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VOL. XXVII.
CALLED AS WITNESS
TO FAR NORTHWEST
Mr. Underwood Goes to Min
nesota to Testify in Cases
of Land Frauds.
The state courts of Minnesota
wanted a witness in a case
against a party who was dealing
in Montgomery county fraudulent
land grants, and Col. L. C. Un
derwood left on Sunday night
for Blue Earth, a small town in
Minnesota, to give information
as to the sale of lands in this
county under the old fraudulent
grants exposed long years ago.
Mr. Underwood went byway of
Atlanta, Chicago and Milwaukee, j
and the trip will be a highly in- j
teresting one. The telegram call- j
ing him there warned him to pre- i
pare for cold weather.
THE SUPERIOR COURT
AGAIN TO CONVENE
Busy Time Next Week For
Litigants, Jurors and
Witnesses.
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On Monday next the November
adjourned term of Montgomery ,
superior court will begin its ses
sion. Hon. E. D. Graham, Soli
citor-General, was over on Sat
urday evening arranging a calen
dar for the criminal business,
which we print in this issue. The
calendar calls for four days work,
but it is quite probable that the
court will continue until Friday
night, at least. We regret to
learn that Judge J. H. Martin is
still indisposed, and will not un
dertake to hold any more courts
this year. Judge Hawkins of
Dublin, who presided here so
ably in November, will hold this
adjourned term.
Mrs. W. C. O’Neal
Died on Tuesday.
Reports reached us Tuesday
that Mrs. W. Council O’Neal had
been stricken with paralysis on
Monday morning. While in her
usual health and sitting in her
home near McGregor, the stroke
came from which she did not
rally, and death relieved her suf
ferings on Tuesday.
Mrs. O’Neal was a splendid
woman, and her loss will be sad
ly felt by her husband and one
daughter, and four sons, who
survive her. The remains were
laid to rest on yesterday after
noon in the McCrimmon burial
ground.
She was a member of the Pres
byterian church at McGregor,
and the funeral service was con
ducted by Revs. Don F. Sheppard
of Daisy and Charles Montgomery
of Mount Vernon. A number of
friends and relatives from this
place attended the burial.
SIO,OOO LICENSE
ON NI-BEER SALE.
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Bainbridge, Ga., Dec. B.—City
Council has raised the license on
near beer saloons from S2OO to
SIO,OOO and placed such restric
tions on them that it is probable
that no license will be issued.
The Council consists of six mem
bers and the vottf was practical
ly unanimous, there being only
one vote against the ordinance.
Potatoes a Great Crop.
Perhaps the finest crop of
sweet potatoes made here in many
years has just been gathered. We
have some huge samples from
the crop of Mr. E. G. Pollett of
Longpond. He made 250 bushels
from three-quarters of an acre.
At 50 cents per bushel, this yield
has cotton beaten out of sight.
There is more money in potatoes
than cotton, and the expense is
almost nothing to make them.
Home-grown Oranges
Sold in Thomasville" j
Thomasville, Dec. 10. —With
home-grown oranges hauled in
by the wagon load for sale it be
gins to look as if south Georgia
: was trying to go into competition
with south Florida in the orange
business. More oranges grown
in this and the adjacent counties
have been on sale here this year
than ever before probably, but
A. C. Dickey, just across the
j line in Grady county, is the first
grower who has been bringing
j them by the wagon load.
Mr. Dickey drove in town yes- 1
terday with seven or eight large j
i barrels heaped with the golden !
fruit and he quickly bad a crowd
1 around him buying the oranges
| as fast as they could be measured ,
i out. They were of unusually fine j
' quality and having been allowed ;
to remain upon the trees until
ripe they were very sweet. Mr.
Dickey said he would gather as
many more from his trees, which
have borne well this year.
Would Wonder.
Little Girl —“What makes hor
ses afraid of motors?”
Little Boy—“ Well, you see,
horses is used to seeing other
! horses pulling wagons, and when
j they see wagons going along by
j themselves they don’t know
I what to make of them. If you
saw a pair of breeches walking
down the street without a man
inside of them, you’d wonder.”
A Dalton Man Kills Son.
Dalton, Ga., Dec. 10.—Despite
the efforts of his daughter to se
cure the shot gun, A. R. Davis,
aged 75, shot and killed his son,
Hewlett Davis. Since separating
from his wife Davis is said to
have told- his son to stay away
from his residence. Davis is a
Confederate veteran. He is now r
under arrest charged with mur
der.
HE GOT HIS BILL, SURE
But will Probably Hold to
the Small Stuff in Future.
/
Savannah, Dec. 10—The desire
to have a SSO bill for his very
own cost Alex Terrill, a country
lad from Bulloch county, two S2O
bills and a $lO bill a week ago.
Terrill came to Savannah a
week ago to hunt work. Not be
ing able to find anything to do he
proceeded to make firiends with
a barber named D. Martin on
West Broad street. Martin and
Terrill became quite chummy and
were together at different times.
A few days after becoming ac
quainted with Martin, Terrill saw
a SSO bill in his possession. Terrill
had never seen a SSO bill before
• and had always greatly desired
, to own one, according to his
statement yesterday. Martin
' agreed to part with the bill for
the correct amount of change
and the S2O bills and the $lO bill
handed over to him.
Terrill carried the SSO bill with
1 him until yesterday. Having a
* bill to pay which amounted to
something over S4O he tendered
: the note in payment. It was im
mediately stamped as worthless
- and an investigation started.
Sergt. Clancy and Patrolman
, Swift, directed by Terrill, went
to the West Broad street barber
shop and placed Martin under
arrest. He made no denial of
having given the bill to Terrill,
but declared he had thought it a
good one when he did. He will
1 be given a hearing in Police
i Court.
House for Sale.
1 Good five-room cottage with
barn, etc. Located on campus of
i 8.-P. Institute. See me for
> price. M. D. Hughes,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DEC. 12, 1912.
General News Items
! Told in Short Meter.
Train wreckers threw the
switch on the Atlantic Coast Line
road at Wades Crossing near
Thomasville, derailing the pas
senger train and doing consider
able damage.
j The corn show at the capitol in
Atlanta last we.ek was a wonder
ful exhibition, and was partici
pated in by ninety counties. The
| boys now number 10,000 in corn
clubs.
I
While searching for whiskey as
a deputy collector; S. S. Whit
mire, postmaster of Rabun Gap,
was shot and killed on Friday by
a man named Osborne, who es-
| caped.
A Greek in Savannah named
Pappadeas took a shot at a bird
Sunday morning across the street
and hit a negro boy in the leg.
The man was arrested, but the
wound is not serious.
HIS HOME COUNTY
ENDORSES SUMNER.
Give Testimony To High
Character of a Former
Fellow Citizen.
The following high endorse
ment has been given Mr. J. L.
Sumner of Wheeler county by
his former neighbors in the good
county of Emanuel. The state
ment is to the point and speaks
for itself:
Georgia—Emanuel County.
To whom it may concern:
We, the County Officials and
citizens of Emanuel County, Ga.,
herewith beg to express our es
teem and high regard for Mr, J.
L. Sumner, for the past number
of years a citizen of the County
of Montgomery, being a resident
of that portion of said county re
cently formed into the County of
Wheeler. Mr. Sumner was born
and reared in our county,
(Emanuel,) and we have known
him from his boyhood. His life
has been an exemplary one. He
is a man of strong character and
honest convictions and of un
questioned integrity, upholding
the right and laboring for the
upbuilding of his community and
the betterment of his fellow citi
zens. In token of our regard for
him, we cheerfully subscribe our
names herewith:
T. A. Fields, Sheriff E. C. Ga.
John R. Flanders, Ordinary.
H. G. Johnson, Clk Sup. Court.
R. W. Coursey, Sheriff-elect E.C.
W. D. Stephens, T. R„ E. C. Ga.
J. S. Woods, Representative.
T. J. Woods. L. W. Canady.
J. D. Fields. S. J. Williams,
Mayor Swainsboro.
J. Alex Smith, Attorney-at-law.
Geo. Kirkland, Jr., Att’y-at-law.
ad
She Guessed It.
Two ladies, previously unac
quainted, were conversing at a
reception. After a few conven
tional remarks the the younger
woman exclaimed: “He was so
attentive a little while ago, but
he won’t look at me now.”
“Perhaps,” said the other, “he
saw me.come in. He’s my hus
band.” |
Statement of the Condition of
BANK- OP ALAMO,
Located at Alamo, Ga., at the Close of Business Nov. 26th, 1912:
, resources:
Time Loans $27,808 2d
Hanking; house 3,712.>0
Furniture and fixtures 1,941 00
Due from banks and hankers
in this state 6,438 63
Due from banks and bankers
in other slates 22 07
Currency 2,087 00
Silver, nickels etc. 271 44'
Total, $41,270 40
STATE OF OKOltGlA—itontgoinery County.
Before m<- came ■/. B. Ford ham, ('adder of Bank of Alamo, Alamo, Oa„ who, being
duly sworn, aaya that the above and foregoing utatnmeut is a true condition of xaid Bank, ax
abown by the hooka of file in said bank. J. B. FOUDHAM. (
Sworn to and subxci ibed before me, thix 10th day of liec., 1012.
S. A LEE, N. P., M C.,na. ,
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A two-year-old boy of John
Haskins in Clinch county fell in- j
to a pit of boiling potatoes last
week and was scalded to death. :
George Childers, a young liv-"
eryman of Dublin, attempted to
take his life Sunday morning by
shooting himself with a pistol,;
the ball entering his breast. He
had been drinking.
Mrs. Benj. Lee, wife of a
Hamblen county, Kentucky,
farmer, to whom she had been
married two months, was found j
dead in a cistern Sunday. She 1
was the second young woman
drowned in the same cistern.
George Kendall, a farmer of
West Lebanon, N. H., shot and
killed Ive Osgood Friday night.
Kendall’s wife had gone to keep
house for Osgood.
JUDGE STANDFORD WINS
Re-elected Justice by Good
Majority Here Saturday.
The election for Justice of the
Peace of the Mt. Vernon District
took place last Saturday. These
elections do not usually create
much excitement, but more than
the usual activity was shown in
this one. The present incum-<
bent, Judge G. J. Stanford, was
opposed in the race by Mr. W.
C. Ryals. Judge Stanford has
held the place for several years.
The vote stood: Stanford, 105;
Ryals, 16. Messrs. E. W. Arm
field and Otho Morrison were
elected constables.
Guardian’s Sale.
Georgia— Montgomery County.
Under and by virtue of an order granted by the
Court of Ordinary of said county, will be Bold on
the first Tuesday in January, 1913, before the
court house door in said county, to the higest and
best bidder for cash, the following described prop
erty to wit:
All of that tract or parcel of land situate, lying
and being in the 1343rd district G. M. of Montgom
ery county, Georgia, and described as follows to
wit: Beginning at a stake corner where the land
nerein described intersects the lands of Hugh
Peterson and Rowland Baker on the south (of the
tract herein described) and running thence north
66 1-2 degrees, east 36 chains and 67 links to a
stake; thence south 23 1-2 eaßt 7 chains and 16
links to a stake; thence north 66 degrees east 27
chains and 65 links to a pine corner; thence north
23 degrees west 20 chains and 13 links to a stake;
thence north 66 1-2 west 23 chains and 40 links to
a stake; thence south 88 3-4 west 15 chains ami HO
links to a stake; thence south 28 1-4 west 24 chains
to a stake; thence south 22 3-4 west 10 chains and
10 links to a stake; thence south 671-2 west 8 chains,
63 links to a stake; and thence south 24 1-2 east 12
chains and 60 links to the beginning point, and
containing one hundred and seventy eight and one
half (17H 1-2) acres, according to a survey and
plat thereof made l>y S. B. Morris, county sur
veyor on the 6th day of October, 1912, and being
bounded on the north by the tract hereinafter de
scribed; on the east by lands belonging to W. J.
Peterson, Jr., and lands belonging to the estate of
J. A. Peterson; on the south by lands belonging to
Major Summersett, Rowland Baker and Hugh Pe
terson; and on the west by other lands belonging
to the said J. A. Riddle.
Also all of that tract or parcel of land situate,
lying and being in the 1343rd District G. M. of
Montgomery county, Georgia, and fully descrilsfl
as follows, towit: Beginning at a stake corner on
the eastern line of the tract herein described
where the same intersects the lands of W. J. Pe
terson, Jr., ami lands of T. A. Peterson and run
ning thence north 23 degrees west 46 chains and
35 links to a stake; thence south 68 1-4
degrees west 11 chains and 18 links to a
stake; thence north 21 3-4 west 8
chains and 16 links to a stake; thence south 32 1-4
west 32 chains and 37 links to a stake; thence
south 44 1-4 west 16 chains and 8 links to a stake;
thence south 9 1-2 east 14 chains and 20 links to a
stake; thence south 66 1-2 east 23 chains and 40
links to a stake; and thence north 66 1-4 east 40
chains and 30 links to the beginning point and
■ containing two hundred and eighteen and twenty
one-hundredths (2JH 20-100) acres, according in a
survey and plat thereof made by S. B. Morris,
county surveyor, on the 6th day of October, 1912,
and being bounded on the north by Turner
and lands belonging to T. A. Peterson; on the
east by lands belonging to T. A. Peterson and W.
J. Peterson, Jr., on the south by the tract first
above described on the west by lands belonging to
P. 11. Hardeman and the Ailey and Kibbee Public
Road. *
Said property will be sold as the property of J.
A. Riddle, ward of the undersigned, for the pur
pose of maintenance of said ward ami family.
This the 2d day of December, 1912.
j J. W. PALMER.
Guardian for J. A. Riddle.
LIABILITIES:
Capital stock paid in $16,000 no >
Surplus fund 1,200 OO j
Undivided profits, less cur
rent ex int. and taxes pd. 1,682 31 1
Individual deposits subject
to check 21.710 42
Time certificates 092 00 j 1
Cashier's cheeks 74164
Total, $41,276 4o
Negro Boy Smothered
In Loose Cotton Bale.
Columbus, Dec. 10—Ben Ham
mond, a negro boy, sixteen years
i old, was smothered to death in a
loose bale of cotton mill of the
Swift Manufacturing company,
where he was employed. He was
alone in a small room, feeding]
i cotton into a hopper that con -1
i veyed it to the dye house. Cotton
, ceased coming through the suc
tion pipe and persons were sent
to the cotton room to investigate.
They saw the negro’s fees stick
ing up from a bale of loose cot
ton. He was already dead.
Just how he came to be cover
jOd by the cotton is not known.
THREATENS TO LEAVE
; WORTH IN DARKNESS
Man Invents Sure “Reck
Preventer” but Wants
Some Cash for It.
Atlanta, Dec. 10.- Warning
the Georgia railroad commission
that “if there is nothing in it at
once to me 1 will go down to the
| grave and leave the world in
darkness as to what probably
never will be thought of by any
one but us,” a Dublin man has
written to request the commis
sion to pass a blanket order re
quiring railroads to adopt their
“reck preventer.”
Chairman Candler is somewhat
staggered by the threat, but will
i await a formal gathering of all
of his associates before plunging
into so weighty a matter. But
let the Dublin man tell about,his
great invention, as yet existing
only in the brains of himself and
! brother.
“Me and my brother at Rock
ledge are about to patent an at
tachment to keep locomotive en
gines and cars from recking or
running off but are poor men and
not able to resk money on patent
unless we nos pretty soon of its
being at once put to use.”
He requests the commission to
take action at once, and then of
j fers the threat of “going down
to his grave and leaving the
world in darkness.” He says it
will prevent ninety-nine out of
one hundred wrecks and work
anywhere except on switches.
Later on he lets it leak out that
they have “annother ida” which
will even “prevent recks at
switches if the fireman will only
keep his nerve and open the
throttle wide.” Then he says: '
“Advise us what to do as it
means lives upon lives saved also
recks upon recks avoided, to say
I nothing of thousands of dollars
saved to the railroads. If we
| can’t get the benefit of it we will
.leave the world without it.”
He cautiously states that the j
!commission can see his brother!
at Rockledge any “weeky day”
and get full particulars. Then,
in order to choke off skepticism,
he concludes:
“This whole letter may sound
foolish, but it is true. Just re -
member Columbus.”
HOTEL FOR SOPERTON
Handsome 13-Room Build
ing will Soon Go Up.
Soperton will soon have fine
hotel facilities. Dr. 0. B. Moye
is to build at once a 13-room ho-1
,tel that will fill a decided demand j
in Soperton. Mrs. C. M. Pritch-■
’ c*tt will have charge of the new
| house and the public will be!
I served in a satisfactory way.
Put a new stopper in the syrup
l jug. Jug corks, 75c per 100. at
Drug Store, Mt. Vernon.—ad.
Souvenirs that please after
Christmas is over can be had of
Sumerford Drug Co., Ailey. |
COURT CALENDAR
FOR COMING WEEK
Only Criminal Cases will be
Tried. Four Days’ Ses
sion Planned.
Monday, Dec. 16.
State vs Fred Hudson, assault
to murder.
Dock Harvey, misdemeanor.
Lee Higtower, 3 cases.
John Hudson, 2 cases.
Lester Calhoun, misdemeanor.
Bert Powell, 2 cases.
Ned Wiggs, 2 cases.
Neal Harvey, misdemeanor.
Ed Bradey, 2 cases.
John Linder, felony.
Lester O’Conner, 2 cases.
Jim Moseley, assault to rape.
Tuesday, December 17
State vs. Grover Gillis, misde
| meanor.
W. D. Lord, misdemeanor.
Andrew Mooring, misde
meanor.
Ben Green, 2 cases.
Frank Faircloth, 3 cases.
Jim O’Connor, misdemeanor.
Will Barefield, larceny.
Ben Edmund, misdemeanor.
Oscar Shepherd and Tom Shep
herd, misdemeanor.
Calvin Willis, misdemeanor.
Jack Morris, 2 cases.
Will Daniels, misdemeanor.
Joe Miller,
Tom Cooper,
Jerry Phillips, “
Josh Collins, “
Richard Fuller,
Ralph Morris,
Oscar Graham, “
Wednesday, Dec. 18.
State vs. W. L, Rodney, 2
cases.
Lee Price, misdemeanor.
J. A. Wiggins, 2 cases.
J. R. Pollett, misdemeanor.
Jim Davis,
Jesse Simmons,
J. H. Todd, forgery.
J. H. Gannon,
Harris Adams, misdemeanor.
Dave Flowers, misdemeanor.
J. B. Neundorfer,
Lester Faircloth,
George Bean, “
E. M. Bean,
George Moseley, 2 cases.
W. W. Inman, misdemeanor.
Sinclair Sharpe,
Linton Bridges, 2 cases.
Zona Lord, misdemeanor.
Jim Lord,
B. F. Stokes,
Thursday, Dec. 19
State vs. Bartow Keen, misde
meanor.
Tom Calhoun, misdemeanor.
J. I. Wilkes,
Butch Roberson,
G. B. Graham,
Grant Flowers,
R. G. Flowers,
Dennis White,
Jess Phillips, Jr.,
Walhe McKinnon,
Ernest Roberson and
Josephine Roberson,
Tom Shepherd,
Luther Lloyd,
Dennis McCormick,
Jake Rogers,
Waver Cooper, 2 cases.
Indictments found at this term
i will be in order for trial on Tues
! day, December 17th, and the
; days following that date.
J. 11. Martin,
Judge Sup’r Courts O. C.
E. D. Graham, Sol. Gen.
Delight the little ones by bring
ing them to see our shining dis
play of Christmas toys and souve
nirs. Sumerford Drug Co., Ai
ley, Ga.
PROMISE PLEASANT PLAY
“Santa Claus, Jr.,” at Brew
ton-Parker Institute.
On the night of December 18th,
at the 8.-P. Institute auditorium,
: the pupils cf the public school
deijprtment will render a musical
play. “Santa Claus, Jr.,” will
j have full sway, and a rousing
time is expected. An admittance
fee of 10 cents will be charged to
defray expenses. Get ready for
the fun. Time: 7:30.
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Be sure and see our elegant
and sensible Christmas goods.
Sumerford Drug Co.,
i Ailey.
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