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SMte Oaftc Counfg ttkclkig Sinter ‘ VOL. 6 TOWN AND COUNTY. SQUIBS GATBEUMp HEBE AND THKrfK. Tb« News of the Week Graphically Portrayed—The New Schedule*-* Thing** of Interest to the People of Trenton andDadeCounty Rainy. Pic-nice. Fishing parties. Croquet parties. What comes next? Vuvt store in town. Peas are blooming. Lookout for the tax assessor. j Almost time for the lemonade! cry. “The same old story”—No news. I Grand idea, to have shade tree] a round the court house. * Another white woman is in jail.] She is charged with lewdness. The trees lately sot out about] the court house nearly all show! signs of living. ; Put a nice fence around the] court house and make it look love-] y- j It is rumored that W. U. Jaco v/ay will build a street railroad at Fort P**yne. B. P. Majors, went to Chattanooga a few days since and bought a stock of spring The time for flowers has come, Get* move on you, young man. Trenton is just lovely these fine] days. Go fishing now for the time has] come. Soon be time for pic nics.j Think of it. Jiiindajr Schools are doing well] at this place. District Conference will be held] at Traaion 16 May next. Just a little over one month tiilj District Conference. What is the matter with Tren-j ton, is it dead sociably? Morgaoville letter will appear in our next issue. Aunt Polly’s letter will appear! next week. Ladies call on B. P. Majors if you want a nice (Jress. B. P. Majors' is the place Alli ance men to do your trading and, all others. Trenton aint the coming town certain. The editor, Mr. Majors, is absent this week—-don’t blame him with these locals. Say settle what you owe this pa per immediatly and without any, further say so. Lost * Between here and Cole City twol passes over the A. G. S. 8. E. The finder wili please return to* Honry Swafford. g Who will be the first a | meeting of the citizens at the court* house? I What usa, isjit to write|of Dade I county’s mineral wealth when thel property owners will not circulate! thereafter? j B. P. Majors has had his store] 1 ouse improved by adding, a sidel room for hi* groceries. j The people ot Trenton say that] they want no more new comers—l that the town is large enough. The Editor received a telegram] hi* evening statin j; that his sister] M.s, Carrol! died in Chattanooga] today, he left on the evening train. By their actions the people of] this plaoe say as plainly as they can that they do not wish the town to *;row and we would advise those \ .oking fora location to stay away uitil they are invited. K RISING FAWN DOINGS. |A FEW ITEMS I* ROM DADE’S KARS EST TOWN. ■The Furnace to Start up About May J First-Complaint of Dull Times- ] Won't Sell for Fear the Chfck ens Scratch Up His Corn. Miss May Colvar, who has been. Bvisiting Vlrs. Brazelton for several] ■days, returned toiler home at Tra |ey city Tuesday. n Miss Delie Fahey returned from. " T-adsden Ala. Sunday. J ■ Robert Fas;ner is in East Tenn.l fon an extended vacation, m search] ■of health and pleasure. 1 The Furnace is expected to re- Isume operation# about the first of [May, we hardly think so, still it [may. J Madam Rumor has it, that about [half of a large family not a thou "sand miles from here; are to wed "shortly. ■ Ed Brazelton has established a [horse exchange and deals exclu- Ssively in horses of “ante helium”] [date. I Mr. Alex Fricks is puttiug up a [spank, splinter fired new, gauze wire fence in front of his residence. That is we reckon that’s what kin 1 of a fence it is. Ask one of our Rising Fawn] merchants, how is hußind&s? dsHf duller, dullest is the reply accom panied with the query, when is the ■Furnace going to start, up again?! fall of which would seem to indi-! [cate that their trade was effected] [thereby, though you could scarcely [get one of them to admit the fact. I Mr. Editoi you Tronton people Fneed not worry oyer the fact, that: "your town is filled up with sore-j [heads and cranks that are ever [ready to scotch the wheals of her] [progress, and imagine that no oth [er town is similarity effected. We shave got them here too. Wny one [of our citizens, who owns a great ideal of real estate in and around [Rising Fawn, will not sell a lot for ■building purposes for fear the par ity building will own chickens and ■the chickens will scratch up his [crops. Normal Dots. Prof. John Watson is still out of school. Saturday seems to be the most enjoyable day of the week, j Curiosity will surely kill some p ople. If the shoe tits wear it. Prof. Watson lectures the lit !tle(?) folks—in the back of the mouse. A young lady caught a sure enough fish Saturday. [ A philosophy class was organ, izod this week to take the place of the book keeping. ! A school girl who has a new square piano said her mamma [would not have an “upstart” [piano, | “Have to get a fellers letters ]off in a hurry if they get there.” [ One of the girls said :Oh ! what jlazy weather! The little philoso- Ipner replied; “It’s just the pupils! jlazy.” I Some of the visitors said the llarge spelling class seemed to be Ithe most interesting class in school. ■lt was the only one they heard re- Lite. I Prof. W. asked the philosophy Iclass if it took energy to hope and la young lady said she thought it ■would take lots of energy to hoe. I Why oould we not have aLi ter nary Society? I The geography class had a good ■lesson Monday. I Judging from the way Jsome of ■the history class walk, it must bej Ithe smartest classjn sohool. I I’ll not say any thing more a- TRENTON, GA., FRlDAYjp||jfl2, 1889. bout the nigher aritmetic class completing arithmetic as they were uot quite as smart as they :t hough t they were, j The analysis class is small in quantity but not in quality. It is remarkable how prompt the [students are. Young Amerk ». The following is a list of Grand [Jurors for Sept., term 1889 ot Dado Superior court. Wm. J. Cagle, * G. J. Chambers, G. J. Stokes, Geo, W. Stewart, Robt. F. Lee, Jas. B. McCollum, Joseph Kelly, J H. Corput, Robert P, Tatum, S. It. Redding, Geo. W. Sitt.on, Thompson Street, T. H. B. Cole, Wm. Tittle, Hugh Wallen Isaac Craigfsen.), W. It. Kilpatric, Lee Pope, , H, A. Renfroe, Jesse I. Johnson, Isaac Y. Willis, Wm. H. Boatman, Samuel J. Hale, Elijah C. Murphy, Wm. F. Pickle, Thomas J. Kilpatric, Jas. T. Scruggs, John Derreberry, The following is a list of Trav erse Jurors for Sept, term 1889, of Dade Superior Court, to wit. John Cuzzort, Richard Simpson, S. H. Allen, Jesse Hughes, J. M. Lvemanc, 1 Me. Nicholas, Geo. W. Jones (sen.), M. J. Quinton, Lee O’Neal, Lafayette Quinton, Jas. M. Stewart, W. W. Pace, Newt Sells, J..F. Sells, W in. T. Hughes, J. A. Highfield, I Ben. F. Parker, William Gross, S. L. Sells, W. B. Sulivan, Wm. H. Bennett, Wm. H. Cuzzort, Richard Tittle, Wm. H. Dougan’ M. A. Cdetleberry, Wm. M, Castleberry, Thos. J. O’Neal, James Gardener, John Daniel, Jas. N. Long, W. C. Cureton, William Jenney, Mart. Daniel, L. H.JPayne, Em. Blevins, Wash L. Ellison. Trenton merchants cell meat raised in Dade county instead of that raised in the west. Hurrrah for the Dade county farmer. Leon Connally br ought in sev eral shoulders today and sold them to the Alliance store. Leon is one of our best farmers and believes in living at home and boarding at the same place. For Sale Cheap. One set of Carlye’s works and a complete set ot Beson’s cometa ries. Apply to Rev .7. H. Harwell. | The above was published in the iChattanooga Times of last Satur day from its Trenton correspond ent —Postmaster Rodgers. Bobby lif you can’t attend to the mail you ■should'resign immediatly. This Igovornmont does not run its offices |to suit its employes. I Wauled—A Wife. Written for The Weekly Times, When I eftu read my titles, clear, To sente nice girls affection dear, To bleis my single life; It will be my constant care, Her love and respect to share, When she becomes my wife. I’ll not stay out for a rub, j V\ iflt some frieuds at the club, (Fdr that might engender strife); Nor behind that old enestmit dodge, I “My dear, I’ve been to the lodge, When she becomes my wife. | But if she’ll be kind and good, I As a loving wife should, I Our lives w ith fttve shall be ripe; At night I will dot roam, Bi*t stay with her at home. When she becomes my wife. Now if their is a maid, That wants to make a trade, That will last through life, i Drop a note where she can be seen, I And I’ll make her Mrs. (freon, When she becomes my wife. —lkie Green I Chronicles of the ’BB Society.' 1 It came to pass in the days of [Noah, i n the fourth year of th p [reign of Cleveland duiing the first month that the people of the val ley of Lookout nigh unto Trenton, which is in the State of Dade would become liteiary. A decreo was made and a proclamation went forth the country around afiout frommo on Morrison’s to Trenton which is a fifth of a lea gue to the northward and a half; league southward. And they gath ered about fourteen strong and took oouncil together as to how they might organize a society'. So a so ciety was organized called the ’BB [bociety, at the house of one An [drew, whose surname is McLean, a [mighty man in all that country,! Kvho is from tho far North, even] [Nova Seocia. ! There was one Lizz.’ sof the tribe* [of Anurew, daugjjpr of Sarah was! imade president of this organization! of learning, to lead jderect their "a woman and understanding, andjraliant leader of this mighty And they increased in number and learning, even the learning of the day. v And at the same time Green,! who is of the tribe of David, surJ named Cates, of Victora which is an ancient city whose glory is the Cumberland’s to the eastward and westward,over against Jasper which is in Tennessee. He was appointed according to the order of members vice-president of this society,called great who increase in learning evens the learning of the great Dade Nor mal which is in Trenton. Furthermore Ida. fair, whose surname is Pearce, who is of the household of Reuben and once dwelt in Chattanooga . that great city called the Maggie City, on the! shores of the Tennessee. She was] fair of face and comely and ad-1 mired in all that land. Ida was! made a secretary to ec ord the min-! utes of this society, of learning] which was about fourteen strong, who were from that country and distant countries. And when their fame went abroad the people were amazed and did wonder much. Now there was Felix, also of the tribe of David, whose mother was Rebeca, was a soiourner in a Btrange land which is in the val ley nigh unto Trenton. His na tive land is across the floods of the Mississippi in the land of Texas which is over against the waters of the gulf that are many fathoms deep. He was low of statue, and behold he was made a critic to criticise those who would use bad grammar, use slang or chew gum, or violate any of the laws laid down in the by laws and constitu tion. There was in all that land one Bernard son of James, who was as sociated with Noah in tilling the soil, who flowed an old horse' l which he culled Adam; and ho be came a conspicuous member and sat in the high places, was pam pered and made much ot. | I William surnamed Thurman would be learned whose father is Stephen a leader of the Sabbath •school; gathered together in the [sanctuary every sabbath, who also'' 'sits in high places even in the :i [courts of Dade which meet in Dade, •which meet in Trenton. William •is leagued in feeding and clothings .the people and selling all kinds of! {merchandise with Enoch who is as in the sanctuary, and fam-| p)d throughout the land as a healer| 'of all manners of deseases. An-| Pother charter member, Margaret! [daughter of Zetndec, hearkened! junto the teaching of those who! (shewed forth wisdom and increas-| jjed in knowledge Brad son of! [.James and Elizabeth also of the! jtribe of Noah was learned even ini [the dictionary which parchment! jhe carried in his pockets, and did? [often refer to it: and who found Llie interpretation of his name therein to be a nail without a hoad also by which oracle he interpret ed other names likewise, There was of the daughters of Noah four, and the sons one, Re becca was made a teacher, and did teach the members geography which was rhe geography of Geor-1 gia which is in Amerioa, -Her sis H ter Annie was very solicitous and! would become marshal to act a.-S usher aud officiate generally. And she shall wax strong and mighty and become a power in the land; aud ignorance shall flee from be fore it’s face. And they shall con tinue therein for years to come with one accord. Let all lend an ear that they may hear the proph ecy which Sarah did prophesy con [cerning the ’BB Society. Mr. Editor: I send you an essay which was read before a literary society by Virgie Killian March 16, 1888. N. Killian. Properations are being made to repair and paint the methodist church before conference next month. My friend be careful what you *ay, you may not interest any hear er, but some folks handle the truth recklessly and many make a moun tain out of a mole hill. We are glad to learn that Mrs. Bond’s is • improving. She has been confined to her room for sev eral months, and her friends aVe anxious to see her out again. Prof. John Watson has been in bad health for sometime and is now on a visit to an Alabama spring where we hope he will find relief, and soon be himself again. His place in school is being filled by Prof. John Case. When parties settle off theii little legal disputes they will do us the favor settling thcis advertis ing bill. A case was settled this week when the parties failed to call around and denied that their property was being advertised. If the bill is not paid someone will have to pay a little more cost cer tain. If the property owners of Tren ton want this paper they must go down into their pockets and con tribute some cash, to meet expen penses ot runiug it. We can’t live on wind and furnish the wind our selves. NOtICE, My stallion will be at John Slay ton’s in Johnson’s crook Friday March 22, Jas, Allison’s 24th, Tren ton, 25, 26 and 27 and at wildwood 28 and 29 and back to Slayton’s on the 30th and continue as above, ' G, w, m,Tatum. j Mr. R V C. Love has-sold out his stock of goods, and retired from business. We hopo ho will not leave our town, for we do not want Lto loose a good citizen. ! Mr. Jack Majors was called to Chatanooga by telegram a few days ago, (o see his sister, who has been very ill for some time. | The people of Trenton say as plainly as they can that, they don’t want any new comers. So we f would advise these who think of [coming here to go elsewhere. I B. P. Majors has just added a [pretty stock of dry goods to his now making it a [complete stock of everything to be Ifound in a first class country store. I An organ grinder and a monkey jontertnined the town this week, ■and picked up a few scattered Inickles. ’Tisoneof the ways of ■making a living. ■ Hon. B. T, Brock can now be Ifound at home, minus coat, vest jisocks and suspenders, with a hoe in hand working mother earth for all she is worth, in his new garden. Go it Ben it will make a man of you yet. Fishing parties are quite popu lar now, but they usual return With a “fishermans- luck.” Duke Brock being an exception as he caught four nice trout yesterday. Byron Tatum is clerking at the [Alliance store. i Rev J. 11. Harwell of Rising [Fawn, spent a few days last week with Rev. W. L. Richardson at 618 Whiteside. He has offered him self to Jhe foreign Mission board and will probably be sent to Bra zil. —Chattanooga Times. A Revivalist at Tama, la. re cently asked all the congregation who paid their debts to rise. All rose but an editor, who explained that he didn’t pay his debts be cause the rest of the congregation owed him on subscriptions. An Ohio man found in his fami ly Bible a check on the old Farm rs and Mechanics’Bankjof Steuben ville, dated Dec. 19. 1821. There are many valuable things in the Bible if its possessor would only search the book. The publisher of The Times wa called to the bed side of his sister Wednesday, Who is dangerously sick in Chattanooga and never re turned in time to get out this week’s paper. It was hard to* get any one to set up the type. We hope all will over look the lateness of this issue. We deem this a suf ficient* appology. Don’t curse us on account of writing as we have this week but curse yourselves for standing back for fear someone else would a few nickles off ofyovu the difference from what we write is we -lay out plain what you are. Jas. Woolbright fta<r been feast ing on turkey this wdek. k - It wi 1 be remembered that we stated in last week’s paper that- he killed a four pounder last Friday morning, on Saturday morning he killed two fine goblers and then again on Monday morning he brought in another one. Making four in three days. Jim and his new gun cer tainly gets there. The new schedule on the A. G. S. railroad interferes somewhat with our mail facilities. As uo. 6 northbound mail train, passes nere at 1:2 a. m and as this is flag station our postmaster does not feel disposed to sit up for it. Con sequently all mail is sent south on No. 5 at 10:10 a. m . and put on , No. 6at the meeting point. Our mail from the south has to go into ; Chattanooga and be returned. It j is thought the railroad company ( will put up a catcher, by wnich we 1 can change with the cannon ball J No. 2. . NO. 7