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VOL. XXVIII.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AGAIN IN SESSION
Body Flooded With Bills—
More Work Ahead
Than Time.
The regular annual session of
the Georgia Legislature is in full
swing, and the usual organization
and the inauguration of the gov
ernor and appointment of com
mittees is over. New bills and
bulls on old matters are poured in
at each roll call. Many very im
p ortant measures will be up for
c onsideration, but may be choked
out by local matters.
The first official act of Mont
gomery’s representative was to
incroduce a bill to create Truet
len county out of the remnant
left of old Montgomery. It is
claimed by Mr. Johnson’s friends
that the introduction of this bill
was a part of his campaign pled
ges, though he made no such
public statement at the time.
Governor Slaton stressed the
importance of tax equalization,
and urged that the finances of
the state be put upon the same
basis, no appropriations to be
made that are not provided for
with the wherewithal for pay
ment. Matters of grave impor
tance confront the present law
makers, and it remains to be
seen whether a huge mass of
trivial matters will block the en
actment of laws that would give
relief.
Congressman Hughes
Would Aid Carriers.
Washington, D. C., June 27.
Representative Hughes of Geor
gia today introduced a bill in the
house providing for S3O a month
to be allowed every rural carrier
in addition to his salaiy. This is
to be paid in order to provide for
the upkeep of rural carriers’ con
veyances.
Mr. Hughes had made a study
of the expenses of rural carriers
in keeping horses and buggies
for their work, and has found
that the expense will easily aver
age S3O a month. He thinks the
pay of rural carriers should thus
be made equal to that of city
carriers who have no teams to
keep.
Another provision in the bill is
the allowance of thirty days’ va
cation, with pay, for each carrier
annually. The bill was referred
to the Committee on Postoffiees
and Postroads.
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Special Correspondence
Miss Annie Lou McAllister has
I returned from a visit to Macon.
Misses Louise and Erin McAr
thur, W. T. McArthur and other
j friends spent Friday at the home
of Mr. W. A. Johnson.
Miss Nellie Johnson attended
the Sunday School Convention at
! Higgston Saturday and Sunday.
The little spend-the-day enter
| tainment at the home of Mr. P.
; Johnson, in honor of Miss Louise
McArthur and guests, was greatly
enjoyed by those present.
! Miss Lola Gibbs and mother
1 are visiting relatives in Vidalia
| this week.
Mr. Herman McArthur made a
! trip to Uvalda Wednesday p. m.
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Recommendations Made
By Governor Slaton.
In his inaugural address last
week, Gov. Slaton made these
recommendations: A constitu
tional amendment providing an
additional tax of 1 1-2 mills over
, two years to pay off school teach
ers. Such tax, he asserted,
would net the state approximate
ly $1,200,000, and unless provid
ed for a much heavier tax would
prove necessary in the future.
Constitutional amendments
limiting the annual appropria
tions to the school fund (outside
of constitutional appropriations
now provided) to 2 1-2 mills.
Constitutional amendments
limiting the pension appropria
tion to one and one-half mills an
nually.
In the matter of raising reve
nue he declared in favor of
An inheritance tax.
A corporation occupation tax
|of S2OO annually on corporations
of $1,000,000 capital or over and
' graduated as to capitalization.
An equalization of tax assess
ments.
General recommendations were
made as follows:
i A permanent registration law.
I The providing of a highway
I commission.
! Speedy action on the re-leasing
;of the Western & Atlantic rail
road.
I A change in criminal proceed
j ure doing away with the right of
; a defendant in a criminal case to
| make a statement to the jury not
■ under oath.
‘ Rigid enforcement of the pis
i tol-toting law.
! The creation of the office of
state auditor.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1913.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
Dr. Cho Choy, a Chinese prac
ticing physician traveling from
Cuba to Canada, died at Ellis
Island. N. Y., on Monday. He
claimed to be 150 years old.
Billy Newburn, a steel worker
on the new Healy building in At
lanta, fell from the seventh, to
the second story and was instant
ly killed while at work Monday.
Mrs. Sarah Bulfington of Chat
tanooga was run over by an au
tomobile and instantly killed Sun
day night. The driver was ex
onerated of all blame for the ac
cident.
Evelyn George, aged 17, and
Anna Selepsky, aged 10, were
drowned Sunday while in bathing
with a party of five near Loomis,
Illinois.
The body of a 12-year-old girl
was found in a trunk at Odgen
Utah, on Thursday, and Mrs.
Ekman, mother of the girl has
confessed to her murder.
A lot of seventeen old freight
cars and flats, belonging to the
Macon, Dublin & Savannah road,
were burned near Macon on Sun
day evening.
Seven women who were nurses
at the battle of Gettysburg fifty
years ago are attending the great
reunion there this week.
The engineer and fireman of a
passenger train were killed at
Keswick, Ky., on Sunday when
the engine struck a cow.
Dan G. Hughes of Twiggs
county, a prominent farmer and
son of Hon. Dudley M. Hughes,
has been appointed assistant to
Agricultural Commissioner Price.
Joe Sewell, a boy 1(5 years old,
was drowned in Piedmont lake,
Atlanta, on Sunday afternoon
during a thunder storm while
hundreds were in the water, no
one hearing any cry for help.
E. J. Berry, clerk of the su
perior court at Waycross, visiting
at Hot Springs, N. C., fell 40
feet down a mountain and was
severely cut and bruised.
Alamo Couple Are
Married At Glenwood.
Alarno, June 20. —A runaway l
marriage of much interest to the
many friends of the young cou
ple, Miss Iris Martin and Grover
C. Crosby, both of this place, was
solemnized at Glenwood, in this
county, yesterday evening.
The marriage license had been
issued in Telfair county and on
Miss Martin’s return from East
man yesterday afternoon, where
she went as a delegate to the Ep
worth league convention, a con
veyance was procured and the
flight to Glenwood was made. •
Officials here refused to perform
the ceremony, owing to objec
tions of the bride’s parents, who
thought her too young, she being
only sixteen. They returned to'
Alamo the same evening and are!
boarding with Mr. and Mrs. H.
S. Hurwitz, on Railroad avenue, i
Mrs. Crosby is the danghter of;
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Martin, ofj
this place, and is very popular. I
Mr. Crosby is employed in the
Wheeler County Shoe store and
is one of the best known and
highly respected young men in
this section.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our thanks
to friends and neighbors who so
kindly assisted us during the
sickness and death of our son and
brother, J. Jt. Carpenter. Espe
cially we wish to thank Dr. W.
Palmer of Ailey and Drs. Mead
ows and Moye, and also Miss
Georgia Thomas of Vidalia, who
30 faithfully stood by him until
the end came. May the Lord
bless them all.
J. C. Carpenter and Family.
It was estimated on Tuesday
that 55,000 veterans were in at
tendance at the great Gettysburg
reunion.
After declining to attend the
Gettysburg reunion, President
Wilson changed his mind and
will address the great throng
| there tomorrow.
Thomas Jefferson’s portrait
will appear on a new issue of post
al cards soon to be printed, in
stead of that of William McKin
ley.
I C. A. Dixon, a young fireman
of Augusta, was killed at Doug
las, Ga., on Saturday morning
while trying to swing on to a
freight car, falling to his death
under the wheels.
Four men out of six were
drowned when their canoe was
upset on the Merrimac river Sat
urday near Manchester, N. H.
One of the first official acts of
Governor Slaton after being in
augurated was to swear in Hon.
J. 1). Price as Commissioner of
Agriculture.
Col. P. A. Stovall, appointed
minister to Switzerland, will sail
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for his post of duty on July 29th,
and will reside in Berne, the cap
ital.
John 1). Jacobs, his wife and
four children, were murdered at
Columbia, S. C., on Friday night
and their bodies were found in
i the ashes of their home Saturday
! morning.
Tybee will have fifteen trains
I from Savannah and returning on
tomorrow.
The grand jury of Fulton coun
| ty returned true bills against At
torney T. 15. Felder and Chief of
Detectives Lanford in connection
| with the scandals growing out of
' the Phagan case.
A negro shot and killed J. D.
Wilson and Bon Swords, white
men, at Cor days Mills near Shell
man, Ga., Saturday. The slayer
has been taken to jail at Morgan
j in Calhoun county.
Pleasant Birthday Gathering
On Saturday Last.
A number of relatives and
friends gathered at the fine old
country home of Mr. Mathew
Sharpe, near Sharpe’s Spur, the
occasion being the birthday of
that well known citizen. Mr.
Sharpe was 89 years old on Sun
day, and the celebration was
held on Saturday. A happy
: crowd was in attendance, and
the day passed all too quickly for
those who came to wish “Uncle
Math’’ many more years of pros
perity and happiness.
To Hold Special Election
For United States Senator.
On account of a law recently
' enacted by Congress, providing
that United States senators shall
be elected by the direct vote of
the people, it has been necessary
for the Georgia legislature to call
a special election to fill the place
now held by Hon. A. O. Bacon.
Although selected by primary
vote of the people, and would
have been regularly elected by
the legislature, it becomes neces
sary to elect Mr. Bacon by this
method to conform to the nation
al law, that no question can
arise as to holding his seat. The
present legislature lost no time
in arranging the matter, and has
passed a bill which was signed by
Governor Slaton ori Tuesday. The
election is to be held on Tuesday,
July 15th.
Mrs. Willie Coleman of Albany
is here visiting relatives.
Ailey Paragraphs.
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| Special Correspondence.
A ong * hose who attended the
i Sunday School Convention at
! Higgston Sunday were Mr, Will
Waller of Soperton and Miss Cleo
; Hall of Ailey, Prof. Thos. Con
ner, Mr. Tom Thompson and Miss
! Vickie Hall.
Mrs. Maggie Mann of Cedar
Crossing is the guest of Mrs. J.
A. Coursey this week.
Mr. James Thompson motored
! a nice party down to Higgston
j Sunday.
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I Old Jupiter Pluvius showed us
j that his heart was in the right
I place by sending us a good rain
Monday.
Mi's. Marv McArthur was
called to the bedside of her
' little grand-daughter, Eula Lee
McArthur, of Vidalia, who acci
dently drank some gasoline Mon
day.
A lawn party by the Epworth
League Friday evening promises
to be an enjoyable occasion.
I Dr. J. W. Palmer has returned
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from Atlanta, where he went in
| the interest of the medical prac
! tice bill, now pending.
Mr. T. A. Peterson is in Atlan
ta with his father, Mr. W. .J.
Peterson, whom he accompaned
there for treatment.
Messrs. L. O. Outler, J. 11.
i Peterson and H. S. Riddle were
at Higgston and Vidalia Sunday.
OBITUARY.
George Washington Adams was
| horn near Mt. Vernon, Ga.,
j Montgomery county, October 5,
1830, and departed this life at his
home near the place of his birth,
May 30, 1913.
He married Miss E. L Wilcox,
of Jacksonville, Ga., August 8,
1858. To them were born ten
children, five sons and five daugh
ters. All of these children lived
to be grown and married. All
survive their parents, except one
1 daughter, who died several years
| ago.
Mrs. Adams died ten years
ago. During the decade of his
widowerhood Bro. Adams lived
with his children, mainly his eld
est d'ughte \ Mrs. Agnes Wright,
wh< c'-upi d the old homestead.
Wash Adams, as he was favor
| ably known, was a very success-
I ful business man during all his
life, except when old age forbade
his activity. He followed farm
ing as his main occupation. He
was successful because he was
very energetic and gave close
and constant attention to his
I business. He was noted not only
for his energy, hut along with it
he was neighborly arid generous
towards his fellowmen, and every
needed benevolence. He was a
public spirited, a patriotic citizen,
served several years in the Con-;
federate army during the war
l between the states, lie was al
j ways a friend of the Church, hut
! did not unite with it until sever
al years ago. His own wife and
family being ardent Methodists,
and he inclined to another Church,
was the reason assigned why lie
i did not join the Church earlier in
life. But several years ago he
united with the Methodist Church
South, and was ever very devot
ed afterwards, spending much of
his time in reading his Bible. He
served his family and generation
to a good purpose until the frail
ties of old age confined him large
ly to his home. These latter years
he spent mostl.v in study of God’s
Word. He suffered much afllic
-1 tion and infirmity during the last
I year of his life, but he did not
murmur, and finally, like a tired
and worn child of God, he fell on
sleep. W. I). McGregor.
Card of Thanks.
j Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Blount de
sire to express their heart-felt
thanks to the kind friends for
; their ministrations during the
illness and death of their little
daughter.
A PROGRAM FOR
CHILDREN’S DAY
Occasion to be Celebrated at
Ailey Next Sabbath
Evening.
The following program will be
| rendered in the Children’s Day
exorcises at the Methodist church
1 in Ailey Sunday evening:
1- Song “Our Own Glad day.”
2 Introductory Recitation, “Bi
ble Boys and Girls.”
3 Recitation, “The Baby Mos
es.”
4—Song, “Rock-a-Bye.”
s—Recitation,5 —Recitation, “Our Baby.”
(> Recitation, “Greetings to the
Cradle Rollers.”
7 Song, Quartet.
B—Recitation,8 —Recitation, “The Lad With
the Loaves.”
9 Recitation, “Bob and the
Bible.”
10 Song, “Collection Song. ”
11 — Rec., “Young Timothy.”
12 — Rec., “Young Bible Heroes. ”
13 — Song.
14 — Rec., “A Puzzling Ques
tion. ”
15 Rec., “Children in the Tem
ple.”
10 Rec., “The Captive Maid.”
Miss Louise McArthur
Entertains Friends.
Last week was one of rare
pleasure for the guests of Miss
Louise McArthur at her Longpond
home. It was a week of social
festivity, and each day brought
forth new pleasure to the young
folks assembled at this hospita
ble home. As a diversion, one
day each was spent at the home
of Mr. Peter Johnson and Mr. W.
A. Johnson, kinsmen and neigh
bors of the hostess, where the
delights of country life were en
joyed only as young people can.
Sunday the young folks were en
tertained at Vidalia.
Miss McArthur had as guests
during the week Misses Mamie
Clover of Vidalia and Minnie
Wells of Longpond and Messrs,
•las. Blitch of Blitchton, W. T.
Me Arthur of McGregor and T.
M. Mason of Mt. Vernon. Miss
McArthur is a recent graduate of
Shorter College, and her home
coming and the hospitality of her
beautiful country home bring
lasting pleasure to many young
friends.
Freeze Ice Cream With
Hail Stones in Grady.
Thomasville, Ga., June 29.
Wonderful tales come from over
in Grady county of hail which
fell in certain sections and lasted
without melting for five days,
and that with the mercury play
ing around the hundred mark,
too. Some of the hail was gath
ered up and carried to the homes
where ice cream was frozen with
it. Crops in the immediate sec
tion where this hail fell are re
ported as badly damaged, chick
ens were killed arid window glass
broken.
The bail is said to have fallen
in a section about three miles
wide and ten in length. There
are traditions of similar bail
storms in Thomas but they are
rather beyond the memory of
the oldest inhabitant, so the palm
must perforce be yielded to Gra
dy for the hail story of the sea
son up to date.
Mr. Lett Brings
The F'irst Melon.
Mr. J. W. Lett of the Oak
Grove community got to the
Monitor office with the first mel
on this season, and gets the prize
of The Monitor, a six month’s
subscription. Mr. Lett is a good
farmer, and The Monitor wishes
that he may live long and raise
many more melons as good as the
one he was kind enough to bring
us.
NO. 10.
