The r\or\tgorr\&ry /Monitor.
PUBLISHED EVERV THURSDAY. OFFICIAL OROAN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Entered at the Post office in Mr. Vernon. tin. ns Sccond-Clane Mail Matter.
H. B. FOLSOM, Editor and Prop. Ji a Year, in Advance
4o*L<'K»l advertisements must invariably In- («<♦<! in advance, at (hr- lejjid rate, and a. the law
direct*; and must be in hand not tutor than Wt dnmday morning of Iho tirat nook nt insertion
Mt. Vernon, Thursday Morning, June 18, 1908.
Now untile the juicy melon on
the vine, while tin* festive plum is
just elosing itm spring engagement.
How about t lint fence around
the court house square? Surely
it in not neglected because Mont
gomery county cannot afford to
buy it.
When it is announced that a
reduction in bathing suits is soon
to be put on, does it mean in the
currying capacity of these festive
garments ?
It is said that Bryan plays base
ball. His experience in batting
and catching may enable bint to
bind tlii* Democratic nomination
for piesident.
In a few days the boys will be
trekking to Atlanta to gel, aboard
of Joo Brown’s gravy t rain. How
ever, Hoke holds tin* spoon for 11
few inontlts yet.
Have any of our local enthusi
asts taken a straw ballot to find
out who will be the first to con
tribute SSO to the success of t in
county fair tins fall ? It is said
straws show the drift of the wind.
Try it.
May seem strange to think of
Mount Vernon growing nt a steady
pace, but facts ate tu< ts never
theless. There is here now men
signs of growth than t he town hua
known before, and no town in
this section has a brighter pros
pect t him this 1 ittle city.
Savannah is to use fenders on
her st reet cars, ami byway of
t* sting them a few davs ago as a
pick-up, used a wooden dummy.
The dummy was too disfigured t<>
enter suit for damages, but will
not play on the track again—tie
fender is a success in a hustling
metropolitan city like Savannah.
Os course, have a county fair
in Montgomery this fall. Kven 1!
this year’s event is not as large ti*
it may develop in years to conut,it
will serve at least to get tic* plan
under headway. No section ot
the state is more able to have a
county fair than Montgomery,and
we shall hope to see our citizens
take hold of the matter and push
it along.
Haleb Powers, Kx-Seeivtnry ol
State of Kentucky, imprisoned
onod for the past eight years,
charged with the murder of Wil
liam Goebel, lias been pardoned
tiv (Joy. Wilson of Kentucky. And
now comes Atlanta and claims
him for a visitor. He will arrive]
111 a few days as a guest of the
Gate City. Atlanta never makes
n dry haul.
In the death of General Fetei
McGlashan of Savannah last Sat
urday Georgia lost one of hot
most estimable citizens and in
honored survivor of the Lost
Cause, lie was of pure Scotch,
born in Edinburg, and descended
from one of the most honornbh
sod historic families in the Soot-,
ish realm. IDs life m Georgia
hue Ixkmi an honor to tlie state ot
his adopt ion.
A great pity that amne of out
gallant young men cannot tiud
employment. None so blind as
those who will not see. A thous
ami avenues are open to the hoy
of this age, if lie would but grasp
the opportunity offered him. But
as long as thoughtless parents in
dulge him in idleness and the re
tail merchant supply Ins wants in
the tobacco line, work of any
kind has no charms for hini.Sonn
of t hem have not sufficient cue* r
py to go out to the river and fi»h
a little.
Because the people of Georgia
saw fit to make a change in the
administration, and elected Hon.
Joseph M. Brown as her chief ex
ecutive, it does not necessarily
• moan that the entire state is to be
turned over to the rumsucking el
ement. This impression is given
out by a few of the disgruntled el
ement. The prohibition forces
are as strong today as they ever
were. Tins degenerative idea is
nothing short of rot. The Smith
administration did not bring pro
hibition into Georgia, and it can
not be carried out of Georgia by
the coming Brown administration,
ft will forever remain for the peo
ple to protect the good name of
tlie state, and if the administra
tion does not stand for sobriety
and progress, put it down.
] At this season do not neglect
j the sanitary condition of your
| premises. It may be a matter of
] life and death. A stitch in time
saves nine and the proverbial
ounce of prevention may be worth
more than pounds of cure.
STAND FOR SOMETHING.
The greatest thing that can be
said of a man, no matter how
I much he has achieved, ia that he
has kept his record clean.
Why is it that, in spite of the
j ravages of time, the reputation of
j Lincoln grows larger and his char
acter means more to the world ev
ery year? It is because lie kept
liis* record clean, and never prosti
tuted his ability nor gambled with
his reputation.
Where in all history is there an
example of a man who was mere
-Ily rich, no matter how great his
wealth, who exerted such a power
! for good, who has been such a liv
ing force in civilization, ns this
poor backwoods boy? What 11
j powerful illustration of the fact
tliuf character is the greatest force
in the world.
A man assumes importance and
becomes a power in tile world just
as soon 11s it is found that he
stands for some! hing; t hat he is
not for sab*; that he will not
lease his manhood for salary or
any amount of money or for in
fluence or position; that he will
not lend his name to anything
which he cannot indorse.
The trouble with so many today
is that they do not stand for any
(thing outside their voeatiod. They
I may be well educated, well up in
t heir specialties, may have a lot of
•xport knowledge, but they can
not he depended upon. There is
■mine flaw in them which takes
the edge off their virtue. They
| may be fairly honest, but you
•an’t bank on them.
It is not difficult to ti nil 11 law
yer or a physician who knows a
400*1 deal, who is eminent in his
uro tension, but it is not so easy to
find one who is a man before he is
1 lawyer or a physician, whose
name is synonym for all that is
•lean, reliable, solid, substantial.
It is not difficult to find a preach
er; but it is not so easy to find »
real man, sterling manhood hack
>f tin* sermon. It is easy to find
successful merchants, but not easy
to find men who put character
above merchandise. What the
world wants is men who have
principle underlying their expert
ness, principle under their law,
their medicine, their business;
non who stand for someth ingout -
■ride of tliei* - offices and stores;
who stand for something in their
••oinmuuity, whose very presence
: carries weight—Marsden in Suc
cess Magazine.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Money to loan at 6 and 7 per
cent, on improved farms.
A. B. Hutcheson,
Mt Veruou. Ga.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—'THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1908.
, BE TEMPERATE |
BE SELF-CONTROLLED.
The new temperance in »vemc*Dt
is sweeping on. If it is to be of
permanent benefit ; if the reac
tion is not to come, we must do
something more than to pass tem
perance law;; we must do more
than reform our neighbors; we
must reform ourselves.
If now in all the homes in ev
ery Stute we should talk temper
ance good would come of it. We
need something more than law to
check the drink habit; we need
the gospel of a clean heart, of a
ch an body, of a clean and happy
home.
I
Help the man who craves drink,
| and slips away to the saloon.
Give him at homo that compan
| ionship he craves. Give him those
comforts the suluon cannot offer.
Ii« cheerful and hopeful and cour
ageous, not sad and quarelsome.lf
he slip, hold him up. Make the
young boy know something, know
the evils of intemperance. The
. law is made for the weak or the
violent, but let your boy feel the
beauty of obedience to that high
er law, which makes a man strong
and self-controlled, with the de
mon drink under his feet,and who
is free not because the law has
freed him, but because lie hus
| freed himself.
( I
1 With the minds of men open to
hoar the ami interested, educate n
j generation of boys who will be
I temperate w hen the prohibition
j law stands or hills.—Home and
! Kami.
j SEWARD.
1 | Special Correspondence-
We are having some very heavy
. rains in t.hih section which are
damaging the crops.
Mrs. Georgia Davis was visiting
her sister, Mrs. Alim Gordon, the
. latter part of last week.
1 Mrs. Harriet Rabun of Auguatu
is visiting her neice, Mrs. W. F.
1 Connor.
.Tim Gibbs was a pleasant caller
1 at Sabbath school Sunday.
r
Mrs. J. H. Carpenter and chil
, dren visited her parents, Mr. and
! Mrs. Bill Gray, Sunday.
Lawton Benches and family are
* visiting relatives in this section.
We are sorry to l»*Hrn of Mr. C
T. Moseley being ill again, and
hope for him an early recovery.
i
, Mrs. Stella Gray spent the lat
ter part of the past week with her
. sister, Mrs. Vidella Gray.
Herbert Gibbs left last week
for White Springs, Florida. Hope
;! he will enjoy his trip.
Fuss & Fun.
MARRIED AT TOWNS.
A social event of much interest
in this section was the marriage
last Sunday evening of Miss Mar
tha Warnock to Mr. Evan W.
Meeks of Adrian, Ga.
The marriage occurred at the
home of the bride’s father, Rev.
E. B. Warnock, and was witness
ed by a large crowd of their im
mediate friends.
The sad time came on Monday
after the marriage, when the cou
ple started to leave for their fu
ture home —the bride’s friends are
• many, and they could hardly give
their consent for her to leave this
neighborhood. She was a young
ladv who made friends of ail she
met, and was loved by all
Th>* groom is a popular gentle
man both in the social and busi*
n**ss world, and has been very sue
cess ful.
Their host of friends w ish tor
this ]iopular young couple all the
sweets of this life as they march
hand in hand through this world
ot uncertainties. Friend.
HOUSE FOR SALE.
A 6-room house, new and well
painted. Good barn, garden, etc. •
Also, 8i acres ol land in Mt.
Vernon. All going at a Baboain.
For prices and terms see
H. J. Gibbs or
A. B. Hutcheson,
8-5-ts Mt. Vernon, Ga.
The Monitor office is headquart
ers for the finest job printing.
THE VATICAN.
Horn* of the P«pu lo tho WorU’o
Richest Depositary.
The Vatican rovers a space of
1,200 feet ia length and 1,000 feet
in breadth and is the largest palace
in the world. It 13 in Rome, on
the right bank of the river Tiber,
and on the Vatican hill, from which
it derives its name. It is said to
have been founded by Pope Sym
machua, who erected a small house
on its site about 300 A. D. On this
site, too, a building was inhabited
by Charlemagne in 800.
Several times it has fallen into
decay and been restored. Pope Eu
genios rebuilt it on a magnificent
scale in llbO. In 1305 Clement V.
removed the papul see from Rome
to Avignon, and the Vatican was
in a neglected and obscure state for
many years.
Nicholas V. in 115 rt commenced
the great work of making it the no
ble palace that it now is. After
the return of the pontifical court
to Rome it became the actual resi
dence of the pope. One after an
other a long line of popes have add
ed splendid buildings to it, and at
present the lowest estimate gives
the number of rooms at 4,423.
Gradually it has been enriched
with great paintings, atatues,
books, curious medals, gems, fres
coes and antiquities of every de
scription until it is now the world’s
richest depository. The museum
of statuary is about a mile in length
and contains more than 70,000
statues that have been exhumed
from the ruined temples and pal
aces of Rome.
The Vatican contains the Sistine
chapel, built by Sirtus IV., 1473,
and adorned by the wonderful gen
ius of Michelangelo; the Pauline
chapel, built bv Paul 111. in 1540;
the Loggia and Stanze of Raphael
and the court of the Belvedere.
The library of the Vatican is tru
ly a great one. It is exceedingly
rich in manuscripts, containing as
many as 40,000, some of which are
bv Pliny, St. Thomas and St.
Charles Borromeo and many He
brew, Arabian. Syrian and Arme
nian Bibles. It has about 50,000
printed volumes and several rich
museums of ancient and modern
articles of vprt-u.—
NOTICE.
Notice ih hereby Riven that at tae nest een
-ien of the Lr*cislnraic of the State of Oeor
fptt there will be introduced n Bill to eroate
and incorporate the Orlaini School District :n
,'lont -ornery county, Oa., to <lotiito 1 lie boun
daries of the saim to recnlato the manage
ment of schools in said district; to provide
rcvenucH nuil the distribmion of the same for
said school; to provide for the election of flvo
trustees and confer nu them certain powers,
and for other purposes.
Also a Bill to incorporate the town of Orlond
fit. its boundaries, provide for a Mayor and
live A Mormon, unci define the poweie of its
Mayor and Aldermen, and for other purposes,
K. L. Davis, W. B Snow,
B.C D.rvut. W.T. Loan.
June 11. 1903. H. O. Davis.
M. B. CALHOUN,
A tty at Law,
Mt. Vernon, Georgia.
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l L. C. UNDERWOOD, |
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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•|* Practitioner in all Courts, State V
.t, and Federal.
.i. Real Estate Agent, Farm a
Lands a Specialty. . . .
MT. VERNON, OA. '■
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Hamilton Burch,
Attorney and Coun
selor at Law,
fIcRAE, A.
Criminal Law and Collection!, Including Bail
load Tort Cases, a Specialty.
W. N. CLARK,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
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