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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1908)
T*\ ontgonqery Monitor. WIUSIKI evov IHUftAV. OWCUI OMAN MONTOOMEKY COUNTY. Entered at th*' PostofYlce in Mi. Vernon, (in. ah Second-(.'lass Mail Matter. M. B. FOLSOM. Editor and Prop. Si a Year, in Advance. a# i.m'i<; tdnrttMMnla ntiwt InuHiU) bapaid in adnata, at u<< lei'Hl rate, ami »* tlie i»» itii'd.; anil run at lie in liaml not Ihl<-i tlian Wcilncwlai inoruiiiK of the lirnt *r<k innertion ; Mt. Vernon, Georgia, Thursday Morning, Oct. 29, 1908. It would pay every farmer in Montgomery county to attend the state fair now in progress at Mo ron, and learn wluit it* being done in line stock raising and progress ive agriculture in Georgia. If we cannot stir our people up to the point of holding a comity fair, we hope, at least, that our tanners will meet their neighbors at the fence that divides tlnor farm* and swap lug potatoes and sugar cane. The remedy for the spirit of lawlessness and so-called night riding is easily found in the prompt and thorough execution of our laws. And the individual cit izen who takes the oath of a juror is in immediate charge of the job. Georgia has never had, in till her glorious history, a liner oppor -1 unity to commence and maintain a thorough system of good coun try roads. The more progressive counties have already applied for a lug share of convicts for putting their roads 111 good shape. It w ill be over next week. One ot the small things that cause us to pass into the distant future with some degree of anxiety is t he thought that Graves, Isgen, Tapp, and others may take to the habit of running eternally like Tom Watson. Young man,don’t lose any sloop over the outcome of the election next week. No matter who is t<> occupy the presidential chnir for the next four years, tins great re public will continue to hold itH own with the greatest nations of the w<old. Many of our farmers are ar ranging to sow wheat. They arc evidently correct. More wheat and other grain and feed crops, more fat hogs, horses, mules and cattle, and —only a very small acreage in cotton will come nearer putting the country aright tlmn the election of ten thousand “re formists." While the great parties are wrangling over the glory of light ing the t rusts, our advice to the young men ot this country is to make some kind r»f a combina tion with some intelligent young Georgia girl for life, and monopo lize one of these old Montgomery county hills and begin to raise peanuts, pigs, potatoes, chickens, etc, etc. Col. Chas. H Pendleton has sold a block of Macon Telegraph stock and proposes to rest from business cares, and devote Ins time exclus ively to editorial work. In all the realm of Southern journalism w<> have no truer or more untiring ex ponent of the real principles of pure democracy than Col. Pendle ton And ’he South has no more forcible or accurate writer. Gov. Patterson did the proper thing when he ottered a reward of ten thousand dollars for the ar rest and conviction of the night riders who lynched Col. Rankin a few nights ago. Another very commendable move on the part of Tennessee’s chief executive was in his going to the scene of trouble; and, besides ordering out the state militia, he was there at work as hard as any man on the ground to see if any clue could he found by which the hand of outlaws might he brought to justice. The good people of Tennessee should lx\ aud we know are, proud of their governor. t SAID IN GEORGIA SANCTUMS. % V' v & At la lit a Const, it lit ion :—Nothing is wanting to complete the pleas ure of Japan us she reviews our battleships. Hasn’t even asked, •Where’s Hobson?” Savannah Press; —Some one suggests in New York that the straw ballot be taken on the ele vated railroad during the rush hour. Heine of the sprinters up the iron steps couldn’t be held long enough to make them vote. Macon Telegraph :—‘‘Gentle men do not kill me.” The last words of Gapt. Quentin Rankin. They should never cense to sing m the ears of the authorities aud of the people of Tennessee until every coward behind a mask who helped to murder bun has: been made to swing. Lyons Progress:—i he post-i master of the country are being called upon to ‘‘dig up” for the I Republican campaign fund. But it is not absolutely necessary that the postmaster give up his own 1 money ; he can pass the word along . j to Ins subordinates. Fitzgerald Enterprise ;—Bust- 1 ness is somewhat quieter than I usual, but collections are betfctr; | 1 1 in other words we are enjoying j i the wholesome effects of the panic. The people ure simply more con-i 1 servative. They are not buying so I 1 much but are paying for wluit i , I ‘hoy g< t,. Americas Times - Recorder:— Senator Lodge having expressed , doubts that the Democratic party I could furnish a safe secretary of state m the event,of Bryans elect ion the Jacksonville Times-Union duos honor to Georgia by point ing out that Senator Bacon could till tin* chair with credit to the nation and hiuiHclf. \dt 1 News: —We may not have in Berrien the sky-scrapers which adorn Atlanta but we have about the best and most progressive people and the liuest all-round county to he found. If our friend the cartoonist of the Journal will i come down we promise to show him the prettiest girls ho has ever seen and many other attrac tions which even Atlanta may well envy. * WadleyStar:—Live towns all ever Georgia are putting in water works and electric lights at a cost of thirty, forty and fifty thousand dollars. Wadley is certainly blessed that she can get these up to-date public improvements without investing a dollar, and we believe the voters hero will 'grasp the situation and sustain the Town Council on the 7th of November. What do you say, fellow citizens let’s make it unanimous! Wrighisville Chronicle :—Geor gia's live-hundred dollar contribu tion to the Bryan and Korn cam- j paign fund is provoking some j criticism and merriment at tin- j tional headquarters. There’s a prevailing opinion that the south won't get anything in the way of plums no how, and that it is not too much too expect the fellows! up north and out west to put up the dough since they will get the I odices. Dublin rimes:—You who talk about supporting Taft, directly or indirectly, surely forget that the Republican party —yes the Repub lican party —backed the move ment which culminated in the! slaughtering of a hundred thous and Georgians forty-five years ago. ! lb* you say that war is over.So it is. hut the effects are not. After the war we had the horrors of re construction, and the reconstruct ion policies were fathered and ex*. ecuted by that same Republican! party. 1 THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, OCT. IWW. JACK LONDON IN THE SOUTH SEAS. The little Snark in which Jack London is going around the world j for the Woman* Home Companion ; is seeing some st range sights. Not jthe least of these is the hideous ielephantiasis of the South Sea Islands. “We sat on the cool porch on Bihaura’s best mats, while dinner was preparing and at the same met the villagers. In twos and threes and groups they strayed along. Here would he a comely moinan Os magnificient propor tions with the port of u queen, yet marred by one arm four times —or a dozen times —t he size of the other. Beside her might stand a six-foot man, erect, mighty muscled, bronzed, with the body of a god, yet with feet and calves so swollen that they ran together, forming legs shape less, monstrous, t lint were for all the world like elephant legs. “No one seems really to know the cause of the South Sen ele phantiasis. One theory is that it is caused by the drinking of polluted water. Another theory attributes it to inoculation through mosquito bites. A third theory charges it to prediction plus the process of acclimatiza tion. On the other hand no one that stands m finicky dread of it 1 and similar diseases can afford I to travel in the South Seas. There will ho occasions when such a one : must drink water. There may also he occasions when the mosquitoes let, up biting. But every precau tion of the finicky one will be useless. If lie runs barefoot across the beach to take a swim he will ■ tread where an elephantiasis case trod a few minutes before. If he closets himself in Ins own house, | yet every hit ot fresh food on his table will have been subjected to the contamination he it flesh,fish, : fowl or vegetable. In the public market at Papeiti two known lepers run stalls,and heaven alone knows through wluit channels arrive at that market the daily supplies of fish, fruit, meat, vege tables. The only happy way to go through the South Seas is with a careless poise, without appre hension and with a placid, child like faith in the resplendent, for tune of your own particular star. When you see a woman afflicted with elephantiasis wringing out cream from coonamit meat with her naked hands, drink and reflect how good is the cream, forgetting the hands that pressed it out. A Iso remember that disease such as elephantiasis and leprosy do not , seem to be caught by contact.” , "EARNEST WILLIE” WILL LOCATE IN TEXAS Rev. William D.l'pshaw known affectionately as” Earnest Willie” will soon leave Atlanta. He de live red his valedictory address Thursday night at the Central Baptist church. Rev. Mr. I’pshaw lias been called to Dallas, Tex., to join in a prolonged and converted move ment, to drive rum out of the Lone Star state. For many years he Ims been one of prohibition’s chief exponents in Georgia having written quantities of verse and prose on the evils on strong drink. Mr I’psliaw’s gift par excellence, j however, is his on pacify as a speaker. He often speaks three or four times every day in the i week without suffering at all from fatigue. He will prove a notable acquisition to Texas. Ho chose Thursday night, Oct. 15, as the hour of his farewell to .Georgia, because this was his birthday, an appropriate and j touching circumstance. Mr. Fpshaw’s lecture was liis latest masterpiece,*‘John and His Hat.” He was introduced by that brill iant orator, Lucien L. Knight. Maintain your manly bearing by wearing modern, up-to-date cloth ing. Fleisher-made clothing will do this for you, and W. J. & T. A. Peterson will supply you with the goods in the newest designs and patterns. Their best suits run j from #12.50 to #25, and every suit I jis well worth the money you pay i for it. j CHARLIE MITCHELL THE NEGRO MURDERER CAUGHT. Charlie Mitchell, the negro who shot and killed Bailiff Peak and C. F. Argo, deputized as an officer, and wounded Deputy Sheriff Klli ott, last Sunday morning as they were trying to arrest him for fighting George W. Brooks, a well known citizen, the day before,was Friday morning at 6:80 o’clock fatally shot by a posse at the home of John Broadnax, another negro, three and a half miles from LIHIO - Mitcliell attempted to shoot J. I). Argo, 55 years olu, the fat her of one of his victims, who was a member of the posse, when Doc Rogers, a stone cutter,opened fire. Others discharged their guns at the same time. The negro fell lit erally riddled with bullets. Short ly afterwards lie was placed in a wagon, bleeding from bis wounds, and carried to the Lithonia cala boose, where he died a few hours later. The capture of the negro was |due to John Broadnax, the negro at whose house Mitchell slept the night before. Broadnax slipped away from the house and told the officers at Lit honia, who sent the posse. PERSIAN CATS. How Th»y Ar# Classified—Points of a Fins Animal. I.ong haired Persian cats may fie ' classified as blacks, blue®, whites, silvers, oranges, cream or fawn, tor toise shell, tortoise shell and white, brown tabbies, any other color. The silvers are subdivided into minor classes as follows: Chinchil- I las, shaded silvers, silver tabbies, ■ masked silvers, smokes. The coat of the long haired Per (! sian cat should he long and thick, ; its texture fine aud soft. There I I should be tufts of hair projecting ■ from the inside of the ears; also around the jaws. There should be a frill of long , hair around the throat, extending back to the shoulders and down the 1 1 cheat to where the front legs join i the body. There should be tufts of hair growing upward from between , the toes. The head should be massive, but ! round, with great width of skull ! between the ears, says Country Life jln America. The ears should be small and set low. From the fore head to the nose the line should he slightly concave, the nose itself be- I iug short. j The back should be broad and ! level, but not too short; the legs short, paws round, brush or tail of medium length, wide and carried low. The eyes should be large, round, luminous and set level. The expression of the face, taken as a whole, should be gentle and sweet. The general appearance of the ani mal should be cobby and its move ments easy and graceful. In disposition Persian cats are naturally inclined to be loving and gentle, but as they are very high strung it is an easy matter to spoil their dispositions entirely by rough or unkind treatment. L*s*nd of St. Winifred's Well. The following legend is supposed" to have given its name to St. Wini fred's well, ouoe the most celebrated holv well in Great Britain: Wini fred, a noble British maiden of the seventh century, was beloved by a certain Prince Cradocus. She re pulsed his suit, and he in revenge cut off her head. The prince was immediately struck dead, and the earth, opening, swallowed him. Winifred's head rolled down the hill, and from the spot where it rested a spring gushed forth. St. Bueno picked up the head and re united it to the body, so that Wini fred lived for many years a life of great sanctity, ami the spring to which her name was given became famous for its curative powers. The well was located in Holywell, Coun ty Flint, England, and was regard ed with great veneratiou during the middle ages, being visited by thou sands that believed implicitly in the healing virtues of the water. It is now in a state of neglect. A court house was constructed over the fa mous well bv the Couute-s of Rich mond, mother of Henry VII. BLACKSMITH - SHOP. AH 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. S<v me before placing j your work: 1 will save you money. Work promptly and neatly done ,J. SELLERS, : : AILEY, GA.j * FALL!WINTERT i “ ' 1 I Our Fall and Winter lines of ready to-wear Clothing and Furnishings for j Men, Women and Children are now j i ready. I I • >, | We have a large* mail order depart i merit, in the hands of competent repre sentatives, who will make your interests ij their own. A complete catalogue, covering our various departments, will soon be ready ij and will be mailed upon request, free of ij | charge*. Write for samples and self-measurement Blanks. j! ‘ 7? *< 1 s> S' 'I I ' ~~ ~ ' ‘ " ij i . B. H. Levy Bro. & Co, SAVANNAH. 6A. John H. Hunter, * Wm. K. Pearce, Frank C. Battey. j HUNTER, PEARCE & BATTEY, | Cotton Factors Naval Stores I EXPERIENCED Fnrtnr« * HANDLERS OF r aCtUI & j Upland Cotton, Florodora, j Allen Silk & Other Extra Staples, | Sea-Island Cotton & Naval Stores, i OVER THIRTY YEARS IN BUSINESS . One of the Largest Factorage Conci rns in the South. Each ! ;[ Commodity handled in a Separate Department. !j Strictest Attention to Each. j I* Nitrate of Soda and Other Fertilizers, ; Upland and Sea-Island Bagging, i Ties and Twine. Liberal Advances made on Consignments. Money Loaned j to Cotton and Naval Stores Shippers on Approved Security. I SHIPMENTS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. jj 126 Bay Street, East. SAVANNAH, GA. ij TONBY TO LEND j Sj Loans of any amount from S3OO to $50,000 on farms in Mont- 1 V. 3 ft gomery and adjoining count ies. No delays for inspection. $ P Have lands examined by a man living near you. | LOANS ON FIVE YEARS TIME, myable in easy installments to j| §* suit borrower. i | GEO. H. llAltlilS | fj Merchants Bank Building Mcßae, Ga. g « i I\WWAW%%HH%%HWH%%WWW%W%UUWHUH%U%WUH%W%HW I SEABOARD AIR LINE These arrivals and departures published only as !j information, and are not guaranteed. : Schedule Effective September 13, 1908. j; I l ' Lv. Mt. VERNON all trains daily. 10:28 a. m. For Helena, Abbeville, Cordele, lAmericus, Colnmbns, ij 9:23 p. m. Montgomery, and all points west, jj 5:47 a. in. For Lyons, Collins, Savannah, 14:53 p. m. and all points past. j| For further information, reservations, rates, etc., see your j nearest Seaboard Ticket Agent, or write “ j CHARLES F. STEWART, A. G. P. A., jj Savannah, .... ... Georgia. j The Montgomery Monitor and the Savannah Semi-Weekly News, one year, 81.75.
