The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-10-27

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1 The County Press. e
! The following truthful article is taken
from lone. of the ablest JOURNALS in the eoun-
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/ g Our duty is too often overlooked 60
iRtoyone half Of the houses of the eountryg
4 and there will be found New Y ork n"wspa-
/ pers, and PHILADELPHIA Magazines and for
/ elm literature Of every kind while news
! papers interested in advocating the interests
! of their State, and their own comfy, not one
/ can be found This is grossly unjust If
F! man has i've dollars year-ten cents week
4 to spend for information and literature for
/ his family. hisduty as citizen is 80 take bis
! own state and county paper Let him una
/ gine, if he can, what his State would be
/ without a paper within her borders, and
4 then ask Himself what he is doing for their
! But some excuse themselves for taking a
metropolitan paper, on the ground that they
contain m1re reading matter than those pub
lished at home True enaugh-siihply for
l. the reason thatthey are supported, Every
dollar sent TO foreign newspaper by citi-
zen who takes no local- paper, builds up that
foreign paper at the expense not only Of his
own local paper, but the interests Of his own
State and county
we do not ask this for the local press as a
matter Of charity but of justice. Algood
paper can do more good for a town than any
town can do for paper. But few appreei-
ate the local press as they ought. They over
look the fact that its conductors are the most
selfsacrifeiag men IN ths.c0untFy.I ,Fram
one years end to another they devote their
talent and. energies to the building up of
their localities, even to the neglect Of their
swn pecuniary interests. t -e A-1'
Yet the local press IS snesresba and given
the cold shoulder forgetting that the little
pebble Is as necessary for making the noun
tain as the bolder or huge mass of granite.
The local press holds as important a posi-
ton as the riA does TO the river which goes
Oceanward It is bad policy to starve them
to death, as it would be for the mouth of the
stream to dam up the fountains from which
it obtains its supply.
; The interests of the city press and the
local press are identical, and they should be
fostered alike, as each has7its work to per-
form in its peculiar province. The cnnduc-
tors of the country press may sometimes q r
In judgment, or fail to carry out their plans
TO the fullest ie1CeTit-but the netr0p ttan
press is open to the salneebarge Wer peat.
that it is the first duty.of every man77iduty
that is imperative-to sustain his siOca -
with a liberal hand, and not to let it languish
for want If that support
! = Railroad, Accident-Folnr Cars Destroy
ed-SecerQt Persons Injured "A serious
accident occurred to the westward bound
train on the Memphis and Charleston rail
road yesterday, whereby four cars were
thrown down an embankment and destroyed,
and several persons seriously Injured. Gen.
Beauregard. Gen. Forrest, and large mum
Der Of Mem phians who had been at the
Iuseumba tournament, were on the train
The accident occurred about four miles from
BurnsviIle, Miss. while running at a speed
of about twenty mile an hour, and crossing
atrestle bridge, the rear trucks Of the express
car broke The broken trucks caught In
the bridge and carried away all the trucks
from under three of the cars in rear of she
4 express car. The first car was that contain
ing baggage, which was precipitated into the
/ abyss below, q distance of about twenty fee
feet. This car was badly daInaged-turned
| over, the bottom torn out, and the baggage
scattered all around TIE next was IA
elegant ladies car, continuing about fifty
passengers. / his car was also CarrIGQt INTO
the creek and turned over Nearly all tie
passengers in it were more or less hurt. but
mono seriously, except a Mrs Mopried, who
lives near Union Depot This lady was left
in house near the wreck and a special ear
was sent back for her FROM l}urnsyille. Gen.
Forrest and family were in this car, but
escaped injury. The next car was smoking
car, which went over the eInbankment on
the Opposite side Of the track from the ladies
car, end foremost. but no one was hurt in It
The next two cars were sleeping-cars They
were left upon the track ana unininred
except the platforms, which were smashed
to atoms. The baggalse master, Tim. Wright
was injured by the splinters and baggage
falling on hiIn, but not very seriously The
brakesman, Martin McMelon, was seriously
hurt, an ankle being dislocated and his head
bruised Tom RODGERS, an emplOye Of thG
road, was also seriously hurt. The wreck
presented a fearful sight and the cars were
badly smashed and broken, General.
Forrest and Beanregard, who we're on the
train, were very prominent in getting the
. wonnded from the train, and worked with
great energy. Captain Haryeysdathes, l0ca.
editor of the Argus, was on the train, and
was bruised slightly Is was 3 miraculous
escape for those on board, and wonderful
. that many we're not kilied.-Pablic Ledger
19th
Distressing 1lfair--sjn last Saturday
! near Waterford, IA this county, at the rest
: dence Of Mrs Walker, occurred one OF tbs
most unfortunate and distressing ahairs
which il has ever fallen to our lot 70 record
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