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About Wayne County news. (Jesup, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1906)
Volume THANKSGIVING DAY HOPEWELL. „ vr , AV , giving entertainment as arranged bytho worthy Mr. Hartrijr. .ho witt.\ and intellectual teacher. The exercises were indeed stood; poo.drof ,ho community should fml proud of Mr. U................. pnpds. At ten o’clock on the morning' of the 29th. the song of welccme made every heart rejoice; again we beheld the gifted Iiopewel choir, and again were we remin ded of the earnest efforts which, have been made by its handsome • youngiefidcr’/Mr. Oscer Nail. [\\ e feel that this young man will lie a brilliant light in the near future, Our hearts go with him, and our prayers are for his success. Mr. Arnold ‘Arnett, handsome and dignified up treated well in iiis reading. iHis aijniablc. oisposition has won for hmi marfy friends. The concert rccitatioB was very swe< t; the Harvest song excellent; Mr. Hartrig's address.most inter¬ esting ap'd insjxuctiue. In fact, there was licit k single failure. After tiie benediction a basket dinner was served|on the grounds. This was highly appreciated by al' present. The ofanges. especially were a A source ‘of. delight to the children. i a the afternoon, the audience listened to th choir, and enjoyed the witty remarks of the bright and generous Mr. Ilartrig. Long may he live! We feel that the -rood he has Accomplished here in se few weeks, will live after ; and we repeat that AN ayne should, indeed, feel proud of this faithful and gifted instructor. A Sl’KOTATOK Cal! on J. S. Milikin for first class Painting, Paper-hanging and Decorating. Estimates furnished. GARDI NEWS. Mrs. S. B. Amos of Pennick is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lang. Miss Nora Warren and brother, Charley of (Renville were the charming guests of Misses Alice and Zora Lane Saturday and Sun¬ day. Miss Ida Lang is visiting at Gardi .Ur:Troek. Mrs. C £. Lane and little son Luther unday for Baxley where they wili wistt Mrs. W.' U. Gordon. Tom Grantham visited Gardi Sunday. >lis,I.il, Knight wa» the of M iss Zora Lane Friday. Mrs. O. F. Drawdy was guest of Mrs. J. , ,, II. 1 „ ace Sunday. ,, , The candy pulling given by Misses Mary Xormeda Bryan *at urda.y night was a success, there being about sixty present. Edumond Platt shipped five hundred pounds of fish last week. Every one who trades with us, goes home satisfied.—Jesup Mer¬ cantile Co. The Jesup Mercantile Co. pay 171 cent per lb. for pecans trade. 25c reduction on [shoes at Jesup Mercantile Co. One secoud-hand, open for sale—J. C. Dye. T. J. Teston, Jos. A. . ,, Morris, . Jas. R. Thomas, D. IV. Johnson, Johnson, John Halt. Mark Hal Sng Yamaha of on the la^t W66K, I * j •&fk ,r ew& aft V* m ^3 l f . DISPOSED OF IN SUF^ERIOR court The S,.,“ TV r 5 |« assault witn intent to murder: ver die. of ,.„»«.,• -i.h ™—4 tion 12 mas. or b -00 State vs. McIntosh McLean. udul.ry nnd br.HJ.ion, idea ,,, 0 ,.^ »d nnd o^ State \s. d. i>- Moij.ni., point injf and aiming arms. i^e» to jriiil ty 1‘2 mos. 01 £200. include cost. State* vs. Nathan .Jones,: client and swindling; verdict of ^ ing. y—1‘2 mos. or £25Q. -State vs. I. B. Manning, [felony nol prossed on payment of costs State vs. D. T. Hendricks, sim pie larceny—nol prossed on pay ment of costs. State vs. John Moody, misde¬ meanor* -discharged on demand. State vs. John \V. Harris, Jr. misdemeanor—discharged on de¬ mand. State vs. Florence Smith, adul¬ tly and fornication*—nol prossed. State vs. Sidney Bennett, as¬ sault and battery—nol prossed. State vs. Simon Redmon, felony — nol prossed. State vs. J. B. Morgan, carry¬ ing pistol concealed—nol pressed. State vs. J. B. Moi'gan, using vulgar and profane language in presence of females—nol prossed. State vsi Mabry Geiger, rape; verdict of guilty with recommen¬ dation- sentenced to 15 years in penitentiary. State vs. Dave Johnson, murder guilty—life Imprisonment in |pen itentiary. State vs. Tom Rogers, gaming, plea of guilty—12 mos. or £75. . State vs. Peter Smith, gaming, plea of guilty—12 mos. or *75. State vs. Robert Young, gam¬ ing; verdict guilty—12 mos. or £100. State vs. C. G. McMillan, gam¬ ing, plea guilty, 12 mos. or $75.00 State vs. Lem Stilwdl, plea guilty of stabbing, 12 mos. or £75.00 State vs. Randolph Dreivory, burglary, guilty 12 mos. in chain gang. civil, CASKS A. J. Manning vs. Elizabeth Manning, divorce—dismissed. W. L. & Martha Johns vs. X Morgan, suit on m j sse( ] > Amelia G. Albritton et al vs. L, T. McKinnon—nonsuited. J J. damages--dismissed C. Barrows vs. Southern by Plff. Ry. Co. 'Mrs. Josephine Johfls vs. South j j ern .plaintiff. R.v. Co. damages—dismissed by Mf*. Co. vs. A.C. L.K,1. i 2*- S »" tl “ r " K !; ‘ °' '" J " CC ' tn,n-d,sm»,ed . by 1 hi. S. E. Cohen vs. A. C. L. Kd. ^ damages—verdict for the Deft. \i c Q ua rie Moody & Co. vs. J. ^ Reddissb, trover, consent dict. £arab E. Simpson vs. "William Simpson, divorce 1st. verdict. Hunter Ben & Co. vs. Burges & Reddish, complaint, verdict Biff. A. J. Rooks lvs. Janie Rooks, divorce 1st. verdict. E. A. Weil & Co. vs. J. C. suit on acet. verdict for Bills. The Merchants & Farmers Bank vs. C. H. Harper, principal and J. V. Roberson endorses, judg¬ ment for Plff. C. Edentield vs. E. G. Brannen, complaint for land, dismissed. If you want goods, and them cheap, call on the « ,;• /•< nnv dav in / ’ wee ’ * ’ ~ ■ ! Everybody cordially invited JESUP, GA., WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 5, 1^06. MABREY GEIGER U,VbN N lS is VF ^ AK> VPS - VerdiC ‘ with Recommenaation In -S. n8atta „ R>p . Cee. Th * principal actor in the ' axe t ] 1P state vs. Mahrev T.' Geiger Kennedy. , , „ meagre details of which the people the county have been familiar since the. famous mock marriage near Oak Orov^ church, near Ns hurtta, something over, a year ago wns piacd Hpon trial last week in Superior court to •answer to the charge of rape, the penalty of which is death, The state elected to try the defendants, severally, and Mai ire.v Hedger was on trial. The defendant was ably represented b.v one of Georgia's most distinguished law yers, Major W W. Meldrim of Savannah, the state being re pro sented by Judge A. I). Gale of Hrunswick, assisted by (V>1. W. Bennett of Baxley and Col. Jos. A. Morris of the.local bar. After some little delay, a jury satisfac-* tor.v to both the state and defense was enipannelled, and a more in¬ telligent, upright.'honest and im¬ partial jnrors could not have been selected to decide a case that meant life or death. After the jury was ompannneled and sworn The host’ of witnesses for both the state and accused were regis¬ tered, upon motion of Judge Gale the court room was cleared of nil spectators and only those directly interested in the trial veri- allow¬ ed to remain. Miss Zetta Keen, was the first witness introduced for the state. Miss Keen is quite a pretty young lady, about nineteen or twenty years of age, upon whom the do fendent, Mabrey Geiger, aided by his brother, Leon and J. T. Ken¬ nedy, vs alleged to have committed the crime with which lie stood charged. She told of the years that she and Mabrey had been with each other, of his desire to marry her, of her father’s objec¬ tion, of the determination to run away, of the fraud practiced upon her by Mabrey, Leon Geiger and Kennedy, of Mabrey telling that he had gotten a license and that a justice of the peace [awaited their arrival in the woods. ltd id of leaving home in the early hoijfrs of the night with Mabrey and of the mock marriage perfor¬ med by J.T. Kennedy one of the conspirators who impersonated a justice of the pence, how the mock ceremony they went Oak Grove church io shelter themselves from the rain and cr»ne committed ami of Mabrey leaving her and not returning. \\. B. Lyons was the next wit¬ ness sworn for the state. He told of the trap laid for the and their capture and of a sion made to him by Geiger. The defendent contended while the statement of Miss n reference to what hajqiened itlie church, was true, it was true that what was done, had done forcibly and against her and therefore, could not tute the crime for which defend¬ ent stood charged. Geiger so denied that he had made any confession to W. B. Lyens or any one else; that he had loved the girl and had intended in faith to marry her and had in fact sent for the license. Geiger giving reason for not returning to the church, said that he had encoun¬ tered Miss Keen’s father and ther, that a flight ensued in which his brother was severely by Hardy Kern, and that his th cr’« condition ret aired his boon offered for tho and that those rewards pended.Boon their conviction, and he pleaded with the jury not to S;‘- Z t ' till ™ < ' 0 '’ of<,ro ^ a '• ^ fol . the state. ml with all the earnest ne-S^t Si command vmlihof asked the j, lr y ...... . srui.ty. dudyc -nrlcor ,hm cl..r K cd ,i, jury or. t *e law applicable to the case. He informed them should they return a verdict of guilty, without any' veconj memlatioc, that the punishment would be death, but if they found the prisoner guilty, and recom¬ mended him to the mercy of the court, that would be sentenced Jto labor in the penitentiary from one to twenty years, in the discre¬ tion of the court. The jury le tired and after some deliberation returned a verdict of guilty with a recomjnendation, and Judge Parker loced his sentence at tif years. Col. ’Meldrim iiti mediately made amotion for a new trial, and the case is not yet ended. The other two defendeftts will probably be tried at the noxf term of Superior court, STOKY OF Tin; KIMi: Miss Zctta''kecn and Mabrey Getger had been sweethearts for about three years, and although the,young eouple loved each other and wished to become husband and wife, the one great obstacle to the consummation of this desire was the ehjeetions interposed by the father of the young lady. Why the father objected did develope Up to the time of alleged crime, Mabrey had been an induct yfotm and youth. Miss Zetta, although ap¬ parently a little self-willed, was a lovable young lady, admired both for her beauty and lovely disposition. It seems that the father, Hardy Keen, had even ob¬ jected to Mabrey visiting at his home. Matters remained' thus for some time, until a plot was en¬ tered into between Mabrey Gei¬ ger, his brother Leon and J. T. Kennedy, whereby old man Keen was to be decoyed away from home and Mabrey and Miss Keen was to elope, but it does not seem that Mabrey acted in the utmost good faitn in the matter of the marriage, and his subsequent ac¬ tions were not in keeping with sincere purpose. According the conspiracy entered into be¬ tween the Geiger boys anti Ken¬ nedy, they went to the Keen home and planned a fishing with the father and brother of The young lady, Jtliey eve re to go the river Wednesday where Kennedy would meet them. Accordingly the party left for river. Soon after they had gone, Mabrey Geiger goes to the and tells Miss Keen that every¬ thing was ready, that he has marriage license with him, and that Jack Johns, the justice of peace would marry them, and Johns at that moment was in woods awaiting thier coining. Thus . persuaded, the lady accompanied Mabrey. was dark when‘pie couple reached the grove in which stood the sup¬ posed justice of the peace, who with all the solemnity of such an occasion performed the ceremony. The supposed justice was Kennedy in disguise. After the mock mar¬ riage, Kennedy immediately left, and Miss Keen and her supposed husband left for the river where they took a boat across to spend the nisrlit at a neighbor’s house. When they had reached Oak Grove church, [on their way, it began to rain and they went into the church where tne crime is al , £ , h aV ?, , H . . . ■ l Rev. J. C. Brewton Will Fill Methodist Pulpit. - jj ev . J. (j. Brewton will till the ‘V M.-Uiodist f ' f" liuli.jt here lira, year. T" r , Hixon ", has “ our best wishes where n • i mul ™c of t) . . . i i The News congratulates la on her assignment for year. The cohferoncc seems t > .lesup in sending us its best. Rev. .1. \V. Finley, formerly of the Methodist church here, has been appointed Conference mis sionary, a distinction that is acquired by a good preacher i and only one in a district. i coining do wn the road singing. Mabrey told Miss Keen that he would ,go and make Leon keep quiet, fearing that the father would lorn their whereabouts, and that he would return in thirty minutes; but he did not return at all. It seems that lie joined Ken¬ nedy and Leon and pretty soon Miss Keen’s father and brother on not finding Kennedy at the ri¬ ver, had returned:«nd .found that r /ella and Mabrey had run away. They immediately vent in pur¬ suit and found Mabrey, Leon arid Kennedy |in the road. A tight took place in which Leon Geiger was shot in the leg. Old man Keen was knocked down and his son was stabbed. Instead of go¬ ing hack to the young lady as promised, Mabrey took his woun ded hi*other and carried him the railroad where he was placed on a train andjearried to for medical attention. It seems that Miss Keen told no one of what had occurred until sometime after the occurance. Warrants were sworn out for the Geiger boys and Kennedy and the trio left lor parts unknown. The Governor wasjui'ged to offer a reward for the fugitives which he did. Every effort was made to capture them, but without avail They would perhaps today be at large had Mabrey not been so persistant in sending word to Miss Keen, asking her to marry him. With Miss Keen’s assistance, Sheriff J. T. Overstreet laid a plan for his capture. Miss Keen, according to the directions of Sheriff Overstreet, sent a message to Nlabrey stating that she would marry him—Mabrey was then in Tattnall county, and it said was eluding the officers by the assis¬ tance of friends. Mabrey then went to Miss Keen’s home accom¬ panied by Mr. Miff Kennedy, the brother of J. T. Kennedy, dis¬ guised as a woman. The officers who were laying in wait for him soon saw through the disguise up on his arrival and placed him un¬ der arrest. Although Mabrey Geiger been sentenced for the part he played, he still denies that committed the crime of rape on the other hand, intended marry the girl and that hiS tions were not impure. Get your Drygoods, Shoes Hats, Underwear, fulll suits and anything you want at the Mercantile Co's. At last old man Rawlings Alf Moore have been duly legally hanged for the killing the Carter children. died as he had lived, a sinner. We have the largest of Xmas goods ever seen in Jes¬ Mercantile Co. * No 40 AS TO CITY COURTS The (irand jury dosen’t seem to want a city court established in this' ccuntv. They have nrobahlv onl.v one side of the oue, t,0n ; T instigate the . • !ttk*ZT °‘ see the amount of monev turned into nU t “ Xcou” ,,‘Tv e • Zddnudi ^ «r’rZnllt tion. There is always two sides to a question, you know. Wo, have heart! a great deal lately fro.'i certain quarters, agitinst, city' c >ui t-. Is there a city court about to le established'' The Ins* two or Three prisoner sentenced b., the County court to ; eivr* in th* chaingang, are still in the,county .jail at the expense of the county,' although they were sentenced two or three weeks ago. That's saving money for the coun¬ ty w ECHOES FROM SUPER* IOR COURT, Judge Parker, publicly ir, Open court, complimented Mr. Ira ' M. Ra.vbon on keeping the*neatest and best recordsiof .any -clerk'he knows. The Grand jury returned about sixty true hills of indictment. I). S. Manning who was charg¬ ed wild assault with intent to murder, was convicted with a re¬ commendation and fined £200. He has made a motion for a new trial. The jury in the case of S. E. Cohen did not seem to think that he should recover against the At j lantic Coast Line. His counsel I thinks differently and lias filed a Vnofion for a muv trial. ’ The Grand jury says that the large tree in front of Judge Lit¬ tlefield’s residence obstructs the public highway and should be re¬ moved. This was the largest term <*£ court held here in some time, yet there seems to have been no moee business transacted than at any other term, except the Grand ju¬ ry returned a greater number of bills than usual. Judge Parker stated that crime seemed to be on the increase, and that lie had been informed that about twelve homi¬ cides had occured .in this -county within the past twelve months'. Among the visiting attorneys here last week were Judge Jos. W. Bennett, Judge J. D. Sparks, Judge Uourtland Symmes, Cols. Earnest 'Dart, D; W. Krouss, U. K Dun woody, B. Whitfield, Judge A. D. Gale, and Edwin Dart of Brunswick. Judge A. L. Sweat, Co's Leon Wilson, W. Hitch arid J. H. Spence of Waycross. Cols. W. W. Bennett, W. J. Moore, Judge J. II. Thomas of Baxley and Col. E. Lawton Wal¬ ker of Blackshear. Judge A. D. Gale, assisted by Col. Edwin Dart acted as Solicitor Johh W. Bennett having not suf fiefenty recovered to resume his duties. Solicitor John W. Bennett was present one day during court; he is rapidly fregaining his former health. The*Grand jury failed to re¬ turn a bill in th© case of R. H. Preston, who was in jail charged with bigamy. He has been re¬ leased on a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Parker called the atten¬ tion of the Grand jury to the great necessity for gooe roads in a coun¬ ty < The Grand jury that they were not satisfied witlf the manner in which the roads .were being worked, and it is prob¬ able that some changes will be made. Watch for our ad. next week.—. Jesup Mercantile Co.
