The Monticellonian., 1907-07-11

thelr crops and do not take time to come to town. This will be better for all parties in the long run, as there will be 5o:h soue thing to sell and so:ne,hing to buy with in the Fall.
 Eek. the Photographer. has his Monticello Gallery in first class working order. From now until the Ist of October you can have small or large photos. family groups and out door work. old pic lures copied and enlarged; in fact. anything in the photo line made like Eek makes them. If.
 Nearly everyone went fishing on the 4th and while no one person, that we have beard of, caught ma ny fish, the aggregate was consid- erable. Owing to high water dur. ing the early summer fishing has not been good, and now it is too hot to enjoy the sport to any great extent.
 This is near the middle of July and cotton begins to look fine. However, 1t is just about the size it usually is, at the same time of the month in June. If there is plenty of rain in August and Sop .ember and frost stays off until Thanksgiving day there may be m average crop made, but other wise it will be shorter than short.
 The Southern Compress Compa- ly, of this city. so we are inform .d by the manager. W. A. Wood, s receiving lumber to cover the whole of the cotton-yard of the Company. This will be a good hing. as 1t will give the farmers place to store their cotton, when
 hey sdesire to hold for better prices.
 
 Last week the hay.riders became 90 thick and demonstrative in the way of noise making, that officers had to call them down, by threat ening them with charge of dis disturbing the peace. This is sad blow ito the boys and girls, for, of course, there is no fun in hay riding unless you are allowed to sing and halloo. But then, ev- eryone doesn't hay-ride, and hence the necessity of being quiet about 1t.
 At Blissville, on the 4th, one ne- gro was killed and white officer seriously wounded. Two negroes got into fight and one of them was shooting at the other, when a deputy sheriff. by the name of l.. Cash, attempted to arrest the pat .ies and stop the trouble. The ne gro that was doing the shooting turned on the officer and began shooting at him; the officer re. turned the fire, killing the negro. Cash was shot in the abdomen, put it is hoped that he will recov- ,r.
 E. G. Hammock. Esq.,, who is 'pending most of his time at Ham burg, where work IS progressing on the north and south railroad, was here this week. It is expect d that cars will be running Le- .ween Hamburg and Monroe by he first of the year, and between Hamburg and this place, few later. We will be glad wher' this road is completed, since t will give us ready connection with the outside world, and will open up new markets for our sec lions.
 The prospects of the new north and south railroad ought to have the effect to build up our county i; but it may not. It depends upon our people. who own more land than they have ready use for. If they hold this land at too high fig. ures they will find no one to buy, and as consequence it will con- tinue to remain unoccupied and uncuitivated, and there will be slow improvement in the county 1; but if they will sell their land at a price, new people will come in and open Il up. and the county will be made to prosper.
 Mrs. Ed. Jordan. formerly res ident of this city. died at the home of one of her daughters. in Little K ock, on last Monday. Mrs. Jor- dan was So years of age. The re-