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VOL. XXXVI
COM AGENT TINE
NOME WORK
SECURES A SPLENDID ENROLL
MENT OF MONTGOMERY’S
BOYS IN PIG CLUB—SALE TO
BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER.
County Agent J. B. Tyre of Mont
gomery county has had remarkable
success in organizing the boys of the
county into hog clubs, and to date has
interested a large number of boys in
this work.
The hog club idea as promulgated 1
by Mr. Tyre has a varied interest, in’
that some of the boys will be engaged]
_in raising stock for the market, while:
others will devote their time to pro- j
ducing registered stock. The idea of
confining ?, boy to the single idea of j
simply raising a pig has long since I
gone out of existence, and Mr. Tyre
is showing the boys of this section !
more profitable and more progressive
methods.
Under the stock hog plan Mr. Tyre
•will doubtless have a hog sale in Sep
tember'or some time in the fall, in
which none but the boys will par
ticipate. Their hogs will be assem
bled at some convenient point and
sold in a lump to the highest'bidder
This idea seems to appeal to the boys
and they have entered into the work
with a vim.
The following boys have enlisted
in the work under Mr. Tyre’s direc
tion :
Mt. Vernon—Augustus Garrett, Rt.
2: D. F. Garrett, Rt. 2; Wiuie Lee
Stewart, Broxton McDonald, Augus
tus Poore. Victor Poore, Lonnie Mc-
Lendon, Herbert McLendon, William
Dudman, Frankie Mcßae, James Har
ris, Thomas Harris, Stirling Harris,
Harley Register, B. A. Gibbs, thomas
Sharpe, Archie C. Johnson.
Mt. Vernon, Rt. I—Eugene Joyce,
Barney Moxley, Chess Moxley, James
Horne, Herbert Horne, Lewis Palmer,
Oakley Palmer, George Hughes, Doug
las Hughes, A. D. Hughes,, Jr., Char
ley Cooper, Russell Minton, Harry
Minton, J. J. Joyner, W. B. Joyner,
D. J. McSwain, Hollis Calhoun, Oli
ver Calhoun, Hjerbert Brown, Roy
Brown, Garvin Williams, Luther Wil
liams, L. D. Calhoun, Jac's Shaw,
E. P. Morgan, William Spivey, Oli
ver Graham, Herbert Clark, Carl T.
Johnson, Thomas Sharpe.
Vidalia, Rt. 2—William Peterson and
J. Sibley Clark.
Tarrytown—Walter Warnock, Ir
win Calhoun. Oliver Calhoun, H. H.
Phillips, J. A. Phillips, Mack Burns,
Ellis Powell, Bob Tapley, Leroy Tap
ley, Frank Ferrell, Reece Cadle, D.
F. Warnock, Herman Warnock, Har
vey Calhoun.
Vidalia, Rt. I—Judge O’Conner, El
lis Barfield, James Horne. Obed Ham
ilton, J. J. Simpson, L. T. Simpson,
Harvey Lee Palmer.
Ailey—Andrew Gillis, Grady Gillis,
J. M. Rowland. Frank Tarver, Thos.
Morris, J. A. Morris, J. W. Morris,
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JOSEPH BITTAKER IS
KILLED HEAD AUGUSTA
DECEASED WAS WELL KNOWN
ENGINEER OF THE G. & F. RY.
—PINNED UNDER OVERTURN
ED STEAM SHOVEL.
Augusta, June 13.—Joseph Bittaker,
46, of Stillmore, a construction engin
eer employed by the Georgia & Fror
ida Railway, was fatally injured on
Monday afternoon when a setam
shovel on which he was working
| turned over near Adventure, about 7
’ miles from Augusta. He was brought
j to the University Hospital, where he
| died this morning at 5 o’clock.
J. Wadley Keene, who was also
; working on the steam shovel, was
j painfully but not seriously hurt. He
|is now at the University Hospital.
His injuries consist mainly of bruises
about the legs. Engineer Bittaker
was pinned under the steam shovel
which is said to have overturned as
■a result of a dirt car ahead of it be
coming derailed.
The remains were shipped to Still
more this afternoon at 2:15 o’clock by
F.lliott & Sons. Funeral services will
be conducted at the residence in Still
more Wednesday morning at eleven
o’clock, Rev. Mr. Carr officiating,
and the interment will follow at the
Stillmore cemetery.
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL TO
PICNIC AT SHAMROCK SPRING
The Vidalia Baptist Sunday school
will picnic at Shamrock Spring near
Helena tomorrow, and the members
of the school are looking forward
with pleasant anticipation to the day’s
outing.
The members of the school are re
quested to meet at the church Friday
morning at 9 o’clock, where cars and
trucks will be provided for the trip.
Truman Conner Mack Mclntyre,
Howard Mclqtyre, Frank Wood, John
McGregor, James Dixon, Howard
Dixon, James Minton, Miss Wilmer
Minton, Silas Hardman, Henry Hard
man, Carter Peterson, George Rey
nolds, Woodrow Reynolds, Felton
Reynolds. F. F.. Mcßride, J. C. Mor
ris, Bob Peterson, Jefferson Godown,
Charley Godown, Algie Collins.
Uvalda—Carl T. Johnson, Herschel
Youmans, Mack Downie, Robert Mob
ley, Wallace Moses, Clarence Cumbee,
Rex Clodfelter, Waddell Cason, F.tt
gene McNatt, Randolph Graham, Ez
ra Lawrence,, Leroy Downie, Herman
Gillis, Ecldie Sanders.
McGregor—Theodore Mitchell.
Higgs ton—D. L. Conner Ernest
Conner, Ben Conner, Clyde Garflto,
Oscar Rachels, John Rachels, Mathew
Ritter, Guy Riner, Alma Durden.
Kibbee—James Lee Dunn.
Boys whose names do not appear
here will be given later, as some of
the addresses have been mislaid fo
the present.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1922.
Pembroke Selected For
Next District Conference
DISTRICT CONFERENCE FOR Mc-|
I
RAE DISTRICT HAS SPLENDID
SESSION IN VIDALIA AND RE
PORTS FOR CHURCHES SHOW
MUCH PROGRESS MADE.
> With a tie attendance of ministers
and lay delegates from the twenty
seven paseoral charges in the Mc-
Rae district, the annual conference of
1 the district, which was held in Vidalia
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
of this week, adjourned Thursday af
ternoon after one of the best con
ferences held in years.
Pembroke was selected for the 1923
1 conference, invitatiojis also being ex
-1 tended by Mt. Vernon and Hazle
burst.
Convening at 3:30 Tuesday after
noon, and following devotional servi
ces by Rev. J. M. Outler, the pre
siding elder, Rev. C. G. Earnest of
Baxley was elected secretary of the
conference. The afternoon session
was given up to reports from the pas
tors of the districts, these reports sup
plementing the written reports cover
ing the first half of the year’s work.
Rev. R. W. Cannon made a very
gratifying report, stating that a new
church had been organized with 51
members. Rev. C. G. Earnest made
a report of his work at Baxley, stat
ing that a new Sunday school annex
had been built and that good progress
in all lines had been made. Rev. J.
M. Hancock made a gratifying re
port of his work and spoke of two
great rally days that he had had on
his circuit that meant a great deal to
his charge. Rev. W. J. Simmons
said that a new Sunday school had
been organized on his charge with 41
members, and that three prayer meet
ings and two Epworth Leagues had •
been organized nnd were well attend
ed. Rev. L. B. Mitchell said that
he had built three Sunday school
rooms and that his parsonage had
been remodeled and beautified. Rev.
H. L. Pearson reported progress in
all departments in his church. Rev.
L. T. Rogers called attention to the
fact that he had a very fine mission
ary society. Rev. Theo Pharr re
ported progress in church buil ling
and that three class rooms would be
built at an, early date. Rev. Moses
Register reported unusual progress in
his charge. Rev. T. F. Lewellyn
made a very gratifying report of his
work.
Charges Represented.
All the charges in the district were
rented by the pastor in charge,
by local preachers and by lay dele
gates. The charges of the district
and'the pastors are as follows:
Alamo circuit—R. W. Cannon.
Altamaha circuit—C. S. Martin.
Baxley—C. G. F’arnest.
Baxley circuit —J. M. Hancock.
Cedar Grove circuit—W. E. Kin
chen.
Channcey circuit—l. K. Chambers.
Claxton—S. A. Hearn.
Cobbtown circuit—W. J. Simmons.
Daisy circuit —E. A. Martin.
Eastman—J. P. Wardlaw.
Glennville circuit—L. B. McMichael
Graham circuit—O. S. Smith.
Hagan circuit—J. F.. Channcll.
Hazlehurst—H. L. Pearson.
Helena circuit—l. L. Lewellyn.
Jacksonville circuit—L. T. Rogers
Lumber City—E/ F.. Gardner.
Lyons—T. F.. Pharr.
Mcßae—M. R. Heflin.
Mt. Vernon—L. F. Brady.
Pembroke—Moses Register.
Rffidsville—R. F. Dennis.
Rhine—W. W. Hill.
Surrencey—S. D. Hartley.
Uvalda—Z. T. Johnson.
Vidalia—J. E. Sampley.
West Green—W. C. Bryant.
Characters of Local Preachers Passed
Rev. L. J. Ballard, business mana
ger and assistant editor of the Wles
leyan Christian Advocate,, spoke in
the interest of the church paf>er at
the Wednesday morning session. He
was followed by Rev. J. A. Har
mon, education secretary of the South
Georgia Conference, who spoke in ‘he
mterert of the cause of education.
The presiding elder called attention I
to the tabulated reports from the dif
ferent charges and reviewed the work I
in the district, declaring that in many
respects the work of the church
| showed gratifying results.
, The committee to receive reports of
local preachers and make recommen
dations in their behalf made their re
port and the names of the following
local preachers were called and their
characters passed: Rev. C. T.
Brickley, Rev. G. W. Pharr, Rev. J.
M. Clark, Rev. J. T. Clark, Rev.
J. H. Frisby, Rev. S. F. Hilton,
Rev. J. G. Baggett. The names of
Rev. Morgan Ain, Rev. H. N. Ben
tonk, W. E. Kinchen, Rev. H. G.
Vanbrockle were called, their charac
ter passed and their license renewed.
The names of other local preachers
whose character was passed and li
cense renewed included S. F. Weight
man, Ralph Wood, Wm. B. Miller,
B. H. Green, S. W. Snead, John C.
Simmons, Claude Lynn, 1,. R. Nease,
S. E. Hollis. During the afternoon
session a, number of committees re
ported.
A Clean-Up Day for the churches of
the conference was suggested by Rev.
Theo Pharr, who moved that this lie
set for Arbor Day of each year, when
the members of each church in the
district would meet and take steps
to beautify the grounds of the differ
ent churches. The plan was adopted
hv the conference.
Delegates to Annual Conference.
The election of delegates to the an
nual conference was the first ord?r
of business Thursday morning, and
the following were named:
Geo. S. Rountree, Mrs. W. K.
Smijh, T. A. Kennedy ad J. N.
Sellers.
License to preach was granted to
Everett Jackson Small, John Bryan
Anderson and John Henry Powell.
Rev. A. W. Rees spoke to the con
ference in the interest of Emory
Academy and the claim of young
preachers and their need of help from
the loan fund of the church. The
interest of Wesleyan College was pre
sented by Prof. Leon P. Smith, and
Rev. G. W. Mathews addressed the
body in the interest of the centenary
movement. r
I ! m
NOTES OF THE CONFERENCE.
Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Lowe of Bax
ley attended the conference. Mr.
Lowe is now superannuated, but serv
ed the Vidalia church about fifteen
years and was warmly welcomed
by old friends,
’’Coats off” was the order of the
Presiding Fllder and the delegates
lost no time Wednesday morning in
following his instructions.
Rev. M. R. Heflin of Mcßae de
livered a splendid sermon Tuesday
evening on the subject: “Why the
World is not Converted.” Wednes
day morning the conference heard
Rev. H. N. Benton, the district
evangelist, in a good sermon on the
“Greatness of Salvation.”
Delegates and visitors were enter
tained at a picnic dinner Wednesday j
served on the church lawn by the
Methodists of the Vidalia work. Din
ner was served to over three hundred
and fifty people. Thursday the pic
nic dinner was supplemented by a de
licious barbecue.
Rev. J. M. Outler, the presiding \
elder, is greatly beloved by the minis.-!
ters of the district as well as all the I
Methodists of the district. He makes;
a splendid presiding officer and the
business of the conference was ban- ■
•died expeditiously.
Judge rischol Graham of Mcßae was)
one of the distinguished laymen at-j
tending the conference.
Rev. Theo Pharr of Lyons, Rev.
L. PL Brady of Mt. Vernon and
Rev. Z. T. Johnson of Uvalda j
headed good delegations from their]
churches in attendance during ihe
conference.
Rev. J. P. Wardlaw, pasto- at
Kastman and one of the prominent
ministers of the South Georgia Con-1
ference, delivered a splendid sermon
Wednesday evening. Thursday morn
ing the conference had the pleasure j
of hearing Rev. Z. T. Johnson, pas-i
tr.r at Uvalda, and one of the riLng,
young ministers of th- distrkt.
Rev. W. M. Blitch, now at Doug-j
h'. was a visitor to the 'conference i
and presented th<* nr'-ds of the Mejho- l
I dist Orphanage at Macon. His visit]
was greatly enjoyed by th* Vidalia
Methodists and hv old friends over'
i
FEARFUL CONDITIONS
■ AT STATEPRISON FARM
- FIVE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES
IN HEARING AT MILLEDGE
VILLE DETERMINED TO GO
TO BOTTOM OF THINGS.
Milledgeville,, June 12. —Wide lati
tude is being permitted by the inves
'■ tigating commission in its inquiry
into conditions at the state prison
farm, in so far as the examination of
witnesses is concerned, and from the
five men examined today a nionu-i
mental mass of information was ad
duced tending to indicate that, what-i
ever improvements may have been
made in the last three weeks, condi- 1
tions which have existed were horrible. ■
Judge T. E. Patterson, who is gen
erally looked upon as the strongest
man on the commission, was permit
ted to ask a limited number of ques
tions during the progress of the in
quiry, practically all of which were
. designed to clarify or bring out ad
ditional information, and with proba
. bly one exception all of them of a
. nature which might well hqvc been
asked by counsel directing what
would be termed the state’s side of
the case if there had been counsel.
Will Require Legislation.
Sufficient progress has already been
made to indicate that the least to bej
expected from the investigating com-1
mission is going to be a report which |
of necessity will require some form of J
legislative attention.
In none of the testimony so far|
adduced has there been anything to]
connect two of the members of the
prison commisson with knowledge of
improper conditions, though there has
been direct charge in a great deal of
the testimony that Chairman Davison
was present at times when inhuman
treatment was applied to prisoners.
The burden of the developments thus
far, though, has been directed almost
wholly against Warden J. E. Smith,
Assistant Satterfield and Dr. Comp
ton, the prison physician.
The most sensational testimony was
that by Henry Bohn of Atlanta, a re
leased convict, and W. B. Norton of
Bibb county, who has been pardoned,
stances of brutality, some of which he
stances o bfrutality, some of which he
witnessed, and Norton exhibited to
the commission a pitiful condition of
his right arm, which was produced, he
swore, by the improper administra
tion of a powerful drug known as
“pop” by Dr. Compton, ami the sub
sequent absence of proper medical at
tention, with the result that his arm
is forever ruined.
May Run Through The Week.
Judge W. E. H. Searcy, chairman
of the investigating commission, ex
presses the opinion, as does also Judgi
Moses Wright of Rome, that the
probe will run through the week, or
even longer.
“We are," said Judge' Searcy, “go
] ing absolutely to the bottom of things
and learn the truth just as complete
ly as we can.”
The physical properties will be, per
sonally examined, the farm will be
(Continued on last page)
VIDALIA C. A F. OFFICIALS
MAKE FINE SHOWING
l
Mr. F. H. Barker, local agent for
the G. & F. Ry., is being compli
j mented on the fine showing his of
-1 fice has made in handling freight at
Vidalia, during the month of April,
j 570 shipments ol freight being han
j tiled, and out of these shipments only
; one exception being filed, giving the
local office a percentage for the month
I of 99 9ff.
The G. & F. officials and employ
ees are making a great effort to cut
down loss and damage from freight
•hipmpents to a minimum.
the district.
The Alamo charge had the honor of
making rtne of the best reports of all
the churches of the district, great pro
gress in all lines being reported by
(its pastor, Rev. R. W. Cannon. The
] report of Rev. J E. Sampley of Vi
dalia, showing 100 additions to the
; church by letters and profession of]
j faith during the three months that he
1 Ls been pastor of the local work.l
I was also the cause of much favorable
j comment.
MISTRIAL DECLARED 11
EIRIIEJjn CASE
JURY IS UNABLE TO AGREE—
ELEVEN FAVOR DEATH PEN
ALTY, WHILE ONE JUROR WAS
FOR LIFE SENTENCE.
VVitli the jury standing II for the
death penalty, one favoring a life
sentence, the jury in the case of the
State vs Lee Currie, charged with
murder, and twice convicted and sen
tenced to hang, reported to Judge
Hardeman Thursday morning that
(they were unable to agree and a mis
trial was declared. Judge Hardeman
(announced a special term of court 'or
i July 15th, when the case will again
be taken up.
—Photo by Folt*
LKE ORKY. ,
A special term of Toombs Superior
court convened last Monday morn
ing for the purpose of trying Lee Cur
rie for the third time, charged with
the murder of Burileigh Phillips and
burying the body in a shallow hole
and rolling a log over the grave.
Currie was convicted at both of the
former trials and sentenced to be
hanged but the Supreme court rev
ersed the' decisions each time.
Practically two hours were con
sumed Monday morning in securing
a. jury, but by noon the case had got
ten well under way.
Attorney for both sides fought the
case hard, Solicitor Gray was assist
ed in the prosecution by G. W. Lank
ford whii'e Giles and Sharpe repres
ented the defense.
The evidence was concluded at
10:50 o’clock Tuesday morning and
before recess for dinner Walter Gray,
solicitor general, and K. J. Giles, de
fense attorney, made arguments to
the jury. G. W. Lankford spoke to
the jury for almost two hours after
court convened after dinner.
The case went to the jury at 4:05
o’o'ock Tuesday afternoon and at 8:00
o’clock Wednesday evening no verdict
had been reached as to the fate of
Currie.
At times, Currie showed signs of
emotion hut during the greater part
of the trial, he showed little Interest
in the proceedings and when the, pros
ecuting attorneys were pleading to
the jury to hang him, he was Immov
able.
The defense put up several witness
es to prove that Currie’s mind was de
ranged and that he was not responsl-
M’e for the act. Dr. Hall, of Alamo,
testified that In his opinion, Currie
was not a sane man and was not re
sponsible for his acts at certain
times.
MEETING AT THE METHODIST
CHURCH STILL IN PROGRESS,
The meeting at the Mt. Vcrnoir
Methodist church is still in progress,,
t vo services being held each day by
the pastor, Rev. L. F.. Brady. The
■ ‘■etiev will probably close during
he week. Mr. Brady has been do
ing the preaching with unusual vigor
.inrl spiritual effect, anil the services
have been well attended.
The third quarterly conference of
the Mt. Vernon circuit will be held
at the Methodist church in Longpond
tomorrow, Friday. Dinner will be t
spread at the church by the hospita
ble people of the community.
Preaching at 11 o’clock by the pre
siding eder Rev. J. M. Outler. The
business of the conference will be
taken up immediately after the noon
hour.
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