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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1914)
ifcniootnrrg Mmxtnv. VOL. XXIX. SUPERIOR COURT HAS BUSY WEEK Has Run of Five Days and Disposes of Many Cases. Montgomery Superior Court had a run of five busy days last week under the guiding hand of Judge W. W. Larsen, presding for Judge Graham. The court came to an end about 11 o’clock Saturday night, when the jury in the May Dunn murder case brought in a verdict of not guil ty. The following cases were disposed of: Nellie Kelley vs W. H. Kelley, divorce and alimony, dismissed at plaintiff’s cost. James McNatt vs Nancy Phil lips Smith, plea of illegality dis missed. Swift & Co. vs P. Dixon, ver dict and judgment for plaintiff. Vidalia Marble Works vs W. L. Anderson, verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Malsby & Co. vs J. L. and H. J. Gibbs, verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Calvert Mortgage Co. vs Hen ry A. Johnson, verdict and judg ment for plaintiff. Jas. McNatt vs Mrs. E. J. Mc- Swain, appeal, dismissed. D. M. Currie, tax collector, vs J. E. Logan, constable, rule ab solute. First National Bank of San dersville vs John J. McArthur, verdict and judgment for pltf. Lois Mabel Mabel Jackson vs J. Pat Jackson, total divorce. Haynes Hinson Shoe Co. vs John J. McArthur, verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Baltimore Bargain House vs Mrs. C. E. Boyd, verdict and judgment for plaintiff. A. B. Hutcheson vs T. W. Roberson, verdict and judgment for plaintiff. James Mercantile Co. vs Mrs. Leona Dernso, verdict and judg ment for plaintiff. A. B. Hutcheson vs R. W. Wil lis, verdict and judgm. for pltf. T. P. McKay vs G. L. Twiggs, verdict and judgment for pltf. Barrett & Co. vs J. L. & H. J. Gibbs, verdict and judg for pltf. State vs Cleveland Smith, plea of guilty, sentence S4O or 4 mos. Robt. E. Lee and John S. John son, plea of guilty, $35 or 4 mos. Reuben Collins, plea of guilty, SSO or 8 months. Sam Canty, plea of guilty, $35 or 6 months. Cuyler Hines, verdict guilty, S2OO or 12 months. John Jones, verdict guilty, $125 or 12 months. Jonas Roberson, plea of guilty $35 or 5 months. Chas. Morris, plea of guilty, SSO or 8 months. Lamar Holmes, plea of guilty, SSO or 8 months. W. A. Odom, plea of guilty, $45 or 6 months. Captain Adams, verdict guilty, $75 or 6 months, paroled upon payment of costs. May Dunn, verdict not guilty. Warden Wanted. The Commissioners elect for Montgomery County, will meet with the present Board on the First Tuesday in December, at which time proposals will be re ceived for the office of County Warden, from those who can qualify and fill the place accept ably to the county and the state. Parties applying for the place must furnish prof of their ability to handle state and county con victs and build good roads. Elijah Miller, Carl C. McAllister, J. L. Lowrey. Nov. 9th. 1914. Kibbee News. i Special Correspondence- A large crowd attended church services here Sunday last. Mr. Johnnie Moxley and fami ly have moved to Lothair. Several from this vicinity at tended the Toombs County Sing ing Convention in Vidalia, and they think Toombs county de serves congratulations on its good , singers. Misses Pettie and Hattie Whit field of Tarrytown visited their sister, Mrs. W. H. Senn, Satur day evening. Regardless of the present con ditions, the people are manifest ing great interest in the school. The enrollment is above fifty, and l everything is working in har mony. Regina. FRAIiDLLENT LAND CASES UP AGAIN Clerk M. L. O’Brien And Attorney Underwood Go West. j On Tuesday night Clerk M. L. j O’Brien and Col. L. C. Under-! wood received a message from '< the far West calling for them to attend a trial at Vinita, Oklaho ma, as witnesses in another casei in which fraudulent land titles figure. Funds were wired for : their transportation and they left I last night on the long trip. The land in question is a part of the imaginary Shorter Tract, which, with others supposed to have been granted in Montgomery county in 1792, has cut a figure | second only to the Yazoo Fraud, i A party named Hamerick is be ing prosecuted by the state of Oklahoma for dealing in the old titles, so well known over this; section, but which continue as a ; matter of barter and trade out j West. Proclamation Issued For Thanksgiving Day. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 10.—“ Let all Georgia give thanks on Thurs day, November 26, for her ma terial and spiritual benefits,” urges Governor John M. Slaton in his annual Thanksgiving Day proclamation. “With wise laws and sacred constitutional guaran tee to protect them the people of Georgia pursue their vocations unhampered by limitations upon their energies and conscious that no power can deny ultimate suc cess to those who put their trust in everlasting principles.” In his proclamation the gov ernor refers to the horrors of the war in Europe and stresses the fact that Americans should give ! special thanks that this nation is' at peace with all the world. Hawkins Residence Is Burned In Dublin. Dublin, Ga., Nov. 10.—A two story residence known as the Hawkins residence owned by C. ! O. Sykes, and occupied by Mr. \ and Mrs. M. H. Crocker, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Claxton, was destroyed by fire last night. Mr. and Mrs. Crocker were in Marshallville and Mrs. Claxton was in Sandersville, Mr. Claxton being the only occupant. When he awoke the back of the house was falling in, and he saved only one trunk. Rockledge Man Has Accident With Car. Dublin, Ga., Nov. 10.—Mr. Keen of Rockledge with a party j of friends returning from Macon I last night, ran into an open cul vert and demolished their car. None of the occupants were seri ously hurt. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER, 12, 1914. Grand Jury Presentments Nov. Superior Court. State of Georgia— ? Montgomery County. S We, the Grand Jurors, chosen and sworn to serve at the November Term of Montgomery Superior Court, beg leave to submit these Gener al Presentments: ! The committee appointed by ! the last grand jury to examine ! the books of the county officers have made their report, and we attach same as a part of these ! presentments, marked “Exhibit j A.” Through a committee appointed j from our body we have examined the county farm, and attach their ; report, as “Exhibit B. ” We attach the County Treasur : er’s report as a part of these presentments, marked “Exhibit C.” Tax Collector has made are port of special taxes collected, and same forms a part of these i presentments, marked “Exhibit j D. ” I We examined the dockets of | the various Justices and Notaries ; of the county, and find them cor ; rectly kept, except that the books of the Notary and Ex-officio Justice of the Peace of the 1668th District, also the Notary of the 1654th District, and the Justice of the Peace of the 275th Dis trict, and of the Justice and No tary of the Tiger District were j not presented for examination as required by law. We recommend that the audit being made at this time of the County Commissioners’ office be j published in full when finished ! for the benefit of oui citizens. We call the attention of our! County Commissioners to the; 1 condition of Mrs. Bessie Ander :son, about one hundred years of 'age, living near Orland, and rec-1 jommend that Frank Smith be! | paid the sum of $4.00 per month ! for her care. We recommend that our Rep resentative in the General As sembly have a law passed chang ing the sessions of our Superior Court, to two terms of two weeks each, spring and fall, as far more convenient and less expensive than the present plan of four terms. Under an Act of the last ses sion of the General Assembly, ! creasing a County Board of Health, we have elected Dr. J. W. Palmer to serve with the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and the County Superintendent of Schools, to constitute said Board of Health as the law provides. We find the roads and bridges j of the upper portion of the coun jty in good condition, but in the ! lower end not so good. We rec ommend that they be put in good condition as soon as possible. We have examined the court house and jail and find them in good condition, except that the dome of the court house needs 1 repainting. We recommend that parties spitting on the floor and desecrating the county court house be punished, and that the janitor be required to get evi dence of such cases of indecency. I We recommend that the Clerk of this body be paid $5.00 for ex tra services at this session. We recommend that these pre sentments be published in the Montgomery Monitor, and that the editor be paid SIO.OO for the same. We state in explanation that,' figures we find attached to the! book committee’s report, some fifteen type-written pages, arej simply a list of county expendi tures from January 26th, 1914, to Octoberßth, 1914, aggregating, $30,526.09, and cannot show the financial standing of our county, j as stated in said report,(Exhibit . A.) there being no mention of , the total outstanding indebted -1 ness of the county. i To His Honor, Judge W. VV. Larsen, we wish to express our thanks for his able charge to our 1 body, and for our people to say that we highly appreciate his vis it to our county as presiding judge, and to express the hope that future years may only add to his usefulness in the suppress ! ion of crime and in upholding ! the dignity and majesty of the law. ; To our worthy Solicitor Gener al, Hon. VV. A. Wooten, whose duties at this term of court have been more than arduous, we wish to return our thanks for his courtesy and the assistance ex tended us. VVe recommend that the jurors and court bailiffs be paid $2.00 per day, and riding bailiffs s,‘}.oo per day for their services in 1915. J. B. O’Conner, D. W. Folsom, Clerk. Foreman. B. F. Conner A. E. Hooks Grove Sharpe W. B. Connell H. H. Adams J. B. Canady R. N. Yeomans M. C. Thompson W. H. Smith, Sr. R. A. Page | J. M. McDonald C. W. Hamilton !G. W. Coleman George Spivey [J. W. Mclntyre E. G. Smith jH. J. Wright J. D. Simons, Jr. ; W. L. Thigpen W. B. Smith D. H. Phillips. It is ordered by the Court that ! the within presentments be re ceived and spread upon the min utes of the Court, and that the same be published as recommend ed. In open Court, Nov. 7th, j 1914. W. W. Larsen, | JudgeS. C. D. J. C., Presiding. i Geo. W. Peterson Dead. On Monday night, at his home near Higgs ton, Mr. George W. Peterson passed away. In not ing the earthly closing of his life, how truly can we say that one of nature’s noblemen has passed to the reward that awaits the faithful and the good. Surely few men in this country sur passed him in good deeds and works of loving kindness. He i was a true soldier when his coun try called him, and every day fought the battles of the Cross. He seemed to live every moment ready to do some act of kindness to those around him, and has passed to an “inheritance incor ruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away.” Os his brothers and sisters, on ly one, Mr. A. M. N. Peterson, survives. His death was due to a general decline from old age, covering several years. His re mains were interred in the Methodist church yard at Vida lia, where sleep many of his loved ones. He was a loyal member of the Methodist church and served through the war as a gallant Confederate soldier. Conductor And Motorman Kill Each Other Marietta, Ga., Nov. 10. —Wil 1 liam A. Lindsey, conductor, and John Reynolds, motorman, both of Marietta, are dead as a result of a revolver battle in which they engaged in the car barns herei early today. The men, who had ; been car mates for nine years, had just ended their last trip from Atlanta. The cause of the shooting has not been ascertain- 1 ed, although the police were in formed it was provoked by an argument over the European war. Five shots were fired. Tango Combs and Pins for the Hair will be found at J. H. Hudson’s, Ailey. ad 1 Soperton, Ivl. 2. Sucoial Correspondence. Mr. W. H. Smith is very sick 1 at this writing. Mrs. Lizzie Morris is rocover ' ing from an extended spell of typhoid fever. G. C. Davis of Coffee county is visiting friends and relatives in this section. W. J. Higgs of Lothair was in this neighborhood Monday. The many friends of Wiley Da vis will be pleased to learn of his j recovery from fever. L. Gillis visited Soperton Mon i day. James Branch is grinding cane this week. New syrup galore. Z. FOOTBALL GAME MONDAY NEXT Brewton-Parker To Play Mercer’s Second Team In Vidalia. The football team of the Brew ton-Parker Institute has engaged in a number of games this sea son, and has developed some thing of a reputation, even if it has been defeated in some of the engagements. The second game with the Eleventh District Agri cultural School at Douglas was played on the 2d. The Douglas team is considered very strong, not having been defeated this season. In the first game here last month, and the recent game in Douglas, our boys showed con siderable strength as the game progressed, and their opponents admit that had the 8.-P. 1. boysi Sampson ized more freely at the opening of these games the re sult may have been chalked up a little differently. The last game was a pleasant affair, free ft om wrangling, and each team was penalized a number of times for being off side. The Douglas boys claim equal weight with the home boys. On Monday afternoon, 3:30, the 8.-P. I. boys meet Mercer’s second team at Vidalia, and an interesting game is looked for ward to. It will doubtless be largely attended from this sec tion, and the Vidalia lovers of this sport will contribute largely to the attendance and enthusi asm. Vidalia’s cheer’s are ex pected for the Brewton-Parkers. Admission, 50 cents; school chil dren, 35 cents. Comes Again That Belled Buzzard. Forsyth, Nov. 10. The mys terious and far-famed belled buz zard has passed this way again. This fact is vouched for by W. j C. Brown, of Culloden. He was in his field, picking cotton, when he saw a large buzzard flying low, and he says that not only was the tinkling unmistakable, but he could also see the silver bell around the buzzard’s neck. Rich Johnson Dead. The community of Higgston is saddened by the death of one of its most estimable colored citi zens, Richard Johnson, who died on the sth inst. of an illness of several weeks duration, being; about seventy years old. Having made his home in Montgomery county in the early seventies, he was quite well known by all of the older inhabi tants. By his honesty, kindness', and other noble traits of charac ter, he has made many friends, , among the whites as well as his own race, who regret very much his passing. He is survived ly > his wife and nine children. ji PRIZES AWARDED ; CORN CLUB BOYS Contributions by Citizens and Banks Enliven the Contest. The winners in the Boys’ Corn ! Contest have been an nounced, but on account of not , 1 securing the final list of prizes at j the time, they are given this ! week. First prize is a short course scholarship in the Georgia Col ! lege of Agriculture, January term. Second prize, 22-calibre rifle, given by Soperton Hardware Co. Third prize, $4.00 pair of shoes, offered by Soperton Dry Goods Store. Fourth prize, $3.50 steel beam plow, given by W. H. McQueen, < Mt. Vernon. Fifth prize, $3.50 pair of shoes, given by A. Estrotf, Soperton. Winners sixth to tenth will re ceive each a copy of an agricul tural work, offered by the Mt. Vernon Drug Co. Winners of thefirst, second and third urizes will receive The Montgomery Monitor one year, six months and three months, as additional prizes. The cash prize of SIO.OO, by the Bank of Soperton, and $5.00, by the Mt. Vernon Bank, 1 appear to go in connection with ; the scholarship, to be determined by those in authority. It is pos sible that the Board of Educa tion will contribute about $12.50 toward the scholarship, the price of which is understood to be $25.00. Should this be done, there will be a balance of $2.50, I which will doubtless be used to buy membership or souvenir but tons for the members of the club whose yields warrant it. As already announced, the win ners of the first, second and third prizes are Elton Moxley, Soperton, Route 3; Rabun It. Stewart, Mt. Vernon, Route 1; Leon Canady, Soperton, Route 1. Eighteen boys made exhibits this fall, and their yields, con sidering the unfavorable seasons, were exceptionally good. Let them make special effort next next year. Possibly the prizes will be of a more substantial nature. Cotton Session Plan Dead in Alabama. Montgomery, Nov. 10. All j prospects for an extra session of the Legislature to relieve the cotton situation in Alabama were dissipated by Governor O’Neal in a statement in which he outlined the views of 108 members-elect ]of the next Legislature relative I to the enactment of laws dealing ! with the situation. Only 27 advocated the calling of a special session ty consider the cotton problem. Five Stores Burned At Scott Saturday. Dublin, Ga., Nov. 9.—Five stores were burned at Scott Sat urday night, incurring a loss of $25,000 with SII,OOO insurance. It. is thought the origin of the i fire was incinderary, as one of the stores, that of Mr. Purvis, was found open and that the ; safe battered, apparently where some one tried to force it open. Texas Now Using Cotton Currency. Dallas, Texas, Nov.—7. —Use of the new so-called cotton cur rency, namely, warehouse re ceipts for cotton, was demon strated here yesterday. Local banks loaned $21,000 on such receipts for 700 bales,, the rate being S3O per bale. NO. 31
