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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1908)
I BEST GRADES £ OF COMMERCIAL « STATIONERY. | I ralallaall a aI. a ala a I VOL. XXII. LECTURE AT INSTITUTE MONDAY EVENING. On Monday evening. May lth. Col. 0. B. Whatley of Savannah will deliver at tho U. B. I. audi torium a lecture entitled the “Old and tlie New South.” This is a subject that should readily appeal to all of us. The speaker handles the subject in a charming manner, giving through out incidents and pictures from Southern life, dealing with each in t he light of reason and truth. Col. Whatley is going to donate to the U. 15.1. the proceeds of this lecture. Let everybody shew their appreciation of this gift by going out, enjoying the evening, and substantially aid the school. Speaking of Col. Whatley, Ex- Governor Allen D. Candler says: “Col Whatley has read to me his lecture on ‘The Old and the New South,” and it affords me pleasure to gile it my hearty en dorsement, and to commend it to all patriotic Southerners as a scholarly production abounding in historic facts, presented in a forceful and pleasing manner. To listen to it will be instructive to the young and will give pleasure to the old, who will bear testimo ny to the correctness of the pic ture presented by Col. Whatley of the “old South,’ whose civilization lias been equalled in few coun tries, and surpassed in none.” AN AGED MINISTER STILL HAS MANY FRIENDS. This is notice to his friends that Rev. D. J. Mathews is now stopping on Ailey Route No. 1, and those desiring to communi cate with him can address him accord inly. He is now very old and infirm, but will appreciate letters from any acquaintance. He is a worthy character, having spent his life in the ministry, and we trust that many will lend cheer to the declining years of this val iant old Soldier of the Cross. MORE WATER COMING. U. S. Weather Bureau Office. Macon, Ga., Apr. 27. River stage at Macon 20.1 ft.; will probably reach 21 ft. today. The flood will reach Abbeville by May 3d with a stage of about IB or 17 ft. Oconee at Milledgeville is 27.3 ft. This flood will reach Dublin by May Ist with a stage of probably 22 or 23 ft. This flood is the highest since 1903. W. A. Mitchell, O bserver. I r VY* s | | crfsi~M%Lorv\ Xcr II J I Ccru>v\^ — a^crtA/T'^^ I iWLMr OfPt | I I . Uu.x- | I I OJV\X\ | 1 ‘koTA/VvC n jj iHmttvunnmj A NEGRO SHOOTING AT GRAY’S LANDING. On Thursday morning last Dr. j Hall was called to Gray’s Lading in consultation with Dr. Grav, * 1 On aiming lie found that two 'turpentine negroes had become enraged over some frivolous mat-. ■ ter, when one of them, Lewis Long, had fired a load of shot into Robert Robinson and a femnli j companion : The woman received painful wound in the hand and arm; while Boh had his hand shot ■ j to pieces, together with the entire j i J front of his head, with no hope; 11 for recovery. The negro doing the shootingi left immediately lor parts not yet : known. Both negroes were good! [workers, but were considered fussy : , among the colored population. I —~ Opportunity For Having (Hasses i Properly Fitted. | i_A I j For several years the people ofj t his section have had glasses fit - j ted by C. H. Kittrell, the jeweler and optometrist of Dublin, and > no one has had cause to complain j [of the merits of the glasses sent ! | out by his house. i Those who are in need of glasses 1 wil'l be delighted to know that Mr. Kittrell will he in Mount Vernon during the first two days of Su | perior Court (May 4th and sth) prepared to fit glasses. While hoi is here headquarters will be at < Mrs. Higgs’s hotel on the court [ house square, very convenient to j the public; and we especially urge those in need ol glasses to call on him. He will probably lie here only two days—May 4th and sth. Your eyes can very quickly be ruined by wearing ill-fitted glasses j and yon can have only one pair of eyes. Pays to treat them well. ' I f you suffer with your t yes do: not fail to see Mr. Kittrell in Mi Vernon May 4th and stli. He will make no charge for scientific ex-! a mi nation —absolutely perfect : and will sell you the glasses from ; I *2.60 up, according to style of ' framing desired. Dr. E. P. Bomar of Lyons was ‘ i called up yesterday to attend Mrs. iJ. P. Duffie, who is ill. The Doe tor is a genial gentleman and while here dropped in to see us. MT. V ERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL ,50, 100 S. McArthur. Special 1 tin t .apomli uc<\ As it is so wet l cannot plow, 1 will write of the events of ibis section. The elounds. have gath ered and the rains descended and ■as a consequence much corn and [cotton jusl peeping above ihej 1 ground has been washed up. No work can he done in the farming line at present. I see that the Atlanta .Journal says that when ,loe Brown gets to be governor of Georgia wool will [grow on hydraulic rams. It that he true the wool clip of the state will not be cut short by aheep [ killing dogs: Joe seems to he in [ t he lead at present. There is nothing new in ibis • section except rain and more lain. j The negroes of this place had a j ■ trrund melee a few days ago with! | the loss of one arm. The Sabbath is the chief day of festivity among * • the negroes. Mr. Dan -McMillan of Bartow ■spent a part of the past week with , ! relatives in and near Ml . Vernon. © .©: ©• ©: .©. o©:©©s. ©© © ©©©©©©© ©©© © © © 0 © | I LOCAL-PERSONAL |i ! © © : ©©: :<$ .©: ©. ;©: © ©©©© ©.© : © © :©: .© © © ©© © © ©..©. ©: Superior court will open here on Monday morning, 4th. Mr. J. YV. Sharpe, Jr. and a little son and daughter were in to | see The Monitor Tuesday morning. Nothing old or stale hut every thing new and fr< sh at the Ai 1• -y drug store. Go to see them. Hundreds of yards of that beati ! tiful embroidery st ill going at file a yard at Mrs. Fox’s. Assistant Cashier \V. K. McAl -1 lister attended the convention of j Group No. 1 Georgia Bankers As sociation in Fitzgerald last week. The state gathering will be held in June at Brunswick. Boarukrs. I am prepared to accommodate a number boarders during superior court. Table sup plied with the- best the market affords. Mas. Jok MeCri.i.oioii, Mt. Vernon, Ga. Mr. C. C. McAllister, Jr., one jof The Monitor’s Longpond read ers, was up on business Tuesday. We desire to announce to tin trade that we have made special preparation in our Millinery line, and cordially invite the trade to [call. An inspection will be to •your interest and profit. 494 t J. II Hudson. Let the members of the Farm-! liners’ Union remember that by • having The Monitor send in their. ’ subscription to The Union News, it can be had for 75 cents. The ; News is the oficiat organ and its regular price is I. fKj a year. For your ready-made shirt waists and skirts come and see us. Mrs. <j. W. Fox. Lei the correspondents contin ue to send in the matter from their respective section. Paper and envelopes will be furnished to regular correspondents. New lot of large sailors just re ceived at Mrs. Adams’s millinery parlors, Mt. Vernon. 1 If you see our styles in ladies and children’s Hut-, and compare lour prices your own judgment will prompt you to buy . 494 t J. H. Hudson. If you need anything in white goods and luces cull on Mr*. Fox. M’RAE TO CONNECT WITH BELL SYSTEM. Mr. W. 1). llorton, manager of M clUn -lielena telephone system, went In At lama last week and hail a conference with the mniinge -1 incut of the Bell Telephone Go. ! lie made arrangements with them by which their line will connect with t he switchboard here and our people will thus he put in con nection with the entire Bell sys tem. In other words, a man at Jacksonville can call up the cen tral office in Mcßae and get con nection with a firm in Atlanta or New York Gily and converse with them. The 801 l phones go all over the United Stales, and (un people here who are subscribers to the local system will hyve access [to this whole big system. This ! new movemedt will he a matter of [great convenience and will likely . be largely patronized after May Ist. when the plan will be put in operation.—Telfair Enterprise. A new drug store in Alley. Call and see 1 hem. Have your eyes properly fitted, with glass*-s that will preserve* them. Kittrell will be at Hotel Higgs May 1 and 5 and will guar antee you satisfaction with a pair of up-to-date glasses. See him. Col. Es'-lud Graham of Mcßae cam*- over on business l'tesday afternoon, ret tuning at 8:30. Mrs K. M. Mcßae and lilt l*- son Lee Mack envc returned from I a visit among relatives in Dublin and Mcßae. I If you ne* (I glasses and do not see Kittrell (lining the first two days of superior court, *1 is your loss—possibly a serious on*-. 11 vour eves are examined by him and he does not properly fit them —it i- his loss. lb-eat mot, also rd to impair his reputat ion. The very pret t jest children s hats t hat yon ever saw for Ihe money just received by Mrs. .1. L. Ada ms. A complete line of drugs, am d ries. toilet ai t ieles. etc , a I t In new drug tore in Alley. Mrs. \V. C. Glenn and Mrs. 1) VV. Folsom attended a missionary conference in Macon this week. Don’t forget, that mercerized embroidery cotton you want is to ! be found at Mrs. Adams’s. Let Kittrell fil yon with a pa r of glasses—in Ml. Vernon on May It It and slh Hotel Higgs. Rev. Churb-s Montgomery will p ren eh at the Presbyterian church here Sunday, 3d. lb- has been recalled to this work and will in a short while remove his family to Mt. Vernon. A warm welcome awaits them. AFTER TWO YEARS. Dr. 11. Gates of Manatee, Flu., brother-in law of Dr. Hall, spent a lay or so with them last week. Learning of Mr-. Ha M's cent in tied ill health he came more especially to see her. Dr. Gates was a visi tor here two years ago and was [ph-ased to note the substantial : 1 rnpioyemeiit in and around Mt. Vernon. lie lias great faith in : the future of this section. j RURAL SCHOOL Wii ll <‘ii for Tick Momtdk. „ ■ 1. 1 JJJThejlcfocts ol 1 1 u* nirii I schools are many. These have never been I all enumerated, and no on*: Imt an experienced teacher could so do a'l'h.-.v aiv not possible of cur*- hy large money appropriations, nor building of now s*dio**l houses , and seating them, nor in 1« * no I li <'i>inu; tin* months of the snlionl I term, nor in increasing the -alary i ol Iho teachers. None of these things ean remove t he man y farces —for they are farces—played on i t lie rural school system of run ning schools.' Besides i he irregular at tendance !t he no attendance ol a large per) 1 ni'iit of children, the prevalence | iof immoral and vicmns hahits , formed at home and at school, | I here are ot her inconsistencies op- • erative in I lies >untiy schools which defeat the label's ol tile ! teachers and destroy the work "i I t he schools. I , See the farco now being played. It is l lie dwindling and shrinking of the attendance of tin* schools I : when within a few weeks of the 1 close of iln* term. Who ean cure ! t his disease ? Another farce operative in these | schools is seen with what ease a i teacher can he made step down and out of Ins job. All i hat has ( to he dodo is to wit lid raw children * . from school, and this stops th• ■; school The causes which leadloj this kind of break-up an* 1 <> llll < 1 ; in the fact that it hoys or girls j are reprimanded or disciplined by t the teacher at once (ln-se girls or j ho vs set up a howl and refuse In jgo to selior*!, thus culling down I lie at tendance below I lie mini mum. Aunt her cause is found in I t lie la men l a hie fact dial parents have lost control ol • ludr hoy* ia ml girls, hence ca nnol (or do not ) make I hem go to school, il I bov choose not to go. A great iiijust ice is perpet rated on worthy ! workers who lose salary that would j lx t heirs if permitted to leach out ihe full term of t lie school. No teacher has redress, iI is cm,lracl la t ween I lie school board and him self is not worth the paper it is’ written on for it gives no protec t ion to the teacher where pl'otec i ion is needed. Ii is not a legal: I contract These are some ol tla faivesthiit must lie enumerated 1 alongside of the farces of trying < to cure rural sehool diseases w ith out striking at tin- mot, the peo ple. A large number m each com munity who have ehihlreu hav* no thought <*f any responsibility as to having their children edu Ic.-tted, so have no interest in tln ! building up of schools. This i the root of the disease, and h I must he “cut down” by a la* | ! compelling children to go h 'school, and a law that will protect 'the readier in his job, which i- i j not found ran' operative. Lvel nnrs. GREAT CUT-PRICE SALE TO BEGIN MAT 4TH One of the greatest cut-prio I-ales ever inaugurated in Mt.Wr non will be opened to the tradue, . public on Monday, May the Ith and will continue from day to da; for lb days. Mr, S*-ga 11 is the man who ha arranged for this big sal*-, an. .when you visit ins store you wii j find the goods and prices just * ad vert ised. lie will lake | leas n jin showing you through his im mens** stock . Remember tn* pi a • the White Store (McNutt <».* ;«t and ) Ml. Vernon. , v $ yj OFFICIAL OROAM ft OF « i\ MONTGOMERY >3 COUNTY. $ I SI.OO PER YEAR THE COUNTY FAIR MUST BE HELD. I'.dilor Monitor:—ln regard to i Till’s suggest idh of a county fair, j please allow ,'me to sav that there is no kind of institution or exhi bition than can well In* -uibstilu (t d for « real county fair—a fair that will show tin* development el the agricultural, dairying and i-tock raising kindred interests of j tin* county. Let the people show what they cun make anil their ex hibits will count tor something. A nninty's wealth depends upon its maiiifestat ions ol pride and general interests to a great extent-. \ ppea ranee go a long wavs and ale <d great value. But how can l people find out t he t rue eoudit ion of any sect.ion unless they are properly advert isral? We learn I lungs hy contact with people who have things. We gain information hy mingling with those who are versed in the many callings. A county fair would bring together the host farmers in the count v, with results oflluir skill and labors ; and the exchange of ideas is always profitable. I ii ndei'sl and t hat thin I'a i r would be primarily for • • i'k of tiie county; however, every loyal cii ixen should lake a keen interest in an enterprise of this charnel or Wo must have the best information possible as io corn, cotton, potatoes and the Ix'sl breeds of cut I le. The ladies can contribute a great deal to the MieeosK of a fair, county or state or county: and w<* feel sure the good ladies ladies of Montgomery would co-operate w it h a movement o| l hi- kind. Wlum t In* people of ■i county take the proper interest in i t iir it can la* made a success. Let’s lium* a county fair this fall. It can bo made the itiosl interesting # vent ever celebrated in Montgomery county. Y<-s, It-i •* have a county fair. Ymi is tml v, 11. R. Turner. Savings nt Sii<li«*. >'}»*-rial * ’ »i t *"»|uuihi »tr<\ The ground has been well sea -oned by recent rains. The K,aster egg limit ami school '•v-reisi-s given by I be Sadie school weic great ly enjoyed. The ball game which came after the egg hunt wns very interesting to all present. Mis- Alice Brown a charming young ladv of Scotland has been -pending a week pleasantly with ier friend Miss Lillie 11 iirsey. M ins Brown lias made nun y friends in uir midst, ail of whom will be , glad to have- her visit Sadie often. (ming to “(forle.” scorns to be he pleasure of t he day. We are glad to see one ot our young friends driving a double team these lonely Sundays. Lester Sharpe Misses Biown, lur-ey and Sharpe spent a plea.s ■nt day aL larngpond Sunday. We’ve had several of the Long ’ond boys in our community re ently. They are welcome, and i ,e ho|H- to have them with us : 'ft.en. Mi-s Ila McLeinore and brother f Mt. Yernon >»[s:ni Saturday ght the gmst of Miss Ruth .ankford. Messrs. I'atricand Hagan spent, •uudav very pleasantly at Lite mine of Mr. Mu'hew Sharpe’s. Mockim. Bum. If vnu want the broad sail r we ive them. Mrs, C. V\ . Fox. Mt, , Yernon, NO. 50
