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ST ATT PRFSS COMMENTS
Hawkinsville Pispntcb-News; —
With eggs at H 5 cents per dozen!
aud no liquor in town, the pros
pect for Christ mus eggnog in not
very encouraging.
Fitzgerald Enterprise;—At the
present, present pric< s of nnviil j
Stores, cotton, lumber nnd other
products of South Georgia, we
may expect a coiitinuance of t Ins
era of prosperity.
Snndorsville Herald i— * More i
than five hundred thousand dol
lars invested in agricultural col-j
leges in Georgia in a single year
is a magnificent showing.
Telfair Enterprise;—The En
terprise is of the opinion that one
experience with u street carnival
in our town is sufficient for our
folks. Some have ulwaya wanted
the town to allow these “uttrac-j
tious(?)” whenever they desired
to come, l*ut lust week was enough
to convince all that, there is noth
ing desirable in this class of visi
tors. They are out after the coin, j
Americas Tiines-Rerorder: — In
France the death penalty Inis been
abolished. We might as well
have no death penalty in Georgia
as the extreme penalty is seldom
meted out to criminals.
Waycross Herald; —More than
two thousand citizens of India
were destroyed by wild beasts last
year, while twenty-two thousand i
died of snake bite. It. would seem
that it is almost as fatal to walk
the by-waye of India as it is to
ride the railways in America.
Savannah Press: —Well, this
this city is letting the folks tip
around Washington know that we I
are on the map. Needn’t expect
anything anywhere if you don’t'
want it enough to usk for it.
Cordelo Rambler: - While the i
Rambler favored commuting the;
sentences of the Raw lings hoys to j
life in the pen, wo have no‘sym
pathy for the lot about pardoning
them. They should ho punished,
and that severely, but we think
that their punishment should not
be as great as that of their father,
because of the evil influence of
tho old man over them. These
arc the kind of cases that the law
contemplated when the act was
passed allowing juries to modify
penult ins.
Nashville Herald:— We are
pleased to see that so many of the
weekly brethren endorse our view
of the presidency. If we can’t j
get a Southern Democrat, we want
Roosevelt re-elected.
Macon Telegraph:—Mr. Rocke
feller is reported to have lost
1140,000,000, hut us it is the wa
ter out oil, Mr. Rockefeller's loss
is the public’s gain.
Atlanta Constitution :—lt those
northern towns keep on canceling
dates because Mr. Tillmah refuses
to cut out cussing, he will bo
forced to confine his activities to
the senate.
TEACHERS EXAMINATION,
An examination of Teachers
who wish to teach in the public
schools will be held at Mt. Ver
non on December 21st and 22d.
A. B. Hutcheson,
0. S. C.
NOTICE -CONTRACT TO LET.
Will bo let to the lowest and best
bidder at public outcry nt the bridge
vitc across IVndletou creek on the
Ijouisville public road, on the first
Wednesday in January, IHO7. at 12
o'clock in. the contract for construct
ing an embankment across *6O feet,
more or less, of said cteok on said
liouisvlhc public road. Said em
bankment is to he constructed so as
to make the top of the same 12 feci
wide, and to be high enough so that
When the same lias settled it will be
on » level with the bridge now span- <
nitig said creek at saitt place. Said
emltanknicnt will be paid for by the
counties of Montgomery and Eman
uel, when the work is completed.
Epeeiticwiions for said embankment
may be seen on the day of the letting
or by calling upon David itillis, at
Soperton, Ga. This Dec. 3rd, llk>*L
David Gillie, J. ('. Connor,
Win. Bland.
Imu i - It. A' I! Mont * tju.
Christmas With
The Sky Dwellers
The First Stop on Santa
Claus’ Reindeer
Route.
TO land u snorting reindeer slx-lu
biiml on the roof of a New York
skyscraper required pretty skill
ful handling of the lines, hut
Santa Clans is the man who can do It
without Jarring n tirlck off the chim
neys. Why should lie want to stop nt
such n queer depot? you nsk. because
there «re hundreds of little children
living right In the very center of New
York who have never pressed their ten
der feet iqsiii the tirown earth, climbed
trees, played lu the grass or experi
enced the thousand mid one plensurca
so common to everyday life. They live
above the clouds, twenty stories or more
above the real things of the world, hut
nearer by those twenty stories to the
stars, the angels-and Santa Claus.
Their aerial dwellings are Ills tlrst
stopping places on his annual Christ
mas Journey through the atmosphere.
Born hundreds of feet übove the
haunts of ordinary mortals, these little
ones often pass years of their lives 111
their dizzy homes without a thought
of what Is going on a , far below them.
Their fathers arc the superintendents,
engineers and Janitors of these lofty
buildings. I'pon the very roofs of these
great pillars of steel cozy, home breath
ing collages have been erected.
Here, right up against the sky, tho
children live aud play from morning
until night. They never miss the green
fields and the tall trees, for they have
never known them. Their playground >
arc the expansive roofs of the big
buildings, and they are as free as the
air.
While the smaller children pass their
early years at home with their moth
ers twenty stories above everybody,
their older brothers and sisters attend
school with the little ones living far
down on the streets. In the evenings
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TWO MTThK SKY DUELLERS,
they tell a gaping crowd of sky dwell
ers the sights they have seen while
going to aud from school. The "sky
crapor twins." who were horn on top
if one of New York’s highest build
Inga and who so far have gone through
life t aether as they started upon the
Journey, often think of the great day
to come when they will go down ttie
elevator and lie among tho toy (ample
they have seen so far below them
crawling along the sidewalks.
These twins, who are the pride, of
course, of their father and mother,
have uever been away from the roof
on which they were horn, l ife has
been one short and Imppy dream to
them. They do not know what a street
car really looks like, for they have
merely seen the shapeless, dingy roofs
of the "I." trains as they squirm along
their crooked ways like some short,
thick snake with square head and tall
They are full of health and have rosy
Cheeks amt big. dancing. I right eyes.
Tills means that they cat well, sleep
well and enjoy'life. There are seesaws
and swings high up among the clouds
on some of the skyscrapers and the
ever present tittle red express wagon
so dear to the small hoy’s heart. Knees
are run on the Iron roofs, and top spin
ulng and marble playing are favorite
sports.
There are deaths on the tops of ttie
skyscrapers as well ns births. One of
the saddest qf these was that of a little
boy who had gone down to the street
for the first time to play and was
crushed to death by a heavy truck.
A faintly of nine children horu to one
couple who have lived on the same roof
for nearly forty years shows that race
suicide lias Its enemies there. Five of
these children have grown to nmu
bood nnd are In the public service as
policeman, fireman or mail carrier.
Dogs nnd cats are numerous on the
skyscrapers. The children there are as
well off for four footed playmates as
those on the earth. Some have never
known anything else but the roof,
where they play by day and howl all
night long to their hearts’ content.—
New York Times.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, L»kC. 20, lOufi.
CHRISTMAS EVE IN PARIS.
Nrpnfii at the Madeleine,
Hluforlc French Church,
They drove to the Madeleine through
streets already full of life and move
; rnent of hurrying crowds, darting fig
! tires now plunged lu the black sliad
! own and now slipping out Into the full
glare of the clustered lights. The big
perspective of the Place de la Con
j corde, thickly sown with lamps, was
: -hot through with glistening reflections
! from the tops of carriages, the arcade
~f the Cue de Hlvoll was brilliant as
a stage setting, the hotels In the broad
Hue ftoyale were ablaze with light, and
far at the end of the street, where the
! lofty portico of the Madeleine allowed
dear against the starry sky. a hundred
, sparks twinkled from the calm flitting
j along the boulevard.
The steady roll of wheels merged
; with the varying notes of horns in
motors and the sound of talk and
I laughter from the sidewalks, nnd all
i blended In a great humming symphony,
j struck through with the rattling, syn
enpatod clack-clack of hoofs upon the
asphalt, like the staccatl of sharp
I drums.
The crowd at ttie Madeleine was al
most Impassable, but somehow they
gained the steps, tin* vestibule, and
were twept lu the solid puck of men
and women through the door at the
right. The great floor was tilled with
a throng as varied as I’nrls Itself.
Piety and the Idlest curiosity, youth
and age, came together. As the pro
cession came In sight Its sjng was
Joined by the organ in the sanctuary.
I and the music rose louder and fuller
lu a single godlike voice ranging down
from the dazzling altar.
Suddenly, like artillery, the great or
gan overhead crashed out in a volume
of sound that flooded tile whole vast
interior like a wave, sweeping over
•lie heads of Hie kneeling crowd an I
mounting to tin* shadowy arches of
the roof. The very concussion took
the listeners’ breath nway. and lu the
recoil men and women burst into
tears, aud billows of emotional excite
ment rolled back and forth through the
church. Winfield Scott Moody In
Seri liner’s.
YU LET IDE IN SHETLAND.
< urloiiM ( iivlonin la Hit* ImS/iikl Wherf
flu* l'«>:ii«*» Come From.
The festival of Yule, ns is well
known, dates hack to prehistoric
tiniK when men worshiped nature
rather than nature’s God.
The inhabitants of the Shetland
Isles are descended from Norseme
who were zealots lu religious belief,
and "Yule" to them meant a season of
great importance, 'the "Gainmcl Norsk
11 Jill” signifies, literally, "wheel," and
the festival so called was held in honor
of tin* sun at Hit* winter solstice wheel
ing round toward the equator. The re
turn of the sun formed an Important
period of the year us being the begin
ulng of renewed life in nature, which
only could lie revived by the light and
warmth of the ascending orb.
The course of the sun was observed
In all things as far as possible. Every
thing was turned from left to right—
ttie bout was so turned on the water,
the corn stacks so built in courses, the
mill so turned lu grinding aud the
wheel in spinning In fact, everything
went with the sun. even the round of
the drinking horn.
Many superstitious included in na
turc worship had full scope at the
"Iljul” time—or more modem “Yule"
-when a vast multitude of "trows.’
or fairy folk, who nt that season were
I not only active, but maliciously dis
posed, bad to |>e propitiated
To give the fairy folk no opportunity
of playing tricks, the fishing creel aud
Hues were removed from the wall, the
spinning wheel taken out of gear and
Its Integral parts laid aside, an 1 every
thing suspended from ceiling or walls
lifted down, as If left In their usual
places the übiquitous elves were sap
posed to set all going against the sen’-
motion, which of course would mean
serious trouble. The time of Yule was
and still Is, rigidly observed as "belly"
—l. e., a time of rest from all manner
of labor. Madame.
rlarlalmu* In Gimr.i.
Christmas whs oelebrat *d in Giniu
last year In as true Ani-ricao st; lea
1 the possibilities of the situation wind,.
| permit. Great Interest was taken 1,;
| the Americans In celebrations for tin
! native children. A number of enfe
j tnlnments were provided. A featv.r*
i was a floating Christmas tree, mat;
I ulflcentl.v decorated, which was para,!
ed through the streets of Astana draw"
by six plumed mules with costume
outriders and preceded by a native
band and from which Santa Claes dis
trlbuted abundance of good cheer.
A New Malady.
It was Christmas day. and the candy
lion had been waiting—oh. so patiently
-for Mary to finish her dinner. Much
against her baby wishes had sac bee
obliged to swallow the last of he.'
bread. When her mother Insisted on
her finishing her milk the small fae
looked up In desperation as she lisped
"Mor.'er. If 1 eat any more food l will
be humpback In my stomach, like
grandpa!"—l.lpplneott’s.
Only Two UfallthM.
Billy So yer didn't get uuthin’ but a
Jackknife aud a sled ter Christmas?
Tommy—Yes. dat's nil I got wort!
speakin' of. 1 ‘ere wus a suit of clothes,
aud a overcoat, Hint a hat or two. and
some underclothes, and a book ot
poems, and some stockin'* and gloves,
and some collars and cuffs, and a few
other things like dat. not worth speakin'
of.—Men and Women.
Don't Let the Mi.tletoe Drop.
| It Is very unlucky if the mistletoe
should fall from the place where it has
been hung up.
! We . Are . Ready f
I m for the = |
! HOLIDAYS I
! USEFUL PRESENTS! BEAUTIFUL GIFTS! \
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# We are getting ready for the Dolls, did you say? We’ve &
% HOLIDAY ItUSIJ. Our mag- got ’em! And everything
* nificent stock is now coming to delight young hearts,
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# in. Will please the oldset and Beautiful Christmas Pres- jt*
# delight the youngest buyer, ents, Lasting Household &
Beautiful Crystal Novelties in Requisites, and Art Goods. jt
* Pressed Cut Glass that rival Our regular line of Drugs, &
in brilliancy the richest real Patent Medicines, Paints, J
cut glass. And sold exceed- etc., always kept full for all
ingly cheap. See them. your needs. Come to see us. J
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1 WE HAVE THE GOODS, j
I Rivers Drug Co., |
l GLEN WON, GA. f
‘Af? ‘AK 'AK Ift iift‘AK
LOCAL SCHEDULE.
For the benefit of our patrons
we give below a schedule showing
the arrival and departure of Sea- 1
board trains at Mt. Vernon :
EASTBOUND.
Yo. 74 Vernon G 08 am
No. 72 leaves “ “ 445 pm
WESTBOUND.
No. 71 leaves Mt. Vernon 10 29 am
No. 73 leaves “ “ 8 21pm
Train No. 74 arrives in Savan
nah at 9:80 o’clock in morning.
No. 72 arrives Savannah 8 00 pm.
No. 71 lvs Savannah 7 :15 a. ni.
No. 78 lvs Savannah 5:00p. ns,
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A FI. Ct. INTEREST K
C On Improved Karins in Montgom- gl
J! ei v ml adjoining counties in amounts C |
of f 1000 and over, end at 8 per cent, on Jr s
j loans ol less than iIUUO. . . .
j No Commission
j. or tnokcrage charged. Expenses it
of borrower lor abstract and draw- |r j
ing capers are small. . . . y
j No Dki.av. «,
J Loans promptly secured. . . t
> Write nu\ or see my inspecVn . Mr. Jno. «■
K. S vain, a! Ueidsville, about business r \
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> GEO. H. HARRIS >\
B Attorney, B
4 Mcßae, Ga. fr
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; L. G. UNDERWOOD. |
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
?! Practitioner in all Court*, State
and Federal.
Real Estate Agent, Farm si
Lauds a Specialty. . . .
MT. VERXON, OA. U
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BLACKSMITH
SHOP
All kinds Repair Work. Iron
and Wood. Fine lino of Bicycle!
Material on hand. High-Grade
Repair Work on Bicycles, Sewing j
Machines, Guns, Revolv°rs and
Clocks. See me before placing
vour work: I will save you money. |
Work promptly and neatly done.
J. SELLERS,
Aidev. Ga
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