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HALLEY'S GOMET
Is Approaching The Earth
At Marvelous Rate
of Speed.
During the lull in politics—ir the
interim, as it were—the people of
Jasper county, and the state as well,
can turn their attention to Halley’s
comet, the tramp of the heavens.
Doubtless there are but few of our
readers who have given this comet
any serious thought or know of the
great havoc it is liable to do to this
old world.
For ages this mysterious traveler
has been racing through space at a
marvelous rate of speed and will
reach a proximity of fourteen million
miles to the earth on May 20th. On
May 18th it will pass between the
earth and the sun.
Some idea of its magnitude and
the scope of its pathcan be had from
the fact that its tail is fifteen million
miles long and its brilliance equal al
most to that of the sun. .
It is approaching us directly at a
speed of seventy-five thousand miles
per minute and of course is growing
brighter and is now visible to the
naked eye in the eastern skies just
before dawn. On May 2nd' it can
be seen just above Venus an hour
g ~§ora sunrise,
»/The comet’s brightness when it
appears in the evening sky about
May 20th will be sufficient to render
any finding diagram unnecessary.
It will only be needful to look to
ward the west about 7:45 p. m.
According to scientific calcula
tions, the earth in its course on May
18th will have moved out of the
path of the comet enough to allow
us to pass harmlessly through the
curl in its tail.
Should the scientific belief be in
error the earth and comet may come
slap-dab together rendering each
other into bits. Tt is also known
that gascous matter, which gives
the light to the planet, accompanies
this great roamer of the skies and
should the comet come in contact
with the earth, the gas will destroy
all animal life on this globe.
While the coming of Halley’s
comet will be the astronomical event
of this decade, we trust that the
scientists are correct in their figures
and that in the passing thereof of
these two spheres it be as harmless
as it will be spectacular.
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THE MONTICELLO NEWS
Mo, KENDALL
In Which She Invokes Di
~ vine Blessings Upon
Monticeilo.
I rejoice that brother Dunaway is
conducting & meeting in your town.
He has power with God, and is hon
ored and beloved by Him,
Although there is joy, peace and
rest in my own heart, the Lord has
burdened me tonight for the meet
ing and T am fasting and praying to
Him who encourages us with this
promise, ‘‘And all things whatso
ever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye
shall receive.”
It is His will to save and to sane
tify in this meeting. He is “‘not
willing that any should perish, but
that Ary should come to repentance.”
—2 Peter 3-9. ‘lt is the will of
God, even your sanctification.”—l
Thess. 4-3. He is ready and will
ing to shower down His blessings
when conditions are met. Let those
of us who are His children not fail
to come to His help in this battle
against sin and the powers of dark
ness, and let me earnestly entreat
all who are far from Him to forsake
their sins and turn to Him with all
their hearts. (Jer. 29-13.) “Him
that cometh unto Me I will in no
wise cast out.”—John 6. (John 3,
1-6.
How many there are spiritnally
dead who have never known the joy
of pardoned sins, or the companion
ship of a loving Savior, a faithful,
sympathizing Friend to whom they
can take their burdens and tempta
tions, and the joy of being co-work
ers with Him in the salvation of the
lost !
How sad to think that there may
be thousands of church members
who have once known God, but
have been lulled to sleep by the
enemy of our souls, walking hand in
hand with the world, in a luke-warm
condition, not realizing their danger
or the awful effect their indifference
is having on others. ““The friend
ship of the world is enmity with
God.”—James 4-4. In a little
while we will all be gone.—Jas.
4-14.
I am realizing this more and more,
Within the last two years a dozen
or more whom I knew are in their
graves tonight. Let us ask ourselves
this solemn question, ‘‘Where shall
I spend eternity?” Some may have
their LasT call in this meeting. Oh,
may no one resist the blessed Holy
Spirit! Praise the Lord, He has
redeemed me, and I am on my way
to the land of eternal sunshine and
glory!
I love Monticello—l gave my
heart to Jesus there. In the quiet
little church yard the bodies of my
dear father-and sisters were laid to
rest to await the resurreetion morn
ing, when they will rise to meet
Jesus in the air. (1 Thess, 4-16, 17.
I think often of dear Mrs. Penn,
our neighbor and friend, and others
I have known in the dear old days
of long ago, all happy and glad in
His service tonight.
Let us so live that He can use us
to help those who are yet with us,
I will close with this request:
that all christians who read this
letter, join me in fasting and prayer
for the meeting Friday.
Yours for the lost,
Axxte Wire Kexpar,
Tennille, Ga,, April 19, 1910,
MONTICELLO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1910.
At Madison and Is Well
Attended by Delegation
From Monticello.
The Eight District High School
Meet is on in Madison today and
that city is being treated to some
splendid efforts in oratory, recita
tions, music and athletics,
Supt. O. R. Horton and the rep
resentatives from the Monticello
High School left on the morning
train to enter the fray. And, using
a slang phrase, “‘there will be some
thing doing,” for the boys and girls
who are to uphold Monticello’s repu
tation this year are no less strong
in ability than those who brought
back to our town so many trophies
from the skirmish at Greenshoro
last year, ;
If these young people do likewise
this time they will have done well.
Here’s to you, young friends,
THE MINSTREL,
Shady Dale was treated to a real
minatrel last Friday night.
Those composing the minstrel
troupe were: Messrs O. P. Richard
son, Paul Walker, Jim Nat Walker,
Paul Wilburn, Arthur Pope, Joseph
Hutchinson, Fitzhugh Penn and N.
S. Tolleson as “‘Professor.”
All parties played their parts well
and kept the audience in an uproar
of laughter all the time,
Special mention should be Tuade
of the work of the ‘‘end men”
(Richardson and Penn) and fancy
music (Hutchinson), clog dancing
(Richardson) and *‘Professor” Tol
leson.
‘ Nothing however brought down
the house so completely as did the
negro speech by Fitzhugh Penn.
After the minstrel was over they
put on a short play in which the
Missses Annette and Delia Kelly
took part. Their ability on the
stage is suflicient evidence that the
play was properly presented and
highly enjoyed by the audience.
At short intervals during the ev
ening music was rendered by Mrs,
J. E. Hill and Mr. J. E. Hill and
Rev. W, D, Cornwell. With Mrs,
Hill at the piano, Messrs. Ilill and
Gornwell with their violing, nuff-sed.
The entire proceeds from the play
‘was given to be used on the school
building at this place. The entire
community joins me in thanking the
players for this most generous act.
RawrinELLis,
Shady Dale, Ga. ‘
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MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES.
Under the auspices of the Monti
cello Chapter U. D. C., Memorial
Day will be appropriately observed
next Tuesday. The exercises will
be held in the court room in the
afternoon, beginning promptly at
three o’clock.
Col. Eugene Baynes will be orator
of the occasion, and there will be
music and other numbers on the
program in keeping with the day.
All are cordially invited to be
present, We are requested to an
nounce, in this connection, that, in
case the revival services at the Meth
dist church continue, the services at
the church will be held in the morn
ing of that date so that there will be
no confliet,
FARMERS SHOULD
PLINT CORN
Growing of Plenty of Corn
' Is Essential to Good
? Farming.
i The great American food for men
and stock upon -the farm is corn.
"l‘horefi)rc the growing of an abun
dant supply of corn is one of the
-essentials of good farming.
1 The southerp farmer should grow
‘enough corn for every possible need
on the farm,
~ Under the new government meth
ods of farming, which are being
promoted in Jasper county by Mr,
J. G. Tolleson, county demonstrator, }
much good is being done and a great- |
er yield is mide from the seeds|
planted than was harvested under
the old crude way of farming, :
~ During last year Mr. Tolleson in- |
terested quite a number of Jasper’s |
\pmmineut farmers in the go\'arn-l
ment method and as a result & pretty |
display of corn was made at thel
Planters Warehouse not long ago
which proved the efliciency of his
instructions and up-to-date way of
farming.
At prevailing prices it is eheaper
to grow corn than to buy it, even
with 12 and 15 cent cotton.
The best farming requires sys
tematic rotation of crops onall lands.
Corn is a standard crop and is es
pecially valuable from the fact we
not only get the corn crop but a nice
supply -of forage. Also a heavy
erop,.of peas can be made at the same
time.
These together are quite indispen
sable as food stuffs,
We hope that every farmer in
the county will interest himself in
the government method of raising
either cotton or corn and kindred
crops. 'The instructions do not cost
anything and certainly the result
will be worth the trial.
Grow plenty of grain and let your
cotton be a surplus crop. That's
the way to become an independent
farmer, '
REID—SMITH,
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A quiet but pretty marriage was
that of Mr. Fleming Smith, of Mon
ticello, and Miss Helen Reid, of
Sparta, which was solemnized at the |
home of the bride Sunday morning,
April seventeenth, at ten o’clock,
Mr. Smith is the son of the late
Prof. Sam Smith, of this county,
and holds a responsible position here
with the Southern Bell Telephone
Company. His bride is a most at
tractive young woman,
Immediately after the ceremony,
Mr. and Mrs. Smith left for Monti
cello, where they are at home with
the groom’s mother, Mrs, Ilattie
Smith, on Eatonton street.
We are in receipt of a handsomely
ongra\:ml invitation from Dr, Chas.
Oliver Rainey to the graduating ex
ercises of the Atlanta School of
Medicine which take place Monday
evening at the Grand Opera House |
in that city, and at which time he
receives his diploma, Ie has many
friends here and at Shady Dale who
will join us in extending the young
doctor hearty congratulations,
Rev. Rembert Smith and Master
Colin Smith of Oxford, were the
guests Thursday of Col, and Mrs,)
Greene I, Johnson,
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Only One Change In The
Political Line-Up For
The Next Term.
As was stated in our last issue,
the primary which was held through
out Jasper last Friday was very
quiet and orderly, If you had not
known that it was an election day
you could not have guessed it by the
evidence presented, All during the
day the crowds were small and far
between and voters cast their ballotts
without any demonstration what-so
ever,
With but one exception all of the
old officers will serve another term.
Below we give the names of the
candidates and the number of votes
they received:
Clerk Superior Court, R. L. Davis,
045,
Sheriff, W. F. Persons, 620; S.
E. Blackwell, 320,
Tax Collector, W. B. Malone,
465; A, J. Minter, 179; M. J. Mec-
Elhenney, 166; W. E. Piper, 124.
Tax Receiver, J. 1. Niblett, 381;
J. M. Blackwell, 289; T. M. Payne,
268. '
Treasurer, J. J. Pope, 937.
Surveyor, J. M. Elizer, 936.
Coroner, T. J. Cheek, 505; W.
E. Kendrick, 317; J. B. Benton, 112.
Our county officers have filled the
various places with distinction in
the past and we know that the men
who succeed themselves and the new
member of the corps will do equally
as well in the offices to which they
have been chosen,
We congratulate them, for the
men whom they defeated were
worthy of their steel and no less ef
ficient and eapable of holding the
offices which they sought.
The next political bout will be
the primary for State House officers
sometime in August, and much
speculation is being indulged in as
to who will be the next governor,
senators, represantatives, judges,
ete.
Messrs C. L. Henderson, Chas,
H. Jordan and Chas. D. Jordan
have been on a fishing trip to South
Georgia this week. They made the
trip with Dr. Belcher, of Eudra, in
Dr. Belcher's ecar.
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