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“MAYBE A SERMON—
MA YBE A SONG.’
Ir a Tree.—l have actually made
three different beginnings on ibis col
umn and have found, after writing two
or three pages, that my “line of
thought ’ resembled the beautiful roads
leading from towns in “boom districts"
and intended to impress the unwar,
capitalist; they begin in fine, broad
avenues, bordered with stately tros,
but finally dwindle away into a squir
rel track and end up n tree. That is
where 1 find myself every time at the
end of a few pages—up a tree. So
there's nothing for it but to tell my
troubles and ask the prayers of the
community. At first 1 began a treatise
on discontent ami tfieri it occurred to
me that people might not consider it
cheerful reading, owing to the general
pr< valence of discontent, and my pen
cil faltered and stopped. Then a little
essay on soulfulness began to grow
under my fingers until I was suddenly
crushed by the knowledge that most
people would not agree to what I was
say ing about it and I stopped again.
So you see what an abject state 1 am
in. My dean st enemy might pity me,
for when a newspaper person abandons
a hit of w riting because of a conviction
that it will not please every hotly there
is something really dreadful ’he mat
ter. I -J think 1 have an indigestion.
How we Get “kr a Tree. 1 ’ —lt is
certainly rather bail the worst form
of discouragement -to fee! that noth
ing is worth while, that one is out of
the procession and has no “sense of
-Mflt'lll’Ks'WKiLh his kind" up a tree, in
short. Anti alKlhese things are easily
tlue to indigestion',- Y< s, it is actually
true in nearly nine cases out of ten
that life seems worth living, or not
worth living, according to the good
ness or badness of the dinner we've
just hath In the beautiful drawing
room of a fine house there is music,
laughter, nimble wit and intellectual
talk among the guests; down in the
kitchen the dinner is being cooked
that shall determine, in a measure,
whether the wit will be as nimble or
the talk as good. Give a man muddy
coffee and his wits will be dull ami
sluggish, (iive him heavy bread ami
his soul is as much unable to rise to
the sublime as the bread was. He
sinks down into dyspeptic depths ami
is in no mood for the contemplation of,
the beautiful, so wheu you show’ him
your new Easter bonnet, (by the bye, '
its nearly time for them, now) he secs i
nothing but the little bit of paper, I
tucked in the lining with the price on
it he raves over that, though.
How to Get Dow n.- He also scoff-
Ok.the new woman, and is firmly con
vinced'that she is responsible for his
woe. He longs for the cookery of his
boyhood days—the pies his mother
used to make. There wasn't any new :
woman tn those days and he was quite
happy. These two facts are naturally
associated in his nrtnd and as a conse
quence the new woman drops in his
estimation. Os course he forgets that
boys usually have digestions like that
of an ostrich, ami a really bad pie does
not affect their well-being. But it is
useless to try talking him out of his i
mistake in this regard. His dyspeptic
condition does not admit of his being '
reasoned with. He should not be
allowed to make the mistake in the
outset. Feed him well and you may
do what you like with him—almost
that. Anyway you give his soul abet
ter chance to soar, and you find out
what there really is in the man.—Now
did 1 hear somebody murmur some
thing about the Roeutgin rays being
used to that same end? That is posi
tively unkind. You evidently haven't
been well-fed yourself when you per
petrate things like that on a well
meaning person.
Soil, and Soil.—This view of the
relation of soul to mattei; is sordidly
practical, isn't it? But the practical
things are the foundations for things
not practical, and our spiritual struc
tures will be all the more true and en
during when they rest on a good heal
thy basis. I’he delicate flowers that
w« call the poetrV ol nature have din
gy roots down in the ground which as
similate those properties of the soil
that the flower needs for its making.
If the soil isn't good the flower will be
poor. Why not carry it a little furth
er and say the flow eis we call our souls
depend for perfection upon the quality
of our day? Yes, they depend upon
the sunshine, too, and to complete the
illustration we will call Love, the syn
onym of God, our soul—sunshine. The
solar sunlight falls alike on all sorts
and conditions of clay; so does tied.
The soul, therefore, docs not seem to
be a thing separate and distinct from
the body. I know 1 used to think so.
but 1 don't now in the sense that 1 did
then. When I went to church as a
child the preacher said our bodies were
caskets for a jewel, the soul. It w:>s
a beautiful figure of speech but I didn't
know then that people have set figur. s
ot speech which they use in- speaking
of things of which ’hey have no ade
quate understanding, and that the soul
often gels distorted visions of itself
through them. So this comparison of
the soul and body was taken literally
and the impression remains with a vis
ion ot a som< thing we call dur sou, eu
shrined in the midst of our eternal or-
ganism until it is released by some
thing else we call death; even though
it seems small and untrue now.
We are delicately compounded of
one grain of clay and one grain of
deity. But for that grain of clay we
would be gods daring any height, or
depth, without fear. But the clay
binds us to its parcut clay, the earth,
ami we only wonder and blink at the
heights, ami shudder at the depths.
The grain of deity shines through the
clay like a candle set in a vase of fine
porcelain hat shall we liken this
breath ftom the nostrils of the Infinite,
this flame from a divine altar, this soul
ot ours? It is an electric force thrill
ing every nerve and fibre, painting
giaud pictures, and molding the plas
tic clay into forms of life through our
I hand, speaking to its fellow souls in
noble Words and deeds of love. It
finds a voice in beautiful music, and
in a thousand w ays touches from with;
in and without, playing with our bod
ies of clay like summer lightning in a
dull cloud, fl is a magnetic needle
that, no matter how much it is shaken
by clashing influences, must finally lie
< J ’ J
parallel with th. poles of the universe,
Truth, and will only rest when it does.
E. C.
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News At Home.
We have a cheap mare 6 years old
i to sell quick CLEGHORN & Henry.
Bud Holcomb died at Raccoon last
r
Sunday with consumption.
A little child of Sam Eaton’s died at
Raccoon last Sunday..
Chaley Merritt is the latest sufferer
! from measles.
; John Cleghorn, Jr. is confined at
. home with measles.
Miss Daisy Hill went, to Lyerly S it
; unlay.
A. IL Kirby, the ever popular snuff
drummer, arrived in town Monday.
Mack Broom, of Raccoon mills, is
reported to be dangerously sick with
pneumonia.
Mr. J. R. Pitner, of Chattanooga,
spent Sunday in town with Mrs. Bit
ner.
Parties wanting mules can get them
at Kirby & Billing's stable for cash or
good note.
We have on hand a large lot of High
Grade Guano and Phosphate for sale.
Thompson Hiles & Co.
Mrs. R, Y. Rudicil arrived home last
' Saturday from a visit to her daughter,
Mrs. W. M, Henry, of Rome.
Mrs. Willie Taylor spent a few
-days of last week in town visiting the
1 family of B. O. Henry.
Fresh, pure Eastern Seed Irish Po
tatos, Garden Seed and Onion Setts.
Cleghorn & Henry’.
Anderson, son of Mr. T. J. Harris,
left for Dalton Saturday where he will
enter school.
Mrs. Susan Millican, with her chil
dren, spent last week in Dirttown with
her sister, Mrs. Wm. Owings.
We have a full supply of Baldwin's
Guano and Acid Phosphate, which is
the best made, ~t less than last year's
prices. Cleghorn & Henry.
Miss Casey Andrews, who has been
visiting relatives at Gundown, Miss.,
for several months, will return home
in a few days.
On Tuesday night of last week Miss
Mary Hollis entertained quite a num
ber of her young friends. The affair
was extremely pleasant in every par
ticular.
I
Buck Hollis and his little red wagon ,
are prominent and picturesque figures
in farming circles just now. Buck is
a scientific farmer and will learn the
natives something yet. See if he don't.
The stave mill is not running this
week, as most of the employes have ;
gone down below Lyerly to get out a
lot of timber bought recently from '
Mose Wright. There is not enough
timber coming in to keep the mill go
ing regularly, hence the stoppage to
help supply the deficiency.
A very pleasant wedding occurred
last evening at the home oiDr. and Mrs
D. M. Russell, their charming daught
er, Miss Eva, having been united in
marriage with Mr. Hiram P. Embry.
Rev. W. 11. Cooper; D. D., pro
nounced the fateful words which uni
ted for life the destinies of two loving
hearts. A small circle of relativesand
friends witnessed the interesting cer
emony.
Mrs. ,1. S. Cleghorn received a tele
gram Monday announcing the death of
Mrs. R. C. .Jones, which occurred at
Sandersville Sunday night. Mrs.
Jones v siled here with her husband
last summer. She was Miss Taliafer
ro before her marriage. Her death
was was quite unexpected and is a
great shock lo her relatives and
friends.
Wa-h Broom, colored, was carried
to La Fayette last week on a charge of
horse stealing, anu upon trial was con
vict <i and sentenced to eight years in
the pen tentiary. He stole the mule
and carried it to Chattanooga and put
it in a stable, wheu some one came in
and thought he recognized the mule.
Bro m became frightened and slipped
out leaving the animal, which the own
er .-oou recovered. The proof was
, clear and conclusive.
Mrs. Gordon B. Tatum was quite
sick at her home in Rome last week, ■
Buy your Guano and Phosphate from
Thompson Hile- & Co.
Misses Ada and Foy Murphy and
Master Fahy Murphy spent Sunday in
town with Mrs. M. G. Merritt.
I have a splendid mule for sale on
time, or would take money.
Jno. S. Cleghorn.
Try a can of Hopkin's Steamed- -
Hominy (Hulled Corn) It i- delic
ious.
Cut this out and hunt my store.
The express sign Langs over the door.
W. T. Newton.
Miss Mary Sproull returned home i
Monday after a very plcasunt visit to i
Mrs. C. C. L. Rudicil, at Chickamau- '
Misses Allie Bearden and Ida '
j Hutcheson of Attalla, Ala,, are visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hutcheson
this week.
My Spring and Summer Clothins
| Samples arrived on the 17th, and I
I challenge Chattooga county on prices
aud quality. W. T. Newton.
The John Busbin lot of land sold
yesterday for taxes, brought §2O. This
and the Montgomery land was ail that
was sold.
Messrs Wm and Mid Montgom ry, i
of Floyd county, were in town yester
day attending the sale of the Mont
gomery lands.
Mr. ami Mrs. N. K. Billing went to
Dalton Sunday. Mrs. Billing will
spend a week or two visiting relatives
tn that charming town.
Mr. Alex Bonnyman has almost on
tirely recoved from the injuries he re
ceived while working at the wreck j
which occurred at Mandeville about
two weeks ago.
Honor Roll of Prof. I’. J. King's
classes for February: George Rosser
10(1; John Cleghorn 97; Joe Lucky 96;
John Rosser 95; John Rivers9s; Miss
es Mattie Wilson 98; Gertrude Rhine
hart 97; Alma Sewell 96; Bettie Penn
97; Lena Dalton 96.
The two home lots of the John
Montgomery farm, in Broomtown val
ley, were sold yesterday at administra
tor's sale, John Elder being the pur
chaser at §1,705. Two half lots in
Shinbone valley belonging to the same
estate, were sold to Wm. Montgomery
for §450.
B. 11. Edmondson, formerly with
Lowry Bros., has accepted a position
in the big dry goods concern of Jacob
Kuttner, Rome. Mr. Edmondson is
one of the best and most popular sales
men in the country and has a wide
circle of friends w'ho will be glad to
hear that he has a lucrative position
with this well established firm.
News has been received here of the
death of Mrs. John M. Hill, of Atlan
ta, which sad event occurred last Sun
day. Mrs. Hill possessed a sweet and
lovely character, and her death is a
sad shock to those who knew and
loved her. Her last visit to Summer
ville was upon the occasion of Mrs. «L
A. IL aimer’s death last winter.
COAL! COAL! COAL!
Buy your Coal from the IL B. Kir- I
by Livery Co. They keep the best,
at the low’est prices.
Miss Jones’ Assailant.
A dispatch from Birmingham to the
Chattanooga Times yesterday morn
ing stated that a man answering to the
description of Miss Jones assailant had
been arrested there and was being
held for the Georgia officers.
Machine Repairing.
lam prepared to repair in the best
manner all machines from a steam en*
gine to a sewing machine. Sewing
machines a specialty. For further par-'
ticulars call at Rich's Mill.
J. M. McCalman.
Summerville High School.
The spring session of this school
will resume Jan. 6, 1896. Art, music
and elocution will be under the man
agement of proficient teachers.
John C. King,
Palemon J. King,
Principals.
Bethel School Honor Roll.
The following is the Honor Roll for
Bethel school, taught by Mrs. Hugh
Lee Wood, for the last month.
Belle Kuox, Allie Cox. Jennie Hop
per, Sadie Echols, Fred Kendrick. Lu
la Weesner. Paul King, Robert King,
Mattie Jones, Lester Watson, Fannie
Kuox and Annie Selman.
To My Friends and Customers.
Having a position wi'h the big Dry
Goods, Notion. Shoe aud Clothing
House of Jacob Kuttner 238 Broad
street, Rome, I take this method of
extending to you a most cordial wel
come to their place of business. Mr.
Ike May is now in the Eastern markets
buying an immense stock of Spring
an-’ Summer Goods, which added to
their already mammoth stock will make
this one of the largest stores in the
South and your patronage is most res
pectfully solicited. Thanking you tor
past favors. I hope to have the pleas
sure of serving you in the future.
Mail orders will receive tny pre>mp'
and personal atlenli<>u. Tout s hue.
B. H. Edmondson,
Wit a Jacob Kuttuer, 238 Broad st.
Rome. Ga.
TRION_NEWS,
The matrimonial wave seems to
continue in our town . Wednesday
noon Feb. 27, Mr. Huggins and
Miss Mami Clinton were joined
in the holy bonds of matrimony,
i Squire Coker officiating.
r nday March 1, Mr. Arthur
Sn .th and Miss Greason, Rev. A
1 Lo’••;.;ce officiating.
- •
Mi.-s Mellie Ella is quite sick
with pneumonia.
Misses Alice and Addie Dedman
ar slowly recovering from a it
cent attack of pneumonia-
Fred Robinson san of Mr. John
| Rooinson is quite sick with fever.
Mr. James Archer has been con
i lined to his room for several days
I w ill) pneumonia
Miss Nora W estbrook entertain
ed the Reading club Saturday
night, Feb. 29, Miss Nora is a
i charming iiostess and it was an en
joyable occasion to all present.
Mr. Blount Hamilton of Rome,
■ spent several days of last week
with Mr. A. S. Hamilton
Rev. D. T. Espy went up to La
. i'ayi-tte Sunday March 1, to assist
' in the ordination of some deacons
*at that pl co. Rev. A J. Andrew s
filling his pulpit in he morning,
Rev. J M. Coley at night.
Mrs. A L. I) Iton of Summer
ville, visited friends --tTri* n Sat
urday of last, week.
Mr. J . 11. Sewell sp< nt Su day
■ . i th friends at Trion.
Mrs. Cooper, of Boston, has ar
"ivi'd at the home of her mother,
i M iAllgood, t spend rhe summer.
Mis Maud Allgood King went
down to At anta Friday.
Success to the News. M.
The Evolution.
Os medicinal agents is gradually
relegating the old-time herbs, pills i
draughts and vegetable extracts to
the rear and bringing into general
use the pleasant and effective li- j
'quid laxative. Syrup of Figs. To
get the true remedy see that it is
manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only. For sale by i
all leading druggists.
ZULA, GA.
The only child of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Everitt died with measles
on the 23rd. The parents have
our sympathy.
Mrs. David is very siek and is
not expected to live. Dr. Ballen
ger is attending her. She is suffer
ing from a complication of dis
eases.
Mrs. George Ponder is still very
low with consumption.
Born to Mr. and Mrs John Wat
son on the 24, a son.
Green Duke, of Floyd county,
has moved to our valley, and will
have charge of the Alexander mill.
We welcome Mr. Duke as a neigh
bor, for we know lie is ago>xl man.
The stock law in Floyd county
is getting close to us here, as it
runs up to the Chattooga line. I
think that a majority of the voters
in this section would fav«*r it in
thisc unty.
Our neighbors on Sand Moun
tain have organized a literary so
ciety with twenty-two members.
Vv’m. Caldwell is president, Miss
Geraldine Garrison secretary and
and Miss Ada Perry critic. Miss
1 Burns has a nourishing school on
I 'he mountain, and is giving exc«*l
| satisfaction.
Mr. Editor, I am glad to see so
many letters in the News from dif
ferent parts of the county, and
hope that feature of the paper will
be continued and improved, for
that is the way to make the News
a good paper.
Miss Patience Potter.
j
At ill say to my friends that I have
moved my business to first door above I
d’tig store and will sell good good.- I
cheap and treat them right. I thank ,
von for your past and solicit your fu
ture trade. W. T. Newton.
Republican County Convention.
A Republican convention will be
held in Summerville on March 16th to
’ elect delegate- to the District and State :
Conventions ami to attend to such oth
er matters as will be brought before ,
the convention. All are earnestffi re
quested to attend.
Seveiial Republicans.
Look at these Prices.
Here I am again with
Battle Ax Tobacco 20c lb.
Soda 3c “
280 Brass Pins for 3c
Trace Chains 25
Electric cedar buckets 19
8 Day Waterbury Clock 2.30
3 Papers Ferry’s Gar
den seeds 10
R. F. ROBERSON,
Trion, Ga, i
EACCOON MILLS.
The measffis are still previ.iliug
in our town, aud i is causing great
inconvenience in r inning the mills
also with farmers and the schools.
Miss Carrie Agn w, who has been
confim dto her room for three
weeks with measles is able to re
sume her school again.
Miss Bessie Km x returned home
Saturday, after spending some
days at this place with ler sister,
Mrs. John Wyatt.
G. O. Alexander aud Willie Neal
of this pl ce, spent Saturday and
Sunday with relatives and friends
at Menlo.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Wyatt at
tended church at Alpine Sunday.
Rev Mr Rosser filled his regu
lar appointment here Sunday
night. The attendance was small
on accout of sickness and bad
weather.
Mr. Aleck Broom, of this place,
is very low with pneumonia.
A severe accident happened to
Andrew Booker's daughter last
: Wednesday. She was sitting at
the dinner table and by some
means her clothing caught tire
from -he stove, and she was very
badly burned, indeed, before the
lire could be extinguished. She is
about eighteen years old, and u is
hoped she will recover soon.
There has been six deaths here
recently fri>ni measles.
Mr. J M W yatt made a trip to
Rome Thursday on business.
Mrs. Bob Hale is very low with
consumption and is not expected
to live long.
Mr. I. R. Gilbert, of Menlo, spent
Sunday in Raccoon with his best
girl.
Mr and Mrs. Pears, of Atlanta,
i moved to Raccoon recently. Mr.
Pears is tire new superintendent of
the mills here.
Mr. Bud Holcomb died Sunday
morning at 10 o’clock with con
sumption. The remains were in
terred at Lyerly.
We have a flourishing Sunday
school here, both Presbyterian and
Baptist. Success to the News.
Birdie.
FAIRVIEW FADS.
Health of our community is very
good at this time.
The family of J. B. Alexander
h >ve all had measles but are now
convalescent.
Lester Groover is in very bad
health suffering from an attack of
rheumatism.
Miss Beun a Rich, of Perennial,
was visi-ing friends and relatives
at this place last week.
Mrs. Ora Hurley, of Ringgold,
Ala., has been visiting the family
of her father, T. W. Obannon. for
a few days,
Rev. Jesse Hunt filled his regu
lar appointment at Chelsea on the
last fourth Sunday.
Several of our young people at
tended church at Menlo the fourth
Sunday night and report hearing
a good sermon.
I am requested to say that there
will be an all day singing at Sun
nfy Dale on the second Sunday in
March. Let everybody come and
bring well filled baskets and have
a good time.
There is a good Sunday school
at Sunny Dale and we hopQ it may
increase and grow in usefulness -
The burglars are still at work in
our somniunity. It is strange
that they cannot be overhauled.
Look, boys, and have your pound
ready for the supper on the 3rd.
Fairview.
KARTAH, GA,
Our farmers are making good use
of the hue weather - aud are preparing
their lands for tne coming crop.
Several new cases of measles are re
ported in our section.
The sad death of Miss Delia Moore
was quite a shock to her many friends
in this valley where she formerly had
lived for a long time. The family of
the deceased have our sympathy in
their sad bereavem nt.
Mrs. .Susan Millican, oi Summerville,
who has been spending a few days
with her sister. M s. Wm. Owings,
I returned home Su day, accompanieu
i by herneice, Miss Taggie Owings.
Mrs. T. J. Dollat, of this place’ vis-
I ited the family of Mrs. Williams, near
Cheney, last Sunday.
Ihe V, heeler-Baker wedding, which
occurred last Tuesday, was a quiet af
fair. only a few relatives and intimate
friends being present. I wish them
much happiness.
VLgtl McKtunej, of Texas vallej,
was visiting the iarnilj ui Mrs. Scuti
S tmday aud Sunday.
S. M. Ansley, the artist, will move
his tern to Subiigua this week.
Country Girl.
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY,
A Street Duel in Ri me In Which
Seven People Are Shot.
Rome, Ga., Feb. 27.—The follow
ing persons were injured in a street
duel this afternoon:
Millard Mulkey, policeman, dan
gerously if not fatally wounded,
shot in spine and head.
V. T Sanford, planter, slightly
on shoulder.
Morgan Mathis, shot in the arm
and side.
Bud White, shot in the arm and
[ linger.
Miss Ophelia Dabbs, shot in
I hand.
Joe Higgins shot in leg.
Dick Treadaway, shot in foot.
The affair was the outcome of a
fight in the restaurant of H. G. •
Stoffregen. The origin was a quar- I
rel and a rough and tumble fight
: between Yancey Harris and Oscar '
Flemming. Considerable bloodi
1 j was spilt before they were separa- i
ted. Immediately on its termina
tion Vince Sanford and Flemming
quarreled over the part Vince took
lin separating them, resulting in a
| fight between them. Inthemean
j Ben Vann and ‘ Bud” Hargis had
j engaged in a difficulty The scene
j was a lively one. A dozen people
. witnessed the several fights.
It was a little after 2 -’clock that j
Flemming handed .. letter to San- 1
ford, who was standing in Doug-1
I las’ stables. Flemming walked
away and as he did so Sanford re<*d '
j it. Finding it to be in the nature i
lof a challenge he Walked out and |
called t" Flemming, telling him
that he accepted the challenge and |
' I was ready then and there Flein-,
ming made some reply and there '
I was a war of words. . |
Policemen Drew Cooper, Horace j
Copeland, Charles Alexander and
I Miliard Mulkey were standing near
|by and told them to keep quiet.
Finally as Flemming walked away
and it seemed as if the trouble was
stopped, Mulkey told Sanford that
if he did not shut up he would be
locked up.
“You ain’t man enough to do it,”
said Sanford. “I can lick you right
here.”
The Mulkey-Sanford dispute be
came warm, and John Davenport,
a friend of Sanford stepped between
the two to prevent any difficulty.
As he did so Mulkey raised his club
and struck Davenport a blow on
tho top of the head, knocking him
down and breaking the club. Then
. Sanford made at Mulkey with his
hands. As he did so Mulkey drew
| a pistol and fired three times at
J Sanford. Sanford at the third
i shot was just at the do<>r of the
stables, and there drew a pistol.
, As he fired, Mulkey turned end ran
up the sireet, Sanford following
and firing Mulkey fled int<> Kays’
bar next door, but fell just as he
entered, with the blood trickling;
over his face from a wound on the
'bead. His worst wound is in the
middle of back.
Sanford is in jail. He is a prom
inent and prosperous farmer. Mul
! key is a very prominent officer.
Feeling is very high.
Eight shots in all were fired and
i seven took effect on somebody. Os
other citizens shot Mathis, an ex
sheiff, is the only one dangerously
hurt.
j Money to loan on farms. Five
i years time. Terms easy.
Jno. D. Taylor.
--gginsm.
I
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
i ical ills which vanish before proper ef
forts—gentle efforts —pleasant efforts —
rightly directed. There is comfort in ■
the knowledge that so many forms of i
| sickness are not due to any actual dis- !
ease, but simply to a constipated condi- '
tion of the system, which the pleasant I
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt- !
ly removes. That is vhy it is the only i
remedy with millions of families, and is i
everywhere esteemed so highly by all j
who Value good health. Its beneficial ,
I effects are due to the fact, that it is the j
i one remedy which promotes internal j
; cleanliness, without debilitating the
i organs on which it acts. It is therefore
i all important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that you have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep- j
utable druggists. !
If in the enjoyment of good health, ;
and the system is regular, then laxa
tives or other remedies are not needed. ,
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
mav be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of |
Figs stands highest and is most largely ;
used and gives most general satisfaction |
A DASTARDLY CRIME,
Miss Jones, & Daughter of Reese
Jones, of Rook Spring,
The Victim.
A most dastardly crime was
committed near Rock Sring last
Thursday m orning when an un
known white tramp committed a
criminal assault on the person of
Miss Mattie Jones, daughter of
Reese Jones, near that place.
Miss Jones had gone to the
spring, only a little way from the
house, when the bold criminal ;
; made his assault.
As soon as the alarm was given ;
a telegram was sent to Chattan-!
I ooga for Policeman Phipps and i
his famous blood hound. Jude
They did not reach the place, how-
I ever, until seven or eight hours la- '
ter, but at once the dog was put on j
track of the demon, and followed ,
by a large number of infuriated ■
neighbors, the trail was followed -
faithfully until Tunnel Hill was
reached. Here, at a long side
( track the dog came to fault and
could follow trail no farther, and
it is presumed he boarded a freight
train at that point.
Saturday night a report was sent
to Chattanooga that a man ans
wering to the description of the
i criminal had been seen near Ool
tewah, Tenn., and later a man was
| captured near that place and de
livered to Reese Jones and his
1 triends, who w-ere in that vicinity.
They brought, the man back to
I Rock Spring Sunday morning fori
' identification by the young lady,
but as soon as she saw him she
i said he was not the right man and
i he was accotdingly released.
A dispatch received at Summer
ville Sunday afternoon stated that
300 men were on the ground at
the Jones homestead when the par
ty reached there with the prisoner?
and that a long rope had been
provided for his especial benefit in
the event he was identified as the
guilty party. It had been arran
ged that every man present should
lay hold on the rope and help pull
the miscreant up, so that there
would be no witnesses who could
testify in the matter.
FROM LYERLY.
We have a measly town just now,
that disease having struck us in full
force. A. J. Lee is convalescent, but
only eight of his children have them.
Two of Mrs. S. E. Foster's children
are also sick with measles, and quite
a number of others have been exposed.
Otherwise the health of our commu
nity is good.
Miss Arwood and her brother,
have gone to Griffin. Mr. Arwood
will move his family to that place soon.
We are loth to give them up but hope
they will be satisfied with their new
home.
Mrs. J. L. Pollock is visiting rela
■ lives in Madison and J. L. is wearing
a rather long face in consequence.
Mrs. J. I. Pollock is also away on a
visit to relative in Rome.
Mrs. J. B. McLeod os expected
home soon from Morrow, where she
has been attending her sick mother,
who is now slowly improving.
Miss Butler is visiting her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Dover, of
this place.
Mr. A. E. Hammond is erecting a ;
nice new dwelling at his place near I
‘own.
J. L. andJ. I. Pollock will soon be
gin building a nice new dwelling each
which when complete will be quite an
improvement to our little town.
W. G. Simmons happened to quite a
painful accident a few days ago, when
he had the misfortune to cut his foot
very badly with an axe. The wound
is very painful and he will be confined
to his room for several days.
The new arrivals last week, at Mr. i
Cain’s, a girl, and at D.P. Graham's, !
a thirteen pound boy.
We sympathise with the people of i
; Raccoon in their severe sickness, and 1
hope their will soon be a change for
the better. There were two burials
from that place at Melville today, one
; being John Eaton’s little ron and the
I other a little child of Mr. Holcomb’s.
Jed.
Notice.
All parties interested are requested
ito meet at Melville graveyard, near
• Lyerly, on the second Monday in March
which is the 9th, with suitable tools '
for cleaning off the grave yard. Bring .
dinner. J. L. Huie,
H. V. Rambo, J. Lee,
A. McLeod.
Are You Going West?
If so, call on W. A. Verdier,
I agent C. R. &C. railroad, Sum
i merville, and he will sell you a i
' ticket and check baggage to any
[ point in the west, and over any
route desired. Get advantage of
I through rates from this point, and
I thus save difference in local rate
to Chattanooga.
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WELL-KNOWN CHELSEA MAN.
Stricken with an Incurable Dieease and
yet Cured.
(JVom the Argue and Patriot, Montpelier, 17.)
Eight years ago Geo. Hutchinson moved
from Bradford to Chelsea, Vt., and bought
the sawmill at the latter place. He was
known as one of the strongest men in that
section. On Dec. 20, ’92 while at work in
the mill, he was struck in the back by a
flying board, which seriously injured him
and incapacitated him tor work of any kind.
As a result of this, Locomotor Ataxia set in,
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The physicians at the hospital told me that
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ing, and went home to continue their treat
ment, which I did for two months, and also
had an electric battery under their advice.
The improvement, however, did not continue
and I began to give up hope. August Ist,
1893, I could not get out of my chair without
assistance, and if I got down upon the floor, I
could not get up alone. About this time I
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as I was able and as I gained in health ami
spirits, and now for the past three months I
have been working ten hours per day almost
as steadily as I ever did. I feel well, eat
well and sleep well as I ever did and I have
no pain anywhere.'’
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