Marion County AlArchives News.....HAMILTON NEWS PRESS September 12, 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, 3:36 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History September 12, 1895 Microfilm Ref Call #559 Microfilm Order #M1992.0966 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE HAMILTON NEWS-PRESS VOL. 1-NO. 37 HAMILTON, ALA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1895 ONE DOLLAR A YEAR 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. 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. GUIN DIRECTORY Mayor – J. A. SHAW Marshal – Aldermen – J. T. WESTBROOK, S. J. BAIRD, J. T. CARPENTER, J. J. POPE, and T. T. HILBURN Churches: METHODIST – Services every third Sunday at night and fourth Sunday at 11 a.m. D. W. WARD, pastor. Sunday School at 2:30 p.m. W. H. MATTHEWS, superintendent. Epworth League every Friday night, J. P. RILEY, President. BAPTIST – Services first and third Sundays. W. H. LANTRIP, Pastor. Sunday School every Sunday at 10 a.m. CHRISTIAN – Services second Sunday in each month at 11 a.m. WINFIELD DIRECTORY Mayor – W. R. HANEY Marshal – J. D. CANTERBURY Aldermen – W. J. TRULL, S. W. MOSS, J. R. JONES, T. A. ROBERTS and J. B. WHITEHEAD Churches: METHODIST – Services every third Sunday and Saturday night before D. W. WARD, Pastor. BAPTIST – Services every second Sunday and Saturday night before. ARTHUR REEVES, pastor CHRISTIAN – Not appointed yet Union Sunday School every Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. R. F. CARNES, Superintendent 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. THEN AND NOW. A Correspondent’s View on the Present Situation Winfield, Sept. 10, ‘95 Editor News Press: If you will kindly grant me the space I would like to write something for the consideration and careful study of the working people of our country. Fellow laborers, have you taken time from your wrestling and tiling for your daily bread, to try to see whether the laboring people are tending since the demonetization of silver? If you have not you had better think about it, whether you have time or not. If you are a good artisan your muscles and hands will, mechanically, carry on your labor (if you are lucky enough to have any) while your mind can mediate upon and solve something that not only concerns your own welfare, but especially that of your children and future generations. There is something radically wrong with the operations of a government which is continually adding to the list of millionaires and making the poor, down- trodden working man poorer. Have you though about the fact that twenty years ago a tramp was unknown and that you could count the millionaires in the United States on the fingers of one hand? Now, a man in New York or Chicago, worth only a million dollars in not considered rich. Every time a millionaire is made (and unjust legislation makes them) it takes a dollar of the per capita counted for each citizen from each one of them. This is as plain as sunlight. If you and I had one dollar each and I could have a law made that would give me your dollar, you and I both would not have it. You would have nothing per capita and I would have tow dollars for my per capita. The law gives to the manipulators of national banks, high tariff manufactures, bond owners, etc., the power to increase their millions and for every million thus made thousands of poor men are felt without a dollar. Under the present tendency of things the millionaires will soon own all of the money, and the millions of laboring people will be working for any miserable pittance the monied men may see fit to allow them, and all who can’t get work will be tramping the earth in rags and filth, begging for their daily bread, and because they beg twill be taken up and sent to the rock pile, where they will work for nothing and receive full payment in lashes. Do you know who are the thousands of tramps of today? Question them and you will find most of them are fairly educated, that 25 to 30 years ago they were bright eyed little boys with kind parents who, during the days of bimetallism, when this country was in a flourishing condition, gave those boys fair education, never dreaming that their boys would become tramps, with no place to lay their weary heads,. For every new millionaire thousand are added to his ever increasing army of idle, homeless men. Compare the chances of working people for money making before the effects of the demonetization of silver were felt with now. It was no trouble then to make money. In 1867 my father did not own anything except a wife and children. He bought a fine body of land in Mississippi on time and in a few years by energy and work paid for every foot of it. Can you do anything like this now? No sir! You can’t pay the interest. Why this difference? Because for a long period prior to the war this country was under Democratic rule, and demonstrated by Washington and Jefferson. Gold and silver were both receivable at the mints upon an equal footing to be coined free of charge to the owner. Legislation was for the people, not for a privileged few. The money being in the hands of the people there was no chance for such thieving speculations as now. Your cotton and wheat were prices and sold when you carried them to market, not as now before the seed are planted. Do you know that speculators in sheep’s clothing send out circulars over the entire country periodically in order to ascertain how much cotton or other farm products will be made? As soon as they get the answers they proceed to sell to manufacturers an brokers so many bushels of wheat and so many bales of cotton, to be delivered at stated periods and at stated prices. How can the farmer every pay his debts under this kind of an arrangement? Who gave these men the power to make all this money, so that while you are toiling in the sun they are sitting in their pleasant offices and feasting upon the fat of the land, setting their own prices upon your hard-earned products and not leaving you enough to buy your poor, old, toiling, patient wife a New Year’s gift, nor your children sufficient clothing to keep them warm. Who caused the panics for the past three years by contracting the money and not lending it on the best of security? The whole thing is solely chargeable to the wire-workers of the Republican Party and Republican misrule. Thirty years of Republican misrule, legislating for the rich, has put the people’s money in the hands of the privileged few who can refuse to let this money out in circulation and cause a panic in twenty-four hours that will continue till they see fit to stop it. The gold men are prating that the country has more money than it needs; that New York Wall-Streeters are now offering money at 1 percent, and can’t find a borrower. Why can’t the? Is it because the toiling millions don’t need the money? Don’t you need it? Yes, you do, but you can’t give the gilt edge scarcity that is required to get it. Get up a petition and get all your neighbors to sign it, stating that you are an honest, honorable mean. Go there with this petition and you will get kicked out of the doors of the bank. Your honesty will not be worth a cent to you in getting the money, although your wife and children may be starving for the want of money. In the face of these facts, what is the use of the gold-bugs crying: “We have more money per capita than at any period in the history of the country?” Sift the thing down and you will find about sixty families with the money and over sixty millions with the per capita practically without a cent. Shall we working people continue to allow this? God forbid. Study the matter well. Don’t be influenced by what a monied man tells you, but drown all selfishness and act with patriotism by voting for the welfare of your children and future generations. Gold-bugs will try to convince you that silver is a cheap money. What made silver cheap? A Republican congress in 1873. At this time silver was at a premium of 2 to 3 percent over gold. This congress demonetized silver and the Republican party has been fighting it ever since. They have fought it so strongly and with such “golden” weapons that some men who claimed to be Democrats and until two or three years ago stumped the country in favor of the free coinage of silver have gone astray and are bowing around the gold calf, with one eye cloaked in idolatrous worship and with the other open, ready to snatch with outstretched hands the price, in Gold, of the birthright and freedom of the poor of future generations of this once glorious republic. Suppose that in 1873 gold had of been demonetized instead of silver. How would the parity between the two metals stand now? I heard a gold-bug argue a few days ago that silver was cheap because the mine owners had made so many improvements in their machinery for mining silver that it is no trouble to get it. Now, of all thin things this is the thinnest. The gold miners are using just as highly improved machinery as the silver miners. If there is no trouble in getting silver there is non e in getting gold. If this gentleman will take that trouble to examine into the mining industry he will and the mining of either metal is attended with enormous expense; that there are more fortunate sunk than made at the business on account of the scarcity of the two metals. How will free coinage help you? It is very simple. Silver would be a precious metal again and not a commodity as now. The silver mine owner would find a ready market for his bullion. The United States would coin the bullion into money and scatter it broadcast over the land by paying her thousands of employees, pensions, appropriation, etc in silver. All of this is lately paid in gold. Thousands of enterprises that are now idle for want of money would be able to get all the money they needed. New avocations would open up creating such a demand for labor that the thousands of men now idle would have good situations and be surrounded by all the comforts of life, instead of tramping the earth and gradually sinking to the levels of brutes. If all of the unemployed people in this country were given work at fair wages it would instantly create a demand for all kinds of products, the price of cotton would go to 15 to 20 cents per pound inside of two years, simply because the demand would be greater than the supply. The more money people have to buy with, just so many more of the necessities of life can they buy, thus creating both demand and consumption. The more money your boss makes the better wages he can pay you. The more men there are employed decreases the number who are waiting for and wanting your job. Suppose five million of the unemployed were given work today. These men are nearly all in rags and would as soon as possible, buy five million suits and the same number of hats, pairs of shoes, etc. Men at work wear out their clothing. Would not this keep up a steady demand? Go into a general supply store and you will see all the necessities of life. Do they remain there unsold because you and your wife and children don’t need them? No sir. It is because you have no money to buy them with. It is not an over supply of products, but an under supply of money to purchase them with is none of the causes of fifty cent wheat and five cent cotton. As I earn my living by my daily work, and being one of the working people, I offer you this, as I see it, for your careful consideration. Respectfully R. F. CARNES HENRY WATTERSON–Pitiable Condition the great Editor is Reduced to – [Atlanta Constitution] THE COTTON CROP PAGE 2 UNANSWERED PRAYERS – (poem) THE LAWYER’S STORY – (Short Story) INSANE DIET OF WORKING GIRLS – Pie, Coffee, Pickles and Ice Water Among The Features A close observer of working women and their methods of living insists that the majority die at or before 35 and gives the conclusion that their manner of life makes this inevitable………….. A VERY UNUSUAL WILL – (will of 10-year old girl – Alice Byrd Cook) THE PROGRESS OF PROTESTANTISM RENEWING LIFE IN AN OLD TREE To renew the vitality of an old or barren apple tree take wood sashes from the fireplace or furnace at the rate of half a bushel or more to a tree. HOUSE BUILDING–How Timbers Give Way, Old Styles of Plumbing, Ventilation Whenever a house that has stood for many years is finally demolished there are men cries that “our forefathers built better we.” It is undoubtedly a fact that there was greater honestly of construction in the old days than at present, and that the materials used were generally better. …….(drawing of house – drawing of floor plan)………………… TO PREVENT DRIFTING SANDS Some years ago the Federal Government expended $60,000 in planting beach grass along the ocean side of the tip of Cape Cod in an effort to prevent that drifting inward of the beach sands which threatened Provincetown with entire destruction……………… WORLD’S GREATEST FOUNTAIN The fountain that the municipality of Geneva, Switzerland, has recently established at the entrance of the port of that city is certainly the last fountain that exists upon the surface of the globe, since it is no less than 300 feet in height………………… MAKING GLASS EYES The processes used in manufacturing eyes for stuffed animals are far more simple than those employed in the manufacture of artificial human eyes. The skilled workman is provided merely with glass stuff of different colors and a blowpipe such as is commonly utilized by the glass blower…………. ODDS AND ENDS ----- From the thirteenth to the seventeenth century a blue coat in England was the sign of a servant. ----- Vesuvius is again active. The crater of 1891 is rapidly filling, and a new cone, which is already sixty feet higher than the edge of the crater, is rising at the northwestern end. ----- Fans, umbrellas, kites, spectacles, gongs, bank-notes, postage stamps, are all the inventions of the Chinese. Hanway was the first to introduce the umbrella into England, and he borrowed the idea from China. ---------- Oleomargarine is colored pink in New Hampshire. HOW BURROS FIND WATER The Mexican burros have good horse sense; they know in a “dry and thirsty land” where to dig for water…………….. WORLDS’ HOSE REEL RECORD The world’s record is claimed by the Dirigo Hose Company of Ellsworth, Me……….. PAGE 3 Ad for Syrup of Figs Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ad for Walter Baker & co Pure Cocas and Chocolates Ad for Tetterine Ad for Birmingham College of Music NOTES OF THE DAY – (odds and ends from Europe)) ILLEGIBLE HANDWRITING A short time ago a member of parliament told at a fashionable London club how he had go into an awkward plight while on the continent, owing to his illegible penmanship…………… WHAT OUR SWEDES ARE DOING There are now half a million Swedes in the United States, and it is aid that they are better off, per capita than the born Americans who are here…………. SHAVING UNDER DIFFICULTIES Dr. Tanner, M. P. for Cork, has distinguished himself in more ways than one……………. USE OF THE CROSS IN SIGNATURES The cross made instead of a signature did not originate in ignorance. It was always appended to signatures in medieval times as an attestation of good faith. HUNTING BEARS – A California Nimrod Makes the Business Pay DO GULLS FOLLOW SHIPS? EGGS SHIPPED WITHOUT SHELLS A consulting report tells of large quantities of shelled eggs being sent to England from Russia and Italy for the use of pastry cooks, bakers, hotels and restaurants. The eggs are emptied from their shells into tin cans holding 1,0000 or more, and after being hermetically sealed are packaged with straw into wooden cases, the taps through which the contents are drawn being added by those using them……………. LIME BURNING INDUSTRY A CURE FOR GRUMBLING A NEW LAWN GAME Ad for Royal Baking Powder Ad for Kennedy’s Medical Discovery Ad for Potash PAGE 4 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 NEWS PRESS We today present the people of Marion County and the public generally an eight page newspaper, containing 48 columns of matter, all of which, with the exception of our adverting columns, will be found filled with first class reading matter – political, agricultural, religious, foreign, and domestic news, local news, etc. The enlargement of the New Press has cost us much time, labor, and expense, but we felt that as this was an age of progress and improvement we would venture to attempt the publication of a first-class weekly newspaper at Hamilton, the county site of Marion County, Ala. We have made this venture confidently relying upon the generous people of Marion County for such support as will make a success of our undertaking. We will spare no pains or expense to make our paper the equal to any weekly in the state, and if successful to add still further to the size of the paper. It is with the people. If they want a good, live county paper all they have to do is to lend us their patronage. The paper wills till be sent to subscribers for $1.00 a year. Advertising rates will be furnished on application. A DISAPPOINTMENT We are sorry to say that the meeting called for last Saturday failed to materialize. It seems that the people are slow to appreciate the necessity of immediate action in this matter. They can’t expect families to move here to get the advantages of our school unless they can find houses to live in. At least a half dozen families would now be living here if they could have found accommodations. Another thing which our people do not seem to appreciate is that this is not in any sense a local school. It is a district school established by the state for the benefit of all the people of the Sixth Congressional District. Hon. W. C. DAVIS, our energetic representative in the legislature, who wrote the bill and introduced it in the lower house, had the utmost difficulty in getting it passed, and nothing but the indomitable perseverance and energetic work of Mr. DAVIS secured its final adoption. To secure the passage of the bill and the location of the school at Hamilton, he pledged the full and hearty co-operation of his people to do all in their power to build up and sustain the school as a first-class institution. How are the people sustaining their faithful representative, who labored so assiduously an effectually in their interest? Up to this time, the people had done tolerably well. We must not thinking that because the school had a most flattering opening, on September 24 that it success is permanently assured and that our work is all done’; rather let us take encouragement and work the harder in every way possible to advance the inters of our school. All agree that the great need at this time is houses to accommodate the families who desire to move here to enjoy educational facilities. A meeting was announced for last Saturday to discuss this, together with other questions of interest to the school, and the people did not feel enough interest in the matter to attend the meeting, and there was none held. It mortifies and humiliates us to be compelled to record this fact. We hope our people will seriously reflect upon this matter, see the necessity of immediate action and go to work with energy to carry out, in good faith every pledge made in their behalf by their faithful representative. THE SILVER CONFERENCE In response to the call of Chairman Hodgson about 100 leading Democrats assembled in conference at Birmingham……………. We had the pleasure of meeting in our town on last Friday Mr. J. H. NEWTON of Montgomery, Ala. He is the general agent of a new plan of insurance entitled the Farmer’s Mutual of Alabama. Mr. Newton’s object is to establish the system in every county in the state. This is the thirty-fourth county visited, all of which have favored the plan and gone to work to perfect an organization. Dr. T. J. SPRINGFIELD of Guin has accepted the presidency and will proceed at once to complete the organization of the county. The plan of this organization is about as follows: there are no salaried officers, and no risks are taken on nay kind of property save that of farmers. Those who desire to become members of the organization pay 50 cents for each $100 worth of property they wish to insure, as a fee to join the organization, and each gets a policy for 30 years without renewal, and there is nothing more is to be paid, until some member of the organization gets his house or barn burned, then each member is assessed pre-rate, according the amount of his policy, to make good the actual loss of the unfortunate member. The president will soon appoint a traveling agent who will visit the farmers of the county and fully explain the objects and workings of the organization. We are pleased to reproduce the following from the Courtland Enterprise: “We are in receipt of the first announcement catalogue of the West Alabama Agricultural School, located at Hamilton. In looking over the board of control, faculty, etc we find the name of our old friend Prof. JAMES E. ALEXANDER, as President. To say that there has been no mistake stating a fact that every one knows who has had the good fortune to know him as long as we have. This school was established by an act of the last legislature, to fill a long felt want for an agricultural school in west Alabama, where young men who expect to become farmers may be taught the fundamental principals of agriculture, theoretically and practically. Its doors are open to both sexes, either of which may enter free of tuition.” OUR SCHOOL – Number of Pupils Increasing and All In High Spirits The West Alabama Agricultural School, which is fast becoming the pride of our people, has at this date enrolled 136 pupils. The teachers all have their departments well in hand, and are all aglow with enthusiasm and appreciating the magnitude of the task in founding a meritorious institution. They have gone to work with hand, mind and heart, with an energy that brooks no failure. Sixty young men and women, as fine looking and noble as ever breathed the pure mountain air of this or nay other clime, have entered upon the royal road that leads to success, and finally to eminence. These young men are, almost without exception, possessed of that tenacity of purposed and that determination to succeed, gained only in the school of hard knock, which were so forcibly experienced in early life by the illustrious Lincoln. While the young men are struggling up the rugged path that leads to scholarship, pleasure and fame, the young women are equally earnest in cultivating the ladylike traits of a noble, womanly character. The music class is growing rapidly, and we feel assured that the girls and young women, under the tutelage of the classically cultured Mrs. HODGES, cannot fail to develop true music in the heart and true art in character. We are all rejoiced an ask the good people all over the district to rejoice with us, and share our boom by sending their sons and daughters to a good school, independent of all kinds of schisms and tricks, relying , solely upon merit for its success. IN MEMORIAM ADEN – At the residence of his son-in-law, Hon. WM. K. MCLAURIN, in Vicksburg, Miss. on August 16, 1895. J. PERRY ADEN, in the 69th year of his life. Deceased was born in Simpson county, Ky. January 8, 1826, but emigrated to Mississippi in early life, where he spent his best days. This writer made the acquaintance of deceased in early life, and knew him intimately for over 40 years, and always found him a generous, high-toned, honorable gentleman in every walk of life. He joined the Masons in early life, was well-versed in the mysteries of the craft, and much devoted to its brotherly and moral teachings. He was one of nature’s noblemen indeed, an honest, true man; a patriotic citizen, a true and never-failing friend, and a loving and devoted husband and father. He raised nine children – four sons and five daughters, all of whom, together with his devoted companion through life, survive him. His children are all married save his youngest, a daughter, and all doing well. The writer heartily sympathizes with the bereaved family in their irreparable and sad loss. He has gone from them never to return in the body. May all of his loved ones so live that when the last day shall come to each of them they may be prepared to meet their God in peace, and enter into that celestial home above, where thy hope to meet their beloved father seated on the right hand of the Lord of Glory, there to remain as a reunited family throughout the endless ages of eternity. S. E. WILSON Upon receiving the sad news of the death of her father, and circumstances being such that it was impossible for her to arrive in time to see him before his body was consigned to its last resting place, Mrs. LUCY ADEN WILSON, of Meridian Miss, penned the following lines: (poem follows ) We call the attention of the people of Hamilton, and particularly the Methodist people to the condition of the parsonage. The building and premises generally are in much need of repairs to make them comfortable during the approaching winter. Go to Littleton at Guin for bargains in all kinds of dry goods. Ad for Beatty’s Organs and Pianos F. T. MCCOLLUM, Winfield, Alabama. Dealer in dry goods, notions, hats and caps, shoes, clothing, groceries, tobacco and snuff, hardware, farming tools, cane mills, tin ware, groceries and jewelry. Ladies’ hats and goods a specialty will buy cotton and country produce at highest market prices. J. F. EARNEST, P. M. R. SPANN. SPANN & EARNEST keeps on hand dry goods, shoes, clothing, groceries, tobacco and snuff, farming tools, hardware, tin ware, crockery, and all kinds ladies’ goods. Highest price paid for cotton & county produce. Winfield, Ala. T. H. ROBERTSON, Winfield, Ala. will buy 2,000 bales of cotton and all the country produce you bring him. He carries a full line of dry goods, notions, boots and shoes, hats and caps, clothing, hardware, groceries, saddles, bridles and all kinds of farming implements. Full stock of snuff and tobacco. 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 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 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 NOTICE By virtue of an act of the General Assembly of Alabama, Approved February 9th 1895 I will sell to the highest bidder for cash at the Court house in Hamilton Marion County, Ala no the Fourth day of November 1895 …………. This September 12th 1895 JASON P. FORD, Judge of Probate SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of an execution 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 J. W. COLLINS and in favor of J. S. REEVES & CO. out of the goods, chattels, lands, and tenements of the said J. W. COLLINS, I have levied on the following property to wit: A fraction on east side of NE ¼ of SW ¼ Sec 32, T 12, R 15 the same being all east of the wetland in said forty-acre block, 80 rods north and south by 42 rods east and west except what is east of the Postal Road; also a fraction in southwest corner of NE ¼ of SW ¼, all in Sec 33 T 12 R 13; 38 rods east and west by 20 rods north and south, containing in all 21 acres more or less and notice given defendant by posting notice of levy at Court House door of said county on September 9th 1895. Therefore, according to said command, I shall expose for sale at public auction all the right, title and interest of the above-named J. W. COLLINS in and to the above described property, on Monday, the 14th day of October 1895 during the legal hours of sale at the Court House door in Hamilton Ala. Dated at office this 9th day of September 1895. W. W. HALL Sheriff Marion County, Ala. SHERIFF’S SALE By virtue of an order of sale 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 A. D. HARRIS, L. J. WOOD, and P. H. WOOD and in favor of W. F. CLARK, out of the goods, chattels land and tenements of the said L. J. WOOD. I have advertised the following property, to wit: SE ½ of NE ¼ and NE ¼ of SE ¼ Sec 19 and SW ¼ of NW ¼ and NW ¼ of SW ¼ Sec 29 T 11 R 14 and 5 acres in southwest corner of NW ¼ of NW ¼ of SW ¼ Sec 20 T 11 R 14 said land lying and being in Marion county, Ala. therefore, according to said command, I shall expose for sale at public auction all the right, title and interest of the above named L. J. WOOD in and to the above described property on Monday the 14th day of October 1895 during the legal hours of sale, at the Court House door in the town of Hamilton, Alabama Dated at office this 9th day of September 1895 W. W. HALL Sheriff, Marion County Ala. 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. 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. T. J. SPRINGFIELD, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Guin, Alabama. Offers his professional services to the citizens of Guin and surrounding country. Special attention given to diseased of women. All calls promptly attended day or night. The best country. Where is it? If you are going to Arkansas, Texas or the Indian Territory, take the Iron Mountain Route. The best and most comfortable line from Memphis. Two trains each day carrying free reclining chair cars. No change of cars Memphis to Little Rock, Texarkana, Marshall, Longview, Terrell, Big Sandy, Mineral, Milis Point, Dallas, Fort Worth and other points. Ask for your tickets via the Iron Mountain Route. All agents have them. If you wills end me a letter stating Where you are going? When you are going? Where you start from? How many there are in your party? I will write or call at your house and furnish you with the fullest information regarding routes, lowest rates of fare, besides maps, descriptive and illustrated land pamphlets, resort books, guides, etc. Cheap rates to parties emigrating west. The traveling agents of this company are constantly looking after the interests of the line, and will look after all parties in person. For any further information write to H. D. Wilson, J. E. Rehilander, Genral Agent, Trav. Pass. Agt. Memphis, Tenn. Do you desire to make money? Our plans of Operation assure absolute safety of investment……… Gilmore & co., Open board of trade ……….. PAGE 5 THE NEWS PRESS Issued Every Thursday Hamilton, Sept. 12, 1895 RAILROAD TIME TABLE – KANSAS CITY, MEMPHIS, & BIRMINGHAM Guin No. 1 East Bound 11:33 a.m. No. 2 West Bound 3:40 p.m. No. 3 East Bound 2:44 a.m. No. 4 West Bound 2:02 a.m. Through tickets on sale. G. M. MCWHORTER, Agent Winfield No. 1 East Bound 11:47 a.m. No. 2 West Bound 3:26 p.m. No. 3 East Bound 2:56 a.m. No. 4 West Bound 1:47 a.m. Through Tickets on sale. R. F. CARNES, Agent THE MAILS At Hamilton: Guin – Arrives at 6 p.m. and leaves at 5 a.m. Fulton – Arrives at 6 p.m. and leaves at 6 a.m. Hackleburg – Arrives at 12 m and leaves at 1 p.m. Belgreen – Arrives at 11:40 a.m. and leaves at 12 m At Winfield: Train at 11:47 and 3:27 p.m. Pearce’s Mills – Arrives at 11:20 a.m. and leaves at 12 m Haley’s – Arrives at 12 m and leaves at 15:30 p.m. on Monday and Friday Fayette – Arrives at 9 a.m. and leaves at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday LOCAL NEWS Rev. W. L. RICE will preach at the Methodist Church in this place on next Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. Go to Littleton for your groceries at red rock prices. You will find a big assortment of school books and school supplies at WHITE’S There is considerable sickness in this vicinity at present. Our physicians are kept pretty busy. Mrs. W. C. DAVIS was ill the first of the week, but we were pleased to see her out riding yesterday. Rev. W. A. BIVEN, the pastor, will occupy the pulpit at the Methodist Church in this place on next Sabbath at 11 o’clock a.m. Mrs. HOLCOMB, wife of Mr. J. J. HOLCOMB, died at their residence near Hackleburg, on the 9th inst. of consumption. Forked Deer tobacco at Littleton’s for 35c per pound. Rev. W. A. BIVEN is holding a protracted meeting at Bexar as sited by Rev. Mr. RICE. Brother BIVEN said the meeting was progressing finely when here on Monday. We were pleased to see our friend JAS. S. CLEMENTS on our streets yesterday, after being confined to his room several days with fever, supplement by a good case of salivation. Our young friend W. B. STOKES left on Monday for college at Auburn, Ala. This is Mr. STOKES’ second year at Auburn. He carries with him the good will of this entire community. Prof. HUFFSTUTLER, principal of Guin High School, informs us that he had 39 students at the opening on the 2d inst. This is considered a good showing under all the circumstances. Buy your dry goods, shoes, hats and clothing from Littleton. While on a visit to Guin last Saturday, we observed that the merchants all had fair stocks of goods and were generally busy waiting on customers. Trade is certainly looking up. We heard the depot agent at Guin say recently that the principal freight received at that depot during the dull season was tobacco, snuff, and side meat. If our people would deist from the use of the two first named articles and raise the latter at home, all of which they can easily do, there would not be such a cry about “hard times.” Mr. A. F. M. HOWELL, one of the members of the Commissioner’s Court paid us a pleasant visit on yesterday. We are glad to have gentlemen call on us. We desire to make the acquaintance of every man in Marion county. “The times are too hard” is often the response we receive when soliciting subscriptions to our paper, still there were 87 cases – 7500 pounds – of snuff received at Guin at one shipment last Friday. Mr. JOSEPH HAMILTON, son of Circuit Clerk JNO. F. HAMILTON, and his wife are both quite sick at their residence, nine miles west of this place, with slow, or typhoid fever. We hope they may both speedily recover. Our friend R. N. TERRELL left on Monday last on his canvass in the interest of his “Patent Light Buggy Brake.” He has bought the state right to this important patent and will sell it out by counties. We wish him much success. For meat, lard, sugar, and coffee, flour, salt, tobacco and snuff, dry goods and medicines, call on W. R. WHITE. He will sell you goods at cash prices for the money, cotton, chickens, eggs, beeswax, tallow, dry hides and wool; also buys cattle. Our young friend C. E. MITCHELL returned to town on last Monday and has formed a partnership with Mr. W. C. DAVIS in the practice of law. The style of the new firm is MCCLUSKEY, DAVIS & MITCHELL. The card of the new firm will appear in our paper next week. ARLIN, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. MIXON, died at the home of his parents on Sunday morning at 6 o’clock, aged 6 years. Little ARLIN has been afflicted most of his life with something like rheumatism. The parents have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad bereavement. T. H. ROBERTSON of Winfield has something to say to the public through the medium of our advising columns today. He claims that his stock of goods of all kinds, groceries, etc. is complete and that he will not be undersold. He will give the top figures for cotton and country produce. Read his card and go to see him. We call attention to the card of T. J. SPRINGFIELD, M. D., physician and Surgeon Guin, Ala. to be found in our advertising columns. Dr. SPRINGFIELD is a courteous, affable and well-informed gentleman socially, is well versed in his profession, and is deserving the liberal patronage he is daily receiving. Read his card. In another column will be found the card of F. T. MCCOLLUM, of Winfield, in which he announces to the public that he keeps constantly on hand and for sale a complete stock of general merchandise and plantation supplies, all of which he proposes to sell as cheap as the cheapest, and that he will pay the highest market price for cotton and country produce. Give him a call. Three popular merchants, SPANN & EARNEST, Winfield, have favored us with a card announcing that they keep for sale all kinds of merchandise, groceries and plantation supplies at the very lowest cash price. They also buy cotton and country produce, for which they pay the highest market price. Examine their stock and prices before you sell your produce or make your purchases. We call especial attention to the advisement of the Iron Mountain Route, to be found in our advertising columns today. This railway traverses Arkansas, Texas and the Indian Territory, passing through some of the most beautiful and fertile country in the world, with scenery that is unsurpassed in this country. Trains leave the city of Memphis twice a day, carrying sleepers and free reclining chair cars. It is a through line without change of cars or transfer of baggage. T Eh conductors and other train officers are courteous and attentive, and nothing is left undone that would add to the comfort or pleasure of passengers. Read the advertisement and when you want to go West, be sure to call at the Memphis office, No. 309 Main street, and consult either Mr. H. D. Wilson or Mr. J. E. Rehlander, the agents. Our neighboring town, Guin, besides her merchants and business men has two physicians, three churches, two Sunday schools, a mayor, board of aldermen and city marshal, two hotels, livery stable, wood and smith shops, barber, jeweler, etc. This all looks like business. Why can’t Hamilton have more of these conveniences and evidence of prosperity than are to be found here now? Deputy Sheriff RIGGAN made quite a haul last Friday evening and Saturday morning in the vicinity of Guin. He made the following arrests: JAKE INGLE, charged with selling liquor without license, who gave bond; SINA REED, col., grand larceny, committed to jail; RUFE BERRYHILL, petit larceny, committed to jail. Sheriff HALL also arrested ED. COCHRAN, on three several charges, carrying concealed pistol, selling whisky to a minor and public drunkenness. The defendant gave bond. We spent a short time on last Saturday morning, in attendance upon the Singing School Convention which met at Guin on the 6th inst. The Baptist Church was well filled with an intelligent and appreciative audience, and the well-trained voices, accompanied by the dulcet sounds of the church organ, in response to the sylph-like touch of Miss CLEMMIE CADDELL’S nimble fingers, rendered the singing most beautiful and soul-inspiring. The time was perfect and the many voices that mingled together without a discord to mar the sweet harmony, proved conclusively that hose engaged had devoted much time and attention to eh practice of this most spiritual and entertaining accomplishment – vocal music. Prof. JOHN MCDONALD, who has been teaching a class of about 40 students for a short time at Hall’s Mills, closed his school with an entertainment on last Saturday. The audience was large, intelligent and attentive, and all were delighted by the entertainment, particularly the candle song at night, which was most beautiful as well as unique. The students all showed great improvement, which indicated that Prof. MCDONALD is well versed in his profession, and possesses the power of imparting his knowledge to others in a most happy degree. The professor and his class entertained the citizens of Hamilton with some most excellent vocal music, at the Methodist Church no last Sunday forenoon, which was much enjoyed by a large and appreciative audience. Prof. ALEXANDER, on Tuesday last, on our presence, called over the names of parties from a distance, and put down the number of scholars they desired to enter, who had assured him, within the last few days that they would enter their children in school at once, provided they could get houses to live int. On footing up the figures they aggregated 45 in number. Thee people desire to enter from four to ten students, and cannot afford to board them, while their families could live here as cheaply as at hone, except house rent. By this it will be seen that if our people had provided houses for the people to live in, we would not have near 200 students enrolled in our school and the proprietors of cottages would be getting a good interest on their investments in the way of rent, and our town would show a spirit of improvement. SCHOOL BOOKS A full line of the books used in our school will be found for sale at H. E. MIXON’S. These books were bought of the American Book Company, Cincinnati, O. and will be sold at only 10 percent, advance on the Cincinnati bill. OVER THE COUNTY – Local News of the Week Gathered by our Correspondents WINFIELD, ALA. LEE PERRY, manager of the cotton yard, proposes to build a railway track from the cotton yard to the railroad cotton platform to better facilitate the handling of cotton. The Winfield merchants are arming themselves with the cash and making arrangements to buy cotton in earnest, Messrs. THOMAS H. ROBERTSON, F. T. MCCOLLUM, SPANN & EARNEST and MCGAHA & BLAKNERY will make the price very interesting for one another, and each will buy his share of the staple. Mr. ROBERTSON starts soon for Eastern markets to buy goods. Carloads of salt were received lately by Messrs. ROBERTSON, MCCOLLUM, and SPANN & EARNEST. They are preparing for a “hog killing time.” J. A. SUDDOTH of Fayette is waiting on customers behind the counters of T. L. ROBERTSON. He is an old hand at the business and a hustler. The smiling countenance of JOHN NORTHCUTT may be seen beaming across the counters of F. T. MCCOLLUM. He claims that he is not hired to play marbles. Miss JANIE MARTIN, accompanied by Miss MAUD WHITE, has returned to her home at Amory, Miss. One young man was so badly struck that he followed on the next train. We wish you good luck JIM. A successful operation was performed upon R. B. LOGAN recently by Drs. JOHNSON and REDDEN. Mr. LOGAN has for years been afflicted with the piles. We are glad to say that J. B. WHITEHEAD is convalescing. A singing society has been organized by “ye older heads.” Metter Tuesday and Thursday nights. Let everybody who can turn out, and if they can’t sing make a fuss. J. A. GAMBLE, the watchmaker, is doing a thriving business. ZACHARIAH GUIN, ALA. We have had a lively time for the past few days. The session of the SHIREY Singing Convention closed yesterday. It was largely attended by delegates and visitors from a distance, who enjoyed a good time. FERNANDO INGLE and his charming wife moved last Saturday into their beautiful home near the railroad. Mrs. CARPENTER has gone to Sulligent this week to visit friends and attend the protracted meeting. Our weekly prayer meeting on last Sunday night was conducted by Brother CARPENTER. An interesting talk was made by J. H. RILEY, and good interest manifested. EARL WESTBROOKS was very sick last week. Rev. E. W. BROCK filled his regular appointment at Mountain Gap last Sunday. We expect to hold an interesting League meeting at the Methodist church on next Friday night. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. Bachelor No. 2 of Henson Springs made us a visit last Saturday to mingle tears with the Bachelor of this place. Mrs. LENA WHITE leaves this week for Aberdeen, Miss. to try the medical properties of the artesian water for the restoration of her health. We sincerely hope it will have the desired effect. J. H. REID of Rara Avis, Miss. is visiting relatives and friends of this place. He is a handsome young man, and we hope he will come to see us often. Rev. W. P. MCGLAWN left last Friday evening to begin his protracted meeting at Center Church. Brother MCGLAWN is a grand and noble worker, and we hope the meeting will be a great success. Miss RENA PEARCE, one of our most accomplished young ladies, left last Saturday for an extended visit to relatives and friends near Nettleton, Miss. Some of our boys are already wearing sad faces. JOHN INGLE moved last week into the business part of town. Ye editor of The News Press made us a pleasant visit during the week. We are glad to see him at any and all times. Mr. and Mrs. PETERMAN are the most cheerful people in town. If you have a fit of despondency be sure to pay them a visit, and they will awake sunshine in your heart. We are pleased to know that the Hamilton school opened with flattering prospects, and hope it will continue to prosper. VENICE HALEY’S, ALA. We are having an abundance of rain and some sickness. J. L. DICKINSON is quite sick from being over-heated while at work. C. E. MITCHELL’S school closed last week its summer term. His enrollment was 86. The people are taking more interest in education than usual. Some speak of coming to Hamilton, if they can get house in which to live, and educate their children. Rev. CHARLES WHEELER, a minister of the Christian Church is conducting a protracted meeting at Center School House, four miles north of here. On Friday of this week the annual Association of the Primitive Baptist Church will convene at Popular Springs, five miles south of this place. Crops are good. Fodder pulling is now the business of the farmer. SUBSCRIBER HACKLEBURG, ALA. The New Prospect District meeting convened at New Prospect Church, near this place on Friday last, with the following delegates: From Fairview – W. R. PATTERSON, R. S. BOTTOMS, L. C. BOTTOMS; From Lovejoy – T. W. WIGINTON, W. J. WIGINTON, W. R. CARNES; from new Prospect – W. H. GREEN, J. A. GREEN, A. R. STIDHAM. Elder W. R. PATTERSON served as moderator and JOHN A. GREEN a clerk. The introductory sermon was preached by Elder GEORGE STIDHAM. The present moderator and clerk re-elected for the ensuing year. The next district meeting will be held with Lovejoy Church, beginning on Friday before the second Sunday in September 1896 and the introductory sermon will be preached by Elder D. A. CANTRELL. Besides routine business, there was preaching on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Methodists closed on Friday night a successful meeting of about a week’s duration. Eleven accessions were made to the church and he congregation was much revived. Rev. W. W. DAVIS, the pastor and Re. JOHN M. COLEMAN did the preaching. Quarterly Conference for this district will beheld at Bear Creek next Sunday, at which time and place Presiding Elder BRINDLEY desires to meet as many people from this section as can convenient be present. This is his last year here, at least for the present, and probably the last time he will preside at a Quarterly Conference in his district. He has been a faithful worker and a large attendance should greet him. Rev. T. W. CAMP in conducting a series of meetings at Union Hill Church. The writer was much pleased to note the successful opening of the Hamilton School. With the energetic and capable managers and teachers that it has, it cannot be other than successful. It deserves, should have and will have a generous patronage. The many friends of Esquire W. W. FREDERICK are much pleased to see him out again, after his recent severe illness. There are several cases of sickness about. Miss EMMA MIXON is quite sick with fever. A daughter of E. M. NIX is also right sick. WILSON ROWE, son of Rev. GEORGE ROWE, is quite low with paralysis,. But little hope is entertained of his recovery. Mr. JASPER WIGNINTON’S youngest son, JIMMIE, is having another spell of fever. An infant child of Mr. BUNK TIDWELL died on Sunday, and was buried at Lower Hackleburg Church on Monday. Mr. DICK GREEN is up from his present home in Tishomingo County, Miss. to visit relatives and friends at his old home. Prof. TODD will conduct singing at Cedar Tree Church on the 5th Sunday in this month. County Superintendent W. A. DUNN has been visiting the schools in this vicinity of late. He is laboring zealously to promote the interests of the schools of the county and his labors deserve recognition. WRONG FONT THE GUIN EPWORTH LEAGUE Editor News Press: Permit me to tell your readers something of the Guin Epworth League. The object of the League is the promotion of piety and loyalty to the Methodist Episcopal Church South among the young people, their education in the Bible and Christian literature, and their encouragement in works of grace and charity. In February last Bro. D. W. WARD, preacher in charge of Guin Church, organized Guin League with Mr. J. P. RILEY as president, Miss VERENA PEARCE in charge of department of religious worship; Mrs. L. G. FRAZIER department of charity; Miss WILLIE MATTHEWS department of literature, with other officers with a roll of 35 members. On each Friday 7 p.m. the League meets in the Methodist Church for the purpose of League work. On last Friday evening the following program was observed: Opening song – Jesus lover of my soul Prayer by O. T. PEARCE Roll call Scripture lesson – by leader, Miss CALLIE RILEY History of Methodism – By the President Select reading, Doubt – by Mrs. L. G. FRAZIER Song – O for a Closer walk with God Female Education – Prof. HUFFSTUTLER Biographical sketch of a member of the League – Miss VERENA PEARCE Song – Take the Name of Jesus Appointment of work for next meeting Benediction – By the President The prosperity in Zion at this place is somewhat dependant upon the prayer meetings and League work, if we are to judge by past results, for the commonly acceded axiom: “The courage of the Captain of the Host, enthuses His soldiers and they follow whosesoever He leads.” has been manifested here, in that the Church is not in a revived condition. Our prayers are for a full outpouring of the Holy Sprit upon this people. Respectfully CRITIC THE PROBLEM SOLVED Mr. Jordan Holland, an old, prosperous and highly esteemed farmer and stockman of Alabama, has at lat solved the Hog and Chicken Cholera problem. He has by hard study and much experimenting discovered a sure, positive, guaranteed and never –failing cure for the dreaded disease, which has stood the test in thousand s of cases without a single failure. His daughter, Mrs. Rachel V. Thomas, a highly esteemed Christian lady of Cowarts, Ala. is selling the recipe and family right, also the ready prepared medicine. The remedy is a certain preventative as well as a cure. Mrs. Thomas has a standing reward of $50 for a case of cholera which her remedy will not cure. Price of recipe and family right, $1; medicine, 50c and $1 per bottle. Testimonials and circulars free. Our readers should investigate this. Address Mrs. Rachel V. Thomas, L. RB 461, Cowarts, Henry County, Ala. 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. PAGE 6 FARM AND GARDEN RICE AS A POULTRY AND STOCK FOOD AMERICAN IRISES POISONING THE CUTWORMS OLD STONE WALLS HARVESTING AND MARKETING GRAPES TREATMENT OF SHEEP SCAB FERMS IN THE GARDEN FARM AND GARDEN NOTES NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN A Frenchman proposes a tax on corsets. Patti’s wardrobe requires 500 trunks. Paris widows wear crape knickerbockers when bicycling. In France alone about nine million corsets are worn out annually. More New York women paint their faces today than ever before. The Queen of Italy is said to have an extravagant passion for finery in dress. Miss Asenath Philpott, of Gainesville, Texas has the longest hair. She wears it ten feet seven inches long. -------------- Wheelwomen who go out riding at a very early hour of the morning would do well to “take a snack” of something before they mount the wheel. Baroness von Gizyski says that the majority of German professional women are teachers. Comparatively few are to be found in other skilled occupations. A motion to prevent its school teachers wearing bloomers was voted down by the Toronto (Canada) School Board, and the women are happy over the result. In England politics s is fashionable, and while women are not allowed to vote they are allowed to make speeches and help their husbands by their presence on the platform and at the polls. The new woman is coming out of the West. She is driving a prairie schooner all alone and camping out by night. She hails from Idaho, has reached Nebraska and is headed for Ohio. The Princess of Wales has lately discarded the big sleeves, but she does not rule the fashions of women as her husband does those of men, and the women will continue to wear big sleeves. -------------- REV. DR. TALMAGE – This Eminent Divine’s Sunday Sermon - Subject: “The Chieftain” BILL ARP’S LETTER – Bats, Bees, and Women Phylosophically Discussed THE NATIONAL GAME – Gilngman is back on Pittsburgh’s third base. Tenney seems to be about the best catcher Boston has. Boston has won but one extra-inning game this season. The St. Louis Club has signed a new first baseman named McFadden. McPhee, of Cincinnati, now wears a glove regularly. He had to come to it. The Boston Club has signed Pitcher Stocksdale, recently released by Washington. The best sport of the season in the League has been made by Baltimore, Cleveland comes next. ----------------- PAGE 7 MAKING A BICYCLE – An Intricate and Costly Process – Five Hundred Parts in a Wheel SUICIDES OF EUROPE CANARIES FOR CONVICT – Michigan Prisoners Keep them for Comfort and Profit THE CITY DEPARTMENTS – Under Reform Administration DR. EDWARD BEECHER – He was the Associate of his brother, the great Plymouth Divine The Rev. Dr. Edward Beecher was when he died in his 92nd years. the venerable clergyman had enjoyed good health all his life and same gradually into a state of come, which continued for ten hours before his death, as in the case of his most distinguished brother, Henry Ward Beecher……………. THE TOWN OF HEIGELBERG NOTES AND COMMENTS -------------- A church has been organized in Boligner County, MO with Ida Deckard as chief divinity. She is young, fair-haired and given to seeing visions. Her neighbors, rude, unlettered, superstitiously devout, believe her to be an angel in human form. They worship her as such, and the “church” is based upon their faith in her. The girl is apparently single-minded and sincere. From her trances she awakens with messages for the faithful, messages claiming sometimes to be from the Deity himself, guiding them as He guided the patriarchs of old. Also, she brings word from the blessed dead in Heaven – according to the belief of her followers – and from lost souls in Hades. Her communications are listed to by these primitive people with all the reverence due to anointed sainthood. The “new church” of the mountains has now a membership of about one hundred – a centurion band of mountaineer neighbors, firm and ardent in their remarkable faith. They propose from now on to “proselyte” for their church, and to spread their belief throughout the world. The flocking of the rural population to the cities, its results and how to counteract them are problems that yearly become more serious. In the United States there has been a steady growth in the urban population during the last hundred years. In 1790 the percentage of the total population which lived in cities was 3.35. In 1890 it has increased to 29.12. It has grown more than 7 percent in the last decade……………. ELECTRICAL MNING WILLING TO OBLIGE THE JOKER’S BUDGET RELATIVE HEIGHTS OF HATS PAGE 8 THE NEWS PRESS A DREAM OF LOVE – (by NELLIE L. CARNES) (The following pathetic poem, from the pen of Mrs. R. F. CARNES, appeared in the Raymond, Miss. Gazette in 1885. We republish it by request. – Ed) --------------- You can buy all light colored calicos, suitable for summer and fall wear, at 5c per yard, at Littleton’s worth 6 ½ c ABOUT COUNTY PAPERS VERY SIGNIFICANT – Alabama Iron Being Sold in the Pennsylvania Iron District Watch the newspapers and see which of the merchants want your custom and are sufficiently courageous to invite you to call. There is more in advertising then you think. It is not to tell of his good looks that man advertises, but it is to invite the people who read to pay him a visit and to judge for themselves as to the quality and price of the goods which he has for sale. People will read the advertisements – don’t make any mistake about that. They are just as much interested in where to buy to advantage as the advertiser is in selling his goods. – [Carrollton (Miss.) Conservative] TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS It will be the aim of the present management of the News Press to make it a first-class local paper. To do this, we desire special correspondence from every section of the county, giving us the local news, such as marriages, deaths, illness of citizens, Church and Sunday School items, crop prospects, in short, any items that would be calculated to interest our county readers. We hope that all who have heretofore contributed to the paper will continue their favors regularly. Be sure to send matter so that it will reach us not later than Tuesday evening of each week, to insure publication without delay. 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 Littleton at Guin keeps a full line of patent medicines. Dr. J. H. McLean’s stock powders, 50c worth for 25c. 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. FOR SALE I propose to sell my property in Winfield, or exchange it for property in, or near Hamilton. I have two large lots adjoining, on which is a good frame dwelling containing four rooms, with front and rear porches, good chimneys – one with coal grate – an everlasting well of good water on the back porch, a good storm cellar, and glass-covered hot-house to preserve flowers in winter. The dwelling has been recently well painted, and everything is in good repair. The garden is large and rich. Besides what has been described, there is a Livery Stable on the property, in good repair, and large enough to accommodate the livery business of the town, with a good well of water near by. This property is conveniently located, being near the railroad depot, and the business part of town. For further particulars, terms, etc. inquire of the undersigned or of the editor of the News-Press, Hamilton, Ala. R. F. CARNES, Winfield, Ala. Ad for Brown’s Iron Bitters Ad for New Home Sewing Machine – sold by W. R. WHITE, Hamilton, Ala. Ad for Beatty’s Organs and Pianos Ad for Dictionary of U. S. History FURNITURE VARNISHED The undersigned professes to be well versed in the art of all kinds of varnishing and will varnish furniture at a reasonable rate. He proposes that if any one can discolor furniture varnished by him, even while wet, with hot water or otherwise, to make no charge. He also proposes to give one dollar each for every blister drawn, either by the sun or fire, upon furniture that he varnishes. He proposes to give $5.00 to any one disturbed by bed-bugs, about all bedstead he varnishes, if kept from against the walls. Will leave all furniture in condition that one can see themselves in it as in a mirror. Address JOHN STEWART, Barnesville, Ala. 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 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. 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. Ad for Two Superb Engravings 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 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. 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