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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1913)
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Trade where* a large stock awaits your inspection. \ | Yours for solid and dependable goods, jj The Soperton Hardware Co. wlap' I : SOPLRTON, GA. FARMERS’ TOOLS I #x#’ X #X¥x# X # 1 ¥X¥x¥x* ,<* >;V*X*x¥x¥x #X¥X¥X¥X¥X¥s&<¥s&#) 0 •©/©. ©0 0 CO. 0-0 O 0© © ©•© ©0 0 0 ©:© o'© ©;'© ©: M LOCAL - PERSONAL § © 11 ©©coco co :<. •; co co :©; 00.0 000 oco o; o©©.■:©'©.■:©. .© Prof. L. Chavous of Stuckey was over to see his friends here on Thursday of lasi week. Mrs. .1. I>. McCullough h*ft on Friday last for Albany to visit her son, Mr. Willie Coleman. Rev. and Mrs. Brew ton, and daughter, Lucy, of Ad rain, (la., ; and Miss Matsie Brewton, of! Way cross, and Mr. A. 0. Brew ton, of Atlanta, were the guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. M. Dame. Clinch Co. News. Mr. B. R. Benton, a prominent farmer and turpentine operator of Wheeler county, was a visitor here on Tuesday. Sheriff Jas. Hester and Clerk M. L. O’Brien attended the an nual convention of the County* Officers’ Association at Milieu last week. They report a fine time and speak in the highest terms of the hospitality of the people of Milieu. Mrs. T. ,!. Pritchett, Miss Mar garet Pritchett ami Masters Tom and Ellison Pritchett left Wed nesday for a fortnight’s stay at Mt. Vernon Indore going to North Georgia, where they will spend some time. —Laurens Co. Herald. Mr. W. 11. McQueen went to Liberty county on Monday to join his wife and children there and try the fishing again at the fa mous Dunn’s Lake and Old Rivet on the Altamaha. Mrs. Sumnei Morris and son, John A. who have been visiting here for a fortnight, returned to their home at Mt. Vernon Mon day.—Reidsville Journal. Mr. C. A. Mason was transact ing business in the hustling town of Alston Tuesday. Rev. W. D. McGregor will oc cupy the pulpit at the Methodist church here Sunday. Mr. Jim McCullough is in Sav annah on a visit to his Father. Miss Flora Smith is at home from college in South Carolina. Thieshing machines have been busy around here this week, and hundreds of bushels of oats have been sacked up and hauled in. Several of our farmers have been here this week, taking home disc grain drills. The drills will be used first in putting in peas on oat land for hay. Hon. D. S. McArthur, repre sentative of Wheeler county, was here a few days last week get ting up abstracts in the clerk’s office. Hon. John C. Johnson, Mont gomery’s representative, was here calling on friends on Friday last. Miss Kthleen Folsom returned Tuesday night from a month’s stay with her sister in Macon. Dr. J. F. Currie and Col. J. B. Geigei took their families to Fer ry l>ake for an outing on Tues day and report a fine catch of fish. Mr. Emmet Hunt received by Tuesday evening’s train a fine bull dog from his old home. The dog went into ecstasy at the sound of the master’s voice that it had not heard in nine months. LOST—On street leading to B. P. 1. or on court house square one old-fashioned bar pin. Val uta! for associations. Reward if returned to this office. ad Misses Rita Mae Outler and Ernestine Blackwell of Institute Heights were here shopping on yesterday. Mrs. Turner Smith and child ren of Dublin are here visiting; the family of Col. A. L. Lanier. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JUNE 20. 1013. Brantley Chosen As Big Railroad Lawyer. Waycross, June 24.- That for mer Congressman William G. Brantley, of the Eleventh dis trict, has accepted a position with an organization comprising all railroads of the United States, as their southern representative, with headquarters in Washing ton, was learned here tonight through an authoritative source. The work he will handle will be largely the compilation of the value of all tangible pr Tty of the railroads, covering states from Virginia to Texas and all territory south of Ohio river. Mr. ' Brantley will be associated with tw r o other representatives, one for the eastern states, and the other for the western. He has a five-year contract at a salary reported as being be tween $25,000 and $40,000. He has gone to Washington to com mence his new duties and will move his family to that city shortly. His new connection has caused him to retire from law practice in Atlanta. Off To Gettysburg. We are glad to learn that our county and adjoining territory will have a fair representation at the great reunion at Gettysburg next week, where thousands of tents await the 40,000 veterans, who will throng the famous old battleground. Capt. M. D. Hughes, Mr. Peter Johnson, Mr. W. A. Johnson, Mr. Albert Sidney Johnson and Mr. Martin F. Moses of this county, and Capt. A. C. McLennan and Mr. J. W. Clements of Alamo, and perhaps others, are planning to leave on Saturday next for the great rendezvous. Notice Local Legislation. State of Georgia—Montgomery County. Notice is hereby given that a ! bill will be introduced in the 1 General Assembly at the present ; session, to amend an Act incorpo rating the Town of Alston, in the said county, approved August 3, 1910, so as to confer more power and privileges upon said town, , and more clearly define the pow er, privileges and duties of said , town and its officers, and for other purposes. This the 22d day of June, 1913. ad. GENERAL NEWS' iTEJIS. John Low Young of Canton, China, who graduated in the Uni versity of Georgia last week, made SBO,OOO while taking the course in agriculture by buying and exporting cotton. Lawton Bennett of Sylvania, aged 21, was drowned in the Ogeechee river while in swim ming at a picnic on Friday after noon near Ilalcyondale. In a fire at Sandersville Mon-' day a stallion valued at SI,OOO, j the property of Lee Joiner, was burned up. In the criminal court at Wash- 1 ington, 1). C., on Monday, Ray M. Stewart, age IS, attempted to shoot up the court. He fired three shots, all of which went wild, before being choked into insensibility by a witness in the case against him. Mrs. W. C. Lanier of Waycross, on trial this week on the charge of murdering her new-born in fant, was acquitted. Her hus band was convicted at the May term of the court on the same charge and sentenced for life. Mary Tribble, the little At lanta girl poisoned by eating l school crayons two weeks ago, and whose case has been a puzzle to the doctors, was still alive on yesterday. Madame Thelma, a fortune teller of Mt n, has disappeared with a quantity of jewels left with her by confiding patrons, “to sleep over.” Bichloride of mercury contin ues to be the favorite drug with suicides. Lizzie Silverman of Chicago being the latest, and the sixth one in that city to go out by this route since the death of Banker Walker in Macon. A small bey climbed into the cab of an engine in the round house at Buffalo, N. Y., on .Tuesday, pullet! opened the throttle and the engine started and killed two men. Prolific English Walnuts. A few days ago County Survey or Morris handed us a twig of green English walnuts, grown in | this county. The branch was only six inches long and had in that short space nineteen nuts about half grown. The tree is growing on the farm of Mr. C. D. Williams a few miles north of Mt. Vernon. The English walnut is said to do well grafted |or budded on a block walnut stock, and the planting of these : nuts might pay as well as pecans, j The twig sent to this office indi ! cates that the English variety is very prolific. Sing on Fifth Sunday. The Union Singing Convention will meet with Sardis Church on the sth Sunday. Everybody in vited to attend. Go prepared to stay all day. J. F. McDaniel. Secretary. i Shouldn’t Worry. I Why worry about a summer vacation with two band concerts at the parks Sunday, any number of swimming holes, and lemon- i ade galore at the best regulated locker clubs?—Atlanta Journal. This is Your Bank! j We want you to feel that we are here to render ser- a 1: vice to the public—to you personally. jf Whether it be in safeguarding your funds or in » || advising you on business matters, we shall treat 8 8; you as we treat all our patrons—with the best service a g and impartiality. There is no middle ground in our « (dealings with customers. The small depositor will v. receive just as careful attention as the large. a We have taken every possible precaution to keep |j your money safely, for our continuance in business 8 means as much to us as it does to you. jj - ' 1 >7 r tZ ' i 1 The BANK OF SOPERTON I | SOPERTON, GEORGIA. j Legislature Meets. The regular annual session of the Georgia General Assembly began yesterday, and will last fifty days. On Saturday Gover nor Brown will turn over the govermental reins to lion. .John M. Slaton, who will be inaugu rated with simple ceremonies. Legislation of grave importance will be up for consideration at this session. Indications are that there will be a deluge of local bills and many new county pro positions will be crowded in for consideration. Many new mem bers occupy seats, and many old legislators are out this time. Tax Notice. I will be in Mt. Vernon June 18 and 19 for receiving taxes, and books will close eight or ten I days thereafter. Isaac Brooks, T. R. M. C. M. B. CALHOUN Attv at Law, * Mt Vernon, Georgia
