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About The Morgan monitor. (Morgan, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1898)
Ihe Morgan Monitor. By W. C. Thomas. Official Organ Calhoun County. Official Organ Board of Education, Entered ut the Morgan post- i ) ffice as second-class mail matter. Thursday, September 15, Iff98. Alger and Miles, each accusing the other of being insane, reminds the outsider to remark that both are probably mistaken, and both are probably fools. If nothing unseen happens to prevent one more issue of the Monitor in its present style tbili bring us back to our old size. The • ash has been Sent forward for the repaired part to our press and we are in hopes that it will arrive in time for the paper week after next. Mrs. L. W. Dozier, lately con¬ nected with the Morgan High School, was notified last week by the trustees at Knighton’s, that she was unanimously elected at their last meeting, as their assis¬ tant. teacher. The school is in Randolph county and is quite large, enrolling as high as an hundred pupils. It is in a tine neighborhood, the surrounding people being well known as good prosperous citizens. They have elected as their principal, Prof. Leroy Crittenden, .of Shellman. During Mrs. Dozier's long con¬ nection with the Morgan school her record lias been exceptionally good, and while her many friends dislike to give her up, still they a re glad to know she lias secured a good position, and we are cer¬ tain their best wishes follow her to this new field of labor. We commend her to out Rahdolph t ri( lids as a lady and a teacher worthy of their patronage and friendship. Leary High School. Our school will open on Mon¬ day, September 19, as before an¬ nounced. Everybody wlm fee’s interested in the school, either as patrons or students, should make it a point to bo ready to enter the first day. Wo are anxious to do good, thorough work, and we ask the same hearty co-operation of our patrons and trustees that we had last term for which we are so t hankful. The changes made by our Coun¬ ty Board of Education with refer¬ ence to school books, will go into effect this fall. Every child will he required to use the new books so far as the Board ordered. For ii small difference you may ex¬ change all your former text books for tluMiew ones at Oapt. Boyd’s store. If you have not the old books, the now ones may he pur¬ chased at reasonable prices from Mr. Bovd. Remember, we charge you no t uition at all, even if you are for¬ ty years old. Pupils over school age may choose' their studies pro¬ vided they carry enough work to lie always employed. Meet us at eight o'clock. Mon¬ day, September 19. Yours truly. J. L. Bwvett. Dickey Department. (BY SUNFLOWERS) YW are having some cool weather at last. J. IS. Plowden is spending this week with home folks. Ralph Johnson and Charlie Prince we,,t down to Morgan Monday. Mr. Joel Wiggins, of Edison, was here Sunday afternoon. Jim and Cicero Matin’s attended Services at N <• w Light last Sunday. Mr. J. R. Ingram, of Baker coun¬ ty, spent last Friday night with his sister, Airs. It. ri. Johnson. Mr. James Kagan. <4 Morgan, was here last Monday Mr, Enoch Dawson was over here last Saturday. Mr. Will Harrell visited friends in the Fourth district la*t Sunday. Messrs E. M. Palmer and Joe Wiggins paid Morgan a visit or.e day last week. Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Rodgers vis* ited relatives, near Edison, one day last week Professor Etheridge who has been teaching music in Morgan, opened a school here Last Tuesday with a very good attendance. It. will be ve¬ ry beneficial to those who attend. Messrs. Truman Tinsley and Wal¬ ter Beck, of Morgan, passed through here last Monday. Ask Jim Mathis and Charlie Prince how they like to stand on the t nek of a buggy. John Stewart passd through here Sunday. Boys mind how you pass notes around or you will make some one blush. Some of the hoys sing an o'd but familiar song; the words are Senti mental. “I loye some body.” Some of the girls seem to be veto much interested in writing now a- days (?) Look out. Miss Katie A vera attended preach ing ■ t New Light last, Stinoav. Miss Shivers accompanied by Mr C. B. Weaver, of Morgan, passed through here Sunday afternoon. Ralph Johnson and Charlie Prince attended preaching at New light Sun¬ day. Alex ami John A vera visaed homefolks last Saturday and Sun- da . The Country Boy. A large majority of our greatest men came from farms. It has been t hus since Cato and ('ineinnatns sto¬ red the alluvium of yellow Tiber 250 yea is before the birth of Christ. Boys cooped in towns and cine have their minds as well as their bodies cramped. Cod made the country: men built the cities. As (tod is. so is 1 lis woi k superior to that of man. (tod lives in the coun try — we don't know about t e town but w«* do know that if one wants aij intimate acquaintance with the Al¬ mighty he will never go to town to find Him, for his foot print and han¬ diwork have all been obliterated by piles of brick rnd mortar, Inters course with his works which have been only very s ighrlv marred hv man's devices is neccessary for the wholesome development of I od\ mind and soul —Exchange. Dewitt’s witch Hazel Sulqe has the largest sale of any salve in tile world his faet and its merit has led dishonest, people to attempt to counterfeit it. Look out- for the man wlm attrmpts to deceive you when you call for Dewitt’s witeh Hazel (Salve the great pile cure. T. .T. Tinsley To.. Morgan; Dr. F. P. Grip ti_. Leary; .1. w. .Tones, Williamsburg. Henry Turner. Edison. From indications it is apparent the Republican party is very , tar from , . bem^ . . Iiappy taimlv , .. a at present and that there are some very large skeletons in several of its official closets. It the Inter¬ ior department, Commissioner Evans of the pension bureau and Assistant Secretary Davis are at swords points, rarely agreeing in the matter of pensions decisions. Davis overrides Evans Bliss sustains his assistant. Hliss arid Evans, therefore, do not speak as they pass by, and Evans is firmly convinced that when ig- norance is Bliss, it is useless for him, Evans, to be as wise as he would otherwise attempt to be. In the War Department, the ger-Shafter-Miles imliroglio is public property and its settlement which must necessarily be given to the public also, promises to furnish some very interesting reading. Outside of the national Republican household, the family relationships in New York and Pennsylvania are anything but pleasant. The Quay and Wanna- maker fight is not at all pretty X it stands, and in New York, even the cohesion of public plunder cannot apparently hold Seimt.-r 1 latt, and his creation of two years ago, Governor Black, to gether much longer. In these two latter eases, the only consola- tion for the public is that, when rogues fall out, honest men some- times get their dues. Planters CUBAN RELIEF cures Colic. Neuralgia and Toothache in five minutes. Sour stomach and Summer Complaints. Price, 25 Ceuta. Malarioii Witli Malarion Tablets. Guaranteed cure for chills, fever and ague or money refunded 50 cen's .All druggists. 5 190 m S- T 1 . Cla,3rto3n., /T\or<^ap, Qeordia. 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 1 ask is 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_ 01su3rton, /Tjor^ap, Qeor^ia. Insure your life in the New York Life Insurance Compny. It is the most liberal Company to its policy hojders as we] | as t | ie latest and strongest in the world, M. A. Bland. 0 * m Ivll Ldll pqn |fflt ]q o-reen coffee $1 (Hi 9 4 4 Lion roasted coffee . 1 (Ml 95 <• g e8 t wliite sugar, 1 00 15 - Whole grain rice. ... 1 00 100 “ Cotton seed hulls... 4b 100 “ Cotton seed meal. . 1 25 1 4 4 Double-thick tobacco 80 1 Schnapps tobacco. . . 40 \ “ Nails............... -Hci 1 “ Meat............... 1 “ Lard............... / 1 “ Macaboy snuff > 00 Jgo Matches.............. o and sheeting per yd. O Loaded shells..... 81 U Cabbage per pound 24 Cheese 4 . 4 4 15 Salt fish 64 |_ box Lu^Oc-l f« >r Cor „ M)d bu 05 Rest flour per bbl 4 75 Cotton baskets from 20c to 50c Home made syrup 85c per gallon, Let me thank you for your pat- ronage in the past, and 1 hope to share it in the future. I am, Yours to serve, J
