JONHSON’S CHARGES I
ARE PROVEN FALSE.
In his announcement some tune
ago for state school commissioner
Mark W. Johnson devoted quite a
lot of space to charges against
Hon. W. B. Merritt, the present
incumbent. The following letters
which we clip from the Madison
Advertiser, show how ridiculous
Johnson’s charges were:
Madison, Ga.. May 4th, 1900.
Hon. W. A. Wright,
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir: —I see from lion.
Mark Johnson’s announcement as
candidate for State School Com
missioner of Georgia, that he
charges inordinate extravagance
against the present incumbent,
Hon. W. B. Merritt, especially in
the matter of traveling expenses,
postage, office furniture, etc. I
desire to know the truth in refer
ence to these charges, and am of
the opinion that you can furnish
the correct statistics from the
records in your office.
Will you do me the favor to
give me the correct amount of ex
penditures for the above mention
ed items for the past three years?
By so doing you will greatly ob
lige me, as the official figures will
enable me to form a more correct
judgment of the correctness of
Mr. Johnson’s assertions.
Very truly and respectfully yours,
F. L. Florence, C. S. C.
Atlanta, Ga.. May 8, 1900.
Hon. F. L. Florence, C. S. C.,
Madison, Ga.
Dear Sir: —Your letter has been
received. Thave read the article
to which you refer, and take
pleasure in giving you the correct
figures in regard to the expense
accounts of the State School Com
missioner. These accounts are
checked over and approved by the
State Board of Education before
they are paid. The records show
that the traveling expenses of the
State School Commissioner while
on official business for the past
three years are as follows:
5908, $lO7 72
1904, 200 20
1905, 244 77
and not $1,825.00 per year as stat
ed in the article referred to.
The postage account is not $14,-
000.00 for any year as is stated in
said article, but for the past three
years is as follows:
1903, $403 18
1904, 890 50
1905, 820 00
All other expense accounts of
the Department of Education, in
cluding the salaries of a steno
grapher and a porter, are for
1908, - $1,223.04
1904, 1.896.80
1905,... 1,412.20
During the three years, the
amount expended for office furni
ture has been $41.50.
Very truly yours,
Wm. A. Wright,
Comptroller-General.
THE OLD SKINFLINT,
Several years ago when Powell
& Pimpton kept a drug and gro
cery house on Washington street,
in Buffalo, savs the Buffalo Times
a farmerfrom Williamsville drove
to Buffalo to buy a bill of goods
for his country store. After com
ing down stairs and waiting for
his goods to lie packed, he noticed
several men using the speaking
tube. After awhile his curiosity
got the better of him and he ask
ed the proprietor what that thing
was.
“A speaking tube,” said the
proprietor, “Speak to someone up
stairs and see how the things i
work.”
“What will I say,” said the I
farmer going over to the tube.
“Oh, say anything you like,” !
said the prietor.
“Hay!” shouted the farmer,
“Are the goods Mr. Parsons of
Williamsville ordered ready?”
“Yes,” said the man upstairs,
“the goods are ready, but we are
looking the old skinflint up. We
think lie is kind of shaky.”
While the fun is on you need,
The Monitor. Only SI.OO a year
THE NEED FOR CLEAN MEN,
!
If one were to g<> to the Presi
dent of the United Slates and ask
him to name the country’s great
est need he would reply in his
quick, conclusive way. “Clean
men.” He knows. Smart men
there are by the thousands; rich
men abound more than any other
age of the; able men are found in
every state and township, but
even from a population of eighty
millions the chief executive has
difficulty in finding the m'an of
exceptional character for a post
which requires a square and flaw
less morality. It is to his credit,
that he misses no opportunity to
preach clean manhood. But nei- 1
thor presidents nor preachers nor (
teachers can do the woTk of lath- ,
ers except in their own families. 1
Wo do not mean to under-estimate
the marvelous influence of the;
mother. In most lands men who
reach success give their mothers j
the credit. “All that lam 1 owe
to my mother,” said Lincoln. J
“It was you who taught me to
write so. You really did, dear
mother,” said the crabbed Car
lyle. We get our moral equali
ties from our mothers, our men
tal from out fathers, say the phy
siologists, and as we look back
we find this maternal affection
the loveliest thing on earth. But
isn’t there a conviction down
deep in our souls that we should
have done much better if our
fathers had taken time and trou
ble to shape our confidences in
the years that counted most? —
From The Delineator for June.
A NEW SAN FRANCISCO.
The city, f rom the point of
view of site and geographical lo
cation, is far more beautiful and i
impressive than before the fire.
Tiie old architecture was mostly
bad, —heinously bad, as every
body knows. The earthquake
tried the works of men and found
much of the construction also
bad. Men will not veneer any
more wooden buildings with thin
skins of brick. Honest wooden
structures on the one hand and
steel-cage and re-infored concrete
on the other have come off trium
phant. Terra-cotta has been dis
appointing. The new building
aws will probably limit the
height of buildings to one and a
half the width of their streets.
This will make fair division of the
light of the sun, insure a reason
able uniformity of the sky line,
and lend property-owners a natu
ral motive for relinquishing land
to widen streets. The pan-handle
of the park will now undoubtedly
be extended eastward to Van Ness
Avenue. The new San Francisco
will be tar stauncher and nobler
than the old, but we shall always
miss the old nooks and localisiins
and bohemiauisms, and the vari
egated flavors of many nationali
ties mingled with glimpses and
odors of Cathay which blended in
•Old California’s solvent grace of
freedom and love of elbow-room
to make the dear old town so in
exhaustible a spring of human in
terest. —From “The New San
Francisco,” by Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, in the American Month
ly Review of Reviews for June.
NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Notice is hereby given as re-j
quired by law, that at the next j
session of the General Assembly;
of Georgia, a bill will be intro-J
duced and passed, with the follow
ing title to-wit: An act to estab
lish a local public school district
in the county of Montgomery, to
be known as the Soperton Public
School District; to define the
bounderies of the same; to regu
! late the management of the ’
J schools of the said district; to j
j provide revenue for said schools;
|to provide for the eleution of five j
I trustees and to confer on them
I powers and for other purposes.
.Notice of Local Legislation.
A Bill will be introduced at the
j next session of the Georgia Legis
! lature to extend the incorporate;
jlimits of the town of Mt. Vernon.
June 21st, 1906.
APPOINTMENTS MT. VERNON CIRCUIT. ,
Longpond, Ist Sunday. Mt.
Vernon, 2d Sunday, morning and
evening. Alley, 3d Sunday, both
morning and evening. Glenwood,
4th Sunday, morning and evening:
and Saturday before. Caroline’s
i Chapel, afternoon of first Sunday, i
J. B. Gpinef, Pa.'tor.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1906.
Petition lo Sell ior Re-Investment.
! Slate of Georgia—Montgomery Co.
To the lion.!. H. Mail in. judge of
the superior court of said county-:
! The petition of Fannie Rountree
jshows.
1. That she is the natural guard 1-
!an and hns qualified as the legal
: guardian of her said children, to wit:
(its). M., Frias Emtio • 15.. Arete
! Moll. Jennie Thee.. Willie (’.
and Annie Lee Rountree, all of said
county.
2. That she owns a life estate in a
certain p ece of land with remainder ;
in her children its aforesaid and that j
she desires to sell for re-investment
at private sale, the remainder inter
est of said land as follows* All that
tract of land situate lying and being'
jin the 1201st Disti iot, O. M. Johnson
'county, Oa., containing .">7 acres,
more or less, hounded north by Sa
| rah williams, east by Cedar creek,
! south by Joseph Jenkins and John
j son Bros.
R Petitioner and her said children
j live some distance from the premises
aforesaid, and owing to the small
j amount of land, high taxes in said
county, petitioner deems it best to
j sell, owing to the lack of income,
and being albo to invest in a larger
i tract, at a much less price,
j 4 Petitioner desires to invest pro
| ceecls of this sale in certain farming
' lands, to wit: That tract or parcel of
j land situate and being in Moi.tgom
j ery county, being the south-east half
lot lot No. 1(57 and hounded north by
j K N. Adams, east, by liobt. Adams,
j west by Henry Rowland and south
by Thomas Kent, said tract contain
ing 101 L acres.
5 Petitioner shows that notice of
her intention to make this applica
tion has been published once a week
for four weeks, as required by law.
Fannie Roe ntuee
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this the 20th day of March, 1000.
A. A. Galdraith, N. P„ ex offle. J. P.
Georgia—Montgomery county.
After four weeks notice, pursuant
to $2546 of Civil Code, a petition of
which a true and correct copy is sub
joined, will be presented to the Hon.
J . H. Martin, judge of superior court
at his office in Ilawkinsville, Ga., on
the 20th day of J uly, 1906.
Fannie Ron nicer.
A. L, Hatcher, Pet,s Attorney.
timber cart for sale.
I offer for sale a new timber
cart, at a bargain. Seven feet,
four-inch tread. A bargain for
cash or easy payments.
J . W. 11 CTO 11 EH,
Mt. Vernon depot.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Money to loan at 6 and 7 per
cent on improved farms.
A, lb Hutcheson,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
PETITION FOR INCORPORATION.
To the 11 o.i ora Ido I hi lip (.'ook, See- j
retnry of State, for the Slat:<*_of Geor
gia. The undersigned, your peleli
tioners, would respectfully represent:
Ist, That They desire to form a rail
road corporation under the laws of
the state of Georgia.
2d, That, the munesgund residences
of ear h of the persons desiring to
form said corporation are:
John S. Williams and H. L. Hernia
of Richmond, in the state of Virgin
al; J. Wm. Middendnrfof Baltimore,
in the state of Maryland; E. *l. Cal
laway, George it. Lombard, Jacob
Ohinizy, Jus. F. McGowan, Janies
T. Bothwell, Frederick 15. Pope,Win.
E. Bush and Win. 15. Barrett of Au
gusta, in the state of Georgia.
That the name of the Railroad
Company they desire to have incor
porated is
Georgia and Florida Railway.
4tii, That the lenglh of the road,
as near as can be estimated, will be
(including brancho ) three hundred
and fifty (:>'>()) miles.
Fifth, That the general direction
of said road will he southwesterly
from the City of Augusta in the gen
eral direction of the < 'ity of Valdosia;
and thence to some point on t he Flor
ida line south of Valdosta.
Sixth, That- the counties through
which said road will probably run are
the counties of Richmond, Burkin
Jenkins, Emanuel, Toombs, Mont
gomery, Jell' liavis, Coffee, Berrien
and liowndes.
the principal places
iroin winch and to which said road
;isto be constructed are: The city of
j Augusta, tiie city of Vidalia and the
i city of Valdosta.
Eight!), that the amount of the
! proposed capital stock of said cotn-
I pany is one million dollars ($1,000,-
000. ')
Ninth, That the number of years
said company is to continue is one
hundred and one years and as much
longer as the laws in force-ui the ex
piration of said one hundred and one
years may provide or permit.
Tenth, That the capital stock of
said company is to consistst of ten
j thousand share 1 ; of common stock.
Eleventh, That the principal office
jof said company is to b<- located in
the cirv of Augusta, Georgia.
Twelfth, That the undersigned pe
j titioners do intend in good faith to
jgo forward without delay to secure
'subscriptions to Lie- capital stock,
■construct, eiptip, maintain and oper
ate said railroad.
Thirteenth, That Ihe undersigned
! have given four weeks notice of their
i intention to apply for said charter,
! by the publication of this petition in
i one of the newspapers in which the
Sheriffs advertisements are pnb
j lished in each of the count ies through
■ which said proposed road will prob
ably run. once a week for four weeks
before the filing of this petition.
Your petitioners therefore, res
pectfully request that they be incor
pyrated under the laws of Georgia,
and in pursuance of this petition.
Respectfully.
John B. Williams, Jacob Phiui/.y,
E. L. Bemis, Jas. F. McGowan,
J. Win. Middendorf,
Jas. T Bothwell,
E. H. Callaway. Frederick B. Pope,
j Geo. K. Lombard. Wm. E Bush,
Wm. H. Bariett.
j Notice. I
According to recommendation
ot last Grand Jury, no real estate
in Montgomery will bo received
for taxes at a valuation of less
than four dollars per acre; and on
uroporty returned before said rec
ommendation, will be placed a
valuation conforming to said
j recommendat ion. Tax payers not
i satisfied with the raise, will please
1111X31 me in Mt. Vernon Juno 20tli
for arbitration. Very truly,
K. M. Rack ley.
T. R. M. Co. Ga.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
The saw mill business heretofore
operated under the firm name of Mc-
Gahoe & Uiggerstntf on (ho John
(‘onncll place iias this day deen dis
solved by mutual consent, the entire
interest having been sold to S. L.
McGahee and F. T. McGahee who
will collect all debts and pay all
claims. This May 11,1906.
S. L. McGahee,
F. T. McGahee,
H. W. Riggers!a IT.
Notice of New District.
Notice is hereby given that applcation bus
been tiled in the ntliee nf the Hoard of Hoads
and lb venue of Montgomery County for the
establishment of a new Militia District in j
said county, laid out and bounded as follows: j
beginning at Love's Graveyard and running
east across the Louisville road near ./ohu
Wilkes’ place to Reuben Phillips’place, strik
ing tiie Vidalia and /video distiiel line, thence
south-west on said Vidalia and Zaideo line to
eoruer of the Iliggston district, line, (lienee
south on Vidalia and Kingston line b> M t.Vi i -
non and Swainsboro road, thence along said
road westerly toClias, Hamilton's. Tlionen
west, crossing tins M. L>. ,V S. Road in Darby
old field, to Cypress crock and along said
crock to ford of Mt. Vernon and Boperton road
and thence to point of beginning. Haul ap
plication will lie heard on the first Monday m
July, 10(1(5. Wm. Olamd, Clk. (10. Gum’s
Salesmen Wanted. Three
salesmen wanted for our new
Railroad, County mid Stain Sur
vey of Georgia. Just off the press j
and absolutely new. Prepared to j
meet the enormous demand for a
map showing the new counties re
cently established. A splendid
opportunity for energetic men.
Rand, McNally rt Co.,
Chicago, 111.
You always get, your money
in the homo paper at $1 a year. i
\ The Lasting Pfl
C .. ° m I
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4' Bargains v ||
Are Always Found in My Store the Entire Year Found.
THE SPRING SPECIALTIES 1
also lmve their Inning. Store Full of Everyday Goods,
and Going Daily at niy Usual Fair Prices. Stock always
Coming in and Being Sold Off, leaving no old ruhhish
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to work off on customers at so-called cost prices. In my
f DRY ROODS, SHOES, CLOTHING, HATS, I
| YOU WILL FIND THE BEST QUALITY |
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and at Satisfactory Prices.
New Home Sewing Machines, I
I Improved Farm Implements, |
| High Grade Buggies and Wagons, 1
| are Leading Specialties with me. Yours to Please, I
B New Goods Constantly Coni
ing in, and my stock always
contains all Household f
Requisites.
McQUEEN, \ M
fit. Vernon, Ga. Jgr* |
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Strict purity in Drugs is most essential. Your
life depends sometimes on the best medicines. ; {£-
The Mt. Vernon Drug Co. has opened a ?j tr
I MODERN DRUG STORE %
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that this section may bo supplied with the very best.
A long-felt want has been supplied by the now drug store
in Mt. Vernon. A visit will surprise you.
jfc A Licensed Pharmacist with a magnificent new tj^r
stock will be glad to welcome you.
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