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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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