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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1909)
MINISTERS AND DEACONS HOLD GREAT MEETING. The ministers and deacons of the Daniel Association met with the Vidalia Baptist church Janu ary sth inst., and after devotional services the meeting was called to order by the president, Bro. J T. Cobb. Minutes of last meeting! were read and adopted. The subject, “Whether or not the church should invite brethren and sisters of the snme faith and order to partake of the Lord’s Supper at churches where they are not members,” was brought up, and will be discussed at the next meeting bv Bros. J. D. Raybun and E. C. J. Dickens. The first subject for discussion at this meeting was, “The needed pastor for this day in liis territo ry ” Dr. J. C. Brewton read a splendid paper on the subject,and it was ordered by the conference that the paper be furnished the press for publication. Adjourned till 2:80 p. m. 2:30 p. m. Convention re-as sembled, and tho above subject was discussed by Bros. Cobb, Lee and Roberts. Bro. Brewton gave a splendid talk on “Expository Preaching.” Program arranged for the next meeting as follows: “The weak points in our pul pit in this section today,” M. E. Burns and W. B. Kent. “The training necessary to meet the wants of an average church member.” Bros. T. J. Cobb and E. L. Williamson. “Home training the safeguard of church and Nation,” Bros. E C. J. Dickens and R. E. Lee. “Relation of pastor to pastor,” Bros. J. D. Rabun and J. T. Rob erts. The next meeting will be held at the Union Baptist Institute at 9:30 a. m., Thursday after the Ist Sunday in February, 1909. The public cordially invited, and ev ery preacher and deacon in south east Georgia are earnestly request ed to be present. To miss this meeting yon will miss a great deal. Rev. J. T. Cobb, Pres. M. E. Burns, Sec’y. (All papers in this section are requested to publish the above.) SEWARD. Special Correspondence. We are sorry to note the illness of Mrs. M. H. Godwin. Hope for her an early recovery. Ivy and Quince Barlow of Guv sie are visiting relatives here this week. Lewis Adams and wife spent Sunday with Grover Conner and wife. Misses Bettie Byrd and Mae Gibbs spent Wednesday afternoon at C. P. Moseley’s. Jim Jones of Cedar Crossing ami his father spent Saturday at the home of J. L. Adams. C. H. Carpenter spent the latter part of the week with his daught er, Mrs. W. A. Conner. W. M. Gordon made a business trip to Hazelhurst last week. John C. Morris of Hack Branch was in our community a few duys last week. Miss Fannie Howard of Dublin is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. H. Godwin. Dr. and Mrs. Wallace Morris of (Renville are visiting relatives at this place. They were accompa nied by Miss Sallet. Mrs. R. 11. Mobley spent a few days tlie past week with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun, near Longpond. Mrs. F. C. Adams and children were the guests of her sister, Mrs. C. F. Gordon, Sunday. J. J. Moses and wife and little daughter, Mary Ethel, spent Sun day afternoon at the home of W. Caihonu. Mr. C. P. Moseley has been real sick for the past few days, but is improving under the skillful treat ment of Dr. R. H. Mobley. Farmer's Girl. A TAX ON MARRIAGE. Ancient Rule of a Famous Cheshire Hunt Club. We cannot definitely tell when it was that the scarlet coat was first recognized as the emblem of the fox hunter. The annals of the re nowned Tarporley Hunt club, how ever, indicate that in 1770, at any rate, red was the correct wear for fox hunting. Originally founded for the purpose of hare hunting in 1762, the rule as to dress ran, “Every member must have a blue frock with plain yellow metal but j tons, scarlet velvet cape, double breasted scarlet waistcoat, the coat sleeve to be cut and turned up.” Later there was an amendment that “the metal buttons be changed for basket mohair ones and that every member provide himself with a scarlet saddle cloth bound with blue.” Another rule was, “If any member does not appear in the strict uniform oi' the hunt he shall forfeit a guinea for every such of fense.” In 1770 the club abandoned hare hunting for the pursuit of the fox, and then it was that the wearing of pink was insisted upon. It was then agreed that “the hunt should change their uniform to a red coat unbound, with a small frock sleeve, a grass green velvet cape and green waistcoat, and that the sleeves have no buttons, the red saddle cloth to be bound with green instead of blue.” It appears evident that these gentlemen sacrificed their blue frocks for a red coat because red was the only orthodox color for fox limiting. The wearing of leathers does not appear to be specifically insisted upon in these rules, for the reason that at that time they were universally worn by regular hunting men. This is implied by a rule of the Tarpor ley club which decreed, “If any member of the society should marry he is to present each member of the hunt with a pair of buckskin breeches.” Moreover, “Any mem ber of the hunt who marries a sec ond time shall give two pairs of leather breeches to each member of the hunt.” We may safely infer from these rules that in 1770 a red coat and leather breeches were the correct wear of the fox hunter. It is interesting to note the close anil far from simple details of this hunt ing costume, the slightest deviation from which led to a fine of a guinea for every 6ueh offense. It is on record that a member was fined for “not taking the bind ing off the buttonholes of his coat,” while another gentleman paid for feit for having his saddle cloth bound with purple instead of the orthodox scarlet. Surely the Tarporley Hunt club, which is still today, wifli its race meeting and its toasted cheese, one of the most revered institutions of Cheshire, may be regarded as the greatest of champions for the etir quette of hunting costume. Bul ly’s Magazine. A Pleasant Prospect. A Philadelphia woman whose giv en name is Mary, as is also the name of her daughter, had recently en- j gaged a domestic, when, to her em- I barrassment, she discovered that j the servant’s name, too, was Mary. Whereupon there ensued a strug- i gle so induce the applicant to relin- ! quish her idea that she must be ad- j dressed by her Christian name. For ! some time she was rigidly uncom- I promising. “Under the circumstances,” said j the lady of the house, “there is j nothing to do but to follow the J English custom and call you by your i last name. By the way, what is it?” | “Well, mum,” answered the girl j dubiously, “it’s Darling.”—Harper’s Weekly. Cats Among the Egyptians. The tutelary deity of cats was Di ana, and, according to Plutarch, the cat was not only sacred to tlyj moon, but was an emblem of it; | hence cats were treated with pe- j culiar consideration in the land of the pharaohs, the death of one be ing regarded as a great family mis fortune. Egyptian cat funerals were celebrated with the greatest pomp i j and ceremony, their late owners! | showing respect by shaving off their eyebrows and wearing sack cloth for nine days. In the time of j Moses it was a capital crime to kill a cat, and we are told by Diodorus how a Roman soldier who killed one ; was tried, sentenced and finally put to death. The Judge's Warning. Judge (about to sentence) —Pris- I oner, you have used this poor, half witted fellow most unmercifully. j j You have beaten him most cruelly. Prisoner (surlily) —He attacked me first. Besides, he is a rascal and j gave me no end of trouble on the farm. It’s not my fault his being an idiot, my lord. Judge (severely)—You should re-! member, prisoner, that idiots, after all, are men like you and me.— j London Scraps. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THURSDAY, JAN. 21. 1909. [an uncle killed j BV HIS NEPHEW.! Vienna, Ga., Jan. 17.—P. G. McDonald, one of the most prom inent citizens of Dooly county and this section and widely known over the state, was shot and lulled at his residence at. Vienna tonight at 0:30 o’clock by his nephew, W. T. McDonald. Details are meager, but it appears that the men were m a room together when the shoot ing took place. Three or four shots were fired, but only one took effect, and that in the left breast. \V. T. McDonald, or The o lore as lie is called, has been a citizen of Vienna several years and is well and favorably known. He surrendered to the sheriff shortly after the shooting occurr ed. This tragedy has cast a gloom ■ over the town. Both parties are , widely known and have many rel atives here W. T. 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