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VOL. XXVIII.
COUNTY PRIMARY
FOR MARCH 18TH.
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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. *
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! 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.
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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.
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