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About The Morgan monitor. (Morgan, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1898)
The ! 7-. C By W. C. Thomas. Official Organ Calhoun County. Official Organ Board of Education, Entered at the Morgan post- office as second-class mail matter. Thursday, August 11, 1898. The war is over. Atlanta is to have a new depot, Then won’t she blow. Spain yelled for calf rope just h. tin,.* to save that reserve fleet. —-- — The next national holiday is Labor Day, which is September 5. Morgan will certainly receive her share of cotton this fall, and that mean! that her merchants will have good trade. Morgan is the loveliest little town in Southwest Georgia, The only thing she needs is the rail¬ road, and she’s going to have that. Tom Watson says the Popoulist party is not dead. No, they are only sleeping. Alahama went 57,288 Democratic majority. Georgia is going to do the same tiling on Oct. 5 (before they wake up.) In spite of the fact that actual lighting has been stopped, the soldiers will doubtless be detained for such other duties as are the aftermath of such a struggle as mir country lias (net. euoeoarfully teimmated. ( , j ‘ As will be seen in another col¬ umn, Hon. 1. B. Hogan, Populist candidate for governor of Georgia, will speak in Arlington on Satur- lay, September 8rd, at 10 o’clock a. m. Hon. Hogan’s Populistic wind must he plentiful. It is officially given out W ashington that the strength of the navy will not bo reduced on account of the cessa- tion of hostilities, but on the contrary the administration is de- termined to maintain a very naval force, holding that it is ne- oossitated by the increased obli- gallons which the United States 1ms undertaken or had forced upon it. Gov. Atkinson has issued a proc¬ lamation submitting to the people of the state the constitutional amendment providing for the election of judges and solicitors general by the electors of the whole state. Gov. Atkinson sub¬ mits the proposed amendments for ratification or rejection by the legal voters of the state at the general election to be held Wed¬ nesday, Oct. 5, 1898. The Monitor lias it on good au¬ thority that a legal representative of the Georgia Pino Railroad will be sure to visit Morgan in a few days. That promise has been made tts several times before, but *T 8,1 fe i" *»yi»g t,la ‘ they will . , be liere day—so will the some railroad.—and when they do come the point the Monitor wants our people to show the officers of the road is that they want the road to come to Morgan. If they will manifest this spirit in the right way, the road will certainly come. Will 5peak In Arlington. The Hon. J. B. Hogan, the Populist candidate for Governor of Georgia, will speak at Arling- ton, Ga., on Saturday, the 8d day of September, 1898, at 10 a. m - Everybody cordially invited. J. A. Coleman, County Chairman. They are talking in Atlanta about adopting an “anti-swear I J law, similar to that of New York City. Probably it is the inten- tion to prevent visitors to Atlanta “Pressing their opinion >f the city until they have got out- side the corporate limits.— Sa- vannah News. In the war with the United States Spain lost just warships, including those of Mon- tejo’s and Cervera’s fleet. Spain rejoice that site called Camara back in thru to save nough of her navy for a nucleus ^ ul rebuilding. E. J. Corbett, father of Jamw ; Corbett, the heavy weight pugi- list i hist Tuesday morning, shot ulld killed his wife and then turn¬ ed the weapon upon himself with results. They both resided in San Francisco, Cal. When American soldiers want anything they generally get it. They wanted Monte jo and Cerve- ra’s fleet at the bottom of the sea and they did that work; and they wanted Santiago ' and Manila and they got , that. ,, A special dispatch from Madrid dated August 16, says: mt l ne siu - render of Manila on Saturday by Gen. Jaubens is officially an- nouneed. The United States troops immediately occupied the citv. News From Jeff. (BY A SUBSCRIBER) Bill Fain, of Early county, was hero Saturday night and Sunday. Mr, B. D. Jones Jr. went down in Early Saturday, Mrs. Webb, of Smithville, is visi- ting her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. Fain of Jeff, Miss Nannie Smith, of Eatly eoun- is visiting reh-tiver bore this week to the delight of lief many fl lends, Mr. Dan Sanders visited lelatives p, Randolph county Sat unlay and Sunday. Messrs T. \V. Langston and M. [) Has.- went down to Arlington Saturday, Miss M >y and Lizzy Hamer, of near Cutnbmt, L- visiting rGatiyes here this week, Mr. and Mrs. Isom Ward of Bluff- ton was hero Sunday afternoon. \ ick Fain went uown to Cowart station Monday. Say Buys did you all see those girls out ruling Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mr.-. E. J. Bass is oft on a visit to Ala. tins week. Messrs. T. J. Davis and T. W. Langston went over to the countv WV.i.iwfev. " 1 ‘ Clements, of Dickey was m Jeff Monday and Tuesday. Mr Jim Plowdeu was here again Monday. Hoti C. L. Smith was here on bn.-uie.-s Monday. Be sme and don’t forget that Jeff is the place to swap horses so when you want to swap come over and our trader will accomodate you. Mr. Lowdie Calhoun, of near Ar- Hngton visited his sister Mrs. A S. Sanders Sunday. Mr. A. C. Sandeis gined his first bale of cotton Tuesday for Mr John Pritchet. Wings of Slander. Once there was a woman who spoke a slander against her neighbor and repenting of it, she went to her confessor, sayingthat she had already untold the tale to everyone to whom sae ’ iac * spoken it. The priest said to her: “Go at once into the town and fetch me a fowl.” Shis she did, and returning, said to him: “Here, father, is the fowl you be- spoke.” Then he said to her: “Go again into the town, even to the market place and p.uck me this fowl.” Which she did as he commanded, 10 bim: father, is the fowl, plucked as von cade me,” “Now,” said the priest, “go into the town and fetch me the feathers.” “Alas holy father, they are scat¬ tered to the four winds of heaven.” “Even so,” replied the wise and hol.v man, “and thus n is with the slander you nave spoken.” One Minute Cough Cure surprises [ people by its quick cures arid children j ma y it m large quantities without !h“ the best lw,t,S reputation A'"*" ot any Wm ' preparation , used to-day tor colds, croup, tickling in the throat or obstinate coughs. 'l\ j. , Tinsley & Co.. Dr. F. P. Griftiu, Leary J- w. Jones, wiliiamsbnrg; Henry Turner I Eqi son . | Advertised Letter List. List of unclaimed letters remaining , ' n Cue post "ffiooit Leary Gr. August S. T. dsisrton, /Tjor^ai), (jeor^ia. We keep on hand a nice line of shoes, hats, dry- goods, notions, fancy and family groceries at the very lowest possible price. La~ dies and gents shoes, the latest styles and most pop¬ ular makes. All I ask is a liberal share of the public patronage, and I will try and make it to the interest of all who come to see me. S. T. Cla-Trton, /Tlorijao, Qeor^ia. 19th 1898. After thirty <lavs will be sent to the dead letter office. Mr. A. Engrain, Miss Maria En- blish, W. A. Edwards, Mr. Anthony Engraham, W. J. Edwards, Mrs. Mattie EJbeger. Mr. John Everett, Mrs. Francis Ford, Freeman, J- Vi . Francis, Mr. John Floye, Miss \\ E. Fmd, Mrs. Lue Ftoo,.G. R. Fos¬ ter, Sol Jones, Mrs. Mattie Jones, Mr. Guss Jones Col., Mr. Silas Jones, ! Mr. D, Johnson, Mrs. Jess i Fred Lovett, Miss Perlie Lamar. In call¬ ing for the above letters please say ‘‘advertieed.” James Keel P.M. More than twenty million free samples of Dewitt’s witch Haze! Salve have been distributed by the manufactures. What better proof of their confidence in it’s merits do you want? It cures piles, ’nuns scalds, sores, in the shortest space of time. T. J. Tinsley & Co.. Morgan; Dr, F. P, Griffin, Leary; ,T. W. Jones. Williamsburg; Heury Turner, Edison. Advertise in the Monitor and get results. British concessions in the Chinese provice of IShausi, lyino- west of Pe¬ king between the Great Wall and the Yellow River Valley, have been re- centiy capitalized in London to an addifcional amount ot ' $7,500,000, rep¬ resented by the deposits of coal and iron and oil which the syndicate con¬ trols. There are over 13.000 square miles of coal lands, with unlimited iron ore and limestone in sight, anil the syndicate proposes at once t<> construct railways and develop the territory, There is no international • .. , , * > g gan ic sc ieme,w uc i ■ndiffe.-enfly from British banks at Hong Kong and the Rtts* French . and Belgian financiers who have undertaken the exploitation of Northeastern China. It is proba- blv the most sensational and unpo- sing industrial project of modern times, the results of which nooe may. conjecture.
