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The Monticello le
Monticello, -~ - Georgia
Subm?flon Price, 31.50 a Year, ‘
ayable in Advance,
Published Every Friday by
F. L. and T. R. PENN,
Editors and Proprietors,
Entered in the Postoffice in Mon
ticello, Ga., as second-class matter,
in accordance with an act of Con
gress, ;
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Whatsoever things are true, what
soever things are honest, whatsoever
things are just, whatsoever things
are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are of good
report, if there be any praise, and
virtue and if there be any praise,
think on these things. And the peace
of God which pasgeth all understand
ings, shall keep your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus.—Philip
pians 4:8,7.
And don’t forget to smile!
Pull for Monticello or Pull out!
Georgia’s next governor—Dr, L.
G. Hardman!
Since Bobby Jones dropped his
crown, the Atlanta papers haven’t
had much to say about golf.
Cotton-picking time is here again.
To the colored population, in par
ticular, these are halcyon days. |
You can bet on this certainty:‘
Jackson county will furnish the next
governor for the Empire state of the
South.
Ere this grand and glorious news
paper appears next week it will all
be over except the “why and where
fore’” as to how it happened.
The lovely okra, the finest of its
kind of the vegetable kingdom, is
almost gone—we regret. But many
of us are looking forward to good old
chitterling time.
Monticello leads again. This time
Mr. Randolph Malone, of this city,
has been chosen as president of the
sophomore class at Mercer. Mr. Ma
lone is one of Monticello’s most ex
cellent young men and the honor
conferred is worthily bestowed .
An exchange says: The greatest
promoters of progress in a com
munity are its churches, schools and
roads. These three go hand in hand
in advancing every interest of a
community and buildiug a high stan
dard of citizenship. |
One hears very little talk concern
ing the approaching gubernatorial
run-over election to be held on Oc
tober Bth. In all probability a small
vote will be polled on that occasion.
It is doubtful whether all the coun
try precincts will open for receiv
ing ballots, inasmuch as there is not
much interest manifested in some
localities. ;
Our sister county, Butts, is mak
ing extensive as well as elaborate
preparations for its annual Harvest
Festival, the dates of the celebration
being from Friday October 22, to
Friday, October 29. Jackson and
Butts county always “pull off” meri
torious events and this exposition
will, no doubt, excel all others.
Many people from Monticello and
Jasper county are planning to take
in the Festival.
Friends of Mr. Leon Morris, co
‘editor of 'The Hartwell Sun, are
grieved to hear of his death which
occurred suddenly Tuesday night. Mr*
Morris has been one of the editors
of The Sun since 1909, He and his
brother, Mr. Louie Morris, for the
past several years, have published
the neatest, newsiest and largest
newsgpapers of all Georgia weeklies
and his passing is the occasion of
profound sorrow, not only to the
newspaper fraternity, but in other
circles as well.
One of the most interesting and
enjoyable books to be received by
The News is “Addresses by President
Preston S. Arkwright, president of
the Georgia Railway and Power
Company,” which was sent out a few
days ago by the Public Relations de
partment of that organization. Mr.
Arkwright is well acquainted with
the power business and frequently
is called upon to deliver addresses
along this line of thought, but upon
other subjects as well. He is a
splendid speaker and is known far
and wide for his oratorical abilities,
Some of these addresses have been
collected and printed under the title
afore-mentioned and this paper hixh-‘
ly appreciates the volume sent it,
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ter all, the lady, ‘most girls, is
not as bad as she is painted. For the
same reason that newspapers love to
be first in the field with a spicy mor
sel or scandal it calls the news gos
sip relishes rallying the sob sisters to
the latest low-down on the ways of
‘the only world she knows, her own
‘community. Letting others in on the
information that Miss So and so or
‘Mr. Such and such is vulnerable,
like Achilles, and so after all mere
human, has an uplifting effect on the
gossip’s mind; it makes her feel that
she is not altogether removed from
the circle of victims of her tongue.
She doesn’t tell what she hears
just to bemean her neighbor; it gives
her prestige of a kind to be “in” on
what’s going on, you understand.
Thus she apears “informed,” and
there is a halo about being the
“knowing one,” you see.
Probably the most disappointed
person in any town is the gossip
when she learns that what she has
whispered about her new neighbor
has wrought ruin to her character.
She merely meant the bit of gab as
a juicy mouth morsel—and she sim
ply can’t understand why everybody
made such a fuss about it.—Ex
change.
RURAL MAIL SERVICE
One of the most helpful creations
for the public at large is that of the
rural mail service throughout the
nation. Along with the telephone
and the radio, the mail service is the
most serviceable to the population of
this country living away from the
towns and cities. The service of the
rural mail delivery affords daily
communication for these people
through letters and newspapers. All
the happenings of the world as well ‘
as reports of the markets are brought
to the doors of the citizen living in
the rural districts with as much
regularity as is the service perform
ed for the town and city dweller.
Marvelous strides have been made
in the rural mail service, which start
ed with approximately 1,800 miles
of routes, served by fewer than fifty
carriers.
Today, 40,000 carriers serve 1,-
250,000 miles of routes, -carrying
mails daily to more than 30,000,000
people.
At the inauguration of the service
the carriers received salaries rang
ing from S3OO to SSOO annually; to
day the salaries range from SI,BOO
to $2,400 a year, and recently en
acted legislation awards pensions‘
set on a scale with minimum of $750.
The cost of the service, which in
1897 was $14,840, has risen until
today it is fixed at over $100,000,-
000 for the year just ended.
From the foregoing figures is
shown the remarkable growth of the
rural free delivery in this country.
It has become one of the most im
portant departments of this govern
‘ment for convenience and develop
ment of our resources in the rural
sections of our country. Congress
has acted wisely in appropriating
funds for increasing the service in
the rural free delivery and paying
the carriers a living wage. Good
‘and capable men accept these posi
itions and the service rendered has
‘ caused the system to not only prove
successful, but to be one of the
greatest for convenience and service
to the whole rural population.—Ex
change.
ON THE JOB
The weekly papers of Georgia have
been fighting for their existence dur
ing the past two months. They have
been working hard to make buckle
and tongue meet. Taken as a whole
the weekly press of the state has been
operated at a loss during the period
designated, all because of the want
of local advertising patronage. Here
and there, in most country towns,
are to be found a few business men
who have kept their advertisements
running but the number is few and
far between. Local merchants, as a
whole, have withheld their advertise
ments for the reason they do not
think it pays to advertise in the dull
summer months,
There are business men who take
a different view. Right now in this
dull season the mail order houses are
busy—very busy, They are doing
the bulk of their advertising right
now in the middle of the dull season.
For instance the National Cloak Co.
is literally flooding the homes of the
people who live in the rural sections,
We have been amazed to see piles
"and piles of their immense cata
logues that rural carriers are tak
ing to the country people. 'Every
rural carrier going out from Com
merce is carrying great quantities of
these catalogues. They are large
THE MONTICELLO NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1926.
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gether with the price of everything
advertised. ’
~ The same is true of Sears & Roe
buck Co., of Atlanta. Their immense
catalogues have gone out to the peo
ple in the rural section in great quan
tities. The season never gets too dull
for Sears-Roebuck. When times are
good they advertise. When times are
dull they keep on advertising.
Is it any wonder that people pat
ronize the mail order concerns? Cer
tainly not. They carry the matter
into the homes of the people. They
tell what they have to sell, tell of
the styles, the quality and the price.
It is but natural when the people get
ready to buy they take the catalogue,
select what they want and order it.
They do that because the local mer
chant has not advertised his goods.
They do not know what the local mer
chant has, what the style is, what the
guality nor what the price of the
merchandise. The local merchants
may have exactly what the party
wants but they do not know it, They
do know that the mail order house
has just what they want and so they
pick up the catalogue and order it.
There is no getting around the
truth of the statement. The facts
stated are facts. Now that Sears &
Roebuck has located at our very door
the local merchant has the option of
meeting advertising with advertising,
or letting the trade that naturally be
longs to the local merchant go to the
mail order houses.—Commerce News.
CITY TAX NOTICE!
City taxes are now due and all
taxpayers are urged to come forward
and make settlement. According to
law the books will be closed after
December 20th for this year’s busi
ness and all concerned are requested
to pay their taxes on or before that
date. i
CITY OF MONTICELLO,
C. P. Persons, Clerk.
The state and county tax books
are now open for the purpose of the
payment of taxes. Please come for
ward and make settlement as early
as possible. The books will be
closed, according to law, after De
cember 20th. Please bear this date
in mind.
This October 1, 1926.
E. N. ELDER, |
Tax Collector.
This is to notify all citizens of the
city of Monticello who desire to vote
in the city primary this fall that it
will be necessary for them to regis
ter within the next fifty days. °
No citizen of the city will be
qualified to vote unless he or she
registers within the time specified
above,
Registration books are now open
at the City Hall.
Done by order of the Mayor and
City Council of Monticello, this
September 30th 1926.
C. P. PERSONS,
| Clerk and Treasurer.
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1( Legal Notices J
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| BANKRUPT SALE
GEORGIA—Putnam County.
~ Under and by virtue of an order
of J. N. Talleg, Referee in Bank
‘ruptey, dated September 28. 1926,
there will be sold by W. A. Lane,
Trustee of Doyle Campbell, Bank
rupt, at the old de Jarnette residence
}in Putnam County, Georgia, ¢om
;mencing at 11 o’clock a. m. on Oec
tober 14, 1926, the following person
‘al property, to-wit. The personal
property of the bankru{in Doyle
‘Campbell. located on said de Jar
‘nette place, and including 15 cows
or more, 18 hogs or more, 30 sheep
~or more, 2 mules, 2 horses, one saw
‘mill, engine and boiler, farm tools
and implements , blacksmith shop
tools, sheep clipper, 2 farm tractors,
Ford touring car, tfn'ashing machine,
binder, 2 mowers and other personal
?roperty. Said property to be sold
from liens and sup&ect to the con
firmation of the Referee’s Court.
Terms of Sale, cash.
| W. A. LANE,,
Trustee of Doyle Campbell, Bank
| rupt.
GEORGIA—Jasper County,
Notice is hereby Fiven that the
undersigned has applied to the Or
dinary of said county for leave to
sell land belon%ing to the estate of
Angeline Goolsby, deceased, for the
payment of debts and for the {)ur
pose of distribution. Said applica
tion will be heard at the regular
term of the Court of Ordinary for
said county to be held on the first
Monday in November, 1926.
This 28th day of Sept., 1926.
J. D. PERSONS,
Administrator estate of Angeline
Goolsby. ‘
TWENTY YEARS AGO
"WE OPENED FOR BUSINESS
We are grateful to the many who have been con
tinuous customers of this bank during all these years.
Our growth has been in keeping with the progress
of the community.
We solicit your business and promise that same
will be handled on sound banking methods.
The Farmers National
Monticello, Georgia
Twenty Years’ Satisfactory Servic;
HOUSEWIVES!!!
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to cook each day.
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