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VOL. XXVIII.
ODD FELLOWS WILL
ENTERTAIN FRIENDS
Interesting Program Made
For Meeting Friday
Evening.
After some planning, Vernon
Lodge No. 530 Independent Order
of Odd Fellows will celebrate a
public occasion tomorrow (Fri
day) evening. The exercises,
beginning at 5 o’clock, will be
held in the court room, to which
the public is invited, especially
members of the fraternity, their
families and friends.
The various committees have
labored toward the success of
the event, and in choosing a pub
lic occasion, hope to exemplify
the spirit of the order, but ask
consideration due an occasion of
this nature. All visitors will be
amply cared for, and any unhar
monious element will not be ap
preciated by the fraternity and
those who have so kindly agreed
to assist with the public exer
cises—that nothing but pleasant
memories and lasting benefits
may follow the event.
The following program will be
rendered, subject to detailed ar
rangement:
Opening Hymn—“ All Hail the
Power of Jesus Name,’’ by the
audience.
Prayer-
March—Orchestra Brewton-Par
ker Institute.
Address—Rev. J. R. Kelley.
Cornet Solo—Monticello March,’’ i
James McCullough.
Address—
Vocal Solo—“ Sing Me the Ro
sary,” Mrs. M. B. Calhoun.
Address-
Quartet —(a) Annie Laurie,
(b) Stars of the Sum
mer Night,
Messrs. Cobb, Lee, McCullough
and Lee.
Banquet— (First floor.)
The musical program will be
under the direction of Miss Ora
Lee of the Brewton-Parker In
stitute.
At this time it is not known
who will deliver the second and
third address, on account of the
invited speakers not having been
definitely heard from, and other
details will be announced later.
Members of the order are re
quested to assemble at the lodge
room at 4:30, promptly, and from
there will march to court room.
Exercises will begin at 5 o’clock,
sharp, and members and guests
are asked to meet promptly.
The committee on arrange
ments hope to have the exercises
concluded before too late an hour,
hence the request to assemble by
five o’clock.
SHERIFF HESTER VS.
CO. COMMISSIONERS
Brings Mandamus Writ To
Compel Repairs On
Co. Property.
A case of some interest is the
writ of mandamus brought by
Sheriff James Hester against the
county commissioners of this
eounty, and which is set for a
hearing before Judge Graham at
7p. m., Nov. 3. As the legal
custodian of the public property,
Sheriff Hester seeks to have cer
tain repairs made on the build
ing, more particularly the sewer
age system. It is claimed that a
number of the toilets have been
out of repair for some time, some
of the piping being broken, while
the water supply has given
trouble, from time to time.
It is hoped that the trouble will
be remedied, and that evil condi
tions, should they be found, will
be speedily allayed. With a
limited water supply, it is under
stood that patrons of the county
well have been cut off—that is,
those who have had contracts
with the county. It is possible
that the hearing will be post
poned until a few days later.
Goes to Stilson.
There will be no services at the
Presbyterian church next Sab
bath. The pastor, Rev. Charles
Montgomery, will be at Stilson,
Ga.> where he will assist Rev. L.
A. McLaurine in a protracted
meeting. Mr. Montgomery and
Mr. McLaurine are college-mates
and companions of former days,
and their united efforts will
doubtless result in the spiritual
uplift of the community in which
they labor.
State Fair Has
Been Big Success.
The greatest state fair since
the organization of the State
Agricultural Society will come to
a close in Macon tomorrow. The
agricultural exhibits have been
surpassingly fine, and the show
of live stock shows how much
the people of Georgia have be
come interested in this important
industry. As an object lesson
nothing equals this great exhibi
tion of the products of our farm
ers and factories. On account of
its central location and accommo
dations, Macon is the logical
home of the state fair, and those
who have attended this time are
loud in their praises of the Cen
tral City.
OUR OPPORTUNITY
TO BOOST FARMING
Chance to Secure a Farm
Demonstrator Shoud
Not Fail.
We have before strongly and
earnestly urged our people to
action in the matter of securing
a farm demonstrator for this
county after the plan pursued in
several other counties. That is,
by forming a combination with
another county to divide the ex
pense.
Our understanding is that the
greater part of the funds neces
sary are guaranteed by the
Board of County Commissioners
and the Board of Education of
this county, the remaining SIOO
needed to be raised by popular
subscription. Already the Bank
of Soperton, the Mt. Vernon
Bank and other progressive in
stitutions have signified their
willingness to contribute to the
fund, and Toombs county has
absolutely guaranteed their part
of the money and stands ready
to enter into the combination.
The great good to be accom
plished cannot be questioned, and
the business or professional man
who would undertake to say that
farming is not the very founda
tion stone of prosperity in this
county, and that his success does
not depend upon its advance
ment would be branded as an
ignoramus.
It only remains for some pro
gressive man to take the lead in
the matter, secure the fund, and
let the work be inaugurated. A
mere pittance from the farmers
and business men would raise the
necessary amount, and if you
will call at your bank—or any
bank in this county—and sub
scribe to the fund, you may rest
assured that the money will find
the proper channel.
I
Superior Court Convenes
In Wheeler County.
On Monday last Judge Graham
called the September adjourned
term of Wheeler superior court
to order in Alamo. Solicitor Gen
eral Wooten is on hand for the
state. Only cases of minor im
portance have been tried. The
most important case on the dock
et is that of the State vs. J. H.
Stroud for the killing of Mose
Corbett, in which a bill for mur
der has been returned.
Cashier David Holliman of the
Bank of Tarrytown was a busi
ness visitor here yesterday.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCT. 30. 1913.
New Order of Politics;
People Ask for Rights.
The People Aroused.
Indications point to unusual
activity in Montgomery county
I politics during the next twelve
j months, and several contests are
! already assuming form. Just
now it is unnecessary to predict
a time for the primary, whether
for the coming spring or whether
a summer contest will be found
agreeable to a majority of candi
dates. This question, however,
will doubtless be settled in a
massmeeting called early in the
year, and all candidates will have
equal opportunity of presenting
their claims to the voters.
It is a recognized fact that the
county paper, under the present
management for eleven years,
has taken no part in county poli
tics, but has allowed the use of
its advertising columns to ALL
candidates on an equal basis. As
far as we know, no exception has
been taken to our fixed policy.
However, during the past four
years the political atmosphere of
Montgomery county has been
disturbed by a variety of politics
which has wrought havoc with
the civic welfare of a once pop
ulous and thrifty county. The
very name of the county has been
disgraced; the rights of her peo
ple have been trampled under
foot; her territory has been torn
asunder and her people arrayed
against themselves, brother
against brother, as it were,—by
measures adopted to secure her
representation in the councils of
state.
A Civic Wreck.
Twice in the past four years
the people of Montgomery coun
ty have been duped in the matter
of choosing a representative, in
that the county has twice in the
past three years been represented
in the General Assembly by men
who were elected to serve sec
tional interests, and where the
real issue was NOT honestly and
squarely put before the people of
the county, at large, prior to the
election.
Aside from a just, capable and
business-like administration of its
public offices, there are but few
qualifications demanded of the
officials of Montgomery county;
her county officers measure up to
a high standard of integrity and
citizenship. But indifference on
the part of the people of this
once-favored county, in the mat
ter of choosing a representative,
without having obtained his views
and intentions on issues calculated
to affect the better interests of
the county, has resulted in wreck
to the county name, and exposed
to the world an utter lack of po
litical unity, civic pride, and a
progressive spirit.
Subjected to Ridicule.
But the people of Montgomery
county are NOT dead to the truth
—to the fact that the county, du
ring the past three years, has
been the subject of jest, ridicule,
censure, and —shame, as a result
of the unwarranted disruption of
the county and the estrangement
of her people. Even the most
illiterate man in this county
now comprehends the revolting
situation which rests upon the
county. Half of its territory cut
to form an independent county,
l which is NOT self-sustaining,
whose legality is being questioned
before the highest state tribunal,
and whose people, as a whole,
are now clamoring to have the
questionable bonds broken, that
they may return to the mother
: county.
Then, too, there is fresh in the
minds of the people the disgust
ing scenes enacted last summer
i —the further effort to bring ruin
and disgrace upon the county, in
payment of political debt. And
the people of Georgia again won
der, ‘‘What manner of people is
this, that, with the election of
each representative, there should
be made a brand new county from
Montgomery county territory?”
THEY fail to understand such
traffic —whether the people of
Montgomery county are raffling
i off their territory to some lucky
politician, or whether some enter
prising citizen is paying rental on
a seat in the general assembly of
the state.
The Origin of Wrong.
What is the origin of this abom
inable state of alfairs? It is
simply nothing more or less than
the failure of the voters to de
mand the honest attitute of their
representative, before his elec
tion, on a question which has
been before the people for the
past NINE years, and which, to
the sorrow of many, is still with
them—the eternal, greedy effort
to divide and ruin the county for
the benefit of some particular
section. And for the past few
years these moves, successful or
otherwise, have been controlled
largely by our representatives
in the General Assembly, regard
less of the will of the people,
who, until too late, did not fully
grasp the situation.
But time and experience have
taught our people the fearful and
stinging truth; the scales have
fallen from their eyes, and they
are now ready to march forward
as independent citizens, and as
sert their rights in a new order
of citizenship, whose standard
shall be untarnished by greed and
unshaken by the ungrateful de
mands of the office-seeker and
designing politician. Regardless
of sentiment, the proposition has
been reduced to one of right or
wrong —to further ruin Montgom
ery county or endeavor to upbuild
its name and material interests.
The Truth Demanded.
The campaign is not on; no man
is before the people as a candi
date for legislative honors from
this county for the next term;
hence this statement is directed
at NO particular man or set of
men.
But the people, whose interest
is at stake! They have a RIGHT
to know the platform of the man
elected to represent them—and
they SHALL know it. The Mont
gomery Monitor is the public
mouth-piece of the people of this
county, and as such challenges
any man to offer to represent
Montgomery county in the next
General Assembly, without an in
telligent statement of his views
and intentions regarding the fur
ther division of the county, or
any act affecting the county ter
ritory. The people shall not be
hoodwinked longer in this mat
ter of such vital importance.
The Proper Channel.
In order to accommodate the
demands of the people, and in all
fairness to prospective candidates
for representative, (not knowing
who they may be) The Monitor
obligates to publish their views,
and intentions, regarding present
issues having to do with Mont
gomery county division of terri
tory, or similar issues that may
arise prior to the election, FREE
Oh' CHARGE—provided, how
ever, that these statements shall
be confined strictly to the issue,
or issues, in question They shall
be of reasonable length, and shall
have no connection with regular
cards of announcement, this rule
applying only to those who shall
announce their candidacy through
this medium, as usual.
In the light of irregularities,
I too well known for further refer
-1 ence, it may be said that the
candidate for representative who
1 refuses to enlighten the people
along the lines indicated, has NO
right to public favor; if he fails
in this, he reserves the right to
trade and traffic on the people’s
rights, and thereby brings upon
, himself the common fate of a
political traitor whose career
is blighted in infancy, and whose
star shall not rise above the ho
rizon of public respect and admi
ration.
4
Cotton Ginned Here.
As an indication of what the
cotton crop is doing in Montgom
ery county this year, 'Mcßae &
Thompson of the local ginnery
report 1330 bales of cotton gin
ned to date. This compares with
1002 bales ginned for the entire
season last year. The indications
are that the ginnery here will
handle about 1600 bales this
season.
Jennings Gets New Trial..
In a large batch of decisions
handed down by the Court of
Appeals on Tuesday, P. T. Jen
nings of Higgston got a reversal
of the judgment of Montgomery
Superior Court, which means a
new trial of the case. Judge
George presided at the first trial,
in which Jennings was convicted
of a serious offense. Jennings
was represented by C. P. Thomp
son and the state by Solicitor
General Wooten.
Ginners’ Report Up
To October 18th.
Special agent Johnson, taking
the gin report for this county,
reports 8,960 bales ginned up to
October 25th. For the same date
last year the number of bales
was 5,155. These figures are in
teresting in view of the fact that
good prices have prevailed since
the market opened, and indicate
that the total yield of the county
will be almost one-third greater
than last year.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
Gilbert Rogers of Sylvania,
aged 30 years, committed suicide
by drinking carbolic acid at his
boarding place Monday last.
Two brothers, Ernest and Hunt
Sharpe, were killed by Cornelius
Edwards in a pitched battle near
Gray Court, S. C., on Monday,
and Edwards was wounded.
Mrs. L. J. Burke of Atlanta
was painfully burned Monday
while frantically trying to drag
her piano from the burning resi
dence. Policemen saved her and
the piano.
Engineer Busha of the South
ern railway won a wager of bacon
and eggs by pulling the special
train bearing President Wilson
into Atlanta Sunday on time to
the minute.
Engineer Ben Voyles of the
Southern railway was killed
when the passenger train left the
track near Easley, S. C., on Mon
day afternoon.
Awakened by the howling of
dogs, at an early hour Monday
morning, Mrs. Samuel Bunch of
Allen county, Ky., found the
body of her husband lying near
the house, shot through, and his
gun by his side.
Ivan Starbuck of Perry was
instantly killed near Macon go
ing to the fair on Saturday by
running his auto into a wagon
loaded with negroes.
Under the new ruling prevent
ing the importation of aigrettes,
a young woman who arrived in
New York from Europe on Sun
day had S6OO worth of plumes
plucked from her hat.
Fire destroyed the store of the
Goodyear Rubber Co. in Milwau
kee on Sunday night and seven
firemen lost their lives.
Dave Watson of Laurens coun
ty got on the wrong train at Dub
lin and in walking back after be
ing put off was killed by falling
through the trestle over the
Oconee river.
At Sidney, Ohio, a collie dog is
caring for seven of her own pup
pies and four pigs.
THE CORN CLUB
' CONTEST AND PRIZES
Prof. Cunningham Awarded
Prizes To Montgomery
C. C. Boys.
As noted in these columns,
Prof. G. V. Cunningham was
here on Wednesday of last week
and met the corn club boys. We
only had space to give the win
ners last week and the number
of bushels per acre made by each.
The yield and prizes awarded
were as follows: Hilton Keen,
86.87 bushels, received a scholar
ship in the State College of Agri
culture. Raymond Adams, 67.62
bushels, free trip to the Atlanta
Corn Show. Rabun Stewart 62.07
bushels, free trip to the Atlanta
Corn Show. Alvie Adams, 68.22
bushels, free trip to the State
Fair. Loy Allmond, 29.62 bush
els, free trip to the State Fair.
Considering the great drouth
prevailing here from the last of
March to the middle of July,
these yields are really remark
able. The boys have done well
under the circumstances, and
should be encouraged in the
work. It is hoped that other
substantial prizes will be offered
next year, and every facility af
forded the boys who may enter
the contest. By all means, there
should be a county agricultural
association formed to foster this
great work, whose beneficial ef
fects should be felt and seen in
every community.
Judge Emory Speer of the U.
S. court has been very ill at his
home in Mt. Airy, having been
unconscious two days last week,
but is now improving.
L. A. Kennedy of Emanuel
county beat his wife with a bug
gy whip and then shot her on
Saturday evening. She is not
expected to live and Kennedy is
in jail.
The body of a well-dressed
negro woman was taken from the
Flint river at Flintside ferry on
Mom lay. The body probably
drifted from some other point.
John Hollywood, a young sail
or on the steamer Memphian who
fell through the hold of the ves
sel and was killed, was buried
in Brunswick on Sunday.
The bank deposits in Atlanta
Saturday were $6,000,000 more
than the corresponding day last
year.
J. G. Nagle had his pockets
picked of $135 while on board a
train from Savannah to Macon
Saturday.
William Browning, of Roches
ter, N. Y., has a pig with two
noses, eight legs four ears and
one eye.
G. S. Mallory was cut by Lav
aga Rowe in a fight on the streets
of Dublin, Ga., Saturday after
noon while he was beating Rowe
with a stick.
Nick Wilburn, indicted for the
murder of James King in Bibb
superior court, was found guilty
Saturday and sentenced to hang
Dec. 12.
A sea gull with a metal tag on
its leg marked, “De Soto Hotel,
Savannah” has been found on
Playa Del Rey beach, California.
While the funeral of J. O.
Young of LaFayette, Ind., was
being held in a room of his house
his widow gave birth to a girl ia
an adjoining room.
Pickpockets robbed a police
man of his pistol while he walk
ed his beat in Macon on Monday,
making the third one thus rob
, bed recently.
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