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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. “The Old Nest” The finest, truest picture ever seen on the screen. It will appeal to anybody that ever had a mother. We beg of you to see this Picture. Colonial Theatre Tues. & Wed. July 25th & 26th Matinee 4:30 Each Day Adm. 25 & 50c Special Music Sltr UJmttgmnmf iflmttta. 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. NO. 11