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Some Reflections and Reminiscences Hr
Suggests to a Young Man's Mind.
IR'iirs mill Clillilren - The Arluinum 1,1'uKlalun
on lli'iim—Till' Ynuiiir Jlnii'i |»«-l li<>ui- of l,<,nv
Ago Kill’hliaiiiH* AVonilerf'ti 1 hrur.
Yesterday evening a reporter Cor the Ex
quiKER-Sl.'N passed the stuffed bear in
front of Edge's shoe store on Broad street
for ttie hundredth time, hut this time the
hear seemed to burn himself into the
scribe’s memory. He appeared to have
suddenly become individualized and ani
mate. By some unexplored avenue of psy
chology, the bear seemed to have estab
lished an affinity between himself and the
pencil-pusher, and with the aid of a some
what elastic imagination, his great gaping
mouth seemed to be saying to th» reporter.
“Young man, lie sociable, shake. It is
true that since you came here, you oil your
hair, and talk grammar, and wear plated
jewelry and pleted shirts, but don’t feel
yourself above me, you and I are both
Floridians. We were caught in
the same woods down there,
and we have settled in the
same city up here. You’re in the news
paper business and I am in the shoe busi
ness. Give me a personal notice in the
Enquirer-Sun. Tell these people all
about bears, and some day when .you’re
broke as you usually are, I’ll sell you a
pair of shoes on credit. You can give nie
your note at thirty days and I’ll keep it.
I want something to remember yon l>v
"'hen you are gone, and I think that woulil
be something that would last."
And then the reporter’s so-called brain
began to grind on the subject of Inars.
Bears, like children, have played some
prominent parts in history and sideshow.-.
In tlie sideshow the children have tin-
bear at an advantage. He occunies tin-
cage, and they do the criticising and
punching. But in history the beur is on
top every time, as was illustrated by tin
bears that made a dinner o; tin juveniles I
who grew persona! in tin.-.r 'remarks
upon tin prophet's iaek of hair. When V j
comes to a heavy weight, cateli-as-cateli-I
can li'Jg, a bear is unsurpassed bv am
living tiling, except Emma Abbott in i.
love scene on the stage. Emnin can give i, 1
hear four acts and beat him at ids own '
game. The next appearance of tin: bear ii.
history was in tlie early days of ti.c still,
of Arkansas. The A rkii
bated for several days u
Question us to whether i
grown negro made a trn
Hotly alike or not. Tli
about i -jiiall.v divided ii
discussion was hot and angi
posed to lest the matter, an
easily procured, but when
was brought up for a lina! vote, tlie
man of the committee which laid been ap
pointed to catch a bear, reported t lint his
committee wasstiii sitting.
At this juncture, Hon. Jake Whitecoat, j
rf .Moss county, rose and said: "Jlisti i
Speaker—We have liearn the ups and
downs of this question from unprofessional !
ignoramuses untell forbearance haw
ceased to be a virtue. I am a conuysewcr in
bit’ars and I want to be beam from. 1 lav
flown the propersition dat do bu'nr track
and de nigger track is identical. Mod'll
that; the two animals is closely related, j
You needn’t ter tell me nuthTU about it, |
I know it. Their instincts run in de same
trail. Now, I’ve had niggers to steal my
hogs and then steal my corn to fatten ’em
on. Nothin’ euros about thut. But. sail,
durin’ of the Mexican war when 1 was
farmin' in Orb iff county, I had a cornfield
jiiiin' the river swamp. I k< pt. missin’ corn
every night, and ’lowed I'd lay fur de Hig
her. Well, sail, one night I ketched
a ba’ar toten out my corn, and 1
followed him. He walked on his hind
legs and carried about twenty vet rs in his
arms. 1 followed ’long unbeknownst to
him until he come to witar he was puttin'
it, and Mr. -Speaker, blame my buttons cf
that, ba'ar didn't have four of icy shoals
penned up in the- swamp and wus toten
my corn to u;n to fatten uni on. Don't
tell n.e a ba'ar and a nigger ain’t no kin.
Don't I te I me a ba’ar and a nigger don’t
make a track alike. [Applause.] Ef you
do you lie.” Here bowie knives were
drawn on both sides, and tlie Ionise ad
journed in confusion. This question lias
never yet been settled by the Arkalisaw
legislature.
Bears are frequently kept as tame pets.
You may pet one too much, but you can’t
overdo the taming business. It should lie
laid oil thick, us it will lie found valuable
for future reference. A Florida man
named Kliny once owned a tame bear that
weighed seven hundred pounds, ajid
could hold his hands behind his back inni
whip a ear load of wild cats. One day
Kliny heard that a vigilance committee
were coming to his shanty that night to
take him out and whip him. lie pul his
bear in the bed he usually slept in and
covered him up, while lie went
to a neighbors to spend the i
night as lie felt lonesome. At mid
night the vigilance committee broke open
the shanty door and made a rush for the
bed with clubs and switches, it was pitch
dark, and soon there was a sound of rev- .
elry by night. The noise was heard for ,
miles around. All of the committee got
away at last but one, who was carted away
on a mattress the next day. They still !
thought it was Kliney and they sent him a
letter of apology as soon as they could find 1
one another and hold a meeting. The ’
letter stated that they never dreamed he!
was that sort of a mail, or they would
never have tackled him.
Tlie reporter remembers a little tame j
bear lie had himself, away back in other :
years, when he was a sweet, winsome
child with pink feet and a predilection for
fishing on Sunday. Tlie bear was a gift
which his father gave him to console
him for tlie loss of a little darkey
companion, who had unintentionally
passed away to the better world during an
exciting but unsuccessful contest with a
cotton gin. which was running under a
full Iliad of steam, it was in the good old
slavery days, when servants and masters
really loved each other. And the mem
ory of his darkey companion, even to this
day, comes hack to the young man, over
the arid sands of tlie intervening years. '
and clings to his heart like the scent of
roses to a shattered vase. For the little '
darkey with all his foibles, was worth four
hundred dollars in t'nited States currency,
the day he tackled Hie gin. But tic little
hear was a gjv.it solace t > the reporter's
childhood. He reminded him so much of
lii“ dead companion. Like his dead com
panion he was black, and iike him In-
walked on his hind legs and dreaded a
‘‘lickin’.” Like his dead companion
the bear knew how to wrestle. '
and like him lie regarded
an invitation to wash as a personal all'ront.
But the bear became too fraternal in his
instincts. One night he crawled into the
trundle lied witii his young master and be
gan to fraternize. He had the breath
about fraternized out of him before bis
young master could tell whether it was a
nightmare or a bear. And if he had not
got his thumbs in the bear's eyes in time
there might have been another instance of i
those whom the gods love dying young.
In Waukeenah, Florida, there lives a
man named Eaf Williams, who knows ;
more about a bear than a bear does about
himself. He can look at a bear's track and
tell what he ate for breakfast. If.the bear j
hasn’t had any breakfast Eaf Williams can |
tell what he wanted for break last. At least
Eat says so and as ho weighs two luindr si
pounds and carries a butcher knife in his
i 'tit, everybody believes him. One night
vearsag" wi'."" th.. reporter ami Eaf w e v.
tting on the edge o, another man’s wa-
' rineioii patch waiting for the moon
0 «" down so they could
h> home without any danger
‘ , »g snake hit, Eaf told him a hem
loi). It Hounds like a lie; and it did t lien,
mt Urn reporter forgot to mention this to
i.af. Isaid he, “In lhi 1 I wn.sramping wit Ii
iree other men in a little shanty Tit the
.nuuth of the Waeis.su river in Florida
)nc morning our provisions all give out
lUt a peek of dried apples, and we wer.
urt.v miles from the settlements. The
'tiler three mi'll starti d out to limit sonic
game fur dinner, and left me at the shunt \
-u stew the apples, I put on a big wash
pot we had full of water, ami
started a tire under it. Tim
peek of dried apples was in u tut.
< by the wash pot. Alter awhile i
noticed the tire under the put had gone
■nit and I started off to get some wooo.
Inst then I heard a rumble in tlie bushes
naek of tlie shanty, and outwalked the
mggest black hear lever saw. I skinned
up a little tree in less than two seconds
md sat there to watch him. He wa-
.gaunt and hungry, and he began to nose
around for something to eat. Pretty soon
lie found the dried apples, and begun to
eat ’em like tney tasted good
to him. He fairly stuffed Him
self, and when he quit he was on the
outside of the last piece. Then he came
u.P and began to smell around the pot.
I he water was about lukewarm, and he
seemed to he awfully thirsty. He drunk
no less than two gallons of it. After a little
he seemed to get restless and uneasy-like.
He would walk around and around', and
then stop and look at ids sides like he
wondered what ailed ’em. I saw that hi
was growing wider faster than a beui
might to. The first thing I knew lie.struck
u run for tlie woods, but stopped still after
going thirty yards. He seemed to be think j
mg and looked like he wanted to say:
“I wonder what tne devil ails niy cun- j
sides.” Then he run about forty feet fur
ther, and stopped again. By this time hi
.in longer looked gaunt and empty. He
looked like lie hail swallowed tlie wasli 1
pot along with the water. Presently in I
stood on 11is hind legs and danced around
and lilt Himself in the stomach with his ;
paws. 1 i lover saw sue ii u lock of aston
ishment on a is a.\s face before in mv life
He looked like he Would give worlds to ‘
know what wastin' matter with him. By ,
i IPs time he Intel swelled until bis belly was
as big as a mule's, and when lie would .
i mm down on I;is ali-f'ours il would Hit i
till' ground before his lore h er would. I ;
ii Ill'll son lelti ing was going t o happen and
I wailed tortile closing scene. File bear
laid down ami rolled over and ‘'hollered” i
a.id bit siiclcs in two. and ptiiU d up 1 mslies :
the mots, and Hung un over Ills mao. i
and groaned n:.d foan.cd at the mouth:
liut lie sv.eiiob nigger nid logger every
second. Finally there (mile an explosion
you eoeiii have hc.o'it two miles, and some
piece.' of dried uppics st ruck me in the fata
1 ini' hundred yards away, and there was
ntl'c pieces of bear meat strung over ten
acres of ,ground. Yes. .sir. it's a fact. Dried j
apples is u liiii'ii niit thing, and warm ;
water is a innocent tiling: hut when they 1
come together tlu-.v ale like lire and gun
powder; if there ain’t no room they'll
make il."
Wliei Eaf finished tlie story lie and the
reporter hid tlie nieion-rinds under a log
and went home. The moon had been
down sometime.
SALAD FROM SEALE.
A lUf. lii-r in .litil ChaiuM i! With a Serious < rime '
A Melon I’lirtj Tin* Two <oiu ( Inhs~Other in* j
i»■ rest i11 u Noll's.
Special Correspondence Enquirer-tSuii.
Seale, Ai.a., July 24.—Ail Irishman giv
ing his name as Mike Sullivan was arrest
ed on Hirsch’s plantation Thursday,
charged with attempting to ravish Martini
Simms, a negro woman. Mike had a pre
liminary hearing before Judge O’Neal yes
terday, and now ianguislicth in .jail, pend
ing his honor’s decision of the case. Alike
iias no friends here. He is a ditcher by !
trade, and -veins to be a jolly, good-nil- :
tiireii J el low . as hi- race generally are. Af
ter having been in jail about aii hour he
sent for t lie jailer and requested him to
"please leave the doors open so I can get a
better breeze." it is needless to sav that
his request was not complied with.
Quite a large party from town left early
this morning to attend tlie annii.it picnic
and barbel no at the hospitable residence
of.Mr. Joe Lamb, eleven miies north of
town.
'['here was a mi loll party at tlie residence
of Mr. Jirr.v Pi rry, three miles from town,
last night Several young people from
here went down and report a very pleas
ant time.
Hirsch Bros, are adding a fresh coat of
paint to their store, which lends new ut-
tructions to its appearance.
The trustees of tin Seale high school
will elect a principal Monday.
The Ciceronian debating cociety held its
regular weekly debate last night. Ques ;
tion discussed : "Is the negro a benefit to !
tlie whiles?” Decided in favor of the
affirmative.
A large crowd of negroes will go up on
the excursion train to your city this morn
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Cranberry and the
little ones, of your city, are spending sev
eral days here, the guests oi Prof. G. A.
Grail berry.
Much excitement prevails here over tlie
‘‘defunct’’ and the new gun clubs. Jokes
are being freely passed. At this writing
new club is on top.
GLOOMY IN TEXAS.
A Younir Gciin.-iiiii llruw' n Din k !*i< t ure of I lie
State of AIVnirs in the lame shir state. j
The following letter was received by a
gentleman in this city on yesterday, and
gives a gloomy account of tlie condition of
the people in that section of Texas:
Brown-wood, Tex., July is. This whole
section of tlie state, and particularly this
and adjoining counties, is in most distress
ing circumstances. I never saw people
anywhere reduced to such a condition of
destitution. They are leaving here in
droves for more prosperous sections of the
State, while they hope to find employ
ment. We had a little rain Friday,
the lirst that lias fallen here
that would wet the ground three,
inches since last year, and in consequence
of this extraordinary drouth tlie fanners of
this county of wheat and corn tlie print - -
pal crops ' here will not make the seed
they planted. No effort lias been made at
harvesting, except to cut a little of the
dried up corn-stalks to lie used ns rough
feed for stock. A great many men w ho
are ordinarily well to do s:ay they will be
compelled to go to tlie eastern portion of
tills state and pick cotton to support their
families, as they cannot raise a dollar on
their property,'which is no more than is
allowed them under our present libera'
homestead law, and ill this state a home
stead cannot he encumbered. Several
counties have already sent up memorials
to congress soliciting aid from tlie gen
eral government for tin* relief oi
the people. A citizens’ meeting is called
at this place next Tuesday for the purpose
of devising means by which to simply the
farmers of this county with seed for an
other planting, and from the present out
look it will require tile combined effort of
all classes to do so and thus insure another
crop. If we have good seasons from now
oil the small acreage of cotton that is ,
planted will perhaps yield from one-quar- ;
ter to one-third of a crop, and that is tlie !
only hope of the people. Yours, very I
truly, Henry Duane. |
vocal Events of the Week in Browneviilc
and Girard.
I'nlilii nl Out look Hm-lni t o in- nf tin- tVci't,
l luiriTi Null's amt l.iii-nl l.ussi|i Talk AIhiiii
t In 1 I rn|is.
Browneville has considerably wilted un-
ler the oppressive and enervating hot
veatlier of the week. As the citizens meet
he salutation generally is ; “is it hot
•Hough for you V” and the response ought
0 be, if it isn’t, “You’re mighty right."
But hot us the temperature is, people will
ialk, and the topic of interest uppermost
.vith the sovereigns is county politics. As
'.he election approaches the interest in
creases. The canvass is now narrowed
down to a tight between the democrats
md independents, with the chances in
favor of t lie former. During the week
Brown" .'file has been visited by a number
of candidates and canvassers, and yester
day tlie smell of polities was strong in the
lir, owing to the presence of county poli-
1 ii'ians.
Ihi- t.mlii's
held another of t heir delightful ice cream
sociables on Tuesday evening at McL'ollis-
ter’s hall, for the benefit of the Ladies’ Aid
Society of the Baptist k'hurch. Like all
its predecessors on that line it was a social
and financial success, and the occasion will
long lie remembered pleasantly by the
many who were present. The managers
.'equest us to return their especial thunks
to Mr. William Met oliirter for the fret
.ise of iiis pleasant and beautiful hall on
rliat occasion.
A !.
i l'ii l
be found where they have been skillfully
managed and worked rapidly. The maxim
more in the mail than in the land is full
eri'led in the splendid crop now growing
on Col. McDougnld's plantation.
Visitor.
N lit Ice.
The marshal is instructed to proceed at
once to collect all delinquent street taxes
n Brownville, Ala.
S. M. iNGKUSOLI..
July 25. Clerk of Council.
t ime nml I'liu-c,
Now is the time to sow Hutu l-tagas. Fall
mil Winter Turnip Seeds, Collards and late
Cabbage Seed, and the “Lively Drug
Store, ' Lively, Ala., is the place to'lniytln
freshest and nest of all sorts at half and
less than half the price charged in Colum
bus. But, ladies and gentlemen, when it
comes to selling Drugs and Medicines, you
'Already know, or can soon find out, that
we literal!v knock the Hide, heels, socks
mid inso s :f them all.
Mo.phi.iC 10c a bottle—“Lively Drug
Si ore.
Alum 5** a pound- “Lively Drug Store.”
S du 5e a pound “Lively Drug Store.”
Sulphur oe a pound—“Lively Drug
Store.”
Copperas . r
Store. ’
Saltpetre 10c a pound
Store.”
pound--“Lively Drug
‘Lively Drue
One oven.-Ted at C"ardors hall Frid.i
afternoon. A number of victims wv.
>ad!y damaged by the affray ;is the led:
lid its fearful work. And ail this wont •
.* ngeunee was executed in the align
presence of a large number of iunoeei
children of the vicinity. \v!u, instead •
yelling murder! \v*n delighted with t!
■dx-i
The vii
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ation. hut likt
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t lie pupi!:
a I i o i his
waterin'.
»f Miss
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pr
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Dn monthly night th*.
men's met ting :ii this <
are in\ ite d.
Rev. J. B. Cu,nming
rird.M. E. church In.
night. The members are spe*
quested to he present.
Lev. Eli Davison will adminisU
dioanceot Baptism to a number
dates in the creek opposite Col. Holland’s 1
at «S:80 o'clock this morning. The admin
istration will he accompanied hy a brief !
discourse suited to the occasion.
Rev. Mr. Bray will preach at tlie Free
Will Baptist church in the \alley to-night.
A good congregation is desired.
The revival at Franchise colored church
continues with undiminished interest, and
large numbers ore professing conversion.
Death ofn Man.
Mr. Charles Ware died at his residence
in Browneville last Tuesday, after a pro
tracted iil ness. in the 50th your of his age.
Tin* deceased came from Tallassee to
Browneville several years ago, and during
his residence here has been greatly in
spected by his friends and neighbors.* His
lamily will receive the sympathy of the
community in their great loss.
lh(oni"ville\ Not Mull.
Bro\vne\iih now boasts of thin e public
halls, but by far tbe most commodious
and handsome is Mc<’ollister s new hull,
latelv thrown open to the public. One
bundled and lilty comfortable chairs were
placed therein yesterday, which art to be
fixtures. This hail is one of ihelmnd-
soint.st in tla. state and i.s a * reciit to the
proprietor and tie*. Browncvilie people at
large. Then is no reason why entertain
ments of iil sorts may not do a paying
business in ihi* town, and in their rounds
managers will do well to remember MeC’ol
lister hull in Browneville. Ala.
GIRARD NEWS.
About a Mi* (■ illl> That Needs Utentiou—A AIL-
liiqi—(liuiii buMi: ItiMTiiits—lntercftimf <ios-
sip.
(lirard at present has no serious cause of
complaint, except the condition of the
stn ets and roads. The Long street, people
as well as the business men are growling
savagely ovt r the big gully which threatens
m stop travel altogether on the Seale and
Sami Fort road. The evil of neglect lias
gone '•> far that tin* county commissioner-
! have I « en appealed to hut they seen slow
! to act. This is not a matter in which
, Girard alone is interested, but one that
I \ it illy concerns ail the southern part ol
| the county. Some money will have to bo
: tinned loost by tlie county to save lhi*
i rojui, ami it should be done cheerfully ami
| forthwith. The rouds and bridgo.s iniist •*<•
I kepi up tliougli it^ be nceissary t-* b*\y
\ Vf I I’ll iilL*.
! A voiing inan of ( v ilumbus was thrown
! from },;> horse end s nicwlnu i.ruised by
fi.'l iuio one of tic <b'".ird ditche-s wiiilc
1 ati* mj.ting to vbit one of the fah-younq
ladi*. »f \ lie hills. I'l'is sl.tinjd i.c’a sin
‘ sc k t in* .-is :ety of A:ab ima'- lov !\ ncih--.
i :>c V bad i»e‘.ici* i iso.-ct Hie *•«" ‘»gra)j)i v
:im! dogt.lugv of till lie'g’biorlcK-d thev
. wish t » v’dt : i bnv-tbuc. « iir ird F lull «
bri'.g night prowiers m ht.
V. • 0.1- !«•» ( lull It (.1*1 u.
.Ji' -ticc 1 r U 5 sp( SC(! cf tin foil-.w ine
1 ( ri.ixmd cast - (.uring t lie wcck:
•i ml 11*sts.
.h.sephinc Tiioma?, larceny; *-ix months
, on clmin gang.
Willis B. It, km ony; chain gang tw.-.w
months.
II* alth good. Business (jniet.
Miss Minnie Brown, of N. r uon, is on a
\i.-U to relatives in Girard.
Miss Moili. Roberts hit yesterday to
visit ri latives aud friends at Kufnula.
Several cf the young ladies of Girard at
tended a picnic at Cooks' mills yesteiday.
The La/.y Club has elected new odivers
! and st* ms to be urishing.
Mrs. Emma M utcheon and her little
sen Robert let . r steamer Smith yester
day on a we* \ visit to Kufnula, where
tl-.ey will he me guests of Mrs. A. E.
Cullen.
Mr. lid. Blau has been quite sick during
the week witn an attack of malaria, but is
improving and will be out .-*•» a.
Mrs. E. (i. Burnett - who In.- •- mi spend
ing some time with r* latives at opciika
.has returned t(» her home in Girard.
Impni'hoit (hicsiimi '<>-t;;|.
The (lirard debating c!;;l> last Tuesday
night decided that lawyers art* a curse
rather than : bl ssii.g to .-Mei* ty. The
lawyers will no doubt !ppc d, and p’auy of
tlmsc hoys fa'i into tlu-ir han*D, they will
leet th*-mvcives acciirs* I before thev get
The LonavFw Farmers’ Ciub Have
Whole Oodles of Fun.
I 1* **\v .>|n re KicG AI *iiiit s.miii- nl tin hi\.- >h n
of Hii*m*1I rimnt) With Their »b.s. Ihnisrl.-
ter** ii ii d SwcetheiirK riiej pcml h IheiiMiu
Ihi* —1'lie >1<kIiiy Oprriiinli of the < lull anil
some of ti e Spfeitte Ii•• il<*(iei.-«> It.-Mill- V Wort*
Umiiii *x‘u!t ninl a Promi-e for lie In I ore.
'editorial C«*rre.-|Mtmh nee:
m:alk. Ala., July *JL—Talk about fun
and a good time, tlie members of Long
view Farmers' ciub had it to-day. They
aad fun enough and pleasure enough am;
enough to tat to furnish food for gossip in
he homes around this community for
Aeeks to come. The farmers, with their
wives, sons, daughters, sweethearts and
friends met at the hospital residence of
Mr. Thomas Brannon, and her** is where
they had the g >nd time of which we are
going to npeak. Your correspondent,
many thanks to a kind friend, had a press
ing invitation to make one of the number
—aye. even more, he, our friend, sent in a
•onveyanee that no excuse for absence
could be rendered on account of the long
walk. But we
XKEDKI) NO URGING.
for as we pillowed our head upon a
couch of down the night before our slum*
*rts were ^sweetened by the pleasant an
ticipation of what the morrow would bring.
•So sweet, indeed, was tin* sleep that we
did not awaken until the rooster in the
backyard had already crowd three times,
several times, and all th*. ncignboring
•ocks. as well as the little bantum inline
diately under the window, takingtheir cue
from him. had been f«*ra full half iiour en
gaged in a cock-a-doodle-doo chorus, tlur.
wok* up the entire ncigiihorho.ul and svin
echoes througiiout th** town, did we arouse
from pleasant urea ms--such as reveling in
vaternielons and peach*.*'- the twer.inii' be
fore i- liki iy t” pr.Mlu«*e. Ev.-ryi.. d\ but
wicked newspaper n **’i ami mglil t.wl-
•weiv up and out.
w !•: vvuxr t«> tim*. *is-.i-:t:ng
up ami iva*i.y I lie *i. ;*.i' , tui*. Tim i * -
>tran«g**r> a- wvi. > mu. ei'P.k-ei* n.\ 111.• n>-
where everything that the epicure mao
leftiro is found in abundance, and whery
>eople know how to live, and where they
• lo live. Mr. Brannon is a fortunate man,
.or he “lias found a woman whose price is
far above rubies.” As we so greatly en
joyed the choice viands, our mind involun
tarily ran out to our friend Reese, who
mild have* found no greater picnic than a
J ‘hnnee at the sumptuous repast.
THK CROPS IN RISSKLL COUNTY
was tlie lirst thing which came up after
.inner. The report shows that in the en-
ire county tne stand of cotton is SOper
cent, the condition bS, the prospects fora
; crop (iS, and hO in comparison with the
crop of last year. The lirst bloom was re
ported on the 15th of June. In our yester
day's report w*» gavx* you thecondition of the
| i'ops in|tbe neighborhood north of Seale,
j Phe report from below w as made to-day.
In the
GLKNNVILI.I2 NKICIIBORHoOD
j the iotton is hardly as promising as in the
I neighborhood we visited yesterday, but the
| corn is very line. Mr. C'. R. Edges is one of
.he best and most progressive farmers in
that section and wilt probably make about
I ninety bales of cotton on 200 acres. His
j corn will average about twenty bushels,
hough he expects a yield of thirty or for
ty bushels on some of his land. The wet
weather has seriously retarded the cotton
in that section as a rule, and Illges’ farm is
I an exceptional one.
NEAR VI LUI.A
j the crop shows up much the same. Cotton
not so good, say 20 per cent, below the
j average of last year, w hile the corn is very
I line. Mr. W. J. Boykin tells us that his
j corn is just as good as the land will make.
The bottom lands were drowned out. Mr.
F. B. Vann reports that the cotton is below
, the average of last vear on account of the
grass. In getting the grass out of the cot-
! ton it was much injured. In this, as well
i as elsew here, potatoes are very line.
IN OTHER SECTIONS
report* were made bv Messrs. W. M. Burt,
L. ('. Cooper, K. \.‘ Ware. W. M. Vann
i and others, all showing about the same
i' oiulition. riie average for the county
; would make a much belter showing were
it not for the crops of proMigat* negroes
who ha\ e 1 i11 '** pat* lies armino more as an
for lari
kids from a gi. **n a .. -eg.- nf ; .mi. hot i»
tDaV wdlG*:me aml' 'i,?! .-V-*i : Vnrm
life, turn ofth. :.;* in’* . m -ah. •*. a- th..;
he did not know t h it In *•« aih -**. a* y of t he
Sl’Ev ill* BENEEK ! A i. UEsri.V-
that h.ad be« n nr. onipii -imn '»y the ,,<mt il
ly m tings of tlii.K club. Bat they ar** Im i* •
a ‘da.i v*'iispiemIt i-.ay Le >e<n in
the general appearance of rh* f:n*ni .house-.
Everythin.. h»..k- thrift.*.- ;>ml in r. T'u
l!owers bio* :n in t •:- trout ym*< 5 .». tin-
hi uses look met and tidy, the or* *•:«••-
rustle through t * wide-spreading s'.iade
trees, and everyD nig looks lik* home
fact, 'file farms .- *iow it 1 y the high stale
of cultivation and the large yield now
promised for the growing products. It is
shown by the diversified » ’*np-, unmi tin*
premises of every farmer who is a member
oftlie club. Wnat w* mean uy iliveivilied
vi*oj)s is not a few experimental patches of
grass, here and tie ir a ran- \arkt.\ i f
fruit, a new vari* (y o! *< . n or cotton, and
a hinubvd *»t!ier things \. sick the theorist
makes appear to a Iil •• rdvatilage in b*»i»k-
rarniing. but 11., y n»ak»* plenty of vnm.
p* is. sugar cane, millet, mid iniriy ‘•rdi
tilings, all of whieh g.• s»> tar toward
making the farm a.slain itself.
THE -1 *.! i: Till; i-Al.MERS
wi 4 . ii w h. .ii lam now dealing .:r»d among
wn mi I have he. i spending >i ;. a pleas-
:.::t dav. Thev a * t In* mm. :• i'h,i,:.hm*
in
Sl.fili
Rr
\ ill
\ m Ii
\\ ill Nl‘| I 111 < .|S|.
If you wisii to keep cm! call at II A.
Hyde’s this week and t'uy *’o!di.ig fans at
■••ost. I Inn. v .i tin* assort iiieiit. Many
otiier goo*Is v«.*ry elu ap. K. of L. pins
very cheap. B->yV si raw lulls cheap.
purchasing *••
rkiUi't W >i’k W
Til.
‘I- I !! ' l»
IM • 1“I*
at ilie
Col. W. J. Sam ford and Hon. \Y. 11.
Barne.', of ()]>eiika, and Mr. L. A. Sharer,
of Montgomery, will speak in Brownc
vilie oil Tuesday night. They are good
speakers, and every one in Browneville
should hear them.
Local < hips.
Mrs. J. A. Allen and children have gone
to spend a few weeks for their health at
Jackson Gap, A la.
Mrs. D. E. Wade and children have gone
on a summer visit to Tallapoosa county for
their health.
Council held its semi-monthly meeting
Tuesday night but transacted no business
of general interest.
Many of the Opelika politicians were on
a visit to Browneville yesterday.
Watermelons are plentiful and cheap.
Peaehers were ottered yesterday at f l per
bushel.
Frank Mitchell, colored street hand, was
stricken dow n by the oppressive heat of
Friday, but it is thought nothing serious
will result.
The Girard marshal for the uptown beat
fears the Lee county politicians will work
up a big tight before they cool down, lb-
asks time to get in one of the Girard
ditches before it begins.
Browneville continues generally healthy
with only here and there a serious ease of
illness.
I a I k V limit Crops.
Mr. Editor: Having during the past
week taken a trip up the river above the
city, and also one down the river, traveling
along tin* public roads in a buggy, had the
opportunity of noticing the crops along
tlu* roadside. In traveling from Columbus
t*> Cataula camp ground, you will see very
little good cotton, mostly small and in
many places held in captivity by General
Green. The corn as a rule is good along
this route, though there arc some excep
tions. From Columbus to Colonel Mc-
Dougahi’s plantation the crops are good.
1 arrived at Captain W. J. Foster’s at dark,
spent the night with him, and alter taking
breakfast tlie next morning, we mounted
our steeds and took in tin* farm, and hen
I saw the best crops that 1 have seen any
where t hi.-* season. The npp* arum c of 1 he
captain’s crop reflects ert ditubl\
upon the skill and fine judg
ment displayed in annihilating
Gen. Green. When we take in considera
tion the vast amount of rainfall during the
month of June and the rapid growth of tin-
grass during such continued wet seasons,
and find a farmer with a clean crop we are
at once assured that he understands his
business. Such fine corn and such prom
ising cotton as Captain Foster has I have
never before seen at this season of the
year. The corn is a certainty, as it is near
ly matured; but the cotton can only be
spoken of prospectively, as it is so subject
to disasters. Should there be no disaster
to Captain Foster’s crop the yield will la-
very large. I base this opinion on the
amount of bolls and forms now on the cot- |
ton. Such crops, however, are not com- .
mon through the country, and are only to |
HAPPENINGS AT HURTSBORO.
V ('dIiiiiiIiiis Violinist ilakes ;i <i<m.| 1 rii|>rr«sion \
SjiiII) AII1h*ti‘<l Kniidlj (teniTal >1. ntinii.
Special Com*.-pon<lcme Enquirer-Sun.
IIurtsboro, Ala, July 21. Th* Meth
odist pastor announced last Sunday Unit
he would probably commence a protr icted
meeting at his appointment, which will be
the first Sunday in August.
The sweet strains from a chorus of young
gentlemen with their string instrument*
was greatly enjoyed hy several of our
favored citizens a few nights ago. On.
young friend, Master Arthur Lyon, of
your city, led the band. For one so young
he is truly a wonder in the manipu
lation of the violin. Doubtless
many nf your citizens cun attest to the per
fections of this young artist, as we under
stand he is a member of the orchestra at
the opera house. He has made many
friends here.
We are sorry to hear of the illness of
Mrs. J. T. Andivw, of Montgomery, who
is on a visit to her father. Mr. G. M. Will
iams. She arrived here J*uly tbth sick with
an attack of measles. Dr. G. D. Puschai,
one of her physicians, reports her recovery
extremely doubtful. Her husband arrived
yesterday, lb r brother, Mr. Sam Will
iams of your city, is also jivitli the * list r* ssed
family.
After tlu? excursion train had passed our
station yest* rnay one of those wlm failed
to get on board straddled a nude and re
lated hisi xp. rieiict* for tin. b'-netit of th*
hred’rn and sisters. His r* marks wer** *o
soul-stirring that so\.rn! of tin* du-ky
maidens shout* d in tlu* streets "lookout
for your hen r mst. neighbor*!"
Several of our young l• u*n have left lbr
greener Ii* Ids latelv. among tin in Mr.
Charles T. Hiil, who* has h* en a sab-man
for Mr. N. W. E. Long so long. Hev.il!
v* ry likely engage in bmin* »s ii- your < ity.
It gives us gn al pleasure to say that Mr.
11 ill is e\ery inch a gentleman. Wmaver
is fortunate enough to secure iiF s*-rvi«*cs,
w ill find in Hun one who is worthy of an\
t rust.
The little darling with her gold* n ring
lets, when after the business of the day IS
over, meets us at the gal** sw * t
kisses, and is tin* joy and .sunlight of our
home, is sick.
t .e . Iu!>. ami • e ;
regular m* et ina w hat h»* w ii i n* **d lbr his
wlierelbr* A of >ucli in-ed-t w lib* ilivuis** *1.
ami it is I.» !L .ml t hat ma.y t Inns n-.\v
bought by tin fanners 'vili i): dispensed
witn a* a matter of economy. Many of tin
members are inclined to Uii*\icw of it.
But in regard to
THE MEETING TO-DAY
At the appoint**.! hour t m members be
gan to assemble at tin 1'esidelic* o! Mi*. ('.
T. Brannon, and !>v Vi «»*< !.» • k tlier** was a
larg** asseintiiy of ladi's an*! genth-nn-ii.
Col. J. M. B’annuij. president, tail' d liu
clul) to order, and W. J. Boykin was se
lected as secretary pro tern in the abs. ik-
of Mr. Richard D*xh*r. tin* regular secre
tary. The
Rom. ( \m.
developed tin toilm.ing iiamibcr-' ofthe
dub: J. M. liiamioii. W. M. Burl. G. T.
Brannon. W. M. 'hinn. C. R. liig**s. !,. C.
Cooper. J. II. Biekerstalf. F. P. Pitts, V. P.
Vann. K. P. Dexter. J. C. Vann. W. J.
Bovkin. IL A. Ware. Mk J. M. Brannon,
Mrs. W. M. Burt. Mrs. J. II. 'Bickersta!!'.
Mrs. F. B Vann, Mis. P. De\t-rAMrs.
I). W. Ingram. Mn. >. !L Ihtt-.|Mrs. R.
IL Lind-av. Mr-. W. 11. Holland and
Miss Ida H. nry.
the u;m t for Di-ci'-sinN
was annouTK • .1 to b* . “sho ,h; «•*■ iii* ersify
oureiops.*” Tne subject was selected at
tne last meeting. an*i W. J. War** cIiiim-ii
to open tile oi-e.ls-ion. 'Ii::- be did by
reading a very inter* stingy paj.<*r in whi<*n
m*( essitv to successful farming.
Mr. t . R. lligi s ib/mw.-d i:, t.o disci.s-
-.ioii. taking til** j/o-itio’i tind t in* |iiest:nn
did nut intere.-t him in knowing wh**th* r
or not d:\ersili*d farming w*. i!d pay, as
much as di" 111 • * «|ms*i,u lew he c«/u:d
run iiis fai m aid la-t il< . ,t\ a ^ H<
most f .riiiiT>, w as • k*
lb* ill i not b.-i; •.•.• in r
,l The d.s. a- -ion w a* e
W. M. Vann. L. * . * ...
W. .J. Bo.vkn,. a.m **. •>.
d« nt. < "!. Iba.in.m st
Ii-
niit.
In.
tin p
ti .at*
as. -no , r ,• m. and < r. >j
.*• the <•(.*:•! n-,oii «
i. -o.n’ion w .*- adept*.
My Pi
Tv it.
<hf
Apple Vinegai
il k.
(■oil lllcss IIm* 4 Iiil«tr<*ii.
Nothing has been s«» productive of health and
diminished so much tlie suffering and mortaht*
among children as Tukthina 7Y» thOiy I*<nnlvrH<.
Tkutiuna allays Irritation, aids Digestion,
Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the child.
Cures Eruptions and.Sores and makess Teething
easy.
All Druggists and country stores keep Teeth- .
ina. Brannon & Carson. Columbus, Ga..
Wholesale Agents, supply the trade at manu
facturer’s prices. jy4 d&wly I
coin nut ting t i:• • < i no to :» dr. m -dy ■»: '■i*o]i-
an*l iii11-n-i\• • i ■ ini.ig a- hir a.- j>r.i<• ti«*.ii.
TIIK * uN-Ti'i . TIoNAl. AM ENI).*I EN I
by wiii- ii th. eoimtitutiou * »*the stale *:in
tax. was di>eu-**'d nt length. T!ii- wa>
br.iuglit ahoi.t by Mr. Iilg» -, who •mid that
lie want**«l information oi. th. .-nldject .-<»
that he would know iiow t-. *.ou*. The
club to.qk no ollieiai action in tli*. pre mi-e-.
but it was th*- sentiment to a man that
they would vote against the amendment.
At this point the club adjourned
TO THE DINING KooM,|
where Mrs. Brannon had spread one ofthe
most excellent dinners of w hich we have ,
ever partaken. It was just such a dinner
as can only be given at a country home, i
in
elm
d li
> t lie business of 1 lie day,
*ust
C. R. Id-:
i'd
ha- l!
A .id
mi. » vt . a thousand
• ',•-.; A on -■ '.-i lydbcaerts. f lamb This
m has i.'M i; a l ad year' f. a* <-. He plant*, d
an oa* Ii- hi Im* id- hog- ! tit he believes
f.i d t ifidi-g then, into i; fro... a dry pus-
* ii”'* i *-1 (! lie deal h of a gr at many. He
h ei rorty-live v* ry tine hogs and so*»*i after
Gi. enaiige tin\ began to grow sick and
de-. iir.l now I;.' ha- .mlv sixtteii, three of
which are iik* ly todie. il" can account for
a in no o', ie.-r way t nan u change of pasture.
1 thought when I began lids that I would
pay i:i\ resp* * t x to t h* low:iol heaie, and
tin enterprising* il i/.ens wlm dwell therein,
hut that mast b. n served fora future time.
To THE GREDi r OK THK TOWN
•ifd the w .hole community ip-ound, there is
u.. vvh.isky sold^here.'laud what is just as
g«.od. there is precious little of it drank.
Tnesc pc‘pie her* have not alw ays had
tlie very flattering rejm ation for the good
order ami nigh character wnicli they now
enjoy. Tin d* was i time when whisky
flowed fri elv and ' lo*»d was no uneommon
sight, sea le w/ called a bad plaee, and
w»* infer veryroperly so. But tlie script
ural injunction
“ IE VI) I s NOT I NT" TEA! 1'T AT I* N”
has had a r* w reading a il r«-:u t ionary
force. Tin* question that ( te.v j.i *-s 1 *• * ic
to :di is t !,:it tin to.\ n slid I j not *nh. to. but
les -en or pi * a cut. i he easy icei ss to drink.
It :■ a matter of hi .lo!*.*'That ii: t:.e early
day.- of the settlem**ht "!‘ Die country it
was i.eli! tiial true liospitaiity r**quired the
".lering «.f wiius and '-ordials and even
stronger liquors t ail visit*.is an*: guests.
i'll:-
wa:
• ■ !5iid« . Bui now■♦!'.*• standard •>: morals
q lm'x! Li'lc o.i' -o "Ii.il timt j.i-oplu
i'",,.d|D a tin- length ; ml i wadth ol tile
dial movement
ry u.s a powder
nl v
.' they .ha\ «• 1 ! lie good
moral s* nd.;. .it of the
pe .pl. : , bani.siied from th* glittering
snl"on- . y im* no longer .spread before
t!n von. 'ii us a snare to * ntrap them
iuto'.l-ns wickedness. No longer are
t hey nlar. ■ dbre the weak -willed and
impuNiv* . nor before tie- impoverished
wreti lies win* can .scarcely pass a saloon
wit In -lit beii.. : enipted to seek their further
destruction- .his would be a worst.' state of
thing**, wen such things allowed, than
that which prevailed half a century ago.
OBSERVING THE CROPS.
\!".iii tie < "iclit i
••ri'stiiiL' Karts
nl I olton.
< IURI.EY, Ga.. July 21. -Exql tRER-SUN:
I have been in nearly every neighborhood
in this part of the county. 1 lind the crops
nmen lu Urr iimi in much finer condition
than 1 expected. My route was via Moun
tain Hill and Whitesville toC'liipley. where
I am now. In speaking of the crops, omy
tlie s* otions visit* <1 will be referred to from
time to time as my trip is extended tli rough
this comity and others J intend to visit.
The corn on uplands is good, hut! on tlie
branches and creeks where it Is subject to
overllow is poor, and tlie planters de
pending on stub lands will have to buy
corn to make anot her crop. I have seen
smile ofthe lit test upland corn that I ever
-aw grow in Harris ami 'Troup counties.
The acreage in my opinion is larger than
H lias ■ >ee11 since the war in the section 1
have pas-* d t iir* nigh.
Tin- cotton plant <»n an average is smaller
than 1 ever saw it in this .section, but where
tim land is good and well fertilized, with
go..d s- iS(»iis fr*»m n *w on. will make a
good crop. Sometimes I meet up with a
Dinner w in. says tnat his crop is as good
a- !.»■ ev* ;• had at this season of the* year.
< >:say they cam.ol possibly make over
t ur-i-ibi.rl l>s of a cotton crop. Tney are
ah doing tie-ir b»-st to n.a.-ve a crop. There
was a go m! rain lie"** **n last Weiines** 4 y
wlliel; **.**!i• • in g(»'"l time.
:i. • .*• •- ■ -coM o.i, m..king seventeen and
o... ;■ .e-aa.f O.IH'S, Usi.lg fre« U'gc \V. .'Scott
«:••]» i h i'- seen. He has seventy-iivo
.. : • - i'i * otion thi- -ca->n. from which he
• ■.■*;p' et- to get sixty bales of cotton, ami
.. ,g‘*t a oah D> tin- ae/e*. He Mia le
lift,, i:- bales onllm- -am*- laud last year.
Mr. Tru.-tt a ten acre- in corn, from
which he expects to gather rive hundre d
i-int
ar
L’heerfu!. lion
5'. airs
H. J. T.
Si* \ *• 'I **ii i* >1 one,\ .
Tin K Rosx y ( i Buy aiul Einbroi*lerv Ma
chines ofthe veiy latent improved pattern sold at
manufacturers’ prices.which is$l.0(j for the wood
machine and $1.50 for the nickle-plated machine,
and purchasers taught to use the machine free ot
charge, at BramhalTs Sewing Machihe Depot.
Iu3 Broad street. Turkish Rug Patterns aud
Wool Yarn for the same supplied cheap. dtf