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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1914)
j? fftmmiumprg fHmtthn * VOL. XXVIII. DOUGLAS RADFORD BROUGHT TO JAIL Charged With Robbing Tar rytown Depot And Ar rested in Dublin. Douglas Radford, formerly of Dublin, who is charged with rob bing and then burning the Tar rytown depot on Sunday night, 18th inst., was brought down from Dublin and placed in jail here by Deputy Arch Hester on Saturday night. Radford was arrested by De tective E. L. Foster of Macon as the special representative of the M. D. & S. railroad and lodged in jail at Dublin. When arrest ed, Radford had on his person $45 in scorched bills, two gold watches and a gold bracelet, but claimed that the money was won in a poker game at Soperton and the watches by “shooting dice.” Detective Foster thinks he has sufficient evidence to convict Radford, but it is probably true that others were engaged in the robbery. Mr. Foster was here yesterday looking after the mat ter, and it is probable Radford will be given a trial at the Feb ruary term to begin here next Monday. Localettes. Mrs. C. A. Johnson of Butts visited at the home of Mr. T. J. Thompson last week. We regret to learn that Mrs. W. H. Hinson has been been ill for some days. Miss Anna Rackley of Sylvania is visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. L. D. Rackley. Mr. Jos. W. Sharpe of Vidalia and Mr. Jas. W. Sharpe of Al ston were here yesterday. Mrs. T. J. Thompson is visiting in Tennille. Mr. B. R. Benton, a prominent turpentine operator of Wheeler county, was here Tuesday. On account of court here next week, Tax Collector Brooks has changed notice of his rounds. Read the new notice in this issue. Mr. W. B. Greenway of Orland was here yesterday. Rev. C. M. Ledbettter of Lum ber City, former pastor of the Methodist church here, in com pany with Mr. J. R. Carr, an other member of the committee, is examining the county books here this week. The other mem ber of the committee, Mr. Jas. Linder, was absent. Quarterly Conference Held Here Tuesday. Rev. L. A. Hill, presiding el- j der of the Mcßae District, South Georgia Conference, was over- Tuesday and held the first quar terly conference of the Metho dist church for the Mt. Vernon circuit for 1914. He preached one of his strong sermons at the morning service. He ex pressed himself as highly pleased with the reports made by the stewards, and the fine beginning made by the pastor, Rev. H. C. Ewing, for the new year. Representing the church at Glenwood, Messrs. J. W. Morri son, R. A. Hogan, J. D. McDan iel, Lockheart and Anderson attended the meeting from Glen wood. Messrs. J. M. D. Mc- Gregor, M. H. Darley and G. R. Mason represented the church at Ailey. Cotton Ginners’ Report. Mr. Kelley M. Johnson, special agent of the Census Bureau, re ports 15,989 bales of cotton gin ned in Montgomery county up to January 16. To same date last year 11,099 bales were reported. The state of Georgia has ginned 2,316,304 bales against 1,781,232 in 1912, and 2,657,984 in 1911. Soperton. ! Special Correspondence. Miss Etlie Darley spent the former part of the week with Miss Ruth Sherrod. Messrs. Luther and Anthony Phillips of Gillis Springs spent ; a short while here Monday. Miss Mattie White of Lebanan, Tenn., is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. E. Fowler. Mr. John Gillis of Macon spent Sunday with home folks here. Mrs. C. 0. Parr has returned after a very pleasant visit to her mother at Montrose. Mr. C. L. Pope of Condor spent Monday here on business. The many friends of Miss Nora Belle Denton will be glad to know that she is rapidly recover ing from recent illness. Miss Graham of Harrison is the guest of Miss Flossie Oliv ers. Mr. Manson Tapley from near Zaidee spent a short while here Monday. Miss Reeta Sammons of Tarry town is visiting Miss Bessie Bar wick. Rev. Mr. Steward and his bride arrived last week, where they will make their future home. Their friends wish them a happy futurq. The music class of Soperton rendered a very delightful pro gram at the auditorium Monday evening under the auspices of Miss Mae Tyler, the music teach er, which was enjoyed by all. Attend Speer Investigation. I The congressional sub-commit tee, which sat all last week in Macon taking testimony in the inquiry as to the conduct of U. S. Judge Emory Speer, are hold ing their hearings in Savannah | this week. Clerk of our superior court, M. L. O’Brien, Col. L. C. Underwood and Mr. H. J. Foun tain went down Tuesday to at tend. But the jam was so great, only Col. Underwood could squeeze into the court room. Clerk O’Brien, who stood on tip toe about three hours peeping in, says the meeting was a cross be tween a Mexican bn 11 fight and the modern tango dance. Gen. Meldrim gave some racy testi mony against Judge Speer, and i Col. A. R. Lawton declared in his evidence that Judge Speer wrecked the Central of Georgia rail road. Seeks Jewels Buried on Folly Island in ’63. Charleston, S. C., Jan. 28. —In- terest has been aroused in a let ter from Charles Hudson, a Fed eral veteran, of Harvey, 111., who writes he and comrades bur ied a kettle of jewelry near a big pine tree on Folly Island in 1863. It was taken from a stranded j blockade runner. ' Hudson wants to know if the ! jewelry has been found. It has not so far as known. Notice—Hogs. All hogs found on the streets of Mt. Vernon will be impounded. Please take notice, and if you have hogs on the streets shut them up at once. By order of the City Council. This January 26 1914. W. L. Wilson, Mayor. Coming to Mi. Vernon. Dr. F. 15. Hughes, the eyesight specialist, will return to our city and can be consulted at the store of the Mt. Vernon Drug Co. on Feb. 0. You are in vited to consult him if you have eye troub les and want expert service. ad MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JAN. 29, 1914. COUNTY CONVENTION CALLED SATURDAY Chairman Geiger Calls Dem ocrats Together To Or ganize Again. To the Democratic voters of Montgomery county. I take this method of notifying you that a convention of the Democratic party is called to meet at the court house in Mt. Vernon at 10 o’clock a. m. Saturday, 31st inst. The purpose of the convention is to organize the party for the i next two years and to attend to I any and all business matters which may legitimately come be fore the meeting. Let every body interested attend this con vention and take part in its delib erations. J. B. Geiger, Chm. Dem. Ex. Com. Louis Pendleton Succeeds Brother. Macon, Ga., Jan. 27. —The Ma con Telegraph tomorow will car ry this official announcement: “At the request of the direc tors of the Macon Telegraph Pub lishing Company, made known at their meeting for reorganization yesterday. Mr. Louis Pendleton has been engaged as editor of this newspaper. Mr. Pendleton was associated for years with his brother, Mr. Charles R. Pendle ton, the late editor, in the work for the editorial columns, and his selection is a part of the already announced policy of seeking to maintain the general standards upheld by the Telegraph in the past.” The names of A. S. Pendleton, president; W. T. Anderson, vice president and general manager, and Louis Pendleton, editor, will appear on the editorial page, they having been chosen today. Came Home to See Lottie Buried. Washington, Jan. 27.—Typical of the affection felt by the best class of southern white people for their faithful negro servitors, was an incident which came to light here today. Representative Dudley M. Hughes received a telegram Sat urday telling of the sudden death of Lottie Goode, a negro maid, who had been in his family for fifteen years in the service of his daughter. She had been in fail ing health for many months, and when her young mistress was coming to Washington after the Christmas holidays, she wist fully asked if she should die be fore they returned if “Miss Hen nie Lou” would come home for her funeral. “You know I will,” was the promise that comforted the old woman’s last days on earth. When the news came of her death. Miss Hughes left Wash ington at the beginning of the busiest week in the social season to redeem her promise to her faithful old friend. Neither a white house reception nor other social gayeties weighed a moment against the call of affection and duty. The funeral of the old negro nurse has been deferred until Tuesday morning for her young mistress to traverse the thousand miles that lie between the nation al capital and Danville, Ga. “We oould not have felt much more deeply if it had been a member of the family,” ex plained Mr. Hughes.—John Cor rigan, Jr., In Atlanta Constitu tion. Hungry Wolves Eat Little School Girl. La Coquille, France, Jan. 27. — A little girl returning from school was devoured by a pack of wolves, which were driven out of the neighboring woods by the cold. ROBBERS LOOT THE AILEY DRUG STORE Saturday Night Prowlers Make Bold Raid on Pal mer’s Drug Store. A bold robbery occurred in Ai ley on Saturday night about 1 o’clock. The drug store and of fice of Dr. J. W. Palmer were completely ransacked, the thieves getting away with valuable goods. The robber, or robbers, enter ed the building from a rear win dow and made their exit by the front door, which was left open. They made a careful inspection j of all Dr. Palmer’s instruments, ! selecting such as was wanted. A ' traveling case was filled with many of the instruments and left in the building, probably lost sight of when the thieves made their escape. Many other instruments were carried away, ircluding a microscope worth $ 00. A dozen Parker’s foun tain pens were secured from a locked case, which they broke open, two five dollar pipes and many other valuables. The entrance was made with tools secured at the tool house of the Brewton-Parker Institute, which they left at the stable of Mr. J. B. Brewton, where they took his horse and buggy to get away with. The horse was found next day at Higgston, be ing the second time Mr. Brew ton’s horse and buggy have been 1 appropriated and left down the j railroad the same way. Soaps | and candy were a part of the | haul, part of the latter being! found in the buggy at Higgston ; when recovered. The money! drawer was rifled of two or three I dollars, andthe thieves deliberate-1 ly lighted a lamp and sat down to a lunch on cherries found in | the drug store. They made an ' attempt to enter the store of W. I J. &T. A. Peterson, but failed to force the door after damaging the lock. Sad Death of a Prominent Young Man. After an illness of three weeks, Mr. Joseph C. Knight, a prom-j inent young citizen of tliis coun-! ty, passed away at his home in the Sadie community early Sun day morning last. While only i thirty-four years of age, Mr. , Knight had long since assumed! the duties of citizenship and the duties that fell to his lot, his father, Mr. John Knight, having died some years ago. He leaves a mother and seven sisters to i mourn the departure of a loyal son and brother, for such he was. i The funeral service was con ducted from his home Monday afternoon, attended by a large crowd of sorrowing friends and relatives. He was a member of the several fraternities, being worshipful master of Vidalia Lodge of Masons, and this lodge, assisted by members from Mt. Vernon and other lodges, admin- 1 istered the Masonic rites at his j grave. Rev. Chas. Montgomery of the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian church and Rev. D. F. Sheppard of the Daisy Presbyterian church con- j ducted church service. Mr. Knight was a man of sterling character and his untimely death is deplored by hosts of friends who extend sympathy to the bereaved ones. To Revive Mt. Vernon Lodge Knights Pythias. State Deputy Grand Chancel lor John N. Davis of Savannah was here yesterday for the pur pose of looking into the advisa bility of reviving Pythianisrn in Mt. Vernon. Or to reorganize Mt. Vernon Lodge that became inoperative about five years ago. Mr. Davis is an enthusiastic worker and of very pleasant ad dress, and met with some en- \ couragement in his canvas. He said: “Pythianisrn is too good to re main dormant in as good a com munity as you have here, and there is no fraternal order that is more uplifting, especially to the young man, than the Knights of Pythias. It is suggested that Ailey should join hand with Mt. Vernon, that the restoration of a Pythian lodge would be a power for good in this community. Let every Knight rally to this grand and noble cause.” j Oyster Supper at Springhill. I On account of the heavy rains the Springhill Literary Society had to call oif the oyster supper, pie sale, entertainment etc., on last Friday evening, which was I much disappointing to a j number of people. But after it was called in we decided to give the people even a bigger time than was expected at first. On Friday evening, February 6th at 8 p. tn. the same program will oe c irried out, only with a few ad ditions, which we expect to make i it superior to what was promised !on the last meeting night. Re member the oyster supper, pie sale, entertainment and lecture, and be with us as you had plan | nod to do. Col. C. P. Thompson | will be with us on that night and it is not necessary to say any ! thing of his lectures as they are well known. We invite our friends, and urge them to be present. W. J. Chesnut, Mgr. Brewton-Parker Again Defeats Dublin. The second meeting between the Brewton-Parker Institute and Dunlin High School basketball teams took place last Saturday afternoon on 8.-P. I grounds and | resulted in an overwhelming! victory for the home boys. The final score was 45 to 10. The first two minutes of play i seemed to promise a lively com bat for at that stage each of the ; | contending sides had found the I basket once. However, only a few more moments were neces j sary to reveal the superiority of j ; the Mt. Vernon five who were | thenceforth but little hampered by their opponents. The entire Mt. Vernon team should be commended and con gratulated for the victory but the j shooting of Elton and Stone was especially worthy of praise. J These two lads delighted the j spectators by executing several weird shots from uncanny angles, making practically all their tal-! lies when warmly opposed by the 1 plucky Dublin guards. Each of i them scored 14 points, Cowart made 9, McLemore got 6, and. Kennedy 2. The next attraction of the sea- 1 son will be next Saturday after noon at 3 o’clock when the locals meet the hustling quintett from Tennille Institute. It is under-; stood that Tennille is playing ex cellent ball this year and the Brewton-Parker boys are train ing hard to be able to add an other scalp to their belt next Sat urday. Agents, Attention! I want two hustling agents with teams to cover Montgomery thoroughly, selling policies for an old line company, forty years i of age, paying $5,000 death ben efit and $25 per week for sickness or accident. Annual premium is only $lO, and the right men can | make good money working under , my license. If you can sell in surance, write me today, naming references, as I want agents at once. Address Mark A. Candler, S. A. 565 Candler Annex, Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. G. A. Burch Dead. Mcßae, Ga., Jan. 21. —Mrs. G. A. Burch of Jacksonville, Ga., died yesterday. Mrs. Burch was the wife of Dr. G. A. Burch, a prominent physician of Jackson ville. She had been ill only about j a week with malarial fever which later developed into acute neph ritis. She leaves six children. The remains were interred in the family burying ground at Block House Church this afternoon. ■ 11 Mrs. Burch resided here at the Brewton-Parker Institute for some time, keeping their child ren in school. She left many friends here who will regret to hear of her death. SUPERIOR COURT NEXT WEEK Judge Rawlings to Preside In Cases When Judge Graham is Disqualified. The February term of Mont gomery Superior Court will con vene here on Monday morning next. Solicitor General Wooten came over from Eastman on Fri day last and arranged the crimi nal calendar for the latter part of the week, as appears in this paper. The civil docket, also published this week, will be tak -lenup on Monday. Judge B. T. Rawlings of the Middle Circuit ! has consented to preside for i Judge Graham in cases where j the latter is disqualified. It is I scarcely possible that the whole docket will be disposed of at this term, as legal business seems to keep pace with the increase in court terms. Notice to Tax Payers. State of Georgia—Montgomery county. i (Mice of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of said l county: Whereas the law requires the county tax collector -to collect in terest at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum on all tax fifas, and whereas it is the duty of the tax 1 collector to collect said interest i from and after executions are is sued until paid and whereas the | said tax collector refuses, to col- I lect said interest unless the board of commissioners of roads and revenues pass a special order to that effect. It is ordered that the said tax collector of Mont gomery county, Ga., D. M. Cur rie do collect interest on all tax ! ti fas from the time they are is sued until the same are paid at | the rate of 7 percent, per annum. Done by order of a majority of the members of the board of commissioners of said county. This the 28t,h. day of Jan. 1914. J. M. D. McGregor, Sec. & Treas. of Board of Com. Tax Receiver’s First Round. (Corrected and dates changed on account of Superior Court in Mt. Vernon next week. Should take place of rounds printed on inside page before this notice was received.) Orianna, Feb. 9, 8 to 11 a m Orland, “ 9,2 to 4pm Lothair, “ 10, 8 to 11 Soperton, “10, 2 to 5 Zaidee, “11, 8 to 11 Pigeon Springs “11, 2to 4 Early Palmer’s “12, 8 to 11 Jas. Adams’ “12, 2 to 4 Kibbee, “13, Stoll John Connell’s “13, 2 to 4 Tarrytown, “ 14, 8 to 2 McGregor, “ 10, 10 to 12 am Ailey, “ 16, 2 to 3 pm Mt. Vernon, “ 17, 8a to 3 p m Mcßride’s “18, Stoll Longpond, “18, 2 to 4 Charlotte, “19, 8 to 11 Uvalda, “19, 2 to 4 Alston, “ 20, 8 to 11 Sharpe’s Spur, “20, 2 to 4 Higgs ton, “21, 8 to 12 This completes my round. Isaac Bkooks, Tax Receiver M. C. What Do Suffragettes Expect to Accomplish. By what process of reasoning militant suffragettes think they are getting nearer the ballot by destroying public botanical gar dens and works of art isn’t clear. They are supposed to have wrecked a great botanical con servatory at Glasgow a few days ago. The utter uselessness of such outrages is their chief fea ture. When the militants de stroy something that is likely to give pleasure to the public do they think the public will reward them by compelling the govern ment to give them the vote? Do they expect to popularize their movement by destroying things in which the public takes delight? —Savannah News. NO. 39
