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VOL. XXXVI
MASONIC CONVENTION
TO BEJHELD AUG. 16
TWELFTH DISTRICT LODGES TO
HAVE ANNUAL GATHERING AT
MT. VERNON—SPLENDID PRO
GRAM PREPARED.
Final arrange nients for the Twelfth
District Masonic Convention, which is
to be held at Mt. Vernon on Wed
nesday, August 16th, are being made
and indications point to a successful
meeting.
The convention will assemble In the
auditorium of the Brewton-Parker In
stitute at 11 a. m., at which time a
public meeting will be held. Col. A.
S. Johnson of Longpond will deliver
the address of welcome, which will be
responded to by Judge Eschol Gra
ham of Mcßae. Past Grand Master
N. H. Ballard of Brunswick is to de
liver the public address of the occa
sion.
Arrangements are being made tor
the orchestra of the school to furnish
music for the occasion. This orches
tra is composed of local talent alto
gether and will give several good se
lections-
At 12 :45 the convention will adjourn
for dinner, which will be served on
the campus of the Institute and the
people of this section, especially the
Masons, are asked to bring baskets
The convention will re-assemble in
the auditorium at 2:15 for a general
discussion of topics for the good of
the order and to attend to regular
business.
Among the prominent Masons who
will lead in the discussions of the day
are Grand Lecturer Guy Thurman, of
Atlanta; Grand Secretary Frank F.
Baker, Macon; Grand Secretary of
Royal Arch Masons E. A. McHan,
Macon; and Past Grand Master Rob
ert L. Travis, Savannah.
The public is invited to attend the
morning session of the convention and
all Masons who desire to do so may
remain through the afternoon session.
Although the convention closes at
5 o’clock, the Master’s Degree will
conferred by the Glenwood Lodge, be
ing assisted by the local Itftlge, at the
lodge room in Mt. Vernon at 8 o’clock
and all visitors are asked to remain
over for this week.—Montgomery Mon
itor.
WATSON-MURCHISON.
A wedding of much interest to thair i
many friends was that of Miss Eva
Watson of Dublin and Mr. Charles j
F. Murchison of Vidalia, which was I
solemnized Tuesday evening at eight
o’clock at the Jefferson Street Bap
tist church, Dublin.
A large number of friends and rel
atives witnessed the impressive ring
ceremony, which was performed by
Rev. E. N. Eubanks.
The church was beautifully deco-!
rated with handsome pot plants and
baskets of cut flowers. Beautiful pink;
and white roses entwined the lovely
arch.
Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. An
drew Grier, accompanied by Miss Ma- i
rie Chastain, sang ‘‘l Love You Truly.”;
Miss Chastain played Mendelssohn’s;
Wedding March, to which the bridal;
party entered. First came the dear,
little Cupid, followed by the four ush
ers and four bridesmaids. Little Sa
ra Grier and Louise Watson were the;
flower girls- The ring bearer was;
Howard Murchison, Jr., of Vidalia.
The bride entered with her sister, |
Miss Robbie Watson, maid of honor,
carrying a beautiful bouquet of bride’s
roses showered with lilies of the val
ley, and the maid of honor carrying
a pretty bunch of pink Killarney roses.
The groom entered with his brother,
Mr. Howard Murchison, of Vidalia,
best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Murchison left imme
diately after the ceremony for Sa
vannah, Macon and other points of i
interest.
HEMSTITCHING.
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Hemstitching and picoting, all thread
furnished, 8c and 10c per yard.
MRS. L. C. GLISSON,
At D. C Harris’ Store
ts Vidalia, Ga.
aiite Mmttgtmtrrg ilUmtta.
CHEMISTS SAY CONEY’S WIFE
* DIED FROM STRYCHNINE
Chemists in the office of the Geor
gia State Board of Health, according
to information received at Vidalia on
Tuesday, found one and two-thirds
grains of strychnine in the stomach of
the wife of Dave Coney, colored, who
died under suspicious circumstances
two weeks ago, and whose body was
exhumed last week, the vital organs
being sent to Atlanta for chemical
analysis.
Coney is now being held in jail at
Lyons under the charge of murder.
With the finding of strychnine in the
stomach of the dead woman, a strong
chain of circumstantial evidence has
been forged about Coney and it is
believed a conviction can easily be
obtained- Coney bought a quantity
of strychnine from a local drug store
on the day before his wife died; the
H-xt morning it is alleged he gave
the poison to his wife in a glass of
wine, death resulting shortly after.
Questioned about the poison, Coney
at first denied having bought it, but
finally said he gave the bottle to his
wife and did not know what she had
done with it.
A quarter of a grain of strychnine
is sufficient to produce death, and
enough poison was administered Co
ney’s wife to have killed six or eight
people.
C. V. ALCORN BADLY HURT
WHEN AUTO OVERTURNS
C. V. Alcorn, a well known business
man of Vidalia, was badly hurt on
Thursday morning when his automo
bile overturned. Mr. Alcorn suffered
two broken ribs and possible internal
injuries-
The accident happened on the Mt.
Vernon road near the Poe farm. Mr.
Alcorn was bound for Mt. Vernon and
had turned out of the road to pass ;
buggy. The road was slippery follow
ing a heavy rain Wednesday night,
the car skidding off the road and
overturning.
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4* NEWS NOTES FROM OUR *
4- NEIGHBOR COUNTIES. *
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(Soperton News)
Up to the time w r e go to press more
than thirty bales of cotton have been
ginned in Soperton since Tuesday
morning when the first bate of the
season was ginned. The cotton fields
are white with the fleecy staple and
the farmers are taking advantage of
the pretty weather to gather this pro
duct.
Business has already begun to pick
; up and indications point to the best
| fall for business here in several years.
| Authorities on crop conditions in this
section state that Trueren's cotton
crop will be the largest in seven
years.
(S wa in‘boro Fore st -B la de)
One of the most enthusiastic meet
ings every held in Wesley, was he:d
Saturday evening by the patrons of
the Wesley High School. At this
: meeting various questions were ciscus
sed, pertaining to the betterment of
Ga., Sixth and Seventn Grades.
Mrs. I. T. Youmans, Swainsboro,
, Ga., Might and Ninth Graces.
Prof. George C. Flanders, with all
! others in charge and Miss Lucile
Kitchens with the Music Department
in charge.
The officials, teachers and patrons
of the Wesley High School offer all
those anticipating High School, the
very best of service, as well as prot
i ection.
(Tattnall Journal)
As was announced in the Journal
last week, plans for the establishment
of the Southern Branch of the Inter
national Academy of Washington, D.
C. which has been considered for
time, lias been completed and the es
tablishment of the branch is assured.
Prof. Fairchild, who will ne prin
cipal of this branch, stated to the
Journal this morning that he had be
gun an active advertising campaign
, throughout the country with the ob
ject of interesting students, and he is
! paying especial attention to pros
■ pec-tive students of the local territory.
The branch here will also be ad
vertised in the year book of the In
ternational Academy of W; shfngton.
and the local school will reap a gre t
ceaf of benefit through it.
Prof Fairchild stated also that cre
dit for the establishing of the school
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922.
CATTLE HERO CAUSE
OE WRECK AND EIRE
TOWN OF SCOTLAND THREAT
ENED WITH BAD FIRE WHEN
GASOLINE AND OIL CARS ARE
BLAZING IN TOWN.
A spectacular train wreck, followed
by a fire which threatened eq burn
Scotland, a. small town in Telfair
county, to the ground, was caused by
a herd of cattle wandering into the
path of Southern fast freight train
No. 52, Brunswick to Atlanta, about
2 o’clock Tuesday piorning.
Ten freight cars were destroyed.
Casualties among the cattle have not
yet been estimated. Four cars of gas
oline caught fire, thus igiyting two
carloads of oil, two of merchandise,
rae of tobacco, and one of cotton
ties-
Heroic work by citizens of Scotland
prevented the blazing freight cars
and flaming gasoline from destroying
the Scotland station and burning up
t’ne other buildings of the town. The
volunteer fire fighters detached the
cars remaining on the rails after the
crash and pushed thetn away from the
danger area. The locomotive of the
train stayed on the tracks. Another
engine rushed from Hazlehurst, assist
ed in shifting the cars away from the
fire.
The train crew reported that they
were going at their regular rate of
speed when the locomotive dove
straight into the middle of a large
herd of night-roaming cattle.
There was a gruesome sound, fol
lowed by a terrific bumping crash' as
the cars behind the locomotive left
the rails and turned over.
Almost immediately the gasoline cars
caught fire. In a few minutes it
j seemedl as if the entire train and the
whole town would be swallowed up
by the towering flames. There were
few explosions, however.
Piling out of their beds, residents
of the town dressed in the first gar
ments that came to hand and rushed
out to see what was the matter, and
without delay they began o help he
struggling train crew to save the cars
not yet reached hv the blaze. Others
threw water on the station roof and
other buildings threatened by the fly
ing sparks.
here should be give greatly to Mr. J.
V. Kelley, and that the school trustees
the school, The following were elect
ed trustees of the school: J. N. You
mans, W. L. Wilkes, G. L. Youmans,
L. I. Lanier and G. A. Amerson, with
the following elected as teachers:
Miss Lula Moore, of Nunez, Ga.,
First Grade.
Miss Wilkes, Summit, Ga., Second
and Third Graces.
Miss Carrie Williams, Swainsboro,
Ga., Fourth and Fifth Grades.
Mis 3 Carrie Lou Gillis of Covena,
and patrons was such that the success
of the enterprise seemed aireacy as
sured. \
(.Welter Advertiser)
It is understood that the local farm
bureau will likely hold a co-operative
sale of early sweet potatoes some
time during the next few weeks. Sev
eral parties have a quantity of pota
toes planted for early market and
plan to dig them early and pool with
their neighbors in curlot shipments.
Several cars of new potatoes have
■ 1 reedy been shipped from South
Georgia at very good prices. Farm
ers are beginning to take advantage
of the early and late markets—putting
their produce in the market when the
demand Is greatest.
Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Phillips and
two children of Titusville, Fla., were
guests Sunday of Rev. and Mrs. J
". Sampley, Mr. Phillips is pastor
of the Methodist church at Titusville
and was on his way to Henderson
ville, N. C., for his vacation. He
-v-ep.r hed at the Vidalia Methodist
-'hurch Sunday night, his sermon he
ir" greatly enjoyed by all who heard
him. »»
—FREE EVERY ~ SATURDAY-
Two Kling Klose hair nets with ev
ery SI.OO purchase of Toilet Articles.
Be sure and get yours. Page’s Drue
i Store.
MONTGOM’f SlirEßlttß
COURT 111 SESSION
I, T. McLEMORE NAMED FORE
MAN OF GRAND JURY THE
CRIMINAL CASES ARE BEING
TRIED AT THIS TIME.
The August term of Montgomery
Superior Court convened on Monday
morning, with Judge Eschol Graham
presiding. The civil docket was taken
up by the court Monday and many
cases were disposed of up to Wednes
day morning, when the criminal side
of the court was taken up. Solicitor-
General M. H. Boyer of Hawkinsville
was on hand and will undertake the
trial of such cases as can he reached
at this term.
Mr. I. T. McLemorc was elected
foreman of the grand jut*y and Mr
B. C. Anderson acted as clerk. The
body adjourned on Tuesday afternoon,
having completed their work.
A number of attorneys from other
places are in attendance. /
LANGFORD CALLS ON
BROTHER IN HOUSE
Congressman W. C. Lankford, of
the Eleventh Georgia District, visited
his brother, Representative G. W.
I,ankford, of Toombs County, on the
floor of the House of' Representa
tives Thursday afternoon, and! was
given an informal reception at the
Kimball House Thursday night.
Congressman Lankford said the
recess of Congress was for the pur
pose of repairing political fences,
many of which had gotten in a bad
way. He dic/n’t have to worry about
his own, he said, but has been spend
ing a few days at his home in Douglas
and visiting other sections of the
Jileventh District.—Atlanta Georgian.
c Announcing
A wholly line of cars built on time-tried
Buick principles but with improvements and
refinements which make their introduction
an event of nation-wide interest.
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14 Distinctive Models
Astonishing Values and Prices
SIX CYLINDER MODELS 23-6-54 — Sport Road., 3 pass. $1625
23-6-41 —Tour. Sedan, 5 pass. $1935 23-6-55—Sport Tour.,4 pass. 1675
23-6-44—Roadster, 2 pass. - 1175 FOUR CYLINDER MODELS
23-6-45—Touring, 5 pass. - 1195 23-4-34—Roadster, 2 pass. - 865
23-6-47—Sedan, 5 pass. - - 1985 23-4-35—Touring, 5 pass. . 885
23-6-48—Coupe, 4 pass.. -. 1895 2^4-36—Coupe, 3 pass. . 1175
23^6-49—Touring, 7 pass. - 1435 23-4-37—Sedan, 5 pass. - - 1395
23-6-50—Sedan, 7 pass. - - 2195 23-4-38 —Tour. Sedan, 5 pass. 1325
All Prices F. O. B. Flint, Michigan
Ash about the G. M. A. C. Purchase Plan which provides for Deferred Payments
See These New Buick Cars Now at Our Showroom
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E. L. MEADOWS
Buick Dealer
VIDALIA, GEORGIA.
WHEN BETTER. AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM
MASONS PLAN UNION
PICNIC AT IDYLWILD
Thirty-three Masonic lodges of this
section of Georgia will have a union
basket picnic at Idylwild, Thursday,
August 17- This will be the largest
gathering of Masons ever held in this
part of the state. Past Imperial Po
tentate E. A. Cutts of Savannah, ami
Grand Master J. P- Bowdoin of
Atlanta; also Past Grand Masters
Chas. L. Bass, N. H. Ballard and
Robert J. Travis will deliver address
es. All these speakers are high up
in fraternity circles and are among the
most prominent men of the state.
Every Masonic lodge in the territory
embracing the section Eastman, Ca
milla, Sparta, Millen and Sandersville
will be represented at the meeting
ami a genuine old time get-togethar
baset picnic will be enjoyed by per
haps three thousand Masons and their
families.
Arrangements are being made for
a full day of entertainment for all who
attend this picnic. Base ball teams
of Tennille, Wrightsville and Sparta
are to play two games, and the win
ning team will be given a cash prize
of SSO- These clubs all have good
teams and two of the snappiest games
of the season will be played at Tdyl
wild that day.—Sandersville Progress.
OLD LINE PRIMITIVE CHURCH
TO HAVE ANNUAL MEETING
The Old Line Primitive Baptist con
gregation of Vidalia will D. V. have
their annual meeting the 3rd Sunday
in August, the 20th, and Friday and
Saturday before. The public is in
vited to attend these services.
P. H. BYRD, Pastor.
HEMSTITCHING.
Hemstitching and Picdting. All the
thread furnished. 8 and 10c yard.
MRS. R. M. STANLEY,
At Vidalia Hardware Co. Store,
ts. Vidalia, Ga.
'NEXT HOG SALE WILL
.BE HELDAT ALSTON
SECOND CO-OPERATIVE HOG
SALE OF MONTGOMERY COUN
TY WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE
20TH OF SEPTEMBER.
The next co-operative hog sale for
Montgomery county will be held at
Alston on September 20th, as announc
ed by County Agent J- B. Tyre. This
will no doubt be of interes' to the
farmers and stock raisers of the coun
i ty, for it is already proven that the
co-operative sale is a profitable way
of disposing of the stock. The farm
ers are urged to begin now tne prep
aration of their hogs for the special
sale. Later in the month of Septem
ber another sale will he held at Ailey,
the date to be announced some time
in the near future. It will be remem
bered that the first sale was held at
Ailey and was a complete success in
every particular.
County Agent Tyre is working dili
gently on these enterprises and the
sales will no doubt prove profitable to
those who participate. Os j,ate years
a vast amount of stock, both hogs and
cows, has been raised in Montgomery
county, and has become a valuable
addition to the farming interests of
the county.
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J. B. THORNTON TO SPEAK
TO FARMERS OF SECTION
Mr. T. R. Thornton of Hartwell,
one of the directors of the Georgia
Cotton Growers Co-operative Associa
tion, will deliver an address at the
city hall in Vidalia on Saturday, the
12th of August, at 10 a. m-
Members of the association in this
section are urged to be present, while
a cordial invitation is given all cotton
growers to attend.
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