Marion County AlArchives News.....HAMILTON NEWS PRESS July 25, 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, 5:16 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History July 25, 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 CO, ALA. THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1895 NO. 30 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER ANNUM. R. H. TERRELL, Publisher Advertising Rates Reasonable – Job Work Neatly and Cheaply Executed GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY There has been a decided change for the better in the condition of Ben Story, who was shot last Monday at Columbus, Miss., by Mayor McDowell, and the chances are that he will recover. Mayor McDowell waived examination and was admitted to bail, the amount of the bond being $2,000. In a personal difficulty at Terry, Miss. at 6:30 o’clock Wednesday evening H. Hudson shot and mortally wounded Kent Marshall. Both are prominent citizens of this county. This is three homicides in this county in twenty-four hours. The Montgomery, with the Nicaraguan canal commission on board, at Key West, Fla. Wednesday morning for New York. The Atlanta arrived at Key West between 12 and 1 o’clock from Santiago de Cuba and has been quarantined by the health authorities. In a severe thunderstorm last night Mr. McFarland of North Carolina, a horse trainer for Richard Floyd of Franktown, Va. was instantly killed by lightning while eating supper. A valuable horse belonging to Mr. James Morris and six hogs were also killed. The new Methodist church at Franktown was struck and damaged to the amount of $1000. What appears to be a mysterious killing occurred Sunday near Hamburg, S. C. which is one the other side of the Savannah River from Augusta Georgia. ……. Mill No. 4 of the National Lineseed Oil Company, Chicago, Ill. At the crossing of Canal Street and the Burlington Railway tracks was totally destroyed by fire Sunday morning , entailing a loss of nearly $100,000. Upon application of Attorney-General Jordan the bank of Norbone, Mo. has been placed in the hand of a receiver. The Carroll County bank, located at DeWitt, Mo has also met the same fate. This makes three banks collapsed in this county within one week. Every other bank in the county is in first-class condition. The steamer Nyanza, yup bound with coal, collided Tuesday with the northern liner Northern King, downward bound, with merchandise, in a fog at the foot of Sugar Island, in the St. Mary’s River, Mich. …………. In trying to avoid a collision in St. Clair Lake ship canal Mich., early Thursday morning the tug Torrent bound up, became entangled in the tow line of the schooner Yukon, bound down, in town of a steamer. The tow line swept the deck of the tug, stripping everything moveable. Captain Ralph Hackett and the wheelsman were instantly killed and the watchman knocked overboard and drowned. The Donaldson Iron Company of Emaus, Pa. has voluntarily increased the wages of its 400 employees to 10 percent, the increase to go into effect August 1st. Fifteen thousand delegates and visitors arrived in Baltimore on Wednesday to attend the convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America, which opened next day. A fatal fire Wednesday afternoon in the main part of the shipping quarter of Cincinnati, O resulted in the instant death of two firemen and the probable fatal injury of a dozen others. The fatalities were caused by the falling walls of the burning buildings. A storm, accompanied by a roaring sound, burst over the camp ground near Rossville, O. Sunday afternoon while services were being held in the tabernacle, and was all over in a few seconds…………….. A pleasure party of five men, while driving across the railroad track between Williamstown, Mass. and Powelnal, Vt. Sunday afternoon, were struck by a train on the Fitchburg Road………… Herbert Johnson of Windsor, Mich., who was released only two months ago, after serving a term for smuggling Chinese into this country, was arrested late Tuesday night at the Fort street Union Depot, Detroit, Mich. by Special Treasury Agent E. O. Wood and Inspector Kennary. He was caught in the act of smuggling four Chinamen over in a Wagner Sleeping car. …………… The torpedo boat Erickson at New London, Conn. was out on the sound for a run Wednesday when a steam pipe bursted, shockingly scalding five men. The steamer Cactus happened to come near and brought the men to this port and they were carried to the hospital. Two of the men may be fatally burned. FOREGIN Ex-Premier Stambuloff, of Bulgaria, who was assaulted in the street Monday, died at 3:30 morning from the terrible wounds he received at the hands of his assailants. He was 40 years old. The porte has appointed Shakir Pasha to supervise the reforms in Armenia. This is regarded as a a concession to the powers, which are still asking for a more definite statement as to what reforms the porte proposes to carry out. The London Standard publishes a dispatch from Carlsbad confirming the tories of the merriment displayed by Prince Ferdinand of Bulgerian since the assassination of M. Stambuloff. His actions have caused much scandal among the visitors at Carlsbad and once he was hissed. A dispatch from Hong Kong says that reports of serious fighting between the Japanese and Black Flags in Formosa have been received from Amoy. The fighting took place sixty miles south of Taipeh. The Black Flags were in almost overwhelming numbers, and only the shells from the heavy guns of the Japanese saved the latter from dire disaster. As it was the Japanese were compelled to retreat to the northwest. The Black Flags, according to reports, are now advancing upon Teckham, fifty miles west of the Tokoham, where renewed fighting is imminent. While Captain General Martinez Compes was en route Wednesday from Manzanllo to Bayamo, escorted by a detachment of troops, a large force of insurgents was met with. The rebels comprised the bands of Antonio and Joe Mace and other leaders. A severe battle took place and the rebel loss was heavy. General Santocildes of the government forces was killed. No details of the battle can be had, the government vigorously suppressing news. DR. PORTER CONFIDENT Dr. Y. E. Porter, the state health officer, arrived in Jacksonville, Fla. Tuesday morning from Tampa. In speaking of the general health of the state, Dr. Porter said it was about as usual at this season of the year……… A NICE LITTLE JOKE One E. L. McNamara was arrested in Atlanta, Ga. Tuesday evening on the charge of having stolen $20 from C. E. Hill while setting at a table in saloon. He at first denied having the money, but gave it up on being informed that he would be arrested. When seen in hi cell by a reporter he said he was arrested as a joke, and his taking Hill’s money was a joke. A young man who, at the police station, claimed to be a friend of his, said that McNamara was from Birmingham, Ala. where he had two brothers, who were mine owners, and that he is of a good family. LIVE WASHINGTON NOTES CUMBERLAND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA TROUBLE WITH INDIANS The first official report of the trouble between Bannock Indians and setters in Northwestern Wyoming reached the interior department Wednesday. In a dispatch to the secretary of the Interior Gov. Richards says: “I have received advices by mail and telegraph reporting the situation as serious. The Indians are Bannocks from Fort Hall, Idaho. They were arrested for illegal and wanton killing of game. Can you take immediate action for the protection of our settler?” No action will be taken further than to notify the department commander to have troops at Fort Washakie in readiness to protect the people and property in case they are wanted. TO TRAIN NAVAL MILITIA Orders were telegraphed from the navy department Wednesday directing Captain Wise of the double-terreted monitor Amphitrite to proceed to Wilmington, NM. C., Charleston, S. C. and Brunswick, to take on board the naval militia organizations of the three states named on their annual practice cruise, in conjunction with officers and men of the regular navy…………… TURN OF THE TIDE For the first time this month the treasury receipts on Wednesday exceeded the expenditures. ……. PROSECUTING AN INCENDIARY William Goodman, late of Sweetwater, Tenn. was tired Tuesday before Squire F. M. Fills, charged with burning the depot at Loudon about a week ago, and was bound over to the next term of the circuit court, and in default of bond went to jail. The testimony was very strong against him. The circumstances point to the fact that this man was not alone in the work and other arrests will follow…….. BANK FUNDS DISAPPEAR A special from Richmond, Mo. says that the Farmer’s Bank of Orrick, Ten miles southwest of Richmond, is in trouble. Cashier L. T. Parish is missing, and it is reported that $15,000 to $20,000 of the bank’s funds are also missing. The president and vice-president of the bank are in Richmond consulting attorneys as to what steps to take in the matter. The last seen of Parish was by a gentleman from Richmond, who met him at the Union Station in Kansas City July 10. THE DEAD STAMBOULOFF – His Uprightness, Bulgarian Government Responsible for the Murder The London Times says: “Stambouloff was one of the most brilliant statesmen produced in the Balkans in the last Century. With little of the veneer of civilization, with little distinction or refinement he concealed beneath a rough exterior a natural tenderness and delicacy of feeling which only those who knew him intimately could appreciate. There was no humbug or affectation about him. He was a man and a great man. Whatever his defects may have been there was never a doubt of his patriotism and devotion to his country. The Vossische Zeitung says that curses and everlasting shame will cling to the Bulgarian government which certainly had a share in the assassination, and which knew of the murderous plots, yet did nothing to hinder notorious murderers from moving freely about Sofia. “If any ordinary citizens” the newspaper goes on to say, “had been incriminated as Prince Ferdinand has been, he would have been arrested. Prince Ferdinand has forfeited the right to wear a European crown. He must fall.” The National Zeitung says: “The name of Bulgaria will henceforth be expressive only of the most contemptible ingratitude and the most pitiful depravity. This monstrosity called a state cannot live.” SINGULAR FREAK OF LIGHTNING A special from Quincy Fla. July 17 says: Today at 12:30 p.m. while Mick Davies, a colored driver from Backin and Cox’s livery stable, was driving a two-horse wagon load of pea vines from Cox place, one mile south of Quincy, he and both horses were killed by lightning……….. WITH PAPA’S PISTOL Johnson Williamson, an Atlanta Ga. boy, is about nine years of age and has always been considered quite smart by all with whom he came in contact. He has been in the habit of doing many things only grown people do, and among them was a free and unlimited handling of his papa’s pistol during papa’s absence. Tuesday he got the pistol from the drawer and while playing with some companions began handling it a little recklessly. The pistol went off when the muzzle was pointed down and the ball went through Master Williamson’s left foot. Dr. Henlsey was called in and the wound was found to be a bad one, the bones of the foot being badly crushed. The wound was dressed and the youngster was put to bed, where he will remain for several days before he can begin to practice on crutches. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION Monday night the Christian Endeavor Convention at Boston, Mass. came to an end. During its continuance more than 500 meetings have been held. Approximately 50,000 men and women have come from all corners of the North American continent as delegates; others have come from strange and distant lands, and the most powerful nations have been represented in this vast gathering. While several thousand delegates return to their homes at once the later part of the multitude will remain sight seeing, until the end of the week. At Monday night’s meeting Mr. Walsh, of the hotel committee reported that the total registrar of delegates present at this convention was 56,225. POTTERIES RESUME OPERATION Knowles Company big potteries, the largest in the United States, and the works of Cartwright Bros., Burford Bros., Wallace & Chetwind, the Securing Pottery Company, the East Liverpool and the Stand Pottery company all resumed operations Tuesday………….. RESULT OF A NEWSPAPER COURTSHIP In room 45 of the Arlington annex, Augusta, Ga. Wednesday morning J. S. Smith of Corsicana, Texas, tried to kill his wife and cut his own throat. Smith is in a precarious condition. Sunday night in Wilkes County, Georgia, Smith married Claudia Armour, daughter of well-to-do parents. The couple came to Augusta, where Smith’s money gave out. He decided to kill both himself and wife. His wife escaped serious injury. They became acquainted through correspondence in the “Aunt Susie” column in the Atlantic Constitution. 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. WORSE THAN TRAIN ROBBING – Coal Mine Operator Charged with Using False Weights On Tuesday Secretary Warner of the miner’s organization appeared at the office of Alderman Madden, Pittsburg, Pa., and made an informal charge against Operator T. D. Stein of the Pheniz mines at Idlewood for stealing coal from his employees. The weigh-master, T. R. Marshal, employed by stein, was also made a party to the suit, and warrants were issued…………… TERRIBLE MARINE DISASTER – Two Steamers Collide, One Hundred and Forty-eight People Perish - A terrible accident, resulting in the loss of 148 lives, occurred near the mouth of the gulf of Spezzia, Italy Sunday……… WOOLEN MILLS ADVANCE WAGES 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. PAGE 2 THE NEWS PRESS Issued Every Thursday R. N. TERRELL, Proprietor S. E. WILSON, Editor and Manager Entered at the post office at Hamilton, Ala, as second class matter Subscription Rates One year $1.00 Six Months .50 Three months .25 Congressman Bankhead says the Sumter County Sun seems to have wiped up the earth with Capt. J. M. Martin, the gold mono-metalism advocate, at the Alabama Chautauqua at Talladega last Thursday. ----- see it stated in late ----- that Gen. Campos, the commander of the Spanish forces in Cuba has been wounded in battle, and one of his sons killed. It is hard to tell what will be the result of this Cuban insurrection. We sympathize with Cuba. There is a project on foot about Washington to raise $50,000 which is to be applied to the redemption of the liabilities against Edgewood the famous country place of the late Chief Justice Salmon Chase, so that it may remain as the property of his daughter Kate. A most deplorable scandal is reported from Choctaw Co., Ala. A Methodist preacher named Dennis, who had been pastor of the Church at Butler, has seduced his sister-in-law, an accomplished young lady, 18 years of age. When the crime was found out, a committee, composed of the best citizens called on him, and upon his acknowledging his guilt, they gave him just one hour to leave the country, under penalty. He left. We see it stated in an exchange that at Richmond, Va. at least 1,000 men are idle and refuse to work for $1.50 a day, demanding $2.50. Their employers claim that owing to the stringency of the times they cannot possibly pay more than $1.50 a day. This is all wrong. We like to see labor well paid all over the country, in all its different grades, but we think it is the duty of the working men to meet their employers half-way during these stringent times, when all kinds of business is making an effort to get on its feet again, and help them (the employers) to make both ends meet, so they can be able, when times revive, as they certainly will in the near future, to advance wages, as is being done in all the mining district so the country. A man who refuses to work these hard times for $1.50 a day, deserves but little sympathy, if he is compelled to go to bed hungry. The interests of employer and employee are mutual and they should be willing to aid each other in times of depression and trouble. STILL WHOOPING ‘EM UP At a grand barbecue given by the Truck Grower’s Association of Cuba, Sumter county, Ala a few days ago, our Congressman, Hon. John H. Bankhead, is said to have delivered one of the most logical and effective speeches of the campaign…………… On the 21st inst. there was a terrific storm in portions of Ohio and Indiana, injuring a number of people and doing much damage to crops and other property……………. A good point made by Mr. PEARCE in Saturday’s discussion, was that the single or gold standard orators to made much ado over the fact, as they contend, that the free coinage of silver would enrich the silver barons of the northwest and other countries, but never say a word about their policy enriching the gold barons. Mr. Pearce said he wanted to help both along. He did not want to be partial. Let us have free coinage of both metals and that would give both sides a showing. THE JOINT DEBATE According to previous announcement, Mr. J. P. PEARCE and Mr. W. F. GREEN, both citizens of this county, met in joint discussion, at the Court House at Hamilton on Saturday last. There were a goodly number of the yeomanry of the country in attendance, who from the marked attention given the speakers, felt a deep interest in the question being discussed, and were anxious to be informed upon the merits of the great question now agitating the minds of the masses of the people all over the country –t he free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, by the United States government, independent of the action of other nations vs. the single, or gold standard policy. We were present only during a part of the discussion, and will not pretend to notice the speeches in full but content our self by giving a short synopsis of a few, to our mind, of the most salient points made. Mr. PEARCE opened the debate, advocating the free and unlimited coinage of silver, etc. He strenuously contended that the United States is or should be, independent of all other nations from every possible standpoint, and sarcastically derided the idea of Foreign powers dictating to the American people their financial policy – that they should adopt a single metal as the standard of values to the exclusion of all others. He said, let us pay the foreign powers what we owe them, and be independent of them, indeed, financially as well as otherwise. He contended that the government, as well as individuals, allowed expenses to overbalance their income, and said that to government, or people could prosper unless the income was the greater. He thought that the great depression in finance and the price of property was caused by the demonetization of silver, and that free coinage, as it would make money more plentiful, would increase the price of the products of the farm, as well as that of all kinds of property. He combated the idea that the fee coinage of silver would drive gold out of the country, basing his opinion upon the fact that the aggregate amount of silver and god in the world was very nearly equal, and that the free coinage of both metals upon an equal footing, would keep them on a parity, one with the other. He said that the single standard orators had much to say about the free coinage of silver enriching the silver barons of the north-west and other countries, but that they were perfectly mute as to the effect the present system of the free coinage of gold, to the exclusion of silver is having upon the phlegmatic purses of the gold mine owners on the world at present. He said that if the miners profited by free coinage, he was in favor of giving all a showing. He would not continue the benefits to one class, to the exclusion of the other. He was liberal. He wanted to help both sides along. He charged that the law of 1878 demonetizing silver was enacted fraudulently at least without the proper scrutiny, as many congressmen have said that they had never read the bill and it was passed without being read before the House, the member relying on the assurance of the chairman of the committee who reported the bill, that it did not effect the coinage question. He condemned platforms which are subject to several constructions, and bore down pretty hard on those who “straddle” platforms, construing them to suit their own peculiar views. He said he wanted the next National democratic platform, particularly the silver plank, so plainly written that “he who runs may read,” leaving no chance for a straddle, and leaving no room for more than one construction. There were many more points of interest discussed by Mr. Pearce, in fact he treated the subject fully and showed conclusively that the free coinage of silver would benefit the masses and restore prosperity to all. We heard but little of Mr. W. F. GREEN’S speech being called off in a short time after he took the stand. What we heard was learned, conservative and dignified. He, of course, took an opposite view of the question to that occupied by Mr. Pearce. Mr. Green handled this side of the question very adroitly, and showed that he had given the subject much thought. His speech, doubtless, was entirely satisfactory to the few single standard men present, but we hear of no converts to this theory. The audience was overwhelmingly with Mr. Pearce’s side of the question. Mr. Pearce’s rejoiner was on a line with his original speech. He replied to the arguments made by Mr. Green, very effectually, and strengthened his own positions. It was noticeable that the single standard men present were very strict as to time, calling him down before he had rally finished. Mr. Pearce was quite liberal and tolerant. Said if his hearers agreed with him – believed that the re-monetizing of silver would better subserve their interests and those of the public generally, he should expect them to vote with him; but, if they thought differently, he advised them, as free and independent voters, to follow the dictates of their own consciences. Mr. Green, in his ten minutes of replication, presented but little new matter for consideration. After the discussion was concluded, Mr. Owen made a short speech, in which he said that he did not profess to be well posted on the question at issue, but there was one thing very apparent to him – “the people needed more money.” Judge COOPER, in reply said that Mr. OWEN was mistaken, that there was plenty of money, but the trouble was that the most of the silver of the country was locked up in the treasury vaults at Washington and bank safes of the country, and that it was not in circulation. He asserted that with the proper surety, certified check or its equivalent, any one could have any sum of money, in silver, shipped to Guin, free of express charges, for circulation. That is all right, Judge, but who among us can furnish the “certified check or its equivalent.” With a certified check, a man would not have to go all the way to Washington or the Northern cities for money. He could find it nearer home – in the banks at Birmingham, or Memphis. But, judge, where is the check to come from? The debate was conducted in a most dignified and pleasant manner on the part of both gentlemen, not one word of a personal or political nature, outside of the question at issue, was indulged in by either. It was, in truth, a friendly discussion between two neighbors, who are good friends, and the large crowd shoed their appreciation of this fact, by their utmost attention and decorum during the entire discussion. Come to the News-Press office for first-class Job Work at living prices. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE The State of Alabama, Marion County In the Probate Court ELIJAH CANTRELL, Deceased, Estate of Application to Sell Land To AARON CANTRELL, RUBE CANTRELL, SARAH J. WILEY, ELIJAH CANTRELL, EVELINE WILEY, MARY SUSAN SEATS, W. E. CANTRELL, CATHARINE CANTRELL, SARAH E. CANTRELL, EMILY CANTRELL, RACHEL MASON, OFFIE FORD, BABE DAVIS, WILLIAM CANTRELL and JESSE CANTRELL: You will take notice that an application has been filed in this office by the administrator of said estate, for the sale of the lands described in said application as belonging to said estate, for distribution; upon the grounds that the same cannot be equitably divided without a sale thereof. You are therefore notified that the 30th day of August, 1895, has been set for the hearing of said application, at which time you may appear at my office in the county and state aforesaid, and contest said application if you think proper. Witness my hand, this the 2nd day of July, A. D. 1895. JASON P. FORD, Judge of Probate REGISTER’S SALE The State of Alabama, Marion County No. 34 – In Chancery at Hamilton, Alabama, 12th District, Northern Chancery Division THE BROWN SHOE CO., et al., Complainant Vs J. W. COLLINS, et al, Defendant By virtue of a decree rendered July 1st 1895, of the Chancery Court at Hamilton Marion County Alabama in said cause I shall proceed to sell to the highest and best bidder for cash at public auction at the Court House door in the town of Hamilton within the legal hours of sale, on Monday, the 19th day of August 1895, the following described property to wit………All in marion County, Alabama to satisfy said decree. Witness my hand this July 15th 1895. W. B. RIGGAN, Register in Chancery HO! Every one that thirsteth. Best flour and meal made at my fine custom mills, at Guin, Alabama. New wheel, bolting cloths, spindles and belts – all in perfect order. Dry goods and notions, as low as the lowest. Give me a trial. E. W. BROCK. 50-344-460-500 THE STATE NORMAL COLLEGE, FLORENCE, ALABAMA Opened in 1873 with 50 children, all from Florence. Last year it enrolled 344, mostly mature persons and teachers, learning improved methods. These represented all parts of Alabama and several other states. Next year 460 are wanted, and 500 within five years. $100 will defray a year’s expenses, including board. Not more than $15 required in any one month. Fall term opens September 17, 1895 If you need a trained teacher, or wish further information, send for catalogue. JAS. K. POWERS FOR SALE I propose to sell my property in Winfield, or exchange it for property in, or near Hamilton. I have two large lots adjoining, on which is a good frame dwelling containing four rooms, with front and rear porches, good chimneys – one with coal grate – an everlasting well of good water on the back porch, a good storm cellar, and glass-covered hot-house to preserve flowers in winter. The dwelling has been recently well painted, and everything is in good repair. The garden is large and rich. Besides what has been described, there is a Livery Stable on the property, in good repair, and large enough to accommodate the livery business of the town, with a good well of water near by. This property is conveniently located, being near the railroad depot, and the business part of town. For further particulars, terms, etc. inquire of the undersigned or of the editor of the News-Press, Hamilton, Ala. R. F. CARNES, Winfield, Ala. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT - Of JOHN B. WOOD, County Treasurer of Marion County, Alabama Showing Amount Received and Disbursed from January 1st, 1895 to July 1st, 1895 GENERAL COUNTY FUND From M. M. FRAZIER tax collector on county taxes $2,414.30 From JASON P. FORD judge of probate redemption of land 14.59 From A. F. M. HOWELL lumber sold from old bridge .80 From JASON P. FORD judge of probate estray taken up by R. A. BAIRD 2.75 From JASON P. FORD judge of probate estray taken up by J. J. COATS 3.00 TOTAL $2,435.44 DISBURSEMENT OF GENERAL COUNTY FUND Election expenses $18.00 Lumber and nails for county 25.23 Election booths for county 135.50 Stationary for county 75.20 Taxes erroneously paid 23.80 T. J. FARIS commission tax assessor 153.80 M. M. FRAZIER’S commission tax collector 148.36 Petit Jury 3.60 Legal advertising for county 15.50 Work on court house 3.50 Goods for the county 1.50 Postage for the county 9.38 Ex-officio services W. W. HALL 135.50 Ex-officio services J. F. HAMILTON 34.33 Expenses of Commissioners Court 64.90 Registering electors 3.57 Work on county jail 1.75 Binding three volumes newspapers 6.00 Tax collector’s receipt book 9.30 Balance on blank case for Sheriff’s office 13.00 Freight and stationery for county 9.25 Clerk’s cost in JIM SELF forfeiture 6.65 Clerk’s cost in J. M. PRESLEY forfeiture 5.55 Carrying G. W. WEST, colored to insane hospital 20.00 For trying and guarding G. W. WEST, colored 15.10 Expenses of burying Mrs. A. A. DICKEY 3.24 Professional services rendered CRIS and LEE SIDES wile in jail 12.85 Publishing county treasurer’s report 74.43 Three subscriptions to the Free Press 4.05 Expenses of waiting on Mrs. A. A. DICKEY 10.00 For feeding G. W. WEST 9.50 Binding three volumes of county paper and also one quart of ink 6.75 Marriage Record for county 14.05 Tax book and assessment list for county 30.05 Two quires blanks and postage for probate office 1.50 Goods for Register’s office 15.00 Execution docket for Sheriff’s office 12.00 Land book 7.00 Keeping A. A. DICKEY, a pauper 5.33 Keeping JANE DAMRON, a pauper 4.00 TOTAL $1,145.32 FINE AND FORFEITURE FUND Received from State Treasurer $241.42 BOB HARDIN fine 5.00 Convict hire for quarter ending Dec. 31, 1895 .93 ED KENNEDY fine 5.00 JOHN BICKERSTAFF fine 5.00 TOTAL $245.01 DISBURSEMENT FINE AND FORFEITURE FUND State witness claims $214.35 Clerk’s commission on fines .50 TOTAL $214.85 REDEMPTION OF LAND From J. P. FORD Judge of Probate redemption of land J. B. CANTRELL $9.35 From J. P. FORD Judge of Probate redemption of land G. A. KITCHENS 7.05 From J. P. FORD Judge of Probate redemption of land J. H. MORTON 9.30 TOTAL $25.70 DISBURSEMENT OF REDEMPTION FUND Paid to S. F. GRADY $7.95 Paid to JAMES P. PEARCE 9.30 $ 16.35 Balance due on redemption of land $9.35 $25.70 JOHN B. WOOD, Treasurer, Marion County, Ala. 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 PAGE 3 THE NEWS PRESS Issued Every Thursday $1 Per Annum $1 July 25, 1895 LOCAL NEWS Rev. P. K. BRINDLEY will preach at the Methodist Church in this place on next Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock. Forked Deer tobacco, at Littleton’s for 35c per pound. Miss DELLA LAWHORN, of Barnesville, paid Mrs. JOHN HAMILTON a visit during the week. Fine line of Stale and Patent drugs at MIXON’S. Rev. W. A. BIVEN requests us to announce that the Quarterly Conference of Hamilton Circuit will convene at Newburg Church on Saturday and Sunday, July 27th and 28th, 1895. Go to Littleton’s at Guin for a good bedstead for $2.00. Best wool jeans from 20 to 35 cents per yard at Mixon’s Miss ZELLA BIVEN, of Brookside, Ala. who has been visiting her brother, Rev. W. A. BIVEN and family will return home in a few days, probably tomorrow. Buy your dry goods, shoes, hats and clothing from Littleton For Mountain Mill Thread, call on H. E. Mixon. The eldest daughter of Mr. R. N. TERRELL has been quite sick for several days, with high fever and derangement of the bowels. We heartily sympathize with Mrs. TERRELL, as Mr. TERRELL is absent. We hope for the sweet little child’s early recovery. Good coffee at Mixon’s from 4 ½ to 4 ¾ pounds to the $1.00. Got to Littleton at Guin for Lawn at 4 c per yard, fast colors. Messrs. PEARCE and GREEN, the contestants in last Saturday’s debate, honored the News-Press with a call during their stay in town. Both are genial gentlemen and though differing on the silver question, neither is lacking when it comes to sociability. Go to Littleton’s at Guin for bargains in all kinds of dry goods. Good manufactured Tobacco at Mixon’s from 25c to 50 c per pound. Judge W. H. MATTHEWS, of Guin, paid us a pleasant visit a few days ago. He reported everything all right in his town, and peace and plenty abounded. Call again Judge. Go to Littleton for your groceries at red rock prices. Buy your cotton plaids from H. E. Mixon 5 c per yard. Our townsman, Mr. R. N. TERRELL left last Sunday night for Texas, on a visit to relatives and friends. He will be absent for two or three weeks. We wish our friend a safe and pleasant trip, a happy reunion with the loved ones in the far west, that the journey may be conducive to his health, and he may return home in the firm belief that Hamilton and Marion county is a good country to live in, all things considered. Good domestic from 5c to 5 ½ c per yard at Mixon’s. Big stock of trunks and valises at Littleton’s at wholesale prices. We intend to devote our entire time and what talent we may be blessed with, in an endeavor to publish a first-class paper, one that the people of Marion County may conscientiously support, felling that they are getting the worth of their money when they subscribe for it, and we confidently appeal to every man in the county who reads newspaper, to subscribe for the News-Press. Give us your patronage and we will enlarge and otherwise improve our paper until it will compare favorably with, if it does not excel, any weekly paper published in the state, outside of the cities. Give us a trial, at least, and then you can intelligently judge of our merits. For waive notes and other legal blanks call at the News-Press office. Our citizens are making preparations, and getting ready to accommodate students who may desire to enter school at its opening. Those who want to send their children to our school may suffer no uneasiness. Our people are enthusiastic and will make arrangements to accommodate all who may come. For good harness, collars, bridles, and halters, call on H. E. Mixon. Cheap for cash. Rev. D. W. WARD preached the funeral of Mrs. LODEN, at Winfield on last Sabbath to a large and appreciative audience. Good calicoes, from 5c to 6c per yard; good cotton challis, 5c per yard at H. E. Mixon’s. Our genial young friend THOMAS SHELTON, of the southwestern part of the county, is in attendance on the meeting. There seems to be some attraction at Hamilton for “Tom” he comes up pretty often, but he may only come to see the “boys.” Mr. SHELTON reports a good deal of sickness in his neighborhood. Nice lots of men’s and boys’ jeans and casimere pants, 90 cts to $3.60 per pair, at H. E. Mixon’s. Rev. D. W. WARD joined Sheriff HALL and Mr. CASHION in a fishing excursion, to try the bream this morning before church time. The recreation will, doubtless, be of much benefit to the doctor, after his exhaustive labors during the meeting. For men’s, ladies, and boys shoes, call on H. E. Mixon. I positively will not be undersold – were bought before the rise in shoes, and will be sold at old prices. The protracted meeting at the Methodist Church is progressing very satisfactorily. Christians have been much revived, seven have joined the Church, and many more have shown a strong desire to turn from their sins and seek the Lord while he may be found. The pastor, Rev. W. A. BIVEN, has worked most faithfully and zealously during the entire meeting, and is much exhausted, but his labors, owing to the extreme heat. Rev. D. W. WARD, arrived on Monday, and has preached two able sermons each day since. He is a most enthusiastic and effective laborer in the Vineyard of the Lord. He seems untiring, and his zeal is unbounded. Rev. R. W. CLARK, a Baptist minister, preached an able sermon on Wednesday. The meeting will probably close tomorrow, and we hope that the good seeds sown will fructify, and bring forth fruit, meet for repentance, and result in an abundant harvest, bringing many sinners to a knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. OUR HISTORY CLASS Matter intended for this Department should be addressed to W. F. GREEN, Abaline, Ala. 91. Who is known in American history as the “Great Pacificator?” 92. Who used the expression, “You can fool all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but you can’t fool all the people all the time.” 93. Was Gen. Jackson going toward New Orleans, or coming from there, when he opened the military road that runs by Hamilton? 94. Who was the Mexican General at the Battle of Buena Vista? The American General? 95. Who is known as the “Father of the Constitution?” 96. Who was the “Hero of Tippecanoe?” 97. Who was Governor of Alabama during the war of Secession? 98. Who were the Commanding Generals, respectively, of the Union and Confederate forces at the close of the war? 99. What is an alien? 100. What is a foreigner? For Mason fruit jars, call on H. E. Mixon - $1.20 to $1.50 per dozen. OVER THE COUNTY – Local News of the Week Gathered by Our Correspondents. HACKLEBURG, ALA. – July 22, 1895 Editor News-Press: Mr. MONROE WOOD and family, of near Hamilton, visited relatives near here last week. Mrs. JOHN WILSON was bitten by a snake last Thursday night from the effect of which she still suffers. Just about a week before a son of hers was bitten, but he has about recovered. There was preaching at New Prospect Church on Saturday and Sunday last by Rev. D. A. CANTRELL. Crop prospects have not been better in this section for many years. If the expected advance in cotton and products are realized, the calamity howler will speedily fall behind the procession. Mr. P. N. GREEN received a few days since, a letter from his old friend, Mr. S. A. G. WALKER, who left here last fall for Texas. Mr. WALKER writes enthusiastically of the country and his crop prospects, and says that all the members of his family have been and are still enjoying good health. His son, Mr. S. A. WALKER, expects to start out there this week to see his father and to view at the land. Few men had more friends than SAM WALKER, and all of them will be glad to learn that he is prospering in his new home. Respectfully WRONG FONT Big lot of hardware just received and will be sold at rock bottom prices for cash. H. E. Mixon You can buy all light colored calicos, suitable for summer and fall wear, at 5c per yard, at Littleton’s worth 6 ½ c. WINFIELD, ALA – July 22, ‘95 Editor News-Press: Did you say that it is warm? Yes. Well, you are mistaken it is HOT. Mr. THOMAS WESSON and his two sisters, Misses MARY and MAGGIE WESSON, of Tennessee are visiting their sister, Mrs. LINWOOD EARNEST. We hope they will have a pleasant time in our town. Dr. W. A. CARNES, of New Orleans, is visiting his brother Mr. R. F.CARNES, depot agent at this place. Dr. CARNES and Mrs. R. F. CARNES left today for Coalburg, Ala. to visit their sister, Mrs. M. F. ROBRTSON. One of our townsmen, the fist letters of whose names are J. B. WHITEHEAD, decided a few days ago that turnip salad might possibly be good for his digestion. After a hard and well fought mental struggle, he determined to do some plowing, preparatory to turnip sowing. After borrowing a plow and plow- stock, and getting every thing in readiness, he proceeded with his plowing. After he tho’t he was through plowing and was ready to carry the plow home, he discovered he had lost the plow and only had the stock left. He has searched his garden carefully, but latest reports fail to give any news of the lost plow. I would like to suggest to Brother WHITEHEAD that he go into his garden and deaden all the timber (?) which consists of careless-weeds, crop-grass, etc, etc and let it dry. Then burn it off and sift the ashes. I think by doing this he will not have to pay the owner for the plow as it is likely that when his land is cleared he can find it. Brother WHITEHEAD would, probably not have told of his loss, but he could not return the stock, minus the plow, without causing inquiry by the owner. Bro. W. must have taken on a lot of “snake-bite” when he went out to work in his forest. Our Mayor, Mr. HANEY, was severely hurt the other day by falling through a hole in the millhouse and striking a cotton truck. He is improving now. Mr. G. W. HUNAYCUTT and family left for Bell’s Texas, this week. Truly yours ZACHARIAH GUIN, ALA – July 22, ‘95 Editor News Press: We are having plenty of rain. C. A. BOOKER is quite sick; also Mr. JOHN RILEY is not at all well. JULE POPE is dealing out some of his eccentricities on the streets now. Mr. JAMES PEARCES, JR. of Pearce’s Mill, spent Saturday night and Sunday in town. Dr. SPRINGFIELD was called to Birmingham on professional business to day. Large PEARCE is always in a good humor. The Masons met in regular communication last Saturday and the following officers were installed: T. J. SPRINGFIELD, W. M.; WATSON BROWN, S. W.; W. H. MATTHEWS, J. W. M. T. AKERS, Treas. J. H. RILEYS, Sec; T. T. HILBURN, Tyler. Prof. HUFFSTUTLER will be here this week to begin work in the interested of the Guin High School. We are not expecting any great good to come of the Methodist District School, owing to its location. W. R. WHITE showed his smiling face on our streets last week, and had some of his own make of chicken coops full of chickens along with him. Respectfully, SO LONG PEARCE’S MILL, ALA. – July 22, ‘95 Editor News Press: As I have not seen anything in your paper from this section in some time, I will give you a few dots. Farmers are about done work, and are rejoicing over the prospect of an abundance harvest. Some say a rain would be acceptable just now. Mr. J. B. PEARCE made a business trip to Guin last Saturday. The school at the Robertson University is in full blast, with Prof. H. V. BOSTIC, principal. Boys and girls would do well to call, or address Prof. BOSTIC, at Pearce’s Mill, Ala. M. C. PEARCE is the champion Crane killer. JAMES P. PEARCE made a trip to Hamilton last Saturday to debate the silver question. He was accompanied by MR. J. R. COCHRAN. One of Mr. M. C. ROBERTSON’S children is very ill with fever. We hope he will soon recover. Success to the News-Press and free silver. Respectfully DANDY DAVIS – GRAY – Married on the evening of the 24th inst. at the residence of the Bride’s mother, near DeSotoville, Choctaw County, Ala. Mr. WILLIAM C. DAVIS, of Hamilton, to Miss MAUDE GRAY, of DeSotoville. In addition to our good wishes for this couple in last week’s paper we wish to add a few more. While the fair bride is personally unknown to ye Editor, Mr. DAVIS, in our short acquaintance has impressed s most favorably as being one of “Nature’s Noblemen,” and our faith in his cleverness and ability leaves no room in which to doubt that in so vital a matter as this, he has shown more than usual tact, so we will take it for granted that the fair lady of his choice is all that his fond heart deems her. May life for them be one long sweet dream of love and peace. Trouble and cares will come to them – they do to all of us – but may love and firm and abiding faith in each other help them to bear the burdens of life. When old age comes on may he be able to say: And still beloved till life grows cold, Will wander ‘neath a genial sky And only know that we are old By counting happy years gone by. Old time who changes all below To wean men gently from the grave Hath brought us no increase of woe And leaves us all he ever gave. TEACHER’S INSTITUTE The next meeting of the Marion County Teacher’s Institute will be at Shottsville, July 26th and 27th, 1895. PROGRAM Friday 9 a.m. – Institute opened by devotional exercises Address of Welcome – Mr. J. T. YOUNG Response – W. H. CARPENTER Preliminary business of the Institute 9:45 – How to Teach Reading – J. B. HOLLEY, J. J. GLENN, and W. P. LETSON 10:30 – The advantages to the Teacher of a Professional course of Reading – W. T. MITCHELL, W. A. DUNN and J. T. LOWE Adjournment for noon 1:00 p.m. – How and when should spelling be taught – Miss ELLIOTT KEY, W. H. CARPENTER, L. C. BOTTOMS and J. S. THORN 1:15 School Discipline – T. W. CARPENTER, S. M. WILLIAMS, J. R. BURLESON and Miss FLORENCE STANFORD 2:30 – Importance of starting beginners right and how to start them – A. W. TATE, J. W. MCKENZIE and M. V. EMERSON 3:15 – How and why should Geology and Hygiene be taught in common schools – J. E. ALEXANDER, A. WIGINTON, and H. W. MCKENZIE 4:20 – Impediments to school progress – B. R. FITE, W. GREEN, W. H. CARPENTER, W. A. DUNN and J. E. ALEXANDER Saturday 8:00 a.m. – Institute opened by Devotional Exercises How to gain the love of Children – Mr. BELL WIGINTON, Miss VERA PEARCE, Miss FAMMIE FITE, and J. T. MAXWELL 9:45 – History of Education in Alabama – W. T. MITCHELL, W. T. GREEN and W. A. DUNN 10:30 – Penmanship – J. L. SHOTTS, P. P. CLANTON, and ROBERT E. THORN 11:15 – Special reasons why citizens of a Republic should be educated – Hon. W. C. DAVIS Adjournment for noon 1:00 p.m. – Moral Training – Rev. W. A. BIVEN, A. J. ADAMS, J. F. STREETMAN and W. K. CLARK 1:45 – The Ideal Teacher – D. D. WRIGHT, C. C. MITCHELL, W. P. LETSON and W. T. MITCHELL 2:30 – How to Build and Maintain Public Schools in the country – J. K. CLARK, Miss NANCY GOGGANS, PERK HAYS, and W. H. CARPENTER 2:45 – Query Box and Miscellaneous business of the Institute Friday, 8:00 p.m. – Debate: Revolved that the “Teacher” is greater factor than the “Preacher” mentally, intellectually, morally and spiritually. Affirmative – T. W. CARPENTER Negative – J. J. GLENN, Mc. PEARCE W. F. GREEN W. H. CARPENTER, Committee Send in your dollar and receive the News-Press and Weekly State for one year. Ad for Beatty’s Organs and Pianos Ad for Columbus Business College WANTED – Saw logs delivered at DUNN’S Mill, two miles South of Hamilton, Ala. for which we will pay 40 cents per 100 feet, or $4.00 per 1,000 feet. The logs must be 10 and 12 feet long and of good quality. We want logs right away, as we have our Mill in good order, ready for work. DUNN BROWN MASONIC FUNERAL NOTICE The funeral service of Brother K. T. BROWN, deceased, will be held at Barnesville, on August 18, 1895m by Hamilton Lodge, No. 344m of which deceased was a member. Members of sister lodges are cordially invited to join in the service. G. N. STOCKES, W. M. Ad for Beatty’s Organs and Pianos Free Scholarships. Ten Months in a Leading College for $77.50. The Tula Normal Institute and Business College gives ten months free tuition in the literary and Commercial Department to two students from Marion County, Ala. The conditions are as follows: Apply at the office of the News-Press, Hamilton, Ala., pay the editor $2.00, the cost of this notice and you will receive a free scholarship for ten months in the above named College. Come to Oxford, Miss., on the I. C. Road, at which the Tula Hack meets al trains; and on arriving at Tula, pay the President $77.50 which settles for your board and lodging, laundry, lights and fuel for ten months. Reference: W. B. COLEMAN, Mayor, Tula, Miss. Address: C. C. Hughes, Pres. Session opens Sept. 3, 1895. REGISTER’S SALE The State of Alabama, Marion County In Chancery, at Hamilton, Alabama, 12th District, Northern Chancery Division – No. 14 THAD. M. WALKER, Complainant Vs. JAMES P. PEARCE, Defendant By virtue of a decree rendered June 25th 1895 of the Chancery Court at Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama, in said cause, I shall proceed to sell to the highest & best bidder, for cash, at public auction, at the court House door in the town of Hamilton, within the legal hours of sale. On Monday the 26th day of August 1895, the following described property to wit: S ½ of SW ¼ of SE ¼ E ½ of SE ¼ Sec 16, and S ½ of SE ¼ Sec 17 all in Tp 13 R 11 in Marion County, Alabama, to satisfy said decree. Witness this July 25th 1895 W. B. RIGGAN, Register in Chancery NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville, Alabama, June 25th, 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 August 13th, 1895, viz: MATTHEW W. VAUGHN, for adjoining farm Homestead Entry NO. 18008 for the E ½ SE ¼ of Sec 28 T 12 S R 12 West. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz; GEORGE W. GANN, ROBERT MOORE, WILLIAM T. HULSEY, and JAMES M. VAUGHN, all of Winfield, Ala. JESSE W. ELLIS, Register 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. Littleton at Guin keeps a full line of patent medicines. Dr. J. H. McLean’s stock powders, 50c worth for 25c. PAGE 4 THE USES OF ELECTRICITY A chloro-chromic battery has been invented in France to be used in a miner’s safety lamp. The power of the voltaic combination is such that both amp and battery weigh but little more than the oil lamp usually employed, and a light of greater power is furnished. The electrical mercurial thermostat is an automatic instrument in use upon British steamships for indicating changes of temperature in the various apartments, instant warning is given of any appreciable changes of hot or cold A sloop has sailed from San Diego, Cal. upon a fishing excursion that takes its novelty from the fact that the fish are to be captured by means of a net and incandescent lights. It has been shown by experiment that everything alive under the water is attracted by the glare of the light, and that thousands of fish of every description can be taken in a short time and with little trouble. The fan motor is in great demand for ventilating purposes, as is shown by a quotation of the fact that “in Cincinnati there are 300 of tem on one central station circuit for incandescent lamps – covering a radius of less than half a mile; and al but a very few of them have been installed since the first of May of this year. – [Hardware] CURIOSITIES IN EGGS Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ad for Kennedy’s Medical Discovery THE TREND OF TRADE – Signs of the Usual Summer Falling Off Reported by Dunn & Co. TRAGEDY IN MISSISSIPPI A terrible tragedy is reported from Learned, a station thirty miles southwest of Jackson, Miss, Tuesday evening in which two men were shot to death and a half dozen others more or less dangerously wounded……………. ANOTHER STORM VICTIM Another death, the second resulting from the tornado which swept over Wood Haven…….. SOMEWHAT ANARCHISTIC On Thursday last for mules, the property of the Lexington, Ky. and Carter county Mining Company were seized by the deputies of J. W. Peck railroad tax collector, and brought to Grayson, Ky. ………… STATE TOPICS FURNANCE BLOWN IN The Jenifer Iron Furnace was blown in Wednesday for a run of several weeks, during which eastern capitalists will inspect the plant with a view to purchasing. MINERS SERIOUSLY HURT John and Frank Wilson, colored were hurt in the Mabel mines Tuesday by falling slate. John is very seriously hurt, his thigh being broken in two places. Frank’s injuries are slight. KILLED BY FALLING SLATE William Kincannon, white, was killed by falling slate in Slope NO. 4 of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company’s mines near Pratt City Monday. He leaves a young wife. His remains were interred in the cemetery at Pratt City Tuesday afternoon. WITH HIS LITTLE PISTOL Wednesday morning Miss Neva Flanagan of Renfroe, who is visiting relatives near Munford, was painfully wounded in the knee by an accidental discharge of a 32- caliber revolver which her brother was carelessly handling. COAL MINERS STRIKE The coal miners to the number of about forty have gone out on a strike at Palos, a mining camp in Jefferson county, on the lien of the Kansas City, Memphis, Birmingham railroad…….. TRAIN FIRED INTO Friday night the northbound Louisville and Nashville train from New Orleans, Conductor John Elliott in charge, was fired into a few miles east of Fort Deposit, Lowndes County. Only one shot was fired……….. CLEBURNE’S GOLD BOOM The sum of $50,000 in cash was deposited in bank at Chattanooga, Tenn. Friday for the purchase of gold fields near Heflin, Ala, reported to be fabulously rich in gold ore……. OPENING GOLD MINES Hacks, buggies, and wagons are outgoing from Heflin each day to the newly discovered vein in the Arbacoochee gold mine. The gold is on the property of the Mark Pinson estate. Mr. Pinson owned considerable lands, some of which he considered very valuable in minerals. The Arbacoochee gold mine was worked successfully more than fifty years ago. Some fifty years ago a man by the name of Mirobee worked in this mine and only mined the find about one and a half feet. While the miners were at work Saturday they came to an old wheel. No one knew how it came to be imbedded in the creek bank. Afterwards an old man came up and said that the wheel was brought from Villa Rica when he was a little boy, more than a half century ago. It came from some old gold mine in that section, and was used by Mr. Frobee forcing the water out of his mine. Just under this old wheel was the richest deposit of gold that has ever been known in this section. Queer to say but the wooden hub of the wheel was in a perfect state of preservation. TWENTY PERCENT ADVANCE WHY MCDOWELL SHOT STORY Ben Story who was shot by Mayor McDowell of Columbus, Miss Monday is still alive, but his condition is not good, and but little hopes are entertained for his recovery, as he had nine buckshot in his body. It is understood he has made an ante-mortem statement, in which he admits than an intimacy has existed between himself and a daughter of Mayor McDowell. Divorce has been legal in France now for eight years. WAGES OF EMPLOYEES ADVANCE FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS THE LONGEST DAY – (poem) A BOY’S FUNNY COMPOSITON – (short story) SHOOTING A BEAR – (short story) TOYS OF BABY KINGS – (short story) A VERY CURIOUS BIRD – (short story) UP A TREE WITH BEES – (short story) FROZEN FORTY-SEVEN YEARS In 1844, forty-seven years ago, a native of Passy, Chamounin, Switzerland, disappeared. His body has recently been discovered in the crevice of a glacier near Mount Blanc. He left his home on a pilgrimage to the Great St. Bernard, and had never been since heard of until a pedestrian, exploring the glacier, came upon the body, which was in a perfect state of preservation and papers found on his person fully identified him. The body was strapped and carried on the back of a guide over the mountains to Passy, where it was buried after lying in state for twenty-four hours – [Atlanta Constitution] Ad for Royal Baking Powder Ad for Imperial Granum Ad for Tetterine Ad for Notice to Mill Men Ad for Medical Department Tulane University of Louisiana Ad for Parker’s Hair Balsam Ad for Farmer’s Guide File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/hamilton82nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/alfiles/ File size: 59.1 Kb