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VOL. 6.
THIRTY-SEVEN
PARAGRAPHS OF LOCAL
SIP ANl>
A WEEKS WORK.
BY THE TIMES REPORTERS IN
THE NEWS FIELD.
jltems Gathered and Harihaly Thrown
Together for the Edifycatiou of the
Hurried ; Header WRp is TO9
Busy For Long Articles.
PIQVANT, t P,!TH,Y .PARAGRAPHS
F. C, is to
retjeiye and receipt for tliis paper fit
fate has a list of all
receiving the paper at that office
and the amount due. Please settle
.with him at once. Wc are feeding
the money.
This may bo an the order of the
Arizoniakjcker but nevertheless it
is true, Jiip Brock lied to us and if
does not redeem his promise we
wilh publish him for every tiling
that is mean. Noqv Jimmie write
if you don’t want to catch it and
write often.
Tom Gray, of Tullaboma, Tenn.
is visiting his sister Mrs. G. W. M.
•Tatum, at this place and the girls,
occasisionaly, at jR;f-ing Fawn.
The first thing he did on arrival
was to get on a spree and cut a five
cent watermelon and lit a two-fer.
Bill Jones, the scoundrel that
whipped his mother, has left for
Alabama. He took his mother with
him. Breedlove, the enly witness,
has been pone for some time. If
Jones was innocent woy hashe left?
There hangs a f«te
One of the heaviest rains that
has fallen in this section for some
iime fell here last Thursday night
The creeks got out of banks and
y great many was water bound
Not much i f any corn was washed
(^o\vn.
Advertising attracts purchasers.;
compels sales. There is no
way for merchants to attract pur
chasers so ( ysqomicolly as through
a live newspaper that is widely
road and appreciated by its readers,
We hope to be able to announce
.shortly the title of 'a serial story
to be written expressly for The
Times. Nowis the tjme to subscribe;
only SI.OO a year.
Reports say that squirels are,
plentiful, ]H some will furnish'
us a gun and ammunition we may
be able to stave off Old Pete for a
whistle.
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A protracted meeting wifi com
mence at the Methodist church
hero tomorrow It is said that
Fuller will be here. This is only
a rumor.
There are some people in Tpnton
.who try to put on a heap qf style
for their pocket books. They should
drop a peg or two.
The doctors of Dade (Jqunty are
to meet here to day to pass suitable
resolutions on the death of Dr.
M. J. Corput.
Misses Lizzie Smith and Mary
E. Cureton visited relatives at. this
place last week. They petufned
home Monday.
We would like tq hear from opr
Morganville corrispondence regular
Say write and let us know if you
are dead.
Dr- Lumpkin got back from the
east as advertised. His head is still
red but little darker than when he
left.
The people of I)ado County have
strange notions about sustaining
their county paper.
Merchants of Trenton can you
give a good honest reason why you
don’t advertize.
Ed Amos and Whack Forester
of Rising Fawn wrre in town this
week.
Don’t borrow your neighbors
paper but .subscribe for cue of your
own. •
B. II vs ie.ii a Ison, of Fort Payne,
spent a few hours liere Monday.
lluj? ( {ial Taylor killed 24 squirels
a few days ago. He sliot 25 times.
J)ave Tatum was in town this
week laughing as loud as ever.
*
Major Max Corput Returned to:
his home in Atlanta Monday.
Are you trying to increase the
circulation of The Times.
The Times is a liome institution
and y<yj should subscribe.
The Presbyterian meeting closed
laft Thursday.
Get your neighbors to subscribe
fqr The Times.
The sheriff has not had a sale in
four months.
Mack Ac,aff rides .a ftP-Jetf o get to
walk back.
Tlie County Alliance meets here
to day.
Advertise your fall goods in The
Timet.
J.ohnnieJqeowayis down with the
fever.
The Trenton boom is a long ways
off.
Trenton is a rather dull place.
Pity up your subscription.
Red Hill is booming.
Court Monday week.
Send in the news.
'Wildwood pot*.
Wildwood, Ga., Sept. 2.—Smo l
the ore trade has been consupiated
we suppose yop yre happy whether
we c our [letter right qr not.
And as for ,qf course you
expect it tq b e more gemiiucrative. 1
There are a few of our citizens who
will he ejyichqd somewhat by the
,deal.
SHE -JV. & A. LEASE BILL.
Dqos it not look like the Legis
lature is,of th<' opinion that a sub
sequent body will be better qua.i
fied fa deal with the lease or sale
of the Suafa road? Wha.t has be
come of the betterment question?
I see nothing of it o,f late. We
suppose fjb a ; t tkev, (the questions),
will all die out when all the mon
ey is out of the treasury, and the
representatives haye gone liome
with their scanty savings of the
four cbjllars per diepi.
HIGHER EDUCATION.
I do wonder if our usual level
headed Mr. Fefion has gone crazy.
I think ,we need a lower education
before we get to the higher. Put
down# foundation upon which to
build a higher education. Let the
Sjate appropriate # sufficient
amount to make good ppblic schools
and encourage the masses tp higher
education.
state’s SURPLUS PROPERTY IN CHAT
TANOOGA.
Whep Chattanooga .confiscates
fae surplus property of the State
road in that city and the legisla
tqrq carries the next years rentals
home in their pockets the people
will begin to think that they had
better give the rpad to some bene r
factor of the State. Jpe E. Brown
for instance.
AllLanoomen Take Xqfiee.
There will be a called meeting ot
tbe Dade County Allianpe at Tren
ton on Saturday, September 7,
1889. Important bpsiness.
J. A. Bennett, ' G. A. R. Bible,
Secretary, President.
Notice.
Mpney to fie loaned on real estate
security at a lower rate of interest
than usual. This proposition good
only to Qctober 1, 1889. Apply to W.
U. Jacoway at office of W. U. & J.
P. Jacoway, Trenton, Ga, Aug 1(5.
23tf VV. U. Ja/oway.
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A No. 1 white hickory wagon for
sale at the Alliance Store, Rising
Fawn.
Devoted to the Financial Interest of T A> J, Majors:
TRRNTj&N, ,GA., SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1889
AN EXPLOSION.
f CARTR,!DC*3 -EX
PLODES A^’D
MIAS Til I! EE MEN,
RISING PAWN FURN'CE THE
SCENE ,QF THE ACUQENT,
The Men Killed Were Convicts—Horri
bly Mutilated—Tip' Coronor’s Jury
E xonerates theCompany_—Care
er isnps3 ,thf Cause, Etc.
Thrqc coi^v ictg were jbkwn into
>tcrnitv at Rising Fawn lapd Tues
day^
They were working inqi Vennell.
It was t ; Ue work of g dynamite
cartridge.
They wqrp loading a hole with'
dynamite and in tamping it it was
hit too hard t,he above was
the result.
An outsider ssyspne of the remains
looked liked watermelon would
if it had been thrown to the ground
and burst id into a thousand pieces!
and iiad been picked up’and tried
to he put hoyk together again, it'
was so badly mutilated.
Fred Fennel, Fred Heard and
John Cqjlins were the .unfcq tuprate
one?.
The following is th« evidence
given to the coi;pr\or jury :
Jim Maddox, convict—r“ That in
loading .a hv' e in the mines Fred
fKenneJ, W(h<? .was loading,
4he cartridge L>o hard an<}l the .olas.t
went off and killed Fred
Fred Heard and John He
furtlie wears that every o?an
the raipe.s where the bl,?st occurred
had bee# cautioned and
ed with Jime and aga.ii? shout
to load their holes yjid is of the
opinion that it was carelessness on
the part of Fre.d Fennel that the
blast went off.”
Adam convict—“That he
was in the mines, close by the sgid
Maddox,Fennel, Heard and Collins
and corobqrates in substance the
foregoing evidence.”
Wm. Carmichael,convict---“That
the foreman of the mines where
the death of these men. Fepnefi
Heard and Collins occurred has
made it a daily practice to caution
the ipen abouf handling explosives
and heard Mr. Connor caution them
(frequently on the same subject,”
L. S. Ferguson, white convict,
said, “That he canopt remember
the number of times he beprd Mr.
Connor caption the men gbout
handling ieNplosives, and knows
from experience that it was care
lessness on the part of tlje three
men.”
Jonas Cruse, convict, says', “That
he is satisfied the blast \yeqt off
through the carelessness qf Fred
Fennel in tamping the hole too
hard.”
After hearing tbe aboyp evidence
the jury returned the fpllowjng
verdict:
We, the jury sworn to investi.-
gate how Fred Fennel. Fred Heard
and John Collins caipe to their
death, find affar examining several
witnesses, thgt the aboye named
parties came to their death by the
carelessness ofFre.dFennel in load
ing a whole in the ore mines at Ris
ing Fawp Furnace at Rising Fawn.
Ga.;Tbb Sept. 4, 1889,
J. W. Morton, Foreman.
The Sparta Ishmajite says there is
confusion among our legislators be
cause there is not a recognized “lead
er’’ in either house. We don’t agree
with tips diagnosis. Tbe present
Georgia Legislature is as strong, in
tellectually, ps any like body that
ever met in the Georgia eapitoi.
There are more thinkers than com
mon among them, and they are
handling greater problems of legisla
tion than usual. Our present consti•
tutiou was mainly the work of a ,tw
“leaders,” and it needs doctoring as
as much as any we ever • 1 —° -
torav? I !nr»nr'in*
IN MEMORY OK MAXIMILIAN <J
('()l!l‘l'l.
Wbe re as<G od in :i. i s wisd am and
provide nee has taken from our
ryidst pur beloved brother, M. J.
sOsirput, iu >tlie prime of life, and
yjger of rnanhcod yho had ibeen a
tfaitkfpl anf. flevpted -member of
the Cv, :) be?lany Presbyterian
aim rdi of C >1 fro up bis childhood
f ;md lately bad been .ordained a
~Macon in said church at Trenton,
Ci,".. and his bretberon looked upon
tarn with qiuch confidence for the
future of the chprch and as one of
pillars among the children of the
tlMvenly King. But we must with
reverence and humility to the will’
ff God,find givin a Christian spirit l
tieLcrd’s will be done for l£<; dorth 1
,all thongs right-:—for we know that,
the Lprd giveth and the Lord
taketh ay ay. blessed he the name,
of fhe Lord- And <0 the sorrowing*
pamnts, sisters and brother t,hat,
although, nvucli of yqur prideand'
comfort has been taken away here'
yet your sorrows pot like tfeoEC# 110
have nq liope ter \ve kpoy tj?f,t bis
Christian life is prqod sufficient to!
prove that he is noy-fitihome wilJd
God an d tin children of glory, and
fth#t if are ibut faithful that
after a while-you may go to him
where sorrowing and parting are
no more. We therefore request and
direct that a copy of these proceed
ings be given tbe bereaved family
and also a copy for publication be
sent to tbfiCumberlandPresbvte -ian
Nashville, Tenn., and also that
the editor of The I)ade CoryjrY
Times be reejuesred to publish t-hem
Done in open church session
J, R. Wai.ker, Mode* ator,
Wherqas, it has pleated out
Heayenly Fajther to remove faom
earth to tbe shore s^®f Heavenly
bliss and happiness. Our much
esteemed and worthy Brother, Dr.
M. J. Corput. who x was a faithful
member of the Sout®rn Methodist
Sunday School at Trenton,
also its .Secretary anfi Tpepsprer.
And wheregs,
As the life which had just bloomed
,on earth for a long ar»d useful life
aipong the children of
,pf ropch proipise in many ways,
one that wopJd have giy,en much
pleasure and satisfaction to his
dear old parents, brother, sisters
and many, many friends and rela_-
tives. As all who ever had the
pleasure of knowing him, only
knew him to love and cherish his
good name gp4 bis noble cjharaetei
which was all sunshine apd love
But amid all tnis, and right in (he
midst of a useful life he bt lß been
taken away from us for some grept
and good purpose, entirely un
known to us. Because Dr. Corput
is no more here lie is asleep in
Jesus, for we have the blessed
promises of Our Heaveply Father
iliat alj those who make the neces
sary pippeiatfops in life shall be
happy |n de.alli, apd have p glorious
part in the first reserectiou apd
live with Jesps and the Hoi)’ Angles
in Heaven with all that Heaven
means, through out the ceasless
ages of eternity, pud we know that
Dr. Corput has met all the demands
of Gods Laws, and is now blooming
out in that Glory Land, his useful
life begin on earth. And whereas,
It is vith sad heart that we have
tq knov that our Brother can not
any more meet with u 8 on earth
yet we will try to imitate his noble
life so as to live with him forever
and forever in the Gloy Land-
Tkprefore be it resolved,
Ist That it is the sense of this
Sundpy School that the noble Chris
tian character of Dr. Corput is one
yery much worthy of our imitation.
2nd That the bereaved father,
motner, oiother and sisters have
>ur most, warmest and sincerest
sympathies and condolence in this,
their sad hour of affliction and
i Hffrrpvc
Cor put this Sunday School as well
as the community generallvlias lost
a faithful Christian worker and!
wi/.osr- place will be hard to fill,yet'
wo must meekly submit to the will
ofHim who doeth all flyings well
feeling assured that our loss ; i.s his
eternal jffiio
4th Tbgi a copy of these,re sola
tit ns and preambles be published
in Tyi: Dade Cot-xtt Times end
that the family be furnished g.cppy.
B. 11. Tnr ayt x,
,1 A. CruEToy.
J. A. Cas£. •
“rin’wrtl. .re *»>v«r,more t>ir Hire
Tlie Mir will mini' lip tlir r^ulrrr
I r'e'it lii nr.plorlh sunshine s3upl pr
To foroo foml tienrt-. nml emMened eyes.”
Th re ate those,yrho for Die Inst lon/r sice#
Shall sleep a- -rcefl v re ter more, #
Shall weep lieeitn-e thou ran-t no f weep,
And jt«'o' P i)ecan,seyi‘T are o’«r.
I
Ri<2 tin it tot love* The’crtair-tieast
JTu ivhjs’i thy ihfant form yens pressed,
Gave up thv weary head to re«t,
(But Deeps,the aching tor her o*vn.
I t hgs long since grown dark,
vet I cannot sleep—a vision of the
palo .dead face and the lifeless
forjn ,of a "father’s pride ai d a
joy, (Dr. floats
ever before nay eyes. In imagina
tion I cgn see each member ef that
grief stricken family moving from
room to roqm .seeking for relief
and finding none. R*t it is not
fancy this sorrowing sympathy
which causes piy heart to palpitate
so that ce&t j.s impossible. OS? how
I wish that I could say something
tihat would lessee the anguish of
affiicted ones. Rut .sad ex
perience has taught me that hu
man words are unay tiling. Komo.
none hut Closes can sweeto*
Makati’s bitter >vaters. He is ever
bv the brjnk with synjpa.-
thizing hearjt and willing hapds
jready to His suffering folio W
. they cyy for aid. But it
jis not. ins fatlj.er’s family who
mourn his loss, it is our whole
community, for,phi tve can ilj af
ford to lose so good a 3’oung njan—
they are so scarce. NA ver .,
before did we so nctoally
realize tlie truth of t’lpe old“saying”
“Death loves a shining tnprk” tor
nearly every time he moves liis
sruelj scythe in Trenton ive mourn
the fall of fiur best, our noblest.
Often we ask why does he not cut
<hown some of the “cumlters of tffi?
ground.” We could jveii fcpare #
few of them and their loss wooid
be society’s gain. Truly the wstys
of Providence are somotimes very j
mysterious tq us. Often we are
surrounded bv clopdsand <jarkpe« 8
we capnot see “far nop near,” Yet
to the believing, trusting heart
there comes a still small voice from
out the darkness
“Wtp'.h forxjw hearts
When hewiesi weighs life’* gaUitig chain,
’Tis heavepi tljat ivhispers. Dry your tears,
The pure in heart spall meet af ain.”
This should bo ?ne consoling
thougnt to the family and friends
of Dr. Corput, for all who were
fortunate enough to know him,
knew him tqbe almost as gpiltiess
as p child. Bjut tijs fife’s work isove
the good he did h#9 apt been inter.-
ed with his bones. It still lives,
and wifi contique tq do so, a mon
ument to the yfi-tpes, apd tplente
qf the man.
Jle bqre hjs pprt \yell in the war r
fare ot life “and natpro could well
say to all the world this was a man.”
Ife has been called up higher fq
pieet the blessings and rewards of
a well spent apd worthy life, ft
was meet thpt he should enter op
rest after 51 shortlife crowned with
successful labor, fake Thackery’e
model gentlemep h® 3puld well say
( ‘adsum” cheerfully and wfilingly
wpep the Greqt Mpsfer called to go,
‘•Like one who draifs tfte drapery of Lis couch
around bi;,/.
And lies Uoxlii to pleasant dreams.”
Aunt Pqllie,
Do you need letter, bill or note
leads? If you do stnd to this of
fice for them
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KILLED!
RUN OVER BY THE FUR. E
EryGl'NE WA«
JOHN HOLBROOKS
THE TERRIBLE ACCII>eN T UN
AVOIDABLE .
!
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’‘Done All I Could to Prevent the Acci
dent. But Could Not Though H
Been My Sa;
Engineer Ranvltoj^
.Tolinnic Holbrooks is dead.
IH was killed by tlie W t
Tron -find Coal company train rt
'Rising Fawn Tuesday evening.
'How he came to be run over is a
mystery. He was a man that v
«er ffsi sem under the influ . •
of 1 iquor.
He was run over at about four
o’clock in the evening ypd liv'd
til seven.
Wednesday morning the coronor
oned a jury which rendered
the following verdict:
We, the jury s.VQjr.n to investi
gate how Johnnie Holbrooks came
to his death. fill he was
killed by the Walker, «kon & CV
company’s ftnginc a-nd train of cars
on thek irvad- This September
188 V. W. R. Allen.
IPoremac
•Following is tlie evidence gi -e
at the inquest:
Dr. J. R. Brock —* l l was on t' e
engine that killed Johnnie Hol
brooks-; was qn the,en£ inter’s side.
Dul iwt see Holbrooks until lie
.was ooerby the train. The
The ygilroad .curved to the left so
it wi,s to see anpthirg
on th?. track fa&m engineer
s;(,Te. He was killed :hv Wall e
IWi .A Coal iGop*pany's (Cjngine and
train of cars. Triu 11 was goinu
fopr or five miles foafcr/’
i Las. StowarL—T tvs* oi
the Vt alker, Jrqn & Copi company’s
! engine whep Johnnie Holbrooks
was killed. We were leaving Ris
ing Fawn: I was firing niv engine
and looked a head, a man on
the track about two car lenghts
ahead of tbe engine. I rung tbe
hell, hollowed at him to get off and
t.ohl Mr. Hamilton that he would
run of.-er a man. The engineer,
Mr. Hamilton, reversed bis engine,
blew for brake# and done all he
could do but too close to do
any good.”
A, M. Hamilton —“My fireman
rpng the hell, hollowed at some
one. I reversed my engine and
asked the fireman what it was. He
said, ‘Johnnie Holbrooks.’ I done
#ll I could to prevent the accident
hut j&ould not though it had been
my own Child, This was Sept.
3, abopt 3:30 p, m., 1889/’
W. E. Hamilton—The engineer
blew for brpkjes, I applied my
brakes. Saw the fireman looking
under ifie train, know something
\y#s wrong, I found Johnnie Hol
brooks fiad beep run oyer and ter,
rible torp pp, JJe died at 7 o’clock
I wa,s tqld,
To the Kilitor of Tuk Times.
Brotlier J, Jf. Corppt requests
rpe bo return to (lie kind
people of Trenton, the surrounding
community and many other? in
the county, the sincere thanks of
the family for many favors and
high regards shown tohis dear boy
during his protracted illness and
for tjieir sympathy in this sore be
reavement. Words are inadequate
to expressthejr appreciation of
spGh “brotherly love.”
May the Lord comfort this dear
family find help them to look to
JHrn who c#n heal all their sor
rows. JL S. Bettis
Trenton is in need of another
physician.
Send your Job Work tp tfiip pfa
fice,
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