Marion County AlArchives News.....HAMILTON NEWS PRESS March 28, 1895 ************************************************ 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 June 4, 2010, 9:39 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History March 28, 1895 Microfilm Ref Call #559 Microfilm Order #M1992.0966 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE HAMILTON NEWS-PRESS VOL. 1 HAMILTON,, MARION COUNTY, ALA. MARCH 28, 1895 NO. 13 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER ANNUM. R. H. TERRELL, Publisher Advertising Rates Reasonable – Job Work Neatly and Cheaply Executed DIRECTORY CIRCUIT COURT Judge – T. R. ROULHAC, of Colbert County Solicitor – A. H. CARMICHAEL, of Colbert County Clerk – J. F. HAMILTON, Hamilton Sheriff – W. W. HALL, Hamilton Court meets on the 1st Monday after the 4th Monday in January and 2nd Monday in August CHANCERY COURT Chancellor – W. H. SIMPSON of Decatur Register – W. B. RIGGAN, Hamilton Court meets on Thursday after the 3rd Monday in April and October. 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 Tax Collector – M. M. FRAZIER, Hamilton Treasurer – J. B. WOOD, Hamilton SOCIETIES MASONIC Hamilton Lodge No. 344 meets at Hamilton on the 4th Saturday in each month, at 11 am . C. N. STOKES, W. M., J. P. FORD, Sect. 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. A. BIVIN, Pastor SUNDAY SCHOOL Sunday School at 9:30 am – W. R. WHITE, Supt. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. PROFESSIONAL CARDS – LEGAL MCCLUSKEY & DAVIS, Attorneys at Law, Vernon and Hamilton, Ala. Will practice in all the courts of Alabama and Mississippi. 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 W. H. KEY W. 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. 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. C. E. MITCHELL, Attorney-at-Law, Hamilton, Ala. will practice in all the courts of Marion and adjoining counties. The Cotton Belt Route St. Louis, Southwestern Ry. to Arkansas and Texas. The only line with Through Car Service from Memphis to Texas. No change of cars to San Antonio, Austin, Hearne, Ft. Worth, or intermediate points. The daily trains carrying through coaches, chair cars, and sleepers traversing the finest farming , grazing and timber lands and reaching the most prosperous town and cities in the Great Southwest. FARMING LANDS – Yielding abundantly all the cereals, corn and cotton, and especially adapted to the cultivation of small fruits and early vegetables. GRAZING LANDS – Affording excellent pasturage during almost the entire year, and comparatively close to the great markets TIMBER LANDS – Covered with almost inexhaustible forest of yellow pine, cypress, and the hard woods common to Arkansas and eastern Texas. Can be Procured on Reasonable and Advantageous Terms. All persons contemplating a trip to Texas should purchase tickets viz: the Cotton belt Route and avoid vexatious changes and transfers of baggage. It is the only line running through trains from Memphis to Texas. Parties emigrating to Texas will find it to their interest to see a Cotton Belt Route Agent before making arrangements elsewhere. All lines connect with and have tickets on sale via the Cotton belt Route. Ask your nearest ticket agent for maps, time tables, etc., and write to any fo the following for all the information you may desire concerning a trip to the Great Southwest. C. P. RECTER HOWARD JOLLY, Gen. Agent, City Pass & Tkt agt. 308 Main St. Memphis, Tenn. B. McCullar, Trav. Pass. Agent, Tupelo, Miss. A. S. Doge, R. W. LeBeaume, Gen. traffic age’t, Gen. Pass & Tkt agent, St. Louis, Mo. TRADE LOOKING UP – Improvement all Along the Line, Commercial and Industrial NOT A SAFE THOROUGHFARE – A Deaf Man Walks the Ties to His Death Last Wednesday morning when a south bound freight, No. 31 was about a mile south of Argo, Ala. on the Alabama Great Southern railroad, the engineer saw a man walking on the track, and as he made no move to get out of the way as the train approached blew his whistle……..(R. M. Winters of Gadsden) A COWARDLY MURDER – But Quite in the Fashion of a Mock Heroic Age A team belonging to Robert Mangler, a livery stable keeper at Monticello, Ohio, came into the stable yard late Tuesday night with the body of a girl named Annie Frisch, sitting in the vehicle stone dead……. LATE NEWS ITEMS Reports received at Marshall, Texas, Tuesday state that six men were killed and five severely wounded by a explosion at Hall’s Mill, thirty-three miles south of there. The shock of the explosion was felt for miles. SPECIAL RATES NAMED – For Confederate Veteran’s Reunion and Other Conventions The Southern Passenger Association at a meeting held at St. Augustine, Fla. last week, agreed upon excursion and special rates of fare to a number of places where events of public interest take place in the near future. The announcement of special rate includes the following: To the Houston National Encampment of United Confederate Veterans a rate of 1 cent per mile traveled from points 400 or more miles distant by the short line, tickets to be of ironclad signature form, limited to continuous passage in both directions, to be sold May 17 and 18, good to return within ten days from date of sale. To Mobile, Ala. for the Alabama state Sunday School Convention, a rate of one limited first-class fare for the round trip from all points in the state of Alabama; tickets of ironclad signature form, limited to continuous passage in both directions to be sold April 28 and 30, good to return until May 5, 1895, inclusive. To Washington, D. C. for the Southern Baptist Convention and other meetings of the Baptist Church, a rate of one limited first-class fare for the round trip from all points in the territory of the association; tickets of ironclad signature form, limited to continuous passage in both directions, to be sold May 7 and 8, good to return within fifteen days from date of sale. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BEGUN – But War Measures Continue and the Japs Want Not Peace A dispatch from Shimoneski says the credentials of parties to the peace conference at that place were submitted, March 20 and found to have been prepared in due form and to confer full power on both sides. Conference began next day at ……. THE LOST SPANISH CRUISER The government has not received official information regarding the report of the finding of the cruiser Reins Regente, and the statement that she has been found sunk in shallow water near the straits of Gibraltar…… LIVE WASHINGTON NOTES TWO NEW JUDGES PEACE IN PERU Mr. McKenzie, the United States minister to Peru has telegraphed the state department that after three days fighting an armistice had been arranged between the insurgents and the government troops, and moreover t1000 dead and wounded were left on the streets of Lima…….. THE SPANISH MINISTER RESIGNS AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT REPORT LARRABEE LEAVES WITH THE LUCRE Christopher W. Larrabee, cashier and head accountant for Boyd, Stickney & Co, wholesale coal dealers at ………. ECHOES OF THE RIOT The grand jury at New Orleans has returned fifteen bills of indictment for murder against the men charged with participation in the recent riots on the river front in that city. Most of them have given themselves up and are in prison. AN INTERESTING RELIC FOUND – Which Prove a Sad Reminder of Life’s Brevity While digging Monday in the ruins of the Huntsville Female College, Huntsville, Ala, which was burned January 8, 1895, the corner stone was found and when unsealed contained a copper plate with the following inscription: “Population of the town, 3,000 Engraved by DAVID F. KNOX Bascome Female Institute In honor of the late Bishop Bascom Chartered January 27, 1852 Cornerstone laid with Masonic Ceremonies June 23, 1853 Huntsville, Madison County, State of Alabama Building erected by D. B. TURNER, WILLIAM H. MOORE, T. S. MCCALLY, WILLIAM J. MCCALLY, George Steele, Architect Hugh N. Moore, Master of Workman Oration by A. E. Mills, Esq. Samuel Peete, Mayor, D. Farris, W. B. Figures, A. J. Johnson, J. W. Jones, J. Patton, O. D. Sledge, T. W. White and Windman. Aldermen” Although the dedication services above referred to occurred only forty- two years ago, not one of the gentlemen connected with the work is now living. One incident in connection with the cornerstone is worthy of note. A few hours after finding the copper plate the death of Mrs. Mary Knox Patterson, the only surviving daughter of David F. Know, who engraved the copper plate, was reported. SAILED FOR AFRICA – The Horsa, with Two Hundred Emigrants, Leaves Savannah The steamship Horsa, with 200 Liberian emigrants, sailed from Savannah Tuesday afternoon. Five thousand negroes gathered at the wharves and cheered the vessel as it passed down the river. Knots of negroes began gathering in the vicinity of the dock where the steamer way lying early Tuesday morning. The number kept increasing and at noon several thousand were packed in the streets and lanes and covered the roofs of buildings for several blocks. The effort by Rev. C. S. Smith, secretary of the Sunday School Union of the African Methodist Church, who has been trying to prevent the clearance of the vessel on the ground that she was not properly equipped, failed to accomplish anything. The accommodations of the Horsa complied fully with the law, and the vessel passed a thorough inspection by the custom officials. Shortly after noon the gates to wharf where the emigrants were waiting were opened and the negroes went aboard. THE STORM WEST AND SOUTH Getting up somewhere in the mountains of Colorado on Tuesday evening a small blizzard started eastward. It grew and it spread until an area of several states felt its cold breath and its driving sleet, which at midnight changed to snow………… JOHN BULL PUTS DOWN HIS HEAD – Paws the Earth and Roars at Little Nicaragua Lord Kimberly, British secretary of state for foreign affairs, on Tuesday personally handed to the Nicaraguan minister…………. JOHN BAKER BADLY BEHIND John W. Baker, cashier for the Lubroleine Oil Company, Baltimore, Md. is said to be short in his accounts to the extent of about $1000 and the management is looking for him. When it was ascertained some weeks ago that his accounts were not correct Baker was dismissed. He was furnished with transportation to Raleigh, N. C. and with his wife left for that place. It is claimed now that other discrepancies have been found, and the company has decided to prosecute him. PAGE 2 THE NEWS PRESS Issued Every Thursday R. N. TERRELL, Publisher JAS. S. CLEMENTS, Editor Entered at the post office at Hamilton, Ala, as second class matter Subscription Rates One year $1.00 Six Months .50 Three months .25 -------(political news and commentary)----------- The Governor appoints one Brigadier General of the Militia in each congressional district. Gen. A. J. HAMILTON of Marion is the Brigadier for the 6th. This is a very acceptable appointment to the people. In times of peace of course it is not so important an office as in time of war, but it is a high office all the same, and our neighbor county is to be congratulated upon the appointment. – [Vernon Courier] Good lead pencils 10 cents per dozen at the post office building. Ad for Columbus Business College Ad for A Prize Offer Tuskaloosa is shipping cattle to Chicago. For waive notice and other legal blanks call at the News-Press office. Envelopes 5 cents a pack. Do you want them? If so, call at the post office building. Wanted – 200,000 hickory spokes. Must be clear of defects, split with the grain, 30 inches long 1 ½ thick by 2 inches wide. Also 1000 fifteen cent hens and 1000 dozen eggs at market price. E. W. BROCK, Guin, Ala. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT The State of Alabama, Marion County In Probate Court, Special Term, March 18th, 1895 Came this day JOHN B. BULL, administrator of the estate of JACOB W. BULL, Deceased, and filed his account and vouchers for the final settlement of said estate, and the 12th day in April next, to-wit, the 12th day of April, 1895, having been appointed by the court for examining, auditing and stating the same, notice is hereby given to all parties interested to appear at the term of the court aforesaid and contest the same, if they think proper. Given under my hand at office the 18th day of March 1895 JASON P. FORD, Judge of Probate EXECUTOR’S NOTICE Probate Court, Marion County WM. C. WEBSTER, Deceased, Estate of Letters testamentary under the last will and testament of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 23rd day of February 1895 by the Hon. JASON P. FORD, Judge of the Probate Court of Marion County, notice is hereby given that all personas having claims against said estate will be required to present he same within the time allowed by law, or that the same will be barred. This February 28, 1895. JONATHAN R. JONES, Executor REDUCED EXCURSION RATES To Arkansas and Texas Via The Cotton Belt Route. On February 12th, March 5th, and April 2nd, the Cotton Belt will sell tickets to all points in Arkansas and Texas at the rate of one fare for the round trip plus $2.00, tickets good for return 20 days; stop-overs allowed at any point going or returning. The Cotton Belt is the only Line running Through Trains, Pullman Sleepers, Free Reclining Chair Cares, Coaches, etc., from Memphis to Texas, thereby avoiding vexatious changes and transfers of baggage en route. Pamphlets and other reading matter on Texas, Arkansas, etc. mailed free on application. For all information desired address B. MCCULLAR, Traveling Passenger Agent, Tupelo, Miss. C. P. RECTOR, Commercial Agent, 303 Main street, Memphis, Tenn. Ad for Patent Ad for Brown’s Iron Bitters Ad for New Home Sewing Machine THE BYRD SCHOOL will open Monday Nov. 19, 1894 and continue four months. Tuition reasonable. For further information call on or address the principal. ANDREW J. ADAMS, Detroit, Ala SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of a fieri facias issued out of the Clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of Marion County, and state of Alabama, and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to make the amount of a certain judgment recently obtained against F. M. JEFFREYS and in favor of JOSEPH GRAY, out of the goods, chattel lands and tenements of the F. M. JEFFREYS I have levied on the following property, to- wit: One blaze face mare eleven years old. Therefore, according to said command, I shall expose for sale at public auction, all the right, title and interest of the above named F. M. JEFFREYS in and to the above described property on Monday the 8th day of April 1895, during the legal hours of sale at the court house door in the town of Hamilton, ala. Dated at office this 27th day of March 1895. W. W. HALL, Sheriff Marion County, Ala. Ad for Brown’s Iron Bitters CONSOLIDATED NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville Alabama, March 13th 1895 Notice is hereby given that the following named settlers have filed notice of their intention to make final proof in support of their claims, and that said proofs will be made before the probate Judge of Marion County at Hamilton Alabama on April 26th 1895 viz: ELBERT M. BELK, for adjoining farm Homestead entry No. 19,367 for the SW ¼ SE ¼ Sec 22 T 10 S R 14 West He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: JESSE C. LEWIS, HENRY E. MIXON, WILLIAM SANDERSON, JASPER N. SANDERSON, all of Hamilton, Ala., And JESSE C. LEWIS for adjoining farm Homestead entry No. 18742 for the N ½ NE ¼ Sec 17 and SW ¼ SE ¼ Sec 8 T 10 R 13 West He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: WILLIAM C. CARTER, WILLIAM C. HOWELL, DANIEL M. CRTER, ELBERT M. BELK, all of Hamilton, Ala. JESSE W. ELLIS, Register PAGE 3 THE NEWS PRESS Issued Every Thursday $1 Per Annum $1 March 28, 1895 LOCAL NEWS Prepare now for a good garden. Let’s organize a debating society. Call at the post office building for fresh garden seeds. Mrs. J. R. PEARCE of Bexar was visiting here the first of the week. Tax Collector FRAZIER of Guin was here last week on business. Hamilton now has a millenary and dress making establishment. Mrs. VINEY HALEY, of near Guin is visiting relatives in town this week. Several transfers in real estate have been made during the past few weeks. BANKS MCCULLOUGH made a business trip to Russellville the first of the week. Isn’t it about time for our citizens to make another effort toward clearing off the cemetery? Circuit Clerk J. F. HAMILTON and wife visited relatives in Mississippi last Saturday and Sunday. The croquet season is near at hand and our loafers are happy in anticipation of spring fights. To our worthy board of Commissioners – Erect a good fence around the court house and jail and receive the tanks of the public Mr. J. H. STONE, of Bexar, better known as “Hustling JOHN HENRY” was in town last Saturday and renewed his subscription to the News-Press. When the trustees for the Agricultural school are appointed it is to be hoped that they will make no mistake in choosing a principal. A great deal will depend upon making a wise selection. A hearty welcome is extended the little girls at Glen Allen who have communications in this issue. The little girls are aiding us more perhaps than they think and such letters from children are appreciated. The many friends of Rev. W. L. HENDRICKS will be glad to know that he is satisfied in his new home. There are no more earnest or zealous workers for the Master’s cause than the pastor of the Oakman circuit. What is the matter with the telephone line we were to have between Hamilton and Guin. If the promoters of the scheme will make an earnest effort we feel sure that the line will be built. Hamilton will do her part. JAMES FRYE, who was arrested on last week and carried before Commissioner SHIELDS at Jasper charged with robbing a post office in Walker County, was released, the witnesses failing to identify him as the guilty party. FROM OAKMAN Editor News-Press With pleasure I gratefully acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the News-Press, issue of the 14th inst. It came last Saturday morning and was indeed a pleasant surprise. This is the first and only copy I have seen under the “new regime.” And so the Free Press and the News have united. That is well. In union there is strength. And I accept it as true that “a rose would smell just as sweet by any other name.” With your permission, Mr. Editor, I will “speak” through the columns of your paper to my friends “over there” in Marion. I retain the most pleasant memories of my year’s sojourn at Hamilton, and of my “rounds” on the circuit. Many are the faces and scenes among the hills of Marion which “though lost to sight, are to memory dear.” It would give me very great pleasure to look upon them again. I am beginning to feel “at home” in Walker, having been here long enough to become pretty well “naturalized.” Mother is with me now, having come to Oakman Feb. 26th. Having no parsonage here, we are living, like Paul, in a “hired house.” But we are going to build a parsonage. Indeed the contractor is at work on it now, and we hope to have it ready for occupancy at an early date. It seems “might y good” to be at home once more after “being on the wings” for four months and a half. I am delighted with Corona circuit. I would not be understood, however, as saying that everything is just as I would have it. By no means. The fellow that expects and tried to have everything his own way is to be pitied. He will have to eat “humble pie’ sooner or later, and a “full-grown” disappointment is in store for him, poor fellow. I have no entered upon my fourth month here. I an hopeful and happy. They “signs of the times” are encouraging. I gratefully record a marked increase of attendance at nearly all of my appointments. Good congregations, attentive hearers, and many other “tokens for good” quicken my faith and inspire me with hope. Last Saturday I received a “call” to preach at Coal Valley, a mining town one mile west of Oakman. I shall certainly respond to the call. It is my earnest desire to enter every open door where there is a prospect of doing good. To make the world better by living in it, and the God-given power of doing good, these are the only things that make life worth living. The man that lives for himself alone hasn’t much to live for, and the sooner he is dead and buried the better it will be for the world. I rejoice to learn that Hamilton has secured an Agricultural School and Experiment Station. Success to the enterprise. I would not be officious, but I desire to suggest a change in the Hamilton “Church Directory” by substituting the name of Rev. W. A. BIVEN for that of his scribe. “Honor to whom honor is due.” Were I to follow my inclinations, I might write several more pages, but my letter is already too long. Kindest regards to the editor and the publisher and their families. “With a sigh for those who love me, And a smile for those that hate,” I am yours very truly, W. L. HENDRICKS, Oakman, Ala. March 19, 1895 FROM MISSISSIPPI Editor News-Press If you will allow me space in your paper I will give you a few items. The school at this place is doing some of the greatest work I ever witnessed, and the Prof. claim it to be the best school that has ever been at the O. N. I. I must express my sentiments concerning the Agricultural school and Experiment Station to be established at Hamilton. I think it is one of the grandest things that could have been done toward the up-building of our home county. Now to the boys and girls of Marion, and more especially to the young men: If we do not educate ourselves it is not for lack of an opportunity. We have a good literary school at Hamilton, and one at this place; also the Agricultural School to be started at Hamilton. The terms are so fixed that any of us may attend at least a part of our time. D. D. WRIGHT, Yale, Miss., March 16 FROM GLEN ALLEN As I have not seen anything from this pace in your paper, I will write a short letter. I am going to school. We have a fine school at this place. Prof. PEARCE is our teacher and I like him very much. He is an excellent teacher. Our Sunday School has not started here yet but will begin the first Sunday in April. I will close with best wishes to the editor. NANNIE ODEN, Glen Allen, March 19 FROM PIKEVILLE Rev. Mr. ELLIOTT preached an able sermon at Liberty Church yesterday. Mr. ELLIOTT is the regular pastor of the Free Will Baptist Church at that place, and preaches there every fourth Sunday and Saturday preceding. After preaching, the church selected Messrs. GEORGE C. ESTES and JAMES W. PYRON as delegates to the district meeting which will convene Saturday 30th, instant, at Mount Joy church. Rev. Dr. SPRINGFIELD will preach at Liberty Church next Sunday. There will be singing in the morning before preaching. “Uncle JIMMY” GANN, who has been in bad health for the past year or so, is growing worse. His condition at present is quite serious and it is feared he can not last long. Mr. A. T. WILLETT, who has long enjoyed the distinction of being the oldest man in the county, and also one of the healthiest, is very feeble. He had an epileptic attack Saturday night which left him much worsted. Our “old batch” says he is going to provide against a future time when he might possibly have no mother and sisters to look after his button-sewing and sock-darning. In other words, he says he is going to engage some other fellows’ sister to take the job permanently. Some say thy have heard the “old batch” talk before; also, that “it takes two to trade.” WRONG FONT , Pikeville, Ala. March 25 GLEN ALLEN DOTS Mr. Editor As Glen Allen has not been represented in your paper for some time, I will give you a few dots. We have a fine literary school at this place. Prof. PEARCE is our teacher and he is an excellent one. I am 13 years of age. Miss PATTIE ODEN has just returned from Winfield, where she has been keeping the office for some three weeks. I will close with kindest regards to the editor and hoping the News- Press may have great success LENA LEE FROM WINFIELD Dear Editor – Mrs. JOSIE GAMBLE has been quite ill for the past week but is better now. With love to the Editor MAY MUSGROVE, Winfield, March 25 TRADE LOCALS Buy your dry goods, hats, boots, shoes and clothing from L. D. LITTLETON, Guin, Ala. 20 yards of cotton checks, calico or yard wide domestic for $1 at L. D. LITTLETON Buy nails from Littleton, 40 lbs for one dollar. You can buy a good pair of pants from Littleton of Guin for $1 Ladies, go to Littleton’s for dress goods at actual wholesale cost. Men’s hats at Littleton’s for 50c Men’s suspenders, full size only 10 cents at Littleton’s. Big stock of goods just received oat Littleton’s at hard time prices. Fine bureaus at Littleton’s for $5.00. Trunks from $2.50 up. Men’s cotton half hose at Littleton’s for 5 cents This way ladies! I have just received a large stock of Millenry which I will have on exhibition in the GAST building. I want to sell. Come in, I will take pleasure in showing you my goods. Dress cutting and fitting a specialty. All orders will have prompt attention. Respectfully Mrs. DORA TERRELL, Hamilton, Ala. Ad for Columbus Business College Ad for The Republic newspaper – St. Louis, Mo Ad for New $900 Steinway Piano Free ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Probate Court, Marion County NEWTON GUIN, Deceased, Estate of Letters of administration upon the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 22nd day of January 1895, 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 allowed by law, or that the same will be barred. This February 20, 1895. E. J. GUIN, Administratrix Ad for Hartsfeld Furnace and Refining Co. Ad for Columbus Business College SWEPT AWAY – McKinley High Prices are Dead and Mrs. ELLA CLEMENTS is selling stationery and school supplies at astonishingly low prices. School crayon per box 15 cts Composition books 7 cts Composition books 15 cts Good note paper at from 5 to 7 cents per quire Fools cap paper 10 cts quire Envelopes 5 cents a package Ink 5 cts per bottle Pen points 5 cts per dozen Slates 5 x 9 inches 6 cts Slates 7 x 11 inches 10 cts Rubber tip pencils 10 cts dozen Pen holders 10 cts each School books. A new lot of school books just received all of which will be sold as cheap as they can be bought anywhere. Ladies Hats. A nice assortment of ladies hats latest styles and guaranteed to vie satisfaction. Come and examine goods, compare prices and be convinced. Mrs. E. H. CLEMENTS, Hamilton, Ala. (Post office building) NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT The state of Alabama, Marion County W. F. CLARK Vs L. J. WOOD, A. D. HARRIS and P. H. WOOD defendants Before me, B. R. FITE, Notary Public and Ex-officio Justice of the Peace for said county, this the 21st day of February, 1895. It appearing that certain property of the defendant, L. J. WOOD, has been levied upon, to-wit: The SE ¼ of NE ¼ and NE ¼ of SE ½ Sec 19 , SW ¼ of NW ¼ and NW ¼ of SW ¼ Sec 20 T 11 R 14 and 5 acres in SW corner NW ¼ of NW ¼ Sec 20 T 11 R 14 by virtue of an attachment issued from my office on the 20th day of February 1895 and returnable the 14th day of March 1895, and that said defendant is a non- resident of the state of Alabama. It is therefore ordered that notice of said attachment and the return thereof be given to the said L. J. WOOD by publication once a week for three successive weeks before said 14th day of March 1895, in the News-Press, a newspaper published ins aid county, and a copy thereof be mailed to the said L. J. WOOD, at her place of residence, Winfield, Texas. Given under my hand at office this the 21st day of February 1895 B. R. FITE, Notary Public and Ex-Officio J. P. Ad for Plantation Chill Cure – Sold by T. W. CARPENTER, Hamilton, J. F. WHITE, Detroit, J. D. ARNOLD, Bexar PAGE 4 AN INTERRUPTED ELOPMENT – (anecdote) Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ad for Tetterine Ad for Farmer’s Saw mill STATE TOPICS FEDERAL VET TO MEET C. W. Buckley, Department Commander, G. A. R. announces that the Seventh annual Encampment of the department of Alabama, Grand Army of the Republic, will convene at Montgomery, Ala. on Thursday April 4th 1895 at 10 o’clock a.m. in Odd Fellows’ hall, corner Dexter Avenue and Perry Street. KILLED BY AN ELECTRIC CAR Wednesday morning an electric car on the Oxford Lake line ran over Robt. M. Jones of Lamar, Randolph County, between Oxford and Oxanna, mangling and crushing his right arm so that it had to be amputated at the shoulder, which was done by the doctors in attendance. He died about 10 a.m. Wednesday. DOWN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT Eddie Hoekie, a newspaper carrier, on Wednesday last had some papers to deliver on the second floor of the post office building at Birmingham. After performing his task he returned to the elevator shaft and finding the door open stepped through, supposing it to be still in position for that floor. But the cage had been run up. The boy fell to the first floor, breaking his arm. His head was badly cut and the shock so terrible that he had spasms. As quickly as possible he was carried home, where he died shortly afterwards. A VERY LIBERAL POLICY The court of county commissioners of Madison county have passed unanimously a resolution under the power given it by the legislature of 1892-3, exempting all cotton and woolen factories locating in that county from county taxes for a period of ten years. So, now all such factories hereafter locating in that county will be taxed for state purposes for those years respectively SMALLPOX – FALSE ALARM INCENDIARY FIRE The general merchandise store of Duffy & Morton at Albertville…………. SOLD UNDER MORTGAGE The Florence Syndocial College was sold at auction Tuesday to satisfy a mortgage. It was bought in by the mortgagees, Nathan C. Clark and George B. Childs. The Florence Syndocial is one of the oldest female colleges in the state, and has an interesting history. The sale will not interfere with the present session of the school, and efforts will be made to redeem the property before the next session. DEVELOPMENT GOES ON Rock Springs, a suburb of Gadsden, is the place where two large patent lime furnaces are to be erected at once by the Anniston Coal and Coke company, a rich syndicate. Work is to commence immediately. When completed it will be the largest lime manufacturing plant in the United States. The lime rock here is the best yet discovered. Several hundred men are at work and the force will be doubled. END OF A WILD CAREER Jim Morrison, the escaped convict, who about a year ago killed Deputy Sheriff Dexter, of Bibb County, was shot and killed last Thursday by Deputy Sheriff Henry Cole, of Jefferson. Deputy Cole had learned that Morrison was staying at the house of a Mr. Vines who lives in the fork of the warrior and little Warrior Rivers, about 30 miles southwest of Birmingham, under the name of Johnson, and that he intended visiting a certain house that evening. Deputy Cole, in company with John Hubbard, lay on the road until Morison was seen approaching. Hubbard when withdrew into the woods. When Morrison was within about thirty yards Deputy Cole ordered him to throw up his hands. Instead of doing so he began to bring his gun from “right shoulder’ to “ready.” The officer fired and Morrison fell, pierced by five large buckshot. He lingered about five hours after being shot. The body was carried to Birmingham, where it was seen by two of his brothers and fully identified. COMING BACK TO DIXIE The colony of one thousand negroes recently established Mapima, Mex. is rapidly going to pieces. The negroes are leaving for their old homes in Georgia and Alabama in squads embracing men, women, and children, who will attempt to walk back the entire distance. They are all dissatisfied claiming that they were lured into making the change by promises which have not been fulfilled. Ad for No-To-Bac LOOKS LIKE A LIE OUT – The Spaniard Says the Alliances Raised an English Flag SIOUX CITY’S GREAT LOSS The greatest fire in the history of Sioux City, Ia. Thursday morning destroyed property………… UNHAPPY SOUTH AMERICA – War in Peru, Three Days Fighting at Lima Reported BIG COTTON CONFLAGRATION – Nearly Twenty Thousand Bales Gone Damaged or Destroyed. ALL QUIET AT MADRID A GEORGIA COTTON FIRE ANARCHY STILL LIVES – New Orleans Ad for Syrup of Figs Ad for Royal Baking Powder NEW SCHEME OF SALVATION The Church of the Apostolic Faith and Order is the name of a new religious sect in St. Louis. The movement is a return to primitive methods of Christianity and omits choirs, pews, salaried preachers and the many refinements of modern Christianity. Ad for W. L. Douglas $3 shoe Ad for Ripans Tabules ---Small ads Ad for Pearline File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/hamilton1737gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 34.7 Kb