The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-12-01
State News.

presented With a flag by Miss Florence
Aldehof, FOR whom its boat was named.
The Club gave a very successful ball
Thanksgiving night, which SO replOnihed
its exchequer that it is now able to build
q boat house, snd order q race boat. p
Col. R. X. BYRD, Of Kingston, has
purchased the steamer "Mary Byrd"
which now lies in thirty feet water, be-
low Chattanooga, The price paid was
$500. The Colonel intends raising it and
putting it in through repair.
RoUrE No. 1921 from Chattanooga 20
lockwood and back, twice a week has
been let to William c. Pickens, Of Mary
Vile, Tenn. The mail leaves Chattanco.
ga Monday and Wednesday at 6 p, n.J
and arrives Thursday and Monday at q
q. NJ.
Henry CLAY, q negro barber at Lou
don, was shot in the cheek last week by
David Nelson. 1t appears Nelson had
sold the negro a watch for $4,000 and The
negro being too slow in making payments
Nelson was about taking some Of his
property to satisfy his claim, when the
barber resisted aud a difficulty ensucd, ~
sulting in the shooting Of the negro.
The Stockholders of the Knoxville and
Charleston Railroad Company, held their
annual meeting, for the election of officers,
Saturday, at the office Of the Company, in
Knoxville.
The following named gentlemen were
elected Directors;
c. NJ. McGhes, ]. A. Mabery, G. W.
Jones, Dr., James Rodgers, Of Knox county,
w. D, Mckinley, R. l. Wilson, c. Gillss.
pie, JIG. NJ. Boyle, Of BlOunt county, and
j. W. Harrison, President OF the Blue
Ridge Railroad.
By an order ofHon. Nsill. s. Brown
President of the Association, the Teach.
ers, State Association Of Tennessee will
meet on Wednesday, December II, 1870
at 10 a. M, at the Capitol in Nashville.
The object Of the Association is we'll
known. 1t is to promote, as far as the
expression of opinions can do it, the cause
of popular education in the State; and, to
this end, all persons in sympathy with
that high and noble purpose, are cordially
invited to attend and participate, The
Association represents no party or sect Of
creed, but aims to better the condition Of
society for the present and the future, aud
it merits the c%ountenance aud patronage
Of all good men. The usual arrangements
will be made with the various railrUad
companies for the return trips of those ii
attendance.
The Greenville National Union Of last
week says; On last Thursday evening,
Willie Burchfeld, about IA or 10 yeAfs
old, son of Mrs. Nancy Burch6 cid, vas
killed at DR.. b. D. Harold's in this county.
The Dr.. was having his wheat crop
threshed ont, one Of his hands WIS taking
the straw away from the machine with a
very sharp pointed fork, and passing i; up
to S)me boys who were packing it away in
the barn. 1t is supposed this little boy
Willie was STOPPING to gather up an arm
full of straw while the man with the fork
was in the act of putting up a fork Full.
One prong Of the fork entered the right
! eye passing into the brain, instantly BAR
alyzing the little fellows right side. He
never spoke, lingering several hours in
terrible agony, dying about 10 O'Clock p.
IN. There was no external wound, the eye
ball was not injured, and only one drop Of
blood, one tear of blood trickled down his
cheek. This sad death is the moro dis
tressing as Willie was just arriving at an
age and strength to help his widowed
mother"
The Knoxville Press and Herald Of Fri
day last says: "Through the indefatigable
exertions of the officers of the East Ten
nesseo, Virginia 4 Georgia Railroad, an
important reduction in the rat es Of freight,
on all Fast Tennessee products, shipped to
the Cotton States, has lately taken place
This has been accomplished by securing
from all roads in the South, connecting
with the East Tennessee, Virginia aud
Georgia Road, the same rates as has here.
tofOre been allowed to the Green Line
from Louisville, Kentucky. The loca.
freight rates on the East Tennessee road,
being already lower than those on til,
Nashville & Chattanooga or the Louisville
4 Nashville roads, and East TENNESSEE
being nearer the Southfsh markets than
Louisville, the produce 0fthis section car
now be shipped to any point in the South
and actually undersell that of Illinois and
the West, and yet our farmers get the samt
price for their corn, wheat, bacon, &C., a:
!. is paid to the Western farmer. There is
|, now no reason why our farmers should no
sell all their surplus grain and stock, fo
they have a market at their doors, almost
and yet get the same price for their pro
duce that the farmer in any other part O.
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