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ESTABLISHED. IN 1881,
GOLT SHOW WILL BE
That Monticello and Jasper county
will have another colt show this sum
mer is almost an assured fact. Those
who were connected with the exhibi
tion of young horses last year are
making preparations now for one of
the largest shows ever held in
Monticello.
In addition to young horses, mule
colts will be admitted into the contest
this time, and there is no doubt but
that the collection of young animals
at the coming exhibition will be the
best and largest this section has
produced and all of our citizens who
are interested in the raising of horses
and mules will be given an opportupi
ty to see what Jasper county can do
in this line. |
If the interest increases—and there
seems no reason why it should not
mcrease—.!aspgr county will soon be
come one of the top-notch counties in
Georgia which have resumed one of
its most profitable industries—that of
live stock raising. |
“ Already numerous herds of well
bred cattle iave been brought to Jas
per county and the prospects for more
and better- grades of cattle are very
encouraging.
The eradication of the cattle tick in
this county has done and is doing
more to stimulate the increase in
cattle raising than anything else.
Soon this part of Georgia will be en
tirely free from that dreadful devas
tating disease, and when the quaran
tine has been lifted then real and
more active steps and growth among
the live stock men will be manifested.
In a like manner the production of
horses and mules will advance until
our farmers will not be compelled to
go to foreign states for their working
animals.
The coming show will be open to all
the owners of colts—either horses or
mules—in this section and it is
hoped that they will take advantage
of the occasion to exhibit their “pets”
and, besides their co-operation in the
show their presence will lend a great
force toward the success of the under
taking. .
Further and more definite details
will be printed in this paper just as
soon as plans have been perfected
and date agreed upon.
In the interim, you can do a “heap”
of talking for the colt show. Tell
your neighbor and request him to tell
the other fellow just beyond him.
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CHILDRENS’ DAY EXERCISES
AT BETHLEHEM CHURCH.
The News has been requested to
announce that Childrens’ Day exer
cises will be held at Bethlehem
church, near Mechanicsville, on the
third Sunday in June, (June 20th) to
which the public is cordially invited
to attend.
The exercises will start at 10 o'-
clock, a. m., and it is hoped that all
the children in that section—as well
as from all over the county—will take
active part. The grown-ups, too, can
help to make this occasion one of
much pleasure and profit to those who
attend.
It has not been decided as yet
whether the exercises will continue
all day or not. More definite an
nouncement will, however, be made
in these columns next week.
If it is decided to make the occasion
an all day affair, those who attend
will be expected to bring well-filled
baskets and do their part toward
serving a good old-fashioned dinner
on the grounds.
Bear the above date in mind and
also look for the announcement in
this paper next week and govern
yourselves accordingly.
Be sure to come and let's make
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The Alonticello News
The opening lecture of Hon. George
Godard, state supervisor, was a mas
terly appeal to the question, “Am 1|
My Brother's Keeper?’ He made it
Plain that we are to blame in a large
measure f6r the conditions of things
here in Jasper county. That we are
not only responsible for our own chil
dren but for those of our neighbors—
and not only just while they are boys
and girls, but as long as they live in
the world. Why? As a child
trained up so shall he go. Now who
and what trains the ec¢hild in this
county? |
First.—The Mothers. ARE the
little ones of this county taught that\
‘before their little weary limbs come
‘to rest they should say: ‘
}“Now I lay me down to sleep— !
‘ 1 pray the Lord my soul to keep. ‘
If I should die before 1 wake,
‘ I pray the Lord my soul to take.”
‘Bless ev'ry body, make us good, |
. To do our duty as we should,
And keep us from all harm and pain
Till we shall go to God again.
—J. M. Elizer.
Second.—The Teacher. Do we have
the real interest in the child that we
should or are we just simply working
for the money? If so, it is a dead let
ter we are trying to teach and we may
not be wrong in saying that “It were
better that a mill stone were hanged
about his neck and he were drowned
in the depths of the sea.”
Jasper county does not need any
more Third Grade Teachers or more
teachers who are not willing to help
the neighborhood work for the gen
eral good and that there is something.
better than dress and parade.
On the roads, on the streets, in the
homes, at the churches—we are re
sponsible for the children in sight of
us as to our acts and to the children
of the whole world as to how we use
means and our energies.
Mr. Sears said: “Just laugh and
then laugh and grow fat.”” A fine spec
imen of what one may become who is
master of his own mind. It is possi
ble for one to get control of his mind
and keep control of it to a certain ex
tent. Comes about by effort and so it
goes to show that we are our own
makers of those wrinkles and distort
ted faces. Notice the mouth of a pro
fessional liar and see that it is drawn
down at the corners; compare it with
his straight mouth of his babyhood.
No artist has been able to improve
the characteristic features of Wash
ington, Lincoln, Gladstone—thoughts
back of the face ‘'made them firm.
Thoughts make the man, man makes
the world.
On Wednesday, May 6th, Mr. Brit
tain’s lecture was good and should
have been heard by more of Jasper
county’s school people and they would
have been impressed that our county
is not so far behind others, but that
we are beginning in a good work on a
high plain and a surer and more last
ing growth.
J. M. ELIZER.
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GENERAL STATE TEACHERS’
EXAMINATION JULY 30-31
The teachers of Jasper county are
hereby notified that the general state
teachers’ examination will be held in
Monticello Friday and Saturday, July
30 and 31.
J. M. ELIZER, Supt. Schools.
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The News will appreciate It very
much if you wiil notify us when yov
have a visitor in your home,
Childrens’ Day a great one for the lit
tle folk.
“The Monticello News Covers Jasper Like the Sun—ite Rays Shine Into Every Home.”
MONTICELLO; GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1918,
The Monticello and Jasper county
friends of Thomas J. Brown, Chief
Justice of the state supreme court, of
Texas, will be grieved to learn of his
death which occurred in the Lone
Star state recently. This distinguish
ed lawyer and judze was born in Jas
per county, but many years ago mov
ed west. On several oceasions Judge
Brown, who has been a subscriber to
The Monticello News for many years,
in letters to the editors of this paper,
asserted that he remembered many
of the older residents of the county.
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CHIEF JUSTICE BROWN.
The announcement of his death ap
peared in The Galveston Dajly News,
under date of Thursday, May 27, and
is as follows:
Greenville, Tex., May 26.—Thomas
J. Brown, chief justice of the state
supreme court, died here this morn
ing in a local hospital, at 11 o’clock,
his death being caused by cancer of
the stomach, which had been trou
bling him for the past year. He came
to Greenville for treatment three
weeks ago. He was in a semi-con
scious condition for several hours pre
ceding his death and those attending
him stated that he knew the end was
coming and met it as calmly as if he
were hearing a case on the supreme
bench.
Judge Brown is survived by four
daughters. all of whom were with him
when he died. Their names are Mrs.
Craycroft and Mrs. Chapman, of Sher
man; Mrs. Myrick, of Austin, and
Mrs. J. H. Blocker, of Dallas.
The body was taken to Sherman
this afternoon where the funeral will
be held Friday. A committee from
the Hunt County Bar Association,
composed of R. R. Neyland, J. H.
Dinsmore, H. L., Pierson, R, F. Spear
man and W. B. Hamilton accompani
ed the corpse. The district court ad
journed here this afternoon in honor
of the distinguished dead. The fun
eral will be conducted by Judge
Brown's pastor, Dr. J. W. Kern, of
Austin.
HEALTH FAILING FOR YEARS
Justice Brown Suffered Loss of One
Eye.—Served in the Confederate
Army.—Born in Gecrgia.
' Austin, Texas, May 26.—The news
of the death of Chief Justice Thomas
J. Brown of the supreme court, which
occurred at Greenville today, was re
ceived here at 11 o’clock this morn
ing in a teleeram to Associate Justice
Nelson Phillips. Justice Brown left
Austin about two weeks ago for
Greenville to undergo an operation
for stomach trouble, and at that time
his condition was feeble. For several
years Judge Brown’s health has been
failing and he was bothered consider
ab'y with cataracts on his eyes. De
spite the treatment by noted oculists
In Chicago, Judge Brown failed to get
relief, and one eye became totally
blind. L
Interment will be at Sherman, for
mer home of the decedent jurist and
where his wife is buried. j
Chief Justice Bince January, 1911
Judge Brown had been chief justice
of the supreme court of Texas since
January. 1911, having been appointed
by Governor Campbell to fill the va
cency caused by the resignation of
Obtief Justice R. R. Gaines. He had
besen a member of the supreme court
since May 31, 1893, when he was ap
pointed associate justice by Governor
Hogg to fill a vacancy caused by the
resignation of Assoclate Justice J .L.
Henry.
(’,"n in Jasper County' ,Georgia.
hies JunhceGß.?wn was born in
Jasper county, Georgia, July 24, 1836,
MAG. SALLIE E. BARNES
After an illness of a short duration
Mrs. Sallie E. Barnes, widow of the
late John Barnes, passed into the
Great Beyond at two o’clock Monday
morning of this week at her home
near Bethel. Mrs. Barnes was born
and reared near Monticello and at the
time of her death was in her sixty
!ourt; year. Her husband preceded
her the grave about seven years
ago.
Mrs. Barnes’ maiden name was
Miss Sallie Maddox and she was
prominently connected. The deceas
ed was the mother of a large family
and the following children survive
her: Augustus M. Barnes, of Grif
fin; W. M. Barnes, of Macon; Mrs.
‘Giddy Ogzlesby, of Atlanta; A. Barnes,
Eugene Barnes, Richard Barnes, Cleo
Barnes, and Lucy Barnes, all of
Bethel, this county.
Impressive funeral services were
held at the family residence ai four
o'¢clock Tuesgday afternoon, Rev. J.
J. Winburn, of Eudora, conducting
the ®services. A large concourse of
neighbors, relatives and friends were
in attendance to pay their last re
spects to the deceased. The inter
ment was in the old Maddox ceme
tery.
Mrs. Barnes was a member of the
Bethel Baptist church and her life
was one of consecration and devotion
to her Master. Noble, sweet, tender
and true she had hundred of friends
who are grieved over her death.
Indeed, it may be said of her, that
“none knew her but to love her.”
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A PRAYER FOR OUR PRESIDENT.
(By Rev. G. W. Belk.)
We plead no merit of our own,
But penitent before thy throne,
5 Contrite and meek,
Lord, we, the creatures of Thy hand,
Placed by Thy goodness in this land,
Bow, in the name of Jesus, and
S Thy favor seek.
Thy servant, our good President,
Is with the Nation’s burdens bent;
Give help Divine;
In ‘all his troubles, be Thou near,
And make the path of safety clear;
Let Thy salvation now appear,
.. Thy wisdom shine.
No doubt our sins are gross and great,
Yet help him guide our Ship of State
| In these dark days;
And we will be Thy people, Lord,
Obey Thee, hear and serve Thy word,
And worship Thee with one accord
And sing Thy praise.
Our fathers trusted in Thy name, ‘
Help us this day to do the samé,
And by Thy might
Uphold those who, in place and power
Stand by our Chief, in this dark hour,
And lead them, when tempests lower
In Thy clear light.
Lord, be Thou Wilson’s God, and our’s
And save our people from the powers
That prowl the sea
Help Europe, bathed in blood and
tears;
Stand by us, keep us, calm our fears,
And let us through the coming years,
Thy People be,
For Christ’'s sake, Amen.
June 1, 1915.
and came to Texas in the winter of
1846-47 with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Erwin Brown, who resided in Wash
ington county until 1858, and then
moved to Limestone county, where
they resided until their death. His fa
ther was a North Carolinian by birth
and farmer by occupation. His meth
er was born in South Carolina, and
was a daughter of Henry Burdette, a
South Carolinian who moved to Geor
gia at an early day and was a pioneer
settler in Jasper county of that state.
Admitted to Bar in 1857.
Judge Brown was admitted to the
bar at Brenham in August, 1857;
graduated from the law department of
Baylor University (then at Independ
ence) in 1856; was admitted to the
bar by the supreme court of Texas
January 6, 1859, and immediately
therafter engaged in the practice of
‘his profession at McKinney, Collin
ywounty; entered the Confederate
army as second lieutenant of Com
pany E, Colonel Robert Taylor’s regi
ment of cavalry, and was later pro
moted to captain but, after capable
and gallant service, was compelled to
resign on account of ill health before
the close of the war. After the gen
eral surrender he formed a partner
ship with J. W. Trockmorten, which
continued until 1885; moved to Sher
‘man, Grayson county, in 1872, where
he resided until his appointment to
the supreme court, when he removed
to Austin, o
Judge Brown represented Grayson
county in the house of the twenty
first and twenty-second legislatures;
was appointed district judge in Au
gust, 1892, and was elected to that po
gition in November following, and in
May, 1893, was appointed by Governor
Hogzg chief justice of the fifth court of
civil appeals, but before he qualified
he was appointed associate justice of
the supreme court by Governor Hogg
to fill a vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Associate Justice J. L.
Henry. ‘
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Gentleness and cheerfulness come
before morality, and if the morality
you possess makes you dreary, you
have the wrong sort, depend upon it.
As has been announced previously
in these columns a revival will begin
at the Presbyterian church in Monti
cello next Sunday, June 13th, at which
time Rev. G. W, Belk, of North Caro
lina, will be present to conduct the
meeting.
Concerning a revival in which Dr,
Belk participated in that town recent
ly, the Monroe Enquirer, published at
Monroe, N. C,, had the following to
say of this noted divine:
Dr. G. W. Belk, who is preach
ing a series of sermons in the
Presbyterian church here, is a
minister of more than ordinary ‘
ability. His sermons have grip,
not sensational at all, but he
makes you sit up and take netice.
He gets out of the beaten path in
the way of expression, but in the
line of truth he follows after the
old and unchanging paths. Dr.
Belk is an orator of ability, a
strong, deep thinker and an earn
est and sincere Christian minis
ter. He is a popular speaker and
is greatly in demand at different
places and cannot meet the de
mands made upon his time. He
is on his native heath now and is
daily meeting the friends and ac
quaintances of his boyhood days. .
Back home Dr. Belk is loved as
well as admired. Large congre
gations are hearing him and all
are pleased with his preaching.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these services and the co
operation of our citizens in Jasper
county, as well as Monticello, is earn
estly desired.
A great measure of the success of
these meetings will come with the
co-operation and encouragement of
our citizens, and it is hoped that
every one will avail himself .or her
self of the opportunity to hear Dr.
Belk, who is one of the strongest and
most eloquent evangelists in the
South today.
Remember the revival services be
gin Sunday morning, June 13th, at 11
o'clock in the Monticello Presbyterian
church.
Preparatory to the series of serv
ices cottage prayer-meetings will be
held in various sections of the city
beginning Tuesday night. The town
has been divided into four sections
and services will be held each night
at a residence in each section. Lead
ers will be chosen and it is the pro
gram of the committee in charge to
arrange these prayer-meetings so thnt\
no two services will be held at the
same home. The Methodist and Bap
tist denominations have kindly con
sented to co-operate in these prayer
meetings and all, irrespective of de
nomination, are cordially invited to
‘attend these short prayer-services
which will be held nightly in their
neighborhood. These meetings will
begin on Tuesday night, June SBth,
and continue through Friday night,
June 11th.
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A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR
BOOSTING MONTICELLO
E. F. Mclntyre, writing for the Na
tional News Bureau, has the follow
ing good suggestions to offer to town
boosters, and we reproduce it for the
benefit of our readers:
Don’t be the man who put sit in
city.
Building good houses builds a good
town,
Save a little money and save a lot
of worry.
Good roads lead not only to town,
but to money.
Be a live one and the town will
never be a dead one.
A nice front porch has prevented
A CLEAN RECORD
Of 17 years in the banking busi
ness in the city entitles us to bid for
your account. This record means a
great deal to the man who wants re
liability and stability in a bank. We
expect to keep growing and be suc
cessful.
Jasper County Bank
& “A Good Bank in a Good Town” |
A meeting of members of the ex
ecutive committee of the Central Bap
tist Association was held in Monti
cello yesterday in the Baptist church.
A large number of ministers and
laymen of the association were pres
ent and took part in the proceedings.
Dr. A. C. Cree, of Atlanta, state sec
retary and treasurer of the Baptist
Convention, gave the committee and
visitors an inspiring talk on State
Missiohs.
The object and purpose of the meet
ing here yesterday was to get ac
quainted with Dr. Cree and to allow
him to get acquainted with those
present.
many an old maid.
Why should the town muzzle dogs
and not knockers?
When someone plans to help the
town, plan to help the plan.
The best plans a man can have to
the future are house plans.
A good way to make the world bet
ter is to begin with the home town.
A town is like a perambulator: it
isn't much good unless it is pushed.
Don’t spend all your time telling
what you could do if you had some
time.
Be like a ball player. The thing he
is always working for is home.
Be one of the leaders of the town,
if you can; but, anyway, keep up.
If you think a cow can’t laugh for
joy, let somebody sell you a good silo.
Don’t be a grouch. Everybody in
this town wishes you well, even the
doctor.
Let's not be trying to stop some
thing all of the time. Let’s start
something.
A good town will do more to keep
the boys at home than good advice.
A town is like a girl. It's wonder
ful what a little fixing up will do for
her.
Opportunity knocks once at every
man’s door; better be at home when
the lady calls.
The world owes every man a living,
but the street corner is a poor col
lection agency.
Don’t look for soft snaps; the hard
snaps are the ones that have the gin
ger in them.
Den’t spend so much time talking
war that you haven't time Jest to talk
business.
If you would like to have somebody
working for you, put a little money in
the bank.
It improves the soup to throw a
little pepper into it. Same way with
a town.
If you spend all that you earn, some
other fellow is banking your money.
Many a young man goes away to
seek his fortune when Fortune is
seeking for him at home.
Plaster your house and everybody
will follow your example. Lath and
the world laths with you.
You've got to be a citizen in order
to vote; but you've got to do a good
deal more than vote to be a citizen.
If you will consider the men in this
town who are well off you will find
that most of them made their money
here.
The big things were not all done in
the big towns. The greatest poem in
the English language was written in a
country churchyard.
There is only one better man than
the man who gets behind and pushes,
in an effort to improve the town, and
that's the man who goes ahead and
pulls.
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Beauty enchants and grace capti
vates for a season, but a well inform
ed mind and a cultured will make a
home beautiful when the bloom of
beauty has faded and gone.
NUMBER 17.