Lamar County AlArchives News.....Vernon Courier February 18, 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 October 27, 2007, 4:07 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History February 18, 1887 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, FEBRUARY 18, 1887 VOL. I. NO. 38 Subscription $1.00 Per Year ----ESIGNATION – Poem – [Bardette, in Brooklyn Eagle] ----- HOME LIFE - -----Children Who Are Lin---- And Merchants - --- Valley Schools, Industrious – Wonderful Lace Makers – The ‘Gay Winters – Farmers --- - ---- On the Sides of Mountains – {Adventure Short Story – L. H. S. in Detroit Tribune} BUSINESS AMIABILITY – Courteous Treatment of the Rich and Poor, and Its Commercial Value Bishop Ames, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, once delivered a sermon n Washington in the presence of members of Congress, the President and a large number of other Government officials on the subject of amiability in business. His text related to the personal characteristics of the prophet Daniel, the leading characteristic of whom was amiability of deportment, winning to Daniel by his traits, nearly all with whom he came in contact. From this starting point the Bishop proceeded to sum up some of the observations of his own long life, showing how men of his acquaintance had succeeded in their several occupations by the practice of habitual courtesy without insincerity, this trait of course, accompanied by honesty and industry. “Other things being equal,” said the great preacher. ‘I always prefer to buy my goods at the store from that clerk who has a friendly word and a kindly look of recognition. So too, I prefer to deal with that business man who has a pleasant demeanor, and treats me like a brother. Other things being equal, such a clerk and such a business man will win where others of different social qualities will fall.” The good Bishop long since passed to final rest, but the lesson he sought to impress upon the young, on the occasion of which we speak, is an important now as it was then, and employer and employed in all ranches of trade and industry could heed it with profit. In politics, the lack of amiability has sent many a candidate to the rear, and in business depending upon the voluntary favor of the public (and what business does not?) it marked the line between success and failure for many a firm. Courteous treatment of the rich and poor alike thus has not only a commercial value above estimate, but it comes very near to the fulfillment of a divine command. – [Laundry Journal] The chaplain on board one of our men-of-war tells how a chance ministration of his was directed to a good end. Observing a sailor one day overhauling his effects, he inquired, “Where, Smith, are those tracts I gave you the other day?” “Here they are,” he replied, producing them, “all but that one on stealing. I gave it to Joe Miller. I never steal myself.” – [Chicago Standard] THE WORLD’S CENTER – An Interesting Tale Told by the Brahmins of the City of Delhi About seven hundred miles northeast of Bombay, and about the same distance northwest of Calcuta, stand the ancient and very important city of Delhi, the former metropolis of the Great Mongul. Its walls, gates, palaces, tombs, and other great works, are wonderful for size and for beauty of architecture, and would require a large book thoroughly to describe them, while the history of the great city, which the history of the great city, which one contained two millions of inhabitants, would almost form a library. Not many miles from Delhi stands an enormous tall tower, but by whom that tower was built, and for what purpose, no one can tell. The Brahmins say, however, that it marks the center of the world: and the story they tell about it is this: (NOTE: NOT TRANSCRIBING STORY} No implement on the farm will pay for itself sooner than a good cutter. The proper preparation of the feed is a very important matter. It not only saves in quantity, but gives better results in yield of milk, beef, wool and other animal products. – [N. E. Farmer] PITH AND POINT - jokes MUSIC’S CHARMS – Staid Scotchman Whose Indignation Was Soothed by a Tenor Vote Here is a story of a meeting of creditors. The place was an old- fashioned Scotch borough, fast dwindling into a village, and the meeting was held in the smoke-room of the largest inn, the time being an hour in the evening when everyone’s work was done. A chairman was appointed, the usual preliminaries were gone through, and then the statement of affairs was read. Sad to say, there were no assets. By this time most of those present had filled their pipes and ordered comforting and soothing drinks. The debtor’s solicitor had no offer to make, and for a time there was a dead pause, and every one looked very blue indeed. But presently one of the company remembered that the debtor had a capital tenor voice, and he suggested to the chairman that, as he (the debtor could make no offer to his creditors he could at least give them a song. The suggestion was met with considerable approval, and was at once acted upon. The unfortunate man was called into the room, and very much to his astonishment, was asked to sing to the meeting. He gave them: “Then You’ll Remember Me,” and several other appropriate songs, which met with rapturous applause, and before the company broke up they unanimously voted him his immediate discharge. Who will say after this that the art of singing should not be cultivated. – [Christian Union] REUNITING PORTIONS OF FINGERS Numerous instances have been recorded of late in the medical journals of the complete reunion of portions of fingers which had been cut off from the hand, in some cases by the knife, and in others by the axe. I n one case a man, in cutting kindling for the morning fire, accidentally cut off the end of his thumb. He had gone from the place some twenty feet, when he returned, picked up the end, wiped it and replaced it, binding it in its original place as nearly as possible. The wound united; and the finger is now as good as ever, save that its sensibility is somewhat diminished. In another case a boy chopped off the end of three fingers He was seen by a physician three or four hours after the accident. The ends of the fingers had been found in the snow, and were brought to him. He attached them and two of the three united. – [Science] AN OLD SOLDIER – High Political Honors Declined by a Great-Nephew of Washington An octogenarian, formerly a Colonel in the United States Army, and brother-in- law of General Robert E. Lee – both of whom married sisters, nieces of Mrs. Washington – lives at St. Louis, and is now the oldest surviving graduate of West Point. In a recent letter to one several years his correspondent, he writes: “A late number of the Boston Herald contains, in an article headed, “In These Now Quiet Times” the error that President Pierce alone had the honor, of the twenty-two Administrations, of having retained his Cabinet intact throughout the four years he was in the office.” Colonel E. G. W. Butler, the writer of the letter, who was a great-nephew of the General Washington says: “In order to vindicate the truth of history, I will state that I, a stranger to President Pierce and Secretary-of-War Jefferson Davis, declined the office of Secretary-of-War in the Cabinet of President Pierce, tendered me by Mr. Davis.” With his eyesight impaired and for the most part confined to his house, Colonel Butler retains all his faculties in all their pristine vigor. He is an interesting link of connection between our own day and Washington’s whose life was ending as his own began. It may be interesting to recall that his father was one of the four fighting brothers, so called, memorable in the Revolution and our early wars, while his own maternal grandfather was Colonel of the British Grenadiers at Bunker Hill. He says modestly, in this letter, that President Pierce and Secretary Davis appeared to have placed too high an estimate upon his abilities; but he had laid down his sword and embarked in sugar planting, and was unwilling to resume public office. Though his letter is written with his own hand, he says he can not read it, for he is still suffering from his wounds, and nearly blind, but continues to take a deep interest in public events – [Boston Transcript] THE RAT’S INCISORS – A Never-Ceasing Action of the Rodent’s Teeth Necessary to Its Existence – (NOTE: article about rat teeth) VALLEYS OF THE ATLANTIC In the report of the London Geographical Society on the deep-sea explorations of the Atlantic bed previous statements concerning its configuration are verified, namely, that the bottom of the North Atlantic is occupied by two valleys, the eastern extending from ten to thirty degrees west longitude, and traceable as far as the equator, with an extreme depth of less than thirteen thousand feet, while the western valley reaches from the thirtieth to the fiftieth degree of west longitude. The two are separated by a ridge in thirty degrees west longitude, along which the average depth is only one thousand fathoms, and which can be traced northward to Iceland, and southward to the Azores; it is volcanic in character at both extremities. Its extreme breath is somewhat less than five hundred miles, the depth of water increasing on both sides of it according to the distance of its axis. – [N. Y. Sun] PAGE 2 THE COURIER ALEX A. WALL, Editor and Proprietor Vernon, Alabama Friday, February 18, 1887 The Governor has appointed the old rail road commissioners Mormons in Nevada have been disfranchised by both Houses of the Legislature Thos. M. Joseph, of Galveston, Texas, treasurer for fourteen years of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Texas is short in his accounts in sums ranging all the way from $12,000 to $30,000. A fire in Augusta, Ga., consumed the Masonic Temple, the Opera House, and eight other buildings amounting in all to $185,000. Mrs. Bower’s Theatrical Company lost their entire wardrobe, valued at $20,000. While firing a target pistol by looking in a mirror on the night of the 9th inst, at Memphis, Mrs. Thompson, proprietors of a shooting gallery killed Willie Finley, a sixteen year old boy. The Mont. Adv. Says: Governor Seay is for the Blair Bill heartily and unreservedly. The Governor finds it impossible to see how a people as poor as we can reject aid in educating our children. A duel was fought in New Orleans on the 12th inst between Robert Roman, son of Judge Alfred Roman, and Sidney L. Heard, a son of Hon. Paul E. S. Heard. The weapons used were small swords. Heard received a slight wound in the hand, and the fight was stopped. Brigham Young, the great Mormon elder was turned up alive and in Nebraska, and it is said he will go back to his people and preach. His death was a fraud, and he has simply been hiding in London. The Mormon banners throughout Utah will soon be unfurled announcing that the great prophet has risen. James McDonald, a very prominent and useful citizen was killed by a falling piece of timber 6 x 12, he and others were endeavoring to save goods which was being consumed by a fire, and had just remarked to a friend that they had better get out when the building began to fall and he was truck to death. He leaves a wife and 11 children, and the entire population of Mobile to mourn his demise. He was a good man. The Columbus Tri-Weekly Index of the 12th inst. says – “We are informed that the citizens of Vernon, Lamar County, Ala. are considerably enthused over the large iron ore deposits which have of late been developed near that town. Mr. Johnson, a state geologist who has been examining and prospecting in that vicinity says, that the deposits of ore around Vernon, which he tested, is the finest in the world, and can be mined in inexhaustible quantities. The point where the ore lies, is known as the old Furnace Hill, situated about two miles from Vernon, and there is iron ore enough to operate a Sloss Furnace for one hundred years, and then would not be exhausted. There are other places in proximity to Furnace Hill, where large quantities of ore abound, and experts who have seen and examined it, agree that it is the finest ore they have ever seen in Alabama. All this lies within a few miles of Columbus, and the people of Vernon are beginning to realize that there is something in store for them at last. The people mean business of the pure unadulterated kind over these, and what is more interesting to the outsider, they have the solidest possible foundation on which to build their future prosperity. The Index hopes that the time is not far distant when Columbus can shake hands with Vernon in a practical way. We hope to claim her as a neighbor, and get our hands into the “plum pie” that nestles in her royal hills and mountains. BITTEN BY A MAD DOG – [Columbus Index] One of the most terrible incidents on record is the story of a young Mexican who was bitten by a mad dog a few months ago. He was attended by a physician and the wound healed. The young man was on the point of being married when he was bitten, but postponed his wedding, as he feared the results of the bite. Two months elapsed, and as he manifested no signs of hydrophobia it was thought the danger was passed as the doctor said that after forty days there wan o longer any risk. The wedding took place, but every one remarked the groom was very gloomy. He spoke very little and did not partake of any refreshments. Apartments for the young couple had been prepared in a small house situated a short distance from that of the bride’s parents. The newly married pair retired at an early hour, while the guests remained. A short while afterward the latter heard screams, but as they immediately ceased it was impossible to tell from which direction they came. After a few minutes the screams were heard again coming from the house where the bridal apartments were. A party of gentlemen hurried there, having only taken the time to snatch up some weapons. On arriving at the door of the room they heard the most agonizing screams mingled with the howl of an animal issuing from within. They knocked but receive no answer, burst open the door and a horrible sight met their eyes. Stretched on the floor was the mangled form of the young bride, who had not yet breathed her last. Her limbs had been torn and she had been bitten on every part of her body. Crouched on the bed was the man. His eyes were staring from their sockets, he was foaming at the mouth and covered with blood. When he saw the men at the door he gave a howl and threw himself on them, and they, who had been his friends all his life, had nothing to do but to shoot him like a dog. INTER-STATE COMMERCE BILL – [Florence Wave] This bill which has caused so much comment of late has passed both Houses of Congress and has been signed by the President, hence it is now a law. Now the question that troubles some minds is who will be appointed a commissioner under the act, and has he any duties outside of taking pleasure trips over the various Railroad lines doing business in these United States. Alabama has a railroad commission; we make this statement very positively since, due to results, the greater portion of our citizenship would be inclined to regard it as another snake story. Indeed and in truth we have a railroad commission, and more than that they are paid by the railroads, and they have a very pleasant time riding over the state in the various general mangers special palace cars, and the conductor never says tickets or anything unpleasant to sensitive pockets, but permits them to smoke, and put their feet on the front seat or even out of the window, if they feel so inclined. Oh Yes! We say again we have a railroad commission. What for? Oh, to draw their salaries on pay day and to furnish Alabama’s sons with a fitting retort when citizens from other states claim to have wonderful natural phenomena or physical monstrosities within their boundaries. It is then that we can cause a silence that resembles the stillness of death, and a surprise equal to the whale’s when he discovered that Jonah was not only a doctor but absolutely carried ipecac in his pocket, by saying “Alabama has a Railroad Commission” 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. Ad for Dr. J. H. McLean’s Volcanic Oil Liniment 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 LOGGAINS 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. 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 GEO. W. RUSH & Co are receiving their spring stock of goods. Mr. HUGH PENNINGTON has received a fresh lot of fine cigars. Two Mobile drummers in town on Friday and Saturday, Messrs. ---- and Hirshir. The two weeks court will be continued at Vernon for the present, at any rate. Mr. G. W. RUSH and wife left Wednesday for a visit to Mrs. RUSH’S ---er at Corona. Rev. Mr. HEWITT, Esq. YOUNG, and Mr. ED BROCK, are in Birmingham this week. They left Monday morning. A highly enjoyable social gathering of the young people at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. BRADLEY’S last Friday night. The honorable board of Commissioners finished up all business at the meeting last Monday being in session only one day. Judging from the large number of students attending the High school here it is in a prosperous condition. There seems to be a general ---- of improvement going on in Vernon; shade trees are being set out, ------ are being fenced and paled. Messrs. MURRY COBB and Esq. WALTER NESMITH went up in the northern part of the county Wednesday. We are pleased to note that MURRAY is quite himself again and already full of business. The young ladies and gentlemen --- and around town assembled at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. OSCAR ---LEY”S last Saturday night and engaged in the gay and festive dance to the pleasure of all. Our old friend SAM CURRY was to see us last Monday. He is a friend indeed, from the fact he keeps his subscription to the Courier paid for one year and six months in advance. Esq. M. R. SEAY and Dr. BARKSDALE, in our office last week and gave --- several news items which were unavoidably crowded out of last issue, and for this, are rather stale, however we appreciate it all the same. Call again gentlemen. Remember from this time on we will sell goods strictly for the cash. Our customers will please call and settle the little tickets we hold against them. New goods and new --- at low prices at G. W. RUSH & Co. Dr. EMMITT MORTON visited his parents and many friends in town last Friday. PROCEEDINGS OF COMMISSONERS COURT. FEBRUARY TERM The following orders were made: Ordered that: J. F. SANDERS be allowed for bridge lumber $12.50 W. D. BROWN & Co – stationery 14.00 MARSHALL & BRUCE – stationery 5.00 J. E. GRAVES, reg. voters 2.25 WM. MCCULLOUGH, reg. voters 1.05 HATLEY & DINMAN, halls 1.00 G. W. HANKINS, bri’c lum. (sic) 13.56 WM. MATTISON, bri’c lum (sic) 1.50 P. M. SHAW, desk for shff 5.00 W. P. HOPPER, bri’c lum 7.20 S. F. PENNINGTON, wood, etc for jail 2.75 W. W. PERNELL, care of paupers 32.11 A. P. DUNCAN, bri’c lum 21.42 B. F. SYMONS, bri’c lum 35.00 SAM’L JERNIGAN, timber for bridge 1.50 ALEX. COBB as Co. Judge 36.50 ALEX. A. WALL public pr’g 5.24 W. B. TRAYLOR, pauper fund 4.00 MRS. MCGILL, Pauper fund 12.50 ALBERT WILSON, Commissioner 4.95 W. M. MOLLOY, Commissioner 5.00 R. W. YOUNG, Commissioner 3.80 SAMUEL LOGGAIN, Commissioner 3.80 ALEXANDER COBB, 3.80 TOTAL $231.63 A true copy of the minutes. This 14th day of February ’87. ALEXANDER COBB, Judge of Probate THE JURY The following is a list of the Grand and Petit Jurors, drawn for the Spring term of the Circuit Court of Lamar County, Alabama; commencing the 3rd Monday and 21st day in March, to wit: JOHN B. HANKINS Town Beat J. E. PENNINGTON Town Beat JOHN SEAY Town Beat JAMES A. CASH Town Beat HARRISON BUTLER Lawrence THOS. SIZEMORE Sizemore GEO. H. STANFORD Brown’s W. S. METCALFE Henson W. F. HAMILTON Millville T. J. LOWRY Pine Springs THOS. MIXON Goode PLEAS MAY Moscow R. S. JACKSON Moscow JOHN T. HILL (IEABODSON) Moscow L. C. SMITH Military Springs ELZY BOYD Bett’s A. J. LOTTES Trull’s M. A. TAGGART Vails J. J. PHILIPS Millport J. M. MORTON Steens CALVIN GUIN Strictlands C. G. JOHNSON Stricklands M. R. SEAY Wilson’s S. M. CURRY Wilson’s SECOND WEEK JOHN B. WHEELER Town Beat R. E. JACKSON Town Beat J. W. CLEARMAN Town Beat N. F. MORTON Town beat H. A. BROCK Lawrence D. S. BLACK Sizemore J. D. GANN Brown’s PHIL HEALY Goode CHARLES DUNCAN Henson’s S. H. BROWN Millville W. G. SPRINGFILED Millville J. W. NOE Pine Springs G. E. BANKHEAD Moscow LEE KENNEDY Moscow HENRY HILL Moscow J. T. MCMANUS Military MACK BROWN Betts B. L. FALKNER Trulls H. K. CADDLE Millport BASCOM GLOVER Millport JOE JONES Steens JASPER COLLINS Strickland N. L. TRULL Strickland JOHN M. DELK Wilson GRAND JURORS T. W. SPRINGFIELD Town A. H. BURROW Lawrence W. J. KIRK Sizemore WATSON BROWN Brown’s S. W. MOZLY Henson JESSE D. CARTER Millville G R. TURMAN Pine Springs JOHN T. THOMPSON Moscow B. M. MOLLOY Betts JOHN F. HAYS Trulls JOE MILLER Vails W. C. WILLIAMS Millport W. T. WALKER Steens G. W. ALLEN Strickland N. S. PARTAIN Wilson TAX ASSESSOR’S NOTICE I will be present at the times and places given below for the purpose of assessing the sate and county tax for the year 187, as follows: FIRST ROUND Moscow, March 1 Crew’s Mills, March 2 Brown’s, March 3 Sizemore’s, March 4 Lawrence’s, March 5 Town, March 7 Bett’s, March 8 Military (Boxes), March 9 Wilson’s, March 14 Trull’s, March 15 Vail’s, March 16 Millport, March 17 Kennedy, March 18 Strickland’s, March 19 Pine Springs, April 18 Millville, April 19 Henson’s Springs, April 20 SECOND ROUND Cansler, March 21 Crew’s Mills, March 22 Brown’s Precinct, March 23 Sizemore’s , March 24 Lawrence’s, March 25 Town, March 28 to April 2 Bett’s, April 5 Boxes, April 6 Green Wood’s, April 7 Trull’s, April 11 Fern bank, April 12 Vails, April 13 Millport, April 14 Kennedy, April 15 Strickland’s, April 16 Millville, April 22 Pine Springs, April 23 Henson Springs, April 24 I will be at Court during the last week only, from March 28 to April 2. W. Y. ALLEN, T. A. HUGH PENNINGTON’S Livery and Feed Stable - centrally located within 50 yards of the Court House. Vernon, Ala. My price for feeding and taking care of horses shall be as cheap as the cheapest. The public generally is invited to give me a call. Respectfully, HUGH PENNINGTON. I MEAN BUSINESS From this date I will not sell to any one on a credit, or on a ticket. I must have the CASH for all goods sold from now on. Respectfully, HUGH PENNINGTON 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. RICHARDS & RINHARDSON vs O. J. JOYNER Lamar County, Alabama By virtue of two executions which were issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court of Pickens County, Alabama, in favor of said plaintiffs against the said defendants for the sum of Eleven Hundred and Twenty Five Dollars and eighty four cents and cost on judgment rendered by said court on 17th of February 1886. I will sell to the highest bidder for cash on the First Monday in March 1887 in front of the door of the Court House in Vernon in Lamar County, the following described land situated in said county to wit: An undivided fifth interest in the NW ¼ W ½ of NE ¼, NE ¼ of SW ¼ and NW ¼ of SE ¼ Sec 36 T 15 R14 West, levied on as the property of O. J. JOYNER in the absence of personal property. This 3rd day of Feb. 1887. S. F. PENNINGTON Sheriff of Lamar County, Ala SHERIFF’S SALE Within legal hours on Monday, the 7th day of March 1887, I will sell at the Court House door in Vernon, Lamar County, to the highest bidder, for cash, at public outcry, the NE qr, sec 17, T13 R 15, levied on as the property of M. W. LOYD; and the NE qr of NW qr, Sec 17, SE qr of SW qr, N hlf of SE qr, Sec 8, E hlf of E hlf of SW qr, SE qr, Sec 33, T12 R15; SW qr of SW qr Sec 3, E hlf of NE qr, S hlf of SW qr of NE qr NE qr of SW qr Sec 4; NE qr of NE qr, NE qr of SE qr, S hlf of SE qr, Sec 8; NE qr N hlf of NW qr, SW qr, N hlf of SE qr, SW qr of SE qr Sec 9; NW qr of NW qr, E hlf of SW qr, Sec 10, T13, R15, levied on as the property of GEORGE R. TURMAN; N hlf of SW qr, NE qr Sec 22, S hlf of SW qr, sec 23, T 12 R15, levied on as the property of CHARLES DUNCAN; S hlf of NE qr, NW qr NW qr, of SW qr, Sec 24; W hlf of SE qr, Sec 14 Township 12 R 15 levied on as the property of JAMES V. CRUMP, to satisfy an execution to me directed from the Circuit Court of said county, in favor of THOS. B. NESMITH, as administrator of the estate of JOHN POPE, deceased, and against said parties, for $1085.45 cents, Judgment rendered, March 5, 1885, and interest and costs. This Feb. 3, 1887. S. F. PENNINGTON, Sheriff The State of Alabama, Lamar County In the Probate Court The Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Company having filed in this Court an application for the condemnation of the right of way, covering a strip of land 100 feet wide, fifty feet on each side of the center of the road bed, over and through NW ¼ of SW ¼ of Section 11, and SE ¼ of NE ¼ of Section 10, T13 R 14, lying in this county, five and six tenth acres, and it appearing to the Court that MARY W. B. SULLENS, H. B. SULLENS, and CLARENCE SULLENS minors and the owners of an interest in said land, and are non-residents of this state and reside in Lee County and State of Mississippi. It is ordered that Monday the 28th day of February 1887 be set as a day of the meeting of the Commissioners of award on said lands, and that notice be given to said MARY W. B. SULLENS, H. B. SULLENS and CLARENCE SULLENS by publication in the Vernon Courier a newspaper published in this county for four consecutive weeks, before said day of hearing, that they may appear in said proceedings if they see fit so to do. This 20th day of January 1887 ALEXANDER COBB, Judge of Probate PENSIONS J. D. MCCLUSKY, Esq. has associated with him Esq. H. S. BERLIN, a prominent attorney of the Washington City. These gentlemen will give close attention to the collection of Mexican War Pensions. A law has recently been passed in Congress granting Pensions to Mexican War veterans and their widows under the Pension laws. Application to J. D. MCCLUSKEY, Esq. will be promptly forwarded and looked after. Barber Shop. KELLY & ALBERT No. 58 Market Street Columbus, Miss. Upstairs, opposite Cady’s Stable. Hot and Cold Baths. 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 Ad for Dr. J. H. McLean’s Little Liver and Kidney pillets Ad for Dr. J. H. McLean’s Volcanic Oil Liniment Ad for Dr. J. H. McLean’s Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier 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 comfortable 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. 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 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 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 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. J. T. STINSON & COMPNAY. Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants. Columbus, Miss Ad for Mme. Demorest’s Reliable Patterns and Demorest Sewing Machine (picture of sewing machine) $19.50 Ad for Chicago Scale Co. (pictures of scales, wagon scales, sewing machines, safes, etc….) PAGE 4 GOOD DISINFECTANTS – Reliable Remedies for Stopping the Spread of Contagious Diseases While looking over the papers in his desk recently Chief Sanitary Officer Charles W. Francis found a list of the best disinfectants to be used in preventing the spread of contagious diseases. The list was prepared in 1879, during his term as health commissioner, the yellow fever raging at the time in the south, with some scattering cases in the city, and others at quarantine. The following is the list, together with the directions as to the purpose of the articles and how they are to be used: Carbolic Acid (fluid) – To disinfect vaults, cesspools, drains, and sewers, garbage and decaying matter, also bedding and clothing to be used as follows Dilute at the rate of from forty to one hundred parts of water to one of acid. Half a pint to be poured in every vault. For large masses of filth pour in solution every hour until every part is disinfected. To disinfect clothing mix the acid with an equal quantity of strong vinegar, then dilute as above. For air of sick-room suspend a piece of cloth soaked in diluted solution. Carbolic acid (crude) – To disinfect grounds, drains, or the air of a foul place, for the sprinkling of streets, gutters, etc., dilute or thoroughly agitate the acid in forty to fifty parts of water and saturate with same. Charcoal Powder – To absorb the putrid gases of any damp or offensive place, sprinkle when dry and fresh. Chloride of Lime – To give off chlorine to destroy putrid effluvia and to stop putrefaction in collars, vaults, and tables. Use dry and sprinkle on the floors of apartments, or better, use in solution, and wash the floors and woodwork with it. Strong vinegar poured on it increases its efficiency. Chlorinated Soda – For disinfecting clothing and cleaning the surfaces of corpses. Use a pint of the solution to two quarts of hot water. Heavy Oil of Coat Tar – For drains, sewers, foul heaps, etc. Mix with saw-dust and spread thickly upon the ground or paint the inside walls with it. Permanganate Potash - To be used in disinfecting clothing and towels, bedding, etc from patients sick with infectious diseases. Throw the clothing to be disinfected into a tub of water in which one ounce of this disinfectant has been dissolved in every three gallons of water. Quick lime – To absorb moisture and putrid fluids and free from foul smells. Use fresh stone lime finely broken and sprinkle or place in places or pan, or whitewash with pure lime in damp rooms. Sesqui chloride of iron, for vaults; take a solution of 1.30 specific gravity and throw it into vaults, or better still, use what is known as metropolitan disinfecting fluid, which is the solution of the sesqui chloride of iron with 10 percent of carbolic acid. Sulphuric acid for the disinfection of infested apartments, carpets, etc. to which boiling heat can not be applied. The windows and doors leading out of the infected room to be close, then fumigate with burning sulphur. The room must remain under the action from two to six hours. A common tenement room will require about two pounds of sulphur to be burned on a sheet-iron pan supported by an iron stand nine inches high. Sulphate of Iron (Copperas) – To disinfect the same as carbolic acid. One of the best disinfectants is made by dissolving eight or ten pounds of the sulphate in five gallons of water, and add one pint of fluid carbolic acid. Stir or agitate the mixture briskly to make a complete solution. Use in the same manner as was directed for carbolic acid, only pour double the quantity morning and evening into water-close pans. Sulphate of zinc may be used for the same purpose as permanganate potash. Use two ounces of the sulphate to one sill of water. – [St. Louis Republic] DRIED APPLES – The American Evaporated Article Supplanting the Native Fruit in Germany J. H. smith, United Sates commercial agent at Mycenae, writes the Department of State: The new American method of drying fruit, which gives such satisfactory results, especially in apples, is susceptible of being developed into an important industry. Nowadays in this neighborhood – and I suppose the same is true of all Germany – if you want dried apples, the American fruit is usually the first offered to you, while a long string of adjectives is thrown off at you in praise of it. These apples are to be met with almost everywhere, and are preferred to all others on account of the excellence with which they are dried and for their cheapness. For a bout three years past – may be four – American dried apples have been in the German market, and have met with great success, forcing the native product almost entirely out of its own domain. And it is really a remarkable accomplishment that the American s have been able to place upon the market a dried fruit which almost vies in Freshness and flavor with the fresh fruit, and yet can be kept for long periods where that perishes. I believe that both for our fruit evaporators, as well as for the dried fruit itself, this country would afford a fine market if properly worked up. The German fruit-driers are of a very inferior character, and the Germans are very far behind the Americans and French in drying fruit. The German cultivators of fruit now find, when they want to dispose of their dried fruit in the markets of neighboring towns, that it is a much easier matter to produce than to sell; and the man who has German dried fruit to vend goes almost in vain upon his journeying with his pack of samples upon his shoulders, and learns when he seeks to sell his goods that although his product is regarded as being as good, if not better, in the natural quality of the fruit than the foreign article, yet is so inferior in the packing, appearance and general excellence of the drying that few persons want it, and, moreover, discovers to his amazement, how much finer and cheaper, in apples, for instance, the American fruit is to his own. With pears he meets with more success, and finds them preferred to the French and Italian; but it is always easier to sell dried apples than dried pears, admit is said that twenty couriers of apples can be sold to one of pears. The best dried plums come from France. The consumption of good dried fruit with the skin off is slight in this country – may be owing to the inferiority of the drying. The most of families do not like it, and it is seldom seen upon the battles of hotels and restaurants. To find a market it must be sold very cheap, and in this particular the Americans ought to be able to meet the demand. American dried apples, I am told, sell twenty-five to forty per cent cheaper than the German. Like everything else the Germans are doing their best, I understand, to imitate and counterfeit the fruit-drying machines which our people have put upon the market, and it behooves the American manufacturers to see to it that the fair field which is open to them here is not lost beyond recovery – [Chicago Times] THE POULTRY YARD – Winter Work Which the Progressive Farmer Will Not Shirk Those who have to pay the food bills for a flock of poultry during winter are mostly interested in the quantity of eggs that are gathered daily into the egg basket. During winter when the ground ceases to supply worms, etc the birds are dependent entirely upon those who care for them, and such persons should be properly qualified by a through knowledge of the requirements fo the fowls. Good feeding is indispwnsable. A larg eproprotion of food is cosumed in cold weather merely to keep up a normal animal hear, after which comes the natural waste of the system before any part of the food can be spared for forming eggs. This is one reason why hens stop laying during very cold spells. As the days are very short, fowls should be fed as soon as it is light enough for them to see to eat. The best way to be early is to scald or cook the food over night, cover it up and keep it in a warm place till morning. It can then be fed to the flock quite early. Early and late feeding gives better results than late morning and too early evening meals. Warmth and ventilation must receive due care. Provide a good dust bath of sand, ashes and a little flowers of sulphur. The box, if one is used, should be sunk in the ground to a level with the floor close up to a low window so that the sun will shine into it. A good shed, dry and open to the south, should be attached to every poultry house where many hens are kept, so that they can enjoy the fresh air and keep out of snow and wet. This reminds me of the effects produced by fowls eating snow or drinking snow water, which frequently causes diarrhea and for some reason the birds that indulge in this practice, even when no diarrhea shows itself, get very thin and out of condition. Of course, one can not entirely prevent fowls from eating snow, but they are creatures of habit to a surprising degree. If few neglect giving them fresh water promptly, they will soon contract the habit of eating snow, and even if they are offered water afterwards they will care for it less than if their daily habit of watering had not been broken by carelessness. If during the cold weather, one gives them water with the chill just off, they will appreciate it and seldom eat much snow. During cold spells when stock are confined, they must be kept scrupulously clean. And a handful of air-slacked lime should be dusted around inside the houses everyday or two, and at night when the birds are settled drop a handful under the perches, especially if any strong smell is noticed in the houses. Every few weeks treat the perches to a coat of crude petroleum. See that the nests are clean and inviting. Some any say there is a great deal of trouble in all this. Well, there is considerable labor; what can succeed without it? The fowls have to be fed all through winter under any circumstances and with too little care no eggs can be expected. Now, which pays the better –to have the expense and no eggs, or to take proper care and get eggs while they are dear? This can, without doubt, be done by following the advice here given. Fowls to lay must be in good condition, not far; but bright, cheerful and lively. If your fowls are out of condition you must keep up this good feeding, etc till they are in good order. They will soon let you know that this is the case by their prating and liveliness when they are preparing to lay. I have known some persons whose hens were out of condition from neglect, to start feeding them properly expecting them to lay at once. This is too much to expect. Any one accustomed to poultry can tell at a glance the condition of a flock. There is always a demand for fresh eggs in winter, and any one having a good flock of early pullets and giving them the necessary care can hardly fail of being repaid for its trouble. – [Rural New Yorker] It is believed that the Chinese in California “salt” from $1,000 to $2,000 in silver dollars every week. WHITE LEAD – How It is Manufactured in various Countries and of What It is Composed White lead is not a simple carbonate, but a compound of hydrate with carbonate of lead, in proportions varying from two to four of carbonate to one of hydrate. There are three methods by which it is made on the large scale, known as the French, English and Dutch methods; they all depend primarily on the formation of the basic acetate of lead and its conversions into carbonate. In the French method a solution of basic acetate of lead is prepared by the digestion of litharge with acetic acid of a solution of acetate of lead, or by the reaction of acetic acid on finely divided metallic lead with access of air. In this solution is forced carbonic acid gas, which precipitates two=thirds of the lead, and this, after settling, is collect and dried. The supernatant clear liquid, which is a natural or slightly acid solution of acetate of lead, is boiled with a litharge, and the basic acetate thus formed again treated with carbonic acid. Experience has shown that it is not absolutely necessary to have the basic acetate of lead completely in solution as in the French process. In the English process, litharge, with about one percent of acetate (sugar of lead) is mixed with water to a moist mass, and exposes under constant stirring to the action of carbonic acid, when the litharge is converted with great rapidity into white carbonate. The Dutch process, which is the oldest in use, consists in exposing thin sheets of lead to vapors and acetic acid and carbonic acid for a long period. In earthen vessels are place d sheets of lead rolled into the form of a spiral; into the bottom of these vessels but not in contact with the lead, is poured a mixture of weak vinegar and substances capable of fermentation, as yeast; a plate of lead serves as a cover. From 1,500 to 2,000 vessels thus prepared are piled together in so-called loogen, and surrounded with spent bark or stable litter; after six weeks the lead will be found thickly coated or entirely converted into white carbonate. The action is here substantially the same as in the other processes given; the lead is first converted into acetate, and subsequently into carbonate by the carbonic acid given off by the decomposing matters present, which also serve to maintain an elevated temperature. The Dutch white lead contains more oxide of lead and possesses more body than the French, but is said to have a greater tendency when used as a paint with oil, to turn yellow on exposure. White lead is frequently adulterated with other substances, principally sulphate of baryta – [Toledo Blade] ABOUT DYNAMITE – How the Dangerous and Powerful Explosive is Manufactured – [American Analyst] – {Article describing how dynamite is made] In a New York paper of a recent date are fifty-one advertisements of different parties, mostly swindlers, who offer prizes for the greatest number of words formed from a given word, charging small entrance fees. – [Chicago Times] HE FOUND HIS POCKET-WATCH – [Lewell (Mass) Courier] Not a hundred years since, nor a thousand miles from Townsend, a gentleman sold his household goods at auction and among other things an old-fashioned armchair, which was purchased by one of his neighbors. Some time after this he had hidden his pocket-book in the self-same old arm-chair, so he went to the purchaser and asked the privilege of looking for his pocket-book, which was found all right, and contained in money and notes, about $3,000. BIG AND DIMINUTIVE CHECKS – [N. Y. Sun] Then Jay Gould scribbled off a check for $1,500,000 to pay Tom Allen for the Iron Mountain Road it was thought to be the largest individual check ever written. Many small jokes and small advertisements Ad for Brown’s Iron Bitters Ad for Red Star Cough Cure Ad for Prickly Ash Bitters Ad for Harter’s Iron Tonic Many smaller advertisements File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lamar/newspapers/vernonco1517gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 55.9 Kb