Perry County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts June 1, 1871 ************************************************ 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: J. Hugh LeBaron hlebaron@ms.metrocast.net March 26, 2005, 9:35 am Marion Commonwealth June 1, 1871 MARION COMMONWEALTH Thursday Morning, June 1st, 1871 Marion, Perry County, Alabama State of Alabama---Perry County Probate Court, May 24th, 1871 This day came Artemisia Taylor and filed for Probate and instrument of writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Nancy J. Barron, deceased; and the matter is set for hearing at a Term of this Court to be held at the usual place of holding the same on the 23d day of June, 1871; when and where all persons in interest can appear and contest the same if they think proper A. C. Howze June 1, 1871 Judge of Probate State of Alabama—Perry County Probate Court, May 24, 1871 Estate of Rebecca Stockman, dec’d This day came D. H. Richardson, the administrator, of said estate, and filed his statements, accounts, vouchers and evidences for a final settlement of said Estate. It is ordered that the 23d day of June, 1871, be appointed a day on which to make such settlement, at which time all persons in interest can attend and contest the said settlement, if they think proper. A. C. HOWZE, June 1 Judge of Probate LOCAL INTELLIGENCE Tax Assessor—W. H. Smith, the present incumbent, is announced as a candidate for re-election to the office of Tax Assessor. Society—The Ladies’ Orphans’ Home Society will meet at the residence of Dr. Bates on Friday Night Promoted for Meritorious Conduct—We are glad to state that Mr. W. R. Wyatt, the superintendent of conductors, has been promoted to the assistant Superintendency of the S. M. and ___ Railroad, while Mr. Frank Womble, an ____ and gallant young man, has succeeded to the Conductorship. Improvement—The new and handsome ____ before the store of Morris & Co. is a great improvement. If it were extended to the corner of the King House it would add much to the general appearance, as well as the comfort of that deservedly popular corner of town. SAD ACCIDENT—One of the interesting and lovely little girls of our friend, James Gregory, while at play one day last week, fell from a mound in the yard, and hurt herself seriously, if not dangerously. The innocent little sufferer has our warmest sympathy and our sincerest wishes for her early recovery. Thanks—We are under obligations to our young friend, “Pony” Locket, for one of the fine life-size steel engravings of Gen. Robert Lee, which he is selling for the benefit of the Lee Memorial Association. A finer picture of our honored and venerated commander will never be made, and we urge our clientele to secure one of these, while they may. No Southern home is complete without a picture of him who was “great and good.” Mr. Locket should sell, and we hope will sell, a thousand of these pictures in Perry alone. Jeff Davis—Mr. Hubbard, of Selma, whom we of Marion all know to be one of the finest artists in the South, presented us the other day, a photograph of President Davis, taken when he was in Selma a short time since, for which he has our sincere thanks. Those who know Mr. Davis at that time, say this picture is a very fine one, though it looks very little like him, as we knew him during war. His trials and suffering since the surrender have whitened his locks, making them “a crown of glory” upon—far nobler than any regal diadem that ever encircled the brows of throned and sceptred monarchs. Married—Near Marion, on the 2d ult., by Rev. H. R. Raymond, Mr. Thomas Welsh to Mrs. Mary Ford, all of Perry County. In the city of New Orleans, May 22d, 1871, the Rev. Mr. Ivy, at the residence of the bride’s mother, Mr. James S. Longley to Miss Florence Nunnally, (formerly of Marion), all of New Orleans. At the residence of the bride’s father, in Marion, on the 31st of May, by Rev. H. R. Raymond, Mr. A. L. Storm and Miss E. A. Nelms, all of Marion General Notice of Agency During my absence from the State, F. J. LeVert is my general agent about my private affairs, and Major W. B. Modawell will represent me in all my professional business. John H. Chapman STATE OF MISSOURI Fire & Marine Insurance Company! Capital One Million of Dollars BRANCH AT MARIION Capital Twenty Thousand Dollars John Howze…………………President C. W. Lovelace…………Vice President L. A. Wyatt…………………..Secretary Stockholders John Howze J. B. & C. W. Lovelace S. H. Fowlkes Moore & Fitzgerald L. A. Wyatt Dr. F. A. Bates Dr. W. W. Wilkerson W. M. Catlin H. H. Hunt A. W. Hawley James Gregory Wm. Sherrard Porter King Dr. A. Q. Bradley Board of Directors John Howze C. W. Lovelace J. A. Moore H. H. Hunt AGENT W. M. CATLIN Office over store of Messrs. Myatt Marion, Ala, May 25, 1871 Administrator’s Notice Abner E. Benson, dec’d, Estate of Letters of Administration upon the Estate of said decedent, having been granted to the undersigned on the 25th day of April, 1871, by the Hon. A. C. Howze, Judge of the Probate Court of Perry county; Notice is hereby given, that all persons having claims against said Estate to present the same within the time allowed by law, or that the same will be barred. ELIAS H. THOMPSON Administrator Chancery Sale In Chancery, at Marion, Perry County, Alabama William M. Craig, Executor Vs. William F. McElroy By virtue of a Decree of the Chancery Court of Perry county, I will sell On Monday, the 3d day of July at the Court House door of said county to the highest bidder fro Cash, the following described lands, to wit: The southwest quarter of the north ____ quarter, and the southeast quarter ___ northwest quarter, and the east half ___ southeast quarter of Section4 in Township 18, and Range 7, east, containing one hundred and Sixty Acres, more or less, ___ said lands are situated in Perry County in the State of Alabama. JOSEPH H. SPEED Mayor’s Court—May 1.—An assault and battery on Tom Hubbard, Negro, by another Negro, raised the Town Treasury $5. 6th—Ed Bates, Negro, was beatee in a case which cost the beaten an X, yz &c. 9th—John Johnson and Charlie Barrell, Negroes, paid ten dollars each for being caught at a game of cards in a public place. And the firing of a pistol in town blew a twenty dollar bill into the Town Treasury. 10th—For improper use of his tongue, a defendant this morning paid a fine of f. d’s. 11th—Profane language augmented the Town Treasury to the amount of an X. 17—Messrs. Assault and Battery were discharged on “laying ten dollars down.” 18—Charlie Burrell and another Negro were fined, each ten dollars, for playing cards, and a “looker on,” white (!) for betting, paid ten dollars—for being in good company. And Messrs. Drunk & Down paid a V and was unconditionally discharged. 23—The Corporation was enriched fifteen dollars worth on account of an assault with a K. Nife. Messrs. Drunk & Down put another V in the Treasury. 25—Messrs. D & D, with their accustomed liberality on such occasions, downed another V to Mr. T. Treasury. 29th—The Council borrowed from General Levi Jemison, Negro, for use of T. Treasury the sum of five dollars for his swearing “just a leetle” too loud. 29—Disorderly Conduct, Negro, paid a fine of “2 and a bilph” for Bill Kelly. And Miss Emily Indecent for Fondrien language paid into the Treasury $2.50 more. WOODEN COFFINS always on hand or prepared at shortest notice to suit orders. Address or call on JOHN W. WADDELL & SON, Northeast Corner Public Square Lockwood’s Old Stand Marion, Ala., Oct. 28, 1869 The Marion Seminary Lyceum The Society of the Alumae of the Marion Female Seminary have organized their Lyceum by selecting the following officers: President, Ex. G o v. A. B. MOORE Vice Presidents Dr. F. A. Bates Rev. H. R. Raymond Gen. John T. Morgan Jas. W. Lapsley, Esq. W. R. Brown, Esq., Prof. J. K. Thompson Recording Secretary A. C. Howze, Esq. Corresponding Secretary P. Lockett, Esq. Treasurer Capt. J. J. Seawell Debate between JUNIORS of Selma and Marion Bars, at an early day. The following distinguished gentlemen have consented to deliver Lectures during the season, to wit: Rev. Dr. A. A. LIPSCOMB, of Georgia Gen. ALPHEUS BAKER By order of the Society, Mrs. ROBT. SAMUELS, Pres. Miss Mattie Thompson, Sec’y Marion, Ala., November 17, 1870 Important to the Suffering—Dr. Johnston requests us to announce to his friends and to the public generally, that severe sickness will detain him from his professional duties for several days, but he hopes to be in his office early next week, when he will be glad to serve any who may require his professional skill. H. A. STOLLENWERCK & BROS. SELMA, Ala. F. E. STOLLENWERCK & BROS. MOBILE, ALA. C O T T O N F A C T O R S AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS Liberal advances made on Cotton, Bagging, Rope, and Ties furnished our patrons. We insure all Cotton unless bidden. Whiskies The undersigned are daily receiving a large and selected stock of STAPLE, FAMILY AND FANCY GROCERIES! They call special attention to their stock of Superior Whiskies Wines, Brandies, And other Liquors The public are invited to give them a call. L. LOVE & CO. Superintendent’s Office, Uniontown, Ala. Teachers of Free Public Schools in Perry county will send forward their Monthly Reports forthwith, to my address at Uniontown, Ala. Jas. H. Houston Supt. Education, Perry Co. ATTENTION COUNCIL—We desire to call the attention of our authorities to the wretched and almost impossible sidewalks, or what was intended as such, on Greene Street from the corner of Mrs. Thompson’s lot almost to the residence of Mr. John Howze. ‘Tis a disgrace in our town and ought to be attended to immediately. In behalf of all pedestrians, and specifically of the church- going public, we do urge them to remedy one more annoyance and nuisance by putting gutters or little blind ditches under the pavements at the corners of our stores instead of the gullies into which one is continually stepping at the imminent hazard of straining an ankle or flattening a nose on the bricks. When it rains these hollows hold water deep enough to run over a shoe-top, and in the dark it is impossible to avoid steeping in them. We know our authorities are endeavoring to do all they can to improve the appearance, and add to comfort of our town, and this is why we presume to suggest measures to that end in no spirit of dictation or presumption but merely to make known the wishes and desires of the public. SELMA AND SUMMERFIELD R. R. We learn from the Argus and from other sources that our good friends of Summerfield contemplate a railroad from that place to Selma. We know of no place more in need of a road than this delightful little village, nor any community more deserving of its benefits and blessings. A route from Selma to Summerfield can be bad which will require very little grading, and only seven miles long with but one small creek to cross. Parties who ought to know say that a narrow gauge road can be constructed at an average cost of about $7000 per mile. Taking into consideration the light grading, and short distances of unusually favorable ground to be passed over, the whole cost of construction and equipment ought not to exceed $55,000. It is decidedly to the interest of the property holders of both places to build the road. Summerfield would thus become the most desirable place of residence in reach of Selma. The locality is high and healthy; the society intelligent and refined; while its educational advantages are equaled only by those of our own “Athens.” Selma will stand very much in her own light if she does not extend a helping hand to her aspiring neighbor. The advantages and inducements above set forth, will lead hundreds of the wealthiest families in the State to seek residences in Summerfield and it proximity to the growing city, will make it the home of her merchants and her wealthy citizens. Gen. Forrest’s road must ere long be straightened from Marion to Selma. The high discriminating tariffs exacted by the S. & M. R. R., are pressing the life out of Marion and necessitate a competing line. Should this Selma and Summerfield road be built, Forrest’s road will then have the disadvantage of running into Selma between two other lines. Moreover, should the S. & S. R. R. be pushed still further to Perryville, Pinetucky, Centreville and Scottsville (near which place it would tap the Ala. & Chattanooga R. R., forming the shortest route to N. Y. from Selma), it is evident that all the cotton, produce and travel of the entire valley and country east of the Cahaba would seek this channel as an outlet Selma: thus, Forrest’s road beyond the river, would be all expense and no profit. In this case, too, our contemplated bridge over the Cahaba would be worse than useless. But we believe that Gen. Forrest is too sharp to allow this, when he can throw his road directly by Summerfield with a deflection of only two or three miles from an air line, which would be more than counterbalanced by the advantages of an easy and cheap route, to say nothing of the travel, &c., that he would thus secure. Instead of running down to Hamburg and thence to Selma, he can let the present track to that place remain and it will bring all of the cotton, &c., to his road at this place. The iron on this little switch is too much worn to remove and by letting it remain he can repay the S. & M. R. R. for its present unjust discrimination, by taking cotton almost from its very depots and transporting it via Marion to Selma; at the same time his road becomes the channel through which the produce, trade and travel of the rich, fertile valley country east of the Cahaba, will seek Selma. By this upper route, as we shall call it, he will find a much better place for a bridge over the Cahaba and a heavily timbered country beyond. Lower down there are no bluffs suitable, and the road will run through a low, marshy country, but lightly timbered and sparsely settled; besides, its proximity to the S. & M. R. R. will be an insurmountable and unnecessary embarrassment: and disadvantage for all time. We hope in view of the facts and arguments given above, and for other equally good reasons which we have neither the time nor space to enumerate, that Gen. Forest will soon put his road by Summerfield to the “Central City,” and thus break down the monopoly of the S. & M. R. R., which is now paralyzing the energies and prostrating the interests of Marion. In the mean while we urge our Summerfield friends to push the project, if they cannot wait for the S. M. M. R. R. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/perry/newspapers/newspape367gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 15.3 Kb