Marion County AlArchives News.....HAMILTON NEWS PRESS December 5, 1895 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Veneta McKinney http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003775 July 22, 2010, 6:54 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History December 5, 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. 49 HAMILTON, ALA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1895 ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Calendar of December 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 Superintendent 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 – Hamilton - 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. Bexar – Every second Sunday at 11 a.m. New Bethel – Ever second Sunday at 3 p.m. Mount Hope – Saturday before each third Sunday at 3 p.m. and ever fifth Sunday at 11 a.m. Newburg – Every third Sunday at 11 a.m. Bethlehem – every third Sunday at 3 p.m. Mount Zion – Every fourth Sunday at 11 a.m. Smyrna – Every fourth Sunday at 3 p.m. 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 Secretary and Mrs. Hoke Smith had an additional member to their family gathering on Thanksgiving Day in the person of a baby daughter. It is given out reliably the W. C. P. Breckenridge will run next year for Congress….. Men are very cheap in Arkansas. A jury at Pine Bluff gave a verdict for 1 cent against J. S. Peap for killing his neighbor a short time ago. The widow of the dead man brought the suit. A dispatch from Washington says that President Cleveland offered the appointment of Associate Justice……. The Montgomery advertiser labors to prove that the financial question should be ignored……… We see that in some parts of Kansas school teachers are being paid $30 per month and have only one scholar in their schools. This would be a good place for Marion County teachers to fly to before Christmas. They have taught for several months and haven’t got a cent. We are afraid Santa Claus will given them go by. In the North and Northwest during the past week it has been extremely cold. At some places they have had snow and sleet, while at others the wind played havoc with a great deal of property. The people of these frigid regions should come to Alabama to live, where such weather is unknown. They will be welcome by the most hospitable people under the sun. The Montgomery advertiser and Mobile Register, it seems to us, are wholly inconsistent in their fictional opposition to the candidacy of Capt. Joseph F. Johnston…….. Having gold as a circulating medium or currency is a fallacy……….. The Montgomery advertiser persists in stating that Gov. Oates would have been nominated and would have accepted the nomination for Governor…… It is understood that the President will recommend to Congress the passage of a law retiring the greenbacks now in circulation…. HISTORIC LANDS TO BE SOLD – Property is that Upon Which The War Begun and Ended From a special to the St. Louis Republic we see that the sale of the McLean estate is advertised for December 2. It was upon McLean’s property at Manassas that the first pitched battle of the civil war was fought It was on his property at Appomattox that the war virtually ended with Lee’s surrender to Grant on April 9, 1865. …….. WHO ARE GETTING THE PLUMS? Henry Watterson, editor of the Courier Journal, who is a great admirer of President Cleveland, publishes the following as a special from Washington of recent days……… SWEDISH DOCTOR BILLS Sweden has doctors, but no doctor’s bills. If you have occasion to call a physician you will find him not only skillful in his profession, but a highly educated and most honorable gentleman. You will also have another proof of the honesty of the Swedes and their friendly confidence in each other. Swedish doctor send no bills to their patients. What you shall pay your physician is left entirely to your own choice. The rich pay him liberally whether they have need of his services or note, if he has been once retained by them. The poor pay him a small sum, and the very poor pay him nothing. Yet he visits the poor as faithfully as he does the rich. On the last day of the year you put into an envelope, addressed to your physician, a sum of money which you think not only sufficient to compensate him, but in accordance with your position in life, and inclosing your card with the money, send the envelop by a servant to your doctor. The servant returns with the card of the doctor in a sealed envelope directed to you. This shows that he has received your money, and no word about the matter ever passes between you. Should you send him nothing, he will come and prescribe for you all the next year, and so long as you live, and he is too dignified to ever say a word about it. Be not ashamed to confess that you have been in the wrong…………. THE TOWN AND THE NEWSPAPER – Short Sermon that Tells It Much How the Matter Stands In announcing his decision to move his paper, the Freeman, from Laverne to the village of Pine Apple, Mr. Frank Connelley, the editor, preaches a sermon upon the uses of a newspaper which most profoundly impress those whose thinking faculties are in good working order…………. PAGE 2 GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY G. B. Nuss shot and fatally wounded Jerry Weir, of Leake County, Miss. a few days since. At Warrenton, Ga. Friday two negro women, paid the penalty on the gallows for the murder of Cicero Cody. Five theatres have been closed on the Midway at the Atlanta exposition on account of immorality, and the proprietors fined $100 each. News has just been received that A. K. Ward, the Memphis forger who raised $300,000 on worthless paper in that city, has never been arrested, and Chief of Police Moseley, who went after him, is returning home. The only three cities whose public schools were awarded medals at the Atlanta exposition are Birmingham, Chicago and Philadelphia…….. The Shearer family in East Sherman Texas are the victims of a mysterious disease. Miss Jennie, aged 15, her brother George, 21 years old, Maud, a child of 7, all died within a few hours. And Clark, 26 year sold is not expected to live. McSwain Shearer, another brother, aged 18, is also very sick. The family moved to Sherman from South Carolina about a year ago. Reports to the Manufactures Records show that the question of emigration to the south is attracting increasing attention, both in this country and abroad. Many northern and northwestern farmers are seeking homes in the south, and arrangements are being made for bringing settlers from Europe. The award of medals and diplomas of merit for exhibits at the exposition has been made……… While the Green Zouaves were drilling at Terrell, Tex., F. M. Joyce, a saloon man, fired four shots at W. E. Oglesby, who was standing in the street a good deal under the influence of liquor. One shot fatally wounded Oglesby, who cannot live. Another shot instantly killed S. I. Huckaby, a young man, and a third went through the right arm of E. M. Scott, Jr. Huckaby and Scoot are members of the Zouaves. Systematic efforts will be made by the leading railways to secure a reduction by the Pullman Company to reduce its rates for sleeping car accommodations. Chicago had a $500,000 fire Thursday……… Alvin Thomas, of English, Ind. 13 year sold, killed his brother, 2 years younger, and committed suicide. The murder was caused by William, the younger brother, reporting Alvin paying truant from school. A dozen generals and other officers who wore the blue left Chicago for the south Wednesday to meet representative leaders of the gray to arrange details for a petition to Congress to make the Battlefield of Vicksburg a national military park. Charles Moore, of Chicago, is under arrest for murdering his mistress, Annie Anderson…………. Maj. W. S. Peabody has arrived in Denver, Col. from Archulete county, southern Colorado, bringing specimens of ore taken from the largest vein ever discovered. ……….. Governor Matthews, of Indiana spoke before the great meeting in Philadelphia in Cuba’s behalf in wish he urged the recognition of Cubans as belligerents. The cruiser Minnenpolis has been given orders to take on coal and other stores without delay and to sail for the European naval station………….. Recent statistics show that there are 555 churches in New York City and 7300 saloons. That is to say, there is one saloon for each 340 inhabitants and one church for each 8430 inhabitants; and there were 4,600,000 barrels of beer consumed in the city last year, which was at the rate of two and a half barrels for each man, woman and child. FOREIGN The household expenses of the Sultan of Turkey amounts to $42,000,000 annually. Gen. Maximo Gomez, the insurgent leader who recently entered the province of Santa Clara, Cuba has captured Fort Paleyo. Spanish atrocities still continue in Cuba…….. General Martinez Campos has accepted the services of Winston Leonard Churchill, oldest son of the late Lord Randolph Churchill, who has arrived in Havana, as a lieutenant of Hussars in the Spanish army in Cuba. It is reported that Spain is preparing to press important claims upon the government of Venezuela. ………. An experiment is to be tried this winter in the streets of Paris in providing warmth and shelter for the poor. In all but the richer quarters there are to be awnings, under which enormous braziers will be kept constantly burning. The battery of dynamite guns which stretches along the bluffs south of Fort Point for nearly a mile is now ready to deal out destruction to any invading navy that may appear within three miles of the Golden Gate…….. DEBS IS FREE – A Scene of Wild Enthusiasm at the Jail Eugene V. Debs for five minutes Friday afternoon was literally in the ”hands of his friends.” It was just after the arrival of the train load of enthusiastic admirers of this great strike leader a the little town of Wookstock, where he again breathed air of freedom for the first time for a half a year…… HE SHOOK THE DUST OFF The Rev. C. I. Schofield has tendered his resignation as pastor of the First Congregation Church at Dallas, Tex., he having accepted the charge of the church at Northfield, Mass. To a large extent Mr. Schofield’s resignation is identical with the suppression of prize-fighting in Dallas. He is the most active member of the Dallas Pastors Association, which so energetically made war on the Corbett-Fitzsimmons and other matches scheduled at Dallas. His attitude was not by any means satisfactory to the more conservative members of his congregation from among the business men of Dallas, and a change of pastorates is one of the sequels. RAIL RAIDERS IN PERU Bandits derailed a train on the Pisco Ioa Railway in Peru, robbing the mails and passengers baggage………. LIVE WASHINGTON NOTES Five million dollars was taken from the treasury Saturday for export to Europe. With this export the treasury gold reserve stands at $82,350,000. Senor August De Seguira Thudeum, Portugese minister to the United States, died at his residence in Washington, last week of congestion of the lungs after short illness. INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS PLANS FOR DEFENSE TURKO-ARMENIAN AFFAIRS The Turkish legation received from the sublime ports the following telegram under Saturday …… RECOUPING THE GOLD RESERVE ON THE ROAD EARLY The notorious Billie Blue, the Indiana boy outlaw, and several of his followers were rounded up by the officers of Anderson, Ky. Saturday morning while they were looting business blocks. The entire gang is in jail. Blue is but 13 years of age, but is an adept in vice and a wonder in planning raids. All his gang are between 10 and 14. CALIFORNIA’S MINERAL PRODUCT The state mining bureau announces the value of the mineral product of California…….. LEXINGTON YOUTHS DROWNED Two Arnold brother, young men and members of a prominent Lexington Ky. family were drowned in Biscayne Bay, Florida while fishing. Their bodies were carried out to sea. STATE TOPICS CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION Senator Pugh has made the announcement that he is a candidate for re-election to the United States senate. ACQUITTED The impeachment trial of Circuit Clerk James O. Prude was concluded at Tuskaloosa with a verdict of acquittal for the defendant. FAILURE AT GREENVILLE The firm of Drum & Ezekiel of Greenville was closed up Friday under attachments sued out by various creditors. The amount involved is reported to be about $17,000. MURDER IN BIRMINGHAM Mack McCaster, a negro employee of the Sloss Furnace Company, at Birmingham, shot and instantly killed his wife Tuesday night. NEGRO SHOT A serious difficulty occurred on Rev. E. L. Moore’s plantation near Summerfield Thursday, in which Walter Jones, a negro, was shot by Mr. Archie Sample. The negro may die. A PRISONER BREAKS JAIL Charles Jones, who has been confined in the county jail at Ashland for several weeks, broke jail Friday by breaking the locks from his cell door and making a hole through the wall of the jail. NEW DUMMY LINE Work on the Lafayette dummy line is proceeding in dead earnest now……….. CIRCUIT CLERK APPOINTED Governor Oates today appointed Henry J. Law circuit clerk of Covington county, vice W. J. Mosely, who recently ran away to escape the service of a true bill charging him with having burned the court house. GAVE MORPHINE BY MISTAKE Andrew Bird, a farmer of beat 4, Calhoun County, who was suffering from a severe cold, was given a big dose of morphine a few days since by his wife, who thought it was quinine. Bird died a few hours afterward from the effects of the drug. NORTH ALABAMA CONFERENCE The third day’s session of the North Alabama Conference at Gadsden was largely attended, Bishop Galloway presiding. A large volume of business was transacted. Bessemer as selected as the next place of meeting, on the third ballot. A MURDERER RESPITED The negro murderer, Will Brown, who was sentenced to be hanged on Friday, has secured a brief respite through the action of his attorneys in filing a bill of exceptions in the supreme court. Brown’s crime was the murder of Special Constable James Foster, near Rogersville, last spring. BETTER PRICES WANTED The county commissioners of Hale County want better prices for convicts….. FIRE FIENDS’ WORK Some time Friday night a cotton house on the Calhoun place some miles from Union springs, belonging to Judge S. G. Frazer, was burned……. SHE SHOT HER HUSBAND W. H. Walker was shot and killed by his wife near Centre Wednesday. Walker was in the habit of getting drunk and abusing his wife…… A WALKER COUNTY TRAGEDY News has just been received of a desperate tragedy at Marietta, Walker County. Joe Kilgrove and John Handley, well known young men of that place had quarreled previously. Saturday they met. Kilgrove was accompanied by John Jones and Handly had with him Sam Kilgrove. The result was a general fight with shotguns and Winchester. Joe Kilgrove was instantly killed and Handly and Jones desperately wounded. BARN BURNERS ABROAD Near DeArmanville Friday night, a tenant house and large barn belonging to John Borders were destroyed by fire………… EXPRESS AGENT ROBBED At midnight Friday night, as B. F. Parrott, express and railroad agent at Searighton, was leaving his office he was seized by masked men, who took him in to the swamp and cut his clothing off him, after which they took him to the depot and compelled him to unlock the safe, from which they took a package of money amounting to $500 and other valuables. They have not yet been arrested. TWO FARMERS FLEECED Ed Guy and Stephen McLeod, two well-to-do planters of Clark County, went to Mobile for the purpose of selling cotton. When the fleecy staple was disposed of and a goodly roll picketed, they started out for a good time, and very soon afterwards in a dance hall, were approached by Al Kidd and Frank Hale, who warned them that it was unsafe to have to much money with them and suggested that he would take his purse and wait for him on the outside. Guy did not hesitate to hand him $145. When they went out their man was nowhere to be seen. The matter was reported to the police, and the fleecers were arrested as they were in the act of taking a train for other parts IMPORTANT COMMITTEE APPOINTED THE FUGITIVE JUDGE RANDOLPH Last February Frank C. Randolph who for years held the office of probate judge of Montgomery County disappeared leaving a shortage of 440,000. It was rumored he had gone to South America. Several weeks ago rumor reached Montgomery that Randolph had murdered a wealthy merchant in the United States of Columbia. Friends communicated with the United States consul at panama and received a letter from Victor Valuqin, consul-general of the United States at Panama, which said that last spring a man answering in detail the description of Judge Randolph, but giving his name as Maj. Charles Radford of Virginia, had reached Columbia and made some investments there at Cali. Two or three months ago he shot and killed near Cali a German merchant named Charles Simmons. Since his incarceration he had stated he was from Montgomery, that his family lived there, and he gave the name of his married daughter there. It is thought that there is no question as to Radford’s identity. The consul says it is possible that Radford will be shot. THE SITUATION IN CUBA – Spanish and Cuban Forces Have Concentrated – Munoz Surrounded NEW CONSORT The Corean minister of the household has issued a proclamation announcing the intended selection of a new consort for the king. According to a time-honored custom the issue of this proclamation has the effect of prohibiting for the time being the marriage of all girls between 13 and 17 years throughout the country. Thirty of forty girls are to be nominated and from among them will be first selected three, and on one of the three the final choice will fall. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS THE TREND OF TRADE – Increased Failures Reported BLOODY FIGHTS IN HONDURAS Swarms of bandits and savages from Guatemala and San Salvador are invading Honduras and their depredations have been widespread………. BURNED IN OIL Chinese papers by the steamer Empress of China are bitter in their attack on the Japanese authorities in Corea whom they blame for the murder of the Queen. They assert that Japan is a nation pretending to be civilized, but is the most barbarous on earth. The queen was hung up by the hair, and after being otherwise abused, tied hand and foot, soaked in oil and burned in the rear of the pace, her remains being reduced to ashes so that all trace might be lost. Thirty attendants of the queen, it is alleged, were butchered, their corpses being left about the place. Then the palace was attacked, of some 1500 guards on duty, only six remained at their posts, and they were quickly dispatched. According to Chinese reports there were fifteen women of title in the court, the queen, her mother, and 130 ladies-in-waiting. They were nearly all soaked in oil and burned, while the men’s throats were cut. PAGE 3 THE DOWN GRADE – (poem) HALLOWEEN ADVENTURE – (short story) TAJ MAHAL – The Wonderful Monument to an Indian Princess NOSEGAYS OF THE PAST Most things move in cycles, and contemporaneously with the reappearance of our grandmother’s sleeves and petticoats the taste for old-fashioned gardens is revived………… THE JOKER’S BUDGET – (jokes) DOGS AND THEIR FRIENDS REV. DR. TALMAGE – Subject: “David and Absalom” PAGE 4 THE NEWS PRESS S. E. WILSON & G. J. WILSON, Editors and Publishers Subscription Rates One year $1.00 Six Months .50 Three months .25 A HAPPY SUGGESTION It is a well-known and admitted fact that the enemies of the Democratic Party in Alabama are organizing fully for the battle next year……………. The fifty-fourth Congress began its grind on Monday Thomas B. Reed in the speaker’s chair…….. Hon. T. M. Arrington, for 15 years judge of the City Court at Montgomery, died on December 1. ……….. WHICH DID IT? The advocates of the single gold standard claim that they represent the true democracy and that those who favor free coinage have gone over………. A late dispatch from Cleveland, O. says the silver Democrats of Ohio propose going into the presidential campaign next year………. The Birmingham News publishes the fact that there are 24 states, neither of which has a Democratic member in the lower house of congress…….. The constitutional convention of South Carolina has adopted rather a unique mode of preventing lynching. …… The report of the director of the mint, recently submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury……. NOT CONSISTENT The single standard papers profess that they want harmony in Democratic ranks………… JOHNSTON FOR GOVERNOR – [Gadsden Tribune] We are for Johnston for Governor because: ……………. Judge Arnold of Philadelphia has decided that Murderer Holmes must hang for the murder of Pietzel. …….. 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 Ad for Dictionary of United States History – sold by S. E. WILSON 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. 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. APPLING, MCGUIRE & APPLING, Attorneys at law. Jasper, Ala. Will practice in Marion and adjoining counties. All business entrusted to our 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. 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 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 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office, Huntsville, Ala., November 25, 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 clerk of the Circuit Court of Marion County, Ala, at Hamilton, Ala. on January 11, 1896, viz: THOMAS E. ARNOLD, Homestead Entry No. 20,679 for the N ½ SW ¼ NW ¼ SE ¼ and SE ¼ NW ¼ Sec 6 T 9 S R 11 W. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: A. KIM. CASH, ED. CROW, JOHN CARDEN and ABRAM CROW, all of Bear Creek, Ala. JESSE W ELLIS, Register Ad for Beatty’s Organs and Pianos Wanted. An intelligent lady to act as our agent for this county. Easy work. Big returns. Address, box 310, Montgomery, Ala. PAGE 5 THE NEWS PRESS Issued Every Thursday Hamilton, Dec. 5, 1895 AGENTS We have appointed the following gentlemen as agents for The News Press, who are hereby authorized to solicit subscriptions and other business and receive and receipt for money due us: M. H. CARPENTER – General Traveling Agent N. A. MUSGROVE – Winfield, Ala. JOHN P. RILEY – Guin, Ala. JOHN W. ROBERSON – Pearce’ Mill W. R. WRIGHT – Barnesville, Ala. J. P. HOLLOWAY – Barnesville, Ala. J. L. CONNER – Twin, Ala. S. F. GRADY – Bexar, Ala. Prof. ALEXANDER is back at work after his trip. Col. C. E. MITCHELL and Squire FITE went to Lamar County to attend Court last Saturday. Big stock of clothing just received at Littleton’s. Will sell at 75 cents on the dollar of wholesale cost. That old Confederate veteran and splendid gentleman, REASON COLBURN, was in to see us this week. We are always glad to see him. We received a communication from “B” at Twin too late for this issue, as we had already in type “ED PINCHER’ for the same place covering the same facts. Some of our young ladies and gentlemen had an enjoyable time at the dance on last Thursday night at WILLIAM BISHOP’S two miles from town. The Teacher’s Institute meets at Byrd’s school house, eight miles west of Hamilton, on December 13. Be sure and go, as you will have a pleasant time. Mrs. R. F. CARNES left out town, accompanied by her children, for Winfield, on last Saturday to make preparations to join Mr. CARNES in Arthur City, Texas. If more convenient our subscribers can pay their subscriptions - $1.00 – to any of our local agents, who will receipt for same. See agent’s names as announced. Hon. JOHN W. OWEN was in to see us the other day. He spoke in flatterings of this paper, and left with us what it takes to make a good paper – his subscription; Prof. A. W. TATE made a short visit out in the country the past week. We do not know the exact nature of his visit, but Madam Rumor says some very nice things about them. Well – we hope so. Rev. W. A.BIVEN is in our town for a short stay. He will leave tomorrow or next day for his new labors on the Corona Circuit, and carries with him the best wishes of our people for his future welfare. We had a pleasant call from Rev. Mr. DAVIS of Bear Creek during the week. He is thinking of locating in our town and taking advantage of our school facilities. We hope he may become one of us. Hon. W. C. DAVIS is at home again. He has been absent a good deal of late in various parts of the country, and says Marion County, all things considered, is the best place for a man to live in he has seen. Sheriff HALL brought us a specimen turnip from this garden the other day. It is pretty fair in size, and in two distinct turnips, one of them having grown on top of the ground. We never saw anything like it before. The many friends of Mr. R. F. CARNES will be pleased to learn that he is again railroading. He has accepted a situation at Arthur City, on the “Frisco” road. All who know Mr. CARNES join me in wishing him much success in his new home. A PLEASANT EVENING – Spent at the Hospitable Residence of Mrs. CLARK On Thanksgiving night some of our beautiful young ladies and handsome young gentlemen with a goodly number of the juvenile population of our town assembled at the residence of Mrs. SALLIE CLARK to enjoy themselves in innocent sport and converse sweet, and to have a good time generally. That they did this very thing can be attested by all present, and the spacious home of Mrs. CLARK was crowded to its utmost capacity. Prof. TATE did the honors of the evening in a masculine way, and right well did he perform this trying function. He certainly made very one feel at home, and showed that he was no novice at entertaining. Mrs. CLARK was very ably assisted by Mrs. HEDGES and Miss BACON in the entertainment of the guests, and every one present was on the qui vive in anticipation of some new pleasure that would be presented by these talented ladies. The different games for amusement indulged in by the young people brought forth many a peal of laughter from older ones, and carried them back to memories of long ago. The gathering dispersed about 10 o’clock; each and very one pronouncing the entertainment and entertainers a success. We see in most of our state exchanges the announcements of candidates for the various offices to be filled at the next August election. No one has thus publicly indicated his willingness to serve” the dear people” of Marion as yet, still we hear whispering as to probabilities in that direction. In the last few days we have heard the name of our townsman W. B. RIGGAN spoken of frequently in connection with the office of sheriff. Mr. RIGGAN is a good Democrat and has experience as to the duties of sheriff, and if he concludes to stand for the office will be hard to beat before the primaries. Our columns are open to all who desire to announce. From information received from Treasurer Craig, Prof. DUNN requests us to state that the money for the school teachers of Marion county will be here between the 10th and 15th of December. He says he will use all possible dispatch in paying off their claims. We are glad to be able to furnish this bit of news to our teaching friends, for we know and can appreciate how they have been troubled and discommoded by the delay. But all’s well that ends well. The North Alabama Conference made the following appointments, which will interest our readers: R. W. ANDERSON, presiding elder; Hamilton circuit, S. B. SMITH; Sulligent and Guin, D. W. WARD; Corona Circuit, W. A. BIVEN; Gamble Mine mission, W. P. MCGLAWN. The conference meets nest year at Bessemer. The Tuskaloosa Female College has been taken under the protecting wing of the conference. Our young friends J. L. CONNER and C. R.FRANKS of Twin, Ala. gave us a pleasant call last Saturday. They are among our school teachers that are on the anxious seat about the money due them from the state. We are glad to say that our information is that they will get their cash in time to buy a Christmas present. They are both good friends of this paper. MARRIAGE LICENSES The following parties were licenses to marry during the past week by Judge Ford: V. A. LEONARD and REBECCA TERRELL, W. T. TERRELL and IDA AKINS, G. S. CANTRELL and LOMA SIMMONS, J. L. SIMMONS and MARTHA L. PAUL, L. B. CROW and LELIA CARDEN, G. M. EMMERSON and ARTIVEE MITCHELL, BILL TERRELL and BETTIE METCALF, colored. TEACHER’S LIBRARY The Teacher’s Library Association of this county has received several new books which are now ready for distribution among the members of the Association. The members are requested to return the books now in their possession and exchange them for the new ones. This Association is growing and its members are studying the doctrines and methods of the teaching profession. Let us push the good work forward and build up the schools of our county by developing strong and worthy teachers. A. W. TATE, President We do not desire to be considered impertinent or persistent, but we deem it not imprudent to tell the truth at all times. We owe moneys that MUST be paid by December 25. We have money owing to us, in small sums, which in the aggregate will relive all our necessities. Friends, we have endeavored to give you a good paper, one fully worth the subscription price, and we confidently come to each subscriber and boldly ask him to help us along by paying us, at once, the little mite he justly owes us. Do this and we pledge ourselves to use our utmost endeavor to make each issue of The News Press superior, if possible to its predecessor. There could be no guest more welcome at the Thanksgiving festive board – no friend give more pleasure of a healthy kind – than the special double number of the Youth’s Companion. The paper is unique in that it is equally acceptable to all members of the family. There can be no old people in companion homes, for the paper fees their interest in the best way and keeps hearts and minds young. The Companion becomes a member in regular standing of every household it enters, and its company is much sought by all of the other members of the family who await in turn the pleasure its pages bring. Ad for Beatty’s Organs and Pianos 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. R. E. DUNN has purchased the right to Marion County of the Arnett & Price fence, and is prepared to sell farm rights to all who desire them. This fence is all that it is represented substantial, endurable, cheap and easy to erect. A specimen of the fence can be seen in Hamilton near G. N. STOKES’ shop. Examine this fence before building or repairing your fences for the net crop. THE NEWS OF THE COUNTY – Gathered by Correspondents for the Present Week HENSON SPRINGS, ALA. There is a girl baby at JOHN WARREN’S. A new boy has also took up his residence at TOM HARRIS. Miss GEORGIA JACKSON is sick with the chills. HEPTINE SMITH, from above Hamilton, is attending school here. The debating Society, just organized at the schoolhouse, was quite interesting last Friday night. A. M. STANFORD of Guin visited his brother, who is teaching here last Sunday. He also visited P. P. EVANS’ family while here. We congratulate Mr. CONNER on his letter in regard to the school fund. We ask the question ourself, why are the teachers kept waiting? We understand that we are to have a mail route from Hamilton to Sulligent, making connection with the Pharos route at this place. E. N. STANFORD, JAME SMITH, C. R. JACKSON and JAMES HENSON are among the bachelors of this settlement. We wish you much success as well as the Democratic Party. A CRANK PEARCE’S MILL, ALA. Not seeing anything in your paper from this place I will give you a few dots Everything is quiet. We have prayer meeting and Sunday School every Sunday at Mt. Joy. Preaching every first Sunday by Rev. W. A. NELSON. ALFRED WATES has a fine school at Mt. Joy. Some of our people attended the marriage of JAMES BERRYHILL and Miss VANNA WATES at her father’s near Twin. JOHN COCHRAN and G. W. BURLESON are the champion collectors for J. P. PEARCE. Silver is the topic of the day. Wishing you much success, I remain JIM JUMPUP STRICKLIN, ALA. The health of the people is very good in this vicinity, except B. W. MILES’ little baby, who is very ill. We hope for its speedy recovery. W. M. KNIGHT has moved to the free state of Walker County. Crops are good in this part of the country. Sorghum and corn are plentiful and cheap. Rev. A. J. MCWHIRTER has shipped over 60 bales of cotton, for which he has received from 7 ½ to 11 cents per pound. He has the best gin and finest cotton. J. W. HOLT and Miss SARAH E. MCWHIRTER were married a few days ago, and have moved to themselves. We wish them good luck and much joy. Dr. GALERGARGH and Miss SISSY KELLY of Eldridge, Ala. were married last Sunday at the bride’s fathers. J. K. STRICKLIN is the champion fisherman of New River. He uses a double-bladed fish hook. Success to the News press SUBSCRIBER TWIN, ALA. Having several heavy frosts it reminds us that winter is near at hand, yet this will delight those who are picking their porkers. Rev. W. A. NELSON is visiting his pastoral charge in Walker County this week. Mrs. W. A. NELSON has been sick for the past few days, but is convalescing GEORGE ALEXANDER and family are all confined to their beds. On last Tuesday morning his wife prepared breakfast, as was her usual custom and after eating they were immediately taken sick and seized with violent vomiting. Dr. SPRINGFIELD was at once summoned, and on investigation it was found that the bread contained some poison which had been placed in the flour. It is feared that they will not recover, and it is hoped that the guilty party or parties may be brought to justice. Our friends J. A. WATES and B. S. FOWLER, two of Pearce’ Mills most hustling young men, spent last Sunday with relatives at this place. Miss BETTIE WATES is extending her visit to visit to relatives. W. E. F. has been suffering very much from a “gum bile” on his thumb, scurvy on his nose and a stone bruise on his ear. Married – At the residence of the bride on last Sunday JAMES BERRYHILL to Miss SAVANNAH WATES. Our wishes to them in their conjugal life is that their lives may be full of happiness and that each successive day be crowned with roseate hue. The writer, having the pleasure of visiting Prof. FRANKS’S school, found everything in perfect order, and he informed us that he has enrolled 15 more pupils this week. All the patrons speak in the highest terms of him and are taking a lively interest in the school Hurrah for free silver. ED PINCHER BEAR CREEK, ALA Health is good; the weather likewise. Rev. GEORGE WEAVER, from the lower part of this county, was on our streets today among his old friends. HUGH ROWE and P. N. GREEN of Hackleburg paid our town a visit this week. Rev. W. W. DAVIS and family have been up in Franklin County on a visit. His family returned yesterday, and when in a half mile of town they met a freight train and the horse became frightened and turned the buggy over. No one was hurt much. Brother DAVIS went over to Russellville yesterday to attend court. He will preach his farewell sermon at Bear Creek tomorrow. This makes three years that Brother David has labored on this work, and had done good service for the Lord. We wish him a good place if the bishop should send him from us. Mrs. BETTIE GANT has moved to her son’s near our town. Thrice welcome among us. DOW GRANT is to start for Coal Hill, Ark. next week to try coal digging there. We wish him every success. There was a pay train out last week that made the railroad boys smile for a day or two. We heard that the railroad was to change its name from the B. S. & T. to the A. G. N., but don’t know whether the change has taken place. The general manger has made two or three trips over the road recently, but we don’t’ know for what purpose. The road is doing a good business now. They are running from six to eight trains a day with full train north, loaded mostly with coal and coke. There is also a good deal of cotton goes over the road. The agent at this place say he shipped 100,000 pounds of lint cotton last month. J. C. THOMPSON, living one mile north of here, has sold his place to J. R. PHILLIPS, and will move to Hartselle, Ala. TATE TERRY, one of the bridge men at Spruce Pine, who fell from a hand car and was run over some three weeks ago, is not expected to live and may die at any time. W. B. ADAMS, one of our merchants, is going to move to Winfield next week to go into business there. J. O. TIDWELL moved to the valley in Franklin County this week. There is a good deal of moving around just now, as it the time for the farmers to make preparations for another year. Judge H. C. JONES of Florence was in our town on business and to see his friends this week. The poems written by Mrs. MATTIE EARNEST and W. G. R. were fine. We would be glad to see more from their able pens. With best wishes for you and your, we close. GLEANER WINFIELD, ALA. Last week there was a wreck of a freight train on the road at this place. The engineer was killed, but no one else was hurt. After considerable labor the iron monster was rested to the track and carried away for repairs. We are glad to learn that we are to have two more passenger trains each day. This will make six passenger trains a day. Those who wish to spend the day in Guin can now be accommodated with trains at the right time. On last Thursday a bridal party passed through town. The happy pair had been BILLIE COUCH and IDA ESTES. Now they are Mr. and Mrs. COUCH. They were accompanied by several friends. All will be delighted to know that we are to have Brother WARD as pastor for another year. May he be a successful in his work as he has been for the past year. We had Mrs. CARNES with us for a few days this week. She is preparing to join Mr. CARNES at their new home in Texas. We have heard several speak favorably of the News Press, especially of its improvements. May it continue to grow, for the forts of its mangers merit success. ANN MARIAH 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. PAGE 6 UNCLE SAM’S MOUNTS – How Calvary Horses are Purchased A VICTIM OF SUPERSTITION DEER “SKINNERS’ Gangs of “skinners,” men who slaughter deer wholesale solely for the hides, are again at work. …….. FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS RECIPE FOR A GOOD LETTER – (poem) ETHEL’S PROTEST THE SLEEPING APPLE A DECEPTIVE SEA FLOWER WHEN IT RAINS A SHIP’S LAUNCH – First Preparations When the Keal Blocks are Laid DOCTORING CUT FLOWERS GAME IN THE BIG PARK CULTIVATING BACTERIA UNCLE ALLEN ADVISES POSTAL TELEGRAPHY A well known inventor and electrician announces his firm conviction that it is time to get out of the telegraph its full working value, and that it ought now to be used for the carriage of the mails, not in the physical sense, but literally, all the same……….. AN ODD ORDINANCE Councilman Towle, of Oakland, Cal recently introduced and engineered to second reading an ordinance compelling all bathers within the city limits of that own to tie up their heads in a sack while bathing. The ordinance providence that all bathers must wear “a shirt or jersey covering the entire upper part of the body except the arms.” The ordinance passed to the printers and it was the often abused intelligent compositor who discovered that if it passed the Council every bather in Oakland would be compelled by law to bag his head. The ordinance was reported back, and is to come up for final disposition this week. ABSORBABLE TISSUE FOR WOUNDS WOLVES IN EUROPE HOW MINERAL WOOD IS MADE ABOUT PERFUMES A LUCKY STRIKE PAGE 7 HOSPITABLE A peculiar epitaph is inscribed on a tombstone in the old churchyard of an Ohio town. General Wayne was at one time in command of the fort mentioned in the epitaph Margaret Wife of David Gregory Died August 12, 1821 Aged 66 years Here lies the woman, the first, save one, That settled on the Miami, above fort Hamilton Her table was spread, and that of the best And Anthony Wayne was often her guest. Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ad for Imperial Granum ROTATION OF CROPS – Advantages of the System in cotton culture ORIGIN OF THE JAPANESE A HINT TO ANARCHISTS SHE STOPPED THE CAR SEVERE PUNISHMENT NOT TEMPTED RESEMBLED A CRIMINAL NEW IDEA IN PHOTOGRAPH A photographer announces “comic pictures taken while you wait.”………… A FOREST OF MICROBES IN A POTATO GERMAN RAILROADS Ad for Royal Baking Powder Ad for Kennedy’s Medical Discovery Ad for Potash Ad for The Everett Piano Ad for Tetterine Ad for Walter Baker & Co Chocolates and cocoa Ad for Scott’s Emulsion PAGE 8 The Best offer yet made. Two papers for the price of one – The News Press and The American Farmer –One year for One Dollar Agents wanted in every post office in Marion County. Liberal Commissions allowed. Special Announcement - Sewing Machine Free – To any one sending us Forty new subscribers, accompanied by the money at our regular rates, we will furnish them a New High Arm Favorite Singer Sewing Machine, which formerly sold at retail for $55 = FREE. 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 TO MISS CARRIE A. MABLEMAN OF NEWPORT, KY. (Written for the News Press by NELLIE L. CARNES) What great gift shall I bring thee, oh thou dearest, All gifts to thee belong They praise from loving lips all day thou hearest Sweeter than any song For thee, my dainty, brown-haired Northern blossom My Carrie, proud and sweet Life opens many a font of joy and pleasure And lays before thy feet Thy friends delight to give thee praise and honor Dear girl with sweet blue eyes Thy woman’s heart is yet serene and tender Thy life before thee lies Thou are my friend, my joy, my light, my dove My Carrie fair and true I bring the treasure of a priceless love And fondly offer you. LOVERS STILL – {Chamber’s Journal GRAINS OF GOLD – (proverbs) 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 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 Weekly Commercial Appeal File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/hamilton1762gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 62.0 Kb