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a Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U.. S. Gov’t Report. Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE LOCAL NEWS. o- The best Tobaccos at the Drug "Store. WINE OF CARDUI tor femaledi»ea»«». Schmedling, photographer, 828 Market St., Chattanooga. Bead J. W. Nash on the “Credit Man” in 6th column. The present Grand Jury is a fiDe looking body of mm. F Thursday the tail end of a bliz zard seemed to be in full sway. You can get the best work done at Scbmedling’s, Chattanooga. Burt Oats for sale at LaFay ette at 45 cts. N. C. Natier. Thos. Lumpkin, Jr., of Dade is visiting relatives in LaFayette. Moross A Co., Chattanooga, keep all kinds of seeds in stock. Friday in tho absence of F. L. McGinnis, l.is child was badly burnt. ftj. T. Suttle was chosen fore man, and J. J. Jones clerk of the Grand Jury. Come in while at Court and set tle. We need the money. J. D. Fariss & Co. Photographs of all kinds and of the best, at Schmedling’s, Chattanooga. McELREE’t WINE OF CARDUI lot Weak Nero* J. H. Bird near Rock Spring has for sale a fine lot of baled hay (grass.) George Brigman says he wants tc buy a colt. Call on him at Rock Spring. Judge Branham, one of North Georgia’s gifted men, was with thebar Monday. Birt and Rustproof oats for sale in any quantity by N. C. Napkr at his farm. NoSpecial Days, but you can get Bargains every dav at T. A. Jacksoi’s for the cash. St. V.lentine’s day, G. H. Rey nolds ws appointed postmaster at Flintsone, Ga. The wie of Doc Hamilton the colored butcher has become affected iiher mind. WINE OICAfIDUI. » Tonie IM Tom* Charley Harper of Chelsea, and A. L. Lumpkin of Valley Store, were>p Monday. Cotton sad hulls and meal, Corn, Oats and Hay. Lowest prices. S. D. Wester. If you wan a garden, plant Landreth’s se4s. A full line kept by Patton & Wrthen. Some specialprices on Men’s Brogans and Vomen’s Heavy Shoes at T. A. ackson’s. A line of Lams, Lanterns, Oil Cans, etc., at eke prices. J. 1 Fariss & Co. 300 bushels ofjohnson’s Rust Proof Oats for sa. Patto;& Warthen. T. C. Simmonsf Chickamauga who went to Arktsas to guard convicts returnedome Friday. Call on me wheiin Chattanoo ga, for Cotton Sid Meal and Hulls. SD- Wester. A car load each • Guano and Phosphate just reeved and for sale by J. C. Wardlr, LaFayette, Ga. The County Sclol Commis sioner receives a saly, while the other county commis sions. A handsome Ladies’, Men’s and Children Shoes at Prices that cannot boeat, at T. A. Jackson’s. Near Harrisburg Thursday, Dal Griffin’s six-yeaild daugh ter was badly burnt find died Friday night. The Directors of the Union Cotton Mills met Tuesday. J. B. Osborn of Atlanta, had Tuesdav a fine audience to hear his open air speech. W. M. Curtis has for sale at T. A. Jackson’s, 30 bushels of Burt oats at 50 cents a bushel. Rev. William D. AudersoD, D. D., Mr. A. G. Dickson’s gifted nephew,died in Marietta Monday. W. A. Horton of Chickamauga has the cash to pay for one or two yoke of good cattle, priced right. The “Credit Man” is advertis ing our Bargain Days for us. Let the good work go on. J. W. Nash. Mrs. Asa HiggiLS and Mrs. Mac Coulter are in the convales cent department of the asylum at Milledgeville. The best feed for your cows is cotton seed meal and hulls. Write me for lowest prices. S. D. Wester. Don’t buy your seeds without first consulting Moross. He will save you money, and besides, you will know what you are getting. To County Subscribers.—lfyou are in arrears, pay something on your subscription Court week. It is needed and will be appreciated. Last week Squire John J. Hale went down to Chelsea to be with his brother Sam, who was suffer ing from his third attack of pneu monia. Prof, L. C. Rosser’s school at Pond Spring is progressing fine ly. Helias seventy-six enrolled scholars. Some are from Ten nessee. When, in need of anything in the way of Hay, Corn, Oats, Cot ton Seed Hulls and Cotton Seed Meal, writeS. D. Wester, Chatta nooga. Green Dunn, of Catoosa, was in town Monday. In old times when he took a hand in a fight he made it lively for somebody. He was all game. Sunday night the blacksmith shop at Copeland was broken in to. A brace and bit, a haDd saw and three hammers were among the tools taken. Our city was crowded with people this week and we noticed that a great many had their bundles clothed in J. W. Nash’s wrapping paper. Wm. Thurman who owns such a beautiful farm below Alpine is said to be low with consumption. His mother Mrs. David Thurman is with him. S. T. Osburn, of Pond Spring, has a mule colt that will be two years old in April, which is fif teen and a half hands high. Who can beat it? Saturday Captain Jackson moyed his family to tho new home he bought from Dr. Hammond. They will be in pleasant quarters. We would call special attention to our elegant line of Embroderies. They are the prettiest and cheap est you have seen. Patton & Warthen. Hugh F. Smith an old citizen who lived on the Alabama Road near the Cross Roads died Thurs day 15th. He had suffered from blindness for some years. We have just opened up a large and well selected line of Mens Boys and Childrens Hats. They are very cheap, Patton & Warthen. The fact that S. D. Wester has a big trade from Walker and ad joining counties goes to show that he handles the best of feed stuff. Write or call on him. WALKKR COUNTY MESSENGER.- FEBRUARY 22,1894. The damagesuit of Mrs. Wesley Short vs. Jacob Goodsou was compromised in Dalton lust week , and taken out of court. This •ends all litigation over the matter. ■ G. H. Perry and family, form erly of Chattooga, but recently of LaFayette moved back to their old county last week. Mr. Perry i will locate on the Dill place near 1 Gore. No we are not selling goods exactly at cost, but we are selling on an average of 20 per cent, cbeapor than the credit men, and the people are finding it out. J. W. Nash. Monday at the Edge A Robinson gin three bales of cotton belong ing to Rufe Green caught fire from 1 the engine. The tiro was extin- 1 guished but the cotton was badly damaged, i Mr. B. A. McCall of Rock 1 Spring, our popular coroner has 1 moved into his new residence and has an idea of taking unto himself a better half when the pumpkins get ripe again. Wo have a full line of Plows, Trace Chains, Back Bands, Col lars, Hames, in fact everything 1 you need for your Spring work. ' Come to headquarters and get prices. Patton & Warthen. j Strayed from the undersigned ; 3 sheep, all ewes. One has a bell | on; marked with underbit in left ] and overbit in right. Any in formation of them thankfully re- , ceived by J, T, West, Catlett, Ga. ‘ We are filling up every nook l and corner in boath stories of < our large aud commodious store | with goods that we guarantee to , suit boath as to quality and t prices. Patton <fc Warthen. i S. B. Dyer of Pond Spring, 1 breaks the record for a man of lis age, (about seventy,) at coon- ; hunting. Up to date, since last ( fall, he has captured twenty-eight ■ of the corn eaters, and is still , hunting. . Give W. D. Mize your orders ' or high grade Guano, $26.60; < Acid Phosphate, $19.00. These goods are not sold on commission. 1 Strictly all new aud fresh. Send 1 orders early so all orders may be ! filled. marls (8) . By mistake the work done at the Catlett gin at West Spring was reported twice, once under the name of Catlett & Son, and also as W. G. Catlett. The total amount of cotton ginned to date is 190 bales. Remember that C. A. Moross & Co., Chattanooga, are selling seed. They|have lots of them, and our farmers Enow that whatever they get at Moross’ is always good. That accounts for their immense trade. Walker Helton, since he was injured, has had the kindest at tention from his fe’low townsmen and masonic brethren. Dr, Un derwood thinks he is doing well and that there is every reason to believe he will recover. Court opened Monday with JudgeHenry,Stenographer Kiker and Solicitor Nunnally present. Besides the local bar, Judge Payne, Col. Shumate and Wes Shropshire have been on duty. Also Judge Branham. Strayed from the undersigned a large white buck sheep with black face and legs, short tail, tag in right ear with J. C. Morgan’s name thereon. Any information will be thankfully received by A. J. Careathers, Post Oak, Ga. Thursday, while Cal Mize’s horse was hitched in front of Patton & Warthen’s, he kicked at a team standing near. One leg got hung between the wheel and the end of the bolster and f-»r a time it looked as if it would be broken. George Davis of Harrisburg 1 says that the warrants against himself and Tom Gavton were sworn out by Tom Townsend and that he will be prosecuted in the United States Court for perjury. Both warrants sworn out and j tried before Judge Hamilton of Dalton and both parties came clear. 17* BLACK-DRAUQHT tea cures Conjugation. In the case of S. J. Morton vs. R B. Bagwell, the jury gave a judgment against the defendant for $l9B. Strayed about Feb. 10 from J 1). Crowder, Harrisburg, one four-year-old white and red pieded cow, with red ueck;liad on small bell; marked crop of left ear; has keen horns. Any infor mation as to her whereabouts will be thankfully received. In Charley Mack’s neighbor hood, the colored people think that it was the whites and not the blacks who furnished the white caps. No matter from what race they came or what was the prov ocation every night rider is a greater violator of tho law than the ones ho visits. A. S. Oorbley, who in Chatta nooga lost his arm by an electric car at the Market street crossing, sued both the Electric Road and the City. Notice was given in the Circuit Court Wednesday, the 14th, that the case had been com promised, the city paying SIOO, and the Road $750. A. Hicks of Rock Springs has , a good sized mare that has done her full duty as a breeder. To her credit are eleven mule colts , and four horse colts. One of the i latter at weaning time sold for . $125. She has been a four-logged treasure and lias made a full i hand. She is 23years old. I There was some disturbance ' Monday at Mr. W. S. Parker’s 1 school at Guild by a few of the 1 boys. The Grand Jury invest!- 1 gated the matter but took no ac tion. It is one of those cases where the teacher ought to be able to show that lie can tame ' boys, even if they have been al lowed to grow up wild. ' At the suggestion of Judge ( Henry among* the first duties discharged by the Grand Jury j was that of filling the vacancies , on the Board of Education. The gentlemen selected are C. M. Conley, E. P. Hall, J. T. Sultle, J. P. Shattuck, and M. M. Whit- , low. Under the new law the members will each be paid two dollars per day for their attend- , ance. < , Chattanooga in all its broad limits has no more honest mer chant tlmn Wm. E, Dickert, who has opened up on Montgomery avenue. That should bring him success in the fullest measuro. Whether you are buying clover seed or implements, you will al ways get the truth from him. Read his advertisement, and give him a share of your liberal cus tom. Notice t* Teachers. All teachers of Public Schools in Walker county are requested to make monthly reports of their schools to the County School Commissioner in the same way and manner as they did last year. In each and every report should 1 be given name, age and attend ance in days of each and every pupil. By order of the Board of Edu cation. W. W.S. Myers, , _ 0.8. C. 1 Notice. On the 10th day of February l 1894, we will commence to wind i up our business at Kensington, r Ga. We request all that are in } debted to us to come at once and > make settlement. We have fa . vored you by selling you goods on time and now we ask you to i favor us, by coming at once and settling your accounts. Now we mean business and hope you . will not wait for us to force col- I lections’ In order to wind up t business we cannot continue crediting. The remaining time we are here we expect to keep a first class country store and sell r cheap for cash or produce. 1 Our motto is: “Square Dealing, ) Good Weight, Full Measure, and I Cheap Goods.” So be on your * lookout for prices. We intend to ■ make it to vour interest to pat -1 j ronize us. Thanking our old cus s tomers for their past patronage > and soliciting a continuance of same, we are yours very respect . fully, Kirby & Mitchell. Our Shoe department was uevei so full and never ho cheap. W, hayo Home bargains for you tlno can’t be equaled any « here, (’one to see us. Patton «t Warthen Attention Confederate Veterans. You are requested to meet at the court house promptly at 12 o’clock on Tuesday, the 27th iust., on business of vast importance to the Camp. Let all remember tin day and hour and turn out. J. Y. Wood, Commander, It. Dougherty, Adjutant. Mass Meeting of the People’s Party. By order of the Executive Committee, 1 hereby call a mass meeting of the People’s Party, to be held at the court house on Monday, Feb. 2(ith, at 12 m. Im portant business. (). A Chaucers, Cn’m’n., Ex. Com. A Delightful Occasion. Miss Jessie Chastain, on Thurs day, Feb. 8, ’94, had witnessed another mile-stone of life, a birth day, and in connection with this had invited a few of her many friends to enjoy that memorial day with her. The day arrived, but brought with it a dark and gloomy morning as everything bid fair to be a day’s continued ruin. But the guests heeded not the gloomy morn, but soon gath ered at Miss .lessie’s hospitable home, where they found every thing perfectly arranged to add all possible enjoy meut to every visitor. Namely; Misses Tennie, Blanche and Neva Pursloy and Misses Maggie Nash, LudieNeely, and Mrs. Frank Sims of Wator ville, Mrs. Hugh Sims of LuFay ette, also Mr. H. J. Healing and Mr. J. E. Rosser of Rock Spring, and Trion’s most gifted minister, Rev. M. M. Walraven, lmd the honor of being part of the guests. They after a few hours of perfect pleasure, were conducted to the dining room where it was font d that Miss Jessie, with the assist ance of her sister, and otl nr - , had prepared one of the tnest dinners that we were eyer seated to. And in connection it was shown that the guest not only had a welcome from Miss I'essie, but by her accomplished father, and brother, it was shown that we abided in an extended wel come. Then we were invited to return to the parlor again where pleasant conversation was carried on until late in the afternoon, when came the time, parting, when all extended to Miss Jessie their heart-felt thanks for the dayß enjoyment.' For we never spent a day more pleasantly. One of the Guests. Try BWCILDRAUOHJ Wk lor Dj»p*p«Uu The Credit Man. The “Credit man” in badly ituck, The point lie could not nee, But now he knoweth it wan there, Because it hurteth he. Here is the point. We do not of fer you bargains on our Bargain Days alone, as was insinuated by the “Credit Man,” but will sell you goods all through the week 20 per cent, cheaper than the credit men, and then on our Bar , gain Days (Saturdays) we make j special prices on some particular item, or items, for the benefit of ’ those who patronize us through ' the week. Wo will contiuue our manner of transacting business ■ despite the flimsy remarks of the i “Credit Man.” The old saying is, , “A dog never hollers till he’s hurt.” We want to please the people and not tho merchants. His competitors are a-kickin’, But Nash is a-stickin’, ■ To the cash system all the same; i And the dollars are a-clickiii,’ , And the people are a-stickin’, To J. W. Nash all the same. ’ There’s money in it, you see. 1 J. VV. NASH, • LaFayette, Ga. : McElree’s Wine of Cardul • and THEDFORD'S BLACK DRAUGHT are , for sale by the following merchant! in Walker County. Dr. D. C. Farim A Hon, LaFayette. • J. W. Na*h, „ ' . u j Hh&W' I Peter Wallace, CrawflHh Hpriug. I J. F. Shaw, Frick* Gap. I u. C. JonCH, Bock Spring. Jaa. M. Welborn. Cavonder A Slianan, Villanow. Ward A Purvear. HA, II! Wo don't have to cut prices to {jet trade. Just look at this: Boys’ lace shoes, pood style, sizes 13, 1, 2 at 75c. Boys’ lace shoes, good styles, sizes 2J, 3,4, 5, s£, at 90c. Men’s lace or congress shoes sl. We guarantee good wear jin these shoes. You don’t want any cut in these prieea, do you? Men’s genuine ea!f shoes, lace or congress, any width, for $2. This shoe equals other people’s $3 shoes. Largest line of men’s ne-.v stylo dress and light weight shoes in the city. Call to see those new style Rus sia calf tan and seal skin men’s shoes wo have just received. These are the latest stylos for winter and spring. Call to see our line of slippers for men and ladies just received. Prices range from 59c to $2,50. Rubber overshoes for 15c. Ladies’ best quality rubber shoes for 15 cents a pair, with ev ery pair of mon’s or ladies’ shoes you buy. Until December 10th, $0 shoes for $3.50 cash. These are John son <fc Murphy's make of Newark, N. J. Genuine handsewed shoes. Best lamb’s wool soles 25c. Mail orders promptly answered* CARSWELL & CARSWELL, 706 Market M . dhatlanooga* Teas. WISER’S Steam Dye Works, SrillNO PoKM. When gents’ clothes arc faded and soiled, With cleaning, repairing or dyeing, They can be made to look unite new, The closest inspection defying, To throw your ribbons and dresses awav Because they are faded, ’tis a pity; My steam cylinder, «sed for pressing goods, Is the only one in the city. If your hat is faded and shai>ed like a rag, Just listen to sound good reason, Have it cleaned oi dyed at Winer's Works, And shaped to suit the season. WIBEIVB STEAM WOlttfS, Tiia Piokhck, P. O. Box 261. 530 Market St., . Chattanooga, Tenn. Express charges will be paid on# way on isß. 00, and boti. ways on $6.00 worth of work. Thomas Wihbk, Proprietor. FURNITURE Stoves, Stove-pipe, Lounges, Rockers, Trunks, Mattresses, Rugs, Clocks, Window Shades, Desks, Safes. Anything you want to furnish your house. The Cheapest Chairs, Cheapest Bureaus and the Cheapest Stoves in the market. M. Cary, 216 Mont. Ave., CHATTANOOGA, TENN. WOMANSWORK^X Bt. i. * CW. W**. S. £ 5