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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1912)
ifflottttmv VOL. XXVII. SOUTH GA. CONFERENCE CLOSES IN SAVANNAH Appointments Read Monday And Few Changes are Made. The annual session of the South Georgia-Conference of the Meth odist Church held this year in Savannah, ended its labors on Monday afternoon. The meet ings were held in Wesley Monu mental church and the attendance was large. Bishop A. W. Wil son, senior bishop of the church, presided over the conference, as sisted by Bishop McCoy. Rev. W. F. Smith, who has served many times before, was elected secretary of the conference. Bishop J. H. McCoy of Birm ingham preached the Thanks giving sermon on Thursday. Few changes were made in the allotment of preachers for this section. We give below the ap pointments for the Mcßae dis trict: L. E. Hill, Presiding Elder. Mcßae, K. Read; Helena and Milan, W. G. Allaben, Eastman, W. E. Arnold; Claxton, C. T. Clark, Abbeville and Rhine, A. B. Wall, Baxley, S. E. Jenkins; Lumber City and Scotland, R. M. Wesley; Towns circuit, J. E. Sumner; Hazlehurst, G. F. Aus tin; Jacksonville circuit; W. D. McGregor, Chauncy circuit, S. W. Snead, supply; Vidalia, N. H. Williams; Mt. Vernon circuit, C. M. Ledbetter; Lyons and Col lins, C. E. Cook; Reidsville and Shiloh, W. A. Mallory; Baxley circuit, I. R. Kelly; Surrency cir cuit, J. T. Lowe, and S. F. Hil ton, supply; Alamo circuit, J. T. Budd; Higgston circuit, G. W. Pharr, supply, Uvalda circuit, B. F. West; Altamaha circuit, R. M. Allison; Glenville circuit, W. T. Lambert, supply; Hagan and Bellville, J. A. Sconyers; Cobb town circuit, C. S. T. Strickland, supply. Waycross, Dawson and Macon | put in bids for the next confer-1 ence, and Macon won by a large vote. It Was up to the Bachelor. An old bachelor, who lives in j the suburbs of a Southern city, I hires a colored man to clean up his room, fill the lamp, and per form like services. A few days ago the colored domestic, who has been using his employer’s blacking said: “Boss, our blackin’ am done out.” “What do you mean by saying ‘our blackin’? growled the sordid employer; “everything belongs to me. I want you to understand that nothing belongs to you.” The terrified darkey apologized and promised to remember. On the following Sunday the bache lor happened to meet the colored menial, accompanied by a choc olate-colored female pushing a baby-carriage. “Was that your baby in that 1 carriage?” he asked next day at his house where he was enter taining quite a number of his friends. “No, boss, dat’s not our chile; dat’s your chile. I’se nebber gwin to say nuffin belongs to me no moah.” NEGRO LYNCHED AT MCRAE Assaulter Strung Up and Riddled By Mob. On Thursday night last a negro known as Chesley Williams as saulted a young woman at Rhine and shot her mother. Sheriff Wilcox of Telfair, to prevent a lynching, took the negro to Mc- Rae and placed him in a vault in the clerk of superior court’s of fice. A party of Dodge county citizens followed him to Mcßae, and finding where the negro was in hiding, soon had him strung up to a tree and riddled his body with bullets. Shiloh Notes. Special Correspondence. Miss Virgie McEachern a stu dent of the Waycross business school is visiting home folks. Mr Grover Sapp of Pinehurst is a welcome visitor in our com munity. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Nash are all smiles over & fine baby boy. Mrs. Carry Vaughn and little daughter, Thelma, were the guest of Mrs. J. T. Roland a few days of last week. The young people of our com munity enjoyed an entertainment given by Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Spivey Saturday night. We are sorry to state the ill ness of Mr. Abel Wright. Hope he will soon recover. Mr. J. L. Lowery yf Charlotte visited in this section Sunday and Monday. r Misses Vick and Sadie Vaughn, Alberta and Viola Sikes, Elbert and Leona Hadden attended the l cane-grinding at Mr. Roland’s | Monday night. Mr. Joe Browning and daugh ter, Maranda, were among the visitors in Lumber City Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Mitchell and children visited at Mr. Josey’s; Sunday afternoon. Miss Leona Hadden is the guest of her brother, Zade, of Glenwood this week. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Davis of Hazlehurst is visiting friends and relatives in this community. Dark Eyes. Spring Hill. Special CorrcHpumleuce. Mr. Abe Bright of Sardis is j very low. Mr. W. S. Miller superintended our Sunday school Sunday last. Bruce and Sardis were well , represented at the Spring Hill Literary Society last Saturday | night. Mr. Roscoe Smith from Brox ton was a welcome hearer Satur day night. Rev. Hinson is pastor of the ! ! Baptist church at Springhill. Rev. Kelly is attending the con to’ ce which convened in , Savannah last Monday, There will be a box supper at Ilil! on the 14th., inst. We are expecting an extra big lime. We want everybody to come and enjoy the supper for there will. be more than we all can take care of. Spring Hill is i now one of the livelist places around. Its society is one of the best we ever heard of. Come out and be with us. Stranger. Why She Sent for Him. A clergyman was once sent for in the middle of the night by one' of his woman parishioners. “Well, my good woman,” said he, “so you are ill and require the consolations of religion ? What ! can I do for you?” “No,” replied the old lady, “I am only nervous and can’t sleep!” “But how can I help that?” said the parson. “Oh, sir, you always put me to sleep so nicely when I go to church that I thought if you would only preach a little for me!” Sheriff Sale. Georgia—Montgomery County. WiU be sold before the court house door in Mt. Vernon on the first Tuesday in Jan., 1913, be tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for sash, certain property, of which the following is a c«**njplete description; One Hackney lumber wagon, 2 in axle, 4 in. steel tires. One Taylor saw mill complete, con sisting of 30-horse power boiler, 20-horse power engine; boiler Mallory make, engine Waltertown make. Levied on as the property of C. B. Branch to satisfy a mortgage fi fa issuer! by the superior court of said county in favor of W. R. Harrell, agent for W. L. Jessup, against said C. B. Branch. Levy marie and returned tome by F. E. Forrester, deputy sheriff. Property being too bulky to transport, will be sold as it stands at mill site in the Alamo district. This the 3rd day of Decem ber, 1912. JAMES HESTER, Sheriff. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DEC. 5, 1912. General News Items Told in Short Meter. ___ The Southern Educational As sociation, in session last week at Louisville, Ky., elected as presi dent, Hon. M. L. Brittain, State School Supt. of Georgia. The corner stone of the -new Tift county courthouse will bo > laid at Tifton on Tuesday, Dec. 10. The ceremonies will be in charge of the Masonic Lodge of Tifton. K. E. McAllister of Atlanta, 43 years old and separated from his wife, wrote two notes, one in the form of a prayer, and then in-1 haled gas and killed himself in Chicago last Saturday. Richard Frayne, a young aero naut of Boston, made a flight at Jacksonville, Fla., and dropped to his death in a cemetery in the ! presence of 3,000 people. The concluding and third ses- 1 sion of U. S. Congress convened on Monday. Speaker Champ Clark called the house to order, and Senator Bacon of Georgia presided over the senate. Now that the right of suffrage has been granted women in Kan ; sas, they are scooping all the of fices. Over 200 of them were elected to county offices this year. Wiley Busbee, a well known white man, was was found dead in Bluff Creek near Hawkins ville Monday, with a bed quilt wrapped around his body which had been perforated with bullet holes. SOUTH ATTAINING NOTICE Eyes of the Nation Being Turned This Way. A magazine published in Chi cago had much to say recently of opportunities in the South. We quote the following: “We little realize what is go ing on in the South. The South ern States are experiencing an awaking which pales into insig nificance the activities of the West back in those days when Horace Greeley said, ‘Young man, go West.’ “In your business ventures, don’t overlook the South. The cotton crop of the South will! some day be the ‘backbone’ of this nation. Already the big powers of Europe depend almost entirely on America for cotton, and cotton will some day rule the financial world, if it does not now. “Opportunities for young men are thick in the Southern cities. Land values are growing by leaps and bounds, factories are springing up on every side, thousands of Northern families are ‘going South,’ every wee!: mail order houses are training their guns Southward, and-a word to the wise is sufficient.” TWO DORMITORIES BURN South Ga. College at Mcßae Suffers 53,000 Loss. Two of the boys dormitories of the South Georgia College at Mc- Rae were burned Saturday last, the fire probably originating from defective flues. The two build ings lost were worth about $6,000 and there was only $3,000 insur -1 ance on them. Some of the boys lost almost all of their effects in the fire. They will be provided with homes until the buildings can be replaced. The Reason. “Pa, why do they call it ‘Dame’ Fortune?” “Because Dame is feminine. Fortune is symbolized as a wo man.” “Why do they symbolize For tune as a woman?,’ “Because she’s nearly always ! late when you have an engage ment with her.” Ben Clarida, a young man out hunting near Greensboro, N. C., ! Saturday, stooped to pick up a rabbit he had shot, when his dog jumped at him and with his foot fired the boy’s gun and killed J him instantly. Mrs. Elizabeth Lang, a bride of Logansport, Ind., shot and killed another woman on Tues ■ day. The woman had callled her j ugly, and said the groom had se : lected a worthless woman for a ! wife. Oscar Strasser, a boy 11 years of age, was burned to death in Colorado by using gasoline to kindle a fire that was labeled ker osene. He was brought to Sa vannah for burial because he | plead with his parents not to be j buried in the snow. In a wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Dresden, Ohio, | Tuesday night, eight persons ! were killed and several others wounded. | Capt. Joe Mansfield, a well known citizen of Darien, died at his home there on Monday night, A skating party on Heart | Lake, Pa., broke through the ice on Sunday and three people weiv drowned, several others having narrow escapes. Over 100 persons were killed in I a cyclone that swept Madagascar on Nov. 26. Damage estimated at $2,000,000. DIES ON SEABOARD TRAIN I Young Austrian Enroute to Savannah for Treatment. Valantine Liker, a young man, native of Austria, assisted in butchering a beef at Abbeville ! about fifteen days ago and cut off the tip of one finger. Blood poison set in, and -he was put on the Seaboard train for Savanna!, on Saturday to he taken to a hos- j pital for treatment. He died on the train about the time it ar rived at Groveland. Young j Liker was engaged in a barrel factory at Abbeville. Old Negress Dies at Home in Brunswick Brunswick, Nov. 30.—Probab-j ly the oldest negress in the stal if not the entire country, passed away in this city yesterday when “Aunt” Lucile du Bignon breath ed her last. The old negress al ways claimed she was born around the year 17fM), hut it is a known fact she was 110 years old when she died. “Aunt” Lucile, as she was, known by everybody in this city, according to her story of her his tory, came to the United States from Africa when she was a young girl, on the slave ship “Wanderer.” The vessel landed atMekyl, which at that time wa owned by the du Bignons, and as the slaves often took the name of their master it is by this man ner she acquired the name of du Bignon. The old negress had | a good memory and remembered events that transpired in thi state during the early part of tin nineteenth century. “Aunt” Lucile was the last of the old du Bignon slaves and was respected by all who knew her. For Tax Collector. At the approa/hing primary on the .Tint, fn-t I will auk for the office of Tax Collector of Win • i er county. Respectfully calling attention to rny ‘ reconl ana man anrl a citizen in this territory, a rnl feeling assured that I can satisfy all voters by a J just and faithful discharge of the duties of thi? office, I ask it at your hands. Your confldti - * and esteem will lie highly appreciated if you « fit to honor me as one of your new county's ofl. | cers. Yours to please, J. A. LOWERY, j Swift Creek. Special Correspondence. Our school at Swift Creek is , progressing very nicely under the careful management of Mrs. Kate E. Harris of Tennessee. Miss Ella Tyson of Hazlehurst is visiting at the home of her brother, Mr. G. A. Tyson. Mr. Curtis Hamilton who is a student at the 8.-P. Institute spent the week end with his grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. A, | Morris. Mr. Iron Palmer and sister, ! Miss Vena, spent Sunday with their brother, Mr. Geo. Palmer at Kibbee. Miss Mollie Mills is spending a few weeks with her brother, Mr. L. C. Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moore spent last Sunday at the home of Mrs. M. E. Palmer. Miss Bandies Moore spent Sun day|last withjMiss Mamie Beckum® Mr. Curtis Hamilton was a caller at the home of Mrs. M. E. Palmer Sunday afternoon. Miss Ella Tyson was the guest of Miss Mazie Palmer Sunday last. Mr. L. C. Graham was a pleas ant visitor at the home of Mr. | and Mrs. T. L. Beckum Sunda.v afternoon. Mrs. G. W. Morris was shop ping in Vidalia last Monday. Messrs. J. 11. and Iron Palmer i were in Mt. Vernon last Friday. Mr. L. C. Graham made a bus iness trip to Vidalia one day last week. Miss Mollie Mills s)>ent Sunday j very pleasantly with Miss Ida Morris. Mrs. G. W. Morris called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Beckum Sunday last. Miss Vena Palmer spent Mon day afternoon very pleasantly with Miss Ida Morris. Mr. Archie Morris and Mis; Mills were outdriving last Sun day afternoon. Mrs. I. M. Morris and Mrs. Kate Harris attended Sabbath school last Sunday at Kibbee. Mrs. Clara Tyson and sister, Miss Mazie Palmer, have return ed from Hazlehurst, where they have been visiting Mrs. J. P. ; Tyson. The young folks of this section have been enjoying the cane grindings very much. M.rThos. L. Beckum was at tending to business matters in Mt. Vernon last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hilton and Mrs. G. W. Morris were attend ing to business in Mt. Vernon | Tuesday. S. C. S. DISSOLUTION NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that tin firm of J. E. Braswell <fc Go., do iug busiuesss iii Abe town of AI ton, Uti., has this day been din solved by mutual consent, A E. Smith, a member of said firm, re tiring, J. E. Braswell aHsnminz all indebtedness and collecting ah I accounts due said firm. Thistle.; i 27tli day of November. 1912. J. E. BRASWELL & CO., J. E Braswell, A E. Smith. CITATION. I Georgia Montgomery County. ; J C. Outlaw has in proper form applied to the Ordinary of said county for letters of adininistra tration on t he estate of M is. Cliri tian Peterson, late of said conn tv; this is therefore to cite all persons concerned to show cause if any they can at the next term of the court of Ordinary of sail county, to he held on the first Monday in January, 1913, why said application should not L granted. Given under my hand and official signature this the 2d day of Dec., 1912. Alex. McArthur, Ordinary. BOARD COMMISSIONERS HOLD LAST MEETING Not a Member Serving Will Take Oath of Office Next Month. With their monthly meeting held on Tuesday the present board of County Commissioners began to get to the end of their work, as their term of office ex pires with the year. An entirely new set of commissioners has been elected, and at the next meeting in January the roads and revenues of the county will i probably be turned over to them by the retiring board. The members elect are J. M. I). McGregor, John T. Walker, !t. I). Beaty, W. H. Moxley and J, G. Snellgroye. By the organ ization of Wheeler county at the county election on Jan. 7th, next, Mr. Snellgrove will not be in Montgomery county, and it is probable that the board will choose another man to take his place. The new board has the oppor tunity of its life to cover itself with glory by straightening up the financial affairs of the county and putting its roads in good or der. It is hoped by every good i citizen that the gentlemen who I will guide the old county’s affairs will measure up to all the duties that devolve upon them. No thing would more certainly in sure their complete success in all undertakings than earnest co-op eration ny every citizen. Moultrie Harvests Fine Crop Syrup. Moultrie, Ga., Nov. 29.—New crop of syrup of an excellent quality bottled and sealed, is sell ing in Moultrie at 7 cents a pint. This is cheaper than it has sold here in a number of years, and i the reason therefor is that these has been an exceptionally fine I cane crop made. Not only was there a larger crop of cane made than usual, hut the quality is good. The seasons were rigid, and the cane matured up to the very top. Some of the stalks of j cane that have been exhibited in Moultrie were eleven and twelve feet in length—sweet to the top. Cane that yields four and five hundred gallons per acre has been i very common this season. A large quantity of seed cane is be ing saved, and next year the crop will probably be even larger. One farmer, T. H. Parker, is planning to put twenty-five acres in cane. He has dealt iri syrup a number of years and has grown cane • profitably for several years. SherifF Sale. Georgia Montgomery County. Will 1m- Hold before the court hounedoor In Mount V urrifm on tin- find Tuesday in Jan., 1918, be tween the legal houm of Halo, to the highent bidder so; r;iMh. rot-iain property, of which the follow in# is a full and complete description: lyot of land No. 201 in the Sixth district of Montgomery county containing 202 1-2 acres, more or lens. Levied on as the property of G. I). Daniels to satisfy an execution Ihmuotl by the Jus tiee Court of the 394th District, G. M., in favor of It. 1,. Kersey against said (J. D. Daniels. Said property in po ession of D. G. Daniels and point < d out by plaintiff in execution, and notice given •i required by law. This 29th day of November, 1912. JAMES HESTER, Sheriff. SOLD 500 BUSHELS OF OATS Terrell County Farmer Gets Money Off the Crop. Mr. J. I). Weaver is one of the farmers of Terrell county who have *paid attention to the oat crop the past few years, and has found it profitable to do so. He has just sold to Lowrey Bros. 500 bushels of rust proof seed oats of his own raising, the price paid being 75 cents a bushel. Lowrey Bros, will sow .",00 acres of their farm in oats. The farmers of Terrell are planting more oats than usual this year, and are thoroughly pre paring the land and fertilizing on scientific principles. With anything like favorable seasons next year’s oat crop will be a bumper one.—Dawson News. NO. 33.
