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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.
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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.
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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.
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