Abstracts from the 10 June 1887 issue of the Farmerville "Home Advocate", a Union Parish Louisiana newspaper Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 2001 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================= ================================================================================= 10 June 1887 Abstracts from the "Home Advocate", a newspaper published in Farmerville, Union Parish Louisiana ================================================================================= ================================================================================= ================================================================================= Abstracts from microfilmed copies of the original papers. This material was abstracted, edited, and submitted for the USGenWeb Archives by Timothy D. Hudson ================================================================================= ================================================================================= Historical Background of the "Home Advocate": The oldest newspaper published in Union Parish with a contiguous run of extant issues is the "Home Advocate", which debuted on 11 February 1885 with Judge Thomas Charles Lewis, III (30 July 1838 - 12 Jan 1900) as its editor/owner/publisher. Lewis was well-known public figure in Union Parish between the 1850s and 1890, serving as a Union Parish lawyer, clerk of court, parish judge, and newspaper editor and publisher. Lewis was the son of Rev. Thomas C. Lewis, II, the pastor of Farmerville's Methodist Church prior to his death in 1853. We think that the younger Lewis got into the newspaper business in the latter 1850s and was associated with publication of the "Union Democrat", a paper issued in Farmerville beginning in late 1858 or 1859 and lasting at least through July 1860. After a stint in the Confederate Army during 1861 - 1862, Lewis received a medical discharge and returned to Farmerville. He resumed his duties as the Union Parish Clerk of Court, and in February 1866, it appears he helped to found the "Union Record," the Reconstruction newspaper published in Farmerville 1879. About 1872, Lewis was elected parish judge, but he clashed with other Farmerville lawyers over political issues associated with Reconstruction. The situation became so bad that Lewis feared for his life, so he left for south Louisiana in 1879, settling in St. Landry Parish. In 1878, James E. Trimble, a Pennsylvanian-born teacher, lawyer, and judge who settled in Union Parish in the 1850s, founded the Farmerville "Gazette" to compete with Lewis' "Union Record". Trimble had served as the District Court judge during the period in which Lewis was the parish judge, and the two had serious political differences. Lewis returned to Union Parish in 1884, purchased the printing equipment of the "North Louisiana Appeal," and founded his new publishing endeavor, the "Home Advocate." The newspaper that Judge Thomas Charles Lewis, III founded in February 1885 appeared to be thriving by the end of 1885, and even more so by June 1886 and 1887, judging from the improvements he had made since February 1886. However, Lewis' long-time feud with fellow judge and newspaper editor James E. Trimble of the Farmerville "Gazette" boiled over into tradegy about six months after the paper abstracted here was published. In November 1887, Lewis publicly supported his friend James A. Ramsey in Ramsey’s feud with Judge James E. Trimble. After Ramsey's speech at a political rally, Trimble severely criticized Ramsey in an editorial published in the "Gazette". In response, Lewis published a card signed by him and many Farmerville citizens that defended Ramsey's integrity and rebuked Trimble. The next month, on December 19th, Ramsey and Trimble had a chance meeting in front of Stein’s store in Farmerville. After a heated exchange of words, Trimble drew his pistol and shot Ramsey dead. A crowd had gathered in Stein’s store, and in the crowd was Ramsey’s nephew, George McFarland. After Trimble killed Ramsey, McFarland (an excellent marksman) pulled his gun and shot Trimble. Although a Unionist and for a while the only Republican in Union Parish, Yankee-born Trimble had a base of support among the Union Parish citizens. Perhaps some people partially blamed this tragedy on Lewis. In any case, Lewis' "Home Advocate" did not survive but for a few more years. By 1890, Lewis had followed his son to Ruston and assisted him with a new Ruston paper. Lewis returned to St. Landry Parish about 1894 and edited yet another newspaper for a few years. He died there in 1900. This last surviving “Home Advocate” is the first extant issue of this paper that published numerous advertisements for health remedies. Like the ads that were so common in the papers of the 1890s and early 1900s, the ads below promise to cure, among others, consumption, piles, constipation, kidney ailments, female troubles, an “accumulation of film and scum on the eyeball,” as well as the poisoning of the blood by “effinvium of the atmosphere.” One of the remedies was Dr. Tichenor’s antiseptic, apparently then new on the market. It has lasted much longer than another remedy, Dr. J. H. McLean’s “Tar Wine Lung Balm.” ================================================================================= Explanation: (1) The items below marked by "+++" are quoted directly from the original newspapers. (2) My comments are in brackets [ ]. (3) I have only abstracted the local notices from these papers, and generally these are only on page three of the four-page paper, with the occasional local article on page two. I have abstracted some of the local advertisements, but only once; many of them ran repeatedly. (4) In some of these papers, the left margin of the local notices is damaged, causing a few words to be unreadable. I have indicated such instances with "[?]". ================================================================================= ================================================================================= Friday, 10 JUNE 1887 ================================================================================= ================================================================================= page 5 RELIGIOUS SERVICES. Rev. W. H. Hill, of the M. E. Church, South, will preach (d.v.) at the following named churches, on the days hereinafter named, during the year Mt. Nebo, 1st Sabbath in each month Tennessee, 2d Sabbath in each month Farmerville, 3d Sabbath in each month Griswolds Chapel, 4th Sabbath in each month Eld. S. T. Cobb will preach (d.v.) in Farmerville on the 1st Sabbath in each month. +++ TO CORRESPONDENTS – Communications intended for publication should be accompanied by the real as well as the assumed name of the author, not for publication but as an evidence of good faith on the part of the writer. +++ Attention is direct to the Assessor’s Notice, published in this issue. +++ Mr. J. M. Lee, Jr., his wife and one of their children are on the sick list this week. +++ See, in this paper, what your neighbors say about Dr. Tichenor’s Antiseptic. Try it, and you will say the same. +++ Master Joseph Mashaw, who has for several months been attending the Deaf and Dumb Institute, at Baton Rouge, reached home last Sunday. +++ Mr. I. Shuster, our postmaster, returned last Friday from an extended trip to Huntsville, Ala., Memphis, Tenn., and Cincinnati, Ohio. +++ We learn that Capt. L. Brunner of this place has purchased that most eligible business location, Point Pleasant, on bayou Bartholomew, near Bastrop, La. +++ Remember that the entertainment to be given by “The Willing Works” next Tuesday night will yield more [?] for the money than anything that ever before took place in Farmerville. +++ C. M. Sherrogse, Agent, Ruston, La: Dear Sir – I had a colt badly wounded recently by becoming entangled in a wire fence. I used Dr. Tichenor’s Antiseptic on the several wounds, and must say that they healed very rapidly without inflammation or suppuration. It is the best medicine for the purpose intended that I ever used. W. J. Smith Elphin, La., July 3rd 1886. [sic – this must have been a typographical error and should have been June, as this paper was dated 10 June 1886] +++ The Police Jury met in regular session last Monday, and after transacting the most important business pending, adjourned until the first Monday in July. The proceedings will be in our next issue. +++ Mrs. J. C. Montgomery of this place and Mrs. J. T. Davis of Cherry Ridge, are visiting relatives in Ruston. Several of our townspeople left this week to attend the Commencement exercises of Mt. Lebanon College. +++ The next quarterly meeting of the M. E. church, South, for this circuit, will be held at this place embracing the first Saturday and Sunday in July. Rev. R. Randle and other ministers are expected to be in attendance. +++ From the Governor of Louisiana BATON ROUGE, LA., Jan 23, 1886. MR. A. K. HAWKES: Dear Sir – I desire to certify to the great superiority of your Crystalized Lenses. They [?] great brilliancy with softness and pleasantness for the eye, more than any I have ever found. S. D. McENERY, Gov. of Louisiana. All eyes fitted and the fit guaranteed by J. M. Underwood. +++ We thank our friends who have recently subscribed and renewed their subscription to this paper. On account of having to publish the delinquent tax list, and being crowded for space, we are compelled to omit publishing the names of new subscribers and renewals. +++ The colored people of this place and vicinity opened a flourishing school in their church building, near town, last Tuesday, under the instruction and supervision of Prof. Wright, recently from New Orleans. It is gratifying to know that the majority of our colored friends readily embrace every opportunity presented of giving their children educational advantages. +++ A very pleasant dance was given at the Farmerville Academy last Friday night. The attendance was large and the pupils of the school just closed, and their friends had an enjoyable time. The younger children especially enjoyed their freedom from the restraints of the school room, amused themselves playing games and romping with a zest known only in the happy days of childhood. +++ FARMERVILLE, La. June 1st, 1887. I had a horse badly snagged about a month ago. I used Dr. Tichner’s Antiseptic on the wound and was delighted with the result. It healed very fast and without inflaming or suppurating. I think it the best remedy in such a case I have ever tried. T. J. HEATH +++ Our friends J. M. Smith, R. Haas and Rev. W. H. Hill are to be congratulated upon the improved health of their children, who have recently suffered from infantile ailments common to these tender blossoms of humanity. +++ Mr. R. H. Henry and Rev. A. T. Dacus were in town Monday. We learn from them that the health of the denizens in the southern part of our parish is excellent, and that the recent rains have given a cheering impetus tog rowing crops: oats, especially have been much improved. +++ Are you going to attend the concert next Tuesday night? You should not miss this opportunity of social enjoyment, and then the small expense incurred is to be applied to a worthy cause. The concert is given under the auspices of the Ladies’ auxiliary aid society known as “The willing Workers,” and the net proceeds will be applied toward completing the Methodist church at this place. +++ Miss Mattie Pickel is teaching a flourishing school in the McCullar neighborhood, near Shiloh. She will soon open a three months term of public school at same place. Miss Mollie E. Pickel will soon take charge of a school at Oakland, in the vicinity of her old home. The people of the above mentioned localities are truly fortunate in having secured the services of these estimable ladies and experienced teachers. +++ C. M. Sherrouse, Agent, Ruston, La: Dear Sir – It is with pleasure that I add mine to the long line of certificates in praise of Dr. Tichenor’s Antiseptic as a liniment. After having tried it on my stock for cuts and bruises in several cases, I also tried it in a case of long standing fistul[a]s on a very fine mare of mine and it cured her in a very short time. I know of no liniment to equal it, so far as I have tried it. Respectfully, J. S. ROANE. Roane, La., July 3, 1886 +++ A strange looking individual passed through this place last Tuesday from the northward, whose uncouth appearance, peculiar dress and grotesque actions elicited much curiosity and comment. He was a middle aged man with long beard, and in an almost nude state. He was bare-foot and clad only in an old overcoat and ragged pants. He passed down Main street without halting, constantly pointing upward and muttering an unintelligible jargon. His answer to all questions was to invite his interlocutors to a warmer region than is known to terrestrial mortals. When he reached bayou D’Arbonne he refused to cross at the ferry and, going some istance up the stream, with a vine lied his scanty wardrobe to two chunks of wood and, attaching them to his body, swam nearly to the far shore [several words missing] yards. He then swam to the bank, and went on his way, wholly oblivious that he was the observed of all attendant observers. As to who he is, where he is from and what his mission may be, is left wholly to conjecture. He is probably either insane or is playing a part for an object best known to himself. +++ Every lady will be interested in the June Number of Demorest’s Monthly, as it is an exceedingly interesting one. The steel place “The Fate of Nydia,” is novel and very beautiful, both in excention [?] and design, and the other illustrations are also very fine. The Fashion Department of this excellent publication is so well edited as to lead many to suppose that it is a Fashion Magazine, but this is a great mistake; for in reality it is a Literary Magazine of the highest order, with all its departments so ably conducted that every member of the family watches with interest for its arrival. We know of no magazine better deserving to be called a Family Magazine, and it ought to be found in every refined household. That the publisher is a Prohibitionist, tells where it stands on the temperance question. Published by W. Jennings Demorest, 15 East 14th Street, New York. +++ RENEWS HER YOUTH. Mrs. Phoebe Chesley Peterson, Clay Co., Iowa, tells the following remarkable story, the truth of which is vouched for by the residents of the town: “I am 73 years old, have been trouble with kidney complaint and lameness for many years; could not dress myself without help. Now I am free from all pain and soreness, and am able to do all my own housework. I owe my thanks to Electric Bitters for having renewed my youth, and removed completely all disease and pain. Try a bottle, 50c and $1, at J. M. Underwood’s Drug Store. +++ A GIFT FOR ALL. In order to give all a chance to test it, and thus be convinced of its wonderful curative powers, Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, will be, for a limited time, given away. This offer is not only liberal, but shows unbounded faith in the merits of this great remedy. All who suffer from Coughs, Colds, Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, or any affection of Throat, Chest, or Lungs, are especially requested to call at J. M. Underwood’s Drug Store, and get a Trial Bottle Free, Large Bottle $1. +++ BUCKLEN’S ARNICA SALVE. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblain, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale J. M. Underwood. Apr8. +++ The session of the Farmerville High school closed last Friday and teachers and pupils will no doubt much enjoy the rest and recreations incident to the Summer vacation. We congratulate Mr. McFarland and Miss Pickel upon their good taste in dispensing with a public examination at the close of the school, as but little is usually gained by quizzing timid youths in the presence of strangers, when the pupils well know that their every word and look is closely watched and criticised. The principal and his estimable assistant have given entire satisfaction as educators, and patrons of the school learn with regret that they do not contemplate resuming charge of same. The ADVOCATE congratulates them upon the good work they have accomplished, and trusts they may be equally successful in all their subsequent avocations of life. +++ MYSTERIOUS JAIL DELIVERY. On last Sunday night a negro named Wesley Turner, placed in the Farmerville jail about a month ago under a charge of petit larceny, made good his escape under remarkably mysterious circumstances. He was safe in the dungeon Sunday night but when the jailor, Mr. Turnage, made his usual visit Monday morning he was surprised to find that the prisoner had disappeared, leaving absolutely nothing to indicate by what means he had escaped. The keys were in their usual place Monday morning, and whether they had been abstracted or the prisoner liberated by the use of false keys, is a question on which there is a difference of opinion. Mr. Turnage is ever watchful and prompt, and we are quite sure that no blame can attach to him for inattention to duty. +++ NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT. All necessary arrangements having been completed, a concert and theatrical entertainment will be given at Stein’s Hall next Tuesday night for the benefit of the Methodist church at this place. The ladies of Farmerville, god bless them for their earnestness in behalf of every worthy cause, are very apt to succeed in whatever undertaking they engage. [Several words missing in a fold] Workers,” and with considerable zeal have arranged for an entertainment that will be a source of both social enjoyment and, we trust, result in raising a handsome fund to be used in furtherance of their laudable efforts. We are informed that the following named persons have consented to take part in the theatrical entertainment, whose names are alone ample proof that it will be first-class and of more than ordinary interest: Mrs. C. H. Jameson, Miss Lizzie Guehring, Messrs. E. Stern, J. R. Simmons, B. B. Heller, S. B. Wallace, J. A. B. Rabun, W. J. Turnage, W. L. Trimble, H. A. McFarland and R. G. Pleasant. Music, at proper intervals, will be furnished by the Farmerville Cornet Band. Admission for adults 50 cents; children 25 cents. +++ If your kidneys are inactive, you will feel and look wretched, even in the most cheerful society, and melancholy on the jolliest occasions. Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm, will set you right again. $1.00 per bottle. +++ When you are constipated, with loss of appetite, headache, take one of Dr. J. H. McLean’s Little Livery and Kidney Pillets. They are pleasant to take and will cure you. 25 cents a vial. +++ Croupy suffocations, night coughs and all the common affections of the throat and lungs quickly relieved by Dr. J. H. McLean’s Tar Wine Lung Balm. +++ Old people suffer much from disorders of the urinary organs, and are always gratified at the wonderful effect of Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liver and Kidney Balm in banishing their troubles. $1.00 per bottle. +++ For sick headache, female troubles, neuralgic pains in the head take Dr. J. H. McLean’s Little Livery and Kidney Pillets. 20 cents a vial. +++ If you spit up phlegm, and are troubled with a hacking cough, use Dr. J. H. McLean’s Tar Wine Lung Balm. +++ In cases of Fever and Ague, the blood is as effectually, though not so dangerously poisoned by effinvium [sic - ?] of the atmosphere as it could be by the deadliest poison. Dr. J. H. McLean’s Chills and Fever Cure will eradicate this poison from the system. 50 cents a bottle. +++ Frequently accidents occur in the household which causes burns, cuts, sprains and bruises; for use in such cases Dr. J. H. McLean’s Volcanic Oil Liniment has for many years been the constant favorite family remedy. +++ You will have no use for spectacle if you use Dr. J. H. McLean’s Strengthening Eye Salve; it removes the film and scum which accumulates on the eye balls, subdues inflammation, cools and soothes the irritated nerves, strengthens weak and failing sight. 25c. a box. May27. +++ Imperfect digestion and [?] produce disordered conditions of the system which grow and are confirmed by neglect. Dr. J. H. McLean’s Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier, by its tonic properties cures indigestion and gives tone to the stomach. $1 per bottle. +++ VENIRE. State of Louisiana, Parish of Union, Clerk’s Office. I Jas. M. Smith, Clerk of the Third Judicial District Court, &c., duly qualified and acting in and for the aforesaid Parish and State, do hereby certify the following first fifty names of persons were drawn by the jury commissioners in and for said Parish and State, to serve as grand and petty jurors for the first week of the July term, 1887, of the Third Judicial District Court, in and for said Parish and State, to wit: FOR THE FIRST WEEK. [Note: The number after the name gives the ward of residence:] Robt. McGough 1 James Wallace 2 Paschal Hester 5 Robt. Tinsley 5 J. J. Britton 4 N. O. Covington 4 Robt. Shinpock 3 J. W. Montgomery 2 J. R. Hester 5 Wm. A. Heard 4 G. E. Murphy 6 R. H. Thompson 6 Joe Edwards 2 Wm. Beaird 3 E. P. Goss 3 S. T. Strozier 5 T. Jensen (col) 5 G. W. Spillers 5 Daniel Murry 6 G. N. Cobb 2 W. W. Walker 6 Simon Stein 4 Thomas Seals 3 Jerry Williams (c) 5 J. O. F. Johnson 4 T. J. Moore, Jr. 4 J. R. Heard 4 John E. Gill 5 C. N. Webb 3 John M. Shaw 2 Thos. Lawrence 3 S. L. Haile 2 John Harrell 2 J. G. Trimble 1 John T. Davis 3 Isaac R. Calk 4 James Bolton 4 John Hannon (col) 4 J. D. Barron 3 J. T. Nolan 6 Robt. F. Taylor 1 Jonas Wolf 2 J. A. Barrett 4 J. Marx 1 D. Roane 1 M. B. Hayes 2 S. Welch ? [unreadable] E. V. Dudley 3 Jas. A. Higgins 4 D. O. Miles 5 And I further certify the following thirty names of persons were drawn by said jury commissioners for the second week of said term of said court, to-wit: FOR THE SECOND WEEK: Elbert Cain (col) 2 R. A. Autrey 4 J. A. Wilhite 5 Wm. Pickens 3 Eli Denton, Jr. 3 J. M. Brantley 1 Ambrose Nelson 3 S. J. Slade 2 Wm. McKinney 2 Jas. H. Jones 4 G. P. Reynolds 5 J. D. Crow 2 S. J. Harris 4 Wm. L. Slade 6 R. M. Love 2 H. P. Freeman 1 W. H. Albritton 1 W. A. Patterson 1 A. Henderson 3 Frank Farrar 2 J. B. Staples 5 J. R. Mabry 4 E. J. Lee 4 Sidney Graves 2 Geo. W. Guinn 2 Wm. A. Stone 3 J. I. Turnage 6 Moses Pearson 1 W. H. Martin 4 Monroe Harrell 3 Given under my hand and seal of office on this the 23rd day of May, A.D., 1887. J. M. SMITH, Clerk D. C. &c. +++ MISCELLANEOUS. -- G. R. Penn, Barber, and Fashionable Hair Dresser at Fenton’s Old Stand, Farmerville, La. -- C. H. JAMESON, M.D., Practitioner of Medicine and Surgery, Farmerville, La. Office Next Door to Hotel. Tenders his professional services to the citizens of Union parish, in the various branches of his profession. Jan 7th. -- JAS. A. RAMSEY, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Farmerville, La. Will practice in all the courts of the 3rd Judicial District, and the Supreme court of Louisiana. Special attention given to successions, collections, and land matters. -- W. R. ROBERTS, Attorney at Law and NOTARY PUBLIC. Shiloh, La. Prompt and special attention given to succession [?]. -- O. H. THOMPSON, M.D. Practitioner of Medicine and Surgery. Marion, La. Respectfully tenders his professional services to the citizens of Marion and the eastern portion of Union parish, in the various branches of his profession. Nov. 10th. -- W. W. BARNES, M.D. S. DILLARD, M.D. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Farmerville, La. Tender their professional services to the citizens of Union Parish in the various branches of their profession: will visit any portion of the parish to perform surgical operations. Office at the Drug Store. -- PHOTOGRAPHS. J. G. Davis’ Art Gallery, Farmerville, La. The undersigned well known Photographer has re-opened his elegant Photograph Gallery and is now prepared to furnish the public with pictures at low rates. “Secure the shadow e’re the substance fades” by calling on J. Green Davis. Dec. 21st. -- New Cyrstalized Lenses. They are as transparent and colorless as light itself. And for softness of endurance to the eye can not be excelled, enabling the wearer to read for hours without fatigue. In fact, they are perfect sight preservers….All eyes fitted and the fit guaranteed by JAS. M. UNDERWOOD, Farmerville, La. These glasses are not supplied to peddlers at any price. June 11th. -- Dr. Tichenor’s Antiseptic cures Sore Throat. -- FARMERS, TEAMSTERS, and all who own horses that labor. The undersigned is an agent for the sale of the celebrated CLEVIS-CENTRE SPRING SINGLETREE. By the use of this Singletree the load of the horse or team is constantly balanced, and the continual expansion and contraction of the spring absorbs the shock or jar which the shoulders of the horses would otherwise receive, prevently stiffness of limb, sort shoulders, reluctance in pulling and destruction of harness. The springs are warranted to stand fair usage and give satisfaction, and will be sold for less money than the common singletree, or horse killer, costs… A. J. CALLAWAY, Agent, Marion, La. -- A CARD. Union Parish, La, Ward 5, May 29th 1887. I, the undersigned, insured my gin house and contents, in the month of September 1886, through D. Arent, at Farmerville. My gin house was burned with its contents on February 7th, 1887. Prompt and satisfactory payment was made, to my entire satisfaction, without any trouble or expense on my part. JAMES G. KOLB. ================================================================================= ================================================================================= ================================================================================= =================================================================================