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VOL. XXX.
EX. COMMITTEE
MEETS MAY 3
Montgomery County Man
May Go to National
Convention.
A call has been issued for a
meeting of the State Democratic
Committee in Macon May 3, when
the date for the state primary will
be fixed. At this meeting also,
but not at the same hour, will be
chosen the Georgia delegation to
St. Louis. This date will be
agreeable to the members of the
state committee who desire to
attend the convention for the
selection of national delegates.
Each county will have two
delegates to the Macon conven
tion for each representative in
the Georgia Assembly. It is
understood that the County
Chairman will appoint two dele
gates from Montgomery at once.
Friends of Dr. J. W. Palmer of
Ailey insist that he should be one
of the national delegates from
the Twelfth District, and will
urge his name before the Macon
convention. It is understood,
that in the event of his election,
Dr. Palmer would attend the
national convention in St. Louis,
as a representative from this
section.
Opposition to President Wilson
from the Democratic ranks is not
anticipated, but the national con
vention, as a matter of formal
patriotism should be carried out
to the letter; and while Georgia
will stand solidly for Mr. Wilson,
our state delegation should and
will respond with as much inter
est and political vim as if the
better interest of the nation were
at stake.
Friends of Dr. Palmer feel that
if he is willing to sacrifice the
time and expense of the St. Louis
trip he should have their co-op
operation, and a strong effort
will be made in his behalf at the
Macon convention.
Rev. A. H. Bazemore
Dies in Reidsville.
Reidsville, Ga., March 23.
Rev. A. H. Bazemore, 71 years
old died here yesterday. He is
survived by the following chil
dren: J. J. Bazemore of Augusta,
Ira S. Bazemore of Glennvillo,
Mrs. Joe Copps of Reidsville,
Mrs. A. Hargrove of Homerville
and Mrs. A. W. McCall of Fitz
gerald and Mrs. M. Langford of
Reidsville. Mr. Bazemore had
been a member of the Methodist
Conference of Georgia for forty
six years. The funeral services
will be conducted here to-day at
10 o’clock by Rev. J. M. Rustin
of this place and interment will
take place in the Reidsville Cem
etery.
Start Your Own Saloon.
For the married man who can
not get along without drinks the
following is suggested as a means
of freedom from bondage from
the saloons:
Start a saloon in your own
house. Be its only customer,
(you will have no license to pay.)
Go to your wife and give her
$2.00 to buy a gallon of whiskey.
Buy your drinks from no one but
you wife, and by the time the
first gallon is gone she will have
SB.OO put in the bank and $2.00
to start business again. Should
you live ten and continue
to buy booze from her and then
die with snakes in your boots,
she will have money enough to
bury you decently, educate your
children, buy a house and lot,
marry a decent man and quit
thinking about you entirely.—S.
S. News.
The Presbytery Will
Meet Here In April.
The Savannah Presbytery for
this spring will meet with the
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian church,
the services to commence on
Tuesday evening, April 11th.
The Presbytery has often met
with the church here, and its
coming is always looked forward
to with pleasurable anticipations
by our people, regardless of de
nominational lines. It is expected
that there will be a large atten
dance at this meeting, and homes
will be provided for all who come.
Boys’ Club Organized
At McGregor School.
The boys of McGregor school,
with the help of their teacher,
have organized an S. F. R. (Stand
for Right) club, with M. C. Car
penter, Pres., Foy Mitchell, Vice-
Pres., and Wade Carpenter,
Sec. and Treas.
This club will have a motto and
by-laws similar to those of the
Boy Scouts, some of which are:
That we do our duty to God and
our country, and do our best to
help other people at all times,
that we be courteous and kind,
and that we stand for everything
that is clean.
We hope the S. F. R’s will be
helpful to the community as well
as improving each member in
every way.
Wade Carpenter,
Sec and Treas.
Bales Cotton Ginned in
Montgomery, Crop 1915.
The Bureau of the Census is
sued its report of cotton ginned
in Georgia, of the 1915 crop, at
10:00 a. m., March 20. In Mont
gomery county the number of
bales ginned of the 1915 crop is
13,575 bales, compared with
19,1089 in 1914. This shows a
falling off in production of 5,514
bales. In adjoining counties the
figures are given, for Toombs as
9,733 bales in 1915 against 14,965
in 1914; for Wheeler, 6,644 against
9,191; for Laurens, 40,939 against
59,558; for Emanuel, 27,740
against 40,190 bales.
Paper to Change Hands.
Swainsboro, Ga., March 27.
The Swainsboro Forest-Blade,
the oldest newspaper in this
county, will change management
on 15, the interest of C. D.
Rountree, co-editor, having been
purchased by Frank Mangum of
Macon, who was formerly associ
ated with the Macon News. Mr.
Mangum has been in the city re
cently and stated his intentions
of enlarging the paper and con
tinuing it on its usual plane of
efficeincy.
Dry Weather in Brunswick.
Brunswick, Ga., March 27.
Not a drop of rain has fallen
here within the last 25 days and
only one shower has visited this
section since December 21. Dust
is inches thick on the public high
ways and crops are suffering.
Old-timers declare the present
winter has been the driest in
their recollection. There has been
a deficiency of more than 4 inch
es of rain so far this year.
Election Notice.
On Saturday, April 15th, 1916,
in the Ordinary’s office in the
court house, an election will be
held to decide the question of
removing the cows from the
streets of Mt. Vernon and for
bidding their running at large
within the corporate limits of the
town. Only those qualified to
vote in the regular elections of
the town will be allowed to vote.
Mar. 22, 1916, M. B. Calhoun,
Mayor.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MARCH 30. 1916.
ANOTHER ARREST IN
COURT HOUSE CASE.
The Second Man Accused of
Burning Wheeler’s Court
House Arrested.
1 Soon after the court house at
Alamo was burned, Dave Collins
of that place was arrested and
! charged with having set fire to
the building, causing its complete
destruction. He was lodged in
jail at Mcßae. It was given out
at the time that the detective
who caused the arrest of Collins
had another suspect on his string.
! Following the arrest of Collins,
W. M. Dobson of Alamo left
home. It was alleged that letters
found on Collins imnlicated Dob
son in the crime. Dobson was'
traced to Andalusia, Ala., and
the detective had him arrested
and brought him over to jail in
Mt. Vernon last Sunday. We
know nothing of the evidence to
be used against either of the men,
but hear that a preliminary trial
of Dobson has been set for today,
(Thursday.)
Lyons Man, Mistaken
For Mexican, Killed.
Mobile, March 27. —A. O. Cad
man, of Lyons, Ga., connected
with John Robinson’s circus, was
i shot and killed by mistake for a
Mexican at Mount Riley, New
Mex., according to news received
here to-day by show people.
Soldiers are on the scene inves
gating, according to the reports.
Over Four Thousand
Bales of Cotton Burned.
Houston, Texas, March 26.
Fanned by a stiff breeze, fire
which started in the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railway cotton
sheds here today destroyed about
4,100 bales of cotton and badly
damaged the warehouse of the
F. W. Heilmann Company, hard
ware dealers, and several resi
dences, before it was brought
under control. The loss was esti
mated at $530,000.
Several freight cars and other
equipment in the railroad yards
also were burned. The cotton de
stroyed was valued at more than
$200,000 and owned principaally
by Anderson, Clayton & Co., of
this city. The damage to the
Heilmann warehouse and its con
tents was estimated at $200,000,
and to the railroad property at
SIOO,OOO.
According to Orders.
Time tables are distinctly “sub
ject to alteration” nowadays, and
frequently at very short notice,
says Answers.
On a certain Irish railway a
suburban train was taken off,
and another altered suddenly.
So the station master told the
porter—whose name was Pat, of
course—to give notice of the
changes to the passengers as they
passed the barrier.
Shortly afterward he heard a
terrible din outside his office.
Going to ascertain the cause, he
found Pat ringing a huge bell
violently, and shouting:
“This is to inform ye all that
on and after to-morrow the 10
o’clock train will sthart at noine
thirty, and there will be no last
train.”
Weekly Honor Roll
McGregor School.
Kathleen Conner, Magdalene
Rowland, Martin Morris, Wade
Carpenter, TrumamConner, Mar
vin O’Neal.
Mule For Sale. See W. H.
Carter, Mt. Vernon, Ga.
ANOTHER MURDER
TRIAL FOR MONTGOMERY
Soperton Negro Killed by
One of His Own Race
Saturday.
On Saturday last the marshal
of Soperton brought down and
lodged in jail Norman White, who
is white in name only, being col
ored. It is alleged that in an
altercation on the streets of So
perton White had shot down
Frank Mclntosh, another negro.
He claims that he shot in self
defense, that Mclntosh had
jumped from a dray and was ad
vancing on him with a knife, and
states that Mclntosh had given
! him a severe beating the night
' before. As frequently occurs in
such cases, there seems to have
been a woman figuring as the
chief cause of the difficulty. The
preliminary trial of White has
been set for Monday next.
Telfair County Warden
Died Last Week.
Helena, Ga., March 25. Capt.
J. E. Dunford, county convict
warden of Telfair county, died
at his home here several days
ago. He had been ill for several
months. The deceased was a
native of Emanuel county, where
he was married to Miss Sal lie
Meadlock. His wife and nine
children survive him. He was
!57 years old. The funeral ser
vices were conducted by the Rev.
W. A, Mallory, the interment
taking place in the Mcßae Ceme
tery.
Rev. W. D. McGregor
Preached Here Sunday.
According to previous an
nouncement, Rev. W. D. Mc-
Gregor, of Mcßae, occupied the
Methodist church pulpit here on
Sunday. The morning sermon
was a clear and forceful presen
tation of the subject, “Ye are
the Light of the World.” At the
evening service Mr. McGregor
delivered his well-known and
highly appreciated lecture-ser
mon, “The Heroes and Heroines
' of Peace.”
The day was one of profit to
; his hearers, several of whom are
j acquaintances and friends of his
boyhood days in this county.
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Georgia Should Get Out
Os the Railroad Business.
In a strong editorial on the (
State road, the Dalton Citizen
haß this to say in conclusion:
All the talk about the State
road stabilizing the State’s credit
is childish. Georgia doesn’t have
to own a railroad that is a burden
to the tax-payers in order to se
cure loans at low interest rates.
No other State in the Union does, [
and when any one of them wants
money it gets it, and at the low
est prevailing interest rates
The time has passed when
Georgia needs a railroad, and the
sooner she gets out of the rail
road business the better it will
be for the people of the State and
their railroad.
For it is known the State is
now in a ridiculous attitude in
trying to kill off competition in
order to make complete its mo
nopoly. In other words, the
State says to capital, “You must
not build lines to interfere with
my monopoly. It is all right for
me to be a law-breaker, because
; I am a sovereign State, and hence
can do no wrong, or the wrong I
do is right.”
A fine example for a sovereign
State to set out before its citizen
ship, isn’t it?
Mr. W. S. Johnson, represent
ing the Reliance Fertilizer Works
| of Savannah, was here yesterday.
For Local Contest in
Music and Expression.
The preliminary contest in
music and expression is to beheld
!in the auditorium of Brewton-
I Parker Institute on Friday even-
I ing, beginning at eight o’clock,
! March 31st, All are cordially
i invited who are interested,
i The following are the contes
i tants in music: Theodosia Geiger,
Eva Conner and Katherine Cur
, rie. Those from the expression
I department are: Ethel Hass,
Eunice Burkhalter and Blanche
Hogan.
Foresight of a Statesman.
The Miami (Fla.) Herald of
recent date said editorially:
“Vindication comes slowly,
but the memory of Senator Ba
con is honored in the ratification
of the Nicaraguan treaty, which
provides that this country shall
have the option to purchase a
right of way for a canal through
that country for ninety years.
We may not use it, but that we
are forced to secure the option is
a practical vindication of the
late senator’s foresight and good
judgment. He always believed
the Nicaraguan canal route rather
than the one that was selected,
and time has shown that he was
right.”
The lamented Georgia senator
was a statesman of an unusually
high order of ability, and the
above is only one instance of his
foresight. All things considered,
Georgia was never represented
in the senate by a man who
measured more fully up to what
a senator ought to be,—Dawson
News.
100-Day Velvet Beans
Choice 100-Day Velvet Beans,
two dollars per bushel, delivered
in five bushel lots or more. We
handle planting peas, all kinds,
and will deliver anywhere. Write
for prices. Better peas, and
better bagged than others you
will buy, and sold delivered.
11. M. FRANKLIN,
325 m Tennille, Ga
Honor Roll of the
Hancock School.
Lonnie Ladson, Chess Moxley,
Stella Connell, Alec Connell,
Bertha Graham, Ovid Graham,
Beatrice Connell, Maggie Lee
Moxley, Vannie Lou Moxley, Lola
Mae O’Connor, Ernest Connell,
Lillie Cooper, Carl Connell, Olive
Cur>, Mattie Curl.
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Georgia Boy a Wizard
Os the Wireless.
Valdosta, Ga., March 24.
Jeter Pinkston, a 14-year-old
wizard, has just completed a
home-made system of wireless
telegraphy by which he is send
ing messages all over the city.
The machinery is very crude,
being made from old pieces of
automobiles, sewing machines,
etc. The sounders, or receivers,
are placed in trees 26 or 30 feet
above the ground. One instru
ment is at Colonel F. H. Harrell’s
home, another at W. L. Holder’s
and another at Dr. A. M. Rich’s.
Sons of each of these citizens are
the operators, they having been
brought into it by young Pinks
ton, who has been studying wire
less telegraphy for several years,
and had a small plant some time
ago.
He has bought a larger outfit,
and will be able to get messages
from a distance of a thousand
miles in a few days. His home
made outfits however show real
genius.
COMING COUNTY
SCHOOL CONTEST
Important to Teachers as
Well as to All County
Pupils.
It is only a few weeks until the
County School Contest will be
held here for the schools of Mont
gomery county. • We never grow
tired of urging upon our people
the burning necessity of giving
the boys and girls the very best
opportunities we can command
for their educational, moral and
social uplift.
This annual school contest af
fords the very best facilities for
combining mental and physical
training, and our teachers seem
to have caught the inspiration to
lead in this good work. Contests
held here before approached
more nearly to a county fair than
any other occasion or enterprise
our people have engaged in, and
it is expected that the approach
ing event will surpass all former
contests.
One entirely new and highly in
teresting feature has been added
for this contest. A room has
been secured where fancy work
by ladies of the county who wish
to contribute will be on exhibi
tion. Receipts will be given for
all pieces of handiwork brought
for exhibition, and this bids fair
to become a most popular part of
the contest. Further particulars
will be given.
We have no doubt that our
teachers are fully alive to the
importance of these annual ex
hibitions, and are getting in the
proper training and drilling for
this meet. April 28th has been
set as the time, and the program
and rules will no doubt be given
in time for all to get ready for
participation.
Application blanks are being
printed, and will be sent out to
the various schools of the county
this week.
Dr. Dees Goes as
Important Witness.
Dr. John Hilton Dees of Alston
left Monday for Chicago, where
he will testify as an expert wit
ness for the American Medical
Association in a suit brought by
the Chattanooga Medicine Com
pany against the Association.
The Chattanooga Medicine Com
pany has filed suit for $800,000.00
against the Association.
Missionary Society to Meet.
The Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian church will meet at
the church this afternoon (Thurs
day) at 3:30. The members are
urged to attend and take part in
the deliberations of the society.
Controlling Cotton Acreage.
The speculators who have
claimed that the cotton acreage
was being so increased this spring
as to justify lower prices may yet
be “hoist by their petard.”
The recent decline in prices,
partly due to such false state
ments, and partly caused by
foreign warfare, came just in
time to renew the interest in a
reduced acreage this spring. It
is certainly true that a smaller
acreage is the wise procedure.
Less cotton and more acres of
other crops is the right course
for cotton planters. Put your
fertilizers on your garden crops,
grain, fruit and truck, also grass
and other fodder crops instead of
so much on cotton. — Southern
Farming.
A good hand-power Stump
Puller for sale at a bargain. See
A. L. Lanier, Mt. Vernon, Ga.
NO. 48.
