Marion County AlArchives News.....Hamilton Free Press October 25, 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, 7:55 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History October 25, 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 25, 1893 NO. 3 THE FREE PRESS - Issued Every Wednesday J. S. CLEMENTS, Editor and Proprietor Subscription Rates – One Year ………$1.00 6 mos…………….. .50 3 mos……………….25 ----(political items)----- COMPROMISE – Silver question A MONSTROUS PROJECT – Company formed in New York City to Build Canals in Alabama PAID THE PENALTY - Remarkable Coolness Of A Man In The Shadow Of Death PROFESSIONAL CARDS - W. C. DAVIS C. E. MITCHELL DAVIS & MITCHELL, Attorneys at Law, Hamilton, Ala. Practice in all the courts of Alabama and Mississippi. B. R. FITE, Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Ala. Will practice in Marion and adjoining counties. Special attention given to the collection of claims. W. H. KEY A. S. HESTER KEY & HESTER, Attorneys at Law - Russellville, Ala will practice in Franklin and adjoining counties, in the Supreme Court and the Federal court at Huntsville. GEO. C. ALMON W. I. BULLOCK, ALMON & BULLOCK, Attorneys at Law, Russellville Ala. will practice in Franklin and adjoining counties ,and especially in Marion; also in the Federal court at Huntsville and in the Supreme Court at Montgomery. 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 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 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 Weekly Courier-Journal, Henry Watson Editor – Louisville, Ky. 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 is 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. T. W. CARPENTER, Hamilton, Ala PAGE 2 THE HAMILTON FREE PRESS Published Every Wednesday at Hamilton, Ala. J. S. CLEMENTS, Editor and Proprietor Twenty-five years ago electricity as a mechanical power was unknown. Now $900,000,000 is invested in various kinds of electrical machinery. -----(various news items)---- WHEN I GET TIME – poem ONLY A PRESCRIPTION – by L. Creswicke - Short Story “I LOVE” IN 30 LANGUAGES ACTING IN SONG ORANGE CULTURE A GREAT SCHEME – A Company Formed In New York City To Build Canals Through Georgia And Alabama PAGE 3 DERELICTS OF THE OCEAN – Abandoned Vessels That Are A Grave Peril To Vessels SENATE PAGES - Bright Lads Who Get Good Pay And Have Easy Work WAGES IN CHINA The wages paid to laborers about 6d. per diem, with rations. The workers are easily contented, demanding only the plainest of food, while for housing they are satisfied in winter to creep all together under a low mat shed with a solid back to the north wind. The severity of the weather, however usually stops all such work before Christmas. What the men do when they retire to winter quarters I cannot tell; but Chinamen have a curious hibernating faculty whereby by abstaining from muscular exertion they are able to economize considerably in their eating. In times of scarcity, when wages fall below a certain range, poor people sometimes choose not to work, because they consider that they would have to take more food to repair the waste than the work done would produce. AGRICULTURAL – Topics Of Interest Relative To Farm And Garden Culture of Celery Black Teeth in Swine Bees and Honey Care of Cream Economizing with Manure Farm and Garden Notes Taking Care of Their Coal – Russian War Ships Use Sails Exclusively Unless in a Hurry AVENGED BY HIS PETS SUCH PRESUMPTION SPEED OF ELECTRICITY -----small ads---- PAGE 4 FREE PRESS Hamilton, Ala. October 25, 1893. One Dollar a year LOCALS I DO NOT LIKE TO HEAR HIM PRAY – Poem Commissioners Court convenes on November 6 Judge D. N. COOPER is spending a few days in town. W. R. MIXON, of Hackleburgh was in town the first of the week. We will club the Free Press with the Courier-Journal at $1.60 a year. Mrs. NORA HUGHES visited relatives at Hacklbeburgh on last Sunday. A slave may have no opinions of his own but a man will think for himself. R. N. TERRELL, the local weather prophet, informs us that it will rain on November 8. A North Alabama contemporary of last week contained twenty-four notices of “mortgage sale” CRIS (sic) and LEE SIDES now in jail at Russellville will be given a trial at Jasper on next Monday before Judge BANKS If you were to remove the conceit and egotism from some people there wouldn’t be enough of anything else left to hang clothes on. One pound of meat is now worth two pounds of cotton. Will our farmers never drop the staple of poverty and turn their attention to hog and hominy? GENT NITE, who has been in jail at this place for several months for carrying concealed pistol, was sentenced to hard labor for 121 days at the late term of court. RILEY and VES BREWER and TOM MOORE, the parties charged with the burning of the gin house of OZBIRN & GREEN, were released last Saturday, the grand jury failing to find an indictment against them. For Sale – Anyone wishing to purchase a nice half gallon jug can secure a bargain by calling on Sheriff HALL. It is the same used by Solicitor SAWTELLE and the late grand jury, but the jug is as good as new. Commissioner of Agriculture H. D. LANE and his clerks are preparing for the fertilizer season, says an exchange. The tags are ready for delivery to dealers and it is anticipated that more fertilizer will be used in Alabama next year than ever before. Frequent inquiry is being made as to when the warrants for the maimed soldiers and widows will arrive. Judge FORD requests us to say that they have not yet been received but may be expected in a short time. There are over five thousand applicants to participate in the distribution and the work requires time. We will give notice in these columns when the warrants are received. WHITE CAPS IN COOSA VALLEY – Notice Posted On Gin House – Warning To Farmers, Merchants And Others Eden, Oct. 21 – Below is a copy of notices found on Kendrick & Dunlaps’ gin house at Wolf Creek post office, four miles below Eden: also a copy of a general notice to all the ginners in Coosa Valley from head to foot. The Kendrick notice is copied from the original notice found on the gin house: WHITE CAPS OF ALABAMA Notice – I now forbid you of ginning any more cotton at this place until cotton is worth 10 cents per pound. If you do you will find your gin in ashes; so you will get no further notice. GENERAL NOTICE TO GINNERS OF COOSA VALLEY - FROM HEAD TO FOOT, as we haven’t the time to give you all an individual notice: You are forbid to gin any more cotton until cotton is worth 10 cents per pounds. TO MERCHANTS You are notified not to buy cotton for less than 10 cents per pound. If you do you will find your store in ashes. TO FARMERS – You are notified not to sell or have cotton ginned until it is worth 10 cents. If you do your corn cribs will be burned. TO OFFICERS – You are notified not to make any levies or force collections. If you do you will be killed on sight. WHITE CAPS OF ALABAMA Every burning of incendiary origin is credited to “whitecaps”. No doubt such a clan does exist in some portions of the United States, but we want it understood that Marion County has no such organization. HAMILTON & TERRELL offers the following bargains: Heavy woolen overshirts……………… 60 cts. Lighter woolen overshirts………………40 cts Cotton overshirts…………………………44 cts Heavy twill flannel……………………….25 cts yd Lighter twill flannel………………………22 cts yd Calicos……………………………………..6 cts yd Brown domestic…………………………..6 ½ cts yd Cotton checks…………………………….6 ½ to 7 cts yd Cotton gingham………………………… 7 cts yf Heavy drilling…………………………….8 cts yd Gents silk scarfs…………………………..17 cts Black silk bows…………………………….5 cts each Oil tablecloth……………………………..17 cts yd Brown Bedford cord …………………….6 cts yd Gallon coffee pots……………………….18 cts 8 quart coffee pots……………………….13 cts 9 quart coffee pots…………………………9 cts ---jokes--- 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 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 NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT The State of Alabama, Marion County W. M. WEATHERLY vs R. G. EVANS Before me Judge JOHN C. NORTHINGTON, Notary Public and Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace in and for said county, this the 28th day of September 1893, came the plaintiff in the above entitled cause and it appearing that certain property of the said defendant has been levied upon to-wit: two lots of corn, about twenty-five bushels, by virtue of an attachment issued from my office returnable the 14th day of October 1893, and that said defendant is a non-resident of this state; it is, therefore, ordered that notice of said attachment and the return thereof be given to the said R. G. EVANS, by publication one a week for three successive weeks before said 4th day of November 1893 in the Hamilton Free Press, a newspaper published in said county, and a copy thereof be mailed to the said defendant at this place of residence, when known. JOHN C. NORTHINGTON, Notary Public and Ex-Officio J. P. in and for said county. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Probate Court JACOB W. BULL, deceased, estate of Letters of administration upon the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 23rd day of January 1893, by the Hon. JASON P. FORD, Judge of the Probate court of Marion county, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate will be required to present the same within the time required by law or that the same will be barred. JOHN J. 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