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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

Tnr New York Tribune, commenting
on the removal Of Generals Pope and
Ord, says
General Grant, in reconstruction, is
a mere clerk. He has no power, no re-
sponsibility, no embarrassing question
to decide, nothing to do with liwng inn
mediate issues. He is nothing more
than q checked pawn on our chess board,
while the President controls the game
asd captures the mon piece by piece.
We protest against this as an injustice
to General Grant. We believe he would
rather be with us carrying out recon
struction than be the captive .; y ot.sonn]
the bulwark of his ADMINISTRATION, y
General Grant has any power, now IS
his time to use it; If he has not, let some
friend demand it for him. II Congress
fails, then he owes II to his fame to leave
tho administration Of Mr.. johnson.
The World approves the removals,
aud sees in them some CLEANS OF sense
The strange message which the Presi..
dent sent to Congress- eulogizing General
Hancock, was the Presidents mode OF
declaring the principles on which the adj
ministration Of the Fifth Military Dis
trict will be conducted, so far as these
principles can be maintained by the So
lection Of commanders. A message ex-
planning to Congress the reasons Of these
removals would look like acknowledging
an accountability for acts which are con-
pletely within his independent province
as COMMUNICATIVE of the army.
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British xission.ri.s 70 ira sr1.s.s..

Great Britain, ever gEDeruIs TO IL
peoples except her own, proposes 70 send
missionaries to the Southern States
What the unfortunate South needs mos.
now is food and rsiment-ships loaded
with beef and corn, not with tracts,
Bibles and missionaries. There have
been too many missionaries already sent
from the Northern States, political stump
speakers, aspirants for office, and New
England school teachers--male and fe-
male. They have brought irrepsrable
mischief on the South, With a fresh
flood of these from the other side of the
Atlantic, what is to become of the poor
South 2-Nep York Herald.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02
Special Order.
0FFIoE suPT. METROPOLITAN PoLIoK, /
MEMPHIs, TENN., Dec. 30, 1867.

0PFIcE SUPT. METROPOLITAN PoLIcE,(
MEMPHIS, TENN, Dec. 30, 1867. (
Tho special patrolmen FOR Shelby county ION
duty outside Of the city of Memphis, are here
by ordered to report to Acting Sergeant E. A.
Cole. on Thursday. the I'd Of January. 1868. for
assignment to active service on that day, on
the various roads leading to the city. with in
structions to watch the movements Of all sus-
picious persons coming toward Memphis, sinsly
or in squads. to disarm them II found with
weapons contrary to the laws Of the State, and
to use all means in their power to detect at
tempts Of such persons living outside Of the
city Of Memphis 10 vete for officers Of the mu-
nicipal government Of Memphis. The quiet
and Eeod order Of the city demand that every
effort should be made 10 prevent Illegal voting
and especially to prevent persons from going TO
the polls with arms. Every effort viii be ade
By me to Enforce the laws and secur God
order. ard all good ciHsens arr requested 20
assist, By their voice and influence. in the at
tainment Of this object. All arms taken under
this order viii be reported at this ofice with
the names Of persons from whom taken.
b. BEAUM0ST.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02


a6r New England is in fair way to
be punished. The South was the goose
which laid her golden eggs, and she has
killed il. When the grass grows in the
streets Of Boston, and the grinding tariffs,
which have been the foundation of its
prosperity, are no more, then will the
country prosper, and not before. When
Democracy triumphs, then viii tariffs go
down, and poor men viii! buy clothing,
bread, coffee, tea and sugar at low prices.
The Wings of the North having turned
abolitionists, oppressors and radicals,
the Wings of the South are now all Dem
ocrats The issue is now, labor against
capital, the poor against the rich, the
laborer against the money-lords and
bondholders, free white men against
negro leaders and tyrants. The North
is thoroughly aroused, and able to bring
the South to the rescue of true Dem
ocracy. 1t will be accomplished this
year. And then the great unit Demo-
cratic Union party will command two
thirds the voters of America. With all
its old, Objectionable dross purged out,
It will be great party of patriots; and
the government, the greatest and best
which ever controlled the United States
or sat enthroned at the helm of empire
in the world. Be patient, and have cour-
age, and hope but little more. The
day of deiverance is near. We have
been lifelong Wing. But now we claim
the honor of enlisting as an humble
private in the ranks of Democracy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

a woNAx in Paris informed her neigh
bors, who went out 10 work by the day,
that she would take care OF their small
children, without cost, upon condition
that she could receive them at o'clock
in the morning, ADD keep them till 5 in
the afternoon, The parents readily con
sented the babies were always returned
promptly and in good condition, aud the
woman was regarded as a blessing TO the
community. Il was discovered that this
voluntary nurse received quite an income
from letting the children 70 ariists aud
photographers at two francs per day, as
models Cor angels aud eberubinS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

of whom are the descendants Of the same
ancestors with themselves. And If there
should be no other way for the Irish TO
enlist the hearty sympathy of the whole
American people in lreland's cause"
than to unite with the proscriptive, in
tolerant and tyranuioal party known by
the name Of Radical, then the Irish will
not only not enlist 1t, butthey will reject
and contemn any such syRpa.hy. Irish
men are not and cannot become Radi-
calls No man need have any fears nor
build any hopes on an expectation that
thew will
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Attachment Notice.

Rice. Ware 4 Eur,l, "a. ]. v. Pencil. Be:
fore 2. II. Heinrich. Justice Of the Peace OF
shelby cquuty. Tennessee. .prr
IT APPEARING FROM AN Afflip,A -
Il l'ci In teis cause that The saia =. VI.
h is orfrrtd that publication be made N ne
Memphis PrHIIc LEDGER fer tcur CO. ~. I.
date OF the ptudancc II said suit, ~ ~. 49,
Be required % answer ne san5 ~, ~ - . 49,
a~ainsf him ~ default. Trial a. too oooA on
q, cs " s \. ?. Ii. HEINRICH. J.. P.
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A LEADING French .fcuilletOniste says
that Hamlet is strange, inexplicable,
unraveled pieee-ihe dream of sick
man; Shakespeare found him in night
Of orgie or OF fever. You can no more
find the reason Of Hamlet than that Of
the rawlings of lost heads in madhouses.
Hamlet is phantom without body, or
a body without a soul He goes through
life at hazard and without reason. Ophe
Tia : she is an Undine, sister of the
German goddess Polenjus ? Chinese
figure on a white canvas, without any
use, The mother Of Hamlet alone is
true. Only the mother of Hamlet is
true; she alone attaches and transports.
Adulteress, she loves her son. She has
killed her husband, and she is good
mother. She is the Lucretia Borgia of
the North. She is mel0nge Of crime
and tenderness, Of horror and sympathy,
for whom men have admiration and fear Z"
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by TELEG RAPH,
I-atert 70 Noon 1o-ioes-
NEW YORK.
oold ana Cotton Reports.

Special to the PuBLIc LrporRl -,
NEW YoRK, January 2, IL m,-uoid
opened at 1881; at 1920 a.n, was 1852
at Ills am, was 1884, and is now 1881
Cotton market very firm. Holders are
asking. higher rates, but prices are
unchanged.
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EV The Nailers' Union, which en-
braces all the workmen in Pittsburg,
Penn, and its neighborhood, and the
contiguous portions of Ohio and West
Virginia, has agreed, at convention in
PittsbuFg, to accept the scale of prices
offered by the mill owners, and all the
nail mills we're to resume business i'm
mediately after the holidays. Not more
than three or four are now in operation.
The reduction accepted by the workmen
amounts to l63 per cent on the old
scale. tk
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

k@~The Delaware and Lackawanna
Railroad Company and the Dixon works,
at Scranton, Pa, have notified all their
employees, some 1900 in number, Of
reduction of ten per cent. in wages.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

s6S- The French Blue Book informs
us that the converts of France supply
a very large portion of the hair sold in
market-the tresses cut off when the
novice takes the veil being saved for sale.
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THE French actresses suddenly deligl

THE French actresses suddenly delight
in appearing before the audiences of La
Grand Nation in roles usually performed
by the lords of creation. Not less than
six Partisan theaters at this juncture
play comedies, etc., in which male roles
are represented by ladies. At the Am
bigue, Madame Marie Laurent plays
Jack Sheppard" in the Knights ofthe
Fog At the 0deon, Mile Jane Esser
plays Mario" in the Handsome Gen
tiemGn Of Bois Dore. At the Gate,
Mile Judith, Hamlet" at the Porte
Saint Martin, Madame Dugueret, "Deni-
yet" in the Village Usurer +; at the
Dajazet, Mile Dajazet, Bonaparte," in
Bonaparte at Brienne; and at the
Opera Comique, Madame Cali, Robin
sons Man Friday" in Robinson CrHsoe.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

ma. The losses by fire in St. Louis for
the past year amounted to s2,777 800, on
which there was an insurance Of 81, 1885,
026. The chief loss was by the burning
of the Lindell hotel in March last.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

D0 Hoff, the malt extract man, who
spends between one and two hundred
thousand dollars a year for advertising,
has lately won fifty thousand dellars in
Prussian lottery.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

rT E. W. Moore, of Sandusky, Ohio,
according to the Register Of that city,
has been asleep since November 29th,
and appears to be getting along we'll A
severe illness from which be is recover
ing, is the supposed GAUGE Of his somno-
lance
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

IA BrcEet Major General Thomas W,
Sherman, Colonel Of the Third artillery,
stationed at Fort Adams, Newport,
Rhode Island, sssumes command Of the
Department Of the East in The absence
Of General Meade.
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s4-The new volcano in the neighbor-
hood Of Leon, Nicaragua, was in erup-'
ton at the last advices, vomiting Gre,
cinders, and fine black sand from two
crAters.
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NEW MEMPHIS THEATER.
NEW ADVERTISER ENTs
"MY COURTsHIP, AND ITS CONsE-
QUENCES."
NOT BY wIKoFF.

NOT BY wIKoFF.
All nature made thee Just to find
Tn amount of love amidst manbind:
Recording angels write II down
And credit them the virtue shown.
Fen ancient maidens' tongiies refuse,
With gossip loud, thy charm = abuse;
For who so mad as might di,play
An envy bout the suns arrayY
o, happy fated must he be
Whose course in life is led by thee;
No doubtful paths can e'er be trod
With enc who leads us straight TO God. n
If might claim thathand Of thine,
Around thee close my arm entwtne.
On earth, in heaven, life should De
One oath Of love well kept by me.
Not Mecca's fame, that holy Shrine,
Fer claimed o worship more divine, No.
Nor pilgrim knelt with rurer aim,
Devoting soul and heart and name.
Now, who'd have thought ,.twould come TO pass
In spite of all this ringing brass,
Tho girl would frswn and tell me nay,
An d papa teach Inc rot to stay.
My brain Is on fire, for too much blood
lis rushing there to do me good
o, "vital fluid" highly priced
Ye must at once be :" EQUALIzEDl"
nB- Equalizer Office: No. 81. South side of
Court Square. 80
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IA The Greenland whsle-6shery is
very poor this year. The Dundee feet,
Numbering twelve screw vhalers, had at
last accounts but ~ 20 fishes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

A scRIBBLER, who is rambling around
in Minnesota, writes to the Pittsburg
Chronicle the following description Of
the manner in which the Indians in that
section catch ducks: Get a large sized
pumpkin, cut hole in oae side, disem-
bowel it, then stick the hunters head
into it, being careful to have eyelet holes
to see out of il; then take bag, wade
out in the lake so that nothing appears
above the surface of the water except the
pumpkin, stand still, soon the ducks
gather round the pumpkin, aud they
peck; slyly take them by the legs, pull
them under and bag them. The bag full,
make your way 10 shore. Some may
laugh, and this smacks Of a hoax. Slightly
mistaken, my friend. 1t only exempli-
fees the cunning Of the Indian, and the
Stiffness of the dupes.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

s6- The St. Louis and Illinois Bridge
Company have applied for an injunction
to restrain the East St. Louis Council
from interfering with the work.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

t6- The State Convention of the Boys
in Blue Association, composed Of ex-
soldiers and sailors, is to be held in
Philadelphia, January 9Th. The object
is said to be the nomination Of General
Grant for the Presidency. One thousand
delegates are expse,ed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

par A prisoner named John Redman.
confined in the Jail at Madison, Indiana,
in attempting to escape, was shot and
Killed By the Sheriff
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

a9 Thuslow Weed promises to write
a book Of political "reminiscences after
the next Presidential election, with the
assistance of some two thousand letters
which have been preserved and indexed
by his daughter. These letters are from
all the leading Wing statesmen and Re-
publican politicians of the last thirty or
forty years.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02
NOTICE..

r WILL EXCHANGE BUILDING LUM-
| Der for a small stock Of Groceries, Provi-
sions, or Dry Goods consisting Of Calicoes,
Domestios, Wool Goods, Hats. Boots and Shoes,
Three or four yoke Of OXEN wanted.
The lumber to be sawed nj Eddins' mill, In
Memphis, at mouth of Wolf river. All the
lumber sawed according to the order Of pur-
Apply to me. at EDDINs, SAW MILL.
l29 DEXTER CURTIS.
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B~ The steamer Henry chAuucey,
from AspinvAll, brought 10 New York,
TUESDAY. 81, 100000 in treasure.
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Special Notice.

Special Notice.
OFFICE SURF METROPOLITAN POLICE.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 30, 1867. }
Applicants fer positions on the Metropolitan
Police force. whose petitions have been filed in
this office. will report at the station-house of
the district in which they live, on the morning
of January LIST. for assignment to duty as spe-
cial patrolmsn. for services on that and the sue
ossding dag. N lon retained for duty on the I'd
of January (election day.. will be paid for their
services on that day, and from the number thus
serving will be selected ten uO) additional reg
uIar patrolmen for duty in the new wards of
the city. s. B. BEAUMONT,
Sup't Metropolitan Police
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OFFICERS;

w. b. GREENLAW, President
JAS. ELDER, Vioe-President.
s. p. READ, Secretary
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Latest from Washington.
Special to the Louisville Courier.l

Special to the L0u1svllle Oourier.J
WAsHIYaToN, December %. = The
President has signifed his intention Of
being present at the 9Th of January eel
ebration to be given here by the Democ-
racy. All the members of the Senate,
General Grant, also Generals Sherman,
Meade, Hancock, and others of the
army, and Hon. George 81. Pendleton,
Charles O'Connor, Governor Seymour,
of Connecticut, and one hundred and
City prominent persons have been In
|lvited.
Ben. Butler filed to- day in the Ad-
miralty Court libel of information on
Admiral Farragut and the Western Gulf
squadron, as it existed in 1862, to re-
cover q bounty of two hundred dollars
per man, under the statute, for the
destruction of small force of rebel yes
sells in front of Forts St Philip and
jackson, on the 23d of April, 1862
The libel prayed that monition be
issued to all parties concerned to show
cause, etc. The court decided that the
monition be issued, in compliance with
the request
Several members Of the National Dem.
ocratic Committee-Belmont, chairman
authorize the announcement of meet
ing of the Committee in Washington, on
the 22d Of February, as heretofore. The
probability is that Cincinnati will be
designated as the place of holding the
convention, notwithstanding strong eff
forts are being made by rival Western
cities
Thad. Stevens is again indisposed, but
his physician thinks he will be able to
resume his seat in Congress on its re-as-
sembling.
Gov. Morton's speech last night is ac-
cepted as the policy of the extreme Rad
icals for the Presidential campaign and
the forthcoming speech of Senator boo
little, in the Senate, it is said, will be an
inspiration of the Presidents, and indi-
cate his sympathies and course for the
next political campaign. q
Hon. Jerry Black is figuring an effort
to test the constitntionality of the recon
struction laws, and is preparing his ar
gument thereon.
The Radicals are in trepidation over
the wall of suffering and sorrow from the
South, and the commercial and financial
distresses from the North, which all OBJ
viously originates in their policy, and
has recoiIed fearfully upon them x
Ben. Wade remarked to-day to friend,
in language emphatic but not classic:
Everything has gone to hi"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

1I Hungary is exporting enormous
quantities. Of grain this year.
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p e o p c S
CAPITAL STOCK, 100000.
TAKE FIRE AND MARINE RISKS.
DIRECTORs.

W. B. GREENLAw, n. s. BRUCE, ,
@. W. COVER, CHARLES JDNdESSj IT
JAMES ELDER, W;M; FARRlNGToN
JOHN oVERT0N, JR.
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TEE Montgomery Mail has the follow
ing account Of Christmas in that city;

TIE Montgomery Mail has the follow
ing account OF Christmas in that city;
Thousands Of negroes have congrega-
ted in this city during the last few days.
On Christmas day they appeared to have
the town "in a sling" and, aided by two
or three carpet baggers, and under the
sanction and countenance OF General
Swnyne, who was sent here as a military
officer, and not for the purpose Of run
ming the Radical machine, had lively
Christmas Of it Early in the morning,
drum and fife paraded the streets,
followed by hundreds Of negroes,
who were yelling and cursing and
threatening to run over any thing
with which they came in contact Later
in the day the negro military company,
with flashy uniform, flags, and armed
with Government muskets, paraded all
the streets, and carrying in their wake
hundreds Of negroes The City Council
passed On ordinance prohibiting little
white boys from enjoying the innocent
Christmas pastime Of firing crackers in
the streets; yet this negro military COM
psny marched up 10 Swsyne's headquar-
tiers, on Market street, and saluted him BY
firing off their muskets, 10 the delight
of Swayne, but to the terror of the
women and children Of the city. The
negroes then marched on, still firing at
intervals, and formed the nucleus Of a
Radical political assenblsge, within a
short distance Of headquarters. At this
meeting several incendiary speeches
wers delivered. A negro speaker said ::
."The Radicals could whip the Conser-
NATIVES at the ballot-box or with the
musket" Babour, Of the Bureau, secre-
tary Of Swayne's late menegerie, is re-
ported TO have said, in his speech to
the negroes: THAT we would soon have
in the State an armed militia, which
would keep the white men in subsection
TO Radical authority" Here the excite
ment aud mean whisky ran so high that
the negro, John Belser, fourished q load
ed revolver over his head, saying, Come
on, rebelsl" A New York merchant
viewing what was going on, exclaimed;
Would to God the white people Of the
North could witness what have in Mont
gomery to-day
The above are only fsE Of the incl
.--sats Of the day, which We publish in
order to saoE what We are coming 70
Bsder the beyouet ard negro rule Of such
Radicals as Pope and Swsyne
,na- The New York yesrnsl Of Con-
meres would like to kEew If il eysl
..-.l a Wendell ph;if;n. In tis
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-02

A DMTNISTRATOR'S FINAL SkITI ?
n meat in County Court Of Shelby ccurl y,
10 the heirS and cre1itors Of Michael He4t.
deceased. Notice Is Hereby given tia, ht||
Uesse- deemed, with the Clerk Of said CouzI.
ard thaf i will Apply for Confirmation Of ~.
setflemenf-at the February term, le0s, Of .-.4
s,,-'sS N the Courthouse In the city Of Me-
M. n,j.'-' - SOL. HESS
f-'s' Administral ~.
Approved December II, 1867.
ions LoAeuE. Clerk.
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pM. Menkon has signed new engage
mnnt fnr Cnlifnrnin. y
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Dissolution.

V,HE FIRM OF BRADY, KEITH A
BRADY is dissolved by mutual consent.
Tue business will hereafter be carried on by
1919 ROBBINS, BRADY 4 co.
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s@s- During the past seven years 're
monks of Mont ST. Goihard have given
more than 10000 rations to needy travel
ere, besides many articles of clothing
and the total expense has been less than
Sl7oo.
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no. The New York Jsurnsl Of oOz-
maee would like to kEeE If Il ever
occurred to Wendell Phillips IN .his
no1spis Of self-exAminaiiOB, that he is
6 bOref
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NOTICES!
ELECTION NOTICE.

FIRST WARD:
Judges-J. E. Randle. John Turner. A. Rem
Cierks-B. F. Colman, H. B. Joiner.
SECOND WARD:
Judges-M. d. Cochran. J. M. Graves, A.
Cierks-H. E. Goodlett, Hugh Fox. W
THIRD WARD:
Judges-W. A. Beckford, J. G. Mills, +. J.
Clerks Charles Myers. II. P. Dix.
FOURTH WARD:
Judges-Jamos MoWilliams, I. M. Hill. M.
Il. Williamson.
Clerks-H. ]. Lynn. A. j. Halle.
FIFTH WARD,
Judges-w. S. Bruce, 7. H. Allen. W. L.
Cierks-J. A. Gronauer. W. H. Hodges.
SIXTH WARD:
Judges-C. B. Church. Geo. Smalzreid, Jacob
Cierks-H. B. Childs. Cook Creighton.
SEVENTH WARD:
,Judscs-L. Harmstad. G. P. Norris. A. J.
White. rr-
Clerks-John Doaie, W. H. Hunt.
EIGHTH WARD:
Judges-W. II. Passmore. N. B. Holt, Frank
Taft.
Clerks George Keilar. J. B. Ray.
NINTH WARD: y
Judges-N. Frick. j. B. Grifing. j. d. Dam
bury.
Cierks-Jesse Prescott, ]. H. McCullers.
TENTH WARD:
Judges-J. NJ. Williamson, G. P. Ware. Geo.
CIerks-H. D. Buckley. II. E. Garth.
j. ID. DAVIS,
Commissioner Of Registration Of Shelby coun-
", Tennessee. 101-f