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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1915)
iUnmtnr. VOL. XXIX. MANY CASES DISPOSED OF Superior Court Gets Through Good Portion of Big Docket. After a busy week Montgom ery Superior Court adjourned at noon on Saturday. The grand jury finished their labors and adjourned on Friday afternoon. Their presentments will found in this paper. Two cases took up most of the time on the civil docket, one of them resuting in a mistrial, one juror standing out against the other eleven. The following cases were dis posed of: McLeod vs Mosley, verdict in favor of McLeod for S3O and in terest on note. D. E. Walker, treasur, vs C H. Peterson, verdict for plaintiff. W. B. Greenway vs W. E. H. Thigpen and Geo. Spivey, verdict for defendants. Fred C. Wallis Agency vs G. M. Barwick, dismissed at plain tiff’s cost. E. T. Mcßride & Co. vs B. J. Phillips, verdict for plaintiff. Mrs. Beckey Brantley vs F. 'C. Wade, settled. W. D. Martin vs Chas. H. Gil lis, et al, verdict for plaintiff. South Georgia Cotton Co. vs J. T. War nock, verdict for pit f. C. W. Wood vs Rosa Wood, di vorce, total divorce granted. Southern Saw & Machine Wks. vs O. B. Moye, verdict for pltf. A. Leffler Co. vs Mrs. A. B. Conner, verdict for plaintiff. CRIMINAL CASES. State vs John Bird, plea of guilty, fine S4O or five months. Jimbo Kelley, plea of guilty, fine SSO or six months. Ben Powell, plea of guilty, fine S6O or four months. Dennis McCormick, plea of guilty, sentence twelve months. Jack Jordan, plea of guilty, fine $75 to include costs or six months. Ben Hill, plea of guilty, fine SSO or four months. Alvin Wright, plea of guilty, fine $37.50 to include costs or three months. Henry Goins, murder, verdict guilty, sentenced for life. Virge Phillips, plea of guilty, fine SSO to include costs, or to serve four months of nine and be released on payment of fine. Will Wright, plea of guilty, same sentence as Phillips above. || Times Will jj Get Better If you will buy your Turn Plows jj from us. We handle the Syracuse Line. They are from 5 cents to SI.OO jj cheaper on repairs. I See us for seed peanuts, flat or jj Spanish. Seed Irish Potatoes. « i j H. V. Thompson & Bros. jj AILEY, GEORGIA jj Breaking Record. Savannah, Feb. 10. — This port continues to break all previous high records in the exportation jof cotton for European ports de spite the war. Cargoes sent out Sunday and Monday aggregated approximate ly $2,500,000 in the value of the cotton alone, exclusive of the freight rate, easily one-third of j the value of the cotton, all of which is paid in advance in Sa vannah before the ship sails. | “5 U. S. Court in Savannah. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 9. — Fed eral Judge Emory Speer opened | the U. S. Court for the February term htp-e today, his first apear ance in this city since the inves tigation into charges against him a year ago. Many of the attor iey.B who took the stand to testi ly against him then had import ant cases before him and were up early to pay their respects. Judge Speer’s first official act | was to take a court order that all I fees in bankruptcy of more than SIOO should receive his official “o. k.” in the future, regarded as a retribution for some of the bene ficiaries of this court in the past, who teslifL d against him. Election School Trustees. An election has been ordered held at each school house in Montgomery county on Friday, 19th inst., from 2 to 4 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of electing | trustees for each school to fill the vacancies of the trustees whose terms expire with this election and to fill any vacancies that may , exist in any of the boards of trustees. The best school men in each school district should be elected to fill these important places, and it is hoped that all the patrons of the schools 'ill j take an active part in these elections and see that their best | men are put in these important places. Respectfully, A. B. Hutcheson, C. S. C. : Feb. 10, 1915. Dock Harmon, "verdict guilty, sentence twelve months or after serving nine months to be releas ed on payment of SSO. Ben Carter, same as Harmon. Dan Goin, plea of guilty, same as above. Lee Hicks, plea of guilty, fine S6O or six months. Jodie Baulknight, larceny, 12 months. Neal Mcßae, verdict not guilty. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1915. i May be Limited to One Jug a Month. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 9. — It is going to be a long time between drinks in South Carolina if, as seems likely, the legislature pass es and the present governor signs a bill now pending, j The bill permits each South Carolinian to receive just one i shipment of “corn licker” per month, such shipment not to ex ceed one gallon. Thus, by legis lative interpretation, the exact length of time between drinks has finally been settled. The measure has already passed the j house and has been favorably re j ported to the senate. Trainload of Horses I Scorched by Flames. ! Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 9. Special agents of the Alabama Great Southern are looking for i the cause of a fire originating in a train load of horses at McCalla, about 17 miles from here, and which destroyed one car. Sev eral horses were burned to death and many of those in the car were so badly burned as to make shooting them a necessity. The shipment w r as consigned to New Orleans and the horses were to be trans-shq ped to Eng land for the use of the allies in the war. The cause of the fire is a mystery. Woman, Who Poured Oil on Fire, Dying. Waycross, Feb. 9. When her clothes were ignited from kero sene, she was pouring on wood in an open fireplace today, Mrs. L. A. Godfrey received serious and probably fatal burns. She is unconscious and little hope is entertained for her recovery. Neighbors, attracted by Mrs. Godfrey’s screams, sought to render assistance, but could not reach her before all the clothing had been burned from her body. 1 8.-P. I. Plays Hard and Deciding Game. The Brewton-Parker Institute basket ball team has played six games this season and ha 3 won five of them. They were defeated by the Dublin High School when ■ these two teams met in Dublin on the 25th of January. The score was 17 to 15. On Friday next, the 12th, this same Dublin quintet is corning to Mt. Vernon for a second game with the local players. This will undoubtedly be the best and the crucial game of the season for the Mt. Vernon team. The de feat in the first game between these two teams was attributed by some to the court and the ref eree. These will not be factors in Friday’sjgame, for the 8.-P. I. courtis not excelled in Georgia and the referee will be a mem ber of Mercer’s team. The game is to begin at 3:15, and the ad mission price is 25 cents. Honor Roll for The Hancock School. SEVENTH GRADE. George Morris, Mettie Ladson, Sam Connell. SIXTH GRADE. | Johnnie Horne, Alvena Con nell. FIFTH GRADE. Lonnie Ladson, Ida Horne, Tommie McCoy, Lola May O’Con nor. THIRD GRADE. Clarence McCoy, Shellie Con nell, Ernest Connell. SECOND GRADE. Ovid Graham, Jimmie Horne. The Lyceum Course has been called off, so why not hear the 8.-P. I. Glee Club tonight. Vo cal solos, duets, quartets, read ings and violin solos. Admission 25 and 35 cents. Mrs. Carson Mason Dead at Lyons. The numerous relatives and friends in this county of Mr. ; Carson Mason of Lyons sympa thize with him deeply in the loss of his estimable wife, her death : having occurred at the home in Lyons on Saturday. Mr. Mason is the nephew of Mr. C. A. Ma son of Mt. Vernon, and a son of the late Hon. G. T. Ma on, ordi nary of Toombs county at the time of his death. The deceased lady was the daughter of Mr. Perry Brown of Lyons, and her demise in the prime of life and j young motherhood is regretted I by a large circle of friends. The Methodist Quarterly Conference Here Saturday. The first quarterly conference of the Mt. Vernon Circuit for j t his year will be held here on ! Saturday. The presiding elder of the Mcßae District, Rev. L. A. Hill, will preside over the confer ence and will preach at 11:00 o’clock on Saturday and again on Sunday. Mr. Hill is well known as one of the strong preachers of the South Georgia Conference. You are invited to attend all the services. Appointed Consul. Washington, 1). C., Feb. 9. — Calvin M. Hitch, assistant chief of Latin-American affairs in the State Department, and recently nominated by the President as a consul, is to be given the post at Nottingham, Eng., after his confirmation, Secretary Bryan an nounced today. Mr. Hitch is a native of Mor ven, Ga., was a member of the 'Georgia Legislature, private sec retary to several governors and to the late senator Bacon, before occupying his position. Woman Burned. Waycross, Ga., Feb. 9. While she was using kerosene oil in starding a fire today, Mrs. L. A. Godfrey’s clothing caught fire and she received serious and probably fatal burns. Little change was noted in her condi tion today. Mrs. Godfrey ran screaming into her back yard, where neighbors extinguished J the flames. Both arms were badly burned as well as the lower part of her body. Charged With Robbery. Cordele, Ga., Feb. 9. —.June Clary and Ewell Waldrop, two white men, as they gave their names, and their homes as hu man, S. (’., were arrested in Cordele Sunday night by Special Officer It. P. Kendall, of the Sea hoard Railway and local officer Turk, charged with car robbing. Some of the goods missing from j the freight, cars entered were found in their possession. Sheriff Hale. U«sorgia Montgomery Omniy. Will lie Hold b<*for<* th«* court houdoor in fV<t Vernon on t.h«- find, TuemJay in Mar,. 1915, In 1 tween the legal hour« of sale, to t he hitched biddri for ranh, rertain property, of which the following ! in a complete description: One hundred and fourteen acre* of land more m iesH, situate, lying and in the 1221rl f> t <>. M. of Ha id county and state and bounded as fol lows: North by lands of M ns. Mary Higg ~» a < by lands of Mis. Ophelia Smith, south by lands of T. A (iillis and went by the Julia A Johnson lands, s&rne being the lands deeded to Mrs M < Bar wick by H. S. Calhoun Dec. 14th, D**9. ‘•aid deed recorded in Book 15, page 25R, in th«* Clerk h office of said county. levied on and will he sold as the property of Mrs V. (' Barwlck to satisfy an execution issued from the superior court of said county in favor of Scott Banking Co. vs M C. Barwick, N. N. Barwick and J. (1. Carter. In possession of Mrs. M C. Barwick and written no tice of levy given terms of the law. This the 2nd day of Feb., 1915. James Hester, Sheriff. L. C. Underwood, Atty. for I’lfTs. " r Prof. J. R. Auld, county school superintendent of Wheeler coun ty, was over at court here on Thursday. Prof. Auld has moved from Erick to Alamo, on account of the duties of his office. 1 Glee Club Concert Tonight. The Brewton-Parker Institute | Glee Club will give their annual concert in the local auditorium tonight. Since the remaining numbers of the Lyceum Course have been canceled it will be well for all the people of the commu nity, who are lovers of good mu sic, to avail themselves of this oportunity. The club is in splen did shape and will, without a doubt, give a very creditable en tertainment. The admission will be 25 cents for children and 35 cents for adults. Kibbi e News. Special OorreßPomluneo* Prof, and Mrs. C. A. Johnston were in Vidalia Satuaday. Mrs. Win. Hobbs has been sick several weeks to the regret of her family and friends. Mr. C. 11. Biggerstaff was a visitor to Dublin on the 3d inst. Mr. E. S. Adams and daugh ter, Norma, were recent visitors to Vidalia. The store of Mr. C. 11. Biggor stalf of this place was totally de stroyed by fire Monday night, Ist inst. Origin of the blaze un known, and when discovered, it was beyond control. Elizabeth, the little daughter of Mr. J. B. O’Conner, is very sick at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Davis en tertained a number of friends at their home Friday evening with a party. An interesting event was the, game of baseball played on the Kibbee school grounds Friday af ternoon. The boys of the com munity organized a team and challenged the school boys for a game, the score being 27 to 21 in favor of the school team. The school boys received much ap plause, and friends rejoice in-the success of their first efforts of the early season. Regina. Farmer Injured. Cordele, Ga., Feb. 9. W. I). Goodman, one of the best known farmers of Dooly county, was seriously injured when his wagon was struck by the Dixie Limited, G. S. and F., on the crossing on the Vienna road. 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We do not know the conten tions of either side of the case, but it is a well known fact that the matter is but the prolongation of the recent fight over the coun ty commissioners of this county, in which three new men replaced the live men of the old board. It is claimed that Mr. Ferrell was not only employed to contin |ue as warden, hut was recom ! missioned by the state authori ties. lu the rnixup Mr. Parker lof Toombs county was also em ployed, and on January first i moved his family here to assume his duties. i In all probability both men will be to pay, and the tax payers of Montgomery county, as usual, j will pay for the fiddling. The result of the hearing did not reach The Monitor before press hour, hut will be awaited with interest. Mrs. Cone Smith Os Glenwood Dead. The Glenwood community was made extremely sad on Friday last at the death of Mrs. Ada Smith, wife of Dr. Cone Smith of Glenwood. Mrs. Smith was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Galbraith, and a lady be loved by a large circle of friends arid acquaintances. Her life was full of good deeds, and the church and Sunday school will miss her labors of love and piety. The funeral held at the Metho dist tabernacle was one of the 1 largest in attendance ever seen lin the community, and the ser vice was conducted by her pastor, Rev. H. C. Ewing of the Metho dist church. The interment took place in the Glenwood cemetery on Saturday afternoon. NO. 44
