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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1909)
'io©©©©©©©©©:©;©o► 0 © 0 © 0 © © 0 © 0 © © © | Farrners Union ,ty © A * A Prof .1. M. DAVIS Department «.I K\WOf»l>, if A. '0 © 0 © 0 © © 0' © © © 0 © © ► ® © © © © © © © © © © © © Mil IMPORTANCE 01 EDUCATION is hardly »• v<*r too much stressed. We an- waking lip to this fact io Georgia to a very gratifiyioi? ex tant. During the sessions of oor legislature moch time in devoted in discussions of hiicli a nature by mir legislators that indicate that even among them it* importaoce | IK becoming KOlnewhat lei’ogn i/eil . | IT IS A SAl> I ACT, however, that tlie educational in- ! tt rests nf oor children mnet la* j enl niKted to hiicli 11 great extent into the hand* of the ordinary! twentieth century political igno ramus. \\’e can hardly expect as gratliving results iih we might un der more favorable circiiniHtaiieoH. It seems inipoHHitde though for tie American people In keep the iMiiiHe of ediicalion out ol politic*. Then let IIH Hllhmit to file llHiUll order of tiling)* anil hend our every energy in trying to bring about tin l very best educational advantage* for our children. This can and much he done. lilt COMMON OR I'llll 1C SCltooi We must admit is the most im partantof all our schools. They. all however nerve a peculiar pur- j pone of enpecial interest and im portance. We ran not discard this fact. It is also a fact that in any great huilding the foundation Iteconies of prime importance, be cause tin* building itself of what ever imposing nature it might he, would he practically without any very great value unless it was rest ing upon a suitably firm foundii t toll. I In’ common or public school course is to any course in educa tion what the foundation is to tie huilding. This fact beautiful- Iv brings out the importance ol our common or public schools which should he dear to tlio hearts of every true \uiericini citl/en. Ml CM IS 111 INti SAIII about, “the stigma of Illiteracy' these days. Georgia is just !»■- enlilllig aroused over one of the greatest quest ion since Imnishing “tlie open saloons.' Will she remove this stigma? She can if she will, hut let Us with hated breath wait and see what will lie. d lie. It s all in the hands of politicians now and of course is subject to the usual “log lolling" I hindrances t lint lurk about our st ate cii pitol. 100 Ml CM CARL CANNOT lit I U RCISt l) in the selection of a teacher for your school. Remember that lie is in loco parentis) m place of the parent ) and what an important olliec lie tills! Here is where “guess work” will not do. Don't think that because your school is away hic k in which is usually! termed the backwoods you do not need one of the best educated men or women with all of the other re quirements that causes a teacher te lie sought by the up-to-date communities. The people of your 1 immunity are paving taxes at lie- same rate paid by the eitu. iis of these up-to-date communities amt your hoys and girls deservi to he taught hy just as efficient ' sellers as ate employed in tin s, c m muii it ies. The writer once knew a trustee ol a school w ho in so, king a teach er to teach his and lus neighbors’ children wroti some one in posi tD»|l t« * I) >»S ist him 111 finding a lonelier about as follows; “D’.ar Sir: Please send ns a ti icher for our school. We are not caretul who we get to teach tor us. ,1 list any one will do just so it is not or s. Very truly ." Some time after that a teacher’ was directed to that community. Imt It happened to Is-a teacher holding a third grade license. The school was taught for a while by tins teacher without giving the! best of satisfaction ami lett the] school with a part of the term un tinmhed. Then tlie search for a teacher' ~ - ! 'just any one except or ’ was begun in dead earnest to fin ish out the unexpired term with the result that a young man giv ing no very great amount of evi dence of his capability as teach er was located out of a job and | e 111 ployed to finish out the re maining part of the ill-fated term, lie taught a few'days when after j brutally and dangerously beating isome small boys in nis school left the community with the term still; iunliislied and the neighhorliood ! divided into factions. It is n sad fact, hut in just tin same manner the cause of educa tion suffers in many section* be ! cause “just anyone will do' 1 to do the teaching that, ought to be done by none but those capable of teaching in tin-most up-to-date ' ooiiimuiiitic*. I \ | MV I’ARI NT SIMM I II STRIVE to give Ins children better educa tional advant age* than lie himselt enjoyed on tin* “peg-leg’’ bench in “t he old Ib id school”. Advnno inenl is being made along educa tional lines as well as along Vo parent should he wil ling for his clithl to have to be gin life in tin* very heat, of the bntlb’ for bread by the side ol ; one well equipped from an educa tion stand point when his child enjoyed no better advantages in school that In* himself enjoyed Give them the best advantages possible and t hey some day will In* heard from. II I 111 RACY IS ON THE DECLINE In Georgia. The man who has to j “touch tin* pen” that make* lus 1 mark in signing papers will In more ljrmlv fettered hy great ills advantages in the future than in tic past. See to it that your hov lias ample opportunity to so equip himself that In* can avoid tint em barrassment of touching the pen w hen his name is attached to any paper. Give your boy a chance to feel his importance and to con duct himself in life as one having had Ihe very In-st odiumt uuiiil nd vantages and In* no doubt will heap blessings upon your head in stead of cause you sluinio and em barr.’iHsmeiit. DO YOU ENCOUKAUfi YOUR TEACHER by saving a few complimentary words about Ins school occasional- I Iv? Tins would cause liiin to feel ' considerably better than when ever you happen to meet up with him you should make the mistake to take him to one side and pour some very hot criticisms into Ins ears. Teachers often spend many sad and gloomy hours because their patrons act so carelessly in this matter. Make your teacher ; feel that you have confidence in him a.id that von enter joyfully into saving t h<* pleasantest things , p.>-*ihlo about him and Ins school and you make him a better ten *h ** r; but pursue the other course and you make him a poorer touch ier. Registered Berkshire pigs for -ab lb adv for delivery. Write I,aw son K. Brown. Sandersville. Notice 4 . All parties indebted to J, A It 1 1 Idi" will please pay same to tln* undersigned at once. .1. W. Palmer, Guardian for J. A. Ituldle. I'or Kent. Y tive-l’ooin house ill Ai leu wood and two-horse farm near Beulah. I n\**si igat** it at once. W K iTIt It IK. House Tor Solo. House and lot, and lot with stables ami outhouse. See me at j once. W. 15. Langford, Tlolt Mt. Vernon. Ga. Tin* Mom ton * * (lice is headquart ers for the tiic-st job printing. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR—THERSDA Y, SEPT. 2, 1000. TO PUPILS OF U. B. I. I Miss Carrie Belle Snead, last year n member of the faculty of tie- I niou Baptist Institute, in charge of the department of voice, will arrive this week prepara tory to resuming her work in the ' school during the fall and spring of 11(09-10. She is very popular, and her work as an instructor has been pleasing. Miss Snead writes this week 1 from Chester, Pa., asking that all pupils be present at Chapel ser vices Tuesday morning, Sept. 7. with their song book, ready for . work ami worship. Ailcv Pariigniphs. SOPOUt ( 'oiTOMpOInIMHN*. Dr. < ’time of Yklnlia spent one day in town last week. Miss Lyra Thompson of Mt. Vernon was in town Sunday. I Mr. .fas. K. Palmer, who hits been with Palmer Drug Store, is now taking his vacation and Mr. Ilersclcd Morrison, Ins successor, ’ is doing fine. Mr. Henry ShnrjK* is again with ' the lirm of K. T. Mcßride A <’«>. Miss Carrie Strickland ol near Daisy, Ga., is the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. P>. L. Strickland, this week. Mr. .1. (i. R. Fuqua is visiting friends and relatives in and a round Dublin this week. Messrs, ttill and Kmmitt Moses, Mack ami Grady McAllister, anil Herman McArthur were in town Monday. Rev. It. M. Pack and family have moved in Hie Jones house. THAT IS A 1.1. UAMK. lii tin* last issue <>t the Monitor there appeared a paragraph m the “Tltompsonville Dots” concern ing the ball game played between' Alley and Thompsonville, on Wednesday 11th. In this paragraph the writer; says, they led us a high-life in tic; third inning scoring 7 runs and at the end of the game the score stood I: > to 1(5 in our favor. They also charge that they would have \ beaten iih, but for the dishonest unit partial umpire and seoreman. We have always tried to Treat ; visiting team* with the utmost respect , and believe we have suc ceeded , for Thompsoiiville’s kick is the first yet we have heard. We believe we should correct these errors in just ice to our hall team. We admit that they scored 7 runs in the Rid inning, but after that they scored only •’> times,; making the score 10 to lti in our favor. The whole affair from begin- j ning to end charged us with dis honest playing in winning that gam**, and we brand it as a false hood. We have played Tiiompsoiivilb three games this season. They have luut their umpire and always one seoreman, and we have won every time. So it eatlhOt he m the umpire and seoreman. Alley 15. B. Team. SHIPS WILL MEET PRESI DENT AT NEW ORLEANS. Washington, D. Aug. lit). — I New Orleans will he treated to a naval demonstration when the President, accompanied bv a cot erie of governors of states reaches that city on Ins trip this fall, if the present plans of the N’avv Department do not go awry. It is now contemplated to welcome the President at New Orleans with four typical naval vessels, the list being made up of the first class battleship Mississippi, w hich already lias made a trip far up the river to receive a silver s»*r vice from the state of Mississip pi, and tin* armored cruiser squad ron made up of tlie Montana, \ util Carolina and N w York. h may be the \esscls will go ! considerably ful l tier up t lie river than New Orleans the desire of the Navy Department being to enable the people inland to ob tain a view of the small, but formidable aggregation of ships |, i compromising the squadron. . I LOCAL ITEM TAKEN FROM TOOMBS COUNTY LOCAL. I \lisses Kate Brown and Daisy Poe s|ient Monday and Tuesday j in Ailey, guests of Miss l.ila Kid die. Senator M. B. Calhoun of Mt. t Vernon was a visitor in the city Friday, guest of his sister, Mrs. (i. K. Murchison. Mr. \V. T. McArthur, a promi nent Montgomey county citizen, who resides at McGregor, was a , visitor to the city Saturday. Miss Jennie Thompson of Mt. Vernon spent a few days last ■ week in the city with friends and relatives. Miss Lizzie Avret, a charming young lady of Claxton, spent : several days last week in the city, . guest of Miss Nease Southwell. Mr. 1,. B. Avret went up to Mt V’ernon Sunday and spent the day with friends. Miss Addic Burch. wlu> has Been the charming guest of Miss Belle! McLeod for the past week, return ed to her home in Ailey today. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas McLeod and little daughter, of Newberry, Fla , spent several days last week ( in the city, guests at the home of j Dr. McLeod’s brother, Mr. (>. \\ M e Lei >d. Mrs. T. Thompson of Vt. Ver non was a visitor in the city last week, guest of Mrs. B. A. Wing. Misses Mae Allcorn and Sara Odom spent Saturday and Sunday with friends at Alley. GEORGIANS MAKE FLYING MACHINE. Athens, (la., Aug. 2d—Fori several weeks Ben Kipps and Ziunpj i Hurt', two young men here, have; been busy constructing a mono-! plane and yesterday they made a trial trip in the machine. The monoplane had a bad start but {succeeded m clearing the ground by one foot and swimnied through the air for fifty yards. Then the i machine humped into a terrace! (and it was all over. The machine was not badly damaged and all was repaired in a few hours. An-1 | other trial ul the machine will be! made Monday morning. The two young men are of tln* j opinion that the next flight will; be thoroughly successful. They I were well satisfied in getting the j machine to clear the ground even for a small distance. This ma chine is entirely of their own con-! I struct ion. tpiit ea crowd will s>-e the second trial of tlio machine. ABOVE FOUR SCORE; CALLED TO REWARD. Obi “Uncle Ben Stripling one j of the oldest residents of Tattnall ! county, nod who was related to! many people in Toombs county, j was found dead in his fieri at his home last Saturday morning H*- went to bed Friday night appar- i entlv in the very best of health; and some tine* during the night he expired. The oi<| gentleman would have been s> ' years of age at his next birthday and he was a splendid old gentleman. His re mains were laid to rest in the old camp ground cemetery near Mar vin church, and a great concourse of sorrowing friends and relir tives followed them to their last resting place. The Progress eer tainlv sympathizes with those be reaved . Lyons Progress. R, Y. BECKHAM BUYS TENNILLE TRIBUNE. Sandersvdle, (In.. Aug. til. — Mr. K. V. Beckham, editor of the Sandersviile Herald, has purchas ed the Tcnnille Tribune and the paper will lie oiterated m this city under the combined name :Herald and Tribune. MONEY TO LOAN. Monev to loan at t 5 and i p< r cent, on improved farms. A. B. liCTCHtsoS, Good Times COTTON 12 I=2 CENTS This speaks of the* Good Times this hall. MOUNT VERNON REPAIR SHOP. Asks You to Get Heady for Prosperous Times by Bringing Them all \ our Repair Work, such as Coffee* Mills, Corn Shcllers, Ice* (Yo;nn Freezers, Stovos, Chnirs, (dins. Pistols, Rifles, Lawn Mowers, Shoes, Harness, Farm Implements, Curts, Unifies ;md Wagons REPAIRED IN REST MANNER iind M;i<le :is (food jis New. Ilsive Your Mule* or Horse Shod in do « Mimitos hv IJest Smith in the Country. I WANT YOUR REPAIR WORK Work Hii»T)-Chiss ;md Not on the ( heap Han. Strict I v Cash on Delivery, mid All • r * Work Guaranteed. Will t;iko country produce ;it market price. THE MOUNT VERNON REPAIR SHOP JAS. P. 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