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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-05-22
From Big Sandy,
MCILLwAIN, May Is.

Regular correspondence
Mrs. Sack Wheatley is very sick
with remittent fever.
James r. Pierce, of Mckenzie,
is here introducing the Singer sew
ing machine.
The Misses Key are visiting the
family of Charles Wilson and 9TH
er friends. They are from Murray,
Ky.
Miss Emma Dycus who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. d. j. Ora
ham, has returned to her home at
Benton, KY, to-day.
John B. Waters and Isaac Glenn
ent have returned from Nashville
where they have been attending a
college of photography.
Died, the 18th instant, William
H. Rayborn, aged about thirty-four
years,of complicated diseases, chief
being heart and liver-sequel of
la grippe. He was laid to rest in
Ramble Greek Cemetery Sunday
following. He leaves a wife and
one child. Mr.. Rayborn had many
friends here who extend their SYM
pathy to his wife and relatives.
The Redmen funeral rites over
John F. Wheatley, last Sunday,
brought the largest crowd to Crook
ed Greek that ever assembled at
that place. They were from Bowl
ing Greento Paris. His railroads.
sociates, conductors, and brakemen
were ON hand and shed tears when
the rites were performed. The fol
lowing attended from here: Misses
Mallie Davis, Beatrice Pierce, May
Fisher, Lille and Lizzie Rushing
Alice Wheatley, II. W. Mitchell
and wife, J.B. Lindsey, B. G. vii
son, Willie Pierce and several 9th.
ers.
BIG SANDY, May is.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-05-22
A PIONEER GONE.
Mr.. g. *. WyLy Quietly Passes
AaUGy.

Christopher K. WHY, a prom
inent and highly respected pioneer
citizen of Camden, whose health has
been in very unsatisfactory state
for some time, passed away quietly
atan early hour yesterday morning.
, His death dad not come in the ma
tufe Of surprise, as he was feeble
and aged, and his physical vitality
gradually diminished until exhaust
ed and his life slowly ebbed away.
Mr.. WHY was born in the Sc
quatchie Valley, Tenn, February
2, 1907. His youthful days were
passed in Alabama, but at the age
Of nineteen he returned to Tonnes
see and located on the Tennessee
River at Old Reynoldsburg, where
he began life as a clerk in mer-
camille establishment. In 1888 he
came to Camden and engaged in
the mercantile business, and has
devoted his entire life to that bus
mess ever since. Mr.. WHY has
been one Of the few successful bus
mess men of Benton County. He
started out in life with little capital,
but by indomitable industry he sue
ceeded in accumulatinga handsome
competency, Notwithstanding the
fact that he lost over 500, 900 dur
ing the civil war, during which pc
Rod his sympathy and means were
extended to the cause of the South.
In 1889 he married Lemira G. Pa
watt, who died in 1876. Out of a
family Of nine children but two
survive him, Harris K. WHY OF
this place and Mrs. Carrie 9. Bart
lett, of Columbia, Tex. Mr.. WHY
was not a member of any fraternal
or sectarian institution, but he was
a believer in the Christian religion
His remains viii be inferred IL
the Camden Cemetery sometime
this afternoon.
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MARKET REPORT.

tNOTE-The quotations given in the following
are taken from Thursdays daily papersl
WHEAT-NO. 2, in car lots 81 .O5Qs1 07 peg
bushel; wagons S1.O3.
C0RN-Sacked white, milling, a cents per
bushel; in bulk, 75; common feed, n.
0ATS-Mixed, sacked, Go cents per bushel;
bulk, GO.
BRAN-Per ton, free-On-board-c ars, $40; in
small orders 81 per tonadvance is asked.
COUNTRY BACON-FrOm wagons clear sides
6%d7 cents per pound; shoulders, 6@6h; hams,
SOLO; iowls, SG4; lard, 1854.
P0ULTRY-Chickens, per dozen, S216ass;
hens, 800; ducks, 2.2O92 40 turkeys, per pound,
gross cents; geese per dozen, SO; eggs, 10 cents.
BUTTER-Mediun, per pound, 1O012 cents;
choice l2014.
PEANUTS-Farmers' stock, good to bright red
perpound, 2%@2H cents white, 24Q2A reclean-
ed reds, S5S0S2i; whites, 3h04.
Ordinary, per pound, 614 cents good
ordinary, ca; low middling, 7gk; middllng, sx;
good middling, 81.
TOBACCO-The quotations OF the GAINESVILLE
marketyesterdayw were common ngs 81 5000. %;
medium Tugs 2.50QS %; good Tugs s.5Oa4 80:
common leaf 4.O0a6.OO; medium leaf .5O@s 80 |.
good leaf s.OO0ii 90; fne leaf 12.O00l3 80.
ELOUR-Extra fancy patent, S5.S5Gs5 IS per
barrel; fancy patent, 5.4O straight, $40: fancy,
$50: choice family, 450
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From McIJJ1Udjn.

Regular correspondence
Mr.. W. P. Diggs is out again
after an attack of the measels.
The young people are happy. A
photograph artist has located at
this place for awhile.
Mr.. A. R. Tippett has been I'M
der medical treatment for some
time. His many friends wish him
a speedy recovery.
The farmers are generally busy
in their crops. The general COM
plant is that peanuts already in
the ground are rotting. A great
many will be compelled to replant
Mr.. H. G. McIllwain will soon
finish his third crop for the year
He is one among our best farmers
and the dry weather doesn't hin.
der him from working in his crop
The residence of Mr.. John Far.
10, Of Sugar Tree, was destroyed by
fire last Sunday afternoon. . 1t is
supposed to have been the work Of
an incendiary. We have only {
meagre report Of the loss, but pre-.
sumo the property was not insured
A correspondent to your paper
misrepresents the price of MARI
ageable girls in this end of thu
county. The market value of girl
is $24, OR So each, and a good de
mand for them at any price. W.
wish to state that there are non,
for sale.
MCILLwAIN, May Is.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-05-22
From Norris chapel.

Regular correspondence
Young corn is looking fine since
the late rain.
John Dutch, Of Eagle Creek,
visited here Saturday.
The Sunday school here will be
recognized next Sunday.
Rev. w. S. Brewer, of Rushing
Greek, was the guest of j. A. An
derson Sunday.
A number from this place at
tended the meeting at Bethlehem
Church Sunday.
Howard G. Utley and T. P.
Stephens have returned from a
visit at Hustburgh.
Several from the vicinity Of
Pleasant Hill and Cross Roads at.
tended the singing at the chapel
Sunday.
MORRIS CHAPEL, May Is.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-05-22
WHITE CAPS.
They ViSit BUG and WdTD Negro
Employees to LedUe.

Eva was the scene of a White
Cap sensation Monday night. A
band of some fifteen unknown men,
armed with double-barrelled shot
guns, rode into town after nightfall
and proceeded to terrorize her cit
liens by firing off their guns and
making a search for two negroes
employed at Wilder Bros stave
factory. About seventy-fve shots
were fired and a search was made
for the negroes, who could not be
found. The negroes were warned
to leave the town at once, and one
of them escaped to this place in
the night and left on the early
train Tuesday morning for his
home at Huntingdon. The other
negro managed to conceal himself
until the next morning when he
sought safety in flight. The arm
ed body of horseman who styled
mtheselves "White Caps No. So"
served notice upon the citizens
of Eva that mo negroes should be
employed at the factory, and that
no white man should protect OF
shield a negro. "
Messrs Wilder Bros, who are
from Huntingdon, have just estab-
lishod a stave factory at Eva, and
Monday morning they sent up from
Huntingdon to Eva the two negroes
whom they had employed to work
for them.
The disturbance created consid-
cradle excitement at Eva, and hel
citizens who are moral and law.
abiding regret this occurrence very
much. We are informed that nc
damage was done to property, and
that it was simply a scheme tc
brighten the negroes and prevent
them from working at the stavt
factory.
Tits thought that Messrs. Will
der Bros, who are considerably an
noyed over the matter, will in al
probability make no further at
tempt to run their staye factory a
that place.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-05-22

tits curious thing that while very few
people really die OF love an infinite num-
Der are always dead in love.-Chicago
Life.
The best of repairing in watches,
clocks, sewing machines, organs, and all
kinds of jewelry done by r. f. Truslow
Jewelry Co., Of Huntingdon, Tenn.
Leave your repairing with Mr.. Earnest
i. Fry, of Camden, Tenn, where it will
have prompt delivery to the Company
and returned nicely repaired with mod
crate charges. Give us a trial. Firm
established in 1875. 3 2tf
Tennyson is said to make $4,000 out
of his poetry. He makes dollars out Of
it when others can't make sense.-Y onk-
ers Statesman.
The malarious summer will soon be
here. Buy a bottle of Cheatham's Taste
less Chill Tonic and fortify yourself
aginst chills and fever. 1t is absolutely
guaranteed to cure and pleasant to take,
Sold by Mannon g. Herrin. =
1t is hard to believe in the religion of a
man who always looks as though he had
just been throwing boot-jacks at a cat
Rams Horn,
told you the new drug store would
keep all the first-class remedies-Liquid
Cathartic Compound for the liver and
New South for summer complaint. lily
Next to rolling off log, the easiest
thing is to tell other people how they
ought to bring up their children.-Som-
eryille Journal.
The eighth wonder of the world Just
discovered Cheatham's Tasteless Chill
Tonic. 1t will prove boon to human
ity. 1t is the same tonic as that hereto
fore sold under the same name except
that it is tasteless, Guaranteed to cure.
Sold by Mannon & Herrin
An optimist is a man who thinks him
self as good as he can possibly be; and a
pessimist is a man who thinks his neigh
bors are as bad as they can possibly be.
Life.
Why scrssch your life away when a
little Hunts Cure iudiciously applied
wal cure the worst case of itch ever
known? IL not it costs You nothing
Price so cents. Sold by MannOn &
Herrin.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-05-22
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

is visiting at Camden.
Mr.. V. f. Morris went to Nash
vile Monday afternoon.
Some tobacco has been sold on
the Camden market this week.
Mr.. Daniel Markham, of Friars
Point, Miss, is visiting relatives in
Benton County.
Mr.. B. r. Thomas, of Waverly,
was the guest Of Mr.. James j.
WHY Saturday.
The CHRONICLE would be glad
to get weekly letters from Bristow
and Holladay,
Mr.. and Mrs. O. w. Lashlee, of
Clydeton, visited relatives in Cam
den last Friday.
Messrs. j. +. Presson and w. f.
Bivens went to Louisville last week
to sell some livestock.
Several Of our citizens contem-
plate putting in telephone line
from Camden to South Camden.
Glass meeting at the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church Sunday
evening was conducted by Mr.. V.
f. Morris.
Children's day services of the
Methodist Sunday School has been
postponed until the fifth Sunday in
this month.
County Clerk Steele has issued
only one license to marry since
our last issue: William f. Doug
las and Julia A. Fowler.
Mr.. Davidson, of Davidson's
Landing, visited his daughter,
Miss Mary, who is attending school
at Benton Seminary, Tuesday.
Miss Sophia Rushing, who has
been the guest of her sister, Mrs
E. E. Fry, for several days will re-
turn to her home at Bristow this
morning.
Messrs. W. E. McRae and Ernest
Mccullough, and Misses Lizzie
Mccullough and Mary WHY went
to Manley's Chapel, Henry County
last Sunday.
Thepainting and stianed-windov
work on the Methodist Church was
completed yesterday. The interior
Of the building presents a very at
tractive appearance.
Prof. j. T. Cotton has an appoint
ment to hold services at the Cam
den Methodist Church next Sun
day. He filled an appointment a
Liberty last Sunday.
: Mr.. Will S. Corbitt, a forme
Camden boy, now engaged in tn,
mercantile business at Raulston
is visiting relatives and friends il
Camden and vicinity.
: We have been informed that ar
rangements have been made, AM
as soon as the rooms are ready, al
ice cream and dining parlor viii
be opened in Camden.
All who attended the meeting a
Bethlehem Church last Sundays ar
loud in their praise of the hospi
talities shown them by the gooc
people Of that vicinity.
There was a brisk trade anon,
, Camden merchants Saturday. l
is said that the cash sales of som
exceeded those Of any single day i
their past business career.
, Professors Wall and Cotton, O
the Benton Seminary, desire to re
turn thanks, through The CHRoN
3 IcLE, to Miss Neppie and Maste
q Arnold Rives for some nice straw
berries.
Attorneys I. G. Rye, S. L. Peel
Q er, and w. f. Maiden went to Ev
/. yesterday to take part in a damag
| I---a.l 4 VTT.1
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-05-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Stigall e. Potts have new prepare
ton for removing grease from carpets
and other goods without injury to color.
If silence be golden dumb people ought
to grow rich.-Texas Siftings.
Parties indebted to me must settle by
June l, 1891, or / will be compelled to
place their accounts in the hands of an
officer for collection. w. E. ByENs,
Camden, Tenn. AZ
There is no place like home, and some
unhappy wives are glad there isn't
Somerville Journal.
Groceries, canned goods, etc, always
fresh, and full line carried. Every
thing frst-class and cheap at Mcdaniel
& Frys, southwest corner, Camden,
Tenn. Your patronage solicited. 4
A man down in Indiana is so lazy that
he won't ever labor under an impression.
Detroit Free Press.
I am daily receiving ladies' and miss
es' hats and hat trimmings. All the
latest styles to select from, All hats
trimmed to suit purchaser. Give me a
call. MRS. FANNIE THOMPSON. y
1t is called spring because it so FREE
quently jumps from one kind of weather
to another. Harrisburg patriot.
W. A. Letsinger, representing R. F.
Truslow Jewelry Co., of Huntingdon,
Tenn, will make regular trips to Cam
den every month with fine stock OF
goods in watches, rings, chains, charms,
spectacles, gold pens, ladies' pins, and
everything nice in the iewelry line, and
at cheap prices. Watch for me and gel
New York bargains. 2t1
A spinister rarely reaches that age
when she can be said to be in her de,
clining years. Boston Courier.
Nellie Bly, got around the world pretty
lively, but Cheathams Tasteless Chill.
Tonic will go it at a still better pace
Try bottle when in need of a remedy
for chills. Sold by Mannon & Herrin.
You can't tell how things will end
what begins as little lark may become
a great big bat-Elmira Gazette.
Say, friend stop taking so many pill
and try Liquid Cathartic Compound
Never affiliates with the system. Sole
by Mannon & Herrin. 10-1y.
1t is in following the straight and mar
row path" that man is insured agains
going on a BENDER Boston Courier.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-05-22

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castora
When she was Child, she cried for Castora.
When she became Miss, she chung to CaStoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08

measurement TO have less than eleven
and therefore his large yields had been
still larger. To the unthinking reader
this doubtless reflected additional glory
to that writer.
Here is 4 man. they would say,
''wbo has been getting nearly forty
four bushels of wheat To the acre and
he has contented himself with stating
that he got thirty-eight, he surely does
not overstate things" To the think
ing, careful reader, however. this diff
ference of more than an acre in the esti-
mate Of a twelve-acre field will bring
distrust and doubt A man who has for
years been teaching carefulness and ac-
curacy making them the corner stones
Of successful farming, has no business
I 0 make such an error. He should
know 10 the very last square yard how
much the area Of a certain field is, and
knowing, he will have no occasion or
excuse for making state
ments by estimates. 1t is not difficult
to rapidly and accurately measure q
field and know exactly how much it
contaips.
The most rapid but not most accurate
is illustrated in Fig. /; a b represents u
half rod in distance on the ground, .
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
MeASURiNo LAND.

HhSoe Devices Whseh Enable Every Farm
~ % H HI OSu sarvsyos.
Atodd times In the last few months ]
have been amusing myself In accurate
~ measuring different fields and plan
tations on my place, previously esss-
mated by pacing. lean On nearly level
ground pace quite accurately i've pac-s
70 the rod. o. for example 4 rhombus
shaped piece which I paced and made
20 contain Iso rods, measured when
tested with q rod pole is7 rods | inn
agine that q good many berry growers
o. well as farmers have only n vague
idea Of Just exactly how large any par
ticular field Is. and therefore in stating
yields either wrong themselves or the
public Not many months ago saw Q
statement by a widely-known n.wspa-
per writer that a field that he had been
calling twelve acres proved on accurate
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08

Do you think q man b safe out OF
Christ? Not one day, not one hour, NOT
one minute, not one second
Three or four years ago. you femem-
Der. . train broke down . bridge on the
way TO Albany. and after the catas-
trophe they were looking around the
timbers Of the crushed bridge and tho
fallen train and found the conductor.
He was dying and had only strength 70
say one thing. and that was: Hoist the
Gag for the next train" So there come
10 us tonight from the eternal word.
voices Of God. voices Of angels voices
Of departed spirits, crying: Lift tho
warning; blow the trumpet; give the
alarm; hoist the flag for the next train"
Oh, that tonight my Lord Jesus would
sweep His arm around this great audi
ence and take you all to His holy heart
You will never see so good . time fr
personal c~onsecation a. now. wins
mean We by these stones?" We meas
your redemption from sin, and death
and hell. by the power Of an omnipo
tent gospel"
Well, the Brooklyn tabernacle II
erected again. We came here tonight
not to dedicate it. That was done this
morning. Tonight we dedicate our-
selves In the Episcopal and Methodist
churches they have a railing around the
altar and the people come and kneel
down at that railing and get the sacra-
mental blessing. Well. my friends 1t
would take more than a night to gather
you in circles around this altar. Then
just bow where you are for the bless
ing. Aged men. this is the last church
that you will ever dedicate.
May the God who comforted Jacob
the patriarch, and Paul the aged. make
this house 10 you the gate OF Heaven;
and when in your old days you put on
your spectacles To read the hymn " the
Scripture lesson may you get prepars-
ton for that land where you shall no
more see through a glass darkly. May
the warm sunshine of Heaven thaw the
snow of your foreheads! Men in the
midlife, do you know that this Is the
place where you are going 70 get your
fatigues rested, and your sorrows ap-
peased, and your souls savedf
DO you know that at this
altar your sons and daughters will
take upon themselves the vows Of
the Christian, and from this place will
you carry ont. some Of you, your
precious dead? Between this baptismal
font and this communion table, you
will have some Of the tendercst Of life's
experiences. God bless You, old and
yonng, and middle aged The money
you have given TO this church to-day
will be. / hope. the best financial In.
vestment you have yer made. Your
worldly investments may depend upon
the whims of the money market, or the
honesty Of business associates; but the
money you have given TO the house OF
the Lord shall yield you large per-
centage, and declare eternal dividends
long after the MONDAY sun shall have
gone out like q spark from a smitten
anvil and all the stars are dead.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08

b. represents a pole just long enough
to measure this distance 10y touching
either end tn the ground. This pole il
just as long as from to added To
the distances from e To b. The pole is
first touched To the ground at n, then
tilted over without moving the position
Of the hand until he touches the
ground, thus measuring the half rod Of
course. The length of the measure
will vary as the person Is tall or short.
Used In this way. a person does not
have to stop at every measure Fig. 9
Is simply n pair of wooden c~ompasscs
with legs eight or ten feet long, con
nectcd with a stay rod so that the
points arc eight feet three inches apart,
measuring half a rod at a time. The
stay rod should be detachable at one
end and there may be other holes so n
to set the points at six or seven feet for
laying out raspberry rows.
When TOT in use it may he folded mp
and set in the corner of the barn or
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08
OlD.WORlO FOREST LAWS.
Stringent Regulations For tho Protection
Of Trees.

Stringent Regulations For tho Protection
OF Trees.
In early times, when houses were
built Of wood and all the ships were
made of wood. and when wood formed
the fuel for cooking and warmth, the
cultivation Of timber and the proven
ton of its waste were the subjects OF
very severe laws. From the time Of Ed
ward ". there were enacted many
statutes for the planting, securing, cut
ting and ordering of woods, copses and
underwoods. BY act of Queen Elizu-
beth timber of twenty-five years
growth was exempted for a longer
period from the payment OF 1.-THE. ITO
render il complete and o effectual
TO their improvement"
In the seventeenth century no farmer
was permitted in the Duchy Of Luxem-
bourg to fell n timber tree without his
being able 70 show that he had planted
another, and q custom existed ut that
time around Frankfort, spoken OF as
inviolable. under which the young
farmer, before he had leave n marry.
was Obliged TO produce a certificate Of
his having set a number OF walnut
trees.
Under the law Of Edward ~, wood
in parks forms the subject of special
legislation. Cattle md colts were not
allowed to Craze the woods until four
year after q fall: aud 10 prevent the
destructive razing and converting of
woods into pasture, no wood OF two
| acre. and above two furlongs from the
| mansion house, could be interfered
with. In parts of Germany, where .
single tree was observed TO be extraor-
| dinarily fertile-''a constant and plenti-
| full mast bearer'-there were laws to
prohibit its being fellcd without spe-
| cial leave; and in England owners OF
woods within chases were forbidden, To
use the phraseology of the time. to cut
| down timber without view of officers
The iron industry. dependent then as
il is now upon the neighborhood of fuel
for its manufacture, fiourished in the
Weald Of Sussex on account of the ex-
tent and amount of oak timber. In
order to protect the timber from the
exorbitance and increase of devouring
iron mills, there a statute made by
Queen Elizabeth which prohibited the
converting of timber trees into fuel for
the use of iron mills. If the tree were of
one foot square and growing within
fourteen miles of the sea or the great
rivers The king Of Spain took similar
precaution in the royal woods neal
Bilbao. II is mentioned that he had
sixteen times as many acres of coppice
wood rs were fit 10 be cut for fuel for
the iron works in one year, and that
when any particular portion Of coppice
wood was going to be felled an officer
would first mark for ship timber Ger.
tain trees to be spared. In Biscay,
again. every proprietor. under a law
which was severely enforced, planted
three trees for every one which was cut
down.-Nineteenth Century.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08

for nearly level land. there being No
chance for error. II he used among
growing crops rs well a. bare ground.
II should bc strong and light. and sd
securely framed and braccd Is Ia make
the points u~nyielding. When not in
use it may be hung on two pegs on the
side Of building.
Money and time Is often saved in
knowing Just how large a field is. es-
pecially where the seeds are bought To
SOW it or plants TO plant it, Nothing is
quite so annoying as tn have n shortage
of a trifie, especially when n little fore
thought and exact knowledge would
have prevented it-Popular Gardening.