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THE MONITOR. D C SUTTON, ------ Editor. Mt. VERNON GA. NOV'H 11.18S*». Entered at the post office at Mt. Vernon Oa. #.i secon3-clase matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. (CASH IN ADVANCE,) • Twelve months ~..51.50 Hix moAths 75 Fonr months - 50 If pßvment is not mafio in advance, or within the first month after the name ia entered on our boohs, it will be charged for at the rate of two dollars per annum. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One inch one insertion 81.00 Each subsequent insertion 50 Ono inch one month 2.50 One inch three months 5.00 One inch six months 7.00 One inch twelve months 1f.30 One qnnrter column one month ... 5.00 One quarter colrnnu twelve months.2s 00 One half column one month 7 50 One half column twelve months. . .4 >.OO One column one month I'tOO One column twelve months...... 7.*.00 Advertisements from responsible par ties will he published nntil ordered out, when the time is not specified in the copy. and charges made accordingly. Communications for individual benefit or of a personal character will be charg ed for the name as advertisements. Legal advertisements, the rates of which tire regulated by law, are payable in advance. Annouwaments of candidates for oflice, five doilars, in advance. In accordance with an act of the Legislature, legal advertisements will be inserted in the Monitor at the following rates For eaah MB words. 75 cents for each in sertion for the first four insertions; for each Mibrnuent insertion, 85 cents for each 100 words. No advertisement considered less than 100 words. Each and event word and initial, including caption, date and signature will be counted. Every figure counted as a word. LOCAL STEMS. - Rain at last. -Go to J.. A. Riddle to sell your coUon. —lce plenty on Monday morning. Get vour bacon from J. A. Riddle. —T)id you loose your seed cane by the freeze? Wc hoar that oni friend Wash Adams is sick. —Glass and Crockery Ware cheap at J. A. Riddle's. - James MoNatt & Co. havemoved into their new'store house. -Sinuuons Medicines on sale at J. A. Rid- j die’s. —Miss Addie Adams Is visiting at the house | of her brother-in-law. Dr. Reynolds, of Lumber j City. —Guess .you had bette- read the uoMcc of j A. Peterson A Co., in to-day's paper. It’s just , as you please, though. ’—Go to J. A. Riddle forthe cheapest saddles in the county. —Wo are sorry to learn that Mrs. Alev Peter son’s health is quite poor. She i.fts hemorrhage of the lungs, we hear. —Miss Sophie McLeod is visiting friends in 1 Lumber City. She expects to visit Macon and Augusta, and perhaps Atlanta, before her re- j tarn. cines of all Kinds, go to J. A. Riddle’s. - Rev W. A. Jones wi’l preach at the Pres byterian church in this place next Sunday night And it will be the last service, unless j the amount necessary for the support of his family bo immediately raised. —Our good friend G. \V. Peterson left us on yesterday for Mackville, where he w ill engage in the timber business for the balance of the I year. We are always sorry to loose a good cit izen. —Saturday evening the weather, which up to that time had been pleasant enough, took a sudden change, and by Sunday morning it was so cold you could taste it. Considerable loss j resulted to the farmers from freezing of their j seed cane. Lett.— Somewhero in the 12‘21st Dist. G.’M. about the time of the late election, an oil cloth Back containing a bundle of executions mostly in fa vor of C. W. Reacham. I will pay a liberal re ward for the same. J. Y. Hill. —Rev. R. B. Lester, presiding elder of this district, preached in town on Sunday night. We were absent Saturday, aud did not hear of the appointment until too late. We were sorry to have missed it, for we always like to hear his interesting sermons and never miss an op portunity to do so, if we can help it. Tableau. Spavined horse, evidently just ont of an at tack of the cfcolic; sack of oats on his bare back; editor on top of that; sack of floor on top of that; candidate in background, tickled to death, but afraid to laugh;picture wanted; art ist at hand, but instrument refused to take the risk; curtain falls. Notice. The Montgomery County Sunday School As sociation, will meet at Mount Vernon, Satur day before the second Sunday in November, j being 13th. All the schools in the county are requested to send delegates, And a full at tendance of the olhcers of the Association will be expected. M. Mcßae Sect’y. J. E. Grady Pres. Polite Conductors— —We wish to bear testimony to the kindness aud gentlemanly courtesy of the conductors on the E. T. V. A Ga. R. R., towards unprotected lady passengers. Three times, within the last few months, we have had occasion to thank them for such courtesies to members of our family, but did not know to whom our grate ful acknowledgements were due. We now ten der them to the entire corps of passenger con ductors, hoping thus to strike the right one— the one who was so very kind and gentlemanly to our wife and daughters on the down train th u passed Lumber City at 4.15 last Friday af ternoon, and the one who was set courtjous to our little daughter six weeks ago, and also him fu whom another daughter wawnr. Vr so many ogiijtatt i i is.t spik g —Read the announcement of 8. B. Morris, in i our issue of to-day. He has filled the oflice in the past, aud tenders his record as a guaranty of his eolidnot for the future, with the promise j that he will locate at the county site, thus re- j moving the only objection we have heard any j j one urge agaiast his re-election. He is abun- j dantly competent and qualified for the office he seeks. - There arc other candidates, we hear, but we do not know them, as they do not announce. A’e are often asked the question, “Isn’t So-and -8o a candidate?” “We hear so” we answer. “Well, why don’t he announce, then?” We can only answer, “We dou’tknow.” And we don t. j But we do know that any man who is fit to be a public officer ought to be public spirited : enough to announce in his county paper.— These stingy fellows don’t make good officers. But it is not too late, yet, quite. Our friend Sam. J. Smith, of Adamsville ■ ’ has received one of the two free scholarships ! | in Emory college, to which the Brunswick dis trict is entitled. We are glad to hear of this, j for he is a gentleman in every way worthy of ■ the appointment, and one who will profit by j the opportunity to get a collegiate education. He left Tuesday for his old home in Harris 'county, where he will spend two or three weeks • with relatives and friends before entering col ! lego. Our good wishes go with him. —Mrs. Sutton, and family, who havo been spending the summer months with us, leave to-day for their future home in Montgomery countv, Georgia. This interesting family will be missed by their many warm friends in this place, and kind remembrances will follow them to their new- home. Miss Belle Sutton lias en deared herself to many pupils of the town who havo been under her care for some months. [EUijay Courier. They arrived, safe and sound, at Mt. Vernon, on Saturday afternoon, hut upon a "fair count” we cannot but make it that there is one amiss —lost in transitu. Guess we'll have to get the Courier man to put a “tracer” ou tho line. The United States Riilraod Construc tion Company of New York have signed a contract to build aud equip the Savan nah Dublin imd Western railroad from S.ivanuah to Mncon, one hundred aud seventeen miles, within eight mouths time.— Atlanta Conjiict. Mr. Robinson of Gainsville Fl#., who is au expert of the long staple, say» tLat. the staple is degenerating on aooonot of the planters allowing their seed to mix too much with the hunch cotton, and that they nnglit to get fresh seed in or der to maintain the standard of the sta ple, and thereby secure better prices. Tpy •’ollert'i-’* *r*o ’t-ian’r—Th ; r' R<*u v d. For the purpose of collecting the taxes for the year l»8«, ( will lie at Long Pond Mondav morning Nov’r. 15 1886. Barber's Store, Monday evening “ 15 “ McArthur, Tuesday 16 “ Little York, Wednesday morning “ 17 “ Thompson’s Bton, Wednesday eve “ 17 “ Lothair, Thursday “ 18 Zsidee, Friday morning “ 1® “ Wilkes’s Mill, Friday evening “ 19 “ No. 10, Saturday “ 20 " 1 ALEX. PETERSON, T. C. No! Ice. ALT, who arc indebted to us for guano will please corue forward a-d sett'e at once, as all notes unpaid after the 15.1 i insiant will be placed in the hands of an attorney for collec tion. Also, a’l mercantile account’s, and notes for same, will be placed in officer’s hands for collection, after Ist of December, unless special arrangements have beeu made. A. I’kterson <fc Co. Nov. 9 18°f> At NOTICE. A ),L parties on the east side of the Oconee J\_ river who patronise my grist mill or my cotton gin, will be put across the river, with their cotton or grist, at Clienev's Ferrv, free of charge. Walter T. Me Author. NOTICE, Tf> HEREBY given, that the firm of Loud V Bengnot has this day dissolved, by the withdrawal of Charles Bengnot from said firm. This October 27th 1886. 4t-p. CHARLES BEUGNOT. NOTICE is hereby given that an act will be introduced in ihc legislature of this State, thirty days after this date, to amend an “act to prohibit hunting on the lands of another in the counties of Montgomery and Tatnali; to prohibit fishing in waters on lands of another, in the county of Tatnali and to provide a pun ishment therefor.” approved Oct. 2 1879. So as to make provision for the prevention ot fish ing in the waters on the lands of another in the county of Montgomery. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR, —AND THE— SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR AND Dixie* Farmer, The great Farm, Indiistrir.l and Btock Jour nal of the South, one year for O, To be paid to the editor of tho Monitor. Sample copies of the Southern Cultivator can be mailed FREE on application to Jas. P. Harrison A Co., Drawer 8, Atlanta Ga. COURT CALENDAR—OCONEE CIRCUT. The following ia the conrt calender of Oconee cirenlt. according to the act paaaed by the last Legislature, and which wentiuto effect on Ist of January: t t K- Lnnrena, fourth Mondaya in Junnary aDd Jnly. Dodge, 4th Mondays in February and August, continuing two weeks. Dooly, 2<l and 3d Mondays in March and September. Wilcox, 4th Mondays in March and September. Irwin, Tuesday following Mondaya after 4th Mondaya in March and Sep tember. Twiggs, 2d Moudays in April and October. Montgomery, 4th Mondays in April and October. Telfair. Tuesday after third Mondays in April and October. Pnlnski, 3d Mondaya in May and No vember, continuing as long as necessary. Lanrens court Las been adywfncd to ' ' '.me*iron n November. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Vsties. THE SUBSCRIBER most respectfully asks leave to inform the voters of Montgomery countv, that I am a candidate for re-election to the office of Clerk ot the Superior court of said county, at the ensuing January election, and if elected will obligate myself to locate at Mt. Vernon,duringtbe term for which I »ni elected so that 1 will at all times lie accessible to those having business in tho office; and will, to the best of my ability, faithfully clischaage the du ties of the office in the future, as in tho past. I have appointed as my deputy for the remain der of the present term, F. 1) Clifton, of Mt. Vemou who is well qualified to discharge the duties of Clerk in my absence. Thanking my many friends for their support in the past, aud earnestly soliciting their pat ronage iu the future, I am, Yours most respectfully. 8. B. Morris. Pnr T« x roller tor.— We are authorized to announce to the vo ters of Montgomery county, that T. E. Rogers is a candidate for their suffrages forthe office of Tax Collecter of said county, at the election to be held on the first Wednesday in January 1886. If elected, he promises to dis charge the duties of tlic office with honesty and fidelity to the interest of the people, to the host of his ability. TIIE undersigned, at the request of many friends, announces himself a candidate for the office of Tax Collector, at the ensuing January election, and premises, if elected, to discharge the duties of the office faithfully.— Thanking the citizens for their confidence and past favors, I most respectfully solicit a con tinuation of the same in the future. John N. Miller. PROF. B. F. Herring has many warm and appreciative friends, who, knowing his more tliau ordinary qualifications aud gentle manly traits of character, desire to announce his name ns a candidate for Tax Collector of Montgomery count) - , at the January election, in the hope’that, if elected, ho will serve the people. Por Tax Receiver. MCINTOSH a. McQUEF.N, having yielded to tnc repeated solicitations of mends, takes this opportunity to anonnee to the voters of Montgomery county, liis candidacy for the office ot Tax Receiver of said county. Should the people, by their suffrages, honor him with the office, he promises faithfully to discharge his duty, 1o tlie beat of his ability. Eleetioli January sth 1887. YIELDING to the earnest Holicjtntior.s of numerous friends from all sections of the countv, James Higgs lias consented to become a candidate lor re-election to the office ot Tax Receiver of Montgomery county, at the np proacliing election. Being thoroughly compe tent, with several years experience and famil iarity with the duties of the office, and being, besides, a brave Confederate soldier, who lost a leg in defense of his country, aud otherwise unfortunate, liis friends feel that he has supe rior claims upon the good citizens ot the county for their suffrages. \I7E ARE authorized by M. D. Peterson to VY aunonnee liis name to the people of Mont gomery county as a candidate tor the office of Tax Receiver, at the ensuing election on the first Wednesday in January 1887. He promis es that if honored by them with their suffra ges. he will discharge 'ho duties of the office honestly, and to the bet of his ability. County Surveyor.— '\j|7"E ARE authorized to announce the name W of John G. Hamilton for the office of Count) Surveyor of Montgomery county, at the election in January next. If elected will faithfully endeavor to discharge the dunes ot the office according to law. For Wlirrifr.— rN compliance with the expressed wishes and strong solicitations of many friends, I have consented to become a candidate for Sheriff of Montgomery county, at the election in Janu ary next. If I should he elected, I propose to reside adjacent to the county site, to keep mv office open for the transaction of business six da) s out of the week, to he always on hand when "needed, (unless officially absent) and to enter fully into the spirit of a faithful and effi cient discharge of all the duties of the oflice, honestly and to the best of my ability and un derstanding. And I promise to arrest violent criminals just the same as those who are guilty of petty violations of the law, James R. Darhey. AT THE solicitation of friends, I hereby an nounce mvself as a candidate for re-election t. the oflice of Sheriff of Montgomery county, at the election ou the first Wednesday iu Janu ary 1887. Jah. D. MoGreoou. r PfIE friends of James Morris jr. announce to 1 the voters of Montgomery county, that ha has consented to the use of his name as a can didate for Sheriff of said county. If elected, he will bring to the discharge of the trust, an honesty unimpeachable, courage unswerving, an impartiality that knows neither friend nor foe, and a natural fitness for the office. For Coroner.— rpHE friends of Americus S. Hamilton hereby I announce bis name as a suitable candidate for Coroner of Montgomery county, at the en suing election on the first Wednesday iu Janu ary next; if elected, he will discharge the du ties of the office in full, to the best of his abil ity and understanding of the laws: o For Clerk. - HAVING been solicited, I have consented to become a candidate for the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Montgomery county, at the election to be held on the first Wednes day in January next. If elected, the office will be kept open six davs in the week, and tho records shall compare favorably with any ever kept in the county. Phil. Mcßae. For County Treasurer.— TTfE ARE requested by'E A Holmes, to an- W Bounce his name as a candidate for the office of Connty Treasurer of Montgomery Co., at the election on the first Wednesday in Janu ary I*B7. The manv friends at whose solicita tion he lias been induced to come before the public, have the assurance of an honest and competent administration of the county’s .fi nances, in the event of his election: ADMINISTRATOR.’* sale. WILL be sold, at the late residence of Thomas A. Miller deceased, in the county of Montgomery, on the 9th flay of December next, within the legal hours of sale, thefollow j iDg property, to wit: One-half interest in a steam engine, saw-mill | and gin; 5 head mules, Z 5 head hogs, more or less, 13 bead of cattle, household and kitchen i furniture. 1 double-barrel gun, 1 watch, corn and fodder, peas, cotton, 1 two-horse wagon farm iDg utensils, 1 lot lumber and brick, and all the personal property belonging to said es tate. Terms cash. Joseph Miller Jr. tta-prf 12 25. Adrn’r. j ‘ ~ COTTON Is Kj NGifiN (fffnnfffiN! SscsfssM* lrnttrasS tmtrfsmnts/tusS AS to. oUur ' tut •eerie r Paß>i.t.lel»*'sl Vf' • 1 r •.« fit-o f f ha 11' JU!I J> . n'ldc - »u* rft ta* i y a-ta )ion : AUt-.f-:' MONTGOMERY SHERIFF’S SALE. "VR TILL be sold, before the court house door f ? in the town of ,\lt, Vernon, Montgomery county Georgia, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in December, 1886, to the highest bidder for lasli, the following property to wit. Four hundred acres land more or loss, lying in the 138ffi.li district G. M„ Montgomery Co. Georgia, bn tho waters of Cypress Creek, and adjoining lands of Council A Grady, J. I. Cal houn ot al, being the place whereon Mack Ware now lives, levied on us the property of the es tate ot Duncan McLeod, late of said county, deceased, hv virtue of and to satisfy a fi ffi is sued from the Justice’s court of the 1343rd dis- j frict G. M., of said county, in favor of Charles Hicks against M. D. Hughes administrator and | Henrietta M. Mcßae administratrix, of said ; Duncan McLeod. Levy made and returned to me by 11. I). Collins 1. e. Written notice given to the tenant in possotsion of said land, of this levy. Fr. fee ffi 70. Also, at the same time ntul place, the saw mill, with all its fixtures appurteranccs and belongings, known as the Loud A Bengnot ! mill, situate about two miles east or Williams's Bluff on the Oconee river, in the 12215 t district G. M. in said county; also about one hundred pieces, nmra or less, of sawed timber, lying in said river, near said Bluff, and along the tram road to said mill, said timber being the product of said mill; all levied on as tho property of, Loud A Bengnot, to satisfy a lien It fa issued from the Superior court of said county, in fa vor of (Villiam l’ritcliott against said Loud ,V Bengnot for materials furnished said firm for the purpose of running said mill. Written no tice of this levy given to said Loud A Bengnot. who are in possession of said mill and fixtures, l’r. fee $6.70. Alsu, at the samo timo and place, the saw mill, with all its fixtures, appurtenances and belongings, known as the l oud ,V Bcu.rimt mill, situate about two miles i ast of Williams’s Bluff, on the Oconee river, in the 12215 t dis trict G. M, in said county.; also, about ono hundred pieces, more or less, of sawed timber, lving in said river, near said Bluff, and along the tram-road to said mill, andabout said mill, said timber being the product of said mill; all levied on as the property of Loud A Bengnot, to satisfy a lien ft fa issued from tho Superior court of said county against said Loud A licug not, in favor of Johnson It Harris, for materials furnished said firm for the purpose of running said mill. Written notice of this levy given to said Loud A Bengnot, who are in possession of said mill and fixtures, l’r. fee #6 it). Jas. I). MoGrkooh, Sheriff. CITATION. Georgia, Montgomery County: To au. Whom it May Conct.rn: MA. GRACE having, in due form, applied . t o the undersigned for tho guardianship of the persons and property of tho minor heirs of Malcoie A. Grace, 4 Notice is hereby given that liis application will lie heard at my office on the first Monday in December next.’ ( liven under mj hand and official signature, tliiN Ist November 1886. st-pr fee $3 35 Alex. MoAhtih r, Ord’y. CITATION. GEORGIA, Montgomery County: J’o all whom it inny concern: JOSEPH MILLER Jr. tins, in due form, ap plied to the undersigned for permanent letters of administration on the estate of Thom as A. Miller, late of said comity deceased, and I will pass upon said application on the first Monday in December next. Given under my hand and official signature, this Ist day ot No vember 1880. Alex. MoArthuu, Ord’y. 5t pr fee $3 35. fieia Piano and organ Co. ESTABLISHED 1880. Ik rtnnnenta as In proven by tlm WONDERFUL SALES. Our increased facilities for tlio manu facture of l'iaaos aud Organs enable us to offer ln stnimcntsof the IIIGH- K:NT GRA DK at lower Instruments are war J ranted for HIX YEARN *" A » ro sent an y where on Send for Illustrated Cat- Washington, Warren Co., N. J. t U. 8. A. HTVIXS*’ WASiSWEa X- - - -i- t Bod moat I CIKCt-tAK H#M SVBiBII .„., i-iIM biL,Ui ' UK fT~°3 CUT | I VHt* ton» for Pmtoß* SAWS. ii-m-'S.w. r*. ATKINS & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. D. C. SUTTON, ATTOK.MOY AT I.AVV, >mi noucnou in < n.tN< ti:v,, Mt, VeiaoaQd.. J. ESTEY & COMPANY BRATTLE BOKO, VT. Larges i Manufacturers of Reed Organs in the World! ESTEY ORGANS ARE WARRANTED, AM D THE MANUKACTUUF.ua ARE RESPONSIBLE. sure to Send for Illustrated Catalogue before PorctiastiUL - PIANO AND ORGAN CLEARING ODT SALE. YOUR CHANCE TO SECURE A GOOD INSTRUMENT _A_T _A_ ‘ Como nji, IJuyoiH. f loro’s your clinuco. 100 Pianos! 100 Organs ! to I>o closed out regardless <d' value ! A gonuiue Clcaronoo Halo to rrdnee'stock. 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