Marion County AlArchives News.....The Guin Gazette April 23, 1897 ************************************************ 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 December 17, 2007, 12:17 am Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History April 23, 1897 Microfilm Ref Call #559 Microfilm Order #M1992.0966 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE GUIN GAZETTE Vol. 1 GUIN, ALA. FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1897 NO. 10 PAGE 1 GROWTH DR. CHANNING ON EDUCATION THE PROSPEROUS SCHOOL – HOW TO SECURE IT PAGE 2 THE GAZETTE W. T. MORGAN, Editor Guin, Ala., April 23, 1897 (advertising prices) (political news from around the country) We thank the Reaper for its kind advice given us as to our makeup. When we inform you, Bro. Comstock, that the editor of the Gazette is only a very few months passed his nineteenth birthday, you will not expect to find things in so good shape as if a more experienced person was editor. Our “typos” are inexperienced, however we are here to learn and to make reasonable success of the Gazette, and appreciate advice from more mature persons. Marion County is, in our estimation, a county that has more possibilities and probabilities and a brighter future than any other county in all western Alabama. It is a good Agricultural county; it has coal, iron, and the finest quality of pipe clay, and other minerals that have not been brought to light. Its water power is unexcelled; its forests are of the finest kind. There is only one thing that keeps her down – lack of transportation. Give us the transportation facilities of other counties and in a few years we will show you one of the richest counties in Alabama. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS The Gazette makes this liberal offer. We will give a full year’s subscription to one person at each post office in the county if they will send us a communication from their post office every week. We will keep account of all who write for us, and if you fail to write, we will fail to send you the paper. Don’t bother about spelling, writing, and punctuation. We will attend to that, that is what we are here for. If you live at a post office where you have only three mails a week, send them on the Monday’s mail. All communication must reach us not later than Tuesday. Come first, served first. Don’t wait until some one else gets you r post office, write at once. Address all communications. Gazette, Guin, Ala. NOTICE I have now gotten my new Grist Mill in fine working order. I am prepared to do all your grinding and will make you good meal I use the celebrated Blalock rocks. Bring me your grinding. Will grind Tuesdays and Saturdays. JOHN T. CARPENTER, Guin, Ala. L. D. LITTLETON is headquarters for Bargains in all kinds of dry goods, boots, shoes, hats and gents furnishing goods, also a full line of groceries, flour, meat, sugar, and coffee. Corn, hay and bran of the lowest cash prices. Price my stuff before you buy. Stores at Hamilton and Guin, Ala. J. M. SPRINGFIELD & Co. Livery Feed and Sale Stable. Good Teams, Good Buggies, and Hacks. Careful Drivers. Guin, Ala. (picture of Livery Stable- (wood cut)) Established 1888. Birmingham Business College. Birmingham, Ala. A modern, practical and progressive college of Business Sciences. Bookkeeping, shorthand, typewriting, penmanship, and English. Positions guaranteed under reasonable conditions. Write for particulars. We make a specialty of teaching shorthand by mail, trial lesson free. Investigate before going elsewhere, send for free catalogue and special circulars. We pay your R. R. fare. Willard J. Wheeler, President. W. R. BRADLEY Guin, Ala. Dealer in dry goods, groceries, hardware, shoes, hats, patent medicines, tinware, crockery, snuff, and tobacco, and all articles kept in a general store. Cotton and all country produce bought for cash or trade. I buy my goods for cash, therefore, I can afford to sell cheap. Give us a call. Orders taken for tailor made clothing. Ad for book about Sam Jones PAGE 3 STATE NEWS DEPARTMENT ---- Mr. Allen E. Fuller, one of the first settlers at Birmingham, died Thursday, aged 77 years. Brewton is to have water works and electric lights and the town council will issue bonds to the amount of $23,000 for ---. ---- Dr. T. J. SPRINGFIELD, Guin, Ala. offers his professional services to the citizens of Guin and surrounding community. Calls filled at all hours night or day. Special attention given to the diseases of women. W. C. DAVIS, Attorney-At-Law, Hamilton, Alabama will practice in all the courts of Alabama and Mississippi.’ W. T. MORGAN, Attorney-at-Law, Guin, Alabama. P. B. PETERMAN, Guin, Ala. Dealer in watches, clocks, jewelry, spectacles and silverware, watches and jewelry repaired on short notice. J. A. GAMBLE & CO. J. A. GAMBLE T. H. ROBERTSON General Merchants, Winfield, AL want you to call and see their stock of goods. No trouble to show goods, and they will make prices to suit the times. They carry a full line of Spectacles and guarantee a perfect fit. Cotton and produce bought at market prices. Their goods are all new and fresh. O. C. LING, Guin, Ala. Blacksmith, wagon maker and gunsmith. Wagons made to order and ready tilled wheels always on hand. Horse shoeing a specialty. All work done cheaper than the cheapest for cash. PAGE 4 TALMAGE’S SERMON – Subject: “An Everyday Christ” READY – [Detroit Free Press] Jokes PAGE 5 REMARKABLE RECOVERY – Of A Young Lady Of Gasport, New York THE SMALLEST NEWSPAPER BLOUSE BODICES MIRACLE OF THE GREEK FIRE – An Extraordinary Annual Ceremonial in Jerusalem A SANDSTORM AT SEA Ad for Hires Rootbeer Ad for Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad for H. W. Johns Asbestos Liquid Paints Ad for Alabastine. Ad for Candy Cathartic Cascarets PAGE 6 GENERAL NEWS --- The Supreme Court of South Carolina has rendered a decision to the effect that no man may keep liquor in his house or place of business for a lawful purpose, such as personal use, unless the vessel containing it has a certificate upon it from the state liquor commissioner. This under the dispensary law in force in that state. --- Mayor Collier, of Atlanta, pitched the first ball, opening the season for the Southwestern Baseball League Monday. He pitched only one. -- Greece and Turkey are now actively engaged in war. War was declared, and already several battles have been fought. --- J. C. TIDWELL & Son. Guin, Ala. Dealers in General Merchandise. Are now in business at this place, and will give you better bargains than you can get elsewhere. Give us a call. JAS. A. SMITH. Guin, Alabama. Dealer in dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes, hardware, and glassware. Country produce taken in exchange or highest price paid in cash. Ladies and gentlemen, when in Guin be sure to call at the GREAT BARGAIN HOUSE OF E. W. BROCK. Where you can buy everything in the line of merchandise at the lowest possible price, and get the highest price for all of your country produce. Measure taken for tailor made clothing made by the leading tailors of Chicago hence a perfect fit guaranteed in every instance. Also Fertilizers kept on hand sold for cash or on time. Ad for Parry Mfg Co. covered buggy (picture of buggy) S. J. BAIRD, Guin, Ala. Dealer in dry goods, notions, hats, shoes, groceries, canned goods, tobacco, tinware, hardware, farming tools. Will buy almost any produce at market price. Give me a trial before dealing elsewhere. PAGE 7 THE GAZETTE We will be glad to receive short communications from the different towns in our county. Write on one side of paper only, and please write with a pen. Be sure to sign your name to all communications, and get them in by Tuesday evening. TIME TABLE. Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham R. R. No. 1 East 12:38 p.m. No. 2 West 8:20 p.m. No. 3 East 244 a.m. No. 4 West 1:48 a.m. DIRECTORY MASONIC LODGE No. 478 – WATSON BROWN, W. M., JOHN W. INGLE, S. W.; M. T. AKERS, Treas.; J. B. RILEY, Secy. Mayor – J. T. CARPENTER Marshal – J. T. WHITE Aldermen – S. J. BAIRD, J. W. WILDES, J. J. POPE, E. W. BROCK, J. D. WESTBROOK. CHURCHES METHODIST – Services every third Sunday at night, fourth Sunday at 11 am Rev. D. W. WARD, Pastor Sunday School every Sunday at 3 ½ p.m. Prof. J. T. HUFFATUTTLER, Superintendent BAPTIST – Services first and third Sundays. Sunday School every Sunday morning. CHRISTIAN – Services every second Sunday 11 a.m. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Rev. Mr. BRASWELL, of Hamilton preached an interesting sermon at the Methodist Church Sunday night. Quite a crowd of our townspeople attended services at Philadelphia church Sunday. There were several of Sulligent’s people to attend Conference. Quarter Conference of the Methodist Church was held here Friday, Presiding Elder ANDERSON, of Jasper, was with us. Mrs. GUTHRIE, of Sulligent, who has been visiting Mrs. E. W. BROCK returned home Monday. Our Pastor, Rev. D. W. WARD and family are visiting in our city this week. We welcome to our town, Dr. MAYS we wish him success. Cotton still comes to town. There are between 75 and 100 bales in the cotton yard now. Mr. JAMES CLARK of Hamilton was in town Saturday and Sunday. Hon. W. I. BULLOCK of Russellville Ala. was in town Wednesday. Mr. J. B. COOK of Hamilton was in to see us Wednesday. The Gazette office was made pleasant Saturday by the visit of some of Guin’s fair sex. Come again young ladies. Mr. LING and wife visited his mother near Sulligent last week. Messrs. C. A, CHAFFIN and W. A. WILLIAMS visited us Tuesday and remembered us y subscribing to the Gazette. Mrs. L. PEARCE and Mrs. S. J. BAIRD returned from Pearce’s Mills Monday. One of our Typos, LEE COOK, is sick this week. Mr. L. D. LITTLETON went to Sulligent Saturday. We would call the attention of our correspondents to our offer in another column. You want the people to know what is going on in your community don’t you? Then read our offer and act promptly. OBITUARY “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord.” On the 13th day of April 1897, the Angel of Death came down from Heaven and knelt at the bedside of the darling little son of Mr. and Mrs. BEN WEBB, and claimed him as the victim. This little flower had just budded into life; it was only fifteen months old, and no doubt a fairer of more beautiful flower than little VICTOR never bloomed in any home. But now dear parents do not weep, For your darling little son’ ‘Though now your hearts are melted with grief For the loss of the precious one. But we know there is a God above, Who sees our grief stained hearts But when He calls them that we love, ‘Tis hard, yes hard to part. For there is room in that City above Where all the babies shall meet; And now your baby’s voice is pleading For you at Jesus feet. His prattling voice no more you’ll hear, His pleading face no more you’ll see’ But never, never will you forget His beckon, “Come to me.” His little head still reaches out, Too draw you home to God; To live with him in Heaven above, Where all is peace and love. And while the family chain is broken And the brightest link is lost Oh parents do not weep For Jesus paid the cost We know it was God’s command That VICTOR should come home And now will you be reconnected To say “They will be done?” We know that he is happy Forever free from pain And while your hearts are sad with grief We pray you’ meet your babe again; His little carriage now is vacant His pace can ne’er be filled But mother do not weep any more It was God’s holy will. His body was racked with pain, His brilliant eyes with fever glossed. The physician’s skill was all in vain His hopes in it were forever lost. And then he gave it up to God And prayed one earnest prayer That God would soothe the aching hearts Of all its kindred dear God claims those precious flowers They are too fair for earth With them He decorates His throne And gives them angel birth Lift up your hands lift you your hearts Make all your troubles ---- To God who wipes all tears away Now trust to Him alone. He does not mean for us stay Forever here below And when He calls us one by one Like VICTOR may we be ready to go. -[EUGENIA HENDON] CORRESPONDENCE GLEN ALLEN Big frost last Saturday morning, no damage to amount to much. Mr. JOHN WALKER, of Birmingham who has been visiting his mother, Mrs. W. F. WALKER returned home last week. Messrs. W. T. JEFFRIES and J. L. SMITH went to Winfield last week. Mr. D. M. PATTERSON made a business trip to Carbon Hill last week. Mr. and Mrs. OTTO MARI, of New River, Ala., visited friends here the first of the week. The Commissioners at last term of court did not grant a bridge for New River at Texas, Ala. the petition was laid over till the August term of court. We believe the bridge will be granted by the Commissioners Prof. C. E. MITCHELL, of Hamilton was in our neighborhood last week, settling school troubles. Mrs. SALLIE MCWHIRTER, of Gold Mine, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. WORTHY this week. [“Willie”] LITTLE ROCK We are having fine weather at present. Farmers are moving off at full speed. Rev. A. A. SMITH will preach at Little Rock School House fourth Sunday at 2:30 p.m. All are invited to attend Captain CAUDLE left Sunday morning for DeKalb, Texas where he wills top sever days with his brother, R. H. CAUDLE. BILL CANTRELL seems to think he has the best mule in the neighborhood. Uncle WILLIS MOSLEY, of Henson Springs is visiting his nephews, E. N. and A. M. STANFORD. He is getting very gold but seems to be hale and hearty. He takes great interest in politics. ERWIN CREWS has gone to Fayette County to see his girl I guess. L. E. and L. A. CAUDLE visited their uncle P. M. CAUDLE Thursday. Mr. I ESTILL is done planting cotton he has 50 acres planted. Sorry to note that Mrs. L. G. AKERS is real sick at this writing. [GUM BOW] Ad for Atlanta Constitution Ad for Confederate Veteran Magazine PAGE 8 GRANT AT THE MESS-TABLE – He Ate Very Little Meal, But Was Fond Of Fruit ANCIENT DENTISTRY GRANT’S CHANGE OF COMPLEXION PRESIDENTS OF ANGLO-SAXON BLOOD Small advertisements and trivia File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/theguing1558gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 14.7 Kb