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Miss Alice Thompson left Sun
day for Macon, where she will
visit friends before returning to
the State Normal at Athens.
Mr. Richard Wilson left Sunday
for Dahlonega, where he enters
the North Georgia Agricultural
College.
Miss .Janie Mae McQueen has
returned from a visit to her
sister, Mrs. F. E. Ray, of Lum-i
ber City.
“Chalmers—buy a Chalmers
the best six cylinder car on the
market from E. L. Meadows, j
Vidalia, Ga.”
Mrs. G. V. Mason has returned i
from a visit to friends in Sa-I
vannah.
Mr. G. G. Stanford of Grove- 1
land visited homefolks Sunday.
Miss Inez Mcßae has returned
from a visit to the family of Rev.
Chas. Montgomery of Ridgeway,
S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Jones and
Mrs. G. M. Wilcox of Mcßae
spent last Sabbath with the fam
ily of Col. M. B. Calhoun.
Dr. and Mrs. Henderson of
Sandersville spent a part of last
week with the family of Dr. J.
E. Hunt, Mrs. Hunt being a
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Hen- j
derson.
Mr. Ethan Stephens has recent
ly accepted a position with Me-,
Queen’s store.
Rev. A. G. Brewton and family
attended Tattnall county camp
meeting last week.
Mrs. J. M. Wooten and little
son have returned to their home
in Atlanta, after visiting friends
and relatives in this section, j
Mrs. Wooten is pleasantly re*|
membered by Mt. Vernon friends
as Miss Annie Burch. I
LOYAL GEORGIA VOTERS! I
Be Sure to go to the
Polls Wednesday, Sep
tember 11, and vote For
WM. J. HARRIS
FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
Your vote for Harris is a vote for YOUR GO\ ERN
MENT.
Your vote for Harris puts you squarely back of Presi
dent Wilson.
Your vote for Harris is a vote for the best interests of
GEORGIA’S SOLDIER ANI) SAILOR BOYS.
Your vote for Harris is a vote for the more speedy end
ing of the war and the establishment of a permanent
peace, hecimse—
Your vote for Harris is a vote for harmony and co
operation between Georgia and the administration.
A vote for any other candidate, under our primary law,
Is a vote for Hardwick.
A vote for Hardwick is a vote against your government
and its administration.
LOYAL VOTERS: It rests with you to help or hinder
vour administration in this crisis.
Y’our vote for Harris will help It.
Your vote for any other candidate will hinder and ob
struct it.
Mississippi and South Carolina have given their an
swer. They have put themselves squarely hark of the
government and President Wilson’s administration.
That is just what Georgia is going to do, for GEORGIA
IS LOYAL.
And she will do it in the ONLY WAY—
By ELECTING
WILLIAM J. HARRIS
Adv«rti»«aMuu j
Mr. J. W Cockfield, of Kings
tree, S. C.. spent a part of last
week with his brother, Mr. J. E.
Cockfield. The visitor is a to
bacco grower, having during the (
past year made as much as $llOO
on two acres of the weed.
Miss Julia Murphy, sister of i
Miss May Murphy, of Bartow,
joined her sister in a visit here ;
last week. They were accompa
nied home by Misses Charley Will
Salter and Marie Cockfield for a
short visit.
Rev. C. R. Phillips of Uvalda
stopped over here a few minutes
yesterday en route home from
Mcßae, where he attended the
opening of the South Georgia
College. Mr. Phillips is one of
the progressive young ministers
of the South Georgia Conference,
and is serving his second year at
Uvalda.
No car is perfect, and from
1 time to time it is necessary to
make adjustments and repairs.
With the Maxwell this trouble is
reduced to a minimum. Get the
parts when you need them, and
that without delay. Hicks Bros.
Garage, Mt. Vernon.
Mr. Homer Daniel, who has
been in Maryland during the
summer, arrived a few days ago
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ito visit his mother, Mrs. D. W,
Folsom. Miss Susan Daniel, af
ter spending the summer with
relatives in Evans and Liberty
counties, has returned home.
Get a reliable car while you
can. Carload Maxwells just re
ceived. The Maxwell has proven
itself the most reliable low-price
car sold. Ix>w cost for upkeep
and the best of material makes it
a most inexpensive car. Hicks
| Bros. & Peterson, Agents.
THE MONTGOMERY AIONITOR-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1913.
What Our Neighbors Think.
A recent entrant into the con
test for representative of Mont
gomery county is Editor H. B.
Folsom, for sixteen years in
charge of the Montgomery Moni
tor. There is no phase of the
county’s affairs that this energet
ic little man is not acquainted
with, and should he he chosen,
his opportunity of service to the
old county will he doubled. Mr.
Folsom is a strong advocate of
harmony and progress, and de
sires very much to see the dif
ferences between the old county
and the new county of Treutlen
settled forever, and in submitting
his candidacy before the people,
this is a part of his policy.
If elected, Editor Folsom
pledges his continued efforts to
ward the upbuilding of Mont
gomery county and in this he
will feel a friendly interest in
the new county, which in former
years he opposed, and which will
still be so closely united to old
Montgomery.
The people of this section no
doubt appreciate the peculiar
fitness of Editor Folsom, and for
the sake of harmony will no
doubt accord him a strong com
plimentary vote in the September
primary,—Soperton News.
Editor Folsom, of the Mont
gomery Monitor, is a candidate
for the legislature over in Mont
gomery county. If he is elected
our sister county will have a
splendid representative,—Vidalia
Advance.
Ice! Ice! Ice!
I am prepared to serve Ailey
and Mt. Vernon and the public
generally with ice during the
summer. Regular orders solicit
ited. Supply unlimited. Sold
for cash only.
H. W. Cockfield,
530 Mt. Vernon, Ga.
A CREDITABLE AGAINST
A DISCREDITABLE RECORD
Judge Frank Harwell is a candidate for re-election as a
member of the Court of Appeals of Georgia and is opposed by
Mr. Alex W. Stephens, of Atlanta.
No office within the gift of the people is fraught with more
consequence to them in the security of their personal and civic
rights than the judiciary, and this applies with particular force
to the courts of last appeal. We deem it a solemn duty to warn
against incompetent and untrustworthy applicants for such
places.
Investigation of Mr. Stephens’ record, uncontradicted and
undenied, and undertaken only for the purpose of ascertaining
the merits of contending candidates, discloses the following facts
with reference to Mr. Stephens:
Ist. He endorsed a negro for admission to the bar.
2nd. He has been twice defeated for Judge of the Court
of appeals.
3rd. He ran for the legislature.
4th. He ran for Judge of the Superior Court of Atlanta.
6th. He ran for City Recorder of Atlanta.
6th. He ran for Solicitor of the Criminal Court of Atlanta.
7th. He ran for Justice of the I’eace of Atlanta.
Bth. He was appointed auditor to try and decide a case in
volving $684.20. He held the case one year, without making
any decision. He was ruled, upon the plaintiff's motion, to show
cause why he had not decided the case before Judge Geo. F. Bell,
Judge of the Superior Court, of Atlanta, and replied that the
questions involved were “difficult” for him to determine and
asked to be relieved from deciding the case.
HE WAS NEVER ELECTED TO ANY OF THE OFFICES
NAMED, many of which involving positions wherein his own
people, his neighbors who knew him best, had the decision.
Can the people of the state afford to risk one who has been so
regularly defeated in his own home?
Appointed to try one case, he held it until the patience of
the plaintiff was exhausted and upon being ruled answered that
the matter was too difficult for him to decide. And yet. the
office for which he now aspires is a court before which comes
hundreds of cases of great and small amount, and questions of
liberty of accused violators of law. and in all ot which are in
volved difficult and intricate questions of law and fact to be
determined.
On the other hand. Judge Frank Harwell was Judge of the
City Court of LaGrange for 12 years, having been elected by
the people of his home county for four successive terms. He
had been elected for yet another term of four years hut resigned
to accept the appointment, tendered by Gov. Hugh Dorsey, to a
place on the Court of Appeals, and for which he seeks re-election
for the unexpired term of Judge George of two years. He has
made a record for earnest,-painstaking and intelligent service
on the bench.
I Comparing the records makes the decision easy, and. this
paper unreservedly endorses Judge Harwell, who. we are grati
fied to learn, is likewise supported by all members of the Carters
ville bar.
Editorial from 77it» Tribune. August 22, 1918, Cartersville, Co.
1 Auv»rtis«m*nt
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State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
Atlanta, August 24th, 1918.
A PROCLAMATION.
Submitting a proposed amendment
to the Constitutionjof Georgia, to be
| voted on at the General Election to ;
! be held on Tuesday. November sth,
\ 1918. said amendment to amend Para
graph 2, Section 1, Article 11, of the
j Constitution of Georgia, so as to lay
| out and create a new county from
portions of Montgomery and Eman
uel Counties, to he known as Trcut
! Ie» County, with the town of Soper
ton as the County seat.
By His Excellency,
HUGH M. DORSEY,
Governor, j
WHEREAS, the General Assembly
at its se-sion in 1917, proposed an
! amendment to the Constitution of j
this State as set forth in an Act ap- J
'proved August 21st, 1917, to-wit :
An act to propose to the qualified j
j electors of this State an amendment :
1 to paragraph two (2) section one (1), j
article eleven. (11), of the Constitu-j
I tion of this State. The following j
! amendment is proposed by the House
of Representatives and Senate of j
j Georgia to paragraph two (2), sec- i
I tion one (1), article (11), of the Con- i
-.titution of this State; the same be-,
ing an Act to ay out and create a '
new county from portions of Mont- |
gomery and Emanuel counties to be !
named and to be known as Treutlen i
County with the town of Soperton as
the county seat.
Section 1. The General Assembly
of the State of Georgia hereby pro
poses to the people of Georgia an
amendment to paragraph two (2).
section one fl), article eleven (11), of
! the Constitution of this State as fol
! lows: That in addition to the coun
-1 lies heretofore existing in this State,
1 created by the General Assembly,
and those created by amendments to
i the above and foregoing paragraph,
| section and article of the Constitu
| tion of this State, there is hereby
I created an additional county, which
county, when created, shall be known
jus Treutlen County. The territory for
1 the formation of the said County of
j Treutlen shall he taken from the
I counties of Montgomery and Etnan-
I uel, and the said territory so taken
for the foimation of said County of
Treutlen shall he included within the
following described boundaries, to
i wit: Starting at a point on the east
j ,ide of the Oconee River where Red
Bluff Creek empties into the Oconee
| River and running up said Red Bluff
I Creek to a point where the river
road crosses Red Blutf Creek, thence
I on a straight line in a northeasterly
! direction to Wixtrum’s Bridge on
Pendleton Creek, said Pendleton
! Creek being the present line between
Montgomery and Emanuel Counties,
i thence in a northerly direction from
j Wixtrum’s Bridge on Pendleton Creek
to Moore's Bridge on the Ohoopee
j River; the public road from Wix-
I ! rum’s Bridge leading to Swainsboro
j being the line to said Moore’s Bridge
on the Ohoopee River; thence up the
I run of the Ohoopee River from
Moore’s bridge to McLemore’s Bridle
j where the Savannah and Dublin pub
l.c road crosses the county line be
tween I.aurens and Emanuel Counties
Laurens thence in a southwesterly
direction along the county line be
tween the present Counties of Eman
tel and Laurens to Pendleton Creek;
thence along the county line between
Laurens and Montgomery Counties
to Mercer’s Creek; thence down
Mercer’s creek in a'outhweterly dir
ection to where Mercer’s Creek emp
ties into the Oconee River; thence
down the Oconee River to the amount
| of Red Bluff Creek; at the starting
i point. That if the said county is
j created the county seat shall be the
1 Town of Soperton now in the County
l of Montgomery. That if this amend
ment shall be ratified by the people
when the same is submitted to them
i for their ratification, then, on the
first Wednesday in December, 1918
i an election shall be held for the elec-
I tion -of county officers herein named
to serve in and for said new county;
that said election shall be at the said
election precincts existing within the
limits of said proposed new county
at tlie time this amendment shall take
1 effect, and he held during the hours
| now fixed by law for holding elec
tions. and all legally qualified voters
residing in the territory included in
the limit.-, of said proposed new coun
! ty shall be qualified to vote at said
election for said officers, and the or
dinaries of tiie several counties in
which tin election precincts are lo
! rated within the limits of the said
i proposed new county at the time this
: amendment is to take effect shall
; appoint the election managers
for the precincts in the county in
which lie exercises jurisdiction as or
i dinary, and said managers shall take
and subscribe the oath now prescribed
[by law; and the election managers
; diall on the day succeeding the elec
tion meet at the Town of Soperton,
the place herein designated as the
county seat of said proposed new
county, and consolidate the votes
cast at said election at such place
within the limits of said Town of
Soperton as shall be designated by
the Judge of the Superior Courts of
the Oconee Circuit whose duty it is
hereby made to designate a meeting
place for said election managers
' within the corporate limits of said
i Town of Soperton; and the general
laws of the State now in force as to
the consolidation of votes, the re
turn of the election, and the commis
sion of tin officers shall be applic
able to such special election herein
! rovided for. The officers to be elec
ted at said election shall be an ordi
nary, clerk of the superior court,
sheriff, tax-collector, tax-receiver,
coroner, county surveyor, county
treasurer, county superintendent of
education and member of the General
Assembly ; that the persons who shall
be eected to fill said offices at said
election shall be commissioned as
now required by lawn and the laws
i now in force in this State in regard
to commissions for officers and the
bonds required of them shall be ap
plicable to the officers so elected, and
they shall hold their offices until next
general election for county officers
mil until their successors are elected
an dqualihed. The General Assem
bly is hereby given power to create
and statutory offices or statutory
courts and provide for filling the
same. Vacancies that may occur be
fore the next general election in any
of said offices shal be filled as now
provided by law. That said new
county when created, shall become a
part of the twelfth Congressional
District and sixteenth Senatorial Dis
trict, and shall be included in the
Oconee Judicial Circuit, and a Super
ior Court for said county is hereby
created, which court shall have the
same jurisdiction as now provided by
law for the Superior Courts of this
State; that the said court until other
wise changed by law shall be held on
the third Mondays of February and
August of each year, but the General
Assembly is hereby expressly given
the power to change the terms of
said court and to increase the.nurp
ber thereof; that the justices of the
peace and constables residing within
the territory' included within the new
county of Treutlen shall exercise the
duties and powers of their offices un
til new militia districts are laid out
for said County of Treutlen as now
provided by law. That the provisions
of Chapter 13 of the Code of 1910
are hereby made applicable to said
proposed County of Treutlen, and
that all the general laws of this State
: ti reference to holding elections for
• the purperse of creating debt, and
that the said proposed County of
Treutlen shall, when created, become
in all respects a statutory county, and
shall be governed by all laws now in
torce in this State relating to coun
ties and county affairs, and shall be
•übject to the legislative control of
this State, and the Legislature of this
Mate is hereby given power to enact
laws in reference to said county in
the same manner and the same extent
that they have the power to legislate
•is o the other counties now existing
in this State; tat the property of all
| taxpayers included within the limits
| as herein defined of the said propos
■ d County of Treutlen is hereby mad e
i chargable w ith any debt that may
! have been incurred by any of the
| counties from which the territory
| included in the new county is taken
v the legally constituted authoriti >
! “• the county for the purpose of
, raising revenues for the benefit of
' either of said counties, whether the
| said debt is a bonded debt or one
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i which has been incurred for the ben
■ efit in any way of either of the
counties. The value of the taxable
property included in the said county
cf Treutlen at the time of the adop
tion of this amendment to the Con
stitution, in proportion to the value
; of the property left in the counties
from which the said County of Treut
ien is taken, shall determine the pro
portionate amount of the debt which
shall be put upon the property of the
taxpayers located in said proposed
new county. Authority is hereby
; given the ordinary of the said Coun '
iy of Treutlen and to the officers of
the counties said terri
tory is taken who are charged with
management of the business of the
said counties to settle and agree up
on an amoun of the said indebted
i ness that shall be assumed, and paid
by the aid County of Treutlen; and
I it is hereby made the duty of the
ordinary of said County oT Treutlen
when the amount of said debt is so
I ascertained to cause a tax to be levif
ed upon all the property within the
limits of the said County of Treut
len of such per cent as wll be suffi
; cient to discharge said debt; and in
the event of the failure or refusal of
the ordinary of Treutlen County to
levy such tax it shall be the duty
! of the Judge of the Superior Court of
the circuit of which the said County
, | of Treutlen forms a part, to compel
the ordinary of the County of Treut
len to perform the duty herein re
quired of him. In the event of the
lailure of the authorities of the said
Couny of Treutlen to ascertain the
proportionate part of .said debt the
said Couny of Treutlen is hereby re
quired to pay, or in the event the
authorities of the counties fail to a
gree upon he amount of said debt,
1 then either of said counties may
bring a suit against the said County
of Treutlen in the Superior Court of
, said county for the purpose of hav
ing the proportion of said debt so as
sumed by the said County of Treut
, len to he ascertained, and the said
court is hereby given power to en
force whatever judgment may be had
as the result of said trial by compel
ing the ordinary of said county to
levy a tax for the payment of said
: debt.
■ I Section 2. That Section 846 of
[j the Code of 1910, in reference to the
[ registration of voters, is hereby ex
i pressly made applicable to said coun
ty, and in addition to the provisions
contained in said section, t is hereby
made the duty of the ordinaries of
the several counties in the territory
included in said county to furnish to
the electon managers the names of
, all persons legally registered and
, who reside in the territory included
in the said County of Treutlen and
who are qualified to vote according
1 to the laws of this State.
I Section 3. The Governor is here
[ by directed and required to submit
this proposed amendment to the peo
i pie of this State for their ratification
I or rejection at the next general elec
■ tion to be held on Tuesday, after the
first Monday in November, 1918, and
[ it shall be his duty to cause this pro
posed amendment to be advertied in
i at least one paper in each Congres
[ sional District in the State at least
two months before said general elec
tion, If a majority of the legally
qualified voters voting at said elec
tion shall ratify this proposed amend’
ment, then it shall become a part of
the Constitution of this State when
the voe is cerified by he Secreary of
Sate to the Governor that a majority
of the legally qualified voters voing
at said election have voted in favor
of its adoption and the Governor
■ shall issue his proclamation to that
effect.
Section 4. The form in which th 1 *
proposed amendment shall be sub
mitted to the people for their ratifi
; cation or rejection sail he as follows:
. Those voting for this amendment
shall have written or printed on their
[ ballots the words "In favor of the
II latification of the amendment to par
agraph 2, section 1, article 11, of the
Constitution, creating the County of
. Treutlen,” and those opposed to the
, ratification of this amendment shall
11 have written or printed on their bal
. I lots the words: "Aganst the ratifica
. i tion of the amendment to paragraph
12, section 1, article 11, of the Con
stitution, creating the County of
. Treutlen.”
, NOW, THEREFORE, I, Hugh M.
I Dorsey, Governor of said Sate, do is-
I sue this my proclamation hereby de-
I daring that the foregoing proposed
, amendment to the Constitution is sub
mitted for ratification or rejection
i to the voters of the State, qualified
; to vote for members of the General
Assembly at the general election to
be held on Tuesday, November sth,
1918.
HUGH M. DORSEY,
Governor.
: By the Governor:
H. B. STRANGE,
Secretary of State.
Sheriff Sale.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Will be sold before the court house door In Mt.
Vernon on the first Tuesday in Oct.. 1918, be
tween the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, certain property, of which the following
is a complete description:
Five acres of land s'ituate. lying and being in the
1687th G. M. district of said state and countv. and
bounded on all four sides by lands of J. C. Flan
ders. together with dwelling of said Flanders
located in the center of said tract. Levied on
and will be sold as the property of J. C. Flanders
to satisfy a fi fa issued by H. C. Davis, tax collec
tor, vs J. C. Flanders, for state and county taxes
for the year 1917. Levy made and returned to me
by I. C. S. Berner, special bailiff, and written
notice given in terms of the law. This the 3rd day
of September, 1918. I. J. Davis, Sheriff.
