Marion County AlArchives News.....HAMILTON NEWS PRESS April 18, 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, 10:00 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History April 18, 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. APRIL 18, 1895 NO. 16 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 PROBATE COURT Meets on the 2nd Monday in each month. SOCIETIES MASONIC Hamilton Lodge No. 344 meets at Hamilton on the 4th Saturday in each month, at 11 am . G. 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. Jos. E. Marti, who was selected as president of the new republic at the convention held at Guaytanaro, province of Puerto Principe, Cuba has been proclaimed by the insurgents as their chief executive………………….. CUBANS PROCLAIM A REPUBLIC Dispatches from Havana, under date of April 10th says. A meeting was held today in the provinces of Guytanaro and Combet and Macco by proxies proclaimed a republic. The proclamation declared that Cuba was a free and independent government. The entire document was modeled after the American declaration of Independence. It is expected that within the next week the Cuban government will ask for recognition from all governments, and the names of the new officers will be announced within a few days. ……………….. LIVE WASHINGTON NOTES TREASURY STATEMENT DEPORATION OF IMMIGRANTS Commissioner Stump, of the emigration bureau, decided the appeal of the diamond cutters, who recently arrived at the port of New York on the Majestic. The commissioner allows three of them to land and orders the deportation of the other two. MUTILATING GOLD COIN The president refused executive clemency in the case of W. F. Shaw, who in 1894 was convicted in northern judicial district of Iowa of mutilating gold coin for which he his now serving a sentence of eighteen months in the penitentiary. In this case, the president sys there is not justification for clemency. A BAD COUNTERFEITER An excellent photographic counterfeit of the $5 note of the American Exchange National bank of New York City, was discovered in the money sent to eh National Bank redemption division of the treasury for redemption. The note is of 1892 series. A warning has been sent out by Chief Hazen, of the secret service. POSTAL REVENUES Postmaster General Wilson states that the sale of postage stamps for the last quarter of 1894 amounted to $19,405,571 which was the largest in the history of the government for a like period. He considered this a barometer indicating the revival of business. The total receipts from the sources of the post office department for the last quarter of 1894 were $1,165,207 more than for the corresponding period of 1893. CONTRACTORS LOSE THEIR JOB Secretary Herbert has annulled the contract with John Gillies of Brooklyn for the New York navy yard dry dock and advertised for proposals to complete with the work………… ENCOURAGING PROSPECT OF PEACE Great satisfaction is expressed at the information that peace negotiations have been practically concluded between China and Japan, eight days before the termination of the time fixed for the termination of the amnesty……… DEDICATION PROGRAM Secretary Lamont has decided upon the main features of the ceremonies authorized by Congress in the dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. The ceremonies will begin on the Battlefield of Chickamauga September 19, and will comprise the formal announcement of the opening of the park by the war department representing the government., two orations by speakers of national prominence and the proper military display. On the following day exercises in continuation of the dedication relating to the Battle of Missionary Ridge will be held at Chattanooga with a somewhat similar programme. In case of rain all exercises will take place at Chattanooga under a cover of adequate capacity to be provided as a prudential measure. The secretary will arrange to have all the armies represented in the battles and participated in the dedication by setting apart the night of September 19 to the Union and Confederate armies of Tennessee, and the night of the 20th the armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia. The regular army will be represented by the lieutenant general and a detachment of troops. The society of the army of the Cumberland will hold its regular annual reunion at Chattanooga the evening of September 18 preceding the dedication and to this all official visitors and representatives of the other army societies will be invited. WAR AMONG THE CHOCTAWS – Assassination, Ambush, and Slaughter in Retaliation Last Monday, Arnold Islische, a Choctaw, living in the eastern part of the territory, was shot down by some unknown party in this barnyard. He had always been an avowed enemy of Gov. Jones, and was a man of great influence in his community. His assassination aroused the indignation of the whole community, and the Cooper boys, who had always been warm friends of Jones, were suspected of the crime. On Thursday, Solomon Lonaker, Simpson Lonaker and three of their friends laid in wait, two miles north of Eagleton, in the Choctaw Nation, for the Coopers, who were planting a crop. As the Coopers came up, the Lonakers fired upon them from ambush with Winchesters. Their fire was returned. There were five men in each party, and for thirty minutes a deadly fusillade prevailed The results were not known until Saturday morning when Gov. Gardner of the Choctaw Nation chanced to pass the place and found Solomon Lonaker, Simpson Lonaker, Cornelius Cooper and Tom Forbes dead in the road within a few feet of each other. Near his dead brother lay William Cooper, shot in a dozen places, still alive and conscious. He gave Gov. Gardener a detailed statement of the whole affair. His statement cannot be had now, but enough is known to show that the Lonakers were instigated to do the bloody work by the liberal use of money given by political friends. THE ROBBERS ARE OVERTAKEN – A Fight Ensues, Two are Killed and Three Escaped The latest news heretofore reported of the Rock Island train robbers placed them in the Glass Mountains and the pursuit balked by prairie fires. Later information has been received as follows: On Tuesday night the marshals had located their quarry and were waiting for daybreak. During the night the birds had flown. Taking the trail they were tracked to a deserted ranch, seventy miles northwest of Hannessy, O. T. The outlaws were surrounded by the offices and challenged. Their reply was a volley of bullets. Then followed a desperate fight. The outlaws attempted to force their way out and after a short battle three of them escaped, closely pursued by part of the marshals, the balance taking charge of two outlaws who had been killed. None of the marshals were badly wounded except Moore, who received a bullet wound in the shoulder. More painful then dangerous was this injury. The names of the dead men are not known. THE BRITISH IN INDIA – The Chitral Campaign – A Colonel Killed in a Skirmish The following news of the Chritrual campaign was sent from Sir Robert Low’s headquarters on Sunday. A corps of guides, under Colonel Battle, were instructed to destroy the village in the hills, from which a persistent fire was dropped into the camp. The guides advanced further than Sir Robert had intended. They discovered two large bodies of the enemy approaching and signaled to that effect. Sir Robert signaled back that the guides should retire at once. This the guides did at once, delivering a steady fire at the enemy. The natives were held in check and apparently suffered heavy losses. Just as the movement of the guides was competed Colonel Battle fell mortally wounded. He died a few minutes later. The British lost three others killed and two officers and seventeen privates wounded. The British had no idea that such a large force of the enemy was in the immediate neighborhood. Nevertheless their loss would not have been so heavy had the commander’s instructions been understood and obeyed. GRAIN ELEVATOR BURNED The immense grain elevator on Theresa Avenue, St. Louis, Mo owned by the Missouri Grand and Commission Company of which John W. Sharpe is president, was destroyed by fire together with 70,000 bushels of grain Wednesday morning. The total loss will reach $76,000 of which little is covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. WINTER LINGERING Owing to the terrific snow storm which has prevailed trains were stalled Monday on all railway lines east of Denver, Col. SLOW BUT SURE PROGRESS Is the Business of the Country, as Dun’s Review See It THE STAMP COUNTERFFEITERS – The Canadian Novelty Supply Company at Hamilton, Ont. The following particulars have been ascertained regarding the Canadian Novelty supply company, charged with counterfeiting stamps. On April 1, a man giving his name as George Morrison, and who said he was engaged in buying and selling bankrupt stocks, rented desk room in the store of Arthur S. Fish, a painter of No. 22 King street, Hamilton, Ont. Morrison installed in the office as his secretary a woman named A. T. Mack, recently of East Twenty-Third street, New York………….. HOMICIDE IN KENTUCKY – A Feud Between Prominent Leaders Results Fatally On Thursday evening State Senator W. P. Goebel shot and Killed John Sanford, cashier fo the Farmers and Trader’s bank at Covington, Ky. Senator Goebel accompanied by Attorney General Hendricks of Kentucky, and Frank Helm, president of the First National Bank were en route to the bank. When they reached the door there stood Sanford. He shook hands with Hendricks, using his left hand. Then he asked Goebel if he wrote and article attacking him. Goebel answered, “I did. Immediately Sanford fired, the ball passing through Goebel’s trousers. Quick as a flash Goebel leveled his revolver and fired………. GROSS OFFICIAL DERELICTION – A Building Condemned Two Years Ago Falls – Awful Results A few minutes past 8 o’clock Tuesday morning the five-story building, Nos. 1220 and 1222 Main street, Wheeling, W. Va. occupied by T. T. Hutchinson & Co, wholesale hardware and saddlery dealers and W. H. Chapman & Sons, wholesale painters and builders supplies, collapsed with a deafening report, burying ten men beneath the ruins. To add to the horror of the situation the debris took fire from a natural gas leak. A dense cloud of smoke arising, the efforts of the rescuers were greatly impeded. The greatest damage to life was among the employees of Hutchinson’s & Co., all of whom were at work. Four of the men who were caught in the death trap escaped with their lives; six are dead………. THE BRITISH IN INDIA Advices from Calcutta received Monday report that the Chitral expedition succeeded in carrying the fords of the Swat River Saturday. The entire expedition, with provision, munitions, etc. was transported and at once proceeded by forced marches to Diri. The Second brigade forced the passage, doing excellent work with their battery and Maxim guns. The Bengal Lancers, after fording, attacked the enemy, who retreated slowly. The Lancers charge the enemy, who broke into a run. They were pursued for miles by the Lancers, who killed hundreds of them. Further up the river the Scottish Borders made a crossing and succeeded in capturing Umra Kahn’s fort. British losses were slight. HURLED INTO ETERNITY An explosion from fire damp in Blue Canon Coal mine in Lake Whateon Monday afternoon killed twenty-one men…………….. WAGES ADVANCED General E. S. Boss, resident agent of the Willimantic Linen Company, received instructions Monday from General Barbour, treasurer of the company that commencing Monday, April 15th a general advance of 5 percent in the wages of employees would take place. 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 It is proposed to sell 100,000 acres of public land in Texas to build a granite mansion for the governor. Gov. Oats has ordered the impeachment of Judge W. C. Robinson, Probate Judge of Lee County. The charges are willful neglect of duty and habitual drinking. A bill has passed the legislature of Missouri making train robbery a capital offense. -------(political news and commentary) ---- silver question–----- The income tax law is practically destroyed, so far as any permanent benefit to the treasury is concerned. All the justices of the Supreme Court hauling declared it unconstitutional in two particulars and the court having divided upon the question of the unconstitutionality of the whole law, it only remains for attorneys to attack it, section by section before the full court. Something might be saved here and there, but the chances are the next Congress will repeal the law – [Commercial Appeal] Ad for The Weekly Commercial Appeal 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 JOSEPH GRAY, J. B. LEWIS, W. J. LEWIS, J. H . REID, S. T. ADAMS, out of the goods, chattels, lands, and tenements of the said J. W. LEWIS, S. T. ADAMS and J. B. LEWIS. I have levied on the following property, to-wit: N ½ of NW ¼ of SW ¼ and NE ¼ of SW ¼ Sec 24 T 11 R 5 the property of S. T. ADAMS, and NE ¼ Sec 26 T 11 R 15, the property of WM. J. LEWIS, and 10 acres in SW corner of NW ¼ of SE ¼ and S ½ of SE ¼ Sec 13 and E ½ of NE ¼ Sec 24 and SW ¼ of NE ¼ Sec 14 T 11 R 158 and W ½ of SE ¼ Sec 18 T 11 R 14 and the undivided third interest in SE ¼ Sec 14 T 11 R 15, the property of J. B. LEWIS. Therefore, according to said command, I shall expose for sale, at public auction, all the right, title, and interest of the above named S. T. ADAMS, WM. J. LEWIS, and J. B. LEWIS in and to the above described property on Monday the 29th day of April 1895, during the legal hours of sale at the court house door in Hamilton Alabama. Dated at office this 29th day of March 1895. W. W. HALL, Sheriff Marion County, Ala. PROGRAM OF TEACHERS INSTITUTE To be Held at Winfield, Friday and Saturday May 3rd and 4th 1895 FRIDAY 9:00 A.M. Institute opened by Devotional Exercise. Welcome address – BEN SANDLIN Response, Supt, W. A. DUNN Preliminary business of the Institute 1. Conducting Recitations – C. E. MITCHELL, J. L. CONNER 2. Relation of Parent and Teacher – MACK PEARCE, F. G. ARMSTRONG Adjourn for noon 3. School government -0 D. W. DICKINSON, W. P. LETSON 4. Algebra – W. A. DUNN, A. W. TATE 5. Reading – N. Y. AKERS, J. P. MCGAHA Adjournment FRIDAY 8:00 P.M. Debate. Query: Resolved, That compulsory Education is better than our present system. Affirmative – A. W. TATE Negative – F. G. ARMSTRONG SATURDAY 9:00 A.M. 6. Constitutional Amendment – F. G. ARMSTRONG, A. W. TATE, MACK PEARCE, W. P. LETSON, et al 7. Corporal Punishment – C. E. MITCHELL, D. W. DICKINSON 8. Diagrams and Parsing – J. B. HOLLEY, W. P. LETSON, MACK PEARCE Adjourn for noon. SATURDAY 1:30 P.M. 9. Arithmetic – F. G. ARMSTRONG, A. W. TATE, J. C. MCDONALD 10. Physiological Effects of Tobacco – W. P. LETSON, C. R. FRANKS, H. V. BOSTIC, C. E. MITCHELL 11. Physiological Effects of Alcohol – MACK PEARCE, W. F. GREEN, E. S. GREEN, GRANT GREEN, Y. L. GREEN 12. What is Needed to better the Condition of our Schools? - A. W. TATE, WM. TAYLOR, F. G. ARMSTRONG, MACK PEARCE, et al Music for the Institute will be furnished by Miss MEM EARNEST. W. P. LETSON D. W. DICKINSON C. R. FRANKS – Committee SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of a fieri facias issued out of the Clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of Winston county, and State of Alabama and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to make the amount of a certain judgment recently obtained against C. L. HALEY, and in favor of FROUNSTEINE Bros. & Co., out of the good, chattels, lands and tenements of the said C .L. HALEY, I have levied on the following property, to-wit: The N ½ of SE ¼ less 20 acres to MARSHALL NORTON in Sec 25 T 10 R 12 West. The W ½ of SW ¼ and the W ½ of NW ¼ Sec 5 T 11 R 11 West, less 10 acres in NW corner of NW ¼ of NW ¼ of said section, township, and range, the SE ¼ of SW ¼ Sec 23 T 10 R 11 West and the SW ¼ of SE ¼ Sec 22 T 10 R 11 West, also the E ½ of NW ¼, the E ½ of SW ¼ and the W ½ of NW ¼ Sec 26 and the NW ¼ of SW ¼ Sec 26 and the E ½ of NW ¼ Sec 27 T 10 R 11 West, and E ½ of NE ¼ Sec 27 T 10 R 11 West, also an undivided half interest in E ½ of NE ¼ and W ½ of NE ¼ and the NE ¼ of SW ¼ and 20 acres off of the East End of NW ¼ of SE ¼ also 20 acres more or less off the East End of NE ¼ of SE ¼ and 20 acres more or less off of East Part of SE ¼ of SE ¼ all in Sec 35; also 15 acres more or less of South portion of SE ¼ of SE ¼ also 40 acres more or less commencing at the NE corner of SE ¼ of SW ¼ and running 31 Degrees North of East across said quarter in Sec 26 all in T 10 R 11 West, all of said lands lying and being in said Marion County. Therefore, according to said command, I shall expose for sale, at public auction, all the right, title and interest of the above named C. L. HALEY, in and to the above described property, on Monday, the 20th day of May 1895, during the legal hours of sale, at the court house door of said county in the town of Hamilton, Alabama Date at office this 13th day of April 1895. W. W. HALL, Sheriff Marion County, Alabama Ad for New $900 Steinway Piano Free Wanted – 200,000 hickory spokes. Must be clear of defects, split with the grain, 30 inches long 1½ thick by 2 inches wide. Also 1,000 fifteen cent hens and 1,000 dozen eggs at market price. E. W. BROCK, Guin, Ala. 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 Ad for The Republic Call at the post office building for fresh garden seed. 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 April 18, 1895 LOCAL NEWS Plenty of rain. Chancery court convenes today. Call at this office for legal blanks. Mr. I. J. LOYD, of Bull Mountain, was here last Sunday. W. H. MATTHEWS, of Guin, was on our streets last Saturday. Good lead pencils 10 cants per dozen at the post office building. Bring your hens and frys to Mrs. DORA TERRELL and get spring hats. Uncle BILLY HAMILTON, of near Detroit, was in town the first of the week. A Ladies Aide Society will soon be organized at Hamilton. A good move. A number of Hamiltonians attended preaching at Hepsiba Church on Sunday last. Dr. W. GUYTON has a brand new baby girl at his house. The little miss arrived last Sunday morning. Bear Creek is represented in this issue. We extend to “Gleaner” a hearty welcome and hope he will write often. Miss DOLLIE LOYD, a charming young lady of Bull Mountain, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A. DAVIS, at this place. W. R. APPLING is gaining friends faster than any man we know of. He is preparing to plant a large patch of melons. We will keep the boys posted. FROM PIKEVILLE Mr. W. F. CANTRELL had the misfortune to cut his foot very seriously last Tuesday. It is healing rapidly and it is hoped he will soon be able to be out. Mr. JOHN HIGHTOWER has been quite sick for several days. A Sunday School was organized at Philadelphia Church yesterday, with the following officers: L. G. AKERS, superintendent; W. F. GREEN, secretary, Teachers: Primary class – Miss VIRGIN AKERS; Intermediate Class – Miss FLORENCE STANFORD; Senior Class – W. F. GREEN. Plenty of money was raised to purchase the necessary literature, about forty-five members were enrolled, and the school starts off with bright prospects. For the present the school will meet at 11 o’clock a.m. every Sunday. Before the organization of the school Dr. SPRINGFIELD preached a splendid sermon designed specially for the children, but abounding in valuable instructions for adults as well. A number of the good people of Guin attended the services and their presence was highly appreciated. Mrs. L. G. AKERS has been quite sick for some time. Mr. FRANK KING has a new baby at this house. WRONG FONT, Pikeville, April 15 BEAR CREEK GLEANING Our farmers are planting corn and preparing to plant cotton with a rush. Their aim is to plant plenty of corn and fill out with cotton. The oat, wheat, and rye crop looks promising, though the oat crop is late on account of so much wet weather. Mr. J. R. PHILLIPS has planted some tine or twelve acres of corn. He is ahead of all of us as he is about half done. We had a nice time last Sunday. There was a day singing at Union Grove Church, conducted by Profs. C. L. WILLIAMS, HENRY BRAKEFIELD, and L. P. HOWELL, with religious service by Rev. MCCOMBS. There was plenty of refreshments for all and some left. Bear Creek was well represented. They went over in Mr. W. H. FLIPPO’S hand car, and all seemed to enjoy themselves finely. On Sunday evening a wedding took place and MR. WILLIS RODEN and Miss ELLA ARNOLD were pronounced man and wife at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. J. B. ARNOLD, near Goldmine, the Rev. Mr. OWENS of Winston County officiating. We join their many friends in wishing them a long and happy union. Mr. JOHN NEELY, who was stricken with paralysis some time ago, is some better. Mr. J. C. KING, a section hand at this place had the misfortune to get his foot badly crushed some two weeks ago and is not yet able to return to work. We have fine prospects for a good fruit crop. GLEANER, Bear Creek, April 10 A TRIP TO HAMILTON We started on Monday morning to pay Marion’s seat of justice a visit. Going by way of Sulligent and Guin we arrived at Hamilton about five o’clock in the evening, and had the pleasure of meeting the town’s most prominent citizens that evening. For thrift and public enterprise this town compares well with any town in the state. Their public buildings are nice and commodious. The location of an Agricultural Experiment Station there has caused real estate to advance considerably, and will add greatly to the growth of the place. No one could keep from being pleased with the town and its people. Returning to Guin we spent a day pleasantly there. This place while not a boom is steadily growing, and no doubt but a prosperous future is in store for it. The people are wide awake to improvements and are keeping pace with the times. We shall certainly remember for many days the pleasant hours spent with the citizens of Marion County – [Vernon Courier] Chickens, beeswax, and wool taken at Mrs. DORA TERRELL’S in exchange for hats. But don’t bring old roosters. BANKS MCCULLOUGH is building a nice little fish boat for service on Buttahatchie. It will be called the Mayflower, and its owners hope to safely land a great number of the finny tribe. All sorts and sizes of ladies and children’s hats at Mrs. DORA TERRELL’S. Also boy’s straw. The citizens of Hamilton met at the cemetery on last Saturday and succeeded in clearing off the grounds. It was a day well spent and the place where loved ones rest is no longer covered with brush and briars. The thief who broke into Mr. P. H. DUNN’S residence and stole about eight dollars in money one day last week, returned the money and left it in the horse lot. A note was left with the money stating that it was an April fool. FROM GLEN ALLEN Our farmers are working like they mean business, and farm work is progressing at a rapid rate. H. P. ODEN, HENRY STEWART, and THOMAS FILES are attending court at Birmingham this week. Our Sunday School commenced last Sunday. We hope to have a fine Sunday School this year. We have a good literary school at this place, conducted by Prof. MACK PEARCE. Dr. JOHNSON and H. S. MCCLANAHAN are having lots of fun catching fish. Some of the largest are fully three inches long. Lots of guano has been bought in this section and 5 cent cotton may be looked for. J. F. LOWE is moving things around his farm with five plows, and lots of other hands at work. TOM LEE’S new house has been painted and he is moving into it. Success to the News-Press. JACK, Glen Allen, April 13 OLD STAMPS WANTED Best prices for old canceled U.S. and Confederate Postage Stamps. I pay from $100 to $200 for Confederate Local Stamps. Highest prices paid for general issue of stamps. These stamps were issued by the postmasters of different cities in 1861. All stamps must be used and on the original envelope, if possible. No stamps used after 1870 wanted. Address, CHAS. N. DAVIS, Box 215, Tuskaloosa, Ala. Ad for Columbus Business College 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. CONFEDERATE VETERAN REUNION For the National Confederate Veteran Reunion to be held at Houston, Texas, May 22nd. 23rd, and 24th the Cotton belt Route authorize rate of one cent per mile. Tickets to be sold May 18th and 19th, limited fifteen days with privilege of extension fifteen days longer if tickets are deposited with agent terminal line at Houston. For further particulars, address, C. P. RECTOR, Commercial Agent, or J. C. DAVIS, Traveling Frt. 7 Pass. Agent, 303 Main street, Memphis, Tenn. Envelopes 5 cents a pack. Do you want them? If so, call at the post office building. NOTICE TO DELINQUENT TAX PAYERS – (All owners unknown) NOTICE TO DELINQUENT TAX PAYERS The State of Alabama, Marion County To HENRY THOLE, W. J. BRODRICK, FETNEY PACE, ANDREW J. RAWLS, THOMAS LYONS, HENRY W. TUCKER, C. D. GARRETT, and G. ADLOPHUS BAKER – the tax Collector has filed in my office a list of delinquent tax payers and of real estate upon which taxes are due. You are reported as delinquent and the following real estate is reported as assessed to you, to wit:……… This is to notify you to appear before the Probate Court of said county at the next term thereof, commencing on Monday the 22nd day of April 1895 then and there to show cause if any you have, why a decree for the sale of said real estate should not be made for the payment of the taxes assessed against you, and fees and costs. This April 2nd 1895 JASON P. FORD, Judge of Probate 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 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) Ad for Hartsfeld Furnace and Refining Co. Ad for Patents Ad for Plantation Chill Cure – Sold by T. W. CARPENTER, Hamilton, J. F. WHITE, Detroit, J. D. ARNOLD, Bexar PAGE 4 Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ad for Kennedy’s Medical Discovery Ad for Walter Baker & Co Cocoa and Chocolates STATE TOPICS GOOD COAL CONTRACT The McDonald Coal Company has secured a contract for 2,000 tons of Alabama coal for the Georgia Asylum for the insane at Milledgeville, Ga. which has heretofore been supplied from Tennessee. BURIED IN A SEWER While digging a sewer on Decatur Street, Montgomery, two colored workmen were submerged by the caving in of the loose dirt. One, George Lamar was killed. The other escaped with but slight injuries. IMPEACHMENT ORDERED Governor Oates, upon the petition of more than fifty citizens , charging W. C. Robinson, probate judge of Lee County, with habitual drunkenness, willful neglect of duty and incompetency has directed Attorney General Fitts to institute against said Robinson proceedings for impeachment as provided by law in such cases. PROFITABLE INDUSTRY M. W. Whatley of Idaho, Talladega County has his ax handle factory in full operation and is turning out sixty dozen handles per day. The handles are brought to Talladega and shipped to Bristol, Tenn. over the Southern railroad, where Mr. Whatley has engaged the entire output of the factory, and the net profit is $10 per day. FIEND CAUGHT AND JAILED – Alfred Johnson – at Demopolis BEAT ALL COMPETITION – Edgar Thompson Foundry of Mobile CAUGHT OFF HIS BASE – Joe porter – Lige Jones – robbers – Huntsville CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF MORPHINE Mrs. H. W. McDiarmid, of Goodwater, died Wednesday afternoon at 6:30 o’clock. Mrs. McDiarmid, who had been suffering from a severe pain the side, arose early and took a dose of morphine. She proceeded to get breakfast, and while clearing the table afterward was attacked with a spell of vomiting. Supposing she had thrown up all the morphine she took another dose. Some time later he husband came in and found her unconscious. Doctors were summoned and every possible means was used to resuscitate her, to no avail. She never regained consciousness. CAUGHT WITH STOLEN GOODS- Avondale – Underwood – NOT A HAND RAISED TO SAVE – Mobile – A PRISONER ESCAPES – Ike and Matt Parker – Irondale BURGLARS LODGED IN JAIL – Louina – Percy King – Willard – Ellington WAR ON LITTLE WARRIOR – William Bibby, Walter McPherson, W. E. Thomas – J. D. Hooper, George Hooper and Charley Bredier COUNTERFEIT POSTAGE STAMPS – An Enterprising Ontario Firm Undersells Uncle Sam THE CUBAN REVOLUTION – Situation More serious – A Waiting Policy – Many Arrests VERY PERSUADING PREACHER – Lewis Moore – Jacksonville, Fla. READ HIS CHRACTER – Mark Twains’ Humorous Experiences with Palmist and Graphologist Mark twain has been made to show his hand, and the result has been published in the new number of Borderland. His hand was photographed and submitted to four experts in palmistry……………. Ad for Dr. Williams Pink Pills Ad for Royal Baking Powder AN INDUSTRIOUS MOLE Desiring to learn just how much tunneling a mole can do in a known number of hours, we caught a good large specimen………….. Ad for Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Ad for Ripans Tabules Ad for W. L. Douglas $3 shoe Ad for the Aeromotor – (drawing of 2 motors) Ad for Scott’s Emulsion File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/hamilton1740gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 37.1 Kb