Marion County AlArchives News.....Hamilton Free Press October 11, 1893 ************************************************ 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 April 9, 2010, 7:45 pm Microfilm From The AL Dept Of Archives And History October 11, 1893 Microfilm Ref Call #559 Microfilm Order #M1992.0966 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE HAMILTON FREE PRESS VOL. 1 HAMILTON, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1893 NO. 1 THE FREE PRESS - Issued Every Wednesday J. S. CLEMENTS, Editor and Proprietor Subscription Rates – One Year ………$1.00 6 mos…………….. .50 3 mos……………….25 SALUTATORY It is customary in the first issue of a new journal to lay down its policy and state its principles. The Free Press has but few promises to make, and it will, therefore, have but few to break. First of all it recognizes the fact that the demands of the present age is for a newspaper in the broadest sense of that term, and its mission will be to give the latest happenings in Hamilton, Marion County and surrounding territory in reliable shape. The great weeklies of the different sections of the country, ably edited and published at a price which places them in reach of all, come to our people filled with well digested articles on science, literature, art, politics, and religion bringing with them the news for the great world without. But they cannot supply and usurp the place of your home paper which brings to you each week intelligence of the many things that are happing among your acquaintances and fiends throughout the county. The difficulties, labor and drudgery of successfully conducting even a small county newspaper, are acknowledged in the outset, and as dangers fully understood are half overcome the hope springs forth that by energy, industry, and a firm determination to advocate every legitimate enterprise which tends to the material advancement of our county the Free Press may in time merit the encouragement and patronage of all. Politically, the Free Press will adhere to and strenuously maintain the principles which have animated the Democratic Party since the formation of the government. The old limes marked out by Jefferson and closely followed by Jackson are good enough for it, and true to its name it will point them out and content for the old faith of the fathers – for the right as it sees it – in a free, untrammeled and conservative manner. It has been said that two papers could not live in Marion County. Be that as it may the Free Press simply demands justice from the businessmen of the county and trusts to merit to give it a fair share of public patronage. With this declaration of principles the Free Press is launched, with the hope that it may be able to do something toward the elevation of humanity, the building up of an undeveloped country and the advancement of the material interests of Marion County. Respectfully J. S. CLEMENTS Citizens of Marion, we are going to give you a good county paper - a paper devoted to the interest of your county – and we want your help. Send in your named and one dollar and receive the paper for a year. Those who receive sample copies of this issue are cordially requested to subscribe, and also to show the paper to their neighbors an ask them to do likewise. A HEALTHY PARTY CARLISLE’S VISIT – He Comes As a Messenger From the President A PROSPECTOR’S LUCK THE READING FARMER MAY OUT YOUR COURSE YOUNG MAN GUIN NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL – Guin, Ala. A school of high grade for the education of both sexes. Fifth Annual Session will open October 30th, and continue eight months. This school was organized by the present faculty four years ago and has grown to be one of the best schools in West Alabama. We send out from ten to fifteen teachers a year to teach in the public schools of the state. Special Inducements to boarding pupils. Tuition: Primary……………..$1.00 Intermediate………..$1.50 High School……… ..$2.00 Music………………..$3.00 No Incidental fees charged. Board - $6.00 to $6.50 per month. Circular mailed on application. Address – J. R. GUIN, Principal or J. H. GUIN. Sect. Board of Trustees. The lowest prices, the best goods, and fair dealings always win. CARPENTER & RIGGAN are selling at astonishingly low prices. Best brands of flour, good sugar, lard, meat, coffee, and in fact everything needed by the public in the family grocery line. Hardware, tinware, tobacco, snuff & cigars. Highest market prices paid for chickens, eggs, beeswax and all kinds of country produce. We want your trade - you want our goods. A fair exchange is beneficial to all. WE offer bargains and guarantee satisfaction. CARPENTER & RIGGAN, Hamilton, Ala. PAGE 2 THE HAMILTON FREE PRESS Published Every Wednesday at Hamilton, Ala. J. S. CLEMENTS, Editor and Proprietor -----(world news items)------ CHASED BY A TORNADO – (short story) HANGED BY HIS OWN FATHER THE SAILBOAT CURIOSITIES OF JUDGEMENTS ALABAMA ITEMS – A Careful Summary of the Week’s News CATTLE DYING IN DROVES A grievous tale of woe comes from the Nueces country, Kennedy County, Texas. No rain has fallen in so long that cattle are dying in droves and sheep are being killed by coyotes by the hundred. In addition to this buffalo gnats and horn flies swarm out of the cedar brakes by millions and kill cattle. Hogs alone are doing well. These are living off the carcasses of cattle and sheep and fatten without water. The pest of the coyotes has become unbearable. Four hundred sheep were killed in ten days on a single ranch. No sales of cattle or sheep are occurring. ITEMS OF INTEREST PAGE 3 BLUFFING THE SCRAPPERS – How a Slim Young Man Intimidated the Sports AGRICULTURAL – TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN Result Of Milk Fever Pumpkins Care Of Young Trees Enemy of the Potato Bug Sowing Grass and Clover in the Fall Fix UP the Cow Stable SURPRISED BY MONKEYS ----(small ads)….. PAGE 4 FREE PRESS Hamilton, Ala. October 11, 1893 One Dollar a Year LOCALS Read legal notices in this issue. Circuit court will begin here next Monday. Miss FANNIE FITE is setting type to the Free Press office. The cotton crop is turning out better than was expected a few weeks ago. Little FRED FITE is right sick this week Mr. L. J. WEATHERFORD, of Savoy, is in town today. Mr. R. I. CAMP of near Detroit was here on business the first of the week. Prof. WARREN CARPENTER was in town on business this week. W. C. DAVIS attended court at Russellville last week. B. B. FITE is off on a business trip to Guin this week. J. S. CLEMENTS made a business trip to Guin on last Monday. Prof. J. R. GUIN, of Guin, gave our office a call last Saturday. Mr. J. L. MOSS, of Hackleburg, was in town yesterday. Don’t fail to attend prayer meeting tonight. To Our Brethren of the Press – we need you on our X list. Please remember us on next mail day. CHARLES MITCHELL. Esq. was in the eastern portion of the county the first of the week on professional business. If you want a look at some of the World’s Fair souvenirs, call on little Miss ICY HAMILTON. The Baptists have just closed an association at Love Joy, about three miles north of town. The meeting, we hear, was largely attended. A. J. STANFORD, Esq. is having a new office erected on the south side of the public square. It will be the first law office ever built in Marion County. An effort is being made to reestablish a mail line between Hamilton and Hackleburg, via Hodges. This route would discontinue the present one from Belgreen to Hamilton. Our mission is not to tear down but to build up. We are not here to advocate pets or pet measures. But to deal honestly and firmly with every issue in which our county may be interested. The Free Press will secure the services of a competent correspondent from every post office in the county, is possible and if you want the county news now is the time to have your name enrolled on our books. Quite a number of Marion’s good citizens have decided to “go west” this fall and winter and of course most all of them are going to Texas. In our opinion they will find plenty of heard times in the Lone Star state. We respectfully direct the attention of our citizens to the condition of the cemetery at this place. Are you satisfied to let weeds and bushes cover the graves of your loved ones when with a little time and labor the yard could be made respectable. Its condition at present is indeed a disgrace, and the Free Press suggest that a meeting be held and everybody turn out and clean off the grounds. ITEMS FROM WINFIELD Singing convention in full blast here today, tomorrow, and next day. As times are very hard and not much to eat I guess it is all right to pump in plenty of “wind.” Talking about wind, brings up the “windyiest” thing your uncle ever heard of and that is this: But now, Mr. Editor, you must not mention some of our citizens, men whom we have always thought solid in the upper story, are going digging, early and late, morning and night. They do say that these same gentlemen have consulted all the hold “Hoodoo” women in the country, and “cut the cards” and “drank the coffee and read it in the grounds,” that many, many moons ago, before the days of giggling, corsets and corns, that some Indians were driven out of this county, and as these Indians had more gold than the squaws could carry, the Indians decided to sew up the gold in a buck skin and drop it in the creek. Now these modern card cutters goeth on to state that there are $70,000.00 of this money that these Indians who were so wealthy” placed in the creek until a more auspicious time, and that the money is still there to this day. WE hope this is all true and that these gentlemen will get the money but we are very much afraid they are out of pocket to the tune of about $150.00 and “nary” “Ingin” “gold-dollar” in return. Wedding near town yesterday Mr. DAN. MEADS and a Miss COUCH, a daughter of our reliable Democrat “BILL” COUCH. If I was Editor I would say you might have quit long ago. UNCLE “There is always room at the top.” Read the ad of CARPENTER & RIGGAN. Mrs. JNO. F. HAMILTON returned Sunday from a week’s visit to her mother in Mississippi. Mr. ---, representing Abe Rubel & Co of Aberdeen, is interviewing our merchants this morning. Attention is directed to the advertisement of the Guin Normal High School elsewhere in this issue. The class meeting conducted by Dr. M. H. KEY on last Sunday was very well attended. Every one present seemed to enjoy it. Call up the shades of the departed, ask “who struck Billy Patterson” or how far it is to the north pole, but please don’t ask us “what is Congress doing?” C. E. MITCHELL, one of Marion’s most worthy and deserving young men, has located at Hamilton to practice law. He and W. C. DAVIS have formed a co- partnership and the firm will be known as DAVIS & MITCHELL. The Free Press wishes them success. Our press failing to arrive we could not publish last week. We regret the delay but it could not be avoided in as much as we could not publish without a press. Seeing that we would be late we called on our neighbor, the Times, and endeavored to secure the use of its press but were refused. But we are here, dear “brethering and sistering,” and we are here to stay. --- NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville, Ala. October 4th, 1893 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 clerk of the Circuit Court for Marion County, at Hamilton, Ala. on November 17, 1893 viz: WILLIAM R. COOLEY for homestead entry No. 16785 for the W ½ of NE ¼ and E ½ of NW ¼ Sec 5 T 11 South R 13 West. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: JOHN F. COOLEY, WALKER W. HALL, RUSSELL V. GLASSCOCK, JOHN B. HULSEY, all of Hamilton, Ala. WM. C. WELL, Register NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville, Ala. September 28th, 1893 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 clerk of the Circuit Court for Marion County, at Hamilton, Ala. on November 18, 1893 viz: EPHRIAM R. SHIREY for homestead entry No. 17989 for the W ½ of NW¼ and NW ¼ of SW ¼ Sec 31 T12 R12 West. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: BENJAMIN A. SHIREY, JOSEPH F. SHIREY, JAMES F. ADKINS, WILLIAM T. HULSEY, all of Winfield, Ala. WM. C. WELL, Register NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville, Ala. September 23, 1893 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 Marion County, at Hamilton, Ala. on November 18, 1893 viz: LUCINDA C. WIDEMAN for homestead entry No. 16429 for the SE ¼ of Sec 15 T 12 S R 11 West. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: WILLIAM H. MCWHIRTER, JAMES K. STRICKLIN, THOMAS R. O’MARY, ELIAS HUDSON, all of Stricklin, , Ala. WM. C. WELL, Register NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville, Ala. September 26, 1893 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 Marion County, at Hamilton, Ala. on November 17, 1893 viz: ALFORD K. BURLASON, for homestead entry No. 16537 for the NW ¼ of NW ¼ Sec 26 and E ½ of NE ¼ and NE ¼ of SE ¼ Sec 27 T 10 R 12 West. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: WILLIS LAWRENCE, WILLIAM J. HOWELL of Ireland Hill, Ala. and FRANCIS CAGLE, VALENTINE CAGLE of Pearce’s Mill, Ala. WM. C. WELL, Register NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville, Ala. September 26, 1893 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 Marion County, at Hamilton, Ala. on November 16, 1893 viz: WILLIAM A. BROWN for homestead entry No. 17068 for the S ½ of SW ¼ Sec 4 and W ½ of NW ¼ Sec 9 T 10 South R 14 West. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: JAMES COOPER, JOHN PARKER, WILLIAM F. BALLARD, of Hamilton, Ala. and THOMAS H. TURMAN, of Savoy, Ala.. WM. C. WELL, Register PROFESSIONAL CARDS B. R. FITE, Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Ala. Will practice in Marion and adjoining counties. Special attention given to the collection of claims. W. C. DAVIS C. E. MITCHELL DAVIS & MITCHELL, Attorneys at Law, Hamilton, Ala. Practice in all the courts of Alabama and Mississippi. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE The State of Alabama, Marion County Probate Court of said county G. M. HOMER, deceased, estate of. Application to sell land To M. C. HOMER – You will take notice that an application has been filed in this office by the administrator for the sale of the land belonging to said estate for the purpose of paying the debts of said estate on the grounds that the personal property is insufficient. You are hereby notified that the 11th day of November 1893 has been set for the hearing of said application at which time you may appear at my office in Hamilton in the county and state aforesaid, and contest said application if you think proper Witness my hand this the 29th day of Sept., 1893. JASON P. FORD, Judge of Probate ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL LAND The State of Alabama, Marion County Probate Court of said county JACOB W. BULL, deceased, estate of Application to sell land To MARY R. and her husband JOHN F. JOHNSTON, PLEASANT V. BULL, CAROLINE and her husband JOHN E. MCCULLOUGH, M. P. and her husband JAMES J. BYARS, JOSEPH M. BULL, EUGENE and her husband A. J. ROBY: You will take notice that an application has been filed in this office by the administrator of said estate for the sale of the lands belonging to said estate for distribution on the grounds that the same cannot be equitably divided. You are therefore notified that the 31st day of October 1893 has been set for the hearing of said application, at which time you may appear at my office in the county and state aforesaid and contest said application if you think proper. Witness my hand this the 26th day of September 1893 JASON P. FORD, Judge of Probate This space belongs to HAMILTON & TERRELL, Hamilton, Ala -----Small ads------- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/hamilton1638gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 17.4 Kb