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MONROE ADVERTISER
VOL. 59
FORSEC=
ONDMONIk IN MAY
lifter Disposing of Several Civil Cases,
the April Term Is Adjourned to
JHay 12. Same Jurors to Serve.
After a short session Monday
the City Court of Forsyth adjourn
until the second Monday in
'May. A few verdicts and judg
ments were taken in civil matters,
but for various reasons the cases
were not ready for trial and Judge
Oabauiss thought it best to ad
journ over until a later date.
The following cases were dis
posed of Monday:
-C. O. Goodwyne jr. vs Fain
Mann, Trover, Judgment for
Plaintiff. C. 0. Goodwyn, jr. vs
Fain Manu, Suit on account,
Judgment for Plaintiff. J. T.
Fleming vs Early Jones, Judg
ment for Plaintiff. L. A. Craw
ford vs J. O. Stewart, Judgment
for Plaintiff. B. B. Ford vs G. A.
and C. H. Holmes, Dismissed.
PROGRAM FOR MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.
.Exercises at Court Hous* 3 , Sat
urdav, April 25, 1913, at
2 P. M.
Marshals of Day C,Hon, Geo. W.
Newton, Mr. Lloyd Harp.
Master of Ceremonies : Rev. R.
AL Dixon.
The full program is as follows:
1. Music by Bessie Tift College
Orchestra.
2. Prayer by Chaplain, Rev. J.
B. Holland.
3. Music.
4 Introduction ofOrator by Hor.
G. 0. Persona.
5. Address by Gen. A. J. West.
6. Song.
7. Benediction by Rev. A. Cham
lee.
Following the exercises at the
court house, the parade will be
formed on the Square under the
direction of the Marshals.
J. Quitman Guards.
2. Camp Quitman and all Con
federate Veterans.
3. Boy Scouts.
4. Faculty and Pupils of Banks
Stephens Institute.
5. Faculty and Pupils of Bessie
Tift College.
6. Daughters of the Confederacy
and Memorial Association.
7. Citizens generally.
At Oakland Cemetery, a salute
will be fired by theQuitmanGuards
over the graves of the Confederate
dead; after which the graves will
be decorated with flowers.
It is especially urged that those
who can, bring flowers to lay upon
the graves of the soldiers.
MR, SCOTT RECEIVES APPOINTMENT.
Mr. Scott has received his ap
pointment as Statistician for
Georgia for the United States De
artment of Agriculture, It was
ceived Monday from the Secre
‘ n of Agriculture and Mr. Scott
lai lies immediate charge cf the
G is of his office.
toy
' by| ,3W SLEEP THE BRAVE.” ?
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ow sleep the brave who sink to 4.
/ rest, T
jey all their country's wishes blest? T
] a ^Vhen spring, with dewy fingers T
wit cold, */
. eturns to deck their hallowed <J
mold J
She there shall dress a sweeter sod t
Than 'ancy’s feet have ever trod. T
' By fa,ry hands their knell is rung;
». By forms unseen their dirge Is f
-• sung. T
) " * There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, f
22 To bless the turf that holds their 3.
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•• And Freedom shall awhile repair y
* • To dwell a weeping hermit there. T
• -William Collin*.
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA, APRIL 25, 1913
FORTH fro» its icibbtrd, pore aad bright.
Plashed the sword of Lee!
Par In front of the deadly fight.
High o'er the brave, la the cause of right.
Its stainless sheen, like a beacon light,
Led as to victory.
Oat of Its scabbard, where fall long
It slnabered peacefully.
Reused troa its rest by the battle soag.
Shielding the feeble, smiting the strong,
Guarding the right and avenging the wrong.
Gleamed the sword of Lee!
Perth from Its scabbard, high in air,
Beneath Virginia’s sky,
And they who saw it gleaming there
And knew who bore It knelt to swear
That where that sword led they would dare
To fellow end to die.
Forsyth Defeats
Bolingbroke
In a close and interesting game
of ball Forsyth defeated the team
from Bolingbroke Tuesday after
noon ; the final figures being 9 to
7.
Several wild throws, a goodly
number of errors, and the rough
conditions of parts of the diamond
kept the game from being as in
teresting as it might have been.
Both sides, however, played good
ball.
The game had more than the
usual interest because it marked
the reappearance in baseball of
such big-league stars as Frank
Wadley, Frank Harrison and
Henry Searcy; whose prowess in
the past has caused many pitchers
in these parts to lie awake ar
night. The season is a bit too
young for them to show up in their
old time form: but a few more
games and they will be terrors
again.
Glen Owens for Forsyth pitched
a good game keeping his hits
scattered and striking out 7 men;
while Locke, who followed Bowers
and Wadley in the box for the
visitors had the Forsyth boys
guessing. After the fourth inning
not a Bolingbroke man crossed
the pan. The playing of the
Forsyth boys showed a marked
improvement over that displayed
in the last game.
The teams were lined up as fol
lows.
BOLINGBROKE FORSYTH
Cole Catcher Lancaster
Locke Pitcher Owens
Rosser Ist base ’ Holland
Rosser 2d base Maynard, Z. L.
Wadley Short stop Bloodworth
Searcy 3d base McKay
Harrison Right field Waller
Powers Centerfield Maynard,!. S.
Hope Left field Ellis
Score Ly innings•
forbyth 200400210 ..9
BOLINGBROKE 210400000 ..7
E. J. PONDER GETS JOB AT POSTOFFICE
It will be interesting news to his
many friends that Mr. Edward J.
Ponder has accepted a position as
clerk in the local post office, his
term of service to begin on May
Ist.
For the past several months Mr.
Ponder has been employed in the
clothing department of the For
syth Mercantile Company.
The fact that an additional clerk
is needed in the Iccai post office
is but an index of the fact that
Forsyth continues to grew. There
is perhaps no better way of judg
ing the material growth of a town
than by the increase in postal re
ceipts and judged by this standard
Forsyth is fust forging to the front
On July Ist, she goes into tin
second class.
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THERE’S a cap In the closet,
Old, tattered and gray.
Os very slight value-
Intrinsic, they say—
But a crown jewel studded
Could not buy It today
With its letters of honor,
Brave “Co. K."
The head that it sheltered
Needs shelter no more.
Dead heroes make holy
The trinkets they wore.
So, like chaplets of honor,
Os laurel and bay
Seems the cap of the soldier
Marked “Co. K.”
Bright eyes have looked calmly
Its visor beneath
O’er the work of the Reaper,
Grim harvester. Death!
Let the muster roll meager
So mournfully say
How foremost in danger
Went "Co. K.”
Whose footsteps unbroken
Came up to the town,
Where rampart and bastion
Looked threat'nlngly down?
Who, closing up the breaches,
Still kept on their way
Till guns, downward pointed,
Faced "Co. K.”
Who faltered or shivered?
Who shunned battle’s stroke?
Whose fire was uncertain?
Whose battle line broke?
Go ask it of history
Years from today
And the record wlil tell you
Not "Co. K."
Though my darling is sleeping
Today with the dead
And daisies and clover
Bloom over his head,
I sn;!le through my tears
As I lay it away,
The battle worn cap
Marked "Co. K.”
OUT of Its scabbard I Never hand
Waved sword from stain as free,
Nor purer sword led braver band.
Nor braver bled for a brighter land.
Nor brighter land had a cause as grand.
Nor cause a chief like Leal
Forth from Its scabbard i How we prayed
That sword might victor be!
And when our triumph was delayed
And many a heart grew sore afraid
We still hoped on while gleamed the blade
01 noble Robert Lee I
Forth from Its scabbard I All la vain
Forth flashed the sword of Lee!
Tis shrouded now in its sheath agaia;
It sleeps the sleep of our noble slain,
Defeated, yet without a stain,
Proudly and peacefully.
Constitutional
Amendments
The sixteenth amendment to
the federal constitution was re
cently proclaimed, the first to be
adopted in forty-three years. But
almost on its heels the seventeenth
amendment was ratified. The
former authorizes congress to lay
an income tax and the latter re
lates to the popular election of
senators.
The support given these amend
ments testified to the restless
spirit of change which is pervad
ing the country. Formerly it
was a difficult matter to secure
amendments to the federal con
stitution. But the reverence in
which that ancient document has
been held seems to be diminishing.
This is not intended as an argu
ment to thow that the income tax
or popular election of senators is
not a good thing. The country
seems to approve them, although
many believe the same result
could have been very well left to
the states.
In the sixteenth amendment,
the states surrender control over
their election machinery to the
federal congress to prescribe how
the election of senators may be
conducted.
In the latter amendment they
give up a very valuable taxing
privilege, which may be followed
in its turn by allowing u federal
tax on inheritances.
The next constitutional amend
ment to be urged in congress is
that limiting the president to one
teiin. The movement has strong
support, but democratic states
men are not so earnest about urg
ing this reform as they were i>
year ago. Things have happened
since then.
'fhe first trn amendments ten
amendments submitted to the
states were proposed on Septem
ber 25, 1789, and the ratifying ac
tion of Virginia on December 15,
1791. made them < ffective.
Ihe eleventh amendment was
submitted on September 5, 1794,
and proclaimed January 8, 1798,
three years and four months later.
It required two months longei
than this to secure the ratification
J. R. CAMPBELL
TO HEAD INSTITUTE
Jonesboro Mao Accepts Place as Princi
pal of Forsyth School. Is
Highly Recommended.
Mr. J. R. Campbell of Jones
boro is to be the new Principal of
the Institute, succeeding Prof. J.
W. Mosley, who goes to Washing
ton as Superintendent of the
schools in that town.
Mr. Campbell has been Princi
pal of the school at Jonesboro for
the past two years ; prior to that
time he taught at Social Circle
and Fairburn.
The new principal comes to For
syth highly recommended and
with the endorsement, of the peo
ple with whom he has been asso
ciated. His must have been a
satisfactory stay in Jonesboro,
since the people of that town ex
press much regret at losing him.
He has a reputation of being a
good disciplinarian and a man of
fine executive ability. There is
no reason then, rvhy the Institute
should not have in 1913J4 the
most successful term in its )ii^-
tory.
Mr. Campbell is about 35 years
of age and is married.
HAS SMALL FAMILY OF 17 CHILDREN.
Yon just can’t beat Monroe
County when it comes to raising
crops, whether they be crops of
cotton, cowpeas or children.
Last week Mrs, Surah E, Gib
son of Montevallo, AJa., who is
| visiting relatives in Forsyth had
a visitor. Ae was an old negro
l>y the name of Frank Benjamin
and had “befo de war” belonged
to her husband Mr. William F.
Gibson. And among the many
things related by Franh to his
“ole mistress” was the statement
that he wus the father of 17 child
ren, 14 of whom are now alive
and 52 grandchildren and they
were all raised on the old red hills
of Monroe, too; which only goes
to show that you just can’t beat
old Monroe when it comes to
raising things.
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HOLLAND FOR SOUTHERN MARSHALSHIP
Mr. T. S. Holland, Monroe’s
capable and efficient Sheriif, has
just returned from Washington,
where he went to confer with the
Georgia Senators in reference to
his appointment as United States
Marshall for the southern Dis
trict of Georgia. Mr. Holland is
an applicant for this position
and it is understood that none of
the applicants have stronger en
dorsements for the place than has
he.
None has hem named yet but
it is thought that a man in the
southern part of the District will
be selected for the place. Should
n man from this section be chosen
it is altogether possible that Mr.
Holland will land the job.
Mr. Holland has made an ex
cellent record as Sheriff of this
county: indeed no county in
Georgia can boast of a better
Sheriff than Monroe’s. Mr. Hol
land has friends unnumbered who
will rejoice to see him appointed*
i ORIGINATED IN THE SOUTH. ;;
22 Memorial -lay—the observance 22
•• and the name—originated in the ••
22 South. Tile custom of decorat- 21
ing the graves of the dead Con- ••
22 federate soldiers began in some 21
•• of the Southern states in 1803 ••
22 and at the outset was partlclpat- 22
•• cd in only by women. The cus- ••
II tom has continued ever since, II
•• but tiie day, unlike the similar 2*
II occasion in the North, does not ..
•• occur in all places at the same 21
II time. The Confederates’ Memo- ..
22 rial day comes on April (J In 21
• • Louisiana, on April 20 In Ala- • •
22 bama. Florida. Georgia and Mis- 21
• • Blssippl, on May 10 in North and • ■
12 South Carolina and on the second 12
•• Friday In May In Tennessee.
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