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VOL. XXVIII.
KILLED IN RUNAWAY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Well Known Farmer Dies
In an Hour From
Injuries.
Mr. V. P. Moore met death on
the main street here Tuesday
afternoon, dying in an hour after
being hurt. He had brought cot
ton to the gin here, and on start
ing home the two spirited mules
hitched to his wagon made a
dash just as he got into the emp
ty cotton rack nearly in front of
McQueen’s store, and the unfor
tunate man fell in front of the
wagon and under the heels of
the mules. He caught on the
tongue and the run was so swift
he could not extricate himself,
and dashing past the door of the
Monitor office they struck an o:
tree in front of Mr. J. C. Mc-
Allister’s residence, the tongue
striking and snapping in two,
and one mule going on one side
and one on the other, his body
was crushed between the double
tree and the oak. The accident
was witnessed by several men
who rushed to his aid, and cut
ting the mules loose soon lifted
him from the wreckage. The
forefinger of his right hand was
completely severed, but it was
not known until he was taken to
the home of his son-in-law, Mr.
Clem Cooper, that his injuries
were fatal. Dr. J. E. Hunt was
an eye witness to the accident
and gave the wounded man im
mediate attention, and a little
later, was joined by Drs. Hall
and Palmer of Ailey, and an ex
amination showed that his inter
nal organs were completely
crushed, and life was extinct in
an hour after the accident.
Mr. Moore has been engaged j
in farming several years six miles i
above here, coming to this sec
tion from Allendale, S. C. He ■
leaves a wife and several sons
and daughters. The interment
will take place this (Thursday)
morning, having been delayed to
await the arrival of a brother
from Bulloch county and a
daughter from South Carolina.
The remains will be laid to rest j
in the cemetery on the farm
where the family resides.
The Corn Club Contest.
Prof. G. V. Cunningham met
the boys in the corn club contest j
here yesterday, but w’e received j
a report of the result almost too
late for this issue. We only have
space to give the yields made by
the winners:
Hilton Keen, 86.87 bushels.
Raymond Adams, 67.62
Rabun Stewart, 62.07
Alvie Adams, 58.22
Loy Allmond, 29.62
Particulars of prizes given in
next paper. The above shows an
average yield of 61 bushels.
Jolly Well Got to Lay.
A quaint little story is told of
the early days of the former Miss
Inez Milholland, “the most beau
tiful Suffragette in America,’’ as
she has been called, who was
married secretly during her visit
to London, says Pearson’s Week
ly.
According to the bride’s fath
er, it seems that even as a baby
she was very strong-willed. One
day her nurse came in despair to
Mrs. Milholland and announced
that she had found Inez on the
top of a haystack and that the
child flatly refused to come down.
Mrs. Milholland sailed forth to
see what she could do in the mat
ter, but all her coaxing was in
vain.
To her mother’s entreaties
Inez replied firmly: “There’s a
nasty old hen up here that won’t
lay her eggs, and I’m going to
jnake her do it!”
Permanent Registrarion
Already In Effect.
All doubt as to whether the
permanent registration law pass
ed by the Legislature in the sum
mer is in effect now was dispell
ed yesterday when copies of the
acts of the last session were re
ceived in Savannah.
Under the new law a person
who registers now is always reg
istered, provided he pays his tax
es regularly and is not disquali
fied for any other reason. The
registration now going on at the
Court House is covered by the
new law, and those who have
registered since the be is were
opened some time ago i•e regis
tered for good.
When a person registers under
the new law he need never wor
ry any more about being qualified
vote, if he complies with the
requirements by keeping his tax
es paid. The registration so far
has been rather heavy, and is in
creasing gradually.
As explained by the represen
, tatives in the Legislature from
Chatham county the permanent!
registration law was designed
for the benefit of people who live !
in the dountry, and who find it
inconvenient to have to register!
every year, and for every special
election that is held. However,
it is expected to benefit the peo
ple in the cities as well. The
la v went into effect upon its pas- j
sage.—Savannah News.
Superior Court Will
Convene Again Soon.
In less than two weeks another
session of Montgomery Superior
Court will convene. The regular j
November term will commence;
on Monday, Nov. 3rd. As the
dockets have been very much
reduced by recent sessions of the
court, it is probable that the j
term will be a short one. The
list of jurors has been published
in these columns.
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Proceedings of Weekly Meeting at
Brewton-Parker Institute, Mt. Vernon J^
Tne Damon Literary Society
held its regular weekly meeting
in the auditorium on the after
noon of Oct. 18th.
After being called to order by
the president, song by the society
and prayer by chaplain, roll call
and minutes read and adopted
the following program was very
successfully rendered:
Reading—Rufus Hodges.
Piano solo—Eva Conner.
Pin Picture- Lillian Linder.
Piano Duet—Josie Williamson
and Earnestine Blackwell.
Prophecy—Ray Coursey.
Reading—Tyra Stanley.
Jokes and wants—Otis Rack
ley. . •
Conversation—Albert Sidney
J nson, Clement McArthur,
Paul Bush and Edgar McLemore.
Pantomine—Max McGregor,
Oglethorpe McLemore and Chas.
Ricks.
After a short business meeting
we adjourned in order.
We were glad to have several
vsitors with us.
-M. A. M.—
Dwelling for Sale.
I offer my dwelling house and
lot situated on Railroad avenue
in Mt. Vernon for sale. Four
room house and large lot on the
principal street and close to the
business part of the city. For
terms and particulars address me
at Vidalia, Ga.
Mrs. J. W. McCullough,
Vidalia, Ga.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 1913.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
Pickpockets relieved two farm
i ers of $55 in cash at the circus in
: Waycross on Monday.
j Sulzer, the deposed governor
|of New York, has been nominat
ed by the Bull Moose for the
; General Assembly of New York.
'
The earliest fall of snow re
corded in October came Monday
when it fell as far south in
Georgia as Milledgeville, being
general over Alabama, North
Carolina and South Carolina.
The case of Mrs. Pankhurst
has resulted in allowing her to
tour the United States with the
understanding that she return to
England after she makes the
round.
A lady of New’ Orleans,, who
was trying an auto she had just
bought, on Sunday was killed
with three others by a collision
with a switch engine.
The largest of the Zeppelin
war airships was destroyed by
an explosion in mid-air on Friday
and 27 men lost their lives.
A suit involving $50,000 of
prosperity of the Bedgood es
tate in Crisp county is to be tried
at the November term of the
court at Cordele. j
Claude Bowles, a 13-year-old
boy of Atlanta, climbed to the
top of a 30-foot light pole in re
sponse to a dare by his compan
ions, and while his mother called
to him to come down, touched a
live wire and fell to the ground
dead.
Dog Brings Home Head
of Man Who Suicided.
Corry, Pa., Oct. 19.—Alva Bak
er, a farmer near Sinclairville,
N. Y., was horrified when his
hunting dog carried to him the
head of a man and dropped it at
his feet. Baker immediately
made an investigation and found
the body lying under a tree on
his farm.
It was the opinion of the au
thorities that the man had com
mitted suicide by hanging, as a
rope was found dangling from a
limb of the tree under which the
remains were found. The man
had been dead some time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Clerk Superior Court:
I auk of my friend* and tlio citizens of Mont
gomery county the office of Clerk of the Su
perior Court. J,ong yearn of experinne in the
work warrant tne in claiming my fitueaH for
the duties of the office, and in the coming
primary, under auch rules ax may ho adopted,
I awk for your Hupport. Your voteß will he
highly appreciated,
John C. McAllister.
For Tax Collector:
To the VoterH of Montgomery County:
In an much as I deture to he Tax Collector
of Montgomery County, i Itereh announce
myself a candidate for th it office, subject to
the rules and regulations promulgated hy the
it' moeratic Kxe< utive Committee governing
flie next primary. 1 will appreciate any anil
aiJ tut ppm t given me, and it i should he elected
I will do all in my power to do the duties of
tile office in' the pro er manner and accepta- i
hie to the people at large. There is one thing i
1 will say in the beginning and let it he my
motto until tho election is over, that I will
not resort to any unfair means, or dirty polit
ical schemes or tricks, to secure rny election.
(i. V. Mason.
For Sheriff:
I am asking at the hands of the people of
the people of Montgomery c unity the office of
Sheriff. I am not unknown to you, having
served several years in the office witii my
brother, A. J. Bnrith, some years ogo. lam
familiar with tin- duties of the office, and my
highest aim will he to serve you well, if fa.
'vored with the office. I am asking your sup
port as an honest man, and my candidacy is
suoject to such rules as your executive com
mittee may prescribe. Assuring you that I
will apyreeiate all support given me, I am
Yours to serve,
E. E. Bcacn.
For Sheriff.
To the Citizens of Montgomery County:
I am offeiing to serve you as Sheriff of your
cout ty. I will ask your support for norniiia
-1 nation as a candidate for that office in the ap
proaching primary subject to such rules as
1 may he adopted. If placed in this responsi
ble position hy your votes, I beg to asanre
you that you will not have cause to regret the
choice. .Soliciting your support, lam
Yours respectfully,
i H. Z Hamsn. |
| In Tattnall superior court last
week, Elegy Nail, white, was
found guilty of the murder of
Andrew Sharpe, a negro, the
killing having occurred in Feb.
of last year.
A special train on the Mobile
& Ohio railroad plunged through
a trestle on Sunday evening near
State Line, Miss., seventeen
i soldiers were killed and ninety
others injured.
Governor Slaton and staff are
due to be at the state fair in Ma
con today. Tomorrow will be
circus day and Saturday alfalfa
day.
A’match in a bale of cotton be
ing ginned at Warwick Saturday
afternoon caused a blaze that de
stroy. d the ginnery and seed
houses of John F. Wise, the loss
being about $12,000.
Miss Janie Mathews, a pretty
15-year-old girl of Cordele, drop
ped a match into a can of carbide
and water Saturday evening and
had her face badly burned and
eyesight injured in the fire that
resulted.
The trial of Governor Sulzer of
New York resulted in his convic
tion, and he is no longer gover-|
nor. Martin H. Glynn, the lieu
tenant governor, has been sworn
in as Sulzer’s successor.
A negro convict at the Rome,
Ga., camp was being flogged Sat
urday and made for the warden
with a razor and was shot by one
of the guards.
Gov. Slaton Will Attend
Twelfth District Fair.
Dublin, Ga., Oct. 17. —Govern-
or John M. Slaton has notified
the directors of the Twelfth Dis
trict Fair Association that he will
be in Dublin on the 7th Nov.,
which is one of the days of the
fair, and preparations are being
made for a big day when he is
in the city.
Besides being Governor’s day,
Friday will be educational day
and good roads day, so that there
will be all kinds of a crowd gath
ered to hear the addresses on
that day. Governor Slaton will
make an address. Several other
addresses are on the program for
that day, and it promises to be a
big occasion all the way through.
A Great Harvest.
Now that the summer is ended
and the harvests are rightly esti-1
mated, the South has entered up
on a season of rejoicing. The
drouth especially afflicted the
corn regions of the West, begin
ning in Kansas and extending
through Missouri, the northern
part of Kentucky, through Illi
nois, Indiana and Ohio, with a
reduction of the corn crop of 20
per cent, for the whole country,
and a reduction of the corn crop
in this region of nearly 33 per
cent.
But outside of this corn region
it has not been a bad corn year.
Georgia, for instance, reports a
large corn crop. So do other
Southern States, beginning in
Virginia and extending to the
Mississippi river.
This is not considered a corn
country, and yet it is coming to
be a corn country more and more
every year. The corn crop is J
largely consumed upon the farm,
especially the Southern corn
crop. The Southern farmers are
putting their smoke-houses on |
their own farms and buying less
and less meat, and provisions
generally, every year. With
more grass, with more hay, and
with the silo, the South w : !l be
come a great country for stock
raising.—Home & Farm.
Advice About Schools.
Don’t keep your child out of
school the first day.
Don’t keep your child out of
school to work. It is your duty
to do the work yourself when
school is in session. After the
child has worked faithfully for
five months, let him have every
day of the seven school months.
Don’t fail to buy books, tab
lets, and pencils for each child.
Don’t expect them to learn
without these things.
Don’t hinder your child from
studying at home.
Don’t allow tales told out of
school.
Don’t talk to your neighbor
about your child’s trouble at
school. Go see the teacher first.
Don’t criticise the teacher be
fore your child if you want him
to learn; and if >ou want a good
school.
Don’t fail to visit the school
and see for your self what your
boy or girl is doing.
Don’t expect your children to
be any better at school with all
the others than they are at home.
Don’t send your child to school
if you do not want him to obey.
It is criminal.
Don’t forget that the teacher
has as much right to tell your
child not to mind you when he
goes home as you have to tell
him not to do certain things the
teacher requires at school.
Don’t forget that the teacher
loves your child and is working
earnestly to help him.
Don’t forget that you ought to
feel very kindly towards any
body who is wearing his or her
life away working for your chil
dren- and help make that work
light by training your children to
be studious and obedient.
Don't fail to furnish each child
an individual sanitary drinking
cup. This will help keep down
contagious diseases.
Don’t fail to seat your school
house with patent desks, paint
the inside walls, and buy charts,
blackboards, and pictures to
hang on the wall.
Don’t forget that children can
study better when comfortably
seated.
Don’t forget that neat and
clean surroundings in the school
room elevate the child’s ideals,
inspire him to do better in his
class, and eventually make his
life work nobler and more use
ful. The girl makes a better
house keeper and the hoy a bet
ter farmer or business man.
Don’t be afraid to invest mon
ey to improve vour school prop
erty. It will make your land and
houses sell for more.
Don’t he afraid to spend the
necessary funds to improve your
school house right away —and
trust the Lord for a bumper crop
next year.
Don’t fail to put a good library
in your : chool, and by so doing,
your child will gather much
valuable information, not found
in our textbooks.
Don’t forget that a teacher is
likened unto a potter, and the
child unto the clay. If the clay
is good the result is good, hut if
bad, we have a sorry pot. If
you expect the teacher to advance
little Johnie rapidly, you must
train him to be obedient and
studious.
Don’t forget to cut this out
and keep it for future use.
Don’t fail to follow these rules
next year and note how much
more your child learns.
Yours for better school work.
Homer H. Dalton.
New Feed Store
I have just opened up in the
Hughes old store a full line of
Feed, Grain, Flour, Cotton Seed
Meal and Hulls, Hay, etc. Give
me a trial and satisfaction will
be given you.
N. L. SPOONER,
ad Mt. Vernon, Ga.
CONFESSED ROBBING
HIGGSTON POSTOFFICE
Arrested In Savannah, Clark
Tells Os Robbery At
Higgston.
In The Monitor of March 21,
1912, the following news item
appeared:
“On Friday night the postoffice
at Higgston and the store of Mr.
N. M. Thompson, both in the
same building, were robbed.
About $lO4 was taken, about
half belonging to the office funds
and the other to Mr. Thompson.
No stamps or money order blanks
were missed. The family re
sides in the same building (form
erly used as a hotel) but the
high wind prevailing 'prevented
the disturbance from awakening
t hem. No trace of the robbers
has been found.”
George A. Clark was arrested
last week in Savannah while at
tempting a burglary. After be
ing taken in by the police, he
told of having robbed the postof
fice at Higgston on the date men
tioned above. He acknowledged
that he feared the state courts
and the local chaingang, and
made the confession that he
might be sent to the Federal
prison in Atlanta.
Southern Girls Are
Going To Washington.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 19.
Fifteen girls, one from each of
fifteen southern states, will visit
Washington, probably on Decem
ber 11, as a reward for their suc
cess in being awarded first place
in the girls’ canning club state
contests, the department of ag
riculture announced today. Wo
men agents of the canning clubs
will assemble here at the same
time and will act as chaperones
for the girls.
The department estimates that
25,000 girls have been enrolled in
the canning clubs of the south
ern states this year. Each girl
is supposed to have carried out a
definite project in gardening on a
tenth acre plot. The girlß have
raised tomatoes principally, but
frequently they also cultivate
string beans, cucumbers, pep
pers, okra and other vegetables.
Canning club work among the
girls of the south began four
years ago under the directions of
the bureau of plant industry in
co-operation with various private
agencies. Prizes have been giv
en heretofore, but never have
the win-of the state contests
been sent in a body to Washing
ton, although the state winners
in the boys’ corn clubs have been
rewarded in this manner.
Other Candidates Announce.
As stated last week, the an
nouncement of Mr. E. E. Burch
appears in this weeks paper.
Mr. Burch’s announcement card
speak’s for him, and his connec
tion here formerly with the
sheriff’s office renders unneces
sary any formal introduction
from us. Mr. Burch is an honest
man and thoroughly familiar
with the work of the office, and
will make a good officer if the
voters see fit to honor him.
Another worthy citizen seek
ing the office of sheriff of this
county is Mr. S. Z. Salter, and
his card appears in this issue.
Mr. Salter is one of our enter
prising and progressive farmers,
arid has the welfare of his county
at heart. He would doubtless
discharge the duties of the office
in acceptable manner if chosen
to serve. Mr. Salter will see the
people before the primary and
make known his plans.
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