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FIFTYjSiiffISKN!) PEOPLE
SIGNED MORSE’S PETITION.
Wasbijigton,. D. C., Dec. 15.
Charley W. Morse’s petition for
pardon been formally pre
sented ’.'to the Department of
Justices
Mrs. ;Morse has made another
petition for her husband and this
has beeh presented to President
Taft by Sehator Hale. The Pres
ident sent it at once toAttorney i
General Wickersham, who turn
yd it over to the attorney in
charge of pardons.
Mrs.. Morse’s personal petition
came in the form of a letter ad
dressed to the President, ft was
typewritten and covered about
two p^es-of note paper. In it
Mrs. Mors? made a simple, bus
iness-like ptea for the release of
her husband, calling the Presi
dent’s attention to what was
an “immense popular interest”
in the case. . She declared that
the general sentiment of the
many thousands of people who
had signed her petition was that
the sentence imposed upon her
husband was “outrageous,” that
he had no intention of wronging
the National Bank of North
America, that no depositor had
lost a dollar and that at most
he had only been found guilty
of violation of the
natiohtal bank law.
Her*letter is generally conced
ed toChe one of the most remark
able of its kind ever received at
the department Approximately
50,00@ names are signed to the
petition.
WILL TEACH.NEGRO GIRLS
: OF GEORGIA TO COOK,
Aliens, Ga., Dec. 15 —At a
meeting of the incorporators of
the '.‘Black' Mammy .Memorial
Institute-' here tlm afternoon,
Muyqr Miiddox of Atlanta. Col. 1
H. fit, Dean of Gainesville and C.
•J. tfcbod of Commerce, were elect
ed additional trustees and plans)
forlie enterprise were
considered The tmurd will meet-
D-jo. 21 to complete arrangeineuts
for, ,/Ahaugu rati ug- the work
Funds are in hand for beginning
the .construction of a building
and work will be-atarted soon after
the meeting of the trustees.
The institute will be devoted to
tiW instruction of the negro girle j
of Georgia in the culinary art and
will he the firsriyf its kind in the
•-■v.
country.
ROBIN COOPER WEDS.
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 15. —Kob-
mClooper, who with his father, .
Col. Duncan 15. Cooper, was
charged with the murder of for
mer Ui ited States Sanator Ed- j
ward W. Carmack in Nashville,
in the fall of 1908, was married
to-yight to Miss Eva Lee Smith,
President Milton H.
Smith, of the Louisville and
Nashville Ra.lroad. The wedding
took place at the home of the
bride’s parents here. Following
the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Coop
er-left for New Orleans, where
they will sail for Panama on ,
December 17.
The case of young Cooper
recently dismissed and a petition
to set aside the* dismissal was
denied by.thec art. Col. Cooper,
who was Convicted, was pardoned
by-Goy. Patterson.
lAiley Paragraphs.
Bjjfcial Uyitfrevpvßdfiice.
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“-Mias. .JL-lia Cqllius, a most
tfhirinrng young lady of near S' -
Mfton- r is visiting her cousin.
Miss Snla Truitt, this week.
’ 'Mr. 8.. L. Strickland and Mrs
Miller are very ill at this writing.
\Ve hope for them a speed recov
ery.
. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. McLendon
of Mt. Vernon were pleasant visi
tors here last Sunday.
The entertainment given at the
borne of Mr. and Mrs John Trout
last Monday evening was enjoy' d
by all present.
.'Miss Lucie Math win if Vidalia
was here one day last shopping.
•y>Mr. Ben Palmer visited rela
tives here a few davs ago
£- .Christmas novelties at Mrs. J
JL. Adams’ Millinery 7 Store.
neckwear and other
suitable presents.
CONVERTED HANNA.
Editor Cowles Taught Him a L.sson
In Pocket Picking.
Edwin Cowles, long editor of the
Cleveland Leader, numbered among
his accomplishments (lint of pocket
picking. Os course he picked pock
ets as an amateur only, but it is
doubtful whether there ever was a
professional who could play the
light fingered game more skillfully
than the able editor did occasional
ly for fun.
It was during the administration
of a mayor who had been elected as
a protege of M. A. Hanna, who was
then starting in Cleveland upon the
political career which gave him na
tional prominence, that the Leader
began a crusade against vice. Arti
cles were published daily in which
it was asserted that the city was
full of thieves, gamblers and other
crooks, and thelnavor was taken se
verely to task for not having them
driven away. Hanna, being the
power behind the municipal thron*.
-came in for censure in an indirect
way, and, meeting Cowles in the
street one day, he expostulated with
him concerning the Leader's style
of warfare.
“Look* here, Cowles,” lie said,
“what's the use of all this racket?
You’re making a mountain out of a
molehill. There are no more crooks
in town than there have been right
along, and it would be foolish to ex
pect any mayor to drive all the law
breakers out, no matter how hard
he tried dr. hour good his intentions
might be.”
Cowles insisted that liis paper
was right, and lie-expressed the be
lief that there were then more pick
pockets in Cleveland than had ever
before infested that city.
“Pickpockets!” snorted Hanna.
“1 don’t believe there’s a pickpocket
in the town. And,' anyway, 1 have
no sympathy for anybody whose
pockets are picked. No one but a
jay could ever he robbed in that
way.”
“You don’t know,” said Cowles,
“how skillful some of these light
fingered fellows become. It would
be possible for one of them to go
through your pockets while talking
io you as I am now .”
Hanna laughed derisively and
said any pickpocket that ever got a
hand in hie clothes without being
caught at it was welcome to any
thing he could extract.
As they were parting Cowles
turned to ask what time it wsta, and
Hanna felt for his watch.
It was gone.
“That’s strange,” he said. “I
guess .1 must have forgotten when I
dressed this morning to put it in
my pocket.”
“Speaking of forgetting things,”
Cowles answered, “I forgot my wal
let'when I left home. Could you
lend me $10?,”
Hanna felt for his mosey, but
found none. He put his handi into
one empty pocket after another and
was beginning to look iheepith
when Cowles handed him hack his
watch, his money, his key* and a
bundle of letters.
“Very well, Cowles,” said the fu
ture senator; "I’ll see what can he
done about driving the pickpockets
away.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
Gibraltar.
Gibraltar is the only place in Flu
rope where monkeys live wild. But
apart from the' monkey* Gibraltar
has wonderful attraction*, as ia her
fossils and her great stalactite cav
erns, opening into recesses «*f the
rocks a thousand feet above the a**.
One of these caverns is over 200
feet long and severity feet high, and
as the stalactite pillars extend from
floor to ceiling the effect reseiahle
the interior of a cathedral. The
name of the rock has undergone a
change since that distant day in
711 when Tarik, the Moor, first
built his castle on it in order to he
gin the conquest of Spain. It was
then Gehel el Tarik (the rock of
Tarika). But the change to Gibral
tar is not serious if one pronounces
the Moorish name quickly.—Chica
go News.
A Roumanian Custom.
A Strange custom i* still observed
in Rournania which remind* one
strongly of Robinson Crusoe. When
a servant has displeased his or her
master the offender takes hi* bools
in his hands and place* them
the bedroom door of bis master. It,
is a sign of great submission, and
the boots are either kicked awsv as
an intimation that the fault will
not be forgiven or else the servant
is told to place them on hi* feet,
which show** that he is forgivei.
Stands by Him.
Mrs. Prentice—How do vee man
age to have such delicious bvsf?
Mrs. Bywell—l saieet a good,
honest butcher and then stand by
him. ’
.Urr. Prentice—You mean that
re give him all vour trade?
M/-. Bywell—No. I mean that. I
stafid by him while he is cutting the
eat. m
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THK MOXTOOMKRY MONITOR-Ull ÜbDAV, HKCEMIiKU, 23, i'din
ITALIAN HUMOR.
Story of the Ingenious Nephew and
His Witty Uncle.
While this perhaps Inis nothing to
do with current literature, wo jot it
down because it impressed us as be
ing particularly good and because
it ilhislrates as well as any storv
trhat we have ever heard llie pecul
iar quality of Italian humor. Fa
soliteci is a youth of much elegance
and little discretion. He has been
spending right and left, and one
day he finds himself unable, to "pa \
his hotel hill. Owing to the avarice
of his father, he appeals to Iris
uncle:
"Dear ITnclo—lf you could see
my shame while I write you would
pitv me. Do you know why? Be
cafUse 1 have to ask you for 100
francs and know not how to express
my humble gratitude.
“No, it is impossible to tell you!
I prefer to die.
“1 send you this by a messenger,
who awaits an answer.
. “Believe me. dear uncle, your
mast obedient and affectionate
nephew. FASOLACCI."
“I*. S.—Overcome with shame for
what I have w ritten, 1 have been i
running after the messenger in or
der to take the letter from him, hut
I could not catch up with him.
Heaven grant that something tuny !
happen to stop him or that this Id
ter may he lost. I .
The uncle receives the letter, is!
toiched by its contents, considers!
and replies:
“Mv Beloved Nephew—Console
yourself and blush no longer. I’rovi
deuce heard your prayer. The mes
senger lost your letter. Good by.
“Your affectionate unde,
“AKISTIITO.”
—Bookman.
Hit It Right.
Kegan Paul in his reininis- j
eences speaks in one case of his |
bishop as "an astute and insincere:
man,” giving this instance of his in
sincerity : At a meeting of the cler
gy at < I,apham bis chaplain told bin
that old l)r Blank, who had been
many years in the diocese, was |
vexed at having been forgotten, i
i “Yes,” said the bishop, “I have no! J
| the smallest recollection of him, hut j
1 will make it all right and will go
and speak to him. Which is lie?"
He was pointed out, and the bishop j
made his wav to him. “Mv dear Dr
Blank, I have not had a moment for
real conversation with you. 1 need
met ask you how you arc after all j
these rears. Do you still ride voni
gray mare?” “Yes, my lord, llov
! good of you to remember her!” etc
The chaplain, who was within ear
shot, said when lie again came near
the bishop, “Then you did remem
her Dr. Blank afler all?” “Not
j bit of it.” said the bishop. “1 sic
I the grav hairs on his coat, and I
| chaueed the sex.”
L«ed> Pottsry.
Leeds is probably the most cos
> Mopolitan center of industry in *n 1 !
Bnglaud, that of pottery being tin
i most ancient. This industry rose F
some eminence at one period, hot I
in regard to domestic and ornameii
tal ware of the white filigree order
but now the only braneb which rc
mains is that of artistic majolica, ir
which we find real works of art ii
the choicest of designs and color
ing. Such productions, worthy o
special note, are the flower vase
' and pedestals for the same, sum 1 '
vases and other ornaments, and it i
doubtful if eillicr the Moor/, wlv
founded this industry, or the Hal
| !*ns. who developed it, produced
anything superior to the modere
pottery from Leeds.—Consular Re
ports.
Ready Example.
j The school managers were pres
ent- all of ’em —and the teaehei
was anxious that her scholars should !
! do well. She picked upon Tommy ;
as the most likely to do her credit J
Tommy’s knees showed through lii
tro’users, and because .the manager.-,
were present Tommy sat with a!
hand on each knee.
“Tommy,” said the teacher, “will
you please gi\e me”—the teacher
was slwavs polite when the man
agers were present —“will you pleas'-
; give me a sentence with the word
‘toward’ in it ?”•
Then Tommy rose and in a grace
ful attitude, with a thumb on each
knee, answered:
“Please, teacher, I toward my
trowsis.”—London Answers.,
Cleverer Than He.
The confirmed, baclu/jor came
hack to the club lunch from the end
of the earth, and w<- all asked him
if he was married (he is nearly <sf-.
ty). “I shall raarrv a clever wo
, man if 1 do,” lie replied grimly, j
i “Thought you didn’t like those dev*
; er women,” said the youngest mem*
- her simply. “I don’t,” said the
bachelor, whose views arc well
! known and widely spread. “But d
[ever I marry it’ll be an infernal 1 '
( ilever woman who does it.”—Lon
Yo* Chronicle.
Cash Barnaul Sale.
From Dec. 9 until Doc. 24th,
Mrs. J. L. Adams will sell new
style, classy hats at bargain
prices. At least a third off in
price on all trimmed hats. Don’t
fail to see these bargains. They
won’t last long at these prices.
t itntion.
Georgia—Montgomery County.
Mrs. Mary Morris having made
application fora twelve months
support for herself and three
minor children out of the estate
of Clayton Morns, late of said
county deceased, and the ap
praisers regularly appointed for
setting apart and valuation hav
ing filed their return, tins is to
notify all parties concerned that
said application will be beard at
tny o.tlice on the first Monday in
January. 1911. Ibis the sth dav
of Dec,, lOlt.t. Alex McArthur.
Ordinary.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Money to loan at ti and 7 per
cent, on improved farms.
A. B IlnviiKsoN,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Money! Money!
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Long Term I.cans negotiated on
! Improved Farm Lands and also on
City or Town Real Estate in
Montgomery Count v at a low rate
rs interest. >| LeWIS,
Mt. Vernon, < in.
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NEW STOCK.
About t be first of .lim
itary we will receive
another carload of
fresh nm|es and horses
-—all i»ood and guar
anteed—just as t hose
we have been selling
here. If you need
*
ot her stock, it \vi II pay
van to wait for this
new ear. It's coining,
and Mill he sold at
right prices. Date
will he announced
later. Mcßac «5t Bro.
Money on Hand
TO LOAN.
LOANS PROMPTLY
CLOSED.
We ha\ ea <j>ood sup
ply of cheap money oil
hand at this timo and
can dost* loans scry
promptly, either oil
farm or city property.
If in need of cash,
come to see or w rite
us at once.
Southern Loan &;
Investment Co.
VIDALIA, GA.
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Commission
I Merchants
220 tie y E SA VA NNA //, (JA . j;
(Monibern Savannah Cotton Kxeh»ii|<e;
! Handlers of I plant), S»— j[
; Flo rod ora Cotton
c Special Attention (jiven to
j ; ; t . 0. U. Cotton [;
Handlers of Fpland and .S<-u- !;
Island Bagging, Tics j!
; I and Twine |j
For Sale-Farm Land.
1 am ottering at private sale 91
acres of good farming lands in!
M mtgomerv county, located in a |
good community and conveniently I
near to good school and church
facilities. A bargain tor the right
man. Call on or write
.1. It. Oku ;kk,
922 t f Mt. Verton, Gu.
Fall Seed Oats.
1 have for sale the Famous Ap
pier and Bancroft Seed (hits. See
nit* at once for seed.
I>. S. YYll 1 iamson,
915t1 . 1 Ivalda, Ga.
BLACKSMITH - SHOP
\ll kinds llepair Work, Iron
and Wood. Fine line of Bicycle
Material on hand. High-Grade I
Repair \\\ rk on Iticyclcs, Sewing
Ylaclnnes, (Inns, Revolvers and
Clocks. See me before placing j
vour work: 1 will save von money.!
Work promptly and neatly done j
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Aile.v; Livers Drug Company, Glen wood.
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Fresh lieef and pork on hard
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MT. VERNON. UA.
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MT. VKRNON, LA.
Will Practice in all the Courts of
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