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VOL. XXVIII.
COTTON GINNED TO
DECEMBER FIRST
Census Bureau Reports Total
Os 2,064,792 Bales
For Georgia.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 8. —
The sixth cotton ginning report
of the census bureau for the sea
son issued at 10 o’clock this morn
ing announced that 12,081,100
bales of cotton, counting round as
half bales, of the growth of 1913,
had been ginned prior to Dec. 1,
to which date, during the past
seven years, the ginning averaged
83.2 per cent, of the entire crop.
Last year to Dec. 1 there had
been ginned 11,854,541 bales, or
87.9 per cent of the entire crop. |
Comparisons for Georgia for
three years past and 1908 are as
follows:
Year Bales per c.
1913, 2,064,792
1912, 1,564,428 86.3
1911, 2,339,354 83.7
1008, 1,739,657 88.0
Sumter County Makes
Good Showing in Oats.
Americus, Dec. B.—Sumter
county will produce next spring, i
with favorable seasons, the
greatest oat crop ever, if the
large acreage planted in oats this j
fall, and still being planted as
the cotton crop is gotten out of
the way, indicates anything in
the line of production. Even the
half-million bushel crop made in
Sumter this year—a magnificent
crop, indeed —may be exceeded
in the yield next year.
Recently the seasons have been
most favorable for sowing oats,
and every farmer has his fifty
acre “patch” or 500-acre field in
oats, and the outlook is promis
ing.
Gordon Lee Introduces
New Good Roads Bill.
Washington, Dec. 9.—Expen
diture of millions of dollars for
good roads was proposed in bills
introduced today by southern'
representatives in congress. They
call for varying scopes of work
with appropriations to run as i
high as $100,000,000.
Representative Lee, of Geor
gia, introduced a bill to provide
for highway improvement work
by the department of agriculture
couched along the same lines as
the Byrnes-Stephens bills, ex
cept that it would appropriate
$20,000,000 after the second
year.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will be sold before the court house door in Mt.
Vernon on the first Tuesday in Jan., 1914, be
tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, certain property, of which the following
is a complete description:
One house and lot in the Town of Soperton, I
Georgia, bounded on the north by lands of W. K.
Mosley and Georgia street, on the east by Georgia
street and R. E. Ward, west by W. R. M<mley and
M. J. Gillis and on the south by R. E. Ward and
M. J. Gillis, fronting 100 feet on Georgia street
and running back to M. J. Gillis’s line 274 feet.
Said property known as the Davis residence. Lev- ,
led on and wiil be sold as the property of W.
14i shoe to satisfy a mortgage execution issued
from the superior court of said county in favor of
Taylor-Cannady Buggy Co. vs W. Miahoe. Writ
ten notice of levy given defendant. This the 4th
day of Dec. 1913. Jas. Hester,
Harris & Harris. Sheriff.
Attys. for Plffs.
Statement of the Condition of
Citizens Bar^ki
Located at Alston, Ga., at the Close of Business Dec. 3rd, 1913.
resources:
Demand loan* $ 92 48
Time Loan* 11,075 DO
Overdraft* unsecured 21 00
Banking lioaae 2.5U0 00
Furniture and fixture* 2.277 23
Other real e»tate 185 80 j
Due from bank* and banker* in
this state 11,75018 1
Dne from banks and banker* in
other state* 3,100 43
Currency $2 307 00
Cold 20 00
fi.lver, nickels, etc. 330 20
Cash item* 102 98 2,820 18
Total $34,488 30
State of Georgia—County of Montgomery.
Before me came E S. Martin, cashier of The Citizens Bank of Alston, who, being duly
sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said Bank as shown
by the hooks of file in ssid Bank. E. H. MAHTIN.
flworo to and subscribed before me tliis 3th day of Dec., 1913.
K. M. Johnson, J P.
Happy Hog-Killing Time.
IThe'fine*coldjWeather_of_Mom
day an d Tuesday last gave op
portunity for saving many thous
aods of pounds of pork in this
section, and many people took
advantage of the cold snap. The
finest porker reported to us was
one killed by Sheriff James Hes
ter in Mt. Vernon, this pig bal
ancing the scales at 458 pounds.
Two Old Citizens
Observe Birthdays.
Dublin, Dec. 8. —Two citizens
of the county will celebrate their
birthday this month, both of
them over 90 years of age. 1
James Barlow will be 103 years I
of age on the 18th of December,
I while Zenus Fordham will cele
brate his 94th birthday on the
12th.
Farm for Sale.
I am now offering at private
sale 100 Acres of Land lying in
■ the southern portion of Laurens
county, nine miles north of Glen
wood, Wheeler county. This>
property has open upon it a one-;
| horse farm, a nine-room two-sto- j
, ry building in first class condition, !
barn and tenant house, and an
artesian well supplies an abund
ance of fine, pure water. This |
farm lies within one mile of the |
j Oconee river, In addition to the
100 acres of farm land I am also i
offering 169 acres of Swamp
Land near by which will afford
excellent pasturage for livestock.
Prices reasonable and terms easy.
Write or call on the undersigned
for particulars. J. B. Geiger,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Christmas Goods
Full line Fruits for the holidays, i
Fancy Candies, etc. Our new
Christmas Goods—something for
every member of the family.
Dolls for the girls and toys for
the boys. See our line before
buying. In the old millinery
store, next to R. L. Hall’s.
H. V. Thompson & Bro.,
ad Ailey, Ga.
Sheriff Sale.
| Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will be sold before the court house door in Mt.
I Vernon on the first Tuesday in Jan., 1914, be
| tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, certain property, of which the following j
i* a complete description:
Lots of land in the Town of Soperton, Ga., and 1
in the 1386th G. M. district of said county. One j
lot containing 56 x 76 feet, bounded on the east by :
: Ashley Stewart, on the south by lands of D. S. j
> Swinney, and west by the J. L. Morris bankrupt
1 estate, being 50 feet on the west and 76 feet on the
| north and south sides. Also one lot containing 70
x 50 feet on the north and south, bounded on the
north by lands of Dave Swinney, on the east by
lands of N. L. Gillis, on the south by M. D. & S.
Ry. Co. and on the west by lands of J. M. Outlaw.
Also one lot 50 x 76 feet, bounded on the north by
j lot of John Outlaw, on the south by lot of Merida
Barwick, on the east by lot of J. L. Morris and on
i the west by lot of George Hamilton. Also a2O x ,
30 foot tract, being a part of lot No. 20 in the L. j
L. Gillis plat and bounded on the north by part of j
the same number of lot owned by D. S. Swinney, j
on the south east by lot of the same belonging to !
N. L. Gillis, on the south by M. D. & S. Ry. right I
of way and containing 20 x 30 feet fronting on R.
R. right of way 20 feet and running back to D. S. j
Swinney lot, fifty feet. Said property levied on J
and will be sold as the property of Dave Swinney
to satisfy an execution issued from the superior j
court of said county in favor of Norman Gillis vs :
Dave Swinney. Property pointed out for levy by ;
attoorney for plaintiff and written notice of levy |
given in terms of the law. This the 6th day of ’
1 December, 1913.
James Hester, Sheriff. I
j W. L. Wilson, Atty. for Plff. »
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Dental Notes.
I have opened a dental office in j
I Alamo, and am at that point on
i Wednesdays and Thursdays of i
each week to wait on patrons of
■ that section.
Dr. E. M. Rackley,
ad Mt. Vernon, Ga.
LIABILITIES l
; Capital stock paid iu $15,000 00
Undivided pr tits, less current
ex. int. and taxes paid 759 21
individual deposit* subject to check 15,904 41
Time Certificates 2.824 #8
I
I
Total $31,488 30
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DEC. 11, 1913.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
Mills B. Lane, Jr., of Lowndes
county was shot and killed by
Mason Williams near Morven in
Brooks county, Sunday after
noon. They had been bosom
friends.
SA ticket man at the Pennsyl
vania Terminal Station in New
York picked up a hand bag Sun
day containing money and jewel
ry worth $120,000, and re
stored it to the lady who dropped
it.
I Montgomery Ward, the multo
millionaire mail order man of
Chicago, died of pneumonia on
Sunday, at the age of 70.
J. B. Carlise, a farmer of Doo
ly county, shot and killed a ne
gro woman and wounded her lit
tle boy on Saturday, the quarrel
being about a pork roast she had
burned.
The Steamer Rio Grande was
i found to be on fire at sea on Sat-
I urday, and the steamer Suwan
j nee rescued 197 passengers from
! the burning ship, returning them
when the fire was subdued.
The Georgia Show Case Co. ’s
plant at Columbus was burned
Saturday at a loss of $75,000,
about half covered by insurance. 1
There were 179 cases for di
vorce entered on the docket of
Fulton superior court for trial
this week, and the number was
still growing.
Snow covered the state of Col
orado on Monday to a depth of
! four to eight feet and much suf
! sering and loss resulted.
About 500,000 more bales of
cotton were ginned in Georgia
this season, up to Dec. 1, than,
for the same period last year.
The body of a very young in
fant was found in a sewer in At
lanta on Monday morning, hav
ing been placed there only a few
hours before.
Six men were killed by an ex- ■
plosion in a gelatine factory at
N. J., on Monday,'
i and the shock was felt for miles
| around.
i
Hughes Captured Many
Poultry Show Prizes.
Atlanta, Dec. 6. —At the capi
tol Friday morning Dennard
; Hughes, brother of Dan G.
! Hughes, assistant commissioner j
of agriculture and son of Con-
I gressman Dudley M. Hughes, of
j the Twelfth district, was proud
;ly displaying nine blue ribbons j
i and three red ones, representing
! first and second prizes won at the
auditorium-armory,
i The firsts captured by Mr. 1
I Hughes were for his Buff Or-1
! pington chickens and White Run-j
ner ducks and the seconds for
1 his Rhode Island Whites. He
left for his home in Danville, Ga.,
Friday afternoon.
New Variety Os
Upland Cotton.
Washington, Dec. B.—Repre
sentative Hughes received today
from W. A. Cherry, of Abbeville, |
a boll of upland cotton with locks]
i four inches long. The cotton is J
; exceptionally white and the staple
( ; is short, but very strong. Its
texture resembles wool rather
than cotton. It is something en
tirely new to Mr. Hughes.
Mr. Cherry asked Mr. Hughes
to have the boll examined by the
Department of Agriculture to see
( if the variety is worth anything.
. It is not a freak boll as Mr. Cher
ry has about 100 like it and will j
1 plant the seed next year for ex
’ periment. Mr. Hughes will plant
some, also.
The postoffice at Register, Ga.,
was robbed on Sunday night and
cash and stamps to the value of
S4OO were taken.
Mrs. William Dunbar, the in
valid wife of Pastor Williams of
the Methodist church at Jeffer
son, Ga., was burned to death
last Thursday night.
Otto Hansford of Americus
was killed last week by his auto
mobile when it jumped from the
bridge over Muckalee creek.
About 150 people have been
drowned in the floods that have
spread over the lowlands of half
a dozen counties in Texas, and
thousands are in destitute cir
cumstances.
The Farmers’ Union warehouse
at Metter was burned Monday
morning with 250 bales of cotton, j
with $6,000 insurance on the]
warehouse, and the cotton fully
covered.
Estimates made by Chief En
gineer Kingman for rivers in his
report call for : $40,000 for the
Altamaha, Oconee and Ocmulgee
rivers for* 1915.
Clifford B. Baird, a book-hinder
of Augusta, fell or jumped from
a fifth-story window Monday and
his body was found badly man
gled on the pavement below.
On Monday night Ben Jones of
Gilmer county shot and killed his
father, Henry Jones. The son,
19 years old, claims he was de
fending his mother and sisters.
Hon. J. Randolph Anderson,
president of the Georgia senate,
was operated on for appendicitis
at his home in Savannah Tues
day.
Dr. L. B. Beauchamp of Val
dosta, 80 years old, was convicted
: Monday of running a blind tiger
and sentenced for one year.
While leaning over his boat to
unhook a fish, Reuben Taylor
fell into the waters of Gum
Swamp, near Eastman last week
and a nail caught his coat and
held him under until he was
drowned.
Established County Line
Laurens and Montgomery.
County Surveyor Morris was
engaged Monday and Tuesday,
in company with authorities of
I Laurens county, in establishing
a portion of the line between
Laurens and Montgomery coun
ties. The act of 1859 defined the
boundary of the two counties,
but no authortative survey had
i been made. The line as run this
week varies very little from the
supposed line long in use, two
citizens being cut into Laurens
and one or two into Montgomery,
i No friction has resulted over the
long delayed survey.
For Year’s Support.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
December, Term, 1913.
The appraisers appointed upon
the application of Vina Howell,
widow of Ned Howell, deceased,
j for a 12 months support for her
j self having filed their return,
| all persons concerned are hereby
cited to show cause, if any they
have, at the next regular Jan.,
term of this Court, why said ap
plication should not be granted.
| This the Ist day of Dec., 1913.
Alex McArthur,
Ordinary.
i * ~
W. E. Walker is always on
time; never late when it comes
'to having the goods and fixing
them up for proper presentation.
Try us and be pleased. Walker,
the jeweler, Vidalia. ad
Don’t Miss Shaw’s Lecture.
Tomorrow night (Friday) Hon.
Emmett R. Shaw, the well
known lecturer, will be heard at
the Brewton-Parker Institute, on
“The‘Dangers'ofjthe Age.” You
will miss an intellectual treat if
you are not present. No charge
will be made for admission.
Ladies are especially invited.
Should Curb Tongues.
Citizens cannot be too circum
spect in the language they use in
respect,to cases in! which they
may be called as jurors. Wheth
er or not it is true that six of the
twelve jurymen in the Godbee
case at Millen said, before be
coming jurors or after, that Mrs.
Godbee “ought to be lynched if
she were acquitted,” the asser
tion that they did say it gives oc
casion to point out how impor
tant it is for people to guard
their tongues. There is too much
loose talk everywhere. The
[ statement of a respected, usually
i sober-minded man that somebody
“ought to be lynched” might
cause a less stable man to call
loudly for a lynching and arouse
public feeling against the ac
cused. Whatever may be the
facts as to what the Godbee ju
rors said, the fact remains that
many tongues are very much in
need of curbing. —Savannah
News.
Sheriff Sale.
Gcorgla—Montgomery County.
Will ho Hold before the court house door in Mt.
Vernon on the first Tuesday in Jan., 1914, between
the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for
cash, certain property, of which the following is a
complete description:
All that tract or parcel of land in the 1343 Dint..
G. M. of said county, and bouiuhnl as follows: On
the mirth by lands of T. Braddy and .J. B. O’Con
nor, on the oast by lands of Wm. Morrison nds Lots
Nos. 16 and 16 of the Associated Realty'Sales Co.,
south by lands of A W. (5. (Vxiper and N. A. Adams
and west by the Louisville and. Mt. Vernon public
road, containing 430 acres more or less. levied on
and will be sold as’the property.of The Associated
Realty Sales Co., to satisfy an execution issued
from the City Court of Macon in favor of Bank of
Soperton vs Associated Realty Sales Co. Pointed
out for levy by attorneyjforlplaintifrs'amrwritten
notice given defendants in terms of the law. This
the 6th day of Dec., 1918.
James Hester, Sheriff.
W. L. Wilson, Atty. for Plir».
•—•
For choice rust-proof seed oats
see me before the supply is ex
hausted. W. H. McQueen,
ad Mt. Vernon.
Soperton.
Hpeeial Correspondence.
Miss Leila Waller of Tarry
town spent a short while here
Tuesday.
Mr. Tom Crumpler of Cary is
spending a few days here.
Miss Leila Beatty and her
friend, Miss Jora Jackson, of
Tarrytown spent the week end
with miss Mary Lou Willians.
Mr. J. M. Pritchett of Cary
spend Saturday and Sunday with
friends here.
Mr. Lamar Holmes spent a few
days last week in Baxley on
business.
Mrs. J. E. Ricks of Tarrytown
is spending this week with her
sister, Mrs. Lamar Holmes.
' Mr. Anthony Phillips of Gillis
Springs spent several days here
this week.
I
There will be a Christmas tree
Wednesday, Christmas Eve
night, at the Baptist church, all
are invited to attend.
STATEMENT OK THE CONDITION OK
THE UVALDA BANK,
Located at, Uvalda, CJa., at the Close of Business Dec. Brd, 1918.
RESOURCES:
Demand loans $ 3.717 10
Time loans 311.572 82
Overdrafts unsecured 803 10
Hanking house 2,800
Furniture and fixture* 2,020
line from banks and bankers
in this state 10,H"3 til
Duo from Hanks and Hankers
in other States 241 35
Currency 11.145 00
Gold 20o<)
Silver, nickel*, etc. 1,35004
Advances on cotton 8,00421 10.01525
Total $70,233 20
Hi'A EOF GEUBOIA—Moutg 'intry County.
Before lit- came W. E, McAllister, Cashier of Tlie Uvalda Bank, *ho being duly *vncn, says
that the above and foregoing statement ia a true condition of said Bank, an shown by the
hooka of Hie in aaid Bank. W. F St cAuLfc*l'EK.
Nworu to and subacnbed before me this »th dav of I ec., 11118.
1 E. Harrell, Cow. N P. It C., G*.
PROGRAM FOR MEETING
TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
To Be Held In Mt. Vempn
On Saturday, Dec.
13th, 1913. •
I 1. Demonstration of Primary
Work in Science.—Misses Leda
Slaton and Sallie Mae Gibson,
2. Some Impressions of Educa
tion Day at the Telfair County
Fair.—MissHnez Brantley.
3. The Teacher's Relation to
the Community in which he
Lives. —Prof. J. L. Poston and
i
Mrs. C. A. Johnston.
4. The Importance of Keeping
the Pupil Interested and How to
. Do it.—Misses Leonora Wright
and Clyde McArthur.
5. Reading: (a) The Impor
tance of the Subject: (b) Some
Common Faults in the Teaching
of it. —Misses Freddie Stokes and
Lollis Combess.
i
6. Round Table Discussion, —
“Some Difficulties which I Meet
in the School Room."
All teachers are requested to
be prepared to join in the discus
sion especially of the last ques
, tion, either by stating some of
their difficulties or by offering
suggestions for meeting certain
difficulties.
i
Pythian Notes j
?; Proceeding* of Regular Mfelinj fkU
4 by Pythian Literary Society ! j;
V j j far-j j
On last Saturday afternoon the
Pythian Society met in the Audi
torium and held the weekly meet
ing. The society was opened
with a song followed by a prayer.
After the ! : roll call the minutes
were read and adopted. The fal
lowing program was rendered:
Reading—Marie Peterson.
Piano solo—Georgia Belle Smi
ley.
I wonder why—Joel T. Qutler.
Con versation —Arthur Hartley,
John Steed, Jim Wells, Ethan
Stevens and Lee Geiger.
Violin solo—Sue Lee.
Pan tomine—Emma Edwards
and Leta Stanford.
Vocal solo—Pearl Wells.
Debate: Resolved, That the
state capitol should be moved
from Atlanta to Macon.
Affirmative—Brooks Elton and
Herman Kennedy. Negative—
Guy Stone and Ned Warren.
The decision was in favor of
the negative.
Quite a number of visitors
were present and we are always
delighted to have them. After
a short business meeting we ad
journed. D. M.
Miss Lucy Hoke Smith, daugh
ter of Senator Hoke Smith, will
be married in Washington, Dec.
30, to Ensign Alston R. Simpson
j of the U. S. Navy.
James E. Porter, a convict in
the Federal prison, Atlanta, has
fallen heir to $20,000 by the death
j of a relative at Batesville, Ark.
1.1 ABILITIES !
Capital stock paid in $15,600
Undivided profits less cur
rent ox. tut. and taxes pd. 388 02
Individual deposits subject
to check 38,261 88
Time Certificates 8.279 88
Cashier's checks 4,<108 28
Hills pnyaltle, incl’ng time
eer. rep. hor. money 8,000 00
Oilier liabilities 986
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