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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, V 7 | Ship Your Produce Direct! X Chickens, friers, per pound 30c + Chickens, Irens, per pound 21c $ f Chickens, roosters, per pound 10c I ? Eggs, per dozen 25c + T Green Salt Hides, per pound 9c * ♦ Green Hides,'per pound 7i/ 2 c + j Dry Flint Hides, per pound Jlc 1 t Clear White Wool, per pound 25c % I Wax, per pound 20c * J Tallow, per pound gc t X Honey, per gallon 50 c We handle everything grown on the farm. £ j CATTLE AND HOGS IN CAR LOTS ! ♦ A trial shipment will convince you it pays. * j GEORGIA COMMISSION CO. 1 ♦ X 29 Jefferson Street Phone No. 151 | | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA f *i diYiAihili 4 i. « .t » « .« _ V T'CTT VTVTTTT r •V T*r*TT *TTTTTT TTTTTTf f f | 1 £iir iHmttgmum, UUmttor. 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. NO. 6.