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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1915)
s \\\t ifattptnmj' iHmtitnr. VOL. XXX. SUPERIOR COURT CONVENED MONDAY Large Docket Greets Judge Gragam for August ■Term. * gip | On Monday morning promptly at 10 o’clock the August term of Montgomery superior court be gan its work. A large crowd at tended the opening day and Judge Graham soon put the wheels in motion. Mr. J. D. Pullen was elected foreman of the grand jury, and Mr. C. A. Rackley is acting as clerk. There are a large number of cases on the civil docket, and the criminal calendar shows that Solicitor General Wooten has something doing on the criminal side of the court. The civil dock et was taken up first, and the criminal docket will occupy the time of the court this morning. We note the following attor neys attending, besides the local bar: L. B. Lightfoot, Adrian; H. P. Jackson, D C. Patillo, W. M. Lewis, C. W. Sparks, J. E. Matthews, Vidalia; A. C. Saffold, Cochran; EscholGraham, Mcßae; W. C. McAllister, Hawkinsville; and A. S. McQueen, Vidalia. Georgia Growers Reap Millions For Peaches. The peach growers of Georgia have received over two million dollars for the peaches marketed by them during June and July. The total shipment of Georgia peaches through July 31, has been 4,005 car loads. Os this number seventy-five per cent, or over 3,000 cars, have been mar keted through the Georgia Fruit exchange. Due to the care exercised by the exchange in distributing these peaches throughout the market, there has been an ab sence of , ngestion, and as a re sult the p i .ces for peaches se cured by the members of the ex change have proven most satis factory. 'lt is estimated that the entire ! crop will be marketed by August 10, and it is expected that be tween 350 and 500 carloads of Elberta peaches will be shipped during the present week. An instance of the effect of in discriminate shipping to the larg er markets is evidenced by the fact that 128 carloads of peaches arrived in New York city on Monday morning, July 26, where as the normal demand for peach es in that market is from 50 to 55 carloads a day. Due to this outside congestion, the Georgia Fruit exchange withdrew prac tically all of its shipments from that market and scattered them throughout the small markets of the country, with the result that the shipments made by the ex change netted the exchange growers from 20 to 30 per cent, more per crate than the market offered by New York. First Sugar Cane. While other section are herald ing the approach of the cotton season with new bales, Mr. John Sellers of Ailey gets in first with new sugar cane. The specimen Mr. Sellers brought to the Moni tor office yesterday was jointed up as tall as a man’s head, which is fine for so early in the season. Notice of Dissolution. By mutual coueeiit the firm of J. M Dees & Co., is this day dis solved, J. M. Dees retiring. Mrs. J E. Braswell assuming all li abilities and collecting all ac counts due said firm. This June 15th. 1915. J. M. Dees, Mrs. J. E. Braswell. AlstOD, Ga. Church Notice. Prof. W. C. Langston, of The ' Brewton-Parker Institute, will I conduct both the morning and ! evening services at the Alley ! Baptist Church next Sunday. Everybody is invited to attend. Prohibition Bills Pass In Senate Tuesday. Three prohibition bills, pro viding stricter liquor laws than Georgia has now, passed the senate yesterday. Senator Stov all’s prohibition bill, making locker clubs and near beer sa loons unlawful,passed during the morning session, and in yester days’ afternoon session—the first that either house of this legisla ture has held —Senator Stovall’s liquor shipping bill aqd Senator Mangnam’s liquor advertising bill passed. The vote on the Stovall prohi bition bill was 35 to 3 in favor of the measure. Senators Lawrence, McLaughlin and lioscoe Pickett voted “nay”. On the Stovall liquor shipping bill, which Sen ator Stovall says is similar to the Webb-Kenyon law, the vote was favorable, 28 to 7. Senators Fletcher, Gillis, Goolsby, Law rence, Roscoe Pickett, Smith and Thomas composed the opposition, j When the Mangham advertis ing bill came to a vote the op position had increased to twelve; the “ayes,” however, recorded a vote of twenty-five, carrying the bill. The senators who voted no on Senator Mangham’s bill were: Senators Burnside, Dobbs, Fletcher, Gillis, Lawrence Win ter, McLaughlin, Roscoe Pickett, E. M. Smith, Thomas, Ward and Walker. These three bills will now be transmitted to the house, where the temperance fight has become snch a turmoil.—Atlanta Consti tion. On the Press Trip. Horace Folsom of the Mont gomery Monitor is about our height and built along the same architectural lines. We went in bathing together. Folsom came out first and heard a lady on the pavilion ask, “Where is that other sparrow?” Cuthbert Leader. Every time Stanley, of the Rockmart News, who’s about the size of a minute or a minute and a half, tried to swim in the bathing suit that he rented at Jaybird Springs, he slipped right through the armholes. But then nobody noticed the difference; they thought he was just a little white frog.—Monroe Advertiser. We would like Brunswick bet ter if the sun rose in the east down there like it does up here. Makes a fellow feel right funny to see the sun rise in the west and set in the east. But that is the way it is done in Brunswick. —Lavonia Times. Negroes Threatened With Lynching. Macon, Ga., Aug. 2.—Two ne groes were rushed to this city at midnight from Fitzpatrick, in Twiggs county, to prevent a threatened lynching there. One of the negroes, Ernest Chappell, is said to have confessed that he attempted to assault a white wo man; the other, Will Thomas, is accused of stealing a cow. Both were in jail at Fitzpatrick when the sheriff learned that a mob was organizing to lynch the one accused of attempted assault and he then brought them here for safe keeping. Mr. Jim McGregor of Lumber City, an engineer of the Southern road, and an old Mt. Vernon boy, , is here visiting friends. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 5. 1915. Mr. B. Peterson is Dead At His Home In Douglas. Douglas, Ga., Aug. 3. —Sunday night Mr. B. Peterson, aged fifty-five, a pioneer citizen of Coffee county, and one of the founders of the city of Douglas, also - one of the wealthiest men in south Georgia, died at his residence on Peterson avenue, after an illness of some two years. He was born and reared in Coffee county and had always taken an active interest in the 'affairs of the county and state, though he never sought office, except that he was mayor of Douglas for two terms. He was j a member of the Elks lodge of Douglas, but of no other secret 1 order. An Old Dog Learns Some New Tricks. “You know, it do beat all,” went on Uncle John, “how them fellers down on the Ridge road has cleaned up on strawberries. '■ An’ the funny thing is they say i they done it with co-operation. Maybe so, but so fer as I c’n see j all they done wuz to git together! an’ ship their berries in car load! lots. “Last year they made a bust of it, ever’ feller a-rootin’ fer ( hisfelf, an’ not a one of ’em; made expenses. But this year they shore hit it rich. They fin-, ished loadin’ their fifteenth car last night, an’ ever one of ’em 1 says they’re clearin’ from $l5O to S2OO an acre. “They swear they done it all! by co-operatin’ together, but this is a new kind o’ co-operatin’ on | me. I alius thought fellers who' wanted to co-operate got to-j gether an’ made redhot speeches | about everything in general an’ nothin’ in particular, an’ then adjourned till the next meetin’. ! But they say makin’ speeches an’ j cussin’ the government ain’t got nothin’to do with it, an’ that! what the’re after is to make, more money outen their crops. “They’re meetin’ again next| week to plan their work fur next j year, an’ me an’ my boy ’lowed we’d drop in an’ see what they’re doin’. They say they figger on shippin’ cotton an’ cotton seed by the car load this fall, an, say they can make $3 or $4 a bale on , their cotton an’ $5 a ton on their seed. If this is what co-operat in’ ’ll do, your Uncle John is a co-operator from ’way back.” — Progressive Farmer. Auto Carrier Service Began On Monday. As previously announced, the automobile carrier service was inaugurated here Monday, Mr. J. L. Adams of Route 1, carrying the consolidated rrmtes by auto-1 mobile. The examination that will decide who the successful candidates will be for permanent carriers at Mt. Vernon, Ailey and Uvalda will be held in Vidalia on | the 14th inst. .Fishing Notice. On Saturday, Aug. 7, the Sam- j mops Bass Lake will be pumped ready for fishing. This lake cov- j ers more than five acres, 15 feet i deep, and has been noted for generations for its fine fish. It will be drained to a depth of 3 to 4 feet. Tickets only 11,00. James Fowler. Big Rattler Killed. Adrian, Aug 3.—A big rattle snake, with fourteen rattles and nearly six feet long, and of a peculiar color, aroused some curiosity here yesterday when exhibited by Melvin Smith and Mose and Alonzo Drake, who killed it in the Ohoopee river | swamp. ! Hon. Caleb W. Smith Os Tattnall Dead. Reidsville July 31.—The re mains of Caleb W. Smith, w'ho died in a sanitarium in Savannah last night from a complication of diseases, arrived in Reidsville last night and were interred in the city cemetery this morning at 10 o’clock. Mr. Smith was 72 years of age | and served with distinction ; through the civil war. He car ried as a memento of that conflict the scarred stump of a limb which lie lost while in battle. He ; located in Reidsville at the close jof the war. For thirty-one years he was ordinary of Tattnall county. He is survived by his wife, ! Mrs. C. W. Smith, of this city. | The children are J. S. Smith, of i Green Cove Springs, Fla.; C. L. Smith, of Valdosta; Mrs. Claude Edwards, of Claxton, Ga.; Mrs. B. H. Groover, of Reidsville; Mrs. John Coleman, Miss Maude and Miss Fannie Lou Smith, all of Reidsville. Claude Hall is Dead From Pistol Wound. Macon, Ga., Aug. 2.—Claude Hall, the young Macon black smith who was accidentally shot by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Alzona Hall, at the latter’s home here last night, died at the Macon hos pital today without regaining consciousness. Coroner Stubbs has decided not to hold an inquest, there being no doubt in his mind but that the accident was purely accidental. Mrs. Hall, in taking a pistol from her husband’s pocket, snap ped it at her brother-in-law, be lieving that the weapon was not loaded. The first time the ham mer hit an empty chamber, butl the second time the gun was dis-| charged and Hall fell to the floor j with bullet in forehead. The! Halls formerly lived in Savannah. Silver Plate Removed From Becker Coffin. New Vork, Aug. I.—The po lice, it was announced tonight, had had removed from the coffin | of Charles A. Becker a silver plate placed there by his widow on which was inscribed the charge that the former police lieutenant electrocuted Friday was “murdered by Gov. Whit- ( man.” Mrs. Becker was inform ed that the inscription was a criminal libel on the Governor and was prevailed on to permit its removal. Law Partnership Formed. Macon, Ga., July 21.—Warren Grice, former attorney general of Georgia, is now a member of the Macon bar, he having form -led a partnersnip with J. Ells worth Hall, the firm name being Hall & Grice. Mr. and Mrs. Grice have taken Governor Nat E. Harris’ resi- I dence on Napier Heights, they having leased the property for I the balance of Governor Harris’ i term of office. Leo M. Frank’s Head is Put in Metal Braces. Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 2. ; Leo M. Frank’s head has been i placed in metal surgical braces, forcing his head to the left side, i that side of his neck being slash ed by a convict fifteen days ago. It will be a month, doctors state, before Frank is able to leave the hospital. The braces were nec ; sary to prevent stitches tearing i out and to hold the wound to gether so that it will heal. Mr. M. A. McQueen of Sav annah was with relatives and ; friends here yesterday. ! Farmers Urged to Organize. Marlow, Ga., Aug. 3.—The 1 necessity for organization among farmers for the proper distribu tion of their products was the keynotes of an address delivered at a picnic of the Farmers Union near here by Chairman Over man of the executive committee, of Douglas, Ga. Over 1,000 far mers and their friends were present. Rev. S. L. Nease of Marlow also spoke. Both speak ers were introduced by Rev. C. M. Ledbetter of Guyton. J. J. Brown, state president, was pre vented from filling the engage ment to speak here. Gunn Kills Himself With His Own Gun. Quitman, Aug. 3. —Vann Gunn, despondent and said to have been addicted to the morphine habit since a child, borrowed a shotgun yesterday from his brother, went out into the woods and blew a hole through his heart. Gunn moved to Brooks county last week from Moultrie, with his wife and little girl. He be came interested in farming in the northern part of Brooks county. Yesterday he was very despondent. After he secured his brother’s shotgun, he went into the woods just a short dis tance from the residence, took off his shoe and sock, and, plac ing the butt of the gun against a tree, sat down and pulled the trigger with his toe. Strawberries for Next Year. Plant pot-grown strawberries during July or August, on good, rich well-prepared land and have an abundance of berries for the family next season. Get the ground fine and mellow, so the plants will develop strong roots this season, as the crop results depend on this season’s root growth. Trim back the leaves as soon as the plants are received from the dealer and puddle the roots, that is, soak them in mud made about the consistency of thin paste. Set the plants in rows, two or three feet apart and the plants twelve to eighteen inches apart in the rows. The new runners will fill the spaces be tween the plants until a solid row of plants results. Keep the runners out of the spaces be tween the rows and the plants in the rows at least five inches apart. In setting out plants of any kind wet the soil thoroughly with a hose the night before or early in the morning. Then set out the plants at sundown and water thoroughly. Keep the plants from wilting by watering or affording shade. For shading, a wooden berry box dropped over each plant during the day an swers the purpose. Remove them at night and replace in the morning. Shading will only be required for a day or two until the plants get a root start suf ficient to supply the foliage suf ficient to present the sun drying the plants up. For mulching results we have obtained is by using leaves in the spaces between the rows and marsh hay or straw around the plants and over the leaves in the row. — Home and Farm. New Disease Killing Cattle. Thomasville, Ga., Aug. 1.-- Some of the farmers in the eas tern part of Mitchell county are said to be puzzled over a new j disease which has caused the death of some fine cattle. R. P. Palmer has lost two milk cows, valued at *IOO each, from it. The j disease first makes its appearance in the form of a severe cold with a lump under the jaw and in a | few hours it proves fatal. IIVALDA TO HAVE BRANCH BANK The Mt. Vernon Bank Buys Building and Fixtures This Week. On Tuesday the building and fixtures of the Uvalda Bank were sold at public outcry and were bid in by the Mt. Vernon Bank for the sum of $3,500. It is the purpose of the Mt. Vernon Bank to open a branch in Uvalda within twenty days. The peopie of Uvalda have been unfortunate in the closing down of the Uvalda Bank, but are to be congratulated on the plan of the Mt. Vernon Bank to give them i t once good and safe banking facilities. Deposits in the Uvalda branch will be quite as safe as in the parent in stitution here, being fully se cured by this bank. The Mt. Vernon Bank is rated as one the strongest concerns among the state banks, and the affairs of the Uvalda branch will be under its direct supervision. Reynolds Young Lady Killed in Smashup. Americus, Ga., Aug. 3. — Miss Eva McDaniel of Reynolds, Ga., was killed and Eugene Sanders, also of Reynolds, probably was fatally injured in an automobile accident near Andersonville early tonight when the machine in which they and a party of friends were returning from this place to Reynolds skidded and turned turtle. Miss McDaniel was pinned be neath the overturned car and died instantly. Her body was removed to Anderson ville. A Miss Rogers of Oglethorpe, Ga., and a Miss Sanford of Atlanta, and Daniel Payne, the chauffeur, were painfully hurt. Physicians from this town hurried to the scene to attend the injured and are making an effort to save San der’s life. His chances for re covery, however, are considered doubtful. Lightning Strikes a Mt. Vernon Residence. At 11:30 o'clock yesterday considerable excitement occurred when lightning struck the resi dence of Col. W. L. Wilson on the southeast corner of the court house square. The crowd in at tendance on superior court rush ed to the home, but found only slight damage, and no one hurt, beyond the fright of Mrs. Wilson and the children. The bolt de scended a chimney on the east end but did not damage the house to any great extent. New Kind. Over in North Carolina there is a new drink called “meal beer,” alongside o’ which, it is said, corn liquor appears as mild and unassuming as soothing Byrup. We herewith appoint Uncle Jim Williams ourguardeen while we go over and take a look at this outrage. — Macon Tele graph. Citation Georgia—Montgomery County- To all whom it may concern: Mrs. V. C. Martin having in j proper form applied to the under ; signed for letters of administra i t.ion on the estate of George T. Johnson, deceased, this is to no -1 tify all persons concerned that said application will be heard at ; the regular September term of this court. Given under my hand ' and official seal this the 2nd day of August, 1915. Alex McArthur, Ordinary. NO. 14.
