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VOL. XXXI.
NO EXCUSE FOR
TREUTLEN FARCE
Daily Papers See Outrage
Being Worked on
Our People.
We see those who are trying to
make a river bottom out of Mont
gomery county have succeeded to
the extent of getting the senate
to vote for the creation of Treut
len county, with Soperton as the
county seat. This is the most
mischievous piece of legislation
so far as this section of the state
is concerned that the senate has
yet passed at this session. There
is no excuse for the creation of
Treutlen county except to gratify
the ambitions of a very few men.
The Savannah Press, during
the last session of the legislature,
gave up some of its space to
ward showing how ridiculous and
ruinous it would be to create the
county proposed. The legislature
last summer had more judgment
than to give any material aid to
the plan for the further emascu
lation of Montgomery, but this
year the senate seems to have
been imposed upon to the extent
of having it pass the Treutlen
county bill.
We hope the house will not be
so foolhardy. The people of
Montgomery object to having the
territory occupied by that county
further cut into and they have
splendid reasons for objecting.
Old Montgomery has given
enough to the creation of new
counties. It has surrendered
much of its best part to this ser
vice and it should not be called
upon to give up more. And a
part of that which was sliced off
was taken away largely to grati
fy the whim and the wish of one
man just as is attempted in the
plan for the creation of Treutlen.
Wheeler county was never as bad
ly needed as some people pre
tended it was, but Treutlen is
not needed at all.
Montgomery should be permit
ted to keep what territory she
now has. The representative
from Montgomery who wants to
see Treutlen county cut out of it
knows that he does not represent
the sentiment of his constituents
when he fathers a scheme of this
kind. If he doesn’t know it he
can get enlightened very quickly
by making a few inquiries in that
direction. He was elected to the
office not with the implied prom
ise, but with the distinct promise
that he would not cut up any
foolishness like this. He said
over his own signature he would
not endorse or aid any movement
that had for its purpose the cut
ting up of Montgomery county
unless the people wanted it. He
may not accept the wishes of a
few family relations as the will
of the people, but he is sadly in
error if he does.
Montgomery county, if it is
sliced and divided as is proposed
in the bill creating Treutlen, will
be largely river swamp and low
lands. It will be an outrage up
on the people of this section to
further cut into the territory of
what was once one of the largest
counties in the state and which
has given of its holdings very
generously in the past to make
other counties either in part or in
whole.
We have seen it suggested that
this legislature will create no
new counties. We do not know
whether this is or not. But we
do know that if the house con
curs in the action of the senate
in providing for Treutlen county
it will be a party to one of the
worst pieces of legislation and
one of the most mischief creating
pieces of lawmaking that has
been put through the legislature
in many years.
The House can afford to think
several times and study the map
of South Georgia very studiously
before it commits itself to such a
monumental error.—Savannah
Press.
Man-eating Shark is
Caught at Thunderbolt.
Savannah, Ga., July 21.—King
Young, a negro, caught a 7 1-2
foot shark in the river this morn
ing at Thunderbolt in front of
the Bannon Lodge. The shark
was caught after the bait had
been in the water barely five
minutes. The river bathers were
horror-stricken to think that
they had been in bathing in the
river at thunderbolt today with
the sharks as near as that.
Young says that he had seen
several man-eaters in the river
and determined to get this one.
He has set his hook for another
attempt. Thunderbolt is visited
by hundreds of people during the
week days and on Sunday.
IN MEMORIAM.
The subject of this brief me
morial, Judge John D. Evans,
was born in Taliaferro county,
Sept. 27, 1840, and died at his
home in Lothair at 4 o’clock p.
m., on July 10th, after an illness
of two years. For 35 years he
been a highly respected and
valued citizen of Montgomery
county.
In his early manhood he was
an intimate friend and companion
of Georgia’s great commontr,
Alexandra H. Stephens, and of
ten recounted the memories of
those hallowed days. The South
sent no more valiant soldier in its
defense during the Civil War,
than John D. Evans, and none
cherished more sacredly the his
tory of that troublous period
than he. In his quiet home life
he lived as one of nature’s noble
men, and left a record of faith
fulness of his work for the
church and the Sunday school,
that his children and neighbors
may well keep in precious mem
ory.
He is survived by his wife and
two daughters, Mrs. C. R. Crow
der of Tarry town and Mrs. P. 0.
Hobbs of Lothair. Os his five
grand children, three are in
Florida, and the other two, Mr.
Elmo Crowder of Tarrytown, and
Miss Clara May Hobbs of Lo
thair, the later being by his bed
side for two years.
In the death of Judge Evans,
Montgomery county loses one of
its best citizens, one who stood
squarely for the right, and re
flected the sturdy character and
manhood of a true Georgian.
S. S. C. Program Canceled.
Montgomery Monitor:
Please put notice in your paper
that the program for Sunday at
S. S. C. at Tarrytown is canceled,
except preaching, singing, etc.
There will be no rally, recitations
etc. There will be preaching at
11:00 o’clock a. m.
Yours truly,
O. O. Williams.
Soperton, July 21, 1916.
FOR CONGRESS.
Washington, D. C., July 17th,
1916.
I'o the Voters of the Twelfth (Jon
gressK iiul District.
Sine receiving my commission
as your Representative, I have
labored to the very best of my
ability. I have made your inter
ests paramount.
I hereby announce for re-elec
tion subject to the Democratic
primary of September 12th, and
base my hope for your support
upon the record I have made in
Congress. If you again favor me
I promise the same attention to
duty, and fidelity to trust, that I
have given in the past.
I am deeply grateful for the
honors you have bestowed upon
me and shall ever remember your
confidence with the warmest ap
preciation.
I hope to see yon personally be
fore the primary and will do so if
my congressional duties will per
mit. Your obedient servant.
Dudley M. Hughes.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 27. 1916.
Announces for Re-election.
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HON. DUDLEY M. HUGHES.
REMARKABLE CAREER
OF MT. VERNON BOYS
i
Learned English Language
and Graduated with
High Honors.
I
Many of those who attended
the recent commencement of the
University of Georgia at Athens
were impressed with the address i
of M. L. Segall, who was the
valedictorian of the senior class
and who obtained more honors
than any man in the graduating
class. He made a wonderfully |
effective valedictory oration and
seemed to have the cordial per
sonal affection of every member
of his class.
The record of this young man
is a wonderful illustration of the
workings of our democratic insti
tutions in developing the latent
quality. This sterling young fel
low belongs to a family who mi
grated here from Courtland, on
the borders of Russia and Ger
many, in 1907. They located at
Mt. Vernon, Ga., where they
now live. They are German
speaking people of Hebrew ex
traction.
This young man who swept
everything before him in the
graduating class of 1916 of the
university could not speak Eng
lish on reaching Georgia nine
years ago. In five years, 1907-
1912, he learned English and
went through the entire common
and high school system, entering
the freshman class in 1912.
Though suffering from the hand-1
icap of unusually poor eyesight,
he graduated this summer first in
the class, was elected to the Phi
Beta Kappa society, and was
elected valedictorian by his class
mates, the choice of the class be
ing restricted to the first five
men of the year. He expects to
enter business, as his eyesight
will not permit further academic
work.
The older brother, B. I. Segall,
is also an intellectual prodigy.
Like his brother, he came to
America in 1907, knew no Eng
lish, and went through the lower
grades with lightnriing speed,
taking only three years for the
common and high school. He
entered the sophomore class in
the session of 1910-1911. He al
so gratuated with honors, mak
ing Phi Beta Kappa. After a
year as principal of the Marietta
HIJIiiIES SECURES $8,0(111
FOR FORT VALLEY
j
Appropriation Made Through
Congress for Postoffice
Site.
Fort Valley, Ga., July 25.—1
The of the appropriation by '
congress of SB,OOO for the pur
pose of securing a site for the
erection of a government build
ing was received here by Mr. F.
S. Murray, postmaster of this
; place, recently.
This appropriation was secured
through the work of Hon. Dudley
M. Hughes, congressman from
j this district, and there is no
doubt that the voters will remem
ber this when election day comes.
The people of this section thought
that the recommendation for the
creating of Peach county by the
committee on constitutional
j amendments was enough for one
day, but soon after the message
was received from Washington
j telling of the appropriation of
; this amount of money. It is not
j known how soon the site will be
purchased, but it is hoped by the
I people that it will be soon.
This was a surprise to all the
| people of this place, except Post
master F. S. Murray, who was
the only one that solicited this
appropriation from congress.
Many olaces for the erection of
the building has been suggested,
but no one knows yet where it
will be.
The Meeting at Glenwood.
We have no official report of
the meeting in progress, last
week and this week, in Glenwood
at the Methodist church, as the
pastor is quite busy. But we
are pleased to learn that the
meeting is a grand success. Rev.
B. D. Deen of Graham, Ga., who
so ably helped in the recent re
vival meeting in Mt. Vernon,
is preaching with great power.
The singing is in charge of Mes
srs. Montford and Gillis, and is
sure to be well done. The meet
ing may close with next Sunday
night’s service.
High School and a year’s gradu
ate work in physics at Cornell, he
is tutor in physics in the Univer
sity of Georgia. He expects to
go hack to Cornell for his Ph. I),
degree and to make teaching his
life’s work.—Atlanta Constitu
tion.
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Protracted Meeting at
Presbyterian Church.
Protracted services are being
! held this week at the Presbyteri
an church here, the meeting hav
ing commenced with the morning
I service last Sabbath. Rev. A. F.
Laird, of Flemington, Ga., is do
ling the preaching. Mr. Laird is
well known to our people, and is
i an able and consecrated minister.
Services are held at 9:00 o’clock
]each morning and at night. The
j weather has been very unfavora
; ble during the week, but it is
[hoped that much good will he
accomplished. The public cordi
ally invited to attend every ser
vice.
Georgia Live Stock.
Tremendous happenings in fos
j tering live stock interests are
taking place all over the South.
C. F. Shingler of Turner county,
Ga., one of the best scientific
Hereford breeders in the whole
country, will invade the central
western fair circuit this fall.
Those who know Mr. Shingler
and his herd expect him to cause
j some of the western breeders “to
i sit up and take notice.” Just
| watch Mr. Shingler come back
I with some of the blue ribbons!
Only a few days ago a Mississip
! pi Hereford caused the western
[ live stock breeders unusual sur-
I prise, and some more surprises
' are coming to those same people.
Certainly the live stock interests
of the South will follow most
closely and with great interest
Mr. Shingler’s invasion. South
ern Farming.
Just as Safe.
Colquitt county expects its hog
| crop this year to be more valua-
I ble than its cotton crop. At any
rate, even if either fails to yield
big returns, the other is likely to
be very profitable; but if the
Colquitt farmers had plunged on
one crop and it should fail, where
would they be? That is the main
point in diversified farming; it is
insurance against complete loss
from the failure of any crop.
Colquitt county farmers have not
; given up cotton, but they have
taken up hogs. They are both
more nearly assured of financial
safety than they ever were be
fore, and will put not only cotton
money, but hog money, too, into
their pockets. They are furnish
ing a fine example of the value
of abstaining from carrying all
the eggs in one basket. Savan
nah News.
New Road Notice.
'Georgia Montgomery County.
Office of Commissioner of Roads
'& Revenues, Montgomery County,
July U. 1916
G. W. Palmer, M. L. Adams,
L. M. Whitaker, J. R, Adams and
others, having made application
for opening and establishing a
I new public road commencing at
Ktbbeo, in said county und run
ning in a northerly direction and
touching lands of A. L. Adams,
G. W. Palmer, J. It. Adams, J. 11.
McUaw, S. A. McCaw, G. W.
Lowman, L. M. Whitaker and J.
K. Whitaker, a distance of about
seven-eights of one mile, and in
tersecting the Tarrytown and Vi
dal i a pu Id i.: road,just east of J.
K. Whitaker’s residence, and the
reviewers appointed to lay ouj. and
| survey said road having made
their return, notice is hereby giv
en that said road will be granted
on the first Tuesday in September,
19)6, if no good cause he shown
to the contrary.
Elijah Miller, Chin,
Win Jones, Clerk.
LADIES Earn a handsome
gold Elgin watch or diamond ring
for a few hours work. Write for
particulars. Box 606, G., Macon,
Ga. ad
NEW COUNTY
BUCHERS ACTIVE
Forest-Blade Makes Some
Plain Remarks on
Situation.
The new county butchers, with
whetted knives and voracious ap
petites, are making another fe
rocious assault on Emanuel coun
ty.
And, more’s the pity, some of
those who would fatten at the
expense of the county are them
selves residents of ‘‘The State of
Emanuel.”
The Senate has passed the
Treutlen county bill, and the
House committee has recommen
ded it and if it goes through
both houses of the legislature
then it is as certain as sin and
taxes to slip by the people at the
next general election.
Os all the proposed new coun
ties, there is less excuse for that
of Treutlen than for any of them.
If created, it will he a county
without a reason.
Emanuel has been mutilated
and masticated enough, for the
gratification of the gluttonous
new county hunger. If emascu
lated more, it will soon he emaci
ated it will become merely a
shell of what was once the great
and glorious ‘‘State of Emanuel.”
Itself established in 1812, out
of Mullochand Montgomery coun
ties, Emanuel preserved its pris
tine appearance until 1858, when
Johnson was sliced off. Then,
despite repeated attempts to fur
ther hack it, Emanuel withstood
all such attacks until in 1905 it
was shamefully treated. In that
year both Jenkins and Toombs
sprung into being, mostly from
the loins of Emanuel. And last
of all came Candler—the 1914
model among the rapidly increas
ing new Georgia counties.
Once Emanuel embraced oyer
twelve hundred square miles. It
is now reduced to about eight
hundred, and Treutlen would
take away sixty of those, com
prising some of the richest farm
ing territory of the county. Gil
lis Springs would go, and Adrian,
already rent by the Johnson
county line, barely escapes.
Georgia already has more coun
ties than any other state, with
the sole and single exception of
Texas - and Texas is five times
larger than Georgia. At the
present rate, there will soon be
as many counties as there are
politicians and heaven knows,
Georgia is prolific with that pes
tiferous breed, and cursedly so!
Indeed, wherever you see a new
county movement, if you will but
scratch under the surface you’ll
find a nest of politicians, panting
for places and pelf.
There’s no use advising the
Georgia legislature what to do—
there’s no telling what it will do.
Never beneath one canvas were
so many lineal descendants of
Baalam’s brayer ever before as
sembled, and when they rear on
their hind legs, wag their ears,
and work their jaw-bones it is
impossible to conjecture just
what will happen. So, as likely
as not, in spite of all reason and
common sense, it is fairly possi
ble that Treutlen county will be
thrust upon the people, for them
indifferently to endorse.--Swains
boro Forest-Blade.
Card of Thanks.
To the faithful friends who
ministered unto us in the long
and anxious months of the illness
of my husband, Judge John D.
Evans, I wish to return my heart
felt thanks for their acts of sym
pathy and love, and feel that they
will be rewarded in the world to
come. Mrs. J. D. Evans.
Lothair, July 24, 1916.
NO. 13.
