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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1914)
fMottignmerg iMntttto. VOL. XXIX. Congressman Hughes Sweeps the Twelfth.) LEAVES JUDGE WALTER M. CLEMENTS ONLY THREE PRECINCTS IN DODGE COUNTY AND TAKES VIDALIA DISTRICT IN TOOMBS. Probably the most remarkable victory in yesterday’s primary was that of Congressman Dudley M. Hughes of this Congressional district. So complete and sweeping landslides are not common, eyen in Georgia. According to advices hurriedly received, Mr. Hughes carried all of the thirteen counties in the Twelfth district. Ten precincts in Dodge county, Mr. Clements’ home county, out of thirteen, went for Hughes. Os course Montgomery county was strongly in the Hughes column. If Mr. Clements could have distributed his Speer circular over parts of the Eleventh and First districts, no telling but that Dud Hughes might have swept in parts of that territory. Governor Slaton Signing Bills. Atlanta, Aug. 17.—Gov. Sla ton is rapidly signing all the bills passed at the recent session of the General Assembly. Today he signed the bill which fixes the first Tuesday after the first Mon - j day in November as the day of! the regular state election, com-j bining it with the congressional and national elections. The act goes into effect at once so that this year’s state election will be held in November instead of Oc tober. All the candidates nomi nated in Wednesday’s primary and all the constitutional amend ments passed by the Legislature will be voted on in November. Tomorrow is the last day on which the Governor can sign bills passed at the recent session. So far as is known there are none of the acts that he will veto. Grady County Leads In Pig Clubs. Thomasville, Ga., Aug. 17. Gradv county is feeling gratified over the statement given out by James E. Downing, in charge of Pig Clubs in Georgia, that the county stands in the front rank in pig club work. Much of the credit for this work is due P. H. Ward in charge of farm demon stration work in Grady county, who has worked very hard in this line. Mr. Ward is planning to get up a pig, corn and canning club show in Cairo some time during October and he wants to have a large crowd in attendance to show what the boys and girls of the county are doing in agri cultural development. He thinks that if the farmers would grow more hogs, cows and colts there would be no need to dread the war in Europe or the financial crisis which now confronts the country. FOR GOVERNOR NAT E. HARRIS Appointment Made Os U. S. Attorney. Bainbridge, Aug. 17.—Earl M. Donalson, who has just been named District Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, in ; place of Alex Akerman, resigned, jis a lawyer of singular attain- 1 ! ments. Quiet and unassuming, j he has, nevertheless, a command ' of his profession and is known ■ among his colleagues for his j thoroughness. He was born in Bainbridge in 1878 and attended j local schools, after which he went the Georgia Military Acad emy and Gordon Institute pre- j paratory schools. He graduated j from the University of Georgia i in 1899, took a two-year law! course in Georgetown, and year’s i ! course in oratory in the Univer- I sity of Chicago. Jury Commissioners. The jury commissiners of Montgomery county have been in session here this week, and will doubtless complete their work today or tomorrow. The board is as follows: .T. E. Hall, C. H. Gordon, Isaac Ladson, M.; R. Davis, F. M. Mcßae and Joe Ward law. i Representatives Elected. Our information is that Bob Smith has been nominated for representative in Toombs over C. W. Sparks, the last represen tative, and C. W. Cowart. In Wheeler, John D. Brown has been nominated, his oppon ents having been Dr. M. Morri son and Jerre D. Johnson. Epworth League Meeting. All members of the Mt. Ver non Epworth League are urged i to be present at the meeting on Tuesday night next. Business affecting the work and success of the league will come before the ■ meeting. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 20. 1914. | WELL KNOWN FARMER I IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT ■ I Most Peculiar Incident Ever Recorded In This Section. The most peculiar accident ev er known in this part of the state occurred here yesterday. Mr. Sikes Collins, a farmer residing a few miles above Mt. Vernon was riding in a buggy with Mr. Will Davant. They had just passed the depot and was inside the town limits when the sound iof a gun was heard some dis tance away, and Mr. Collins im mediately felt a pain strike his foot. A large rifle ball had pen-, etrated the left side of the piano box buggy, passsing four inches under Mr. Davant’s foot that rested on the side of the buggy box and buried itself deep in Mr. Collins’ foot who sat on the right side, opposite from the way the ball came. Mr. Collins was soon in great pain and bleeding profusely. It was only a few minutes drive to i the Mt. Vernon Drug Company’s i place, where Doctors Hunt and ! Palmer gave the wounded man attention. On account of heart trouble, Mr. Collins could not take an anaesthetic, and the ball | could not be extracted. A posse of citizens rushed to the place, but could find no one who did the shooting. It devel oped a little later that Mr. Chas. H. Hamilton, residing a mile east, had fired at a hawk with a Swiss rifle, and it is conceded that the ball from this remark able gun was the one that struck Mr. Collins. The matter is al most beyond belief, but a fact, nevertheless. Mr. Collins was taken home 1 yesterday afternoon, and it is j ; hoped that the ball may be ex ; tracted and that he will not suf fer a great deal from this most j unusual accident. f A DISASTROUS FIRE DESTROYS LEE HOME Early Morning Blaze Leaves Large Family Without Home. On Tuesday morning about 3 o’clock a bright light shining from Institute Heights awoke a i i few people in Mt. Vernon, and the home of Mr. H. D. Lee, front ing on the Brewton-Parker Insti tute campus, was in a blaze. The family escaped in their nightclothes, having only time, to carry Mr. Walter Lee, the old est son, who was sick with fever, from the burning building. Only a few pieces of furniture: j were saved, as no one heard the j cry for help until it was too late. We understood that Mr. Lee car j ried some insurance on the build ing and a small amount on the furniture. The loss is a heavy one on Mr. Lee, who is one of j our most worthy citizens. The | fire simply left homeless a fam-|l ily of twelve persons. The Conventions. The State Democratic Conven tion is called to meet in Macon, Ga., on Tuesday, September Ist, at 10 o’clock. A new state ex ecutive committee will he select ed, a platform will be announced, and such business of the party as may come up will be attended to. The Congressional Convention of the Twelfth District has been called for Wednesday, August 20th, and will meet in Dublin. The county unit plan was adopt ed. with the proviso that if no candidate received a majority of the counties, the popular vote is | to decide. Election news given in this pa per is from partial returns only, and full returns may change fig- I ures. Hope to give Montgomery j county’s vote next week. !FARMERS’ COTTON 1 CONFERENCE Twelfth District Farmers to Meet in Discussion At Dublin. i Dublin, Ga., Aug. 17. —A Far mers’Cotton Conference will be held in Dublin at 10 o’clock a. m., Tuesday, August 25th. More than anything else, this is to be a congress of the farmers of the Twelfth District, and will act as a clearing house through which this great cotton growing section can organize its sentiment and make a forceful appeal to the government at Washington for , immediate relief. The farmers and business men of the Twelfth District are in vited to be present at this meet ing, but the farmers particularly are urged to send a large delega tion from every county in the district. When by conference a definite and practical plan is out lined, then it will be up to the farmers to put the force of their recommendation behind it, if the Government is to be successfully influenced to adopt such a legis lative measure. Now is the time for the farmer to put his sentiments in an or ganized way to the Government, and this is particularly true of the Southern farmer with his cotton crop for which there is practically no market all. The meetingat. Dublin is the farmer’s opportunity to gather and do his duty to himself and the commu nity. The plan for financing cotton ! and getting immediate relief as i j well as methods for conserving ! cotton seed will be the main subjects for discussion. Presi dent Garrett of the national Far mers’ Union has been invited to I attend, and will be here if the tremendous demands on his time and his many other engagements make it possible. PRESIDENT WILSON j ADDRESSES AMERICANS . i Calls on People to Remain Neutral and Avoid All Strife. On Tuesday President Wilson addressed a letter to the people of the United States on the Eu ropean conflict, lie counsels im partial conduct as a safeguard against this country being drawn into the war. We give below two paragraphs of his letter: , The effect of the war upon United States will depend upon what American citizens say and do. Every man who really loves America will act and speak in the true spirit of neutrality, which i; the spirit of impartiality and fair- 1 ness and friendliness to all con cerned. The spirit of the nation in this critical matter will be de termined largely by what indi viduals and society and those gathered in public meetings do and say, upon what newspapers and magazines contain, upon what ministers utter in their pul pits and men proclaim theip opin ions on the street. ’9 r I venture, therefore, my fellow countrymen, to speak a solemn word of warning to you against the deepest, most subtle, most essential breach of neutrality which may spring out of parti sanship, out of passionately tak ing sides. The United States must be neutral in fact, as well as in name, during these days that are to try men’s souls. We must be impartial in thought, as well as in action; must put a curb on our sentiments, as well as up on transactions that might be* constructed as a preference of one party to the struggle before . another. | Landslide for Hoke Smith; Harris Wins Governor. SLATON RUNS SECOND, AND FINAL RESULTS MAY MAKE HIM WINNER IN CONVENTION. PRICE FOR COMMISSIONER AGRICULTURE. State-wide returns show that Judge N. E. Harris has carried 62 counties, with 160 convention votes. Hardman, 52 counties, with 120 convention votes. Anderson has eleven counties. For short senate term Slaton had 40 counties, Hardwick 46 counties, Felder 33 counties. For long senate term, Hoke Smith has swept the state. Ex-Governor Brown carried a few counties. Walker was re-elected in the First Congressional District and Edwards in the First District. J. D. Price is far ahead for Com missioner of Agriculture. E. L. Rainey, Nash Broyles, Trammell and Brittain have won. Walker was elected over Grice for attorney general. Larsen was defeated by Kent for judge Dubin circuit. SaiFokl wins judgeship. Watched Automobile; i Injured by Train. Adrian, Ga., Aug. 18. —Homer Tapley, a farmer living three miles from here, was run down on the trestle on the C. R. R. by a passenger train today and ser iously if not fatally hurt. Mr. Tapley was on a high trestle un der which tin 1 public road lead-J ing to Swainsboro passes, watch-! ing an automobile, which was passing under the trestle. The automobile made so much noise that he did not hear the train ap proaching around a sharpe curve until it was in a few feet of him, 1 when he attempted to reach the other end of the trestle, but was caught and terribly mangled. His body was thrown down a high embankment. The train came to a standstill as soon as possible, and Mr. Tap-' ley was brought here. After an examination on board the train he was taken to Dublin. Where Extremes Meet, i I Based on the income tax it is estimated that in one district of New York City fifteen thousand, persons have an income of sl,-! 000,000,000. The district is in ! lower New York and comprises' about two square miles and is ; said to be the richest region of; its size on the globe. Not far off is a district which has one square! mile and on it 600,000 people live, but none of them pay any income tax. It is said to be the most populous region of its size in the world. Wesleyan Advocate. Delegates Appointed. The Executive Committee met ■ today, and after consolidating the county vote appointed the following delegates: To the State convention, J. E. Hall and W. J. Peterson, .Jr. 11. H. Adams and Jas. Hester, alter nates. To Congressional convention, D. W. Folsom and J. A. Wade, Jr. Alternates, I. C. Berner and A. D. Hughes. * !•' ■ . ... . ' ;' .... ;•' ’ y ' jfflf “ r /tß?* '~ ■% r> ''; ,; v^^P^'^ ijEs' ; %- - WyW . '3srh2l v '#&£:■■*?&'' '*#%&%■ * v jHßwjgfj^^^T^^^^ • -.. • •y • v U. S. SENATOR HOKE SMITH. Married in Montgomery Tries Suicide in Macon. Macon, Ga., Aug. 18.—So de termined was R. Akin Hartley, a young man who was despondent over domestic troubles, to end his life today by taking poison, that his very determination caus ed him to fail. Hartley first took fifteen strychnine tablets, and followed them up with six grains of morphine. Hartley did not know that morphine was an antidote for strychnine and the one poison counteracted the ef fect of the other, but to make sure of ending his existence he swallowed the contents of a bot tle of peroxide this caused him to vomit the poison he had already taken. When found in his room at 226 Ross street he was unconscious j hut was revived at the hospital. A few days ago Hartley mar ried Miss Rosa Lee Barber at Kibbee, Montgomery county, but left her shortly after the wed ding. He had a letter on his per son from his wife saying that she never wanted to see him again and telling him to get a divorce from her. Hartley formerly liv ed at Barnesville and is an em ploye of the Toledo Electric Com pany. Gillis For Representative. The race for representative of j Montgomery county was the most exciting part of the primary yesterday. Mr. Jim L. Gillis of Soperton got 586 votes, and L. C. Underwood, next highest, got 378, G. H. Adams got 147 votes, A. L. Lanier 35 and P. M. Mose ley 15. Hughes, for congress, got 817 and Clements 331 votes. Harris for governor, got 720, An derson, 822, Hardmon, 111. NO. 19
