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VOL. XXX.
GOVERNOR CALLS
EXTRA SESSION
Names November 3d, and
Includes Six Measures
For Consideration.
After a lengthy preamble on
the causes necessitating action
on each measure named, Gov
ernor Harris issues this call:
Now, therefore, by virtue of
the authority vested in me by
article 5, section 1, paragraph 13.
of the constitution, 1, Nat E.
Harris, governor of Georgia, do
hereby convoke the general as
sembly of the state in extraordi
nary session, to meet in their re
spective halls at the capitol in
Atlanta on the third day of No
vember, A. D., 1915, at 10 o’-
clock a. m., for the following
objects, all of which are consid
ered by the executive of sufficient
importance to make the necessir
ty for such extraordinary session:
To consider and enact the gen
eral appropriation bill provided
for in article 111, section vii,
paragraph 9, of the constitution
for the years 1916 and 1917, tak
ing such action on the items
thereof, as such general assem
bly may deem advisable.
To consider and take action
upon such special and defficiency
appropriations as in their judg
ment may be necessary to main
tain the efficiency of the depart
ments and institutions of the
state, as well as the authority of
the government thereof.
To consider broadly the ques
tion of prohibition, with the view
of making such additions to, or
changes in the present laws, as
will in the opinion of the general
assembly secure uniform and ad
equate enforcement of the same,
and prohibit the sale and manu
facture of alcoholics, spirituous,
malt and intoxicating liquors
within the bounds of the state of
Georgia.
To consider the question of the
future disposition of the Western
& Atlantic railroad after the
present lease expires, and to
take such action thereon as may
be deemed advisable at the ex
traordinary session.
To consider the establishment
of a state warehouse system and
take such action thereon as may
be deemed expedient.
To consider and in their discre
tion amend the laws for the
protection of fish and fisheries in
so far as they effect the taking
of fish, oysters, shrimp and
prawn.
To consider the question of
amending the automobile license
tax, authorized in the act ap
proved August 19, 1913, amend
ing an act approved August 13,
1910, and any other acts con
cerning the same, so as to secure
the collection and disposition of
said tax.
Given under my hand and the
great seal of the state, at the
city of Atlanta, this, the twenty
seventh day of September, in the
year of our Lord, 1915.
(Signed) N. E. Harris,
Governor.
By the governor,
Philip Cook, Sec. of State.
Dr. C. R. Jenkins
Here Sunday Night.
Dr. C. R. Jenkins, president
of Wesleyan Female College, and
one of the strong preachers of
Southern Methodism and one of
the foremost educators of the
state, will preach at the Method
ist church here on Sunday night.
You are invited to hear him. Dr.
Jenkins will be at Glenwood for
the morning service.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE COMMERCIAL RANK,
(Branch of The Mount Vernon Bank )
Located ar Uvalda, Ga., at the Close of Business Sept. 21st, 1915.
RESOURCES 1
Time loans $ 5,124 04
Due from banks and bankers
in this state 12,724 48
Due from Hanks and Hankers
in other States 1,284 77
Currency $1,589 00
Silver, nickels, etc. 509 58
Cash items 41 88 2,150 41 i
Total $21,288 7u
STATE OF GEGllGlA—Montgomery County.
Before in-came Elmo J. Bass, Cashier or The Comrawcml Bank, *ho being duly sworn,
tha’ tin- above aiul foregoing statement i»a true condition ol said Bank, an shown by the
beioks of file in s«id Bank. ELMO J. BABB.
v»orn to an 'l subscribed before me this 27th dav of Sept.. I'Jl.j.
J. W. Calhoun, Com. > B. M. C., Ga.
The Campaign Opens.
The local campaign for county
officers is an absorbing matter in
Montgomery county. The cam
paign now beginning promises to
be the most lively of any of its
predecessors, owing to the fact
that county office terms are to be
for four years instead of two.
The first name we have to pre
sent to voters is that of a good
man, Mr. G. V. Mason, who has
his card in for the office of sheriff.
Mr. Mason is one of our best citi
zens, and, as announced in his
card, stands for law and order;
and if elected would make an
efficient officer. We take pleasure
in referring you to his announce
ment.
Kil Kare Club Meets.
On last Thursday afternoon the
Kil Kare Club met at the home of
the Misses Thompson. We were
delightfully entertained. Miss
Ila McLemore was elected presi
dent on account of the departure
of Miss Lyra Thompson. At a
late hour refreshments were serv
ed which were enjoyed by all.
The hour of meeting has been
changed from sto 4 o’clock. Be
prompt. Secretary.
18.-P. I. ITEMS. 1
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The last month’s reports are
out. Please examine them care
fully. Read the “To Parents”
on the first sheet. We hope the
completeness of the report book
will help us to get desirable re
sults.
If your child attends only the
seven months’ free term and;
passes, it will not have cost you
anything. If he shouldn’t pass,
it will cost one year of his time.
Don’t expect the average child
to do in seven months what others
do in nine. Tickets *2.25 and \
$2.75 —the only expense for a ’
year’s schooling.
The Punctuality banner went
to the first grade with a record of
100 per cent. The attendance
banner remains with the seventh,
who had only one absence,.caused
by sickness.
All ladies of the community,
whether patrons of the school or 1
not, are urgently invited to meet I
at the school auditorium Friday J
p. m. at 2:45, to discuss ways arid
means of helping to beautify the
campus. A hearty response came
from the notes sent out in regard
to this improvement.
Would-be Suicide
Likely to Recover.
Dublin, Sept. 23. —Frank Hol
mes, who a few days ago at
tempted to commit suicide, is re
ported to be improving and has
good chances of recovery.
While in a fit of despondency
over his wife's refusal to become
reconciled to him he shot him
self through the breast, and it
was thought once he would die.
Robbers Rifle Safe
Os Douglas Merchant.
Douglas, Ga., September 23.
About 2o’clock yesterday morn
ing robbers burst the safe of
Exom & Co., securing in currency,
gold and silver and valuable se
curities about SSOO. A deposit
box on the outside, containing
S2OO in gold, escar ed the thieves.
No clew yet, but officers are
searching.
LIABILITIES :
! Undivided profits less cur
rent ex. int. and fxs pd. $ 88 50
Due to banks and bankers
in this state 10,000 00
Individual deposits subject.
to check 10,710 52
j Cashier’s checks 583 02
Total $21,288 70
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MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1915
| Boy. Clothes Afire.
Burns School Plant.
Techny, 111., Sept. 24. —A boy,
, whose clothing caught fire from
j a forge, ran through the mechan
ical building of St. Joseph insti
, tute here and set fire to the place.
: The entire structure was soon in
flames, and half a milllion dol
lars’ worth of school property
was threatened.
The boy whose accident started
| the blaze escaped from the burn
j ing building and was rushed to
: Chicago. Several hundred stu
; dents at work in the building lied
1 before the fire communicated to
j the upper floors.
i Presbyterian S. School
Rally Next Sunday.
j The Presbyterian Sunday School
'is taking on new life as a result
|of increased activity among its
! workers, On next Sabbath they
. have planned a special service
j and a splendid program is being
arranged. You just ought to be
I on hand next Sunday.
Million U. S. Nickels
To Buy War Bibles.
Windorn, Minn., Sept, 24.
i One million nickels with which
|to purchase 1,000,000 Bibles to
send to the soldiers in Europe,
will be raised in the United States
within the near future.
| The Rev. Samuel H. Kirkbride,
jof Chicago, representing the
i American Bible Society, made
! the first appeal in behalf of the
| fund before the Methodist Epis
copal Conference here.
Surprise Party For
Miss Carlotta Powers.
A surprise party was tendered
Miss' Carlotta Powers Tuesday
evening at the home of Col. and
I Mrs. C. 1). Loud by her young
I friends. Those enjoying the
happy occasion were Misses Bes
sie Stuckey, Iris Simpson, Jeddie
Cockfield, and Messrs. Pat Her
-1 rington, Tom Mason, Mark Mc-
Lemore and Morris Herrington.
j| Pythian Notes 1
] « Proceedings of Regular Meeting Held «
i by Pythian Literary Society !
The Pythian Society met in the
Freshman room Saturday Sep
tember 25th. After being called
to order by the president the fol
lowing program was rendered:
Declamation Hugh Peterson.
Conversation —Winnie Smith,
Ruth Cochran, Effie Bedingfield,
and Ethel Anderson.
Pin Picture Herman Kenfiedy.
Debate—Resolved, That More
Trouble lias Been Caused by j
Liquor Than by War.
Affirmative- Eugene Truett, i
Alex Peterson.
Negative—Joel T. Outler, Flem- 1
;ing Lester. The judges decided
!in favor of the affirmative. The
I vote of membership was then
J taken, after which we adjourned
j until our next M. C.
BANKRUPT NOTICE.
I In the District Court of the Unit
od'Stutes for the Southern Dis
trict of Georgia, Eastern Divis
,| ion.
]ln the matter of Mrs Lizzie C.
j Allen, bankrupt, It) Bankruptcy.
To th<- creditors of Mrs. L. B. Al
len of Rock ledge, Ga , in the
county of Montgomery and dis
trict aforesaid, bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on
the 9th day of Sept., A. D. 1915,
the above named party was duly
adjudicated a bankrupt, and that
the first meeting of her creditors
will be held at the office of the
i Referee in Bankruptcy, Real Es
j tate Building, Savannah, Ga., on
j the 2nd day of Oct., 1915, at 12
| o’clock, noon, city time, at which
i time the said creditors may at
. I tend, prove their claims, appoint
| a trustee, examine the bankrupt
and transact such other business
•as may properly come before said
1 [ meeting.
j Savannah. Ga., Sept. 21, 1915.
A. 11. MacDONELL,
Referee in Bankruptcy,
jllul B Wimberly, Attorney for
i Bankrupt.
i Lineman is Killed
I
By a Flailing Pole.
Crushed by a pole which fell
at Waverly Way near Inman
j Park Friday morning, W. K.
I Bickers, 53 years old, 330 Wood
ard avenue, a lineman of the
| Georgia Railway and Power com
pany, died Friday afternoon at
i six o,clock in the Atlanta hos
| pital.
; The pole was being lowered by
j workmen of the power company
when the grappling hooks that
held it slipped. The workmen
ran and scattered, but Bickers
was caught beneath the heavy
timber. At first his injuries,
which were mostly internal,
were not thought serious but af
ter he had been at the hospital
some time it became evident that
he could not live.
Baptist Rally Day.
Sunday has been set apart bv
the Baptists of Georgia as a Sun
day school rally day, and the oc
casion will be observed at the
Baptist Sunday school in Mt. Ver
non Sunday afternoon with a
special program, including ap
propriate music, —orchestral and
vocal. A collection will be taken
for missions and the public is in
vited to attend. A special
musical program has also been
prepared for the morning service,
II o’clock. Public invited.
1,000 Bales Sell at
Douglas For $55,000.
Douglas, Ga., Sept. 25.—The
Douglas Cotton Company, ex
porters, closed a purchase to-day
of 1,000 bales of short cotton
from the Paulk Company of Ocilla,
at an average price ofeleven and
one-eighth cents. The aggregate
price of the lot was about $65,000.
The cotton will be brought to the
Douglas Compress Company
compressed and then be shipped
to Manchester, England.
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The Damon Literary Society
held their regular meeting in the
auditorium Saturday, Sept. 25.
The society was called to order
by the president, and after being
led in nrayer by the chaplain,
the roll was called. The minutes
of last meeting were then read
and adopted.
The following programme was
rendered:
Piano solo—Eva Conner.
Reading—Lessie Mae Rackley.
Jokes and wants—Herman
Mann.
Reading—Manilla Moseley.
Vocal Solo —Edna Lee Brew
ton.
Vocal quartette Jim McCul
lough, Cecil Lee, Robt. Odum
and Durham Cobb.
Debate —Resolved, That the
Negroes Should be Colonized.
Affirmative, Negative.
Ray Coursey, A. S. Johnson, j
Max (?) Ben O’Conner.
A very interesting talk was
made us by Professor Conner.
We were very glad to receive,
two new members, Misses Ethel
Bass and Lelia Waller. After
electing new officers for the corn
ing month, and attending to fur
ther business, we adjourned in
order. A. S.
Tax Collector’s
First Rouud.
I will be fit the following places;
for purpose of collecting state and
county taxes for the year 1915.
Mt. Vernon, Oct. 5, all <la.y.
hongpoml, “ 0, 7to9a. m.
Uvalda, Oct. 0, 9:50 a 111 to 1:80p
Alston, “ 0,2 to 4:80 pm.
Higgston, “ 8 a in to 12 in.
Kibbee, (Jet. 7,1 to 4 p. in.
Pigeon Spring Oct, 8, 9 to 11a rn. j
Tarrytown, Oct. 8, 12 to 4 p in.
hothair, “ 9, Bto 11a m.
Soperton Oct. 9, 11:80 ato 5 pm.
Orland, “ 11, 7t012 m.
! Orianna, “ 11,1 to 4p. rn.
11. G. Davis,
T. C. M. C.
Church Notice.
There will be nr preaching ser
vice at the Ailey Methodist church
on Sunday next, on account of
■the preaching by Dr. Jenkins at
j Glenwood and Mt. Vernon, asan
; nounced elsewhere. Preaching at
Ailey on the sth Sunday in Octo
| her. H. C. Ewing. Pastor.
Uvalda.
Special Correspondence.
Misses Anna Moorrison and
| Maggie Mae Lee of Mt. Vernon
were the guests of Mrs. Win.
I Moses a few days last week.
Miss Ethel Orr, who has been
j visiting Misses Pearl and Bernice
! Jones, left last week to spend
| awhile with relatives at Moultrie,
1 before returning to her home in
| Brewton.
Mr. Y. S. Hogg visited Douglas
last Sunday.
Little Miss Grace Bush of Dub
; lin is the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
Hiram Johnson.
Miss Annie .Johnson of Long
pond spent the week end with
Miss Frankie Ijee Johnson.
Mr. Orion Proctor of Vidalia
was in town Thursday.
Rev. E. W. Gray, pastor of the
Methodist church delivered two
interesting sermons on last Sun- 1
day, two members were received j
in at the morning service.
Mr. C. M. McSwain of Vidalia;
spent Sunday in Uvalda.
Little Miss Ouida Jones enter
tained her friends delightfully,
in celebration of her sixth birth
day on Friday afternoon.
Little Miss Mary Ethel Moses
entertained a number of her
friends with a peanut boiling
on Tuesday evening of last week.
The Parsonage Aid Society en
tertained the young people on last
Friday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Moses. Music
was rendered throughout the
evening by Mrs. John R. Gray,
Misses Beulah Moses, Vickie Mc-
Nat.t, Pearl and Besniee Jones
and Ada Langford. A delicious
ice course was served.
On last. Friday afternoon the
Modern Priscilla Sewing Club
was delightfully (entertained by
Misses Vickie and Mary Lou Mc-
Natt. About twelve members
and four visitors were present.
Delightful music was enjoyed.
Refreshments were served at a
late hour. The club will be en
tertained on next Friday after
noon at 3:30 o’clock by Mrs. John
R. Gray at the Methodist parson
age.
The M. I\ Sewing Club enter
tained delightfully on Wednesday
evening of last week at the Lang
ford House in honor of the visiting
girls, Misses Ethel Orr and
Manona Campbelle. The guests
to look their best in their tacky
costumes. The parlor and dining
room were thrown together. Old
fashioned games were enjoyed j
throughout the evening. Music
was furnished by Miss Anna Mor-1
rison of Mt. Vernon and Misses l
Orr, Jones, Moses and Langford, j
Tacky decorations were used and
tacky refreshments were served
by Mrs. John Jt. Gray, Misses
Minnie Wells and Ada Langford.
Miss Minnie Wells arid Mr. Mack
McAllister were awarded the
prizes. The girl’s prize a sewing
bag in green and white, and the
gentleman’s prize was a pair of
sleeves armlets in club colors also.
We feel that this occasion, being
so enjoyable, was due to the fact
that, we had as our hostess Miss
Ada Langford, our most faithful
vice-president.
I 'l‘l |l-i T:\LK I|:\T 1
We have that Smart, Becoming
Hat that you and your daughter
are looking for. jj;
We invite you to call and inspect
them. New patterns. jj
MAMIE HIGGS’ HAT SHOP |
MT. VERNON, GA,
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KILLS HIS WIFE,
1 SHOOTS TWO MEN
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Negro Desperado Goes Out
For Wholesale Killing
Saturday Night.
A shooting affray at a late
hour Saturday night, occurring
a few miles north of Mt. Vernon,
resulted in the death of a negro
woman and the shooting of two
white men in which they were
painfully wounded and from
which each one will lose an eye.
Will Evans, a negro farm hand
on the plantation of Mr. F. L,ee
Mcßae, and his wife attended a
frolic in the neighborhood and
after leaving the place became
involved in a quarrel that result
ed in a fight between them.
They were followed by a brother
of the woman who undertook to
separate, them. He reports that
he undertook to separate them
and was knocked down by Ev
ans. In a short time the woman
was shot dead by her husband,
who proceeded down the road
with his gun and came in contact
with Wm. McNeeley and Julian
! McCoy, the former a convict
I guard and the latter a farmer in
I the neighborhood. Mr. J. C.
jSnelling, in charge of the county
| farm, was passing in a buggy
| with McNeeley and McCoy, and
Evans began cursing them and,
as they looked back, McNeeley
and McCoy received the load of
shot from Evans’ gun. Mr. Snel
ling escaped unhurt.
The two men were struck in
the face and each one will lose
one eye from the flying shot. It
is possible that Evans thought
they were trying to capture him,
and his desperate condition may
have been 1 r >ught about by drink.
Evans made his escape, and
track dogs, followed by several
men, wore soon on his trail. He
was tracked as far as Oak Park
on Sunday but not overtaken. He
was probably making for Adrian,
where he is said to have relatives.
In the drive on Sunday, another
negro became frightened and fled
anti was fired on by the posse
when he refused to halt. He re
ceived a load of shot in his face,
and was taken to the hospital in
Vidalia, and will probably re
cover.
A report of the affair sent to
the Atlanta Constitution from
Mt, Vernon was erroneous, Evans
not being a convict and neither
of the white men were killed.
The murderer is said to be a
good worker, but in the Saturday
night jamboree was probably
drunk. It is possible that a re
i ward will be offered for the ar-
I rest of Evans.
j Father is Jailed for
Beating Boy to Death.
Ellijay, Sept. 23. Deputy
Sheriff John Weaver arrested
Dave Tanner in the eastern part
of Cilmer County and brought
him to Ellijay and placed him in
jail. He was a fugitive from
Union County, where he was ac
cused of killing his eight-year-old
son. The child died shortly after
the father had given him a se
vere heating, it is said.
The sheriff of Union County
came for the prisoner ami took
, hirn to Union County jail.
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