Ulmttgnmm? Monitor.
VOL. XXVIII.
WHEELER COUNTY
LEGALLY FORMED
THE SUPREME COURT RULES
Ratification By The Federal
Election is Declared
Sufficient.
Much interest was centered in
the case before the State Su
preme Court in which the consti
tutionality of the act creating
Wheeler county was the issue.
Last week in a brief decision
handed down an opinion declar
ing the process legal. Wheeler
county has probably passeed
through all the vicissitudes inci
dent to the creation of a new
county, and stands as declared
by the governor’s proclamation.
The point on which the matter
hinged was whether such an
amendment could be ratified at
a federal election, and the court
decided that the federal election
was to all intents and purposes
“a general election” in the in
tent and meaning of the statute.
So, the people of the new
county of Wheeler will have the
opportunity still to go forward in
its complete organization and
equipment with public buildings.
It is up to them to build or to
continue to fight Over the location
of the county-seat, or to do such
things as in the premises they
see fit.
An Entertainment
l
And Box Supper.
There will be an entertainment
and box supper given by the
Spring Hill Literary Society on
Friday night, Nov. 28th. We in
vite our many friends and their
friends to be present to witness
the program that is being pre
pared for that occasion. We al
so ask all the ladies whether
members of the club or not to
carry boxes, and remember boys
to carry a full purse on that
night. The proceeds are to be J
used for a Christmas tree. Re
member the night and come feel
ing assured of an enjoyable time.
W. J. Chesnut,
Business Mgr.
Fruits Flourish
In Brooks County.
Quitman, Ga., Nov. 19. -By
accident it has been discovered
that lemons grow and mature in
Brooks county. Mrs. J. W.
Oglesby bought a Ponderosa lem
on shrub as an ornamental plant
for her conservatory. It grew
too large for polling and she
planted it in her garden and left
it to take its chances out of doors
where it flourished there and this
fall it has nearly thirty full
grown lemons on it. The little
tree is four years old and had a
few lemons last year. Mrs.
Oglesby finds the fruit of ex
cellent flavor and available for
all the uses the commercial lemon
is put to.
A great many farmers are
raising fine grape fruit now and
there are also a number of sweet
orange trees in Brooks county
which produce a good crop every
year. It is certain that with
proper attention to horticulture
the county will produce an abun
dance of fruits. Peaches and
every variety berry grow here,
as well as the semi-tropical fruits.
Attended the Great
Anti-Saloon Convention.
Rev. C. M. Ledbetter has re
turned from the National Anti-
Saloon League Convention, which
was held in Columbus, Ohio, last
week. The meeting was largely
attended and the work most en
thusiastic. After a moment’s
call S3O ,000 was raised for the
£rosecution of the work in the
nited states.
Soperton.
Special Correspondence.
Mr. and Mrs. Jewelle Holmes
of Vidalia are visiting their sis
ter, Mrs. Herbert Gillis.
Mr. John Gillis of Macon spent
a short while here last week.
Mrs. Therman Holmes of Moul
trie is visiting her sister, Mrs.
C. D. Hyman.
Miss Carrie Williams of Mcßae
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. C.
H. Peterson.
The stork visited at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. George Tyler
and left them fondling another
son.
Mrs. Parr was called to her
father last week who is seriously
ill in Montrose.
Miss Troy Kelley left Monday
to spend Christmas with her sis
ter in Jenkinsbury.
Mrs. J. T. Daley has returned
to her home at Empire after a
short visit to friends and rela
tives here.
Miss Annie Doolittle of San
dersville is visiting her cousin,
Mrs. Wallace Sessions.
Miss Abbie Hill of Dublin is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Jones.
Miss Sal lie Kate Dewitt of Ly
ons spent Sunday with her sister,
Miss Helen Dewitt.
Mrs. C. H. Holmes has just re
turned from a pleasant visit to
friends and relatives in Moultrie.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ward are
entertaining another little girl
who arrived last week.
Miss Myrtice Stephens of Dub
lin spent the week end with
friends and relatives here.
Mr. J. L. Pipkin made a flying
trip to Dublin Sunday.
Worked Trick on
Florida Ex. Agent.
Tampa, Fla., Nov. 17.—Repre
senting himself to be an auditor
| for the Southern Express compa
ny, an unknown man walked into
the St. Petersburg office of that
company Saturday morning, took
charge of the books and papers,
worked several hours over them
and disappeared in the early af
ternoon. A short time later the
agent discovered that money or
ders and traveler’s checks to the
amount of SII,OOO were missing.
Announcement of the theft was
made here today by Supt. C. C.
Wolfe, of Jacksonville, who was
summoned as soon as the theft
was discoverod. He was accom
panied by several special agents
of the company.
The checks and money orders
carried off by the unknown man
are negotiable almost anywhere,
and express officicials are making
every effort to locate him before
he can cash them.
Waycross to Have
Democratic Postmaster
Waycross, Ga., Nov. 18.—Car
rying out a prediction made a
week ago, Postmaster Charles E.
Murphy, who took office ten and
a half years ago, today sent in
his resignation, effective Decem
ber 31, unless the postoffice de
partment sees fit to designate an
earlier date.
Mr. Murphy’s resignation was
voluntary, and in his letter he
states that he names December
31 because he feels that the
usual holliday rush of business
here would be handled with
greater ease with an experienced
man in charge than if a change
were made at this season.
His position will be filled by
Harvey C. Bunn, who is Con
gressman Walker’s selection for
the place.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1913.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
V. S. Davis is in jail at Bruns
wick pending the investigation
of his wife’s death, whose body
was found near Thalman where
it been for ten days eaten by
buzzards.
Lewis Van Luven, a farmer of
Hafersfield, Ohio, shot and killed
his wife Friday and in turn was
then killed by his son, 17 years
old.
During the storm on the Great
Lakes last week over 250 people
lost their lives, and many vessels
were wrecked.
Ran Smith a young man of
Waycross, was shot by an un
known party Monday night as he
was going into his horse lot to
fe6d up. The whole load from
a shotgun entered his side.
Carl J. Davis of Haralson, Ga.,
at which place he was railroad
agent, shot himself through the
head Sunday night on board a
baggage car of the A. B. & A.
road soon after leaving Senoia.
Joseph F. Johnson of Alexan
dria, Va., who died at the age of
83 on Monday, had been contin
uously employed by one firm for
72 years.
Several were injured and two
men have died from being knock
ed from a work trian on which
they were taking a ride in the
Okefenokee swamp last Sunday.
Jesse Cooner, employed as
clerk in the store of S. L. Mc-
Williams at Macon, shot and
killed McWilliams Saturday
night after McWilliams had
threatened his life.
Stock Raising Begins To Attract Notice.
Registered Percheron Mare Owned by College.
AROUSING TO NECESSITY OF fUISIRE COLTS.
M. P. Jarnagin, Professor of Animal Husbandry.
One of the most recent and praise
worthy movements toward colt-rais
ing in Georgia, is ttiat which was
taken in Tattnall county, where two
carloads of Percheron mares were or
dered jointly by farmers and where
pure-bred stallions of the same breed
are to be introduced. The farmers
of the county received the encourage
ment and backing of the bankers of
the county. The College of Agricul
ture gave encouragement and assist
ance, and offered to send a representa
tive to the market and see that good
animals were obtained without charg
ing a fee. This offer was accepted.
Following Tattnall county’s lead
and in consequence of the publicity
which that county obtained as a re
sult of its forward movement, inqui
ries have come from a number of coun
ties in the state, asking assistance
in the same direction. The authori
ties of the College are willing to aid
in every way they can all worthy
For County Treasurer:
To the Voter* of Montgomery Countv:
I hereby announce myself a eannidate for
County Treasurer, subject to such rule* and
regulation* as may be adopted by the Jlemo
cratie Executive Committee governing the
next primary. I will appreciate your support.
Very respectfully,
William Joses. I
Bruce Douglas, a turpentine
operator of Clinch county, won
an automobile worth $1250 in a
recent contest in Valdosta, his
expenditure being only one dol
lar.
The young son of John Bennett
at Cecil, Ga., was found dead in
his father’s yard Monday after
noon with a gun by his side.
Suicide is the impression.
William Brown, who rose from
the place of section hand to the
presidency of the New York
Central lines, which he has held
several years, has tendered his
resignation.
J. F. DeLoach, a flagman on
the Central road, and whose
home is in Savannah, was ground
to death under a coal car at Mil
len on Tuesday.
James D. O’Hagan, a Way
cross boy who was struck a blow
in the stomach ten days ago
while at play, died from the
wound on Monday.
L. A. Kennedy, who beat and
fatally shot his wife near Swains
boro on Oct. 25, has been taken
from the jail at Swainsboro, to
Savannah, for fear he might be
lynched.
The Navajo Indians oh Beauti
ful Mountain, N. M., are giving
trouble, and the government has
been asked to send troops to sub
due them.
U. S. Senator Hoke Smith
treated the Georgia delegation in
Washington to a Georgia Pro
ducts dinner in the senate restau
rant Tuesday, serving Georgia
’possum and potatoes.
movement* looking to InereaHing the
colt-ralelng induetry in the Htate.
The experience of the College with
Percheron mare* ha* been highly «at
lefactory. The grade mareu which
have been lined on the farm have done
their ehare of work along with big
muleH, and In addition have foaled
colts each year that have been money
makers. The last colt sold for
when five months old, weighing at
that time 700 pounds.
The College now owns two young
registered Percheron mares believed
to be the first registered Percheron
mares brought to Georgia. They are
young hut very promising. With these
and the pure bred stallion, the College
Is beginning to produce some high
class Percheron stock that should
prove of great advantage to the state.
Georgia con stop its million a month
loss for work stock by getting Into
the colt-raising business, which it can
do and succeed with the best of them.
For Tax Receiver-
I mu asking the clt reus of Montgomery
county for re-election to the office of Tax ile
ceiver. (laving served von faithfully and
well, I fed that 1 am justly entitled to an
other term, and gnat antes the same honest
service heretofore given you. Thanking you
for past favors, arid soliciting your suppoi t,
X am Yours to serve,
Isaac if hooks.
The Fair in Telfair.
With a commendable spirit of
progress the people of Telfair
county are holding a fair this
week at Mcßae. The exercises
opened yesterday, and will close
Friday night. Following the
opening day attractions, the pro
gram for today and tomorrow
will be as follows:
THURSDAY FARMERS’ DAY.
Band Concert.
Address—By Hon. Loring
Brown —‘‘Poultry and Live
Stock.”
Afternoon —lnspection of Ex
hibits and Midway Shows.
FRIDAY EDUCATIONAL DAY.
Band Concert.
Address—By Hon. M. L. Brit
tain, Commissioner of Education.
Athletic Contest —By Pupils of
the County Schools.
Exhibit of Corn Club Boys and
Canning Club Girls.
Afternoon 3 P. M.—Baby
Show Contest.
CLOSING NIGHT.
Big Free Musical Attractions.
The “Valley Farm”
at 8.-P. Institute.
The play, ‘‘Valley Farm,” will
be presented rt the auditorium of
the Brewton-Parker Institute on
Wednesday evening, 2(ith inst.,
by the senior class, assisted by
the sophomores. The pay, com
edy and tragedy, is for the bene
fit of the academic department,
and a delighful evening is in
store for all who attend. The
following is the cast of chatac-
Harold Rutledge, Jim McCul
lough; Perry Deane, Cecil Brew
ton; Alvira Holcomb, Georgia
Bell Smiley; Silas Holcomb, Her
man Kennedy; Axariah Keep,
Hugh Peterson; Isabel Caruey,
Nan Miller; David Hildreth, Kay
Coursey; Hetty Holcomb, Vivian
Dumas; Jennings, Tom Wither
ington; Mrs. Rutledge, Dorcas
Mcßae; Liza Ann Tucker, Bessie
Higgs; Verlena, Inez Mcßride.
Act I.—Valley Farm. An af
ternoon in August. The engage
ment,
Act II. —The Rutledge mansion,
New York City, the following
December. The serpent has
crept into Eden.
Act lll.—Some as before.
Act IV.—At the farm again.
An evening in the next March.
The triumph of love.
Rev. R. D. Gentry
Will Preach Here.
On Sunday next at 11 o’clock
Rev. R. D. Gentry of Eastman
will preach at the Methodist
church in Mt. Vernon. Mr.
Gentry is no stranger to our
people, having served churches
all over this countty. Don’t for
get the appointment for next
Sunday.
For Clerk Superior Court:
I take thin method of informing the voter
of Montgomery county tlmi Inin * candidat*
I .r tin- qfllee i,r ( 'li rk of .Superior Court ol yum
c unity. With a. business ti&iuing tlmi Ills im
tor tills special work, and a desire to si rve my
people, I solicit vnur votes, and assure you
that 1 will endeavor always to serve you ac
c-ptably. Thanking you for the support you
cm give me, I am
Yours respectfully,
(Jro R. Tvl h
Farm for Unit.
Good three-horse farm ori pub
lic road from Lumber City to
Dublin, six miles south of Glen
wood, (P. H. Clark home place).
High state cultivation, good wa
ter, school, church. See
W. C. RINER,
ad Glenwood, Ga.
For Holiday Cooking’
Full line of Fruits for cooking
hoiday cakes. Also a full line of
Staple and Fancy Groceries and
Christmas Goods, Shoes, Notions.
Think of us when you get ready
to bake that cake.
H. V. Thompson & Bro.,
ad Ailey, Ga.
WHITE MEN IN
JAIL FOR RIOT
UGLY CONDUCT CONDEMNED
Henry Edwards and Craw
ford Sharpe Arrested
And Jailed.
Much trouble has been ex
perienced in the model com
munity of Longi>ond recently by
the despicable conduct of a few
citizens, and the matter reached
a climax on Sunday night last
when two of the participants
were jailed. It seems that an
old negro woman, who has lived
for many years as a servant on
the farm of Hon. Peter Johnson,
was severely beaten Saturday
night by a party of white men,
who blackened their faces and
disguised themselves and return
ed to the attack on the wo
«man Sunday night. The best
people in the community became
aroused and telephoned for
Sheriff Hester, who went to the
scene of the trouble in company
with Justice Stanford and a
posse, Judge Stanford issuing
warrants for the parties.
After taking Henry Edwards
in charge, the ]>osse proceeded to
the house of Crawford Sharpe,
who literally “burned the wind"
in an effort to escape. After
several shots were fired, Sheriff
Hester headed off Sharpe from a
i swamp and accomplished his ar
rest. They implicated George
and Lewis Pollett, but the last
two escaped. Sharpe and Ed
wards were lodged in Mt. Ver
non jail. The affair occurred on
the I>r. McArthur farm.
The case came up for a pre
liminary hearing before Justice
Stanford here vesterday, but the
i trial was put off until Wednesday
of next week.
Other Candidates Announce.
We take pleasure in calling
attention to the cards of other
gentlemen in this issue who are
seeking to serve as county officers.
Mr. Willie Jones, the weJl-kown
stenographer who has been con
nected for some time with the
County School Superintendent’s
office here, is offering to serve as
county treasurer. Mr. Jones is
not exploiting the fact that he
has suffered the loss of one leg
and is still trying to earn an
honest living, but his friends will
j doubtless bring out his claims in
I the campaign. See Mr. Jones’
card.
Mr. George R. Tyler of Soper
ton has entered the race for clerk
of Superior Court. Mr. Tyler
enjoys the distinction of having
had superior business training
that will stand him in well if
elected to this important office,
and is popular as a business man
and citizen. He will have a
strong following in the primary.
Mr. Isaac Brooks, the present
tax receiver, has decided to ask
for re-election, and can justly
point to his record as a county
officer. Mr. Brooks’ friends feel
that he is entitled to another
term of office, and will insist on
his re-election. Mr. Brooks has
his announcement in this paper.
Monster Bargain Sale.
In this issue will be seen an
announcement from Mr. J. H.
Hudson, the Ailey merchant, who
is now running a bargain saife,
which is attracting much atten
tion. His customers are coming
from far and near. Some days
ago he put on the sale, as a
special feature, but the rush has
been so great he has been forced
to say that he will continue for
thirty days longer, in order that
his hundreds of customers may
be satisfied. He has arranged
for new goods to arrive by al-
I most every freight.
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