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VOL. XXVII.
List Cases Disposed of
During Superior Court.
The following cases were dis
posed of in Montgomery Super- 1
ior Court last week, Judge K. J.
Hawkins presiding:
Moore & Smith vs A. YV. Bar
low, et. al., judgement for plain
tiff.
T. H. Nelson vs S. A. L. Rail-!
way, dismissed at plaintiff’s cost, j
McNatt & Donovan vs A. M.
Moses, judgment for plaintiff.
James McNatt vs Geo. W.
Smith, judgment for plaintiff.
Willie T. McArthur vs Jose-;
phine Dixon, et. al., dismissed at
plaintiff’s cost.
H. C. Moore vs A. W. Barlow,
et al, judgement for plaintiff.
Marietta Fertilizer Co. vs H. J.
Gibbs, judgment for plaintiff.
Marietta Fertilizer Co. vs E. S.
Gibbs, judgment for plaintiff.
W. B. Jones vs. S. A. Gray,
et al, judgment for plaintiff.
Home Fertilizer Chemical Co.
vs D. E. Mcßae, judgment for
plaintiff.
Elk Furniture Co. vs. C. H.
Peterson, judgment for plaintiff.
Dougherty, Little, Redwine
Co. vs, C. H. Peterson, judgment
for plaintiff.
Coweta Fertilizer Co. vs J. T.
McDaniel, et al, judgment for
plaintiff.
McNatt & Donovan vs H. J.
Gibbs, judgment for plaintiff.
Royal Blue Tailoring Co. vs W.
H. McQueen, judgment for
plaintiff.
Coot Davidson, assault with in
tent to murder, plea of guilty.
Jim Thad Livingston, assault
with intent to murder, plea of
guilty.
Dan Sellers, misdemeanor, plea
of guilty.
A. W'. Gillis, misdemeanor,
verdict guilty.
Otis Browning, misdemeanor,
nol prossed.
W. P. Arnold, misdemeanor,
verdict not guilty.
Charles Crumley, misde
meanor, plea of guilty.
Anthony Adams, (colored) mis
demeanor, settled on payment of
costs.
Words of Praise
For Judge Hawkins.
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Montgomery Superior Court—!
November Term 1912.
Whereas, the present session
of the Superior Court of Mont
gomery County has been presid
ed over by Hon. K. J. Hawkins
of the Dublin Judicial Circuit:
Therefore, be it Resolved, That
we, the Mount Vernon bar beg
leave to express to him our sin
cere appreciation of the able and
impartial manner in which he has
discharged the duties of his high
office and dispatched the business
of the Court.
Further Resolved, that we ex
tend to him our profound thanks
for the uniform courtesy mani
fested to our bar, to litigants,
jurors and officers of the Court.
Further, that we hereby hearti- 1
tily wish for and bespeak for
him a long and useful tenure of
office as Judge of our Courts.
Further Resolved, that these
resolutions be spread upon the
minutes of the Superior Court of
Montgomery County.
J. B. Geiger M. B Calhoun
W. M. Lewis W. L. Wilson
Chas. D. Loud A. C. Saffold
Will Stallings C. P. Thompson
L. C. Underwood
The Ladies’ Foreign Mission
ary Society met at the residence
of Mrs. W. H. McQueen on Mon
day afternoon with the usual at
tendance. ’Tis encouraging to
know that by the close of the
year our pledge will be paid and
as we begin the new year we
will go forth as willing workers
in the Master’s vineyard.
Member.
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Blackshear Manufacturing Co.
|vs C. C. Tapley, judgment for
■ plaintiff.
Georgia Mercantile Co. vs. E. '
M. Joiner, judgment for plain
' tiff.
The following criminal cases
! were disposed of:
State vs Aaron Madison, mis
| demeanor, plea of guilty.
John Mack, burglary, plea oU
I guilty.
H. Lee, receiving stolen goods, !
| verdict guilty.
Will Stewart, misdemeanor,
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plea of guilty.
Will Pitts, misdemeanor, ver
dict not guilty.
Frank Passmore and Lucien
Avant, discharged on demand.
Lonnie Beasley, simple larceny,
sefnt to State Reformatory.
H. A. Simpson, misdemeanor,
verdict not guilty.
I. J. Joyner, shooting at an
other, settled.
Lester Pollett, assault with
intent to murder, settled.
Arthur Davis,, misdemeanor,
plea of guilty.
Geo. Clark, misdemeanor, noil
prossed.
Geo. Clark, misdemeanor, plea
of guilty.
Isaac Walker, assault and bat
tery, verdict not guilty.
Claude Holder, assault and
battery, verdict not guilty.
Richard Adams, misdemeanor, !
verdict not guilty.
Joe Bailey, misdemeanor, al
lowed settled.
Clara Harris, assault and bat
tery, verdict guilty.
George Adams, disturbing di- j
vine worship, verdict guilty.
Coot Davidson, misdemeanor,
noli prossed.
Henry Copeland, larceny, ver
dict guilty.
Will Adams, misdemeanor,
verdict guilty.
Anthony Adams, misdemeanor,
verdict guilty.
Court was adjourned to con
vene the third Monday in Decem
ber. Judge Hawkins will prob
ably preside.
Protracted Meeting at
the Methodist Church
As announced last Sabbath by
the pastor, services are being |
held this w r eek at the Methodist |
church here. Rev. Johnson of,
Baxley and Graham is doing the
preaching. Although quite a
young man, Mr. Johnson is a
forceful speaker, and is giving
i the congregations some excellent
sermons. Services are held af
ternoon and night of each day,
and the meeting will probably
continue during the week.
For Clerk Superior Court Wheeler County.
I announce to my fellow citizens of the County
of Wheeler that I am a candidate for the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court, the election to be
held at Alamo January 7th next. This offering
subject to .such rules and regulations as may be i
prescribed by the county executive committee to j
be elected, or to any primary called by them.
Years of experience in public affairs warrants me
in saying that 1 can fill the place with satisfaction
to every voter. JAS. T. GEIGER.
New Officers for
New Wheeler County
We are glad to offer the name
of Mr. James T. Geiger of Glen
wood as the first man to offer his
services to the voters of Wheeler
county for a county office.
Mr. Geiger has always taken a
prominent part in the affairs of
old Montgomery, and his long
years of gratuitous service fit
him well for the duties of the
office he seeks. The new county
will be fortunate if all its officials
can enter upon their duties with
; ■ d a record for Jim Geiger.
O r w: :y regret is that we can
not p : in our vote for him.
Q art size Corks, 50c gross, at
Me. Vernon Drug Co.’s.—ad.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1912.
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It Seems a Problem.
i
There are few normal business
men who at some time in their
careers have not made, or con
| templated, figures that tended to j
show how quickly, surely, easily |
and enjoyably a man may pros- j
! per, thrive and grow wealthy by :
! establishing, maintaining and ‘
conducting a poultry yard.
Eggs are eggs and are equiva
lent to dollars and more dollars.
| Chickens, at present prices, would
hardly associate -with the single
| dollars. There is not only a mar
ket but a steady, and at times
| insistent, demand for poultry
! yard products all the year round.
There is but little fluctuation in
| the prices that they command in
different seasons, and the mini
mum prices seem sufficient to in
sure good profits.
Just why there should always be
a scarcity of poultry products in
the Southeast is hard to under
stand. The reason might be plain
in sections in which the Winters
are long and severe, hut not in
the Southeast. Here there is a
plenty of green feed for chickens
nearly all the year. Every day
in the year they can enjoy the
freedom of their runs and of
such larger areas as may be pro
vided for them. All the land
that could possibly be needed for
even a very extensive poultry
farm can be purchased in the
Southeast for practically a nomi- j
nal sum. Under these to .ditions
and in view of the fact that there
is always a market, with good
| prices, practically at the gate of
! the poultry farm, it is hard to
understand why there are so few
such farms in this section. It is
true however, that most people
: who raise poultry in the South
i east do so as a side line wholly,
j giving comparatively little atten
tion to it.
Unquestionably, good profits
can b%made in the Southeast in
raising poultry, if undertaken,
as in other sections, as a business
to which the whole time of the
owner or manager is given.—In-
dustrial Index.
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Georgians in the Senate.
A dispatch from Austin, Tex.,
states that the resignation of
Senator Jos. W. Bailey has been
forwarded to Gov. Colquitt and
I the latter has authorized the an
j nouncement that the vacancy will
Ibe filled by the appointment of
| Col. R. M. Johnston of Houston.,
i This will mean that Georgia is
to be represented in the United
States Senate by three Senators
from other States.
Illinois will no doubt send J.
Hamilton Lewis, who formerly
lived in Augusta and Savannah.
Charles S. Thomas, who will
represent Colorado, was born in
! Darien, and later moved West.
Rienzi Melville Johnston, the
probable appointee from Texas,
was born in Sandersville, Sept.
9, 1850 and after being educated
in the public schools at Bain-j
bridge, served two years in the j
Confederate army. He entered I
newspaper work in the State but
he went to Texas in 1878, and is ;
now the president, editor and j
largest stockholder of the Hous
ton Post. In 1898 he declinedj
the nomination for Lieutenant-
Governor of Texas, and for the
last twelve years he has been the
Texas member of the Democra
tic National Committee. Many
Georgians remember with pleas
ure the days when they came in
contact with “Rienz,” and re
joice in his new honor. — Macon
Telegraph.
Seed Oats For Sale, j
Rust-proof Appier Seed Oats,
Ito 25 bushels, 85c per bu.; 25
to 100 bushels, 80c per bu., f, o. b.
Uvalda. Pete# Johnson,
| Uvalda, Ga.
| Shook Hands With Polk;
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Wants to meet Wilson.
James M. Crawford, of the M.
Rich & Bros, store, is one of the
few citizens of Atlanta who lived
to see two southern Democrats
; elected to the office of president
of the United States. Not only
has Mr. Crawford been a witness
to this, but he has shaken the
hand of one of the men and hopes
to meet the other when he is in
agurated next March.
Mr. Crawford was a boy of
nine years when James K. Polk
triumphed over Henry Clay in
the presidential race of 1845. He
is now seventy-six years old. At
that time he was Hying at Ath
ens, Tenn., and says that he re
calls distinctly the day when his
father took him to the Gibbs ho
tel at Athens and introduced him
to the tall stately man who was
a candidate for the highest office
in the land.
Mr. Crawford visited the scene
of his boyhood summer before
last and says that the Gibbs house
is still standing as it was in his
boyhood. He hopes to go to Wash
ington in the spring and there
shake hands with Woodrow Wil
son, the first southern Democrat
since Polk to occupy the White
House. —Atlanta Journal.
Plenty of Candidates
For Wheeler County.
The following item from the
Macon Telegraph will be of inter
est to the citizens of the new
county of Wheeler:
Mt. Vernon, Nov. 9.—Wheeler
county, the newest in Georgia,
will have its first election for
county officers on the first Tues
day in January, 1913, and already
there are a number of candidates
in the field, the following being
mentioned as probable candi
dates:
For ordinary, J. M. Fordham;
for sheriff, J. C. Patterson, W.
H. Hinson, S. H. Harrelson; for!
clerk of superior court, W. Hen- 1
ry Clark, Jas. T. Geiger and J.
D. Brown; for tax collector;, J.
L, Sumner and J. A. Lowery;
for tax receiver, Clarence Mar
tin and H. S. Peavy; for treas
urer, L. M. D. Nobles, Sam El
kins and Tom Harbin; for coro
ner, Dr. T. H. Nelson. Under
the act creating the new county
provision is made for a board of
three commissioners, but as yet
no candidates have ofiered for
these places.
Mr. Fordham, one of the most
prominent citizens in the new,
county, was for several terms
ordinary of Laurens county, be
fore his removal to Montgomery
county, which the new county of
Wheeler is made.
Mr. Clark and Mr. Geiger have
both served Montgomery coun
ty as tax receiver.
Two terms of superior court
have been provided for, begin
ning on the first Monday in March
and September. Alamo, the coun-
Ity site, is a thriving town sur
rounded by a splendid farming
section. _
In justice to Dr. T. H. Nelson,
we append the following card,
clipped from the Savannah News
of yesterday:
Editor Morning News: I have
just read in your paper an item
from Mt. Vernon which states I
am running for coroner in Wheel
er county. I must say this is a
reflection on me that is not at all
appreciated and I would thank
j you to correct it at once.
Truitt H. Nelson, M. D. j
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The syrup-making season is.
near at hand. Save your prod- j
uct in safe bottles with new !
stoppers. Get them at the Sumer- j
ford Drug Co., Ailey, Ga. - Ad. I
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
Jack Johnson, the negro pr.
gilist, is in the county jail in
Chicago. He is charged with vi
olation of the white slave lav
He had abducted a young white
girl.
J. M. Stover of Atlanta was
struck and killed by a passenger
train while walking on a trestle
of the A. B. & A. road early
Sunday morning.
On Saturday night in Athens.
J. I. Seabold shot and killed W.
H. Henley, his brother-in-law.
I A coroner’s jury found that Sea
bold shot in self defense.
Butts county has invested in a
traction engine to be used in
building roads, The engine is
! 30-horse power and is expected
' to do much more work than mule
power.
A disastrous wreck occurred V>n
the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
railroad Sunday night near
Montz, La. Fourteen bodies
were taken from the wreck and
many persons who were serious
ly injured.
E. L. McKay, a farmer near
Pavo, was holding his cotton for
a higher price, but a thief got
away with two large bales, steal
ing it from a shed only 75 yard,
from the residence.
Macon held a great celebration
last night in honor of the recent
Democratic victory. Several
very prominent men made
speeches, and a trememendous
parade was held.
The corner stone of a great
monument to the Confederate
dead was laid in the National
Cemetery at Arlington on Tues
day, W. J. Bryan being the chief
orator.
Will S. Strong of Asheville, N.
C., while visiting his former
home at Blakeley, Ca.,an<l boar -
ing a train at Blakely, slipped on
j a bottle and slid under the wheel:;,
I having his right leg cut off.
Two Killed, Seven Hurt
By Blast of Big Boiler;
Valdosta, (fa., Nov. 11. A
boiler explosion, which shook the
town of Milltown from Center
to circumference Monday morn
ing, killed the negro fireman and
his helper and scalded four other
negroes and three white men.
The explosion was caused by
| turning cold water into a hot
j boiler. It occurred ten minutes
before the work hour or the
I death list would have been much
I larger.
Two other’boilers were blown
out of their beds and boiler No.
I, which was by the side of the
one that exploded, was blown on
top of the mill.
The mill is owned by the Bar
ney Smith Car company, of Day-,
ton, Ohio, and is one of the big
gest mills in this section.
Mr. Howell S. Bragg Dead.
Report reached us yesterday of
Mr. HowellS. Bragg of the I/>-
thair section. He was taken ill
on Monday of last week with
congestion of the brain and died
on Friday. The remains were
j laid to rest on Saturday. Mr.
i Bragg was a clever man and a
i good citizen, and was a brother
of Mrs. J. A. Hughes of Hack
Branch near here.
Estimable Lady Dies.
On Tuesday night last at the
family home in Toombs county;
Mrs. W. H. Sharpe, wife of Mr.
W. H. Sharpe, Sr., passed to
j her reward. We are not inform
ed as to the particulars of this
sad event, but know that M rs.
Sharpe was a lady held in high
; esteem by a large circle of rela
tives and friends. Mrs. Francis
Mcßride near Mt. Vernon is a
I daughter of the deceased.
Jose Canalejas, the Spanish
Premier, was shot dead on Tues
day in Madrid. His assailant
w s arrested and then committed
| suicide.
The Georgia and Florida pas
senger train was derailed and
wrecked in the yards at Hazle
hurst Monday night, but no one
was badly hurt.
Ten thousand acres of govern
ment land, known as the “Lost
Sections.” was sold ip,Oklahoma
on M .nday for $316,000.
John Babb of Mill Creek near
Dalton was attacked and almost
killed by a mad bull Sunday
night. He was tossed into the
air and then pinned to the side
of the barn by the animal’s horns.
Harry Bennett, a machinist of
Columbus, was drowned in the
Chattahoochee river on Sunday
by falling from a gasoline launch.
A horse belonging to Keefe &
Bullock at Nashville, Ga., be
came frightened Monday at an
automobile, and running into a
trestle where it became fastened,
was run over and killed by a
freight train.
The election in Savannah Tues
day on a bill to change the city
government, resulted in 3,164
votes against the commission
form ond 1,334 for it.
Nine men were killed and a
number of others injured in a
collision on the L. & N. railway
at Emerson, near Cartersville on
Friday last.
During the big Democratic
jubilee at Americus Monday
night, Tom Joiner had his right
hand torn of and Ike Hudson had
his skull crushed by the explosion
of a home-made bomb.
By an explosion of two thous
and pounds of dynamite, six
workmen were killed at the Aetna
Powder Co’s plant near Gary,
Ind., on Tuesday.
Citizens’ Rally Called
At Alamo Tuesday
Citizens of the new county of
Wheeler are to meet in a mass
meeting at Alamo on Tuesday
next. We understand that the
object of the meeting is to shape
up the affairs of the county and
get ready for the county election
to be held on the first Tuesday in
January. It is quite probable
that an executive committee will
be chosen, and the question de
cided as to whether a primary
will be called to nominate candi
dates for the various offices. It
is important that every citizen
attend that harmony and good
will may characterize the first
movement for the organization
of Wheeler county.
Rounds Tax Collector.
SKCONI) ROUND
Monday, Nov. IS. Landsburg 9,
to 10 a. m.
Glenwood, 10:30 to 1 p. m.
Alamo, 1:30 to 4 p. m.
Tuesday, Nov. 19. Erick 8:30 to
10:30 a. m.
Spring Hill, 11:30 to 12:30.
McArthur, 2:30 to 4 p. m.
Thursday, Nov. 21. Charlotte,
9 to 9:30 a. m.
Uvalda, 10 to 12 a. m.
Alston, 12:30 to 1:30 p. m.
I Higgston, 3to4p. m.
Friday, Nov. 22. Lothair, 9 to
10 a. m.
Orland, 10:30 to 11:30 a. m.
Soperton, 12:30 to 4 p. m.
Saturday, Nov. 23. Tiger, 9 to
10 a. m.
Kibbee, 10:30 to 11:30.
Tarr.vtown, Saturday evening.
Mount Vernon the whole week of
court which is the 3rd Monday in
December.
D. F. Warnock, T. C.
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