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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1904)
VOL. XIX. TWO WEN KILLED. John Mcßae and Franide Morrison Crushed to Death by Train. Our community was shocked on Monday morning when the report was circulated that two of Glen wood’s citizens had been killed on Sunday night. The daily papers of Monday named other men as the two killed, but telegrams re ceived during the day confirmed the first report and cast a gloom over this entire section. John N. Mcßae, son of I) N. Mcßae, and Frankie Morrison, son of Sandy Morrison, two well-known citizens of Glenwyod, were among the excursionists from this county to Savannah on Sunday. From some cause not yet explained they failed to get on board the Seaboard Air Line train Sunday evening, iind started walking out from the . Union passenger depot, along the tracks. They walked out about a mile and a half, ‘and were on the Atlantic Coast Line track when struck by a passenger train and instantly killed. The remains were identified by relatives who went to Savannah Monday, and were brought home and buried Tuesday. There seems to be a lot of mystery attached to . * . the sad affair; but it is evident that the Sunday excursion, with its attendant drinking and dese cration, is responsible for the des olation, in the homes of these two men. | S' I LOCAL 8c PERSONAL i*# v# ~ ‘ ~ " 1 Mrs. E. Robinson is visiting her; brother, Mr. W. L. D. Rackley in j Mt. Vernon. The ladies keep talking about 1 tie wonderful bargains in Milli nery they are ro.v getting in Mt. j Vernon from Mrs. Fox. Mr. W. L. D. Radkley went to Waynesboro last week to visit Ins brother who was very sick. Mrs. Fox can always interest; you when it comes to quality, style and price in Millinery. This is only our Fourth of July issue and many important matters are left out ror want of space. Get your eye on \V. .J. & T. A. Peterson,s big ad and catch the spirit of the bargain hunter. Hon. John W. Clements and lit tle daughter spent the Fourth in j Mt. Vernon. Have you read the Sopertnn Racket Store’s new ad this week? Mr. H. T. Wright of Beulah community was in Mt. Vernon Tuesday, and speaks very hope fully of crop prospects in his sec tion. Mr. A. F. Clarke of Glenwood always comes to see us on July 4th. i Capt. A. C. McLennan was trans acting business in Mt. Vernon Saturday. The Higgston Lodge K. of P. will hold their public insallation at the Methodist church in that, town tonight (Thursday). Mr. J. W. Simmons, jr., of Mt. Vernon, lias accepted an invitation to de liver an address on that occasion. Sheriff’s Sule, Will be sold before the court hotiae floor in Mr. Vernon on the first Tuesday in August 1004, between the legal hours of hhlc to the high* h: bidder for cash, certain property, of which the following is a full an J complete de scription: All that certain lot of land lying and being in the city o! Vid&lia, Montgomery county, Georgia, containing one acre, more or le*B familiarly known as the place whereon F. E Jones uvea, bounded on the north by J , A. Block* r, on the enst by It. B. Mcßride, on then utli by right of way of the Hea board Air Lino Itailroad, and on the went by S B. Mead ows. said property being in possession of Kona Nunez (J i* audG W McLeod holding a bond i for title o ta - same) and levied on as too prop ertyot L A Thigpen to satisfy a ti fa issued ; from the Huuerirti Court of Emanuel county, in favor of W i> .1/artiu tiansferee. Levied this f/uly sth, 1904 L. E Hkkjh, Nhenff At. C. I —»- j Take The Monitor. Only SI.OO a year. • * (Eht ifflmttomnmj ittmutnr. Tke Ma.i\ | Wko Made '\ The Fourth HOW many boys are lliere, or liow many adults either for that matter, who know about the man who made the glori ous Fourth? The Continental congress was discuss ing the subject of the Declaration of Independence. Some of the delegates who had been hot patriots were begin ning to cool. John Dickinson of Penn sylvania had been outspoken for lib erty, but one night his wife said to ' him from beneath the shadow of her nightcap, “Johnny, if you have any thing to do with this independence business you'll be hanged, and you’ll leave a young and attractive widow.” I John Dickinson went back to the hall of congress next day and spoke against the resolution. The friends of the ;i —l j “hide with fire at youb heels.” Declaration saw defeat in sight. The ; time was approaching for a vote. Caesar Itodney, a Delaware represent i ative and an advocate of the measure, : was absent and eighty miles away, j McKean, another Delaware delegate, I resolved that the absent friend of lib erty should reach the house in time to cast his vote. During (lie heat of the debate McKean stole ipiietly out of congress, secured the best horse j that Philadelphia afforded and found a j volunteer to ride him. “Hide with fire at your heels and bring Itodney here,” said McKean. “The life of a nation hangs in the Balance.” The man rode as though ihe dweller In the abode of lire was at his heels. He covered the eighty miles and killed two horses In doing it, but he sent Caesar Itodney to Philadelphia in time to vote “yea,” and the Fourth of July was “made.” No one knows to this day the name of liberty's messenger, but a little 1 thing like the lack of a name should | not stand in the w’uy of some patriotic : poet who feels stirred to pay a tribute to “The Man Who Made the Fourlli.” —Chicago Evening Post. Tli«* U«««l of Firecracker*. There is supposed to be a giant devil of u brilliant red Id the mountains of western China, at the sight of whom men grow faint with fear. A man who lived about 8,000 years ago of the name of Leedien found that the bang ing of firecrackers would frighten him away; lienee Leedien is the god of flre i crackers. All the red firecrackers are Intended to be used to frighten away the red devil, while the green and yel low ones are offerings to I.eedlen. From the simple little firecracker was grad- | Bally evolved the destructive cannon, which was used by the Chinese In their war with the Mongols A. D. 1282. It was introduced Into Europe about 1540. Thus we owe to the Chinese the Invention of the most useful article o t warfare in the world. Orfirln of the American Fin*. The.first American Hag had its ori gin in the following resolution adopted by congress June 11, 1777: Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States he thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union he thir teen stars, white on a blue field, repre senting a new constellation. Getting 111. Money*. Worth, Brown—Why don’t you go outside to Are off your crackers? Little Johnnie—’Cause they smell more in the house. —Life. What the Moon Heard, First Skyrocket—Say, old man, how are you feeling? Second Skyrocket—’Way up. Rev. E. H. McGehee of Dublin, ! Capt. John L. Hay of Lumber ; City. Rev. C. C. Hines of Helena, land many others prominent in i Methodism, are here this week; 1 attending the District Conference,! MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, TTUi S’'AY, JULY 7, i 9 o,j. A**A*** ★*★**■* if<-kA-trk A* 4 * __ * l -A n Old F'a.'Oorite 3 ; I i | THE PAUPERS DRIVE t + *■ + » * Bjr Thom/ Noel J |* f J TIIK poem given below, which is often attributed erroneously to the * M pen of Thomas Hood, is the work of Thomas Noel, a little known Kng j lish poet of the nineteenth century, lie was born In 1799 ami died in T 1861. He published several volumes of vorse. among them. In IS4I, "Rhymes and Roundelays,” which contains "The l'auper's l>rivt\" Ills * best known work. * £ 4— — J * * £ s lIEItE'S a grim one-horse hearse in a Jolly round trot, * I To the churchyard a pauper is going, I wot; J ♦ : j ill The road it is rough, and the hearse has no springs; 4 ♦ A**! And hark to the dirge which the mail driver sings; J f Battle his bones over the stones! j ♦ * ‘ j He’s only a pauper whom nobody owns! 4 O, where are the mourners? Alas! there are none; J £ He has left not a gup In the world, now lie’s gone,— 4. ♦ Not u tear in the eye of child, woman, or mini; J I X To the grave witli his carcass us fast as you cun; 7 ♦ Battle his hones over the stones! J k He’s only a pauper whom nobody owns! 4 What a Jolting, and creaking, and splashing, and din! k The whip, how it cracks! and the wheels, how they spin! *. How the dirt, right and left, o’er the hedges is hurled!— J £ The pauper at length makes a noise In the world! . 4 j Battle Ids bones over the stones! J % He’s only a pauper whom nobody owns! 4 E Poor pauper defunct! he lias made some approach J £ To gentility, now that lie’s stretched in a coach! J £ He’s taking a drive in his carriage at last; 4 ■¥ Hut it will not be long, if he goes oil so fast: J £ Rattle Ids bones over the stones! 5 £ He’s only u panper whom nobody owns! 4 £ You bumpkins! who stare at your brother conveyed, 3 j M Heliold what respect to a cloddy is paid! 4 £ And he joyful to think, when by dentil you’re laid low, 4 £ You’ve a chance to the grave like a geinman to go! 4 k Rattle his bones over the stones! , y £ lie’s only a pauper whom nobody owns! 4 £ But a truce to this strain; for my soul It is sad, $ £ To think that a heart in humanity clad 4 £ Should make, like the brute, such a desolate end, 4 £ And depart from the light without leaving a friend! 4 £ Bear soft his bones over the stones! 4 £ Though a pauper, he’s one whom his Maker yet owns! £ 4 The Flag Represents The Soperton Racket Store, With Bargains In It. Look for the Flag; then look for the Goods in the big brick store beneath. Persian Lawn worth 25c, for Hie vil White 1 ‘ Ibc, ‘ W«- ‘ JI jjjHfcgl Ginghams 1 ‘ ‘ ‘ 1 • ««, 1 r>,! ‘ iSfSWi-d Clinnibray ‘ 10c. ‘ Hr. • * Childeii’a Parasols 50c, ‘ 2fc Ladies’ Girdles ‘ 50c, 1 28 c I Picture Frame Easels wtli 11 at &7<* Men’s Straw Hats ‘ $1 ‘ BH<- Ladies’ Ijnbrellas wtli $1 for B(>c ammmmmmm Men’s 1 ‘ 1.2 b • «*• And a thousand and one other j tilings too numerous to mention. Hamilton’s Farits Jr Prints worth 7c for nfa; “ Grey “ “ 7c ‘ b.Jc A few pieces col’d Lawn “ 12c ‘ 0c !i«t i i o )(),. ‘ He A Hover fjtce Yoking " £>: ‘ 24c A small lot of Counterpanes ‘ ‘ * ‘ Men’s Pants 2.2 b ' #I.BW ‘ Hoys’ 1.26 ' PKo \ c ‘ knee 1 from 18c to 88c 4 Window Sliudes, 60c quality, now only 8-Id \ Curtains, (lace) $1.26 kind 7fd ‘ Poles bOe ‘ ‘ 82C Just a few Hammocks worth s2.tub for $1.54 * 1 ‘ * 1.60 for 1.14 You should not fail to visit our store. A lot of New Goods just arrived, among them some bargains. Come, or wend your wife and children, we will treat them right.. Remem ber every person pays the same price. Yours for business, Soperton Racket Store, Soperton, Ga> The First Flag' of Liberty i : BETSY ROSS. [ i ■ A QUIET house, a quiet street, A needle and a thread, A scissors and a square of blue, Some strips of white and red) And slender hands that deftly stitched The shining stars across Twas thus the flag of Liberty Was made by Betsy Ross. PHILADELPHIA HOME OF BETSY BOSS. ' I ’HOUGH Father Time has worn to rags * The ermine robes of kings And left the runs of war to rust Among forgotten things, Though crowns and scepters at his touch Have turned to dust and dross, Yet not a broken stitch lias marred The work of Betsy Ross. TN stately hall and lowly home * This day its colors wave, The shelter of the world's oppressed, The beacon of the brave. Let glory on the nation's shield Among the stars emboss The thread, the needle and the name And fame of Betsy Ross. —Minna Irving in Leslie's Weekly. THE FLOWER OF LIBERTY. VWTHAT flower is this that greets the ” morn. Its hues from heaven so freshly born ? i With burning star and flaming band It kindles all the sunset land. Oh, tell us what its name may be I Is this the flower of Liberty J i It is the banner of the free, The starry flower of Liberty I TN savage nature's far abode Its tender seed our fathers sowed. The storm winds rocked its swelling bud, Its opening leaves were streaked with blood, Till, 10, earth's tyrants shook to see j The full blown flower of Liberty I Then hail the banner of the free/ The starry flower of Liberty I DEHOLD its streaming rays unite, One mingling flood of braided light— The red that fires the southern rose, With spotless white from northern snows And, spangled o'er its azure, see The sister stars of Liberty I Then hail the banner of the free, The starry flower of Liberty I Oliver Wendell Holmes. Citation— I.kavk to Ski.!.. Georgia, Montgomery County. Notii/o ik lien liy given that Mih. Victoria 1 McArthur, iidniiuMmtiix of the estate of J. M j Wall, late of aafcl comity, deceased, liaa drily ( applied tii the nn Icralgne.l f'-r leave to ael! all I Ik: land belonging to raid deeedcnl for the purpose of lltc payment of the detila of Kafd ea late unit tni' the purpose of distribution. Said application will ho heard at Hl9 regular term of the Court of Old)nary for said enmity to In held on the Hr t Monday m Augnat, 1 ill 4. 'J'liia Ith day of .fitly, ltd) I. A|e* McArthur, Old. M Co SluTllCff Hull'. Georgia Montgomery Homily. Will be Sold before tic court bo if sc tk> or iii Wf. Verii )ii on the bint fillsday fn August V.KH between the h'gai hour* of Ha le to the. Highent bidder for caxb, certain property of which the following in a full and ei/inpleTe dencription: One tt.iy Homo Mm le named ■‘Hill ’ about 10 or 11 yearn old, said property levied on hh the property of (J. #1 Adama to xatiafy an execution ixHiied from the .Superior court of Maid county in favor of H rt Calhoun X <'•>. fij/ttliint mhM (' It AdariiH, hmid property being in the poHMCHrtion of *aid C It AdaoiM. I'hia'iHth duy of Juno, HJO4- Han N- I'Puvih Heputy Khei/tl, M. C. You will need the Monitor during the ('umpuigir. Only one dollar for oik; vi»ar. I l MASONIC CELEBRATION AT LOTHAIR LAST WEIL Col. W. It. Kent Orator of the Day. Basket Dinner and Free Lemonade. I j On Inst Saturday Kent Chapter, No. 20, <). E. 3. and Kent Lodge/ I No. IRC); K. it A. M. held ft jeilifc Masonic* celebration at Loihair. i A bountiful repast, was .spread by (lie ladies of the O. E S. Plenty of lemonade also was in evidence. Col. NY. 11. Kent of Ml. Vernon, in honor of whom Loth the orgnn ix it ions are named, was the speak er of the occasion and spoke with 'more than usual grace and cl o picucß. I>ath the organizations are in a ; nourishing condition. Among 1 those most active in accomplishing the success of tile Celebration were Messrs. Andrew Copeland, Maned Poster, (Set.rge Harrell; Mesdiimes ,A. S. Dukes, Bob Dukes, J. D. Johnson, D. 3. Barnhill, Julia lOrumbley, and Misses Lula John* | son and Mamie I lakes. * I He Cream Stlpper at Alley on the 15th. On Friday night, July loth, the | young set of Ailfiy will serve ait | ice cream supper at the K. of P. j ILall there. The proceeds of the 1 supper Will lie used to secure blindst ■ for the Methodist Church at that place. ■ Ail who live in Alley, Mt. Veriioti j or the surrounding Couhtry are in | vited to come. A good time soc ! ially and otherwise is promised i all who attend. DISTRICT CONFERENCE IS NOW l\ SESSION/ The District Conference opened on Tuesday night with a sermon by Dr. Simeon \V. lingers of Mc J Ibte. Many delegates and minis- 1 brs are in attendance. Dr. J. B. Metielice, the presiding elder, is presiding over the conference. The conferehee is dec ally of a of a devotional turn, there being ; preaching t hree times each day, at j eleven in the molding, five iii the lafternOofi and eight lit night. The leolilYrenf'e bids fair to lie a profit.-' | able one for the CfttirHi, and a spirit till uplift to rt'l wild lit tend. A more extended fioliee, with the proceedings of tliC meeting,- will bi* jiublishdd l/ilef. GLENWOUD wins ball game. Last Monday afternoon on the Mount Vernon diamond the “in vincible” Loiigjiond baseball team was defeated by the (i lon woo team by a score of I I to f>. Tlie game/ was etilled at end of the sixth in ning on account of darkness. The Lohgpoiid tefnn wfts handi capped by the absence of two of t.lieir regular players, using a mail from Ailey, while the (Jlenwood team wits strengthened by recruits from other towns. The game was fairly won, however, as Lohgpond i made some costly errors, which | succeeded in losing them the game. Both pitch* r* were butted freely, but (lienwood’s pitchers were cred ited with the greater number of strike-outs. The presence of a bevy of lovely Longpofid ladies lent encourage ment to their players, while Mt. Vernon added its (piota of beauty among the lady spectators. Citation —Ykaks Sumner Georgia Montgomery ( ounty. .Mm. Anna Mobluy having made application fortivilv. r flora tli h KiipiMirt out of the estate of.l- 11. Mnhlrv, laie of aai/1 comity dcccaacd, for InTH/ ls and minor children, ami aitpraia uih duly appointed to »ei a|i rt aame having made llleir refill'.i. nil neranna concernkit ar» lierehy required to show .-uiiae if any they call lief.nii tlm eonrt of ordinary on Uie lat Mon day ii Angrtat, Hint whv aaid application nlionld not be granted. l'hia July 4tb, 11X14. Alex McArthtli, Ordinary M. 0. Citation. Goorgifc—it/oritgomery County. To nit whom it may concern: Thoroaif Th«.,n,,so.i having in proper form applied to , me for letters of a minUti atiou oa the ontate fi: . Mosley, late of Haul county decoaned, and thin in therefore to ali person* con cerned that said uppli< aftion will ho heard at , rnv office on the tirst Monday in AtlgtiHt next.- - VVlfm*h«my hand ami official signature, tilin' i iiriy 4th, HKH. Ah x McAttiui it, O. M> Qt NO. i 5.
