MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NC - NEWSPAPERS - The Montgomery Vedette, Troy NC Jan. 5, 1888 ************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Wayne Dunn Hwdunn@prodigy.net *************************************************************** The Montgomery Vidette, Troy NC January 5, 1888 Locals Rev. Oscar Haywood has bought an interest in the Vidette, and he will be noticed from his salutatory, he will devote a good portion of his time and talents in providing us to advance the best interests of Montgomery County and her people. We hope by our combined efforts to make the Vidette a class journal in every respect. The Holiday season passed off as it should-pleasantly and amid "peace and good will.’ Married: At the residence of the bride’s father, in the county, Dec. 20th, 1887, Mr. Frank Swearingame to Miss A. M. Cotton. The spring session of Troy High School begins next Monday. May the new year be one of happiness and prosperity to the friends and patrons of the Vidette. We are glad to see in town Miss Emma Deaton who has, doubtless had a pleasant visit to friends and relatives in Laurinburg. Messrs. J. J. Scarboro, Mt. Gilead, and O. M. Wade of Troy, Students at Trinity College, are at home spending the holiday vacation. Rev. A. R. Shaw, of Rockingham and his sister Miss Flora Shaw of Manly have been spending the holidays as the guests of their brother T. J. Shaw Esq. of this town. The Dramatic Club admirably rendered the Rough Diamond in the Academy last Monday night. The only complaints we heard was that it did not last long enough. The characters all did their parts well. Col. G. F. Morris, of this town, just before the holidays butchered three of the largest porkers we have heard of in this county. Their respective weights were 285, 184, and 277 pound net. Total 846 pounds. Can anyone best this? We are very glad to learn, from a correspondent at Flaggtown, that the young man Horace Pennington who was reported as having died from the accidental shot wound he received some weeks ago, is not dead, but is improving, and his friends still retain hopes of his recovery. The Mt. Gilead and Pee Dee Farmers’ Alliance will a mass meeting at Mt. Gilead next Saturday, Jan’y 7th. All friends to the Alliance are invited to attend the meeting. At the meeting of the Board of Commissioners last Monday the new bonds of the Sheriff and Treasurer were presented and approved; (unreadable) was also the bond of Mr. W. A. McKinnon, the contractor who will build the new Court House. Messrs. J. A. & F. McAulay, of Mt. Gilead have been awarded the contract for furnishing the supplies for the Farmers of Mt. Gilead Alliance. These gentlemen are thoroughly reliable and we think the Alliance men did well in selecting them to conduct this part of their business. Mr. H. T. Scarboro, the county organizer will be in Troy next Thursday, January 12th, for organizing a township alliance and also at Ophir Academy, Wednesday 11, at 7 P.M. for the same purpose. Let every farmer who wishes to advance the agricultural interests come out and join the Alliance. Mr. D. A. Clark, of Rock Springs township, has also been appointed on organizer of Farmer’s Alliances, hence and agreement has been made between him and Mr. H. T. Scarboro to the effect that Mr. Clark will complete the organization of the Eastern part of the county and Mr. Scarboro that of the west. On Saturday night, Dec. 24th, as was before announced in these columns, the superintendents and teachers of our two Sunday Schools, under the management of that good worker, Prof. B. G. Marsh, gave a Christmas Tree entertainment at the Baptist Church in this place, which proved a delightful and pleasant occasion to the old as well as the young. Besides the pretty tree loaded with a large variety of presents, the pulpit and the walls of the Church, back of and on either side of the pulpit, were beautifully decorated with evergreens and appropriate emblems. Immediately over the pulpit were the words "Immanuel," "Christmas," and below these encircled by a handsome wreath the single word "Love," all artistically and symmetrically arranged; the whole presenting to the observer a beautiful emblematic lesson upon the immaculate love of Jesus. Before the distribution of the presents, short instructive, appropriate addresses were made by Thos. Deaton, Esq., Rev. J. E. Woolsey, W. C. Douglass, Esq., and Mr. W. R. Harris. All the lectures were very good and timely, but we were forcibly struck by the remarks of Rev. Mr. Woolsey, who has the happy faculty of talking to the little ones in a way that leads their minds directly to the subject discussed, and thus enables them to grasp the idea he wishes to convey. The Xmas tree at Troy, of Dec. 24th 1887, with its divinely instructive lessons should not soon be forgotten. MT. GILEAD Through the courtesy of Mr. W. A. McKinnon, we had the pleasure of a short visit to this stirring little village on Monday of last week, and our only regret in connection therewith was, that we could not stay longer than Tuesday morning. We found business apparently quite lively, everything indicating thrift and push. They have a Baptist and a Methodist church, both large substantial wooden buildings, neatly finished and painted. Rev. M. W. Boyles, of the Mt. Gilead circuit is pastor of the Methodist church, and is very much beloved by the members of the church, as well as by the other churches of his charge. Rev. W. M. Bostick, pastor of the Baptist church, and is building up a good work here. The Christmas Tree Monday night was pretty and bore many presents for the Sabbath School teachers and school as well as tokens of love and friendship for relatives and friends. It was beautifully informative and was said to be a very valuable tree before the presents were taken off and distributed. Upon the whole occasion as one of merry good cheer, especially to the little ones. The exercises were opened by as many of the large audience, as could crowd into the Academy, singing the Coronation Hymn, and prayer by Rev. J. E. Woolsey, of Troy. Short appropriate addresses were made by Rev. M. W. Boyles, J. B. Hurley and J. E. Woosley, at the close of which the presents were distributed. After the Christmas tree exercises were over, we accepted an invitation to spend the night with our much esteemed friend ex-Sheriff M. B. Lassiter, who with his estimable wife, for good, heartly, whole-soul cheer and hospitality can’t be surpassed. In fact, it has seldom been our good fortune to meet with a more social, hospitable people than are those of the pleasant little village of Mt. Gilead, to whom we feel grateful for the liberal support they have so far given us in patronizing the Vidette and to all of whom we wish a happy and prosperous New Year. In concluding this article we will mention our opinion of the business outlook of Mt. Gilead: The merchants all seem to be doing well, and except A. S. McRae, who has just opened out a new stock of family groceries, all carry a pretty full line of general merchandise. The most substantial business structure in the place is M. B. Lassiter’s brick store house, located near the center of the pretty village, and which we believe does the largest amount of business of any of the other business houses in the place. Messrs. Overton and McAulay, the wide-awake clerks of the this establishment, are up to the requirements of their positions, and whom we found to be very obliging and courteous. Messrs. J. A. & F. McAulay and W. S. Ingram may be dong as thriving a business as Mr. Lassiter, though we did not on this occasion have the time to interview these enterprising gentlemen, but hope to be able to do so at an early day.