Marion County AlArchives News.....HAMILTON APPEAL June 19, 1896 ************************************************ 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 May 7, 2010, 1:56 am Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History June 19, 1896 Microfilm Ref Call #559 Microfilm Order #M1992.0966 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE HAMILTON APPEAL VOL. 1 HAMILTON,, MARION CO., ALA. FRIDAY JUNE 19, 1896 NO. 23 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 pm Belgreen – Arrives at 11:40 am and leaves at 12 m AT WINFIELD Train at 11:59 am and 3:48 pm Pearce’s Mill – Arrives at 11:20 am and leaves at 12m Haley’s – Arrives at m and leaves at 12:30 pm on Monday and Friday Fayette – Arrives at 9 am and leaves at 9:30 am on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday AT GUIN Train at 11:45 am and 4:03 am Hamilton – Arrives at 10 am and leaves at 12 m daily except Sunday. Vernon – Arrives Monday and Friday at 5 pm leaves Tuesday and Saturday at 7 am Pharos – Arrives Wednesday and Saturday at 10 am and leaves at 1 pm same days Twin – Arrives Tuesday and Friday at 3 pm and leaves at 5 pm the same days. CIRCUIT COURT Judge – T. R. ROULBAC, of Colbert County Solicitor – A. H. CARMICHAEL, of Colbert Court meets the first Monday after the 4th Monday in January and second Monday in August CHANCERY COURT Chancellor – W. H. SIMPSON of Decatur Court meets on Thursday after the third 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 first Monday in April and November COUNTY OFFICERS Sheriff – W. W. HALL, Hamilton Clerk – J. F. HAMILTON, Hamilton Register – W. B. RIGGAN, Hamilton Tax Assessor – T. J. FARIS – Bexar Tax Collector – M. M. FRAZIER – Guin Treasurer – J. B. WOOD, Hamilton Superintendent of Education – W. A. DUNN PROBATE COURT Judge – JASON P. FORD Meets the second Monday in each month. CHURCH NOTICE M. E. CHURCH SOUTH - Hamilton – Services first Sunday in each month at 11 am and 7 p.m.; fourth Sunday at 7 p.m. and every fifth Sunday at 11 a.m. Rev. S. P. SMITH, pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. W. R. WHITE, Superintendent. Prayer meeting on Wednesday night. MASONIC Hamilton Lodge No. 344 – G. N. STOKES, WM.; A. J. THORN, SW; A. H. BURLESON, JW ; G. B. MIXON, Treas.; R. W. CLARK, Sec’y Guin Lodge No. 478 – T. J. SPRINGFIELD, WM; WATSON BROWN, SW; W. H. MATTHEWS, JW; M T AKERS, Treas. ; J. H. RILEY, Sec’y Winfield Lodge No. 304 – E. VICKERY, WM; J. F. EARNEST, SW; J. M. SPANN, JW. ; J. C. EGAN, Treas. W. T. MUSGROVE, Sec’y Hackleburg Lodge No. 526 – A. M. CANTRELL, WM; W. W. FREDERICK, SW; P. N. GREEN, JW; E. A. MIXON, Treas.; JOHN A. GREEN, Sec’y Bexar Lodge No. 280 – JOHN ARNOLD, WM; W. L. WHITEHEAD, SW ; W. A. BALLARD, JW; A. L. MOORMAN, Treas.; T. J. YOUNG, Sec’y Pleasant Hill Lodge No. 321 – W. H. FLIPPO, WM; PORTER DUBOISE, SW.; SETH BOTTOMS, JW; A. RANDOLPH, Treas., J. J. COATES, Sec’y ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE - Annual Commencement – Governor Oates Attends The annual commencement exercises of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, at Auburn were opened on Sunday last in Hangdon Hall by the Rev. J. B. Hawthorne, the well known Baptist divine of Atlanta, Ga. who preached the baccalaureate sermon. Governor Oates arrived at 1:15 pm and was met at the depot by the battalion of cadets and escorted to the hall. On Wednesday the commencement address was delivered by H. T. C. Bush, of Anniston, after which the graduates received their diplomas at the hands of Dr. William Leroy Brown, the president. The roll of graduates shows, from Georgia six, Tennessee one, Florida one, Alabama twenty-six, total, thirty four. Five students in the electrical course receive certificates of proficiency. The Degree of Master of Science was conferred on two post-graduates, H. H. Pevy, of Madison County, and H. H. Smith, of Lee. The Degree of Electrical and Mechanical Engineer was awarded to three post-graduates. One receive d the degree of Pharmaceutical Chemist and one that of Mining Engineer. EVENTS IN ALABAMA EDWARD SNOW fell from a second-story window at his home in Tuscaloosa Tuesday night. The fall partially woke him and his crying brought the family. No serious damage was sustained in the fall. CHILD FEARFULLY SCALDED At Eastaboga, Friday morning the 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cawhorn pulled a large pot of hot coffee from the breakfast table. The pot overturned and the boiling coffee covered almost her entire person. She was fearfully scaled and it is feared that she is fatally injured. ------- A SPLINTER CAUSES LOCK JAW The sad news came Thursday afternoon that the little 6-year old daughter of Mr. John Killin of Lee Street, Montgomery, was suffering from lock jaw at the residence of her uncle, Mr. William Killin, near Perry’s Mill. She had stuck a splinter in her foot while playing. Dr. Hill and her father left Montgomery on the first train in response to a telegram calling them to Perry’s Mill. WYETH CITY STRUCK BY A CYCLONE – (Marshall County) HOWARD COLLEGE The full board of trustees of Howard College met Tuesday morning in the parlor of the main building. There was a full attendance, the out of town members being Messrs John T. Davis of Columbia, A. B. Bell of Anniston, Rev. Dr. Shackleford and Dr. J. A. French. When the board was called to order Hon. W. C. Ward, who, for nearly twenty years, has been the beloved and respected president of the board, with a few feeling remarks tendered his resignation. Rev. Dr. TP. T. Hale of the Southdale Baptist Church, Birmingham, was unanimously chosen as his successor. It was decided by the board to at once inaugurate a thorough canvass of the state to raise funds to liquidate the bonded debt of the college. The president of the board and Rev. Dr. B. D. Gray, also of Birmingham, were placed in charge of this important work. After going over the data of the past session of the college the board decided that the outlook for its future success was very bright. ROBBERY OF FREIGHT CARS – (Lyon’s View, Knoxville, Tenn.) GONE BY THE ROPE ROUTE Wednesday night an armed mob of 250 men overpowered the jail at Bryan, Texas, and took out Louis Whitehead, Jim Reddick and George Johnson, charged with criminal assault, and hanged them. Johnson and Whitehead confessed, but Reddick protested his innocence. He had been sentenced to hang for assaulting a woman and the supreme court had granted a new trial. GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY --------- Just before midnight last Wednesday at Hico, Texas, a large modern stable, filled with forage, was discovered on fire. The flames spread across an alley to the Midland Hotel, a two-story brick. Both buildings were consumed, Loss, estimate $60,000. Gen. R. H. Kirkmore Whiteley is dead, aged 88. General Whiteley was born at Cambridge, Md. and graduated at West Point in the class of 1830 and had been a soldier in the three wars, the Seminole in Florida, the Mexican and the Civil. He was retired in 1875 with the rank of Major-general, and became a resident of Baltimore, where he died. J. BULL MAKES A “REQUEST” Col. Volney Ashford was convicted by the Hawaiian military commission of treason. The evidence was that he had advance knowledge of the outbreak. His sentence was imprisonment for a year and a fine of $1,000. After a few weeks he was given suspension of fine and imprisonment on condition that he leave the country never to return. Lately it was reported that the British government had demanded of the government at Honolulu permission for Colonel Ashford to return. Later news confirms the report. The Doles government, it is said, has received a request – that being the diplomatic form for a demand – from the British government that a pardon be granted to Colonel Ashford with permission to return to Honolulu, unconditionally. It is stated by the Honolulu Star that the republic declines to accept the British foreign office’s view of this case, refuses to grant the pardon to remove the ban, and adds that if Ashford is landed under British or other auspices or protection until there has been an extended and complete review of the cases, the action will be at least protested. FREE MASONS BURNED ALIVE – (Oaxaca, Mex) BOTH DEAD – (shooting affray Lacoochee and Trilby, Fla.- Drayton McKinney and C. J. Paulerson) PAGE 2 THE APPEAL J. S. CLEMENTS, Editor and Proprietor Subscription Rates One year, 50 cents, Six Months 25 cts. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM -----(Political news and commentary)----- It is claimed that all old-fashioned kinds of business is being injured by the bicycle craze. Theater-managers, hat manufacturers, confectioners, tobacconists, clothiers, shoe makers and livery men all say it is ruining their trade. Ad for Southern Music Co. $65.00 Top Buggy for $45.00 (picture of buggy). Buy good goods and buy them from headquarters where you will always get the right kind of prices. Here we are again! Offering our usual inducements for year 1896. Fifty-five dollars ($55.00) sewing machine fro Twenty Dollars. A full jewel top buggy, worth Sixty-five dollars, for $45.00. Besides above we have many more special bargains too numerous to mention. We are still headquarters for hardware, agricultural implements and machinery of all kinds. Furniture, carpets, rugs, wallpaper. Window shades from 20 cts. up. Buggies, hacks, road carts and the old reliable gestring wagons. McCormick Mowers, Hay rakes, harnesses, bridles, saddles, & c. We ask that you call or write us. We can and will save you money if you will give us an opportunity. We are general agents for the Foos Scientific grinding mills. LANN & CARTER Hardware Co, Aberdeen, Miss. PAGE 3 THE APPEAL Issued Every Friday Hamilton, June 19, 1896 CLUB RATES J. R. MCMINN went to Belgreen this week on business. Mrs. ALBERT HAMILTON is sick with measles this week. We are feasting sumptuously on blackberries these days. IDABELLE CLEMENTS is visiting relatives at Pikeville this week. W. R. H. LODEN of Winfield was in town last week on business. G. N. STOKES and Deputy Sheriff RIGGANS inform us that they have finished laying by corn. W. B. CRANE and family of near Bexar visited relatives in north Hamilton this week. T. W. WIGINTON informs us that two of his children have measles, and we learn that some of J. H. COX’S children are sick with the same disease. Miss CAREY WOOD, whose illness we mentioned last week, is, we are pleased to say, improving and it is hoped she will be quite will again soon. The first term of the Agricultural School at Hamilton closed last week. Prof. ALEXANDER has scored a brilliant success and has been reelected Principle – Sumter County Sun Mrs. MARY GLENN, who has been ill for some time with dropsy, died at her home about eight miles north of town on last Monday night. We extend to the bereaved children our sincere sympathy. Rev. R. D. BOLIN is visiting his daughter, Mrs. R. W. CASHION. “Uncle Bob” as he is familiarly called, seems to be in good health and his Hamilton friends are always glad to have him with them. Prof. J. E. ALEXANDER, President of the Agricultural College at Hamilton, is at home for the vacation. The school under his management, has been abundantly successful the past year – [Sheffield Standard] Dr. TURNEY of Hartselle, Morgan County, will be at Hamilton on Saturday, July 4th for the purpose of organizing a Sunday School Convention in this county. The writer has known Dr. TURNEY for a number of years and can say that he is a zealous worker in the Sunday School cause. We hope to see every Sunday School in the county represented. Rev. S. B. SMITH and wife, of Hamilton, have been spending several days in Jasper with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. SAMUEL SANDERS. By request Mr. SMITH occupied the pulpit at the Methodist Church Sunday night and preached in edifying sermon to a large and appreciative congregation – [Jasper Eagle] JOHN HUGHES of Guin was in town on business last week. W. R. WHITE made a business trip to Guin on Monday last. J. H. STONE of Bexar was here on business the first of the week. Tax Collector FRAZIER of Guin was in town yesterday on business. H. L. HUGHES of Pikeville was in town the latter part of last week. There will be a picnic and Masonic celebration at Bear Creek on July 4th. W. H. CARPENTER and family of Shottsville visited relatives near town on last Sunday. W. J. MIDDLETON of near Bexar was circulating among Hamilton friends last Saturday. Mrs. Dr. GUYTON and children visited friends on the east side of the river the first of the week. There will be a Masonic celebration and picnic at Guin on Wednesday the 24th. Everybody invited. Rev. R. W. CLARK preached an interesting sermon to an appreciative audience at this place on Sunday last. J. H. MIXON and CHARLES COCKRELL are attending the commencement exercises of the Oakland Normal Institute this week. Mrs. JANE LAWHON and her little son JEWETTE of near Detroit were in town yesterday. She has purchased the FRAZIER residence now occupied by R. N. TERRELL, and will move here about the first of September and prepare to accommodate boarders who may wish to enter school. Attention is directed to the advertisement of the State Normal College which appears in another column. President JAS. K. POWERS is one of the leading educators of the south and under his able management the Normal College has taken a place in the front rank of training schools and is turning out a number of thoroughly competent teachers to work in the common schools of the country. DOCK PALEMR of near town caught a very large turtle on last Monday. He was running his trotline when the turtle began to move around DOCK says he thought he had fastened an alligator about the size of a wagon bed, but he held last to the line and landed his prize which proved to be one of the largest turtles ever caught in Buttahatchie. It measured three feet from tip to tip and was two feet wide across the shell. Ad for Delineator TWIN LOCALS Health good in this vicinity. We are having some very dry weather at present and farmers are wishing for rain, which is badly needed. Our farmers are most done laying by their crops, and several are done laying by corn. Plenty of cotton blooms and ripe watermelons on hand now. A. W. FRANKS was the first to produce a new bloom and J. W. BROCK boasts of the first ripe melon. Crops in this section are the best ever known at this season of the year. I learn that W.F. GRAHAM is about done planting corn for this season. Several of the Pea Ridge people are just commencing to chop cotton. W. T. BURLESON, Twin, Ala. June 17 -----(political news and commentary)----- THE STATE NORMAL COLLEGE, FLORENCE, Ala. This Institution has made wonderful success of doing exactly the work assigned to it by the State, viz: Training teachers for the public schools. The catalogue is one of the very best that comes to this office. The outline of the work under the head of “Departments“ is almost equal to a Manual of Methods on the subjects covered. Every teacher should have one. A strong feature of the College, not shown by the catalogues, is the aid and encouragement rendered struggling young teachers who enter. Indeed it is said that all really worthy young people who enter manage sooner or later to complete the course.- [Florence Times] $100 will defray a year’s expenses, including board. Fall term opens September 15, 1896. Send for a Trained Teacher or a catalogue. JAS. K. POWERS, President LIGHTNING FLASHES LEE CRUMP, of near Pharos, was in town last week. He is a very smart young man and is so tall that his shanks would make good telegraph poles if they were not so limber. A. U. HOLLIS has been on the sick list this week but is sufficiently improved now to be able to eat six meals per day as heretofore. W. B. HANKINS who hankers around JEWELL, was in town Friday. While he did not come to the office, he passed by the door and shook himself several times, which was taken as evidence that he wanted a local. T. J. LEE, of Detroit, was in Sulligent one day last week, and met the editor with a smile about the size of a cartwheel. His porcelain teeth were shining like diamonds in a hog-wollow, and while in that condition he actually subscribed for Lightning. Sheriff JERRY PENNINGTON and B. L. ALLEN went to Amory last week to trade for a populite newspaper outfit, as that party proposed to conduct an organ during the campaign. Let the proposed editor begin to fix up his stomach so as to fit an allowance of one biscuit per week as that is as much as he’ll be able to pay for in Lamar County, judging a populite editor as a democratic editor has to do. – [Sulligent Lightning] ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN Never indulge in the notion that you have any absolute right to choose the sphere or the circumstances in which you are to put forth your powers of social action, but let your daily wisdom of life be in making a good use of the opportunities given you. We live in a real and a solid and truthful world. In such a world only truth, in the long run, can hope to prosper. Therefore, avoid lies, mere show, and sham and hollow superficiality of all kinds, which is at best a painted life. Let whatever you are, hand whatever you do grow out of a firm root of truth and a strong soil of reality. The nobility of life is work. We live in a working world. The idle and lazy man does not count in the plan of campaign. “My father worketh hitherto and I work.” Let that text be enough. Avoid miscellaneous reading. Read nothing that you do not care to remember, and remember nothing you do not mean to use. Never desire to appear clever and make a parade of your talents before men. Be honest, loving, kindly and sympathize in all you say and do. Cleverness will flow from you naturally if you have it; and applause will come to you unsought from those who know what to applaud, but the applause of fools is to be shunned. – [Prof. J. STUART BLACKIE] West Alabama Agricultural School – Hamilton, Alabama. Co-Educational. First Session opened 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. Good job printing. I do the best job printing you can buy. My prices are no highest than you now pay for sorry printing elsewhere. I have new material and years of experience. 1000 Note Heads for $2; 500 for $1.25; 250 for 75c; 100 for 50c; 1000 Envelopes for $2; 500 for $1.25; 250 for 65c; 100 for 35c. I do the best printing and furnish the paper. Printers kick on my low prices, but I am not starving to death at it at all. IF the work is not first-class, I buy it back. Cash must accompany all orders. I print anything you want at very low prices. Write for my price list printed in three colors. “Ask me anything about any kind of printing.” JON ERL GARRISON, Sulligent, Ala. Buy your stationery from Mrs. E. H. CLEMENTS. A good supply always on hand at the very lowest prices. If you are in need of St. Joseph’s medicines, save money by buying of Mrs. CLEMENTS W. H. KEY, Russellville, Ala. C. E. MITCHELL, Hamilton, Ala. KEY & MITCHELL, Attorneys-at-law and Solicitors in Chancery, Hamilton, Ala. Will practice in all the courts of Marion and adjoining counties. Special attention given to the collection of claims. A RARE BARGAIN For Sale – a pair of the French Burr Mill Rocks – Good as new. Will take $50.00 cash. Rocks will be delivered free on board cars at Eldridge, Ala or they may be seen at Texas, Ala. Call on or address, J. P. PEARCE, Pearce’s Mills, Ala. Ad for T. L. Carter Piano and Organ PAGE 4 -----(small ads)----- Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla LIVE WASHINGTON NOTES WORDS OF WISDOM MONROE DOCTRINE IN NEW LIGHT IT IS HOT IN QUEENSLAND Ad for Syrup of Figs Ad for Ripan’s Tabules Ad for potash Ad for Tuerk Water Motor Ad for Mill and Mining Supplies File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/hamilton65nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 20.8 Kb