Marion County AlArchives News.....THE GUIN GAZETTE May 28, 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 May 7, 2010, 12:17 am Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History May 28, 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, MAY 28, 1897 NO. 15 PAGE 1 KING INSULTED – The Feeling Against the Royal Family is Violent – (Greek Royal family) CRUISER IS READY GREEKS WON’T PAY ACKNOWLEDGED THE CORN THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT – Grant Lottery Privileges to Jesse Grant and Associates SENIOR COUNSEL – Venezuela Invites the Ex-President to Act as Her Counsel SOUTHERN HOTEL – At Meridian, Miss Partially destroyed by Fire FIENDS AT WORK – Spanish Guerrillas Set Fire to a Cuban Hospital SMALL BOYS DROWNED THE DUKE EXCITED – Tetuan Attacks a Spanish Senator and Then Resigns SCATHING CRITICISM – of the Untied states Congress by Several Havana Papers PAGE 2 (subscription costs and special deals) (various political news items) 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)) Thought trainers, Profit producers. Ninth Year. BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS COLLEGE. Potter Building. First Ave. Birmingham, Alabama. Telephone 1119. Willard J. Wheeler, Prest. Brain Builders, Mind moulders. Ad for book about Sam Jones PAGE 3 STATE NEWS DEPARTMENT ------- J. F. Pittman, residing near Gadsden Ala yesterday declared that he had just found that his father, M. W. Pittman, whom he thought had been killed during the war in the Seven Day’s fight of the Wilderness, was alive and residing at Albany, Ga. and that he was preaching. Huntsville claims the youngest Confederate veteran in the country. He is John W. Mayhall, who are the age of 14 years 4 months and 7 days enlisted in Company H. Captain Gales, Twelfth Alabama Infantry, March 187, 1861. On the same day he and the command two which he belonged left Decatur for Richmond,. He was at the first Battle of Manassas, at the siege of Yorktown, Battle of Williamsburg, Seven Pines. Malvern Hill, the second battle of Manassas, South Mountain, and Sharpsburg. He was three times slightly wounded. Availing himself of all opportunity for a furlough. Mayhall got a leave of absence and after a few weeks re-enlisted in Wheeler’s Twelfth Alabama Cavalry and followed Sherman in his march to the sea. After participating in several battles Mayhall surrendered with the Twelfth at Greensboro, April 1865. Same Professional cards PAGE 4 TALMAGE’S SERMON – God’s Perfect Harmony CUSTOMS OF THE MIRADO – The Japanese Rulers Methods of Dealing with Ministers and People SUN’S RAYS IGNITE COAL DUST PAGE 5 BILL ARP’S WEEKLY LETTER – He Assists In Celebrating A Birthday Party DANGEROUS MOUNTAIN LIONS A MODERN APPIAN WAY Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ad for Lyon’s & Co’s Pick Leaf Smoking Tobacco Ad for Hires Rootbeer PAGE 6 (various news items) Dr. A. Y. HOLLIS, of Sulligent, has received notification of his appointment as Alabama delegate to the American Medical Association’s Convention at Philadelphia in June. ____ Talk is cheap. Some people do nothing but talk. I do not talk myself, but prefer to let my customers talk for me. Buy your dry goods, boots, shoes, clothing, dress goods or fancy or staple groceries, tobacco, snuff, or in fact anything you may need from me. Then you will be willing to talk for me. S. J. BAIRD. Spring has come. Gentle Annie, so has my spring stock o goods. They are fresh, good, cheap. Give me a call. I can please you. W. R. BRADLEY O. C. LING, Guin, Ala. Blacksmith, wagon maker and gunsmith. Wagons made to order and ready filled wheels always on hand. Horse-shoeing a specialty. All work done cheaper than the cheapest for cash. Ad for Confederate Veteran. Men of Good Judgment are taking advantage of our good goods at the low prices we offer them. We don’t claim to sell the cheapest in the city, but I do sell as cheap. Quality of goods considered. E. W. BROCK It does not matter whether you live to ear, eat to live or just stooping over. You want the freshest, best groceries the cheapest good goods in the market. You will find them at JAS. A. SMITH’S. L. D. LITTLETON carries a full stock of dry goods, shoes, hats, and all kinds fo fine notions also a full line of all kinds of staple and fancy groceries at prices to suit the times. Get my prices before buying elsewhere. I can please you. Guin and Sulligent. 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 2:44 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 Sheriff RIGGAN was in town Saturday. Editor WILSON, of Hamilton gave us a call Friday. Rev. E. W. BROCK attended the Conference at Fayette. Mr. ED MOLLOY of Sulligent was on our streets Saturday. Mr. W. F. GREEN, of Pikeville, passed through town Monday enroute to Albany Ga. Miss BLANCHE WILLIAMS, who has been visiting in Tuscaloosa for some time, returned Sunday. There was quite a number of our people who went over to Birmingham Saturday to see the elephant. Rev. Mr. BRAZWELL, Pastor at Hamilton preached a very able sermon at the Methodist Church Thursday night. Mesdames J. T. HUFFSTUTTIER and T. J. SPRINGFIELD accompanied by MR. JAMES SPRINGFIELD went to Fayette Friday returned Tuesday. D. R. CALDWELL the man who has been in the lockup here for several days, was carried to Sulligent Tuesday to stand trial for getting goods under false pretenses. Why not work for the Gazette this summer when you can be doing nothing except loafing? Read our offer on this page. If you had rather have cash, write us. Guin is indeed the most quite (sic) place along post office lines in Alabama. We never hear the future postmaster mentioned. It is known there are several applicants but most of them are on the still hunt. Guin continues to grow, if the number of bicycles coming to our town is any sign. Mr. S. J. BAIRD and CLYDE MATTHEWS received new wheels this week. We are informed that there are others yet to come. Miss MAMIE BROCK, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of our fellow townsman, E. W. BROCK, is at home to spend her vacation. Miss MAMIE has been attending the Athens Female College during the passed term. Mrs. JULIA FRAZIER of Guin has been on a visit to her father Dr. KEY this week. Mrs. FRAZIER is one of the most intelligent ladies of our acquaintance, and we are always glad to meet her. – [Marion Co. News] There is no use to say you cannot get a business education when this paper places it at your door. You can learn shorthand without it costing you a cent, only a few days work this summer when you could not be earning money at any thing else. Read the offer on this page. Just as we go to press we received the following which is self explanatory. In a difficulty at two o’clock today at Oakman, IKE APPLING was killed and three others badly wounded by a fellow named WILLIAMS, who is also badly shot and not expected to live. MONT APPLING was one of the others that was shot. Difficulty about some of their children. Particulars unknown. CHURCH NOTICE Rev. Mr. Windsor, of Bangor Ala. will preach at the Baptist Church Friday night and Sunday at 11 a.m. All are cordially invited to be present. The West Alabama Agricultural School, Hamilton, will close its present session on June 18. The addresses of prominent speakers for m a distance will commence at 10 o’clock on the 18th. This will be the important day of the commencement exercises. Free Course in Shorthand! There is no reason why you cannot become an expert Stenographer at your home, it not costing you a cent of money. If you are willing to work for a few months this summer and fall you can secure absolutely free a course in short hand by mail. Read our offer. To the person getting the greatest number of subscribers between June 1st and November 1st 1897 we will give absolutely free a course in Shorthand by mail in one fo the best and the oldest Business Colleges in Alabama. You can still work for any premium in our premium offer. Get the premier and if you secure the largest number of subscribers you will get the Shorthand scholarship. We propose to do as we say – give the scholarship free to the one getting the greatest number of subscribers. If only one person tries for it and sends only one subscriber they get it. We don’t hold it for a certain number the person getting the greatest number gets the scholarship. This scholarship costs $10 in the college, and if you were going to buy it, that is what you would pay. Good Shorthand writers earn from $50 to $100 per month. Young ladies learn and can secure position a well as young men. Don’t wait. Begin today. If you want the scholarship you will have to work as there are persons who want a chance like this and will work to get it. Send us your name today if you are going to try for the free course. Gazette, Guin, Ala. CORRESPONDENCE PHAROS Would your readers like to read news item from Pharos. Health is very good. Farmers are progressing finely. A Sunday School was organized at Union Chapel Church, with a membership of thirty-five. Fishing and bee hunting are being energetically pushed. Messrs JAKE MORROW and HENRY BARTON have caught several fine fish, one weighting twenty-three pounds. Mr. D. E. CANTRELL has found two bee trees and says he has courses to four others, which he will find when it rains. -BUD] LITTLE ROCK Health good. Weather dry and hot. Chopping cotton is the order of the day now. Mrs. E. R. STANFORD and family of Lamar County visited W. R. CAUDLE’S Sunday. We are very much obliged to A. M. STANFORD for his services Sunday at Little Rock. The farmers have been bothered very much this week with fruit tree agents. E. R. STANFORD lost a milk cow last week. There was a good crowd out Sunday to hear Rev. A. A. SMITH preach. Come again, Brother Smith. [Gum Bow] Small advertisements PAGE 8 RAM’S HOURN BLASTS – Warning Notes Calling the Wicked to Repentance Small advertisements Ad for H. W. John’s Asbestos liquid paints Ad for Candy Cathartic Cascarets Ad for Walter Baker & Co’s Breakfast Cocoa Ad for Ripans Tabules. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/theguing1705gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 11.7 Kb