The free press., 1895-09-26

1t was our good fortune, last
Friday, to be able to spare time to
accept an invitation extended by
Miss Ada White to attend the
closing exercises of her school.
This school is pleasantly located at
Sones Chapel, 2 3-4 miles west of
Mcclure. The exercises began at
Ii a. M, and consisted of recitations,
dialogues, music, etc., and right
we'll did the pupils render their
several roles. About 1 D. M, an
elegant and bounteous dinner was
served beneath the refreshing shade
of large oaks, and for an hour the
$50 persons present did full justice
TO the table dellcacies. Later on
we observed that several of
the gastronomic participants exe
hibited all the symptoms ola found
cred horse. After dinner the
crowd adjourned to the chapel and
enjoyed short song service. At
the close of the school exercises,
Miss Ada announced that she
would nos teach the school next
session as she had agreed to take
charge of the McNeill school, to
begin November 1st. This de-
cision proved sorrowful one to
the patrons and pupils of Sones
Chapel school, as MISS Ada had
not only given marked satisfaction
IN her position as teacher, but had
won the esteem and effection of the
entire community, many tear.stain-
ed cheeks testifying to this fact.
"Miss Ada is an angel" "Miss
Ada is one among a thousand"
and many other similar expressions
reached our attentive ear. We
cannot too cordially thank j. A.
Mcclure and family and B. j.
Sones and family for their hospita-
BILE entertainment and many other
courtesies. We hope it will be In
our power to accept invitations to
repeat our visit. We saw but one
Objectionable feature during our cut
ing, and right now, ahd emphatical-
ly, we are lmpelied to say that the
pupils of the Sones school should
not be permitted to drink water
from the branch near by, Why. it
is poisonous enough to kill a Great
Sahara camel or a Louisiana moe.
casin.
PopIarvllle has no empty houses,
but Judging from the columns OF its
local paper one would conclude
that all of them were empty except
the school building.-NewtOn
County Progress.
Yes, and you are not the only
one who 80 concludes. 1t could be
easily surmised from our lack OF
advertising patronage that the mer-
camille houses are empty. In fact,
Judging from the same standpoint,
it would be difficult to imagine that
Poplaryille could even boast of hav-
ing mercantile houses. For nearly
five years we have patiently labor
ed and waited for the advertising
tide to turn in our favor; and not
being of a glve.up disposition, we
still hope that the scales will one
day drop from the eyes of our merS
chants, and that the columns of
the FREE PRESS will be ornaments
ed with their display ads. A little
patronage along this line would res
dound to the benefit of the county,
town and especially to the adver7
tiser.
Mrs. Susan Moody, although a
small and delicate woman and a
grandmother, proved heroine
when put to the test few days ago
when she discoy cred large rattle
snake in the act of swallowing one
OF her pet chickens. Mrs. Moody
boldly approached the reptile, and
with a short stick prevented his
escape. While holding the snake
down she called for shovel, but
that instrument not being sharp
enough for the purpose, she waited
until an ak was obtained, with
which she decapitated his snake