The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, November 21, 1912, Image 1
m*> 'll I itttf rtrttttM 4, i« *■ f rtr* 1 l#4 WT & ♦ W ,W"J ►**♦ ♦ VOL. XXVII. General News Items Told in Short Meter.! A new fertilizer factory is to j be built at Dublin, and a charter ] has been applied for incorporat-. ing the Dixie Guano Company. George Newton of Raleigh, N. j C., was killed while buying a coffin Monday afternoon. He was selecting a casket for his j wife who had just died when a display of coffins fell on him. The case of the government against Tom Watson for mailing obscene literature, to have been tried this week in Augusta, has been postponed. President-Elect Wilson, his wife and daughters, have gone to Bermuda for a vacation. They are to return about Dec. 16. Attorney General Felder has ; filed ejectment proceedings against the Georgia Railway and Power Co., to oust them from possession of Tallulah Falls. The late Joseph Pulitzer, the millionaire owner of the New York World, left valuable prop erty on Jekyl Island and his voluminous will was filed in Brunswick last week, this part of his estate going to his sons, Ralph and Joseph. i Robt. Newman of Macon and Frank Fennell of Savannah, newspaper men who agreed to: take a surf bath at Tybee if Wil-, son was elected, took the plunge there on Sunday. The burned body of John ! it was taken from the ashes of a burned house near Jonesboro Sunday, and several men : • been arrested and charged v. r the murder. Charlotte Westland, a young widow of New York, quarrelled with her lover and on Sunday leaped from the Manhatt: n bridge into East River a distune., of 150 feet. Her body was not found. Eight Macon negroes were cap tured Sunday afternoon in an open field nearßivoli, where they had corralled 75 country ne groes in a crap game. A negro named Will Pope beat his nephew, 12 years old, to death near Cordele and buried the body in a box, assisted by other ne groes. Pope made his escape when the investigation began. A man named Callahan applied to the county clerk at Schriever, La., last week for a license to al low his daughter, only eleven years to marry. She will prob ably be the youngest bride in the United States. While switching a freight train in Marietta on Saturday, Conduc tor, S P. Laudrum of Atlanta was killed. Wonderful Shot is- Indian Kill Twice.! Chicago, 111., Nov. 19. —The much talked of Blackfoot Indian Kill Twice, wall be here Saturday for United Land Show. Kill Twice is the uneducated j Indian who invented the com- j parison system of range finding for long range shooting in remote | places. Kill Twice is a dead shot at several thousand yards, can hit a target the size of a man at almost every shot at this impos sible range and stop a deer at a distance so great the ordinary j man would hardlyjlocate it. During his visit to “Great! White Falls’’ as he callsChica he will renew his acquaintsnc .■ with many huntsmen who r - member him as a guide in Glacier National Park. A woman of St. Lems > feared arrest for forgery r. . • ed in her home eight < ,fi lived solely on candy. W. J. Wooten, prosecuted for j killing Herschel Griffin, mayor of j Kingston, Ga., got a sentence of | ten years. -He was released on a j $20,000 bond. Thursday, Nov. 2Sth, is to he i Corn Club Day in Savannah for ; i the corn clubs of Southeast Geor- i j gia. The boys will be entertain ed with a thanksgiving dinner at Isle of Hope, and many special features. A big plant to utilize pine pro ducts and manufacture 29 differ-] i ent articles is being built at Val-; ’ dosta. The*concern is the Ameri ; can Chemical Co. and the invest i ment is to be $500,000. | Mrs. Bessie Lyle and 2-year- j old daughter were killed in At ! lanta by a collision of an auto mobile and trolley car on Sun day afternoon. j The Atlanta Journal of Mon day shows a picture of a potato of the Nancy Hall variety weigh ing 18 pounds. The potato was raised at Rockingham, Ga., by W. M. Newton. The body of James Butler, for-; merly of Savannah, was found in j the river near Sapelo Monday af ternoon. He was drowned three] i weeks ago. I j In a runaway accident three! ! weeks ago, “Baby Ruth” Pierce, I little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. • J. H. Pierce of Eatonton, received j injuries from which she died] Monday. V. B. Cheshire, editor of the Anderson, (S. C.,) Intelligenc, i v/i s shot by Wf J. Muldrow last Friday, while Cheshire was firing on him. Cheshire is badly wound ed. • J. S. Copeland, a Confederate veteran aged 65, shot to death a -young man named Clark in a roomingffiouse in Atlanta Friday night. The main building of the Van Camp Packing Co’s, plant at Indianapolis, Ind., was burned Saturday at a loss of $350,000. John Duffy, 50 years old was i caught on a shaft in a sac- ] tory at Louisville, Ky., on Mon- j day and was hurled to death in ten minutes after he commenced work. Georgians are being urged to attend the ina'guration of Wood row Wilson on March 4th next, and it is quite probable many from this state will be in attend ance. The people of Meigs in Thomas county are moving in the matter of a new county to be named af ter the late Judge Hansell, who presided over the Southern cir -1 cuit for fifty years. Methodist South Georgia Conference Meets The annual meeting of the South Georgia Conference will j assemble this year in Savannah, j the opening being on the 27th i inst. Savannah has several : times before entertained the con i ferenee, and ample preparations | have been made to care for the large body of preachers and lay delegates. Directories showing homes to which members have been assigned have already been sent out. Odd Fellows Rally. On Thanksgiving day, Thurs day. Nov. 28th, the Odd Fellows wil hold a rally at Tarrytown, t'.- exercises to begin at 9 o’clock. Ali Odd Fellows and their friends are in.ited to join them in the festivities. Able speakers are invjted to address the meeting, and a good time is expected. I. C. S. Berner, Sec’y MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1912. Exporting Turkeys and Sweet Potatoes Mr. G. V. Mason of Mt. Ver non is making a venture that is ! somewhat new for this section. He is getting ready a shipment of 175 turkeys for the Jackson ville. Fla., market. Mr. Mason intends to let the Floridians ] know something of the fine qual ities of the old red Georgia yam, and will also make a shipment of i fine potatoes to Jacksonville. The Presbyterial Institute May not Change Elands. Some weeks ago it was an nounced in the state papers that j the Presbyterial Institute at Blackshear had passed into the hands of the Methodists, and was jto be continued as a district col | lege for the Waycross district I Methodist church. Since that time the Presbyteri an synod has been in session, and there are strong indications that the Presbyterian churh will retain ownership of the school, and continue it with assistance of $25,000 to pay olf the indebted-, ness. The Methodist annual confer ence, to convene in Savannah in a few days, will probably pass j upon the matter of establishing ! the district college. - 1 , Union Thanksgiving Service On the first Sunday in Decem ! her there will be a union meeting i of all the churches of Mt. Vernon 'and Alley in the chapel of the i Brewton-Parker Institute. It is ! the purpose of the pastors and i teachers to make this a Thanks giving seryjee. The following will be the order of the exercises: Voluntary. Doxology. Invocation —Rev. .J. D. Rabun. Song, Holy, Holy, Holy. Anthem, Praise Ye the Lord. Scripture reading and prayer offering —Rev. Chas. Montgom ery. Anthem. Solo—Mrs. M. B. Calhoun. Sermon -Rev. J. C. Brewton. Parting hymn, i Benediction. jSTOLE THE WIFE KIDS AND ALL Lester Calhoun Gets Wi and Three Children from John Bragg. About three weeks ago, Lester j Calhoun shook the soil of Mont ; gomery county off his feet, and appropriating the wife ! and three children of John Bragg, 1 set out in the direction of Florida. Finding his newly and forcibly acquired family rather cumber some to travel with, he stopped at a sawmill near Brentwood and , settled down to work. Sheriff Hester, who does not mind breaking up illegal alliances, got on Calhoun’s trail, and for warding a warrant he held against the family procurator, had Calhoun arrested and placed in jail at Jesup. In his day Bill Arp said that Jesup was the best place in all the world to die in, because you could leave it with less regret than any other earth ly spot. We do not know with jwhat regrets or migivings C;>l - left Jesup, but before Sher iff Hester could reach there, the Bragg woman and three children made haste to come had. to Mt. Vernon, reaching here all sale and sound Friday night last. A warrant for selling liquor and another for abducting the Bragg family were sufficient to land Calhoun back here. A pre liminary trial will be given him on the first Monday in December. A Box Supper For The Union Schoc I The public is cordially invite to attend the box supper to' 1 • given at Union Schoolhouse, f the benefit of the school, on Fri day night, Nov. 29. Rev. J. D. Larkins of Mcßa< will be with us and will deliv< an address on the subject of edi cation. The Union School. I Parent-Teachers Society. We are requested to call atten tion to the meeting of the Pa rent-Teachers Society, The s< ciety will hold the regular meet ing at the Brcwton-Parker Inst 1 tute tomorrow (Friday) after noon at 3 o’clock. The subjee i for discussion is: “The Health of the Child.” You are invited to be present. Every one inter ested in the education and wei i fare of the child is entitled ( ■ membership. Mrs. W. L. Wilson 1 is president of the association ' and will be glad to have your name enrolled. I _________ L_ OTHER CANDIDATES j OUT IN WHEELER Several Prominent Citizens i Come Forward and Offer Their Services. ' According to law, the new county of Wheeler will not be fully organized until its county officers are elected. The legal el • - tion will be held on Jan. 7th nt . t. The new executive committee ha: called a primary election for L'e cember 31st. I Mr. Frank E. Forrester is tin first name offered Wheeler coun ty for the office of sheriff. Mr. Forrester has practically been serving the people over there for some time, having transact much of the business as depot; sheriff. Mr. Forrester isone<-i the progressive spirits of the now county, and would bring consider able experience to the place if honored with the office. He has the requisite energy and ale t ness so necessary in this offh and would make a got d sheriff. S , Mr. Forrester’s card. Mr. L. M. 1). Nobles is the fi: man out for Treasurer, and : honesty and uprightness n< j not be mentioned among a pee | pie who have known him long a well. Mr. Nobles is a successi i farmer and would take pride ie properly handling the funds of i Wheeler county. And Mr. Nob.< asks the office inastraightforwa - business way. Mr. J. L. Sumner is offerin' for the office of Tax Collector. He has lbng been a citizen of the original county, and no m. {stands higher in the estimate i ;of the people. Mr. Sumner h. | held for some time the place of Worshipful Master of Aural . Lodge, No 239, in Mt. Vernon, and as a conscientious and horn farmer he stands as a good citizen ! who would have no ambition but to faithfully fill the office he seeks. Read Mr. Sumner’s an nouncement. For Clerk of Superior Com; Mr. W. Henry Clark annoum in this issue. Mr. Clark made a good officer in the old couro :and did much for our people as receiver of tax returns and a . registrar put in a great amount of time in the conduct of cour affairs. His experience star, him in good hand, if the peop' of Wheeler see fit to honor hie with office. Mr. Clark comes with a character and good name in offering to serve his people. Mr. J. A. Clements is in the race for tax collector, as his card will show. Mr. Clements comes out as a “strong young man to run a race,” and presents foe every voter’s consideration a go name. He is well and favorably known to a large circle of friends, and makes a strong plea for y< t support. See his card. Mr. Daniel Pope sends in h; card announcing for Treasui : Mr. Pope has long been identic with old Montgomery's afTa ■ and would serve Wheeler county . well in any capacity. To his hl - low citizens he lias always be known as a man of sterl: character and honest purpe e. 1 The new county’s funds wo iid be safe in Daniel Pope’s har. 1 Wheeler County Primary Will be Held on Dec. 31 In a massmeeting held at Ala mo Tuesday, which was largely attended by the citizens of the new county of Wheler, the fol lowing executive committee w selected to have in charge the •election of county officers: County at large, Hiram Sears; jSpringhill, A. W. Clemen: : McArthur, K. R. Benton; Land berg, J. 1. McKav; Cion woo . Dr. W. A. Rivers; Alamo, J. L« Hightower. At this meeting it was decided to hold a county primary, the date of which was set for Decen ber 31st, and elections will Ik held in the several precinct:-. The candidate receiving the greatest number of votes cast, will be declared the nominee f< the regular election, which whi be held at Alamo on January 7ih Revival Service Last Week. As announced in the Monitor, the special services at the Meth odist church were continued through last week. Theßapti congregation joined in the woi ship on Sunday at the morning and evening services, and tin house was full. Rev. Silas John i son, who preached through th< | week, delivered a powerful go:- | pel discourse on Sunday mornin: from the text: “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Chri t , for it is the power of Cod unto i salvation to them that believe.”! The pastor, Rev. C. M. Ledb<-t-j ter, filled his appointment at j Ailey Sunday morning. j MCNAUGHTON RESPITED ! UNTIL WOMAN’S TRIAL f - „ Gov. Brown Gives Swains-! boro Physician New Lease on Life. i Atlanta, Nov. 13. Governor; Brown granted another respite loi Dr. W. J. McNaughton, in Swainshoro physician, Frida morning. Dr. McNaughton, v ho; two years ago was convicted the murder of bred Flandct also of Swainshoro, was to ha\< been executed on next Friday. Several weeks ago the gov 1 errior made up his mind that hej would not permit the execution of Dr. McNaughton until after: the state brought Mrs. Mat‘ ; | Flanders, the murdered man’:.! widow, to trial, she and Dr. I»h Naughton having been join ! indicted for t he crime. Assurance has come to the gc ernor from Judge B. T. It:: l ings, of the superior court of; Emanuel county, that Mrs. Flan ders would be brought to trial ; the January term of that com Upon this assurance Govern Brown respited Dr. McNaughto to the last Friday in February. Although Dr. McNaughton was convicted two years ago arid bis ■ case has traveled back arid fort h ; through all the courts oft! land, finally bringing up in n appeal to the prison commission ’ for clemency. Mrs. Flanders, the physician’s alleged acco - ; plice, has never been brought to j trial. Influence of the Flanders , family in the politics of Emanuel county is said to he responsible for the delay, and even now it is • believed by many that when the case is called in January it will . be riol pressed. Attorneys for Dr. McNaugh ton have insisted that they bad every reason to believe that the trial of the woman would hr ; i out evidence of a nature favora ble to their client. It was on this point that they x< cured f; "i the prison commission a recom mendation that the governor respite McNaughton until the woman was tried, which recom mendation the governor has heeded. next. The crowd was unusually large, so that the hall could not accommodate the body of citizens, and the meeting was held in a beautiful grove of pines in the northeastern part of the town. - Much interest is taken in the se lection of the county’s first offi cers. and many of the best citi zens have announced for the va rious offices. In the bill creating the county and providing for its officers, no provision was made for the election of a county school commissioner, and this place will probably be filled by the board of education when that body has been chosen. It is hoped that the new county government will be harmoniously organized. Alamo, the new county site, is well located, and bids fair to become a growing town. m CAVENYS COMING NEXT TUESDAY EVENING Noted Entertainers Will Ap pear at Brewton-Parker Institute. The next attraction, and it is aid to be one of the best on the public stage, to appear at the Brewton-Parker Institute will be the appearance of J. Frank Caveny, the crayon and clay ar tist, of world-wide fame. He will be accompanied by his wife, Mrs. j Marie Caveny, as soloist. This splendid attraction will lie given in the auditorum of the Institute Tuesday evening, 26th inst., at eight o’clock, and should not be missed by those who ap preciate a high-class entertain ment. This is one of the series of entertainments given under the management of the Alkahest Lyceum System, and will lie well worthy of attendance. As a rule, the better class of entertainments are overlooked, but this should not be the case with theCavenys. . They were to have been here ,i some time ago, but deferred their engagement until further time ! could be had for its advertisement. Remember, Tuesday night, at Brewton-Parker Institute —the ! Cavenys. EX-tiOYERNOR TERREIJ. | HAS PASSED TO BEYOND Died After Long Illness Last Sunday at Home in Atlanta. lion. Joseph M. Terrell, former governor and United States sen ator died at his home in Atlanta on Sunday lust, after a long ill ness. He was one of Georgia’s great men, having served the state two terms as governor, and filled out the unexpired term of the late Senator Clay in the U. I S. Senate. He had served sev eral terms in the state legislature and five terms as attorney gen eral. Tlje state paid great honor in the funeral exercises, and many telegrams of condolence were received by the family. The remains lay in state at the Second Baptist church for two hours on Monday, and the funeral was conducted by Dr. John E. White, his pastor and close friend. The remains were taken to Greenville, Meriwether coun ty, his old home, for interment. Many of th ■ most prominent men of the state attended the funeral, Gov. Brown, Governor-elect Sla ton and several ex-governors be ing among the escorts. A commission appointed to try Schrank for insanity reported Tue day that he is insane. He will not be tried for shooting Roosevelt, but will be confined in ( the Insane Hospital at Oshkosh. NO. 31.