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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1906)
| BEST GRADES | OF Q COMMERCIAL £ 5* STATIONERY. I | „ g VOL. XX. NO. 47. ANOTHER BURGLAR IS CAPTURED AND JAILED. Ellis Brown, alias “Kid Ellis,” who was wanted for complicity in robbing the Ailey Pharmacy last winter, was captured near Tarrv town and brought to jail here last Friday. It. will be remem bered that Will Brown, another colored sport, was captured some months ago with a quantity of the stolen goods. He claimed that he got the goods of Ellis Brown, and was released 011 bond. Brown had a preliminary trial on Monday be fore Judge McLemore, and was bound over to await the coming of superior court. LOST HIS TOE. Little Claris, the second son of Deputy Sheriff Everett Burch, was the victim of a very painsul accident last Monday in which he lost the big toe of his right foot. It seems that the heavy outside door of the jail had been tempo rarily left open and the child had toddled into the doorway just in time for a sudden closing of the door to shear off his toe against the heavy iron sill underneath. NEXT SINGING CONVENTION. The next session of the Union Singing Convention will be held at Longhranch church, one mile north of Erick, on April 29th, the sth Sunday. Everybody cordially' invited to attend with new song books and well-filled baskets. W. E. Currie. Sec'tv. gmsmm ammma mmmm ©a®©.®® m fc b- $ I LOCAL-PERSONAL § |g '0 MtomgfflMM WM®MTOMMWOMXOMm Rev. Chas. Montgomery is in Blackshear today attending the meeting of Presbytery. Prof. H. J. Clark, now teaching the Springhill school, was a visi tor here on Saturday. Col. W. L. Wilson went up to Macon on legal business yesterday. Miss Emmie Crowder, teacher of the Ochwalkee school, spent Monday night here with the Misses Langford. New car load of New Home sew ing machines just coming in at W. H. McQueen’s. Mr. Lucien Avret of Mcßae was over Sunday. Miss Eula McKay stopped over Monday evening, eu route to Ha gan, where she is assistant m the school, having visited her home at Scotland. She has here many friends to appreciate a visit. Mr. W. W. Sumner spent Mon day in Helena and Mcßae on business. Mr. Geo. L. Adams has returned from a business trip to points in Alabama, where he lias contracts for depot buildings for the Sea board Air Line. Harrows, cultivators and farm tools that lighten labor and ninke big crops, are tlie kind sold by W. H. McQueen. Mr. Clarence M. Davis, secre tary and treasurer of the Colum bus Enquire-Sun, came over last week and spent a few days with friends here, being u son of Rev. and Mrs. Davis of Atlanta, now in Mt. Vernon. Mr. Davis was warmly welcomed bv many friends and acquaintances. The Montgomery Monitor. Glen wood. Specie l Cnrrcspon.lenco Mr. B. S. Calhoun left Sunday for Valdosta after spending some time with relatives and friends here. Mr. Joe Weaver has gone to Ashburu. Miss Lena Clark of Dublin is visiting Mrs. Herscliel Kent. Miss llosa Clements vissted her sister, Mrs. C. L. Galbraith, last, week. Mr. W. E. Currie left this week for Eastman and other points. Mrs. Hart of Vidal la visited Mrs. Dr. Rivers last week. Miss Missouri Currie of Helena is visiting Mrs. Jim Geiger. Miss ldella MeQuaig spent Sat urday and Sunday with Miss Ell - Browning. The supper here Wednesday evening last, for the benefit of the Methodist church, was quite a success. A large crowd was pres ent and a neat sum was realized. The marriage of Miss Ethel Galbraith and Mr. Elzie Adams was quite a surprise to their many friends. The bride is the young est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Galbraith of this place, and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adams. May life for them be “one grand sweet song.” Mrs. Fulford died at her home near Stuckey Saturday afternoon. The funeral exercises were con ducted by Dr. Brewton, and she was buried in the Glemvood cem etery Sunday afternoon, We of fer our most sincere condolence to the bereaved family. j Dr. J. M. C. McAllister spent Sunday with homefolks here, re turning Monday to Rochelle. ! Rev. L. B. Davi- filled the pul pit at the Methodist church here j Sunday morning, and was heard Iby many warm friends and ad mirers. Mr. J. Wade Johnson spent yes terday in Dublin. He was accom panied by his cousin, Miss Belle McAllister, of Longpond. Col. M. B. Calhoun spent a few hours at Longpond yesterday. Don’t work yourself to death with poor farm tools, See W. il. McQueen, get improved imple ments and save time and make more crops. His many friends throughout the state will be glad to learn that Dr. Chas Hicks has sufficiently recovered as to be out. came in a few days ago from the home of Mr. F. .Mcßae and is now vjsit r nig in Mt. Vernon. Little Miss Marie McQueen en tertained a large party of her young friends Monday afternoon, the occasion being her ninth birthday. Col. W. B. Kent was a visitor to Savannah Monday, and, strange to say, found the Greene and Gay nor trial still in progress. Miss Audrey Adams of Mcßae has completed a course in'book keeping at the U. B. I. and will return home. Misses Lallie and Etta May Calhoun of Longpond were shop-j ping m Mt. Vernon Saturday. New goods always coming in to keep my stock complete. See me forjdie best. YV H. McQueen. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APR. 12, 1906. I THE BOND ELECTION AGAIN. ;< We have frequently spoken of the matter of a bond issue | ;i for Montgomery county to create a fund with which to pay for jj | the new court houso, now in course of erection. Our position | on tlie question is well known. The matter is not one of poli tics at all, and the man who would so use it is simply trying ;j ;|; to further his own selfish ends. The whole thing in a mil ls shell is, how shall we best pay the debt already contracted, bv ;j |< money borrowed on long time at 5 per cent. interest, or by a ;|< direct tax this fall sufficient to raise the whole amount? « The Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Montgomery « ii county have thoroughly investigated the subject, and that the ;| « people may have ample opportunity to express t heir preference ;! « have called a second election on the question for 2(Rh inst. « Our contention is that borrowing the money on long time ;i and at a low rate of interest is much easier than to pay the « debt all at one time by the heaviest tax levy this county has k ever known. A lot of silly rot is always injected into a ques- :| « tion of this kind, and some of it bet rays a lack of information >: « that is really humiliating to people of average intolligenco. ;} « We refer to such claims as “putting this comity under United :j « States bonds,” “making a debt that w ill get bigger every year :| « till the end of time,” and a thousand undoue such exagerated, >: it nonsensical expressions. By a b< ml issue properly managed, the new court house « can be paid for and tno tax payers of this county will scarcely feel the burden at all. It is well known that the taxable yal- !j « ues in Montgomery county are increasing at a rapid rate. The :! « tax books of this county show about a half million dollars in- :J « crease in two years past. Although a part of our territory has !! « been cut off', it is only reasonable to suppose that the same !;! « ratio of increase will lie maintained for several years. « A sensible man who wants to arrive at proper conclusions » knows that a bond issue by a county is nothing more than a !j » public, legal step for borrowing money, that it it is better for « one individual tax payer it is better for all, that it is simply a «■ problem in finance and not in politics. It is quite easy to see | » that it is quite possible for those in charge of our finances to S » provide a sinking fund which w ill not only extinguish this * » debt aB fast as it matures, hut may be made to reduce the in- } » terest at a greater rate per cent, than wliat we have to pay. A * » small amount provided eaeh year for the payment of the debt, » augmented by the increase in our tax values, would easily & meet our expenses and cancel the bonds. |i » It is scarcely worth while to waste time in answering much » of the childish argument advanced by those who see in a bond » issue nothing but a voracious monster, ready to gobble up the » whole county, river and all. That old gray-haired citizen of » Montgomery count}' who will not he at court a half dozen 5 times more, but who may be crushed by a heavy tax next full, R is not the individual for whose use the new court house is being 8 built. The rising generation should help to pay for it, simply •;< is because they are to be its real ow ners and users. !» « If the people prefer to pay cash, and refuse to issue bonds, c « their decision settles the matter; and they will see next full | » how their plan of direct taxation works. |:| [some NOTES I KOM IT. 15. INSTITUTE. Mr. Carl Williams, u beloved. student of the U. B. 1., has gone) home. He is just up from a easel %f measles and pneumonia, andj ■ we hope his return to us will be ! soon. Measles is subsiding in ourcoin ’ munity, judging from the return of so many scholars this week. Mr. Fred Miller went home to j Loth air this week to visit his ■ | folks. Prof. Morrell Ims his clay mod-j jeling of geographical drawings in ■ full force now, and some pretty J work is being done at the C. B. J. in the way of drawing. Our garden is up and flourish ing, and our modern truck farm ing is fast proving a success. The old addage still holds good, | “better late than never.” We had ; two new scholars to enter this; week. The commencement will soon! he here, and grand preparations j are being made for same. DEATH OF A PUPIL. Pasco Johnson, a well known j and beloved student of the U. B. j | 1., passsed away at his home near Lyons Sunday and his remains, were interred at Vidalia on Mon day evening. He was taken with! measles at the U. B. I. just six: ; weeks ago and was sent home a month ago; and he was thought; to have been improving when a | relapse came which proved fatal. Pneumonia followed the measles i } iand was t In; immediate cause of j his deal I). Tin; faculty and students of tlie Union Baptist institute extend their regrets and heart-felt sym pathy to the bereaved parents. His native wit and humor and his genial good nature will long be remembered on the grounds and at the dormitories. Sharpe School. Special CorrtHpondcncc. The farmers of this section have i been busy planting corn for the i past week. We regret to report a small at tendance at Sunday school Sunday , afternoon. I Mr. Northern Sharpe and sister, Miss Beatrice, visited at the home : of Mr. W. Jf. Sharpe Sunday. The young people of this section 'enjoyed a musical entertainment iat the home of Mr. L. P. Gal ! ! breath Friday night last. It was ! enjoyed by all. I Mr. J. S. Sharpe and sou, Mar-. 1 vin, made a business trip to Ailey Saturday. Mr. L. Sharpe made a business trip to Vidaha Monday. Miss Etta Gal breath visited Mrs. E. Peterson iast week. % Mr. E. G, Sharpe was in Alley Saturday. —V. See the bargains iu wash dress [ goods and 10c colored lawn of- j forod by Mrs C. W. Fox. News Paragraphs From The Week of Events. j Mrs. Willie Mansill, living near | Kirkland, Gn., became frightened lit a drove of cattle last Saturday |and dropped dead. I ko linwlings, George Mason and Oliver Wilcox, three negroes held for murder in jail at Mcllue, made their escape tlioir escape Saturday j night by sawing out the bars. A negro with an insurance poli jey for s2f>o dropped dead in Sa vannah last Saturday. Five negro women have called, claiming the money as his wives. I*. Thornton May re, Fred. W. drown and A. Ten Eyck, associate architects of Atlanta, have been awarded the contract to build a ! million dollar court house in New ! Orleans. QUARTERLY CONFERENCE AT CEDAR CROSSING.> The second quarterly conference | of this circuit will be held <>n j Saturday, April 21st'., at Wesley i Chanel. Fridas' is to be observed ‘ ! las a day of last ing and prayer i i Three days service. Kev. G. W. I Mathews and other (Jhrislian workers w ill bo with us, and prom inence will be given to the cause, of missions. Preaching by pastor j at Wesley Chapel, tt p. m., on April 21st. .1. S. Lewis, Pastor, i From Alamo. I Special (’oiTcapoiuUiilOO. i Mr. S. I. Bullard, who has been i j down fora week with measles, is I |up again, and we are glad to see him in his [dace of business. The L. P. Fordhnni Drug Co. are now in their now brick build j ing, and we wisli them much suc cess in their new place of business. | Mr. Cage Cox is out again after [a serious attack of sickness last week. Some of our farmers seem to be behind with their planting, but we have had nice weather so a week or more. Cotton planting j seems to lie the order of the day I here now, though it would be bet ter to wait for a shower, when it will come up nicely, i Mr. John Massey, father of Mr. ! B. P. Massey, is very sick and has : been for some time, and very little j hope remains for bis recovery, iHe needs the company of those ! who visit the sick. There was quite a crowd out |to hour Bro. Jlilry Wright deliver j a heart -touching sermon at Snow hill church. Come again next second Sunday, as Bro. Wright I can give you some good advice. Mr. Scott is now erecting his cotton warehouse here, and it up pears to he a good large building. We contemplate a good business for him here next full. Mr. J. W. Clements has measles in his home, and his little daugh ter, Miss Lucille, has been very sick. Mr. W, J. Walker, who has just retired from saw milling, is now! building on his place near Alamo. We welcome him us a good neigh bor who will now engage in farm ing. Mr. Forest Dials Ims opened up a general store in the old stand of; J. W. Clements <k Son, Mr. Dials' was formerly a merchant here and " 0 welcome him back. —B. OFFICIAL ORGAN $ OF 9 K; MONTOO.V.ERY « COUNTY. '?) $1.0!) PER YEAR. S ftiffin *ii •» PAGES i TO io Mt. Vesuvius is in violent erup tion, and rivers of molten lava arc rushing down the mountain sides, threatening death to thous ands who live in the valleys below. Andrew Carnegie, who has given at different times if 200,000 to li braries and schools in Atlanta, was a guest of that city Saturday. J. G. Hawlings and his sons, under sentence of death in jail ut Valdosta, and several pickpockets confined there, came near escap ing last Saturday by sawing the hare of their cells. A runaway horse at Live Oak, Fla., last, Saturday plunged into a moving train, and his feet Io« coming entangled, 1m was dragged a mile. CO-OPERATIVE HOME INSURANCE. Home insurance is becoming very popular in this section, and tho largo ad of tho Mutual Life Industrial Insurance Association of Georgia on our hist week contains some interesting testimonials. Agents of tho com pany will soon cow r this territo ry, and the third division will bo soon filled. See the ad. While the fun is on you need The Monitor, Only ifl.OOuyeur. Faster hats to make you shout (for joy) and ready to wear goods are still bavin a big run at the st ore of M rs. Fox. | YOUR MONEY f 1 IS SAFE « only when it is invested. h Burglars may damage ;j 8 you; lj.nl loitus may crip ple von ; speculation may 8 ruin you . • 1 THE MT. VERNON BANK j: offers you a safe place '!: « to keep your money in j IYou get it. on demand, and | without danger of loss. A |j| good rate of interest is paid I; depositors when especially ;jj arranged for. Your business • cordially invited ; ; MT. VERNON BANK f TU. 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