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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. • 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. - ■ - i 4* NEWS NOTES FROM OUR * 4- NEIGHBOR COUNTIES. * •K-****4~M-** **** »4- * •M~M»M>4> (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. • - 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 -Z-NP 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. - i 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. NO. 14