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The Messenger.
—PUBLISHED EVERY THUUHffAY—
—BY —
N. C. NAPIER & SON.
High Point,
Sunday lias come ui/ain to bless
with its Holy influence the weary
children of earth. Thank God
for Sunday with its heaven-or
dained privileges, grand and soul
inspiring thought that when
earth’s last battle iH fought and
life’s fitful dream is over, the
grand Sabbath of eternity will
dawn upon the faithful who will
gather iu the tabernacle above lo
feast the hungry soul upon fruits
grown from seeds sown in tears.
ltev. Mr Andrews preached a
fine sermon at the academy to
day. This place is especially
blessed witn preaching. The ex
position of the Sunday School
black-board each Sunday morn
ing by tho Superintendent, Rev.
G. W. Moore, is a fine sermon
itself. For culture aud a
thorough understanding of the
scripture but few men excel Mr.
Moore.
Most of the material for tho
new Methodist church is now on
the ground. The frame of the
building is up. May the Lord
strengthen fho arm of these faith
ful men. Most of the people of
the neighborhood have come to
their assistance.
We hopo to scon be able to
place the name of the balance of
them on the roll of honor. They
can’t afford to let an enterprise
like this go forward without tak
ing some stock in it.
We understand the sale of the
Chattanooga Southern R’y has
been postponed. No doubt the
parties who are interested in this
splendid property understand
their business. Certainly no
road is better managed than the
Chattanooga Southern. Tho
most rigid economy is practiced
in all tho departments. Nothing
niggardly or little about the ad
ministration. Substantial im
provements are going on every
day. Thousands of the best
standard cross ties are being put
in the track. With the inexhausti
ble iron mines lying iu close
proximity to the track its entire
length, millions of tons of the
finest limestone aud boundless
forest,of the tinesl timber await
ing transportation and no com
peting lines, the future of the
Chattanooga Southern is certain
ly a bright one. The interest of
tiie road is safe in tho hands of
Gen’l Burke and Maj. Wallace.
OBBCURITY.
Catarrh Cannot be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS,
as they cannot reach the seat of
the disease. Catarrh is a blood
or constitutional disease, and in
order to enre it you must take in
ternal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure is takeu internally, aud acts
directly ou the blood aud mucous
surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
not a quack modiciue. It was
prescribed by one of the best
physicians in this country for
years, and is a regular prescrip
tion. It is composed of tho best
tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting dir
ectly on tl l6 mucous surfaces.
The perfect combination of the
two ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results in ouriug
Catarrh. Send for testimonials,
free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
A Celebrated Case.
Chattanooga, Teuu.—The trial
of the four Skelton boys, at
Scottsboro, Ala., for the killiug
of U. C. Ross, at Stevenson, Feb.
4, has one of the most interest
ing and sensational ever held iu
an Alabama court. lvoss was a
married mau, but had been writ- 1
ing verv affectionate letters to
Miss Annie Skelton, while she |
was visiting her sister, Mrs. S. B.
Kirby, at Little Rock. Mrs.
Kirby opened one of tho letters |
by mistake, saw the character of
its contents and went into her
sister’s trunk for the others.
Then all of the letters were ex
pressed to her brothers, which
precipitated the tragedy. The
defendants were released on bail.
i
Trion Gleaning*.
A week or two ago I received a
few packages of seeds from the
j National Heed Store,sent by Hon.
Mr. Maddox; among which was
a package of beans. On the
package was a printed request to
report results of a trial of the
seeds, etc. As I have no garden,
and not knowing any better meth
od of ascertaining the quality of
the beans, I carried them to the
j kitchen with instructions to have
them cooked and served for din
ner. The result was satisfactory,
and I can testify that Mr. Mor
ton’s beans are like Uncle Lecil
Day once said at my table about
fruit, lie said, “a little fruit and
a little gravy is mighty good.”
Send on more beans.
A few days ago Mr. Simeon P.
Smith brought to Trion six pigs
teu months old which weighed
net 879 pounds. Simeon has
sold, this season, a little more
than two thousand pounds of
pork. Now how is that to the
side of raising cotton? I am
glad to say that more meat has
been raised and either put on the
market cr kept for home übo this
season than for any year since
the war. And, lam also glad to
know that Trion furnishes a mar
ket, at good prices, for every
pound that has been brought to
this place. The Company buys
home made meat instead of wes
tern “bulK."
At a meeting of the Board of
Councilmen of Trion some time
back, on motion of Mr. A. S.Ham
ilton, one of the members of the
Council, the body voted to “pre
sent the Mayor with a good suit
of clothes, and that Trion M’f’g
Co., pay for them.” The“clothes”
have been received, and the
“Mayor” will probably feel some
what like a little boy does when
he dons his first pair of pants,
“mighty big.” The “Mayor” de
sires to thank “Trion M’f’g C 0.,”
for carrying into effect the reso
lution of the Council.
A man who would be governor
of Georgia, ought not, while ad
dressing the people in his own
behalf, try to array the towns
against the country or the coun
try against the towns as Mr. At
kinson seems to he doing, but
should endeavor to get all to pull
together. The towns • cannot
prosper without the co-operation
of tho country, and it is equally
true that the country people could
not get along very well without
the co-operation of the cities and
towns, This is too plain a prop
osition to need any argument it
seems to me. It is strange that
any one will try to make the im
pression, that because a man
happens to live in a city, that he
would on that account, if elected
to office pander to the wishes of
city people to the detriment of
country people. What kind of
country would it be where there
are no towns? Where every
body lived apart from everybody
else? No factories; no places of
business of any kind? It is un
leasonable.
Sunday morning T. F. Maxey
and John Kellett were returning
from a drive into the country.
About the time they reached the
bridge which spans the ditch that
crosses the street not far from the
residence of G. B. Myers, the
mule they were driving became
frightened at a loose mule on the
street, and attempted to run. Mr.
Maxey reined him to one side so
that the rear part of tue baggy
was canted so as to throw the
two men out. Mr. Maxey was
pretty badly hurt, but not seri
ously. He was dragged perhaps
twenty-five or thirty feet before
the mule could be checked.
Feb. 20th. N. H. Coker.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve,
The Best Salve iu the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores,Ulcers, Sat
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains
Corns, aud all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cure Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed
to give perlect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box.
For sale by J. D. Furiss & Co.
WALKER COUNTY MEBBENGER.—FEBRUARY 22, 1894.
Clements.
The weather is beautiful to
day and the sun is steadily re
turning from its voyage from the
south pole, It is is expected to
arrive at the Equator by or about
the 22ud of next month. Then
as that is the half way house it
may be expected that there will
be three or four days or a week
that the days and nights will be
of about the same length. Then
he is expected to start to visit
the frozen part of the country to
give us over toward the north
pole a general w arming up to see
if we would do any good if we
had a good chance. So let us
prepare for his coming so that
everything may be ready to make
the most of it, for he will soon be
hero and then will soon be gone
on bis mission of mercy to other
climes perhaps as needy and for
aught I know more worthy than
we.
The time to prepare for the
coming of any great event is be
fore it comes. What if the bride
groom cometh and findeth no oil
in your lamps, or you be found
at the wedding having on no wed
ding garment, or you be found
preparing your land when you
ought to be planting or building
and repairing your fences in the
heat of summer when you ought
to be cultivating your young
plants.
What if you be found mixing
your fertilizer when you should
be distributing it or planting seed
in unprepared land, or planting
seeds in tne summer that should
have been planted in the spring.
Then would you expect to pros
per? No. Then would you ex
pect to fail? Yes. Then have
oil in your lamp and a wedding
garment on.
Prepare for the coming of
spring, prepare for the coming of
summer and fall and winter,
for they will come and go and un
less you are prepared they will
profit you nothing.
Look for rain all this spring
and summer by the time you get
all your crops properly cultivat
ed and put to a stand, and if it
don’t rain go to the house and
see if your wife is cutting stove
wood to get dinner. If she is,
cut it, carry it in, sit down and
rest.
1 never knew a man to fail who
had all his work properly done—
at the proper time nor his chil
dren beg bread. Nero.
February I9th.
Coon Hollow.
Ed. Messenger:
Mr. Wm. Ramey is now the
miller and blacksmith at Water
ville.
Mr. Sam Goodrum had born a
fine boy last week. Mr. James
Scott has a baby girl a few days
old.
Any one wishing boards call on
R. H. Jennings. Anyone wish*
ing the white multiplying onions
can get them from the same par
ty much cheaper than sets.
Mrs. Jennie Jennings is on a
visit to the valley near Smith’s
Gap. .
Mr. Hugh A. Smith of near
Smith's Gap died last Thursday
night at Bp. m. His disease was
gall stone. He was a man of
respectability—born and raised
iu South Carolina and came to
this country before the Indians
left, making him at death oyer
70 years of age. All were sorry
to follow Uncle Hugh to his
grave. He leaves a widow and
many friends to mourn their loss
of him—the widow is choked in
tears and sorrow. The room
where he met his friends seems
awful lonesome. No howdy-do
from Uncle Hugh will ever be
heard there again.
Mr. Oek Smith has built him a
nice barn.
There is a half-breed Indian
woman living near Smith’s Gap.
The old rule was three frosty 1
mornings and then a rain. We
now have one frosty morning and
then three rains.
It Las been said a curry comb
was half feed for a horse and the
Irishman said he would buy two.
Feed is very scarce this year, so
we had better get two curry
combs. Rattler,
Trenton.
I spent about a week in the
Cove. Fonnd a disturbed ele
ment in the settlement of St. Ma-* 1
ry’s Lodge and Institute caused
by misconstruction of legal rights j
to the property and buildings. I
This is to say that all work was
suspended and as I understood
would be do farther demonstrat
ions made until an effort was
made to adjust the claims of all
parties interested. Please give
this a place in your valuable pa
per to correct all false rumors. If
the St. Mary’s Lodge has no le
gal and lawful rights to her in
vestment there she will not go in
to a suit on false premises. She
has a law-abiding peopleand will
not go to law only in self-defense
for her rights.
Well something else. I visited
the creamery at Cassandra and
gave it a close inspection and be
lieve it one of the best pieces of
manufactory of the kind in the
South. The whole thing from
foundation to finish is complete
and so nicely adjusted to the
uses it is intended to accomplish.
I staid there and witnessed the
making of 49 pounds of the nice
butter. It was churned, dressed
and weighed up in less than one
hour. I do think tho people
should be proud of the enterprise,
to look on and see so much ac
complished iu so short a time by
just two hands beside all the
other parts of the whole going on
while churning and dressing the
butter. I sampled the cheese,
butter and buttermilk with my
own taste and 1 do pronounce all
the articles first class. The gen
tlemen who run it know their
business and give it their undi
vided attention, They are real
nice men obliging and clever and
take pains in showing visitors
and answering questions.
W. B. Gray.
Blind to Evidence.
The recent decision of the
Massachusetts supreme court
that verdictß reached by casting
lots cannot stand has brought out
many stories of delinquency in
the jury room. One of them,
which lias been well vouched for,
is related by the New York Eve
ning Post as follows: A poor
man sued a corporation for dam
ages, and the evidence offered by
him was so unsatisfactory that
the judge, in charging the jury,
practically told them it was their
duty to find for the defendant.
They retired, and, in spite of the
evidence, their first ballot stood
eleven for the plaintiff and one
for the defendant. The lone j ury
man endeavored to persuade the
others that there was no evidence
in favor of the plaintiff, when he
was stopped by the remark:
“D—n the evidence. The plain
tiff is a poor man and the defend
ant a rich company. Let’s give
him a little of their money.
They’ll never feel it.”
“But.” interrupted the consci
entious juryman, “the judge as
much as told us to find for the
defendant.”
“To with the judge.” was the
answer. “The defendant’s a poor
man.”
Several of the jurymen then
sat down to play poker against
the time when the scrupulous
juryman should surrender, which,
unable to resist the pressure
brought to bear on him, he finally
did.
Mr. Albert Favorite, of Arkan
sas City, Kan., wishes to give our
readers the benefit of his experi
ence with colds. He says: “I
contracted acoldearly last spring
£hat settled on my luugs, and had
hardly recovered from it when I
caught auotlier that hung on all
summer and left me with a hack
ing cough which I thought I
never would get rid of. I had
| used Chamberlain’s Cough Rem
j edy some fourteen years ago
with much success, and concluded *
to try it again. When I had got
through with one bottle mv
cough had left me, and I have
not suffered with a cough or cold
since. I have recommended it to i
hthers, and all speak well of it.”
50 cent bottles for sole by all
medicine dealers.
Strayed from the Clarkson
place a steer with dunnish sides;
twoyearso ! d, crop aud split in
right ear; been gone six \\«eks.
Information gladly received.
W. ,J. Kell.
Cedar Grove.
A Proclamation.
GEORGIA: Bv W. J. Northen,
; Governor of arid State.
Whereas, official information
. lias been received at this depart
j rnent that un the night of the 15ti>
of November last, in the county
of Walker, dynamite wasexploded
j under the dwelling house of John
Shaitan, placed there by some
j person unknown, and that on the
27'hof December last, in said
county, dynamite was exploded
under a stationary engine on the
premises of J. M. Goodson, by
some person unknown; I have
thought proper, therefore, to is
sue this ray proclamation, hereby
offering a reward of Two Hundred
and Fifty Dollars, iu each case,
for the apprehension and deliv
ery of sajd unknown malefactor,
with evidence sufficient to con
vict, to the Sheriff of said County
and State.
And I do moreover charge and
require all officers iu this state,
civil and military, to be vigilant
in endeavoring to apprehend the
unknown malefactor, in order that
lie may be brought to trial for the
offense with which he stands
charged. Given under my hand
and seal of the state, this the 17th
day of February, 1894.
By the Governor.
Philip Cook, W. J. Northen,
Sec. of State. Governor.
IVof icejto Debtors and Cre«l
llOl'N.
GEORGIA, Walker County.
All persons having demands
against the estate of Cain Phillips,
late of said county, deceased, are
hereby notified to render in their
demands to the undersigned ac
cording to law; and all persons
indebted to said estate are re
quired to make immediate pay
ment. This Feb. 19th, 1894.
H, Y. Puryear, Ex’r
marl of Cain Phillips, Dec'd.
Loaded
with good things for the farmer —
new, nice, cheap—Wagons, Bug
gies, Field Seed, Seed Potatoes, On
ion Sets and field tools of all sorts.
Disc Harrows a specialty.
Prompt attention given to mail orders. At
the new store 241 Montgomery Ave., Chatta
nooga. Try me.
W. E. DICKERT, Agt.
Qam Qtrioot’c Ma P of Walker Comity.
Oulll Oil CCI o price only 75c by mail, prepaid.
After many vexations delays my map is done and ready to mail to any one
wishing it. It is very complete showing the numbers of all the land lots, the
ereeks, rivers, streams, mills, churches, schools, post offices, names and resi
dences cf land owners living on their land, wagon roads, railroads, hills, moun
tains, valleys, mines and minerals, towns, militia districts, mineral springs, bat
tlefields, in fact everything of any interest or profit whatever. You can easily
ascertain on what lot any man in the county lives, his post office address, the ex.
act distance and nearest read to any point as an inch in any direct ion on the map
is two miles; also where any lot is located whether in the mountains or in the
valley, whether a stream or pub' l road runs through it and how far it is from the
post office, school, or chu* 1 c. It is gotten up in the very best style—no ex
pense spared. Printed on bOND PAPER, similar to greenback paper and is
very strong and durable. It is folded in a neat and convenient book cover to jus
fit the pocket or mounted to hang on the wall as preferred. I have placed their
price very low on account of hard times so as all can get one without insonven
ence. Will send it by return mail on receipt of 75c. Address,
febl6-3m SAM STREET, Dalton, Ga.
256 Montgomery Avenue, 256
CHATTANOOGA, TEHN-,
Prices to suit Hard Times
Stoves, Stove and Tinware, Rockers,
M Rattan and Cane Chairs, Trunks, Mat-
W Editresses, Bed Springs, Bedsteads and Fur
niture of all kinds
NEESE & STONG.
New Branch Milburn Wagon Co.,
J!n --. CliH; .rd 4k Co., Maria.r-,
821 Broad St., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Write for prices or call anti examine our"stock.
At D. C. Payne’s, J of a mil |
nsst of Rock Spring, is n no? tha M
took up with him lust July ii, I
Chattanooga. A short legged*
yellow and wliite pioded dog*
that would be called pretty Any.*
1 where, nnd that has, plenty of*
sense. Who owns him?
Miss Maria PARLOA’S
COOK BOOK
containing 100 recipes which she has
lately written for the Liebig Company
SENT FREE
on application to Danehy & Co., 27
Park Place, New York. Drop a postal
for it and alwaj's buy
LIEBIG COMPANY’S
EXTRACT OF BEEF.
MONEY SAVED.
Our immense Fall Stock of
Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Hats,
Shoes find Family Groceries are
now in and on exhibition, and to
prevent carrying over too many
goods, we offer very low prices
for the next sixtv days, to-wit:
Indigo blue Calico, . scr
Standard Calico, 5c
Bleach Domestic, 4sc to 7c
4-4 Brown Domestic, 5c to 6c
Cotton Checks, 4c to 5c
Black Sattine. 9c
Wool-filled Worsted, B£c
“ Jeans, 22£c
Bull-Dog Jeans Pants, $1 to $1.25
Good Feather Tick, 14c
Oil Table Cloth, 16c to2oc
Men’s Brogans, 85c to $1
“ Fine Shoes, $1 to $1.25
Women Polka Shoes, 50c
“ solid leather But. Shoe SI.OO
“ Dongola But. Shoes. $1.25
Also complete line of Men and
Ladies home-made calf shoes that
beats the world for comfort and >
durability. Thanking our friends
for the liberal patronage bestowed
upon us and solicit a continua
tion of same.
Yours very truly,
MILLER & GARMANY,
230 & 232 Montgomery Ave.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.