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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1909)
<llu' ittmitrtmm'n, Himtttnr. VOL. XXIII. SUDDEN DEATH OF AN AGED CITIZEN. Judge R.B. Rockett of Norman* town died very suddenly at the home of a relative, Mr. Tom Page, in Wellington county, where he had gone on a visit, February 20. For a number of years he had re- ! sided in tins county, and at the j time of his death he was residing : at Norinantowu. He was a manj of fine character, and had many friends. He was the notary pub lic of his district, and had served in official capacities in his native county of Washington, before coming to this county’. Remains of this good man were laid to rest, in the cemetery at Beulah church in Washington county. He was about seventy years old, and a Confederate Vet-; eran. Peace to him. He leaves a family. COMPOSITIONS ON COTTON SEED PRODUCTS. County School Commissioner Hutcheson of this County is in receipt of letter from Mr. Field ing Wallace, secretary of the Cotton Seed Crushers’ Associa tion of Georgia, offering four prizes for the four best composi tions to be written by the school children of Georgia. The subject to be: “Cotton Seed Products as a Human, Animal And Plant Food.” The contest is open to all school children of Georgia and will, no doubt, bring forth the many usesi of Cotton Seed Meal, Oil and Hulls. The treatment of the sub ject is left entirely with the teachers and the scholars of the school. It is expected that many of the contestants will especially ! stress the importance of cattle raising to the South and to Georgia especially, and the value of cotton seed hulls and meal as an auxiliary tlireto. Also that cotton seed meal is becoming an essential factor in the feeding of horses and mules. Others will no doubt write on the varied uses of oil as a cooking fat, as an edi ble and as a household remedy; it being used largely in the treat ment of tuberculosis. The best composition from each of the schools throughout the State will be selected and send to the committees of Judges. The composition must be sent before April 2oth. The subject is one that should arouse considerable enthusiasm among the school children of thej State. Parents having children attending school school should en courage them to the utmost and see that they become interested in the contest. It will be an educa tion to them to learn about the “Queen” of “King Cotton” —the Cotton Seed. TWO MEN HURT AT OCHWALKEE. Two negro workmen employed in unloading a car of heavy tim ber at Ochwalkee were badly j smashed up Saturday afternoon. The standards on the car had been removed, causiug the timber to fall on them. One man had a leg crushed and the other frac tured, sustaining other severe in juries. The other man, caught between the timbers, bad several ribs fractured and other injuries, ! resulting in hemorthages from the mouth. Drs. Palmer and Morrison were at once called and gave them the proper surgical and medical atten tion, and they are expected to recover. — . Just received, genuine Burt 90- day Seed Oats, Onion Sets and Seed Potatoes. Prices made on application. The Cassels Compa ny, Savannah, Ga. I ROBBERY AT FITZGERALD. Fitzgerald, Ga., Feb. 27. A burglary’ in which Uncle Sam was the principal loser was perpetrat ed here sometime Saturday or Sunday night and was discovered yesterday when government offic- I ials found every evidence of dep redations in a room in the Davis J building used by the government as a storage place for surgical in struments, medical appliances and emergency tools for use in this section of the state in ease of epi demic or disaster. The room is seldom entered. The break was made by an entrance through a small transom over the door. Chests and medicine cases were broken open and their contents 'thoroughly overhauled. Until an army officer from Atlanta can check over the contents it is ini-! possible to figure on the loss, but; that many fine surgical instru ments were taken is assured. A GOVERNOR WHO WILL STAND BY HIS PLEDGES. In the face of the published pledge, heelers went about over the state telling people that Mr. Brow n would not consider himself j bound by the pledge because the | prohibitionists were not giving him their undivided support. To swallow the statement of the heelers a man would have to put a pretty small standard on his own * intelligence or a low estimate on Mr. Brown’s general honesty’. It turns out as those who know Mr. Brown best knew it would. The reflection is on the people who thought Mr. Brown would disre gard a promise solemnly and pub licly given. But it is wonderful how long the anti-prohibition element clung to the idea that Mr. Brown would put whisky back on sale in Geor gia. It is no more than a few weeks ago that the subject was re vived and matter sent out from Atlanta presenting the rather flim sy argument that Mr. Brown was not bound by bis pledge because all the prohibitionists had not supported him m his candidacy. The tact that Mr. Brown did not rush into print at the time and assert that lie did feel morally bound gave some color to the sto j ry. It was no uncommon thing to hear anti-prohibitionists tell how Joe Brown was going to give them hack whisky in Georgia. Well, Joe Brown is not going to do it —lie is going to stick to pro hibition; he has reiterated his | campaign pledge, and is going to ! veto any amendment to weaken the prohibition law, just like any honest man in his position should 1 do. The News did not. indorse or support the candidacy of Mr. i Brown, but at the same time it I never did credit the political dis honesty that some of his support ers accredited him with to secure votes. Mr. Brown will abide by his pledge because he made it m good faith, and for the further reason j that he is a prohibitionist of year’s standing—a believer in the prin jciple and for years an advocate of it m his own home county.—Ma con Evening News. Feed Stable. Horses properly fed and cared for ut the Hicks stable (formerly Hutcheson’s barn.) Low rates by the month. New and safe stable. See D. E. Mcßae or Apad j Hicks, Mt. Vernon, Ga. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1909. 'next attraction I AT U. B, INSTITUTE. l i The Master of Magical Mysti cism is the next and lust attract- I j ion of the Lyceum Course, March ! llinst, at the U. B. 1. This is strictly a high-class entertainment, meriting the very best patronage. Mr. Walden’s J stage equipment is elaborate and j 1 expensive—in fact, every thing] requisite for the presentation of the latest, in magic and illusion. So extensive is this entertainment | that Prof. Walden has his own stage manager who sees to the placing of the paraphernalia, etc. j Dont forget the date. Como and 1 bring your friends. Stuckey. \ | Special Correspondence. Farmers are busy breaking upi land to plant a new year’s crop. The school at. this place is pro gressing nicely and hope it will remain so until the end. Miss Hortense and Mr. Grady 1 Jenkins attended Sunday School j at Glenwood Sunday p. m. Miss Minnie McDaniel of this I place lias just returned from a ; ! visit at Erick. . | Those who attended preaching j ut Glenwood Sunday were Mr. and | Mrs. M. Jenkins, Mr. Herschel j Morris and Miss Mario Smith. Mr. Herschel Morris went to Oak Grove Saturday and reported a fine time. Mrs. Viola Morris has just re turned from visiting her mother, who is sick near Bruce. Jesse Sterling and wife visited relatives near Alamo Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sterling ] spent Saturday night with Mr. , and Mrs. W. M. Sterling. B. E. Hart, who has been sick ; I we are glad to see him tip again, j Sunday School at this pluce is going on nicely; our regular] attendance is about one hundred j every body invited. We are glad to bear that. Mr. | E. M. Jessup is coming back to j live with us at Stuckey again, j Prayer meeting ts going on ! nicely at this place and hope it 1 will remain so. Mr. Bud Page spent a while j with Mr. Shepherd Sunday night. I Mrs. John Goff visited Mrs. W. A. Smith Sunday p. m. We are sorry to hear that Elmo Jenkins is sick and hope he will soon be well again. Good luck to the readers and to, tiie editor. —Black eyes. j TOUR OF INSPECTION. Dr. Joseph M. Burke, Chief Surgeon of the Seaboard Air Line I j Railway, of Petersburg, Va., ae [Compained by Mr. W. L. Stanley, I claim attorney of the system, of * I Portsmouth, Va., passed over the line Monday afternoon in liis! private car. This is Dr. Burke’s first tour of inspection over the system, and is ; made with a view of familiarizing himself with all parts of the sys-. tern, with the idea of improving his medical and surgical depart ment. Some valuable correspondence 1 I was eroded out this week. We j shall have to enlarge paper. Let] : corresondents get in their letters , as earl)’ as possible. MONEY TO LOAN, Money to loan at 6 and 7 per cent, on improved farms. A. B. Hutcheson, Mt. Vernon. Ga. ’ LOST AN EYE. Ads ices from Rochelle state that Dr. J. M. (’. McAllister of that place on Sunday afternoon I had an eye put out by a splinter from a piece of wood on which he was cutting. He immediately went to Atlanta for treatment,] hut it is feared that he will lose! ] the sight of (lie member Ills! friends in Mt. Vernon and Mont-] I gomery county will deeply regret I his misfortune. From Alamo. Special UumupomU-i'ec-. W. P. Duncan of Macon, l'i'nth-j er of Mrs. .). M. Knrdham, made a flying trip to 1 his burg cue day I last week. Mr. A. ('. McLennan and fami-j J ly are enjoying a visit from Mr. 1 McLennan’s niece. | Alamo is to have a new business, soon. Mrs. 11. L. Hears is put-1 ting up a building on Railroad j Avenue, and when completed will j be occupied as a restaurant, a ; business that has long been needed j i in our city. j. . ! Mrs. 0. Dormmoy, a sister o! ; ! Mrs. J. M. Fordhain, made a short ' I S visit here last week. j Mr. J. 1). Soars and family have] I moved into town, | |The spledid little poem sent in] : by the Alamo correspondent, will; appear next week.| YOUNG FOLKS ORGANIZE ] A SOCIAL CLUB. A number of young ladies and I girls gat bored at the Immo of Miss I | Birdie Mason last Friday after-! noon and organized a club, the] name of which will bo decided at] the next meeting. The object of j this dull will lip to do all tile good I we can every where wo can every 1 time we can, ! Miss Birdie Mason was elected | ! president, 01 iffola Folsom seere j tary anil Sadie McQueen critic. I The club will meet on Friday ] afternoon at the homes of flu id ifferent members. These meet lings will he very pleasant, enter- 1 I tabling and instmotive. I # Buster Brown and Tige! TO BE HERE ON MARCH TENTH And in the Afternoon, 4 O’clock, will give a Splendid Kntertjiinirieiit, to which all are invited, in the Large FURNITURE STORE OF MCRAE & BROTHER. » Little !m jaws, Snow and Crow. V A • -ft Little Frosty Eskimo, ■ '■:'i Little Turk amu japahle ■ ■ ■ Sisi DOM I YOU WISH THAT YOU WERE ME ■ ■ ■ f ■ S. WHY???? M I^7 ’ . Because I wear. , rws\s\rt vJOOQ wffw Pree y^^ishow At ricßae & Bro.’s March 10th Free to All. <3;>©.i©.:©:'©.:©/©: ©.:'©::©y©;:©©) | LOCAL, - PBRSONAL' § © © ©: ©;©:©: ©:©:©: ©: ; © ;®m®M ©:©;© ©: ©:'© ©::©::©a©,:©y©^©; You will find a nice line of dry 1 goods and notions at J. 11. Hud -1 son's, Ailev. Miss Jessie Johnson, who is vis ; iting her sister, Mrs. T. J. Thomp son, is improving, and in a few weeks hopes to he entirely re covered from a severe attack, being convalescent before reach ■ mg Mt. Vernon. I Miss Lillian DoWitt of Atlanta I has arrived, and will be with Mrs. <’. W. Fox as a trimmer. Do not forget the bargains in stationery at the Palmer Drug Store, Alley. ABO cents box of ! line paper for BO cents, and other ] such bargains. Mrs. M. Morrison visited friends I in Vidnlia last week. I Miss Josie Johnson of Swains ■ boro returned borne last week 1 after visiting relatives in Mt. 1 Vernon. Just received, a nice line of ! voille and panama skirts. Prices ] right. J. 11. Hudson’s,Ailey, Ga. Mr. E. Johnson of Butts, Ga., ! spent a part of last week with ] friends and relatives 111 Mt. Ver [non. 1 j My spring line of fine dress ! Itnans, nil colors, lawns, Persian lawns, dimmities, etc., is arriving jdaily. (hill and make selections | before they are picked over. J. II j Hudson, Ailey, (in., Mis. I tel I une and little son, 1 alter visiting in Mt. Vernon, j have returned to their home in ! Georgetown, S. C., going byway of At lanta, Sat urday morning. Embroideries, hair ornaments f land licit buckles at Mrs. J. L. Adams’. Call and see them at once. Get. out today and shake hands with Gov-Elect Brown and make him feel at home, even it Mt. Vernon iH not duito as large a J town as Mariettu. Mr. 11. A. Calhoun of Lumber City was a business visitor to Ml. Vernon Tuesduy. My millinery linn will begin to arrive this week. Will have a line display to select from. J. 11. Hudson, Alley. Advices from the bedside of Hon. Cluirles Hamilton state that lie is iin proving, and his many friends hope soon to see hint nut. lie has been eonlined for about. ; three weeks. Raster curds now displayed at . Palmer Drug Store, Ailoy, Gu. Rev. Geo. K. Austin spent part •of last week in Savannali. Mrs. J. L. Adams is in Atlanta, where she is selecting her spring j millinery. She will he home in a week or so, and will show a very fine line. During her absence the | store will ho open in the after* inoun each day. i Wanted: —fSOOO seed cano, at ' once, Monroe Fountain, Mt. Vernon, Git. Mr. Sherrod Ryrd of.Jell' Davis I county is a visitor to Mt. Vernon I this week. Seed ! Seed ! The best t o he had at. the Palmer Drugstore, Ailey, j G a. Milch Cows. —Two for sale. Fee at unco. I). S. Williamson,Route I, Mt. Vernon, Ga. THAT BALL GAME. Some of the small Imys want, it “put in the paper”—the first game of hall for the season. If. was played Monday afternoon, from 2 to 1, between the Mt. Ver non second nine and some of the hoys chosen as a team front those hoarding out at the boys’ dormi tory. The score is reported as If) to ft in favor of Mt. Vernon. While this -is the first of the season, we wish it. were the last of this fes tive amusement, —that is, on the the streets of this place. NO. 42
