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The Montgomery Monitor.
VOL. XXVIII.
MONTGOMERY MAN
AGAIN IN TOILS
TWO BAD CASES FOR ONE
Lee Keen, Under Bond
Here, Charged With
Shocking Crime.
Lee Keen, recently of Sopor
ton, was arrested near Dublin on i
Tuesday last, charged with at
tempted criminal assault on a
white girl of eight years in the
town of Rockledge. The cries ot
the girl from a corn crib in the
rear of a home there were heard
by a lady who gave the alarm,
but Keen ran and escaped. The
outrage occurred on Tuesday
evening, and Keen would probab
ly have been lynched if he had
beeen caught in the vicinity.
Keen is under bond in this
county, charged with participat
ing in a murder near Soperton
a few month 0 - ago. After hear
ing of the last serious charge
against him, his bondsmen un
dertook to turn him over to the
sheriff here and be relieved.
Sheriff Hester went to Dublin
Monday for Keen, but Judge 1
Hawkins and the authorities of;
Laurens declined to allow Keen
to be removed until his trial for
the offense charged there. So
Keen will remain in jail in Dub
lin until the case there is tried,
or brought here when court, con
venes for the trial of the case
in Montgomery superior court.
Waycross Posse Kills
Bandit; Wounds Brother.
Waycross, July 9.—Officers
yesterday afternoon shot and in
stantly killed Andrew Solomon,
leader of a band of alleged out
laws that has hidden in a swamp
near here for the past two weeks,
and seriously wounded his broth
er, Randall, when the two resist-,
ed arrest when located in a cabin .
near the swamp.
The men were located by a
posse of seven, headed by Dep-,
uty Sheriff J. E. Shaw, of Cof
fee county. It is said that they j
drew pistols on the officers who'
then fired in self defense.
The Solomons were suspected |
of having held up an Atlantic
Coast Line freight train near
Kirkland about two weeks ago, j
firing on the crew. They were
cihased to a big swamp near!
Kirkland and defied the officers|
for days.
Randall Solomon was taken to j
Douglas for medical attention, ;
and is in a serious condition.
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A Check Book
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is easier to carry than a' wallet filled j
I with currency, silver or gold. It adds ;
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dignity to your transaction and always |
gives you satisfaction. Cheeks are of j
no value except to the person in whose |
ij favor they are drawn. Can you afford
I to keep your money at home or in your j
ij pocket, when you can have, without
ij expense, a check book on this bank?
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IMT. VERNON BANK, MT. VERNON, GA. |
CAPITAL, $15,000.00 SURPLUS, $30,000 00 RESOURCES, $145,000.00 j
Willie T. McArthur, President W. A. Peterson, Cashier
Alex McArthur, Vice-President H. L. Wilt, A»»i»Unt Cwhier
MT. VERNON, OA.
Kemp School.
Special Correspondence.
The farmers are badly hurt by
the continued dry weather.
Mr. C. S. Palmer of Unadilla
is visiting Mr. John Q. Palmer
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Horne at
tended the preaching service at
Mr. Jas. W. Adams’ Sunday af
ternoon. Ail present enjoyed the
meeting.
Mr. Dan Horne attended Sun
day school at Tarrytown Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Birdie Twiggs of. Mt.
Vernon is out in the country en
joying the fresh air this week.
Mrs. A. B. Hester spent Sat
urday with her mother, Mrs. J.
E. Horne.
Several attended a little Fourth
of July picnic at the McMillan
Landing on Friday, enjoying the
day with plenty of fish and ice.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Palmer
spent the Fourth in Fitzgerald.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Fennell
visited Mrs. J. P. Morrison at
Glenwood on Saturday.
Farmers, get busy and get
your crops in good condition, get
under the shade and eat water
melons. Blue Eyes.
Laurens Rural Carrier
Appropriates Funds.
Macon, Ga., July B.—Richard
W. Blackshear, Jr., 21 years old,
of Dublin, Ga., pleaded guilty in
the United States District Court
here today to misappropriating
federal government funds. Judge
Emory Speer sentenced him to
serve three years in the National
Training School in the District of
Columdia. Blackshear, who was
a substitute rural mail carrier,
kept various small sums of mon
ey given him to purchase money
orders with.
NEW ROAD NOTICE.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
N. T. Powell, M. A. Wheeler.
W. \j Snow, I). I’. IJsry, (). P
Blount, E. A. Arrington, J. D
Palmer, W. H. Kelley, M. K
Burns, L 1. Davis and others hav
ing applied for the opening and
establishing of a new buhlic road
leading from Railroad avenue in
the Town of Tarrytown and run
ning along the land lines of L
Baker. 1). K. Warnock, Mrs. M.
A. Wheeler, G. W. Beckworth,
Jacob Btckworth to intersect with
the Mt. Vernon and Blackvilie
’ rone between the ten and eleven
milepost north of Mt. Vernon
(’ii the public road. Notice is
hereby given that said application
wil! he granted on the first Tues
day in Aug. next if no good cause
be shown to the contrary. This
the Ist day of July, J9lB.
W. H. Moxley,
Ohm. Co. Com’rs.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1913.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
The appointment of Mrs. H. \
W. J. Ham as postmaster at
Gainesville, in place of Mrs. Hel
en D. Longstreet, is being held
up in the senate by friends of the
latter.
J. W. Griffin, who wrecked the
Athens Trust »fe Banking Co.,
has been sentenced to six and a
half years in the state peniten
tiary.
Dr. E. B. Pearce, surgeon for
the governor’s horse guard now
in camp on St. Simons Island,
had his shoulder dislocated a few
days ago and has returned to At
lanta.
Governor Slaton and former
Governor Brown will go to, St.
Simons Island tomorrow to in
spect the Fifth regiment now en
camped there.
A special agent of the post
office department is in Savannah
holding an investivation of
charges made against Postmaster
Baker and Assistant Greene.
Eight barrels of moonshine
; beer were captured in Bryant’s
District near the line of Fulton
and Campbell counties on Fri
day. The operators of the still
escaped.
A negro who criminally as
saulted a six-year-old white girl
near Bonifav, Fla., on Sunday
was lynched at Milton 100 miles
j away, being taken from the
i sheriff on the train.
A boy fourteen months old
died in Boston Monday from get
ting poisoned from sticky fly
paper with which he was play
ing.
George Kearney, a 15-year-old'
boy of Philadelphia, has started
on a trip around the world on a
capital of one dollar.
Sheriff Cherry of Clay county,
Fla., was shot and killed by
Roscoe Smith, a negro, on Sun
day morning. The negro was
captured by a mob and lynched.
MODEL MONTIiOMERV
SMALL FARM
Oats A Prime Factor In
Farm Prosperity And
Profitable.
i
In passing the farm of Mr.
Carl C. McAllister at Longpond
in this county, one is always im
pressed with the neatness of the
farm and home. When not in
use we always notice his improv
ed farm machinery under a good
shelter, and the equipment is of
j the kind that saves labor. Dur
ing the crop season the fields are
smoothly and cleanly tilled, and
the crop is a bountiful one.
i Mr. McAllister knows the great
value and small expense attached
to the oat crop, and makes a
specialty of the Appier variety.
Some of his acres this season
averaged 45, some 65 and a por
tion of the crop 80 bushels per
acre. Nothing in Georgia is
safer than an oat crop, and the
land is always ready for a fine
crop of peavine hay or corn after
the oats.
In short, this young farmer
farms on business principles. A
; few days ago he was in the Moni
' tor printing office having neatly
; printed letter heads and enve
! lopes printed, and didn’t forget
the shipping tags for the many
! sacks of seed oats he sends out,
; The cultivated portion ol his
I farm consists of 140 fertile acres,
! and we always enjoy a look at
| this little Montgomery county
j farm.
| Messrs. O. A. Conner and VV.
! B. Hart of Uvaida were visitors
j to Mt. Vernon yesterday.
Thomas Smith, a tenant on the
! farm of Jeff Stabler, near Nor
cross, Ga., plowed up a sack con
taining over $2,800 in gold and
silver coins, supposed to have
been buried there during the
civil war. Both men claim the
treasure.
While thousands of provincial
soldiers were parading the streets
of Winnepeg, British America,
on July 4th, a riot followed the
waving of a United States tlag,
and the flag was torn and tramp
led in the dust.
G. W. Pippin, a Monroe coun
ty farmer, harvested 98 bushels
of oats per acre t his season.
Suffragettes tried to burn the
famuos Southport Pier at South
port, Eng., on Monday, damage
$50,000, because they thought
King George was to pass over it.
A negro, possibly an escaped
convict, jumped from a passenger
train on the Macon, Dublin &
Savannah road between Mon
trose and Allentown on Monday
and was badly injured.
Mrs. J. J. Lee publicly horse
whipped T. D. Thompson on an
Atlanta street Monday afternoon,
claiming that he had circulated
slanderous remarks about her.
Nat Jones, a 12-year-old boy,
was drowned in the Chattahoo
chee river at Center Hill on Mon
day morning.
A wind and rain storm struck
Waycross Sunday afternoon,
wrecking ten buildings and blow
ing down many trees.
A negro boy went to sleep un
der a box car on the Central
tracks in Atlanta Sunday night
and woke up to find one leg cut
off by the wheels of the car.
O. W. Kimble, a printer, was
rescued by negroes from the Sa
j vannah river swamp last week,
having fallen into the mire from
i a Coast Line train.
NEW DININIi CARS
ON THE SEABOARD
Modern In Every Respeet
And Equipped With
The Best.
The Seaboard Air Line Rail
way has received six of their
new steel dining cars, and same
are in service on through trains.
They are the latest production
of Pullman art, purchased by the
Seaboard at approximately $30,-
000 for each car. They are full
steel construction both within
and without except for some nec
essary inside ornamental wood
work. The interior finish is a
'bright mahogany. The lights
are furnished from squares in
the ceiling and a beautifully soft
effect created.
The cars weigh 80 tons and are
72 feet long. They have electric
generators which create the light
and heat and operate the fans.
The floor is tiled. The tables and
chairs are of heavy upholstery
with cushioned legs which pre
vent noise as they are moved
, about. The absence of unneces
sary fixtures gives the dining
room the effect of a large living
room with plenty of space arid a
suggestion of comfort and home
life.
There are refrigerating closets
for cigars, for cooling drinks and
for meats and vegetables. The
kitchen has the capacity of that
of a good sized hotel with char
coal broiler, ovens, etc. The ice,
1 water and other accessories are
put into the car from the out
side. There are slides in the
window screens so as to let in
light, and air as one chooses by a
mere pressure of the thump and
, without rising and struggling
i with tight frames or waiting for
the porter.
Violent Hill.
Special CoiTeapnmlence
The farmers of this section are {
very much in need of rain.
Mrs. A. L. Sammons has been
spending some time in Mt. Ver- j
non, guest of Mrs. Dan Mcßae.
The social sing at Mr. C. A.
Sob >ast Sunday afternoon was j
a pleasant affair. Those attend
ing were, Misses Roeksey Frost,
Lillie Mae Hardy, Gorda Berner,
Lillie Mae Sammons, Georgia
Halsey, Mattie Gannon. Messrs.
Grady Frost, Anderson Sam
mons, Richard Andrews, Jesse
Goff, Ezra Minton and Johnnie!
Sweat.
Miss Recta Sammons lias re- j
turned home after spending a;
few days at Soperton.
The picnic down at Williams’
Bluff on Friday was enjoyed by I
a large crowd. Strolling up and
down the river banks, eating
fish and drinking lemonade.
Our school is doing nicely un
der management of Mr. Oscar
Burnett.
Sunday school here next Sun
day. Everybody invited to attend.
Brown Eyes.
INDIAN SPRINGS
CAMPMEETING NEXT
Largest Campmeeting In
South To Be Held
In August.
Jackson, Ga., July 7. Prepar
ations are well under way for the
annual session of the Indian
Spring Holiness camp meeting,
which will be held for ten days
beginning August 7. In view of
the fact that this is the largest
camp meeting in the south, par
ticular interest centers around
the annual sessions.
Rev. Joseph 11. Smith, who has
just completed a tour of the*
Orient, bis trip including visits
to Japan, Korea and the Philip
pines, and Rev. J. L. Brasher, of
Boaz, Ala., have been selected to
do the preaching this year.
Rev. L. B. Bridgers, of Ken
tucky, will have charge of the
young peoples’ meetings, while,
as heretofore, Charlie I), 'fill
man, of Atlanta, will lead the
music.
Ten families are already at the
camp ground. The main tent
under which the services are be
ing 1 d is being enlarged and
1 wili no * several hundred more
! persons. The large number of
j cottages at the camp ground,
j which covers several acres, will
fill up rapidly from nowon to the
opening of the meeting on Aug
| ust 7.
j
Rev. Titos. B. Winharn
Dies Suddenly At Home.
On Thursday evening last, at
his home in Wheeler county,
Rev. Thomas B. Winharn drop
| ped dead in a lane near the home.
Mr. Winharn was a well known
and highly respected citizen, and
a minister who had preached the
gospel for about 40 years. He
was a native of Laurens county,
hut hud been a resident of the
original county of Montgomery
about eight years, having a large
acquaintance and scores of
friends in this section of the
state. His remains were laid to
jrest in the Bracewell cemetery in
Laurens county, on Indepen
dence Day, a large concourse of
people attending the last sad
tribute of esteem and respect.
Rev. J. T. Hobbs officiated at the
funeral.
Harold Fragel, a seven-year
old Chicago boy admitted to the
police that ho pushed bis play
mate into the river, the other
boy being still missing, and sup
| posed to be drowned.
CAMPAIGN PLEDGE
MAY CUT COUNTY
SOPERTON ACTIVE IN EFFORT
A Few Mt. Vernon Citizens
Figure in Campaign
Operations.
For some time the citizens of
Soper ton have agitated the ques
tion of again dividing Montgom
ery county and forming a new
county of the sole upper portion
of Montgomery county, making
the fourth time the county has
been cut toward the formation of
other counties. The new county,
if created, takes about half of
the territory left in the mother
county, including three towns
along the M. I). & S. Ry.
This movement is the result of
a campaign pledge made to the
citizens of Soperton a year ago
by Representative J. C. Johnson
in bis race for the Legislature.
Mr. Johnson pledged th eopie
of Soperton, jointly wit'.i e’ght
or nine citizens of Mt Vernon,
that, for the support of the peo
of the Soperton district toward
Mr. Johnson’s race, he would
introduce a bill seeking the di
vision of the county and making
Soperton (he county site of the
upper portion. As a part of this
agreement the Mt. Vernon citi
zens referred to obligated not to
oppose the new county, accord
ing to lines fixed by a few of
them a few days ago and agreed
to by representatives from Soper
ton recently invited here.
All have been true to their cam
paign pledges the people of
Soperton virtually put Mr. John
son in office, accepting his pledge
in lieu of a similar one offered by
the opposition the same day.
Mr. Johnson is executing his
pledge toward the division of the
countv. and likewise the Mt.
Vernon citizens L. C. Under
wood, M. B. Calhoun, YV. L.
Wilson, 1). A. Mcßae, Jesse I.
; Fountain, W. A. Peterson, Jas.
Hester and Albert C. Saffold
—are now keeping their part
of the compact through which
Mr. Johnson was vested with
legislative powers and from which
may come the absolute dissolution
of' a once populous and wealthy
county.
Under the above conditions the
division of the county is under
way. Mr. Johnson placed his
candidacy in the hands of his
Soperton friends and in a public
address to a large audience in So
perton, supported by certain cit
izens of Mt. Vernon, offered his
laid toward the division of the
'county. This was on the occa
sion of a public gathering in So
perton just before the August
primary, and public only as far as
t hose attending the rally possi
bly 700 people including a few
i from Mt. Vernon, were con
cerned, and'was not given as a
part of Mr. Johnson’s published
! announcement. It. is now gener
' orally understood that Mr. John
son made the agreement as above
stated, which is being carried
lout; but this eleventh-hour irade
I under which he was put in office
| was not at the time known to the
majority of his supporters a Mt
Vernon and his immediate sup
| porters in the southern part of
the county, where the new coun
ty question was not an issue,
and where it was not known un
til a few weeks ago.
It may be a question to be set
tled later by the people of Mont
gomery county whether a hand
ful of men from the county seat
can successfuly combine with
those from Soperton in an effort
to further divide the county.
As it is, the question has not as
yet. been put before the public,
in the full sensedemanded on pub
lic questions, and the above brief
statement of facts is given at the
urgent request of those directly
concerned, and in justice to those
responsible for the movement
and the ultimate result—whatev
er it is.
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