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TOWN AMI GOI XTV. o £QUIB§ GATHERED HERE AND THERE;. o Miss Sallio Pace is sick. Miss Lulu Hale is visiting the family of J. R. Rornls. Miss Fannie Thomas, of Chatta nooga, is the guest of Miss Ida Pierce. Eddie, Cole who. has been sick for several days is improving slowly. Mr. Mac A cuff, has returned from across the mountain after several days absence. Dr. Jas. R. Brock, of Rising! Rawn, spent Wednesday and a por- j tion of Wednesday night with us. 1 Marion Tatum and Dr. Peakins i * . left yesterday to attend the reunion j of their old regiment at Dalton, to he held to-day. Mr. I. Y. Willi’s genial eouiyten oncfi will he missed from behind the counters of I’. K. B. Coie’s store, but is succeeded by one fully as genial and accommodating, in the person of J. H. Corput. We are sorry, wo are compelled to leave out a very interesting com munication which reached us too: late, and hope the correspondent will send us like letters even week, but mail thorn on Wednosday. Miss Fannie Beese, who has been yisiting Miss Lizzh McLean, bps returned home to the regret of a good many. Miss Fannie is a very pleasant 'and captivating young lady,, and has made many warm friends in Trenton The book entitled ‘*What the World Relieves,” now. being sold by Mr. J,. W Hamic, i 3 a work of great worth .and shows ability in prepar ation, the unprecedented.sale which Mr. Hamic is having, with this book is well merited. The origin of every religious denomination of the world is given in detail, to which is added the articles of fatih ? » of each. There is great, excitement at Car rollton over the discovery of de posits of tine coal in the soutft dastern portion of the county. Cm the Perkins plantation and the Marian- place, which lie, on the opposite sides of the Tallapoosa fiver and about seven miles from Carrollton, extensive beds are said Coexist. The samples brought to town are satisfactory as to the quality Dr. Ketcherside is confined to his bed, This leaves our commu nity in a very awkward position. We are without an attending phy sician,, and it a person should take suddenly ill it would, in all proba bility be a day or two before a doc tor could be secured. We don’t think Doctor Ketcherside had any right to get sick, and hope he will soon be up and out among his pa tients again. The week’s meeting held by El der Floyd has come to a close, and a great deal of good accomplished Large congregations day nighjt at tended the preaching, and Elder Floyd regreted to close the meet ing so early as did the people, but was unable to remain any longer. He is a brilliant theological ex pounder, and a smooth and earn est speaker, and will always be re membered, and whenever occassion admits, greeted warmly by the peo ple of Dade. Everybody that comes to Tren ton and spends a day, strongly ad vocates the fencing in of the court-- house*md the sotting out of shade trees. The w hole county and town are in favor of it, and the citizens oi Trenton have offered to make donations toward the public im provement. Will somebody tell us why our Ordinary remains deaf to the appeals and groans of a sweltering public. Take hold of the matter Mr. Bennett, and we'll, guarantee that the public will hear you out in the matter, and t hat you will perform an act that will not only prove a public convenience and benefit, but will greatly en hance the beauty and value of tin square, and in a measure preserve the court-house from rude assaults Be sure and attend Sunday school next Sob bath Go to prayr-mootingevwy Sun day night. Every body attend tin meeting of the Baptist Association at Mt. Zion next Sunday. SANFORD C, SMITH is jq town —chain vour dogs. r Walter Robert no made a f! dug trip to Chat-ana, --ga Wedno* day. Dr. F. IT. Field, Rt>. . ■ vill la in Trenton court-week Those wish ing; his services will please call early. There are crops in Georgia that pay better than cotton. See what is being done in potatoes and mel ons : Mr. F. A. Morse, of Mil-on county, dug his Irish potato? crop last week, and gathered 800 bushels oft of one acre. Re shipped them to AHanta, where he realized one dollar per bushel for thepo. Brooks, county will ship this sea son 1,000. carloads of 1,000 melons each, making a grand to to! of 1,000. ■OOO which represents $2,000. IN MEMORY OF. J. C. SMITH. In this busy world men die and are soon forgotten-. They leave no va f ancy in the great machinery of a business, world Tlieir acts in life are but naught in every day trans action, and in tha minds of those who i-r.rvtvo them no pleasant memories dwell by which to. re mind on" of a life of usefulness. The subject of this sketch was born Sept. Bth, 1813, in Tennessee, but in early boyhood removed, to this county, which has been his Lome ever since-. His early years were spent;in honest toil, and noth ing but an indominable will and .his characteristic energy marked the future carreer of a useful man. In 1881 the tocsin, of war was sounded between the North and 4 i South. J. C. Smith wa: then but sixteen years of age, but its echoes touch eda responsive chord in hir. young heart, and ho watt- forth to battle for his country’s cause Those, who knew him then, and saw Him on many a hard f< ught field can say how weli he preform,od his du ties to his comrades and to his country. The last year of the war he spent in,a Federal- dragoon, at Elmira.N,Y.. and by Lis own Inufis worked his existence In 1884 lie was married to Miss Fannie Prickctt, of this county-, and their union is blessed with three daugh ers and two sons who are to make the journey through life without the firm guidiug hand of a father. May the impressions made, and the resolutions formed, while gath er; >d. around, his deathbed, la: t un til tßey themselves are gathered home with him. By an honest, en ergetic course, J. C. Smith became one of the leadingjcitizens of Dade county,, aud heritage to his surviving children Raves a spotless name and a character worthy their emulation through a life to be fraught with temptations and trial intermixed with blessings. M-r- Smith had been a sufferer .i > * for two years, and for tne past two months his death Avas expected, therefore did not startle, and the great loss wag not fully realized until the last breath of life had. sped and all hope Avas gone, then minds recurred to the many acts of kindness, and the aid rendered by a hand now cold in death, and “we long for touch of a vanished 1 and; and the sound of a voice that is still.”. A Avife is bereft of a loving-bus hand, and children, too young to realize their great loss, will in after v cars, seek the tenderness nowhere on earth to be found, Avhile a bright and happy home, is made desolate 1 The church looses an important I pillar, and the whole community feels the loss of a staid and up right citizen, and oner whos< life was devoted to public good. FOR ORDINARY. Through an urged soiieitationof friends throughout the county 1 Lave consented to withdraw from jr.be race for Tax Collector and al low my name annoum -‘d as a can diate for Ordinary J- R Acuff. Oiiil M ATA!A t’tlLT W ILL GRAZE ANOTHER TERM IN THE PASTE RE. Last Wednesday proceedings at the convention noted the most en thusiastic and exciting -political ■ g.- iherings in.history of Dade, not j v ithstiindiirg the existence of per j ‘‘ci: harmony and good humor be | tween the two op; using parlies. It .‘{erves to illustrate the ebb and flow of surging political tide. The commeucment of the balloting (convinced the Cl r>; mt:-crowd that ithev had a ma.j-.n-i tv. Yet the t ■ [“winks and blink.- ’oi the Shumate | following serve-! c •- :ouse some Isuspicion which v• cleared away i bv the arrival of the Shumate puss longer train frem Rising FaAvn. [Nothing would suffice to depict the horror as appeared in the 'count enance pf the Clements leaders, i Avhile joy and ecstacy avo.s running wild on the apposite party. Ninety two strong Avas the number brought by the Rising FaAvn train, but about one-third that number wore for Clements. W hat Avas catered a Shumate- passenger train Avas -on verted into a Clements aceommad:- i tion, The Shumate men were a little misled as to what the result Avould he, and counted on at least fifty majority; but when the counting began it Avas plain that somebody had been deceived, for Clements was holding his own even with the train vote, and here the Clements crowd realized +fiat they had oonr verted defeat into a most glorious victory, but with much deference to the feelings of the other party kept their joy well pent up. Be fore a count out it Avas plain what the result Avould be, and the Shu - mate crowd began to assume their stonciesi looks as a shield against the inevitable. One hundred and sixty eight against one hundred and twenty one is no mean victory waged against such oclds as the Shumate organazation, and the re sult is simply a Clements endorse ment at the hands of the honest, Unorganized yeomanry of Dade county, and no statesman nepd wan tno higher reward from his constituency. The convention Avas called to or der by Chairman Blevins of the Democratic Executive Committee, M. A. B. Tatum Avas chosen perma nent Chairman, and Ed. C.Griscom secretary. The following resolutions were introduced by J. A, Case and adopted. 1. Resolved that this mass meeting proceed to v ote by ballot for the candidate of tneu jboice to represent them in the fifty-first Congress, and that J. A. Bennett and J. M. Cantrell,friendslof Hon. J. C. Clements, and Wm. Cross and J. A. Cureton, friends of Col. I. F-. Shumate, be appointed to hold said election, and declare the result to this mass meeting by 4 o’clock p. va. inst. 2. Resolved that the}' alloAv all person! to vote, who, Avould be by laAV. entitled to- Arnte for members of Congress Nov. next, and no others. 3. Resolved that the candi date receiving the highest number of \ T ctes cast, shall be declared tin choice of this convention for mem ber of. Congress. 4. Resolved that the tAyo judges appointed as the friends of the candidate receiving the highest number of votes, shall name two good men for delegates, and two for alternates. 5. Resolved that the dele gates named by the judges shall be confirmed by a majority of this convention, and instructed by the same to attend the Congressional convention to be held at Cedar town, Ga., on the Oth of Sept, next, and cast Dados'two votes as a unit for the candidate receiving the \ highest number of votes as long as he is a candidate before the con vention Convention then adjourned, and convened in the a iternoon, to wait the report of the managers of :he Auction. 'I ii*.» nruil-Oi :ho fit • i it.)) was 4 .then innounocii bv ike ;••<»(• rc tary. uv’t the mimes of J. A Case and B. ’V. Brock aa and Dr. Kri'-k' and S. ,J. Hale, a- •-:tc-r --* nates, a.--- rm->v;deu by Messrs Ben nett and Cantrell,to attend the eon , vent ion. After the renting of the report the following regulation wa anani rnon dy adopted : Rev ive, that \v>* the people of "Dade"'county,"’ in mo'eting, da expre-• omviven tally. lied wit!', the couive pursued by i.ur yorthy Congressman, jlqn J, ('. Clement;;, during his seven years in Congress, and- congratulate the people o! tl 'vent’n district for having a representative fully <jualifi"d as to h * nla.eed on >c ’< ril very important commit-.- c.s, and at .the hidof n so important., lv .*- form in Ciyd R ryice. We also commend him totlyye holding high place's, in truest, for distribution, as one. morally and : mon.ta.lly qualified to fill a exalted position. NOTES. There were fully fiOO people in town. i The absence of mountain dew was notiicable, and regreted by the “anti prohibit*.” It took the crowd about two min utes and five seconds to g< t on the 'outside of two wagon loads of wa ter melons. * • “l HBl | - AN ACROSTIC. G one from earth, gone from ns, oh we regret tliee; Ever feeling thou hi blest, yet we’ll never forget thee. One sweet hope is .‘left us—ere long we’ll meet thee Raidiant it: glory—where we will greet thee, 0 iving no thought then, to pangs that called us iiei.ee; * Eor wi.tli Christ united will more than nmomponse. We mourn thy loss though—and ' still, we must weep; it is selfish sorrow, we know, ■ " yet we will keep . Long in mem’ry’s hail, the dear image of one Loved of God and of men—of thpe, whose life’s sun I n morning went down—sank. * while yet ye stood A t mandoods’ bright portal, and | hopeful W viewed Mellowed m hope-light thy sweet Canaan-r-manood. ’T was hard, so hard, to see the drift from our shore; Hard to realize we’d see the never more, U ntil death showed us thee, be yond the river Rejoicing—thy harp in a trium phant quiver, M aking sweet music to welcome ’ us over A mong dear, dear ones, long ! since gone before. N e’er then—oh.happy thought— j will we weep more, Aunt Pollie. ililiiliiii .v-* - t • Gives thorough instruction in Penmanship, Book-keeping. Shprt hand, Telegraph and Typewriting —other branches taught if de sired. Entire cost including board, lodging and tuition only sl2 per month, or SSO pays for the whole course. Adrress,. JG. W. PATRICK. Knoxville, Teun.! " JOHN (L HALE, ~ ATTORNEY AT LAW. RISING FAWN, GEORGIA. 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