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Vol. XXIII No. 44. Is are headquarters for all kinds of We carry a full line of Barb, Plain and Galvanized Wire. Let us furnish you with Bale Ties. UVCagdLll Hardware Go., M arket St. and 730 Broad St., CHATTANOOGA, TENN. STAR PEA FTUIAIAIER. ... _ ft. 10. ,ST.\K i'KA MACHINE COMPANY, Chattanooga, Tennessee. MILBURN FARM WAGONS. Best Quality of Material. Best Construction. /—T.test Improvements #how we build our wheels as shown in shoulders makes most indestructible heavy and welded We use—AXLES—Clipped t> gear and heavily reinforced, TONGUE''—Strong and easily removed, BOLSTERS—Heavy with best bolster plates, HOUNDS—Straight hind hounds, BRAKE--New style; beats them all, BOX—Tightest, strongest, lightest. [sjipOouiH and see the Wagons. MILBURN WAGON CO. F- F. ELLIS, Manager. 912 Mamet St. Chattanoo era. Term To Those Who Owe Me. I will wait on you until Nov. 15 If you do not settle your shop ac count by that time, you must risk the consequences. li, F. M’.ze Notice. All parties who are in debt to the estate of P. A. Cooper, de ceased, either by note or account, are hereby notified to come for ward at once and make settle ment. This October 9, 1900. novl 4t. B. F. Thurman, Adair. Remember the Ladies. On the National election day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, the ladies of the Lafayette Methodist Church are going: to wait on von. Besides sandwiches and coffee for a dime, they will serve oysters as you may prefer them, stewed, fried or raw. In patronizing them you aid them in furnishing the new church. Their lunch room will be the first door above B. A. McCall’s. Walker County Messenger. To the farmers of North Georgia Why not buy your Hardware, Farm Implements. Wagon Ma terial, Wire and Cut Nads, at 236 Montgomery Aye? Our Stock is complete, our Good 9 bought, right, and our prices is keeping with the times. We are ruuning our business strictly upon CASH BASIS, and with less expenses than any other house in Chattanooga, therefore wo feel confident that we are in position to save you money. Call when in need of anything in our line, and let us prove tbe truth of our asserion. O. P. CLOSE, & CO., Febl. Chattanooga. For Sale—Three young mules 3 years old and one 4 years old next spring; also one good mare that will work any where and in foal; would trade a pair young mules for a heavy mule. Call and see them Ac. S. T. Osburn, Pond Spring, Ga. LaFayette, Georgia, Thursday, November 1, 1900. Worthy of Record. i Announcement is authorized of J the engagement of Miss Lillie Morris anrl Mr. G. P. Close. The interesting nuptial event will be celebrated at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. B. M. Morris, in Highland Park, on Wednesday evening, November 14, in the presence of relatives and inti mate friends of the families. This announcement will not be in the nature of a surprise, as the en gagement has been an open secret among the friends of the popular couple for seyerfll months. Ow ing to the popularity of both the prospective bride and groom, they are being warmly congratu lated and sincere felicitations are being extended. Miss Morris is a young lady of splendid mental attainments. She graduated at Shorter College and wears a scholarship medal won at that institution. She was one of the teachers in the Highland Park public schools for several years, and was recognized as one of tho leading educators in tte county. She is very popular in all church and social affairs and numbers her friends by her acquaintances. Mr. Close is a substantial busi ness man, of the hardware firm of G. P. Close & Co., and a gentle man of sterling worth and integ rity, and in every way worthy of his bride, Tho prospective bride was for merly a resident of Itinggold, and will be pleasantly remembered by a large circle of friends. — New South. You Need One. I have just received a car load of the best wagon that’s made— the bglit running “New Harrison" of Grand ltapids, Mich. It takes the cake over all competitors. The price will please you and the terms will be easy. It is made to last and wilt always give satisfac tion. Come and see them and yon will bay. noyl ts B. A. McCall. Notice- All persons indebted to me, either by note or account, must sit le by Noy. 16tb as I am com pelled to collect in order to meet my own obligations, W. L>. Ifogers, M. D. GEORGIA’S REPROACH. Th • Gov, rn *r iu his Message A ks th it Steps b t Taken t > Pres rve tbeSta.e’g Pric I, ss R c rds. If I am correctly informed, Georgia is the only state of the original thirteen which has taken no steps toward the preservation of its colonial and revolutionary records. Every one of the origi nal states north of the Potomac has lougsince compiled and pub lished its colonial and revolution ary documents and thus pre served its early history* Vir ginia, impoverished and battle blasted, has found means tc gather up and publish the records of her colonial and revolutionary days, and North Carolina has recently gotten out ten 1 irgo and hand some volumes of her urchives, thus preserving the hist >ry aud the records of the achievements of her sous. It is a reproach to Georgia that she has been a laggard in this patriotic work. There is nothing in her history from the landing of the Anne at Yamacraw bliill down to this day, of which her sons ought to bo ashamed, but much of which they may be justly proud. During the last three years of the revolutionary strug gle she suffered more and her patriotic sons aud daughters made greater sacrifices for free dom and independence than did the people of any other state, and much of the evidenco of this fact is to be fonud iu the unpublished papers crumbling into decay iu the archive rooms of her own capitol. Her capital having beeu four times removed and once sacked by a hostile army, much of this material for the historian has been already lost and soon all of it will be gone unless some steps be ttkeu to preserve it. Thu same may be said of the records —what few are in exist ence—of that other period, no less important to our posterity, the wur between the States. When an invading army occupied our capital in 1864 and pitched their tents on the State House square, its soldiers kindled the fires un der their cooking pots with the priceless records of that eventful peiiod; but some of them are still in exist mce here and Others may be fouud iu the storage rooms of the war oliioe iu Washington. These records, tio, ought to be gathered up, printed and pro served. Georgia has, while fore most iu every other good work, always been too indifferent as to her own history and the achieve ments of her sons. Recently, however, two organizations of the patriotic women of our state, the Daughters of the American Rev olution and the Daughters of the Confederacy, have been diligent in their effort to rescue from ob livion the history and fading tea* ditions of the Revolution and of the war of Secession. It will be a reproach to us aud aii irreparable loss to our posterity if we do not secoud them iu this patriotic work, I therefore earnestly recom mend that the Governor be au thorized to employ at an annual salary of not txcecding $2,000, some fit and proper person t > compile and superintend the pub lication of all unpublished rnann script, books aud papers yet available bearing on her colonial and revolutionary period and on her part in the War of Secession, including ell muster rolls of mili tary organizations engaged in any of the warn in which Georgians have taken part, and ,tbut the same be printed by the state printer and paid for as other state printing. A fresh lot of waiver and mort gage notes, deeds, and J. C. Fi. Fas at the Messengeh office. Tr.osi Gleanings. Mm, Lizzie Butler, wife of John Butler of Triou has heou quite sick for some days, hut is some what improved at the present. She had un attaok of pneumonia. News has reached this place that D. C Griffith who once re sided at Triou, hut went to Lin dala some time ago, was run over hv a train on the Southern It. Jt. just beyond Home, and imme diately killed. The body was yerv much cat up by the eugiue and cars. 1 think the bill introduced by Senator Denuard witli regard to the appointment of judges and solictors by the governor with tins consent of the Senate, would be all right except the part which requires the supreme court to submit a number of names to the governor from which he must make the appointment. 1 do not think the highest judicial body in the state should be subjected to the possibility of being in the re motest degree under obligations to any one of the officials of the state or their friends. No, let the supreme coutt have nothing at all to do with the appointment. Let them be perfectly free to perform their duty impartially. ]am sorry t) have to say that Joe Williams is not doing as well as his friends would like ti see. G T. Myers is attmdiug the annual communication of the Grand Lodge, F. & A. M. at Macon, Ga. When I attended these meet ings some years ago, I enjoyed the occasion very much for I find formed acquaintances with men from every portion of the state, and it was very pleasant to renew the acquaintance' at each meetiug. Work on the new road on the “Jug hill" is being pushed for ward, several hands being en gaged on the work. When the change is completed there will be scarcely any “pull” coming to wards the factory. N. 11. Coker. Lisbon Asks Vindication. The Eagle Cliff correspondent in his last week’s communication seems to lie entertainiug a very erronoous position in reference to the location of tlio school district line between Lisbon and Chat tanooga Valley districts. He says there is great di satisfaction with the location of the line, but the responsibility of the location is not witli the Board of Edu cation; but the logioal inferenoo ia that the people of this, Lisbon district, are responsible, or had something to do witli the location. This intimation is an injustice to our people. They had nothing whatever to do with locating any line except the line between Lisbon and Garrett’s Chapel. We however suggested that the road leading from J. T. Howard’s to G. W. Ellis’ be the lino botwi en Lisbon and Chattanooga Val ley districts, and still think that ought to be the line and think tlio Board ought to so change as to make this the lino. We would like to have Messrs. Howards in oir district but could not afford to do them an injustice in order to iuereuse the strength of our school district. We are very sure the Board of Edu cation is anxious to do the very best for all the people. We do not think there is a single one in our district who lias the s iglitest antipathy towards Chattanooga Valle)’, By consulting the Board of Edvcatlou it can be easily ascertained wii -tlier or not the people or any part of thorn living in Lisbon district were consulted as to where the Ino of any d striot should be. Let us try to be a little more churitablo one to another. Obscurity. To Whom It May Concern. I wish to express the opinion that any minister of the Gospel who will take advantage of the fact that bo is occupying a pulpit, to make remarks of a cutting or disparaging character, evidently intended by him to apply to some member or members of his con gregation, is no gentleman. He is a coward who is unworthy of the respect and of the confidence of the community to which he has boeu appointed to preach. Henry Le Hardy, $1 Per Year. From the Gate City. Beau Messenger— l will try to write a few lit es for the renders of the Messenger, one of the best country newspapers in Ibe state and published in one of' the best counties. No news of any great import ance in the city, onlv a great many strangers in the city attend ing the lair. The fair olosed yes t'rdav, October 27, with great success. Yesterday was GbildrenV Day. All the school children were ad mitted for nearly nothing. ’lt was quite interesting to see so many children together. A person would hardly think there were so many ohil iron in the city. The Legislature is grinding ahead. Thoy are a brainy look ing set of people, weighing nil the way from 75 to 350 lbs. There are two negro representa tives, from Liberty and Mclntosh counties. Hon. Seaborn Wright, of Floyd, and Mr. C. C. Houston, of Fulton, have introduced two hills in tie House that are of grout import ance—not to allow any children under twelve years old to work iu factories, making it a penal of feuso both on the part of the par ent! and the millnvuers. 1 think it is tlio grandest step that has ever been made in old Georgia for the protection of children. They make it a criminal offense for parents t > put their children who are under fourteen, and who can neither read nor writs, in a factory. I do hope to live to see it fiere in this count-y, tlie grandest country in the world, like it is in the old oouutry. Force everybody to give their children some education. I feel the lack of it myself. It is surprising to see how many children in this free and supposed to be enlighten- d country that cun uoi write their names or even read one word, ton people in the country do not kuow anything about this matter. You thick you have a hard time. You can get plenty to eat and good tiros and plenty of time to go to school while your crop is growing. Let me advise you to stay ou the farm aud let the oities alone. I kuow one family that is very near and dear to me who have four children ranging from 15 to 23 years of age, that can not write their names, and yet their father is making from $7 to $lO per week. He says he can not make a living without their brio. God send the day that these parents will be forced to give their chil dren some education. As it happens, I live right in am-mg the factory people. While they are good and clever us they can he they are neglecting their children and raising them up in the very ruts of ignorance and crime. 1 have been sneered at, and the question has been asked me time aud ugaiu why I did not put ray children iu the mill to help me make a living, as all who know me know that 1 have a hard time iu this life, hut 1 can not bear the thoughts of having to lie down and die aud my Lt le children can not read the Bible or anything else that they choose to read. 1 have five little fellows in sdiool and if God Almighty will s Hire me to get them sustenance I will keep them there until the? get a better education than I hate. I kent them in the mill during vacation. Miss Josie Stinsell, of Villa now, is visiting her many friends in the city. She will return to her home iu old Walker in the coarse of three weeks. Mr. J. 11. Stokes, formerly of Eist Armuctiee, but now of Dal tm, has uccepted a position ut Fort McPherson that will last , about six weeks. He landed in ' the city this morning at 7:30. Fat. |