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THETA.

THETA, May l9.-Mr. L. w. Camp, of
Waverly, formerly of Theta, killed a
monstrous RATHER measuring eleven
feet in length and eighteen inches in
circumference, with forty rattles.
We gladly welcome to our town the
Rev. MIR. Hull, who has moved up for
the benefit of his wife's health.
An interesting program has been ar
ranged for the fifth Saturday and sun
day in May, and good meeting. is an
ticipated. Dinner will be served on the
and take part in the worship, and enjoy
the blessings of the meeting.
A successful prayer-meeting is being
conducted by the good people on every
Sunday night.
Miss Fannie Hughes entertained the
y. p. A. Saturday night. Her home
was beautifully decorated with ever
greens and flowers, and the exercises
were very good and well rendered. Al
the participants acquitted themselves
with great credit. CINDERELLA'
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STATE NEWS.

The Embrieville furnace, at Bristol,
has been blown in again.
The strawberry crop is seriously re-
tarded by the drouth, and the product
will be cut shorter than was expected
unless there should be rain at once.
Bob and AlfTaylor delivered "Yankee
Doodle and Dixie" at Lewisburg, Tues
day night.
1t is said that the Tennessee Central
Railroad will now be completed.
The pencil factory, at Lewisburg,
which has been shut down several
weeks for new machinery to be put in
and costly improvem -Ats made, has
started up, and cedar timber in large
quantities is being put on the ground
w. D. Stuart is under arrest for "do-
ing" Pulaski lawyers for sums ranging
from $40 to $50. He claimed to have once
been law partner of A II. Pettibone
in East Tennessee, and from this repre-
sentation the yaps thought him great
guns and came down with the keller.
The Grand Commandery of Tennessee
knights Templar met in their thirty
fourth annual conclave in Jackson
May IA.
Pool selling outside of the race ground
has been stopped in Chattanooga.
The Montvale hotel, at Montvale, in
Blount County, costing $4,000, was
destroyed by fire last Thursday.
Miss Nebbie Williams while attend
ing a revival at Knoxville, became en-
tranced, and remained so for three days
When she became conscious she tolt
that she had made a trip to hell ant
heaven, and described what happened
there.
Saloons are decreasing in Chatta
nooga. There are 10 less there than IL
the year 1891, while data shows an in
crease of 43 churches in the same lengt
of time In 1891 Chattanooga had
saloons and So churches, while tn
figures for this year show % saloon
and 9s churches in the city and suburbs
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Some of our Eastern editors are
engaged in tart controversy with
the spelling reformers who are do
ing so much now to mutilate the
English language. Charles A.
Dana and Whitelaw Reid, though
opposite as the poles on politics, are
apparently one in their allegiance to
English as she has been spelled dur
ing the last century or two. 1t is
noticeable that as a general thing
these reforms" do not come from
writer's whose business is the use of
language, but from finical peda-
gogues and learned Miss Nancys
who do not find the language of the
English-speaking people good
enough for them. Mr.. Reid has had
occasion recently to protest against
the use of "catalog, "hypotenuse, "
and interchangeable" He points
out that if we have catalog we must
have dialog, monolog and all the
rest of the log-pile.
The great objection to most of
these reforms" however, is that
they often destroy the evidence of
the historical and poetical value OF
words. AS Archbishop Trench has
so we'll demonstrated, a word often
contains within itself romance, a
history, or poem; and a change OF
spelling which removes all evil
dences of origin in the interest of a
reform demanded by nobody but
the tomtits of literature, is much tc
be deprecated.
1t would seem also that there
ought to be protest against many
of the absurd changes in pronuncia
ton which the Miss Nancys have
brought about. For instance, VIII!
should the word program" be pro
nounced 'progrum," with the run
made very apparent? No one say
"telegrum, " or "diagrum, y or cable
grum.n The sound is pronounced
in all these words. Why should |
not be pronounced in program?
Indeed the silly people who hav
brought about this reform
, apparently do not know the differ
ence between giving a sound ant
accenting it. AS matter of fac
, program never was accented o
the last syllable, but in the good oil
days the a sound was not turned III
: to au. Our Yankee friends who ar
= so fond of keeping an + in thei
mouths until they have rolled 1t in
E to vocal pill are respectfully in
vited to get acquainted once NOR
g with the letter a, which our ance'
1 tors put in the word program b'
I cause it belonged there.
e If Brother Dana and BrothC
Reid will help us in this matter, W
o will use our influence to have Two
: changed back TO "woe," and "altho
S made over into although. Men
: phis Commercial Appeal.
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A Eight TO the Death.

Mr.. w. NJ. Tucker, of Spring Hill
who passed through the conflicts
of the late Civil War, and, on many
an occasion, faced with unmoved
nerves the deadly missiles of battle,
and, in the end, came home with
honorable scars upon his body, hut
not blot upon his record-met his
Waterloo recently in the shape of
an old gander.
Mr.. Tucker was endeavoring to
separate the goslins from the old
mother goose, but old Mr.. Gander,
with paternal love and protection,
objected, and flew at Mr.. Tucker
with all the ire of an offended
father. Catching him in the breast
with his bill. he tapped him in the
face with his wings and knocked
two of his teeth down his throat,
and accomplished what the Yankee
army signally failed to do; that is,
to compel the gallant Tucker to
make an ingloriOus retreat.
Then, we are panied to remark,
our friend Tucker did mean thing
the first real mean thing we ever
heard of his doing After he haC
been fairly vanquished; after he haC
been knocked out in fair, square
fight, he went to the house, got hi;
old Confederate musket, slipped Ou
the back door and up on the blinC
side of the gallant gander, and sho
HIM dead. That, we submit, was al
unfair advantage to take of the gan
der, and gross wrong to perpetrat'
upon Mother Goose and her orphan
gOslins.
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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE
Continued From First Page9
ROBERTS BEND AND KNOB CREEK.

KNOB CREEK, MAY l9.-Children's day
last Sunday was quite success. The
church was beautifully decorated.
Each one did his best. The following
was the program:
"Marching, by Sunday-school
Responsive Reading, by Sunday school
PRAYER, by Rev. Mr.. Dawson.
Song-''This Is Happy Childrens Day."
ecitation-"Welc by Miss Patty
Dawson.
Recitation-by Sam Hugh Williams
Recitation-"The Changed Cross" by
Miss Pearl Allen.
Song-"Look Unto Me-"
"Floral Cross" by Primary Glass.
Address-"Church EXtention etc" by
Herman Williams.
Recitation-"Wha Little Child can
Do" by Laura Stone.
Recitation-"Then and Now" by Halle
Willis.
Recitation-'If I knew" by Ethel
Stone.
Song-oIf We Only Knew"
Recitation-"Little Things" by Lena
Williams.
Recitation-"No Sects in Heaven" by
Nettie Dawson.
Northumberland World" by
Little Ivy Thomas.
"Voyage OF Life" by Mrs. Eta Tim
mons and eight sailors.
Song-"Jesus Saviour, Pilot Me-"
Recitation-"Two Orphans" by Miss
Repta Bates.
Song-"Guarding Closely"
Address-Subject, "The Bible" by Mr.
II. p. Figuers, of Columbia.
Song and collection.
Little Ivy Thomas deserves specia
credit for her recitation. She Is Ger
tainly a talented little girl.
Our church is being reprinted:
will soon have new Pews, new altar
carpet etc, furnished by Col. Goodwin
We are in gratitude to him for doinj
such noble christian deed. Or rattle
to our Savior, for it is through him tina
all good things come.
Miss Ella Eshman, of Dellna, Mar
shall county, is visiting her brother
Prof S. II. Eshman at Esq. Pages
Miss Ophelia Page came home las
Friday to visit homefolks. CHLOE
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GarwOOd's Sarsaparilla-for the blood
guaranteed to cure. A. B. RAINS.
Triumphant Silver.

The Cincinnati Enquirer has pre-
pared a table which fairly presents
the situation. 1t places in the gold
column Maryland, Michigan, Min
nesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota
and West Virginia. 1t divides the
vote of Illinois, giving gold - votes
and silver SO, which is fair esti-
mate, as only four of the twenty
five counties which have spoken
in that State have pronounced for
gold. Indiana is pretty evenly di-
vided between the contending met
ais. The gold men are allowed a
much larger slice of the Ohio dele
cation than they will probably get,
and they also get bite in the State
of Washington. Here is the table:
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bloom at all and cherries are almost an
entire failure,
Messrs. Sowell, Pope and Irwin have
been selling fine strawberries for some
weeks.
Mr.. Jim Smith was most unfortunate
last week, in losing twelve sheep one
night by dogs, and Saturday night four
of his yearling mules died, and at last
accounts two more were in a critical
condition.
Mr. George Ferguson has lately had
thirteen hogs to die with cholera, and
! the latter part of last week Mr.. Billie
Scott lost two very large ones, but he
thinks worms killed them.
Mr.. w. II. Davis received a letter from
his son Ben, in LuXora, Ark, Saturday
stating that his little infant son had
died May 5. This little flower was per
mitted to bloom on earth just long
enough to shed it's sweet perfume
around loved ones, when it was pluckeC
J for the heavenly bower, which vii
cause them to strive more earnestly t.
behold the beauties of the home of the
soul. Many friends and relatives here
extend con dolance to them in their sad
ness. RIPPLING WAVES.
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SANCTUM SENTIMENTS.

The Springfield Leader says: The
announcement of the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal that it will continue
to advocate free silver but support
Patterson is cheap deception" AS
no such announcement has ever
been made by the Commercial APP
peal, the papers that continue to cir
culate it are guilty of something
more than "cheap deception. -
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
OF the twenty-five Illinois counties
which have held Democratic con-
ventions so far, twenty-one have
pronounced for free silver. Perhaps
it might be just as well to postpone
the obsequies of silver while longer,
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
A good many people believe that
advertising is only valuable when 1t
can be had for neutrality-suspicious.
Globe.
People who do all the good that
accident puts in their way generally
find enough employment to keep
them out of mischief milwaukee
Journal.
The fellow who was not straight
Is to / Independent was not in 1t at
Nashville last week. - Mckenzie
| Herald.
Sound money sounds large
there's nothing else sound about it
Chattanooga News.
Mckinley is playing against the
field, and in baseball parlance
must be conceded that Quay, Plat
and Manley make a strong outtield
North American.
Silver Dick Bland now seems to b.
the man whose boom is being pushe(
for the Democratic nomination TO
President on the silver side of thu
question. -Murfree sbOro News.
Bob Taylor fiddled his way int
the gubernatorial armchair at Nash
VILE once upon a time, and he ha
rosined his bow for a good old
fashioned Tennessee encore.-Cin
cinnati Post.
All the talk about Clay Evan
wanting to meet Bob Taylor on tn
stump is wind. The Republican
will never expose their nominee t
Taylor's ridicule.-Sparta EXpositol
Notwithstanding the fact that h
is and has been for years a standin
candidate for governor of Tennessee
H. Clay Evans is just now engage
in little scheme which he hope
will make it appear that he wa
made the nominee of the Republ
cans of Tennessee in spite of his DE-
sires to the contrary State Herald
Birmingham.
Hon. H. Clay Evans will not be
candidate for Governor of Tenne'
see. Mr.. Evans prefers to inve
his martyrdom in national affairs
Washington Post.
That convention last wee
knocked the breath out OF the r,
publican party in Tennessee. /
Clay Evans now refuses to run fl
Governor, and the leaders are vail
ly seeking for a lamb to take h
place. Fayetteville Observer.
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A MOman's Courage.

| saw woman do a courageous
act in San Rafael yesterday. Some
little children were playing ball on
the street, when a big black dog ran
up and sprang at siX-year-old boy.
He threw up both hands and
screamed. The dog sprang toward
him again, but did not quite reach
him. The little fellow was para
lyzed with fear, and could do moth
ing but scream as the dog made re-
peated springs at him. A woman
on the opposite side of the street
saw the little fellows peril, and
looked around for help. Then, seiz-
ing large stone, she ran up and
hurled it at the brute. 1t turned tail
and ran down the street as fast as il
could go, till it overlook the stone,
picked it up, trotted back, laid it al
the woman's feet, and stood wag-
cling its tail for her to throw il
again. The dog wanted to play ball,
tOo.-San Francisco Post.
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The only execution that can be

The only exception that can be
legitimately taken to this table is
that the vote of Kentucky, though
labeled doubtful, - is placed in the
silver column. Conceding this State
to the gold men for the sake of sta
tistical peace, we would have APO
votes for gold and 4S0 for silver.
Such an estimate is not liable to the
charge of either exaggeration or en-
thusiasm. 1t furnishes fair evidence
that the Democratic party to-day is
a free silver party, and it is about
time that the hysterical minority
was showing a disposition to accept
the probable action of the trium-
plant majority at Chicago.
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Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing kidney and bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the New
Great South American Kidney Cure"
This new remedy is great surprise on
account of its exceeding promptness in
relieving pain in the bladder. kidneys,
back and every part of the urinary pas
sages in male or female. 1t relieves re.
tention of water and pain in passing il
almost Immediately. If you want quick
relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold
by A. b. Rains, Druggists, Comlubia
Tenn. febl ly
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ANDREWS.

ANDREWS, May l9.-Elder Murphy, OF
Broadview, preached at Corinth, and
Rev. II. A. Gray at Union Grove, last
Lords Day.
Rev. Allen Fitzgerald will be at Rock
Spring the fourth and Rev. II. A. Gray
the fifth. 4 fine rain is falling to-day
and the farmers are happy.
We have not heard of any army
worms in this section.
The peach crop promises to Se fine
but many of the apple trees dad no
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The Work of Cyclones.

Cyclones continue to get in their
deadly work. Kansas was visited by
another destructive one last Sunday,
and at Elva, little town IA miles from
Paducah, KY, Alexander Jones, his
wife and three children, living in a
small frame house, were all killed. They
were buried the next day in one grave.
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All our calicoes, consisting of
the choicest patterns, stan
dard quality, none excepted,
90 in this sale 1T .......... &c
Heavy Brown Domestic, full
yard wide 49,. 49,. &c
Elegant quality Ginghams,
worth &c, go now at .... DC
Scotch Lawn, fast cOlors, cheap
at7hc., sell at. .....,....... &c
Challies of unusual pretty
styles, must go ............ DC
Chameleons MORE, of the
latest designs, only ..... l0C
Boys Knee Pants, less than
cost of material ........ 25C
Boys Knee Suits, from to s, at 75C
Childs Wool Suits, beauties 75C
Wool Jeans Pants, all sizes -. 75C
Half Wool, good weight, dres-
sy Pants, good material E. 95C
A serviceable good Business
Coat, all sizes ............. $l.5t
A Business Suit, half wool,
wears and looks as well as a
$l2 suit, go with this sale at. 1871
18 Fine Coats and Vests, form
erly belonging to SIS suit,
your choice at .......... $50
The best 60c unlaundered shirts
go with this sale .......... 40
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Laundered Percale Shirts, all
sizes and patterns 49,. go.
Athletic Sweaters, good quail
ty, all shades ..............
Strictly all wool, newest
shades and Turtle Neck
l.. A. w. Bicycle Shoe, made
Kangaroo Calf, soft, flexible
and in every particular up
tO-date NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Goth Century Toe, Mems Tan
colored dressy and durable
goth Century Toe, Mems solid
inner and outer, Tap Heel
and Counter, Lace or Con-
100 Pair Mems Shoes, Lace and
Congress, Black and Tan,
solid in every particular. go.
Mems two buckle Grain Plow
Shoes, all sizes ..............
100 Pair Boys and 2 Buckle
Plow shoes, No. 2, only. 49,.
l27 Pair Ladies Shoes, in 21a,
3, and 81, these numbers
only, formerly sold at from
$3.50 to $500 per pair -. 80.
goth Century Toe, Ladies DON
COLA Button, 3 to 7........
$50 pair Ladies Shoes, Dongola
Button, to I, at ..........
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UNCALLED FOR LETTERS.

The following is the list of letters re-
naming in the post-office, for the week
ending May %, 1896.
Bullock, Lee Mcmillan, Prof b
Davis, Sam Nelson, Charley
Dreher, George Smith, Liddie
Fulton, Miss n Smith, Mrs Alice
Figgat, CM Stephenson, Emma
House, Annie Stewart, John
Frierson, Miss S Sanders, Mary Il
Leach, Samuel Seel, Ransel
Lee, LIVE Thomas, Ida
Mitchell, Charlie Thompson. Marian
Mason, j NJ Tucker, John T
Murphy, Thomas Webster, Fannie
Parties calling for the above letters
will please say advertised.
w. A. HOWARD. p. NJ.
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gavethem Castoria
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Big Fire in Atlanta.

Atlanta was visited by a 100000 fire
last Sunday. Two of the largest livery
stables in the city,, and one of the
largest hotels, the Markham House,
were destroyed. The fire started in
Milan & Patterson's livery stable.
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Something New.

Ask for Meriwether & Co.'S Scotch
Snuff-iust as good as any other-fol
half the price.
maV22-3t LAZARUS ~ SONS.
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To Potato RaiSerS,

If you want a first-class potato
barrel, call on JACOB BARKER.
IF
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GarwOOd'S Sarsaparilla-for the blood
guaranteed tOcure. A. B. RAJ Ms
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the wheat and if there is anything good in you
are entitled it, and you shall have 1.-THE most and best
80 lbs fashions BEST" or 38 lbs "MY OWN per bushel
Bring your wheat and try the Plansifter -four
The advocate., 1896-07-15
Stand by Your FElendu.

Populists desire to stand by their
friends. The abuse, rldlCule and SLAM
der Of the opposition Is 80 great that
friends are dOubly appreciated. One
Of the practical ways TO promote Pop
ullsm Is for individual members Of che
party to recognize fair and friendly
treatment by assisting In ell reasOna-
bic ways those who merit such ag-
siRtRnce. The party has never had
the active support Of any railroad cor,
pOrRtl0n, but some lines have managed
to treat the Popullsts with 0 great deal
more consideration than others. Not
able among these Ia the Rock Island.
It is always ready and willing TO do Ito
part FOR the party In handling crowds
For party gatherings and 1t 10 always
done well and with spirit indicating
that the Rock Island desires to treat
the public, regardless Of party diVis-
ions, fairly. ANY person who lives on
this companY'S lines or who can reach
them need have no hesltancy In going
over It TO the st. Louis convention. Et
has no line from Kansas City to Sc.
Louis, but IL will sell through tickets
and handle the traffic through its ar.
rsnRements with other lines. It win
give splendid service, and will handle
the crowd with the least discomfort to
passengers possible.
The advocate., 1896-07-15
ABOUT HARD ROADS.
Their Advantages 20 Farmers Set Forth
by A. g. Judd, OF Dixon H.

Their Advantages TO Farmers Set Forth
by A. g. Judd, OF Dixon, III
A hard road is road that is by arti-
fetal means prepared with surface
of much more permanent and solid
material than that of its natural state.
The kind of material used for such arti.
ficial surface may differ with the local
ity or the use for which the road is in.
tended.
The abundance of stone and gravel in
a county makeS it possible to build
excellent roads at a reasonably mOder'
ate cost, and the probabilities are that
they are the only materials that we
shall use in constructing any of the
country roads of Lee county.
Brick, wooden blocks, asphaltum, ETC.,
are used for building roads in cities,
but / shall not describe the various
modes of construction, as l understand
that they are not included in this sub
ject.
Let us realize at once that different
compositions of soil require different
treatment in order to make equally
serviceable roads. In this county we
have practically three classes Of soil
to be recognized: First, black loam;
second, yellow clay; third, sandy loam.
There are certain conditions, such as
springy, quicksand or mucky places,
liable to occur in localities where any
The advocate., 1896-07-15
THE ROADS or FRANCE.
How They Impressed Mary H. Gather
wood, the Famous Novelist.

How They Impressed Mary H. Gather
wood, the Famous Novelist.
Mary H. Catherwood gives good ac-
count of French highways in the At
lantic Monthly: "Toll free, streets
macadamized and almost dustless, so
graded and smoothed that one horse
can draw a mountainous van along their
surface, and maintained to the remOt-
est edges of the provinces. Across the
Beauce, that vast green prairie, the
perfect road ribbons stretch at inter
vals. Everywhere constant patrol is
kept over the public work. You can
trace distant road by its double line
of poplars, standing like slim plumes.
Thought is taken for the irrigation of
the trees also, in a land where drought
Is almost unknown. A small channel
paved with stones, conducts the rain
fall to a depressed basin left around the
roots of each tree.
"By graded l do not mean monoton-
ously leveled roads. They wind up hill
and down valley, but the bed is general
ly lifted some feet above the country
surface. Red soil or clay whiteness of
the north or south is.cloyen by an omni-
present causeway of powdered flint.
At intervals of few ldlometers along
the way small stone tollhouses are set.
And oblong piles Of beaten stone, IA
miliar to an American eye, are supple
mented by a stranger sight, another
proof of the thrift of France-cords OF
black blocks, pressed from coal waste,
stand ready to feed the steam roller"
The advocate., 1896-07-15

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