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VOL. XXXI.
GEORGIA LEADS !
IN COUNTIES'
More Counties and Greater
Tax Rate than Any
Os Them.
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The Bureau of the Census often
sends out figures that make dry
reading, but they give out infor
mation that is appreciated by
thinking men. The statistics re
cently published on wealth, debt;
and taxation do not show Geor
gia up in a very enviable light in
the matter of taxation. With a
greater number of counties than !
any state in the Union, except
Texas, the state tax rate is high- j
er and on the increase. It will be '
noted in the table given below of j
the number of counties, the tax j
rate and the area of a dozen
states, Georgia has far more
counties and a tax rate just
double the highest on the list but
one. Between the years 1903 and
1913, the revenues of the coun
ties increased by 85.8 per cent, ;
and for the same period the ex
penditures increased by 95.2 per ;
cent. California, with far more
than double the square miles of
Georgia’s area, has only 58 coun
ties against Georgia’s 152.
States Counties Tax Sq. Miles i
California, 58 none 158,297
Georgia, 152 $4.80 59.2651
Idaho, 33 1.68 83,888
Indiana, 92 .70 36,354
Kansas, 105 120 82,152
Minnesota, 86 2.87 84,682
Missouri, 115 1.80 69,420
N. Carolina, 100 240 49,204
New York, 62 1.70 52,426
R. Island, 5 .90 1.248
S. Dakota, 61 1.00 77,615 j
W. Virginia, 55 1.40 24,140
New York, with the dense pop- j
ulation of 9,113,299, has 201 men
in her legislature while Georgia
has 233. Is it any wonder that
Georgia is over-burdened with
laws?
Mrs. H. D. Wilson
Died Last Week.
Mr. S. J. Elliott of Mt. Vernon ;
was called to Hazlehurst last |
week on account of the death of (
his sister, Mrs. H. D. Wilson.
Mrs. Wilson formerly resided
here, and was well known to
many of our people She was the j
youngest one of the family, and
is survived by one sister and four
brothers.
Protracted Services
Presbyterian Church.
Beginning with Sunday morn
ing, 23d inst , Mr G W Stradt
man of Savannah will conduct a
week’s revival service at the Mt
Vernon Presbyterian church,
continuing through the fifth Sab
bath Mr Stradtman will be as
sisted by a visiting minister, who
will arrive in time for the open-|
ing service. The public is cordi-;
ally invited to attend each ser
vice.
Card of Thanks.
I desire to return my sincere
thanks and appreciation to those
kind friends who administered to
us during the recent illness and
death of my wife Their servi
ces shall ever be remembered.
R A. Johnson,
Alston, Ga.
Dissolution Notiuk.
Th* firm of H. V. Thompson <fc
Bros., Ailey, Ga., composed of H.
V. Thompson, J. W. Thompson
and C. G. Thompson, has been
dissolved by mutual consent, H.
V. Thompson continuing said bus-i
iness, collecting all accounts and j
paying all debts against said firm, !
the two latter members retiring. |
This the 17th day of July, 1910.
H. V. Thompson,
J. W. Thompson,
C. G. Thompson.
Reports From Kibbee.
President Bunyan Smith was
at Kibbee last week, and brings
good reports from that section
' for the Brew ton-Parker Institute.
The farmers of that section are
I alive to progressiveness, and
; with their good crops, they are
1 expecting to place their boys and
girls in the B -P I. September
6th Some ten or fifteen boys
and girls of that section have
already made up their minds to
attend B -P. I. this fall Ben
O’Conner, who will be senior
next year and who lives in the
Kibbee district, is working very
'enthusiastically for the B -P I.
Laurens Goes After
Agricultural School.
I Dublin, July 17. —Dublin is go
j ing after the Twelfth District Ag
ricultural High School which is
authorized in a bill now before
.the Legislature, and which is
thought to be pretty sure of en
actment. There are several
i towns in the district preparing to
' make a fight for the school, but I
; Dublin and Laurens county will -
' make a splendid fight for it, and
with the natural advantages of
being located in the center of the
district and a very rich farming
county, stands a good chance of
getting the school.
Cotton in Decatur
Is Ready to Pick.
Bainbridge, Ga., July 17. Cot
ton picking will begin within a
few days in Decatur county.
Nearly every one who planted
cotton this year has tried to rush
the staple to an early maturity in
■ order to get ahead of the boll
S weevil. Eearly maturing varie
ties have been planted and the
cultivation has been hastened to
produce a staple that would open
|by the middle of July. County
Agent Lewis, who is from Louis
-1 iana and conversant with boll
! weevil conditions, says that no
real damage need be expected
before the middle of August. At
; this rate, most of the cotton in
Decatur will have heen picked.
(Farmers in the western portion
of the county are making prepa
tions to begin the latter part of
this week.
Ailey News.
Special CorreaponrleDoe.
Miss Lettie Fryer is visiting
the family of Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Skipper.
The Misses Peterson enter
tained Wednesday evening of
last week at a prom party in
honor of their house guests,
Misses Smiley, Edwards and
Tippins, of Claxton, and Brinson
of Stillmore.
Mr. Alex Smith, of Mcßae, is
spending a few days here with
relatives.
Mrs. Ewell McGahee and
daughter are in Alamo for a few
days.
Mrs. Herman Futrell, of So
perton, is down for the week
with her mother, Mrs. J. A.
Riddle.
Little Miss Cleopatra McLau
rin, of Nashville, Tenn., is spend
ing the summer with her aunt,
Miss Jesse Peterson.
Miss Erin McArthur, of Mc-
Gregor, was the guest of Miss
Marie Peterson last Friday.
Misses Leta and Winnie Stan
ford left last Friday for Soperton
where they will apend the week
with the Misses O’Brien.
Mr. Lewis Burch of Savannah
was in town a short while yester
day with old friends.
Mr. S. A. Sykes spent last
week with relatives in Mcßae.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 20, 1916.
COME CLEAR OF
11 CHARGE OF ARSON
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Dobson and Collins Freed
But Detective Was
Arrested.
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Glenwood, July 19.—The cases
■ of W. M. Dobson and D. S. Col
lins, charged with the burning of
the courthouse of Wheeler coun
ty at Alamo, was nol prossed to
day. Immediately after the cases
were dismissed, D. J. McCormick,
the Hazlehurst detective, was ar
rested by Chief Wilson, of Ala
mo, and delivered to the deputy
'sheriff of Toombs county, on!
, charges of jumping a board bill
at Vidalia. At the train the of
ficer from Toombs county was
confronted by the sheriff from
Jeff Davis, who had come for
him to serve out a chaingang sen
tence in the latter county.
Three Children Are
Drowned In Alapaha.
Valdosta, Ga., July 15. —Three
'children of Henry B. Phillips, of
Stockton —Henry, aged 14; Eliza
beth. 10, and a boy, 2, were
drowned in the Alapaha river
there late today, according to a
message received here. Mrs.
Phillips, who was with the chil
dren when they waded into what
they believed to be a shallow la
goon made by the river’s recent
overflow, narrowly escaped
death. Parties have gone from
Naylor and Stockton to recover .
the bodies.
Benjamin Pafford, 18-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pas-1
ford, of Milltown, Ga., was also
drowned in the Alapaha river
near Milltown today when he
dived from the railroad bridge.
Donald Dorsey and Cranford
Peters, his companions, were
rescued by Lawton Patten. They
became exhausted and couldn’t
save Pafford.
I LOCAL - PERSONAL §
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Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Williams;
of Collins came up Sunday to vis
it Col. Geiger, who is a brother
of Mrs. Williams.
Mr. Robt. Smith, of Jackson
ville, Fla., is here visiting his rel-,
atives and friends.
Mrs. Thad Huckabee, of Syl
vester, came over Sunday to visit
her mother and other relatives. |
Miss Alice Way, of Moultrie,
Ga., is here visiting Mr. and Mrs.
E. D. Adams. Miss Way is a
relative of Mrs. Adams.
Col. W. C. McAllister, of
Hawkinsville, stenographer of
the Oconee Circuit, was a visitor
to his parents here one day last
week.
Rev. C. E. Cook has returned
from his outing at Cumberland
Island.
Mrs. Barron has returned to
her home in Macon, aftera pleas
ant visit here to her daughter,
Mrs. J. W. Morrison.
LADIES Earn a handsome
gold Elgin watch or diamond ring
for a few hours work. Write for
particulars. Box 606, G., Macon,
Ga. ad
Judge G. J. Stanford, Mr. J.
W. Morrison and Mr. W. C. Mc-
Rae were among the excursionists
to Atlanta yesterday.
Mr. Lewis Burch, express mes
senger on the Seaboard Air Line,
was mingling with his friends
and former associates here Tues
day.
Messrs. Lane and Luther Cut
ler, of Cordele, visited their
mother and friends here this
week.
DUDLEY M. HUGHES ON j
CONG. CAMPAIGN COM.'
Georgia Delegation Elects
Him as the States’s
Representative.
Washington, D. C., July 17.
The Georgia delegation at a meet
ing held this afternoon in the of
fice of Representative Adamson, j
dean of the delegation, elected !
Representative Dudley M. j
Hughes of the Twelfth district
as the state’s representative on >
the Congressional Campaign
Committee. The object of this:
I organization is to secure a return i
of a Democratic majority to the
next Congress.
Grey Wolf Killed
In Pierce County.
Waycross, Ga., July 17.—1 n
the western part of Pierce coun
ty today a party of Waycross
I men, headed by W. C. Denny,
vice president of the First Na
tional Bank, chased for five hours
and killed a large gray wolf. It
is the first animal of the kind
seen in this section in years.
Searchers are out trying to find
other wolves supposed to have
been in the same locality.
Soldier Plays Pranks
And Loses Eye.
Camp Harris, Macon, Ga., July
15. Trooper Edward M. Carter,
. Battery A, Chatham artillery,
may lose an eye a9 the result of a
friendly scuffle with a comrade,
i Fred Merkle, at mess today. He
was pouring ice water down
Merkle’s back, when the latter
jabbed his fork over his shoulder.
The fork went in Carter’s eye.
He was taken to the field hospital
and then to Macon. Doctors say
it will probably be necessary to
cut his eye out. Both hoys are
from Savannah.
Miss Mary Sallie Henderson,
after a visit to her sister, Mrs. J.
E. Hunt, returned to her home in
j Sandersviile Tuesday. She was
accompanied by little Miss Doro
; thy and Master Edgar Hunt.
Prof Bunyan Smith, President
of the B -P. I , has gone to North
Georgia for two or three days
His family will come hack with
him; and they will make their
home in the Girls’ Dormitory of j
the B -P. I.
| Messrs Holmes and Franklin
of Vidalia are nainting the dome
and belfrey of the court house.
On Tuesday evening, August 1,
the Citizens P B I Booster Club
i will meet again at the court
house.
The singing convention will,
meet at Hack Branch on the 30th ]
inst, the sth Sunday.
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A number of the young folks
enjoyed a moonlight picnic at the
McMillan bridge Monday evening
Mr. John A McMillan and
family of Bartow are spending a!
few days with the family of Mr.
S. / Salter, north of Mt-Vernon
’ Mrs Katherine McAllister of
I Longpond is visiting relatives in
Lumber City. Her daughter.
Miss Emma McAllister, is visit
ing her brothers at Oeilla this
; week
Miss Minnie Abt came home to
spend the week end. Miss Min
nie has a responsible position in
Valtosta, and returned to her
work there Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hester
went up to Atlanta Tuesday even
ing.
| Hon. Dudley M. Hughes.
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Hon. Dudley M. Hughes is now
between the deep blue sea and
the other terrible phase. Mr.
Hughes is held in Washington by
his duties and is needed at home
to protect his own interests. At
, present he is letting his own in
terests go and looking after the
affairs of the people.—Emanuel
County Times.
This is just the kind of public
| servant that suits the people and
! they are going to remember him
! when the primary comes off. —
j Vidalia Advance.
Singing Convention at
Hack Branch sth Sunday.
We are authorized by Hon. D.
M. Currie, president of the Mont
gomery County Singing Associa-
I tion, to announce that the next
convention will he held at Hack
Hranch on the fifth Sunday, July
30th. The leaders will prepare a
splendid program, and the music
will be fine. The usual social
dinner, contributed by family
heads attending, will be a fea
ture. For a day of real pleasure,
without a single detrimental fea
ture, you are asked to be present.
Dumas- Brunson.
Miss Vivian Dumas, of Blake
ly, who was visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Nannie Mobley, last week,
surprised her many friends here
when she was married to Mr.
Brunson, of Blakely, on Thurs
day afternoon at two o’clock.
The ceremony occurred at the
home of Mrs. Mobley in the pres
ence of only the intimate family,
Rev. John Dumas, of Blakely,
father of the bride, officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. Brunson left im
mediately after the ceremony for
their future home at Blakely.
Mrs. Brunson made many friends
here while visiting and all wish
the happy couple a long life of
happiness. Monticello News.
Winter F'ound Guilty
Os Wife Murder.
Reidsville, Ga., July 18. 0. J.
Winter, charged with the murder
of his wife, whose death occurred
on May 27 last, was today found
guilty by the jury that had heen
considering his case since yester
day afternoon. The verdict con
tained a recommendation for
mercy.
Soon after his wife’s death
Winter was suspected of poison
ing her and placed under arrest,
later being indicted. His trial
l was begun Friday and concluded
Saturday afternoon. The jury
agreed upon a veidict this morn
ing after which Judge W. W.
Sheppard convened court to re
ceive it. Winter will he sentenced
Monday morning. The evidence
aginst Winter was practically all
; circumstantial. The deceased la
dy was before her marriage Miss
| Mamie Smith, daughter of James
Smith, a prominent farmer of
I Evans county.
Horse Tries to Outrun
Train Over a Trestle.
Waycross, Ga., July 17.—An
unusual runaway, in which a
horse tried to get over two small
trestles, is reported from Beach,
in the upper part of Ware coun-,
ty, today. Saturday a young son
of Sheriff Googe, of Bacon coun
ty, was at Beach to get a load of
lumber. The horse he was driv
ing was frightened just as a train
approached, and turning sharply
from the road dashed along the
railroad ahead of the train. The
horse got over one of the small
treHtles all right, but fell through
the second. The train crew and
others helped get the animal off
the trestle.
!nass meeting
TO BOOST SCHOOL
Interesting Discussions about
Brewton-Parker and
its Needs.
In response to a call for amass
meeting to devise plans for
arousing interest in the Brewton-
Parker Institute, a number of
citizens assembled at the court
house Tuesday evening. Mr. D.
W. Folsom was called to preside
over the meeting and Col. A. B.
Hutcheson was elected secretary.
Col L. C. Underwood explain
ed the object of the meeting and
strongly urged action by our
citizens in taking up the matter
of more thoroughly advertising
the school and filling it with pu
pils. Dr. .1 C. Brewton, the
founder of the school, Prof.
Bunyan Smith, the newly elected
! president, Prof. T. B Conner,
Prof It K Robertson and Miss
Inez Mcßae spoke from the
school’s standpoint, and outlined
its work and needs. The school
was clearly shown to be the most
valuable asset of this section, and
an institution toward the conser
vation and perpetuation of which
wo should bend our best efforts.
Col W. L Wilson, Col. L. C.
Underwood, Mr I) W Folsom,
Mr John C McAllister, Mr I).
M Currie and others spoke from
the people’s standpoint, and
urged the proper advertising and
i local patronage of the school.
Dr. Brewton urged that the
work of boosting the school be
begun at once, that the fall term
might be benefitted by the move
ment, and suggested that an ad
i vertising folder might be pre
pared for immediate use, and
that copy should be furnished for
advertising in the county papers
of the section covered by the sup
porting associations.
A committee consisting of A.
B. Hutcheson, I) W Folsom,
Miss Inez Mcßae and Prof. Bun
yan Smith was appointed to ar
range for the folder and adver
tisements.
Dr. J C Brewton gave an ac
count of the financial condition of
the school, and announced that
he would soon take the field with
the express purpose of raising
funds with which to relieve the
I school of indebtedness.
It was unanimously agreed to
| hold another meeting for further
organization and outline of work
ion Tuesday evening, August Ist.
Ordinary of Pike
County Resigns.
Barnesville, July 13.—Judge
J. W. Means, on account of fail
ing health, has resigned the of
fice of Ordinary of Pike, after
■ having filled the place for twenty
years.
There is a vacancy in the Board
of County Commissioners and an
election will probably be called to
fill the two places on the same
day. There will likely be several
candidates for both positions.
Want F'ederal Nitrate
Plant at Mussels Shoals.
Nashville, Tenn., July 14. —To
bring about the location of the
*20,000,000 federal nitrate plant
at at the Mussels shoals of the
Tennessee river is the purpose of
a meeting in progress here today,
attended by representatives of
Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi
and Tennessee. Leaders of the
movement hope to enlist the sen
timent of the entire South in
favor of the Mussels shoals site.
Commercial bodies of Tennes
see and Alabama have been es
pecially active in promoting the
Mussels shoals site, and both
states have large delegations
present for the meeting.
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