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The Montgomery Monitor.
VOL. XXIX.
TWELFTH DISTRICT
CONVENTION MEETS
Hon. Dudley M. Hughes is
Formally Nominated
For Congress.
I
The congressional convention
of the Twelfth District met in
Dublin on August 26th in the
city hall, and was called to order
by Hon. J. H. Roberts, of East
man, chairman of the executive
committee. D. W. Folsom of
Mt. Vernon, secretary of the
committee acted as secretary. 1
Both Col. Roberts and Mr. Fol
som were re-elected as perma
nent chairman and secretary of
the convention.
The roll of counties was called,
and the following delegates re
sponded:
Dodge—L. F. Wooten, J. H.
Hall, G. E. Martin and H. A.
Peacock.
Montgomery—D. W. Folsom.
Houston—S. A. Nunn, S. T.
Hearst and J. W. Hodges.
Wilcox—J. M. King.
Emanuel—A. S. Bradley, G. E,
Yeomans, F. A. Yeomans and H.
A. Jordan.
Johnson—R. P. Hicks and W.
D. Sumner.
Telfair—not represented,
Wheeler—not represented.
Toombs—not represented.
Twiggs—A. F. Martin, C. R. !
Faulk and B. S. Fitzpatrick.
Pulaski —J. Pope Brown and
J. F. Lee.
Laurens—N. B. Baum, F. C.
Tindal, Dr. J.' E. New, T. B. !
Hicks, J. C. Methvin, W. 0.
Prescott, Frank Lawson, together
with more than forty others.
Bleckley—T. D. Walker, W. !
H. Peacock, G. H. McNeir and
Dr. W. C. Williams.
The convention proceeded to
nominate a candidate lor the 64t,h
congress. In a splendid address,
Hon. B. S. Fitzpatrick of Twiggs
placed the name of Hon. Dudley
M. Hughes before the conven
tion. This gifted speaker made i
one of his characteristic address- j
es, his words meeting a hearty
response from the entire delega
tion assembled. Addresses sec- j
onding the nomination of Mr. '
Hughes were made by Hon. G. I
H. Williams of Dublin, Hon. J.
Pope Brown of Pulaski, Hon. A.
S. Bradley of Emanuel, Hon. S.
A. Nunn of Houston, and Hon.
D. W. Folsom of Montgomery.
A telegram was read from Judge
J. S. Adams of Dublin, sent from
Ashville, N. C., seconding the
nomination of Hon. Dudley M.
Hughes.
No other name was presented,
Mr. Hughes having carried every i
county in the district except one. ;
On a call for votes. 28 votes were ;
cast for Dudley M. Hughes, and
on motion, the secretary cast the :
votes of Wheeler and Toombs
counties, making thirty conven
tion votes for Hughes.
A committee to notify Mr.
Hughes of his nomination wasj
named by the chairman, and Dr.
T. D. Walker of Bleckley, H. A.
Jordan of Emanuel and L. F.
Wooten of Dodge were appointed.
A proposition by Hon. A. S.
Bradley of Emanuel to allow
counties having two representa
tives in the general assembly to
have two members on the execu
tive committee, was agreed to by !
the convention.
The following gentlemen were
named by the chair to nominate
members for the new executive j
committee to be chosen, J. Pope
Brown of Pulaski, A. S. Bradley
of Emanuel, Dr. T. D. Walker of
Bleckley, B. S. Fitzpatrick of
Twiggs and J. M. Finn of
Laurens.
Resolutions were passed en
dorsing the administration of
President Wilson, endorsing the
record of Hon. Dudley M. Hughes
in congress, and commending the
Successful Meeting in
I
Adams Community.
Rev. H. C. Ewing, of the Mt.
Vernon Circuit, conducted a very
successful meeting in the Adams
section below Glenwood last week.
The meeting commenced Tues
day night and ran through Sun
day. The accessions to the church
at this meeting rounded out 100
members received in the charge
this year, which is a tine show
ing. Rev. Ewing will fill his
regular appointment at Ailey i
next Sabbath.
j
Rich Pocket Book
Washed Up By Sea. l
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 29.—Toj
drop into the river a pocket-book ;
i containing $lB5 in greenbacks,
see it sink among the waves and
give it up for lost, is pretty hard
luck, but then, for a friend to
walk along the beach the follow
ing morning, see . a purse lying
on the beach and to find every
cent of the money intact, is just
as good luck.
This is what happened to Dr.
W. L. Darker on St. Simon Fri- i
day. The well known physician,
with a party of friends, had been
out fishing in a small launch.
When they returned the sea was
| rolling to such an extent that it
| was impossible to land the boat,
|so they had to jump into the
: water and walk a distance of ten
or fifteen yards. In doing this,
Dr. Darker dropped his pocket-
I book in the water, and all efforts j
to locate it failed. The follow
i ing morning G. A. True came
! along and picked the pocketbook
|up near the spot where it was
dropped. The waves had washed ;
, the money ashore.
Mr. Miller Announces
For Commissioner.
In this issue, Mr. Elijah Miller
announces for commissioner of
j the Lothair and Mt. Vernon dis
| trict, under the new bill dividing
1 the county into three districts, j
i Mr. Miller has served before as
; commissioner, and is quite fa
miliar with the affairs of the
; county, and will make a faithful
member if elected.
We understand that others will
announce soon, and Mr. W. C.
Mcßae is spoken of as a candi
date for this district, and may
announce later. The election oc- i
curs in November, the regular!
state election having been j
changed from October to Novem
j ber by the last legislature.
j action of the cotton conference i
i held in Dublin the day before,
! with instructions to forward to
Hon. Dudley M. Hughes in
| Washington resolutions passed by
: the cotton conference.
The committee reported the
| following names and they were
{elected as the executive commit
j tee for the Twelfth Congressional
j District for the next two years:
Telfair, B. M. Frizelle, Mcßae;,
Montgomery, J. B. Geiger, Mt.
| Vernon; Laurens, J. S. Adams,
Dublin, and E. L. Wade, Mon- j
trose; Emanuel, H. A. Jordan and ,
i W. W. Cone, Swainsboro; John
son, E. A. Lovett, Wrightsville;
Bleckley, W. H. I’eacock, Coch- 1
ran; Pulaski, J. Pope Brown, 1
Hawkinsville; Dodge, L. F.
Wooten, Eastman; Houston. J.
P. Duncan, Perry, and J. W.
Hodges, Elko; Wheeler, J. I).
Brown, Alamo; Toombs, F. M.
Smith, Lyons; Twiggs, L. D.
Shannon, Jeffersonville; Wilcox,
S. B. Reid, Rochelle.
The convention was a most en
thusiastic gathering, and ad
journed, after accepting an invi
tation to be the guests of Mr.
Dennard Hughes for luncheon at
the New Dublin Hotel.
D. W. Folsom,
Secretary.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER, 3. 1914.
BREWTON4ARKER
INSTITUTE TERM BEGINS
Doors To Open Tuesday
Next For Successful
Operations.
The next term of the Brewton-
Parker Institute begins on Tues
day, September 8, and prepara
tions have been made for a fine
attendance. No elaborate exer
cise will mark the opening, but
the friends and patrons of the
i big school are especially invited
Jto attend, and by their presence
■show their appreciation of the
! work that is being done.
Regardless of war talks and
I panics, give your boy and girl a
1 chance, for the golden period of
youth comes to them but once,
and these opportunities cannot be
offered them again in life.
Tuition in the piano depart
ment for first and second grades
will be $3.00 per month, and in
the primary department will be
continued on same terms as last
year.
In the public school depart
ment there will be only one ses
j sion for the day, and every pa
tron is urged to see that the chil
dren are registered the first day,
that they may have equal oppor
tunities with others. Go out to
the Institute next Tuesday and
assist in giving the school a good
start.
Picking Champions;
Issue General Defy.
Washington, Ga., Aug. 29.
Claiming the championship of
the south in cotton picking, Mes
srs. Wesley and Hawes Drink
lard, of this colinty, aged 17 and
15, respectively, are ready to de
fend their title this fall against
all comers. Last year these
hustling youngsters between
them picked 1,042 pounds of lint
cotton in a single day. Wesley
Drinkard, who was then 16 years
old. picked 550 pounds of cotton
and his younger brother, Hawes
Drinkard, ran him a close second
with 492 pounds.
Some Fine Cotton.
Mr. C. A. Rackley of the Long
pond section sends us three twigs
cut from his cotton field bearing
17 large bolls. The cotton is of
the Christopher variety and Mr.
; Rackley expects to make nearly
j a bale and a half to the acre. He
■is decidedly of the opinion that
the secret of makeing cotton
! farming pay is by a reduction of
j acreage and making double the
usual yield on the land, saving
1 half the cost of cultivation, and
rendering the picking far easier.
Farm for Sale.
I am now offering at private
sale 100 Acres of Land lying in
the southern portion of Laurens
county, nine miles north of Glen
wood, Wheeler county. This
property has open upon it a one
horse farm, a nine-room two-sto
ry building in first class condition,
barn and tenant house, and an
artesian well supplies an abund
ance of fine, pure water. This
farm lies within one mile of the
! Oconee river, In addition to the
100 acres of farm land I am also
offering 169 acres of Swamp
Land near by which will afford
excellent pasturage for livestock.
' Prices reasonable and terms easy.
Write or call on the undersigned
for particulars. J. B. Geiger,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
For County Commissioner.
• I hereby announce myself a candidate for
County Commissioner for the District composed
of Mt. Vernon and Lothair Militia Districts, un
der the new lav/ creating a board of three comm Ih
sioners for Montgomery County. Years of expe
rience as a Commissioner in this county wanant
me in saying that 1 know the needs and condition
of Montgomery County, and I respectfully ask
the support of all good citizens.
i
I Yours respectfully,
ELIJAH MILLER.
ONLY FIVE ACRES
ii TO THE PLOW
r Terrell Farmers Would Re
duce Cotton to Raise
Feed.
It has been reported to The
- News that Mr. W. H. Tilley of!
- Parrott, one of the largest plant
' ers of this section of the state, is
- making a proposition to his ten
t ants and renters that will not on
; ly help them tide over the pres
-1 ent situation, but will leave them
; —and the entire county, for that
i matter, if his plan were generally
adopted—more prosperous when
I normal conditions again prevail.
I I Mr. Tilley, it is said, has pro
: posed to his renters to surrender
, their lease notes if they will
• agree to remain with him and
plant only five acres of cotton to
- the plow, he agreeing to furnish
; them with the actual necessities
i and take for his rent a part of ;
; the crops they grow, such as hay, |
t corn, oats, potatoes, hogs and
cittle. The same proposition,!
- The News understands, is being
- made by Mr. Tilley to his crop
pers or share tenants. If Mr.
- Tilley’s plan were generally
, adopted it would put the agricul
• tural interests of Georgia on a
) much sounder basis and in aj
I short while mean prosperity and
1 independence for everyone. —
i Dawson News.
Is Congressman Sick
When He’s Homesick?
Washington, Sept. 1. —When,
does homesick become a bona fide
■ ailment, incapacitating a legisla- j
tor to a point whore he is unable
I j to attend to his duties, is a prob- j
■; lem confronting Sergeant-at-!
Arms Gordon, of the house of
s representatives.
ij Representative Burke, of Wis- j
; consin, one of the healthiest-j
■ looking men in the house, was;
; the cause of the agitation. He
i has been attending to congrts
I I sional duties in Washington for;
1 1 eighteen months without a vaca-:
! tion and he would like to get
away.
“Are you sick?’’ he was asked.
“Yes,” he replied, ‘‘l have
anostalgia. I’m very homesick.”
!; Thereupon, the sergeant-at
. arms, fearing an epidemic which
would again deplete the legisla
tive forces of the house, began
an investigation.
A Good Suggestion.
Mr. J. 1. Stanford, long con
■ nc-cted with the Seabord Air Line
;j Railroad as agent at this point,
I; makes a good suggestion to the
j people of Mt. Vernon interested
i in the new cotton warehouse now
I under construction. Mr. Stan
, ford thinks the plan to build a
I spur track up town for handling
. cotton, fertilizer and heavy ship
ments by carload is quite a feasi
. his one. That this would be a
great saving and conveinence to
shippers here is evident. And,
| furthermore, it is quite probable
, j that arrangements may be made
! with the Seaboard for the track
. I to be built. The same spirit that
, l projected the warehouse and
.■commenced its construction on a
(: few hours notice would insure
( | success in the movement.
1 ~ .
The Macon Convention.
This paper will go to press be
fore the deliberations of the so
called Democratic State Conven- 1
tion in session in Macon can be
completed. Suffice it to say that
one of the most ridiculous farces
i ever perpetrated on a people j
• supposed to be freemen is being
; j staged there this week, having
I I commenced on Tuesday at noon.
> I
Leverett’s Studio, Vidalia, sup
! plies the best in photographs, por-
I traits and view work. ad
! ;
Mrs. Longstreet Files
Bankruptcy Petition.
Trenton, N. J., Sept. I. Mrs.
Helen D. Longstreet, widow of
General Longstreet, of the Con
federacy, today filed a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy in the
United States district court. Mrs.
Longstreet resides in Atlantic
City. Her liabilities are $22,236
and assets $16,200. The assets
are made up of property in
Gainesville, Ga., her former
home. Mrs. Longstreet gives her
occupation as that of an author
and journalist.
Ohio’s Great Pie Tree.
Probably the largest cherry
tree in Ohio is located in Auglaize
county, on the W. H. Sammen
tinger farm, in Pusheta town
ship, about 4 miles southeast of
Wapakoneta. Many people from
a distance have driven to the
Sammentinger farm to view his
monster cherry tree. The tree
measures over 30 inches in di
ameter at the trunk base, and its
branches measure over 45 feet,
while its height is over 50 feet.
The tree w as set out by Mr. Sam- ‘
mentinger’s father, John Sam-!
mentinger, deceased, in 1858, !
making its age over 56 years. As I
long as Mr. Sammentinger can
j remember this tree has yielded
ion an average of 15 bushels of
cherries annually, when any
cherries were yielded on any
other trees in this locality. The
variety grown on the tree is
known as the heart cherry, one
!of the best varieties now on the
j market. The tree present a |
j beautiful picture when the cher
ries are ripe and before they are
picked. Wapawoneta News.
Warehouse Burns.
i Hawkinsville, Aug. 29.—The
i large cotton warehouse of Mer
| ritt and Anderson Brothers com
! pany, together with over 2,000
; bales of cotton, feed stuff, sugar,
etc., was destroyed by fire last
night at 12:30 o’clock. The
j fire is supposed to have originat
i ed from a bale of cotton broughtj
in with a spark in it. The loss
is estimated at $25,000, partly
j covered by insurance. This is I
the second time they have been j
burned out in the last three]
years.
Improvements Continue.
i We are glad to note some build
ing in progress here. The new
cotton warehouse, in charge of j
Contractor H. .J. Wright, who is j
also a stockholder and moving
spirit, in the enterprise, is nearing
completion. The structure will 1
be ready for storage of cotton in
a few days.
Dr. J. E. Hunt is rebuilding!
his residence on the lot where!
his home was recently destroyed
by fire. The building is on the
neat cottage style, similar to ti e
one burned.
Twelve Cents a Pound
For Cotton in Soperton.
The chief aim of the leading
men in any community in a finan
cial depression should always be |
to help the people on whom Eh* i
depends for his livelihood as well
as himself. In other words, "to j
pull together.”
It is understood that the den
tist at Soperton is allowing 12
cents a pound on cotton to pa
tients who are in need of dental j
work at reasonable prices. This ■
motive in doing this is not from i
a speculative point of view, but
from the fact that “If you help
the farmer you help yourself.”
Advertisement.
Sawmill Wanted.
Wanted, a second-hand port
able sawmill and 20 11. I*, boiler.
Must be in good condition and
sold at a bargain. Write me.
E. L. Davis,
Naranja, Fla. j
PAINFUL ACCIDENT TO
l JIT. VERNON CITIZEN
Mr. S. V. Hicks Almost
Killed By Wagon
Last Week.
On Thursday morning last, Mr.
S. V. Hicks of Mt. Vernon met
with a serious accident that
caused his friends and family the
most intense alarm for a time.
Riding up from the depot with
a wagon load of ice, and sitting
on a hoard placed across the
blocks, he lost his balance and
fell when the board slipped,
throwing him under the wheels.
A wheel passed over his head,
crushing in one side of his face
and producing a fracture of the
skull above the temple and bruis
ing his head and ear on the op
' posite side.
l)rs. Palmer and Hunt were
summoned after he reached his
residence and gave the wounded
man immediate attention.
Doctors Move, Darby and Dar
by of Vidalia and Dr. Rackley of
Mt. Vernon were called in to re
move the crushed teeth and
bridge up the palate crushed
! down.
The wound was dangerous and
the lacerations terrible, but un
der skillful treatment Mr. Hicks
rallied, and at this writing is do
ing very well.
There is no more active man
in this section than Seward
Hicks, and the accident is regret
ten by hosts of friends.
Mr: J. T. Walker
Named for Commissioner.
1 Mr. John T. Walker’s name
has been presented by his friends
as a candidate for one of the
three county commissioners to be
elected under the new law for
this county. Mr. Walker is a
member of the present board and
has experience on this line, and
his friends give their reasons for
bringing him out in the card pub
lished in this issue, to which we
J call attention.
Rattler on the Move.
On Tuesday afternoon Mr. R.
S. McLendon, accompanied by
Jerry McKinnon, colored, while
iat work on the Oconee river at
j the McMillan landing discovered
ja huge rattlesnake swimming the
river, and making for the Wheel
er county side. Getting into a
boat, the snake was headed off
and driven toward the shore and
killed. The snake had nine rat
i Lies and the usual complement of
terminal buttons. Mack thinks
the reptile was fleeing from
Montgomery county on account
I of the unsavory brand of politics
j being used on this side.
A Johnson County
Farmer Is Killed.
Wrightsville, Ga., Aug. 31.
[J. I). Shepherd was shot and
killed by .Jim Mitchell Saturday
afternoon in the road near here
where they met, after Mitchell
had engaged in a difficulty with
! a son of Shepherd in town. Both
men got out of their buggies and
after a few words Mitchell shot
Shegherd dead with a pistol. He
was caught and lodged in iail.
i Mitchell is a single man of 27
! years, but Shepherd was 50 years
old and left a family.
for County Commissioner
We, the undersigned voters and tax payers, af
ter consulting the majority of the voters in the
< ounty district, composed of the Militia Districts
of I»T)gpund, Higgs ton, Kibbee and Tiger, find on
account of the diligent and impartial way the
present Board has conducted the business of the
'•ounty that it is the wish of most of the voters
h.c J. T. WALK KK be elected County Com mi h
i - ioncr for the above named districts. We there
| fore announce J. T. Walker a candidate for this
i district, and heartily recommend him to the voters
[ of this district.
, W. T. Mcßride, Jas. W. Sharpe, A. T. Johnson,
I Geo. L. Peterson, W. B. Mathias, M. B. Peterson,
S. J. Clark, J. T. Langford.
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