursey l.iio
W. A. Peterson 1.00
M. H. Darley 1.00
C. A. Mason .50
3. T. Jordan 1.00
D. A. Mcßae _ . 1.00
A. B. Hutcheson 1.00
Dr. J. W. Palmer (previously remitted) 5.00
$15.00
Those who have contributed
through The Monitor and who
have not received the handsomely
engraved certificate should call
at once and have same issued.
Another remittance should be
made before the election; do not
let the opportunity pass without
doing your part toward the suc
cess of the Democratic party,
Send in your dollar at once.
from here to Savannah evenly
! between the Seaboard Air Line
and the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
| way. As far as projected, Mt.
Vernon is to be the northwest
terminfls of the road, which
comes byway of the Cedar Cross
ing section and Uvalda.
Capt. D. M. Bradley of Hagan,
who built the Glenville to Reids
ville section of the Georgia Coast
and Piedmont railroad, and was
building on to Ludowici when
the line was incorporated in the
Georgia Coast and Piedmont, is
the chief promoter in the pro
posed “Savannah and Western”
line. Mr. Bradley has been very
successful in his unde?takings,
and the prospects are bright for
a realization of' his plans.
Marvelous Quilt Work.
County School Superintendent
H. F. Wood has in his office at
■ the court house a quilt made by
Mrs. Vandiver of Dawsonville
containing 38,000 pieces. It was
sent ■ ere to be forwarded to the
State Fatr at Macon. Those who
i saw the quilt marveled at its
] beauty and the work necessary to
piece it by the woman who made
it.—Gainesville News.
Judge Fite in Contempt.
Judge Fite, of the superior
court at Cartersville, arraigned
before him a North Georgia edi
tor about a year ago, charging
contempt on account of a news
paper criticism. Now this same
i judge is haled before the court
of appeals on the identical charge
—contempt on account of severe
'criticisms published in the At
lanta Constitution.
It seems that the higher court
I reversed Judge Fite twice in the
same case in which a negro was
1 tried and convicted of an at
! tempted assault. Judge Fite,
among other things, said the
court of appeals was “possessed
with a zeal for the negro, or
something else.” The court in
its order haling him before them
says that the charge made by
Fite “has a tendency to impede,
embarrass and obstruct this court
lin the due administration of jus
tice therein, and contains a false
and defamatory reflection upon
j the judicial integrity of this
j court.”
: This North Georgia judge has
I been riding for a fall some time,
j —Macon Telegraph.
Ocean Automobile
Slick Proposition.
i New York, Oct 12.—A ship
doing duty upon high seas and
deriving its motive power ex
clusively from oil is on exhibition
l at the Hamburg-American line
pier. She is called the “ocean
automobile.” The ship’s name
is Christian X. This vessel is
propelled by compressed air and
crude oil, highly expanded, hit
ting a piston. The ship is 370
feet in length and 53 feet beam,
and can carry 7,400 tons, and
has a capacity* of 1,000 tons of
oil, and can thus travel for 100
days without touching anywhere
to replenish.
F'c Counter Line-up.
It ounced that the larg
est, > lice seekers known
in .i, u :v of the country is
getti.v- . iy to line-up at the
pie courier when Governor Wil
son is elected president. Haw
kinsville Dispatch-News.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCT. . 17, 1912.
Grand Lodge Masons
to Meet in Macon,
Macon, Ga., Oct. 13.—One of
the next important gatherings
for Macon is the annual conven
tion of the Grand Lodge of F.
and A. M., which will begin its
labor on Tuesday, October 29.
This will be the one hundreth
and twenty-sixth annual conven
tion, and represents more than
six hundred lodges.
The officers of the grand lodge
are:
Geo. M. Napier, grand master,
Decatur.
Robert L. Colding, deputy
grand master. Savannah.
N. H. Ballard, senior grand
warden, Brunswick.
F. O. Miller, junior grand war
den, Fort Valley.
J. M. Rushin, grand treasurer,
Boston.
W. A. Wolihin, grand secre
tary, Macon
W. A. D. Echols, grand chap,
lain, Augusta.
W. G. England, senior grand
deacon Cedartown.
J. R. Wilkinson, junior grand
deacon, Atlanta.
J. R. Stephens, grand marshal,
Hartwell.
F. W. Coffin, first grand stew
ard, Augusta.
H. E. Allen, second grand
steward, Americus.
B. L. Patterson, third grand
steward, Lawrenceville.
Lee Wages, grand tyler, Ma
con.
This is expected to be the larg
est gathering of Masons ever
held. Fully, 2,000 prominent
citizens of Georgia are to take
part in the proceedings. It will
also be a very busy session, as
we are now crowding all the bus
iness to be transacted into a two
days session which formerly re
quired three days.
Protracted Meeting at
Hack Branch Church.
Rev. W. S. Harden, a well
known Presbyterian minister of
Cordele, is conducting a protrac
ted meeting at Hack Branch
church. Services are held at
11 o’clock in the mornings and at
night. The public is invited to
these services. Mr Harden is a
f orceful preacher, and is well
known to many of our people.
Mr. Harlow Montford of Glen
wood was a visitor here Monday.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
FOSSIL REMAINS OF MONSTERS FOUNd.
The perfect skeletons of two
primeval monsters were found in
Western Canada last week. One
was said to be a duckbill dino
saur, whose frame was 35 feet in
length and weighed 6,000 pounds;
and the other a “three-horn
trace” whose skull was seven
feet long.
BIQ DAMAGE SUITS AGAIN FILFD.
Several other big damage suits
have been filed against the Cen
tral Georgia Power Co. at Jack
son, Ga. These aggregate about
$98,000 in all claimed by land
owners against the company for
damages caused by back-water.
PICKPOCKETS MAKE A GOOD HAUL.
Dr. R. P. Mosely of Atlanta
reports that he was robbed of
S4OO on Sunday night last. He
claims that the loss occurred at
the Union station and that pick
pockets got away with the cash.
LAURENS COUNTY MEN FIGHT.
Jake Brantley and W. B. Mc-
Donald engaged in a cutting af
fray on Saturday night about
eight miles from Dublin. Both of
them were seriously wounded.
They had gone from town to
gether, and were under the in
fluence of whisky.
30 Whitfield Boys
Make 2,077 Bushels.
Athens, Oct. 13.—Andrew M.
Soule, president of the State Col
i lege of Agriculture, has received
i a telegram from Dr. Wm. Brad
ford, supervisor of corn clubs for
“area number one” at Dalton, to
the effect that 30 boys of the corn
club of Whitfield county had pro
duced 2 077 bushels of corn on 30
acres at an average cost of 25
cents. Fve produced over 100
bushels, the highest production
j being 122 bushels. The average
j for the 30 boys is 69 1-4 bushels.
Dr. Soule wired congratulations
j to Dr. Bradford and also to Supt.
! J. C. Sapp, of the county schools,
! and Hon. C. L. Foster, who have
co-operated with Dr. Bradford
so efficiently in creating the in
terest in that county.
Dr. Soule calls attention to the
fact that in 1906 when the first
boys’ corn clubs were organized
in Georgia the production of corn
was 42,000,000 bushels. Since
then there has been an increase
of 30,000,000 bushels. An idea
can thus be gained as to results
obtained from capitalizing an
idea and the spread of a few
fundamental facts about soil cul
ture, fertilization and seed se
-1 lection. He says that grain deal
ers admit a great falling off of
(shipments of corn into Georgia
from the west. With what has
been accomplished by the aid of
a few public spirited citizens. Dr.
Soule asks what might be ex
pected if the state would get be
hind the corn club movement
with a liberal appropriation. The
call of the boys of Georgia for
j help is greater than the facilities
I can now answer.
A Card to the Public.
I
To the people of Ailey-Mt. Vern
on and Montgomery County:
Please permit me in this way
to thank you all for the many
, acts of kindness extended to me
and my family during my trouble
j over the loss of my arm. God
alone knows how grateful I feel
to you all. My suffering has been
i almost unbearable, but your as
i sistance, love and sympathy
have caused me to lift mine eye.;
unto the Hills, Whence cometh
my help. My help cometh from
the Lord, who put into your no
ble hearts to do for me what you
have done.
Very gratefully yours in trouble,
R. S. Carroll for self and wife.
FERRYBOAT CONNECTS SAVANNAH & S. C.
Savannah is soon to have a fer
ryboat across Savannah river to
accommodate the trade from the
South Carolina side. The boat is
to be a double-decker, and will
probably be in operation by the
first of the year.
OLD CANNON BALL IS UNEARTHED.
While excavating for the foun
dation of the new Chatham Bank
building in Savannah last Satur
day, the workmen dug up a can
non ball of 18 pounds weight. It
was encrusted deeply with rust
and will be kept as a relic of the
civil war.
WOODWARD AGAIN MAYOR OF ATLANTA.
James G. Woodward, twice
mayor of Atlanta, was nominated
for mayor in the second primary
race there Tuesday over Aldine
Chambers. The race was decid
edly hot from start to finish, but
Woodward won by a majority of
704 votes.
JUDGE FITE ON WARPATH.
Before the grand jury of Whit
field county on Tuesday, Judge
A. W. Fite, already fined for con
tempt by the Court of Appeals,
again denounced the court and
declared he would assist in wip
ing it off the face of the earth.
I ATTEMPTS LIFE OF
! TEDDY ROOSEVELT
WOULD-BE MURDERER FIRES BULLET INTO
RIGHT BREAST OF THE “COLONEL”, WHO
MAKES SPEECH.—IS NOW RESTING EASY.
The country was startled Tues
day by the report that Theodore
Roosevelt, ex-president of the
United States, and candidate for
president of the now Progressive
party, had been shot Monday
night in Milwaukee. The report
proved true, and Colonel Roose
velt was seriously shot in the
breast by a fanatic named John
Schrank. He was entering an
automobile when Schrank put a
bullet into him. A crowd seized
Schrank and would have lynched
Dangerous Runaway.
A runaway on Monday two
miles below Alston may cause
the death of a man named Col
lins. Mr. Collins, in company 1
with his son, was driving two,
mules to a buggy and they be- j
came frightened at a little girl:
sitting near a mail box and dash
ed away. His head struck the
hub of one wheel and his skull
i was broken. He was taken to
the sanitarum at Vidalia in a,
| serious condition. Mr. Collins
lives at Cobbtown and was call- j
ing on his brother-in-law, Mr.
M. I). Kirkland of Alston, after
a visit beyond the Altamaha.
+ —
Georgia Stale Fair a Big Success.
The great Georgia State Fair;
is being held this week and next, j
and promises to surpass all its
' predecessors. Among the crowd
ed exhibits are 2,500 poultry and
200 automobiles.
COUNTY INSTITUTE
MONTGOMERY TEACHERS
Interesting Gathering Here
To Exchange Ideas and
Discuss Methods.
The Montgomery county teach
ers’ institute is in session here j
j this week, and the attendance j
seems to be very good. From all
J over the county, and from the
! Brewton-Parker Institute and
Mt. Vernon, members are hero
to study the best methods in
the intricate science of modern
school instruction. Prof M. L.
Duggan, one of the state super
visors of institutes and one of its
foremost educators, is conducting
the institute work. No doubt ev
; ery attendant will be greatly ben
efitted by the points to be gain
ed in this interchange of ideas.
Those in attendance are:
Prof. M. L. Duggan, Dr. J. C.
Brewton. Rev. C. M. Ledbetter.
Miss Augusta Pybus, Secretary. ,
Hon. A. B. Hutcheson, Co. Supt. i
Misses Marion Adams, Imogene'
Achorn, Julia Achorn, Daisy Al
len, .Josie Cameron, Margaret
Chandler, Zora Carlton, Ruth
Clapp, Pearl Collins, Mamie Con
ner. Maggie Gillis, Eliza Harden,
Ethel Hill, Bessie Knight, McL.
Knight, Fannie lie Ledbetter,
Bessie Leach, Anna LouMcAllis- 1
ter, Lena Mincey, Clyde McAr
thur, Bettie Matthews, Eudell;
Morris, Julia Osborne, Charlotte |
Sharpe, Martha Whitesede, Le- j
on ora Wright, Lannie Wright, j
Mary Lee Yawn, Mamie Tarver,
Inez Brantley, Inez Mcßae, Bes-j
sie Peterson, Ella Brown, Mrs, !
Nellie Roach.
Messrs. D. J. Blalock, John M.
"Carter, Jr., J. M. Carter, C. R. J
Callahan, Travis Eberhart, W.
M. Flanders, J. L. Gilmore, W.
B. Hilton, C. A. Johnston, A. W. j
Thomas, R. A. Nash, C. H.
Jones. Miss Freddie Stokes.
The faculty and student body
of the Brewton-Parker Institute :
visited the institute yesterday j
; afternoon. j
him but Roosevelt, who did not
know he was hit, prevailed on the
crowd to desist.
Yesterday’s latest reports an
nounced that Roosevelts’ wound
was serious, and the doctors had
forbidden all callers.
He went to the auditorum and
delivered his speech, but found
that he was bleeding from a bul
let in his breast. No probe has
been made for the ball. Telegrams
of sympathy were sent by Presi
dent Taft and Woodrow Wilson.
| PROF. W. A. MULLOY
PASSES AWAY.
President of 8.-P. Institute
*
Here a Short Time
Dies Suddenly. #
I
News was received here last
Thursday of the death of Prof.
Wm. A. Mulloy, who spent a few
weeks here after accepting the
presidency of the Brewton-Par
ker Institute. Prof. Mulloy made
friends rapidly during his brief
stay among us, and we record
his death with deep regret. We
clip the following account from
the daily press:
Tifton, Oct. 10. —Prof. William
Anderson Mulloy died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. B. H.
McLeod, in Tifton, Wednesday
night, October 9, at 12 o’clock,
from softening of the brain. Prof.
Mulloy had been sick since June,
but had been confined to bed
only two weeks. His right side
was stricken with paralysis a few
days before death and since that
time he had been speechless.
Prof. Mulloy was superinten
dent of the Tifton public schools
for the 1911-12 term and had
been elected to the presidency
of the Union Baptist Institute, at
Mt. Vernon, but was forced to
: give up the work on account of
ill health. He was a graduate of
Peabody Normal and the Uni
versity of Tennessee; a native of
Alabama, in which state he
taught l>efore coming to Georgia.
Prof. Mulloy came to Tifton from
; Statesboro and previous to that
time had been superintendent of
schools in Acworth, Sylvania,
Perry and Eastman.
Prof. Mulloy was preceded to
the grave by his wife ten years.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. B. H. Mcl.eod and Miss
Cathleen, and one son, Ralph, all
of whom were present at his
death.
The funeral services were held
!at the home of Mrs. McLeod, on
Love avenue, this asternoon at 4
o’clock, conducted by Rev. C. W.
Durden of the First Baptist
i church, Tifton, with interment
'at Oak Ridge cemetery.
MR. WILL M’KAY IS DEAD
Well Known Young Man
Dies Suddenly at
Soperton.
The many friends of Mr. Will
McKay will regret to hear of his
j death which occurred suddenly
iat Soperton on Monday morning
last. He was stricken with ap
' oplexy and only lived a short
time. He had been with Mr. C.
H. Peterson at Soperton for about
six years, and was at Ailey for a
| long time. His mother near Me-
Rae and several brothers and
( sisters survive him.
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