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VOL. XXX.
CHARGES AGAINST
ORDINARY KENT
He Will be Tried at Special
Term Wheeler Superior
Court in July.
At an adjourned term of Wheel
er superior court held last week,
the grand jury returned an in
dictment against W. B. Kent,
charging him with malpractice in
the office of ordinary, which he
has filled since the creation of
Wheeler county, in which he took
the leading part.
It is quite fresh in the minds
of the people of this section that
Kent was disbarred from the
practice of law while a citizen of
Montgomery county, and it has
always been understood that the
office of ordinary was given him
in Wheeler as part pay for his
work in creating the county.
It has long been known that a
deplorable state of affairs existed
in the new county of Wheeler;
but the matter was probably pre
cipitated by an auditor’s report
recently made l w r hich, after re
citing one of the irregularities in
Ordinary Kent’s office, which has
really constituted the county gov
ernment of the new county, says:
“This is but one of the many
irregularities that we find. In
fact, those of a more serious na
ture are so numerous that it
wouid he difficult to recount
them.’’
The grand jury recommended
a special term of the court for
trying criminal cases, and Judge
Graham has set July 19th as the
time for hearing this and other
matters.
Numbers of things in connect
ion with the trial will come up,
among them the pretended trial
of a perfectly sane Montgomery
county man for lunacy to secure j
his release from the clutches of I
the U. S. law in a case pending
before Judge Speer in Savannah,
and other stunts astounding to
those who are not familiar with
Montgomery county matters and
the creation of Wheeler, and the
turbulent state of affairs over
there.
IN A FAMILY ROW
SON WOUNDS FATHER
Claims That Rash Act Was
In Defense of Boy’s
Mother.
In a general family row on
Saturday night, Mr. W. J. Joyce
of the Fork section of Wheeler
county was shot in the arm by
his son and received a severe
wound in his forehead by a blow
over the head by the same gun.
It is claimed that the son, a young
man about grown, acted in de
fense of his mother, Joyce’s
wife, who was being beatean by
her husband. It is also claimed
that Joyce is unbalanced, and
lunacy trial proceedings were
commenced yesterday.
Congressman Hughes 111
At Home in Danville.
In common with hundreds of
his friends in the state, we are
pained to hear that Congressman
Dudley M. Hughes is quite ill at
his home in Danville, and has
been confined to his room for
some time. An examination by
a specialist discovers that the
trouble is gall stones, and an op
eration may have to be per
formed.
M anager Wanted
for Montgomery County for NEW
TEN DOLLAR PHONOGRAPH.
Small investment required. Op
portunity for man who wants no
limit on what he can earn. Ad
dress A. S. KEITH,
Dublin, Ga.
Judge Holmes Dead.
We regret to learn of the death
,of Judge E. A. Holmes of the
upper part of this county, which
occurred the first of the month.
We are not in receipt of the par
ticulars of his death, but know
that Montgomery county suffered
a distinct loss in his death. Quiet
and unobtrusive, honest and
truthful, a gentleman of the old
school and a good citizen has
passed to his reward.
He was a resident of the Zaidee
community, and was about 85
years old.
Body of Dead Babe
Dropped by Buzzard.
[ Athens, Ga., June 12. — Claud
Lockhart, a merchant near Ath
ens, standing before his door,
saw part of the remains of a hu
man body dropping apparently
; from the clouds. Inspection re
vealed a buzzard in the air 300
feet up.
The obbect dropped by the bird
was discovered to be the head
and part of the body of an infant
a white child with blue eyes.
Many people saw the strange
| and gruesome find.
Higgston.
Special Correspondence.
Rev. Rufus Hodges filled his
I regular appointment at the Bap
tist church Sunday.
Miss Surepter Palmer of Kib
i bee is spending a few days with
Miss Agnes Patterson.
Miss Gladys Johnson spent Sat
urday in Vidalia.
Messrs. Tom and Vernon Jeri
i kins of Wrightsville were visi
i tors here last week.
Mr. Whitney McLemore re
; turned Friday from Atlanta,
| where he is attending the Tech.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Pharr
are visiting the former’s parents,
Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Pharr.
Mesdames Sikes and Yawn of
Vidalia spent Friday with Miss
Mattie Thompson.
Mr. J. B. Johnson attended
preaching in Vidalia Sunday.
We are sorry to learn that Miss
Lula Gay is sick.
Mr. S. D. Morris returned Sun
day from a trip to Douglas.
Messrs. Shuman and Roy Mor
ris of Vidalia visited Higgston
Sunday.
Misses Clyde and Mae Johnson
of Alamo returned home Sunday
after visiting here.
Mr. Jim Memory of Kibbee was
in Higgston Sunday.
A sing was enjoyed by a num
ber of young people at the home
jof Rev. G. W. Pharr Saturday
evening.
Messrs. L. D. Morris, J. C.
Thornburg and L. M. Johnson
visited Vidalia Sunday.
Mr. Frank Elton made a busi
ness trip to Alamo Saturday.
Mrs. R. E. Addison and little
brother, Dessie Johnson, spent
Tuesday evening in Vidalia.
—Hiawatha.
County Officers to Meet.
Jackson, June 14. —The annual
1 convention of the County Officers’
association of Georgia will be
held at Indian Springs Wednes
day and Thursday, June 16 and
17. There is a large member
ship, all county officers, solicitors
general and police officers being
eligible to join, and it is expected
that a large attendance will be
on hand for the annual meeting.
A good program has been pre
pared and a number of business
matters of direct interest to the
members of the association will
be discussed.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JUNE 17. 1915.
Half Dozen Reasons
i
Against Division.
1. There is neither reason nor common
sense in a proposition to further divide this
county and make the fourth cut on its ter
jritory, and reduce the old county to one
fourth of its original size.
2. No one is asking for such a thing ex
cept a handful of men in Soperton who hope
to add a few dollars to the value of their
holdings l>y forcing further division.
3. The tax payers in the old and proposed
new county, who would have their tax bur
dens increased for no benefit to them, have
as much right to object as any one has to
promote such a scheme.
4. Georgia presents no such proposition,
ill view of the slashing already done, and
the legislature will turn down the Treutlen
scheme again as it did last year.
5. Such silly claims as that Montgomery
county will still he as large as the average
county, or that tax burdens will not be in
creased by cutting its territory again in half,
are too thin even for discussion.
(i. Numbers of the best citizens in the
proposed Treutlen territory are strongly
opposed to any such foolishness, and the bal
ance' of the county almost solid against it.
District Conference in
Lyons Next Week.
i
The Methodists of the Mcßae
District will hold their annual
District Conference in Lyons be
ginning Tuesday night, the 22d. !
All the preachers of the district,
both traveling and local, will be
present, together wiih a large
number of lay representatives j
from each pastoral charge. There
are twenty-six pastoral charges
in the district and that means
the attendance of about one hun- j
dred and twenty-five or thirty.j
Lyons will do herself in the'
welcome and the entertainment
she will give. If you have not
responded to the committees’ ap
peal for homes please do so at
once. —Lyons Progress.
“Little Joe.”
Ex-Gov. Brown is a man of
nerve. No man excels him as an j
exponent of the law. During his
public career he has endeavored
to train the people to respect the
law. And to be respected laws
must be enforced.
Gov. Brown,addressed himself
to the question, “Trial by law,
or trial by the public.”
He stressed the thought in his
remarks to Gov. Slaton:
“Impartial justice are the key
words of civilization. Impartial
justice are the keywords on
which this universe is founded. [
A State which has not an orderly
process of law, founded upon a
keystone of impartial justice,
cannot be recognized as a worthy
government.”
There is nothing personal in
this matter with Gov. Brown. ’
He has stood for law and order
throughout his career.—James
Callaway in Macon Telegraph.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to our friends, and to'
one and all, for the many kind
deeds and expressions of sympa
thy extended us during the ill
ness and death of our beloved
husband and father.
1 Mrs. E. A. Holmes and family.
Prof. Gates Heads
Jeffersonville School.
Jeffersonville, Ga., June 14. —
At the educational feature of the
chatauqua now in progress here,
the principal speakers were Pres
ident C. R. Jenkins, ofWeslevao
Female College, and Prof. A. M. i
Gates, of this county.
Prof. Gates is the newly elect
ed principal of the Twiggs high
school, and under his manage
ment it is hoped to build a real
first class high school at Jeffer
sonville.
Too Poor to Take
His Home Paper.
We heard on the street the
other day of a man who claimed
he was too poor to take his home
paper, but all the same he read
a notice in one of the farm pa
pers telling how to prevent a
horse from slobbering, and sent
$1.50 for the receipt. When the
$1.50 worth of information came
it said: "Teach your horse how
to spit."—Greensboro Herald-
Journal.
Negro Lynched by
Mob for Assault.
Toccoa, Ga., June 14.—Sam
Stephens, a Hall county negro,
1 was removed from the Stephens
county jail early today by a mob
of more than 100 armed men,
hanged to a nearby tree and shot
to death. The negro, who was
serving a chain gang sentence
for attempted assault committed
in Hall county, escaped Friday
night.
He is said to have hidden in
the woods near the home of a
farmer five miles from Toccoa.
Late Sunday, while the farmer
j and his family were absent, Ste
! phens is said to have visited the
house, overpowered the farmer’s
16-year-old daughter and dragged
i her into the woods where she
was choked into insensibility.
She later gave the alarm and the
negro was arrested at Madison,
S. C., Sunday night. He was
brought to Toccoa where he is
said to have been identified by
the farmer’s daughter as the ne
gro who assaulted her.
Married in Lyons.
Miss Maggie Lou Walker and
Mr. Arch K. McGill were quietly
married at the home of the bride’s
mother, Mrs. M. O. Walker, on
Wednesday morning at 8:30
o’clock, Rev. J. W. Weston, pas
tor of the Methodist church, per
forming the ceremony. Only the
nearest relatives and a few
i friends were present.
( For the oast several months
Miss Walker has been connected
j with the editorial and business
!departments of the Lyons Prog
ress, of which Mr. McGill is
| editor and proprietor.
Immediately after the ceremony
the couple left for Atlanta, from
which point they will go to
Parrott for a few days’ visit with
Mr. McGill’s mother.—Lyons
Progress.
North Dakota Gets
Snowfall Foot Deep.
Sturgis, S. I)ak., June 14.
Snow fell here to-day, the fall
ranging in depth from four to
twelve inches. Rain fell con
tinuously for twelve houia, and
then the downpour turned to
snow.
Red Bluff.
Hpeoial ConvHpondonco
Crops are growing nicely since
the showers.
Messrs. Albert and Esr.i Davis
made a business trip to Soperton
Saturday p. m.
Miss Hattie Johnson was the
guest of Miss Claude McLendon
Sunday.
Misses Mamie and Ruby and
Chub Davis attended Sabbath
school here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reynolds
visited the family of Mr, W. N.
Reid Sunday.
Mrs. C. L. Johnson returned
Saturday from Eastman, where
she visited her brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Jus. O’Brien and
little Ruby were visitors at the
the home of Mr. Boss Gillis iast
Sunday.
We note the sad death of Mr.
A. G. Chance’s baby Wednesday
night. The litile one was laid to
rest Thursday p. m. at Red Bluff.
Says Women Drink
More and Men Less.
Atlanta, June 14.—That wo
men are drinking more liquor
while men as a rule are drinking
less than they did a few years
ago, is one of the startling points
brought out in the Georgia fight
for prohibition, in the current
issue of the Georgia Common
wealth, edited by Rev. G. W,
Eichelberger.
Attention is called to the fact
that the press of the country
everywhere has much to say on
this increase of drinking among
women, which naturally breeds
an inherited taste for drink in
their children. "
The fight this year in the ap
proaching session of the legisla
ture, it is stated will be devoted
primarily to enforcing the law
against the sale of beer in Geor
gia, which, it is declared, is be
-1 ing violated by every so-called
“near beer” saloon in the state.
“The anti-saloon leaders say
that the beer dealers have ceased
even to make any pretense that
their stock in trade is anything
but the same real beer that you
that you can buy in wet states.
Notice of Local Legislation.
State of Georgia, Montgomery!
County.
Notice is hereby given that,
there will be a bill introduced in 1
the coming legislature entitled:
! “An Act to Repeal the Law Cre
ating the Town ofOrland, passed
and approved August 11, 1908,
and embraced in the Acts of the
Acts of the General Assembly of'
' Georgia, 1908, pages 882 to 889. ” !
ad. |
WOMAN TAKES
LIFE WITH GUN
Unhappiness the Reason for
Shocking, Untimely
Death.
Mrs, Jackson, wife of Mr.
William Jackson of the Big Bend
section, died at her own hands
Sunday morning, and in a most
shocking manner.
Her husband had walked away
from the place, and while alone
the unfortunate woman, while
lying in bed. took a shotgun and
placed it against her breast and
fired a load of shot against her
heart, producing instant death.
It is understood that domestic
troubles may account for her un
timely end Remains were laid
away in the Copeland cemetery
Monday. It is said she left a
note in which she gave reasons
for the rash act. The Jacksons
lived on a farm owned by Mr.
Arnold Spivey.
Georgia Contraband Liquor
Seized in South Carolina.
Charleston, S. C. June 10. —
Liquor constables seized more
than 500 gallons of whisky and
w ine, valued at $2,000, wdien they
captured a power sloop, the Ma
ry T. Mister, which arrived here
from the prohibition port of Sa
vannah with a cargo of contra
band.
A vigorous war is being waged
here against blind tigers. Many
are surrendering their Federal
liquor licenses. Their main source
of supply is by smuggling from
Georgia or Florida.
Death of Young Lady.
Miss A Fen Clark, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Clark of
Longpond, died Monday morning
alter an illness of several weeks.
She was about fourteen years of
age. The remains of this promis
ing daughter were laid away in
the Longpond cemetery Tuesday.
Mr. Clark’s family has the sym
pathy of many friends in their
bereavement. Even the tenderest
buds are taken by the Reaper,
and death comes at all seasons.
MOTHER IN ISRAEL
GOES TO REWARD
Mrs. Philip Mcßae Dies at
81. —Married Nearly
Sixty Years.
Mt. Vernon has been saddened
by the death of one of its best
known and most beloved ladies,
Mrs. Jane Mcßae, who passed
away Saturday evening at her
home after an illness of several
days. She was the wife of Judge
Philip Mcßae, and their married
life extended over a period of
fifty-eight years.
Mrs. Mcßae was born and
reared in Thomas county, her
maiden name McKinnon, being
the last surviving member of a
family of three brothers and three
sisters. She had reached the ripe
and mature age of 81 years, and
her life was a blessing to a large
circle of relatives and friends.
Mrs. Mcßae is survived by her
aged husband and their two sons,
Messrs. R. F. and D. A. Mcßae
of this place, besides numerous
relatives in this and Thomas
counties. The funeral service
was conducted at three o’clock by
Rev. Chas Montgomery at the
Presbyterian church, of which
she was a life-long member. The
burial was in the Mcßae cemetery
north of Mt. Vernon. Many
were present to pay a last tribute
of love and respect to one who
had been kind and generous to
all, and whose virtues will long
be cherished by those who knew
and appreciated "Aunt Jane’s"
friendship.
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