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3 I 4 THE TH eOLOKJD OLO 1EDICA1 AMERICAN HfERIV4NWAS1nNGTON DC CI I i EXPOSTMASTER MORTON AND AND FAMILY I Mrs Morton Mr Morton II Me Maid xid a and nd Monroe Morton Jr Ida McKinley Morton Mortonc ENTHUSIASTIC AS EVER EVERPostmaster EVERPostmaster 0r 0 Postmaster Morton Retires With Withhonors WithI honors Thick About him an anStands nd ndStands I Stands Rea Reedy dy to Respond to7She tbhe T56e Bugle Call of Duty DutyMr Dutyi Duty1fr DutyJtfr i Mr Monroe Morton has just closed closeda I a brilliant four years ears administration as aspostmaster ast 1 postmaster at Athens Georgia Hisservice His Hisjervice Hisi i service enice at this office officeone one of the most mostimportant mostimportant mostimportant important in the state gave eminent sat satisfaction sat1Jtj satisfaction 1Jtj isfaction to the citizens citizensanq and he retires retireswith retireswith retireswith with the respect and good will of all allvho allwho i who 1ho have been brought into contact withhim with withhim withhim him While his friends made a stubborn stubbornfight stubbornfight stubborni i fight for or his retention and lost only on Iv be because bet 1 cause of a phase of political expediency expediencywhich exped ency 1 i which suggested a change a Mr Morton Mortonis Ii 4 is in no sense cast down hut on the con contrary tt trary accepts the situation with philanc philan philanthropic philanthropic thropic complacency and is just as en enthusiastic enthusiastic enI I thusiastic as ever for the upbuilding upbu lding of ofthe ofthe oft the Republican party in his bailiwick1Ie bailiwick bailiwickHe baiiwicki i 7 He holds President Roosevelt in the thehighest theI thehighest highest regard and has the fullest con confidence cOttfidence confidence I fidence in the wisdom broad magnimin magniminh msgniminity ity and sterling American statesmanship statesman statesmanship statcsmanI I ship of the dashing young executive executiveHe executivelIe executiveHe He sees possibilities possibilities and results in the 1 Presidents fresidenfs southern policy not discern ible at this time to the superficial reas reasoner rea5oner reasoner oner or diplomatic novice He is in intoijch int011Ch intouch touch with all the leaders and in re resuming resuming suming his private business he has arranged ar arranged art ranged his affairs affai in such a way way as to tobe tobe 1 be ready to respond to any any call to duty dutyas dutyas i a as a partisan parti an or publicspirited citizen citizenMr 1 Mr Ir Morton or ol1is is an interesting char character charaster acter It his IS whole career ca reer was writtenit written i iit I Ii it would woul read like a work of fiction fictiona a astory I 1 story however in which grit persever perseverancej persecrd iI ancej ance energy and pluck would play theleading the theleading theleading leading part Born in the early fiftiesbe fifties fiftieshe fiftiesf he learned lea ned his letters lette rs in Savannah lannah under underRev underf underRev Rev Re James Sims who taught a secretschool secret secretschool secretl1 l1 school in that city before and during the thewar thei thewar i war After a term or two in Knox In Institute In1 In1stitute stitute Atlanta he became messenger messengerboy messengerbor messengerr boy to Maor Knox of the Freedmens I Bureau ureau a man who did so much for the theblack theblack theblack black man in Georgia From that timeuntil time timeuntil timeuntil until now Pink Morton as his friends friendslike friendslike like to call him has been working striv striving striving striving ing saving until today he is easily the themost themost themost most influential colored man in business businessor or politics in this part of Georgia He Hehas Hehas Hehas has engaged in almost every kind of ofwork owork ofwork work or or business one can think of He Hehas Hehas Hehas has been a hotel man and he tells to today today today day how he would make contracts with withthe withthe withthe the students who stopped at his hotel hotelfor hotelfor hotelfor for their wash and then he would sub sublet sublet sublet let the contracts to washerwomen at a aprofit aprofit aprofit profit and how he would take a wheel wheelbarrqjv wheelbarro wheelbarrow barrqjv barro barrow and carry trunks to the depot depotso so as to make that twentyfive cents centshimself centshimself centshimself himself The now famous Col Pledger Pledgerand Pledgerand Pledgerand and he worked with the surveying engi engineers engineers engineers neers on the Then he tried triedcarpentry triedcarpentry I Icarpentry carpentry tailoring and finally became becamea a merchant During all this time he hefaithfully hei hefaithfully i faithfully supported his mother and the theother theother theother other children educating two of his sis sisters sisters sisters ters at Atlanta University 5 5gauger Sgauger sgauger gauger and railway mail clerk were the thenext thenext thenest next positions filled by him and in both bothof bothof I Ir Ul of them U1CI11 he IIC have JjJilVC ave tUIllplCLC complete i satisfaction satisfactionbut iulllSlcttllUll iulllSlcttllUllbut satisfac 3 rUl ion ionI but kept his eye open for higher things thmgsDuring thingsDuring During campaigns he would attend attendI atten attenconventions attendconventions I conventions and at his own expense expensestudying expensestudying expensestudying studying tne tff t1 methods and workings of oflarge ofI oflarge I large bodies and fitting himself for a agreat agreat agreat great political battle which he knew knewwas knewwas knewwas was coming He was alternatedelegatei alternatedelegate a1ternatedele te teI once and in 1896 after one of the most mosthistoric mosthistoric I historic political campaigns in Clarke Clarkecounty Clarkeco Clarkecounty county co nty he went as a delegate to the thenational I national convention at St Louis and as assisted assistcd I sistcd in nominating Wm Vm McKinley He was placed on the committee which whichnotified whichnotified notified Mr McKinley McKinte of his nomina nomination nomination nomination tion and had the pleasure of dining diningwith diningwith diningwith with the presidentelect at his Canton Cantonhome Cantonhome Cantonhome home President McKinley appointed appointedhim appointedhim appointedhim him postmaster at it Athens where he heshowed heshoved heshoived showed the blood that is in him by ap appointing appointing appointing pointing Negroes to all the clerical clericalplaces clericalplaces clericalplaces places in the office taking pains how however however however ever to secure the very best colored men menavailable menayailable menavailable available He drew a salary of Szoo Szooper 2500 2500per 2500per per annum It is the general gen ral verdict crdi that the postpffice postoffice under Postmaster PostmasterMorton PostmasterMorton PostmasterMorton Morton has given the best service service or oryears oryears oyears years yearsHe yearsHe yearsHe He was elected delegate to the Na National National National tional Republican convention which met metat metPhiladelphia metat at Philadelphia in June 1900 and was a aluminous aI aluminous I luminous figure in the great gathering gatheringWhile gatheringVhile gatheringWhile While he enjoys enjoys the society of pleas pleasant pleasant pleasant ant people it is in the world of businesf businesfthat businesfth3t busmenthat that Mr Morton finds most delight delightWhile delightihile delightWhile While ihile he has made some enemies as all allmen allmen allmen men of opinion will make he has a host hostof hostof hostof of loyal friends who know his real worth worthand worthand worthand and believe in him While in business businessaffairs businessaffairs businessaffairs affairs he is direct and strict in his hi own ownhome ownhOnle ownhome home where dwell a Joving wife and andthree andthree andthree three beautiful children he is all tender tenderjness tenderness tenderness jness ness and nd love While if you owe him himia hima ia a quarter and did not pay him he would woulddislike woulddislike woulddislike dislike it and tell you so yet he has hasdriven hasdriven hasdriven driven twenty miles on a dark night to tosuccor tosuccor tosuccor succor a strange man financially His Hisreligion Hisreligion Hisreligion religion is justice to all alllove love toward towardhumanity towardhumanity towardhumanity humanity These things show what whatmanner whatmauner whatmanner manner of man Morton is isNow isNow isNow Now the owner of thousands of dol dollars dolbrs dollars lars of property both city and country countrywith countrywith countrywith with an elegant home still young in inyears inyears inyears years and full of energy with friends friendsamong friendsI among both races his career successful successfulas su cessful cessfulI I I as it has been in the past offers even evengreater evengreater evengreater greater rewards in the future futureAnnouncement future futureA futureASIU A ASIU 1 EKENra 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