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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1912)
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. NO. 26
