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VOL. XXX.
UNVEILING WAS
BRILLIANT EVENT
Memory of Continental Sol
dier Perpetuated by a
New Tablet.
There was held at the Hamil
ton cemetery, near Kibbee Sun
day an occasion of more than us
ual interest—the unveiling of a
tablet marking the grave of
Stewart Hamilton, grandfather
of the late Chas. S. Hamilton,
and the foreparent of hundreds
of descendants throughout this
section To the Col. William Few
Chapter, D. A R , of Eastman,
is due the credit of locating the
grave and erecting the marker
to this Revolutionary soldier, and
the exercises attending it were
impressive, and as a result new
interest and patriotism will have
been aroused throughout the
county.
Exercises began immediately
after the arrival of the south
bound M. D. & S. train, on which
came the delegation from East
man, and the exercises were con
ducted by Mrs. A. L. Wilkins,
regent of the chapter. With a
large assemblage around the
grave, Rev. Dan Walker made
the opening prayer, followed by
“America,” one of our national
songs. Col. B. R. Calhoun, of
Eastman, delivered the address
of the occasion, in which he viv
idly pictured every scene attend
ing the journey of this patriot to
his Georgia home, located near
the spot where he spent his after
life and where he rests. The
speaker followed step by step the
journey and the perfection of the
settlement, giving the names of
the entire party and the equip
ment, customs, etc , in detail
He, of course, is a lineal descen
dant of this pioneer, and to him
in a great measure is due the
credit of preserving so clear a
record of this remarkable family,
whose ranks now number over a
thousand, and whose members
are residents of the several coun
ties of this section.
Dr. W. B. Burroughs of Bruns
wick, one of the state’s most
noted antiquarians and collectors
of historic data, (a staunch sol
dier of the Gray) was present by
invitation, and made a short but
stirring address, which, as all of
his talks are, was instructive and
entertaining. There was placed
over the tomb one of the Doctor’s
original thirteen-starred flags
and our national flag.
The substantial slab, suitably
inscribed, was furnished by the
Federal government through the
Daughters, and on this occasion
was beautifully draoed in the
national colors and surmounted
by a beautiful wreath. The act
of unveiling was gracefully per
formed by Mrs. Homer O’Calligan
of Eastman, a descendant. The
grave was bedecked with flags,
as well as the grave of the hero’s
wife, who sleeps beside him on
the site of their first Georgia
home.
The exercises were followed by
a sumptuous dinner, spread in a
nearby grove, and while the at
tendance could well be estimated
at fifteen or eighteen hundred,
all were well and courteously
cared for. It was an inspiring
scene, from which will arise
memories calculated to arouse
lasting interest throughout
the county. Stewart Hamilton
was born about the year 17(30,
and entered the Continental
army at tne age of 21, serving in
a number of of engagements;
and, like most men of his type,
was distinguished for bravery
and a love for home and liberty,
and Mentgornery county should
be proud to have given him a
home following the struggle for
independence.
Among those in the Eastman
party were Mrs. A. L. Wilkins,
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cobb and
son, Mrs. W. Mcßae. Mr. and
and Mrs. J. J. Harrell, Misses
Lillian and Ennie Lee Harrell,
Mr. and Mrs. Homer O’Calligan
and little son, Misses Tinnie and
Kathleen Currell of Dublin, Col.
and Mrs. D. A. R. Crum of Cor
dele, Messrs. B. T. Burch and C.
C. Clark and a number of others
from Eastman.
He sleeps best whose home is
protected by ample fire insur
ance. Insurance on farm dwell
ings a specialty with us.
Mt. V. L. & C. Agency.
Champion Cane Grower.
Mr. Cumbee, farming on the
plantation of Hon. John C. Cal
houn. sent us the finest speci
mens of sugar cane we have ever
seen in Montgomery county. This
county is considered somewhat
above the sugar cane belt, but
Mr. Cumbee has demonstrated
that the very best cane can be
grown here. Two of the three
stalks sent measure 9 feet,
and the longest one 9 feet 6 in
ches and a half. This is fine
cane, and will be hard to beat.
Rail Board Classifies
Ocmulgee River Road.
Atlanta, Oct. 22. —The Rail
road Commission Thursday classi
fied and gave the right to do
business to the Ocmulgee River
Railroad Company, a 21-mile line
extending from Lumber City to
Jacksonville, both in Telfair
County.
The line will do only a freight
business for several months, and
was put in class “D. ”
ORGANIZED SONS
AND DAUGHTERS
Two Promising Patriotic
Organizations For
County.
There was organized Saturday
afternoon at the court house a
chapter of Daughters of the Con
federacy and a camp of Sons of j
Veterans. The attendance was!
not large, but those present j
were Inspired bv the stirring
words of Dr. W. B. Burroughs,
who addressed the body on a
subject dear to the heart of every
true Southerner —the cause for
which Southern men fought. He
made a deep impression, and one
which is sure to bear fruit. A
number of Veterans were present
and also a number of ladies.
Mr. W. A. Johnson was elected
commandant and H. B. Folsom
secretary. At a meeting called
for Nov. Ist the organization will
be further advanced, and a full
list of officers will be chosen.
The camp will be known as the
“M. D. Hughes Camp, Sons of
Confederate Veterans,” the
name given in honor of Capt. M.
D. Hughes of this place—a de
served tribute to the valor of
this well known Veteran.
For the Daughters, Mrs. J. E.
Mcßae was chosen chairman and
Miss Bessie Stuckey secretary.
The ladies will call a meeting in
a few days, at which time their
organization will be perfected.
All ladies, and all men and boys,
who are eligible should be ready
to enroll in this splendid work.
Not to do so is a reflection on our
patriotism and a disregard for
the memory of those whose blood
was given in defense of a cause
fixed in the history of the world.
Those present feel under last
ing obligations to Dr. Burroughs
for his valuable assistance, and
will look forward to his return
to Mt. Vernon and Montgomery
county. Further announcements
will be made later.
Important Notice to
Monitor Subscribers.
We expect you to call and pay
up your subscription next week
during superior court W’e have
carried many names through the
hard times that must be dropped
if back dues are not paid up. It
has cost us a dollar in cash to pay
for the paper and ink sent you a
year, to say nothing of the labor
involved, and if you appreciate
our efforts to give you a good
paper, please call and pay up.
Ask your friends to subscribe
and keep up with county mat
ters.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1915.
ENTERTAIN AT BREWTON
PARKER TUESDAY EVENING
On Tuesday evening, Nov. 2. there will be rendered the first
number of the series of Lyceum entertainments secured by The
Brewton-Parker Institute for the season 1915-1(5. The entertain
ment, in the auditorium, begins 7:3d. Admission: Adults, 50 cents;
students, 25 cents. The public cordially invited to attend.
MJL. , ~ - —n—
The personnel of The Musical 10n- ,
tertainers is as follows:
In Nebraska, where Miss Hockerson
is best known, she is called the ‘‘child
violinist.” At the age of fourteen she
gave complete violin recitals here in
Lincoln, absolutely astonishing all
musicians. There is nothing effeminate
or weak about her playing. Her tone
is really superior in breath und firm
ness to most men players. Miss Hock
erson comes from a musical family.
Her sister is a splendid pianist and
her younger brother plays the violin
remarkably well. Her mother is a
teacher of the piano.
Miss (lartcn is not only an accom
plished singer, but lias a voice of
great sympathy. She has rare gifts
as a reader. She has appeared on
Itedpath Chautauquas during one en- i
SEABOARD AIK LINE
DEPOT AT AILEV BURNED
J
Went up in Smoke About
Four o’clock Yesterday
Morning.
The firing of several guns
aroused the people of Ailey and
several in Mt. Vernon at 4:00
o’clock yesterday morning, when
it was discovered that the Ailey i
depot w'as on fire. No cause for
the origin of the fire has yet j
been found. The building and its
contents were soon a mass of
flames, and were quickly reduced
to ashes. The value of the freight j
lost has not yet been ascertained,
but no cotton was around the
depot and no cars were burned
It is hoped that the people of
Ailey will not long be put to
inconvenience by the loss, and
that the depot buiding will soon
be replaced.
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THE CORN CLUB BOYS
IN MONTGOMERY.
Are Very Poorly Encouraged
But Continue the Good
Work.
i
We regret that the boys of
Montgomery have met
with such poor encouragement in
trying to organize and continue
the corn club work. That they
have not been properly helped in
this county is quite apparent.
Mr. G. V. Cunningham, in
charge of the work in this sec
tion, did not give notice in time
for the boys to meet him, and
left on the next train after
reaching here, notwithstanding
the fact that some of the boys
were on the way with their ex
hibits when he left.
Jeff Godowns of the Mt. Ver
non district had made 88.73
bushels on his acre, and had fine
samples. We propose to give
this matter more airing a little
later, and see why our boys have
been side-tracked.
Macon News: —A man will
wait three hours for a fish to
bite, or all night for a good hand,
but if his wife wants him to wait
twenty minutes while she goes
in the store and buys a paper of
pins he nearly dies of impatience.
I tire season and scored big successes
j everywhere. Miss Garten has a world
of enthusiasm, great ambition and
wonderful powers. In appearance, she
is deeiilely striking, is natural and un
affected in her work.
Miss Ingram lives in Kansas City.
Her talents were first shown in licr
work with the Kansas City Musical
and Dramatic Club. This club is made
! up of more than a hundred and fifty
people who have musical and dramatic
ability. Her voice is a lyric soprano.
Her most recent successes have been
in musical comedy and light opera.
She played the part of Lady .Margaret
Primrose in “The Skylark,” Hazel
Drown in “The Spartans” and the title
role in "Mile. Juliette.”
The Musical Entertainers’ program
will be made up of ensemble uutu
j hers, solos, duets, trios, readings.
CRIMINAL CALENDAR
SUPERIOR COLRT
I
List of Cases to be Disposed
of Latter Part of
Week.
J The following is the list of
eases to be tried on Thursday
and Friday of Superior Court.
; No case will he tried before day
| assigned.
Thursday.
State vs Josh Collins, (4 cases),
Ed Jones, Bird Smith, Edward
Phillips, Elbert Sellars, Manuel
Flagg, Clint Hall, Tom Cummins,
(2 cases), Bob McNatt and Fred
Wolfe, Luke Powell, Willie New
mans, J. J. Isdell, L. A. Arring
ton, John Bazemore, Bill Partin,
Jr., Mack Collins, Kelley Collins
(2 cases), Lewis Collins, J. R.
Foster, Will Roberson, Harris
Cummins, Dan Sellers, Aleck
Wilkes (2cases), George Graham,
(2 cases), Owen Jones, Lucian
Higgs, James Dawsom Simpson,
W. J. Higgs, Otis McT.vie,
Homer Green, John Henry Gibbs,
P. J. McNatt & Lawrence Phil
lips.
Friday.
Willie Roberson, Ah<- McKin
non, Abe Soloman, 11. W. Willis,
B. L. Strickland, (5. 11. Simpson,
! Twiggs and Nancy Phillips
Smith, Rrichard Wright, Viola
Bird, Hyman Chester, John Cut
ler, B. Fr Calhoun, Marshall
White, Goldsboro Powell, J. W.
Register, Eh Conner, Emanuel
Flagg, G. T. Tapley, William
Troup, H. I. Fields, W. S. Whit
field, John Green, George Adams,
G. P. Sammons, George Clark,
Harrison Mills, Barney Leonard,
Dooh Kelley, Lee Mitchell, Torn
Goins, Rosa Bearner, Sam and
Lizzie McArthur, Pete Carswell
Boston Durden.
W. A. Wooten, E. I). Graham,
Sol.-Gen. Judge.
1 Boy, Struck With
j
Baseball Bat, Dies.
t Lindale, Ga., Oct. 25. Asa
! result of a boyish Sunday base
ball game John Henry Byrd, the
fifteen-year-old son of W. W.
I Byrd, is dead. He was accident
i ally hit on the head with a bat
by Robert McClain, another fif
t teen-year-old boy. This happen
i ed at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon
■ and the Dry died shortly after
. midnight this morning.
Cooper —Mulling.
At the residence of the bride's
father, Mr. Henry Cooper, on
Sunday last Mr. Paul A. Mulling
and Miss Rainey Cooper were
united in marriage. Judge G. J.
Stanford performed the legal ser
vice that made them man and
wife. The young people left
over the Seaboard Air Line road
for Midville, after receiving the
congratulations of numerous rel
atives and friends.
Thomas Durden is
Accidentally Killed.
Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 25.
While at play here this afternoon
with several other hoys of his
own age who were shooting at a
target with a small calibre rifle,
Thomas Durden, the 9-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Dur
den was shot and fatally wound
ed He died to-night.
The rifle, it is said was leaning
against a fence when one of the
boys ran against it, causing the
accidental discharge.
TEACHERS ARE
HERE THIS WEEK
Session Conducted by Prof.
Martin, One of State
Supervisors.
j Tne Montgomery County Teach
| ers’ Institute, under the leader
ship of Prof. J. O. Martin, one
! of the state supervisors of educa
tion, met here Tuesday morning,
j and is largely attended by the
j public school teachers of the
j county. Intense interest is mani
fested, and the week’s session
promises to be one of the most
pleasant and profitable ever held
|in the county. Prof. Martinis
remembered as a former visitor
to Mt. Vernon, and his valuable
aid is prized by the body. He is
a prominent figure in the educa
tional affairs of Georgia, and be
fore accepting his present posi
tion was county school commis
sioner of Newton county, the
school system of which under his
guidance was recognized as one
of the best in the south.
Mr. C. W. Anderson, who will
teach the Higgston school, is
acting secretary. The exercises
will conclude tomorrow after
noon.
The following is a list of the
teachers attending, together
with the schools which they will
teach this fall:
B. A. Walker, Alston; Miss
Lena Mincey, Charlotte; Miss
Freddie Stokes, Crooked Run;
Miss Georgia Brown, Crooked
Run; Miss Zell Mcßride, Hack
Branch; Miss Maggie Clark, Han
cock;.!. B. Chastain, Hutcheson;!
Misses Maude and Kittie Wil
liams, Kibbee; Misses Beulah
Martin and Frances Hunter,
Longpond; Miss Margaret Phil
lips, Lothair; Miss Mamie Tar
ver, Miller’s Hill; Miss Jennie
Butler, McGregor; Miss Blanche
Johnson, New Hope; G. W. and
Ralph Thomas, Oriarina; Miss
Abbie Graham, Poplar Head;
Mis Annabel Webster, Red Bluff:
Misses Mary and Rebecca Pettit,
Rosemont; Miss Bertha Swan,
Sadie; Mrs. D. Q. Coleman, Sew
ard; Mrs. Julia Gibbs, Sharpe
Spur; Mrs. O. O. Williams, Smut;
J. L. Sargent, C. H. Jones,
Misses Ethel Pritchett, Janie
Kelley, Minnie Chapman and
Pinkie Durden, Soperton; Miss
Fannie Grilfin, Swift Creek;
Misses Geraldine Holliman and
My rtice Stephens, Tarry town;
Miss Bertha Phillips, Uvalda;
Miss Noirena Moseley, Violet
Hill; Miss Lollis Combess, Zaidee.
Rev, Chas. Montgomery of the
Presbyterian church has returned
from Metter, Ga., where he con
( ducted a revival meeting.
TOOMBS COUNTY
FAIR WAS GOOD
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Splendid - Display of Farm
Products and Fine
Live Stock.
One of the prettiest looking
sights at the fair was the pair of
graded Hereford cattle exhibited
by Mr. J. A. Coursey. They
were looked at and admired by
all who visited the live stock de
partment. In stocking his farm
with these tine cows Mr. Coursey
has taken a long step in the di
rection of profitable cattle rais
ing.
The CofFee Beans grown and
exhibited by Dr. 1. E. Aaron at
tracted the attention of all visi
tors to the agricultural depart
ment. It is said that it makes
just as fine coffee as the best
imported from South America.
The bush upon which it grows is
very thrifty and the soil and
I climate here pleases it. It may
some day become a staple crop
here.
The great display of farm pro
ducts brought to the fair by Mr.
W. R. Lilliott from the 14():ird
district was the center of attrac
: tion and won the admiration of
all visitors to the fair. A look at
it was enough to make any
Toombs citizen proud of his or
her home county. In this dis
play, arranged upon a wagon,
was shou n practically every
staple product grown in the Sou
thern states. There were oranges,
grapes, oeas, apples, pomegran
ates and every fruit and vege
table grown. Every article in
this wonderful collection of farm
products was grown in the sou
thern part of Toombs county
This easily won the blue ribbon.
No man connected with the
fair contributed more time and
energy to make it a success than
Prof. Cromartie, our county farm
demonstrator. For these efforts
upon his part the fair manage
ment feels grateful to him.
Mr. R. E. Boyd of the Wesley
Chapel neighborhood, had a fine
display of farm products at the
fair, included in which was a
home cured ham which brought
down the paize.
Col. E. J. Giles' bunch of ba
| nanas grown in his yard was an
attractive exhibit. Itaboutcom
pleted the evidence that any and
everything can be grown in
Toombs county.
The cow with twin calves from
W. A. McNatt’s farm was some
thing many people had never
seen before. The cow is a Hol
stein crossed with common stock.
Lyons Progress.
Distinguished Visitor.
Mt. Vernon citizens and many
others from different sections of
the county had an opportunity of
meeting Dr. W. If. Burroughs of
Brunswick, a well known Con
federate Veteran and historian,
who left Monday for Macon,
after spending a few days with
Editor and Mrs. Horace Folsom.
The Doctor is a ready talker,
a veritable storehouse of knowl
edge, and always has an interest
ed audience, whether composed
of one or a thousand.
Saturday morning he spoke to
the student body and faculty of
The Brewton-Parker Institute,
and exhibited a variety of rare
documents of which he has count
less numbers. He was given a
warm welcome to Montgomery
county and his visit was a pleas
ure. Monday he, in company
with Prof. Martin and others,
visited the Troup tomb at Rose
mont, en route to Dublin, where
he visited his son, Macpherson
Burroughs.
Judge B. F. Hamilton of Kib
bee was a visitor here last week
arranging for the unveiling so
successfully carried out Kibbee
on Sunday.
NO. 26.