Marion County AlArchives News.....HAMILTON NEWS PRESS June 6, 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 5, 2010, 4:22 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History June 6, 1895 Microfilm Ref Call #559 Microfilm Order #M1992.0966 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE HAMILTON NEWS-PRESS VOL. 1 HAMILTON, MARION COUNTY, ALA. JUNE 6, 1895 NO. 23 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER ANNUM. R. H. TERRELL, Publisher Advertising Rates Reasonable – Job Work Neatly and Cheaply Executed DIRECTORY CIRCUIT COURT Judge – T. R. ROULHAC, of Colbert County Solicitor – A. H. CARMICHAEL, of Colbert County Clerk – J. F. HAMILTON, Hamilton Sheriff – W. W. HALL, Hamilton Court meets on the 1st Monday after the 4th Monday in January and 2nd Monday in August CHANCERY COURT Chancellor – W. H. SIMPSON of Decatur Register – W. B. RIGGAN, Hamilton Court meets on Thursday after the 3rd Monday in April and October. COMMISSIONER’S COURT Meets on the 2nd Monday in February and August and the 1st Monday in April and November COUNTY OFFICERS Tax Assessor – T. J. FARIS, Bexar Tax Collector – M. M. FRAZIER, Hamilton Treasurer – J. B. WOOD, Hamilton PROBATE COURT Meets on the 2nd Monday in each month. SOCIETIES MASONIC Hamilton Lodge No. 344 meets at Hamilton on the 4th Saturday in each month, at 11 am . G. N. STOKES, W. M., J. P. FORD, Sect. CHURCH DIRECTORY M. E. CHURCH SOUTH – Services 1st Sunday in each month at 11 am and 7 pm and every 4th Sunday at 7 pm – Rev. W. A. BIVIN, Pastor SUNDAY SCHOOL Sunday School at 9:30 am – W. R. WHITE, Supt. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. PROFESSIONAL CARDS – LEGAL J. D. MCCLUSKEY, W. C. DAVIS - MCCLUSKEY & DAVIS, Attorneys at Law, Vernon and Hamilton, Ala. Will practice in all the courts of Alabama and Mississippi. W. R. APPLING, Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Alabama. Will practice in Marion and adjoining counties. All business entrusted to my care will receive prompt attention W. H. KEY W. S. HESTER KEY & HESTER, Attorneys at Law - Russellville, Ala will practice in Franklin and adjoining counties, in the Supreme Court and the Federal court at Huntsville. Mr. Key will be in Hamilton on the first Monday in each month. B. R. FITE, Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Ala. Will practice in Marion and adjoining counties, in the federal courts at Huntsville and the Supreme Court of the State. Special attention given to the collection of claims. GEO. C. ALMON W. I. BULLOCK, ALMON & BULLOCK, Attorneys at Law, Russellville Ala. will practice in Franklin and adjoining counties ,and especially in Marion; also in the Federal court at Huntsville and in the Supreme Court at Montgomery. C. E. MITCHELL, Attorney-at-Law, Hamilton, Ala. will practice in all the courts of Marion and adjoining counties. The Cotton Belt Route St. Louis, Southwestern Ry. to Arkansas and Texas. The only line with Through Car Service from Memphis to Texas. No change of cars to San Antonio, Austin, Hearne, Ft. Worth, or intermediate points. The daily trains carrying through coaches, chair cars, and sleepers traversing the finest farming , grazing and timber lands and reaching the most prosperous town and cities in the Great Southwest. FARMING LANDS – Yielding abundantly all the cereals, corn and cotton, and especially adapted to the cultivation of small fruits and early vegetables. GRAZING LANDS – Affording excellent pasturage during almost the entire year, and comparatively close to the great markets TIMBER LANDS – Covered with almost inexhaustible forest of yellow pine, cypress, and the hard woods common to Arkansas and eastern Texas. Can be Procured on Reasonable and Advantageous Terms. All persons contemplating a trip to Texas should purchase tickets viz: the Cotton belt Route and avoid vexatious changes and transfers of baggage. It is the only line running through trains from Memphis to Texas. Parties emigrating to Texas will find it to their interest to see a Cotton Belt Route Agent before making arrangements elsewhere. All lines connect with and have tickets on sale via the Cotton belt Route. Ask your nearest ticket agent for maps, time tables, etc., and write to any fo the following for all the information you may desire concerning a trip to the Great Southwest. C. P. RECTER HOWARD JOLLY, Gen. Agent, City Pass & Tkt agt. 308 Main St. Memphis, Tenn. B. McCullar, Trav. Pass. Agent, Tupelo, Miss. A. S. Doge, R. W. LeBeaume, Gen. traffic age’t, Gen. Pass & Tkt agent, St. Louis, Mo. GOVERNOR MORTON OF NEW YORK – Overcome by the Heat on Memorial Day Drops Down Unconscious The public observance of Memorial Day in New York City was more extensive Thursday than on nay day for a great many years. The day was clear and warm. Up town streets, along which the veterans marched, were thronged with people. Business generally was suspended through the city. The down town streets were almost deserted. At 11 o’clock while Governor Morton was reviewing the parade at Wroth monument, he was overcome by heat and dropped down on the platform unconscious. There was great excitement at the time and a call was made for doctors. Patrol wagon No. 24 was drawn up on the opposite side of the street with Police Surgeon Williams in it to attend to emergencies………. A PLEDGE OF GOOD WILL – Renewed is the Monument Erected in a Northern City – In Memory of Southern Heroes The dedication of the monument to the Confederate dead in Oakwood cemetery, Chicago, was an occasion unparalleled in the world’ history. (drawing of the Confederate monument ) There were Longstreet and Fitzhugh Lee, John C. Black, and General John M. Palmer, Marcus J. Wright, of Tennessee, and General Joseph Stockton of Illinois; M. c. Butler, Eppa Hunton, General John C. Underwood, the projector of the monument, and Wade Hampton, the orator of the day, besides hundreds of lesser officers on either side, who had come together to do honor to the memory of the 6,000 men in gray who sleep the sleep that knows no waking in the beautiful cemetery by the shores of Lake Michigan. Veterans were there who had followed the fortunes of Lee and Jackson, and more than once flung their squadron against the hosts of Grant and Mead….. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES – Scores Prostrated by the Heat and Many go Down to Death The temperature was almost tropical during Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in most northern cities………….. PROSTRATION AND DEATH At Georgetown, D. C. there was one death from heat on Sunday…………… GEORGIA’S NEW PENSION LAW – Her Impoverished Veterans More Numerous than was Supposed The last legislature of Georgia passed an act extending the pension laws of that state to Confederate veterans who by reason of “age and poverty infirmity and poverty, or blindness and poverty “ are unable to take care of themselves and appropriated $30,000 with a provision allowing $60 a year to each approved applicant under the act………….. VERY CHEAP HUMAN LIFE IS HELD At Shelbyville, Tenn. Wednesday morning before 6 o’clock Robert N. Jones met with a horrible accident from which he died about three hours later. A few days ago the telephone company ran a wire across the railroad, about half a mile from the station. As the early fright train to Wartrace reached this point Mr. Jones, who was on top of the cars attending to his duties, was struck or caught by the wire and hurled to the ground under the moving train. One leg was crushed to the knee, his head bruised and other injures received. The town is shocked and indignation is expressed at the telephone company for placing the wire as low as was done. “OUR WISHES GIVE US NOT OUR WISH David Weaver, of Cairo, Ritchie County, W. Va. on whose land a big 240-barrel per day oil well was struck Monday, died Wednesday night of heart disease resulting from excitement over his stroke of good fortune. He had been a poor man all his life and the prospect of sudden wealth was too much for him. BRIGHTER GROWS THE DAY – Nearly All Changes Favorable and Highly Encouraging Material Increase in Demand – R. G. Dunn Report BATTLE IN THE COURT ROOM During a trial in a justice’s court at Snyder Springs, Vandt County, Texas, Saturday, the principals in the case engaged in a bloody duel with pistols, in which one man was killed, two fatally wounded and another dangerously wounded. The trouble grew out of the suit of T. Bert Garland vs. Dickson. Dickson and four sons and Chapman and Dean, witnesses, engaged in the fight. Dickson was killed, one of this sons badly wounded and Chapman and dean are now dying from their injuries. The other three sons of Dickson escaped and are being pursued by officers to prevent further trouble. The whole county is aroused and further trouble is expected when the three Dicksons are captured. MERRY MONTH OF MAY – Her Numerous Meetings, Festival, Religious, Financial This month has been characterized by numerous public assemblages for various objects. The annual convention on the Southern Baptists was held at Washington City. The General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterians met at Meridian Miss. and that of the Southern Presbyterians at Dallas, Texas, while their Northern Brethren held forth at Pittsburg, Pa……. AWFUL CALAMITY AT SEA – A Pacific Mail Steamer Wrecked on the Coast of Mexico GOMEZ STILL LIVES It is now definitely stated that ---Gomez, the insurgent commander in chief is alive. The report of his ---- wounded in the battle of ……………… PAGE 2 THE NEWS PRESS Issued Every Thursday R. N. TERRELL, Publisher JAS. S. CLEMENTS, Editor Entered at the post office at Hamilton, Ala, as second class matter Subscription Rates One year $1.00 Six Months .50 Three months .25 Forest fires are raging in some parts of Pennsylvania doing much damage. Several towns have been demolished and more may share a like fate Ten persons died from over heat on last Monday, June 3rd, making a total of 25 in five days. Over 150 prostrated in the city of New York. Other places report deaths occurring from the above cause, and many more will die. Corn is the most profitable crop the farmers of the Tennessee Valley can raise. There is scarcely ever a failure in this crop, and there is always a market for corn. The farmer who raided a thousand bushels more than he required for his own use last year can easily dispose of it now at 50 cents with the prospect of 60 before the season closes. One thousand bushels of corn at 50 cents per bushel is equivalent to 22 bales of cotton at 4 ½ cents per pound, and can be grown with half the labor and expense one acre of corn is three times as valuable as one acre of cotton…… A new religious sect has been started in Missouri. The members elect an “angel” whose business it is to fly to heaven every little while and find out what God wants the members to do. Contrary to what might be expected, the members had no difficulty in finding a man who was able and willing to fly to heaven as often as was desired. But when he makes the trip he insists on being absolutely alone. – [Commercial Appeal] Yes, says an exchange, these are hard times. We let our timber rot and buy fencing. We throw away our ashes and buy grease, and buy soap. We raise dogs and buy hogs. We let our manure go to waste. We grow weeds and buy vegetables and buy brooms. We catch 5-cent fish with a $4 rod. We build school houses and send our children off to be educated. And lastly we send our boys with a $10 dog to hunt for 10-cent birds. A MYSTERY IN A TREE – (jawbone of Indian or white man in a tree) Mary Ellen Lease, who is a pretty fair type of the “Coming woman’, thus sets forth her opinion of the Going Men: “Men are becoming hump-backed, round-shouldered knock-kneed, lantern- jawed, mosquito-legged, hairless, toothless, senseless creatures”…………………… Onions should be eaten as a counter-balance. They are good for the stomach, then complexion, and the nerves, when eaten raw, but of course the unpleasant odor left on the breath after the indulgence in them is a barrier to their use to many people who would otherwise be able to take advantage of the good there is in them. To overcome all this and to give everyone a chance, an old remedy is suggested – parsley. To entirely destroy the bad odor of onions eat a small sprig of the pretty green herb. There will be nothing in the breath or about the person at all suggestive of the odiferous bulb five minutes after the parsley is eaten. – [Commercial Appeal] Without the solicitation, request, or even knowledge of Hon. W. I. Bullock, the Governor about two weeks since appointed him one of the Directors of the State Normal College at Florence. The position is an important one and being tendered without the knowledge of Mr. Bullock is very complementary. On Monday evening he went over to Florence to be present at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors on Tuesday. We feel assured that the Governor made a wise selection in his appointment and that Mr. BULLOCK will discharge every duty delving on him as Director with ability, integrity, and fearlessness and that the interest of both the state and college will be safe in his hands. – [Idea] Ad for Webster’s International Dictionary The sale of the Delinquent Tax lands has been continued until July 1. Ad for Columbus Business College Ad for the Dixie Home Magazine REDUCED TICKET RATES – To Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Etc via “Cotton Belt Route” On April 30th, May 21st and June 11th the Cotton Belt will run three more half rate Homeseekers Excursions from Memphis to Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and New Mexico. Tickets good to return twenty days from date of sale and to stop off going or returning at any point in Arkansas or Texas. On May 13th, 14th, and 15th to Dallas, Texas and return account General Assembly Presbyterian Church: rate: $14.95. Tickets good to return until June 3rd. On May 30th and 31st to San Antonio Texas and return account Travelers Protective Association; rate $22.50. Good to return fifteen days with privilege of an extension of fifteen days additional. On May 18th, 19th, and 20th to Houston, Texas and return account of Confederate Reunion: rate: $13.00. Limited to fifteen days to return with privilege of extension fifteen days longer if tickets are deposited with Agent terminal line. The Cotton Belt is the lonely line running through cars from Memphis to Texas. No vexatious changes and transfers via this route. J. C. DAVIS, Trav. Pass Agent, C. P. RECTOR, Commercial Agt. 363 Main St. Memphis, Tenn. Reliable men wanted as traveling salesmen for our Cigars, Cigarettes and Smoking Tobacco. Address Standard Tobacco Co., Winston, N. C. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville, Alabama, April 16th 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 on Marion county at Hamilton Ala on May 31st, 1895, viz: NELLIE LEGRONE, Homestead Entry No. 23,619 for the SW ¼ NE ¼ and NW ¼ SE ¼ Sec 5 T 12 South R 12 West. She names the following witnesses to prove her continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: THOMAS W. FISHER, JOHN CONNER, of Pearce’s Mills, Ala, and DAVID H. PEARCE, JAMES J WESLEY, of Twin, ala. JESSE W. ELLIS, Register NON-RESIDENT NOTICE The State of Alabama, Marion County In Chancery at Hamilton, Alabama, Twelfth Dist, Northern Chancery Division October Term 1895 – May 22, 1895 MARY L. BELL, complnt. vs. JEFF BELL, Defendant In this cause it is made to appear to the Register by C. E. MITCHELL, solicitor for complainant that the defendant JEFF BELL is a non-resident of the state of Alabama and that his place of residence is unknown to affiant, and further, that in the belief of said affiant, the defendant is over the age of twenty-one years. It is therefore ordered by the Register that publication be made in the Hamilton News-Press, a newspaper published in Hamilton, Alabama once a week for four consecutive weeks, requiring him the said JEFF BELL to answer or demur after the 27th day of June, 1895, and failing so to do a decree pro confesso will betaken against him in said cause. Done at office, in Hamilton, Alabama, this 23rd day of May 1895 W. R. RIGGAN, Register in Chancery Your choice of men’s and boys hats at Littleton’s for $1 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville, Ala. May 11th 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 June 22nd 1895, viz: WILLIAM E. TYRA for adjoining farm homestead Entry No. 17981 for the S ½ of SW ¼ and NW ¼ of SW ¼ Sec 24 T 9 South R 13 West. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz ; ARCHIE C. VANCE, WILLIAM A. VANCE, JAMES N. COCKRUM, DAVID H. NIX, all of Hackleburgh, Ala. JESSE W. ELLIS, Register NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT The State of Alabama, Marion County Probate Court, 14th day of May 1895 G. M. HOMER, Deceased, Estate of This day came WM. C. DAVIS the administrator of said estate, and filed his statement, accounts, vouchers, and evidences for a final settlement of his administration. It is therefore ordered that the 5th day of June 1895 be appointed a day on which to make such settlement at which time all parties interested can appear and contest the said settlement if they think proper. JASON P. FORD Judge of Probate, Marion County NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT The State of Alabama, Marion County Probate Court, 14th day of May 1895 W. G. BEAUCHAMP, Deceased, Estate of This day came WM. C. DAVIS the administrator of said estate, and filed his statement, accounts, vouchers, and evidences for a final settlement of his administration. It is therefore ordered that the 5th day of June 1895 be appointed a day on which to make such settlement at which time all parties interested can appear and contest the said settlement if they think proper. JASON P. FORD Judge of Probate, Marion County NOTICE OF LAND SALE The State of Alabama, Marion County Under and by virtue of a decree rendered in the Probate Court of said county on the 22nd of April, 1895, I will on the 27t day of May 1895, in front of the court house door in Hamilton, proceed to sell all the following lands for the non-payment of taxes and cost due and unpaid for the years which they were assessed….(all owner unknown)… This May 23rd 1895 M. M. FRAZIER, T. C. NOTICE OF LAND SALE The State of Alabama, Marion County Under and by virtue of a decree tendered in the Probate court of said county on the 22nd day of April 1895, I will on the 27th day of Mary, 1895, in front of the court house door in Hamilton, proceed to sell all the following lands for the non-payment of taxes and all cost due and unpaid, for the years which they were assessed:….(lands belonging to HENRY THOLE, WM. J. BRODRICK, THOMAS LYONS, HENRY W. TUCKER, C. D. GARRETT)…. This May 23rd, 1895. M. M. FRAZIER, T. C. Ad for Brown’s Iron Bitters Ad for New Home Sewing Machine THE BYRD SCHOOL will open Monday Nov. 19, 1894 and continue four months. Tuition reasonable. For further information call on or address the principal. ANDREW J. ADAMS, Detroit, Ala Ad for The Republic Call at the post office building for fresh garden seed. Ad for New $900 Steinway Piano Free Wanted – 200,000 hickory spokes. Must be clear of defects, split with the grain, 30 inches long 1½ thick by 2 inches wide. Also 1,000 fifteen cent hens and 1,000 dozen eggs at market price. E. W. BROCK, Guin, Ala. PAGE 3 THE NEWS PRESS Issued Every Thursday $1 Per Annum $1 June 6, 1895 LOCAL NEWS Rain. Cloudy. Checkers. Croquet next. Flour on the rise. New buggies in town. Wet days bring good trade. Go to Littleton at Guin for straw hats. Those who say little do their work best. C. C. FRAZIER of Guin was here Sunday last. Buy your dry goods from Littleton at Guin. A nice rain fell here on Tuesday night. D. N. COOPER left for Hackleburgh last Saturday. Big lot of fine dress goods just received at Littleton’s. W. F. GREEN, of Pikeville was in town last Saturday. Men’s heavy work shirts at Littleton’s from 25 to 50 cts. Men’s hats at Littleton’s from 25 cents to $1 worth from 50 cents to $2.50. Miss DELLA KEY returned from a visit to relatives at Guin last Sunday. Prof. TATE returned last week from a visit to Florence, and left for Birmingham on Saturday. 15 to 1 half the people now discussing the money question don’t know exactly what they are talking about. We might say a great deal about the good of the phone line but, with little help it will speak for itself when it is completed The Vernon Courier of last week stated that the hands were on their way to begin work on the phone line from Guin to Hamilton. The singing at the church last Sunday was well attended. It is but little trouble to meet there on Sunday evening, and a great help. The FRAZIER & GAST building now belonging to Mr. MIXON has been cleaned out and is now ready for repairs. Work will begin on it next Monday. The two W. B. FORDS are engaged in making boats at present. The boats are composed of leather, oil-cloth, barrel heads, metal staples, and maple poles. W. R. APPLING’S watermelons patch should be looked after in his absence. We haven’t the time now, but if he makes a trip off somewhere about the 158th of July we will be glad to offer our serve then. Fishing is all the go. ABNER DAVIS is on the sick list this week. The strawberry crop proves to be fine this year. M. M. FRAZIER of Guin, was in town first of the week. We had no preaching last Sunday as our pastor was at conference. Most of the fishermen return with a nice string, but not many fish on it. Mulberries are ripening and the small boys’ lips are putting on a “rosy” appearance. Since the rain has cooled the atmosphere, we feel a great deal better than we do now. If you want to pay your subscription just step right in and hand us the cash; we’ll do the rest. Now, that we have the Agricultural school and teachers too, we should use every effort to make it a success. Mr. and Mrs. I. J. LOYD, of Bull Mountain, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. ELLA DAVIS, who is sick at this place. WILLIAM B. FORD, who has been attending college at Nashville for some months, returned to his home at this place last Saturday. Dry hides are worth about 8 cents per pound now. If they had been worth this much last fall, they would have brought about as much as the beef that were in them. The board of control met at Birmingham on June 4 and elected the following teachers; Prof. JAS. E. ALEXANDER, Principal; Prof. A. W. TATE, first assistant; Miss ELLIOTT KEY, second assistant. School will begin Sept. 1st pupils will be admitted that are in school age – from 7 to 21 years. HEATHEN LONDON Archbishop Manning, in a discourse recently delivered, said of England’s Capitol’ “London is a desolation beyond that of any city in the Christian world. Four million of human beings of whom 2,000,000 have ever set a foot in any place of Christian worship. Among these 2,000,000 God only knows how many have been baptized, how few have been born again of water and the Holy Ghost. London is a wilderness. It is like Rome of old – a pool into which all the nations of the world streamed together and into which all the sins of the nations of the world were continually flowing. Such is London at this day.” China does not afford a picture of deeper degradation, greater misery or hopelessness, and more pronounced heathenism than East end London, and portions of New York. Yet millions of dollars are sent from England and the United states annually to convert the heathen of Africa and Asia, while the poor of the large cities are permitted to go helter-skelter to the devil. A party of prospectors from Dakota have been investigating the country in the vicinity of Gadsden. They are enthusiastic over the land and will go home and endeavor to form a colony. – [Alabama Enquirer] GUIN LOCALS Mrs. BERRY CANTRELL has been very sick for several days. Dr. STONE visited his old home at Pine Springs Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. PEARCE were here first of the week, former en route to District meting and latter visiting relatives. Mrs. KATE SHELTON has been sick for several days. Messrs. J. M. SPRINGFIELD, W. H. MATTHEWS, and L. PEARCE have returned from the District Conference, and report the biggest time on record. The free silver democrats here have organized a democratic silver club, with W. H. MATTHEWS, President, J. M. ALLMON, Vice President, and CLIFFE FRAZIER Sec’y. Nine tenths of the people here want free coinage of silver strictly, and no gold interest bearing bonds. The News-Press gentleman, who has been writing the Guin editorials, is at last completely knocked out. We are to have the next district conference sure, and we got it without seeing a “courthouse in the woodpile” too. Now, neighbor, what are you going to do about it, won’t you let us alone for awhile? BILL, Guin, June 3 Yes, certainly – [Ed.] A BOYS ESSAY ON BREATHING We breathe with our lungs, our lights, our kidneys, and our livers. If it wasn’t for our breath we would die when we slept. Our breath keeps the life a- going though our nose when we are asleep. Boys who stay in a room all day should not breathe. They should wait till they get out in the fresh air. Boys in a room make bad air called carbonicide. Carbonicide is as poison as mad dogs. A lot of soldiers were cone in a black home in Calcutta and carbonicide got in there and killed them. Girls sometimes ruin the breath with corsets that squeeze the diagram. A big diagram is best for the right kind of breathing – [Old Homestead] Next Saturday is the time for the picnic. The News-Press costs you less than two cents a week. If you have a house to rent, a spotted cow to sell, a piece of land to dispose of, or a wagon load of goobers that you want the money for, the place to put your “ad” is in the News-Press. Not a very large crowd attended the debate last Saturday night, but enough were there to make a fuss. Ladies were chosen judges, and as they were competent we are sure they rendered the decision correct. NOTICE STUDENTS I am authorized to grant a Scholarship Certificate to any young lady, in Marion County, who is prepared to do creditable work in the Southern Female College. This certificate will entitle the student to free tuition in the Literary and Piano Music Department in a College of 21 teachers. W. A. DUNN, Co. Supt. of Education OUR HISTORY CLASS Matter intended for this department should be addressed to W. F. GREEN, Pikeville, Ala. The following questions were used in the teacher’s examinations in this county last year: 31. Why was America so named? 32. Describe the character of the first colonists at Jamestown, Va. 33. Describe the travels of DeSoto in America. 34. When did the puritans come to America? Why did they come? 35. Tell of Captain John Smith. 36. Where did the Spaniards, English, Dutch, and French each settle? 37. What caused the war of Revolution? 38. When and where was the first President of the U. S. inaugurated? 39. Tell about the Salem Witchcraft 40. Where and by whom was Alabama settled? ANSWERS The following answers are to questions which appeared in issue of May 23. Nos. 11, 14, 15, 19 and 20 were furnished by Mr. IRA HUGHES Pikeville, Ala: 11. Thomas Jefferson. The following composed the committee that reported the Declaration to Congress: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and H. R. Livingston. 12. The Bertholdi Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States by the people of France to commemorate the friendly relations of the two countries during the revolutionary war. It is located on Bedloe’s Island, in New York Bay. 13. Richard Henry Lee 14. Ferdinand DeSoto 15. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 16. The Missouri Compromise was an agreement between the then dominant political parties represented in the United States Congress that Missouri might come into the union as a slave state, but that slavery should be prohibited in all other territory belonging to the United States west of the Mississippi and north of parallel 35 deg. 30 min. the southern boundary of the state. The measure was proposed by Henry Clay, and adopted to avert a war which the bitter feelings engendered by the discussion of the slavery question seemed about to precipitate. 17. Henry Clay 18. Gonverneur Morris 19. General Francis Marion 20. 1819 W. R. WHITE made a trip to Guin today. Some fish have been caught on the traps during the recent rise of the river. Now is the time to subscribe. We have huckleberries, plums, strawberries, and a few spring chickens, and will have a picnic next Saturday. Ain’t we in the middle of a luck patch. NOTICE The Educational Board will meet at Hamilton on June 28 and 29, 1895. All teachers who wish license will please meet the Board at this time, as no examinations will be granted after this meting before next scholastic year. W. A. DUNN, Col. Supt. Education A new lot of fine lace and embroidery at Mrs. DORA TERRELL’S. Call and examine her goods. Ad for Webster’s International Dictionary Two for One Dollar – the News-Press and the Birmingham Weekly State one year for One dollar. The state is an eight-page paper, brimming full of news and democratic to the core. Now is the time to get two papers for the price of one. Ad for Webster’s International Dictionary SWEPT AWAY – McKinley High Prices are Dead and Mrs. ELLA CLEMENTS is selling stationery and school supplies at astonishingly low prices. School crayon per box 15 cts Composition books 7 cts Composition books 15 cts Good note paper at from 5 to 7 cents per quire Fools cap paper 10 cts quire Envelopes 5 cents a package Ink 5 cts per bottle Pen points 5 cts per dozen Slates 5 x 9 inches 6 cts Slates 7 x 11 inches 10 cts Rubber tip pencils 10 cts dozen Pen holders 10 cts each School books. A new lot of school books just received all of which will be sold as cheap as they can be bought anywhere. Ladies Hats. A nice assortment of ladies hats latest styles and guaranteed to vie satisfaction. Come and examine goods, compare prices and be convinced. Mrs. E. H. CLEMENTS, Hamilton, Ala. (Post office building) Ad for Hartsfeld Furnace and Refining Co. Ad for Patents This way ladies! I have just received a large stock of Millenry which I will have on exhibition in the GAST building. I want to sell. Come in, I will take pleasure in showing you my goods. Dress cutting and fitting a specialty. All orders will have prompt attention. Respectfully Mrs. DORA TERRELL, Hamilton, Ala. Ad for Columbus Business College PAGE 4 THE HORRIBLE MAXIM GUN Maxim guns were used aboard the ironclads during the recent naval maneuvers. A correspondent describes their use as follows: “The storm of bullets from them cut the water like rain on the advancing edge of a tropical squall…… Ad for Syrup of Figs Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ad for Imperial Granum STATE TOPICS ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT – State Troops Governor Oats has selected Mobile as the place for the annual encampment of the Alabama State Troops. They will assemble there on June 20th and go into camp at the Alba place on the bay, where a former encampment was made. Col. Williams will be in command. The people of Mobile have subscribed $1700 to the expense fund of the camp. BETTER AND BETTER BUSINESS GROWS – Elliott Car Company BASE INDCENDIARISM – Lee and Stonewell Academy of Goodwater TUSKAGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL – The annual commandment of the Tuskagee Normal and Industrial Institute for colored youths was held Thursday. Dr. E. W. DONAL, of Boston, delivered the commencement sermon. There was fifty-four graduates. W. H. Baldwin, vice president of the Southern railway, was elected a trustee. Booker T. Washington, the principal, stated that an unknown friend in Italy had given $12,000 to the school for a new chapel. The students of the school paid in labor last year $41.000 and in cash $9,700. VERY MUCH ENGAGED Major Frank Y. Anderson, chairman of the board of managers for the Alabama exhibit at the Cotton states and International exposition, of Birmingham……were in Atlanta Tuesday to see about the Alabama exhibit and building…….. ELECTRIC CAR ACCIDENT Last Tuesday morning a trolley car on the Montgomery Beltline happened to an accident that caused the motorman Thomas Doran and two lady passenger, Mrs. Robert Davis and Mrs. Robert H. Jones to receive several bruises each and a severe shaking up all around…………. LOST THEIR BAIT ONCE A few days ago a number of young men employed in a Board Street, Selma store got hold of one of the seductive circulars with which the “green goods” rascals fish for suckers, and upon the suggestion of a passerby made up thirty cents and telegraphed for a sample of the goods. The sample came and proved to be a bright new $1 bill which was pronounced genuine at the bank. Along with the sample cam type-written instructions how to meet the “brother who travels the square.” and the number 938 was given. This “the brother” will whisper in the ear of the sucker who goes on to buy the goods so that the aforesaid sucker may know that he has found the brother aforesaid These instructions are stamped with a rubber stamp, which reads. “Hereafter all telegrams must be signed by you right name and addressed to my private office.” “Also wear a stiff heat, as that is the kind worn by Eastern people, and will not look so much like a stranger. Do not bring any bag with you, as I will furnish you none. The young gentleman who wrote for the sample are 70 cents ahead on the deal and they are satisfied to let well enough alone. A CROOK MEETS THE USUAL FATE – Montgomery – Dick Lee, Patrolman McKee LIVE WASHINGTON NOTES FEDERAL EXHIBIT AT ATLANTA HE HAD FRIENDS AT COURT – Consul-General Donnelly at Neuvo Laredo, Mex. THE YEARS ACREAGE IN COTTON THE TURKS SEE OUR SHIPS The United States consul at Alexandria, in Asia Minor, has sent a report to the state department speaking in terms of highest praise of the conduct of admiral Kirlan while in that vicinity under orders from the navy department to protect the American missionaries. The consul has that he presence of the warships San Francisco and Marblehead made a most favorable impression on the Turks, who had never before seen an American man-of-war, and as a result of their visit the peace of the community appears to be assured for a long time to come………………. TENNESSEE SOLONS IN EXTRA SESSION Pursuant to the call of Governor Turney, the legislature of Tennessee met in extra session last Monday…………… MADE HIM POPULAR – Colonial Secretary Bond’s success in negotiating a loan has set afoot a scheme to run him for the premiership to replace Sir William Whiteway, who is now old and is regarded as being behind the times. Mr. Bond leads the radical element of the Whiteway party, which outnumbers the others considerably. the movement is being pushed vigorously. Sir William Whiteway will be given a Supreme Court judgeship, if a vacancy occurs. If not, he will be relegated to a seat in the legislative council. It is believed that two- thirds of the Whiteway party will support Mr. Bond. THE COLIMA DISASTER – city of Mexico – number lost is 150 Ad for Royal Baking Powder ASLEEP IN A REFRIGERATOR – A Wife put there by Burglars and Found by her Husband The construction of city flats is such that it seems as if flat thieves out to be able to obtain almost unlimited plunder with impunity, but they are forever getting caught, and most of them are lowest grades of sneak thieves. Anything like originality in their methods is rare, so the experience of the head of a modest West Side flat this week is remarkable, says the Cincinnati Enquirer. He arrived home from business about 6 o’clock and at once observed indications that something unusual had been going on. It was evident that a thief had been around and that he had gone away without taking much if anything with him unless it was the resident’s wife, for she was nowhere to be found…….. THE FURNACE FIRE In order to have a furnace work properly it is necessary to keep the cellar cold by means of a steady draught. The air-shaft may be all that is needed for actual combustion, but in order to have the hot air distributed through the house, the cellar itself must be kept cold……………… “MICE” WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE CRADLE OF INDIAN BABIES – Queer Sacks in which Papooses are Nursed and Transplanted When you go through an Indian camp you can see red and green sacks standing against the sides of the tepees, carried on the backs of little girls by means of a blanket which is fastened at the waist with a broad leather belt, or being rocked to and fro by the wind in the boughs of cottonwood trees……………….. Ad for Parkers’ Hair Balsam Ad for Syrup of Figs Ad for Pearline File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/hamilton75nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 37.9 Kb