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VOL. XXXVI
MPEHfE HOG
SALE 1 SUCCESS
TWO CARLOADS DISPOSED OF
WEDNESDAY AT AILEY, AND
FARMERS ARE WELL PLEASED
WITH RESULTS OF SALE
The first co-operative hog sale ever
held in Montgomery county was con
ducted at Ailey Wednesday, and the
sale proved eminently successful in
every particular.
The sale was under the direct su
pervision of County Agent tyre ol
Montgomery county, who has done
diligent work in his efforts to make
the sale successful, and the fruits of
his labors represent a clear profit of
about $600.00 to the farmers of this
section, that amount being realized on
the hogs disposed of Wednesday above
what they would have brought if sold
on the local markets.
Two carloads, consisting of 196 hogs,
were sold for $2,353.15, aggregating
27,911 pounds, the following prices be
ing realized on the different grades:
No. ones brought 9.35; twos 8.85;
threes 7.85 and fours 7.35. The hogs
were bought by Harper Bros- of Al
bany, and the prices paid in this sale
were considered exceptionally good,
as Harper Bros, bought No. 1 hogs
on the same day for nine cents. In
the lot there were 51 No. 1 hogs and
61 No. fours, the remainder being di
vided between twos and threes.
It is to be regretted that so many
of our hog raisers chose to sell their
hogs as number fours, when they could
have carried them over until feeding
crops came in, when they could easily
have been made to grade as number
ones.
C. G. Garner, Toombs county agent,
was in charge of the grading, and Mr.
J. F. Hart, the Lauerns county agent,
had charge of the weighing feature.
Two more sales are to be held du
ring the month of September; place of
sale and date to be announced later.
■f One carload will be furnished by the
boys pig clubs and one by the farm
ers, more definite mention of which
will be made in these colums later.
Some of the hogs in Wednesday’s
sale belonged to members of the boys
pig clubs.
County Agents Tyre, Garner, Hart,
and probably others, are arranging to
hold a series of 1 hog sales during the
fall, and these sales will no doubt at
tract a larger number of buyers, with
consequent better prices.
It is reported that all farmers par
ticipating in the sale Wednesday were
well pleased with results.
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A SPECIAL SERVICE AT MT.
VERNON METHODIST CHURCH
On Wednesday night, July 26th, at
8:45 o’clock, the young men and wo
men of the Sunday school class of the
Mt. Vernon Methodist church w-ill
hold a special service to which every
one is invited, especially are the wide
awake people of every church urged
to be present.
The following program will be ren
dered :
Song and prayer service—Mr. Er
nest Stanford.
Scripture—Miss Minnie Abt-
Violin quartet—Misses Charlie Will
Salter, Marguerite Salter, Helen Mc-
Rae, Mr. Monroe Davis.
The prohibition law—Mr. William
Peterson.
Should there be any modification of
the prohibition law? —Miss Elizabeth
Mcßae.
Vocal solo—Miss Anna Morrison.
Wherein is the fault?—Miss Esther
Mason.
Why should the strict letter of the
law be enforced? Miss Florence
Howell.
DAN DAVIS TO *
PRISON FOR LIFE
WAS TWICE CONVICTED OF THE
MURDER OF BILL HALL, THE
MOTIVE BEING ALLEGED FOR
COLLECTION OF INSURANCE.
Soperton, July 15—When Dan Da
vis was taken from the Soperton jail
Thursday and sent to a convict camp
at St. Marys it marked the close of
one of the most noted murder cases
in criminal annals of this section.
Davis was twice convicted in Treut
len county for the murder of William
Hall, a cropper on the Davis farm.
He was tried the first time and con
victed, with one of his relatives on
the jury, and he was granted a new
trial. He was tried again last Aug
ust and again convicted. The case
was appealed to the supreme court
and the verdict of the lower court
confirmed.
Hall, the tenant, was insured for
$30,000 by Davis, it was alleged, and
lured into a car with three others and
Davis. The car was wrecked, and
Hall supposed to be drowned, but in
vestigation proved that Hall had been
given poisoned whisky.
Os the associates of Davis,Elisha
Coleman was tried and found jiot
guilty; Roy Durden died in jail; and
Wiley Smith is awaiting trial. At
the second trial of Davis, Smith turn
ed state’s evidence, telling of three
former plots of Davis to kill Hall, in
which Davis tried to get him to shoot
Hall for a part of the money.
Eleven lawyers were interested in
the case. For the state, Solicitor M.
H. Boyer, Reuben R. Arnold, Will
Stallings and A- C. Saffold; for the
defense, Jas. K. Hines, A. S. Brad
ley, Frank Saffold, George B. Davis,
Neil Gillis, Jr., W. J. Wallace and
D. R. Jackson.
FIRST BALE NEW COTTON
RECEIVED AT MOULTRIE
Moultrie, July 18. Two bales of
new cotton of the 1922 crop were
shipped by express from Moultrie this
afternoon.
One bale weighed 550, grown by A.
B. Rogers, went to Savannah, and
one weighing 490 pounds, produced on
the farm of Horkan & Lindsey, was
sent to Atlanta.
The Horkan-Lindsey bale was the
first ginned, but both reached Moul
trie about the same time-
Both bales will be sold at auction.
Rogers ginned the first bale in Geor
gia last year. It is earlier in July
than Georgia has ginned a bale in a
number of years, according to cotton
men here. The crop is opening rap
idly in Southwest Georgia and gives
promise in this immediate region of
being one of the best produced since
the invasion of the boll weevil.
Congressman W. W. Larsen was
in the city Tuesday, shaking hands
with his many admirers here. He is
deservedly proud of the fact that he
will not be forced to make an active
campaign for re-election this summer,
' and will be given an opportunity
for a few weeks rest.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922.
•LEE CURRIE AGAIN GETS DEATH SENTENCE
; FOR MURDMLHANG SEPTEMBER 1
I THIRD TIME YOUNG MAN IS
SENTENCED TO PAY DEATH
PENALTY—JURY DELIBERATES
ONLY 15 MINUTES—APPEALS.
Lee Currie, charged with the murder
of Jiurleign rhiiiips, was touud gumy
of first degree murder by a jury in
Toombs {superior Court Tuesday aiter
noon at 2 :oU o dock, and immediately
sentenced by Judge K. N. Hardeman
to hang September Ist.
Currie showed that he was worn
and almost collapsed when the grim
sentence of th.e court was solemnly
pronounced.
The case was started Monday morn
ing at 9:30, and by night all the evi
dence was in, and Tuesday morning
at 8:30 Solictor Walter F. Grey open
ed the, argument for the state. He
spoke for thirty-five minutes, being
followed by Col. E- J. Giles for the
defense. Col. Giles spoke for two
hours, begging and pleading with the
jury to save the life of his client.
Col. George W. Lankford concluded
the argument for the state, speaking
to the jury fifty minutes.
The case went to the jury Tuesday
at one o’clock, at which time court
adjourned for dinner. At 2:20 Judge
Hardeman was notified at his hotel
that the jury had agreed on a verdict
and desired to render the same to the
court.
The prisoner, standing at the request
of Judge Hardeman, sentence was pro
nounced as follows:
“You have heard the verdict of the
jury read. You have had a fair and
impartial trial by twelve of your fel
low-countrymen, and they have re
turned a verdict without recommenda
tion, and it, therefore, becomes the
solemn duty of the court to impose
sentence upon you. This is, indeed,
a very unpleasant duty that I have to
perform. The jury trying your case
having returned a verdict of guilty of
murder, without recommendation, it
is the judgment of the court that you
be taken from the court house to the
common jail of Toombs county, or
such other place of confinement as
the court may direct, and there be
kept in close confinement until Friday,
September Ist, 1922, and that on that
date, between the hours of ten o’clock
a. m. and three o’clock p. m., at the
common jail of said county, in the
presence of the sheriff and his depu
ties, and in the presence oi such of ‘
your relatives and- friends as you may
desire to have present, and such min
isters of the gospel as you may desig
nate, and in the presence of such phy
sicians as the she: iff may appoint, oth
erwise in private, that you be, by the
| sheriff of Toombs county, hanged by
the neck until you are dead, and I say
I this with all sincerity, May the Lord
, have mercy upon your soul.”
Following is a list of the jury that
condemned Lee Currie to pay the ex
[ treme penalty: J. F. Murchison, fore
man; Wade Mitchum, Fate Moseley,
J. P. McNatt, P. G. Wheeler, A. H.
Hardy, J. S. Alexander, F. L- Mc-
Cullough, J. C. Anderson, M. C. Col
lins, M. J. Rattray, W. J. Murchison.
This is the fourth time Currie has
. been put on trial for his life; the ver
, diet in three of which was murder in
the first degree, the other resuiting in
a mistrial, eleven of the jurors favor
ing a first degree verdict and one ask
[ ing mercy for the prisoner.
Attorneys for the defendant, Giles
and Sharpe, immediately filed a mo
. tion for a new trial, and the same was
set for hearing by Judge Hardeman at
Lyons the 4th Monday in August.
EXAMINATION FOR CLAXTON
POSTMASTER AUGUST 12
i■ -
An examination will be held at Vi
> dalia on August 12th for postmaster
■ at Claxton, Ga. The salary for this
office is $2,000 per year. It is expect
ed that appointment will be made as
! a result of this examination unless it
s is found in the interest of the service
! to fill this vacancy by transfer or pro
motion. This is not an examination
under the civil service rules, but is
»
i r held under an executive order of May,
1921, providing for such procedure.
VIDALIA BOY SCOUTS OFF
i FOR CAMP ON MONDAY
ITre Vidalia Boy Scouts, sixteen in
number, and the scoutmaster, Prof.
W. L. Downs, left Monday morning
at 8 o’clock for Houston Factory, near
Perry, for a week’s camp. It is to be
regretted that all the members of the
troop could not maek it convenient to
go on this camp, but for one cause or
another several of the members were
hindered from participating in the
enjoyment that we all know is inj
store for those who made the trip. [
Promptly at the appointed hour thej
pary assembled at the passenger sta-l
tion ind embarked in the Buick of
Prof ■Downs and the bus of Mr. S.
L. I*mp. They decided in favor of
this ftode of conveyance on account
of tS lower cost and to give the
opportunity to see the coun
try ifptwcen here and Houston Fac
tory. They went byway of Mcßae,
Eastman and Hawkinsville, and ex
pected to arrive at the camp some
time during the afternoon- They will
return next Monday.
Those composing the party were:
Prof. W. L. Downs, Otto Tate, Le
roy Meadows, Winslow Barker, Wal
lace- Dunham, J. C. Austin, Emory
Herring, J. C. Timmerman, Ralph
Thompson, Tom Sawyer, James Na
pier, Bennett DeLoach, Jack Mead-|
ows, Kenenth Mathews, Prentiss Cour
son, Henry Wiggs and Franklin Ra
bun. Walter Jenkins was expected to
make the trip but was prevented from
going on account of the serious illness
of his uncle, Mr. W. J. Poe.
It is understood that the Soperton
scout troop will also be in camp at
Houston Factory this week.
GRAND JURY FOR AUGUST
TERM MONTGOMERY COURT
Following is a list of the grand ju
rors drawn to serve at the August
term of Montgomery Superior Court:
W. L. D. Rackley, B- F. Palmer.
J. Cook Conner, Louis Robertson.
W. T. Harris, C. H. Goff.
J. W. Hightower, T. O- Gibbs.
C. H. Fowler, J. E. Mcßae.
Grove Sharpe, H. V. Thompson.
J. J. McAllister, C. C. McAllister, Jr,
W. K. McCarthy, E. McLeod-
John J. McArthur, R. N. Youmans.
H. D. Lee, J. I. Dunn.
J. H. Martin, W. T. Mcßride-
I. T. McLemore, B. C. Anderson.
G. J. Stanford, G. W. Beckworth.
John T- Walker, H. A. Moses.
PARKS TO FILL
BRITTAIN’S OFFICE
WILL ACT AS STATE SCHOOL SU
PERINTENDENT UNTIL BRIT
TAIN’S SUCCESSOR IS ELECT
ED AND INAUGURATED.
Gov. Thos. W- Hardwick will ap
point Dr. M. M. Parks of Milledge
ville as state school superintendent to
succeed Dr. M. L. Brittain, who will
resign August Ist to accept the posi
tion of president of the Georgia School
of Technology, it was announced Sat
urday at the governor’s office.
Dr. Parks is president of the Geor
gia Normal and Industrial school at
Milledgeville and is one of the best
known educators in the state. He
will be given a twelve months leave
of absence from his present school in
order to direct the affairs of the state
department of education until next
: June, when Dr. Brittain’s term wil*
expire.
It was learned Saturday that Dr
Brittain intends to resign as head of
the state’s school system about Au
gust Ist- It is understood that Dr.
Parks will accept the appointment to
i succeed Dr. Brittain and that Dr. J
1.. Beeson, vice-chairman of the sac
. ulty of the Georgia Normal and In
mistrial college, will act as president
of that institution during the absence
1 of Dr. Parks.
’ The governor, in naming Dr. Parks
, as successor to Dr. Brittain, said he
took this action because of his splen-
VIDALIA SOON TO HAVE
HANDY PLEASURE PARK
The past week workmen have been
engaged in placing a fence around the
, Mathews Park, which is being spon
sored by the Woman’s Club of Vida
lia- WSthin a short time the women
hope to have walks laid out, swings
and seats placed in the park, and
flowers and shrubs planted.
The ground is owned by Mr. Geo.
N. Mathews, but he has kindly ten
dered its use for a park and owing
to its central location, being just
across the street from he union sta
tion, will be greatly enjoyed by the
travelling public, as well as by the
people of the city.
I J. E. THOMPSON BRINGS
EARLY BOLL TO VIDALIA
j The first open cotton boll for the
new crop was seen in Vidalia Sat
urday, being brought in by J. E.
Thompson, who has a farm a few
miles out from the city.
Mr. Thompson reports prospects
good for a fair crop.
LARSEN WILIJAVE
NO OPPOSITION
ROSCOE PEACOCK OF EASTMAN
WITHDRAWS ENTRANCE FEE
AND LEAVES FIELD CLEAR TO
I
PRESENT CONGRESSMAN
Information has come to Attorney
VV. J. DeLoach, chairman of the ex
ecutive committee of the Twelfth Con
gressional District, to the effect that
Roscoe Peacock of Eastman has de
cided to withdraw from the race, and
asking that the fee deposited by him
for entrance in the race be refunded.
The withdrawal of Mr. Peacock had
been expected by his friends for sev
eral days, and the rumor that he was
considering such a course has been
confirmed, and Mr. Larsen notified of
the withdrawel.
This leaves the field clear to Con
gressman Larsen and his nomination
Is now assured without opposition, as
it is too late for any prospective dem
ocratic candidate to qualify. The
many friends of Mr. Larsen are con
gratulating him upon his return to
office for another term, not that any
real fear was felt as to the outcome
of the election in the event opposition
had materialized, but for the fact that
the present condition permits him to
give his entire time to the many im
portant matters now before congress
Mr. Larsen is making an unusually
fine record and his ability is not ques
tioned. He is always on the job in
matters concerning his constituent*
and deserves the confidence imposed
in him by the people of the district.
HEMSTITCHING.
Hemstitching and Picoting. All the
thread furnished. Prices reasonable.
MRS. R. M. STANLEY,
At Vidalia Hardware Co. Store,
ts. Vidalia, Ga.
Miss Lilly Smith returned Sunday,
after spending her vacation with Mr.
and Mrs. M. A. McQueen in Savan
nah. Miss Smith is a popular em
ployee of the Southern Bell Co.
did record at the Milledgeville school
and because he is a member of the
state board of education and familiar
with the work in the office of the
state school commissioner.
Dr. Brittain was elected president
of Georgia Tech at a meeting of the
board of trustees of that school held
Friday. He succeeds Dr. K. G.
Matheson, who resigned to become,
head of Drexel Institute in Philadel
phia-
Last year the trustees of the Geor
gia Normal and Industrial College
granted Dr. Parks a vacation to be
• taken at any time he desired to leave.
He has not taken his vacation, al
though he has been working steadily
at the school for ten years. It was,
stated in the governor’s office that
the board will grant the leave of ab-j
sence for one year largely because [
Dr. Parks has not been given a va
cation during the entire time he has
served at the school.
REV. M A. RICO
JSJCQUITTEII
REV. M. A. RICO OF AILEY GIVEN
FREEDOM FOR KILLING COPE
LAND, HIS SON-IN-LAW, IN DE
FENSE OF DAUGHTER.
Jacksonville, Fla., July 17. —Rev. M.
A- Rico, 58, pastor of the Oakridge
Baptist church, Ailey, Ga., was ex
onerated by a coroner’s jury here to
day for the killing of his son-in-law,
William Copeland, 32. Rico stabbed
Copeland to death with an ice pick,
in defense of his bed-ridden daugh
ter, Copeland’s wife.
The coroner’s jury returned a ver
dict that the killing was justifiable
homicide.
Rev. Rico, who had been in jail
since the tragedy occurred yesterday,
was immediately released. Rev. Rices
told the jury he had come to his
daughter’s home here last week in
response to her appeals that she was
ill from brutal treatment at the hands
of Copeland. The minister, upon his
arrival, found his daughter in bed suf
fering from injuries previously inflict
ed by her husband. He swore out a
warrant for Copeland’s arrest, but it
was not served because of the officer’s
inability to find him.
Plans were being made yesterday
morning by the minister to take his
daughter and her four children to his
home when Copeland put in an ap
pearance. Copeland promised, the
minister said, that he would not pro
test the children’s removal if Rico
would not prosecute him, and upon
this agreement left the house.
Later, the minister said, he turned
from his place in an adjoining room,
to see the husband at the door of his
wife’s sick room, brandishing a carv
ing knife, and he intercepted him, the
two engaging in a struggle. The min
ister seized an ice pick and stabbed
his son-in-law ten times, the latter
rolling into another room before he
died-
It was not known here until today
that Rico was a minister. He had
merely said he was a farmer at Ailey,
but today there were repeated calls
from members of his congregation at
Ailey, all saying they were ready to
come here enmasse if he needed their
assistace.
“T was little concerned in the coro
ner's jury verdict,” the minister said,
“but T pray that T will be exonerated
by the higher power—and I believe I
will be.”
EXPERTS IN ACCOUNTS
NEEDED IN GEORGIA
Stressing the value of a certified
public accountant’s services in pre
paring tax returns, the Georgia State.
Board of Public Accountants and the
executive committee of the certified
public accountants of Georgia have
isseud an official statement in which
they show that an accountant should
not only be skilled in accounts but he
should have a sufficient knowledge
of the income tax act and regulations,
together with the various court decis
ions, treasury decisions, bureau rul
ings, and the like, to be able to apply -
them correctly in the tax return he is,
about to compile-
Both the state board and the exec
utive committee, in a previous state
ment given, warning the accountants
of the, state against the use of the
title "Certified Public Accountants,”
i unless they were legally entitled to it,
' that is, had passed the required exam
j inations. The Georgia law makes it a
I mistUmcanor to represent oneself as
I a certified public accountant unless the
legal requirements have been met.
a* :
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC. T l.<
AT SHAMROCK SPRINGS
The Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Sun
day school enjoyed a picnic at Sham
! rock Springs last Wednesday. The
' party assembled at the church at an
j early hour and was carried to the
! picnic grounds by trucks and automo
| biles furnished for the occasion. Bath
ing and kodaking were enjoyed until
j the noon hour, when a bounteous pic
' nic dinner was spread, also quantities;
of lemonade was served.
All returned late in the afternoon,,
reporting a most enjoyable occasion.
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