The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-21

ma ~ uo-Ao. FoEy lev u THO 1au1
oEners have moved away.
Che People. people Eaneraily,
ar hardF0rking, thrift and properly
appreciate an educ tion. = Theyere con-
ssrgatives Ia polite and rsiigio and are
toAn encouraging tent Feadstse fneWs.
psRera AS a clqsh th are sOve the
County Roads and Railroads. The
county roads are not improved pixies,
cOrduFoys, etc., but they are generally
kept in pretty fair condition. Across
most Of the bottoms levees have been
thrown up which answer a good purpose
IEhe only two completed Failraods psssN
isg through the county are the Missis-
sippi Central and the Memphis and
Charleston. The former enters the coun-
ty from the south vest and passes through
passes through only the southern district
of the county, entering it from the west
| and ranging almost due east, The Mem.
phfs and Knoxville Railroad is now in
| the course of construction and will pass
from east to west through nearly the
center of the county. 81
E0sons and Tiuagls. The following
| are the most important towns and viii
lagos: Bolivar, the county seat, is loea>
| ted near the center of the county, has
sbOuu l, 400 inhabitants, two large aud
6ourishing female schools, two good male
! schools, one foundry, one steam cotton
! gin. and press and steam mill. leagues
Station, on the Mississippi Central Rail
road, is. eleven miles from Bolivar and
has ahoat forty inhabitants. ICONS Sta
] ton, on. .dhe same road; is seven miles
! northreastOf Bolivar and hasabout ninety
inhabitRnts. Middleburg,i on. the same
road, Is seven miles, Southwest of Boil
var, and has aboutfoFtya Hickory VAL
ley, on the same road is eleven. miles
sOuthsWest of Bolivsr,. and has about
! fortyafVe inhabitants Grand junction,
at the junction Of the Mississippi Central
land the Memphis and Charleston Rail-
! reads, is nineteen miles Southwest
! OF Bolivar, and has about 800 Inhabitants
lWhitsVille is eleven miles west Of Boil.
var and has about It's inhabitants. New
castle Is ten miles sw- Of Bolivar and
has about ninety inhabitants. Center
vile Is sixteen miles nv of. BoliYar and
has about ninety or 100 inhabitants
/ Salisbury, station on the Memphis aud
Charleston Railroad, Is twenty miles
south of Bolivar aud has about 375
inhabitants. Middleton, on the same
road, is eighteen miles south of Bolivar
and has about four hundred inhabitants.
Pocahoutas, on the came road, ls twenty
one miles south east of Bolivar and hes
about $50 inhabitants Ubet, on the same
road, is. eighteen miles west of south
west Of Bolivar and has about fifty inha.
bitauts.i CrauesViIle- is thirteen miles
east of B6liEaE5 and has about fifty inhaS
bitants. LestherFille on the Memphis
and Knoxville Railroad, (noW being COM
4 structed) is three miles west of Bolivar
ard has about 100 inhabitants.
H.. Mills and Factories. The water-poWer
is good, bus is as yet undegeIoped. The
Iayerage fall Of streams per mile is from
one and q half to two feet At Grand
Junction there is large ana fourishing
steam mill At LeatheFVille7 there Is an
extensive wool and cloth factory, and in
almost every district there is one or more
steam or Watersmills. The average dis
lance which the people of. the county
! have to go to get TO mill, It is thought,
1 will not exceed two miles s-'i...--f
r School Statistics. Hardeman coun-
tY has given but little attention
to public schools. The county leyies q. taz
Of so cents on poIis for school purposes
The following statistics will show, the
4 operations Of public, schools for the Yeal
! 1854: Scholastic population between
8 and 1S-White male, 1860; female, l.,
j $50; total white, t3,342; celoFed male
! 627; female, 664 ), total coleFed, 1921
total, 4, 663. Number of white schools or
gsnized. 90; colored, TO- total, SO. Mum
her white pupils between s and Is en-.
rolled, LAO; c0lored, 500 total, 1880
Number white pupils b-tUeen Is. and q
,enEolled, so ,colered, To- total, 20. Num-
Der Of teachers icensed-white male, IS
female, 81; eolored male, s.; female, 5
. total, Sc. Number of teachers employed
--Hhite male. q female, Is; eeloreC
male, 2; female, /; total, 50. Average
per month paid teachers, S46.42.
T., Churches, In almost every neighborr
hood there are houses of worship, repre-
lsenting some of the various Christian
determinations The denominations renl
in numerical strength in the following
order: Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian
and Cumberland Presbyterian. Their
are still other denominations Representa-
in the county, but not numerously. ,.,
Ne,csp0pers The only newspaper
published in the county il the BOLIVIA
Bulletin, published in the town Of Boil
var. 1t is conservative in politics. Tn,
people are generally readers of and sub
seribers to newspapers. ,ls- -1t d ID
agricultural Organizations. Since TIT
war there has not been fair association
The farmers movement is creating
considerable excitement among the farm
. ing clasGl Dr. IGi- Fi g.. -4,-... F.. 4..,.,
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