Newspaper Page Text
VOL. XXVII.
TO TAKE SWINE OFF !
STREETS OF CITY
Town Council To Enforce
Ordinance Against
Pesky Pig.
Some time ago the council of \
Mt. Vernon passed an ordinance
forbidding the running of hogs 1
on the streets. But for some
cause the hogs were not removed,
whether from indifference on the
part of the owners or a deter
mined and hoggish persistence |
on the part of the rooters to re- j
fuse to be driven from the habi
tat and happy grazing grounds
of a hundred years, we know not.
But we are informed that the;
decree has gone forth that all
hogs found running at large on |
the streets will positively and !
peremptorily be caught and im
pounded and be sold for charges,
or be made into sausage, in the i
discretion of Mayor Hicks. Coun
cil says the law will be strictly
enforced, and they mean whatj
they say, but we are not giving:
this as an official notice.
In the mean time, the cows i
will be allowed to roam the
streets, rob the buggies and wag- i
ons of visitors of fodder, corn, ;
lunches, eggs, setting hens, emp
ty bottles, or anything else ofj
value their mild but appreciative i
eyes may chance to discover. But;
getting rid of the hogs is one
step towards progress and civic ]
decency.
To Institute Lodge
Odd Fellows Tonight
As announced already in this
paper, a lodge of Odd Fellows'
will be instituted here tonight.
Grand Master W. S. Coleman of i
Atlanta is expected to arrive'
early this morning, and will ad-1
dress the public at the court
house this afternoon at 3 o’clock-
The work of installation will be
done in the Masonic Hall. Grand
Secretary P. H. Robertson of
Gainesville is also expected to as
sist in the ceremonies.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams Lose
Their Baby.
After a brief and painful exis
tence of a few months, the baby '
girl of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wil
liams died Tuesday night. The
remains of the little one were
laid to rest in the Mt. Vernon
cemetery on yesterday.
To Organize a Board of
Trade.
All citizens and business men
of Mt. Vernon are urged to at-'
tend a meeting at the court house
on Friday evening at 7 o’clock
for the purpose of organizing a
board of trade. If you ever ex-,
pect to do anything for your
town and community be on hand.
This is Your Bank!
We want you to feel that we are here to render ser- :!;
vice to the public—to you personally. jjj
Whether it be in safeguarding your funds or in {
advising you on business matters, we shall treat )
you as we treat all our patrons —with the best service
and impartiality. There is no middle ground in our «
dealings with customers. The small depositor will 5
receive just as careful attention as the large. v
We have taken every possible precaution to keep
your money safely, for our continuance in business
means as much to us as it does to you.
| The BANK OF SOPERTON
| SOPERTON, GEORGIA.
dJUmtgommj iMunttar*
» ■
Ailey Paragraphs.
| Special Correspondence
Mr. and Mrs. E. Legitte spent
Sunday in McGregor.
Little Miss Mary Ditha Mat
j thews of Vidalia spent the week
end with her aunt, Mrs. James I
! McNatt.
i .
Mrs. R. L. Hall is spending;
the week in Savannah.
Mrs. Ada Peterson of Vidalia
spent Tuesday with her mother,
Mrs. J. W. McArthur.
Miss Eula Legitte after spend
ing several weeks with relatives
! here left Thursday for Atlanta.
i-
Mrs. M. L. Skipper visited her
sister, Mrs. Adam McNatt of
Lyons, one day last week.
Miss Vela Thompson is visiting
relatives here this week.
One of the most delightful en- !
tertainments of the season was
i the Valentine party given at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. B. L.
; Strickland last Friday evening.
: The color scheme of red and
i white was carried throughout the
house, Many delightful games
| were played: the most enjoyable
! was the cobweb hunt. A lover’s
examination was held. Mr. Ray
Coursey received the prize for
having the wittiest answers. At
1 a late hour delicious refresh
. ments were served.
Those enjoying this affair were:
Misses Rita Mae Outler, Bessie j
and Ava Lou Godwin, Vickie and I
Audry Hall, Pearl and Beulah
Wells, Cleo Hall and Marie Pe
| ’
iterson; Messrs. Alex and Hugh
; Peterson, Jim and Tom Thomp
son, Ray Coursey, Carl Adams,
Julian Peterson, Hoke Riddle,
and Clement McArthur.
I
Business Tax Levied
By the Town Council.
..
As will be seen by schedule
pubished in another column, the
town council of Mt. Vernon has
levied a business or occupation
tax on those doing business here.
For information of all concerned,
we call attention to the list.
Conner —Finch.
On Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Cook Conner, their
daughter, Miss Mattie C. Conner,
, was united in marriage to Mr.
James A. Finch. Rev. J. I).
Rabun of Mt. Vernon performed
the marriage ceremony, and the
young folks left for the home of
the happy groom in Emanuel, ac
companied by the best wishes of
; many friends.
Taylor County Man
Kills 800-Pound Hog
Tazwell, Ga., Feb. 17.—The
largest hog in this part of the
state was killed here today. His
weight was 808 pounds. He was
the property of H. T. Dukes, at
Tazwell, Ga., Taylor county, and
was called Mike. He was widely
known on account of his great
! size.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEB. 20, 1913.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
__________
A marriage license has been is
i sued for the marriage of a man
1 aged 80 to a woman 105 years old
1 in Los Angeles, Cal.
Chas. A. Johnson, aged 50
i years, was found dead in bed
Saturday at noon at his home on
Waters road near Macon. He
died of heart failure.
The buildings used last year at
the state fair in Macon for the
auto show will be given over to
the exhibition for the girls can-
I ning clubs this year.
Irene Moynahan, a boy in Col
orado, aged 18, passed all his life
up to Christmas as a girl, wear
ing girl’s clothing, until arrested
as a suspect trying to slip out of
the country.
The American National Bank
of Macon has given the state ag
ricultural society $(>00 to be used
as cash prizes for corn grown in
Georgia, the prizes to be award
ed at the state fair this fall.
Maj. C. S. Hardee has been
treasurer of the city of Savan
nah thirty years. In July next
bonds that he signed in 1883 will
mature.
W. F. Holmes, city marshal o's
! Macon, was found $7,300 short in
I his accounts with the city, and
!on Monday his resignation was j
demanded by the mayor. Holmes |
was serving his second term and
was a popular officer.
Miss Marguerite Anderson of
Griffin, seeing she would be run
into by a passenger engine while
crossing the track on Monday,
caught hold of the pilot and
saver her life, though her arm
was broken.
COMMISSIONER CONNER
LOSES HOME BY FIRE
Defective Flue Causes Loss
of Handsome $5,000
Residence.
His many relatives and friends
in Montgomery county will learn
with regret of the loss by fire of
the fine country home of Hon. ,J.
J. Gonner in Bartow county.
The state agricultural commis
sioner owns a fine farm near
Cartersville, and the residence
burned was worth $5,000 or
$6,000, on which there was no
insurance. The fire is said to
have caught from a defective
flue, and gained sjch rapid head
: way that none of the furniture J
could be saved. The fire occurred
on Monday morning, and Mr.
Conner received the news of his
great loss by wire in Atlanta.
Parent-Teacher Co-operative
Club to Meet.
The Parent-Teacher Co-oper
ative Club will meet at 8.-P. I.
Friday, Feb. 28th, at 3 o’clock.
The same program will be ren
dered as planned for January
meeting which was postponed on
account of inclement weather.
The purpose of this organiza
tion is the physical, mental and
moral benefit of the children of
our school, also to raise the stan
dard of parents and teachers.
You do not have to be a parent
or teacher, however, to be a •
member. All who are interested
in school-work or child-welfare
are invited to come and join us.
If you are not interested come,
any way and get interested.
Very cordially,
Mrs. W. L. Wilson,
President.
I bought of the Blackshear
Manufacturing Co. 60 tons of
their fertilizer in 1912 and was
well pleased with the same. J. <
B. Canady, ad.
A. W. Ilodnett, a grain dealer
of Atlanta, kissed his wdfe and
little child Monday morning, and
then went out into the hall and
killed himself by firing a pistol
ball through his head.
Officers of the National Cash
Register Company have been
convicted of violating the Sher
man anti-trust law 7 and the presi
dent, John H. Patterson, has
been fined $5,000 or one year in
jail.
Robt. S, Knox of Dalton, a
veteran of two wars and 90 years
of age, is resisting the payment
of alimony to his sixth wife, who!
has been married four times, and
is 80 years old.
Waycross has SIOO,OOO to spend
on public improvements, the
j money being available from the
sale of public bonds.
The town of Laharpe, Kansas,
has more money than it needs
for expenses, and proposes to
lend it to farmers around the
town at a low 7 rate of interest,
taking mortgages on their lands.
Joaquin Miller, the venerable
“Poet of the-Sierras, ” died in
his mountain cabin built many
years ago in the Piedmont Hills
near Oakland, Cal., Monday
j night, aged 70 years.
A Texas Coyote was found in
Clarkston, Ga., on Friday night I
and killed. The animal had been
feasting on chickens.
J. Felder Oatis, a flagman on
the Central road, had his skull
broken by striking some object
while leaning out from a freight
car near Columbus, on Monday.
DR. PALMER APPOINTED
DELEGATE TO CHICAGO
Will Probably Attend Con
ference on Medical Leg
islation This Month.
Among several other appoint
ments made by Governor Brown
on Monday last, Dr. J. W.
Palmer of Ailey was named as a
delegate to the conference on
medical legislation which will
convene in Chicago on the 24-25
of this month. Dr. Palmer is al
ready a member of the state
board of medical examiners, and
is well qualified to represent the
profession in Chicago. If his
practice will permit, it is proba
: ble that Dr. Palmer will go to
Chicago.
Caught Napping.
Mr. Brown was rapidly acquir- 1
j ing the habit of staying out later ;
at night than his wife thought '
was good for him. In fact, she
began to grow quite unreason- j
ably suspicious of his actions, says |
Answers.
One day he would bring for
i ward the excuse that he had been
detained at the office; on another
I that, quite by accident, he had
l met with an old business friend.
P 4
And then, his little repertoire
of excuses at last exhausted, he
came home and said that his
partner had been taken suddenly
ill, and he had been forced to sit
up with him.
Os course, Mrs. Brown did not
believe this story. Still, try
though she would, she could not
elucidate the mystery. Accord
ingly, she commissioned little
Tommy to see what he could do j
in the matter.
“And did you hold your sick
friend’s hand?” inquired Mr.
Brown’s young hopeful.
“ ‘No,” replied the reminiscent
parent, in an absent moment; “I |
only wish I had. D’you know, j
he held four aces twice.” |
Alston.
Special Correspondence.
An important meeting of Als-
I ton Chamber of Commerce was
| held yesterday. The main ob
ject of the meeting was to decide!
j what was best to do about get- !
. ting a certain proposed railroad
to build by Alston and on to Mt.
| Vernon. It was decided not to
jgiveout for publication just what 1
we did at this meeting until we
con hear from the officials of the
railroad.
Mr. E. C. McAllister of Long
Pond, Ga., came into town yes
terday to attend the Chamber of
Commerce meeting. He is very
enthusiastic about the growth of
Alston and is planning to survey
and cut his land into town lots
'and have a big land sale soon.
This is what our town needs.
Mr. Grove Sharpe, former
Mayor and one of our most prom
inent and active citizens is build
ing a handsome new residence
and expects to erect three more
houses as soon as possible.
Dr. J. 11. Dees, the leading
physician as our town is prepar-1
ing to rebuild his store to be oc-|
cupied by himself as a drug |
store.
Signatures Bring Big
Prices at Sale Friday |
Philadelphia, Feb. 15. A tiny
scrap of paper containing only
the name “Lynch” was sold for
$175 at a sale of autographs here
last night. The signature had
been written in the fly leaf of a
book by r i homas Lynch, Jr., a
signer of the Declaration of in
dependence, from South Carolina.
Other sales included a letter
I from Benedict Arnold advising
against an intended Canadian ex
pedition in 1778, $260; a letter
from Sir John Burgoyne, British
general in the Revolution, $l5O,
letter from General Henry Dear
bord recounting the battles of
Concord and Bunker Hill, $170;!
letter from Thaddeus Kosiusko, |
the Polish patriot who served as!
a brigadier general in the Revo
lution, and captain in the French ,
and Indian war, $172; letter
written by General Richard
Montgomery a short time before '
his death at Quebec, $280; letter!,
written by General Israel Put
nam, of the New England Min-i
ute-men, $100; and a letter from
Paul Revere, $95.
To Give Readings.
On Friday evening, March 7th,
Mr. Walter Bradley Tripp, one
of the leading instructors iri the
Emerson College of Oratory, will
give readings from “Martin
Chuzzlewit” in the auditorium of
the 8.-P. I. Mr. Tripp is an ar
tist of rare ability and it is hoped
that the people of Mt. Vernon
and Ailey will avail themselves j
of this splendid opportunity.
In order that he may meet his
next engagement at Jacksonville 1
promptly, Mr. Tripp will begin 1
ins reading at 7:30 o’clock. ;
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYVYYYY•
t SHOES - SHOES - SHOES =
» <
’► WHEELER COUNTY SHOE STORE \
P 4
t IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS *
► ■*
► A NEW STORE AND A NEW UP-TO-DATE LINE OF GOOD SHOES «
l 3
► «
Z Edwin D. Clapp Shoes for Men, 4
p 4
► Zeigler Shoes for Ladies, *
► Good strong line of Dittman Shoes. 4
f I
► Come and Give Me A Trial *
p 4
► and I will Convince You *
I
► 11. S. Hurwitz, Proprietor, Alamo, Ga. \
t •
•A. t *.A< .AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAApaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
MEXICAN WAR
ABOUT ENDED
President Madero is Arrested
and Forced to Resign
Office.
Madero did not resign the
| presidency of Mexico, as pub
lished in the daily dispatches a
few days ago. Fighting contin
ued between the rebels and fed
eral in the city until Tuesday,
when Madero was arrested in the
National Palace and forced to
resign. General Huerta, com
mander of the federal troops
which have been fighting Diaz,
has been named as provisional
governor. It is probable that the
v\ar will cease.
Scales of Justice Should
Hang Evenly For All
The decision of Governor Jo
seph M. Brown, rendered in the
lease of Henry Taylor, a negro of
! Baldwin county whose sentence
jhe commuted to life imprison
ment, gives some solid truths.
In giving his reasons for the
change in sentence, he states
some strong points that seem to
have been overlooked heretofore,
I one of which says:
“I cannot escape the conviction
that an indigent defendant, when
on trial for his life, should be
i furnished by the State with an
advocate whose long practice
would enable him to give the full
extent and weight of the evi
dence in such manner as will ex
haust the fountains of justice for
the poor man as thoroughly as
paid counsel will exhaust them
for the rich. In other words, the
State must not penalize poverty
or ignorance: she must not in her
self-directed process even di
scriminate against either; nay, I
go further and say, she must
! protect the poor and ignorant in
their right to secure impartial
'justice. Elsewise she will violate
the spirit of her own law by over
straining it into a blind enforce
ment which may substitute rigor
for justice. The glory of her in
stitutions will be found in her
proof to the poorest and weakest
of either race that she will see to
it that the scales of justice hang
as evenly for them as for the rich
and strong, that she wants not
the blood of the innocent; but
that, if proven guilty, the same
kind and degree of punishment
will l>e meted to one as to the
other. In the realization that
this is true rests the hope of hu
manity. In this realization is
found the encouragement which
makes a co-operative patriot of
the poorest in the land and abol
ishes the cause and the fear of
anarchy. In it is found the
spirit of mutual trust, welding
the rich and poor into one poten
tial unit whose every element
adds power to every other.”
NO. 42.
