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1 i. VOL. 4. WHITWELL, TENN., THURSDAY, MAR., 4, 1897. NO. 36. 'J LOCAL. Ike Martin made a short trip to Jasper Tuesday. M. W. Anderson, of Jasper, ws m town Wednesday. Job work is done neatly and promply at this office. Maj. Thos. II. Hill. Senior Editor of this concern, is in town to-day. 1 Henry Kent, ot Sequachee, was in this city Tuesday and Wednesday. Dr. A. L. Peay and Bob Hooper are on onr lists. Thanks, gentlemen, The. News is very mueh obliged rt 1r TTnnnor for kindness extended. w 3.j, "-"I"- - ttdcrar Prror. of Seauachee. has been assisting the News office this of this city were startled by what yfezb, seamed to be a series of explosions m, ' r i ft j e r ivr 'in tnis direction. All eyes were The Improved Order of Red Men imned thig office imnwdiate. Leld their regular meeting at Red Fw if there M anything tbat Men' Hall Tuesday night. Whitwell is proud of it is to have a Messrs J. J. Dykes and Elijah real live printing office and everyone Dykes went to Washington this seems to have a tender solicitude to week to attend the Inauguration. wards it. t r t i tit ruio,i A But it was not a blowing up the 1 It. Joiden, J.H. Copeland ana . . i i uIa concern, but those magnificent lied Win. Rankin had their names placed ' , , . u . i: . 7i.,Liott Men were "firing those barrels in on our subscription list V ednesaay. . ,. , VH 1 J I every conceivable direction out of Ike Martin, it is reported, has the office. When twenty or twenty closed contract to build three houses fiVi3 stout men get in line to worW, for Dr. McCree, and a store house something is bound to drop, and so for J. L. Ketner. the barrels went plunk, plunk, plunk, Doc Bryant, who iived in Bryant's ' plunketty-plunk. Cove, died suddenly at Sequachee We tender our smcerest thanks to Monday. He was assisted from the , t he noble Red Man and hope their tRiin Monday evening and died that , shadows may never grow less. Iheir night. We have to apologize for any short coming in our paper this- week. Things have been so torn up that it has been next to impossible to do anything. w, - Thursday was the Inauguration Day of the I'residentJ'of the):U. S. ami on the same day the first paper ever printed in Whitwell made its appearance. Several drummers were in town this week. This speaks well for the "business of this place that these gentlemen of the road areln constant attendance upon it. Tom Eakin's prospects for the post-office here are said to be very good. Bill McPherson, E. E. Bull and W. M. Grayson think the same. Who will gt the plum? Tuesday was pay day in Whitwell and the T. C, I fc'R. Co. disbursed a large sum of money. It was an unusual amount this time and the boys were made happy. 1 Now if we only had a water works system. Did you ever think that the decreased price on insurance in this town would soon pay for a reservoir and p ping, that is after the reservoir was contructed. Mr. T N. Graham and family have our thanks for courtesies rend ered. Mr. Graham has been an earnest worker for the News and his spared neither time nor pains to to make things as comfortable as possible for us. To the good people of Whitwell we would say this: Patronize us by giving us subscription, job work and advertisements, and we will repay you by getting out extra fine paper very week. If we can get enough io hire help to assist us, you rsap th benefit as much as we. A Surprise Party. The Improved Order of Red Men, of this city, are bricks and no mis take about it. There were about 200 barrels stacked up in tha rear end ot our ' office in their building when we arrived here Tuesday and we did n't know what in the world to do with thetn. We couldn't well nn lwii-i nni) .mia fair ifrQlrl that. the revenue officer8 wo;ild Ret after many han.e,s Qn the premises. Well, we certainly were in a quandary about this seemingly frival mutter, but there was solution in store for us, and it came about in this wise Tuesday night, not at the silent 1. e .::K U., f aarliar uuui ui iiiiuuiuub uui ai nil cuiun moment in the night, the in " - . I habitants promptness in the solution of the dif ficulty was commendable, and well they did us a good turn. .All honor to the lied Men of Whitwell. Sequachee There was quite a number of the young folks at the Falling Spring Sunday. Misses Fannie Kate Prvor and Alta Brown attended the Christian Endeavor Sunday. S. P. Pry or will hold prayer meet, ing Sunday night. Chris Wagner expects to set out about 30,000 cuttings of grape vines. W. D. Spears of, Jasper, was in town Monday. C. J. Gustafson went to South Pittsburg Saturday. W. C Hill went to Whitwell and Victoria Saturday. Mr. J. L. Burklin of Inman was in town Saturday R. C. Mills is getting out stone lith- hograph and other kinds in Indian Cove for the Marion Co exhibit: The Bon Air Coal mines are repor ted as shipping 40 carloads of coal a day. These mines are on the same level as the Farley opening here and we cannot but beleive that the same kind of coal is right here and shall think so until it is proved to be ex hausted between Sequachee and Bon Air. Nashville's Trade Paper. Business Chat is the title of a new publication that hai recently arrived at this olllce, which we gladly place on our exchange list. It is very handsomely gotten up typographically and the subject matter is very well edited. S. A. Cowan handed us a snbeript ion for Miss Attie Brown Chattanoo ga Thursday. Washington Letter. From Our Special Corntspondeat. Washington, D. Feb. 26, 1897. Congress is disposed at this time to feel more warlike towards Spain than at any time during the ses sion, owing to the sensational news concerning the threatened resignation Consul Gen Lee on account of the administration not properly backing him up in his eflorta to secure just treatment for American citizens arrested in L'uba, and nothing but the nearness of the end of the administration has prevented action on the part of Congress that would be equivalent to a declaration of war aeainst I I ' I II 1 llft'l H I I i M I IWM I I Mill! I W 111m t,: 'Pi.- 1 r ; . ,,- v.. m- tense exci'euiuut, auuougu strong effort is. being made to keep it from breaking out. Representative Gib- syn. of Tenn., ofi'ered a resolution in the House for a peremptory de- ma d upon Spain for the immed a : . , . .. ii . l . . release ui every luerictiu im prisoned in Cuba, and for the boni' bardment of Havana if it be n t at once complied with. The Senate adonted a resolution reauestini? Secretary OIney to lurnish it with copies of communicationa to aud : from Consul General Lee, aud an ; other instructing the President to demand the immediate release of , Julio Sanguilly, a citizen of the1 United States, and a suitable" in- j demity from Spain for his unjust imprisonment. The last is a joint resolution, which was unamously ! reportrd from the Foreign Rela; Hons committee. Had it been put through earlier President Cleveland wou d have had to actjOne way or ttie other upon it, but now even it passed by the House it, is- subject to a pocket veto. The address issued this week by the silver republican in Congress has not pleased the politicians in either of the parties, because it in dicates an intentionUp maintain a silver republican party, by naming a provisional national committee aim proviuiug xur n ku uuiu a meeting i& Chicago next June. i - j - e : . . i i j i The republicans do not like this, because thny fear its effects upon the rank and file of theirjparty in a number of State; the democrats and populists dislike it because they expected to gain the silver republicans as recruits. Another thing about the address that the populists do not like is that Sena. tor Jones, of Nevada, who last year publicly declared himself to be a populist and to have cut loose from tlie republican purty, signed it. Senator Stewart of the same State, did not sign it. The meeting at which the address was prepared was hefd at Senator Teller's house. Some of the western men in Congress are making a warm fight; on President Cleveland's proclas raauon seiunz asiue ii,uw(w acres of Uand to make thirteen forest reserves A delegation con sisting of Senator Clark and Rep preventative Mundell, of Wyo., and Representative Gamble, of S. D., made vigorous protest to Sec retary Francis. 8enttor Wilson, of Wash , said on the floor of the Senate that the proclamation should not have been issued; Sena tor Cannon, of Utah, Baid it desig nated as forest land tracts whicn contained no timber larger than a jack rabbit bush, and Senator Clark said he knew irom personal observation that sr.me oi the land) ..... . i .l did n t have enough timoer on it to build a four-rail feuca arcund it. Secretary Francis aaya the action of ihe President was based upon official information and a desire to stop the wholesole destruction of timber on the public lands in question. A Fountain of Beautiful Design. The fountain which will be in a part of the main hall in the Woman's Building is a contribution of the wo- man ot .Marion Uounty ana is a very handsome and costly fountain of most ful d b .... . . , , , , Ihe basin and pedestal are made of Tennessee marble and were de- m a t n A M k n A Ir I n f - , T , . signeu. uy iuiiei onuua. ui. jiauj City, son of Col. A. M. Shook, of T , ,. , A . Nashvllle' lhe ure or fountain part proper, is finished by the cele- brated fountain makers, J. L. Mott & Co j0f Neyy yorki The basin is octagonal in shape and 10 feet in diameter, made entire- ly of Tennessee rough marble. The ii : . . A , , ing m octagon shaped sections, e;ich composed of thirty-two pieces of va- negated Tennessse marble. Each alternate stone projects, and these ... . . , ProJctinC Pleces are Put ln of h,gh ly polished, van-colored marble, while the adjoining store, the sunken partSj are 0f chipped ston. The . d fa f and 1 inches above the water level, while 'the water basin itself is 15 inches high. The figure is that of a very grace fully draped woman, holding in her uplifted hands an urn of unique de sign. Surmounting, or partly con tained within the urn is a globe, from the sides of which the spray l falls on all sides of the figure into the basin below. Inside the globe will be placed a cbster of incandes cert lights, which will shine through the mist of spray. The figure will be made of iron and painted white, as will be the urn, and the globe of heavy glass. In height the female figure will be 6 feet. This fountain design was the, se lection of Mrs. W. E. Carter, of South Pittsburg, the Chairman of Marion County Board of Women Commissioners. Itis largely due to the energy and illfluence of lMrs. Jr. . n Carter lhal the County Court of and from the first she has besn a tireless wurter determined in the effort to represent appropriately the patriotism and resources of Marion County. Resolution of Sympathy; At regular meeting Feb. 13. 1897. of Post 53, G. A. R., the following resolution was unanimously adop ted. Whereas our ranks are again broken bv the death of our com- rade, William T. Mosgrove, it is - Resolved, That we extend our ; sympathy and condolence to his , widow and surviving children. Thomas H. Hill, ' JosErn Green. vCom. Nicholas Fulfur. ) A Revolution in Cotton Handlings The queMhui of cotton-baling is now attracting universal attention in cotton growing, cotton handling and cotton manufacturing circles. The plans that have bem mat ured for introducing the cylindrical ba-. ling system, af'er several yrrs of preliminary work, indicate ihut n the near future the whoit; method of cotton handling will !o improved-and that all cotton njiur V ?!. ter bale I and better hauciUd, whether it be comprised by tl'3. old system or by the new. Vv'iiii the new system, that puis up a round bale of uniform t-ize Hiid weight, that is proved to be almost inflamable, in active operation, no one can afford to put up a badly covered bale, clumsy, dirty and very inflamable, as heretofore. Tli new system must, it seems force ,x better handlirg of all cotton, to tli great ad vantage of all cotton grow er-', becai.-e ciean wed baled cotton must nhvay3 command the highest mar Wet vrK-e. Mr Edward Atkin .son, in n tr-:rJ3e upon, "The Cot ion F-Ir.j it.8 f,iijprov?mel.'? has said: "lie ;:' 'vho first vn ceived t c,. -i: ucr.b'd'-, fii.tde lap bv lap, with the air er.c :nded, has, dime more to modify and 'iioprovj the treatment of thecottoii t'.-rongh its course from tlie field .o he fabric than any man who r. ..- ex isted si.iCH Whitney invenfed cotton gin." This week's i, ;,f the Manufacturer's Record w ti ti more, devotesfive pages to a f ull illustrated description of the ne,v system, as compared with the old, .whch is the first comprehensive port ever made on the subject, and in closing, says: ''The im-ch anism for making round roli j bales of cotton at l.t has bce:i brought to such practical p--rtfec!- ion tuat its aimosi nrimeoiHt1 iiiv. general use may be net down us r, foregone conclusion " The ir:u; guration of such a revolution in c )tton handling as this would make a change in the marketing of the Sooth's great staple of univer sal interest. - - A Timely Friend. With perfect propriety may we call that excellent remedy, Salvation Oil, a timely friend. This liniment rapidly cures rheumatism, neuralgia and pains, when other remedies fail. Mr. Jno. M. Hall, Ashland, Va., writes : "I suffered with rheumatism in the ankle and the muscles connected therewith. Salvation Oil at once relieved the sore ness, reduced the swelling, and cured the pain. No other liniment that I ever used did me so much good." The coke ovens at Victoria are ex pected to be moved to this place soon. The land has been staked off and the preliminary figuring has been made. Other companies are making preparation tor coke making, why not the T. C. & 1? We were forced to leav aeido a lot of our correspondence this week for want of t-pace, but it will appear next week. From present indica-. tions next week's paper will b de voted solely to news s thn matter lg piling in on us, and it must go in. Wanted An Idea Prolct your 15: thf-r mar hi Writ JOHM WEUPSKLtRN fi Wb- otjj thin of once!n,i . thllif U t tier.:) nan. Washington. IX C, t or their 1.0 rr.w otti-