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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1914)
Mmtaxmmx; monitor. VOL. XXIX. OFFICIALS TANGLED OVER IN WHEELER Acting Without Bonds and Liable to Prosecution Under Law. Wheeler county has one duly qualified county official—William B. Kent, ordinary. No other officer elected has filed proper bond, and all efforts of the governor to secure infor-; mation from Ordinary Kent have j failed. Letters have been writ ten to Ordinary Kent repeatedly inclosing dedimus and oaths of office, but no reply to any such communications has been vouch-1 safed. A few weeks ago the tax col lector defaulted to the state in the sum of $2,5000 and a larger amount, it is understood, to the county, and disappeared, since which time nothing has been heard conrcening him. Another tax collector was appointed on August 26, but he has never qual ified. The tax receiver demands his! commission from the comptroller; general, but Capt. Wright re- j fuses to pay the same because; the official has never qualified. | Just what the trouble is no one! knows, other than that Ordinary Kent ignored all communications, and returned no dedimi or bonds in reply to letters from the exec utive department. A section pf the penal code makes it a misdemeanor for any county officer to perform the functions of his office until he is duly qualified. Evidently, there are are several of Wheeler’s of ficers guilty of doing this. Governor Slaton has referred the matter to the attorney gen eral for a ruling as to what his duties are in such a situation.— , Atlanta Correspondent Macon: Telegraph. Trained Two Cats To Hunt For Him. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 29. —Geor gia hunters who don’t caie to pay a dog tax might adopt the plan used by T. G. Nimmo, of Sturgis, Miss., as told by an At lanta traveling man just home from a trip in that section. “Nimmo has two big house cats which he has trained until they are as good hunters as any dog you ever saw,” declares this Atlanta traveler. “He calls them Tom and Jerry, and you ought to see them out and hunt squirrels, rabbits and quail. “When they slip up on a covey of quail they come to a point just like a well trained dog, and they are not a bit gun shy. They wait for the shot and then go in to the brush and bring back the game. They are better than a dog for squirrel hunting, for they’ll go into the top of a tree after a dead or wounded squirrel caught in the branches.” Freight Train is Nearly a Mile Long. Waycross, Ga. Sept. 29. Sta ticians who have been figuring ever since the Atlantic Coast Line operated a freight of one hundred and one cars last week from Waycross to Savannah have about concluded that the train was very close to a mile in length. Owing to the various cars of which the train was made up it has been a hard matter to arrive definitely at the length of the train. One estimate made by a party who has investigated the lengths of many*of the cars sent to Savannah on the long freight gives the length at 4,180 feet. Everybody who has heard of the train says it is the longest ever operated in this section and as far as can be ascertained it is the longest ever pulled by one engine in the state. Mule Stolen. On yesterday morning, Mr. H. L). Lee, on Institute Heights, dis covered that a mule had disap peared froirr his stall. The mule belonging H. V. Thompson Bros, of Ailey, and was being used by Mr. Lee in a team haul ing lumber from Longnond for his new’ building here. Strange to say, the mule is the same one stolen from Thompson Bros, a few months ago and recovered by them near Soperton a day or two later. Tracks of the mule were followed yesterday below Long pond, and the thief may be ap prehended. Mr. Harry Smith Has Severe Accident. On Friday last, Mr. Harry Smith suffered a painful acci dent in which he sustained a broken thigh and other injuries. Mr. Smith was riding a refrac tory mule which insisted on turn ing onto a bridge near the resi dence, and the bridge being wet caused the mule io slip and fall on the young man. Mr. Smith is a very strong and vigorous young man, and will soon be out among his friends again. Sears, Roebuck & Co.’s Founder is Dead. Chicago, Sept. 28.—R. W. Sears, founder of Sears, Roebuck & Co., died today at Waukesha, Wis., according to a telegram re ceived here. Mr. Sears was born in Minneapolis in 1863. He be gan his business career in a hum ble capacity at St. Paul. He or ganized Sears, Roebuck & Co. at Minneapolis in 1890, and trans ferred the business to Chicago in 1895. In that year he retired from active business and devoted himself to farming. He leaves a large fortune, it is beleived. The Maxwell Agency Bought its Bale. The Maxwell Motor Company, through its local agents, Hicks & Mcßae, on Monday purchased a bale of choice Montgomery county cotton, and it is now on display in the lobby of The Mt. Vernon Bank. The company instructed their agents to buy the bale directly from a farmer, at 10 cents per pound. In drawing a name from a list of local farmer, that of Mr. J. E. Horne was secured, and he at once supplied the staple. The Maxwell Company has over a thousand agencies in the South and each has bought a bale along i the above lines. This reflects ! credit on this loyal and enter prising corporation. Such worthy moves will relieve the market of a vast amount of cotton, thereby creating a tendency toward a rise in price. And, again, it helps to restore confidence. Girl Awarded Medal For Saving Train. Waycross, Sept. 28.—For her heroism in saving a Georgia and Florida passenger train from plunging into a burned out trestle near Douglas a few months ago i Miss Jennie Lee Parker was yes terday presented with a gold medal at the Shephard school, in Coffee county. The little girl, learning that the trestle would not stand a train’s weight ran along the track and flagged a passenger train just in time to prevent what I might have been one of the worst ! accidents ever known in the i state. The latest war news is that the German lines are giving way | before the French and English. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER, 1. 1914. MRS. D. W. FOLSOM. Died, at her home in Mt. Ver non, on Thursday, September 24, within a few hours of her 62d birthday, Mrs. Bessie Letitia Folsom, wife of 1). W. Folsom. She was the eldest daughter of the lamented Capt. Wm. Hughes, Jr., of Liberty county, where she was married Dec. 29, 1875. Be sides her husband,she is survived by five children —Horace B. Fol som, editor of this paper; Mrs. W. H. McQueen of Mt. Vernon; Mrs. Jas. H. Daniel of Bellville; Mrs. B. B. Wood of Macon; Miss Ethleen Folsom of Mt. Vernon. Her brothers surviving are Capt. Joseph W. Hughes of Liberty county; Judge John P. Hughes of Cordele; W. Turner Hughes of Statesboro. The sisters are Mrs. J. B. China and Mrs. James L. Chapman of Liberty county. Her body was interred in the family cemetery on the old home stead in Liberty county, near the spot where her happy girlhood days were spent, and beside the peaceful sleeping places of loved ones. She knew no standard in this life but religion, rectitude and devotion to all that is sacred, pure and undefiled. She passed to an inheritance, which accord ing to her dying testimony, had long ago been vouchsafed to her. Purified and tried by the fires of deepest affliction, during which she continued in season and out of season to labor in the Master’s cause, her departure was but the transition of a spirit made fit for dwelling among the angels who sing forever the praises of Him who triumphed over death. She had spent her earthly pil grimage, from early girlhood to mature age, in the Methodist church, serving zealously in Brunswick, Waycross and Mt. Vernon in church work;andjoved the communion of all “those who 1 love His appearing.” The solemn service was con ducted in the nearby church by her pastor, Rev. H. C. Ewing, who went with the funeral party to Liberty county. A number of friends and relatives from other points were present. Beneath the soil of her native county, in which rest the remains of many of Georgia’s most worthy characters, under a mound cov ered with the choicest flowers that could betoken her pure and consecrated life, we left her to await the Resurrection of the Just. McAllister-Ledford. A most interesting wedding occurred at the home of the bride at Longpond ori Sunday after noon, the contracting parties be ing Miss Annie Lou McAllister and Mr. L. H. Ledford. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Allaben, who came down from Sandersville with the groom. The wedding march was skill fully and beautisully rendered by Miss Etta Varnedoe, and Miss Janette Ryder sang sweetly, “I love you truly.” Miss Louise Mann was maid of honor, and Mr. Baker of Swainsboro was best man. The bride is the ac complished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. McAllister of Long pond, a graduate of the Brewton- Parker Institute here, and loved by a large circle of friends. Mr. Ledford holds a highly responsi | ble and lucrative position with ; the Ford Auto. Co. as general agent at Sandersville. The happy ; couple left for a tour to Jackson ville and other Florida points of j interest. The Manly Course. The fellow who has extended you credit and sold you supplies on time is not responsible for the present condition of the cotton i market. Don’t lie down on him. Meet him frankly and do the best you can for him. That’s , the manly course. Ashland Pro- I gress. Nebraska Sowing 1 Record Wheat Area. Omaha, Sept. 28.—Nebraska farmers are putting in the largest acreage of winter wheat in the history of the State, according to the Burlington Railroad’s fall crop report just issued. “This is partially due,” says the report, “to the high price of wheat and the indication that be cause of the European war the demand will be even greater next year than it is at present. Con ditions in the States are simply ideal for the winter wheat and the farmers are sowing every possible acre to that crop. “Corn is now out of danger of frost and the yield is about nor mal and the quality fairly satis factory. The high price of corn made the present crop the most valuable in the history of the State.” Savannah to Welcome Seaboard Headquarters. We are unable to say just how much truth there is in the report that the Seaboard Air Line Rail way is planning to move its head quarters here from Portsmouth, Va., but know that Savannah would welcome the change and if the officials should decide to take the contemplated step we believe the road would not regret the move. — Savannah News. White Man at Dublin Accused of Slaying. Dublin, Sept. 26.—John Gard ner, a negro, has confessed to the police here that he was present at the killing of Herschel Beach am, whose body was found in the Oconee River last Saturday. Gardner says that Ed Mont ford, white, now in jail, took Beacham to the river and there shot Beacham in the back, took his diamond ring from a finger, tied weights to the body, and, aided by the negro, threw the body into the river. Lee County Plan To Reduce Acreage. Delegates are called to meet in Atlanta on Monday next to con sider adopting the ‘Lee county plan” for curtailing the next year’s cotton acreage. The plan has been adopted by the State Chamber of Commerce, and is given as follows: “The Lee county plan provides under a charter duly granted, whenever 75 per cent of the] plows of the cotton farms, sign- j ing through the land owners, j have signed up an agreement not to plant in cotton in 1915 more than 10 acres to the plow—then the contract becomes lawfully binding upon all parties to the contract. “Each county has its own man agement through a duly consti tuted board, and the one bounded union to which all agree is the limited acreage to be planted. The contract is binding for 1915, and to be renewed from year to year as may be deemed best by the majority. “It takes the name of the Lee county plan because it was first started in Lee county, and has spread rapidly through middle Georgia. A vigorous and rapid campaign will be begun irnmedi diately to organize counties as rapidly as men can be put in the field and mass meetings called.” More Good Cotton. Mr. Homer V. Rogers brought up yesterday three cotton twigs bearing 21 bolls. The stalk from which two of them were cut having 120 bolls. This will prob ably be known as the Rogers Improved variety. Homer is in terested in farming and is mak ing experiments for betterment of the farming business. Potatoes a Valuable Crop. Mr. John C. McAllister has handed us a splendid specimen of the sweet potato known here as the “sycamore yam.” The vines were stuck down in June, and the potatoes are very fine. ; When a valuable food crop can ! be planted and raised in less than : four months, this section can not possibly suffer much from war or other panics. Black’s Murder Story Backed by Postmortem. Dublin, Ga., Sept. 28.—A post mortem examination today of the body of Herschel Beacham, whose remains were found in the Oconee river over a week ago, showed a bullet wound in the head, corroborating the story of the negro, John Gardner, who told a day or two ago of how Ed Montford, a white man, shot Beacham in the back of the head while the three were on the bank of the river about 8 o’clock at night. Officers think now that Beach am’s body was thrown into the river before he was dead,.as the wound found in his head would ; not have killed him instantly. The negro stated the dead man made a gasping noise while Mont ford was tying weights on the body with wire to keep it under water. A diamond ring taken from Beacham’s hand was identi fied as one he wore when last seen. It had been buried by Montford and dug up later by the police. Fire Destroys Court House At Preston. Preston, Ga., Sept. 28. The Webster county court house here was completely destroyed by tire at 11 o’clock last night. The destruction was complete, all county records and furniture be ing burned. The fire is believed to have been of incendiary organ, as fumes of kerosene were dis cernible to those first reaching the scene. Officers are investigating. The blaze started in the hallway at foot of main stairway leading to the court room above. The court house was a hand some wooden structure, erected in 1855, but since improved. CORN CLUB BOY WOULD PLANT WHEAT Montgomery County Mem ber Makes Sensible Suggestion. There is reproduced below a letter forwarded to The Monitor from Prof. G. V. Cunningham, manager of the boys’ corn clubs. The letter contains a good sug gestion, and one which the boys would do well to follow. The; corn club is doing a great work in this section. The letter fol-! lows: Mt. Vernon, Ga., Sept. 25, ’l4. Dear Sir; 1 want to ask you, as the agent of the P.oys Corn Club, why cannot we boys sow our acre in wheat instead of oats and vetch? It will add much to the good of the country, and several thousand barrels of flour. Com ing from the superintendent of the club, vour advice will be listened to. All of the boys have their acre in a good state of cul tivation and will average about 25 to 35 bnshels to the acre. This will leave a good chance for pasturage from the land, and also after the wheat crop. Ido not want to be too foward, Mr. Cunningham, but it seems to me if you can arrange this for the! boys it will pay. If you can do so, let me hear at once. Yours respectfully, Raburn R. Stewart. ! CONGRESSMAN HUGHES !| WOULD INVESTIGATE i Calls for Probe of Cottonseed Sales and Asks for Evidence. Washington, D. C., Sept. 28. Representative Dudley M. Hughes held a consultation with Assistant Attorney General Todd, who has charge of the prosecu tions brought under the provis ions of the Sherman anti-trust laws, relative to the investigation of the alleged cotton seed buyers trust, which is now being con ducted by the Department of Justice. After the conference with the assistant attorney general Con gressman Hughes stated that the 1 Department is makinga thorough investigation, and will have a special agent call on those who have made complaints to him for all the information they have which may bear on the combina i tion to depress prices. “I hope that every man in Georgia who can give any infor l mation which may lead to the | discovery of such an unlawful agreement,” said Mr. Hughes, ‘‘will communicate at once with the Department of Justice, or with their Representative orSen ' ators. If the investigation is to bear fruit we must have the co operation of the people who are familiar with the situation. I am receiving letters from differ ent sections of the State but some of the information I re ceived cannot be used to advan tage as the correspondent re quests that his letter be held as confidential. I earnestly appeal to every merchant, banker, far mer, or any one who has infor mation that may help the De partment of Justice in finding the facts to communicate that in formation to the Department. The publicity already given the investigation has resulted in bringing to light information which will prove helpful. ‘‘The European war, which is playing such havoc with the price of cotton, should not of it self cause a depression in the price of seed but should advance it. Hut the seed buying corpo- I rations quickly grasped the situ ation which the cotton planter is now facing in his need for cash with which to harvest his crop, and realizing that cotton seed, which last year brought to the farmer about one-third as much as did his lint, is the cotton pro ducer’s chief source of ready cash at this season, and particu larly this year, they have taken advantage of his necessities to depress the prices, though the prospects for profits to cotton seed mills, are extremely bright even should last year’s high prices be paid the cotton farmers. ‘‘The Department will be pow erless to act, however, unless I they can secure the evidence on which to base prosecutions. I urge every one who can furnish any information to act at once. ‘‘lf we can relieve the depres sion in cotton seed prices it will bring a great revenue for the re lief of the cotton grower, and with this added strength condi tions in the cotton belt will be much improved and we can then make a better fight for a fair price for the cotton crop. Our immediate and imperative need is a fair price for button seed so that we may harvest our crop.” Representative Abercrombie of Alabama, who is also interested in the investigation, called with Mr. Hughes to see Assistant At torney General Todd. Just received a nice line of Eadies’ Coat Suits. Prices very ■ reasonable. J. H. Hudson, 'ad. Ailey, Ga. NO. 25
