Marion County AlArchives News.....HAMILTON FREE PRESS September 20, 1894 ************************************************ 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 24, 2010, 9:10 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History September 20, 1894 Microfilm Ref Call #559 Microfilm Order #M1992.0966 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE HAMILTON FREE PRESS VOL. 1 HAMILTON, MARION CO., ALA., THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 1894 NO. 49 GUIN TIME TABLE – K. C. M. & B. R. R. West bound arrives at 11:02 a.m. East bound arrives at 5:02 p.m. DIRECTORY CIRCUIT COURT Judge – H. C. SPEAKE, of Madison County Solicitor – W. H. SAWTELLE, of Colbert Clerk – J. F. HAMILTON, Hamilton Sheriff – W. W. HALL, Hamilton Court meets on the 3rd Monday after the 4th Monday in March and September COUNTY COURT Judge – J. P. FORD, Hamilton Court meets on the 1st Monday in each month. Probate court meets on the 2nd Monday in each month. CHANCERY COURT Chancellor – THOMAS COBB, Birmingham Register – W. B. RIGGAN, Hamilton Court meets on Thursday after the 7th Monday after the 4th Monday in February and August. COMMISSIONER’S COURT Meets on the 2nd Monday in February and August and the 1st Monday in April and November COUNTY OFFICERS Tax Assessor – T. J. FARIS, Bexar Treasurer – J. B. WOOD, Hamilton Tax Collector – M. M. FRAZIER, Hamilton SOCIETIES MASONIC Hamilton Lodge No. 344 meets at Hamilton on the 4th Saturday in each month, at 1 am (sic). A. J. STANFORD, W. M. CHURCH DIRECTORY M. E. CHURCH SOUTH – Services 1st Sunday in each month at 11 am and 7 pm and every 4th Sunday at 7 pm – Rev. W. L. HENDRICKS, Pastor SUNDAY SCHOOL Sunday School at 9:30 am – W. R. WHITE, Supt. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. PROFESSIONAL CARDS – LEGAL A. J. STANFORD, Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Alabama will practice in Marion and adjoining counties. WM. C. DAVIS Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Ala. Will practice in all the courts of Alabama and Mississippi. B. R. FITE, Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Ala. Will practice in Marion and adjoining counties, in the federal courts at Huntsville and the Supreme Court of the State. Special attention given to the collection of claims. 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. 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. Mr. Key will be in Hamilton on the first Monday in each month. S. J. SHIELDS, Attorney at Law, Vernon, Alabama. Will practice in Lamar and adjoining counties. ROBERT L. WINDHAM, Attorney at Law, Fayette Alabama. I will practice in the circuit, county, and Justice courts of Lamar and Marion counties. Any business placed in my hands will receive my immediate attention at any and all times. Office near Court house. W. R. APPLING, Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Alabama. Will practice in Marion and adjoining counties. All business entrusted to my care will receive prompt attention Wanted! Wanted! 10,000 barrels sorghum and will sell the improved Kentucky Cane Mill with copper and galvanized steel pans, and take sorghum in payment. When you buy the Kentucky Cane Mill you get one of the oldest cane mills manufactured in the United States. We buy in car loads is why we sell cheap. Remember we carry in stock in addition engines, boilers, saw and grist mills, cotton gins, feeders, condensers, horse and steam power presses, rubber and leather belting, agricultural implements, hay rakes, hacks, buggies, carts and the old reliable Gestring farm wagon. If you want the best mower on earth for cutting your grass, buy the McCormack. It took premium at the World’s Fair I 1893. Average draft 152 pounds. We have added to our general line of Hardware Sash, doors, and blinds. The best line of furniture carpet, rugs, wall paper, coffins, Queens and Glassware to be found in North Mississippi. If in need go anything write us for prices. We can save you money and will do it. LANN & CARTER Hardware Co., Aberdeen, Miss. (picture of sorghum mill) HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL will open on Monday Sept 17, 1894 and continue eight months. Primary class $1.00 per month Intermediate 1.50 per month Grammar School 2.00 per month Academic Class 2.50 per month Advanced Academic 3.00 per month Music, instrumental 3.00 per month Music, vocal 1.00 per month Incidental fee .100 per month Board in families $5 to $6.50 per month Board in “Baching club” $2 to $4. Special advantages to young teachers. For further information apply to the Principal, A. W. TATE A VOICE FROM LAMAR – (political commentary from “A Crank” Henson Springs, Sept 12) THAT LAKEVIEW MATTER – A Clear Statement of the Facts in that Much Talked of Transaction THE DISTRICT PRESS – What the Papers have to say about the Bankhead and Long Contest -----(political news and commentary)----- IT WAS A STUNNER – (Republican Convention PAGE 2 THE FREE PRESS J. S. CLEMENTS, Editor and Proprietor Issued Every Thursday Subscription Rates – One Year ………$1.00 6 mos…………….. .50 3 mos……………….25 In clubs of 8 or more, 80 cts each Postmaster who fail to notify publishers when subscribers remove or fail to take papers from the post office are held by the postmaster-General to be responsible for their subscriptions. ------(political comments and news items)----- The Eagle-Eye is the name of a new newspaper just launched at Sulligent, JOHN EARL GARRISON editor and proprietor.. It is a bright and newsy sheet and if kept up to it present standard will deserve and no doubt receive a liberal support from the good people of Sulligent and Lamar County. Let our farmers raise a sufficient quantity of wheat to make their own flour. No matter what the price of flour may be, it never comes low to the man who hasn’t got the money to pay for it. Ad for Wing and Sons pianos - A piano sent on trial Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed. Sold by T. W. CARPENTER, Hamilton J. F. WHITE, Detroit J D. ARNOLD, Bexar PAGE 3 THE FREE PRESS Hamilton, Ala. Rev. W. L. HENDRICKS is holding a protracted meeting at Newburgh this week. Mrs. JAMES ADKINS and her daughter Miss NETTIE are visiting relatives in Lamar County this week. Mrs. H. C. HARRIS and little ones left yesterday for far off Oklahoma where Mr. HARRIS is teaching. Mr. THOMAS WRIGHT and family, of near Detroit, visited relatives near Hamilton the latter part of last week. Deputy Sheriff M. B. LODEN has resigned and gone to Texas where he will make his home in the future. Success to you, Buck. W. C. DAVIS, Esq. left on Tuesday for Montgomery to attend the meeting of the state Executive Committee, of which he is a member. JAMES K. CLARK, living three miles south of town, has been seriously ill with fever for some time. We are glad to note that he is improving. W. R. STOKES left last week for Auburn where he goes to enter school. WILL has always been a quiet, studious boy and the Free Press wishes him success. FRED LAWRENCE can now be found smiling and bowing behind the counter at H. E. MIXON’S. “In other words,” as Mr. MCCAWBER would say, he is clerking for that gentleman. Mrs. WILLIAM NORTHINGTON has returned from Texas and is now at her father’s Mr. JO FRANKS. Her husband will return to old Marion as soon as he can gather his crop in Texas. Marion County may be a little short of ready cash but we will have plenty of corn and “sorghum ‘lasses by and by.” There will be plenty of “bacon and greens” if the hogs escape cholera. The Hamilton High school opened last Monday morning and now the children, young ladies and young men have a school year before them from which they should derive much good. The attendance was quite large and the prospects for a good school at Hamilton are brighter than ever before, and one noticeable feature of the opening was that all the pupils seemed anxious and delighted to enter upon school duties. The school, under the efficient management of Prof. TATE, is bound to succeed. We learn that an assistant teacher will arrive in a few days. The jail birds were in a fair way to gain their freedom on last Monday evening and had it not been for the sheriff’s wife they would in al l probability have escaped. The inside door to the cell had been wrenched loose and Mrs. HALL heard them say when the outside door was opened to feed them they would rush out. But when the outer door opened it was to admit the blacksmith Mr. G. N. STOKES, who promptly repaired the door and the birds will remain until after court. J. M. JONES, of Aberdeen, Miss. has been in and around Hamilton for the past few days buying up beef cattle. On last Saturday night at the school house Prof. TATE made an interesting talk on education. Those present enjoyed the occasion very much and hope he may treat them to a like entertainment again soon. A GREENE DEMOCRAT BIT OF RAILROAD EXTENSION – Russellville, Sept. 15 – A large number of hands, a long string of teams and wheel scrapers passed through Russellville yesterday form Colbert county to begin work on the extension of the Iron Mountain Railroad from Fassick’s rock quarry to the Hamilton Iron ore beds, distant about two miles. The ore on Hamilton creek is said to be of an excellent quality and mines are to be opened for the purpose of supplying the Salsbury furnace at Sheffield. The extension of this road will give employment to a number of hands and teams for several weeks, and opening of the ore beds on Hamilton Creek will add greatly to the business of Franklin County. THREE MEN HELD – Charged with the Murder of E. COOPER of Tuskaloosa County Tuskaloosa, Sept. 17 – DOC and JOE BIGHAM and HENRY GRAMMER, neighbors of E. COOPER, who was assassinated in this county Friday, have been placed in jail the former charged with being the perpetrator and the two last named of being accessories to that crime. Evidence against DOC BIGHAM is quite strong. He was seen hastening from the spot where the crime was committed bearing a gun, which was afterwards examined and one barrel found to contain buckshot, while the other had the appearance of having been recently discharged. There is a story afloat that DOC BIGHAM was one of a party of men who met secretly some days ago and passed sentence of death of five citizens of this county who had incurred their enmity, and DOC was delegated as the one to begin the murderous work. This, it is said, came out at the coroner’s inquest, though the coroner, for some reason, has not yet made the evidence public. It will require a preliminary trial to bring out all the evidence, and in the meantime it is the common belief that other deeds of blood will grow out of the murder of COOPER. CHINESE DEFEATED A decisive battle was fought between the Chinese and Japanese armies on the 16th inst., in which the latter were victorious. The Chinese loss is estimated at 16,000 killed, wounded and taken prisoners. The Japs lost only 30 killed and 270 wounded. WANTED – We want honest, pushing, active salesmen to sell the Improved Singer Sewing Machines and collect on accounts in the different counties in Alabama. No experience necessary, or capital required. Applicants must however furnish their own horse and harness, we supply wagon and machines. A $300.00 honesty bond is required. Address, The Singer Mfg Co., Montgomery, Ala. STATE NORMAL COLLEGE, Florence, Ala. had 300 students last year. Wanted 400 next year. $100 will meet all necessary expenses for a year. Fall Term opens Sept 18,1 894. If you need a trained teacher, or wish further information, apply to JAMES K. POWERS, President ALABAMA COAL FIELDS A GREAT MAN – (anecdote) Ad for Maryland Roaster and Baker (pan – picture) Ad for Lippman’s Pyrafuge OAKLAND NORMAL INSTITUTE – The 8th Session of the O. N. will open on Sept. 11, 18954. We claim for the O. N. I. a first-class Normal, and in it we propose to give general satisfaction and if we do not we will refund all tuition that may have been paid in if a fair test has been made. Board, Washing, Fuel, and rock furnished from $5 to $7 per month. Tuition in Literary department from $1.25 to $4.00 per month. For information concerning the school, address G. A. or J. T. HOLLEY, Principals, Yale, Mississippi TAX COLLECTOR’S NOTICE – FIRST ROUND Ad for Dr. Thacher’s Liver and Blood syrup PAGE 4 Ad for Emil Seelig’s Kaffee Ad for the Watrous Anti-Rattler (picture) Ad for New Home sewing machine (picture) Ad for Dixie Baking Powder Ad for PPP Cures all skin and blood disease Ad for Jackson Corset Waists (picture) Ad for Silurian Spring Water Ad for Wing & Son Piano Hammers Ad for Gurney Patent Refrigerator – (picture) Ad for Japanese Oil The Hamilton Free Press for 1894 will contain the News. Do you read? Do you feel an interest in the news of your county, state, and nation? If you do, then Subscribe at once for The Free Press and keep up with the times. Subscription $1.00 per year. To Advertisers: The Free Press is the only paper published in Marion County, It has a large circulation in this and adjoining counties, and is the only medium through which the general public can be reached. Our rates are low, and we invite your patronage. Job Printing. We are prepared to ado all kinds of plain printing at low rates, and solicit the work of the business public. Communications on subjects of general interest to the people of the county are invited. Address all letters to: The Free Press, Hamilton, Ala. Ad for 50 World’s Fair Views Free The Memphis Commercial and The Free Press will be sent to any address one year for $1.30. Now is the time to subscribe and get two papers for little more than the price of one. Call on or address The Free Press, Hamilton, Ala. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/hamilton1686gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 14.5 Kb