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About The Morgan monitor. (Morgan, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1898)
V 0L. III. NO. 35. Stoues ai)d ^rocKery K you need a Stove or Range it ,i„ pay you to come and see us. Also Crockery and chi,, “ We make u sets just as you want them, tl m plain white, embossed, or decorated porcelain at very low figures. W. S; Bell } 2Z2 f po • Locals and Sayings. Register. Mr. XV. H. Harris, of Albany, was here yesterday. Only one more week before the registration books will close. Tinsley’s and Weaver’s gins have been kept busy this weak. For first-class millinery go to Mrs. J. B. George & Tinsley Co. Capt. P. E. fioyd7 of Leary, was in Morgan last Tuesday on business. Convince .--- a.man —r that right .,. will .„ prevail and he will get on the right side at once. The Monitor will take on m&m at regnl« market any kind of country produce. Bring the Monitor a worth of sweet potatoes and get a receipt- for your subscription. XVe have ordered just, what you want in the way of fall millinery Co* jXIks J B George & Tinsley —— --------- Money may be a root of all evil, but, the lack of it, and want of it, are also powerful incentives to crime. Charity covers a multitude of sms. Not “organized charity,” but plain, simple, m,varnished charitY. If you want the nows take Monitor; if you ar<> in business tell the people about it, through its columns. Dr. K. McK. Ragan was quite sick the first part of the week, hut we are glad to say, is convalescent at this writing. Mr. J. XX . Jones, the merchant prince of X\ illiamsburg, was in Morgan last Tuesday hustling for the financial end of his business. When a boy or girl is in love the fact of being poor, » L cuts no ice” before marriage. Sometimes > after marriage, it at least gets a little chilly. Don’t propose to a girl where there is too bright a light. See that the lamp is turned low, or that the moon is behind a cloud. No girl likes to say yes being' kissed, and she might be afraid you wouldn’t, kiss her in a bright light, says a Morgan boy who knows by experience. THE MORGAN MONITOR. MORGAN, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1898. ^ mie us ** ^ MS, 83 ^ 6 , StCCl PlOW Blades, iv Boy Dixie and •> S. ' rD F F V Mr. Chas. XV. Plowden, who has been in Leary for the past eight months, working for Mrs. A. J. Dixon, as head clerk in her large dry goods store, stopped in Mor- gan last Sunday while on his way to Dickey, his old home. Mr. Plowden informed us that ho peeted tp leave today for Houston, Tex., where he has accepted a po- aition aa shippillg clf , rk in the wholesale business of Capt. D. Peden. Mr. Plowden has a ber of friends in Calhoun county who regret to see him leave but wish for him all kinds of success. -----------------. Miss Caundice Mansfield, who lived with her brother, Mr. C. C. ^ ““*?>. ngfleld ?“ ’ “! «* ,uut l thM * mil ? dlwl last Friday and was buried m Morgan last Saturday afternoon, Mr. S. N. McGuirt conducting the last sad rites. Miss Mans- field had scores of friends in Cal- houn who wl11 loarn ot h ‘* r doafch with the deepest sorrow. The condoleilce of tl10 Monitor is tended to the bereaved relatives. Mr. Harper Daniel 1, of Leary, one of Calhoun’s most successful farmers, was an honored visitor to Morgan last Tuesday, and while } iere by paid us a pleasant It will be remembered that Mr. Daniell was the winner in Monitor’s melon contest last sea- son, his melon weighing sixty- three pounds, Now Mr. Dauiell says he is going to be sure winner in the sugar cane contest this sea- son. We’ll see later. Mrs. D. T. Elder and sister, Miss Estelle Bridges, were called to the bedside of their brother in Milford, Mr. Scott Bridges, last Monday. Mr. Bridges is suffer- ing with fever. His many friends hope to hear of his early recovery. Rev. Mr. Atkinson, of North Georgia, lias been in Morgan sev- eral days this week visiting rela¬ tives. Mr. Atkinson held servi- ces at the Baptist church last Sunday and Monday night. The fall millinery of Mrs. J. B j Gebrg© & Tinsiey Co., is expected to arrive (lilil >h and will be just what M ou huve been trying to find, The g° (, ds and prices wiil suit you. \r,. H Ti i' tj () dg‘?s,{i i prominent • 1 * ‘/' farmer of .Jed, was m our town last Tuesday. (,uf?s, Bicycles If you want a bicycle or shot gun call on us. We can certainly interest you. We can sell you a first-class shot gun at a very low price, Don’t fail to call on us when you come t<» Al- ban vand see our extensive line of goods. ) , (id. Dickey Department. (by sunflowers) Mr. Jim Thornton of Morgan was litre Friday, Mrs. L. H. Wilson, after spending several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. W. E- Marvin, h ft Tuesday for her houi® in Chippy, Fla. Mi.-s Lucy Lewis spent part of * ast ' we( “ k ult '‘ relatives here. Mr. E. M Palmer went up to Sh * ,,m "» last ’ Monday. Mr ‘ ami Mv * T - H. Rodge-ts went t0 Morgan one day last week on a edition. Mlss VVllh - Jo, '" S011 and brother Ralph attended preaching at Red Bone Sunday, Col, a d M,s. J L. Boynton paid Mown a ,W,!«.» PrM»v. «'• T - A - -4 ■*» s l*"> last Sunday with Mr. John Stead- ham of mar Kcison. Mr. Ohm ,ie Plowden. one of Dick- ey’s cie ver voung men, left Tuesday : for Houston. Texas. We wi re sor— r >’ to se, ‘ him leave Several from here sent to Arlitig- j ton last Saturday to* hear Hq . Ho- gan sp^ak. .vlrs Bee key Steadham is visiting relatives here. Mr and Mrs. L. M. Palmer spent la t Saturday night with relatives here. A * E lmv ‘ 1en %va< hev » a h ^ wl ” 1 '* J-T’C Master J/ick Davis ■ ot Blakely spent the first part of last, week with re'atives here. Messrs. .J. (t. and W. T. Wiggins were in Dickey last Sunday; Mr rnd Mrs. VV. \Y r . Davis of Ba- ker county spent last Sunday night an ^ Mwdsiy with friends and t-ela^ tivPS llprp - Jim Mathis attendetl services at Re,i B «me Sunday. ^ l '* Mansfield went uo to Bhellrn.au one, day last week. Mr * JoMf P h waS in I)ick * ey Tuesday. Mr N, L. Mathis of the Monitor was here Sunday Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Clements vis- ited relatives near Hopeful, Sunday | Mes.-rs. Jim Bell and Ralph John son went to Edison Monday. j Mr. J. ('. Glower went to Morgan Saturday. Mr. Sam Johnson went down to Arlington Friday. The girls are glad the war is They didn’t like so much wa r talk. The young men got sr» enthused, you know; they didn’t take time to propose. SI PER YEAR. Williamsburg News. (BY JACOB THE 2ND ) Wo are having it awful hot at present. Mr. Baseome Adams has accept¬ ed a position with Mr. J. N, Dauiell. We are glad to have him near us. Messrs. J. K. Wooten and J. W. Jones visited Albany on Friday last. J. W. Timmons and J. R. Wooten two of our good farmers .paid Leary a business trip Saturday. Baseome Adams, of Dauielltown, was in our burg Monday. J. W. Timmons and J. W. Jones visited Milford Sunday. Jep reports that his mamma is some better, which we are glad to hear, because the old boy has been showing lots of uneasiness. W« are sorrv to say Charlie Cai- ver is very sick this week We hope he will soon recover. Some one ask Mr. Timmons how about, his last call. Our depot agent has a partner Mr. Wilcoxon. of Alabama, who will learn the business under Mr. Stephens. We wish him much success. •1 W . Jones paid Morgan a busi¬ ness trio Monday. Mr. Walter Beck of Morgan paid our lung a call Monday. Mr. Harper Daniel! of near Leary ^ here Tuesday. P«-ry <,„d little Wash visited Leary luesday, J. W. J ones invites every body t,<> bring their cotton seed to him for he is well prepared to buy them. He has bad a new pair of Fallback's scales put in and a house built for the purpose. He is paying thehigh- e-t cash prices. Ml - Bill Humphrey was in dit¬ town Tuesday. The charming Miss Pattie Jones . of Milford, is visiting Mrs. J. R. . Wooten this week, we arc always « laJ t,( Miss Pat,i "- Failures do not hurt half as bad as the consciousness of failure, and our failure to show a brave front after failure. Failures are often blessings to brave men. An old batchelor bought a pair of socks atm in tile toe of one of them he found a note which read: T am a young lady ot twenty and would iko to correspond witn a vie a to matrimony.” Our friend wrote to the address given and in a few days received the ropiv: “I was married three years ago last Christmas,” The merchant who sold tie- socks liiiin’i advertise.
