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Georgia Senatorial Muddle,
It appears that The Atlanta
Daily Constitution is trying to
stampede the Georgia legislature
and prevent the election of Gov.
Atkinson to the United States sen
ate by picturing the doubt of elect
ing another Democratic governor.
Where, oh where, is that recent
Democratic majority of over fifty
thousand votes? Is it possible
that Atkinson is the only Demo
crat in Georgia that can be elected
governor? Where is that grand
and pure old Christian soldier,
statesman and gentleman, Gen.
Clement A. Evans? Georgia would
honor herself and her people
by electing him governor, and
there is but little doubt that he
would carry the state by over one
hundred thousand majority, and
thereby obliterate the political
factions of the state.
There is in Georgia a large num
ber of voters that were not satisfied
with the defeat of Gen. Evans two
years ago, and there is nothing
that would so much allay political
feelings at this time as giving the
old general that he so much de
serves. It would be an honor to
him for the service he has given
his state and people. If Atkinson
is the choice of the people of Geor
gia for United States senator, give
it to him, as there is certainly
plenty of material in Georgia for
a worthy governor.
A Georgian.
—Chattanooga Times.
That ’Scursion.
The excursion train that return
ed from Chattanooga last Friday
night was loaded with toughs and
drunk men, if all accounts be true.
Swearing and shooting seems to
have been the principal amuse
ments on the return trip, and as a
result of this playful disposition
on the part of some of the excur
sionists about half of the passen
gers occupied the space between
the seats and the floor.
One very large, fat negro woman
undertook to crawl under a seat,
but her huge proportions prevent
ed this, and she sat in mortal ter
ror at the idea of exposing so much
surface to the flying bullets.
It is said that a well known
Summerville man tried to crawl
into the stove, but failing in this
he got under the edge of it and
hugged the floor very affectionate*
ly.
Another man, so it is said, had
bought a quart of whisky in Chat
tanooga to carry home to his wife
to be converted into camphor.
Somehow in the me'ee the bottle
was broke and the contents lost-
It is supposed a stray bullet did
the damage.
At LaFayette a battle ensued
between the occupants of the car
and outsiders. Rocks and pistol
balls flew promiscuously and the
car windows were wrecked. This
occurred at other points along the
line. It is reported that one man
was killed and two or three others
seriously wounded but the report
is discredited.
It is said that the space between
the seats was covered three deep
with passengers who were hiding
from the brick bats and the bul
lets. It seems to have been a reg
ular drunken pandemonium, and
a disgrace to all concerned in it.
Some of those who got off at
Summerville stopped at, or abou
the Hinton bridge on their way
home and had another drunken
row, greatly to the disturbance of
some of the residents near by.
The cars were pretty badly
wrecked, so far as windows were
concerned, and it is said that the
railroad authorities have offered a
reward for the guilty parties.
The conductor was run out of
the cars and took refuge in the
mail car. He finally telegraphed
to Rome for the police to meet the
car there and arrest the rioters,
but it seems that most of them got
off before reaching that point.
Land for Sale.
Eighty-three acres, six miles west
of Trion, with large six room brick
dwelling, good barn and tenant house,
good water. For full information call
on J. D. Story,
Valley Store, Ga.
VALLEY STORE, GA.
Prof. C. C. Bennefield has re
turned from Tennessee.
Mrs. W. 11. F. Rhyne visited her
mother, Mrs. J. M. Hawkins of
Dry valley, recently.
Mr. Gus Agnew who has been
stopping with Mr. Robert Henry,
returned to his home near Alpine
last Saturday.
Mr. Woodlee of Tennessee, is vis
iting his wife who is spending the
winter with her father W. H. Ben
nefield, Sr.
Mr. Hardy Fitts made a flying
visit to Trion Sunday.
Miss Fannie Hammond visited
two of Dry valley’s fairest girls,
Misses Salena and Joanna Hawkins
last Sunday.
W. 11. Bennefield, Jr., will soon
move to Tennessee. We are sorry
to give him up, but our loss is
Tennessee’s gain.
Mr. Henry Young of near Sharp,
Ga., got very seriously hurt at
Hammond mill one day last week
by a horse kicking him in the
mouth. He is doing very well.
Prof. Welch’s school will com
mence the first Monday in Novem
ber. Let us all start our children
and make the last term the best.
Farmers are holding their cotton
till after the election hoping for a
better price.
Mr. C. A. Cameron, of Sharpe,
Ga., was visiting in our burg re
cently.
Success to the News and its
many readers Prince.
CENTRE POST.
Preaching last Sunday night at
Chattooga church.
Mr. John Day gave a cotton
picking one day last week and a
party at night which was greatly
enjoyed by the young people.
Mr, Jerome Clarkson and family
returned from Texas one day last
week. Hope he thinks better of
Georgia now.
Eugene Clarkson has declined
the idea of going west but still goes
east.
Atticus Clarkson and sister were
the guests of Miss Flora Thurman
recently.
Some sickness in our burg. Dr.
G. W. Simmons seems to be very
busy of late.
Jack Sims will move soon to his
place near Sharpe.
Trinity prayer meeting has been
changed from night to the after
noon.
Chattooga Sunday school seems
to be prospering. Lottie.
TRION NEWS.
Rev. H. J. Adams P. E. preached
at the Methodist church Sunday
night and held the regular Quar
terly conference Monday night.
Miss Carrie Hill spent several
days of last week at Chattanooga.
Mrs. A. W. Shropshire of Rome,
spent Sunday with relatives at this
place.
Mrs, Woodall is quite sick with
pneumonia.
Mrs. Dedman continues quite
ill. Also Mr. John Buckalew.
Mr. G. B. Myers spent Sunday
with Mr. Scott Myers of LaFay
ette.
Miss Nannie Henry visited Trion
Sunday.
Mrs. Archer and family spent
Sunday with relatives in the coun
try.
P. W. Alexander was in the city
Saturday.
Mrs. G. D. Espy spent Friday
afternoon at Trion.
Mrs. A. L. Dalton, of Summer
ville, visited Trion Friday.
Messrs John Cain and Nat Rich
of Summerville, were visi ting at
this place Sunday.
Miss Nettie Espy is spending
sometime at Summerville, the
guest of G. D. Espy.
To Late Candidates.
Quite a number of those who an
nounced in the News as candidates
for office have failed so far to settle for
the same. Our terms for these an
nouncements are strictly cash, and we
must insist that these accounts be set
tled at once. We will publish a list
soon of all who have paid, and we hope
we won't have to omit any names from
the list. Please attend to this at once.
We need the money and the term* we
<4*ll,
LYERLY, GA.
Tomorrow is election day. Hur
rah for Bryan and Sewali.
Mr. A. S. Williams returned
home Friday from Macon where
he had been to represent the Ma
sonic lodge at this place.
Bro. Glazner preached an excel
cent sermon yesterday to a large
and attentive audience.
Mr. Albert Dover, of Gordon
county, rpent a few days last week
with his grandfather, Mr. 11. S.
Dover, of this place.
Misses Gussie Wheeler and Lula
Johnson spent last week with Mrs.
M. E. Vann.
Messrs Mallie McLeod and Mar
shall Smith went to Trion Sunday.
How did you find ’em boys?
Quite a number of our young
people attended quarterly meeting
at Raccoon Sunday, among them
being Misses Annie and Ellen
Strain, Annie Bell Lee and Wind
sor McLeod.
Dr. Joe Pennington is in our city
today.
Nobody sick and nobody mar
ried and as nothing has happened
I have nothing to write. M.
Ladies’ Wraps.
We have just received a magnificent
assortment of Ladies’ Capes. Elegant
plush and Beaver goods and are pre
pared to surprise you with low prices.
Do not fail to call and see them, it
means money to you.
Hollis & Hinton.
TELOGA, GA,
Rev. W. L. Head preached at the
Baptist churcb Saturday and Sun
day. He will serve the church as
pastor next year.
Prof. B. F. Loyd of Rock spring,
and Miss Lena Miller, a. charming
young lady of near LaFayette, paid
a brief visit to relatives Jtere last
Wednesday.
Mr. Spergin, who we mentioned
last week, returned last Saturday
from Tennessee, but failed to bring
with him his better half. He says
the good woman is sick and will
remain in Tennessee for sometime
yet. We sympathise with Mr.
Spergin in his disappointment and
hope the good lady may soon be
restored to health.
“Ben build a fire in the parlor.
Jane trim the. parlor lamp and get
everything in readiness; my best
beau will be here at 6 o’clock.
Valley Girl.
The Deacon and the Billie Goat.
Mary had a billie goat
With whiskers on his chin,
And when he got his dander up
That goat could butt like sin.
He followed her to church one day,
And walking down the aisle
Assumed an air of gravity
That made the people smile.
The deacon tried to drive him out
Which raised old Billie’s ire,
He chewed his cud right viciously
And both his eyes flashed fire.
He stood upon his hinder legs
And fetched a mighty bleat
That to the deacon sounded like
The trumphet call of fate.
Then all the congregation rose,
No time had they to lose,
For Billie kept the racket up
And cleaned out all the pews.
And then he took a header and
The deacon would have fled,
But Billie struck him in the rear
And stood him on his head.
Th.e deacon called him evil names
In language harsh and then
To every savage epithet
The Parson cried “Amen!”
—Montgomery M. Folsom.
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pnges. $1 per year.
Local Bill,
Notice is hereby given that a
bill will introduced at the next
session of the Georgia Legislature
entitled an act to establish a pub
lic school system for the town of
Raccoon Mills, Ga.. and for other
purposes. Oct- 19th 1896.
A. T. Powell, J. M. Wyatt,
Recorder. Mayor.
It is your privilege to save money
by examining our stock of Ladies
Wraps: you will readily see where and ’
how this can be done.
Hollis & Hinton,
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See naw legal ads in thio issue.
VANITY OF LIFE.
Joe Johnston in The Atlanta
Journal.
Not long ago I s'ood on the edge
of a sidewalk to await the passing
of a funeral train. I was in a
hurry and am willing to confess
that I was impatient at the slow
ness of the solemn procession. At
I length the last vehicle went by and
1 I walked on towards my destina
tion.! Half way up the block and
the Alack hearse and the closed
i carriages had left my mind and I
' was thinking of other things.
Afterwards I thought about the
incident and came to the conclu
sion that when I died and my body
was borne along, there would be
men on the edge of the sidewalk
’ where I had stood; men would
walk up the street and forget the
scene as 1 had done; men would
I wait restively for the train of death
Ito move by as I had done; and
I that when the lust carriage had
crossed the obstructed footpath,
the madding throng, banked up
unwillingly against the procession,
would look after it a moment, and
then forget it forever.
How small a figure one man cuts
among the multitude. The sharp
report of death rings out on the
ears of the myriad army, the
stricken one falls, the ranks close
in, the great God gives the order
to move on, and on the morrow a
comrade may ask, “Where is he?”
sigh, mingle with the marching
millions and forget, and that is
death.
Here was a young man yesterday
lying dead in a room at the Kim
ball house. He had come down to
the city to mingle with the crowd
that was doing the business of pol
itics. In that business he had
been greatly successful, and his
friends had sent fer him to help
them. He had just passed two
score years and already had been
highly honored and of his people
had only to ask to receive. He
had quit the exhilarating pursuit
of ambition, and with a full share
of honors had retired to private
life. I saw him mingling with the
scrouging crowd, saw how he was
sought, how his favor was courted,
how the ambitious watched his
movements, how the envious cov
eted his influence.
He had carried hope to hearts
of a hundred and gone to his room,
had bidden his friends a happy
good night.
In the early watches the sum
mons came, and when the sun had
risen and set, his place was among
the innumerable caravan. He
merely looked into the tearful eyes
of his loved ones and left them.
Hardby the room where lay his
clay, not yet in the chill of eterni
ty, I stood and looked down upon
the men he had so lately left. The
continuous hum of loud conversa
tion floated up to where I sat.
They whispered and laughed and
talked and drank. They cajoled
and begged and scorned. They
nudged and hustled and gesticula
ted. Ambition pursued its relent
less sway. It had done so all day
when he lay dying. The lights in
the big dining room shone down
upon the tables and men and wo
men and children talked and laugh
ed, and song floated up from the
bright parlors, and even where I
sat, the eager face and knotted
brow shifted swiftly by, uncon
scious, if not uncaring of the pres
ence of death. Who in all the
world could have told as he watch
ed the multitude that one of them,
one of the best and brightest of
them, had quitted them forever?
And when you and I depart, the
ranks will close up, the order will
be given to move, the columns of
humanity will still stand compact I
as before, and the day is over.
And yet there are a few hearts
today which feel a void as vast as
the infinity to which George Brown
has returned. These hearts are
few indeed, but a single tear fallen
from the eye of love is worth every!
crown that was ever wrested by
ambition’s hand, and to the wit-!
nessing spirit of the dead outweighs
the mightiest tribute of honor.
When we look upon this army
of mankind, when we see what lit-'
tie difference is made when one of
the rank is fallen, it is no wonder
we aak, what sort of a life is thia 1
wh lead? Is the reward worth th* ’
WE.GAN’T
Please Ej/eiy One
But we do please 95 per cent of the people
who come here looking for cheap cloth=
ing.
A WELL DRESSED MAN
Is not necessarily a man who spends a great deal
on his clothes. Come in here any time y<jni will and
see if the money we save you is not as honest in your
pocket as it would be in the hands of those who charge
you more.
A FEW SAMPLES
OF WHAT WE SELL
Black Clay Worsted Suit, fine sateen lining, regular
price sls, Our price, $8.50. Clay Worsted Suit, regu
lar price, sl6, our price, $11.50 Suits made of all
Wool filling goods, regular price, $7.50, our price $4.00
Fine Cheviot suits, regular price, sl2, our price SB.OO
Black Cheviot suits from $4.00 to SIO.OO
DO YOU WEAR PANTS?
If so you can’t do better than to buy them from us,
There is nothing cheap about ours except the prices.
Ask to see our Pants at $1.75 per pair, regular price.
$2 50. Pants well made and will wear well, regular
price $2.00, our price $1.50. Fino Hairline Casimere
Pants, regular price $6.00. our price $4.00.
Low prices, of which we have given you
a few samples, prevails throughout our
large stock of clothing. We pay cash
for our goods when we buy, and get all
the discounts. That is the reason we
can afford to make them cheap.
CLEGHORN & HENRY.
pursuit? Is the game worth the
playing? Not, indeed, unless, in
life, there are hearts that love, and
in death, there are hearts that
b ! eed.
Year’s Support,
GEORGIA, Chattooga county.
To all whom it may concern: Mrs. M.
A . Walters, widow oft . P. Walters, late
of said county deceased, has applied to
the undersigned for year’s support for
hereselt and minor child from the estate
of said O. P. Walters, dec. This is to
notify all persons interested, the next
of kin and creditors of said deceased,
that said application and return ot ap
praisers will be passed upon at this of
fice on the first Monday in December
next Witness my hand, this Cct. 22nd
1890. John Mattox,
Ordinary.
Road Notice,
GEORGIA, Chattoga county.
To all whom it may concern : Vll per
sons interested are hereby notified that
if no good cause is shown to the con
trary, an order will be granted hy the
undersigned'on the 13th day of Decem
ber, 1896, establishing a new road as
marked out by the road superintendent
ot th? 940th road dint, appointed for that
purpose, commencing at the sopth line
of Ben au,d JojTn Percy's laud, running
south through the lauds of Turner Per
ry, William Caldwe-.1, Z. D. Perry, Jos
eph Hawkins and James Cargal, cross
ing the Dirttown and Haywood public
road at the pond on tlte mountain, run
ning south through the lands of J. N.
Cheney. Mrs C. A. Al en, G. C. Garri
son, Ben Mathis, M. M. Wright, Wm. L
.Selman and John Dunwoody to the
Chattooga and Floyd county line near
P. M. Story’s, Sr, This Oct. 3lst, 1896.
Jo N M attox < 'rdinary.
Application Administration
To all whom it may concern: J. F.
Maples has applied to the undersigned
for letters of administration on the es
tate of Alfred Maples, late of said coun
ty dec, said letters to be granted to said
S. F. Maples or the clerk of the superior
court or some other tit and proper per
son. The said application will be passed
upon at my office on the first Monday
in December, 1896. Witness my hand
and official signature. This Oct. 20, 1896.
John Mattox, Ordinary.
Notice to Debtors and Cred
itors.
All persons having demands against
the estate of Pheribe J. Bass deceased
are h'-reby notified to render in tneir
demands to the undersigned according
to law, and all persons indebted to said
estate are required to make immediate
payment. Tli is Oct. 31st, 1893.
T. J. Simmcns. Adm’r.,
of Pheribe J . Bass, dec.
Sheriff’s Sale.
' GEOR 3IA. Chattooga county.
| Will be sold to the highest bidder for
I cash before the courth«>usr door in ■sp.m
merville, said county, within the legal
hours of sale, on the first J uesday'in
December, 1896, the following described
p eperty, to-wit: Fifty acres of laud in
lot No. one h ndred and forty-nine, in
25th district and 4th section of said
county, beginning at a point in Dry
creek, where original south line crosses
s?id creek, thence north 5 degrees, east
133 I poles to stake; thence w- st 48 poles
to stake; thence south 5 degrees; west
133’poles to original land sine; the.ice
east to beginning point, containing 40
acres; also ten acres east of this tract
and neare center on which dwelling is
located as described in homestead of W.
B. Kilgo on said land. Sold as the prop
erty of W. B. Kilgo to satisfy a mort
gage tlfa issuing from Chattooga Super
ior court, G W. Mills, aiministrator et
al vs. W. B. Kilgo. This Nov. 2, !;<*>.
J. C. Pkx* , Sheriff.
TAX NOTICE,
I will be at places
on the days be
low for the purpos<ndi»X-collectings
State and County Taxes fbFHme
year 1896.
Trion Oct. 26
McWhorters’s store “ 27
Menlo “ 28
Foster’s store “ 29
Lyerly “ 80
Seminole Nov. 2
Coldwater “ 8
Kartah “ 4
Haywood “ 5
Subligna “ 6
Gilreath store “ 9 am.
Hammond’s mill “ 9 p m.
Sawmill at Boyles “ 10
Chelsea “ 11
Alpine “ 12
Foster’s store “ 13
Lyerly “ 16
Chattoogaville “ 17
Holland’s store “ 18
Weather’s store “ 19
Silver Hill “ 20
Gore “ 23
Tidings “ 24
Reuben Johnson’s “ 25
William Salmon’s “ 26 am.
C. B. Atkins’ “ 26 pm.
Subligna “ 27 a.m.
New “ 27 pm
Raccoon mills “ 80
Clemmons’ mill Dec 1
Trion “ 2
McWhorter’s store “ 3
Menlo “ 4
Foster’s store “ 7
Lyerly “ 8
Seminole “ 9
Coldwater “ 10
Kartah “ 14
Haywood “ 15
Subligna “ 16
Hall & Clements store “ 17
Roberson’s store “ 18 am.
I will be in Summerville every
Saturday until Dec. 20, when ray
books will close. Please observe
the days and dates and come for
ward and settle promptly and save
cost and trouble B. L. KNOX,
T. C. C. C.
Notice to Debtors and Cred
itors.
All persons having demands against
the < state of L. 11. W illisms, late of
t hatt<>< ga county, deceased, are hereby
notified to render in their demands to
the undersigned according to law, and
all persons indebted to said estate aro
required to make in; Hied salt’ payment.
This Get. Soth, 1.-Gl. C P. H i’. shams.
kdininist ralur of JL. R sVilUate» f de*