More new from the Pratt City Herald - May 6, 1899 Mr. J. P. POWELL has retired for a time from the active duties of his office as Justice of the Peace and Mr. J. T. WAKEFIELD has rented his office and will for the present attend to the business of Judge POWELL's court. Mr. T. M. ALLEN, the well known shoemaker ..........has recently opened a shop at the corner of Third street and the car line at Pratt Station. Dr. J. B. STAGG has covered the floor of his drug store with very pretty linoleum. L. L. ALLISON has a complete stock of feed stuff at lowest prices. Miss Mary George BAILEY, the manager for Mrs. J. W. CHAPMAN, invites attention to her fine line of millinery goods. A personal letter from Mr. W. T. FARROW dated at Columbus, Ohio mentions his safe arrival and pleasant reception in the house of his daughter. His present address is 179 East Town Street. Mr E B. FINCH who has been sick for several months, was on the streets Wednesday. The infant child of Mr. Tom KAMPLAIN was seriously burned Wednesday night by the overturning of a cup of boiling coffee. The little one is now relieved of its suffering and is doing well. Mrs. SMITH and two sons, of Blossburg, and her sister, Miss POWELL, visited their parents, Mrs. and Mrs. J. P. POWELL several days this week. Dr. J. B .STAGG has this week fitted up his handsome soda fountain for the season and will dispense the delicious drinks of modern invention....... Robert GLASGOW has accepted a position with Dr. J. B. STAGG. "BELOW THE SURFACE" Mr. Herbert THOMAS has taken charge of the mines at Helena. A scarcity of cars is hindering the miners at Blocton and Blue Creek. "WYLAM NOTES" Rev. W. B. ERNEST will preach at the Baptist church at this place Sunday morning and evening. Rev. ERNEST, Wednesday accepted a call to the pastorate of the Wylam Baptist Church. A committee consisting of Mr. C. S. LeCREN, Rev. W. B. ERNEST and Frank BANARD have been appointed to arrange for the dedication of Wylam Baptist church at an early date. The child of Mr. John MILLER that was so seriously burned a few days ago is recovering. On Saturday last at the picnic of the Wylam Odd Fellows the Wylam Base Ball Club played the Dolomite club resulting in a victory for the Wylam boys. The Herald is indebted to Mr. Cyrel S. LeCREN for special courtesies and for the recent copies of the London Times extracts. "NEW GUN CLUB" Messrs Sam GARNER and James HOWARD have been active in the organization of what is to be known as the Remington Gun Club. They had their first shoot last Wednesday resulting in the following score: Sam GARNER, 23 our of 25 James HOWARD, 18 out of 25 John HARDING, 15 out of 25 Will ELMORE, 15 OUT OF 23 "PERSONAL" Messrs. W. H. BARNARD. W. G. POWELL, Frank CULVERHOUSE and Ed McELWYEL spent several days in Montgomery this week. Note: There is also a long article on the Pratt Mines with a picture of Shaft No. 1 which was the oldest mine in the Pratt Seam. There is also a picture of coal washing plant at Slope No. 2. These pictures do have some people in them. but the people are not identified. It is possible that a copy of these pictures may be in the Archives Dept in Linn -Henly library. in Birmingham. ********* Hope this helps someone. jabtillery@home.com I haven't had a chance to check out the pictures yet.