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THE VERNON COURIER

ALEX A. WALL, Editor and Publisher      VERNON, LAMAR CO, ALA.       FRIDAY, 
NOVEMBER 5, 1886         Subscription $1.00 Per 
Year                                                                           
                                        VOL. I. NO. 23 

CHARMING MAIDEN – Poem – [Texas Siftings]

TWO POSTAL CARDS – Short Story – [Francis M. Walleigh, in Boston Transcript]

DECAY OF MONARCHY – American Progress The Most Powerful Argument Against Royal 
Figure-Heads
	There are many signs which indicate that the nadir of monarchy is 
near, and the republic is to be the type of civilized government in the 
future.  Ridicule is the most powerful of all agencies for the destruction of 
institutions or men. During the last decade, events have conspired to weaken 
the monarchial principals, yet a weak monarchy is a contradiction in terms, 
and is, assuredly, one of the most ridiculous things in the world.
	Spain is by nature, one of the most monarchical countries of Europe, 
yet Spain is now trading the path of constitutional monarchy which inevitably 
leads to the republic.  In a recent oration delivered in the Spanish Chamber 
of Deputies, Emilio Castelar went into a masterly review of the history of 
Spain, and proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that every regency had tended 
to weaken the monarchical principle in the esteem of the nation. As Spain 
seems destined to live under a regency until the baby King attains his 
majority, there is every reason to believe that the Spaniards will steadily 
gravitate toward the perfectly free government of which their greatest 
statesmen dream. In France the republic appears capable of surviving even the 
unintentional attacks of its friends, and, despite all omens of disaster, has 
successfully weathered the political storms of fifteen troublesome years.  
Italy rests secure beneath the protection of a government which is, in all 
essential respects almost as free as any republic. In Germany, the vipor of 
the monarchy is not likely to outlast the lives of the remarkable men who 
gained an unshakable old on the popular affection through there inestimable 
services in behalf of German freedom.  In Austria the Hapsburgs have vainly 
set there faces against the movement in behalf of free government.  In Russia 
and Turkey the position of autocracy seems impregnable; yet it must be 
remembered that in those countries there exist no means of measuring the 
forces that are making for freedom and progress. In point of fact, England has 
passed beyond the confines of republicanism, and has become an unlimited 
democracy.
	From time to time there occur events which show the utter uselessness 
of the figureheads without whom constitutional monarchy can not be worked. In 
Spain the King is a baby, in Bavaria he is an idiot. In England, the nominal 
chief executive is a very estimable lady who invariably betakes herself to 
Osborne or Balmorals whenever a ministerial crisis approaches, and there is 
then presented the absurd spectacle of great statesmen making long journeys to 
consult the Queen, whose opinions have not a feather’s weight as against the 
men who represent the majesty of the English people.  With ever-increasing 
persistency the masses are asking question: Why should not those who rule in 
fact rule in name as well?  Why should the tax-payer be fleeced to support 
nonentities who being neither strength nor real dignity to the practical 
administration of government?
	Yet the most potent of all contemporaneous influences in antagonism to 
monarchy must be sought in the magnificent prosperity and boundless strength 
of our own Republic.  A century of storm has left our Government with increase 
d strength and a glorious future.  We have passed through the most gigantic of 
civil wars, and are accomplishing what no monarchy has accomplished the 
payment of a National debt.  Americans repress crimes against social order 
with a firmness of restitution that is unknown in the monarchies of Europe.  
In the administration of our Government many abuses exist, but a free press 
and an intelligent public opinion will correct them all.  Europe stands 
trembling on the threshold of a tremendous war, and we may be sure that when 
that great conflict comes, many an existing institution will fall as Napoleon 
and the Empire fell.  The monarchy has come to be an expedient; something to 
fill up an interregnum while the nation is preparing for the republic. – [N. 
O. Times-Democrat]

A VERY SENSIBLE REMARK – joke

FINE ALL AROUND – joke

A ROUMANIAN WEDDING 
Interesting Description of a Jolly Gathering in Metropolitan New York
	A Roumanian wedding party is one of the nosiest and jolliest 
gatherings that can be imagines.  The chief feature of the celebration is the 
dance held after the tying of the nuptial knot.  A reporter was present for a 
short time at a dance of this description held at a hall on the Bowery. The 
couple had been united at the synagogue in the afternoon.
	The wedding feast was eaten shortly after at the home of the bride. 
Everybody, including the children, then proceeded to the hall, and the dancing 
went on continuously until two o’clock the next day.
	At about eleven o’clock the fun was at its height.  The favorite 
national dance was on.  It is called a jig, though bearing little resemblance 
to a good old Irish dance of that name. The orchestra struck up a monotonous 
but not unpleasing one-two tum-tum melody.  The dancers formed in a circle, 
the men and women being placed alternately, and joining their outstretched 
arms, the hands of each person clasping the shoulder of his partners on the 
right and left.
	The components of the living ring or circle thus formed then began 
stepping time to the music, slowly at first, but with increasing speed, the 
circle moving, now to the right, now to the left, the step becoming all the 
time more lively and less regular until it was a hop backward, skip forward 
and a jump sideways.  This was continued until some links of the human endless 
chain abruptly broke off from exhaustion.
	The bride, a very pretty girl of about twenty, was attired in an old 
gold bronze dress, walking length, and elaborately flounced and embellished.  
Over her head she wore a white tishu (sic).  The groom was in regulation full 
dress.
	A peculiar feature of the affair was that one of the waiters, attired 
in a uniform of short white coat and long apron, was the bride’s brother. He 
danced the jig with great gusto and was aid to be the best Rommanian jigger in 
this country. – [N. Y. Morning Journal]

LOVE OF HOMES – A Charming Pruse Poem by Bill Arp, the Georgia Philosopher
The love of home is not an art nor an accomplishment.  It does not come from 
early training or education. It is the instinct of humanity.  It is the gift 
of God.  It is a pure emotion and brings joy and comfort to the humble and 
great. “Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home.”  No wonder that 
the simple song of John Howard Payne endeared him to the world.  The world 
felt its touching, tender truth and wept a sympathetic tear.  It is the want 
of a home that makes tramps and vagabonds and desperate men. Sometimes I think 
the nation could well afford to give to every father and mother a house. 
Besides the love of those who are dear to us there is something in the 
locality that affects us – something in the familiar scenes, the trees, the 
fields, the branches, the running spring or the generous well.  We love the 
trees and vines that have borne us fruit or given us shade; the open fireplace 
that gives us welcome on a winter night; the ed that gives us rest and sleep, 
and the ever pleasing prospect of the distant hills and mountains that seem as 
if reaching up to God.  Even the beasts and birds are conscious of this love 
of home. “The lowing herd winds slowly o’er the lea.” As they seek their 
accustomed place. The faithful loving dog will travel miles and leagues to 
reach it, and the cat can not be easily weaned from the chimney corner. Man 
has made use of this never-failing, never-ceasing love of the carrier=pigeon, 
and it commands our respect and admiration when we see it released from the 
unwilling prison of a distant land and watch it ascend and circle and take its 
bearings, and then with swift and tireless wing make for its home by the 
nearest line. – [Atlanta Constitution]

ONLY A SPOT – How an Indignant Yankee Got Even with A German Customs Officer – 
anecdote

PITH AND POINT – jokes

POWER OF HABIT – A Retired Territorial Official Who Can’t Get Along Without 
Abuse – anecdote – [Estelline (D. T.) Bell]

HAD BEEN FASTING – anecdote – [Arkansas Traveler]

AMERCIAN CONSULSHIPS - Officers to Which Distances Very Frequently Lands 
Enchantment – [San Francisco Chronicle] – anecdote

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THE COURIER
ALEX. A. WALL, Editor and Proprietor
Vernon, Alabama
Friday, November 5, 1886

For Congress – 5th Congressional District – Hon. J. H. BANKHEAD of Fayette

A circus took in $14,000 in Charleston on Saturday. More work for the relief 
committee.

Mrs. Cornelia M. Stewart, wife of the late millionaire dry goods merchant, A. 
T. Stewart, New York, died at her residence on the 25th, of congestion of the 
lungs and heart trouble.

Mrs. Warren Newcomb, a wealthy widow of New Orleans, has given $100,000 to the 
Tulane University of New Orleans, for the purpose of establishing a College 
for the higher education of white girls and young white women.

People often wonder why Southern colleges are not equal to those of the 
North.  Three years ago the University of Alabama celebrated its fiftieth 
anniversary. Harvard is soon to celebrate its two hundredth and fiftieth.  It 
takes time to build a great institution.

A California correspondent of the New York Evening Post says one hundred olive 
trees are planted to the acre.  Each tree bears forty gallons of olives, from 
which three and a half gallons of oil can be made, which is worth from $5 to 
$10 per gallon, the total value of the crop being from $1,500 to $2,000 per 
acre.

Washington, October 28 – Secretary Manning assumed actual control of the 
treasury department today for the first time since he was taken sick, and 
signed all the mail requiring the signature of the secretary.  He did not, 
however, write his signature on treasury letters, etc., but used a stamp 
containing a fac simile of his signature.  The attorney general gave an 
opinion that there is no legal objection to the use of such a stamp.

“Senators Pugh and Morgan, of Alabama, are two of the ablest and most 
agreeable men in the upper house.  They have always worked shoulder to 
shoulder for their state until the Blair Bill came up with its bitterness and 
separated them.  They did not speak for several months, and their friends were 
afraid they were estranged forever.  One day this week they chanced to meet in 
a barber shop in this city, and both extended their hands spontaneously, like 
honorable, straightforward men, and there is nothing more between them.” – 
[Washington Post]

CIGARS AND MEN
	If a man smokes his cigar only enough to keep it lighted, and relishes 
taking it from is mouth to cast a look at the curl of smoke in the air, set 
him down as an easy, going man.
	Beware of the man who never released his grip on his cigar and is 
indifferent whether it burns or not. He is cool, calculating and exacting.
	The man that smokes a bit, rests a bit, and fumbles the cigar more or 
less, is easily affected by circumstances.
	If the cigar goes out frequently the man has a whole soul disposition, 
is a devil-may-care sort of a fellow, with a lively brain and glib tongue, and 
generally a fine fund of anecdotes.
	A nervous man, who fumbles his cigar a great deal, is a sort of 
popinjay among men.
	Holding his cigar constantly between the teeth, chewing it 
occasionally, and not caring if it is lighted at all, are the characteristics 
of men who have the tenacity of bulldogs.
	The fop stands his cigar on end, and an experienced smoker points it 
straight ahead or almost at right angles with his course.

VERNON, ALA, Nov. 2nd, 1886
Editor Courier:
	I wish to say that I have been asked by several to attend to 
individual matters for them at Montgomery.  Some have brought their business 
to me which I will attend to promptly; others have filed to give me a 
statement of the matter which they wanted attended to. To those I will say if 
they will forward a statement of the business they want attended to, I will 
take pleasure in attending to it.
	Several have asked me to send them the Montgomery Advertiser; some for 
8 months and others for 12.  Some have paid me for the Advertiser, this I made 
a note of, but I have forgotten several who wish to take the Advertiser, and 
if any of my friends want to take the Advertiser or want any other business 
attended if they will write me I will take pleasure in waiting on them.
	Again, I wish to say to those who are indebted to me, that I have left 
all of my notes and accounts with L. M. WIMBERLEY, he will collect and receipt 
for me, and as I shall have to meet some large notes the 1st of December, you 
will do me a great favor to call and settle before that time.  If you cannot 
pay all, a little from each will help and be appreciated.
	I shall leave for Montgomery tomorrow, with you I leave my best 
wishes, and I shall try to guard, remember and defend your interest.
	Respectfully,
	R. L. BRADLEY

POSTAL CLERK ARRESTESD
Atlanta, Ga., October 29 – Joseph R. Rapp, chief distributing clerk in the 
Atlanta post office, was arrested today by Inspector Booth on the charge of 
stealing a valuable letter.  He was carried before Commissioner Haight, waived 
examination and in default of $1,000 bail was committed to jail.  The money 
taken out of the letter was found in his possession.

 A BAD THING WHEN CARRIED TOO FAR
Louisville, October 25 – A Courier Journal special says: Alex Hoard and John 
Paxton, school boys and rivals in love, stood in a store at New Frankfort, 
Indiana yesterday. Their sweetheart, Miss Inez Hollis, passed by going to 
school. Howard threw a kiss to her, and Paxton, enraged, knocked him in the 
head with a stick, fracturing his skull and then stamped his face to a jelly. 
Paxton seemed like a madman and foamed at the mouth and before he could be 
captured rushed to the woods waving his hands and shrieking. Howard will die. 
Both are sons of prominent farmers of Scott County. Great excitement 
prevails.  The young lady remains by the bedside of her dying lover.

AN AMERCIAN PRINTER BOY
	About the year 1725, an American boy, some nineteen years old, found 
himself in London, where he was under the necessity of earning his bread.  He 
was not like many young men these days, who wander around seeking work, and 
who are “willing to do anything.” Because they know how to do nothing; but he 
had learned to do something and knew just where to go to find some thing to 
do; so he went straight to a printing office, and inquired if he could get 
employment.
	“Where are you from?” inquired the foreman.
	“America,” was the answer.
	“Ah,” said the foreman, “from America? A lad from America seeking 
employment as a printer! Well, do you really understand the art of printing? 
Can you set type?
	The young man stepped to one of the cases, and in a brief space set up 
the following passage from the first chapter of John:
	“Nathaniel said unto him, ‘Can there any good come out of Nazareth? 
Philip said unto him, Come and see’.”
	It was done so quickly, so accurately, and administered a delicate 
reproof, so appropriate and powerful, that it once gave him influence and 
standing with all in the office. He worked diligently at his trade, refused to 
drink beer and strong drink, saved his money, returned to America, became a 
printer, publisher, author, Postmaster General, member of Congress, signer of 
the Declaration of Independence, ambassador to royal courts, and finally died 
in Philadelphia, April 17, 1790, at the age of eighty-four, full of years and 
honors; and there are now more than 150 counties, town and villages in America 
named after that printer boy, Benjamin Franklin, the author of “Poor Richard’s 
Almanac.”

BURNED TO DEATH
Louisville, October 28 – The residence of William Poe, near Flat Lick, in 
Kentucky, caught fire Tuesday night and the occupants , eight in number, were 
burned to death.

TERRIBLE MURDER
Montgomery, Ala. October 29 – A special to the Advertiser brings news of a 
brutal murder committed in Lee County yesterday afternoon. Edwin Waldrop, a 
young white man and respectable farmer was murdered by Geo. Hart, a negro.  
The murdered used a razor and almost severed young Waldrop’s head from his 
body.
	Waldrop was missed last night and his dead body was found this morning 
in a cotton field. The negro escaped, but the citizens are aroused and a posse 
of armed men are scouring the country for the murderer.

KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL
Located in the live and growing town of Kennedy on the Georgia Pacific Rail 
Road. The moral and religious influences surrounding this school are 
unsurpassed in any part of the state.  Boarders can find pleasant homes in 
refined families at very reasonable rates.  The first session will commence on 
Monday Nov. 1st, 1886 and continue for a term of ten scholastic months.
TUITION
PRIMARY: Embracing Orthography, Reading, Writing, Primary Geography, and 
Primary Arithmetic, per month, $1.50
INTERMEDIATE: Embracing English Grammar, Intermediate Geography, Physiology, 
History of U. S., Practical Arithmetical and Elementary Algebra, per month 
$2.00.
ADVANCED GRADE: Embracing Higher Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Rhetoric, 
Elocution, and Latin, per month, $2.50.
An incidental fee of 25 cents, per session.  Special attention will be given 
to those who expect to engage in teaching and preparing boys and girls to 
enter college.  Tuition due at expiation of each quarter.  For further 
particulars address J. C. JOHNSON, Principal, Kennedy, Ala.

J. A. JORDAN of Lamar County in now connected with TROST & SOLOMON Wholesale 
and Retail Dealers in Wines, Liquors, Cigars, & Tobacco. Columbus, Miss.  Call 
and see him before purchasing elsewhere.

W. B. SPANN of Lamar County with NATHAN & OPPENHEIMER Whole sale & Retail 
Dealers in Staple & Fancy Groceries, Tobacco, cigars, plantation supplies, 
etc. Wholesale dealers in liquors, wines, etc. Columbus, Miss.  Note:  I 
respectfully solicit my friends from all parts of the country to call in and 
see me when in the city.  Will sell you goods at a very small margin above 
cost.  I am ever thankful to my customers for the past favors. – W. B. SPANN

OTTLEY & NEWBY Dealers in Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Guns, Pistols, Powder, 
Shot, Steel, Iron, nails, Castings, Sash , doors, blinds, and a full line of 
stoves and tinware.  Special attention paid to the repairing of tin work.  No. 
51 Market Street, Columbus, Miss.

WALKER & DONOGHUE, Dealers in Staple and Fancy groceries and plantation 
supplies Columbus Miss. Keep constantly on had a full supply of all goods 
usually kept in a first-class grocery house. Give us a call when you are in 
the city.  Mr. GEO. TAYLOR is connected with the above firm and will be 
pleased to see his friends and will sell them goods at rock bottom prices.

L. S. METCALF, with T. O. BURRIS, Columbus, Miss. Groceries, Dry goods & 
shoes, hats & caps & clothing. Note: I respectfully ask my friends of Lamar 
and Marion to give me a call when in the city. Will sell you goods at a very 
small margin above cost. L. S. METCALF.

W. G. RICHARDS & Son – Dealers in general merchandise and country produce. 
Fernbank, Alabama. Not in favor of two weeks court, but selling goods low for 
cash. Headquarters for dry goods, notions, general merchandise, hats, caps, 
boots, shoes & clothing. Choice family groceries, including the best coffees, 
crockery, queensware, earthen and wooden ware, and a thousand and one “Nick 
Nack’s” which can not be enumerated always in stock. A car load of flour just 
received, which will be sold at a small margin above cost. We mean business, 
and I will sell any and all of our goods at rock-bottom prices. Columbus 
prices paid for cotton, hides, chickens, eggs, and all country produce. Please 
ask for what you want, we like to show our goods. 

Established 1867.  Cash Store.  A. A. SUMMERS, Special announcement for Fall 
and Winter. The best selected stock of general merchandise ever brought to 
Vernon. Now on exhibition fine clothing and dress goods at giving away prices, 
hosiery and furnishing goods at astonishingly low prices. A fine line of 
notions in abundance at a great discount. No lady can afford to buy elsewhere 
before seeing my goods and prices.  Bargains in shoes, boots, and hats, never 
heard of before in Vernon. A full line of medicines, hardware, and goods of 
general utility.  Call and see the attraction for yourself.

Established 1856. 1886 Still here.  N. GROSS AND COMPANY.  We are now 
receiving one of the largest and best selected stock of dry goods, notions, 
boots & shoes, hats and caps, and clothing, gents furnishing good, that has as 
yet been received in this city, to which we call it’s attention of all of our 
Lamar friends.  Our intention is to sell our stock at rock-bottom prices, and 
as we buy our goods for cash, we can of course offer you goods at figures 
which are astonishingly low. We would call special attention to the wholesale 
trade.  Respectfully, N. GROSS & Co., Columbus, Miss.  Note: We have secured 
the services of Mr. S. WOLFF, who will pay the highest marker price for 
cotton, and would be glad to see all of his Lamar friends.  Call on him. N. 
GROSS & CO.

COLUMBUS MARBLE WORKS.  Monuments and Headstones of every description 
furnished to order with the best of stock.  I invite orders for anything in my 
line from all parts of the country.  Don’t be deceived before calling at my 
yard, for seeing is satisfaction. Everything warranted. 
LIST OF PRICES OF PLAIN HEADSTONES
LENGTH	WIDTH		THICKNESS
3 ft. 0 in.      x	1 ft 0 in     x	2 in		$12
3 ft  6 in.      x	1 ft 2 in     x	2 in		$15
4 ft. 0 in.      x	1 ft. 4 in    x	2 in		$20
5 ft 0 in.       x	1 ft 6 in     x	2 in		$25
All work done on short notice. Material and work warranted the best.  
Correspondence solicited.  W. H. NEWLON, Columbus, Miss.

Fall and Winter Goods.  F. OGDEN & Son. Cansler, Alabama.  Dry goods, boots, 
and shoes.  Dress goods, prints, notions, etc. Also keep constantly on hand, 
flour, meat, sugar, and coffee all of which will be sold as cheap as the 
cheapest.  A fine line of snuff and tobacco and in fact everything usually 
kept in a first-class dry goods store.  Give us a call and be convinced that 
we mean what we say.  We wish to call especial attention to our wool carder 
which is now in first-class repair.  We have with us Mr. W. T. TROTTER, an 
experienced hand in carding, and who will take pleasure in giving prompt 
attention to all wool brought to our carder.  F. OGDEN & Son. Cansler, Ala. 

Clothing and hats.  When you want a first-class article in the clothing line 
or a first class shirt or hat, call upon the clothing and hat store where you 
can select from a very large, nice stock of all kinds of goods for men’s 
wear.  We deal especially in men’s goods, fitting a man from head to foot.  We 
carry suits from $6.00 to $30.00.  We have attached to our store a Tailoring 
Department, with a large stock of piece goods and trimmings to make suits to 
order.  Call and see us when in the city.  BUTLER & TOPP,  No. 55 Main, 
Columbus, Miss.  

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THE COURIER
Published Every Friday

LAMAR DIRECTORY
ALEXANDER COBB 	Judge of Probate 
R. E. BRADLEY		Circuit Clerk
S. F. PENNINGTON	Sheriff
L. M. WIMBERLEY	Treasurer
D. J. LACY		Tax Collector
W. Y. ALLEN		Tax Assessor
JAMES M. MORTON	Reg. in Chancery
B. H. WILKERSON	Co. Supt of Ed.
R. L. BRADLEY		Representative
ALEXANDER COLLINS Coroner
N. L. TRULL, 		County Surveyor

COMMISSIONERS
R. W. YOUNG 		W. M. MOLLOY
ALBERT WILSON	SAMUEL LOGGINAS

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.

J. D. MCCLUSKEY – Attorney-at-law and Solicitor in Chancery Vernon, Ala. will 
practice in the Circuit Courts of Lamar, Marion, Fayette, and Walker. The 
Federal Court and Supreme Court of Ala.  Special attention given to collection 
of claims.

NESMITH & SANFORD, Attorneys-at-law will practice in all the Courts of Lamar, 
Fayette, and adjoining counties.  THOS. B. NESMITH, Vernon, Ala.  J. B. 
SANFORD, Fayette, C. H., Ala.

A. J. STANFORD, Attorney-at-law and Solicitor in chancery Beaverton, Alabama 
will practice in the Circuit and Federal Courts of Alabama.  Special attention 
given to the collection of claims.

LOCALS

Commissioners Court next Monday.

A great deal of cotton is being hauled to Columbus.

A. A. SUMMERS has just received a lot of fine chewing tobacco.

MACE, the Jeweler is the place to go to get your watch fixed.

Vernon may have a railroad yet.  We hope so.

If you want a Waterbury Watch call on A. A. SUMMERS.

Go to G. W. RUSH & Co., for apples, chestnuts, etc.

When you are in Columbus, don’t forget to call on ALLEN JORDAN at Trost & 
Solomon’s.

Remember the quarterly meeting at Lebanon next Saturday and Sunday.

It is one hundred miles from G. E. BANKHEAD’S farm to Birmingham by the Kansas 
City Railroad.

RUSH & Co. kindly request their customers who have tickets with them to call 
and settle.

When you are at Cansler just step in to F. OGDEN’S store and get what you want 
at a low price.

Esq. J. S. GUYTON is putting up a saw mill in Moscow beat near Mr. J. W. L. 
FLYN’S farm.

If you wish to purchase books, go to RUSH & Co., who will give you Rock-Bottom 
prices.

See Notice for Publication in this issue.  GEO. SANDERS, Homestead Application 
1049.

Drs. MARTIN MORTON and W. A. BROWN went to the Railroad camp 12 miles north of 
Vernon Tuesday.

Mr. AELIN HOLLIS who formerly kept a store at Cansler, has moved his store 
house to Angora P. O. on the Kansas City Railroad.

Mr. JOE LINDSAY and the Deputy Sheriff of Fayette County spent last Sunday 
night at the residence of Mr. A. A. SUMMERS.

Mrs. L. M. WIMBERLEY is visiting relatives and friends at Fayette Court 
House.  We wish her a pleasant visit.

Pains in the small of the back indicate a diseased condition of the liver or 
kidneys, which may be easily removed by the use of Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver 
and Kidney Balm.  $1.00 per bottle.

The Administrator’s Sale of valuable lands of the W. K. KIRK estate was 
postponed until the fifth of December.

Sick headache is the bane of many lives.  To cure and prevent this annoying 
complaint use Dr. J. H. McLean’s Little Liver and Kidney pillets.  They are 
agreeable to take and gentle in their action.  25 cents a vial.

We were pleased to meet Mr. J. F. RECTOR in town Tuesday.  He is just 
recovering from a spell of sickness and is right weak yet.

During winter the blood gets thick and sluggish; now is the time to purify it, 
to build up your system and fit yourself for hard work, by using Dr. J. H. 
McLean’s Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier.  $1.00 per bottle.

Capt. S. J. SHIELDS is off on a visit to Aberdeen this week.

Will give full account of the election next week.  Impossible to do so this 
week.

We have a big advertisement of S. E. WEIR & Co., Kennedy, Alabama, which will 
appear next week.  Look out for it.

Prof. J. R. BLACK is confined to his room with risings.  In his absence from 
the school room, “Uncle” JIMMIE MIDDLETON holds the balance of power.

For a good suit, a fine suit, and a cheap suit of clothes, just call on BUTLER 
& TOPP, Columbus.  See ad in another place.

Frequently accidents occur in the household which cause burns, cuts, sprains, 
and bruises; for use in such cases, Dr. J. H. McLean’s Volcanic Oil Liniment 
has for many years been the constant favorite family remedy.

W. B. SPANN at NATHAN & OPPENHEIMER is selling Groceries cheap, yes very 
cheap.  Also liquors, tobaccos etc at astonishingly low prices.

Far better than the harsh treatment of medicines which horribly gripe the 
patient and destroy the coating of the stomach.  Dr. J. H. McLean’s Chills and 
Fever Cure by mild yet effective action will cure.  Sold at 50 cents a bottle.

Hon. R. L. BRADLEY and wife left Wednesday morning for Kennedy.  Dr. Bradley 
is on his way to Montgomery.  Mrs. BRADLEY will visit friends and relatives 
along the line of G. P. Railroad.

Dr. J. H. McLean’s Strengthening cordial and Blood purifier by its vitalizing 
properties will heighten pale cheeks, and transform a pale, haggard, 
dispirited woman into one of sparkling health and beauty.  $1.00 per bottle.

Mr. J. L. MARLER dropped in to see us Tuesday morning.  He informed us that he 
would soon start for Arkansas, where he purposes residing.  We regret to lose 
Mr. MARLER from our county.

Undue exposure to cold winds, rain, bright light or malaria may bring an 
inflammation and soreness of the eyes.  Dr. J. H. McLean’s Strengthening Eye 
salve will subdue the inflammation, cool and soothe the nerves, and strengthen 
weak and failing eye sight.  25 cents a box.

At Fernbank you can do no better than buy goods from W. G. RICHARDS & Son.  
Their “ad” can be found in this issue; read it and go and see them.  They are 
selling goods for a small profit.

Happiness depends very much on the condition of the liver and kidneys.  The 
ills of life make but little impression on those whose digestion is good.  You 
can regulate your liver and kidneys with Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney 
Balm.  $1.00 per bottle.

Miss ALICE BLACKMAN has accepted a school near Caledonia, and commenced 
teaching last Monday.  We congratulate the good people in securing the 
services of Miss B. for she is capable, amiable, and an earnest teacher.

Ad for J. H. McLean’s Volcanic Oil Liniment

A wagon load of watermelons 22 in number was sold in town last Tuesday by Mr. 
ADAIR.  Our clever Sheriff S. F. PENNINGTON treated the Courier corps to a 
nice one.  Remember it was the 2nd day of November and the day BANKHEAD was 
elected to the 50th Congress of the United States of America.

Ad for McLean’s Littler Liver and Kidney pillets

Mr. J. C. JOHNSON has an advertisement in today’s paper setting forth his 
terms etc of the Kennedy High school of which he is principal.  As an educator 
Mr. Johnson stands high.  He has been very successful in his profession, which 
is sufficient evidence of his worth and merit.

Dr. JOE RUSH and wife and little son arrived in town on Tuesday evening last, 
from Apalachicola, Florida.  We extend a cordial greeting to the Dr. and his 
most estimable wife and little son and wish them a pleasant visit.

THE ELECTION
The following is the number of votes cast in the County for Congressman:
			LONG		BANKHEAD
Town Beat		47		97
Moscow		00		114
Betts			14		33
Strictland		 7		25
Trulls			15		9
Fernbank		14		35
Sizemore		3		38
Pine Springs		0		43
Vails			1		22
Steene			1		35
Military Springs	1		48
Lawrence		8		50
Brown			0		20
Henson Springs		2		29
Millville		9		80
Millport		3		40
Total			125		742

SMALL FEET
Women are mistaken when they suppose a small foot an element of beauty.  A 
foot should bear a just proportion to the figure; if too large it argues 
coarseness and vies a heaviness to the manner – the person labors with a 
cumbersome platform beneath, which entirely forbids ease and grace of 
movement.  A large foot, however, argues a certain honesty of character.  We 
do not like a foot too small for the height any more than we live one too 
large.  A small foot indicated coquetry.  Cleopatra’s foot must have been 
small and finely arched; Hermione, on the contrary, had a firm, well-
proportioned foot, betokening majesty.  Desdemona, Ophelia, and Cordelia must 
have had long, slender feet, which go more with sentiment than with magnetism 
or genius; Miranda, on the contrary had elegantly proportioned feet, worthy 
the chase Dianne herself. – [The Shoe String]

NOTICE
Parties indebted to the undersigned are earnestly requested to come and settle 
notes and accounts without further notice.  
A COBB & SON

STRAYED
Got out of Mr. WILLIAM VAIL’S pasture last Wednesday morning, a dark bay mare 
mule, about 10 years old, with right hip skinned; mane sheared lately.  Any 
information will be thankfully received and the person well paid.
	A. J. COLEMAN, 
Pickensville, Pickens County, Alabama

CONSOLIDATED
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Land Office at Huntsville, Alabama
October 12th, 1886
Notice is hereby given that the following named settlers has filed notice of 
their intention to make final proof in support of their claims, and that said 
proof will be made before the Probate Judge of Lamar County, Alabama at 
Vernon, on November 30, 1886, viz: No. 12011 JAMES A. MCCOLLUM for the SE ¼ of 
NW ¼ Sec 31 Township 14 S Range 15 West, and viz: No. 12074 SAMUEL W. BURNS, 
for the NE ¼ of NW ¼ Sec 31 Township 14 South Range 15 West.  They name the 
following witnesses to prove their continuous residence upon and cultivation 
of said lands viz:
	JAMES A. MCCOLLUM, N. M. JORDAN, GEOERGE H. TURNER, W. D. CLEARMAN, 
SAMUEL W. BURNS, LEONADIUS BURNS, J. W. CARMAN and NATHANIEL EDGEWORTH of 
Vernon, Alabama.
	William C. Wells, Register

ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
Within legal hours on Monday, the 1st day of November 1886 by virtue of an 
order of the Probate Court of Lamar County, Alabama, as Administrator de bonis 
non of the estate of W. K. KIRK, deceased, I will sell the NW ¼ of NW ¼ Sec 
15, and N ½ of NE ¼ Sec 16, 120 acres, known as the CRIBBS PLACE; and N ½ of 
NW ¼ and SE ¼ of NW ¼, sec 22, 120 acres, known as the COOK PLACE; and E ½ of 
NE ½ SE ¼ of SW ¼ of NE ¼, N ½ of SE ¼ sec 22 W ½ of NW ¼ SE ½ of NW ¼ S ½ of 
NE ¼ of NW ¼ 120 acres, and N ½ of SW ¼ Sec 23, 420 acres, known as FORGE 
PLACE, all in township 15, Range 16 as the property of said estate, at the 
Court House door, in said county, to the highest bidder, at public outcry on a 
credit of twelve months, taking notes with two good sureties, and retaining 
the vendor’s lien for the purchase money.  This 8th day of October 1886.
	W. A. BROWN
Administrator, de bonis non.  The above sale continued until Monday the 6th 
day of December.

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. Lamar County

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Land Office at Huntsville Alabama
October 22nd, 1886
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 Probate Judge of Lamar County, Alabama at Vernon, on 
December 18th, 1886, viz: 10696 GREEN HY. HARRIS, for the SE ¼ of SW ¼ S 18 
Township 14 S Range 15 West.  He names the following witnesses to prove his 
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of said land, viz: G. W. WOODS, 
ROBERT STRAWBRIDGE, SAMBO STRAWBRIDGE, and S. W. GOODMAN, of Moscow, Alabama.
	William C. Wells, Register

ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
The State of Alabama, Lamar County
Probate Court
Whereas, N. S. PARTAIN, Administrator of the Estate of H. C. MCNEESE deceased, 
has filed his application in said court for a sale of the lands described 
therein, belonging to the estate of the said decedent, for the purpose of a 
division, and the 20th day of November AD 1886 has been appointed for the 
hearing of said application.  This is therefore to notify all personas 
interested to appear before the said Court on said 20th day of November AD 
1886, to contest said application, if they think proper.
	Witness this 30th day of September AD 1886.
	ALEXANDER COBB, Judge of Probate

NOTICE NO. 5570 – NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Land Office at Montgomery, Alabama
October 26th, 1886
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 Probate Judge or in his absence the Clerk of the 
Circuit Court at Vernon, Ala, on December 22nd, 1886, viz:  GEORGE H. SANDERS 
Homestead Application No. 100489 for the SW ¼ SW ¼ Section 3 Township 15 S 
Range 15 W.  He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous 
residence upon, and cultivation of said land viz:  W. H. BICKERSTAFF, T. W. 
SPRINGFIELD, H. C. BICKERSTAFF, and JAMES MIDDLETON, of Vernon, Alabama
	J. G. HARRIS, Register

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
LAND OFFICE AT HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 
October 28th 1876 (sic)
Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of 
his intention to make final proof in support of his claims, and that said 
proof will be made before the Judge or in his absence the Clerk of the Circuit 
Court for Lamar County, Ala, at Vernon, on December 8th 1886, viz: No. 9363 – 
THOMAS B. SMITH for the NW ¼ of NW ¼ S 14 Township 13 S Range 14 West.  He 
names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and 
cultivation of said land viz:  R. F. BRADLEY, of Vernon, Ala., REUBIN F. 
BROWN, JOSEPH DILL, and W. P. HUGHEY, of Beaverton, Alabama.
	William C. Wells, Register

KINGVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Primary Grade     $1.50
Intermediate         $2.00
High School          $3.00
No Incidental Fee.  Tuition due every three scholastic months.  Board in the 
best families from $4.00 to $5.00.
	B. H. WILKERSON, Principal.

J. T. STINSON & Company.  Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants.  Columbus, 
Miss.  We return to our many friends and patrons, our usual thanks for their 
very liberal patronage extended us; and trust by strict attention to their 
interests to merit their favors and influence in future.  Our local facilities 
for handling cotton are unsurpassed by other markets, having suitable 
warehouses with storage capacity of 60,000 bales, two Banking institutions 
with ample money facilities to move the entire crop marketed here, and a Morse 
Patent Compress similar and equal to presses located in the coast markets; 
with these interior business conveniences our markets has become a spinner’s 
market, and we are enabled to realize the highest market price for cotton 
marketed here.  The bulk of our cotton is readily taken by our local cotton 
buyers and shipped direct to Eastern Mils.  We make liberal advancements as 
usual on cotton consigned to us, which will receive our prompt attention on 
arrival.  Bagging and ties furnished on application.  
	Soliciting your patronage,
	Respectfully yours
	J. T. STINSON & Co.

Clothing! Clothing! At A. COBB & Son Dealer in General Merchandise.  Ladies 
best fitting (picture of a corset) always in store, and at prices to suit the 
ladies.  Our summer stock is complete – consisting of ladies fine dress goods, 
ladies shoes, men’s shoes, boots, hats, etc.  Our stock of clothing of the 
best quality, which we are offering at a small margin above cost.  We are 
selling cheap.  We mean what we say.  Don’t fail to call when you are in 
town.  We have a lot of Iron Foot plows which we will sell very low (picture 
of iron foot plow).  Very Respectfully.  A. COBB & Son

Ho! (picture of canteen) Every one that Thirst food and lodging for man, and 
provender for horses can be had to live and let live prices at the WIMBERLEY 
House, Vernon, Ala.  L. M. WIMBERLY, Proprietor

ALABAMA LANDS FOR SALE
13 Farms for sale in Lamar County, ranging from 440 to 80 acres in size.  The 
undersigned offers the above Farms for sale in Lamar, which a reference to all 
authentic reports will show to be county above the average in Alabama.  They 
contain as good farming lands as this section can boast, and are 
advantageously situated.  Good water, healthy locations, convenient to 
schools, and churches, also to the county seat at Vernon.  A railroad 
traverses the lower end of the county and one is in course of construction 
through the upper end.  The future prospect is flattering and capitalists are 
turning their eyes this way seeking investment. These lands and many others 
besides in this county can be purchased on wonderfully low terms, from $1.00 
to $5.00 per acre.
	Address
	A. A. SUMMERS, Vernon, Lamar County, Ala.

G. W. RUSH & Co. Vernon, Alabama.  Dealer in dry goods and groceries, boots, 
and shoes, hats and caps, clothing, hardware, Queensware, etc. which is 
offered at Bottom Prices for Cash or produce.  Our Stock of Clothing is 
complete and first-class.  A superb and well selected lot of notions.  We have 
a large and handsome line of school books, also inks, pens, and paper.  Always 
keep constantly on hand a full stock of the noted St. Joseph’s family 
Preparations.  German Tonic, blood and Liver pills, Rheumatic Liniment, Cough 
and Croup Syrup, Quick Relief, Worm Exterminator, Essence of Jamaica Ginger, 
Specific, Fever and Ague Cure, Pile Oil, Eye Water, Female Regulating Pills, 
and Horse and Cattle Powders.  Give us a call when you are in town.  West side 
Square in the Burns Building.

THE VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, Under the Principalship of J. R. BLACK, will open 
October 4, 1886 and continue for a term of nine scholastic months.  Rates of 
Tuition as follows:
PRIMARY:  Embracing Orthography, Reading, Writing, Primary Geography, and 
Primary Arithmetic,  per month   $1.50
INTERMEDIATE:  Embracing English Grammar, Intermediate Geography, Practical 
Arithmetic, Composition, and U. S. History;  per month $2.00
ADVANCED:  Embracing Algebra, Geometry, Physiology, Rhetoric, Logic, 
Elocution, and Latin, per month  $3.00
Incidental fee 20 cts, per quarter.
Discipline will be mild but firm.
Special attention given to those who wish to engage in teaching.
Good board at $7 per month.
Tuition due at the end of each quarter.
For further information, address:  J. R. BLACK, Principal, Vernon, Ala

J. J. SHERMAN & CO., Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants, Columbus, 
Mississippi.  Agents for Brown’s Cotton Gin Company.  We have control of this 
celebrated gin and have no hesitancy in recommending them as being equal, if 
not superior to any, while they are sold at prices that defy competition.  
Every machine warranted.  Price $2.50 per saw.  F. Van Winkle Gin. This Gin 
took the Premium at the Atlanta Exposition. Price $3.00 per saw.  Phoenix Gin, 
Price $3.50 per saw.  Southern Standard Cotton Press $50.00. “Little Giant” 
Hydraulic Cotton Press.  This press was awarded Grand Gold Medal at the New 
Orleans Exposition.  Also agents for Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, 
Evaporators, and other machinery.  Circulars containing testimonials of many 
prominent planters all over the Southern states.  As to the merits of the 
Brown Cotton Gin, parties interested are referred to JAMES HEARON and J. L. 
SMITH, Lowndes County, Miss.  J. L. CREWS, Moscow, Ala., S. SELIG, Columbus, 
Miss.  J. J. SHERMAN & CO.

PAGE 4

KNEW THEM ALL – A Philadelphia Dowager on the Pedigrees of Cape May Belles – 
[Cape May Cor. N Y. Herald] – anecdote

GOOD LUCK OF A SEAMSTRESS – [Portland (Me.) Press]
Miss Helen A. Blanchrd, the daughter of a well-known Portland merchant, who 
was unfortunate in business, after an unsuccessful attempt at keeping a 
boarding house in Boston, obtained work in a Philadelphia clothing house in 
running a sewing machine.  One day, in a fit of desperation, she abandoned the 
sewing machine and the shop, not, however, to commit suicide, but to invent an 
over-seam stitch, and afterward a band in gentleman’s hats to prevent 
perspiration both of which proved highly successful.  She has now returned to 
Portland to buy back the old homestead.

A MEAN MAN – joke

WORSE THAN BLACK DYNAMITE – [Chicago Tribune]
The Russian troops of the regiment of Guards, in camp at Krassnoyo-Selom, have 
recently experimented with a new explosive, invented by a Russian engineer, 
which is intended to take the place of ordinary gunpowder.  The substance, 
whose composition is as yet a secret, is said to have an explosive power 
greater than that of black dynamite and to generate neither smoke nor heat.

Ad for Red Star Cough Cure

Ad for St. Jacob’s Oil

Ad for Buckingham’s Dye for the Whiskers

Ad for Ayer’s Ague Cure

Ad for Hill’s Hair and Whisker Dye

Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Ad for Dr. John Bull’s Smith’s Tonic Syrup for the cure of fever and ague or 
chills and fever and all malarial diseases.

Ad for Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invigorator

Ad for Dropsy Treated Free

Ad for Dr. Dromgoole’s English Female Bitters (picture of female)

Ad for W. L. Douglas shoes (picture of shoe)

Ad for Departure drums (picture of drum)

Ad for A Boon Women (picture of female) - rest of article small print 
describing health issues of women and the “cure” to take – “Golden Discovery” -
  $1.00 per bottle

Many smaller advertisements


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