Lamar County AlArchives News.....The Vernon Courier November 26, 1886 ************************************************ 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 March 9, 2007, 11:14 am Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History November 26, 1886 Microfilm Ref Call #371 Microfilm Order #M1992.4966 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE VERNON COURIER ALEX A. WALL, Editor and Publisher –VERNON, LAMAR CO, ALA. - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1886 Subscription $1.00 Per Year VOL. I. NO. 26 A MAN I LIKE – Poem – [Meredith Nicholson in Indianapolis Journal] LIFE ON A RAFT – Adventure Short Story – [Ballou’s Magazine] NEW GOLD FIELDS – Difficulties Under Which The Metal Has To Be Obtained In Australia For some time the Government of Western Australia has offered a reward of £3,000 for the discovery of a payable gold field within three hundred miles of a declared port. From recent news from Perth, it would almost appear that a profitable gold field has at least been discovered. We learn that Messrs. Mallet and M’Ewen, who were sent by the Government to explore the Kimberley district, in the extreme north of the colony, have returned, after an expedition, which nearly proved disastrous to the explorers. They lost their horses; and having consumed all their provisions, only escaped starvation by coming unexpectedly to a settler’s hut, where they obtained assistance. The party arrived barefooted their boots having fallen to pieces on the tramp of one hundred miles. Mr. M’Ewen nearly succumbed to the hardships of the journey. A quantity of the new gold has already found its way to England. According to advices from Derby, the port of the country named after the present Lord Derby, and situated at the head of King’s Sound – large numbers of people, who were totally unfitted for the work, were starting for the Kimberley gold fields. As the roads are rough, and provisions scarce and dear, with an absence of water, it goes without saying that no one need venture in search of wealth without being supplied with plenty of money and an ample supply of provisions. The country is described as closely resembling One Peak Down district in Queensland. The gold is much scattered, but the guides are numerous. It is expected that as soon as the alluvial gold is worked out, productive reefs will be laid bare. the Kimberley district, contrary to what many have supposed, is a country about four and a half times the size of Scotland, with splendid rivers and with millions of acres of pastoral and agricultural land. The climate has been commended by Captain Grey and other explorers as one of the finest and healthiest in the tropics. Last year the population numbered only about one hundred white men; the blacks, who are not numerous, are tractable. Sheep, cattle and horses thrive well, so that, whether or not the gold fields fulfill the expectations of those who seek their fortunes at the gold fields, there is a fine country to develop. Derby, the capital of this district, at the mouth of the Fitzroy River, consisted lately of but a few huts and tents, and is the station of a Government resident. Should the “rush” to the gold fields continue, doubtless, al this will soon be changed. – [Chamber’s Journal] CARPET REMNANTS – The Many Ways In Which Scraps Are Disposed Of To Advantage “What do you do with all your scraps?” asked a reporter of a salesman in a carpet house. “Well, we have a great demand for them,” was the reply. “Remnants of carpet don’t go begging by a large majority. In fact, the demand is largely in excess of the supply. In the first place, the long ends of rolls in patterns which we do not wish to carry anymore are sold to the second-hand dealers, who pay a good price for them, say sixty or seventy-five percent of their wholesale value in the price. They buy of all the dealers and often find another remnant of the same kind, which they add to the first and make up a carpet large enough for a small room, which they sell to their customers as a “misfit” and frequently get as much for as though it was cut to fit the room. We often sell full rolls that have been soiled at the ends or that are in patterns out of date to the same men, who use them in the same way. It is surprising what demand there is for misfit carpets. A woman will pay full price for one and think she has a bargain. “Then the smaller remnant – say from two or four yards long. If they are bright, fresh goods we make rugs of them by sewing on borders and sell them without loss. If they are a little shop-worn or soiled we sell them to the lounge manufacturers, who use them in their business. A large number of the cheaper lounges are made by the furniture men and are nearly all covered with these pieces of carpet. Still smaller pieces are sold to the dealers, who pay about twenty-five per cent of the original cost and sell them as mats and rugs for a good hundred per cent. The small cuttings and scraps are sold by the pound to the hassock and ottoman makers, who drive a thriving trade with the wholesale houses, one of which handles a two hundred and fifty dozen hassocks a year. There isn’t much waster in the carpet business, in spite of the trouble in matching patterns, which is such a bug-bear to the economical housewife, who wonders why it take twenty-two or twenty-three yards of carpet to cover a room only nineteen or twenty yards in area. Oil-cloth samples and remnants are in demand for vestibules and stove rugs, and when too small for these purposes are bought by the carriage manufacturers. – [Chicago News] SPECIALIZED EFFORT – The Jack-Of-One Tool, The Man Who Accomplishes Great Things The world has arrived at that stage of development where concentrated effort alone can produce any notable achievement. Jack-of-all-trades have lost their employment. It is the Jack-of-one-trade and still more the Jack-of-one- tool who accomplishes that which the world values and demands today. This advancement of the specialists extends to all occupations, trades, sciences, arts. It does not except any man because he is an idealist or genius. It applies just as much to the man who paints on canvas as to the man who paints on iron or wood. Such being the case ought not a word of advice to be given to those who contemplate making penmanship their profession? Do not attempt to do too much –that is, do not make the sphere of your endeavor too inclusive. The man who sets out with the intention of covering the whole ground, and attaining an equal excellence in every department of fine writing, while he may gain a degree of skill that would make him famous in the days of the beginnings, will in future be sadly eclipsed, wherever he may exercise his talent by those who have devoted themselves to that department of the art alone. It is always wise to work in harmony with general principal and prevalent principles in this world; and the prevalent principle today is that of specialized effort in every form of human achievement. – [Paul Pastnor, in Penman’s Journal] HE WAS SURPRISED – anecdote MUTTON CHOP FRIED. Rub them with salt and pepper, put in the frying pan. Cover them and fry five minutes, turn them but once; then dip them in well-beaten eggs and then on bread crumbs, and fry until browned nicely on both sides. – [The Household] CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES – Brief Condensation Of The Theory Usually Accepted By Geologists Major Powell, Director of the Untied States Geological Survey, says the explanation of earthquakes, usually accepted by geologists is something like this: The earth’s surface is believed to be formed of a solid crust of rock of variable thickness in different regions. This crust rests upon a material in a more or less fluid condition, sop that it readily yields to agencies of deformation like water or molten iron. The reasons for believing that the interior is in a somewhat fluid condition care various. The most important are: 1. From very many observations made in mines, artesian wells, etc., it is discovered that there is an increase of temperature from the surface downward, and that this increase is so great that a degree of heat sufficient to melt all known rock is reached. 2. By certain geologic genesis certain rocks from below are brought to the surface in mountain building, and these rocks show evidence of having been greatly heated, and even of having been melted. 3. Molten matter in very large quantities comes up from the interior of the earth through crevices and volcanic vents. Besides these lines of evidence there are many accessory facts which tell the same story. The interior of the earth is constantly oozing heat in a variety of ways. A small amount is probably conducted to the surface and radiated into space. A large amount of heat is conveyed from the interior through the agency of hot springs. Such springs are found in many portions of the known earth, and in a few districts are very abundant. Through them much heat is conveyed from the interior to the surface, which is there radiated into space. The lavas that are brought up yield vast stores of heat, all of which is lost to the earth through radiation. The secular cooling which results from the above causes must necessarily diminish the magnitude of the earth, and as it shrinks the solid exterior crust must in some manner yield so as to conform to the lesser magnitude thus produced. The stress produced upon the crust of the earth by the shrinking of the interior is modified by another class of agencies. The land surface of the earth is washed by rains and rivers, and in the aggregate large bodies of material are carried away and deposited in the bottoms, which are gradually filled up, and especially deposited along the shores of the sea. The unloading of land areas and the overloading of certain water areas, to a large extent, localizes it. Again, the fluid or plastic material of the interior changes its position beneath the crust of the earth and portions of it flow out as lava, thus an additional set of stresses is established. Thus stresses are established through the agency of a contacting interior through loading and unloading at the surface, and through the flow of interior matter to lava beds, where such matter is poured out upon the surface. The stresses produced by the various agencies thus described gradually become so great that at last the crust of the earth must yield, and earthquakes are produced. – [Toledo Blade] HOW IT IS WORKED – The Big Diamonds Which Blaze On Hotel Clerk’s Shirt Fronts - anecdote BISMARCK’S GRATEFULNESS Bismarck is not ungrateful. The other day, on going from Berlin to Babalsberg to see the Kaiser, he found he had lost the large lead-pencil he always carries in his pocket. He asked the conductor if he could lend him a pencil, but the conductor had none. An assistant, after fumbling in his pockets, found a fragment of a pencil about an inch long which he handed to the Chancellor. The following day a servant of Bismarck’s appeared at the depot and handed the assistant an elegant silver pencil bearing the date of the preceding day. – [N. Y. Post] PITH AND POINT – jokes THE RETURNING BALL – A Peddler Who Invented A Toy Which Netted Him A Small Fortune For a good many years, summer and winter, rain or shine, John Burke, a stalwart Irishman, peddled goods through the city of Brooklyn, from Read Hook to Greenpoint, and from Fulton Ferry to east New York. He was known by all the children in the districts which he visited. He liked to see a good-looking girl, and he married three times. Catharine Burke was his third wife, and he married her because she had been in the employ during the lifetime of wife No. 2. Catharine was ambitious, and she induced John to make an effort to rise in the world. He engaged in the business of a fakir and went about with a little platform, for in which he harangued his audiences, under his arm, and with a little coal-oil lamp stuck on a long pole, which served to illuminate the surroundings. John tramped through the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts, and made money. When he stood on his stand near the village tavern a crowd soon gathered about him, his oil lamps and his little rostrum. His talk to the rural public was full of the native wit of an Irishman, and he always got his hearers into good humor with his sallies and small talk before exposing his wares to their wondering gaze. John had a mind with an inventive turn and turned it to good account. He made a name for himself by inventing what is known as the returning ball, a rubber globe attached to a rubber string, and cleared $30,000. Then the Burke family rose from its obscurity and looked down from its financial height upon its admiring neighbors. John Burke and his wife gave splendid entertainments to their particular friends, at which the punch bowl was frequently emptied, and many a reel was reeled and many a jig was jigged. John’s particular friends helped him to get away with a large part of his wealth. What he had left he invested in a big tenement house in York Street with a mortgage of $14,000. In September last year Catharine Burke got a decree of separation from her husband on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. – [Brooklyn Times] PAGE 2 THE COURIER ALEX A. WALL, Editor and Proprietor Vernon, Alabama Friday, November 26, 1886 The best part of Durham, N. C. was destroyed by fire on the 16th inst. The loss is estimated $500,000. At Dexter, Missouri, two boys aged 15 and 16 went out to gather hickory nuts and were killed and devoured by rapacious wolves, which abound in large numbers. The bill to compensate Sheriffs for feeding prisoners after they are sentenced to the penitentiary passed and is now a law. A bill to increase Chancellors salaries has passed, giving them $2,500. A million and a quarter dollars is to be invested at Sheffield, Ala., to build five furnaces. The company owns 7,700 acres of iron and timber land in Wayne County, Tenn. Queen Victoria’s new carriage is said to be a gorgeous affair. The principal feature of the interior decoration of the vehicle is a design in which the rose, shamrock and thistle are interwoven. – [New York Graphic] The Protestant Episcopal Convention, recently assembled at Chicago, expunged the words, “He descended into hell,” from the Apostles Creed, and substituted therefore, “He went into the place of departed spirits.” Ex-President, Chester A. Arthur, died at his home in New York on the morning of the 18th. His death was caused by a stroke of cerebral apoplexy. Another prominent man gone to try the realities of an unknown world. Peace to his ashes. A Tennessee farmer made an application of one handful of ground sulphur and the same of salt to about a peck of ashes, mixed together thoroughly, then applied to the collars of apple trees that were badly infested with the borer. He says the remedy killed the worms and saved the trees. – [Southern Cultivator] Among the bills introduced in the Legislature are these, to increase the Governor’s salary, to provide a suitable mansion for the Governor, to increase the salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Curt, and to form a new Chancery Division. The following are the salaries paid now, the Executive officers in Alabama, except Governor: Secretary of State $1,800, Treasurer $2,150, Auditor $1,800, Attorney General $1,500, and Superintendent of Education $2,250. The following is the full vote cast at the election November 2nd, for Representative in the 50th congress of the Sixth District: J. H. BANKHEAD B. M. LONG Fayette 623 272 Greene 1,110 243 Lamar 752 115 Jefferson 1,324 1,412 Marion 374 191 Pickens 920 76 Tuscaloosa 807 502 Sumter 1,387 620 Walker 518 796 Winston 32 192 Total 7,938 4,369 Scattering 2 CONGRESSMAN ARRESTED Richmond, Va., Nov. 16 – Hon. Geo. D. Wise was arrested this morning on a warrant charging him with being about to commit a breach of the peace. The arrest is the result of a publication in today’s papers of a card by Wise, denouncing in the strongest language Col. Wm. Lamb, ex-mayor of Norfolk. Wise was put under $1,000 bail to keep the peace. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. BROCK visited Columbus this week. Mr. NEWTON COLLINS of Fayette C. House gave us a pleasant call yesterday. THE LEGISLATURE Mr. Jones, of Montgomery, Chairman of the Committee on Rules, reported the standing committees of the House and the number composing each committee. The Speaker announced the standing committees of the House as follows: ….. (NOTE: lists the names of the committees in the State House and the Senate and the names of the members in each committee. I am not typing this – if interested contact me and I can photocopy this for you.)…… WAREHOUSE. The Cotton storing public must not forget the popular firm of TURNER & Co. who occupy the Brick Warehouse at the depot, where every convenience is offered to campers. Messrs. J. D. & W. M. TURNER, the sons of Major J. H. TURNER, deceased, are successors in the business, and will be on hand to look after the interests of their friends in this section. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. Cotton! Cotton! Cotton! S. E. WEIR & Co. Kennedy, Alabama Pay highest prices for cotton, country produce, &c, and sell all goods at rock bottom prices Fancy prints 4 ½ @ 7 Ladies Hats 25c to $3.00 Brown Domestic 7/8 5c Men’s hats, 25c to $3.50 Brown Domestic 4-4, 6c Kip Boots, $1.75 to $3.50 Cotton Checks, 6 ½ @ 7 ½ Kip Brogans, $1.00 to $3.15 8 oz Osnaburg, 10c Best Brogans, $1.25 Dress goods, all styles and prices Men’s and boys clothing, latest styles and lowest prices. Muzzle and breech loading guns, $2.50 to $35. Stoves with full line of fixtures, $10.00 to $20.00. We keep constantly on hand a full stock of bridles, saddles, harness, &c. Also good and fresh line of groceries, such as salt, flour, meat, lard, sugar, coffee, and all shelf goods, that we will sell as low as any market. Bring us our cotton and produce and we will pay you the highest cash price for same and sell you any and all goods kept in a first-class store, as cheap as money will buy them in any market. You will find it to your interest to give us a call before purchasing elsewhere. Mr. GARLAND SMITH will be found always on hand to serve his friends and the public. S. E. WEIR & CO. 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 COMPNAY. 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. PAGE 3 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. ABRAM I. HUMPHRIES. Attorney at Law. Columbus, Miss. Special attention to collection of claims SAM’L M. MEEK, WM. C. MEEK - S. M. & W. C. MEEK, Attorneys and Counselors at law. Office on Military Street, (Opposite Court House), Columbus, Miss. Will practice in the Courts of Lamar County, Alabama LOCALS See Sheriff’s sale in this issue. HALEY & DENMAN have in store for sale Sauer Kraut. ETHEL MACE went to Columbus Tuesday after his sister Mrs. D. R. RECTOR. Dr. W. A. BROWN went up on the K. C. Memphis & Birmingham R. R. Tuesday. Hon. R. L. BRADLEY has introduced a bill to repeal the game law in this county. Miss CARRIE TUNNELL and Miss MARY COOK left lat Saturday for their homes. Dr. W. L. MORTON and son EDDIE made a trip to Columbus last week. Mr. MCNEIL is building a neat little residence just south of Rev. T. W. SPRINGFIELD’S place. If you wish to purchase books, go to RUSH & Co., who will give you Rock-bottom prices. Mr. A. A. SUMMERS has bought the place formerly owned by Mr. TYLER GILMER. HUGH PENNINGTON has just received a fresh lot of canned goods, pickles, nuts, etc all of which h is selling cheap. Miss ELIZA MORTON commenced a school near Mr. SIM THOMAS’ last Monday morning. We hope she may have a good school. Ad for McLean’s Little Liver and Kidney Pillets. JIM PETER MORTON has been suffering very much for over a month with catarrh in his right hand. It is improving slowly. Ad for McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm LOST. 1 Leather back Day Book. Finder will please return to undersigned. G. W. RUSH. Take this Courier home to your wife. See Non-Resident notice in this issue. When you are in town and want your horse well fed in a nice stable, go to O. F. HALEY. Mr. JACK SMITH, formerly a citizen of this county but now of Aurora, Texas gave us s a pleasant call one day last week. Mrs. HATTIE MORTON left last Saturday morning for Apalachicola, Fla. We wish Miss HATTIE a very pleasant trip. She will visit her sister Mrs. DENA MARLER. Ad for McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm. The seats for the Baptist Church which were made by Mr. WILSON GILMORE and ROBERT LAWRENCE are a credit to them, and besides they are the most comfortable seats we have seen. Yesterday the 25th inst, was Thanksgiving Day, so proclaimed by the President of the United States. It was not observed in this section, but should have been. We are pleased to mention the fact that our friend Mr. PINK PENNINGTON has bought land from Sheriff PENNINGTON, near the old furnace and will now remain in our county. Mr. J. R. GUIN at Fernbank has the largest number of pupils in attendance we have heard of. His average attendance is about 60, and has enrolled as high as 80. After a 4-week visit to her sister, Mrs. G. E. BANKHEAD, in the neighborhood of Cansler, Mrs. AGNES WALL returned home on last Saturday and of course ye editor is happy. Mr. THOMAS resident engineer of K. C. M & Birmingham R. R. accompanied her. Circuit Clerk R. E. BRADLEY went to Kennedy last Sunday to meet his mother who has been Birmingham with her son. She will reside with Mr. BRADLEY. She is an interesting and intelligent old lady, and we extend ca cordial welcome to her. We received by Monday night’s mail a long and interesting letter from Hon. R. L. BRADLEY. We learn from the letter that he is by no means idle, but is busy watching the interest of his constituents. As will be seen in another column he is on two very important committees. Owing to the rain last Sabbath night Rev. Mr. HEWITT did not fill his appointment at the Church. He leaves today for Conference, which convenes at Florence on the 1st of December. We hope to have him with us another year. We suggest that the ladies of the Methodist Church get up a supper sometime during the coming holidays and donate the proceeds to the finishing of the church. The supper would bring about a social feeling and be a nice entertainment for the young people. We advance this idea from the fact that we know when ladies attempt to accomplish anything they always succeed. We hope to hear from the good ladies on this subject. On Monday morning last we were shown through the residence of W. A. YOUNG, Esq. by himself, which is located in the northern part of town on the Military Road. Mr. YOUNG was very kind in pointing out the different apartments, the conveniences and the general situation, which, when completed will indeed by very desirable. We told the squire all that was needed with him now to make life happy is a Mrs. Young, and really we believe he means to, at an early day to comply with our suggestion, at any rate here is the Courier’s congratulations. NOTICE Parties indebted to the undersigned are earnestly requested to come and settle notes and accounts without further notice. – A. COBB & Son NOTICE Parties indebted to the undersigned will please come forward and make payment at once, without further notice, and save cost and trouble. R. S. KIRK NOTICE Parties indebted to HALEY & DINMAN will find their accounts with W. G. MIDDLETON, Esq. unless settled by December 1st. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT ARTY A SUMMERS vs. I. J. T. HILL Attachment Whereas ARTY A. SUMMERS having applied to the undersigned, W. G. MIDDLETON, a Justice of the Peace, in due form of law, for an attachment against the property of I. J. T. HILL, and having obtained the same and whereas, it appears to me that the said I. J. T. HILL is not a resident of this state; but resides at Moscow, Fayette County, State of Tennessee. Now, the said defendant is hereby notified of the pendency of the said attachment, and that it has been executed by summoning L. D. JACKSON as garnishee in the above styled cause, and that if the said I. J. T. HILL do not appear before me at my office in the town of Vernon, Lamar County, Alabama, on the 18th day of December, 1886, I will proceed to give judgment on said attachment in the same manner as if the said I. J. T. HILOL were present to defend the same, and I will do as the law directs ward execution, order of sale or other process as the case may require. Given under my hand, this 24th day of November, 1886. W. G. MIDDLETON, J. P. ATTENTION All parties indebted to the undersigned, either by note or account, are requested to come and settle at once, lese said indebtedness will be placed in the hands of an office for collection. S. F. PENNINGTON VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE On Wednesday the 15th day of December next, in front of the Court House door of Lamar County, I will offer for sale at public auction my entire tract of land. Also half interest in my Mill and the lands on which it is situated. Also some desirable town property. Lands will be sold in lots to suit purchasers, one half cash and balance on credit of twelve months from sale with approved sureties. Persons indebted to me will please call and settle. This Nov. 14th 1886. ANDREW J. WHEELER, Stable Keeper, Vernon, Ala. FARMER’S INDEPENDENT WAREHOUSE. We have again rented the Whitfield Stables, opposite the Court house, for the purpose of continuing the Warehouse and Cotton Storage business, and we say to our friends and farmers of West Alabama and East Mississippi, that we will not be surpassed by any others in looking after the wants of our customers to make them conformable while in Columbus. We will have fire places instead of stoves for both white and colored; separate houses fitted up for each. We will have also good shed room for 100 head of stock more than we had last year; also a convenient and comfortable room for our friends who may come to Columbus. We do not hesitate to say that we can and will give you better camping accommodations than any other house in the house in the place. Mr. J. L. MARCHBANKS of Lamar County, Ala., and MILIAS MOORHEAD, of Pickens County, Ala., will be at the stable and will be glad to see their friends and attend to their wants, both day and night. Our Mr. FELIX GUNTER will be at the cotton shed where he will be glad to see his old friends and as many new ones as will come. All cotton shipped to us by railroad of river will be received free of drayage to warehouse and have our personal attention. Thanking you for your patronage last season, and we remain the farmer’s friends. Yours Respectfully, J. G. SHULL & CO, Columbus, Miss. 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 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 SHERRIFF’S SALE By Virtue of a Fieri Facias issued out of the Clerk’s office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lamar County, and State of Alabama, and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to make the amount of a certain judgment recently obtained against RANDALL CARDEN, W. T. CARDEN, L. J. SANDLIN, JESSEE JAGGERS, and J. R. TURMAN, out of the goods, chattels, lands, and tenements of the said RANDALL CARDEN, W. T. CARDEN, L. J. SANDLIN, JESSE JAGGERS, and J. R. TURMAN., I have lived on the following property to wit: One bale lint cotton, one black mare mule, as the property of J. R. TURMAN, and one bale lint cotton, one gray mule, as the property of W. T. CARDEN. Therefore, according to said command, I shall expose for sale, at Public auction, all the right, title and interest of the above named J. R. TURMAN and W. T. CARDEN, it and to the above described property on Saturday the 4th day of December, 1886, during the legal hours of sale at Vernon, Alabama in said county. Dated at Vernon this 22nd day of November 1886. S. F. PENNINGTON, Sheriff of Lamar County, Alabama Gilmer Hotel. Columbus, Miss. This establishment has changed hands and will be thoroughly overhauled and refurnished and first-class accommodations guaranteed and charges will be moderate. A. W. KING, Proprietor. F. R. SIMMS, Clerk. Barber Shop. KELLY & ALBERT, No. 58 Market Street Columbus, Miss. Upstairs, opposite Cady’s Stable. Hot and cold baths. 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 KINGVILLE HIGH SCHOOL under the principalship of B. H. WILKERSON will open Oct. 25, 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. No incidental fee. Discipline will be mild but firm. Special attention will be given to those who wish to engage in teaching. Board in best families from $4.00 to $5.00. Tuition due every three scholastic months. For further information address B. H. WILKERSON, C. Supt., Principal. Kingville, Ala, Oct. 29, 1886 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 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 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. 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 G. W. RUSH B. F. REED New Cash Store. BUSH & REED, 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 Patent Medicines. 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 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. 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