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VOL. XXVIII.
SUPERIOR COURT
AGAIN CONVENES
AUGUST ADJOURNED TERM ON
Commences Monday For
Trial of Big Murder Cases
on Criminal Docket.
Superior Court convened
promptly on Monday morning,
and there being no grand jury
called for this special term, soon
got down to business. Judge E.
D. Graham is presiding and So
licitor General Wooten is looking
after the state’s side of each!
case.
The first and most important
case on the docket was that of
the state vs Lee Keen, Lamar
Holmes, T. K. Wade and Wyatt
Martin, charged with the mur
der of Will Radney. It was de
cided to sever the trials, and Lee
Keen was put on trial. Almost
the entire day was consumed in
securing a jury, and all of Tues
day in hearing the evidence for
and against the accused. The
attorneys began their arguments
yesterday morning, Col. M. B.
Calhoun opening for the state,
followed by Judge Eschol Gra
ham for the defense. Next
came Col. Thompson for the
state, with Satfold and Howard
to follow for the defense, and
the closing argument by Solicitor
Wooten. The case had not gone
to the jury when we went to
press. Among the visiting at
torneys we note, W. A. Wooten,
Eastman; A. C. Saffold, Will
Stallings, Cochran; C. P. Thomp
son, Alamo; G. W. Lankford, Ly
ons; C. W. Sparks, W. M. Lewis,
Vidalia; Eschol Graham, Mcßae; i
and Phil Howard, Dublin.
Aged Darkies In
Reminescent Mood.
The Monitor office was visited
this week by several aged colored
people from the lower part of the
county. Alex Ryals, one of The
Monitor’s regular readers, came
in, accompanied by Uncle Jack
son Drinks and his brother, Un
cle June Drinks. Both are types
of the antebellum darkey, but
their memories are well preserved
and they spoke very interestingly
of events that occurred before'
the late war. Uncle Jackson,
who was accompanied by his old
lady and daughter, did most of
the talking.
As slaves they were owned by
Governor Geo. M. Troup, who at
the time of his death, lived in
this county west of the Oconee
river in what is now Wheeler
county. Jackson remembers the
days when he played around the
homestead as the old Governor
reposed on his cot on the front
porch in his declining years.
Assuming that Jackson was about
fifteen years of age when Gov.
Troup died, (185 G) he is now be
tween seventy and seventy-five
years old.
Uncle June is the younger, and
has not the experience of Uncle
Jack. They are successful farm
ers, raising several bales of cot
ton apiece, besides grain and
other crops, and bid fair to live
several years.
Odd Fellows Convention.
The district Odd Fellows con
vention met in Bartow yesterday.
The Ailey Lodge was represented
by M. H. Darley and Jonn M.
Hughes and the Lodge at this
place was represented by M. E.
Fountain and S. Z. Salter.
At the regular meeting of the
local Lodge Monday evening new
interest was manifest, and a
flourising condition is in store for
the home Lodge.
A public festive occasion is be
ing planned for the near future.
Soper to n.
Special Correspondence.
Mrs. J. E. Hunt of Mt. Vernon
spent the week-end with Mrs.
J. H. Duggan.
Mr. Hinton Beasley of Baxley
was here last week.
Miss Mamie .Waller, who is at
tending the 8.-P. 1., visited her
1 parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Wal
j ler, Saturday and Sunday.
The W. M. S. rendered a verv
! interesting program at the Bap
tist church Sunday evening, and
it was enjoyed by all.
Misses Taylor and DeWitt, as
j sistants at the school, arrived
last week.
Messrs. Lamar Holmes, Wyatt
Martin, T. K. Wade and others
are attending court in Mt. Ver
non this week.
Mr. Cleveland Pope of Condor
was here last week.
Her friends are pained to learn
of the death of Mrs. Geo. Gillis.
Miss Frankie Calhoun of Tar
rytown attended services here
Sunday evening.
Mr. John Thigpen spent a short
while in Tarrytown Sunday.
Mrs. Benjamin Gillis and
daughters, Pearl and Annie,
spent the week end with friends
and relatives in Adrian.
Mrs. Neil Gillis and Mrs. Dan
iel Davis of Gillis Springs were
in town Monday shopping.
i Food Products From
South America.
Is America ultimately to be
come dependent on other coun
tries for food? This question
l would have been deemed absured
a decade ago, but there is good
ground for it now. Recently
shipments of beef from Argen
tina and butter from Siberia were
received in New York, and the
other day a cargo of 7,300 tons
of shelled corn arrived there
from Buenos Ayres. The ship
ment of corn was the largest
from South America in two years
and is said to be but the first of
a large importation arranged by
American grain dealers.
The importers say that with
the prevailing high prices of
corn in this country they can buy
in South America, pay the ex
i pense of transportation and still
j have a margin left to compen
! sate them for their venture.
| Why are we not growing our
own corn in sufficient quantities
; to satisfy the market’s demands?
Are we, having the richest ag
ricultural lands in the world, to
| become dependent upon South
America for our foodstuffs?
When are Americans going to
awaken to a realization of their
opportunities?—Savannah News.
Rounds of T. C.
I will be at the following
places for the collection of taxes
on the dates named:
Uvalda Oct. 7 9:30 to 11:30.
Alston “ 7 1:30“ 3:30
! Higgston “ 8 10:00 “ 12:00
i Pigeon Springs" 9 9:00 “ 10:30
j Kibbee “ 9 3:00 “ 4:30
Tarrytown “ 10 9:00 “ 11:00
ISoperton “10 1:00“ 3:00
Orland “ 11 9:00 “ 10:30
Lothair “11 1:00 “ 2:30
Mt. Vernon “13 9:00 “ 1:00
The registration books will be
open at all these places.
D. M. Currie,
Tax Collector.
For Communion Service.
The ladies of the Mt. Vernon
Presbyterian Church are taking
steps toward purchasing a new
communion service for the church
and Mrs. W. C. Mcßae will be
glad to receive contributions from
those who will help.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCT. 2. 1913.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
On Saturday last Governor
Slaton commented the sentence
of Dr. W. J. McNaughton to
life imprisonment. McNaughton
had been sentenced three times
to hang for the murder of Fred
Flanders in Emanuel county.
Marion Lucas took the oath of
office as postmaster of Savannah
on Monday, taking the place of
Marcus S. Baker removed.
The great impeachment trial
of Governor Sulzer of New York
is in progress this week in Al
bany, and many witnesses are
being sworn.
Herschel V. Bargainer, a pros
perous farmer or Jefferson coun
ty, took strychine last week and
died a few minutes after telling
his brother what he had done.
Bandits captured a train near
Bibbtown, Ala., last Thursday
night and got off with $50,000.
They were supposed to be mere
boys.
Mrs. Pearl Yates of Centralia,
111., gave birth to four boys on
Friday last, and all are doing
well.
E. C. Burnsed and son, Cleve,
are in jail at Statesboro charged
with the murder of Pharis Davis,
who was found dead in the lower
section of Bulloch county on Fri
day afternoon.
In a detailed report of 128
green groceries and meat stalls
inspected in Savannah, 17 were
classed good, 43 fair, and 68 in
bad condition.
Augustus Jones, a prominent
farmer of Crisp county, was
seriously hurt Saturday morning
when a bale of cotton was thrown
from his wagon by runaway
mules, crushing him.
Americus received 985 bales of
cotton on Saturday, the combined
receipts of Friday and Saturday
being 1,625 bales.
After robbing two negroes at
Fitzgerald early Tuesday morn
ing, a negro bandit held up W.
W. Maddbx, engineer at the ice
factory, and after robbing him
fired four bullets into the man,
killing him.
CANDIDATESFORCONGRESS
BEGIN TO MULTIPLY
Judge W. M. Clements and
Hon. W. W. Larsen Will
Oppose Hughes.
Judge Walter M. Clements of
Eastman was a visitor here again
this week, and met many of his
old friends. He assures us that
he is in the race for congress to
represent the Twelfth District,
the place now filled by Hon.
Dudley M. Hughes of Twiggs.
Judge Clements was formerly a
citizen of that section of Mont
gomery county now forming
Wheeler, and very naturally ex
pects a strong following in this
part of the district. He is a
lawyer of ability and in his for
mal announcement to follow will
doubtless present a strong plat
form.
Col. W. W. Larsen of Dublin
was a visitor here yesterday,
and is quite out spoken in his in
tention to be in the race for rep
resentative. Mr. Larsen has
been in conference with friends
over the district, and is quite
confident of his strength in sev
eral of the counties composing
the new Twelfth. He is actively
engaged in the practice of law
and enjoys the esteem of many
acquaintances over the district.
He is conversant with state poli
tics, having filled the place of
executive secretary for awhile
under Governor Brown’s first ad
ministaation. Col. Larsen is a
polished gentleman and a good
mixer. He was located in the
adjoining county of Emanuel
several years, but is a native of
that part of Tattnall now com
posing Toombs county.
John Washington, a negro of
Helena, was shot and seriously
wounded by his son, William,
early Sunday morning.
Two mulatto boys of Harriston,
Miss., started a riot on Sunday
morning and were killed, also
three white men and two other
negroes were killed.
Paul Donehoo, the blind coro
ner of Atlanta, who is also a suc
cessful lawyer, was married a
few days ago.
Two fine mules owned by the
city of Valdosta were killed by a
live wire on Tuesday.
Miss Alice Palmer of Moore
land Avenue, Atlanta, who dis
appeared last Thursday, was
found naked and half starved
roaming the woods near Carroll
Friday afternoon.
F. C. Reis, farming near Ma
con, raised a sunllower that
measured 14 inches across,
weighed four pounds and pro
duced a quart of seed.
A new railroad is proposed to
be built from Sparta to Waynes
boro, passing through Sanders
ville and other towns.
The mutilated body of Mildred
Allison, a fashionably dressed
dancing teacher, was found on
the tracks of Elgin, Joliet &
Eastern railroad near Wayne,
111., on Friday night.
By the bursting of a millstone
at Hazzlehurst, Miss., on Satur
d iy, two men were killed. Loos
ing control of the engine caused
the stone to go to pieces.
E. M. Silberger, assistant post
master at Pocahontas, Va., dis
appeared Tuesday morning, tak
ing with him registered packages
containing SII,OOO.
Statistics show that over $67,-
000,000 worth of linens, hats,
silk dress goods wool, champagne
and such goods are held in bond
waiting to be turned loose when
the new tariff goes into effect.
The semi-annual dividends of
five cotton mills and one ware
house at LaGrange were paid out
last week, and it amounted to
$95,000.
VALUABLE IDEA IN
CURING FEAVINE HAY
Montgomery County Farmer
Gives Practical Plan
That’s Easy.
Mr. W. L. Calhoun of the Tur
rytown section gives us a plan
for curing peavine hay that
; seems not only cheap but quite
\ practical. The device is a cheap
j rack for the curing process and
consists of three small poles
fastened at two feet from the
J top ends by driving a 12d nail
through them and wrapping with
a bit of hay wire. This is easily
spread, setting out the feet like
a tripod, and affords the finest
means of giving air to the inside
of the stack. The projections
above the nail and wire fastening
hold a bundle of hay that fur
nishes a cap which sheds the
water in case of rain. This
method gives the very best
means, by circulating air, and
the hay never molds. The light
tripods are easily put up by one
man as fast as the hay can be
mowed, and when not in use can
Ibe quickly folded and stored for
the next crop. The plan seems
like a big improvement over the
old one of putting up large polls
with cross arms, as usually prac
| ticed.
Mr. Calhoun is one of our
thinking farmers and his idea
will undoubtedly save a lot of
■ work and better hay.
Ailey Paragraphs.
Special Gomsixmikmce.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Blount
left Saturday to visit their fotm
er home in Alabama. Mr. Blount
returned Monday, but Mrs.
Blount remained over for some
time.
Dr. J. W. Palmer was in At
lanta Wednesday attending r
business meeting of the Georgia
Medical Board, of which has
beer, re-appointed a member.
M s. L’u .es of Claxton is as
sisting Mrs. Hudson in her milli
nery department.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. I). Mc-
Gregor attended the family re
union of Mrs. Martha Conner at
Longpond Saturday.
Mrs. J. W. Palmer made a
short visit to Collins this week.
Mrs. G. H. Mcßride of Lyons
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Mr. W. J. Peterson left Mon
day for Atlanta where he will be
under medical treatment for some
time. He was accompanied by
his son, Mr. T. A. Peterson, who
will remain with him for several
days.
Mr. E. T. Mcßride of Vidalia
was a business visitor here sev
eral days this week.
Miss Florence Conner is in At
lanta for a few weeks.
Mr. J. A. Kitchen has recently
sold his farming interests here,
and after Jan. Ist., will make
his home in Toombs county, hav
ing bought a large farm down on
the Altamaha river.
Miss Vickie Hall will entertain
the Epworth League at her home
Friday evening.
Mr. H. W. Evans of Jackson
ville, Fla., was mingling with
old friends here this week.
Picking Sea Island
Cotton From Stubble.
Adel, Sept. 30. —J. L. Wilkcr
sori brought a bale of Sea Island
cotton to Adel a few days ago
that was {licked from stubble
and which proved to be of a very
fine grade.
When Mr. Wilkerson had cut
his cotton stalks he noticed that
the cotton was sprouting in a
patch of four of five acres. The
ground was a little wet for him
to work in and he decided to
care for the stubble and not re
plant on that spot.
He has already sold one bale
from the patch and expects to
get another. The bale he sold
here brought 21.55 per pound.
Uvalda Masons Celebrates.
U’ ’a l, idge of Free arid Ac
cepted Masons had a festive oc
casion on Wednesday night of
last week, and with their
friends made merry and partook
of an oyster supper. Addresses
were delivered by Rev. Mr.
West of the Methodist church
and Mr. S. A. Scott of Adrian.
The occasion was one of real en
joyment, and those who were so
fortunate as to he present pro
nounced the evening and the
time a large one.
Springhill Campmeeting.
The annual campmeeting of
Methodists at Springhill wi'l be
held this year from the 10th to
15th of this month. These meet
ings always bring together many
people who only meet once a
year, and are a source of great
religious uplift to many who
gather on “theold campground.’’
Nero Adams, an aged negro of
Ocilla, being about to die from
injuries received in a wreck, told
/here he Oad hid his savings,
and S3OO was found in a glass
jar near his home.
WANT THE DISTRICT
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
Citizens Os Orianna Section
Will xMake Effort To
Secure It.
Although the new Twelfth Con
| gressional District is entitled to
a state agricultural school, no
definite action has been taken as
yet by any town or community to
secure its establishment. The
counties of the old eleventh dist
rict, cutoff into the new Twelfth,
are entitled to scholarships in the
Eleventh district school at Doug
las; and likewise, other counties
retain educational privileges in
the district of which they former
ly formed a part. Montgomery,
being of the old Eleventh, now
is entitled to scholarship privi
leges in the agricultural school at
Douglas.
It seems to be only a question
of demanding our rights, and the
right kind of push and enter
prise on the part of some
town or community as to when
the college will be put in opera
tion.
(Citizens of the Orianna com
munity, which embraces the sec
i tion where the counties of Lau
rens. Montgomery, Emanuel and
Johnson come nearly together,
are becoming interested in the
matter of securing the school.
Under th< leadership of Hon. J.
E. Page and other progressive
spirits the matter is being agita
ted, and may soon take definite
shape, and a strong pull be made
for the establishment of the
school there.
This is one of the many Geor
gia communities where the spirit
of progress is beginning to stir
up the people, and possesses the
finest agricultural possibilities,
and a section where the uplift of
such a school would be appreci
ated. It is pointed out by our
Orianna friends that this is the
ideal place for the school, not
only from its fine lands and
farms, hut because of its location
at the corners of four of the best
counties of the district, and the
further fact that it is really in
the center of the territory form
ing the Twelfth district.
A little pluck and push may
land the school for these pro
gressive people, and the develop
ments in the matter will be
watched with interest.
F'or Glerk of Court.
Mr. .J. G. McAllister of this
olace will he a candidate for Clerk
of the Superior Court, and his
f iinai announcement will be
forthcoming next week. He is
a lifelong citizen of the county,
and is thorougly conversant with
the county government. About
twelve years ago he served as
(Jerk, and during his incumbency
the office is said to have been
very capably managed.
Made Good Report.
Tax Receiver Isaac Brooks of
Soperton was mingling with
friends here this week. He has
just received from the Comp
troller General a communication
announcing a satisfactory condi
tion of the tax digest of this
county. Montgomery county
made gains in tax values of $65,-
000 for the present year. It is
not known whether Mr. Brooks
will be a candidate to succeed
himself in the coming election.
M orrison-Hinson.
On Sunday, September 21st,
Mr. John Hinson and Miss Irene
Morrison were united in marriage.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. ('has. Montgomery of Mt.
Vernon, at Alamo, and was wit
nessed by a number of friends.
The contracting parties are well
known and enjoy the friendship
of a large acquaintance in Wheel
er county. Success to them.
NO. 23.
