Lamar County AlArchives News.....The Lamar News July 7, 1887 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Veneta McKinney http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003775 February 11, 2007, 10:03 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History July 7, 1887 Microfilm Ref Call #373 Microfilm Order #M1992.4466 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE LAMAR NEWS E. J. MCNATT, Editor and Proprietor VERNON, ALABAMA, JULY 7, 1887 VOL. IV. NO. 35 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION One copy one year $1.00 One copy six months .60 All subscriptions payable in advance. RATES OF ADVERTISING One inch, one insertion $1.00 One inch, each subsequent insertion .50 One inch, twelve months 10.00 One inch, six months 7.00 One inch, three months 5.00 Two inches twelve months 15.00 Two inches, six months 10.00 Quarter column 12 months 35.00 Half Column 12 months 60.00 One column 12 months 100.00 Professional card $10. Special advertisements in local columns will be charged double rates. All advertisements collectable after first insertion. Local notices 5 cents. A Birmingham preacher announced from his pulpit last Sunday that he “would rather --- rob, or murder than sell whiskey.” The Washington correspondent --- have about settled it that Secretary Lamar is to succeed ---- Woods on the Supreme Bench We are informed that the Illinois Central Railroad Co have --- of surveyors on the route from Aberdeen to Sheffield. The Survey goes 14 miles parallel with the K. C. R. R. There are 46 saloons in Birmingham, and they take in on an average of $100 per day, ---- $4600 per day or $1439,--- per year, and this sum plac--- bank for 20 years at compounded interest would buy out both Gould and Vanderbilt. Rejoicing over the collapse of Chelan’s gambling house at Birmingham, the Alabama Baptist says: the legislatures of the states would bestow a rich --- if they would pass laws --- enough to forever shut --- these gambling manufactories. Alabama heads the list of southern states making investments in manufacturing enterprises for six months of the ------ year, and Birmingham – heads the list of the southern --- ites in the growth of its --- enterprises. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT --- new code, which goes in--- ect as soon as it comes from the printer and is promulgated --- the Governor in formal proc---tion, contains many and important changes in the new law – down in the rather bun--- statue book known as the --- of 1876.” Some of the changes were made by the commission appointed by law to – the statues. Others were made by the committee of ---houses, of the General Assembly, appointed to review and revise the work of the commission. Among the most important of these changes made by the --- committee, is that – removes the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture from Auburn to Montgomery. The change does not, of ---, take effect until the --- printed and formerly – cimed by the Governor for ---ted period provided by the law. The removal to Montgomery --- meet the General approval of the people. A department of the state government should be at the state capitol. It will moreover, a great conven---- to the general public who do business with the department. – [Advertiser] A man who has more time than money has taken the trouble to find out how far a farmer has to walk to cultivate forty acres of corn. To plow the ground with a 16-inch plow, he walks 350 miles; to harrow the ground thoroughly before planting, he walks 50 miles; to cultivate it afterwards, he walks 300 miles, making a grand total of 700 miles besides the gathering. The Savannah News thinks that brooding over information like this is one of the things that make farmer’s sons too tired to stay on the farm, and suggests that as a set off somebody ought to find out how many miles a day goods clerk walks in a day. Cherokee County, this state, has a dog tax law which went into effect on the 1st inst. The law exempts one dog to each family. All over one is taxed $1.50. The exempt dog and the dogs they pay taxes on must wear collars. Keeping a dog without a collar subjects the owner to a fine of not less than $25. Putting a collar on a dog not exempt that they haven’t paid tax on subjects them to a fine of $50. On the 1st they had to go to township trustees, report their dogs and get a license. Trustees are allowed 35 cents per dog for collecting and issuing license. The tax realized goes to the township school fund. “THE NEW EMPIRE TO THE SOUTH” S. S. Boyce of Chicago, in an able article in the Chicago Journal of Commerce on “The New Empire to the South” says: “These Southern states can produce everything the North can produce, and cotton and sugar and rice and jute and ramie which the North cannot, can carry on all out-door business one-fifth longer an at one-fifth less climatic disadvantage of fuel, fodder of late planting can early harvesting, their water power is equal, the navigable waters equal, and the advantage of a better coast shipping, a territory really in every respect one-fifth more valuable, one-fifth more capable of supporting civilization, and of development for wealth, and yet the total population, white and colored, is but half that to the square mile of the North. The North having in 1880 26,534,879 inhabitants while the South had 13,798,062. The assessed valuation of the real estate of the North was also $11,063,602,149 or over six times greater than that of the Southern States, which was but $1,887,466,033. The value on the land to each inhabitant at the North was $425 while with double the amount to each inhabitant in the South the value was but $138. Each owner of 100 acres at the North could sell at auction and buy 500 at the South, while at the same time each five acres at the south is intrinsically worth six acres of the North for all practical purposes. In no part of the world can land be bought so low, in no part of the world is there greater promise of prosperity, and nowhere can colonies of ten families, or of fifty or of a hundred find such promise as anywhere in these old states, and the sooner the land is taken the greater the promise and the profit. In all the businesses of the blacksmiths, the carriage maker, or in growing fruits, vegetables, sheep, stock, poultry, garden grass, grains, in fact there is climate early and late for everything the world wants. In no other part of the world is there the same opportunity to invest capital, in no other the assurance doubly sure of safety, and that in a few years the investment must be doubled and doubled again, as in this new empire to the Southward. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY - A Galena Mine Found In Winston And A Large Quantity Of Bullets Supposed To Be Used In The Revolutionary War - [Jasper Headlight] A gentleman who has a contract on the Sheffield & Birmingham road was in town Saturday and related an interesting story to the Headlight in regard to a discovery he has recently made. In a wild and uninhabited portion of the county, where probably no human being sets foot from year in till year out, he discovered indications which led him to believe that a strata of Galena existed there. He marked the place and in a few days returned with tools and help and began investigations. It proved to be as he expected – a Galena mine of the finest quality and in great abundance. But the most wonderful part of the story is yet to come. In cutting away the undergrowth from the hillside an opening was discovered which led into a large spacious room dug into the hill under the ground. It was evident that this cave was not a natural one but made by man, as there was signs that a wooden floor and ceiling once existed therein. One or two rude iron vessels of ancient designs lay half buried in the mouldering floor, in one corner a large quantity of bullets of various sizes lay piled in a heap weather-glazed by years of exposure. It is supposed that this mine of Galena was discovered and operated during the Revolutionary War and that the bullets were manufactured there to be used by our forefathers in their struggle for independence. Ad for Arbuckle coffee wrappers Ad for Associated fanciers – dogs, poultry and parrots ATTORNEYS SMITH & YOUNG, Attorneys-At-Law Vernon, Alabama– W. R. SMITH, Fayette, C. H., Ala. W. A. YOUNG, Vernon, Ala. We have this day, entered into a partnership for the purpose of doing a general law practice in the county of Lamar, and to any business, entrusted to us we will both give our earnest personal attention. – Oct. 13, 1884. S. J. SHIELDS – Attorney-at-law and Solicitor in Chancery. Vernon, Alabama. Will practice in the Courts of Lamar and the counties of the District. Special attention given to collection of claims. PHYSICIANS – DENTISTS M. W. MORTON. W. L. MORTON. DR. W. L. MORTON & BRO., Physicians & Surgeons. Vernon, Lamar Co, Ala. Tender their professional services to the citizens of Lamar and adjacent country. Thankful for patronage heretofore extended, we hope to merit a respectable share in the future. Drug Store. Dr. G. C. BURNS, Vernon, Ala. Thankful for patronage heretofore extended me, I hope to receive a liberal share in the future Ad for Jones Pays the Freight J. B. MACE, Jeweler, Vernon, Alabama. (PICTURE OF LOT OF CLOCKS) Dealer in watches, clocks, jewelry and spectacles. Makes a specialty of repairing. Will furnish any style of timepiece, on short notice, and at the very lowest price. Our stock of Furnishing is full and complete in every respect. (Elaborate drawing of goods sold) Largest Cheapest best stock of dress goods, dress trimmings, ladies & misses jerseys clothing, furnishing goods, knit underwear, boots, shoes, & hats, tin ware, etc., etc., at rock bottom figures at A. COBB & SONS’S Go to ECHARD’S Photograph Gallery, Columbus, Mississippi when you want a fine photograph or ferrotype of any size or style. No extra charge made for persons standing. Family groups and old pictures enlarged to any size. All the work is done in his gallery and not sent North to be done. Has a handsome and cheap line of Picture Frames on hand. Call at his Gallery and see his work you visit Columbus. THE TRAIN IS COMING (picture of a train). Get ready for a ride but before starting call around and let DR. G. C. BURNS sell you a nice bill of goods at hard pan prices. COLUMBUS ART STUDIO Over W. F. Munroe & Co’s Book Store, Columbus, Mississippi. Fine photographs of all sizes at very reasonable prices. Pictures copied and enlarged. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Call in and examine samples. FRANK A. COE, Photographer WIMBERELY HOUSE Vernon, Alabama. Board and Lodging can be had at the above House on living terms L. M. WIMBERLEY, Proprietor. ERVIN & BILLUPS, Columbus, Miss. Wholesale and retail dealers in pure drugs, paints, oils, paten Medicines, tobacco & cigars. Pure goods! Low prices! Call and examine our large stock. A. A. Posey & Bros Livery, Sale and Feed Stable, Aberdeen, Miss. They have also just received a fine stock of buggies in which they give such bargains as to defy competition. Prices including harnesses ranging from $30 upwards. Ad for Marriage Guide Ad for The Excelsior Cotton Gin Feeders and Condensers (picture) PAGE 2 Lamar News published weekly at Vernon, Alabama. E. J. McNatt, Editor and Prop’r In New York City there are five colored lawyers who enjoy a lucrative practice. They seldom appear in court to argue a case, their business being chiefly in real estate titles, preparing briefs, advising clients, etc. Ninety- percent of their clients are white people. Those who suffer from obesity almost invariably complain of shortness of breath. Such people, the Boston Herald says, should make it a practice each day of walking on rising ground or climbing gentle hills by easy stages. The exercise should be graduated and rests taken when the heart begins to beat rapidly. A few years ago the Canadians were behind the New Yorkers in cheese making. They employed inspectors to go around among the factories and point out the defects. They are now trying to get a government grant of $6,000 to give exhibitions and prizes, and improve the make of Canadian cheese still further. These are good examples for American cheese makers. An extraordinary accident is reported from the neighborhood of Maidenstone, England. A lad, eight years of age, was flying a kite, when he stepped backward into a forty foot quarry, to the great horror of the bystanders. Fortunately for the little fellow, the string of the kite was tight around his wrist, and the kite, acting as a parachute, effectually broke the violence of the fall and he was only slightly bruised. Ostrich farming is prospering in California. The feathers are equal to the best grown in Africa. The ostrich weighs from 300 to 500 pounds. Every seven months, after it is four years old, its plumage is ready for the market, yielding twenty-five fine feathers, and a number of less valuable ones. They are cut off with shears. The longest and finest white feathers sell at four dollars each. It requires a good deal of capital to run an ostrich farm. An ostrich in a hurry can make forty miles an hour. A wonderful surgical operation has been performed at the New Haven City Hospital, it is said, with entire success, the subject being the three-year- old son of George W. Fiero, of Waterbury, Conn., who was born with deformed legs which apparently destined him to be crippled for life. But the surgeon broke one of the legs three times, and the other leg twice, and then straightened and reset the bones. The child endured the operation well under ether, and now walks long distances with only a slight limp which will disappear in time. A Maine paper brings out the fact that since capital punishment has been abolished, there are thirteen other crimes, the punishment for which, under the laws of Maine, may be the same as willful murder, viz: Murder in the second degree, arson of dwelling in the night time, arson of dwelling in the day time, if a person is therein; treason, obstructing railroad, if life is destroyed; robbery with arms or with a confederate, abduction, rape, arson endangering dwelling, burglary, forgery, and altering public securities. For the seven last named crimes the court may sentence the convict for life or for a term of years. In the center of the tobacco warehouses at the London docks there is an immense kiln, which is kept continually burning, day and night, and goes by the name of the Queen’s Tobacco pipe. The English Government has a different way of treating confiscated articles than that in use in this country, one of them being to utilize them as fuel for what is termed the Queen’s smoking. Whenever merchandise is seized for non-payment of duty, or because it is considered under the law as in a damaged or unsalable condition, it is taken to this great kiln and burned there, the owners having no remedy. The only utilization that is made of these seizures is from the sale of the ashes from the furnace, which, to the amount of a great many tons a month, are sold by auction to chemical works, and to farmers and others to be used in enriching the soil. There is a similar by smaller Queen’s tobacco pipe in the Government tobacco warehouses at Liverpool these two forming the points of destruction for all confiscated merchandise in the United Kingdom. RELIGIOUS READING THE EAR OF FAITH – sermon about Hearing God by faith TALKING PASTOR UP AND TALKING THEM DOWN The Religious Herald of Hartford makes a suggestion on a certain kind of pastoral support which it holds to be more important than an abundance of bank notes. The suggestion might be profitable any time, some parishes in the vicinity of Boston may find it specially timely just now. The illustration, which the Herald takes as the basis of the suggestion, is the case of Dr. James Shaw, pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church of Rochester, N. Y. After he had been settled several years, there began to be expressions of dissatisfaction with his qualities as a preacher, and many of the members were discussing the question whether it might not be best for them to get another pastor. The congregation fell off, and the state of things was becoming quite deplorable. At this junction two prominent business men who attended the church, talked over the situation, and concluded to advise the church to change its course at once. They said: “Mr. Shaw is not a great preacher, but he is a good man, and we all have confidence in him. Now, instead of talking him down, let us talk him up.” This advice was given and acted on. A marked change was soon apparent. The congregation rapidly increased, and the church prospered. Dr. Shaw has been the pastor 47 years and is still active and influential, and the church has a membership of 1,500. The story carries its own moral with it. If more churches adopted the practice of talking their pastor up, instead of talking them down, there would be fewer instances of pastoral relations hastily and unwisely severed. THE GAIN OF LOSS – sermon about the gains gotten from loss HOUSEHOLD MATTERS CLEAN THE CLOSETS In the spring of the year the attic and closets are gone through with in an effort to condense their contents. Bundles will accumulate in a year or six months even when one thinks he is economical and uses up all the pieces to the best advantage; but too large a collection does not speak well for a housekeeper’s thrift and management. Old woolen pieces will harbor moths and lead to the destruction of carpets, furs, and flannels, so the fewer old coats and similar garment stored over summer the better. There are abundant uses to which old cotton cloth can be put. Reserve a generous roll for sickness. Old prints can be cut into aprons and covers for furniture, to be put over it when sweeping or can be used for dusters. It is not economy to use old prints for lining comfortables. New print is cheap and bedding wears out fast enough when made of news tuffs. Worn knit underwear can be cut into smaller sizes. There are a dozen ways of using odds and ends which will suggest themselves to the thrifty housewife when she once begins the work of cleaning out, and they will be found a great help toward the spring house cleaning. – [Detroit Tribune] EIGHT EGG RECIPES EGG FRICASSEE – Boil six eggs hard and cool them in water. Then peel carefully and dredge lightly with flour. Dip three hard-boiled eggs into an egg beaten light and roll well in cracker dust with salt, pepper and grated nutmeg. When dry fry in boiling lard and serve with any desired well-seasoned gravy. Garnish the dish with crisped parsley. STUFFED EGGS – Hard boiled eggs are peeled and cut in halves. Then remove the yolk, fill each end and join again, a part of which is mixed with rich forcement. Now roll them in raw beaten egg and cracker dust and fry a light brown. Serve with a rich gravy poured over. MADE DISH OF EGGS – Cut open dozen hard-boiled eggs into slices and place in layers in a pudding dish, sprinkling over each grated cheese, salt and pepper. When the dish is full pour over all a white sauce made of a pint of milk and a tablespoon each of flour and butter; brown in the oven and serve hot. BUTTERED EGG – Warm two tablespoons of milk in a china saucepan and pour in one egg beaten light, stirring until the mixture becomes as thick as cream. Remove from the fire, stir a moment longer and pour it over a slice of buttered toast. Sprinkle with salt and pepper before serving. PICKLED EGGS – Boil in a kettle one quart vinegar, half dozen cloves, one dozen allspice, one teaspoon pepper and one tablespoon mustard, and pour over one dozen hard-boiled eggs, previously shelled and placed in a jar. TO BOIL EGGS – Eggs placed in tepid water require four minutes cooking; in boiling water three minutes. If put in cold water they are done when the water begins to bubble. Fresh eggs require longer cooking. ROASTED EGGS – Prick a hole in each egg with a pin, wrap in wet paper, and place in hot ashes. It will require about fifteen minutes to roast. Serve in the shell like boiled eggs. The egg will burst unless pricked. EGG ROLLS – Rub one teaspoon butter in two quarts flour. Beat eight eggs very light, to which add one quart milk. Beat in the flour and when light and well mixed bake. HINTS FOR HOUSEKEEPERS Tissue or printing paper is the best for polishing glass or tinware. A bit of soda dropped into the cavity of an aching tooth will afford relief. Egg shells crushed and shaken in glass bottles half-filled with water will clean them quickly. The juice of half a lemon in a glass of water, without sugar, will frequently cure a sick headache. Paper will stick to walls that are washed in a solution of one-fourth pound of glue to a gallon of water. Peach leaves pounded to a pulp and applied to a bruise or wound from a rusty nail or a simple cut will give immediate relief. Cayenne pepper blown into the cracks where ants congregate will drive them away. The same remedy is also good for mice. To keep polished steel from rusting after cleaning and when not in use, take a cloth with a very little oil on it, and wipe the articles over so as to slightly but evenly oil the surface. Vinegar is better than ice for keeping fish. By putting a little vinegar on the fish it will keep perfectly well, even in very hot weather. Fish is often improved in flavor under this treatment. Put pure olive oil into a clear glass bottle with strips of sheet lead and expose it to the sun for two or three weeks, then, pour off the clear oil, and the result is a lubricant which will neither gum nor corrode. It is used for watches and fine machinery of all kinds. An artificial ivory of creamy whiteness and great hardness is made from good potatoes washed in diluted sulphuric acid, then boiled in the same solution until they become solid and dense. They are then washed free from the acid and slowly dried. This ivory can be dyed and turned and made useful in many ways. A very simple test to ascertain whether the air of any apartment contains sewer gas is made by saturating unglazed paper with a solution of one ounce of pure lead acetate in half a pint of rain water, let it partially dry, then expose in the suspected air. The presence of sewer gas in any considerable quantity soon darkens or blackens the test paper. Hard water is said to be preferable to soft for making tea, because it dissolves less tannin out of the leaves. Five-sixths of all the valuable constituents of tea are extracted by steeping for three minutes in boiling water. At the end of ten minutes the leaves are exhausted, and prolonged infusion not only gives no additional strength but causes the loss of flavoring principles through volatilization. They are enlarging the Chinese public school in San Francisco to accommodate the large increase in the number of pupils. TEMPERANCE LIFE IN THE GLAD SALOON – Poem – [Charles J. Beatiste, in Inter-Ocean] EVIL OF BEER DRINKING –article about evil of beer drinking A SIGNIFICANT FACT – facts about temperance and drinking THE SALOON AND THE DANGEROUS CLASSES – article about the class that the saloon brings THE SALOON HAS NO RIGHTS – article about rights INTOXICATION AMONG FRENCH CHILDREN – article about French children and drinking A TEMPERANCE TALK TO YOUNG MEN – temperance sermon to men To the list of Martyrs to the cause of Temperance is added the name of a prominent citizen of Indiana. Brutally beaten by the brother of a hotel keeper for his denunciation of the cursed traffic, another victim is laid low by these servants of hell. The night truths go on, however, and, although the shedding of blood is to be the sacrifice, there are plenty of volunteers to do service in this. The probable curse that of protecting their--- was a brothers from the grip of Satan. - ---- Representative Crain, of Texas, says the prohibition vote in his state will be much stronger than some people suppose. The Sumter (S. C.) Temperance Worker asks: “Shall the state hold a vested interest in drunkenizing its citizenship?” MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC There is a rumor that Wilson Barret lost $28,000 by his tour in this country. Donations for the sufferers by the theatre fire in Paris have reached over $300,000. Mr. Don Arnold and Mr. George Morgan have completed a new American opera. A young American soprano named Adiny has made a successful debut at the Paris Grand Opera. Helen Hooker, niece of Old General Joe, will be a dramatic star next season and will play in standard pieces. Somebody has already figured that it will cost the Saratoga hotels combined for music alone in July and August $30,000. George F. Bristoy will give five orchestral concerts in New York next winter, with a corps of seventy musicians. Christine Nilsson threatens to become as persistent a fareweller as Patti. She is to make another concert tour through England shortly. “Pinafore” in a ship 13 feet long and thirty-five wise, in real water is to be the next enterprise at Madison Square Gardens, New York. The Emperor of Brazil maintains an Italian opera out of his own purse, and he has one of the most complete operatic companies in the world. Miss E. H. Ober, the former manager of the Boston Ideal Troupe, made the comfortable sum of $100,000 during the years that she was associated with the company. It is rumored that Miss Clara Louise Kellogg is to marry Mr. Carl Strakosch. The gentleman is a nephew of Messrs Maurice and Max Strakosch, and is said to have always admired the American singer. Miss Kellogg will make her third farewell tour this summer. Mme. Ilma Di Murska, the soprano, who has been aboard for several years will return to this country during the summer. In the autumn she will undertake a concert our under the management of Mr. D. De Vivo. Her friends announce that upon the conclusion of this tour she will settle in New York and establish a school of singing. AN UNSUCCESSFUL DAY’S SPORT – joke A TOKIO THEATRE – Queer Arrangements of Japanese Playhouse – Noisy Orchestra and Long--- out play – Points of Superiority Over American Theatres…(can’t read)….. PAGE 3 WOMAN’S WORLD - PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FEMININE READERS BECOMING FAMOUS LATE IN LIFE Very few women distinguished in literature have attained fame before reaching the prime of life. George Elliot was --- when her first story was published. Elizabeth Browning – 37 when she married – produced her best work after her marriage. Mrs. Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was not published till the author was 39, and Miss Alcott’s first noteworthy story was published when she was 37. – H. was hardly known in literature till after she was 40. These facts should be consoling to ambitious young writers. These manuscripts are “returned with thanks.” THE MAID OF THE VALLEY Miss Ellen Callahan of Sierra County, female stock-raiser, is known as the “Maid of the Valley.” Her possessions are valued at $10,000. Her age we do not know and should not mention it if we did. She weights about 130 pounds, wears neither false teeth nor hair; she has a good healthy complexion and blue eyes. She would make a good match in marriage for a middle-aged man with muscle cultivated to work, and it is her opinion that none others need apply. Dudes would not, we believe, be notices as candidates for the matrimonial hand of Miss Callahan. She can harness team, break wild horses, run a mower, and the stock, or do any kind of work on a ranch. – [Sierra Valley (Nev.) Leader. HOW A MOTHER SHOULD ACT She should be firm, gentle, kind, always ready to attend to her child. She should never laugh at him – at what he does that is cunning – never allow him to think of his looks, except to be neat and clean in all his habits. She should teach him to obey a look – to respect those older than himself. She should never make a demand without seeing that it is performed in the right manner. Never speak of the child’s faults or foibles, or repeat his remarks before him. It is a --- way to spoil a child. Never reprove the child when excited, nor let your tine of voice be raised when correcting. Strive to inspire love, not dread – respect, not fear. Remember you are training and educating a soul for eternity. Teach your children to wait upon themselves, and put away a thing when done with it. But do not forget that you were once a child. – [California Farmer] HOW SOME LADIES KILLED A DEER – adventure story IMPROVISED TOYS The very word toy implies something that is intended to amuse. Very many of the most elaborate and costly toys may do this for a short time, as long as they are new, while some article that by accident the child has become possessed is a daily source of pleasure. As I write my little girl to two sits on the floor with a button hook in her hand trying to button and unbutton her little boots. She is not playing, rather she is working; but she is interested in what she is doing her attention is concentrated upon it and she is happy. We may not give the hammer and looking glass but some equally queer article and let her have a patent egg beater. “Suppose she should break it?” What if she does? It costs much less than ordinary toys, and serves her vastly better. When she had learned to put the end of it in a little dish and turns the wheel – just as mamma does – she was happy, and her pleasure in her new plaything lasted for weeks. She would not hurt herself seriously with it and finding –was one way in which it acted and made a noise, she did not throw it about and use it as a hammer, but used it properly, came to have a high regard, and, I have no doubt, a deep respect for it. Another plaything is clean lamp burner with a long piece of wick knotted at the end so that it cannot fall out, or with the ends sewed together. The child can --- the thumbscrew and make the wick --- and thus find much pleasure. – [Babyhood] A NOVEL WEDDING TRIP – article about a wedding trip on a tricycle Tricycling is an exercise that calls for a special dress. Nobody who has been through the dusty and oily experiences of wheel life will think of disputing that fact. The gown worn by the experiences is also ways of a medium-weight woolen material and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred is quiet and inconspicuous in color. English women choose almost without exception a flannel or merino combination of ordinary walking length, with overdress made as simple as possible, loose trousers to match the dress in color, black woolen stockings, Norfolk jacket, straw hat, a club ribbon, and a free and substantial walking boot. American women, as a rule, have not yet adopted the trousers, but wear a skirt of slightly different cut. The dress sued by the women rider sin Central Park this spring shows a skirt without back drapery, but ornamented as the wearer’s fancy chooses in front. For length it is like the usual promenade dress, but has a slope of about three inches behind to prevent lifting by the saddle at the back. For headgear one should choose a small light-weight cap of the same color as the dress, or on a long trip or a parade a ventilated helmet. Kid gloves are out of order. Silk and linen or lisle thread are the only things allowed on the wheel. For underwear the same rules that govern the boating dress hold, flannel next the skin, no corset or crinoline, and as few skirts as may be. FASHION NOTES Rubies are decidedly in fashion. Horsehair bonnets are a novelty. Wraps for summer wear are rich in jets. Necklaces are very little worn nowadays. Lace insertion and ribbon dresses are now very fashionable. The fashionable waist is extra elegantly long and idiotically tight. Blouse waists meet with much favor from both ladies and misses. The perennial Scotch tartan braids have again made their appearance. Turbans remain in favor for city streets and for traveling hats. Audacity is the most marked characteristic of the season’s millinery. Crownless bonnets, worn like the old-fashioned head dress are favorites. Scarf mantles, very convenient wraps indeed, are in favor for spring wear. Light tan-colored gloves of Danish kid are still used with dresses of any color. Gold lace is much used for trimming the miniature bonnets now fashionable. Plain net without dots now rivals point d’sespirt with its many dots for dress bonnets. White veils will be much worn. They make any sort of skin look “peaches and creamy.” Tailor-made gowns are just now as much in demand as in the opening days of autumn. Very few black parasols are shown this season except those having handsome lace covers. The peculiar and startling colors of the season give bad taste ever possible chance to assert itself. Artificial flowers never look well in the hair unless that and the complexion are artificial as well. Veils are usually chosen to match the bonnet. A black veil, however, may be worn with any color. Gold and jeweled buckles are worn with handsome high-necked dresses, either at the throat or at the belt. Gay striped and plaid India silk and surah blouses are combined with various skirts for morning wear at home. Leather buttons, morocco, kid, seal, alligator, and dog skin, hand-painted, are a new fad for street wear in New York. French milliners, it is said, often provide more burlesque of their best designs, to meet English and American tastes. White jerseys, thickly covered with white ivory beads, are a novelty, and look prettier than one would think from the description. Silk-finished corduroy suits are quite fashionable this season, especially in pale terra cotta, golden brown, and the many shades of gray. Linen collars and cuffs continue to be worn with street dress, but ruchings and lace frills represent the favorite fashion for house wear. The fashionable bride wears but one glove. The first bridesmaid carries the other. It is not good form to employ a messenger boy for the service. Street gloves have broad stitching on the back, either in the same or a darker shade of the same color. Upon black gloves white stitching is frequently used. Balayeuses for the protection of the inside of the dress skirt are once more worn. They are for use, not ornament, and should not show below the edge of the skirt. Simple small mantles for various dresses are made of plain Bengaline for the basque back and manilla fronts, while the sides are of French lace, with many ends and loops of black watered ribbon. The fashionable handkerchief has a very narrow hemstitched hem, with a very small initial embroidered in one corner, or sometimes a delicate vine of embroidery inside the hem, and a very narrow border of Valenciennes lace. All white is preferred. All white is the rule this year for commencement dresses, and lace is the favorite material, with ribbon in unlimited quantities as a garniture. These lace dresses should be made over white lawn, which gives the appropriate effect of simplicity and girlishness. As a garniture for summer buntings, cashmeres, surahs, and similar fabrics, lace will be less used than last season, ribbon and velvet accessories being preferred. The amount of ribbon which may be used is limited only by the inclination or by means of the wearers. The newest ruchings are flat in effect, only a fold or series of folds showing about a fourth of an inch beyond the edges of collar sand sleeves. Black ruchings are very fashionable for use with black dresses, but as all ladies do not find them becoming, individuals taste is often allowed to overrule the decrees of fashion. BUDGET OF FUN – HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES – jokes BILL NYE AND THE TRAIN BOY – anecdote THE CONFLICTED – anecdote A HOG AS A LIFE PRESERVER – anecdote A BLOCKADE RUNNER’S ESCAPE – anecdote THE BISHOP EQUAL TO THE OCCASION – anecdote ORIGIN OF TWO PHRASES “A bee in his bonnet” is an expression of Scottish origin, signifying that one has new and startling ideas of some subject, which are being meditated and carefully considered. “A feather in your cap” is of the same origin. The allusion is to the custom of the Scottish sportsmen who war in their caps a feather from the wing of the first woodcock shot by them. The barbarians also have a custom of placing a feather in their head decorations for each enemy killed. – [Detroit Free Press] THE NATIONAL GAME Toronto pays $5 for every home run made by a local player. The Memphis Club made 119 runs in four games with the Mobiles. Manager Williams, of the Clevelands, is scouring the country for pitchers. It is estimated that three tons of yarn are yearly used in the manufacture of baseballs. President Stearns, of the Detroits, says that no club can buy Hardie Richardson now for $10,000. Radbourne thinks that Chicago will never have another champion team. He says that its glory has departed. The Brooklyns failed to win a single game from the St. Louis Browns out of four played on the Eastern trip of the latter. Baltimore is somewhat in need of pitchers just now, but not near so much so as Cincinnati and some of the other clubs are. The three Detroit games in Boston were witnessed by 30,000 people. Detroit’s share was $375, while Boston put away nearly $10,000. The ex-Yale pitcher Hutchinson is said to receive $3,800 for the season from Des Moines. This, if correct, is the largest sum ever paid by a minor league for a player. Not a triple play has yet been made in the League. In fact only three have been made this season, one in the Southern League and two in the American Association. Boston people think that Sam Wise is playing short stop this season equal to the best work ever done by George Wright; his left-hand stops being something wonderful. Ben Ferguson says that it is all a mistake that ball players do better work now than they did years ago. The game, he says, is not more scientific than it was ten years ago. There is not a club in the country which tries so hard to cater to all nationalities as does the Newark, (N. J.) Club. There is the great African batter; Stovey and Walker; the Irish battery, Hughes and Derbty; and the German battery, Miller and Cantz. Senator Gorman, of Maryland, is an old baseball player. He used to cover second base for the Nationals of Washington when Cashier Williams of the Treasury was pitcher. Gorman is trying to get the old-timers together for a game this summer. The Toronto Blade says: The rum power must be pulverized, that the steady march of debauchery, ruin, and murder shall be stopped. Mr. Barton, of Madras, declares that among the Hindoos “the vice of drunkenness had disappeared till reintroduced under British rule.” Ad for St. Jacob’s Oil Ad for Latin Vulgate Ad for Huckleberry Cordial Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ad for Harter’s Iron Tonic Ad for Hostettler’s Stomach Bitters Ad for Scott’s Emulation of Cod Liver Oil AD for Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Ad for Little Rock, Ark. real estate Ad for The Strongest man in Ohio Ad for Dr. H. Green and Sons – Dropsy Ad for Marvelous memory Ad for J. P. Stevens & Bro. Jewelers, Atlanta, Ga. Ad for Tapeworm cured Ad for Opium habit cured Ad for Dr. Williams Indian Pile Ointment Ad for opium and whisky habits cured PAGE 4 LOCAL DIRECTORY CHANCERY COURT THOMAS COBBS Chancellor JAS. M. MORTON Register CIRCUIT COURT S. H. SPROTT Circuit Judge A. G. SMITH Solicitor COUNTY OFFICERS ALEX. COBB Probate Judge R E BRADLEY Circuit Clerk S. F. PENNINGTON Sheriff L. M. WIMBERLEY Treasurer W. Y. ALLEN Tax Assessor D. J. LACY Tax Collector B H WILKERSON Co. Supt. of Education Commissioners – W. M. MOLLOY, SAMUEL LOGGAINS, R. W. YOUNG, ALBERT WILSON CITY OFFICERS L. M. WIMBERLY – Mayor and Treasurer G. W. BENSON – Marshall Board of Aldermen – T. B. NESMITH, W. L. MORTON, JAS MIDDLETON, W A BROWN, R. W. COBB RELIGIOUS FREEWILL BAPTIST – Pastor –T. W. SPRINGFIELD. Services, first Sabbath in each month, 7 p.m. MISSIONARY BAPTIST – Pastor W. C. WOODS. Services second Sabbath in each month at 11 am. METHODIST – Pastor – G. L. HEWITT. Services fourth Sabbath in each month. 11 a.m. SABBATH SCHOOLS UNION – Meets every Sabbath at 3 o’clock p.m. JAMES MIDDLETON, Supt. METHODIST – Meets every Sabbath at 9 o’clock a.m. G. W. RUSH, Supt. MASONIC: Vernon Lodge, No. 588, A. F. and A. M. Regular Communications at Lodge Hall 1st Saturday, 7 p.m. each month. – T.W. SPRINGFIELD, W. M. W. L. MORTON, S. W. JNO. ROBERTSON, J. W. R. W. COBB, Treasurer, M. W. MORTON, Secretary Vernon Lodge, NO 45, I. O. G. F. Meets at Lodge Hall the 2d and 4th Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. each month. J. D. MCCLUSKEY, N. G. R. L. BRADLEY, V. G. E. J. MCNATT, Treas’r M. W. MORTON, Sec. MAIL DIRECTORY VERNON AND COLUMBUS - Arrives every evening and leaves ever morning except Sunday, by way of Caledonia. VERNON AND BROCKTON – Arrives and departs every Saturday by way of Jewell. VERNON AND MONTCALM – Arrives and departs every Friday. VERNON AND PIKEVILLE – Arrives and (sic) Pikeville every Tuesday and Friday by way of Moscow and Beaverton. VERNON AND KENNEDY – Arrives and departs every Wednesday and Saturday. VERNON AND ANRO – Leaves Vernon every Tuesday and Friday and returns every Wednesday and Saturday. LOCAL BREVITIES We have had rain every day for the last ten days. Several drummers in town earlier part of the week. See two non-resident notices in another column Abundance of rain, but we shouldn’t complain. The District Conference will embrace the 5th Sunday in this month. Mr. HUGH PENNINGTON has had a pump put in the well at his stable. Miss LELIZA MORTON is teaching in the Thomas neighborhood. Miss EMMA SPRINGFIELD commenced a three-month school at Pilgrims’ Rest on last Monday. Mr. ALLEN JORDAN of Columbus was circulating among his friends in town on Monday last. There was a celebration of the “Glorious Fourth” of July, at Mr. RIAS BROWN’S Mill on Monday last. W. G. MIDDLETON Esq. and family made a visit to relatives in Fayette County latter part of last week. Miss JALA GUIN has commenced a school at Caudle, Marion County, for a term of three months. Quite a number of teachers were in attendance at the meetings of the Educational Board last Saturday. Justice’s Court at Cansler claimed the attendance of Messrs S. J. SHIELDS and W. A. YOUNG on last Saturday. The ceiling of the Methodist Church has been completed and painting has begun on the same by Messrs. JAS. R. MACE and T. C. SMITH. E.W. BROCK will pay the highest market price for chickens, eggs, wool, dry and green hides, and good fat cattle in merchandise or in payment of accounts. Bring them in. Parties wishing to buy good steam mills or gins or any make of scale or any piece of the above named. I am prepared to take all orders at the lowest prices and on easy terms, repairing gins a specialty. Thanks for past favors. Respectfully. W. R. MCMANUS The News will be sent to any address for one year for $1 payable next fall. Ad for Whites Cream Vermifuge We have received the speech of Senator Don Mutias Romero, Mexican minister at Washington, read on the 65th anniversary of the birth of U. S. Grant celebrated at the Metropolitan Methodist Church of the city of Washington on 25th of April 1887. Ad for Zellin & Co. Liver Regulator SELY ANN BOHANNON was born in Carroll County, Georgia April 15th 1826 and moved to Chambers County, Alabama, joined the Methodist Church in 1842, and lived a consistent member until the day o her death; was married to W. A. GLASGOW in October 1844; was the mother of 10 children, 9 boys and 1 girl; a kind mother and a good wife; always ready to oblige a neighbor; loved to visit the sick and administer to their wants. She was taken with the flux on 28th of May and departed this life June 7th 1887, leaving a husband and six children to mourn their loss, also twenty-one grandchildren. She has gone to the mansions prepared for the faithful. W.A.G. Vernon, Ala. July 29, 1887 (sic) The Lamar County Medical Society met at the court house (being regular meeting at 12 m 1st Saturday in July). The meeting was called to order by the President. Roll of members called, a quorum being present, proceeded to the regular business of the society. It was ordered that at our next meeting (1st Saturday in October next) that we have the subject of “Dysentery” discussed – Dr. J. L. BARKSDALE to open the discussion. Also the subject of Cholera Infantum (or Summer Complaint) Dr. M. W. MORTON to open the discussion. It is desirable that the members turn out and take part in the discussion. No other business, the meeting adjourned. M. W. MORTON, Sec’y W. L. MORTON, President KINGVILLE ITEMS Kingville, June 28th, 1887 Mr. E. J. MCNATT: Dear Sir: Notwithstanding the scarcity of news I shall attempt this evening to write a communication for publication in the Lamar News. While Bill Arp, the distinct published writer of the Atlanta Constitution, gets $40 each for his letters to the Constitution, I am content with just so much more or less. A child in nearly every instance learns to crawl before it learns to walk. And who knows but I will someday get $35 or $40 for each communication I may write. “Where there is a will, there is a way.” But some one whom I shall call Mr. Try-To- Break-Down when he reads this may say “I know that Mr. Warwick will never get even twenty-five cents each for any of his communications.” If any one should wish to make that expression about Warwick, let him make it, and Warwick will forgive him for it but if such a one just allow Warwick to ask him, when and how he came to be so wise as to know that. The reader will pardon me for the foregoing remarks. I have made them just merely to show that there is in the world a certain break-down class of individuals who are ready and willing without either money or price to try to break down a poor fellow who is daily struggling against the inconveniences of poverty to make something of himself upon what he conceives to be the principles of honesty and uprightness. The Lord pity that break-down class wherever they are. The second thought that presents itself to my mind is the Masonic Celebration at Fernbank last Friday, and of course I was there; but the reader should not by any means come to the conclusion that I was the only one that was there. The number of people present was variously estimated from 600 to 1800. However, I did not make any pretense to count them, but I was informed that one gentleman on the ground counted 400 just in one little squad. The principal part of the forenoon was occupied in making preparation for the procession and in laying the corner stone. After a few minutes past twelve, dinner was announced, and only the ladies and the small children were invited to the first table. The ladies and the small children having finished eating their dinner, the gents were invited to the second table; and when the gents had finished eating, our colored visitor friends were invited to dine which they did with much apparent delight. Dinner being over the public installation of the newly elected Masonic officers was commenced, which was followed immediately by a very concise appropriate Masonic talk by the ever genial Capt. JNO. D. MCCLUSKEY of Vernon. The fraternity is to be congratulated upon having within her ranks such men as the talented Capt. The visiting brethren from other Masonic Lodges were invited by the members of the Fernbank, or JOHN PAYNE Lodge to be present the Sunday following to take part in the funeral services of Brother PETER MCGEE, which was to take place at 11 o’clock am at Walnut Grove Church some 4 ½ or 5 miles west of Kingville. Long before the appointed hour had come Sunday morning, hundreds of people began collecting at the place appointed for the purpose of paying their late tribute of respect to memory of the deceased. The Rev. T. W. SPRINGFIELD of Vernon had been chosen to preach the funeral sermon, which he did in a very impressive manner at the hour appointed, using as a text the one hundred and thirty-third Psalm which reads as follows: “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard; that went down to the skirts of his garments. As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life forevermore.” Now for a little home talk, and then I shall have done. The people of Kingville are so far as I know enjoying good health. A splendid rain is falling now, which will prove very beneficial to the crops. Messrs. “Sobe” ROWLAND and JOHN JOHNSEN, two of Kingville’s very industrious farmers are of late doing an excellent business in the way of threshing wheat etc. There is always something for willing hands to do. On last Thursday evening Messrs. D. F. BROWN, A. J. WALLACE, and J.C. BROWN left the Kingville School for the purpose of trying the fresh breezes of some other clime. Mr. D. F. BROWN anticipates commencing a three-months public school next Monday morning at Wesley Chapel Church in Millville beat, and Mr. WALLACE anticipates commencing one at the same time at Mount Pleasant Church in Betts’ Beat. Mr. A. A. PEARCE has just returned from a visit to his parents in the northern portion of the county, Miss M. A. TURMAN who is a student of the Kingville school anticipates commencing a three-months school near her father’s in Pine Springs Beat, and Mr. C. P. CALVIN anticipates commencing one of the same length, etc at the Rush School house in Wilson’s Beat. Now if this communication happens to be too long for any one, let him write a shorter one just to serve as a pattern. Respectfully, Warwick Ad for Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Ointment NEWS ITEMS People are living in tents at Decatur. More carpenters wanted at Decatur. Flux is prevailing all over the state. Birmingham is going down 3000 feet for gas. The Baptists at Anniston are building a $20,000 church. The city of Montgomery has voted $15,500 for public schools. The Alabama soldiers captured the first prize at the Louisville drill. The Morgan County Agricultural Wheel will meet at Hartselle 16th of July. Car works from Ohio going to Decatur with $1,000,000 and orders for 3,000 cars at once. 60 persons were poisoned by eating ice cream at Hartselle last week, but all recovered. The Montgomery Advertiser is building a handsome new brick office for its new presses. There is a children’s meeting the Methodist Church in Huntsville every Sunday evening. 2600 cases have been tried in the police court of Birmingham since the first of January last. Rev. J. W. Rush has retired from the editorship of the Birmingham Christian Advocate. A new paper called the Black Belt has appeared in Tuskegee published by colored men. A colored man by the name of Bill Coxwell died in Henry County last week aged 117 years. The Birmingham Rifles have decided to enter for a maiden prize at the Chicago drill in October. Mobile and Birmingham post offices pay a salary of $2,900 each, Montgomery $2,800, Selma $2,400, Huntsville, $1,800 and Anniston $1,600. A pretty young widow at Georgiana wants help about the house. Experienced Stewart preferred. Geo. Harris shot Dave Johnson in the face, knocking one eye out in Montgomery last week for being too intimate with his wife. Chicago’s water collector, L. G. Pope, turns out to be a defaulter. The president and cashier of the defunct Fidelity National Bank of Cincinnati are in jail. The Pope will excommunicate Father McGlyn of New York on account of his freedom of speech and advocacy of the Henry George land theory. The Farmer’s Alliance of Texas has 250,000 members. It is confined exclusively to farmers, and is similar in detail to the Agricultural Wheel Organization. There are now over 1,000 Young Men’s Christian Association in this country, with a membership of 140,000 expending for Christian work $785,000. The aggregate of property in buildings, libraries, etc is over $5,000,000. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT The State of Alabama, Lamar County, Circuit Court W. A. YOUNG, J. F. FURGESON, admr’s, Ppfs Vs attachment S. J. SMITH, Jr. alias GOSS SMITH Deft ISAAC RASPBEERY, Garnisher In the above styled cause it being made to appear by the answer of the garnishee that S. J. SMITH whose post office is Aurora, Wise County, Texas, claims the debt which the said garnishee answer to be due. Now the said S. J. SMITH is hereby notified of the pendency of said suit; and to be and appear at the next term of our Circuit Court, to be held on the 12th day of Sept 1887, then and there to propound his claim to said debt if he sees proper. Done at office this 6th day of July 1887 R. E. BRADLEY, Clerk of the Circuit Court NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT The State of Alabama, Lamar County, Circuit Court W. A. YOUNG, J. F. FURGESON, Admr’s , Pprs, Vs. Attachment S. J. SMITH, Jr. alias GOSS SMITH, Deft Whereas the plaintiffs in the above styled cause having applied to the undersigned clerk of the circuit court in the state and county foresaid in due form of law for an attachment against the estate of deft. and having obtained the same; and whereas, it appears that said defendant is not a resident of this state and that his post office is Aurora, Wise County, Texas. Now the said deft. is hereby notified of the pendency of said attachment and that the same has been executed by serving a writ of garnishment on ISAAC RASBERRY, and further that deft be and appear at the next term of our circuit court to be holden on the 12th day of September, 1887 to defend against said attachment if he sees proper so to do. Done at office this 5th day of July 1887 R. E. BRADLY, Clerk of Circuit Court Ad for Simmons liver regulator Ad for Huckleberry cordial VERNON CIRCUIT - FAYETTE C. H. DISTRICT M. E. CHURCH SOUTH – Appointments Vernon 11 a.m. and 7 ½ p.m. 4th Sunday Springfield Chapel 11 a.m. 1st Sunday Moscow 3 ½ p.m. 1st Sunday Lebanon 11 a.m. 2nd Sunday Newman’s Chapel 3 ½ p.m. 2nd Sunday New Hope 11 a.m. 3rd Sunday Mt. Nebo 3 ½ p.m. 3rd Sunday District Conference will embrace the 5th Sunday in July. GEO. L. HEWITT, Pastor Ad for The Empire News Ad for The Daily Commercial – A Republican newspaper NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION LAND OFFICE AT MONTGOMERY, ALA., May 7, 1887 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Judge of the Probate Court at Vernon, Ala. on July 2, 1887 viz: WILLIAM AUSTIN, Homestead 10,180 for the NW ¼ SW ½ Section 8 T 15 R 15 West. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: JAMES E. PENNINGTON, S. P. PENNINGTON, HIRAM HOLLIS JR., and GREEN B. SANDERS all of Vernon, Ala. J. G. HARRIS, Register Persons visiting Columbus desiring anything in the Millinery line, will do well to call on Miss TILLIE BAILEY (Below Morgan, Robertson & Co) Miss Tillie’s taste, together with her experience, cannot be surpassed in Columbus or elsewhere. Ad for Commercial College Ad for Accordeons THE FERNBANK HIGH SCHOOL under the Principalship of J. R. GUIN, will open Oct. 25, 1886 and continue for a term of Ten Scholastic months Rates of Tuition: PRIMARY: Embracing Orthography, Reading, Writing, Primary Grammar, Primary Geography and Primary Arithmetic, per month $1.25. INTERMEDIATE: Embracing Brief English Grammar, Elementary Geography, Elementary Arithmetic, Letter Writing and Hygiene, per month, $1.50. PRACTICAL: Embracing English Grammar, Practical Arithmetic, Complete Geography, English Composition, U. S. History and Physiology, per month, $2.00. HIGH SCHOOL: Embracing Rhetoric, Elocution, Algebra, Natural Philosophy, Botany, Geology, Zoology, Hygiene, Physiology, Latin, &c, per month $2.50. Discipline will be firm. Special attention will be given to young men and women who wish to engage in teaching. Good board at $7.00 per month. No incidental fees. Tuition due every five months. Correspondence solicited. Address J. R. GUIN Fernbank, Ala. G. W. RUSH J. W. CLEARMAN Cheap Cash Store, Dry goods, Clothing, boots & shoes, school books, &c. Coffee, sugar, tobacco snuff crockery and tinware All at Bottom prices. Give us a call. GEO. W. RUSH & CO. Remember This when you want clothing, hats, underwear, that BUTLER & TOPP deal only in these goods. You can get a better selection and a great variety to select from than is kept in any house in Columbus. We carry suits from $6 to $30, and hats from 50 c to $10. Call and see us. BUTLER & TOPP Ad for New Home Sewing Machine File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lamar/newspapers/thelamar1361gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 57.7 Kb