Marion County AlArchives News.....HAMILTON NEWS PRESS September 5, 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 July 22, 2010, 3:16 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History September 5, 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 CO, ALA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1895 NO. 36 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER ANNUM. R. F. CARNES, Publisher Advertising Rates Reasonable – Job Work Neatly and Cheaply Executed GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY The Hunting Glass Manufacturing Company of Central City, West Va. has resumed operations after an idleness of two months. Three hundred people are employed The entire plant of the Standard Oil Company at Alexandria Va. except tanks, burned Wednesday morning including a considerable quantity of oil barrels. The loss is about $5,000. No insurance. The barn of Foxhall Keene, near Lexington, Ky. burned at daylight Wednesday morning……….. O’Neil & Sons of Charleston, S. C. have just received the first new crop of rice, 25 bushels, from the plantation of Louis Labruce, of Georgetown, County. ………. News reached Winston, N. C. Monday of a big revenue raid in Surrey County, in which the officers and moonshiners had a fierce battle. Four of the latter were arrested, two of them being women. None of the parties are thought to be fatally injured. The Henderson Cotton Mills at Raleigh N. C. have been organized with a capital stock of $100,000. …….. Lightning struck a large barn belonging to Henry Stuart, a wealthy farmer and stock grower at Elk Garden, Va. ………………… Five minutes before 6 o’clock Sunday afternoon lightning struck the steeple of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in West Nashville, Tenn. and fire broke out, which burned the church to the ground. The loss is only about $1,200 but it will fall heavily on the little congregation, as the church has only recently been rebuilt after being destroyed by a cyclone less than two years ago. A bloody war between two factions, resulting from a long-standing feud, has been fought in the Cumberland Mountains seventy-five miles north of Bristol, Tenn. on the Virginia and Kentucky lines. A number of Boyd relatives and Thomas relatives, with Winchester, met at an illicit distillery, where the battle began. Four men, John Boyd, Will Cox, John Thomas, and Floyd Thomas are dead and several are wounded. The train wreckers who burned Portland station, on the Ohio River railroad, Saturday morning have been captured by the Sheriff of Jackson County, W. Va. and a posse of marshals. The parties are P. Carter, agent of the company, who was discharged a few days ago, and J. Y. Staats of Sherman. …………… B. A. Bass, a well-known commission merchant of Atlanta, Ga. was found unconscious on the sidewalk within four blocks of his home Friday at 4 a.m. with a bullet hole in his body. He lingered until 20 minutes after 12 o’clock noon when he died. When found, he had a pistol in his hand, but the weapon had not been discharged. The supposition is that he was waylaid and shot from ambush while on his way to open his store. It is known that Bass life has been threatened, but the police decline to state by whom. Saturday night the Chattanooga Stove works shut down its plant, telling its employees that there would be no further work for them until the price of stoves went up…………… Mr. J. T. Vickery and Colonel J. A. Arrowood, of Atlanta, Ga. together with Father McCarty, distinguished themselves at Tybee, GA Sunday by recovering four drowned people from the surf. They were in bathing at the time and heard the calls for help………………… No news of Robert W. Inman who has been missing from New York since his yacht Adelaide was run down Monday evening off Bay Ridge by the Peresus of the Iron Steamboat Company has been received Wednesday and his friends are now satisfied that the worst has happened. The steamer Bertha, Captain Hayes, has just arrived in San Francisco from Unalaska and Behring Sea. She brought with her one of the most valuable cargoes that has ever come into that harbor. It is composed of seal-skins, furs, whalebone and gold dust and it is estimated to be worth between $750,000 and $4,000,000. The hop crop of New York is in danger of ruin because of the refusal of hop pickers to work for the prices which the growers are willing to pay…………….. The Yumuri, which arrived Wednesday at New York from Havana, brought some news, though little of the actual state of things at the seat of war could be learned at Havana…… Ben Craven and Bill Crittenden, two of the most desperate men in the territory, who were arrested by Marshal Lix a few days ago and place din jail at Perry, Okla., escaped from the prison at an early hour Sunday morning by sawing the bars. A party of twenty men started after the fugitives. They were overtaken at noon and a battle ensued, in which Craven was killed. Crittenden made his escape. Hem Helmuth P. Loesher was the signature written by the ex-engineer of the Gumry Hotel, when lodged in jail at Denver, Col. Tuesday. He says that he is 22 years old, and insists that somebody else (probably Peter Gumry) and not he, caused the explosion by which twenty-two lives were sacrificed. The warrant in which Loeher is held charges him with murder. There was a desperate battle between a gang of tramps and a posse of citizens in the suburbs of the city of Marion, Grant county Ill……………. FOREIGN It now appears that fourteen persons were killed an a number were injured by a fire which broke out in the church at Ribordone, Italy…… The Berlin correspondent of the London Standard telegraphs that paper that the news that France will join England and America in whatever steps maybe necessary to stop the massacre of foreigners in China has induced some German newspapers to express the hope that Germany will do likewise. Germany has a large quadroon in Chinese waters. Scientists are greatly interested in a phenomena occurring at the town of Pinotep, state of Oaxaca, Mex. where since November 2 of last year, not a day has passed without an earthquake shock. People had abandoned their stone houses and are living in huts made of wood and matting…………. Trouble has again broken out between Kalispell Indians and settlers along the east side of the Peal D’Orielle River in Idaho over the disputed possession of what the Indians claim is their reservation, but which is in reality government land. A large delegation of white settlers came to Spokane, Wash., and stated that they were driven off from their farms by Indians who threatened them with death if they dare to return. The red skins forcibly took possession of the homes and property of the whites and told the latter that such was their instructions from Indian Agent Bubb. The settlers are preparing to go back armed and in force and drive the Indians out of the neighborhood. The Indians are ugly and the setters determined and serious. CUBA – AN ENGLISH VIEW – The Source From Which the Rebels Get Funds, A Mystery The Havana correspondent of the London Times, writing of the gravity of the situation there urges the necessity of large concessions in the direct line of autonomy or else even loyal Cubans will drift into disloyalty…………. EARTHQUAKE – RUDE AWAKENING About 6 o’clock Sunday morning the people along the coast of New York, New Jersey and Delaware and at many places in Pennsylvania were aroused by an earthquake. In some places three distinct vibrations were felt within a few seconds. The shocks were of such violence as to awaken people from their morning slumbers, in some instances, displacing furniture and throwing articles down from mantles and shelves. The vibrations were accompanied by a rumbling sound like that of heavy wagons running over a pave street. At several places houses swayed enough to crack the window glass, and residents ran out into the streets for safety. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION A boiler explosion at the oar factory at Warsaw Ind. Thursday killed instantly Quincy Nebruner, the fireman, and Jas. Hoffman, a teamster, who was driving along the street by the building at the time of the explosion. THE TRADE LAST WEEK – The Improvement in Both Demand and Prices Continue THE COLORADO MINE HORROR The list of those supposed to be dead in the mines near Central City, Col. numbers sixteen. William Prisk was rescued alive……….. ALL BUT TWO SAVED Advices from the wreck of the steamer Bawnmore, near Bandon, Ore. ……….. THE FRENCH IN MADAGASCAR The correspondent of the Gaulois, on board the French transport ship Provence, which arrived at Marseilles from Madagascar Friday with a number of sick and wounded soldiers sends to his paper reports of the interviews had with several of the returned officers and men………… EX-POSTMASTER GENERAL BISSELL An evening paper declares that ex-Postmaster General William S. Bissell has been offered by President Cleveland the place on the United States Supreme Court bench made vacant by the death of Justice Jackson. The paper adds that it is not likely that Mr. Bissell will accept…………… DEPUTY MARSHAL MURDERED Henry Freeman, a moonshiner, shot and killed United states Deputy Marshall Arnett Thursday at White Oak, Morgan County, Ky. Freeman is jailed at West Liberty, heavily guarded. A determined mob was organizing to lynch him. You only see one line. That’s because there is only one line running Through Coaches, Free Reclining Chair Cars and Pullman Palace sleepers between Memphis and principal points in Arkansas and Texas without change. This lien traverses the finest Farming, Grazing, and Timber lands and reaches the most prosperous Towns and cities in the Great Southwest. It is the Cotton belt Route. Of “Homes in the Southwest,” “Through Texas,” “Texas Lands,” or “Truth about Arkansas.” Mailed to any address upon application. W. W. Labeaume, Gen’l Pass and Ticket Agt. St. Louis, Mo. C. P. Rector, Commercial Agent, Memphis, Tenn. Subscribe for this paper - $1.00 per annum 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. MASONIC HAMILTON LODGE NO. 344 G. N. STOKES, W. M.; W. J. THORN, S. D.’; A. H. BURLESON, J. D.,; G. B. MIXON, Treas., R. H. BAIRD, secy. GUIN LODGE NO. 478 T. J. SPRINGFIELD, W. M.; WATSON BROWN, S. W.; W. H. MATTHEWS, J. D.; M. T. AKERS, Treas. ; J. A. RILEY, secy WINFIELD LODGE NO. 364 E. VICKERY, W. M.; J. F. EARNEST, S. D.; J. M. SPANN, J. D.; J. C. EAGAN, Treas.; G. MUSGROVE, Secy. HACKLEBURG LODGE NO. 526 A. N. CANTRELL, W. M.; W. W. FREDERICK, S. W.; O. N. GREEN, J. D.; E. Z. MIXON, Treas.; JOHN A . GANN, Secy BEXAR LODGE NO. 230 JOHN ARNOLD, W. M.; W. L. WHITEHEAD, S. W.; W. A. BALLARD, J. W.; A. L. MOORMAN, Treas.; T. J. YOUNG, Secy. PLEASANT HILL LODGE NO 321 W. H. FLIPPO, W. M.; PORTER DU BOISE, S. W.; SETH BOTTOMS, Treas.; .A RANDOLPH, Secy. PROFESSIONAL CARDS – J. D. MCCLUSKEY, W. C. DAVIS - 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. PAGE 2 THE NEWS PRESS Issued Every Thursday R. F. CARNES, Proprietor S. E. WILSON, Editor and Manager Entered at the post office at Hamilton, Ala, as second class matter Subscription Rates One year $1.00 Six Months .50 Three months .25 The season of the Southern Baseball League closed on September 2. None of the clubs made any money, but they had lots of fun. You might as well attempt to stop a Western cyclone with a handkerchief as to stem the tide now rolling on in gathering strength in favor of bimetallism. ----(more articles in favor of free silver)---------- THE AVARICE OF ENGLAND Property rights are the foundation of society, says the Silver Knight. Such rights must be held sacred. Any organization which denies the right of property is an enemy of civilization. the anarchists of poverty who deny the right of property are hunted down and treated as outcasts, but there is another class of anarchists more dangerous than the anarchists of poverty………….. The new political order – the Silver Knights of America - is being organized all over the country. Last week charters were issued to 23 states. By January 1, 1896, it is claimed, the order will be extended to every county in all the states. AN INTERESTING FAMILY It was our good fortune on last Saturday evening to accept an invitation from our young and much valued friend, Mr. JOHN P. RILEY, to spend the night with him at the home of Rev. E. W. BROCK, in Guin where he boards. We found this a most interesting family. Mr. BROCK, its head, is a well-informed gentleman, and a pious, devout Christian minister of the gospel. Mrs. BROCK is a Christian lady of education and refinement, and one who has been a helpmate, indeed, and a loving, devoted companion to the husband of her choice, and a most loving, indulgent and painstaking mother to the two sweet cherubs entrusted to her care and protection by that All-wise Being she so much loves to honor and serve – MAMIE and LILLIE, aged respectively, 13 and 11 years – whom, with that pious, Christian young gentleman, before alluded to, Mr. JOHN P. RILEY, completes this interesting family circle. After partaking of a delicious and sumptuous supper, prepared by the good lady, assisted by her little daughters, and spending a time on the porch in pleasant converse, we were invited to the parlor to hear some music. In the parlor were two superb musical instruments – a piano and an organ. The two charming little misses first took their seats at the piano, and treated us to a duet, “A Jolly Blacksmith” which although a difficult piece, was most beautifully and scientifically rendered. In the next piece Miss MAMIE played the piano and Miss LILLIE the organ. “Governor’s Taylor’s March” was rendered upon the two instruments in a most masterly manner, with scarcely a discord. We are satisfied that “Our Bob” never rendered this piece more perfectly in his palmist days on his famous violin. About this time several were added to our company, but this did not seem to abash or daunt the young musicians in the least. Miss MAMIE rendered several pieces, some of which were new, accompanied by the voice, in a manner we have never heard surpassed by an amateur. The last piece rendered by the little misses, if possible, surpassed all that had preceded it. “How the Gates Come Ajar” was the piece, and it was rendered in a most impressive manner. Miss MAMIE was at the instrument, and rendered her part most effetely and little LILLIE, on bended knees, in an attitude of prayer, looked a veritable angel. Language fails us with which to express the feeling that welled up on our heart at this beautiful scene. Besides music, the elder of these little girls, Miss MAMIE, has hung upon the walls of the parlor many specimens of her skill in art. The paintings are first-class and reflects much credit upon the culture and accomplishments of the young artist. The little girls certainly display a great talent for music, and they have cultivated their talent in such a manner as to reflect the greatest credit to their parents, their instructors and themselves. The celebration of Labor Day in the different cities of the country on last Monday brought together the largest number of wage-earners and employers ever known in the history of the country; particularly was this the case in the South, where employee and employer vied with each other to make the occasion one to be long remembered with pleasant recollections. REDUCED RATES TO DALLAS, TEX. FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH CONVENTION For the Christian Church Convention, which convenes at Dallas, Tex. in October, the “Cotton belt Route” will sell round tip tickets from Memphis to Dallas and return at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold October 136 to 31 inclusive, and will be limited to November 13 for return passage. For further information address J. C. Davis, Traveling Passenger Agent, C. P. Rector, Commercial Agent, 363 Main St. Memphis, Tenn. H. E. MIXON – Dealer in staple and fancy dry goods & Groceries, Hamilton, ala. The Celebrated Mountain Mills Thread always on hand. Full line of Tobacco and snuffs, saddles, harnesses, wagon lines and bridles, stoves, tinware, hardware, and nails. Full and complete line of boots and shoes of latest styles. Clothing, hats, jeans and jeans pants. Complete line of standard patent medicines and drugs. Big lot of crockery and Queensware, lamps, lamp shades and chimneys, etc. Paints, oils and varnish, and everything usually kept in a first class store at rock bottom prices for cash for country produce. I will positively pay you the highest market price for chickens, eggs, beeswax, and dry hides. If you fail to see what you want call for it, as I will have a great many goods upstairs. H. E. MIXON. West Alabama Agricultural School, Hamilton, Alabama. Co-Educational. First- Session opens September 2, 1895. Tuition absolutely free. A thorough and practical course. Expenses very low. Board five to seven dollars per month. JAS. E. ALEXANDER, President WANTED – Saw logs delivered at DUNN’S Mill, two miles South of Hamilton, Ala. for which we will pay 40 cents per 100 feet, or $4.00 per 1,000 feet. The logs must be 10 and 12 feet long and of good quality. We want logs right away, as we have our Mill in good order, ready for work. DUNN BROWN ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE The State of Alabama, Marion County In the Probate Court Estate of DAVID MAYS, Deceased – Application to Sell Land To URSLA M. HOWELL and her husband, HENRY C. HOWELL 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 described in said application as belonging to said estate for the purpose of paying the debts of said decedent upon the grounds that the personal property is insufficient to pay said debts. You are thereby notified that the 7th day of October, 1895 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 August, A.D. 1895 JASON P. FORD, Judge of Probate NON-RESIDENT NOTICE The State of Alabama, Marion County Probate Court, Special term, August 31, 1895 A. G. SEAY, Deceased – Application to Probate Will To RILEY SEAY, MARION A. SEAY, and HARRIET A. RYE, and her husband, CHARLES RYE You will take notice than an application has been filed in this office by J. B. SEAY to have a paper purporting to be the last will and testament of A. G. SEAY, deceased, probated, and the 2nd day of October 1895 is the day set for hearing the same. You are therefore hereby commanded to appear before me at my office on said 2nd day of October 1895 and contest said application if you think proper. JASON P. FORD, Judge of Probate SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of two Fieri Facias issued out of the Clerk’s office of the Probate 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 W. R. H. LODEN, in favor of C. E. MITCHELL, Guardian for DICKINSON heirs and LOGAN heirs, out of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of said W. R. H. LODEN, I have levied on the following property, to wit: Two acres south side of NW ¼ of NE ¼ of Sec 17 T 13 R 15, and Lot No. 6 of Block No. 19 in the town of Winfield, Alabama. Therefore, according to said command, I shall expose for sale, at Public Auction, for cash, all the right, title and interest of the above named W. R. H. LODEN in and to the above described property on Monday the 23rd day of Sept. 1895 during the legal hours of sale at the Court House door in Marion County, Alabama. Dated at office, this 26th day of July, 1895. W. W. HALL, Sheriff, Marion County, Alabama Wanted: Sixteen School Boarders at the Frazier House. Food, beds, fuel, towels, and lights. $6 per month. Can carnage for both sexes. For further information call on or address, R. N. TERRELL, Hamilton, Ala. To parents who contemplate sending their children here to school – I will make but few promises. However, I will say that boys and girls who are placed with me as boarders will have my best care and I will cooperate with the teachers in keeping good influences constantly round them. Soliciting your patronage, I am yours respectfully R. N. TERRELL 50-344-460-500 THE STATE NORMAL COLLEGE, FLORENCE, ALABAMA Opened in 1873 with 50 children, all from Florence. Last year it enrolled 344, mostly mature persons and teachers, learning improved methods. These represented all parts of Alabama and several other states. Next year 460 are wanted, and 500 within five years. $100 will defray a year’s expenses, including board. Not more than $15 required in any one month. Fall term opens September 17, 1895 If you need a trained teacher, or wish further information, send for catalogue. JAS. K. POWERS HO! Every one that thirsteth. Best flour and meal made at my fine custom mills, at Guin, Alabama. New wheel, bolting cloths, spindles and belts – all in perfect order. Dry goods and notions, as low as the lowest. Give me a trial. E. W. BROCK. SOUTHERN FRUIT NURSERY, Winfield, Ala. I have on hand and for sale a fine lot of fruit trees, full acclimate, and every one I propose to sell satisfactorily tested, consisting of Apples, Pears, Peaches, and Vines. I will deliver at Nursery at 10c per tree. If delivered elsewhere, the cost of transportation will be added. My scions are all two and three years old, are hardy and growing finely. Catalogues furnished upon application to W. J. TRULL, Winfield, Ala. Orders left with Mr. S. E. WILSON, Editor News Press. Hamilton, Ala will receive prompt attention. PAGE 3 THE NEWS PRESS Issued Every Thursday $1 Per Annum $1 September 5, 1895 LOCAL NEWS We would specially request all of our local correspondents to favor us with a communication for our next week’s issue – Sept. 12th. Nickle’s Hog Cholera Medicine at Mixon’s. Go to Littleton for your groceries at red rock prices. JOHN H. GLENN was arrested by Sheriff HALL and Deputy RIGGAN on Tuesday night and lodged in jail. He is charged with forgery. For Old Time Tobacco for 30c per pound, call on H. E. MIXON Go to Littleton at Guin for Lawn at 4c per yard, fast colors. There will be a Singing School Convention held at Guin on next Saturday Sept. 7th. This will, no doubt, be an interesting and enjoyable occasion. Go to Littleton’s at Guin for a good bedstead for $2.00 We attended services at the Baptist Church in Guin on last Sabbath and heard a very interesting and eloquent sermon from the pastor, Rev. Mr. LANTRIP. Forked Deer Tobacco, at Littleton’s for 35c per pound. Mr. H. E. MIXON has a child that is dangerously ill. Dr. GUYTON said yesterday morning that the child was better, but still in a dangerous condition. Big stock of trunks and valises at Littleton’s’ at wholesale prices. The happiest man on earth is the one who keeps out of debt, out of office, shuns notoriety, makes an honest living by honest means and follows the golden rule. Buy your dry goods, shoes, hats and clothing from Littleton. COLUMBUS BOATRIGHT and his wife were arrested on last Friday charged with selling liquor within less than five miles of Wheeler’s Church. They gave bond. Hon. W. C. DAVIS and lady have been absent for several days, Mr. DAVIS attending court at Vernon and Mrs. DAVIS visiting relatives and friends near Sulligent. You can buy all light colored calicos, suitable for summer and fall wear, at 5c per yard, at Littleton’s worth 6 ½ c We were sorry to learn that there is considerable sickness in Guin and vicinity at this time. Drs. SPRINGFIELD and STONE, we noticed, were in the saddle most of the time. Littleton at Guin keeps a full line of patent medicines. Dr. J. H. McLean’s Stock powders, 50c worth for 25c. Rev. W. A. BIVEN was prevented by other pressing ministerial duties from filling his last regular appointment at this place, and authorizes us to announce that he will preach at the Methodist Church this (Thursday) evening at 7:30 p.m. A sample of the Rodden apple, the best variety grown in this country, from W. J. TRULL’S Southern Nursery, at Winfield, Ala can be seen at our office, and we will be pleased to forward orders for scions. Come in and see the fruit. We had the pleasure of meeting and forming the acquaintance of Mr. GARRISON of Sulligent on our visit to Guin. Mr. GARRISON was soliciting patronage for a new paper to be started in Sulligent at an early day, of which he is to be the editor. Judge W. H. MATTHEWS of Guin has accepted a position as traveling agent for the Dispatch Stationery Company of Birmingham., Ala. Judge MATTHEWS is a gentleman of good address and will make a first-class solicitor. We wish our friend much success in his new vocation. We visited Winfield on Saturday last and found everything in status quo. The merchants all have good stocks of goods and appeared to be busy most of the time waiting on customers. There is some sickness thereabout, and Dr. EARNEST is kept busy most of the time. We were pained to see Mr. NORTHCUTT suffering intensely from inflammation of his eyes. He took the train on Saturday evening for Aberdeen, Miss. to consult Dr. GREEN, an eminent occulist of that city. There will be a full line of all the school books, used in the West Alabama Agricultural School, at this place, on and after the 10th inst at Mixon’s. Messrs. LARGE PEARCE, M. M. FRAZIER, E. M. BROCK, JUDGE MATTHEWS, Postmaster AKERS, and Dr. POWERS, all from Guin, were in attendance upon the COLLINS sale on last Monday, several of whom called upon us. Calls from our friends from Guin or elsewhere are always appreciated. The sale of the COLLINS property, situated in Guin, took place in Hamilton on last Monday, Mr. W. R. RIGGAN, Register in Chancery, conducting the sale. The property was old in separate lots or tracts. It brought $1408.88 gross, and was struck off to the representatives of the creditors, with but slight exceptions. The most of the property sold much below its value. Our people should not forget the citizen’s meeting called for next Saturday, but come together with a determination to do all in their power to build up our town and assist our school, which has had such a propitious opening. Let a company be formed and a sufficient amount of capital subscribed to build a number of cottages for the accommodation of all who may desire to move to Hamilton to get the full benefits of our school. Let the meeting be largely attended, the matter fully discussed and a wise conclusion arrived at. Special Notice. I will pay 10c per dozen for all the eggs that are brought to my house from this date. H. E. MIXON MARRIED – INGLE – CARPENTER – At the residence of the bride’s parents in Guin, Ala. on Sunday, Sept. 1st 1895, at 9 o’clock a.m. Mr. N. F. INGLE and Miss MICHAEL CARPENTER both of that town, were joined together in hold bonds of wedlock, Rev. W. H. LANTRIP officiating. We enjoyed the pleasure of being one of the large concourse of citizens who were present on this most pleasant occasion. The bride and groom were most tastefully attired, and the officiating clergyman performed his duties in a most dignified and pleasing manner. The groom is a promising and rising young businessman of Guin, and the bride a most beautiful, accomplished and popular young lady. We congratulate the happy twain, and wish them a long, happy and prosperous career. May their voyage through life ever be as bright, happy and contented as were their beaming countenances on their wedding morn. PUBLIC MEETING There will be a public meeting of the citizens of Hamilton and Marion County, at the Court House on Saturday September 7th 1895 at 11 o’clock a.m. To consider the feasibility of organizing a Building and Improvement Company, to build cottages and residences for the accommodation of those who may desire to patronize our school. Everybody invited to attend. MANY CITIZENS Hamilton, Ala. August 29, 1895 Ad for Beatty’s Organs and Pianos A BRILLIANT SUCCESS – Was the Opening of the West Alabama Agricultural School The Role Of Names Numbers 130 Actual Students–Very Bright Future in Store for this Institution The West Alabama Agricultural School opened at the School Building in this place on last Monday, Sept. 2d, with a complete corps of teachers, to-wit: Prof. J. E. ALEXANDER, Mathematics and Language Prof. A. W. TATE, Science and English Miss ELLIOTT KEY, Intermediate Miss IDA BACON, Primary Mrs. ANNIE M. HEDGES, Music and Art The opening of this school has been looked for with much interest by its friends, as they felt that the ultimate success of the institution would be more or less affected by the opening. The teachers and people felt anxious. While they felt confident that all would do their whole duty, still there was some degree of apprehension in the minds of the active friends of the school. All fears were relegated to the rear on last Monday, when young ladies and young gentlemen, and girls and boys, began to gather around the entrance to the school building. All soon saw that their most sanguine hopes were to be realized – that the opening the school was to be a proud success. The professors’ and teacher’s faces were all aglow with smiles of satisfaction and pleasure, while the trustees and friends of the school all looked happy. The sedate and portly Capt. HAMILTON walked as if on springs, while the venerable Dr. KEY was all smiles, and any one seeing him mixing among the throng of students and patrons could but appreciate the fact that he had not forgotten his schoolboy days. Upon examining the roster it was found that it contained the names of 127 bona-fide students. Three more cane in on Tuesday, making the total enrollment 130, quite a number of whom were young ladies and young gentlemen. Under all the circumstances this is a fine showing, and the professors, teachers and friends of the school generally are encouraged to rejoice. Prof. ALEXANDER requests us to state for him that the school is staring out smoothly; the lower classes are well graded; Miss BACON is proving a very efficient and acceptable primary teacher, and that all the teachers have their departments well in hand, and the outlook is very flattering. He desired us to say that he is more than pleased, is delighted with everything – pupils, teachers, and all. Another word. Our school has had a most successful opening. Let none of its friends grow lukewarm. Let us lose none of our energy, but rather take courage from the success already achieved, and keeping our shoulders to the wheel of progress, let us strike on until we place our school upon the loftiest pinnacle as one of the ablest and most popular and numerously attended institutes in the state of Alabama. REDUCED RATES TO ARKANSAS AND TEXAS VIA “COTTON BELT ROUTE” On August 20, Sept. 10 and 24 the “Cotton belt Route” will sell round trip tickets from Memphis to all points in Arkansas and Texas at rate of one far plus $2.00 for the round trip, the one-far rate to be paid by passengers when purchasing tickets and the $2.00 to be paid at destination to agent executing ticket for return passage. These tickets will be good for return passage on the following dates only: September 13, 20, 27, October 4 and 10. The going transit limit will be 15 days, and stop-overs will be allowed at all intermediate points between Memphis and destination within that period. Returning ticket will be limited to continuous passage. For the occasion of the Corbett Fitz-Simmons fight at Dallas, Tex. October 31 and the Dallas Fair, the “Cotton Belt Route” will sell tickets from Memphis to Dallas and return at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold October 16 to 31 inclusive, and will be limited to November 10 for return. For further information address J. c. Davis, Traveling Passenger Agent, C. P. Rector, Commercial Agent, 303 Main Street, Memphis, Tenn. OVER THE COUNTY – Local News of the Week Gathered by Our Correspondents HENSON SPRINGS News scarce in this vicinity. Health good. Capt. MORGAN and family of Columbus, Miss. are at the Springs this week. Several of our citizens are at Vernon this week attending court. We are sorry to chronicle the death of Mr. PALMER, who died last week. He leaves an aged wife and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his loss. GEORGE CANTRELL thinks of opening a beer saloon at the Springs. We are glad to announce that we will have a winter school at this place, taught be E. N. STANFORD. Why send your children off to school when you will have a good one at home? Henson Springs, like other places, has some bachelors who seem to be in distress. We have one from Guin whose case seems hopeless. Be patient, brother, leap year will come some day. W. H. WEEKS is conceded to be the best fisherman in Henson Springs beat. BACH. NO. 2 GUIN, ALA. Guin is very quiet this week. Mrs. JOSIE KILLIAN of Birmingham, after an extended visit to her many friends and relatives of this place and Barnesville, returned home Monday. J. W. INGLE, we are sorry to say, has been very sick for the past few days. Miss MICHAEL CARPENTER and Mr. FERNANDO INGLE were married at the residence of the bride’s father on the 1st inst. at 9 a.m. by Rev. W. H. LANTRIP of Sulligent. The bride was perfectly beautiful. Her dress was a lovely cream albatross trimmed in white ribbons and lace. She carried a beautiful fan presented her by Mrs. POWERS. The groom looked unusually handsome. May heaven’s richest blessings rest upon them. Mrs. ELLA CLARK has the bilious fever, but we are glad to say is improving. The Guin High school opened Monday morning with a very good enrollment. Interesting speech were delivered by Rev. D. W. WARD J. T. CARPENTER and Prof. HUFFSTUTLER A large crowd of our citizens attended Labor Day in Birmingham, and report a good time. The Singing Convention will convene at the Baptist Church here on next Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Basket dinner will be in order, and a good time is anticipated by all. We enjoyed the editor’s visit to the fullest extent on last Saturday and Sunday, and hope he will come again. More anon. BACHELOR WINFIELD, ALA. J. H. NORTHCUTT has been suffering a great deal with his eyes. J. B. WHITEHEAD is quite low with fever. THOMAS H. ROBERTSON paid his mother at Fayette a flying visit this week. J. N. WHITE of Texas and Miss JANIE MARTIN of Amory, Miss, came in on the train Monday. We were glad to see them, and hope they will have a pleasant visit. Messrs. NORTHCUTT & ALLEN are remodeling and enlarging their gin house. J. W. CARNES of Mississippi is visiting relatives in Winfield. T. A. ROBERTS is attending court at Vernon this week. Dr. EARNEST’S father and brother of Tennessee have been on a visit to him; also his sister-in-law from Arkansas. S. E. WILSON, editor of The News Press visited the town during the week soliciting patronage for the paper. He is also agent for the best thing in the shape of a United States history we have seen. Our friend JONATHAN JONES visits Guin every Sunday. Wonder what is the attraction? Old bachelors sometimes have hearts to appreciate worth and beauty in the opposite sex. Look out, Jonathan, ALLMAN will be after you with a stick with a bug on the end of it. ZACHARIAH TEACHER’S INSTITUTE The next meeting of the Marion County Teacher’s Institute will be at Hamilton, Ala. Sept. 27 and 28, 1895. Friday 9 o’clock a.m. 1. Institute opened by Devotional Exercises 2. Address of Welcome – W. R. WHITE 3. Responsive address – W. A. DUNN 4. Assigning and Hearing Lessons – C. E. MITCHELL, A. W. TATE and A. J. ADAMS 5. Factoring in Algebra – D. D. WRIGHT, J. W. HOLLOWAY, Miss ELLIOTT KEY and J. T. HOWE 6. Hot to Get the Attention of Class – J. J. GLENN, Miss ELLA GOGGANS, T. W. CARPENTER and C. E. TUMBLY 7. Learning Not Education – W. F. GREEN, PINK HAYS, P. P. CLANTON, W. H. CARPENTER and C. R. FRANKS 8. Review – C. W. MAXWELL, E. C. SHOTTS, J. R. SCOFIELD and H. W. MCKENZIE 9. How to Start Beginners in Arithmetic – J. E. ALEXANDER, D. F. BROWN, JOHN MAXWELL, and Miss FANNIE FITE 10. How to Teach Involution and Evolution – JOSEPH CLANTON, D. D. WRIGHT, Miss NANCY GOGGAN, MC PEARCE, and Miss FLORENCE STANFORD FRIDAY NIGHT Improvement to School Progress – A. W. TATE Special Reasons Why Citizens of a Republic Should be Educated – W. C. DAVIS Moral Training – Rev. W. A. BIVEN SATURDAY 9 O’CLOCK A.M. 11. Institute opened by Devotional Exercises 12. Trials of a Country teacher – Miss FANNIE FITE, W. P. LETSON and Miss BELLE PHILIPS 13. Will the Possession of Knowledge Merely Make One a Successful Teacher – J. B. HOLLEY, A. W. TATE, and W. A. DUNN 14. Annual Address – Prof. J. E. ALEXANDER 15. Articulation – Prof. HUFFSTUTLER, Miss ELLIOTT KEY, B. SMITH, and Miss SALLIE THORN 16. Penmanship in the Public Schools – J. E. ALEXANDER, J. A. WATES, W. P. LETSON and Miss BELLE TATE 17. How can We better Our Public School System – C. E. TUMBLY, C. R. FRANKS, MC PEARCE, H. V. BOSTIC, and J. H. SIMMONS 18. The evils of Tardiness and the Means of Preventing It – A. W. TATE, W. F. GREEN, JUDGE BOSTIC, and D. D.WRIGHT 19. How and When Should Orthography Be Taught – S. E. WILSON, J. E. GREEN, Miss BELLE TATE, and J. W. HOLLOWAY All teachers in the county and friends of education are requested to be present and help to make this meeting an interesting and profitable one J. B. HOLLEY J. J. GLENN C. E. MITCHELL – Committee TAX COLLECTOR’S NOTICE You will take notice that I will attend at the following named places and dates for the purpose of collecting the state and county taxes for year 1895. First Round Pearce’s Beat Clark’s Baccus Winfield Pikeville Hamilton Ryes Camps Bexar Shottsville Reed’s Hackleburg Goddard Kibro’s Howell’s Guin Remember that Poll-Tax is delinquent after the 30th of November and will bear 8 percent interest from date of being delinquent and the state and county tax will be delinquent after the 31st of December, and the same will bear interest after delinquency. Please meet me promptly and settle your taxes. You may expect costs and interest after delinquency. This Sept. 1st, 1895 M. M. FRAZIER, Tax-Collector, Marion Co. Ala. Ad for Two Superb Engravings Ad for Brown’s Iron Bitters Ad for New Home sewing machine – W. R. WHITE, Hamilton, Ala. Ad for Dictionary of U. S. History Ad for Beatty’s organs and pianos PAGE 4 Ad for Syrup of Figs Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ad for Walter Baker & Co. Limited Ad for Tetterine Ad for Parker’s Hair Balsam Ad for Popham’s Asthma specific Ad for Birmingham College of Music STATE TOPICS BIG SALE OF PIG IRON Twenty-five thousand tons of pig iron were sold at Birmingham Tuesday to Carnegie of Pennsylvania for making steel. NEW BRANCH RAILROAD The railroad connecting the Belle Ellen mine with the railroad at Blocton is being rapidly pushed forward to completion and will be ready for the rolling stock in a few weeks. LARGE SHIPMENT OF COAL Large quantities of coal are being shipped from the mines at Blocton and the demand is good, with indications of still further improvement early in the fall. DEATH ON THE RAILROAD It was learned Wednesday night that passenger train No. 37 of the Southern railroad had struck a white man named Morehead, between Birmingham and Anniston and killed him. A full search for information failed to reveal anything further than what is above related. COTTON IN MONTGOMERY Fully 200 bales of cotton were marketed in Montgomery Saturday……….. MORE GOLD DISCOVERIES Another rich vein of gold has been discovered in the Arbacoochee gold fields. This time it is by the Chattanooga Company recently organized, with a capital stock of $50,000 to develop the gold mines of Alabama. The new find is said to be one of the best yet discovered in Cleburne County, and is near by others that are now being opened. WHOSE PICKANINNY THIEF When the south bound Louisville & Nashville train reached Flomaton Tuesday night Conductor Cook, who was in charge, found on the rare platform a little pickanninny snugly tucked away in a basket, and seemingly very well satisfied with the surroundings. It being the first offense of the fellow in the way of getting a free ride and beating the railroad, the conductor did not put him off, but brought him back to Brewton, his starting point. He will endeavor to locate the little waif’s unnatural mother. ANOTHER COTTON MILL Mr. Northington of the Pratt Cotton Factory Company at Prattville left Wednesday for the east, where he goes to buy the machinery for a large new factory, which his company will build at Prattville…………… ALABAMA’S COAL OUTPUT Following the advance in price of iron and increase in miner’s wages the coal miens of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company in the Birmingham district have broken all previous records in output…………… DON’T RECOGNIZE HIS DEBTS Attorney-General Fitts filed suits Saturday in the circuit court at Montgomery as follows; State vs. J. A. Galatis for $900; state vs David Fleming for $900; state vs. A. Moog for $300………… HE WAS SPILLIN’ FOR A FIGHT George D. McLean, express messenger on the Corona accommodation train, started to leave his car, when near Corona Tuesday night, to set the switch for the side track……………. TRAIN ROBBER SMALLEY KILLED John Smalley was shot and instantly killed by Deputy Sheriff Spofford and McBain at McBain Saturday night and was identified Sunday by Detective Jake Way as the man who murdered Detective George W. Powers aboard a Grand Rapids and Indiana train Wednesday night while it was leaving Grand Rapids, Mich. …………… CONTRACTOR AND BUILDERS HELD The coroner’s jury which has been investigating the collapse of the Ireland building, corner of West Broadway and West Third Street, New York, three weeks ago were charged Wednesday by the coroner judge………………. BROUGHT TO HIS SENSES There is a sequel to the story which came from High Shoals, Ga. of William Hargood, who lost his speech while cursing God and religion. After forty-eight hours of dumbness his speech came back. All day Monday and Tuesday Haygood prayed asking forgiveness. The crowds at the big revival prayed for him. At Wednesday night’s meeting he suddenly rose from his knees and bean to talk. The congregation was amazed. The first words he uttered were a profession of religion. Then he said he had been forgiven his great sin. The entire community is greatly stirred up over the affair. Haygood says he will devote the rest of his life to preaching the gospel. CAPT. BALDWIN REPORTED KILLED It was reported at El Reno, O. T. on Wednesday that Capt. Baldwin, U. S. A. acting agent at the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache agency at Anadarko, was murdered Tuesday night by Indians. The report lacks verification as yet, but federal officers credit it except that they believe the murder was committed by gamblers and whiskey peddlers, against whom Captain Baldwin has been waging a relentless war for some time paste. The report has created considerable excitement and a party of marshals is on the way to that country. DAUGHTER OF GENERAL LONGSTREET The only daughter of Gen. Longstreet, the famous Confederate leader, was married at Atlanta, Ga. at St. Philip’s Cathedral deanery. The wedding had a tinge of romance in being a surprise to the friends of the young lady. Prof. J. Welchel, a well-known educator, and miss Lula Longstreet came to the city from Gainesville, their home, and without disclosing to their friends their purpose, went direct to St. Philip’s and were married Wednesday afternoon. Miss Longstreet has been the companion of her father on his trip north. FRENCH ROYALTY ABROGATES The newspaper Echo de Paris announces that the Duke of Orleans who upon the death last year of this father, the county of Paris, became the head of the royalist party in France and Claimant to the throne., has become convinced of the futility of further fighting the republic. He has, therefore, decided to abandon the royalist propaganda in France, cease the payment of subsides to royalist newspapers and abandon the offices in pairs occupied by the Royalist committee. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? A special from Cedartown, Ga. says Col. W. L. Hickman, general manager of the North Georgia Mining company, was killed Thursday by a train……… THE JOKERS’ BUDGET – Jests and Yarns by Funny men of the Press RELATIVE HEIGHTS OF HATS LIME-BURNING INDUSTRY A CURE FOR GRUMBLING A NEW LAWN GAME Tema is the name of a new English lawn game………….. Ad for Royal Baking Powder Ad for Kennedy’s Medical Discovery Ad for Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Ad for Saw Mills Ad for Potash File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/hamilton1748gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 47.7 Kb