Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-02-04
Letter from Sullivan County.

BLOUNTVILLE, TENN, Jan. 30, ISL
EDITORS CHRONICLE Chancellor II. {,
Smith is holding special term of the
Chancery Court at this place, and ZIP TO
this, the fifth day, the time has been con-
sumed in hearing one cause. 1t is the
most voluminous case, perhaps, that was
ever upon the docket of either our Circuit
or Chancery Courts; and yet the success
full party can not expect to recover exceed
ing 81, 600. The case is the settlement of
a mercantile partnership of many years
standing, between Mepe9ith, complainant,
and Crumley, defendanA
Rev. G.. w. Charlton addressed the peu-
pie of Sullivan at the court house in this
place, on Monday last. After haranguing
them for about one hour in his eloquent,
captivating style, upon the wrongs and
enormities practiced upon farmers by mid
die men and others, he adjourned to ar
unOccupied room of the court house, auG
organized Farmers Grange. A very
respectable number of our best citizens be-
came members; and it is thought most OF
the farmers of the county will do likewise,
when the opportunity offers again. Our
county officers. without an exception / be-
lieve concluded to wait and see how the
tide was running, as they are all candi-
dates for reelection, before Joining. Ir
would do some of them a world of good,
folds of times mystic sheet, to see where 2
granger will stand about the first week in
August next
One OF Sullivan's last years aspirants for
Congress, ebay seeded,n and went in, and
the other looked admiringly on, at all he
could see, and for the nonce, it may be.
wished he was farmer instead of that I'M
fortunate class, for which it is said oranges
were not intended. The grange movement
in the upper counties of our State bids fair
to do much good, and if the promised check
to quarrelsome, malicious litigation ana
the strength and the will to combat hate
full, stuck-up monopoly, wherever found,
is made real, and politics, or the semblanct
of politics, wholly. eschewed, then it is to bt
power unreasonable in time for good
The Republicans of this Congressiona
District, as they always do, are making
great deal of unnecessary fuss about VIII
will be the next Representative. 1t Is to
soon to make much noise, we respectful
submit, and the vituperation that few
our enthusiastic friends are joining upo
the names of the Republican CoDgression
aspirants that are opposed to their favori
is all absurd ridiculous nonsense az
ought not to be read by the voters. I'll
deponent has learned enough to know til
you are not apt to convince any body
anything by denunciation except Y
convice all creation your cause is bad a
you nave not Drains 10 nandlc ii.
There will be one Republican candida
and he will be nominated at the pro
time, and triumphantly elected after h
nominated. At this time everything wo
indicate, so far as Sullivan county is C
| cerned, that Judge Gillenwaters was
man beyond the shadow of doubt;
Judge Butler, it is said, is vastly morel
ular than ever in other counties, VIII
by the way, would be hard to be, unlef
w III nj n
either of these gentlemen, and let u!
quit talking politics until the oranges
organized, and the corn is planted;
we will up and at them.
Sullivan is materially prospecting; t.
have bsen reduced county warrante
almost at par value; and our taxese
pretty well paid for the past year.
schools are all doing well, and ther
| is growing in favor with the people.
HEM