Marion County AlArchives News.....HAMILTON NEWS PRESS November 21, 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, 6:25 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History November 21, 1895 Microfilm Ref Call #559 Microfilm Order #M1992.0966 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE HAMILTON NEWS-PRESS THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MARION COUNTY, ALABAMA VOL. 1-NO. 47 HAMILTON, ALA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1895 ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Calendar of November 1895 RAILROAD TIME TABLE – KANSAS CITY, MEMPHIS, & BIRMINGHAM Guin No. 1 East Bound 11:45 a.m. No. 2 West Bound 4:02 p.m. No. 3 East Bound 2:44 a.m. No. 4 West Bound 1:48 a.m. Through tickets on sale. S. G. MCWHORTER, Agent Winfield No. 1 East Bound 11:59 a.m. No. 2 West Bound 3:48 p.m. No. 3 East Bound 2:56 a.m. No. 4 West Bound 1:34 a.m. Through Tickets on sale. H. P. ODEN, Agent DIRECTORY THE COUNTY 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 AT GUIN: Train at 11:23 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Hamilton – Arrives at 10 a.m. and leaves at 12 m daily except Sunday Vernon – Arrives Monday and Friday at 5 p.m. and leaves Tuesday and Saturday at 7 a.m. Pharos – Arrives Wednesday and Saturday at 10 a.m. and leaves at 1 p.m. same days Twin – Arrives Tuesday and Friday t 3 p.m. and leaves at 5 p.m. the same days. 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 JASON P. FORD, chairman; A.M. CANTRELL, J. C. NORTHINGTON, A. F. M. HOWELL and JOHN F. LOWE, members. 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 Superintendant of Education – W. A. DUNN PROBATE COURT Judge – JASON P. FORD Meets on the 2nd Monday in each month. CHURCH NOTICE - HAMILTON METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH – Services 1st Sunday in each month at 11 am and 7 pm and every 4th Sunday at 7 pm – Rev. W. A. BIVEN, 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.; A. J. THORN, S. W.’; A. H. BURLESON, J. W; G. B. MIXON, Treas., R. A. 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. H. 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. M. CANTRELL, W. M.; W. W. FREDERICK, S. W.; P. N. GREEN, J. D.; E. A. MIXON, Treas.; JOHN A . GREEN, Secy BEXAR LODGE NO. 230 JOHN ARNOLD, W. M.; W. L. WHITEHEAD, S. W.; W. A. BULLARD, 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, J. W.; .A RANDOLPH, Treas.; J. J. COATES, Secy GUIN DIRECTORY Mayor – J. T. CARPENTER Marshal – C. A. BOOKER Aldermen – J. T. WESTBROOK, S. J. BAIRD, J. J. POPE, and T. T. HILBURN METHODIST CHURCH – 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. A.N. REEVES, pastor Services fourth Sunday and Saturday before each month, J. N. DICKINSON, pastor. CHRISTIAN – Services first Sunday in each month. Rev. CHARLES WHEELER, pastor Union Sunday School every Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. R. F. CARNES, Superintendent Ad for Singer Sewing Machine - $25 – (drawing of sewing machine) SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS Reports indicate that the coffee crop is very abundant this season. It is to be hoped this will tend to reduce the price of this article of universal use in America. The latest reports from Washington are to the effect that the Cabinet officers are busy preparing their reports…………… Ex-Senator Thurman celebrated his eighty-second birthday on the 13th inst…………. Ex-Speaker Crisp made a speech by invitation, before the Georgia Legislature on the 13th inst. in which he came out boldly for the free and unlimited coinage of silver………… Gold is not a circulating medium. Merchants do not pay it out over the counters, nor is it used in transactions……….. Some men say that they are in favor of the gold standard because it “keeps us the credit of the government.”………………….. We believe that it is the paramount duty of the United States government as soon as possible to restore silver to its status before it was demonetized in 1873……………….. Money is nothing more than a measure of values by which the exchange of all kinds of property, commodities and products are facilitated……………. Cotton has uniformly commanded a fair price this season as compared with last………. The gold standard advocates contend that the free coinage of silver would drive out the gold out of the country,…………… The goldites tell us that if our mints were opened to free coinage……… LINCOLN AND PADDY MCNEIL – The Generosity of the Great Man Aptly Illustrated [Philadelphia Record] - Since there appears to be a mania for Lincoln stories just now, here is one which has never before found its way into black and white. It illustrates among other traits the manly generosity of the great president, and is known to be perfectly true. LAND TITLES IN INDIAN TERRITORY There are now about 300,000 white people in the Indian Territory, says the Chicago Chronicle. They have built up towns, but are mere tenants at sufferance without a particle of title to the lands on which they built. The Indian courts are closed against them, as are the Indian schools to their children, thirty thousand of whom have no other opportunity for schooling, excepting those whose parent are able to hire private teachers. They have no voice in the governments of these five nations, nor a police officer to protect them or their property against violence. It will be the object of the commission, first, to obtain such a solution of the town-site question that those who have built-up these towns and invested large sums in costly buildings and expensive stores and trading places many have some title to the ground upon which the structures stand and some voice in their government, and secondly, to see that the vast and valuable territory shall be held either according to the original title, for all Indians equally, or shall be allotted in severalty to them, so that each many hold his own share in fee. What qualities are there for which a man gets so speedy a return of applause as those of bodily superiority, activity and valor?..................... A man is not bound with the chains of habit, at once, but the Lilliputian threads are slowly wound and wound about, and because they are so slight they are disdained…… THE PLACE FOUND TO LIVE – Alabama Can Furnish Homes for All Desiring Them To live men must work. The thinking man, however, to discover the place where the least labor will produce the best returns and then if other conditions are favorable, will tog o to that location and there pass his allotted time in place and contentment, says Dixie Home. Where nature combines a prolific soil with a genial, healthful climate, is the spot for those who desire to live as long as possible and with as little trouble and worry as mortals can have…………….. Ad for Beatty’s Organs and Pianos PAGE 2 GENERAL SUMMARY On Sunday morning a dog scratched up the body of a babe about 4 weeks old, which had been murdered and buried in a backyard on Buffalo Creek, Wayne County, West Virginia. Two trains collided on the Nashville and Decatur division of the Louisville & Nashville road, near Franklin, Tenn.…………….. The furniture factory of Woodson-Johnson Company in Lynchburg, Va. was completely destroyed by fire Wednesday………….. An Indiana syndicate has bought 100,000 acres of land in Georgia for an Indiana colony. A city has been laid out and christened Fitzgerald. An immense immigration southward is expected from western states during next year. Officials in the freight department of the Santa Fe Railroad in Texas and the Indian Territory, estimate that the average decrease in cotton along their entire system, compared with last year, will be fully 50 percent. During a dense fog off Sewell’s Point, in Chesapeake Bay, the Norfolk and Washington line steamer Newport News Friday evening ran down and sunk the tug Katie, belonging to Capt. John Twohy, of Norfolk………….. The police of Boston, Mass., on Monday recovered $20,000 worth of stolen property in a lump. The property is said to be the savings of Wm. Barrett a notorious criminal now serving a life sentence for murder. One hundred weavers at the Narragansett mill Fall River, Mass. struck Thursday noon because the lists of their work were posted in the weave room…… At Canastota, N. Y. William Hawkins, about 12:30 Friday afternoon, shot his wife and then shot himself. He died instantly, but his wife is expected to recover. Hawkins was bout 30 years of age, and his wife is younger. They have been married five or six years but have not lived happily. One son was born to them about four years ago. Thursday evening Salvator Morello and Frank Foretta, both barbers, went to Jersey City to fight a duel. The two were in love with the same woman…………. A man supposed to be S. C. Busche was found dead Friday morning, with a woman he said was his wife, in a room in a boarding house kept by a Mrs. Hicks, in East Sixty-ninth street, New York…….. A family of six persons, Charles Ryan, wife and four daughters, was burned to death in a tenement house fire at 311 Van Brunt street, Brooklyn……….. James C. Matthews, colored recorder of deeds at Washington in President Cleveland’s first administration, has been elected judge of the recorders court of Albany, N. Y. which office carries with it powers of a Supreme Court judge. His majority is over 2,000. He was nominated and elected on the regular democratic ticket. It is the highest judicial office ever held by a man of his race in this country. It snowed and rained throughout Nebraska on last Wednesday The crew of the long-overdue steamer, Missoula, given up as lost, early Friday evening, arrived at Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich. in safety. The Missoula found erred off Caribou Island. The sheds and offices of Buhrig & Sons coal yards at Milwaukee, Wis. were burned Monday……. Milton Seller, a wealthy farmer at Fayetteville, Ind. was host to death at his home by robbers Friday night. The robbers escaped and bloodhounds have been put on the trail. Grand Juror H. G. Summerhays, accused of having disclosed certain testimony taken before the federal grand jury in the investigation of the charges of intimidation of witnesses, subordination of perjury, etc against the principals an witnessed in the Freeman-Westinghouse patent case, in an Francisco Cal was found guilty Friday of contempt of court and was sentenced by Judge Morrow to six months in jail without the alternative of a fine, and was also severely reprimanded by the court. The post office department has issued a fraud order against the Heliograph Company, Mrs. Laura Porter, manager of St. Louis, Mo, charging the running of a concern to obtain money under false pretenses. Charles Graves, of Evansville, Ind. attempted to murder and rob Station Agent Jones of the Clover Leaf road, at Linden, Ind. Wednesday, and in the fight was shot through the body by Jones. He was treed by bloodhounds. He will probably die. A singular accident occurred the other day in a gun shop at Menominee, Mich. An old musket was undergoing repairs when it was discharged and shot a 12-year- old in the arm. It transpired that the piece had been charged with peas, but the wound was such that the lacerated arm had to be amputated. The Poles of Cleveland, O. have started a movement looking toward the sending of about 300 recruits to join the Cuban army……. The decomposed bodies of a girl ages 14 and a boy aged 16 were found in the woods near Eldorado, Ark. Monday. The children were brother and sister named Perkins. They started out horseback riding three weeks ago and were never seen alive afterward. The girl’s throat was cut and the boy’s skull crushed. The coroner is making an investigation. Will Jacobs, colored, was hot to death by R. G. Orr, also colored, at Altheimer, ark. ………. A message from Tahlequah, I. T. states that much excitement and intense feeling between political factions in the Cherokee nation are prevailing and bloodshed will result unless compromised. The conditions are similar to those of eight years ago, when many men were killed. The national party is contesting the election of Sam Mayes as Chief of the Downing ticket, and the Indians are collecting in the capital armed to the teeth determined to aid their friends. FOREIGN Leaders of the monarchy party in Brazil declare the republic can not last six months longer. The Peruvian congress has confirmed the tripartite treaty between Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru. Hill’s cold storage warehouse at Montreal caught fire Friday………. The Paris Fiagaro Monday morning announced that three French warships had left Cannes for Turkish waters prepared to cope with any emergency. The Paris --- asserts that the government is about to reopen the question of the panama canal scandals and that it will prosecute a prominent member of parliament in connection with them. A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica, says: British Guana advices report that maxim guns have been started towards the Venezuelan frontier…. EXPRESS OFFICE ROBBED A most daring and successful hold-up took place at the Santa Fe depot Tuesday night, and for a second time within a few months the Wells Fargo Express Company is minus a small-sized fortune, owing to robbery in this vicinity. The Chicago limited of the Santa Fe road due there at 9:42, pulled in and out on time, and after its departure the night agent busied himself as customary for a time on the platform arranging matters for a later train. When he entered the express office, which is located in one end of the depot he was suddenly confronted by six shooters in the hands of two men, who ordered him to throw up his hands and then commanded him to open the safe. The requests were complied with. The robbers then rifled the safe, containing some $20,000, and disappeared. Beyond the fact that both of the men were small, no clue to their identity is known at present. LOOK OUT FOR COUNTERFIETS The banks of Dallas, Tex. have discovered that they took in $2,000 in $10 counterfeit certificates during Friday and Saturday. The paper is o a yellowish cast and the printing is several shades darker than that of the genuine currency. Two respectable and responsible business men were taken in custody on complaint of banks for handling these spurious bills but they were immediately released on showing that they had taken in the counterfeit bills in the course of trade. LIVE WASHINGTON NOTES THE CASE OF LIEUTENANT PAGUE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYING PARTY ASSAULTED The interior department was today advised by Mr. Hersery Monroe, of the United States geological survey, now in the field, that he and his party were brutally attacked and beaten with clubs and stones by a crowd of men on Campbell Creek, near Mammoth V. Va. The people of that region have previously been duped by people representing themselves as government representative and in revenge they jumped on a genuine government party by mistake, BOOK ON VENEZULUELA’S BOUNDARY WHAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW ALREADY President Cleveland has taken notice of the third term talk. H e has told a member of the cabinet that he will not permit his name to be considered I connection with the nomination next year….. OUR NAVY WATCHING TURKEY An additional step looking to the preservation of American life and interests in Turkey has been taken by the navy department………….. THE CASE OF CONSUL WALLER Secretary Olney has received an intimation of the willingness of France to release John L. Waller from prison as an act of graciousness to the United States, but as an acceptance of this offer might prevent this government from subsequently demanding an indemnity for his imprisonment, as condition to which Waller, it is understood, does not agree……. IMPORTANT TO HOMESTEADERS The United States court for the Southern District of Alabama found James D. Shiver guilty of the charge of cutting and selling 200 trees from a homestead entry he had made just before cutting the timber. The court instructed the jury that Shiver had the right to cut the timber for making improvements or for exchange for lumber to make improvements, but not for sale. The case was appealed to the court of appeals, and that court asked the supreme court of the United States to answer these questions 1. Whether lands duly and properly entered for a homestead are from the time of entry until final disposition by the land department no longer lands of the United States within the meaning of section 2461 revised statues? 2. Can a citizen who has made a homestead entry upon public lands be held criminally liable for cutting and removing after such entry, standing trees and timber on the land? After discussing the scope and effect of the land laws the supreme court of the United States answered the questions in an opinion read by Justice Brown - The first in the negative and the second in the affirmative. DR. ROBERT BAILEY The distinguished physician and surgeon died at his home in Rome, Ga. last Friday. …….. MURDER AND ROBERY – Masked Men Enter a Saloon, Shoot a man and Rifle the Drawer Thomas and Richard Walter, owners of the place, and Richard Manly, a contractor, were in a saloon 148 street, New York, with William Gillon, the barkeeper, Robert Kenney, a railroad man, and Richard Pope, when three men walked in wearing masks the tallest of the three pulled out a gun and appointed it at the small crowd with the remark……………..The police think they are members of a “Wild West” show that came to the city last night from Atlanta. One Raymond Elroy has been arrested charged with being one of the robbers. INHUMAN GHOULS While the charred remains of the victims of the dire calamity at Detroit Wednesday morning were being dragged from the debris two rival undertakers had a quarrel over the possession of a body. While the two undertakers were pulling at the body the police, whose attention was attracted to the inhuman spectacle, rushed up and separated the men………… BY THE WAGON ROUTE On Friday last three parties were seen going through Guntersville en route to Wilcox County, Georgia. They had come all the way from Indiana in wagons, and claim to be the advance guard of a large colony of about 1,200 people for Wilcox County. STATE TOPICS UNKNOWN MAN KILLED Three miles south of Aniston, at the Oxford coal shute, on Friday night, an unknown white man tried to board a passing freight train. His foot hung in a switch frog and falling under the wheels, he was fearfully and fatally mangled. MOBILE’S FOREIGN TRADE GROWING JUMPING ON A MOVING DUMMY In Birmingham Monday morning Henry Chambliss, a white boy, attempted to jump on a dummy running down First Avenue and fell under the wheels. One foot and a toe of the other were crushed. BOATING ON THE TENNESSEE The rains of Saturday and Sunday night will improve the stage of water for boating on the Tennessee River. Yet a sufficient rise to enable the steamer City of Huntsville and the transfer barges to run is barely expected. ARRESTED IN BIRMINGHAM William Schier stole $500 from his employer in Philadelphia, Pa., a week ago and came to Birmingham, where he was arrested Monday morning. The money was recovered. Schier is an educated young man of about 26 years and was well dressed. MYSTERIOUS DEATH Jim Thompson, a negro employed near Birmingham, was sent to a large spring near the residence of his employers and did not return. A brief search revealed his dead body in the spring. The county coroner was notified and went out Monday to inquire into the case. BROUGHT BACK TO ANSWER Deputy Sheriff James Campbell left Guntersville last Thursday for Springfield, Mo. in search of Joe Hensen, who was under bond for defamation of a lady’s character, and had jumped his bail. The sheriff found his man and brought him back and has landed him in the county jail. TOMAKE FINE COTTON GOODS The board of directors of the new cotton mill at Selma have decided to build a mill for the manufacture of fine cloth goods………. A WELL FILLED BARNED BURNED Jacksonville had another barn burning Saturday morning at 4 o’clock, the property of Mr. J. J. Skelton, who sustained a considerable loss…………… ROBBERS BLUFFED WITH A RAZOR While B. J. Williams and his son John, of Alexandria, were en route home from Anniston at night, two negroes met and halted them, one of them showing a pistol…………… MOUNT VERNON BARRACKS Governor Oates and Co. R. H. Dawson of the convict board, accompanied by Colonel Harvey E. Jones and wife, visited Mount Vernon barracks Saturday…………… DAIRYMAN SHOT Mr. F. W. Cross, a dairyman of Green Springs, while en route home about 7 p.m. Saturday, a few miles from Birmingham, was held up and shot in the neck by a negro……. HORRIBLE DEATH BYACCIDENT On Saturday evening Mr. Threat Mitchell, mine boss at slope No. 2 of the Pratt City mines, one of the most efficient men on the company’s force, was caught by the endless rope and drawn between the drum, around which the rope passed, and the boiler. He cried out and the machinery was quickly stopped. Men rushed to his relief, but it was too late. His life was extinct. Non one saw the accident and how it happened will never be known. Mr. Mitchell was about 40 years of age and leaves a wife and several children. EXPERIENCE A DEAR SCHOOL A FINAL SETTLEMENT Near Roxana, Lee county, last Thursday, J. H. Hayes, one of the most prominent farmers in the state, shot and killed Michael and Henry Harper brothers and tenants on his plantation…………. MINERS CATCH A TARIAR At Ishkooda mines Sunday evening Louis Smith, Jr., a miner, accused Perry Watkins, a mine boss, of not turning in the miner’s time checks correctly…………. PRETTY WELL FOR HARD TIMES At the Christian Church in Selma Sunday night Evangelist Speigal filled the pulpit and owing to the fact that it was known he would tell his hearers what the Disciples of Christ were doing as a church, a large and intelligent congregation assembled to hear him…………. THE TURK HEARS UNCLE SAM’S TALK It is understood that the Vali of Aleppo has been dismissed in consequence of the strong representations made to the Turkish government by Mr. Terrell, the United States minister. The vali refused to allow the American consular agent to visit an Armenian named Guedjian, who claimed to be a naturalized citizen of the United States, and who was sentenced to several year’s imprisonment on the charge that he was an emissary of the revolutionists. The eleven Kurds who are accused of murdering Frank Lenz, the Pittsburg bicyclist who was making a tour of the world, have been taken to Erzeroum for trial. The British consul will conduct the case on behalf of the United States. RYAN LEFT AFTER A LICKING At Jackson, Tenn., early Saturday night John Ryan, claiming to be from Washington City, insulted the wife of a leading druggist. She ran frightened by his words and manner. A neighbor came along in time to capture Ryan, and soon a crowd gathered, took him to the suburbs, cowhided him and ordered him to leave instantly, which he did. MONUMENT TO BISMARCK A telegram from Berlin says: It has been officially announced that his majesty, the Kaiser, contemplates erecting an imposing monument to Bismarck, the staunch friend of the imperial dynasty and the real founder of the empire. This grand tribute of gratitude to the greatest diplomat of the age will stand in Holtenau at the entrance of the great Kiel Canal, or as his majesty christened it at the opening, the Kaiser Wilhelm canal. PAGE 3 FOR THE FAIR SEX A SHOW OF GARTERS MRS. CARLISLE A BICYCLIST AMELLIE RIVES AS A GIRL FOR A BRIDAL GIFT HOW DID IT GET OUT? A FEMALE FIRE BRIGADE WOMEN’S WORK One of the most novel and valuable employments for women in some cities is that of professional marketer. There can be no doubt that here is a genuine opening for a woman who is thoroughly capable of fulfilling the requirements of the position for this work is no sinecure. ……….. A WONDERFUL AUTOMATON In the year 1770 the most wonderful automaton that has ever been construction was exhibited at Exeter Exchange, London. This automatic wonder represented a country gentleman’s house, and was of such intricate and elaborate construction that no one disputed the claim of the exhibitor when he declared that he had worked 27 year s in perfecting it…………… In a Wisconsin village recently a funeral procession was very largely made up of men and women on bicycles, the deceased having been a member of a bicycle club. SODA AND CHARCCOAL A writer in the Household Companion speaks up for these two common things as follows: A box of washing soda in the kitchen and another in the bathroom closet are great aids in cleanly housekeeping. Greasy spots and pans or those to which something has burned or fastened itself so firmly that scrapping is a disagreeable necessity, are easily cleansed if a small lump of soda is put in the pan and covered with cold water. Set the utensil over the fire until after dinner, and you will find that all the grease or crust is loosened. Granite wear and tin last much longer when cleansed in this way, which is preferable to the pot-cleaner that is a network of iron or steel rings. The soda is also excellent to cleanse and whiten unvarnished and unpainted floors, tables and other surface, and quite indispensable in flushing the waste pipe in the bathroom and kitchen sinks once or twice a week. In this case the soda should be dissolved in boiling hot water and used at once. Charcoal is another simple and inexpensive purifying agent that is most useful in keeping a house free fem smells of various kinds. A few good-sized pieces in a refrigerator occasionally purifies and preserve it. If you have that abomination, an enclosed dark place under the sink for pots, etc, put some charcoal there, as well as in the cupboard where you keep cooked food. SHORT WORK WITH PATIENTS MEASRUING STARLIGHT An English astronomer named Minchin has invented an instrument which accurately measures the quantity of light given out by a star…………. GRAND BREAD EATERS GOES TO JAIL FOR PAY Old Jose is the busiest man in Havana these troublesome times…………. SAVING LIFE AT SEA – Lives Sometimes Put in Peril to Make One Rescue THE PARROT THAT SCARED THE CAT MODERN CAVE DWELLERS On King’s Island, In Behring Straits, thirty miles off Port Clarence……… A PECULIAR INDUSTRY – Professional Pig Rescuers in a New York Court CARLO SHOWS ADVANCEMENT THE ORIGIN OF MRS. GRUNDY RIPENING BY ELECTRICITY LEAD MINING DECLINING HARDER THAN STEEL Des Moines, Ia. has a modern Tubal Cain in the person of S. R. Dawson, who claims to have discovered the lost art of making “Damascus steel” says the Burlington Free Press…………. THE JOKER’S BUDGET – (jokes) 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 CAPT. J. F. JOHNSTON The State-Herald says that it is authorized to state that Capt. Joseph F. Johnston of Birmingham will be a candidate before the next State Democratic convention for the nomination for the office of Governor of the state of Alabama…………… As detestable as the murderer H. H. Holmes may be, it is deplorable that there should have been any one, particularly a member of the honored profession of the law, so base as to commit perjury in an effort to save Holmes’ neck, but it appears that such is the fact. W. A. Shoemaker, a young attorney, who appeared in Holmes’ defense has been indicted by the grand jury and bound over in a bond of $1500, charged with paying a woman $20 to swear that Pietzel committed suicide. The dwelling house of the mother of Circuit Clerk Morrow of New Decatur, Ala, was destroyed by fire Tuesday night………….. THE ONLY SAFE PLAN We cannot see how Democrats can entertain any hope of success in 1896 except upon a free coinage platform………… It is announced in the Wilcox New Era that R. H. Clarke and J. H. Bankhead will discuss the money question at Camden, Wilcox county…….. Late advices from Petersburg, Russia, give details on heavy storms which swept over parts of that country on November 13th, which did much damage. PARITY OF THE METALS There is a great deal said by the gold press and political orators about the “parity of the metals.” ………… As a result of the late election, the Republicans gain five US Senators……………. Gov. Oates holds that a conviction for a felony in the US court does not carry with it political disabilities……….. In a speech at Eutaw on the 13th Senator Morgan announced………. Rustum Pasha, the Turkish ambassador to the Court of St. James, says a late dispatch from London, is dying in with influenza, in other words la grippe. WHAT THEY ARE DOING We learn from our exchanged that the Republicans of Alabama are beginning to discuss the question of Alabama’s vote in the next National republican Convention……. Gen. Hazen’s annual report develops the fact that the counterfeiting business is prospering, despite the hard times…………… We see from the Birmingham papers that at a recent meeting held at that place the Republicans, Populists, Independent, Kolbite, …… The Commercial Appeal has established a bureau at Washington, D. c. for the dissemination of the news………… The Knights of Labor of the country have passed strong resolutions favoring the recognition of the Cuban belligerents. ABOUT TURKEY A dispatch from Washington says that the Turkish situation is absorbing the attention of the State Department, and due notice is taken of the various resolutions adopted by the many religious organizations of the United States. Considering the terribly disturbed conditions of Armenia, it is believed tat the State Department that Minster Terrell has been remarkably successful in his efforts to protect the American missionaries and teachers. So far as the misfortunes of the native Christians are concerned, while they may property excite the sympathy of Christian world, the State Department claims there is no warrant for interference on the part of the United States, the Armenians being Turkish subjects, for whose religious freedom the great European powers are responsible. Any interposition by the United States would be not only in violation of our traditions, but might be used as a powerful argument to justify European interference in the affairs of American Republics. Richard H. Tally, an old and respected citizen of Memphis, Tenn. committed suicide by throwing himself under a moving rain on last Saturday. He was for many years connected with the railroad offices of Memphis, and was a man that had a host of friends. Reverse in money matters is supposed to have been the cause of his rash act. The South Carolina Constitutional Convention seems at last to be getting tired of the long session. On the 13th instant a resolution was passed limiting speakers to ten minutes on all questions of debate. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office, Huntsville, Ala., Nov. 15, 1895 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of her intention to make final proof in support of her claim, and that said proof will be made before the Probate Judge for Marion county at Hamilton, Ala on December 28, 1895, viz: MARTHA A. KELLEY, Homestead Entry No. 22,761 for the N ½ of NW ¼ Sec 2 and N ¼ of NW ¼ Sec 1m T 12 S R 11 W. She names the following witnesses to prove her continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: ROBERT HENSON of Lynn, Ala, ISAAC DODD of Magic, Ala., J. DORITY POOR, of Haleysville, Ala., PERRY J. DODD, of Magic, Ala. JESSE W. ELLIS, Register ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE The State of Alabama, Marion County Probate Court – Estate of J. L. MCGAHA, Deceased Application to Sell Land To J. W. MCGAHA: You will take notice that an application has been filed in this office by J. P. MCGAHA the administrator of said estate, for the sale of the lands belonging to said estate for distribution on the ground that the same cannot be equitably divided without a sale thereof. You are therefore hereby notified that the 28th day of November, 1895 has been set for hearing said application, at which time you may appeal at my office in the town of Hamilton ins aid county and state and contest said application if you think proper. Given under my hand at office this 18th day of October, 1895. JASON P. FORD, Judge of Probate ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Under and by virtue of an order and decree of the Honorable J. P. FORD, judge of Probate Court of marion County, State of Alabama, I, R. N. TERRELL, administrator of the estate of ELIJAH CANTRELL, deceased, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for one third cash, balance on twelve months time with approved security, at Bexar Alabama, on Monday the 4th day of November 1895 at 12 o’clock the following described real estate property belong to said estate to wit: Five acres south side of NE ¼ of NW ¼ and S ½ of SW ¼ and 35 acres in southwest part of NW ¼ of SW ¼ Sec 7 T 10 R 15 and E ½ of SW ¼ and 52 acres on east side of W ½ of SE ¼ Sec 12, T 10, R 16. R. N. TERRELL, Administrator This sale has been continued until Saturday November 30, 1895. CONSOLIDATED NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office, Huntsville, Ala. October 17, 1895 Notice is hereby given that the following named settlers have filed notice of their intention to make final proof in support of their claim, and that said proofs will be made before the Probate Judge of Marion county at Hamilton, Ala on November 29, 1895, viz: THOMAS R. BENTON, Homestead Entry No. 19, 362, for the Northeast quarter of northwest quarter Section 10 township 13 south of range 13 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: JASON H. SHAW, JAMES A. MCGOWEN, WILLIAM H. MARKHAM, and LOUIS N. MARKHHAM, all of Guin, Ala. Also JASON H. SHAW, Homestead Entry No. 20,309, for the North-half of southwest quarter of Section 15, township 13 south of range 13 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: JAMES M. MCGOWEN, THOMAS R. BENTON, WILLIAM H. MARKHAM, and LOUIS N. MARKHAM, all of Guin, Ala. JESSE W. ELLIS, Register CONSOLIDATED NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office, Huntsville, Ala. October 8, 1895 Notice is hereby given that the following named settlers have filed notice of their intention to make final proof in support of their claims, and that said proofs will be made before the Probate Judge of Marion county at Hamilton, Ala on November 22d, 1895, viz: MARION T. HENSON, Homestead Entry No. 19,153 for the SW ¼ of NE ¼ Sec 1, T 12 S R 14 West. He names the following witnesses to prove him continuous residence upon and cultivation of said lands, viz: ALBERT HUGHES, HENRY L. HUGHES, WILLIAM F. CANTRELL, and WILLIAM F. GREEN, all of Pikeville, Ala. Also MILLS J. POPE, Homestead Entry No. 18,096 for the NW ¼ of NE ¼ and S ½ of NE ¼ Sec 20, and SW ¼ of NW ¼ Sec 21 T 11 S R 13 W. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: JOSEPH B. MCKINLEY, OBEDIAH G. MCKINLEY, FRANCIS M. MCKINLEY, and CHARLES D. MCKINLEY, all of Pearce’s Mills, Ala. JESSE W. ELLIS, Register NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office, Huntsville, Ala. October 12, 1895 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Probate Judge of Marion county at Hamilton, Ala on November 30th 1895, viz: REASON COLBURN, Homestead Entry NO. 20,216, for the E ½ of SE ¼ of Sec 35, T 12 S R 11 W. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: JOHN T. O’MARY, RICHARD L. MCGOUGH, JOHN A. BEAZLEY, and WILLIAM M. KNIGHT. JESSE W. ELLIS, Register NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office, Huntsville, Ala Oct. 24, 1895 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of her intention to make final proof in support of her claim, and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the Circuit Court at Hamilton, Ala on December 13, 1895, viz: MAGGIE WESLEY, homestead Entry No. 19,726 for the SE ¼ of NW ¼ Sec 7 T 12 S R 12 W. She names the following witnesses to prove her continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: JAMES L. RUSSELL, WILLIAM H. FRANKS, MILES R. MARTIN and HENRYLUM FRANKS, all of Twin, Ala. JESSE W. ELLIS, Register NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office, Huntsville, Ala, November 2, 1895 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the probate Judge for Marion County at Hamilton, Ala on December 13, 1896, viz: JAMES J. COATS, Homestead Entry No. 23,306, for the NW ¼ of SW ¼ and SW ¼ of NW ¼ Sec 9 T 9 S R 11 W. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: CHARLES E. MITCHELL of Thorn Hill, Ala.; ANDREW A. SEVINS, WILLIAM H. FLIPPO and ORLANDO C. TANT, all of Bear Creek, Ala. JESSE W. ELLIS, Register NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office, Huntsville, Ala. Nov. 6, 1895 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Probate Judge of Marion County at Hamilton, Ala. on December 20, 1895, viz; HENRY T. STULTS, Homestead Entry No. 19,874, for the E ½ of NW ¼ and NW ¼ of NE ¼ Sec 15, T 10 S R 11 W. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: CHARLES E. MITCHELL, ISCAAC P. CRAFT, ANDREW J. CAGLE, and ANDREW D. MITCHELL, all of Thorn Hill, Ala. JESSE E. ELLIS, Register NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office, Huntsville, Ala. Nov. 4, 1895 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Probate Judge of Marion County at Hamilton, Ala. on December 20, 1895, viz; ROBERT W. MILLER, Homestead Entry No. 28,813, for the NW ¼ of Sec 21 T 12 S R 12 W. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: ROBERT FRANKS of Twin, Ala; HIRAM B. FOWLER, CARROLL REED and ARCH Y. ASTON, all of Winfield, Ala. JESSE E. ELLIS, Register PAGE 5 THE NEWS PRESS Issued Every Thursday Hamilton, Nov. 21, 1895 LOCAL BREVITIES Christmas Day this year will be on Wednesday. Thanksgiving turkeys will be in demand next week. WALTER G. RIGGAN went to Sulligent last week on business. The future candidates for next year are keeping rather quiet. CHARLES E. MITCHELL made a flying trip to Thorn Hill this week. Subscribe for the News Press and The American Farmer for $1. JOHN W. INGLE of Guin was in town on Tuesday and did not forget us. We had a pleasant call from J. A. SHAW of Guin last Monday. He was in town on business. T. J. FARIS, the tax assessor, will start on his second round on November 26, commencing at Bexar. W. R. APPLING, who has been absent for some days on quite an extended trip, returned on Tuesday. Quite a crowd was in town on Tuesday. The tax collector’s appointment brought most of the people here. The North Alabama Conference meets at Gadsden, Ala today. Bishop GALLOWAY of Mississippi will preside. Mrs. NELLIE L. CARNES returned from Memphis and Texas on Tuesday, whither she had been on a visit to her relatives. Mr. LANN of Knowles, Ala., brother-in-law of A. J. THORN, together with Mrs. LANN, paid Mr. THORN’S family a visit last week. Messrs. H. C. OZBIRN and B. P. CANTRELL both called on us this week. They spoke in terms of praise of The News Press, and paid up for the year. Collector FRAZIER and Assessor FARIS were both in Hamilton on Tuesday, and appeared to be quite busy all day. Mrs. FRAZIER collected about $450 that day R. W. GORDON, the insurance agent, is in our town again. He seems to be doing some business among our people. He deserves it, for he is a pretty good hustler. Judge W. H. MATTHEWS of Guin visited our town last Monday. We were glad to see that the judge had so much improved from his late sickness as to be able to attend to business. Prof. W. A. DUNN, superintendent of education, informs us that he has not yet received any intelligence as to when the teachers will get their money, but still has a hope that “twon’t be long.” W. J. HARRIS, who has been clerking for J. F. WHITE of Detroit, is at his father’s home sick with fever. The doctors once despaired of his recovery, but he was recuperating when last heard from. The West Alabama Agricultural School is still moving along smoothly, with 168 names enrolled as pupils. There has been an increase since our last issue of 10 pupils. The teachers all have their work well in hand, and are doing much good in learning the students under their charge. Mr. S. E. WILSON will be found at all the tax collector’s appointments on his last round with the names of all who are indebted to The News Press and the amount due. Recollect we give you the American Farmer for one year Free if you pay us our subscription for the year 1895. Big stock of dry goods at Littleton’s. Bought at 40c on the dollar. Don’t forget that M. M. FRAZIER the tax collector, is out upon his last round, and taxes must be paid by November 30 else they will bear interest from date. He was at Pikeville on Monday, Hamilton on Tuesday, Rye’s on Wednesday, at Camp’s today, and will be at Bexar on Friday, Shottsville on Saturday, Reeds’ on Monday, Hackleburg on Tuesday and Goddard’s on Wednesday. It behooves the taxpayers to meet Mr. FRAZIER at these appointments, and settle their taxes as by so doing they will save cost. Biggest bargains in Gent’s furnishing goods at Littleton’s than ever before. We will observe again that our grave yard needs a little attention. The weeds ought to be cut and the ground cleaned off. With one exception on last Sunday evening the place reminded us to what Rip Van Winkle said to his wife on returning after this twenty years sleep! “Alas! How soon are we forgotten.” Everything you want at Littleton’s at bed rock prices. Mrs. YOUNG, wife of JOHN R. YOUNG, living six miles from this place, died very suddenly on last Tuesday morning, and was buried at the family grave yard on yesterday. Mrs. YOUNG was about 65 years of age, and was a consistent member of the Baptist Church. She was an aunt of Mrs. R. W. CASHION of this place, and leaves many relatives and friends to mourn her sudden demise. It will pay you to go to Littleton at Guin for your supplies Mayor S. F. PENNINGTON of Sulligent, Ala. was killed while walking near the railroad track on last Friday. He was struck on the head by a plank that protruded from the side of a car on a gravel train. Mr. PENNINGTON was a prominent merchant of Sulligent, and as formerly sheriff of Lamar County. He leaves a wife and five children. He was buried with Masonic honors on Sunday last. Big stock of clothing just received at Littleton’s - Will sell at 75 cents on the dollar of wholesale cost. All persons who are in the least posted agree that the cotton market this year have been altogether speculative. The short crop raised the price to be about 8 cents in the hands of the producers for a basis, and almost every divergence from this point has been because of speculation – in other word, gambling. While deprecating gambling upon the products of labor, we have a very strong suspicion that the gambling so far this season has proven of benefit to the cotton producer. Go to L. D. LITTLETON at Guin for your clothing, hats, boots and shoes at bed rock prices. Judge FORD has at his disposal a free scholarship to the Athens Female College, located at Athens, Ala. This scholarship will admit any young woman whom the judge may select to all the different branches of the school, free of cost. The only cost will be for board, lights, room and fires which is only $12.50 per month, payable quarterly in advance. This is a Methodist institution. Judge Ford says that he will award this scholarship to the first young lady that makes application who will pledge herself to attend the school. T. J. YOUNG, editor of the Vernon Courier, paid us a pleasant visit on last Saturday evening. He says the Courier is doing a good business with fair collections. He visited our town in the interest of his telephone line from here to Guin, which needed some repairs. He informed us that he was extending his telephone lines, and would make connection with Columbus, Miss., via Aberdeen in about two weeks. We wish him much success in all of his undertakings. We favor all enterprises that promise a public benefit. TO OUR PATRONS Cotton has pretty well all been marketed, and the time has come for settlements among our people generally. We have quite a sum due us on subscription, which we are in much need of just at this time to pay our debts. The amount you owe is small, but the aggregate will relieve our necessities and pay our debts. So please come forward at once and pay us your little bills, and we will promise to give you a first class county paper. Remember we send the American farmer free to every one who pays his subscription for 1895. THE NEWS OF THE COUNTY – Gathered by Correspondents for the Present Week WINFIELD, ALA. Hurrah for “the girls of our town!” Another one arrived last week. Mr. and Mrs. SCRUGGS think this is the prettiest one of them all, and Mrs. MUSGROVE is just as proud of it as if it was her first instead of twelfth grandchild. Dr. WHITLEY has sold his personal property preparatory to seeking a home in the Lone star State. We all dislike to think of giving up the doctor and his family. Don’t be so hard on the Alabama boys doctor, for some of the Texas boys will capture your girls any way. Brother WARD has preached his last sermon for the year, and will soon leave for conference. We can better give him up as pastor since a hope is entertained of having him with us again as presiding elder. We know that the prayers of the people for his success wherever his lot may be will surely be answered A grand discovery has been made near this place. A tulu, much superior to any of the manufactured gum, has been found to grow on sweet-gum trees. ANN MARIAH THORN HILL, ALA. Crops are gathered and the people are well satisfied. Farmers are turning stubble lands for another crop. Mrs. CATHERINE MITCHELL of Double springs visited relatives here last week. Born – ON November 4 to A. J. and ELLA S. MITCHELL, Brush Hill, I. T., a daughter. Mrs. JOHN A. ESTES and Mrs. JOHN M. CROW of Haley’s are quite sick. H. ED. BRANCH is spending a few months in Huntsville jail as a punishment from Uncle Sam. They say there will be a number of weddings five or six miles below here on the river about Christmas. L. TWIN, ALA. Not seeing anything in your paper from Twin I will give you a few dots, and if they do not find their way to the waste basket will write again. Weather continues good Health is very good, except C. R. FRANKS, who has been quite sick for the past week. We are glad to say he is improving. CHARLES E. FRANKS has a large school, 60 pupils, and is doing efficient work. He is assisted by W. S. CLARK. V. J. WESTBROOK, J. M. FRANKS and J. L. CONNER have recently moved into our midst, and are patronizing our school. The boys of Twin are debating every Friday night, and W. S. COOK is as contrary as ever. He finds, however, that “Uncle JACK” WESTBROOK’S baby boy is his equal. There are more pretty little girls at this place than anywhere in the state. F. J. G. W. is “struck on somebody’s folks” but seems to prefer hope rather than make known his affections to his ideal. ROBERT FRANKS has killed about 50 squirrels in the past two week. He says the woods are full of ‘em. Twin is a great place for widows, and some of Marion’s’ old bachelors would do well to call around. C. E. F. is devouring all the “possum apples about here, and the bare- tailed creatures’ hides are hearing their bones. We note that P. E. CAUDLE is mentioned as a candidate for commissioner in this district. Free silver is the topic of the day, and the people are becoming enthused over it. The free silver candidate whom the people can trust need not electioneer much here. We want no Benedict Arnold’s, Mugwump Cleveland’s or spies like Andre. We want men who will stand up for the rights of the people and now sell them out for a few paltry dollars. Success to the News Press, its editor and the Democratic Party. ED PINCHER. HENSON SPRINGS, ALA. Health good. J. F. JACKSON has gathered 1,200 bushels of corn. Our school is still improving. JAMES and WILLIAM SMITH returned from the United states Court at Huntsville last week. BILL says he don’t like the “Black Mariah” much. Wonder if someo f the folks about here won’t get married Xmas? P. P. EVANS goes to Detroit almost every day. The writer visited Guin last Saturday, and found everything on a boom. The merchants are doing a lively business. Prof. HUFFSTUTLER informed us that the school at Guin was still improving. The people of Lamar County lost one of its best citizens in the death of FILMORE PENNINGTON, who was accidentally killed by a train at Sulligent last Friday. A CRANK PIKEVILLE, ALA. W. C. HENSON of Ruleville, Miss., is visiting his son, M. T. HENSON, near this place. GEORGE FREE has moved back from Lamar County to his father’s place. Mrs. KIRKSEY has moved to J. N. HIGHTOWER’S. W. C.KIRKSEY has moved to Mississippi, near Columbus. There are a few cases of whooping cough in this community. WRONG FONT HOMESEEKERS EXCURSIONS – Via Iron Mountain Route, Nov. 13 and 27 and Dec. 11 On the above dates the Iron Mountain Route will sell round trip tickets to all points in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Indian Territories at rate of one fare for the round trip, plus $2. Stop-overs allowed at pleasure going. Pullman sleepers and free reclining chair cars on all trains. For descriptive advertising matter and full information address H. D. Wilson, passenger and ticket agent, 309 Main Street, Memphis, Tenn. MARRIAGE LICENSES – MONROE MANN and L. M. BRITNETT, J. J. GLENN and IBERA CARNES, U. R. TAYLOR and ANNIE SEXTON The second delivery of “Dictionary of United States History” will be made on and after December 1, 1895. Big stock of fancy and heavy groceries just received at Littleton’s at Guin, Ala. Wanted. An intelligent lady to act as our agent for this county. Easy work. Big returns. Address, box 310, Montgomery, Ala. Ad for Dictionary of United States History – sold by S. E. WILSON Ad for Gilmore & Co. THREE MORE – Home seeker’s Excursion via the Cotton belt Route On Nov. 13 and 27 and Dec. 11, 1895, The Cotton Belt Route will sell round trip tickets from Memphis to Arkansas and Louisiana and to all points in Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory at rate of one fare plus $2 for the round trip. Going trains limit will be 15 days from date of sale, and stop-overs will be allowed at any point in Arkansas, Louisa, or Texas within that limit. These tickets will be good for return passage on following days: Nov. 19, 22, 26, and 29 and Dec. 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, 27 and 31. Returning tickets will be limited to continuous passage. For further information call on or address J. C. Davis, traveling freight and passenger agent, or C. P. Rector, commercial agent 303 Main Street, Memphis, Tenn. GUIN ADVERTISEMENTS J. PEARCE & CO., Dealers in General Merchandise, staple and fancy groceries, dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps, etc. Stoves kept on hand. Highest price paid for cotton and produce. Guin, Ala. W. R. BRADLEY & Co., The Live Merchants, gives the best bargains in dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps, etc. Cotton and country produce bought for cash or trade. Give us a call before purchasing your goods elsewhere, and we will give you the best bargains. S. J. BAIRD, R. T. CLARK, BAIRD & CLARK, Guin, Ala. General Merchants. Keeps costly on hand a full lien of dry goods, groceries, clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps, etc. Highest market price paid for cotton and country produce. Come in and see us. L. D. LITTLETON’S Is the best place to go for dry goods, dress goods, boots shoes, hats, clothing, etc. Staple and fancy groceries on hand. Large stock to select from. Buys and sells strictly for cash. More goods for your money than elsewhere. Buys bankrupt and Sheriff sale goods and sells them cheaper than anyone. Guin, Alabama. Good News. All who want full value for their money should price E. W. BROCK’S new goods before purchasing elsewhere. Are bought and sold cheap for cash. Highest market price paid for cotton and produce, Guin, Ala. Ad for Beatty’s Organs and Pianos WINFIELD ADVERTISEMENTS The Boss Watch Case – J. A. GAMBLE, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Winfield, Ala. Repairing done on short notice. Satisfaction Guaranteed keep a full line of spectacles and Jewelry always on Hand 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. 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. 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. 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. PROFESSIONAL CARDS – J. D. MCCLUSKEY, W. C. DAVIS, C. E. MITCHELL – MCCLUSKEY,DAVIS, & MITCHELL 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 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. 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. 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. 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. PAGE 6 THE SECRET OF THE DOVE – (poem) THE STORY OF THRE OLD MEN – (short story) A SCHOOL ON WHEELS FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS AUTUMN SONG – (poem) THE SNEEZE-WOOD TREE HOW THE BAKER BOYS CHANGED THE TOWN SMART DOGS FREAKS OF FOGHORNS – Mystery about Them Which Puzzles Scientists MADE A SILVER MISTAKE TWO VERSIONS OF AN ANECDOTE SIBERIAN RAILWAY – It will Shorten the Journey Round the World by Twenty Days PETTY ECONOMICS PAGE 7 HARD TO CONVINCE It took six visits to a presentation of the danse du ventre by Turkish girls at Atlantic City, N. J. to convince the councilmen of that town that the dance was improper…. Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ad for Tetterine Ad for Marlin Repeater rifle – Model 1891 – (drawing of gun) REV. DR. 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TO SCHOOL TEACHERS – We are the especial friend of education, and of every lady and gentleman engaged in teaching, and make them the following excellent proposition: To every teacher who will send us ten cash subscribers by December 1, 1895, we will furnish a copy of “Dictionary of United States History” the most valuable book of reference ever offered to the public, in English cloth binding, and to the one sending us the largest number of subscribers (over 15) we will furnish the book in either morocco or sheep binding,. Our job department is unsurpassed. God work at living prices. Blanks always kept on hand. We solicit your patronage. Address The News Press, Hamilton. 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, General Agent, Trav. Pass. Agt. Memphis, Tenn. Ad for New Home Sewing Machine – sold by W. R. WHITE 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. THE NEWS PRESS AMONG THE POETS STORY OF STONEWALL JACKSON - (written for the News Press - by MATTIE EARNEST) Around their lonely camp fires, The Southern soldiers stood; They thought of their brave chieftain, So pious and so good. They knew his body rested Beneath the cold, damp sod; They thought his spirit, blessed, Had gone to be with God. They told this story over, Each other to console; The angels came from heaven To carry home his soul.” But looking o’er the bodies That were strewn around They thought the one they wanted Never could be found. So back they flew to heaven Their searching all in vain; But finding there his spirit They all rejoiced again. He in his planning wisdom Had marched a shorter way And beat them back to heaven, To their utter dismay This story’s told through Dixie Even now to children dear That its imagination Seems to be quite clear Since all the dead are sleeping Away in Paradise And waiting for the judgment When they all shall rise. THE COMING BATTLE – (written for the News Press – by W. G. R.) O’er our land the rum fiends march, As they’ve done for many years Ruining homes, blasting hearts, And Turning joy to tears They are marching forth to battle With their forces organized And among them professed Christians May be recognized. Many strong men, both wise and great, With throngs of countless poor, Surrender to this awful fate And sink to rise no more O Watchman, where’s your courage? Does not God bid you stand Upon the walls of Zion And wave the gospel wand? Our neighbors are going down, We see them failing every day While you in silence stand And the enemy holds their sway O Church of God awake To this important fact The devil has his powers engaged To make the last attack Then come, ye soldiers of the cross And hasten to the fight Do your best in this great battle For justice and the right. The weapons to be used are ballots Our captain with us stands We are sure to gain the victory If we vote as He commands. GOD AND THE RIGHT – by Dr. NORMAN MACLEOD Courage, brother, do not stumble Though thy path is dark as night There’s a star to guide the humble “Trust in God and do the right.” Let the road be long and dreary, And it’s ending out of sight Foot it bravely, strong or weary “Trust in God and do the right.” Perish “policy” and cunning Perish all that fears the light; Whether losing, whether winning- “Trust in God and do the right” Trust no forms of guilty passion Fiends can look like angels bright Trust no custom, school or fashion “Trust in God and do the right.’ Some will hate thee, some will love thee, Some will flatter, some will slight’ Cease from man and look above thee “Trust in God and do the right” Simple rule and safest guiding Inward peace and inward light Star upon our path abiding “Trust in God and do the right’ NEWSPAPER MEN “One of the great trials of the newspaper profession” says T. DeWitt Talmage, “is that its members are compelled to see more of the shams of the world than any other profession.” …………… TEACHER’S INSTITUTE The next meeting of the Marion County Teacher’s Institute will be held at Byrd’s School House, eight miles west of Hamilton, December 13 and 14, 1895. FRIDAY 9 A.M. 1. Institute opens with devotional exercises. 2. Address of Welcome – Rev. J. R. HALLADAY 3. Response – Supt. W. A. DUNN 4. The Teacher’s Responsibility – CARSON BROWN, INK HAYES, E. N. STANFORD, and W. F. GREEN 5. How May Teacher’s Maintain the Interest of their Patrons – H. W. MCKENZIE, M. C. PARCE, Miss FANNIE FITE, and J. J. GLENN 6. Best Method of Teaching Reading – T. W.CARPENTER, W. H. CANTRELL, Miss ELLA GOGGANS and Miss IDA BACON 7. How to Govern a School – G. R. FRANKS, J. B. HOLLEY, A. J. ADAMS, and D. D. WRIGHT 8. How English Grammar Should be Taught – J. T. HUFFSTUTLER, J. W. HOLLOWAY, J. T. MAXWELL, and A. W. TATE. 9. Is the Giving of Prizes in Public Schools Beneficial? – W. P. LETSON, J. J. GLEN, A. W. TATE, and J. S. THORN 10. Education as a Moral Force – R. E. THORN, W A. DUNN, Miss IDA FITE and C. W. ALVERSON 6:30 p.m. – Public Debate – Affirmative, D. D. WRIGHT, Negative, H. W. MCKENZIE SATURDAY 9 A.M. 11. Daily Preparation of the teacher – L. C. BOTTOMS, W. E. PALMER, Miss NANCY GOGGANS and Miss SALLIE THORN 12. Hindrances to School Work and How to Avoid them – C. E. MITCHELL, W. G. RIGGAN, Miss ELLIOTT KEY, W. H. CARPENTER and P. P. CLANTON 13. Why Should Young Teachers Attend county Institutes – A. W. TATE, C. E. MITCHELL, J. E. ALEXANDER, and W. F. GREEN 14. Duty of Parents – G. W. MAXWELL, F. V. BISHOP, E. N. STANFORD, and W. P. LETSON 15. How and When Should Orthography be taught – S. E. WILSON, Mrs. ANNIE HEDGES, J. E. ALEXANDER and D. D.W RIGHT 16. Reason for the Development of the Originality of the Child – Miss IDA BACON, J. J. PURSER, T. J. HOWE, and J. E. ALEXANDER 17. Enthusiasm Among Pupils Not the Surest Index of a Successful Teacher – A. W. TATE, W. H. CLARK, J. H. SIMMONS and Miss CLARA WIGINTON 18. Report of Critic and Query Box T. W. CARPENTER A. W.TATE C. E.MITCHELL, Committee If one only wished to be happy this could be readily accomplished’ but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is almost always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. 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. Ad for Dictionary of US History – sold by S. E. WILSON File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/hamilton1760gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 70.1 Kb