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Misft Verda Williams has return
ed home from Hill city.
I. 8. Kersey and wife, of South
Pittsburg, are visiting the family of
i. y. wiiiis.
Rev. J. 1). Floyd will begin to
preach a series of sermons on the
2nd Saturday in August.
Don’t complain of failure to re
ceive your paper unless you have
n otified this office of the fact.
There are plenty of peaches this
y ear, but experience teaches us that
this is also a good year for worms.
When Sanford C. Smith visits
Trenton something new and won
derful always follows—an eclipse of
the moon is the latest.
The hot July sun is warming the
boys up, and little guns are being
fired at a distance which will event
ually lead to a face to face combat
Trenton, at present is enjoying a
most unenviable reputation. There
are no places where such a contin
ual criticism and cutting up of
character goes on.
Miss Hattie Pace has opened her
school at Morrison. Miss Hattie
has a very large, attendance which
is a clear indication of her suc
cess as a teacher.
Reuben Haney, an old time citi
zen of Dade, but now of Sequachee
Valley, was in town this week visi
ting friends. Mr. Haney kept hotel
hero ten years ago.
The candidates are feeling their
way cautiously. Just when and
where they will open their batteries
is not known,but the announcement
is awaited with interest.
We forgot to say in our last is
sue that Mr. Mike Fahey gave us
50 cent s and three cigars to state
that he did not attend the perfor
mance given by Prof Teal.
Payton Hendrex, after a pleas
ant visit among friends and rela
tives for about two weeks or more,
waved all a fond adieu last Monday,
and started on his journey to the
Lone Star State.
Mike, the Magician, has return
ed, the Bhow having stranded at
Fort Payne, Ala., coinpolling Mike
to count the cross ties back home.
Mike, although looking a little
weather-beaten, was as genial and
pleasant as ever.
The protracted meeting held at
Byrd’s Chapel by Rev. J. L. Prater
closed last Tuesday night. While
the meeting resulted in a great deal
of good, still no conversions were
made. Brother Prater will begin a
series of meetings in Trenton Sat
urday night. Let all who can at
tend.
Generally speaking, if you are
troubled with the“blues”andcannot
toll why,you may be sure it springs
from physical weakness. Instead
of lying on a sofa and courting
painful ideas, if you are a despond
ing lover, a hypochondriac or a
valetudinarian,you should be up
and stirihg yourself.
We are requested to announce
thatG.W. M. Tatum, candidate for
Representative, will speak at Clov
ordftle on the first Saturday in Au
gust,ami at Morganville the 2d Sat
urday in August. All other can
didates for Representative or Slab'
Senate are invited to be present and
address the people.
It is agreed that joys are sweeter
in anticipation than in possession.
What happy people country editors
must be under t his rule 1 hey al
ways anticipate the glad time
when some subscriber or patron
will pay up. These anticipators
joys increase during the whole lite,
and it hoped will so encase him
in fire-proof arms that the devil
will find him to hard a case for his
business.
Last Saturday night quite a num
ber of the young people assembled
at the residence ot Mr. and Mrs. R.
S. Rodgers and gazed with wonder
and admiration at the eclipse of
the moon. A very pleasant time
was had, and many theories were
advaueed as to the cause ot the
ecnpsc, *. uich showed that our
young people were capable of shoot
ing their minds into the distance
and solving great problems.
Willie Jacoway, son of W. U.
Jacoway is quite sick with fever.
Miss Delia Fahey, of Rising
Fawn, has gone to Gadsden for a
few days.
Mrs. W. U. Jacoway, who has
been sick for several days, is im
proving slowly.
Johnnie Jacoway has put on war
paint and swears eternal vengenee
upon the editors of the News.
G. M. Orabtreo has purchased
the Cole tan-yard and is fitting up
an extensive tanning business.
Try the Lemonade extract at B.
P. Majors, which is the cheapest and
quickest way to get vour lemonade.
The Dade Normal will open Aug.
Gth with a full quoto of competent
teachers. Trenton looks more life
like when the Institution is in ses
sion.
Send us the names of four new
subscribers for one year and four
dollars, and we will send a fifth
copy to any address one year free
of charge.
The senior editor was the recipi
tent of a twelve pound cabbage
head, donated by N. W. Cole. “The
Lord loveth a cheerful giver,” and
so does the editor.
It took a sheriff’s posse to quell a
little disturbance in our office to
day, and after all the News force
had to succumb to superior forces-
Freedom of the press is not what it
should be or what it has been.
Probably, but few teachers enjoy
such great love and esteem of
the pupils as Miss Eula Austelle,
who recently taught music in the
Dade Normal. Every week the lit
tle and big ones come running into
our office with the exclamation:
“I have a letter from Miss Eula.”
Bishop Pace: Boys I enjoyed
that ride better than any ride I ever
took in my life. I just throw that
buggy top hack, touched that little
horse and she glided to Morgan
ville in great shape, I tell you ! The
wind just fanned our cheeks. “Get
off my sore toe,” won’t you.
“Bye-bye, my honey, I gone.”
Dr. B» Brock, left last Wednes
day fot Rising Fawn to practice
medicine with Dr. J. W. Rttssey.
His departure is a great loss to our
community and will be felt by all.
While we envy Rising Fawn in se
curing his services still we feel that
Trenton has his heart sufficiently
Pierced to bring him b.ack again.
Cupid got his work last Sunday
night. The eclipse was a success
draw-card, and from every little
knoll and hill could be heard mel
low voices “talking velvet” to list
ening ears under the inspiring
influence of soft moon light, twink
ling stars, and bright eyes till about
3 o’clock in the morning, and if the
world could all be, and remain as
happy as that party of earth’s hap
py children were, there would* be
no more wars and a little use for a
better hereafter.
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ATTENTION THIRTY-NINTH !
The annual re-union of the 39th
Georgia Regiment will take place
in Dalton Aug. 17th, 1888. All
survivors are urgently requested to
be present. It has been thought
best to give upon this occasion a
regular basket spread in our beau
tiful city park, instead ot a barbo- j
cue as heretofore. All who live j
near enough will be expected to:
bring with them their baskets well
filled. The ladies of Dalton, to
gether with the wives and daugh
ters of our survivors, will be pres- ;
ent to superintend affairs and see i
that none go away uncared for.
The survivors of Phillip’s Legion
as well as of Cumming’s Brigade,
will meet with us. Those of the
39th who intend coming will
please confer at once with
JOHN BLACK,
Sec’y 39th Ga. Regt.
li .Will'll SHOW
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OR BITS OF NOTHING CON
TAINING SOMETHING.
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When a young man sneers at the
back-woods town in which he was
born, and the people and their old
fashioned ways, he has lost the best
part of his man-hood. Let the chil
dren of farmers feel that their de
scent is from the nobility of our
land. In the homes where they
were nurtured are the strong-holds
of the jjvirtuc and independence of
their country.
Brilliant talents, graces-of per
son, confirmed intrepidity, and a
continual habit of displaying these
advantages, seem all that is aimed
at in the educatiou of girls. The
parents first error, in the preference
of accomplishments to virtues nat
urally leads their misedueated
daughters to prefer sentiment to
principle and make it the guide of
their life. Thus they even become
willing to appear to others what in
reality the} 7 are not. The love of
display is often permitted to enter
to much into the tissue of female
education. Girls, I wouldn’t do it,
it is so eaisly detected.
Some of the young ladies did not
agree with our hints last week in
regard to effects of fashons on
health. While in conversation
with one of our young local physi
cians, he said, few circumstances
are more injurious to beauty, then
the constrained movement,suffused
complexion and labored respira
tion that betray tight lacing. The
play of intelligence and varied
emotions which throw such a charm
over the brow of youth, are im
peded by whatever obstructs the
flow of the blood from the heart.
In Greece, where the elements of
beauty and grace were earliest com
prehended, and most happily illus
trated the fine symmetry of the
form was left untortured.
Protracted meetings are now the
forces omployed to stir up some
thing likn animation in the super
annuated condition of Christian af
fairs.
Dade has long since been con
demned by many as the hardest hole
to make conversions known to the
ministers of the gospel. Tho cause
of this is eaisly discerned. While it
would not hold water from a theo
logical or Biblical stand-point, it
certainly is harbored in human
nature, and acts as a soothing an
tidote for the conscience. There
are many active members of the
church, whose religion is merely
a matter of words, and used only
on meeting house occassions, but
rarely illustrated actively on the
outside. If one be untrue, and
trickey with men, he can not win
the confidence of the poor sinner
who knows him, by any amountof
praying, pasalm-singing or church
going. Praying will not cancel
cheating, nor attending church, ly
ing; and many a soul turns away,
because he is to rebellious by na
ture, to be lead into the ‘tender
Shepherd’s fold” by a man who just
last week done him up in a “hoss
trade,”
The youug people are the souls
that the great majority of the
churches are endeavoring to con
vert. And it is a painful fact that
they aJe getting further and further
from their reach through the argu
ments and illustrations used to
picture to them the hideousuess of
some sins. The lines are drawn
to tight, and the rules of the church
to strict for the young people of the
present day, and should be altered
on the account of the grea f diver
sity opinions as to what consti
tutes innocent amusements. And
we are of the opinion if this was
done, there would be a great in
crease of young, live and working
church members, that, as it is, are
held out. To rebuke some sins,
under certain circumtsances, sim
ply awakens all the combativeness
of their nature, and Jmakes them
more determined in wrong-doing.
OK it. E. CROSS
By the Blood-thirsty V w
feu l ton.
On last Friday morning Charle;.
Sutton, colored, stabbed Boh Cros.-
in the left side between the third
and fourth ribs, leaving a gash 2*
inches long.
Hearing of the cutting of Robert
Cross caused much regret and sur
prise to the citizens who know Mr
Cross, to be a quiet and orderly
young man. But Charley Sutton’s
name being given as the principal.
actor in the tragedy was no surprise \
whatever, since this is not his first
affair of the kind.
THE FACTS.
Chas. Sutton came into the Mor
ganviilu depot Friday morning un
der the influence of whisky, making
himself at home by laying down
upon the benches arranged for
passengers. The youngj men, in
charge of the oflice requested him
to get out of the oflice as some young
ladeis would soon be in. Refusing
to go out. Charley called for a ticket,
and was ordered out of the room
until time to get a ticket. This so
enraged the negro that he declared
he would not go. The agent with an
oath again ordered him out, Sut
ton still refusing, and all the tim •
talking very boisterous and usiny
consul e ruble profanity.
It was just as Sutton put his
hand in his pocket and was ap
proaching the agent that Robert
Cross seized a chair and ran him
out of the house, when he stopped
and again put his hand in his pock
et, and was ordered by Cross to
leave the place; and then the chair
was thrown, but missed Sutton>
who now drew his knife and pur
sued Cross into the house, out of it
througn a window, and again in and
out,and some distance from the de
pot, Cross saying all the time “don’t
throw that Charley,
now within ten feet of his victim,
threw the rock which did not strike
Cross, who now turned in defense
with a stick, which he made no
effort to use, not knowing that Char
ley had the knife. The stick being
grasped in Charley’s left hand and
his victim defencless, the cruel
thrust was given in ,the maner and
with the result abovej stated.
After being cut Cross released him
self from Sutton’s grasp and fled
followed some distance by the would
be murderer who in giving np pur
suit threw 7 the stick he had taken
from Cross as a parting salute.
After cutting Cross the now
thoroughly enraged brute returned
to the depot with knife in hand and
seized the agent by the collar, and
in spite of the frightened agents
begging, would have kilied him had
it not been for the entreaty of Mr.
Wm. Tittle.
It was not until Tuesday that the
authorities succeeded in bringing
Sutton to Trenton, where be was
lodged in jail, waving examination.
The time intervening between the
committing of the act and arrest of
the criminal alone saved our county
the disgrace of a lynching. Cooler
thoughts now prevail, and.the good
j sense and propriety of the people
will not admit of any rash act.
A crime has been committed, and
be that crime great or small, the law
should take its course, and mete
out whatever justice to the crimi
nal is due.
Mr. Cross, although still in a
very critical condition, is rapidly
improving, and indications point
to a speedy recover, which will be !
very gratifying to his many friends,;
who watch for every day’s report
with manifest interest,
One of Trenton’s gayest young
men went to sleep last night with
some rather pleasant thoughts rack
ing his brain —in fact fancy bad
held high revel with the young
man’s mind, and after dropping off
to sleep, he was heard to exclaim
in a voice denoting much confi
dence in himself: “I’ll bitch up the
black mare to my new buggy to
morrow and go down and see that
one hundred thousand dollar girl.’’
Jim Bond says he will vouch for
the above, and see us safe in the
matter.
Remember Wednesday Aug,. 15.
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