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Hoke Could not Hear
Confederate Widow's Plea .
Georgia—Fulton County.
In person appeared before me,
Mrs. Margaret J. Hampton, who
being duly sworn, says :
I was born and reared in Dub
lin, Laurens co., Ga., and am a
daughter of the late Jeremiah H.
Yopp, a pioneer citizen of'that
county, and am related to the
Stanleys, the Rowea, Chappells
and other families of that county.
I married in Dougherty comity,
Georgia, and am related by blood
or marriage to many people of'
Dougherty and Baker counties,
among others being the Davis anil'
Collier families of Dougherty, and
the Hampton and O’Neal families
of Baker,
_ lam a sister of Mrs. C. C.
Niles, now residing in Atlanta,
Ga., the wife of the late Prof. A.
B. Niles of Griffin, Ga., and the
mother of the late Chic Niles of
Columbus, Ga.
lam the widow of John Ran
dolph Hampton, a Confederate
soldier, who died of a malady
superinduced by wounds received
at Powell’s Gap, fighting in the
command of Gen. Kirby Smith.
As such widow, I draw a pen-;
sion from the state of Georgia,
and aside from said pension, I
have relied, since my husband’s
death, on my own earnings to sup
port myself, and while they were
living, my two children.
In 1898, through the kindness
of Hon. L. F. Livingston, I ob
tained a permanent clerkship at
SSO per month, in the patent of-'
fioe at Washington.
Subsequently I was transferred
by Mr. Hoke Smith to the census
bureau, for the purpose of giving
my position iu the patent office to
one of his friends, Mr. Smith giv
ing his assurance at the time said
change was made, that he would
see that I was provided for, when
the census closed.
Two years before the census
closed, and while absent by Mr.
Hoke Smith’s permission, in at
tendance at the death bed of my
only surviving daughter, I re
ceived a letter that I would bej
dismissed. This letter was handed j
me and opened in my daughter’s
presence. She noticed immediate
ly the look of added trouble that
came into my face, and implored
HIS KNOWLEDGE OF WEEDS.
At a suburban residence near
Philadelphia there recently ap
peared an unkempt-looking in
dividual who asked for employ
ment, says Harper’s Weekly. It
chanced that this application was
made to the lady of the house her
self, who was superintending the
transplanting of plants in the gar
den.
“Are you a gardener?” asked
the lady.
“Ain’t had much experience at
gardening,” was the reply.
■“Can you plant these bushes?”
“I’d hate to risk spoiling’ ’ em,
mum.”
“Then, what can you do?”
“Well, mum,” responded the
unkempt-looking individual, “it
vou was to hand me one of your
husband’s cigars I might sit in
the green house an’ smoke Gut
them insects that’s eatin the
leaves of them rose bushes.”
HOME THOUGHT.
“It must have been frightful,”
aaid Mrs. Bossim to her husband,
who was in the earthquake. “Tell
me what was your first thought
when you awaken in your room at
the hotel and heard the alarm.
“My first thought was of you,”
answered Mr. Bossim.
“How noble.”
“Yes. First thing I knew a
vase off the mantel caught me on
the ear; then a chair whirled in
my direction, and when I jumped
to th&'msddle of the room four or j
five books and a frame picture
struck me all at ouce.”
f Even after saying that he affect
ed worder what made h3r so
augry for the remainder of the (
♦veiling.—Judge
me to know the cause, and, to
quiet her, I was forced to tell.
With tears in her eyes she said:
“Mother, write at once to Mr.
Hoke SiifWi and tell him that
your dying girl begs him not to
dismiss her mother, for she has
no home open to her and no work
to return to, and he will not re
fuse you.”
These were her exact and last
words to me, and it was under the
inspiration of this that I, sitting
j at lier bedside, wrote to Mr. Hoke
; Smith, telling him the circum
stances and begging him to allow
jme to retain my place, and re
minding him of his promise.
To this letter I never received
a reply, but a few weeks thereaf
ter—and without any complaint
from any source whatsoever hav
ing been made about my work —
my formal dismissal was placed
on ni} T desk.
Immediately I sought and im
portuned at Mr. Hoke Smith’s
■office an interview with him,
which was flatly refused, where
upon, in despair, I begged at his
home for an audience, which was
j denied me. Mr. Smith sent me
word by his negro valet that he
was “making his toilet and to ex
cuse him.” 1
How I left the room I
knew, but when I regained my
consciousness I was on the steps
of his residence, when and where
J I registered a vow —recalling liis
broken promise—li is refusal to
accord me even the civility of an
! interview, something which no
Southern gentleman would have
denied a lady—that if Mr. Hoke
Smith should ever seek the votes
of my people in Georgia, that I
1 would tell them of his treatment
of me,
! Prior to my discharge, Mr.
Hoke Smith had given places to
negroes, the like of which were be
!ing filled by white people, and
subsequent to my dismissal, ne
groes were doing the same work
in the interior department that
was being done by white people.
| (Signed.)
Margaret J. Hampton,
Sworn to and subscribed before
the undersigned, this the Gth day
of July, 1900.
John It. Wilkinson,
Ordinary Fulton County, Ga.
NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Notice is hereby given as re
quired by law, that at the next
session of the General Assembly
of Georgia, a bill will be intro
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
he known as the Soperton Public
School District; to define the
' bounderies of the same; to regu
late the management of the
schools of the said district; to
provide revenue for said schools;
to provide for the eleution of five
trustees and to confer on them
powers and for other purposes.
Notice of Local Legislation.
A Bill will be introduced at the
next session of the Georgia Legis
lature to extend the incorporate
limits of the town of Mt. Vernon.
June 21st, 1900.
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. Hughes,
Mt. Vernon depot.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Money to loan at 0 and 7 per
cent on improved farms.
A. B. Hutcheson,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
APPOINTMENTS MT. VERNON CIRCUIT.
Longpoml, Ist Sunday. Mt.
| Vernon, 2d Sunday, morning and ;
evening. Ailey, 8d Sunday, both
morning aud evening. Glen wood,
j 4th Sunday, morning and evening
and Saturday before. Caroline’s
Chapel, afternoon of first Sunday.
J. B. Gbiner, Pastor. I
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR —THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1000.
Petition to Sell for Reinvestment.
State of Georgia—Montgomery Co.
To the Hon. J. 11. Marl in, judge of ,
the superior ■court of said county :
| The petition of Fannie Rountree
! shows.
1. That she is the natural gnardi- j
an and has qualified as the legal ;
guardian of her said children, to wit: !
"Geo. M., UriosG., Eunice I?.. Arete j
Mell, Jennie Then., Willie V. j
and Annie Lee Rountree, all of said !
county,
2. That she owns a life estate in a I
j certain piece of land with remainder j
in her children as aforesaid and that
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
in the 1201st District, G. M. Johnson
county, Ga., containing r>7 acres,
more or loss, hounded north by Sa
rah williams, east by Cedar creek,
south by Joseph Jenkins and John
son Bros.
3 Petitioner and her said children
live some distance from the premises
aforesaid, and owing to the small
amount of land, high taxes in said
county, petitioner deems it. best to
sell, owing to the lack of income,
and being albe to invest in a larger
tract at a much less price.
4 Petitioner desires to invest pro
ceeds of this sale in certain farming
lands, to wit: That tract or parcel of
land situate and being in Montgom
ery county, being the south-east half
ot lot No. I(V7 and bounded nort h by
K N. Adams, east by Robfc. Attains,
west by Henry Rowland and south
by Thomas Kent, said tract contain
ing 101 acres.
5 Petitioner shows that notice of
her intention to make this applica-,
tlon has been published once a week
for four weeks, as required by law.
Fannie Rountree
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this the 20th day of March, 1906.
A. A. Galdraitli, N. P., ex offlc. 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.
.1. H. Martin, judge of superior court
at his office in Hawkinsviile, Ga., on
tlie 20th day of July, 1906.
Fannie Rountree.
A. L, Hatcher, Pet,s Attorney.
Go-Fly keeps flies off Horses
and Cattle. Sold by S. I. Bul
lard, Alamo; Rivers Drug Co.,
Glenwood; and J. A. Peterson, Jr,
Ailey; W, H. McQueen, Mt. Ver
non, Ga.
ROAD NOTICE,
Office Commissioners of Road and
Revenues, July 2 1906, in re work
ing public roads of Montgomery
County:
Upon duly considering the pro
priety of changing the present meth
od of working the public roads of I
Montgomery county under the Alter
native Road Law now of force in
said county.
It is ordered and adjudged that,
from and after the date of this order,
the road funds collected from the
people of each Militia District of
said county, shall be used solely in
the district in which it is paid and
none other.
It is ordered further that if. shall
be the duty ot the Clerk of the boa: d
of commissioners to keep the funds
collected from each District separate
and distinct, and draw warrants ori
the funds from each District only
for the purpose of paying legitimate
expenses in keeping up the public
roads of said district.
W. W. Pope Chm,
Win. Bland Kecy,
J. C. Conner,
Citation for Guardianship.
Georgia — Montgomery Count v.
To all whom it may concern: lira. Julia A
Crumley lirh in proper form applied to me
for letters of guardianship of the person and
property of Thomas Wilkes, minor of fra aud
Missouri Wilkes, deceased. This is therefore
to cite all persons concerned, friends and
next of kiu, to show cam e., if any they can.
why said applicant should not he appointed
guardian of said minor, and receive letters of !
guardianship on the first Monday in August, \
19U6. This July 2d, 1906.
Alex McAnriina,
Ordinary.
Citation for Leave to Sell.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
To all whom it may concern: Mrs. C. D.
Roberts, administratrix of the estate of Win.
Itoberta, deceased, has in due form applied to j
me for leave <o sell the lauds belonging to
said estate. Notice is hereby given that said j
application will be heard at the regular term i
of the court of Ordinary of said county on the |
first Monday in August, 1906. Witness my j
hand aud official signature, this July 2d, 1906’ |
Alex McAkthi k,
Ordinary.
Citation.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
To all whom it may concern: Miss Van I
Mitchell having applied to me tor letters of
administration on the estate of James Mitch- I
ell, deceased, this is therefore to cite all
arid singular the heirs aud creditors of the
said James Mitchell to be and appear at the
August term 1996 of this court and show cause,
if any they can, why letters of administration
should not bo granted to said applicant on
the.rotate of Jas. Mitchell as prayed for.
Witness my hand aud official signature this
July 2d, 1906. Alex McAhthub,
Ordinary M..C.
Citation.
! Georgia—Montgomery County.
Whereas, Thomas Thompson and John
j Wilkes, administrator* of the estate of Alex
ander Wilkes, represent to this court in their j
petition duly filed and entered on record, that
they have fully administeied said estate; this i
is therefore to cite all persons concerned, I
creditors and next of kiu, to show cause if any i
they can why said administrators should not
be discharged from their administration and
receive letters of dismission on the first Von- .
day iu August, 1906.
Alex McArthur,
Ordinary.
Guardian’s Sale.
l
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Jsy virtue of an order granted by Ure Ordi- :
nary of said county, will be sold before the I
court house door iu Mt. Vernon during legal
sale hours on the first Tnesday id August,
1906, to the highest bidder cash, eight acres
~f land more or less lying in the 1343 d G. M.
disti ict of said county, bounded ou one side
by John Burton aud on three sides by A. B.
Hutcheson. Sold as the property or Jfand
and Gallic Belle Burton, minors. This July
I 2d, 1996. A. N. Burton,
1 Guardian. 1
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and Going Daily at my Usual Fair Prices. Stock always
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to work oft* on customers at so-called cost prices. In my
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B are Leading Specialties with me. Yours to Please, I
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