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THE CHATTOOGA NEWS.
VOL. 2.
WORCESTER’S
v Unabridged Qvarto
DICTIONARY
With or without benison’s Patent Index.
Edition of 1887. Enlarged.
BY THE ADDITION OF
A New Pronouncing Biogra
phical Dictionary
of nearly 12,000 personages, and
A New Pronouncing Gazetteer
of the World,
noting and locating over 20,(KK) places.
Containing also
()VEl' 12,500 N EW WORDS,
recently added, together with .
A TABLED >l’sooo WORDSinGEN ERA L
I’ S E wil Ii their SY N (>N Y M ES.
Illustrated with wood cuts and full page
plates.
National Standard of American Literature
Every edition of Longfellow, Holmes
Bryant, Whittier, Irving, and other em
inent American authors, follows Wor
cester. “It prsents the usage of all great
English writers.” It is the authority of
th-* leading magazines,, and newspapers
of the country and of the National De
partment at Washington.
OLIVER W EX DELL HOLMES SAYS
“Worcester’s Dictionary has constant
ly lain on my table for daily use, and
W< !• tcr’s n posed on my shelves for oc
casional consultation.”
Recognized Authority on Pronunciation.
Worcester’s Dictionary presents the
accepted usages of our best public speak
ers, and has been regarded as the stand
ard by our loading orators, Everett,
Sumner, Phillips, Garfield, Hilliard, and I
others. .Most clergymen and lawyers
use Worcester as authority on pronun
ciation.
From Hon. (’has. Sumner: “The best
authority.”
From Hon. Edward Everett: “His
orthography and pronunciation repre
sent, as far as I am aware, the most ap
proved usage of our language.”
From Hon. Janies A. Garfield: “The
most reliable standard authority of the
English language as it is now written
ami spoken.”
From Hon. Alexander 11. Stephens:
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with me.”
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Summerville _ _ - Georgia
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LaEayette, Ga. Summerville, Ga.
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j Summerville ■ - - Georgia.
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Church Directory.
i Summerville First Sumlr and cyen
. ing and Saturday before; also third Sun
(lavevering. Sardis Sr.-«>nd Sunday
and Saturday lu-fore. I’leasaut < irove
-Third Sunday and Saturday bolore
i Mound Harmony Fourth Sunday and
| Saturday before.
BAPTIST REV. J. M. SMITH.
! Raecoon Mill First Sabbath in each
month at 11 o’clock Perennial Springs
-Third Sabbath and Saturday In !• re
‘ Melville Fourth Sabbath ami Saturday
I before at 2:30 p. m.
MKTHomST l;i:v. T. 11. TIMMONS.
Oak Hill Eirst Saturday and Sunday.
. Ami S.-.- im! Saturday and Sunday;
also Eil’th Sunday evening . ..ISioom
! town Second Sunday evening, and
i Fifth Sunday morning South Caro
lina--Third ‘Saturday and Sunday
Summerville -Eourili Sunday and ill-lit.
o
rmiSDYTBUIAN BEV. IV. A. Ml I.M-.K.
Trion Every first and fifth Sabi ::tii.
....Summerville--Every second _ Sab
bath Alpine Everv third and fourth
Sabbath.
PRESBYTEIIIAN—UEV. T. S. JOHNSTON.
Walnut Grove First Sabbath Sil
ver Creek, Floyd County Second Sab
bath . .Beersiielia Third Sabbatli . .
LaFayetto Fourth Sabbatk.
Court Directory.
First Monday in March and Septem
ber. John W.‘ Maddox, Judge; G. I).
; Hollis, Clerk.
CSVNTV COUItT.
I Monthlv terms, second Monday;
Quarterly terms, first Monday in Jan
uary, April, July, and October. J. M.
IJellah, Judge; G. i>. Hollis, Clerk.
| _ Ji sTiei:.--' cocut.
! Summerville (!l2st!i district).John Ta v
i lor, N. P., and J. J. I*. Henry, .1. P.
Court 3rd Friday. I.awful Constables:
I>. A. Crumly and E. C. Smith.
Trion (870th district), T. J. Simmons,
N. I’., and N. H. Coker, J. I*. Court 3rd
Saturday. Last return day Friday be
fore th’-mst Saturday. Lawful Consta
bles: H. P. Williams.
Teloga (027th district), W. F. Tapp, N.
I’.. and A. Johnston, J. I’. Court Ist
Friday. Lawful Constables: George
I W.Carroll.
| AlpineOiSth district), J. E. Burns, N.
- P. Court Jtli Saturday. Lawful Consta
, bles: S.M. Baker.
j Dirtsedlar (12Hitli district), J. L. Huie,
1 ' N. I’.,and Hugh Kielmrdson, J. P. Court
a : 4th Saturdav.' Lawful Constables: John
j M. Rose.
e! Seminole tIBIst district,) A. J. ll< nder
!- son. N. P., and E. C. Adams, J. I*. Court
y 3rd Saturday. Lawful Const.-ddes: Jos.
'• Glenn and !•’. P. Ilaviaiid.
Coldwater (l<S3rd dl.-iri-ti, I>. B.
Franklin. N. !>.. and W. T. Herndon, J.
I’. Court Ist Saturday. Lawful < msta
’■ liles: N. J. Edwards and M. V>. Bryant.
■ I Dirttown (MOth district).?,!. M. M right
' N. P., and J. I’. Johnson. J. P. Court
_ 2nd Saturday. Lawful Constables: C.
M. M. Herndon.
: Hav ood (F- 2nd district), N. A. J" k
son, \ I’-, and !,. S. S<-ogin ■P- 1 " A
4th Sr irdav. Uawfi-.l C< itebles: L.
C.Sai er/ nd J. J. Bnrbo
w Sul ' rmi LH2rd district I, B- Ponder.
?. N. P.. and .1. i’. Jackson, . I’. Court
Ist Si :rdav. Lawful Con ‘aides: J.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, MARCH 2
Squiblets.
The Georgia Railroad is one of ,
the best equiped and has one of
the best tracks of any in the south.
Its stock is worth $220 and it pays
a dividend of 11 per cent.
*
Jody Brown has taken the car
pets out of the passenger coaches
on the state road: at least some of |
the first-class coaches on that road
are as bare as Adam, at the begin
ing of his existence, was of fig
lea cos. Pill Nye says the only way
to keep Jay Gould from taking any
thing is to nail it down, and if Bill
is correct Jody is a smarter man
than Jay: for carpets are always
nailed down, and Jody has demon
started hi : ability to take them as
well as things laying around loose.
If sanh a thing was possible, if
Jodv Rro-.vn was put on his mettle
and “sicked” on, he would not only
take carpets, coaches, engines, rail
and ties, but would absolutely take I
the right of way of the W. & A. .
railroad. His lease of’ th:- state '
road will soon expire, and the peo- i
pie should watch him, for he is tru- I
ly a bad man from the Head waters
of Bitter creek.
Liberty Hall, the late residence
of Alexander 11. Stephens, at Craw
fordsville, does not present such an
imposing appearance, viewed from
the car windows, as most people;
would suppose. It is a lather low,
square building without any gables,
with a plain portico in front. The
house is about one hundred yards ■
from the track of the Georgia R. R. I
on the left hand going south. The
gate is about twenty yards from the
railroad, and over it hangs a sign
in the shape of a crescent on which
are the historic words: “Liberty
Hall.” The grounds, which gently
slope upward from the gate to the
house, are tastefully laid off and
beautifully kept. The remains cl'
Mr. Stephens are buried in theyar
near the house. It is said the hous- .
contents and grounds [ resent ver
nearly the same appearance that
they did when he died.
*«■ "
When Alexander IL Stephens was
admitted to the bar in Taliaferro
no one had ever been convicted and
hanged in that county. It is prob
able that what is now Taliaferro,
as it once was, then was embraced
in the territory of Wilkes county;
but be that as it may, no one had
ever been hanged in the county in
which Mr. Stephens was admitted
to practice law up to that time.
And he, in the consciousness of his
ability to sway parties, vowed that
no one should ever be hanged in
Taliaferro county so long as he
should live. And he kept his word.
During the long period embraced
in his life men were killed in Talia
ferro, as they were in most other
counties, but if any deserved the
gallows they escaped it through the
influence and by the ability of the
“Great Commoner” whose “word
was out” that they should. How
ever a few years ago, since Mr.
Stephens’ death, Taliaferro broke
her long record. A man was con
victed of murder, sentenced to lie
hanged and the mandates of the
law were carried out. The man
was hanged; for Stephens was gone,
and no one else could save him.
! Mr. Stephens’ power over men
was marvelous, and his hold upon his
constituncy could only be loosed by
; death. In 1878 a strong effort was
made by the leading men of his dis
: trict to prevent his nomination for
congross. Nearly every paper in
the district, including the leading
and most influential one; the Au
gusta Chronicle, and also all the
leading politicians, did all they
• could to compass his defeat. The
independent wave, born in the
- seventh and daddied by Dr. I elt-on,
i was then sweeping over the state,
and as Mr. Stephens was known to
i be in sympathy with Eeiton, some
of the rock-ribbed constituency oi
• Stephens, on this occount wanted
- to retire him. But Sir. Stephens
' did not want to be retired. Prc
t vious to the meeting of the conven
’ tion, which was to nominate a can-
- d date, r. Stephe - went .-.11 o . r
. his distil t making speeches, lie
I never fail 'd to have .. large at: i
t once, and the burden his. speck
' 1 was to dare them to refuse to nom-
inate him. Raising his right arm ;
with his long fore finger pointing;
skyward, in a line, screeching voice
he would say: “Not nominate me?
I d-a-r-c you to refuse to do it. If ,
another man is nominated I will
run anyhow, and 1 will beat him
too. 1 d-a-r-e you to crack your |
party whip over me: 1 d-a-r-e you
to do it!” And they didn’t dare:
when the convention met Mr. Steph- :
ens was unanimously nominated.
There has been about fifty pa
tients at the Electric i
Shaft since the first of the year. I
Os this number Mr. Hillman could
name only two who were cured, and !
one that was benefit,ted. Four left
the place in one week who were cer
tain they were injured by remain
ing in t.ie damp room. The doc- j
tors say there is no electricity in i
the rod:, and that the only virtues j
the Hillman shaft can lay claim to!
is contained in the mineral water,
, which is unquestionably fine. There ,
I are some who have been cured there ;
j however, but most of the intelli ■ it
i people near there believe it was .
done by drinking the water. The
per cent, of cure—three in fifty—is
too small to justify any one to try
it. Then the expense is outrage
ous. $23 the least board can be
procured at, and that the common
est, while other charges are propor
tionately high. $1 is charged each
dav for admission to the rooms, and
if anv one stops at the Hillman ho
tel the tax in addition i - $35 per
month, or $lO a week. It is the
honest opinion of the writer that
any one would receive as much ben
efit by going on Lookout, mountair,
during the Summer and drink;::"
the mineral water to be found tin n
as they would to go to the much
lied about electric shaft. The
names and addresses of others can
be furnished who will endorse the
above, for they “have been there.''
Why di In’t th< man wl rnte
“Truth is strange;-than (icH add
■ “and a gr; at deal career.
The first Presbyterian Synod that
ever met in Georgia hel 1 its session I ;
under an oak tree, which is still 11
stan ling, in the public square of; ;
Washington in Wilkes county. , |
On another tree still standing i
near Washington were hanged, ,
about seventy-five years ago, sever-1.
al Indians, who refused to leave:
the country. They persisted in re- I
mainin:.’'. and committed outrages
,il
which the white people thought de-j
served death, and were captured i
and hung.
The first Catholic church overbuilt
in Georgia waserected near Hillman,
in Talial’erro county. At Sharon,
two miles south of Hillman, the
Catholics have a seminary to which
children from ns far north as Wash |
ing, 1). U. and as far south as Flor- I
ida are sent. They also have a j
fine church, while the Presbyteri
ans and Methodists combined have
■ only one which very much resem- !
■ bles a barn.
r .-.
For growing strawberries,a damp,.
well-drained soil, with plenty of;
vegetable matter, is preferable in i
this country. While crops mature'
'early on light sandy soil, they are I
’ more liable to be “summer kill-■ !
than in ground that holds moisture ■
better. On loam or clay land the
“ berries will be larger and the season .
of picking more extended. As clear.
! culture is absolutely necess'ary for l
I any prof ; t from strawberries, I favor
I the single hill system of planting.
I With the matted row system the ;
! bearing is very poor after the sec
: ond year, while with the single hills
the soil may be kept clean and li iht
with the cultivator and weeds re- j
' moved by hand and with the hoe ■
| from between plants, and profitable
crops can begot for three or four i
’ seasons. As a mulch nothing is
’ better than pine straw. It is clean
’ and harbors few insects,
'.'.j =
1 I Mr. W. B. Biair, of Cox's district
'* i in this county, has three child:- :i,
f I who were born nine years apart, in
‘ the same month, June, same date
’ 6th, and on the same day of the
- week. A little remarkable to be
r s. r .—. -rietia Journal.
e “ . .' .1—
Mr.!’ ine wi: be the , Re
s publican candidate for ITesnlent.
- Watch -;nd see.
A FUBLIC LIBRARY.
The material interests of this
I town will be not only protected but
I advanced by its thinking men of
every occupation. So also will the
educational or school interests of
i the place. The God-fearing men
and women of the community will
watch after its religious interests ,
and continue to invoke the blessing
I of Heaven on our people.
. These thing secured, allow me to I
! call the attention of our citizens to -
I a subject hardly less important. I|
I refer to the spread of reliable and 1
general information among us. I ;
use the word general as distinguish- I
cd from knowledge pertaining to I
! one subject only, and reliable as
opposed to the shallow and unrelia-
I file intelligence of the newspapers.
I Men and women, who desire accu
rate and trustworthy information
I on a subject, cannot depend on such
publications as are sensational in
i matter and temporary in existence.
1 To attain useful information and
extend it to others we must have!
bocks; bookstreating of the arts
! and sciences, as well as history,
poetry, biography and travels—
books having reliable, competent
authors.
What are our needs? Is there one
member of the learned professions
in this place who does not at times
! sadlv need a good author on some
subject connected with his profes
sion? Is there one in any business
.! who studies the intricacies of that
. business that does not need the in
! formation which some good book
. would furnish? Is there one even
■ i:i social life, discussing with his or
• .:-r friends some interesting subject
of social eonve’-.-:i i.ioii, who might
, not be better informed by recourse
. I to a library? Let us instance a ease
, or two: International Law is now
. I the most philosophical division
lof law, and is getting to be the
most important. Yet I doubt if a '
, copy of Vattell or Wheaton can be
i i I'o:: -1 inourlav libraries. Notice
Ith occasional errors of the -pulpit
lin reference to many matters per-
■ taining to ecclesiastical history. In
fact take up our discussions in
whatever department you please
and you find lack of reliable in
formation.
We need books. Newspapers
serve their purpose well. Let all
read them. They beget an interest
in reading and keep us informed,
correctly or incorrectly, of passing
events. But we do not study a news
paper. We take it in rapidly and
exhaust it as quickly.
Our libraries, theological, legal
or medical, our occasional treatise
on some subject, our school books
do not furnish all the information
we desire, while our general litera
ture, limited as it is, docs not con
tribute to th" end forwbicli I ple-yL*
We want books, reliable books,
t
! read, to study, to think about, to
induce reflection, to impart accurate,
! reliable information, to keep us
| abreast with th? truly intelligent
' everywhere.
To attain this a good library is
| necessary, and taking into consid
i erat ion the means of our people and
i their limited number, the library
i should be a public one. Not public
in the sense that caeh and every
! one may contiol and use it after his
own pleasure and eventually destroy
i it, but pub'iie in tlie sense that all
j may avail themselves of its benefits
linear wholesome and proper re-
I strietious.
In behalf of all I plead for it—
i that the merchant, the professional
man, the laboring nfan, the wife or
j daughter, wearied with the monot
| or,ous work of the day, the jaded
I school boy and girl may, by the
i quiet fireside when daylight’s toils
and cares are Lushed, instruct, in
; tcrest and recreate themselves in
those higher, holier fields, designed |
|to feed, not the grosser but the I
ethereal spiritual life. I plead in:
; behalf of our children, tired of the |
humdrum of the school and text
’book-, whose fresh young minds are
; expanding and will not be content]
with the thumb-worn school book, |
j but are streiching out according to
a God-given law after something
' bevon k and v ho for want of some
t . .ettcr are substit ing and in
.. ea er have sub- ’tn ted in-
. the fr, ay, i er,, n, syila-
bub literature of fiction —a spark-
ling beverage that exhilarates only
to destroy, a Circean %lrug that
transforms to beasts, the Syren
song that lures to dynamite, death
and hell.
Who will respond in favor of a
library. W.-T. Irvine.
FROM VALLEY STORE.
Since my last but few things have
transpired here worthy of mention.
• lust when most of us were wanting
I the clear weather to continue, the
' rain came with a fair prospect oi ;
several days of it. A good cro]
| year is the prediction of thisproph
i ct; so if it does not come that, way
!it will not be our fault. Let every
body prepare their lands well, fer
tilize bountifully, plant early, and
then you may look for a good crop.
Health of the community good
with few exceptions. Our aged
friend,W. F. Tapp, has been partial
ly confined to his bed for the last
ten davs, but we are glad to learn is
I better at this writing. Mrs. Bill
I Gox, of whom I made mention ir |
my last isn't any better, so I learn. |
Your correspondent received a
letter from that clever little man,
Rev. A. 11. Mitchell, of Ringgold," a
few days ago. He says he has made
arrangements to move from there to
Dalton in the near future, having
been called to the pastoral care of
the church at that place.
Mr. Asa Lumpkin has the boss
clover patch. It is certainly fine
for this season of the year. Mr.
Lumpkin is one of the best farmers
in this section. He lives at home
and raises everything that he needs.
Another drove of cattle passed
up lasi week.
...i-NkaLs A , Jeing made t<>'
fence in the graveyard ?i Aim'iib
nia church. A good move, I think.
Miss Emma Lumpkin, one of our
fairest young ladies, is attending
school in the Cove.
Wheat and oats are looking
I here, that is the early sowing.
Don't think the peach crop has been
injured any yet. The young man
whose dog was shot is certainly ;
wratliy. Says if he knew who did
it he would certain beat the—the—
Lu ILL »♦ V LU UAL IkllH MV c* U Uli V u»l<-
life out of him.
Johnnie Brown.
In Memoriam-
Mr. Louis Parker, the subject of
this sketch, was born in Bradley
county, Tenn., the Sth day of June,
1852, and died the 28th of Decem
ber, 1887. The year 1873 he moved
from Tennessee to this state, where
he resided until a little over a year
•>.o'o, when lie removed to Texas, lo- j
eating in Ellis county. On the 23rd 1
day of April 1873, he was united |
in marriage to Miss R. A. Render- !
son, a lovely woman by whom hel
has five small children. The year!
188<h he joined the masonic lodge.
t ; Factory, Ga., a
Jhe was a good arid true member, i
. He died of conjestion of the lung -
I anc stomach, after an illness of on- j
ly live days. Two or three days ol
which time he suffered a great deal I
though he was in full posses |
; sion of all liis faculties to the cud.'
He professed faith in the Lord Je- ;
| sus Christ several years ago, and '
• was baptized Hie 2nd Sunday in .
September, 1887, by Rev. D. 1- Es-1
■ pv into the Chattooga Baptist,
5 church, and during his subsequent!
• life, he was a worthy member ofi
] ; the .-a:'’.:’ denomination up till the
4! time of his d--.‘:’‘ii. By his death
. his family lost a true father and
husband, the church a shining light
and the world an example of a:
Christian. Os such it is written:
“Blessed are they that do His com- ;
mandments, that they have a right
to the tree of life, and may enter in
through the gate into the holy city ;
yea, blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord.” He leaves a sorrow-
I ing widow and five little children
I liesid.es many Friends and relatives
;in both countries to mourn his de- ]
I pariure. “Do we well to grieve over i
such a death.” Sister, your hits-]
: band is not dead, he only sleepeth, -
I von have not hid him an eternal |
I farewell; you have only lent him to]
' the Lord until the resurrection morn i
when he will bo given back to j our |
loving embrace. Only be faithful;
and ; -u will meet your bar l.us-I
band i the sweet by and by. lie
is now s . nding at the golden gate ■
with his v ite sn wy wings ready I
:tm ’ct yon, and y, urdea, children
and friends. B.
NO. 8.
Wilson Wheeler.
It des rains and rains and rains
and de farmers are behind, and da
don’t know what to do. Some say
sow oats kase its time of year, oth
ers say don’t sow oats kase we aint
had much winter yet and we are
bound to have cold dat kill em and
so it goes and so da say.
But I’m by farmin and everything
else as ole Brer David Night was
bout de prea'chin. Brer Night was
•r Hardshell of de Hardshells and
>f de strictest sort aim' was con
victed while danein. Brer Night
lidn’t have any book leaning out
side of de Holy Book; but he was
full up on scripture and could tell
ill erbout Adam and Eve and Eli
jah and Moses and Phario and all.
of dem down to John on de Isle of
Patmus. Some time Brer Night
would get er little mixed on names
■specially when he come to that
poor fellow down in the land of
Lodeba that had de inflamitory
rheumatism in both ankles. But
principle was what Brer Night
i wanted, and it didn’t make any dif
ference to him when he got up to
give out his hymn whether he had
old “Amazin Grace” upside down
or down side up des so he gin it out
right, which he always did; and
could read Revelations des as well
in de first part of de Bible as he
could in de last part. One time
Brer Night was to preach at Father
Kinchin Rambo's church—Rack
dale—and it was er very bad day
and da didn’t anybody go to church
but Father Rambo and Brer Night
and da waited er while, and Brer
Night sav, “Brer Rambo, what time
am it 7 ” \ml Brer Rambo say,
•Eleven, Brer Night Brer
Night des slept up in de p
says he, “Brethren and sistren and
friends, de time for Night to preach
am come, and Night am going to
preach,” and he gin out his hymn
and him and Brer Rambo sung it,
and he took er tex and preach such
er sermon as was. never heard in
old Rockdale church before nor
since.
De time am come as Brer Night
said and de farmers must go to
work and sow oats, plant Irish
inters, cabbage, onions, etc., and
prepare de ground for corn and cot
ton, and plant and hoe and work,
ami trust de good Lord for de har
vest. He has promised dat sun
shine and rain and seed time and
harvest shan't fail, and if we do our
part He’ll do His and we’ll make
ernough to live on and feed de
preachers and the politicians will
get da part.
All depons on de farmers; da
have kept de thing goin ever since
Adam was turned out of de garden
and de ground received dat awful
curse. For Adam’s sake the farmer’s
row has been full of thorns ami
briars and crapgrass ever since de
Lord said: “Cursed is de ground
for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou
eat of it all the days of thy life.
Thorns and thistles also shall it
bring forth to thee, and thou shalt
eat the herbs of the fields. In tlfe
sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat
bread.” Yes, de farmer is oppressed
and burdened beyond all men. Da
work more for less pay clan any
i oder class of men, yet da am de
bone and sinew of de country, de
very back bone of our country.
I do hope de farmers will all finite
and take d:t No. 2 Scovil hoes and
■ cut all de thorns and briars and
[thistles and crapgrass out of our
pollitix dis fall.
Wilson Wheei.ek.
A cold wave, on its way cast,
froze a Chicago girl’s feet and a
St. Louis girl’s ears and then the
wave lay down and died of exhaus
tion. —N. Y. Epoch.
If you newspaper fellows don't
let up on the death of this cold
wave and let it be buried it will get
to smelling bad and somebody may
think it probably the feet which
: are dead and not the wave.
I
From some unaccountable reason
we did not receive a very pleasant
note wishing the great pleasure of
escorting our corporal system across
■ the diversified landscape that ex
tends from the. facinating residence
<>■' her father’s to the beautiful dom
icile of the church. Possibly our
, fair damsel has i t yet fully I ' Cill '
ized this to be leap year. —Tahle-
quah (I. T.) Telephone.
