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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1914)
VOL. XXVIII. COUNTY PRIMARY FOR MARCH 18TH. # Massmeeting Favors a One Primary Plan.—Vote on New County. Pursuant to a call from Chair man J. B. Geiger of the county executive committee, a massmeet ing of the citizens of the county was held at the court house in Mt. Vernon Saturday last. Mr. Geiger called the meeting to or der and stated its purpose, after which he recalled the wonderful strides made by Democracy with in the last two years, not only in this state but throughout the nation. Mr. Geiger, in a few ringing remarks, advocated the majority rule system for the county pri mary, pointing out its advan tages and benefits to the people at large. He also advocated the plan of submitting the question of further county division to the people of the county at the pri mary election. As chairman of the old executive committee, he reported a balance on hand of $11.60, which will be turned over to the new committee. Meeting was organized by electing Col. M. B. Calhoun chairman and H. B. Folsom sec retary. The new committee was elected as follows: Mt. Vernon, F. M. Mcßae. , Longpond, A. D. Hughes. Kibbee, G. H. Adams. » Tarrytown, I. C. S. Berner. Tiger, J. E. Phillips. Orland, W. B. Green way. Lothair, Elijah Miller. Soperton, J. E. Hall. Higgston, J. W. Linder. A resolution introduced by Col. L. C. Underwood provided plans for conducting the primary elec tion, fixing the date and pre- j scribing rules and requirements, was discussed by paragraphs, and after discussions by a number, and after having several amend ments and substitutes offered, the resolution was adopted. Those taking part in the discuss ion were A. B. Hutcheson, L. C. Underwood, J. B. Geiger, C. D. Loud, W. L. Wilson and others. The question of a plurality or ma jority rule for the primary evoked considerable interest, the latter having been in effect two years ago. After considerable discuss ion, a vote was taken, the result being a tie, which was broken by the chairman’s vote in favor of the plurality system, which for merly prevailed in this county. The resolution, after amendment, was adopted, and a summary of its provisions is as follows: There will be but one primary, held March 18, and the candidate for any county office receiving the greater number of votes will be declared the nominee. The new committee will have power to arrange details of the primary, assess candidates for expenses, appoint election man agers, arrange registration list, etc. New committee was instructed to have the question of further dividing Montgomery county sub mitted to the voters at the pri mary election. As chairman of the mass meeting, Col. M. B. Calhoun was \ elected committeeman from the county at large, and has issued a call for a meeting of the new | committee to meet at the court house here Friday, 6th inst, at noon, for the purpose of provid ing explicit rules for the govern ment of the primary election, March 18th. Claude Townsend, prosident of the Townsend Cotton Mills at Anderson, S. C., died on Monday from injuries received in a garage fire last October. Hmt!iumu v rg Soperton. Special Correspondence. Miss Mamie Waller who is at tending school in Mt. Vernon spent a short while here with her parents this week. Mr. Lester Gillis of Adrian spent Monday here. Miss Lollie Fowler is the guest of her sister, Mrs. James Fowler. Mr. John Thigpen spent Sun day in Dublin. Mr. and Mrs. John Sherrod are rejoicing over a little boy visitor, who arrived last week. Miss Mary Lou Williams spent Sunday at Lothair. Col. Howard of Dublin spent Monday here on business. Miss Eva Conner of Mt. Ver non is visiting Miss Mattie Wal ler. Mr. Oscar Duggan of Vidalia spent Sunday here. Miss Ruth Mishoe is visiting friends in Mt. Vernon. Mr. B. J. Gillis made a flying trip to Macon Saturday. Miss Mary Ruth Duggan and Master James Duggan of Vidalia spent the week end with friends and relatives here. Mr. Tom Pritchett of Cary spent a few days here last week. The people of Soperton are in deep sympathy with the bereav ed families of Mr. M. J. Hinson and Mr. Ware. Mr. Hinson pass ed away leaving a wife and two children. Mr. Ware left several children. There was but half an hour between the deaths, both caused by pneumonia. The lecture given last Friday night by Mr. Roland A. Nichols entitled “The man worth while” was a master piece and was en joyed by a large audience. GRATIFYING REPORT ON COUNTY FINANCES Committee Report To Show The Old County In Good Shape. We take real pleasure in calling the attention of our citizens to the report that has been handed in to the grand jury this week, some figures from which we are able to give our readers by cour tesy of the examining committee on county books. Speaking somewhat from memory, we will say that Mont gomery county was about SIO,OOO in debt over the amount of cash on hand when the last account ing was made. The examining committee, whose report will doubtless show in the present ments of the grand jury, shows that the county funds on hand are about $13,635 with an inbebt edness of about $11,381, leaving $2,254 above liabilities. This report ought to encourage every tax payer, and should be a rebuke as loud as a thunderclap to the man who spends his spare time in cursing public officials in general and Montgomery coun ty’s commissioners in particular. From the county in general comes the report that our public roads are fully 100 per cent, bet ter than they were a few years ago. Shake the hand of your road Superintendent when you meet him and tell him you ap preciate his good work. Put off that frown of grouch, let the smile of optimism light up your visage, get together for a greater and a better county, help your neighbor over the rough places in his life, stand: for purity in politics as well as; in the home, and drive down a peg to indicate the spot where you dwell, for in a few years you may not recognize the old place. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEB. 5, 1914. General News Items Told in Short Meter. Sheriff Flanders of Laurens county has gone to Galup, New Mexico, to bring back a negro named Smitherman wanted for the murder of Lock in that coun ty seven years ago. Walter Little of Macon, con ductor of the Southwestern road, found a package lying on a seat in his train last week containing SIO,OOO. He restored it promptly to the messenger who had drop ed it. The Bank of Lyerly was rob bed on Friday night and the band secured $4,000. They barricaded the streets with barbed wire and fired pistols to keep the citizens away. Cyril Chandler, a schoolboy of Waycross, knocked a pistol off the mantel in his home Friday night, and fired it by catching it as it fell, putting a bullet in his side. There were 302 persons killed by automobiles in New York City during 1913. During four years past 777 persons were kill-1 ed the same way. Frank Holmes and Harry Un derwood, boys in Atlanta, were shot while robbing a store where j men were on guard. Holmes died from his wounds and Under wood has his hip shattered. The steamers Nantucket and Monroe came into collission off the coast of Virginia Friday night, and the Monroe was sunk in twelve minutes and 43 lives j lost. Excavators in Jerusalem last i week found the foundation of the Tower of Siloam, mentioned in Luke xii, and several valuable inscriptions. The dormitory of the Dwight Indian Mission school at Marble City, Oklahoma, burned on Fri day night, and 32 girls escaped in their nighties. In a fire at Attalla, Ala., on Tuesday morning, Judge Thos. Ventress was burned to death and Geo. L. Cox, his room mate, was also badly burned. President Wilson Lifts Embargo on Arms. Washington, Feb. 3. —Presi dent Wilson, by an execuctive order, dated today, and made public at the white house to night, removed all restrictions against the exportation of muni tions of war into Mexico from the United States, placing the contending Mexican elements on a basis of equality with respect to the purchase of arms and sup plies in this country. The exec utive order emphasizes that it was the desire of the United States to be in the same position of neutrality toward the contend ing factions in Mexico as were the other powers. The Smiley Cutter A Wonderful Success. Mr. J. N. Smiley, inventor and manufacturer of a well-known cotton stalk cutter, was in Mt. Vernon -a few days ago in the in- j terest of his product. Many of! thes cutters have been sold in 1 Mt. Vernon this winter by W. H. McQueen, who will probably han dle them on a larger scale next season. Mr. Smiley will proba bly increase the output of hisi factory this year and be able to supply a larger territory this i coming winter. He is a Tattnall, county man, a hard worker, and j has a plant near Reidsville. His cutter has been on the market a number of years and i 3 a pro- i nounced success. j Theodore Lacey, former chief clerk in the Alabama convict de partment, who was short SIOO,- iOOO in his accounts and escaped, walked up and surrendered Sat urday. The Aero Club of America will I offer a prize of $150,000 in a race around the world, the air crafts to start at the Panama Exposition in May, 1915. In a fight over pool at Fitzger ald on Monday night, Ben Lee, a negro cut Rastus Green, another ! negro, who in turn seized the ; knife and killed Lee. j Sixteen merchants of Moultrie | plead guilty to selling malt tonic lin superior court last week, and j five were fined $250 each, four : were fined SIOO each and the I others were made to pay costs. j The doors of the Farmers’ ; State Bank at Hazlehurst were j closed Monday and the state bank examiner is in charge. The i assets are said to be sufficient to pay all depositors. W. B. Lingo of Dublin, Ga., ! took bichloride of mercury with suicidal intent on Saturday, but has a chance to live. While driving along in their auto in Thomas county Saturday Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Chambers came under a pine tree being cut ■byroad convicts and the front iof the car was smashed without hurt to its occupants. In a stable fire near Lincoln, j ’ ■Mass., Saturday night 21 fine j blooded horses were destroyed, isome worth $5,000 each, the total loss being about $60,000. B. F. Funk of the noted pub lishing house of Funk & Wag nails Co. died in New York on Monday. A box of skunk skins sent by parcels post drove the postmaster and his assistants from the Ev ans City, Pa., postofiice. Mrs. Sarah Miller of Caldwell, N. Y., celebrated her ninety fourth birthday on Monday. She has 129 living descendants. Butler Indicted For Killing Williams. Dublin, Jan. 30.—Among the large batch of indictments that were turned in by the Laurens grand jury is one against S. D. Butler, for murder, who shot and killed Postmaster J. M. Williams at Rockledge, several weeks ago. Parties who are acquainted with the facts in the case state that it now seems that Butler will have a hard fight on his hands when the trial comes off, as it is claim ed that he shot Williams over a political matter growing partly out of the election that had been held for mayor and councilmen in Rockledge the day of the shooting. His case will probably come up for trial some day next week in superior court. Tax Assessors Appointed. The County Commissioners have appointed as tax assessors | under the tax equalization law, 1 Messrs. J. W. Linder of Higgs ton, D. S. Williamson of Alston and J. A. Beck worth of Tarry town. When the honest tax payer understands that the new t law is simply to equalize the bur-' den of taxation, and not to in- ■ crease taxes, he will assist in every way possible to bring about a reform that has been needed for long years. Mr. A. T. Miller of Lothair has been elected to fill out the unex pired term of Mr. M. R. Davis resigned from the board of coun ty commissioners. ' Kemp School. * * 4 ’ .4« ! Special Correspondence. r The Kemp school is flourishing nicely. | | Miss Reeta Sammons spent last weekjn'Soperton. Miss Olia Williamson spent Saturday with Miss Mamie Cole man. Miss Ruth Mishoe ofjiSoperton was the charming guest of Miss Reeta Sammons the week end. Miss Pauline Goff entertained a number of friends at her home last Faiday evening. The guests were: Misses Reeta Sammons, Elizabeth Underwood, Mamie Coleman, Lillie Belle and Minnie Canady, Ruth Joiner and Annie Mae Ilorne. Messrs. Fred Mil ler, Percy Blount, Carl Adams, Anderson Sammons, Frank and Picket Palmer and Murphey Townsend. Mr. George Coleman has de cided not to enter the race for treasurer this time, but will en ter the next race and will ap i preeiate the support of his friends and the many voters of Mont gomery county. Miss Elizabeth Underwood will entertain a few friends at a Rook party Thursday evening next, at the home of Mr. Horace Golf. Envited guests are. Miss es Reeta Sammons, Minnie Can ady, Belle Canady, Annie Horne, Maggie Clark and Mamie Cole man, Messrs. Fred Miller, Berry Blount, Carl Adams and David Hollman. A great numer of people from this section are attending court in Mt. Vernon this week. There will be a Rook party and Valentine party, at Kemp school the 13th of February. ©; | Damon Dots f © © Proceeding* of Weekly Meeting nt Brewlon-I’arker Institute, Mt. Vernon ©; © ©.©3©©Z©.<© ©.©;©•©:©■;©. © The Damon Literary Society met in the freshman room Sat urday afternoon last, after the society was called to order by the president and prayer b> the chaplain the following pro gram was very successfully ren dered : Reading—Vickie Hall. Prophecy—Eunice Burkhaller. Jokes and wants—Otis Dug gan. Pin picture - Ray Coursey. This being the Saturday to elect new officers. The following officers were elected: President —Durham Cobb. Vice president Ray Coursey. Sec. and treas. Marie Mc- Queen. Cor. sec. Lessie Maeßackley. Door minder—Lawrence Kre nard. Censor —Albert S. Johnson. Chaplain —Charles Ricks.. We were glad to enroll as new members Gladys McAllister and Esther Geiger. We were glad to have several visitors with us. —L. M. R.- IVlrs. J. W. McArthur Dead. Following soon after the death of her husband, which occurred last summer, Mrs. Jas. W. Mc- Arthur of Longpond died at her home on Wednesday of last j week. Mrs. McArthur was a! most estimable lady, the mother I of an interesting family, all of whom have reached manhood and womanhood. Messrs. Tom, Walter, John J., W. T. and Jeff! McArthur; Mrs. C. A. Rackley and Miss Clyde McArthur. The burial took place at Dead River cemetery. ! MONTfiOMERY SURERIOR COURT IN SESSION Judge Rawlings of Middle Circuit Presiding For Judge Graham. The regular February term of Montgomery Superior Court con vened here on Monday morning v\ ith a large crowd in attendance. Judge Graham being disqualified in a great many cases on acount of his long service as solicitor, secured Judge B. T. Rawlings of the Middle Circuit to preside. Judge Rawlings called the court to order at the regular hour, and after a strong and explicit charge to the grand jury, the civil dock et was taken up and the business of the court moved on smoothly. Judge Rawlings has presided here before, and is quite well known to our people, who are always pleased at his dispatch of court matters. Solicitor General Wooten has the state’s side of cases well pre pared, and many criminal cases will he disposed of at this term. The grand jury organized with Mr. M. H. Darley as foreman, and will no doubt look well into the affairs of the county. A list of cases disposed of will be pub lished next week. Among the visiting attorneys lwe note Gen. P. W. Meldrim, Savannah; W. J. DeLoach and C. W. Sparks, Vidalia; Eschol Graham, Mcßae; J. P. Tomlinson and C. P. Thompson, Alamo; A. C. Saffold, Cochran. Mr. J. W. Newsome Died Last Week. Mr. J. W. Newsome, one of Montgomery county’s worthy farmers, died last Thursday at his home near Vidalia, aged 68 years. He fell in his field on Tuesday morning from a stroke of paralysis from which he did not rally. Mr. Newsome was a man of sterling honesty, and full of the qualities that make a good citizen. He was a native of Mc- Duffie county, where he lived fifty years before coming to this county. He was an honored Confederate veteran. His re mains were laid to rest in the Ferguson cemetery on Saturday. Rev. D. A. Davis conducting the funeral service. The family are grateful to friends who minister ed unto them in their hour of be reavement. Were Happily Married Last Sabbath Evening. Mr. Arpad G. Hicks and Miss Lucy McAllister were married last Sabbath evening. While the popular young couple were married in the church, it was not strictly a church wedding, the event having occurred just before the evening service at the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian church of this place, and the ceremony was read by Rev. Charles Mont gomery. In fact, it was a sur prise event and witnessed by scarcely half a dozen. The bride is the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McAllister of this place, greatly admired by a large circle of friends for her grace and charm. Mr. Hicks, a son of the late Dr. Chas. Hicks and Mrs. Alice Hicks of this place, is a young man of sterling qualities. He is a member of the livery and sales firm of Hicks Brothers, a young man of quiet manner but pos sessed of those peculiar qualities which go to make the true man and upright citizen. By their marriage is further strengthened the union of two of the oldest and best known families of Mont gomery county. They are now at home to their friends, receiv ing congratulations and best wishes from all. NO. 40
