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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-07
CHANCERY SALE OF LAND.

George E. Howe, administrator, ct alsvs
H. Hatley, sr., ct ais.
In obedience to a decree of the Chan
Gerry Court at Camden, Tennessee, made
in this cause, notice is here given that
will sell at public auction in front of the
east door Of the court t-house in Camden on
Monday May /, 1899, at noon, to the high
est and best bidder, the following tracts
of land, situated in the third civil district
.of Benton County, the boundaries of
which are as follows:
First tract.-Beginning 110 poles west
of the northwest corner of an entry in the
name of Nathaniel Numery at a stake,
and then runs east 134 poles to q sassa-
fras, dogwood and poplar pointers thence
south 20poes to hickory, two sWeetgum
pointers; thence east 81 poles to a hicko-
ry, two hickory pointers; thence north "a
poles to double maple, two hickory
pointers; thence east "A poles to a stake
in Blrdsong Greek, elm and ash pointers
thence north IL poles; thence 263 north
of east &c poles; thence north 6 poles
thence west % poles thence north 20
poles thence 30 east of north Is poles
thence 20 poles; thence north poles
thence 609 north Of west % poles thence
north 27 poles with the meanders of said
creek, conditional line, 10 an elm, syca-
m re and dogwood pointers; thence 26-
north of west l8 poles to a beech, hickory
aud dogwood pointers; thence west 179
poles TO a stake three postoak and hick.
lory pointers; thence south % po'es to a
blackjack, dogwood and whiteoak point
| ers thence south 1913 poles to the begin
lining, containing by estimation 228 acres,
more OF less.
Second tract.-Beginning at a stake in
Birdsong Creek, 7Bpoles east of the north
'West corner Of AN entry ia the name OF
Henry Camp; runs west II poles to d
double maple, with hickory pointers
thence south rs poles to a stake in SAID
creek; thence down said creek with its
meanders, to the beginning, containing
-25 acres, more OF less
(, Il. B Howe, sr., died seized and pos
sessed Of said above described tracts o.
land.
TERMS OF SALE.
Said sale will be on q, credit Of II anC
Is months, except 20 per cent. cash
Notes with approved security will be re
quired of the purchaser, and lien retain
ed on the land as further security.
This 9th day of March, 1899.
d. G. HUDSON,
/ Clerk and Master
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-07
CATTLE MEN ORGANIZE
A mnas-meetlng Held at Camdon satur-
day for that Purpose.

A mass-mecting of the citizens of
the county met Ot the court house
last Saturday afternoon 70 take ac-
tiou for the protection of cattle in
Benton County. The meeting was
called to order by ID. b. Thomas.
Judge II. ~. Davis, of the county
board of health, was elected chair
man and ID. b Fhomus secretary.
On motion, % committee of five
was appointed on permanent organ
ization and to select one from each
civil district 10 constitute county
executive committee. This com
mittee was composed Of w. r. Nor
ris, j. p. Lashlee, Robert Rushing,
Cass a. Cowell aud Atha Thomas,
who reported as follows ON perma-
nent organization: ii. L. Stigall,
chairman: w +. Morris, secretary;
ID. B. Thomas, assistant secretary.
The association will be known as
the Cattle Growers Association Of
Benton County.
The following were selected as
the county committees: First dis
trict, II. d. Ode, w. J.. Matlock;
second, r, ID. McCord, w. d. Rog-
ers; third, J. i. Moore, Frank Wal
ker; fourth, ID. b. White, ID. 8. Al
len; fifth, c. A. Cowell, j. G. Wick;
sixth, r. w. Rushing, G.. b. Bane;
seventh, Lee Pierce, Charles Bar
field; eighth, E. G., Flowers, Bob
Cantrell; ninth, John G. Clement,
James Doty; tenth, John Lashlee,
Atha Thomas; eleventh, E. L. Shir-
ley, Aaron Hatley; twelfth, J. w.
Greer, Riley Watson; thirteenth,
Bob Walker, J. A Malin; four
teenth, John Cooper, Dock Oxford.
The duty of the county commit
teemen shall be to give notice of
any sick or infected cattle or i'm
portation or expectation Of diseased
cattle to the chairman or secretary
of the county board of health.
"A resolution was passed urging
the farmers and landowners of
Benton County to burn over their
woodlands and old fields, with a
view to destroying fever ticks.
Theconyention adjourned tomeet
at Camden April Is, at noon.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-07
FROM FLATw0ODs.

Regular correspondence
ON. McMackin, OF Hollow Rock.
visited here this week
Misses Lura Cuff and Lois Paf-
ford have gone to Camden to attend
school.
An entertainment was gwen the
young people at the home of M. NJ.
Cuff Friday evening.
Miss Lora Bell q acharming young
lady Of Liberty, has been the guest
Of Miss tleta Cuff several days.
A quilting given at the home Of
Mrs Phoebe Holland last week was
greatly enjoyed by the young folks.
Owing to the backward spring
farmers have done little work, and
as a consequence they will be very
late planting the crop.
Superintendent S. G. Wick has
.organized the Sunday school here
Let the people attend and assist
him, and we will have an interest.
ing school.
FLATwooDs, April 4.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-07
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY.

l the matter of w. S. McDaniels in bank
rIAtcv.-In the United States District
Court, Eastern Division of the Western
District of Tennessee.
TO the creditors of.W. S. MeDaniels, Of
bnton County, Tennessee, and district
oresaid. bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th
v OF March, 1899, the said W. S. Nc
hniels was duly adjudicated a bankrupt,
d that the first meeting of hiscreditors
II he held in the Office Of the Jackson
nan jackson, Tennessee, on the 18th
vlof April, 1899, at u O'Clock, noon, at
Iich time the said creditors may attend,
owe their claims, appoint trustee, ex-
nine the bankrupt, and transact such
per business as may properly come be-
e said meeting.
- JOHN r. WALKER,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
sys 4 BtGGs, Attorneys 1916
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-07
FROM POsTOAK GROVE.
Special correspondence ]

Special correspondence
Rev. N. R. Waters preached an
excellent sermon. here Sunday at
1890 a. m.
Miss Annie Hudson, of Gardner,
is visiting relatives and friends in
this community.
Willis McCord and Miss Ada
Presson were married Sunday near
Eggville, Justice +. M. Greer Off
ciating. We join in wishing them
all joyand happiness, and hope their
married life will be as beautiful and
as cloudless as the day upon which
they took their sacred VOWS.
PosToAK GROVE, April 4
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-07
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

In accordance with an act Of the
general assembly to incorporate the
town of Camden, Sheriff e. e. Fry
has called an election for tomorrow
Saturday to elect a mayor and a
board of aldermen.
The judges Of the election are
Fl. F. Stigall, P. Melton and w. A.
Lashlee; clerks, Eugene Travis and
Landon Wyly.
The polls will open at 9 a. m. and
close at 4 p. m.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-07
FROM FRIENDSHIP.

Special correspondence
E. j. Moore has moved to Bird.
song to make a crop"
There will be regular services at
Friendship next Sunday.
II. l.. Wesson, of Sugar Tree, was
here yesterday taking up ties.
Rev, w, M. White, of Waverly,
was here last week en- route to Cub
Greek.
Mrs. j. G. Moore has z young
chickens that were hatched ont dur
ing the zero weather in February,
and they are fine.
FRIENDSHIP, April 4.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-07
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.

A large crowd was in town last
Monday.
S. H. Peeler is making building
improvements
Don't forget the municipal cleo
tion tomorrow.
Miss Lizzie Biyens has returned
home from Box.
Huntingdon will soon have an
electric light plant
b. +. Brown spent Sunday with
his family at Dickson.
Rain somewhat interfered with
the horse show Monday.
Mrs. L. NJ. Presson is reported
on the sick list this week.
4. M. Steele, of Humboldt, visit
ed homefolks here Sunday.
Mrs. Leona Mcdaniel is spend
ing n few days in Nashville.
Her Hubbs has returned from a
trip to Dyer and Union City.
Mr.. Beasley, the reuovator man,
has moved to South Camden.
Miss Anna Mcdaniel returned
home last week from Jackson.
L. w. Evans, of Carroll County,
is spending a few days in our city.
Jesse Hall, of Dickson, spent a
few days with homefolks this week,
Sidney L. Peeler, esq, made a
flying trip to Nashville last Friday.
Vach Rushing and WyIy Floyd,
of Big Sandy, spent Sunday in oul
midst
B. F. Brown, the photographers
will make a group of the band in a
few days.
Irene, little daughter of Sheriff
and Mrs. E. e, Fry, has been sick
this week.
Tennessee River is falling, and
the overflow is receding from the
bottom lands.
L. r. Watson and J. B. Ander.
son attended the funeral of V. A
Kee at Cross Roads.
Circuit court will meet here next
Monday. Judge Woods will find g
light docket as usual
There are several avowed candi.
dates for city marshal, but we have
heard Of no aspirants for the re.
cordership.
Rev. J. W. Turner, the new pastor
of the Presbyterian Church, viii
preach here next Sunday forenoon
and evening.
Camden is forging to the from
as an egg market. Many of the
daily shipments amount to 10000
and 5000 dozen.
Miss Callie Bane, of Wyly, 0. G
Perkins, of Big Sandy, and a mum
Der of others have entered school a
Benton Seminary this week.
DR.. and Mrs. G.. w. Reynolds, O
Nashville, are spending a few days
in Camden. DR.. Reynolds is a sue
cessful dentist, and was called here
on professional business.
We have received a communica
ton from Faxon signed "Plowboy,
and across the back of the letter i
written "Do not print this" w,
will comply with the request.
Mrs. j. w. Rowe has returned
from Dollar, where she spent sew
eral days with her husband. MI
Rowe is some better, but is no
strong enough to attempt to return
! home.
Marriage licenses have been is
!. sued by County Clerk G. B. Gree
to Frank Plant and Maud Saun
ders, w. E. Howe and Alice Moore
Colored--M. Rutledge and Alic
Hawkins.
James H. Moses, of Big Sandy
is visiting Camden relatives. H
is again free man, having receiver
- L l. j.. L ..-.-... g., l., IL
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-07

from home. Write often and fifty
pages at a time, and tell me all the
news.
Your little brother
ID. f. CULLEN.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-07
MILK COWS FOR SALE.

have about Is good milk COWS, 2 to 8
years old, with young calves, that I will
sell singy or all in bunch at a bargain
Satisfaction guaranteed. viii take note.
Call on or write to MELON Fry,
1910 Coxburgh, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-07

Hats! hats! hats! l am receiv-
ing my new spring hats-all the
new styles-from 25 cents to $l2.
Don't fail to see them.
Mrs. NJ. MCRAE.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-07

The band will attend the debate
at Hawley's School-house Saturday
night.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-07

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative BrOmO Quinine Tablets. All drug
gsts refund money if it fails 20 cure 25c. Tn
genuine has J.. B. q. on each tablet
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-25
NO Remoye Trnces OF Ammonla.

The wide use of ammonia to assist in all
household cleaning demands that the
maids of the household should be instruct
ed in the necessity of removing its traces
from many surfaces upon which it has
been employed. Nothing is more injurious
to paint and varnish than ammonia, n
if it is used TO remove some especially
stubborn spot the surface should be quick
ly wiped over with a clean cloth wet in
clear water. For linoleuin ammonia Is
equally bad unless it is quickly rinsed. 1t
is this little knowledge of her cleaning
drugs which makes them SO dangerous in
the hands of the average h~ouscmaid. One
who used a cloth dipped in crude oil to
wipe over the surface of a stained floor
saw no reason why the same could not be
applied to the highly polished surface of
an old mahogany table. The result, nat
urally, was disastrous to its finish, and re
course to the services of q cabinet maker
was necessary.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-25

steal a diamond ring that has beer made
easy for theft by its placing. A confeder-
ate has notified him of this.
but here is where the professionals
are in trouble. The detectives begin to
know every face that should have its pic
ture in the rogues' gallery and communi-
cate that knowledge to the detectives OF
shops.
1.-THE professional detective has his adj
vantage over the amateur in this. too, that
the tricks, the knowledge the photographs,
of the municipal force are at his disposal.
Again, the detectives of all the big
shops here are in league. This is the one
thing where there is no rivalry. A detect
i've in one shop who suspects a shopper
and has no evidence follows him or her
into another shop and puts the chief of de-
t~ectives there on to the suspect.
"Most skillful care is taken that a sus-
peet becomes a thief before arrest is made,
I'm tell you one of the most unique
methods of livelihood among certain sharp
ers," said the bead of the firm. ''They
know the faces of the detectives in the
shops, and they worry and harass them
"As soon as they see the detectives eye
is on them they begin every trick of steal
ing they know. They play a detective all
over the shop until, harassed beyond en-
durance, he arrests them. The goods they
may nave stolen are transferred back to
the counter by an accomplish, n there is
no proved charge.
ssCertain women are enabled to make
from IS 1000 to s 5000 at this triekery.
What is to be done? The detective knows
that if he doesn t arrest the thief and let's
him get away he will really a some
thing valuable"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-25
A Human Chicken.

A peculiar case Of defor1nity in a fowl
has come under the observation of the peo-
pie of Sodus, n. Y. The bird walks per-
fectly upright like a human being, instead
OF bending over like the ordinary chicken.
It has been designated the ''human
chicken" 1t is not only the position
in which the chicken stands, but the
movements it makes as it tries to scratch
the gravel placed in the coop, which at
tract the attention of all beholders. 1t
frequently loses it's balance and falls head
foremost on account Of it's peculiar shape,
rendering its actions decidedly amusing.
People here have been attracted by the
hundreds to see the bird, and all unite in
saying it is the funniest specimen they
ever saw. A number Of offers have been
made for the bird by people in Rochester
and other places, but the owners do not
care to sell it. The chicken was raised by
Henry Lobell, who lives just west of this
village. It is 5 months old and perfectly
healthy. When the chicken was first
Matched, Mr.. Lobell says he discovered it
to be of a peculiar shape, but thought
nothing of it until the chicken began to
grow in size. The larger the bird became
the more upright was the position it as
sumed, until it was perfectly able to walk
erect. 1t soon became impossible for it
to walk in any other position on account
of its legs, which grew straight backward
instead of downward, as would be the
case in an ordinary bird. The joint is
properly crooked, leaving the feet to as
sumo a human position.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-25

pearling grounds have for some time
been controlled by men or companies
with large capital, of which the chief is
the great London jewelry firm of Street
er. These capitalists equip and send
out fleets of from 20 to 80 moderate
sized schooners upon annual cruises n
employ in the pursuit, besides numer-
Gus European officers and supercargoes,
many hundreds, If not thousands, of
native divers.
AS regards the latter, a controversy
has ragged in the western Pacific for
many years. Several individuals whose
information was apparently we'll found
ed affirmed that many of the pearl fleet
owners were nothing but pirates of he
worst type, who, while shielding them
selves behind contracts with the native
chiefs, in reality kidnapped thousands OF
the Pacific islanders and compelled
them to dive on the banks whether the
latter were willing or not.
AS the matter so nearly affected the
Australian government it made such
urgent representations to the British
authorities on behalf of the native div
ers thai at length a yeritable martinez
was dispatched as high commissioner to
the Pacific, who in turn vowed that he
would hang without mercy any British
subject convicted of the offense before
his court.
Then the pearl fleet owners did a very
simple thing. They chose the territory
in the American Union where natural
ization could be the most quickly eff
fected and thither dispatched their
principal officers to learn the science
of fruit farming. When they had be-
come full fedged American citizens, they
smilingly returned to their old voca-
ton, being then subject, of course, to
the jurisdiction of the American con-
suiar agents in those latitudes-,nen
who, as the pearl fleet owners declared,
were SO much more amenable to "rea-
SON.
This for the time coiled up the swing
ing rope of the British official, but the
trouble has since remained more or less
on the simmer until, now that the Unit
| ed States has acquired one of the prin-
cipal fisheries, it will probably break
out afresh, thus affording sundry pro-
spective international commissioners a
! pleasant winter tour among the islands
| Of the Pacific before it is finally settled
| with Justice to all concerned.
The actual diving operations are car
ried on chiefly by the natives, though
of late years Europeans, with the regu-
lar apparatus, have in some instances
been employed. The former method ID
simplicity itself.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-25

as each new issue in statecraft, finance
or general economics arose would be
the collection, in available shape, OF all.
the material in possession of the gov
eminent. The amount of time and la
Dor which this sort of help would save
to the members of congres who really
work over their problems or to their
employees who get up their speeches
and reports for them could hardly be
estimated.
Mr.. Barrows was born in New York.
At 9 years of age he went to work as
an office boy hat his widowed mother
might make both ends meet. But he
wanted an education and went to night
school to get it. This determined effort
won him the respect of a well to Go
cousin, who helped him on the road to
learning. In the meantime he had TAX
en- up newspaper work II had been
employed on several New York papers.
He had a most interesting and valua-
Bile experience in Washington during
the civil war. AS secretary to William
H. Seward he was brought into close
personal contact with the great men
of the time and became thoroughly IA
miliar with official life. While in Wash
ington Mr.. Barrows was correspondent
for the Philadelphia Press and occa-
sional correspondent for the New York
Tribune and was naturally a close stu
LEM of legislation.
In 1871 Mr.. Barrows wen to Cam
bridge, Mass, and took a course of
theological study at Harvard. While
pursuing these studies he supported
himself by newspaper work and during
his vacations Of 1873 and 1874 acted as
correspondent of the New York Trib-
une with General Custer in his Indian
expeditions in the Yellowstone and
Black Hills regions.
Upon the conclusion of his studies at
Harvard he went to Germany and con-
tinued them at the Leipsic university.
He returned to this country in 1876 n
was for a few years settled in the his
toric First Parish church OF Dorehes-
ter. Mass, where his great ability as a
speaker and his sterling as
a man won him the respect and admira-
ton of a large and critical congrega-
ton.
But the ministry was evidently not
| Mr. Rarrtsws' destiny, and in 1884 he
abandoned it for his first love n re-
| entered the profession of Journalism.
| taking the editorship of The Christian
| Register. He was elected congressman
in 1896. His term ends with the present
| session, and he was not-re-elected.
During his whole adult life Mr.. Bar
lsrows has been a profound student of
| the great social. religious and economic
questions and at the same time, as rec
reation, has cultivated a knowledge of
the classics that is probably unsur-
passed except by those making it a
Apecialty.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-25
TIMELY
1t Only Appears ON the Thirteenth of
Each Month.

AZ IA RpCssA OA "a SA
Each Month.
The residents of and near West Huron,
O., are all stirred up over the appearance
of a ghost in that locality. This is not an
ordinary ghost, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, a visitor from ethereal regions,
robed in flowing white. 1t is different
from any-ever before seen.
In the first place, this ghost is supposed
to be the visible spirit of a departed bach
elor who had large sums of money while
he was an occupant of a flesh and blood
structure ON this mundane sphere. The
ghost is not to be seen every night. and
his visits are SO regular that those who
have a desire to view him may go to West
Huron at stated times and see him walk
through board fences, disappear in hay
stacks and sink mysteriously into the
ground or soar heavenward on fiery wings.
The ghost is always seen on the Wool
verton farm, West Huron, between II 80
and 1a::30 en- the thirteenth day of each
and every month unless that day happens
to fall on Sunday.
Farmer Dildine, who lives near West
Huron. describes the ghost in glowing
words. He says:
II first saw him more than a year ago
and exactly IS years to tho day after the
death of the old rich bachelor. AS | was
passing down the hill at Slate cut l looked
across the valley on to Woolyerton's farm,
and there / saw a sight which battles de-
scrirtion and puts skepticism at a dead
non plus. j saw a light kindle up sud-
denly, as of some one swinging a lantern.
I paused to see what it meant. A weird
glow, like an incandescent electric lamp,
issued from the air or earth. Then there
came to my view the form of a human be-
ing, but instead of being outlined in white
it was invested with a blush tinge-just
as if you would look through q blue glass
from the dark into a light room This
seemed to be the outside of the thing.
Then the skeleton of the apparition ap-
peared in dazzling brightness. The visitor
seemed to be solid, and yet he was not.
The face of the thing, for I cannot better
describe it, was intelligent looking, and
the things feelings and emotions were
plainly discernible. You could tell by its
countenance what was transporting within
it's phosphorescent self, as much as an or
binary man or woman's face shows sad
ness or pleasure. 1t beckoned for me to
follow it, but 1 was afraid to do So"