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VOL. XXX.
HON. J. C. JOHNSON
DIED LAST WEEK
Represented this County in
General Assembly
1913-1914.
On Wednesday night of last
week, Hon. John C. Johnson died
suddenly at his home near Long
pond. It was scarcely known
that Mr. Johnson was ill, and be
fore many of his children living
near by could reach his bedside
he breathed his last. The im
mediate cause of his death was
probably heart failure.
Mr. Johnson was a native of
Montgomery county, and had
perhaps the largest family con
nection of any man in his section.
He lacked only a few months of
reaching the age of 69 years. As
a gallant Confederate soldier he
fought throught the civil war,
surviving but a few of the old
comrades of that troubulous peri
od.
He was a prosperous farmer
and stood high in his native coun
ty. In 1913-1914 he represented
Montgomery county in the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia.
Os his immediate family, his
aged companion survives, with
one daughter and five sons. His
sons are Messrs. Alexander, Hi
ram, Wade, Henry and Harley,
and the daughter, Mrs. Nora
Bush of Dublin.
The interment took place at
the Longpond cemetery on Thurs
day afternoon in the presence of
a large gathering of friends and
relatives, and the funeral service
was conducted by Lev. Chas.
Montgomery of the Mt. Vernon
Presbyterian church.
Examination to be Held
For Motor Rural Carrier.
I
The United States Civil Service :
Commission has announced an J
examination for the County of
Montgomery. Ga., to be held at
Vidalia on August 14, 1915, to;
fill the position of motor rural j
carrier at Ailey, Mt. Vernon and
Uvalda and vacancies that may
later occur on motor rural routes
from post offices in the above
mentioned county. The salary
on motor routes ranges from
$1,500 to SI,BOO per annum. The
examination will be open only to
male citizens who are actually
domiciled in the territory sup
plied with mail by a post office in
the county and who meet the
other requirements set forth in
Forms 2121 and 1977. Form 2121
may be seen posted at any post
office in the county for which the
examination is held, and Form
1977 and application blanks may
be obtained from the offices at
which the vacancy exists and
where the examination is to be
held, or from the United States
Civil Service Commission at
Washington, D. C. The ap
pointee to this position will be
required to furnish, maintain,
and operate a modern motor ve
hicle with a carrying capacity of
not less than 800 pounds and a
cubic capacity of not less than 80
feet. Applicants must file with
their applications a statement of
the equipment they will be able
to provide in the event of ap
pointment. Applications should
be forwarded to the Commission
at Washington, D. C., at the
earliest practicable date.
Home From San Francisco.
Mr. L. M. McLemore returned
Tuesday from a trip to San Fran
cisco, where he attended the
world’s fair. With this trip he
made quite an extended tour of
the north and west. His is an
interesting account of a pleasant
and profitable trip.
Mr. A. T. Johnson of Alston
was a business visitor here Mon
day.
MmMmxxtm:.
To Rebuild in Uvalda.
Mr. H. Groher, one of Uvalda’s
leading merchants, has purchased
i the Rountree corner and will re
build this summer. This lot con
tained a two-story building which
| was burned last summer. Mr.
! Warren, owning the lot to the
rear of this corner, will rebuild
also, thus making improvements
of a substantial nature.
Two Negroes Lynched
For Murder of Farmer.
Macon, Ga., July 5. — An armed
j posse of about 100 farmers
i was searching today for John
Richey and Thomas Brooks, ne
i groes, who are alleged to have
been responsible for the killing
early Sunday at Grays, in Jones
county, of Silas Turner, a promi
nent planter. According to in
formation received here today
two negroes, Will Green and his
son, were lynched near Round
Oak by a mob last night, follow
ing the killing of Turner. The
authorities now believe the
Greens had no connection with
murder.
Will Gordon, one of the three
negroes brought here for safe
keeping by sheriff’s deputies, is
said to have told the Jones coun
ty authorities that he saw the
shot fired that killed Turner.
Gordon, the officers said, accused
Thomas Brooks of killing the
planter.
Farmer Killed, Wife
Hurt by Lightning.
Rome, July 2. — During a se
vere electrical storm Arthur
Burns, a young farmer on the
Ford place, four miles from
Rome, on the Summerville road,
was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed. A big splinter,
torn from a wall by the bolt, tore
open his wife’s cheek.
In this city lightning ignited
the Gaines mill, in the Fourth
Ward, but did little damage. The
fire department responded to a
call in a driving rain and wind.
Says Tax Law Repeal
Would Mean Great Loss.
Quitman, Ga., July 6.—ln a
statement issued today Charles
T. Tillman, president of the
Georgia Board of Tax Equalizers,
declares that if the present tax
equalization law should be repeal
ed Brooks county would lose be
tween $2, (>OO,OOO and $3,000,000 n
property returns, and that this
same proportion of loss would
hold good throughout the entire
state.
President Tillman also shows
that a vast amount of the farm
land returns have been diminish
ed by the board rather than in
creased. The tremendous gains
brought about through the oper
ation of the tax law consist, in
the main, in discovering conceal
ed property and returning it to
the state.
A Real Highbrow.
The head of a big New York
business concern is exceptionally i
tall and his hight is further ac- j
centuated by his exceeding slim-1
ness, says the Pittsburg Chroni- i
cle-Telegraph. The other day a
visitor from the South called to
see him and was duly asked to
sit down.
After they had concluded their
business the visitor rose to go
and his host rose also, aid seem
ed to rise and rise. The South
erner, as though inspecting a new
species of skyscraper, let his
glance travel upward, and with
an expression of awed admiration
ejaculated:
“Great Scott, old man, your
parents must have trained you
on a trellis!”
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 8. 1915.
j Presbyterian Revival
Closed Sunday Evening.
The series of services which
were held at the Mt. Vernon
Presbyterian church for a week,
closed last Sabbath evening. The
preaching w'as done by Rev. W.
W. McMorries of Hazlehurst, a
minister of unusual force and
.eloquence. Having attended the
i Presbytery here, he is no stranger
to our people, and his coming
I and the able and earnest efforts
exerted have resulted in the
spiritual uplift of the church.
His sermons were clear and soul
stirring.
On Sunday afternoon he
preached at Hack Branch and on
Monday returned there to assist
in the opening of a meeting, al
though scheduled to leave Mon
day for Augusta, from which
point he contemplated a trip to
North Carolina before returning
home. His coming and his work
was more than acceptable to our
people, who will look forward to
his return.
One Killed And
Five Others Injured.
Augusta, Ga., July 5. — Mrs.
Fannie Poole, aged forty-five, a
widow, of Warrenton, promi
nently connected, was instantly
killed and her five companions in
an automobile were seriously in
jured eight miles from Augusta
this morning.
L. D. McGregor, an attorney of
Warrenton and a son of Major C.
E. McGregor, is in a critical con
dition at the University hospital
and may die. His little son is al
so seriously injured.
Mrs. Neal, aunt of Mrs. Poole,
and mother of J. W. Neal, of
Norw'ood and of T. J. Neal, of
Gibson, Ga., was in the car and
suffered a broken collar bone.
Mrs. Mattie Wicker, a sister of
Mrs. Neal, suffered injuries to
her left eye, and the excitement
and shock has so deranged her
mind that she cannot talk coher
ently.
Robert Gunn, the driver, suf
fered a broken collar bone and:
broken ribs.
McGregor and son suffered
fractured ribs, broken collar
bones and internal injuries.
Let Bankers Co-operate With Farmers.
One of the greatest, opportunities in
the business life of the nation lies
in practical co-operation of the coun
try banks with the farmer in building
agriculture and the adventure is laden
with greater possibilities than any
forward movement now before the
American public.
A few bankers have loaned money
to farmers at a low rate of Interest,
and oft-times without compensation, to
buy blooded livestock, build silos,
fertilize the land, secure better seed,
hold their products for a betetr mar
ket price, etc. The hanker in con
tributing toward improving the grade
of livestock; the quality of the seed
and the fertilityAjf the soil, plants in
the agricultural life of the community
a fountain of profit, that, like Tenny
son’s brook, runs on and on forever.
Community Progress a Bank Asset.
The time was when money loaned
on such a basis would severely test
the sanity of the banker; such trans
actions would pain the directors like
a blow in the face. A cashier who
would dare to cast bread upon waters
that did not return buttered side up
In time for annual dividends would
have to give way to a more capable
man. This does not necessarily mean
that the bankers are getting any better
or that the milk of human kinduesss Is
being imbibed more freely by our finan
ciers. It Indicates that the bankers are
getting wiser, becoming more able fin
anciers and the banking Industry more
competent. The vision of the builder Is
crowding out the spirit of the pawn
broker. A light has been turned on
a new world of Investment and no
usurer ever received as large returns
on the investment as these progres
sive bankers, who made loans to
uplift industry. The bankers have
always been liberal city builders, hut
they are now building agriculture.
A Dollar With a Boul.
It is refreshing in this strenuous
commercial life to find so many dol
lars with souls. When a dollar Is ap
proached to perform a task that does
Mr. George Johnson
Died Friday Morning.
On Friday morning last, about
4:00 o’clock, Mr. George Johnson
died at his home in the Rosemont
community. He had been in
poor health for some months, af
fected with Bright’s disease. Mr.
Johnson was a good farmer and
well known to a host of friends.
He was a brother of Messrs. John
fnd Ashley Johnson. The re
mains were laid to rest in the
Davis cemetery near by, on Sat
urday.
Hen Lives In Old Well
For Over Nine Months.
Macon, Ga., July s.—When a
cover was l’emoved from an old
abondoned well here today at the:
home of Elmore Dupree, 2116
Second street, after the well had
been closed up for over nine
months, in it was discovered that
a dominicker hen, which has
been missing for over nine
months, was at the bottom of the
well. The hen made her pres
ence known by her clucking, and
was rescued by L. D. Palmer.
In addition to the hen, Mr.
Palmer brought up twenty-seven
eggs which the hen had laid dur
ing her long confinement. The
fact that there were plenty of
worms and bugs in the well
enabled the hen to keep alive.
When Mother Got Stung.
This story is vouched for by
Miss Margaret Foley, the Boston
suffrage worker. It concerns a
small maid who had away of
saying startling things.
Not long ago the family ex
pected a visit from a relative —a
distant cousin from the roomy
west,
“Now,” said the mother,
“don’t you dare say a word if
you see Cousin Jim eating with
his knife.”
All through the dinner the lit
tle maid gave the visitor her
closest attention. She noticed;
that his manners were faultless;
that he ate as politely and cor
rectly as if kings and queens had
been his tablemates. And then
she turned to her mother.
“Well, ma,” she gravely said,
“I guess somebody stung you,
all right; he didn’t use his knife
once.”
not directly yield the blgheat rate of
intereat, we usually hear the rustle
of the eagle's wings as it soars up
ward; when a dollar is requested to
return at the option of the borrower,
It usually appeals to the Goddess of
Liberty for its contractural rights;
when a dollar is asked to expend in
volume to suit the requirements of
industry, it usually talks solemnly of
its redeemer, hut soul material has
entered into the vaults of our banks
and rate, time and volume have a
new basis of reckoning In so far bh
the ability of some of the bankers
permit them to co-operate in promot
ing the business of fanning.
God Almighty’s Noblemen.
These bankers are God Almighty’s
noblemen. Heaven lent earth the
spirit of these men and the angels
will help them roll In place the
cornerstones of empires. They are
not philanthropists, they are wise
bankers. The spirit of the builder
has given them a new vision, and
wisdom has visited upon them busi
ness foresight. ,
The cackle of the hen, the low
of klne and the rustle of growing
crops echo In every bank vault in the
nation and the shrewd banker knows
that he can more effectively Increase
his deposits by putting blue blood in
the veins of livestock; quality in
the yield of the soil and value Into
agricultural products, than by busi
ness handshakes, overdrafts and
gaudy calendars.
Taking the community Into part
nership with the bank, opening up a
ledger account with progress, making
thrift and enterprise stockholders and
the prosperity of the country an
asset to the bank, put behind It
stability far more desirable than a
letterhead bearing the names of all
the distinguished citizens of the com
munity. The bank is the financial
power house of the community and
blessed is the locality that has an
up-to-date hanker.
Singing Convention.
The next meeting of the Mont
gomery County Singing Conven-
I tion will be held at Harmony
j Church on the third Sunday (18)
of this month. The public cor
dially invited to attend.
Georgia Peaches are
Bringing Good Prices.
Georgia peaches are bringing
i from 50 cents to 75 cents a crate j
more this year than last, despite
the fact that the number of car
loads of peaches shipped out of
the state to July 1 this year is
greater than it was to the same
date last year, plus the fact that
there was comoetition to the num- 1
her of 200 cars of peaches on the
market from Texas and Arkan
-1 sas up to July 1.
This information was given
out by the Georgia Fruit Ex
change Thursday, at which time
it was stated that up to July 1
the total Georgia peach shipment
for the season of 1915 was 322
cars as against 301 cars at the
same date in 1914.
Sawmill Operator
Ends His Own Life.
Waycross, Ga., July 3.—W. I.
Buford, aged thirty-five, well
known sawmill operator, died at
his home here today, after taking
carbolic acid. He purchased the
acid this morning, went home
out into the hall and told his
mother-in-law, Mrs. M. A.
Stokes, of Jacksonville, here on
a visit, of his act, and said:
“I want you to take care of
my wife and children.”
Quick medical attention failed
to check the effects of the acid.
Buford had been in ill health for
months.
Woman, 106, Oldest
In Cobb County, Dead.
Austell, July 6. Mrs. Anna
Wilson, 106 years old, died at the
home of her grandson, C. A.
Banks, a farmer, living near
Austell.
Mrs. Wilson was perhaps the |
oldest woman in Cobb County.
She was born in 1809. She
owned a large farm in Florida,
where she spent a great deal of j
her time. Until a short time be-1
fore her death Mrs. Wilson was
in good health and as active as
many women of 60. Her mem
ory was remarkable. She could
tell many interesting stories of
the Indians and of the several
different wars. The body will
be buried this afternoon at
Orange Hill Cemetery.
Embroidery Club.
The young people’s Embroidery
Club held its regular meeting at
the home of Miss Theodosia Gei
ger on the afternoon of Tuesday,
July 6th. Twenty members were
present and two visitors. They
were entertained during their
work with a reading by Miss
Jennie Thompson. After which
delicious refreshments were serv
ed. After a short business meet
ing we adjourned, the next
meeting to be held at the home
of Miss Helen Lee.
Secretary.
Mr. Geo. R. Walker
Died Thursday Last.
We regret to learn of the death
last Thursday of Mr. Geo. It.
Walker, which occurred at his
home, near Longpond. Mr.
Walker was the son of Mr. J. A.
J. Walker, and leaves a wife and
six children. He had been sick
fourteen days with typhoid fever.
His neighbors speak of him as an
honest and industrious citizen,
the kind so much needed in this
country, and he will be greatly
missed in his home and com
munity. I
HOUSE MEMBERSHIP
MUCH TOO LARGE
f
1 Legislature Disgusted With
The New County
Craze.
The House membership is get
ting too large and unwieldy. In
fact the Hall of the House is re
: ally too small for the present
■ membership. IS9 desks and men
* are crowded in the Hall of the
House of Representatives and
yet, on top of that, bills have al
ready been introduced for the
creation of three new counties,
bringing, of course, three more
representatives into the Hall,
should the bills pass. The indi
cations seem to be, however, that
the legislature is tired of the new
county business, for the time be
ing, at least. Monroe Adver
! tiser.
Planter Is Killed,
Sheriff Hunts Negro.
Augusta, Ga., July 6. —Heilery
Edenfield, a Swainsboro planter,
l was shot and killed, DottieEden
field, his kinsman, was mortally
wounded and an unidentified ne
gro was seriously wounded in a
shooting affray at the Edenfield
tenant houses last night. Wil
liam Mills, a negro, is sought by
the authorities on the charge of
having shot the Edenfields. The
wounded negro was said to have
been shot by white men as he
ran from the place. Mills inter
ferred between Heilery Edenfield
and the unidentified negro, ac
cording to witnesses.
Touchers Exam.
The next regular teachers' ex
amination will be held in the
court house at Mt. Vernon on
Friday and Saturday, July 30th
and 31st. The following books
have been selected for the read
ing course:
Primary and Gen. Elementary.
| Manual of Methods, County Su
perintendent Free.
Allen’s Civics and Health, Ginn
& Co., Commerce Hall, Atlan
ta, Ga. - - - #I.OO
Colgrove’s The Teacher and the
School, Chas. Scribner’s Sons,
Temple Court Building, Atlan
ta, Ga., - - - #I.OO
High School and Supervisory.
Manual of Methods, County Su
perintendent Free.
Allen’s Civics and Health, Ginn
& Co., Commerce Hall, Atlan
ta, Ga. - - - #I.OO
Hollister’s High School Adminis
tration, Southern School Book
Depository, 121 Auburn Ave.,
Atlanta, Ga. - - $1.35
This June 22, 1915.
A. B. Hutcheson,
C. S. S. M. C.
Death Toll of Fourth.
Chicago, 111., July 5. — Eight
persons were killed and 177 in
jured as a result of Fourth of
July celebrations throughout the
nation yesterday, according to
figures compiled today by the
Chicago Tribune. In 1914 the
total number of victims was nine
killed and 601 injured. The fire
loss, due to accidents combined
with the use of explosives yester
day was #66,550, campared to the
loss of $76,035 last year.
Card of Thanks.
To those who have ministered
unto us during the recent illness
and death of our son, Geo. R.
Walker, we desire to express our
lasting appreciation. I)rs. Palmer
and Sharpe did everything pos
sible for his relief, and we feel
under special obligations to them.
| J. A. J. Walker and Family.
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