VOL. XXVIII.
WILL GET FARM
DEMONSTRATOR
THE PROSPECT ENCOURAGING
Citizens Should Co-operate
With Plan and Get
Good Man.
Prof. S. A. Cunningham of the
State College of Agriculture was
again here Friday afternoon in
the interest of the joint farm
demonstration work for Toombs
and Montgomery counties. The
success of the venture is assured,
and it is quite probable that the
work will commence along the
lines outlined in The Monitor.
Prof. Cunningham again calls
attention to the importance of
immediate action by this county,
in order that an efficient man
may be secured for the work.
It is very probable that Toombs
county has already acted, while
of the S3OO fund required of this
county toward the payment of
the demonstrator’s salary, SIOO
each has been appropriated by
the County Commissioners and
of Education. .
Thus it now remains for SIOO
to be raised in this county by
private subscription, and this
amount is in sight. A number
of citizens have announced their
intention of contributing to the
fund, while the banks of the
countv are actively engaged in
raising the necessary funds. The
Bank of Soperton, one the most
progressive institutions in this
section, heads a list from that
vicinity, and adds: “We are glad
of the opportunity to subscribe
to a cause of this kind, as we are
convinced it will be of great help
to our people; but we regret the
county will not have a full-time
man, and for our part we would
be glad to increase the subscrip- j
tion, if necessary, in order to |
secure a man for this county
alone.”
This county must not fail in a
matter of such importance and
of such benefit to the farmers and
the people generally. The actual
cost is insignificant, compared to
the benefits to be received, and
the work will be conducted in
different sections of the county.
Details of the plan will be again
stated later and a full list of the
contributors given.
Left Baby On
A Negro’s Porch.
Dublin, Ga., Sept. 23.—A few
nights ago some one left a white
baby boy on the steps of Maggie
Dasher, a colored woman living
on Church street here. A note
was found in the basket with the
baby asking her to care for it till
the party returned. She kept it
a day or two and turned it over
to the police. The child was well
formed, with blue eyes and red
hair and appeared to be about
five days old.
Fight To Restore The
Telegraph Service Here.
Our readers are perhaps fa
miliar with the facts relating to
allowing the Western Union Tel
egraph Co. to discontinue their
service in Mt. Vernon, the
change having gone into effect
some months ago. On complaint
of the citizens here an appeal has
been made to have the office re
established. Mayor S. V. Hicks
left yesterday for Atlanta where
a hearing on the matter comes
up today before the Railroad
Commission. Mayor Hicks is
exercising his best efforts to have
the wrong righted.
M. C. Oversole of Typo, Ky.,
was shot down by his w r ife on
Tuesday in presence of two for
mer wives he had divorced.
!®otttoom?ry iHtmitur.
Immense Rattler Killed.
On Thursday of last week,
Mr. C. C. Gillis, farming a few
! miles South of Mt. Vernon, killed
1 a huge rattlesnake. The snake
! sported sixteen rattles and seem
ed to be an old settler. But Mr.
Gillis settled his hash.
Some Fish Story.
Thomasville, Sept. 23.—Ten
thousand pounds of fish was tak
en from a 700-acre cypress pond
near Pavo in one day.
The owner of the pond notfied
fish lovers throughout this sec
tion that he intended cutting
away part of the dam and offered
to sell fishing privileges. Many
hundreds gathered there on the
first day and conservative esti
mates place the amount of fish at
10,000 pounds and the crowd at
3,000. One hundred and thirty
two camp fires were counted and
over 300 vehicles of various and
sundry kinds from every town in
this isection wei*e there.
The fishers used seins, nets,
gigs and in fact everything ex
cept a hook and line. Not on
of those was seen during the en
tire day. Trout weighing fifteen
pounds were caught and quanti
ties of bream, jack and suckers
with occasional fish reels, alliga
tors and turtles. The sight was
one of the most unusual and in
teresting for this section of the
country.
AILEY 0111) FELLOWS
HAVE FESTIVE EVENT
An Address by Rev. Wm. S.
Harden, Followed by
Oyster Supper.
Ailey Lodge of Odd Fellows
celebrated a festive occasion last
Friday afternoon, and the affair
was largely attended and enjoyed
by all present.
The feature of the evening
was the address by Rev. Wm. S.
Harden of Cordele, who, on for
mer occasions, had visited the
lodge, and who is known to many
of the members. He is an able
and fluent talker and his address
was well received. It was both
entertaining and instructive, and
reflected the virtues of the order.
Mr. Harden’s address was fol
lowed by an oyster supper which
was unusually complete. Tables
were prepared for an assembly
twice the size of that present,
even though the hall was well
filled. The good ladies of Ailey
and vicinity were present and
their efforts added much to the
success of the occasion. The re
past was all that could be asked,
and especial courtesy was ex
tended the visitors present. The
editor is under obligations to
Noble Grand M. H. Darley and
other officers and brethren for
the pleasure of the event.
Parts of Sherman’s
Bridges Are Uncovered.
The foundation piles of the im
provised bridges on which a part
of Sherman’s three armies cross
ed Peachtree creek to attack the
Confederates defending Atlanta,
July 10, 1864, have been uncov
ered. The city construction
forces brought them to light
from half a century of oblivion,
during the course of the forces’
work at cleaning out the bed of
Peachtree creek for a more open
flow of the water in it.
Captain Clayton has identified
the piles. The holes in which
pegs were driven, instead of
nails, are visible in the heavy
timbers.
These bridges were built by
men of the Army of the Cumber
land, commanded by General
Thomas, on the night before the
battle of Peachtree creek. They
remained as they were built dur
ing years after the war, until the
ravages of time and weather de
stroyed all trace of them except
that which remained under wat
er.—Atlanta Journal.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 25. 1913.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
The Georgia Railroad was
blocked two days by the wreck
of a freight train on Saturday be
tween Macon and Camack, seven
loaded cars being demolished.
C. H. Matthews, a farmer of
Jones county, died in the Macon
hospital Saturday night following
an amputation of his right leg in
which blood poison had set in.
He was hurt ten days .ago in a
runaway.
Quitman, Ga., had a disastrous
fire early Sunday morning that
destroyed several stores and of
fices, causing a loss of $25,000.
Three foreigners blew out the
gas in a Rochester, N. Y., hotel
on Saturday night and were found
dead Sunday morning.
C. J. Kennedy, a Thomas
county farmer, got $1,250 dam
ages in court last week in a suit
against the A. B. &A. road. In
getting off a train he fell fifteen
feet into a trestle after the por
ter had yelled “Coolidge next
stop.”
Jack Scroggins stabbed Horace
Denton to death at Athens Fri
day night because Denton re
fused to take the seventh drink
I with him.
William English, a negro, was
killed by a freight train on the
M. D. & S. road near Dublin
Saturday morning. He was
drunk and lay with his head on
the rail, and his head was cut off
and rolled nearly a hundred feet
away.
Steve Williams, former mar
shal of Homerville, with his son
Robert, have been given twelve
months sentences at Waycross
for rioting.
Miss M. C. Purcell, a girl of
Sydney, Australia, was brought
18,000 miles as a witness in a
case in Chicago over a contested
will in which $500,000 is involved.
Mrs. Oscar Golden of Doerun
committed suicide on a Georgia
Northern train Monday morning,
taking the contents of a four
ounce bottle of carbolic acid be
tween Moultrie and Albany. She
was found dead when the train
reached Moultrie.
Mexican rebels dynamited a
train sixty miles south of Saltillo,
Mexico, on Friday afternoon,
killing fifty people and looting
the train, but no Americans were
killed.
Congressman Roddenbery
Critically 111 at Home.
Thomasville, Sept. 24. —Dr. T.
M. Mclntosh, the physician at
tending Congressman S. A. Rod
denbery, today issued the follow
ing statement:
“As to the condition of Con
gressman Roddenbery, I regret
that since he left Washington a
; month ago he has not improved,
jlt was hoped, however, that a
! long rest might restore him to a
i useful if not strenuous life.
“However, complications in
j the last few days give anexceed
-1 ingly grave aspect to his case,
|and unless a change for the bet
| ter soon occurs the struggle can
not be long.”
Corn Club Contest.
By request of interested parties
we announce that the contest and
1 exhibit of the Montgomery coun
ity Boys Corn Club will be held
in Mt. Vernon on Wednesday,
Oct. 22d. This is expected to be
an interesting occasion, and the
older farmers are invited to at
tend. The boys are asked to
bring samples of their corn on
that day. The samples will
probably be sent to the state
fair, which will be on at that
time, and they may be exhibited
later at the Twelfth District fair
in Dublin. Particulars of the
contest will be given later.
John Green, a local aviator,
fell with his hydro-aeroplane a
distance of 100 feet into the Ten
nessee river near Chattanooga,
but was xescued with only a few
broken ribs.
Mrs. Claude Brooks of Atlanta
is sueing a butcher for SIO,OOO
damages for selling her some
steak that caused her to lose
fifty pounds in weight after eat
ing it.
It is estimated that appli
cations,to Governor Slaton for
pardons have averaged a dozen
a day for all the time he has
been in office.
Robbers carried olf the safe of
the postoffice at Agawam, Mass.,
on Sunday morning. The safe
weighed 800 pounds and had in
it bonds worth $3,000.
Copies of newspapers over a
hundred years old were found in
Savannah a few days ago in mov
ing an old safe. They were giv
en to a local historic society.
Captain Mathew Batson is
building a giant hydro-aeroplane
near Savannah in which he pro
poses to sail to New York about
Oct. 1, and later to cross the At
lantic.
Emery Payne, a farmer of
New Jersey, was caught under a
falling tree last week, and while
pinned down gave directions to
his wife about his funeral.
Herman Putzier, proprietor of
a hotel at Fountain City, Wis.,
stumbled over a bar of gold about
a foot long and four inches
square, probably worth $50,000.
In a train robbery there 25 years
ago the bar was hidden in ihe
woods.
W. H. Lane of Jennings, Fla.,
died in a hospital at Valdosta on
Monday from injuries to his
throat, caused by a sliver from
the saw sticking through his
throat on Saturday at the mill
where he worked.
Two little girls at Marmath,
N. D., fell heads down into a
barrel of rain water in which
they were playing Sunday and
were found drowned by their
mother.
Leo Frank, sentenced to hang
on Oct. 10 for the murder of
Mary Phagan in Atlanta, has
been re-elected president of the
Jewish Order, B’nai Brith.
Appeals To South To
Avert Meat Famine.
Chicago, Sept. 23.—The re
sponsibility of averting a future
meat famine was put up to small
farmers by speakers at the
eighth annual convention of the
American Meat Packers’ conven
tion today. All the speakers
agreed that if the decrease in
meat production of the last ten
years is not stopped, the ques
tion of the meat supply for the
people of the United States will
be most serious.
Among the remedies suggested
by the speakers were:
Every small farmer should
raise at least two beef steers a
year to effect the decreased pro
duction of the great ranches of
the west.
The remaining ranges should
be cut up in farms to put all farm
ers on an equal footing.
Developments of the hills of
New England with their bounti
ful springs and prevailing shade
as a beef-producing country.
Substitution of corn for cotton
in the southern states and the
consequent development of cattle
and hog production.
Notice of H. M. Society.
The regular business meeting
lof the Home Mission Society of
the Presbyterian church will be
held at the church Monday after
noon, September 29th. at 3:30.
A full attendance is earnestly
desired. Inez Mcßae,
Secy.
Curfew For Dublin Boys.
Dublin, Ga., Sept. 22. A cur
j few ordinance is being agitated
in Dublin. At a recent meeting
of the city council a resolution
was passed instructing the ordi
nance committee to prepare such
lan ordinance and have it read at
the next meeting of the council.
The ordinance will make it un
lawful for boys sixteen years and
under to be on the streets after,
certain hours without a legiti
mate excuse.
Shooting Affray Occurs
Sunday At Alamo.
A report reaches us that on
Sunday last a difficulty occurred
between two well-known citizens
of the Alamo section. We are
not in receipt of particulars, but
it seems that Mr. Moses Corbin
was shot and seriously wounded
by Mr. John H. Stroud. The
latest report is that Corbin is in j
a precarious condition.
WHEELER COUNTY CaSE
WAS ARGUED MONDAY
Judge Decided Against The
Petitioners Who Ask
For Writ.
The habeas corpus case made
to test the constitutionality of
the creating Wheeler county
was ■ague* before Judge Park
at Sparta on Monday evening
last. The case was brought on a
petition for release of Marshall
Moore, the first negro convicted
in Wheeler superior court, the
grounds being that the county
was not legally created, render-!
ing the superior court void.
Judge Park decided against
the petitioner, but this was not
unexpected, as it was contem
plated that the Superior Court J
would have to pass upon the j
matter. A bill of exceptions J
was filed by Attorneys Grice and
Calhoun for the petitioner, and
the other side acknowledged ser- J
vice. So the matter will soon
reach the Supreme Court, and a
hearing on the matter ma> be;
had within a month.
The effect of the success of the
petition would be that there is no
such county as Wheeler, and
while the red waters of the;
Oconee continues to roll between,
the citizens on the west side
would find themselves back in
Montgomery. The wheels of
Wheeler would do what Joshua
commanded the sun to do, and
Georgia would have one less
county and a precedent that was
never possessed before.
On the other hand, if the Su
preme Court affirms the decision
of Judge Park there will be no
slipping of cogs in the machinery j
of the new county, and its citi
zens will continue to live; on the
fat of the land. Or, in other
I words, to continue to graze in
the same pasture without moving
out the fence. The matter will
be watched with great interest.
Loses Two Children.
We regret to learn that Mr. J.
M. Foskey over in Wheeler coun
ty has lost two children recently.
It was feared that diptheria was
the cause of their death. Our
sympathies are with the bereav
ed ones.
Fresh Fall Garden Seed of all
kinds at Sumerford Drug Co.’s,
I Ailey, Ga. ad,
I 1
SOME WORK FOR
MILL OF JUSTICE
IMPORTANT MURDER TRIAL
Many Misdemeanors Cases
Are Set For Trial For
First Two Days.
The following criminal cases
have been calendared for the
August adjourned term Mont
gomery superior court beginning
Monday, Sept. 29.
State \ s Lee Keen, Lamar Holmes
and T. K. Wade and Wyatt Mar
tin, murder. Following are mis
demeanors: A. H. Johnson,
Henry Johnson, H. V. Daley,
; (2 cases) Pete Stewart, General
Northcut, (2 cases) Jesse Hamil
ton, Rosa Beamer, Charlie Gra
ham, George Johnson, J. J. Mor
ing, (2 cases) Ed Simmons, Lum
Collins, Cieve Lasingberry, (2
jcases) Oscar Everett, Maggie
Everett, Bob Whitaker, J. W.
Register, Twiggs I J hillips, Nancy
Phillips Smith, W. L. Tapley,
(simple larceny) Sam Wright,
(mis.) It. W. Willis, Lawson Mos,
ley, Joe Moseley.
Tuesday, Sept. 30th.
State vs Brian Ruth, simple larce
ny; J. H. Gamon, Forgery The
following are misdemeanors:
Narcissus Williams, Ike Jack
son, J. It. Pol let, Geo. Mosley,
(2 cases) Charlie Blackston, Lee
Price, Joe Wiggins, Dessie Dur
den, M. T. Lowery, Tom Cooper,
G. B. Graham, Lodie Morris, Jno.
A. Johnson, Charlie Wiggs, Jr.,
(2 cases) Tom Morris, Oliver Kar
miehael, HicksFullford, (2cases)
Fletcher Barrington, Oliver Car
michael, (larceny) Josh Collins,
Lewis Sharpe, (2 cases) Dennis
White, J. A. Wiggins, Frank
Faircloth, Zona Lord, Luther
Loyd, Joe Sherrod, Dock Wright,
Jim Lord, Ben Green, Jerry
Phillips, Ed Braddy, (2 cases)
Lee Ashley, Joe Ryals, Allen
Johnson, Manuel Lewis, (liquor
selling.)
All parties and witnesses in
the above cases will appear at
court on the day the case is as
signed and until it is called. No
case will be called before the day
assigned. E. D. Graham,
Judge.
W. A. Wooten, Sol.-Gen.
I’KESBYTEKY MEETS
IN MOUNT VERNON
Convenes Oct. 14—Openi '
Sermon by Dr. A. L.
Patterson.
The next session pf the Savan
nah Presbytery will be held in
Mt. Vernon, and will convene on
Tuesday night, Oct. 14. The
opening sermon will be delivered
by Dr. A. L. Patterson of Black
shear.
A full attendance is expected,
and the session v/ill probably con
tinue throughout the week.
Mt. Vernon entertained this
body in the spring of 1910, and
did well her part as host. Those
who wili entertain delegates, and
who have not asked for assign
ments, should confer with Rev.
Chas. Montgomery at once, that
ample provision may be made for
the entertainment of the guests
before their arrival. This will
add greatly to the success of the
occasion.
Many members of the Presby
tery are well known to the Mt.
Vernon people, and the occasion
promises to be one of pleasure
and profit. The public is invited
to attend the session.
A. L. Murchison, a lineman,
was electrocuted several days
ago, and his body found Monday
hanging to a transmission tower
five miles from Murfreesboro,
Tenn.
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