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Entered Ht, the Poitofflw In Mt. Vanion. On. ;ih Hecond'Clw Mall Matter.;
M. B. FOLSOM. Editor and Prop. Si a Year, in Advance.
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Mt. Vernon, Georgia, Thursday Morning, Sept. 24, 1908.
“GO AND SIN NO MORE."
The other day, after fining a
young woman brought before him
front a disorderly resort, u Chica
go judge told Iter to go and jump
into the lake, and added that all
the wonion of her kind ought to
follow her example. “1 think tin
judge In right,” said the woman,
weeping. “ Hie lake is the only
place for me. 1 and all tny kind
would he better off dead. And
yet 1 never stole or ill treated a
young child or injured anyone
very badly. I’ve been my own
worst enemy.”
Was then- no one in all Chicngo,
not even a Salvation Army lass,to
toll this wretched woman that
Judge Going was wrong, and to
remind her of the words of hope
addressed to another scarlet wo
man by the Judge of the world
nineteen hundred years ago ?
When the Scribes and Pharisees
brought her before Him and asked
if she should be stoned according
to the law, the answer was: “He
that is without sin among you, let
him first cast a stone at her." And
when the accusers, struck dumb,
stole away one after the other, He
said to the woman: ‘‘Neither do 1
condemn thee: go and Bill no
more.”
Forgetful of the Divine mercy
which openn t he door of hope even
to the worst, the judge of Chicago
shut that door in the face of a hu
man soul that might have listened
to and obeyed the injunction :
“Go and sin no more.” That in
junction may well ho taken to
heart by Judge Going himself and
by ns all, for there is no man or
woman living who has not sinned,
in one way or another, who has
not repeatedly broken a vow of
amendment, and who does not
know the power of a had habit
once formed.—Macon Telegraph.
The Telegraph speaks the truth.
Wo are too free to forgive out
own sins, and too quick to “try
and convict” others. Many “flow
ers” of families are now under
roofs of houses of ill repute all
on account, frequently, of unfor
giving fathers, brothers, and sis
ters; some of whom have perhaps
-committed ten times more sins
than the one cast out, but lucky,
enough not to get caught. The
world may be growing better
along on this line, and wo hope it
is, but it must be at an awfully
slow gait.
Turner County Hummer: Tin
farmers in and around Ashburn
are making rapid progress towards
gathering the cotton crop.
Wadley Star: Cotton is not
bringing the price it should but
many of the farmers are forced
to sell and others fear a further
decline. While business is pick
ing up some the general outlook
is better.
Dublin Courier-Dispatch* lie
cause prohibition is a moral isste
does not give a candidate
for the vice presidency on the dry
platform the right to desecrate
the Sabbath with a campaign
sermon.
Hawkinsville News - Dispatch:
That fellow who was awarded
$l5O for the best reason why the
Republicans should l>e successful
in the coming presidential elect
ion should give the money back
because there is no such reason.
Fitzgerald Enterprise: Tin-
Mattie farmers are selling their
potatoes at 20 cents per bushel.
Next spring Georgia farmers will
pay 00 cents per peck for them
but it is a long way to haul them
and a long time to keep them,
and oodles of middle men between
the Georgia and the Maine farmer.
ANOTHER*WORD OF PRAISE.
The following item clipped from
the Hluckshear Times shows that j
the Union Baptist Institute makes
a strong impression on all who
come in contact with it, and that
its fame is spreading far and in-ur: j
“We came to Mt. Vernon the!
first of September. Just one week
later than we expected to come.
Even then travelling was danger
ous. We arrived the day school
j opened. We expected to find the
Union Baptist Institute a good
! school, hut we find it is much bet
: ter than we had expected. They
have a S7S,(XMI plant,consisting of
four handsome brick buildings,
situated on a rising knoll. The
; campus is long and broad, afford
ing ample room for the play
1 grounds. The girls have a fine
tennis court and two croquet
grounds.
The dormitories are each divid
] ed into four section* by the great,
wide halls running through them.
These halls are closed at night,
i The rooms are nicely furnished,
! well ventillnted und pleasant to
i live in.
There are thirteen teachers and
I they all do fine work. The Presi
dent. visits their rooms and watches
them closely to see t hat their work
is thorough. Each teacher has
one grade. The pupils in the first
three grades are not allowed to
study at home, 'flic teacher help
them get up their lessons in the
school room. A pupil who goes
through the first four grades here
is prepared to enter the sixth grade
I in some schools.
When a pupil comes here they
just have to study and have to
conduct themselves right or they
w ill he sent home and they know
I it.
Dr. Jessup visited us one even
ing lust week. While here he re
marked, “It, is so quiet and pleas
! ant hern, and it is the same way
at the hoys’ dormitory. 1 stayed
there indst of the time last year.”
When not at work,the girls and
teachers are as jolly and happy as
blue-birds in the month of May.
Everybody here seems to enjoy
life. The school owns a nice farm
and some of the hoys do work on I
the farm and about the buildings
to pay their tuition. Some of
the girls do work in the dining!
room to pay their tuition.
The fare is good and oh how we |
do enjoy eating!
This school is located in one of
the most healthful sections of the j
state. Altogether we regard it an j
ideal place tor hoys and girls who j
want an education. We are glad j
to be here.
Yours respect fully,
M rs. M. <>. Carpenter,
Mt. Vernon, Ga. i
Nashville Herald: If education
is a good thing we can’t have too 1
much of it. Make it free and
then every poor child has a
chance.
THE LAST SPECIMEN PREVAILS
Here is a Missouri editor's ac- -
count of creation: “In the be
ginning God created the heavens
and the earth and the editor, he
then created the liberal advertis
er—which was all good. The next
day it rained and he created the
man who does not take the home
.paper—and then he rested. And
then the devil got into the mould
ing room and created the man
who takes the patter for several
years and fails to pay for it.”
Waycross Herald: John Temple
Graves has stmt a challenge to
Kern, to meet hint in joint de
bate. Os all the < 0 it-enq t 1 e
. little cusses who are endeavoring
,to mess in politics at this time.
•Graves is the most contemptible.
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, SEn*. 21. 1008.
THE VALUE IN SPECIAL
TRAINING IN RELIEF WORK
To the efficient, practical and
ready help given Augusta by Mr.
J. G. Logan, Miss Laing and Miss
Thomson, Atlanta, who came to
our city to render first aid after
the wreck of the flood, too much
appreciation and thanks cannot
be offered. Their zeal und mter
i est, as well as their well planned
und adequately executed efforts,
have been a world of assistance in
, the work of relieving distress and
suffering, which seemed to stretch
at first in all directions, and par
alyze effort with the very urgency
| and multiplicity of its appeals.
It would he quite impossible
to tell the half that this little trio
of well-equipped and noble work
ers. coming to us with a free gift
of their time, their hearts and
their brains, have done for Augus
ta. What sacrifices they made,
what hard work and hard hours
they endured and what unflagging
devotion they put into their vol
untary tusk will never be known,
for they themselves will not tell it.
It is also very hard to fully re
alize what the counsel, advice and
direction of these charity workers,
trained and versed in methods
proven to he most quickly effect
ive and most nearly just in dis
pensing relief, meant to us at the
time it was given. There were
plenty of willing workers in Au
gusta, plenty of hearts wrung by
the suffering and plenty of good,
j unselfish men und women eager to
i help in every possible way, but.
j the calamity was, in its nature,
I paralyzing and a work so stupend
ous was beyond our preparation
and equipment. Many valuable
workers were out of town and
found it impossible to return. The
lack of telephone und street car
conveniences made communica
tion and co-operation exceedingly
difficult, it was at this time that
Mr. Howland, the president of the
Augusta Associated Charities, re
ceived a telegram from the Asso
ciated Charities of Atlanta offer
ing to give assistance by sending
trained workers to our relict if it
would he acceptable. Mr. Logan
was telegraphed for and came at
once, without remuneration and
without even having his expenses
paid. He promptly centered and
organized the work, co-operating
with the workers in Augusta, and
established an invalfiahle system.
Miss Thomson and Miss Laing fol
lowed in a few days and were of
inestimable help throughout.—
Augusta Chronicle.
The above not. onlv spenks well
I for the three Christian hearted
workers who went to Augusta’s
laid when she needed it, hut speaks
well for any town or city having
a hand of such noble workers.
Atlanta is a great and good old
town anyway, and whenever help
is needed you find her one of
the first to get to “doing about.” ;
We hope Augusta will soon he in
better slmpa than ever before, ami
her people, both rich and poor,
get settled down to business, and
everything move along serenely.
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EDUCATING NEGRO FARMERS
It is estimated that one-half of
the crops of the -South are grown
by negro farmers. The Southern
Ruralist says so, and it is in a
position to know the facts. The
same authority states that the
average negro farmer makes poor
er crops than the average white
farmer and thus lowers material
ly the genera! average.
Here is perhaps the inner fact
about the low standard of farm
ing in the South. The white
farmer is working rapidly toward I
his own salvation with intensified '
farming,improved methods, farm-.
ers’ institutes and co-operation.
Some negroes are doing the same i
thing lint the great mass are con
tent to remain stationary.
Hopeful signs appear on the
horizon. Here in Georgia I J . O.
Parks, head of the department of
| agriculture in Clark University is
working with purpose and zeal.
' He has inagurated in connection
with the university a farmers in
stitute course. It is certain to
accomplish great good. Anything
that gives into the hand of the
negro farmer weapons to better
j his farm and his own condition is
; well worth while. Professor Parks
is now working toward securing
well organized systems of farmers
institutes with well trained white
farmers and specialists to lecture.
He believes it will result:
First. Irt raising the average
yield of crop produced by negroes
in this state.
Second. In encouraging those
negroes who are now trying to do
so.
Third. In making the negro
and Ins family content with life
on the farm.
This can lie made into a great
work. It will mako the South
manifold richer and turn thou
sands of shiftless negroes into
useful and prosperous citizens.
—Atlanta Georgian.
BEST OF THE SEASON-
Mr. Joseph Graham of the west
; side came in a few days ago with
1 a specimen of his sftgar cane and
1 potatoes, of which he has made a
good crop this year. The cane is
the best we have seen this season,
'and is especially fine and well ma
tured.
HOUSE FOR SALE.
A (1-room house, new and well
painted. Good barn, garden, etc.
Also, HA acres ot land in Mt.
Vernon. All going at a Bargain.
For prices and terms see
H. .1. Gibbs or
A. B. Hutcheson,
8-5-ts Mt. Vernon, Ga.
BLACKSMITH - SHOP.
All kinds Repair Work, Iron
and Wood. Fine line of Bicycle
Material on hand. High-Grade
Repair Work on Bicycles, Sewing
Machines, Guns, Revolvers and
Clocks. See me before placing
vour work; 1 will save you money.
Work promptly and neatly done
J. SELLERS. : : AI LEV', QA.
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inininery !j
During the Summer Months my Entire Stock of Millinery is j!
;; offered at greatly reduced prices. All goods of late pattern and ; 1
j: Strictly First-Class in Every Particular, j:
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I My line will appeal particularly to the Particular Class of <|
Buyers who do not have opportunity of visiting tin* Larger Cities. i>
and should he H**eo before purenasing. Ladies and Children invited !j
to call. ....
MRS. J. L. ADAMS MT. VERNON f
It FALL! WINTER?
Our Fall and Winter lines of ready- ill
j to-wear Clothing and Furnishings for ;j;
| Men, Women and Children are now ij;
I ready.
We have a large mail order depart- ij:
ment, in the hands of competent repre- ;jj
| sentatives, who will make your interests i i
iji their own.
A complete catalogue, covering our ij
| various departments, will soon be ready iji
ij; and will be mailed upon request, free of iji
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I Schedule Effective September 13, 1908. ij
Lv. Mt. VERNON all trains daily. |[
10:28 a. m. For Helena, Abbeville, Cordele,
Americus, Columbus, |;
19:28 p. m. Montgomery, and all points west. ]!
5:47 a. m. For LyoD9, Collins, Savannah,
14:58 p. m. and all points east. J>
For further information, reservations, rates, etc., see your j
(nearest Seaboard Ticket Agent, or write ; [
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Savannah, - ... Georgia. ;