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She Sidle €ounl§ WctSug eimes VOL. 6. through the town. SQUIB* GATHERED HERE ANT> THERE- The Now* of the Week Oranhtealljr IV>rtray«<t—'Thlnge of Interest to lliel'eople ofTrenton amlD&de County—l’ersonal Mention, Sheriff sale# next Tuesday, Court of Ordinary Monday The mad dog season is approach ing. Wo have had some cool weather for May. Webb Tatum bokim C’hattanoo ga this week. To keep up with the boom sub seribe for Tire T i m ks. ? floods that are not worth adver tising ar» not worth buying. The boons has struck Lookout valley hut skips over Trenton. T>r. Keicbersido Will tend Jtjfcie .Tennessee medical ass Nation. Mrs. M. A. B. Tatum is visltmg rolatives in Dekalb county, Ala. Vv T Jiiie boxing the other day Bob Thurman was severely injur ed. . All danger has past and -we are asi ured of a heavy fruit crop this year. The much needed rain fed Tues day night and -the farmers are happy. James Woolbright’jr-HIM a large ground fcog last week instead of a turkey. Argument was&egyji Wedpesdf.y j th- Haws murder case at Bir - ingham. ' •J)ade ,county is the smallest eourdy in the Stnjte but in the min eralline the richest. Dr.. Lumpkin, Thos. Cumming and A. Brown visited Chattanooga on business this week. 1V papers have been full of the ,centennial celebration .of itße ipang.- yafion of Geo. Washington. If any one takes exception to ■what is published in these columns they have the pnviliges of repdy ?*«• Kpnieof our neighbors says that they will have <Esglish ,»e,as for dinner Sunday hut no invite has been went ju yet, A furnace cannot V® built in pade county uidesfl it is set on or in two hundred yards of an ore .vein an.d jUy,9 miles foo*# a coal .vein. Mr. R. H. E. Millington, who at ,one time lived here luit now of Chattanooga, was in town Sunday,, He .was down looking after sprue town and coal property. 4 great many towns in the State &n chtpjoring for a furnace. If p they get one and it js like Dade's they'll wish they had something else. Joe Browns coal mines and i iron furnace hag almost jna.uper jsed the epunty. The fund t.p build a confederate Jmme is stilt increasjug, It ha# 1 reached $43,000 which only leayes 17,000 to raise. Will not pome of Dade’s liberal citizens send $1 to the Atlanta Constitution for the purpose pf getting ,a brick for Dade /county. Gov, Brown, while he is building pp towns, should try a?* 1 ! build up Rising Fawn and open Cole City to the world at lgrg p f He has almost pauperised the cqunty and has himself became enormopejy Wealthy frqrp his investment here find it'would ne nothing bpt Just £nd rigid fq* b»W tp do *<>! The school will prpbqbly close earlier this session tb<m nsual to *givo the children tipm tp fix up fpr conference as payppts were . stopping them, spute pb fid ß ac * count and other because fiiey were >‘fired.” If TrPhtPP dosen’t watpb put she will go back to former days when it was almost impossible to jff t q s<>hoo} Moi|{»wTill »<**. Mobgasville, May 2.—J. B, Street andG. W. Jones have gone to Rome were they anticipate nego tiation for sheep. Mr. stokes was seriously kicked by a mule a few days sine*, his place in the shop is temporarily filled hv Mr. Newt Holme*. A large crowd of our young folks attended the singing last Sunday at PinefShrcrve,, and while returning, their wagon wheel which was as oriental as fts burden ran otT, and to some extent married the pleas ure of tho gay party. A fine drovobf boef rattle passed through our hamlet today* Mrs. J. C. Holmes has the finest garden which has been myjpltasure to see this spring. Mr. Newt Holmes seems to'be catching more fish than his folks can consume, and how he is.no lucky, is. a mystery to our most judicious citizen*. # We hope to inform Mr.. Win.. Tittle that one hour is composed of sixty minutes of sixty seconds each and trustth at i n tutu re *h« wl 11 be governed in ;accogdaju;e with this. The newly organized Sunday school is booming. A iarge at tendee of old and young last.S,u*- dav. We hope the people will continue to join in ranks, and that our school will not have ; a jp&rellel in our county. These were the leading offica'ls, and are good <ones too: N. D. Killian, suptendent Dave Tittle, assistant super intern dent*, Miss Mattie Morgan -secre tary. Our school which is conducted by Professor Tittle is increasing and growing in popularity ey«ery day. Those knowing Mr. Tittle *jre fully aware that, his rulee •which are so necessary to the success of his Behead, are rigidly enforced. Our telegraph operator can'be seen at his desk, setting under a hat about the size of .ome of his ears, which project at angle of forty-five degrees looking at the pjytpro of a young l?dy of Lynn ville, Tei n. Poor girl! , Dlb'l Nte*! Ira? «. -W^o . gr 0 Hdrer. Hi*t w*»t buiWta iin, nnould ukv nnowS'i 1 jm)H mttkss. It 1* nleawu.Jt to Uike, cures Martin. Indiges tion. and BmciusucHi. All deal*, keep it. Atlanta, April 29.-Tli* fc Great Southern railroad, wfcieh op era,tes twenty-four nnloa of road in this state, running through Dade county, has returned its property to the comptroller-general for taxa tion at a valuation of $7,500 per mile. The comptroller found up on investigation that fjje railroad commission of Alabama assessed the roadbed in that state at $15,000 pjer mile, and has notified the comr pany that he will not accept the return made by thefn, The matter ?viH probably be submitted to ar bitration under the rules prescribed by the Georgia law for §<pch cases IV rovm BACK ACUB9 Or too *r© worn out, really good for notMnt it U g«ner»l tlebility. Ttt BH OirV* tIiUX HiTTBRB. It will euro vou. and give a goad appallls. Sola 'V O! (Vo!.-** 'ti niellcin* jt tm m m i Vo Our Patrons, We. J, M. and H, E Watson, ow.- inc to the continued bad health of theformer, and thopersonalbusinoss of the latter, respectfully revi ;u our position as teachers’ of the Dade NpnnAl Institute to tgka effect at the close of the present session. Thanking you for your patronage in th« past a ’d d t^ B WWW favors shown ps,>e*are Respectfully, Watsq* Bros. Trenton, Ga., April 26, 18889, FOtt DYSPBIKIJI Vm Brwwo’a Ira* Bktera. Physicians recommend it. All dealer* keep it. »100 V* *>o»tle. Gennlnt and orteaed red line* on wrapj*. Devoted to tho Financial Interest of T A . J. Majors: TRENTON, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1889 THE BIGGEST YET. A MONSTER SNAKE I LI, ED NEAR TOWN Over Eleven Feet in I,e«i(rtti ane Eight Inches in Dyanteter—Estimated Weight Nearly a Ton— B.R. Aus tin the Informant, Etc. One day last week Mr. Wash Bal lenger, an expert fisherman, while casting his line in Lookout creek was startled by an unearthly sound approaching him down a steep rough hilt on the opposite side of the creek. A landslide, earthquake and volcanoes were all thought if but Mr.. Ballengcr was unprepared for the shock that his nervious sys tem was going to sustain. Emerging from the woods on the opposite side of the creek Mr. Bal lenger saw what would have turned white the'haifTof a less brave men. A huge reptile approached to the very bank of the creek and darting a firy look at Mr. 8., with a hauty toss of its dog like head crawled slowly into the water and began swimming straight for its supposed victim which it was never destined to -reaoSp . Mr, Bail longer picked up-asmooth round sand rock and, iDavid l ike, let fiy at his enemies head floating on top of the water, and after the commotion of the waves had sub sided and the White caps” had cleared away- behold -the Goliab lay si aim After a few hours hard work bis snakeship was mooor'al to n stump on the bank of the-creek by a r tyong plow’ -line and Mr. Balleuger sought aid to secure his .auemv.. 8.. fi. A-uetin was the first to meet Mr, Baileegey after the .encounter, after Bill Jones had harassed up a strong pair of mules the-party set off for the creek aawl auaeeo&ed in hauling the •'boa*' t-a Mr, Austin’s barn where measurements were taken and the length was found to be eleven feot four inches and a half while the largest part of the body measured eight inches in diameter Mr. Austin, who has had some experience in estimating iron ore* guessed the reptiles weight to be a jittJe leas th n one ton. Aunt Ppllie and the Habbitn. •“Boaal not thyselt of to morrow, for thou knowest not what a day jnay bring forth/’ Vanity, yanity, all 13 vanity and vexation of spirits, said a very wise man centuries ago.. 1 suppose he was some older when he uttered these memorable [words than I am now. Yet from the depth of my devoted heart I gave vent to words of deeper import than they, (what mine lacked in quality I made up in quantity), a few mornings since when I beheld my pea patch —my beautiful pea patch, the pride of my eyes, the envy of my smoothe as a lawn by the rabbits. I just set me down on an onion bed, raised up my voLco and abased all rodents, whilst I said in my heart that all poetsare liars, for one said that“He, who soweth good seed shall reap—” I know my seed was good for I bought them and I didn't get t hem at Alliance prices either, Again Keats said “A thing of beauty is a joy forever,” but I guess he met with some disappointment as try» jog as mine for soon after writing the first he wrote Joy 6 whose hand is ever at his lips Biding adieu, Another wrote All things come around to biip who waits, But I didn’t set there like the sleeping Princess and wait for my peasto growagain. I thoughtof the motto of my girlhood days, ' Labor onmai vincit,” and rose determina tion stamped on my features.. .I will plant again then Brer Rabhit look out, I will like Douglas con querprlike Dmigla* try. One sister said plaeeglass bottles among your peas—they will keep rabbits away. Another said a rubbit feared a bntilo no more than some men. ‘'Well,” said I, “ I will stop them out.” w You can’t,” they said. Labor omnui viaoit 1 repealed. Then went to work and all day lo.ig I worked hard weaving brush an.l “‘saw briar*” jasrong tW jssr l inge. And tonight while I set here resting'T imagine I hear those rabbits, (when they find out they cannot «gef inside of the gardetaj), communing anwmg themselves thus.: Home silly woman has been here for no man would spend his valuable time weaving palings with briars. He can spendhoure in help ing a brother man hold down the counter of some store while both are engaged in t’he noble aeeupa*i«* of whirling, but catch him doing the like of this—never. You wished to know. Mr. Editor what was the matter, the above is the last but it is far from being the least of may troubles ctf “late.” ’Tie true resignation dulls the edge of affliction but you know “We are not ourselves When infttm.e'Wnag oppressed com mands Mind to suffer with the body.” Hence my silance. This is a page of the-.old letter., (thefone'tVe devil lotit), —can find no more of it and I send it in lieu ,of a<aew one, for indeed I have no time to think. This was written a month ago now mv peas, like Jkrb’s prosperity, increase |ten fold. They stand as api oof of “Wh’en feaye will—she will , You may depend upon ft!" .w- - I do hope somebody something good soon. J. think you mignt for it will bfrT long while before I will even ha™ time toejwm try t© write.-again. Aunt Pollie, One of the good citizens of Cam den county has a small black and tap terrier that hunts saUlesna’kes for amusement. He seems to un derstand that they are dangerous ■things to meddle'with, and -will not get too near, but when he finds one will bark until someone comes and kill it. He has “tread - ” -eleven in the last few months. Another citizen is the possessor of n hog that a short while ago was wander ing peacefully arround the farm yard, when he saw a hawk eivoop down upon one of the chickens in the yard. He at once made for that hawk, caught it before it could rise in the air again, and then and there devoured the hawk, leaving the chicken unharmed, William Collins died at his home, three miles fron Toccoa, Friday with dropsy. Mr. Collins was rather a noted pmo in some respects He is sakl to have owned more yokes of 6x<*n and hauled more loads of wood to town than any other man m the county. He has owned 105 yoke of oxen, and the loads ofjwood that; he has hauled are innumerable, but it is safe*to says that he has averaged a load a day since Toccoa has been in ex istence. Charles Easter, a tramp hailing from the North, was sentenced to twelve months on the chain-gang by Judge Pilsbury in the county court at Americus Thursday. He was arrested Wednesday after noon by Policeman Feagin, and was offered his release if he would leave the city immediately, which he refused to do. Wnen the case was called Thursday he was again proffered his freedom on the same terms, bqt he preferred the gang. Neuralgic Burton* And those troubled with nervoumees resulting from e*ro or overwork will be relieved bj taking Briwn’i Iron Bitter s. Genuine h u trede m*rknnd crioped red Una* on vrepfas THE BOOM’S RECEPTION. BY THE PEOPLE OF THENTON. GEORGIA On Wednesday, May 1, ISMO— I There Act ioiiM BricllyDcscriJUed“M. .Jat," llei-Nhal Taylor to the Rescue IlukfVli'iKh Fotut.o Patch. Boom! Boom!! Boom! 1! ’Twas Wednesday evening, the Ist of May in ‘he spring of 1881) at about 5 o’clock Shi the even-rug. Jt hud been threatening rein all day, but the sun ever once and awhile darted from behind a cloud, The town looked us if it had been do sorted for years. Not u Jastman be ing could be .men —oven tL* festivw* town cow and hog was not to be found. The wind had stopped blow ing. In fact the town was as quite as a grave yard is supposed to bo. At tlie first sound of the noise the people began to crawl iimt «A their houses and stores, rubing their eves juri! yawning as if tN y had been aroused fro.m a Rip Van Winkle nap. Had a stranger been passing through ithe town he would have thought he had .come upon a t Atle ment inhabit-sd bv robbers that lived under the ground, they Pud j sprung m£t ou 4!be streets so sud den, J ike a Johnny-jump-up jump ing out of his box. In a very few minutes ttlbe side- 1 walk in front of The Times was al most impassible. The people were as silent as if itiliey had been paral ized. “What was that?” f ! jlt was Herehul Taylor that had the question as he stood where shaking as if he had ju»t| Hjeen pulled out of the cieek and ; had baoome numbed from the ef fects of coining in contact with water. “Yes. What was it?” This time it was Ernest Duke Brock, who had been threatening to turn line stneefrs of Trenton into an Irish potato patch. He looked as if he was ready to fall on his knees and pray for forgiveness for the throats he had made against the town of Ms birth, the home of his child and manhood. It was not the deep rumbling wound like that of a thunderstorm, nor the roaring noise of an ap proaching cyclone, that had been gathering for several hfttirs, and had burst upon us with ail of its fury. Nor was it the report of cannons on the hanks of C’hicamauga. The yanks and rebs not ou t to fight their battles over again with shot and shelL •* It even was not the echo o( a blast from the coal and ore mines The earth, from the .noise, did not shake and qtiivrr as it would had it been an earthquake or the bursting of a volcano. No. It was none of these. As the crowd gathered the mys tery became more mysterious. Every one coming up was out of breath and as pale as a corpse. The reporter of the village news por could stand it no longer. He was compelled, from curiosity, to crawl out of his den. He was a curi ous specimen of humanity and his looks was enough to scare the small children of the place to death. It was a terrible sight Id look at him as he stood iu what was supposed to be his office—a rickety building which looked as if it was ready to tumble down the I fix st gust of wind that came against j it. He was a tali, lean man with ; long matty hair that looked to have black at some time in the past. His eyes were sunken in his head and his faee had shrunken until his cheek bones almost pro traded through the skin. His trousers were nearly threadbare. ! The scat and knees were entirely gone. His coat had at one time 'been a black cutaway but now bad faded to some unknown color. His elblows w«re out and the wristbaas had l>een worn to a fraz zle. Delinquents and hungry, it seems had been running a race to see which would down lutu first and , tha delinquents, it looked, were about to come out second best On his first appearance be had sked in a squeaky, trembling voice v. hat was it Not one on the ground could give the required information. Duke Brock had became as still as a stiitaie while Hershal Taylor had began to shake as if he had sinddenJy been seized with a child jiiiid Jess Hughes’ hair hud raised hi* hut oil of his head, CHAPTER 11. Zizz-z-z-z! r l'he scene had change in a twink ling of an eye ad the sound of the last noise. “Oli,Lord!” exclaimed BobSmitfe “Spare me ;astvd 1 promise that I’ll not come town again—except I’ve got business.” “What is it?” “Where is it?” “Is the world earn in gloom end?” A Sic a score of voices whose own ers .stood tromablirng and praying. The produced wa& simlar to tliat of a cyclone. It was .not that All -eyes were turned toward the ■etreet leading from the railroad oa account -of the terrible fog of dust hat was corning.up the street. Ah no wind was blowing at the time it was to account for. Something was seen to -emerge from the dust At the corner of the hotel that was about -o feet amt H inches tall; with long black beard sprinkled with grey, and ahou-t three feet and a half across the breast. Every one present stood speechless. Not until the fog had }>cgan to i clear up did any one make a move toward the object. From appearance it did not re semble any of the inhabitants still there was one mossing that it could no# be accounted for. Whatcouldit be? Itcertainly fa vored a human being. Hershal Taylor was the first to break the silence and started to in vestigate. When he made a move towards the object, which had be come exliausted and fallen to the ground, the crowd also mustered up enough courage to follow him. The poor fellow Lay there gasping for breath and trying to speak. “It’s co—” And he could do nothing else but groan. He tried to speak again but was too weak. t , Hershal Taylor, who had atone ; fcime took lectures and had his sheep skin, drove the crowd back so the stranger could get fresh air. He then gave the unfortunate some water and moistened his lips with brandy'. The latter treatment had a mi raculous affect. He began to talk and with a diabolical yell said; “It’s come!” ‘•What’s come?” ‘‘Wheie is it?” “What kind of a looking thing is it?” And a number of other question were fired at him. “No. It was none of these.” “Well then what was it?” asked a dozen almost out of patience. “Why, the boom.” “When?” “Where?” “What do you know about it?” This last question waß put by Duke Brock whose courage had be- Continued on/out h page* NO. 10