The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-14

employe to refuse to work at the wages Of
fered; condemning in strongest terms, as un-
justitiable and indefensIble all combinations
Tor the purpose Of resisting the rightful au-
thorIty Of any company Ly interfering with or
attempting to intimidate others willing to
work at wages offered; pledging each other in
no case to employ any one discharged on ac-
count Of characterization or combinations to
stop operations on any road by intimidation of
or interference with others willing to work
and to promptly inform each other, by printed
circular, of all such combinations, with names
of parties engaged. Railroad companies in
the United States are invited to cooperate.
No adjustment of the trouble between the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad
company and their striking employees has yet
taken place. The company got train of fif-
teen loaded freight cars from Knoxville to
Bristol, being the first freight moved Oh the
line from Bristol to Chattanooga in six dayg.
The company still refuses to receive freight
The strikers made no attempt to stop the
train but sent a committee of their men on
an engine to prevent the cOmpany's master
mechanic, who was acting as engineer, from
placing any nOn-society engineers in charge of
an engine. Mail trains run regularly. Ths
men are quiet but determined and the cOmpa-
ny is firm. The directory met this afternoon
and unanimously adopted a resolution indors-
ing the acting officials in reducing the salaries
and claiming for them the right to regulate
the pay of employees as they may deem best
-Advices from Little Rock state that two
negroes, driving a two-horse team, stole some
hogs from DR.. Eagle, one of the leading farm
ers of LOnOaBe county. On missing his hogs,
DIR. Eagle, in company with two of his kins-
men, and Mr.. James Sullivan, startad in pur-
suit. One of the Eagles was an officer. About
dusk the party came up with the negroes and
took them in charge, after a little struggle.
During the night the two negroes escaped and
reported in the ueighborhoOd. which is COM
posed almost exclusively of negroes, that Ku-
Klux had attacked them, and raised posse of
about thirty negroes to so in pursuit of them.
In the morning Eagle and his posse proceeded
in search of the two hog thieves when they
were suddenly confronted by an armed body
of negroes and fred upon, killing al! three
Of the Eagles and mortaIly woundiug SuIli-
van. On hearing of the affair, the sheriff of
Lonoake county summoned fifty men and
went in persuit of the perpetrators of the
deed. The killing occurred near the line Of
Pulaski county and Lonoake.
The United States Supreme Court has de-
cided, in the case of the state of South Cero-
olina, er REL Wagner against Ston, county
treasurer, from the Supreme Court of the
state, involving the question of the validity OF
the issues of the Bank of the State during the /
war. The charter of the bank, framed in 1912, |
provided that its issues should be receivable /
for taxes, but the county treasurer now refuses |
to receive them ON the ground that they were |
issued in aid of the rebellion, and were, there |
fore, no tender. The court below sustained |
the objection, and the judgment was for the |
treasurer On a former argument of the case /
in this court that judgment affirmed but
upon a re-argument had at this term there is a /
change of opinion and the judgment Is now |
reversed. the same judge writing the opinion, |
the court holding that as the faith of the state |
was pledged for these bills, the holders we're /
entitled to rely upon that credit and to its pro-
lection. The credit of the state could not be !
Withdrawn without an open aud clear declara- |
ton to that effect and such declaration was !
not made until 1863 by the repeal of the char
ter, which was too late to render the bills no
tender in the present case. One other case |
was decided by the decision in this. Justice
Hunt delivered the opinion. Justice BRADLEY
dissented.