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VOL. XXXVI WALKER SWEEPS THE STATE FOR GOVERNOR HARDEMAN RE-ELECTED---LANKFORD WINS Wimberly Wins Easily In Four Cornered Race For Representative In Toombs. -County Votes Heavily Against Con tinuance Os City Court. With but little over 1300 votes par ticipating in the white primary held in Toombs Wednesday, Toombs went strong for Walker for Governor and for Hardeman for Judge of the Middle circuit. Much interest was manifested in the race for state senator in which G. W. Lankford and S. B. Meadows were opponents, Lankford winning by a majority of 490 vases. . E. C. Wimberly was an easy winner in the four-cornered race for repres » entative, receiving 590 votes against 306 for B. H. Grace, who ran second. That the voters of the county were strongly opposed to the continuance of the city court was shown by the de feat of the city in every district in the county. Under the terms of the law, the court comes to an end the first of October. ALEXANDER JOHISQN KILLED AT UVALDA SERIOUSLY WOUNDS HIRAM D. JOHNSON AND SON, JOHN JOHNSON WOUNDS OF THE SON PROVE FATAL. Alexander Johnson, aged about 55 years, was instantly killed last Thurs day afternoon at Uvalda, after he had seriously wounded his brother, Hir am D. Johnson, anc. fatally wounded the latter’s son, John Johnson. The dead man was shot by John Johnson after he had been shot in the left arm and in the abdomen. The wounded men were rushed to the Vidalia Hospital where operations were performed. Physicians found that Hiram Johnson had. been shot in the lungs, and while there is hope? for his recovery, pneumonia has dev eloped and the chances for his recov ery are slight. The physicians operating upon the son, John Johnson, found about twen ty perforations of the intestines and loss of blood made hope of his recov ery very slim. The young man grad ually grew weaker until the end came Sunday afternoon. The trouble between the two broth ers is reported to have had is origin in the infatuation of Alexander John son for a woman by the name of Mrs. Alive Gibbs, and the effort of Hiram Johnson to make her leave the Uvalda section. Shop Scene of Shooting The blacksmith and woodworking shop of Hiram Johnson at Uvalda was the scene of the fatal shooting. It is reported that Hiram Johnson was seated in a chair in the front part of the shop wnen his brother, Alexander, entered rate Thursday af ternoon and began berating him. The young man, John Johnson, was in the rear of the shop and came to the front and fold his uncle, if he nad any business in Uvalda he had better at tend to it and leave. At this point It is stated that Alexander drew his pis tol and commenced firing at the boy, two shots taking effect. The two brothers struggled together and fought their way out of the shop, when John Johnson, although fatally wounded, after securing a pistol, made his way through a side door and shot his uncle through the head, death being instantaneous. Weak from lors of blood, thejroung man made his way to the drug store at Uvalda and asked that aic ne sent to his father. From the very first he felt that his wounds were fatal. Dead Man Fire* Fir*t. Drawing his pistol as John Johnson 1 Ehe ilmttgflmgrg jfflontto- Hardeman Re-elected Reports from over the district are that Hardeman has been re-elected judge of the Middle circuit by a hand some majority. Saffold! carried his home county, Emanuel, and Candler, Hardeman carrying Jefferson, Wash ington and Toombs. Walker Sweeps State Clifford Walker, defeated by Hard 1 - wick two years ago, was swept into office by a veritable landslide, carry ing a,t' least 120 counties in the state. Dispatches from Atlanta state that J. J. Brow r n has been renominated for Commissioner of Agriculture, but it is impossible to learn who has been the winner in the face for State School Superintendent. approached the front of the shop, Al exander Johnson fired twice at the young man in rapid succession, one shot striking the left arm, the other entering! the abdomen. Alexander Johnson then grabbed his brother, Hi ram, by the shoulder and as Hiram Johnson drew his pistol to defend himself, the duel began. Two of the shots fired by Alexander Johnson at his brother took effect, one entering the hip. and the other the chest. The dead man was hit four times by Hiram Johnson, bullets striking the right arm, the left hand, and wounds being inflicted in the side and shoulder. The two brothers lought their way from the front of the shop a few feet around the corner of the building, where John Johnson, having secured a pistol and rushing to the aid of his father, approached from the side door and fired twice at his uncle, one shot striking him in the head and causing instant death. Woman Arrested. The Johnson family has long been one of the most prominent families of Montgomery county, and the effort of Hiram Johnson and other brothers to break up the relations of their brother with Mrs. Gibbs was generally known in that section. Some weeks ago a band of men went to the residence of the woman and instructed her to leave. Since that time she had been making her home in Vidalia, and it is reported was frequently visited by the deceased. Thu-sday night following the trag egy, the woman was arrested at Vi dalia on a warrant alleging a felony offense and taken to Mt. Verflon, where she spent the night in jail, and from Mt. Vernon Sheriffff Burch car ried the prisoner to Macon, where she is now in jail. Funeral services of Alexander John son were held at Long Pond Friday afternoon, being conducted by Dr. J. C. Brewton. The deceased is sur vived by three daughters and one son, all of whom stand high in their home immunity. HEMSTITCHING. Hemstitching and Picotine. All the thread furnished. 8 and 10c yard. MRS. R. M. STANLEY, At Vidalia- Hardware Co. Store, ts. Vidalia, Ga. THAXTON-MeCOLSKEY. Thursday evening September 7th, at six o’clock, at the residence of the bride’s parents in Atlanta, was sol emnized the marriage of Miss Annie May Thaxton and Mr. J. Herman McColskey. Following the ceremony Mr. Mc- Colskey and his bride left for a motor ttfip to Macon and Vidalia, being the guests here of his parents, Mr. and I I Mrs. S. A. McColskey. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1922. , . S - Toombs County Vote by District ' Gov. Judge Sen. Representative Districts. -M * I - o t t fc .g3-S-3:i-§B-§ I s s 3 tt: S S S S X > '-n *1 o cl, £ Cedar Crossing | 33|147,148; 02|14i: 39j138| 2\ 31 High Point ..' Tj~2s| 74] 59; 42] 94[ 6[ 32| 7| |6O Normantown | 22| 16| 22\ 16| 251 10| | 11| 2| 25 Blue Ridge !| 18| 37| 38| 18| 50| 5| | 10| R3~ Spring Head | 30| 86| 42| 73| 86| 30| 13| 26| j 73 Ohoopee I 24| 38| 27 36| 481 19| 9| 35| |l6 McNabb | 45| 75| 661(551 90| 33| 37| 15| 1| 66 t Vidalia 1174)195 217j159|122j|250| 77| 61|186| 50 Lyons 1130| 1601193 i 102[258| 32 j 40] 221 5|226 TOTAL |501|828 812 ; 533|914'424[306|194|196|590 mmmmmmmmmmmm^ mm M——— ■*■*MiM —— i ————i ... - "" ' IW ROUTES FOR NIGMMCATED DELEGATIONS FROM MT. VER NON AND SOPERTON ATTEND HEARING ON QUESTION BE- V FORE THE DEPARTMENT. For several months there has been presented to the State Highway De partment arguments for and against the proposed highway between So perton and Mt. Vernon, the ques tion being divided in favor of a direct route from Soperton to Mt. Vernon, following the Aid road, and tne Tar rytown and Ailey route, touching a generally central section, and leading into the east and west highway at Ailey. There appears to be but little dif ference, in the mileage of the proposed routes, and possibly there would be little difference in the cost of con struction, according to the several sur veys and estimates made. The State Highway Department, sit ting in Savannah for other purposes, heard arguments in favor of the west ern route, as it may be termed, last Wednesday, and this hearing was at tended by a number of citizens, from Mt. Vernon and Soperton. Later, it is understood, another hearing will be granted to the advocates of the Tarrytown-Ailey route before the mat ter is definitely settled by the High way Department. Those attending the hearing from Soperton were D. R. Jackson, A. Es troff, M. B. Ware, J. E. Hall, H. M. Flanders, W. L. Sessions, H. V. Da ley, and John A. Thigpen. Those from Mt. Vernon were A. B. Hutcheson, clerk of the board of com missioners of and revenues, W. A, Peterson, James A. Stacy, F. M. Mcßae, D. A. Mcßae, Col. Fred M. Harris and Col. M. B. Calhoun. Until hte matter is settled, no doubt | the question will arouse considerable j interest, as this highway, whichever: route is adopted, will form a part of j , the state program to construct a high-, way from county seat to county seat j throughout the state. The mileagel involved, and as adopted by the As ’ sembly last year, amounts to 5500 miles. This program, when adopted, contemplated a bond issue for con struction and maintenance. However, j since this year’s Assembly did not provide for any form of bond issue, for road construction, it is difficult to see how the state, or Federal govern-j rr.ent, can advance funds for roid construction except as heretofore, where counties actually put up in cash j half of the amount to be expended. | The practice of allowing counties! to offer to pay their part, and in i . which a number of counties failed to! , meet their obligation, has forced the. Federal government to demand thej actual cash pro rata part before a I contract is commenced. This ruling > may have some effect on the imme- I diate construction of the north and south highway through Montgomery r county, as the financial condition of ; the county will doubtless not allov 1 it to advance funds for such road construction this year. I GREAT CROWDS ATTEND HOG SALE AT AILEY FULLY ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE PRESENT AT .SALE AT FARM OF RICHMOND & McARTHUR MONDAY. With fully one thousand people j present, the firm of Richmond & Me- I Arthur conducted a successful sale of J pure-bred Duroc Jersey hogs Monday i at' their farm near Alley. Nineteen bred! sows and gilts were sold, prices averaging around $55 per head, some selling at sllO. The sale began at 1 o’clock In the special sales pavilion on the farm and preceding the sale the crowd were guests of the firm at a barbecue din ner. The hogs sold' were all registered animals and were up to the high standard which has made this farm known throughout the country for its fine strain of Duroc Jersey hogs. The sale Monday was the first of a number of sale to be held on the Duroc Sales Circuit, Mr. McArthur leaving Tuesday to attend' sales at Americus, Cochran and Pierce, Fla. MONTGOMERY GINS 1965 BALES UP TO SEPT. IST From Mr. W. C. Langford, col lector of cotton statistics for Mont gomery county, it is learned that in this county there were ginned prior to September 1, 1,965 bales of cotton. To his date last year, there had been ginned in Montgomery county only 307 bales. Just how this year’s crop will compare with that of last cannot be determined, as it is quite clear that the above figures are brought about by favorable seasons and weath er conditions. This yearfs crop is far more advanced than ldst year’s, and to date the greater part of the staple has been picked out. AUSPICIOUS OPENING OF : 12TH* distTagri. SCHOOL On Tuesday morning, Sept. sth, the j Twelfth District A. & M. School, 1 located at Cochran opened for the fall term under the most favorable circum stances. There was quite a number l of interested friends from Cochran ! and other places who attended the ex ; ercises. The enrollment is very good and j many others are expected to enroll 'as the farm work is finished. Under | the direction of Prof. F. M. Greene, as principal, we have every reason : to believe that the school will have I the most successful year of its his tory. He has the co-operation and i support of a most efficient corps of j teachers. A large majority of the, counties in the district arc represented. Other counties are expected 'very day as tberd has been application made from practically all others. Misses Ahhie Joe Gordon, Estelle Stith and Kathryn Holmes left Tues day morning for Macon to resume their studies at Wesleyan. Montgomery County Keeps Allegiance To Hardwick and Gives Him Good Majority Duggan and Blalock Also Lead. Montgomery county polled but a small vote in the primary Wednesday, slightly more than 500 voters partici pating. The county retained its al legiance to Governor Hardwick, the county going for him by a vote of two to one. Much interest centered in the race for Commissioner of Agriculture, and this race proved to be the closest of the election. Blalock carrying the county by a majority of 38. For ihe office of State School Superintendent, Duggan was the choice of the county. Hugh Peterson, Jr., of Ailey ;was nominated for representative without j opposition. The vote for Governor, Commission- j MAY ORGANIZE TROOP OF BOY SCOUTS AT MT. VERNON District Manager of the Boy Scouts jof America W. W. Rivers of Dublin I will he in Mt. Vernon tomorrow (Fri | day) afternoon for the purpose of or | ganizing a,local patrol. With a view of stimulating inter est in the project, a mass meeting will be held at the court house in Mt. Ver non at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, to which the citizens of the otwn and sec tion are invited- Mr. Rivers v/ill d:s cuss the merits of the organization, and plans will be entered into for the organization of the hoys. Rev. L. E. Brady, who has had considerable experience with the Boy Scout movement, has been advocating the organization of ihe boys for some time, and they have been anxiously awaiting the date for organization. Mr. Brady is being looked upon as the logical man to assume charge of the hoys organization, by reason of his experience and zeal in such mat ters. Parents should attend the meeting 'at the court house, as well as all the hoys who desire to participate in the comnymdable movement. It is a good thing and a progressive organization will mean much to he hoys of this section. UNION PRAYER SERVICE HELD AT MT. VERNON Rev. L. E. Brady, pastor of the Mt. Vernon Circuit, has planned a series of mid-week talks, to be given each Wednesday evening, on subjects calculated to he of interest and ben efit to all Christian people. During thexabsence of a pastor at the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian church, Mr. Brady, by invitation, and in line with former arrangement, will partic ipate in such exercises as may iTe held at this church until further notice, ev ery othei mid-week service being held at the Methodist and Presbyterian j churches. Thus, last evening was the date for the prayer meeting at the Metho-j dist church, and next Wednesday it, will he held at the Presbyterian church If for any reason a service is not held' at a stated time, and at the church! where it was scheduled the next meet- j ing will he held at the other church,! in regular order, that misunderstand-! ings may not occur. Prayer meeting each Wednesday i evening at eight o’clock, and the pub-j lie is cordially invited to attend. ENTERTAINMENT AT SADIE CHURCH FRIDAY NIGHT ’ There wil be held on Sadie Church grounds, Friday night, September 22, an ent'-rtainment consisting of a sale of good eats and other articles. A special feature will he a box luncheon - and the girls are requested to bring c well filled boxes. The proceeds will I go to the Sadie Presbyterian Church. er of Agriculture and School Superin tendent is given below: Governor. Hardwick 345 Walker 186 Commissioner of Agriculture. Blalock 269 Brown 231 School Superintendent. Ballard 179 Duggan i . 271 News dispatches from Atlanta state that Duggan has been elected State School Superintendent, and that Judge Russell will he named for chief jus i tice of the supreme court over Judge | W. H. Fish, present chief justice of j the supreme court. POPULAR CONDUBTOR KILLED ID WRECK BEN H. LeSEUER MEETS DEATH WHEN AN M. D. & S. ENGINE JUMPS THE TRACK NEAR FITZ PATRICK MONDAY. Two men were killed' and two bad ly Injured Monday morning when a locomotive on the M. D. & S. Railroad coming to Macon from Vidalia jump ed the track, 14 miles from Macon, and rolled down an embankment, turning completely over.** The dead: BEN H. LE SUEUR, 35, of Vidalia, flagman and acting conductor, on the engine. CHARLIE LEWIS, 40, a negro em ployed 1 at the M. D. &S. coal chute in Macon. Lewis died a few minutes after the accident. The injured: . W. T. MOODY, 205 Fort Hill Street, East Macon, engineer, at the Macon Hospital suffering from bruises on the back and a slight laceration on the hand. J. B. KING, 314 Cptters Green East Macon, fireman on the engine. Slight burns on the neck, chest and should'- ers and bruises about the body, w Excessive Speed The cause of the wreck is believed to be atributable to excessive speed on the part of the engineer. The engine belonged to the J. F. Darby Lumber Co. of Vidalia and had been rented for special work, the crew leaving Vida lia early Monday morning for the run * to Macon. Heavy speed had been maintained all the way to Fitzpatrick, and it Is believed that In round'ing a curve the tender jumped the track, causing the wreck. Citizens from * Fitzpatrick who rushed to the scene | found IA! Sueur pinned beneath the j dynamo of the engine horribly mang ' led and the negro pinned neneain i the fireman’s seat, his leg broken and suffering from internal injuries. .i« Le Sueur Buried At Wrens The body of Mr. Le Sueur was pre ! pared for buriel at Macon and' brought jto Vidalia Monday evening. Tuesday I morning the remains were taken to Wrens where funeral services and In* : terment took place. The deceased was well liked! by all who knew him and up to about five months ago had been connected with the Georgia & Florida Railway. He is survived by his wife anc.' two small children. HEMSTITCHING. Hemstitching and picoting, all thread furnished, 8c and 10c per yard. MRS. L. C. GLISSON, I At D. C. Harris' Store ts Vidalia, Ga. NO. 18