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AT HOME AGAIN
o
T am happy to annnounce my return to old Forsyth, and am
accompanied by a manioth stock of
CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS
Carefully selected, and which for elegance in styles, Ac., can not
be surpassed anywhere in the United States.
L am located in stores adjoining W. H. Head Banking Co. and
ask my friends and old patrons to call on me and be at home just
as they did in former days.
No need any more for you to carry your money away from
home when wanting a
SUIT. HAT, SHIRT, &C.
I am prepared to meet all competition and candidly state that
I will undersell Macon or Atlanta by fully 25 per cent, Come
to see me and be convinced of this.
MARCUS GREENWOOD,
Forsyth, Ga., Oct. 9th, 1894.
DR. JOHN R. SHANNON,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON )
CAHANISS, GEORGIA.
Calls day or night promptly at¬
tended.
MONEY LOANED
At reasonable rates A ununi inter
est Prineipal or any part thereof
may be paid 111 > at anytime
Bkiinkk A Bloodworth,
Attorneys at Law, Forsyth, Ga
All Notes and Ao
counts due us must
he PAIR promptly
when due.
the money to meet
OUR obligatians.
J. 1). McCOWEN
& BRO.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. ,
GEtlLGLV-Monroe t ,, .uuffv—Whereas ,
Mrs. Ada Davis lms applied tome for ex
empuon of personality and setting apart
ami valuation of homestead, and I wdl
pass upon the same at 10 o clock a. m.
on the .tit day of January 1895, at mv
office.
Witness my hand and official signa¬
ture this 10th davof December, 1894.
STEPHEN D. MOBLEY,
Ordinary Monroe County.
EDUCATION The Business Ga.-Ala. Col
lkuk, Mtieon. (in., conceded to be the
ingest ami most practical in the South, is
giving a Buuni’fS, Shorthand. Normal,
Telegraph and board or Pen Art course for $25.00.
at $9.00. Also giving to one
u i Tthy, boy or girl in each county a lull
course
\\ rite at once enclosing
stamp for particulars.
$ 20 , 000.00
STOCK OF GOODS AT
COST FOR CAS ■
Having' sold out our mercantile business, we now
offer our entire stock at cost.
SHOES, CLOTHING,
HATS, DRY GOODS, .
NOTIONS, ETC., ETC.
J. J. CATER & CO.
Forsyth, Dec. IT, 1894.
THE MONROE ADVERTISER: FORSYTH, GA. TUESDAY. JANUARY 8, 189b.
TO THE PUBLIC.
ALEXANDER, Having sold my interest in the firm of
LANCASTER & CO. and bought
the drug business of DR. B, F, RUDISILL, I
will continue to conduct a first class
DRUG STORE
in the building heretofore occupied by Dr. Ru~
disill.
DR. M. B. WHITE will remain with me and
will be pleased to wait on his friends and the
public generally. professional
All calls for me at my store or
my residence, near Baptist church, answered
day or njghL--^_
F. LANCASTER, M. D.
NOTICE.
By order , of , „ Board , of , directors I o those ,
who are due us money for fertilizers:
Gentlemen :-*Come and settle by the
15tli day of December and all will be
well; otherwise the sheriff will be either
your friend or ours.
Co-operative M’f’g Co.
IMPORTANT JUST NOW.
It is important to those who truly'
desire to consult their own best in¬
terests to examine the magnificent
assortment of Picture Frame Mould
j ng8 Yarbrough’s 40U Peachtree,
corner Big Walton, Atlanta,""Ga.
assortment of the finest mould
lng8 at very low prices. A nice line
of Art Studies,
At Cost!
For the next thirty days I will sell all my
canned goods at cost. Give me a call and
get the very best groceries at the least
money. Times are hard, consequently we
are going to sell cheap for cash. CASH.
Very Respectfully,
Augustus P. Burr.
MONEY TO LOAN
On improved real estate at reasonable
rates, from three to five years, in sums
of $>500 to $10,000.
Samuel Rutherford.
At present with Berner & Bloodworth.
Our most grateful thanks are hereby
extended to the many friends who have
accorded us with patx-onage in the past;
and trust that hereafter bv giving my
patrons strictly first class dental work at
lowest prices, to merit and secure the
patronage of all who may require the
services of a dentist. You can always
find me at my office opposiie the Baptist
church. L. S. Morse, Dentist.
WANTED
To buy all the good second hand corn
sacks. J. D. McCowen & Bro.
10 DAYS!
For the next TEN DAYS we will
sell anything in our lino at 10 per
cent above cost.' Call and s c \\ hat
BARGAINS
we can give you.
D. H. GREEN & CO.
GREAT SKILL DEM ONSTRATED
The Wonderful Development of
Science and What It Accom¬
plishes for Man.
Rev. A. B. Vaugn, of Canton, Ga.,
was in the city yesterday and related
the following experience. He said. “My
eyes have been defective all my life, A
number of years ago I underwent an op
peration at the bands of a most skilled
oculist and suffered the intensest pain
without obtaining the hoped-for relief.
Last spring 1 saYv my friend, Mr. J. II.
Barnes, the well known shoe merchant of
Marietta, after his eyes had been success¬
fully operated upon by Dr. J. Harvey
Moore, Barnes the oculist of this city. Mr.
was delighted with the result of
the operation on his eyes and urged me
to go at once to see Dr. Moore, but I
hesitated for sometime, fearing the pain
and also afraid of the result. Finally I
went to see that Dr. Moore, and with his as¬
surance I would suffer no pain and
that my eyes would be improved, I allow¬
ed him to operate, and can say from ac¬
tual experience that Dr. Moore’s opera¬
tion is absolutely painless. Six months
have elapsed and the result of Dr.
Mooie’s operation is most gratifying. It
has not only made great improvement in
my appearance but the improvement in
my vision is wonderful. I can now see
to read Greek at night, something I
never could do before, and as 1 am very
fond of reading the New Testament in
Greek, it is a great comfort to me. A
few nights ago 1 became interested and
read Greek until midnight and felt no
ill effects from it since. It is wonderful
and I have Dr. J. Harvey Moore to thank
for it. You can refer anybody to me who
wishes to know anything about liirn, for
1 know from experience that he possesses
wonderful skill.
liev. Mr. Vaughan is pastor of the Bap¬
tist church at Canton, a trustee of Mercer
lie University and prominent in many ways,
is well known in Atlanta, and in fact
all oyer the south.—Atlanta Journal,
Dec. 18th, 1894.
FOR SPOT CASH I will sell yon
Yard wide Sheeting 4 I ~2 cents.
Fruit of the Loom Bleaching 7 cents.
Best 1 Ble ached Sheeting 1 9 cents.
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Ladies Fine^
A full line of Shoes, Hats and Clothing at
prices that will not be beat in Forsyth. If you
are hunting rock bottom prices you’il find that
we are on them.
T. J. HARDIN.
Savannah, Ga.
Uaving used three bottles of P. P. P.
for impure blood and general benefit weakness,
and having derived great from
the same, having gained 11 pounds pleas¬ in
weight in four weeks, I take great
ure in recommending it to all unfortu¬
nates like Yours truly,
John Morris.
Office of J. N. McElroy, Druggist. }
Orlando, Fla,
Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga.,
Dear Sirs —I sold three bottles of P.
P. P., large size yesterday, and one bot¬
tle small size to cured day.
The P. P. P. my wife of rheuma¬
tism winter before last. It came back
on her the past winter and a half bottle,
$1.00 size, relieved her again, and she
has not had a symptom since.
I sold a bottle of P. P. P. to a friend
of mine, one of bis turkeys, a
a small one took sick, and his wife gave
it a teaspoonful, that was in the evening,
and the little fellow turned over like he
was dead, but next morning was up hol¬
lowing and well. Y'ours respectfully,
J. N. McElroy.
Savannah, Ga.
Messrs, Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga.:
Dear Sirs — I have suffered from rh eu
mutism for a long time, and did not find
a cure until I found P. P. P., which com¬
pletely cured me. Y’ours truly,
Eliza F. Jones,
1G Orange St., Savannah. Ga.
For Sale By ALEXANDER BROS.
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The Blizzard.
The blizzard during Christmas week in
this section reached tlie point of extremes
for this climate. The thermometer fell
to six degrees and eveyrthing freezable
was frozen. The creeks and other run¬
ning streams were frozen over. Small
grain generally was killed, especially
above the ground, and it is thought by
some that it is totally killed. Many hogs
were butchered in the count}-, and the
meat generally froze. The oldest inhab¬
itants bad forgotten the time when the
weather was colder.
Av/arded
Highest Honors — World’s Fair,
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1 Hg eg 9
mm m.
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Dm la
fiWti IE
MOST PERFECT MADE.
A pure Grape Oeam of Tnrtar Powder.
from Ammonia, Aizrr. or any ether
40 YEARS THE? STANDARD.
The County Election.
The election for county officers on
Wednesday throughout last was comparatively quiet
the county. Owing to the
enforcement of the registration law the
usual confusion and disputing about the
qualification of voters was not observable.
The weather was somewhat disagreea¬
ble for out door exposure, and the full
registered -■ult vote was not polled. that The the re
was another demonstration
populistic theories are not deemed to be
best for the people of Monroe county.
These continued verdicts of our people
at the polls demonstrate that true princi¬
ples of democracy are the souudest prin¬
ciples of government. The verdict at
the polls in this county on Wednesday
was. in the main, the verdict of the
thinking voters of the county, the and unwis¬ dem¬
onstrates the futility, if not
dom, of injecting partisan wranglings
into our elections, and of attempting to
override the principles of democracy with
unsafe theories. While we give to the
masses of our populists credit for perfect
honesty of purpose, we have never been
able to find, to us, satisfactory reasons
for them to desert the democratic party
and thereby divide our people and stir up
political wranglings that are usually pro¬
ductive of harmful results.
Indeed we think the time has come
when our populist friends should lay
aside ■'ll partisan and political prejudices
and again unite with the democratic
party, that, as one, we may work togeth¬
er for a better political status of affairs
in the government, and for a better state
of things generally.
The following shows the officers elect¬
ed with their majorities:
C. H. Sharp, Clerk,............ ...603
G. W. Newton, Sheriff,........ .. .5T8
J. U. Phinazee, Tax Collector,. ...563
C. C. Hightower, Tax Receiver, ...580
W. E. Zelluer, Treasurer,...... ...574
T. S. Coleman, Surveyor,..t.... ...568
K S. llritt. Coroner,........... ...501
These officers all succeed themselves
and are conversant with the duties of the
positions to which they have been chosen.
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Goggansville Dots.
Some of the farmers have sown small
grain in this coni muni ty.
Mr. W. E. Dumas, of Liberty Hill, has
moved to the home lately occupied by
Mr. D. C. Bowers, the latter having mov¬
ed to Jobnstonville.
Miss Lula Banks, of Gordon Institute,
is spending Johnstonville. her vacation with her mother
at
Miss Eunice Trice will open tho spring
session of Goggins High School on Jan¬
uary Ttli, Her services in this school last
year gave satisfaction.
Miss Lizzie Dumas has returned to her
home, at Milledgeville, after visiting her
sister, Mrs. Reese.
Miss Maud Hamilton, of Senoia, spent
Christmas in this community, the guest
of Miss Mabel Elligton.
Little Otis Butler who was accidentally
shot by bis brother a few days ago, is
improving.
Mr. W. F. Johnston, of Macon, spent
tlie holidays with bis family.
Misses Maynita Arnold and May Tay¬
lor, two of Gordon Institute’s bright
juniors are spending a few days with
Miss Lula Banks. Wild Rose.
Cnristmas Offerings.
Mr. Editor:— The Womans’ Foreign
wishing Missionary honor Society, of Mt. Zion decided church,
to their Savior, to
give Him their first Christmas offering.
To do this, they planned a “mite box of¬
fering” lowing for December 23d, with the fol¬
program:
After a soul inspiring song, the reading
of the scripture and prayer by Rev. J.
Dames, explained Dr. Hollis, in a concise manner,
the object of the meeting. It
was to teach the children and others to
give the dear Savior part of the money
usually wasted at Christmas, with a view
to sending the gospel to the heathen.
They must recognize the fact that they
owed a debt of gratitude for the gift of
the Savior which was the best Christmas
present ever received. The president then
had a responsive reading on “Giving”
and read “The Children’s Missionary
Creed.” Mrs. L. Cham bless gave us
“The Value of Mite Boxes,” and explain¬
ed their origin. Mrs. A. R. Mosely read
that stiring appeal, “Shall They Wear
Crowns.” After singing, “Over the Sea,”
Miss Hattie Thrash gave us “The Mis¬
sion Band Greeting;” Miss Wylene Rum¬
ble, “Two Pennies a Week and a Pray¬
er;” Miss Mary Wiggers, “My Dollie’s
Little Mission;” Miss Pansy Hill, “I’ll Be a
to.Jesus;” Helper;” Miss Ola Dewberry, “Give
Miss Nora Davis, “Do You
not Hear It;” Miss Claud Chambless read
that charming leaflet, “The Two Mills,”
which was much enjoyed.
After singing “Come Over and Help
Us,” Miss Gertrude Hollis gave us a fine
recitation, “The Great Famine Cry.”
Master Robert Pitts recited, “Helping
ou the Way,” and Miss Chambless, “The
Collection Box.” After siuging “Bring¬
ing in the Dimes,” while we were open¬
ing the mite boxes, Miss Kittie Searcy
entertained the audience by reading that
grand old tract, “Mrs. Picket’s Mission¬
ary Box,” reading it in splendid style.
We raised in the mite boxes and offer¬
ings $10.93, which we regarded as good
for the times. The prize was awarded to
Miss Gertrude Hollis as she had collect¬
ed the largest amount.
The children, all, did well and won
golden opinions from the audience, not
only for their gifts, but for the manner in
which they rendered their parts. God
bless them, they are the hope of the
church.
We are much indebted to Misses Searcy,
Hill, Trammell, Rumble, Davis and John¬
son and Messrs. Searcy and Rumble for
the decorations, which were beautiful
and appropriate. A.
Widows’ Pensions.
The blanks for the widow pensioners
of this couiyy are now in the hands of
j Judge Mobley, ordinary. The payment
of said pensions will begin about the first
of widows February. To obviate delay, those
in this county entitled to pen¬
sion should apply to .Judge Mobley for
the blanks between the 14th and 20th
instant or during next week. It is im¬
portant that their applications be filed
during der that the time above mentioned, in or¬
all of them may be forwarded to
the executive department together.
We mention the above facts for tlie
benefit of those interested .
PERSONAL.
Mr. C. O. Driskell spent yesterday in
Macon on business
Mr. J. T. Castleberry, of Cabauiss, was
in the city yesterday.
Mr. W. L. Proctor, of Macon, spent
yesterday in the city.
Miss Betlie Hale spent apart of last
week with friends in Griffin.
Fresh oranges just recei v ed.
R. R. Rii.ky a Co.
Miss Lizzie Matthews, of Fort Valley,
is visiting Miss May Moore, near the city.
Mr. ami Mis. T. J. Cheves left yerter
Savannah. day morning to spend a few days in
Mr. E. Jeff KudisiU, of Anniston, Ala.,
is in the city. Jeff is always welcomed
cordially in Forsyth.
Capt. T. and M. will Brautly and family board have
moved to for the furure
with Mis. A. D. Hammond.
Mr. Walker White returned to the
spending University at Athens last week after
several days at home.
Mr. W. T. Cheves has returned home
after spending- a delightful Christmas
with friends in Laurens county.
Don’t fail to attend the preaching at
Brooks’ school next Sunday afternoon.
Rev. J. M. Bowden w’ll preach.
One good gentle mule for sale cheap.
Bn AML LETT A BliO.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mitchell, of Griffin,
spent a day or two with her sister, Mrs.
W. E. Sauders, last week in the city.
Misses Mattie-Leigh Turner and Tain
Fryer have returned home after spending
some days in Jonesboro and Atlanta.
Miss Willie Chambers returned to
Griffin Thursday after spending a few
days pleasantly with friends in the city.
Oak posts for sale. •
Andrews & Huddleston.
Mrs. Geo. C. Drummond and little
daughter, Miss Wil'ie, are visiting her
sister, Mrs. O. II. B. Bloodworth, in the
city.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Banks after spend¬
ing the holidays with relatives and
friends J n Northeast Georgia, have re¬
turned home.
Pye’s Baldwin-Rogers Opera Comedy night. Company pack
House last This is
one of the host shows that has played
Forsyth in years.
Mr. Ed Eudisill has taken a position
with M. Greenwood. We congratulate
this splendid house on securing the ser¬
vices of Mr. Eudisill.
Messrs. Wightman and Paul Bowden,
Allen Wilder and Perry Eloodvvo’ th re¬
turned to Oxford last week after spend
tng the holidays at home.
Mr. Will Lawson is prepared to do
your plowing. Leave your orders with
him. It is quite time will to begin gardening
and this arrangement bo found very
convenient.
Miss Nellie Turner left yesterday
morning for Sparta, where sbo will spend
some time with her grand-mother, Mrs.
Whitehead. Miss Nellie will probably
attend school in Sparta.
Miss Birdie Stewart, of Decatur, Miss
Lilia Broadaway, of Macon, and Miss
Lucy Mintor, of Flovilla, will visit Mrs.
R. P. Brooks at her elegant suburban
home, Brooklyn, on Thursday.
All the young people in the Baptist
church with those who are interested in
the young people’s movement will please
meet at the residence of Dr. W. P. Pon¬
der Thursday night.
T. M. Callaway.
Baldwin-Rogers Company will give an
other performance at Pye’s Opera House
to-night. It is well worth the price of
g^chmssj.on_to sce the Rogers Sisters, Amy
U maw has ref in nod to
ral ^PPPPjP^rened Miss Mollie her has school good at
ace. a
school and her pat ons are very fortunate
in securing her services as teacher
Misses Lotta and Winna Rogers of the
Baldwin-Rogers (Jompauy in their new
songs aud dances, and other specialties
brought down the house last night. It is
a treat to see these little ffivo* iles,
Mr. J. B. Sharp and family have moved
to and will temporarily occupy the
home lately vacated by the Palmer fam¬
ily. Mr. Sharp will renovate his own
home, of which we will speak hereafter.
the The best Baldwin-Rogers band and orchestra Company carries
on the road.
Rea*- them to-night. They carry eighteen
people and their music by the band and
orchestra is simply splend'd.
Rev. J. M. Bowden wifi preach at
Brooks’ school house, two miles from
town, next Sabbath afternoon at 2.30
o’clock. The Sabbath school will con
vene promptly at 2 o’clock sun time.
Let the people attend this service as it
is certain to be profitable to all.
Baldwin-Rogers Miss Amy Paige, a member of the
Company, is a sister of
“Mabel Paige” and has been connected
with Mable Paige’s company for years,
doing specialties. She is a dancer of
great ability.
We are informed that John Peters
cholera, lately slaughterd a hog that had bad
all of his legs broken with
other injuries while growing, that
netted 335 pounds. This shows that
hogs like Bermuda, given any chance at
all w'l! g-ow in Monroe county. Stop
growling and raise your own meat.
The Baldwin-Rogers Company support¬
ing the Rogers Sisters, pleased every one
last night; they ce, tainly have a company
of fine artists, together with Miss Amy
Pa ; ge and Mr. E. II. O’Connor in their
specialties of songs and dances are the
best ever seen here.
Loans at three real (8) per cent per annum
on approved estate security—no
loans taken on unproductive property—
for particulars address The Debenture
Co., No. 1629 Masonic Temple, Chicago,
Illinois. 3mo octlG
Col. T. B. Cabauiss, our represenative,
left for Washington city last Tuesday.
Re was accompanied by his daughter,
Miss May, and Miss Annie Moore, two
popular young ladies of Forsyth, who
will enter National Pai’k Seminary, at
Forest Glen. Our best wishes attend
the party.
Deaths.
Ou the 29 ultimolLtle Allie, lBmonths
old daughter of Mr» and Mrs. D, H. Green,
died at their home in this city. This
little human flower has simply been
transplanted in the realm of bliss.
On Saturday evening at their home
about two and a half miles from this
city, Mrs. A. Macarthy departed deceased this
life after a short illness. The
was quire an intelligent and good woman,
and had reached a ripe age. She left
several children and numerous relatives
and friends to mourn her death. Her
remains will be buried in the family lot
in Oakland cemetary, this C'ty today.
The Advertiser extends sympathies to
the bereaved families.
Saves the Babies.
Mr. J. T. McAlister, of Rome, Ga.,
says: “Last June Germetuer saved our
baby, Paul, carried him safeiy through and
an extremely bad case of dysentery
teething, and from a mere- skeleton of
skin and bones it lias made him a great
big chunk of thirty or thirty-five pounds.
Mrs. Kathrine L. Hillyer, writing from
Jonesboro, Ga., says: “I really believe
that Royal Germetuer saved the life of my
baby boy, several months ago, when be
was suffering with cholera-iufantum.”
$1: 6 for $5. For sale by all druggists.
For Sale.
Several milch cows with young calves.
Apply to Roux. McGoicu.
For Sale.
Three young mules and two horses
cheap. Half cash and half on credit.
Apply to__ Z. T. Watkins.
Attention Guards.
The Quitman Guards will hold their
regular monthly meeting next Monday
night. Lot every member bo present as
it is important.
FOR RENT.
An eight room house known as the
Morse place, now occupied by Col. O. H.
B. Bloodworth. Possession given on
January 1st, 1805. Apply to
Mrs. C. Wilder. Agent.
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Constable Election.
The election for the two Canstablos in
Forsyth district was held last Saturday.
A good vote was polled. Mr. J. H. King
and R. L. Edwards we e elected. These
gentlemen have held this office before
and will not be novices at the business.
MONEY TO LEND.
We have just completed arrangements
by which we can secure money for farm
ers terms promptly and on more favorable
than ever before. Those desiring
to borrow will do well to call on us.
Cahaniss, Willingham Smith.
First Quarterly Conference.
The first quarterly conference of the
held Forsyth circuit for the new year will bo
at Salem next Saturday and Sunday.
The days presiding at 11 o’clock elder w ill 'preach both
a. m. Communion
service Sunday after preaching. Public
cordially invited to attend.
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Forsyth’s Pork Crop.
ding Notwithstanding hogs the city law forbid¬
to run at large upon the streets
the hog crop for the city and suburbs
for 1894 was reasonably good. During
the cold weather of the laic holidays a
few of our citizens had their porkers
slaughtered. The footing up of the
weights of hogs reported to ns shows the
amount to be over 8,000 pounds, .Several
hogs grown within the city limits pulled
the beam at notches above 800. This we
regard as a fair sliowingjfor our town, in
the way of hog production.
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Found Dead.
Ou the morning of the 80th ultimo a
negro man was found dead by the railroad
track at Smarr’s station. Coroner Britt
was called and, after summoning a jury,
held an inquest over tho dead body which
proved to bo that of Jesse Jones."
The back part of the skull had been
mashed apparently by concussion. Tho
verdict of the jury, based upon the sm
rounding circumstances, was that Jones
came to his death by falling off a moving
train. There could be no evidence ad¬
duced pointing to any one who kncG
anything of the facts attending his
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An Enjoyable Occasion.
At their elegant suburban home,
Mr. “Brooklyn, on Wednesday evening last,
aud Mrs. R. 1’. Brooks entertained a
few friends royally. The decorations of
holly and evergreens were artistically
arranged suggestive of a bright anil
happy new year to all. After spending
the morning i. , delightful social converse
the doors of the spacious dining room
were thrown open and the guest invited
|Hfj|j|aUy^hc feast prepared.
rTn uns uepartnu n! with
M the guests seem to feel
W 1 ad been vere easy” when the last
1 served. A Guest,
Christmas Entertainment.
The entertainments for the little folks
at Mr. D. J. Proctor’s, during Chrismas,
was quite a pleasant affair. It was a
pound party and the young folks entered
into pleasures of the evening with zest,
and made it a happy holiday occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. W. If. Thwoatt enter¬
tained a number of young people at iheir
elegant home one evening during the
holidays. The
entertainment at Mrs. M. E. Alex¬
anders given by the young men of the
city, was quite a pleasant and enjoyable
occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Brooks gave a
friends new years dining to a number of their
most on elegant new years and day. The dinner
was Mrs. W. E. Sanders sumptuous.
the gave a luncheon to
ladies of the Womans Missionary
Society, on Wednesday evening, which
was quite an enjoyable event.
In this way the holidays were spiced
with pleasurable events.
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Our Schools.
The spring session of Monroe Female
College and Hilliard Institute has opened
with fair prospects, after two or three
weeks rest. Prof. J. E. Powell, with
his able corps of teachers at the college,
and Prof. Thurmond assisted by Mrs.
the Thuimond, at lhe Institute will look after
interest of those schools during the
session. To crown those schools with
proper those teachers success their our people should give
prompt and hearty
co-operation. No local interest of any
community more urgently demands the
fostering schools. care of the people than their
The pupils should enter prompt¬
ly at the beginning of the term in order
that the school machinery may be put in
motion without friction.
The closing exercises of Hilliard Insti¬
tute for the fall session were interesting,
consisting of music, and declamation by
the pupils, showing that the boys were
making the progress in that department of
school.
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Military Reception.
The new year’s reception given by
Capt. W. E. Sanders to the regular and
honorary members of the Quitman Guards
on Tuesday evening was one of the most
pleasant events of the winter. The wives
of the benedictiue classof the Guards were
numbered among the guests which added
to the pleasure of the occasion.
Capt. and Mrs. Sanders aided by their
Chambers lovely daughter, Miss Florence,the Misses
and Mrs. E. F. Shumake re¬
ceived the guests in a splendid manner
and with that warm and hearty welcome
that made every one feel at home.
The beautiful parlors and other depart¬
ments of their elegant home were bri>
liantly lighted and decorated befitting the
occasion.
The absence of their sweethearts gave
the young men of the guards the oppor¬
tunity to engage in pleasant past times
with each other. About 8 o’clock the par¬
lors were filled with guests and after social
enjoyment thau had |been indulged for more
an hour the guests were invited by
detail to the dining hall where they sur¬
rounded in comfortable seats a table laden
with a sumptuous and elegant repast. pickles,
The turkeys, meat3, salads,
cakes, syllabub, etc., were served in the
very best manner, the superior the quality of
which was evidenced by way in
which they were enjoyed superb. by all. The
supper was indeed
Good vocal and instrumental music on
piano and banjo was spiced into the
features of the evening being much en¬
joyed by the guests, thus evidencing and that
among the Quitman Guards their
wives are some good and singers. pleasures
The festivities of the
evening closed about 12 o’clock, and tlie
guests bid the host and hostess kind
adieus, leaving with them many good
wishes for their prosperity aud happiness
during the new year,