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CLOSING
EXERCISES
Os Prof. Perry’s School Ati
Armuchee, Ga.
A SPLENDID P&OGSAMME
Which Was Well Rendered—
The Close of a Success
ful Session At Ar
muchee.
Prof. C L. Perry's school at Ar
muchee, Ga., closed Thursday 27th,
with an entertainment that was
thoroughly enjoyed by the large
audience present.
The addresses delivered by Prof.
Gwaltney and Mr. W. A. W right,of
Rome, added greatly to the inter
est of the occasion. Both speeches
were very appropriate and were
highly appreciated by the people
of this community who are very
proud of our county school com
missioner, for we feel that he is the
right man in the right place.
The recitations and dialogues
given by the pupils were a credit
to themselves and their teacher
Prof. Perry.
The music furnished for the oc
casion by Misses Grace and Julia
Perry on the organ and guitar was
highly appreciated by all. Prof.
Perry, our teacher, came here high
ly recommended as one of the very
best instructors in the country, in
which we heartily concur. Ileisa
well educated, high toned, cour
teous young man, and any com
munity might well feel proud of
him.
Following is *he program given,
and the exercises were splendid,
and were greatly enjoyed.
Welcome Song, by school.
An Address, by Alice Salmon.
Recitation —The Drowning Sing
er, by Misses Beatrice and Avah
O’Bryan, after which a beautiful
tableau was given.
Music on organ, violin and gui
tar, by Prot. B M. Westmoreland,
Eugene Perry and Miss Grace Per
ry-
Dialogue, Seen In a Backwoods
School.
Music.
A Boy’s Essay on Girls, by Clea
vie Salmon.
Music.
Flag Exercises, by six boys and
six girls.
Music.
Dialogue, The Competing Rail
roads.
Recitation, I Wouldn’t, Would
You? by Mattie Carnwell.
An. address by Hon. S. E. Jones,
of Chattooga county.
Music.
Dialogue, A Matrimonial Adver
tisement.
Music by Prof. Eugene Perry on
violin and Miss Grace Perry on
Guitar.
Recitation, I’m Nobody’s Child,
by Eva Hammond.
Tableau, The Guardian Angel.
Music.
Dialogue, The Rival Orators, by
Alonzo O'Bryan and Calvin Mor
gan.
Music.
Dialogue, Susie’s Lesson, by
Cleavie Salmon and Lula Carn
well .
Music.
Recitation, The Elf Child, by
Lizzie May Salmon.
Music.
Dialogue, The Widower and His
Young Wife, by Calvin Morgan and
Misses Berta Hester, Eva Ham
imnd and Annie Thomas.
Music on organ and guitar by
Misses Grace and Julia Perry;
piece, the Spanish Fandango.
Dialogue, From Way Down East.
Austin O'Bryan, Hosea Davis Miss
es Avah O'Bryan. Gertrude Den
nington and Carrie Carnwell.
Recitation, Nearer to Thee, by
Miss Avah O’Bryan.
A beautiful tableau, Nearer My
God to Thee.
Music.
Dialogue, Arkansaw Farmer and
Commercial Tourist by J. F. Hor
ton and Freeman Doss.
Music.
Valedictory address by Cleavie
Salmon, which closed the exercises
of the evening.
We thank the musicians fur the
splendid music they furnished,
which could not be excelled, and
which added very much to the en
joyment of the evening.
Our fall torm of school opens
here on July 12th, with nourishing
prospects. W. C. 11.
Elastic Advertising Rates
When the advertising agent of
one of the greatest shows on earth
—for in the circus business “great
est” is not a superlative term at
al I —visited a small town in Kan
sas last summer he called upon the
editor of the local paper and in
quired the cost of a double column
display advertisement in the next
two issues, says the Chicago Times-
Herald.
“Two hundred and eighty dol
lars,” was the reply, without a sec
ond's hesitation.
“Great Scott! Are you crazy?”
cried the agent, “What would you
charge us for a full page?”
“Two hundred and eighty—just
the same?”
“But how do you figure it!” ex
postulated the circus man. “Hav
en’t you any settled rate for space
advertising?”
“See here, mister,” earnestly re
marked the editor, “I don’t pay
any attention to space in the deal,
but I do know just what an adver
tisement in this paper will cost
you. You may have a column, or
a page, or the whole blamed paper
just as you like. There’s a mort
gage for S2BO on this shop, and
your circus has got to help me out
with it, If it doesn’t, I’m a goner,
that's all. You may move right
in here and run the whole shooting
match for a couple of weeks to suit
yourself, but we’ve got to ante up
S2BO before next Saturday night.
Now, then, are you a friendly In
dian or are you a hostile?”
All the “dates” and extra posters
used last season by that show
throughout the west were printed
in a little one horse newspaper of
fice in Kansas. The paper is still
issue regularly, and its editor shows
every evidence that he is at peace
with all the world and is prosper
ing.
Governor Atkinson tells the Ma
con Nows a good one on himself;
“It was during my recent inspec
tion of the convict camps,” said the
governor. “Among other places I
visited were the coal mines, and in
order to make a thorough inspec
tion it was necesary tc. go down
into the mines and see the convicts
at work. Two guards accompanied
me down into the mines. They
showed me everything of interest
and finally took me to where the
convicts were at work. As we ap
proached them one of the convicts
rushed over to me saying; “Good
Lord! Bill Atkinson as sure I
live! I never expected to see you
here. What on earth, Bill, did
they convict you of doing? I read
ily recognized the man as one
whom I had known since my boy
hood.”
Heartless Sage.
Joliet, 111 , May 27.—Last night
at the poor house in this county,
George Sage, aged 21 years, son of
Eiizu Sage, of Shannahon township,
died of consumption, hastened by
worrying over the affairs of his
parents. His father after paying
his uncle, Rusell Sage, the S4O on
the mortgaged house, could not af
ford to give George any of the del
icacies needed. George also wor
ried greatly over the attempt of his
mother to commit suicide a couple
of weeks ago. The supervisor of
Shannahon wrote to Russell Sage
I two years ago asking him to make
provision for the young man to
keep him out of the poor house.
The appeal was unanswered.
CASTORIA
For Infanta and Children.
The fie- /J .
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IT MAYBE
A DUEL.
Beresford and Byrd May
fleet And Fight It Out.
AT LEAST IT IS SO REPOSTED.
The Trouble Grows Out of
A Circular Which Was.
Issued In Rome.
Atlanta, Ga., May 29. —A duel
is threatened between Sidney Las
celles, alias “Lord Beresford,” and
Col. Philip Byrd, the editor of the
Hustler, of Rome, Ga.
In an article Thursday evening
commenting on “Lord Beresford’s’
unexpected marriage to Miss Pel
ky, of Rhode Island, Editor Byrd
charges that Lascelles is an “infer
nal scoundrel and reckless adven
turer,” who should never have
been released from the penitentia
ry. He asserts that Lascelles
tricked Miss Pelky into the mar-,
riage with the assistance of a
French woman who had been in
stalled as the young woman’s gov
erness on his recommendation .
It is also charged that Lascelles
is a bigamist, and that he threw
over the daughter of a citizen of
Rome in order to marry his first
wife, a Miss Lilientnal, of Yonkers,
N. Y.
The charges are indignantly de
nied by Lascelles, who says that
he will shoot Editor Byrd on
sight.
Brown’s Petition.
Atlanta, May 27 —Receiver J u
lius L Brown, of the Georgia Min
ing, Manufacturing and Invesment
company, has petitioned Judge
Lumpkin to so modify his recent
order as to allow the receiver to
prefer such receiver’s certificates
as may be necesary to secure credit
that is being extended him in the
operation of the property. Argu
ments were made before Judge
Lumpkin this afternoon upon the
petition.
Blasphemous Fiend.
Atlanta, May. —Rev. James Hos
kins, a preacher of the Free
Thinker faith, who has been hold
ing forth on the streets of this city
for thirty nights, was tried in the
police court today and fined. His ar
rest was caused by the vicious
terms with which 1 o characterized
Christ, denouncing him as a hypo
crite, liar and pretender* The
preaching created general indigna
tion and many complaints were
made. Hoskins was warned to de
sist, but refusing to do so, he was
arrested. Only a nominal fine was
assessed, as Hoskins promised to
discontinue his seimons
An Oklahoma man lost his dog,
and this is the way the newspaper
man let the facts be known : “Hen
ry Mitchell lost his dog, and don’t
know where to find him. He wore
two fleas upon his neck and a short
stub-tail behind him. The dog is
long and narrow built, with spots
of black and white, and if he sees
a smaller dog, he always wants to
fight. He holds his tail up stiff
and straight, when he’s for war
prepared, but points it down to the
ground whenever he is scared. The
stump-tail dog that now is lost,
was Henry’s friend and crony, but
now, alas, he sadly fears, he’s made
up in bologna.—Ex.
Mr. S. D. Camp has ten acres of
red wheat cut and shocked rer.dy
for the thrasher. Mr. Camp brought
samples to this office yesterday
both of the best and sorriest on
the ten acres. The best is over five
feet high and the other four. He
will thrash from 250 to 300 bush
els off this crop, and the grain is
all sound and clean. He said: “It
is folly to say that wheat cannot
be raised in Floyd county. Why
this is the finest country on earth,
and anything can be successfully
raised here. All that is needed is
to give it proper and intelligent
ultivation.”—Rome Tribune,
CARGOES OF ARMS.
Taken to Cuba by Two Ves
sels From Wilmington,
N. C.
Wilmington, N. C , May 27.—The
tug Alexander Jones left this port
on May 14, ostensibly in search of
a tow, but it was soon whispered
around the city that she, with the
pilot beat John D. Long, had the
night previous taken on an im
mense supply us arms and ammu
nition, together with a number of
Cubans, and that both vessels were
off for Cuba. Last evening at 5
o’clock the Jones reached South
Port on her return trip from Cuba,
with everybody on board safe and
sound, but with sealed lips. The
Long is missing, but the report
is current that she was bought by
the Cubans to be used for filibus
tering purposes and is near the is
land. It is also reported that the
Jones and crew miraculously es
caped capture by dodging a Span
ish gunboat after having been fired
upon with several solid shot, some
of which flashed across ihe Jones’
bow at a distance of a few hundred
yards.
Educate Your Howels With Cascaretn.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
A, H. Potter, with E. C. Atkins
& Co., Indianapolis, Ind., writes :
“I have never before given a testi
monial in my life. But I will say
that for three years we have never
been without Chamberlain’s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in
the house, and my wife would as
soon think of being without flour
as a bottle of this Remedy in the
summer season. We have used it
with all three of our children and
it has never failed to cure—not
simply stop pain, but cure abso
lutely. It is all right and anyone
who tries it will find it so.” For
sale by H. H. Arrington.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, 25c. If C. C. C, fail, druggists refund money.
One of the best circuit judges in
the State is Judge John S. Candler,
of the Stone Mountain Circuit. He
is firm without being oppressive,
fair and just without any leaning
to maudlin sentimentality. He is
an exceedingly young man, but
his administration is benefitting
the cause of law and order in
Georgia. Hair-splitting technica
lities, frivolous delays by techni
nical attorneys—which delay the
administration of justice—have no
sympathizer in him. The law a
biding citizens commend him.—
Ex.
CASTORIA.
The he- /J . .
“I suppose you are sticking to
your Carter Tate,” said a merchant
to a North Georgia farmer last Sat
urday.
“No Sir, was the quiet reply, “I
am sticking to my’tater ?art. You
see? Carter Tate is well enough,
but my ’tater cart helps me make
a living.”—Macon Telegraph.
Some idea of what Texas can
produce may be gleaned from the
following quaint and original de
scription of her resources, from
The Galveston News:
“If all the cotton raised in Tex
as were made into one shirt, the
garment would fit a man 20,000
miles tall. The Texas crop of 15,-
000,000 pounds of wool would make
him a pair of socks. The leather
product of the state would make
i him a pair of shoes, the soles of
which would nearly cover a pair of
states as large as Massachusetts.
The 600,000 head of beeves and
125,000,000 bushels of corn would
feed him bread and meat for six
months, and if all the horses in
Texas were one, he could ride a
horse b.g enough to nibble grass
: on the Blue Ridge and fan the flies
off his haunches which would loom
up in the neighborhood of the Mis
sisssippi river. The hairs of the
animal s tail would be as large in
diameter as telegraph poles and
as long as the Hudson river, and
it would take the bite of a horse
fly fourteen times the size of auel
ephaut to make hin) snort.”
DEATH ENDS
THEIR FEUD.
Two Men Fight To A Fin
ish at Chickamauga
LAST SATURDAY MORNING.
Frank Osborne, a Well-
Known Farmer, Instantly
Killed.
Squire Frank Osborne, a well
known farmer, who lived two miles
north of Chickamauga, was shot
and instantly killed by L. J. Bar
ber, car inspector of the Chattanoo
ga Rome & Columbus road at
Chickamauga, last Saturday morn
ing about 7 :30 o’clock.
The story of the tragedy as de
tailed by the Chattanooga Times,
is as follows:
Several months ago Osborne, it is
charged, circulated slanderous re
ports concerning Barber’s wife, at
tacking her good character. The
stories reached the ears of Mrs.
Barber’s husband, who declared
that there would be a day of reck
oning. In return Osborne sent
word to Barber that he intended to
kill him (Barber) at the first op
portunity and that he might expect
trouble the first time they met-
Since that day both men have been
heavily armed in anticipation of a
meeting.
About 6:30 o’clock yesterday
morning Barber, who is an indus
trious man, started for his work.
En route to the depot at Chicka
mauga he stopped at the store of
Bond Bros, to chat with a few
friends. He Had hardly enter id
the store when he was followed by
Osborne, who had been waiting
his arrival, knowing it was Barber’s
custom to stop at the store every
morning on his way to wo)k. Os
borne accosted Barber, catling him
“a liar,” and cursing him in strong
terms.
“You have acted the d n ras- 1
cal,” said Osborne, “And I intend ’
to stop it,” he shouted, as he made
an effort to draw his pistol. I
Barber replied that he had done 1
nothing except what was honora
ble and upright, and told Osborne f
he lied when he accused him of be- '
i-ag a rascal.
At this juncture Osborne, ad- ;
vanced on Barber in the attitude ;
of taking his pistol from a hip
pocket- Barber was too quick, and
before Osborne could reach his
pistol he had secured his weapon
and opened fire. The first shot
took effect and Osborne fell to the
ground mortally wounded. While
on the floor he turned on his side
and made a desperate attempt to
shoot Barber with his pistol, the
latter continuing to fire, putting
five bullets, the contents of his
pistol, in Osborne’s body. Every
shot was a fatal one, and the vic
tim died almost instantly. One
of the balls, probably the last one
fired, penetrated his heart.
Immediately after the shooting,
Barber gave himself up to a depu
ty sheriff, and asked that he be
protected. The sheriff of Walker
county, who resides in LaFayette,
was telegraphed for and reached
Chicamauga in the afternoon.
The dead man was about 45 years
of age, and leaves a wife and six
children. He owns considerable
property, and has been a justice of
the peace in and about Chickamau
ga for a number of years.
It was reported yesterday that
Osborne tried to fight Barber with
a knife and plow* point, but.this
was erroneous.
Barber has been an employe of
the Chattanooga, Rome and Col
umbus railway for the past five
years, being car inspector for that
road at Chickamauga for that time.
He has always borne a good repu
tation and is well known in Chat
tanooga, having worked for various
roads in this city. Hehasafami
at Chicamauga.
SALES prove the great
merit of Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla sells because it
accomplishes GREAT CUREB.
Ripans Tabules cure flatulence.
TELOGA.GA.
Rev. Mr. McLeod preached at
Beersheba Sunday and Sunday
night.
E. L. Thurman, of Walker coun
ty, was here one day last week on
business.
J. M. Clarkson, of near Duck
creek, was here Saturday on bus
iness.
W. A. Sitton says he has rye that
is seven feet and 6 inches tall.
Who can beat it?
Mr. and Mrs O- D. Wyatt, of
Sunny Dale, attended church at
Beersheba Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Pledger, of Alabama,
was visiting Jos Hammond Sun
day.
A number of-our people attend
ed the Sundy school convention
at Trion Sunday.
Little Genie Purs’ey was quite
sick last week, but we ar? glad to
report her bettor.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Johnson’s
little child is very sick.
Mrs. Tin io Agnew, of near Al
pine, was visiting relatives near
here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Pettyjohn, of Trion,
visited relatives in our community
Sundap.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Edwards, of
Ringgold, Ga., were visiting the lat
ter’s father, Mr. J. 11. Gilreath
near here last week.
Mrs W. M. Watson is visiting
her son, William, near Gore.
Valley Girl.
CH ATTOOGAVILLE, GA.
Miss Mary Marshall and her
brother, Charley, of Floyd county,
spent last Saturday and Sunday
with Mr. j. C. Miligan’s family.
Capt. Hill of Trion, spent last
Saturday with relati /esand friends
at this place.
Prof. Etheridge was among those
who attended the entertainment
of the school here last Friday
night. Come again Mr. Etheridge,
we are always glad to welcome you.
Miss Hattie Merritt left last Sat
urday for her home in Summer
ville. Miss Hattie, won many
friends during her stay who regret
very much to give her up.
Mrs. Hugh Lee Wood has gone
to her father’s home near Summer
ville, where she will spend vacation.
Miss May King, of Summerville,
spent the latter part of last week
with Miss Minnie Johnson.
The farmers are very busy ; some
are about through chopping cot ton
and some have hardly begun yet.
Wheat and oats are not very good.
A great deal of the wheat has the
rust- Blue Eyed Girl.
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write or apply to
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