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TOW \ AM) COt \TI. o BQUIBS GATHERED HERE AND THERE. o Rain—let her rain. We have had copious rains which did much good. J.A.Darr began a protracted meet ing at Cole City last Saturday. Beware of the editor, sonny un less you have plenty of money. When will people quit asking each other “if it’s hot enough.” The negro question—“ Where can I find debiggest watcr-millvun?” Riding on a hump-back mule this kind of weather is rough busi ness. Capt. Thos. R. Evans made us a flying visit from Birmingham this week. Trenton has been full of life tuis week, and we are glad to say it is spirtiual life. Obbyßryan is thinking seriously of moving to Trenton. What’s the matter, Obby? Misses Nallie and May Cole left to-day for Cordell, Ala., where they r emwin until Sunday. How many candidates will be elected to attend to their private affairs, and not official. Clements so far is sweeping the county. We do not see a ghost of a chance for any one else. Miss Lulu Case made a flying vis: tto Greenwood, Ala., last. Sat urday. returning Monday. Miss Fannie Beese, a sweet and charming belle of Chattanooga, is visiting Miss Lizzie McLean. Mrs. R.S. Rodgers, acccompanied by Miss Florence Pace are visi ting at Jasper, Tenn., this week. Dr. F. H. Field, Dentist, will he in Trenton Court week. Those wish ing his services will please, call early. Mr. R. E. Cross who was cut by Charley Sutton is improving rapi dly and will soon be intirely re covered. Uncle Marion Tatum will have attained his three-score years next Tuesday. Come up Uncle Marion and we will treat. Mr. and Mrs. 11. E. Watson, nee, Miss Jennie Lovelace arrived in Trenton yesterday. The people are glad to welcome them. Mr. J. M. Sutton, of Chattanooga, spent last Wednesday in our town. An hour’s conversation with Mr. Buttons is pleasant and of great benefit. The young, and a great many of the old folks had a very pleasant time at Morganville last Sunday learning and practicing their do, So moes.” The mooting being conducted at the M. E. church by Rev. J. L. Prater, is making better progress than was hoped by the most san guins. John L. Case, who has been for sometime clerking in the docu ment department at Washington, D. C.,House of Representatives,has returned home. Two of our young men were sore ly disappointed last Sunday, be cause their'‘best girls*’ didn’t come from viile to attend our pro tracted meeting. Dr. Max Corput was in town Tuesday and Wednesday. The doctor is looking well, and many ‘sheop’s-eye” glances were cast in his direction by the pretty maids. Some of the girls in this com munity are as shy as the Corean girls. They never show themselves to an outsider unless they have on their Sunday go-to-meeting clothes. Landon Jackson, a very small negro boy stole a couple of very valuable gold rings from Miss Ida Pierce. He was detected by Jim Williams, when he tride to trade the rings for a chain . The youth" fui criminal was given a uight’s lodging in the county jail, and turned out next morning. We are indebted to Mr. S. B. Austin fora basket of nice pears. Jerome Williams was kicked by Bob Smith’s mule yesterday THs thing is r little too infectine Legislature canidates take the stunp at Rising Fawn to-daj Let the fur fly boys We acknowledge the receipt of some specimens of sweet potatoes from Mis. Pete Whitt, which are undoubtedly the finest of the season Two of them being sufficient to make a meal for the editor. You can guess how large they were Mr. S. A. Philips has removed his family from Trenton to Cordell Ala. The people of Trenton regret very much their departure from our little town, bur wish them prosper ity and happiness in their new home. Bob Smith deserves a chromo or a brass button for the biggest lie on the heat of the sun this year. Bob came to town bare-footed, and on being asked where his shoes were, replied, “that the sun had burned them off . while coming down the road. DIED. On last Friday morning, at Ris ing Fawn, little infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Theuford, of whooping-cough. On last Thursday, little infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Keteher side, aged two years lacking twenty four days. The remains will be in terred in the Allison family grave -yard to day. The new board of Town Com missions meet and were qualified last Friday. The organization was perfected by electing J. P. Bonds President, B. T. Brock Secretary, and B. P. Majors Treasurer. An order was passed and published on the court house door, for an elec tion to fill the vacancy in the board’ occasioned by the tie of T. H. B. Cole and T. J. Lumpkin. Said election to he held on the 7th day of August. It was determined by the board to suspend fujhcr busi ness until the election of the fifth commissioner, and a meeting was called for the Bth of August to transact hither business. Here is something interesting for a good many young men of our town : A New York oculist says the greatest enemy to the eyes of young men is a cigarette. Recently a dis ease has appeared among smokers which is dangerous, and after care ful investigation, the best authori ties, who for a long time were at loss to understand the peculiar malady, have traced it too small covered tobacco sticks. It is now known as the “cigarette eye,” and can be cured only by a long treat ment. Its symptons are dimness and dim-like gathering over the eye, whicn appears and disappears at intervals. GRAND OFFER. One 98 cents. Five hundred la dies’ full suits with velvet and but tons to match for One 98 cents for 20 days. One to a customer. T. C. Ervin & Co, Chattanooga, Tenn. YOUTHFUL PUGILISTS. Johnnie J and Bobby S had a rattling five minute bout last Tuesday, in which Bobby tried to steal Johnnie's shirt, and Johnnie tried to put Bobby’s head in an oyster can. Johnny got first blood and Bohbv made the first hair-pull, securing a nice tuft of Johhny*s golden locks. Johnny intended to blind-fold Bobby by placing a can over his head, but the hole was too small to let Boby’s head in. At this moment the different judges called a foul, and during the dispute the young amazons were taken away and sported off, but were not allowed ,o continue the second round, therefore, the light.was declared a draw. Both of the young combatants were in terviewed by Mr. Jacoway, who act as referee on evidence. It is not known whether the young men received a prize or not. lU’.IIOl! SHOTS o OR OF NOTHING CON TAINING SOMETHING. o \V th regard to sparking over the garden gate, ngood deal can be said on both sides. / What a world of change this i u a d yet how very little small change is left-over after paying expenses. When the world is made again and the millennium comes, other people’s children and other peo ple’s cats will certainly be abol ished. It seems to be the master-work of some of our modern'politicians, how to qualify and mold the suf ferance and subjection of the people to the length of that foot that is to tread on their necks. It is amusing to see men who have made failures, not only in their chosen avocations, but in whatever they have undertaken, expatiate upon how a newspaper ought to be run without knowing a shooting stick from a hand-press. Hon. T. J. Killpatriek. is feeling his way among our people, and making many warm friends. “Un cle Tom,” as he is most familiar known, is hut one mightv growth, —a huge statue of an honest man, as big and compact in virtue as in body. We feel quite rich this week. Having received the happy news that we had been raised to the sec ond degree of uncleship. In other, wo.tds wo have two nephews now, where we only had one, and “that he is the very image of his Uncle Ed.” We sympathize with the parents in their sad bereavement and the unfortunate mishap. Lay aside your personal preju dices, and lot reason and intelli gence be your guide as to whom you shall vote for. This is one of the most important elections to the people, both .National and State, ever known in \ho history of our country and men <vf strong, well grounded' principles, and of a firm and true religious faith should be. chosen, to perform the duties that will be involved on the next legis lature. An old proverb says: “All things come to£ him who waits.” But this is not very consoling, for death sometimes comes to a man who is waiting for something else before the thing he is waiting for starts in his direction. At least this is (he statute of affairs w r ith the people of Trenton. The thing you are longing and waiting for will never come for the want of a little warmth of heart and con centrated action. When the citizens of a town be gin to feel assured that it is their interest to do something for it advancement, in the same degree that they study and labor for their individual prosperity, then there is a hope of that town; but just as long as they feel and act as if they would squeeze out of it the last dollar to put in their own pockets then it is a dead town. A commu nity without pride of place is dead as the mound-builders. When the preacher inveighs against sin in which we do not in dulge we think he is doing his duty and applaud him for it. But let him preach a sermon condemning our besetting sin or sins and we de cide at once that he is to personal, and that le would do well to preach nothing hut “Christ and him cru cified,” and let special sins alone. When he hits others he is doing exactly right. When he hits us, ho is too personal, and, of course, is doing wrong. Reader, does this hit you? We guess it does. The opening of the Dade Nor mal, Monday, August 6 th, will mark the progress of the public mind m regard to educational in t • rests, and especially of litis con. munity, and we hope parents n::«• children wilt all bo present on the day, as we have no confidence i the old saying: “That a bad b< ginning makes a good ending,” aim are satisfied many failures could be attributed to it. While we have no special desire to mark out a pol icy of set rules in the coining school, but wo do wish to make mention of one important study and art that has not been made use of in on schools heretofore. That is decla mation. It is a very useful art. and one that will almost surely he of service to many in life. There ought to b“ in every school some one who can teach declamation. Ease of carriage, graceful and ap propriate gestures, distinct utter ance, emphasis, modulat ion, and all the paraphernalia of deelamatio can be acquired by training, mm more attention should he paid to it than heretofore. Keep your boys on the farm if possible, lest they sink into the gulf of poor shifts—cheap offices, clerkships, tree, book and picture agents—oven, perhaps, school di rectors. Show them how much easier is to hoe potatoes and feed pigs than to try to keep from work. Cultivate their eyes, sharpen tl • •perception of the beautiful. V 'bushy, briary oh. fence row some young trees growing show the boys how to train and make them look pretty instead of slashihji them down as if to make the whole world a prairie. Trees are beautiful and useful. Manna, to have your farm better each yea. I will have it bet tear each year, and cheaply too. If wo can make a living while Congress is making nabobs for us to keep, and can have our farms improving] we are laying up capital, we are plodding on the same road that Gould i. thundering over sixty miles a;, hour. Bacon and pease form one o those simple and wholesome disha. which every well-balancou appetite can appreciate and enjoy. Indeed, it looks like farmers ought to he ; more contended class of people than they are. In the midst m millions, peaches and gardeiwveg etables, with the crops and not much to do—that, is no urgent, pressing work on hand— we ougfr to be thankful our free anff easy life. I use the terra “free and easy” by way of compar son. Up in town there arc several hundred lalxrrs employed in the railroad shops. Many of those men have families to support, and ail are dependent upon their daily labor for their daily bread. To a country man who can only get one dollar a day for labor, this seems like “big pay,” but when we count the dilfereneoof the expense of living in town and in the coun try, we will see that the country dollar will go a great deal farther than the town two dollars. In town there is a monthly expense of ten dollars or more for hose eent, a heavy fuel bill i n winter, vegeta bles, milk, eggs, butter and fruit to buy—all ot which the countryman gets “free gratis and for nothin’,” as old pet:-leg Bates says. If a poor ’ man in town gets sick his heavy expenses goes on just the same as when he is well, and the loss of a week’s time is a serious thing with him. The home and farm gives the following novel method of making cabbage head. It says that “when the plants are about eight inches high and have formed woody stalks, make incisions in the stalks with the small blade of a penknife, in sert small peices of wood of the size of a match and break them off. This cheeks the growth and hard heads are formed.” Some of these days, a far time off toward the millennium we shall become truely civilized, and agree, in this latitude, to keep our stock J off the public roads and save the manure for our famishing farms. Enlarged and Improved. y) 1 —— CONTAINING MANY SPECIAL EE A TUNES. AMONG WHICH WtU BE Local Happenings. \ County and otato News . .* ♦ +* Political Gossip, > y A Good Serial Story, * General MiscellaneyJ DrdTafnjaTO's+fa.TtoustTaberDaGle+Serrnoitg.] IX9 FACT k PAPER THAT COHTAINB ALL THE KEW3 To the People of Dade and Stir rounding Country! We Specially ask of yon a liberal support ia onr efforts to build up a paper that will be a c to the town and county. In making your purchase, where possible, p give preference to those merchants who utilis columns of your home papej*, thereby giving ai dorsement to your paper, nnd assuring the adver that you are not indifferent to those that help . tip home interests. A Home Paper is a JMeeessif \ And Should Receive the Warm Support all, Directly and Indirectly. Advertisers will find that we i do all we can to bring trade to tl doors, and for every dollar investe* the columns of the “News” we will. turn two. | For terms and rates address BROCK & GRISCOM. r-—• o SUBSCRIPTION: » One Dollar per Year tn Advance. Or. If Not Advance, $1.25 per Year o JOB WORK DF EVERY DESCRIPTION SDLIEITEI OUR JOB TYPE IS OF THE LATEST DESIGNS IK STYLE ABB FACE. AND NINE YEARS EXPERIENCE ENABLES US TO COMPETE WITH METROPOLITAN WORK, WHICH WE WILL GUARANTEE. Estimates Furnished on Application* t