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VOL. XXVII.
SEES THE GREAT
NORTHWEST
Colonel Underwood Returns
From Interesting Trip
to Minnesota.
As mentioned in this paper
last week, Col. L. C. Underwood
was summoned by the superior
court of Blue Earth, Minn., and
took a long trip as a witness, re
turning to Mt. Vernon on Mon
day evening. The particular
case in which Mr. Underwood
was called to testify was the
state of Minnesota against one
E. F. Foxton of Minneapolis, ;
charged with trading a mortgage !
on 250 acres of land in this 1
county. The land purported to
be part of the notorious John
Hanson grant in Montgomery
county, to which reference is
made elsewhere in this paper.
Foxton was convicted and will be
sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary, the state law fixing
the penalty.
This is the second conviction
so far for these fraudulent land
sales, one Dines of St. Louis, who
visited Mt. Vernon January, 1903,
being the first one sent up.
Dines traded a laige tract here
for a big building in Louisville,
Ky., and was caught and prose
cuted. Many of our Mt. Vernon
citizens remember the smooth
Mr. Dines and Wheelock who
accompanied him.
Mr. Underwood talks interest
ingly of his trip of 3,000 miles,
passing through Atlanta, Cin
cinnati, Chicago, Mason City,
lowa, and on to Blue Earth, in
the central southern part of Min
nesota. Two days spent in Chi
" cago gave him an opportunity to
see the great Union Stock Yards,
. and the greatest slaughter houses
of the world. A trip through
the vast packing house of Ar
mour & Co. proved yery interest
ing. He saw the processing of
passing from the live hog thru
the stages that finally found the
meat in cans all neatly labeled
for the market. This is the place
where everything is turned into
money but the squeal of the
porkers.
The great corn region where
the corn grows as thick as a
canebrake, the fine stock of all •
kinds, and the improved methods
of farming, all passed under the
practical eye of Mr. Underwood,
and his trip was a pleasant one
all the way around. He was
handsomely treated by the peo
ple of the great Northwest,
where the snow covers the ground
all winter.
Rare Christmas Bargains.
You will profit by reading the
big ad of the Soperton Grocery
Co. in this issue. This firm is
forging to the front, and, like all
progressive people, understand
the value of printers ink. Your
Christmas dollars will do double
duty in this big sale. The ad
vertisement makes interesting i
reading.
Get the “Boy” an Air Rifle
from Soperton Hardware Co.
Statement of the Condition ot
THE PEOPLES BANK,
Located at Soperton, Ga., at the Close of Business Nov. 20th, 1912.
RESOURCES.
Demand Loans I 2,671 78
Time Loans 55,690 31
Overdrafts, secc .-d, (cotton) 2,582 89
Overdrafts, nriHecured 159 83
Bonds and stocks earned by the Bui K 2.550 nti
Banking House 1.951 65
Furniture and Fixtures 1,698 82
Due from Banks and Bankers in
the stare 7,562 75;
Due from Banks and B inkers in
other States 3,156 27
• Currency 12,836 00
Gold 25 00
Silver, Nickels, etc. 559 83
Cash Items 499 01 3,919 81
Total *81,446 54
STATE OF OEOltOl \ —Montgomery County.
Before me came H. E. Ward. Cashier of Peoples Bank, Soperton, Ga., who being duly
•worn, says that the alrove and foregoing statement is a true condition of said Bank as shown
by the books of Hie in said Bank. It. E. WAIiD.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, ttiir ilth dav of Dec , 1912.
G. U. TYLKB, Com. N. P. of M.C. Ga.
iltottim*.
Musical Recital at
Brewton-Parker Institute.
According to program an
nounced, the voice, violin and
trombone classes of Miss Lee held
the boards at the Institute Mon
day evening. The exercises were
highly creditable, and afforded
local talent an opportunity to
show up to great advan
tage. Many of our young people
show wonderful improvement
along musical lines, and their en
i tertainments are always enjoy
! able.
A SERIOUS STABBING
j NEAR KIBBEE SUNDAY
j Hosie Palmer Slashes Grady
Blaxton in Row at
Fishpond.
On Sunday last while on his
way to Sunday school, Grady
Blaxton of the Kibbee section
fell in with Hosie Palmer and
other boy’s at the fish pond of
Palmer’s faher. A quarrel arose
between the boys and young
Palmer stabbed the Blaxton boy
in the back, making a very dan
gerous wound. The boy was tak
en to the sanitarium at Vidalia,
and on yesterday was reported
as improving, but severely woun
ded.
Hosie is a son of Mr. Ben Pal
mer, and Grady a son of Mr. G. |
S. Blaxton, all good citizens, and
the affair is regretted by all.
Durden —Tapley.
On Thursday of last week,
Miss Frances Durden and Mr.
Hilton Tapley were married in
Mt. Vernon at the home of Mr.
D. E. Mcßae. Judge G. J. Stan
ford performed the ceremony in
his usual happy style and in ac
cordance with the laws of Geor
gia. The bride is the daughter
of Mr. L. Durden, proprietor of
the Durden House, Uvalda, and
Mr. Tapley is a promising young
man of Soperton. May the pass
ing years only bring joy to the
young folks.
It Applied to Both.
At a mass meeting in a small
country town, refreshments
were distributed to keep the au
dience in good humor, says the
Kansas City Star. The first
speaker rose after the noise had
.ceased to some extent and began
his speech by saying:S
“The old hall is full to-night”
but here his voice was drowned
by the confusion. When it had
subsided he began again by say
ing:
“The old hall is full to-night.”
He paused for rhetorical effect
and a thick voice in the back of
the hall said slowly and deliber
ately:
“So is old Bill Horn.”
The meeting then broke up. ‘
Do not wait until the season is
at hand, but buy nice quart
bottles and stoppers and save
your syrup. You cannot do it
without good stoppers, and you
can find them at the Drug Store
in Ailey—plenty of them, at
| right prices.—Ad.
1
Special reduced prices on Fur
niture, Silverware and guns for
Xmas at Soperton Hardware Co.
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock Paid in *15,000 00
Undivided Profits, (ess current ex
penses, int. and taxes paid 5,977 74
Dm unpaid dividends 40 00
Indivi lual Depi sits Subject to Ch’k 35,996 47
Savincl Deposits 1,132 89
Time certificates 22,208 98 ,
Certified checks 930 00 :
; Cashier’s Checks 1(2)46
Total *81,446 54
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DEC. 19, 1912.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
David L. Burnette, one of the
five men who founded the order
of Knights of Pythias, died in
, Washington Sunday night, aged
75 years.
! A four-year-old daughter of
W. J. Johnson at Columbus met
a horrible death by burning on
Monday. Her clothes caught
from an open grate.
G. Sand, master of a Standard j
oil barge, and 9 other men lost
their lives Thursday night when
j the barge was blown out into the
j gulf from Port Arthur. Texas.
A laborer on the dam across
the Mississippi river at Keokuk,
lowa, was missing some weeks I
ago, and a hand protruding from .
one of the huge concrete blocks
used told the story of his death.
A. H. Propper, a lawyer dis
barred from practice in Savan
nah, failed to get reinstated in i
Ware Superior court last week,
Judge T. A. Parker presiding.
J. R. Wetherbee of Albany got
a car load of dynamite last week
to be used in blasting out holes
for pecan trees.
The Merchants and Planters
Bank of Culloden was robbed on j
Friday night of $1,500. The rob- j
bers were supposed to have used I
an automobile.
Marvin W. Hamby, only 22
years old, robbed the safe of the
express car of which he was mes- j
senger last week of $20,145, on!
the Santa Fe Railroad in Cali-1
fornia. He confessed the crime
and all the money but itJOO was
recovered.
MR. FULLFORD ANNOUNCES YOUNG MAN ASKS OFFICE
Desires Honor of Being First
Ordinary of Wheeler.
To the Voters of Wheeler Co.:
I am before you a candidate
for Ordinary of the new County
of Wheeler, and before the pri
mary election December 81 desire
to state fully my positions on cer
tain questions now before you. I
am in favor of and advocate the
tow’n of Alamo, the designated
county seat, contributing the
sum of SIO,OOO toward the erec
tion of a court house and other
necessary public buildings.
Whether this is done or not, I am
willing, in the event of election,
if the necessary number of peti
tioners demand it, to call an
election on the question of fixing
the county seat.
In order that I may fully state
my views to the public, I will ad
dress the citizens of the county at
Glen wood Dec. 28, 2 p. m., and
invite my opponents to join me in
debating the issues. I desire my
position to be fully understood by
all. and invite my friends and
the public generally to be present
on the date named,
ad. S. L. FULLFORD.
Eggs Drop in Price at Capital
Washington, Dec. 17.—Stirring
housewives rubbed their ayes in
surprise today when, on entering
Center Market, they disesvered
that the price of eggs had drop
ped to 22 cents a dozen. The
sharp cut in price, followed a
meeting lost night of fourteen of
the most important butter, cheese
and egg dealers in the market,
at which it was decided the price
now could be reduced.
The dealers frankly confessed
to purchasers that the eggs at
this price were of the cold storage
variety.
He's going to have a shave get
“him” a Safety Razor and let
him start right. Soperton Hard
ware Co.
Whitelaw Reid, for years am
i bassador to Great Britian from
the United States, and a promi
nent character, died in London*
on Sunday.
Six hundred tales of cotton,
were damaged in a fire at Rome,
Ga., on Sunday. Several hun
dred bales were entirely con
| sumed.
| In the annual court hunt at
Letzlinger, Germany, Kaiser
William and his party killed 473
deer and 312 wild swine.
A beautiful young woman com
mitted suicide in a hotel in Jack
sonville, Fla., on Friday night,
i leaviug no clue as to who she
was. Supposed to have been a
' trained nurse.
Prince Vaisemsky of Russia
lost his life last week by swal
lowing several false teeth broken
from a plate. They entered the
j windpipe and got into his lungs.
Ocie Davis, a Tifton girl only
j ten years old, ran off with a boy
j of 16 on Monday, taking the train
I for Thomasville.
On Tuesday Ike Deal, near
I Donaldsonvilie, went to the home
iof Ross Murkeson, his wife’s
father, and shot his wife, from
i whom he had separated, her
(mother and then her father.
It is said that the makers of
j “moonshine” liquor in Georgia
are more active now than ever
before. Several men have been
killed in making arrests and in
forming against them.
A sausage factory was wrecked
! by an explosion near Mobile, Ala.
Tuesday. It is not stated whether
they used much pepper in the
product or not.
I
Mr. W. C. Riner Among List
'
of Wheeler Candidates.
Among the first candidates to
offer for the office of Tax Re
ceiver of the new county of
Wheeler is Mr. W. C. Riner of
the Bruce section. Mr. Riner is
too well known to need an in
troduction to the people of Wheel
er county. lie is connected with
one of the oldest families in this
section, and is a man of firm, ;
straightforward character, and
of unquestioned ability. He fa- <
vored the division of the county,
and as one of the leading young
citizens of the new county asks I
recognition at the hands of her
people. As a citizen of Mont-!
gomery county he was well
! thought of, having served as a
member of the county executive
committee. A large number
of Mr. Riner’s friends have in- j
sisted on his race, promising i I
strong support in the primary to ]
he held December 31, before j (
which time he hopes to meet
every voter in the county. ad. 1
To Put an Elk Herd }
in North Georgia.
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Atlanta, Dec. 14. —State Game;
Warden Jesse Mercer says prac-!
tically all of the Elk lodges of j
the state have received with fa
vor his proposal that they con- i
tribute to a fund to place a herd
of elk in the Appalachian reserva- i
tion in North Georgia, recently •
purchased by the United States I
government. He expects they J
will carry out the plan, but about
twenty elk and in five years the
herd will number 500. They)
will be protected by government
employes, he states.
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Nothing better than “Commun- (
ity Table cutlery for a Christmas
present. See Soperton Hardware ‘
Co.
i
Choice selections in art novel
ties for Christmas. See us. Sum- ;
erford Drug Co., Ailey. i
Mr. Friedman Again
Comes to the Front.
Mr. S. Friedman, the old es
tablished and reliable dry goods
man of Glenwood, is right in the
push with a big Christmas bar
gain sale. Mr. Friedman puts!
prices in bold type, and is j
i ready always for the rush when
ihe advertises a sale. We call
, special attention to this notice in
this issue.
MR. MILLER A CANDIDATE
Would Serve as First Sur
veyor of New County.
The days of headright lands
are about gone by in this section,
but every county must have a
; surveyor. Judge Ehenezer Mil
i ler is a candidate for surveyor of
Wheeler county. We take pleas
ure in presenting the name of
Judge Miller to the voters of
Wheeler county. In the primary
on the 31st inst. Mr. Miller ex
pects your vote. We confidently
make the assertion that Wheeler
county would not have a morel
conscientious and efficient officer
than Mr. Miller would make.
The best asset that the new
county could have would be a
full set of officers of the highest
integrity and intelligence. Sev
eral years’ pleasant acquaintance!
with Mr. Miller, and the high es
teem in which he is held by the
citizens of old Montgomery coun
ty warrants us in highly recom
mending him to the kind consid
eration of our friends in Wheeler
county,—ad.
Mr. Archie McDougald
Passed Away Yesterday
Mr. Archie McDougald, aged
JO, died at 2 o’clock yesterday
morning at the home of Mrs. T.
B. Abt in Mt. Vernon. He had i
been ill some time with Bright’s
disease. He is survived by Dun
can McDougald of Arkansas, Alex i
McDougald of North Carolina, j
Elisha McDougald of South Caro-1
lina, and John McDougald of this
county, brothers; and Mrs. Chris
tine Crowley of North Carolina
and Mrs. Abt of Mt. Vernon, sis
ters.
The interment took place in the
Mt. Vernon cemetery yesterday
afternoon, Rev. J. D. Rabun,
pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist
church, conducting the service.
Prepare to Walk.
I
“If the high cost of living!
. keeps on, the rich themselves
I will feel the pinch of it.”
The speaker was Brand Whit-i
lock, mayor of Toledo, says the
New Orleans Picayune. He con
tinued:
“I know a Toledo banker who
has already begun to retrench.
His daughter said to him the oth
er day:
“ ‘Father, .dear, I need a new
fall riding habit.
“ ‘Can’t afford it,’ the banker
growled.
“ ‘But, father, what am 1 to
do without a riding habit?’
“ ‘Get the walking habit.’ ”
Damons Hold Meeting.
The members of the Damon
Literary Society held their last
meeting of the fall term in the
auditorium Saturday afternoon
last, and a most interesting pro
gram was rendered as follows:
Vocal Solo—Minnie Wells.
Prophecy Claud Mosely.
Piano Solo—Eva Williams.
Jokes and Wants—Frank Oliff.
Reading—“ The Message”— ]
Miss Eunice Upshaw, with piano
obligato by Ernestine Blackwell.
Conversation -Rufus Hodges
and Cecil Brevvton.
Reading—Marguerite Mont
gomery.
The farewell address was most
ably delivered by Charles.McAl
ister.
SUPERIOR COURT
CONVENED MONDAY
J
Adjourned Term to Wind
Up the Heavy Crimi
nal Docket.
The November adjourned term
of Montgomery Superior Court
convened promptly on Monday
morning last, with Judge K. J.
Hawkins presiding. The court,
as announced, proceeded with the
criminal docket, and has disposed
of quite a number of cases. No
case of any great importance has
been tried, those coming up be
ing misdemeanor cases. Several
have entered pleas of guilty, and
some cases have been noil
pressed. Only one or two visit
ing attorneys have been in at
tendance.
TERRIBLE TRA6EDY
IN LAURENS COUNTY
F. W. Hightower of Dublin
Killed by Mrs. Lynn
at Her Home.
About noon on Tuesday, F. W.
Hightower of Dublin, a man of
75 years, and of good reputation,
was shot to death by Mrs. A. L.
Lynn in her home seven miles
from Dublin. Mystery still sur
rounds the case, but Mrs. Lynn
admitted the killing to neighbors
she called in, and who found
Hightower lying in a pool of
blood. She claimed that High
tower assaulted her, but the sur
roundings showed that he was
sitting in a rocking chair when
shot. Her husband and children
were near by in a field picking
cotton.
SEND A CHRISTMAS CARD
How it Gave one Man $30,-
000 and Another $5,000
1 When boys and girls send
Christmas cards they don’t ex
pect to get anything in return,
except other Christmas cards,
but here is a true story of one
man that got $30,000 and anoth
er man that received $5,000 by
sending one Christmas card.
The way the thing came about
was very odd, as is often the case*
with true stories. The card was
received at Christmas time by an
iaged and miserly merchant at
Melbourne, in Australia. He was
a bachelor and apparently quite
unaccustomed to the luxury of
! having any one remember him at
Christmas time, and when he re
ceived a card—and a very cheap
one—with “From your old friend
John Henry, who hopes you ar«
flourishing.” he was evidently
considerably pleased with it. The
card was in an envelope bearing
I the London postmark, and on the
card itself was an address, the
number of a house in Russell
square.
The old gentlemen died before
the next Christmas, and it was
found by his will that he had left
$35,000 for “my oldjfriend, John
Henry Miles of No.—, Russel
square, liOndon, in appreciation
of his remembering me last
Christmas.” But the person nam
ed by him in the will had never
lodged at the address, while the
sender of the card John Henry
Smith—had, it turned out, never
known the old Melbourne gentle
-1 man, but had confounded him
1 with a friend of a similar name!
Under these circumstances, the
question arose as to which John
Henry was really entitled to the
legacy. The case was compro
mised: the John Henry actually
named in the will took $30,000
! and the sender of the card re
ceived $5,000.
Durham Duplex Safety Razors
at Soperton Hardware Co’s. 35
j cents to $2.50.
NO. 35.
