Sharp County record., 1883-09-27
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evening, Sept, %, 1888, GzoRCE, dccgh-
ter of @. J. and Elizabeth Andrews
aged IS years, monras and II days.
Deceased was an aa5otionate child a
jealous member of ihe Sunday school,
and loved by all. II r remains we're fol-
lowed to the grave ySrd, Sunday evening,
by large concourEe OF friends, whc
mourn her loss. A FRIEND,
PICTUREs PIoFUrES!i-W are located
in Evening Shade, VITA our gallery, and
will remain about teS days longer. Any
one wishing TO hare pictures tax n,
copied or enlarged Cen now be sOoommO-
dated. Our work spiaks for itself. We
are also general agslts for fine, enlarged
pictures IN India in water colors or oilo
graphs. Call carly Special prices on
photographs. W. & j. YANNATTA,
"A card from Reg F. r. Noe, Of a re
cent date, says; Il ,3nd you an acconnt
ofmy meetings: Case Cgeek--Good meet
ing; two ccpyersioa5. Mt, Zion-Fine
interest taken and nne conversions, Flat
Rock-Grand time twentyeight conveT-
sions. Retheeda-Cood revival twenty
conversions. Cedar Grove--Church re-
viyed aix conversions. Mazyille- Too
much sickness, moaysls; enc conversion,
Total, 66 conversions; 35 a9oessions."
The citizens &C town and vicinity,
those who have friends buried in the
grave yard at Sharp's mill, and all others
who feel an intere5, in preserving and
protecting the graves of the dead, are re
quested to meet there, with axes and
other necessary tools, on Friday, the 5,h
of October, for the purpose of clearing it
off, prepatory 70 fencing. This matter
has been shamefu,iy neglected SO long
that the grave yarc has become thicket
of bushes, many foot and head boards de-
stroyed, and it VIII be very difficult to
find all the graves, Such negligence, in
Christian land, ilfshameful indeed, and
should not be tole,ated How sad must
the heart o. those feel who go there to
decorate the grave, of some near and dear
| 4.ssir4.. ,-,l,~l FL Qf them are lost
On 4th page of this issue will be
found descriptive account of Sharp
county, which we hope our patrons will
preserve and send to their inquiring
friends of Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama,
North Carolina, Germany, and many
other places too tedious to mention, from
which we are constantly receiving letters
asking for information therein contained
We intended issuing few hundred extra
copies tor distribution, but the candidates,
all of whom invested iberally in printers
ink, exchanged "greenbacks" for all cur
surplus paper and, we are sorry to say,
circumstances are such that we cannot
continue the article in few more issues,
as is customary, nor keep the type stand
ing. Hence the request and at some tu-
ture time we will endeavor to give more
extended history Of Sharp county.
Gus Crowder and jim Massey made
an attempt to break Jail last Thursday
evening. A knife had been passed to
them through the CRATES of the window,
by unknown parties, with which they
managed to open their cell door, get into
the cage cell, climbed up on it and went
through stove fue into the garret, where
they were discovered in time to prevent
escape, Old man Massey (Jim's father),
who was in the same cell with them, re-
mained, and says he tried to prevent the
boys from making such an attempt; chat
he told them they would be chained down
for it. The boys were placed back in the
cell and chained to the floor, but few
evenings after Jim Massey, by some myS
terious way, got hold of a large nail,
used his shoe.heel for mallet, and CHS
seized his chain staple out Of the floor.
The nail was taken from him, and he was
again chained to the floor with heavy
cross staples. A fellow never knows how
much ingenuity and industry there is in
him until he gets in "clOso quarters" and
"wants out.n If these boys had have
used as much inguity and industry to have
kept out of Jail as they haye to GET OUT,
to day, no doubt, they would have been
free, happy and prosperous, and no tears
of grief would have been shed by their
fond parents, for their bad conduct.
Young man. you who are leading