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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-12

~. Lost. sFHAYED. AND FOUND.
.T OST. TWO, EN,AMELLED5 3 GOLD,
.ElSHIRT.RUTTONS, each ornanepted With
stag's head A liberal reward VIII BE- PAID ff tnfy.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16
COMMUNICATED.

1t IS gratifying that your invitation to
the public to discuss the pros and cons Of
the railroad decree through your columns
has been accepted, and the arguments
are being seen by our people This sub
ject is an important one, and both sides
ought to be duly heard for upon the
discrimination Of It depends very much
the future welfare Of Bolivar, provided
1t is discussed With honesty and equanim-
ity This will surely be done for, how
ever people may differ, there is certainly
no occasion for hard words or hard
thoughts to be elected, every man only
claiming and exercising his right of fairly
expressing his judgment 1t will not be
contended that the building of the NJ. d
<. railroad Will injure our town and
county. This ali agree will not be the
effect But It IS argued By some that
this is not the time to make this subscrip-
ton. Mr. Editor, wien will the time
come ? Does the present oudooE, the
present languishiug in all business hold
out future when the town viii be better
able to do more ? IF is worth doing at
all, it certainly cannot be when our peo-
pie aye driven off to ether places, where
enterprise and business tempt them to
20. Do we not observe q restIessness, q
discomfort, and almost now a determine
ton to seek new fields of labor by many
/ Of our citizens. 1t is true those who
have already accumulated fortunes here,
and are fast getting possession of the
town, can well afford to remain. But
| what encouI acement is it 70 our mechan-
les; our men of smaller means, who must
make the most Of their energies? Can
they afford to bury them here for all
time? They viii not do it, and their
stay here is only limited By the shope
that something viii be done to benefit
and build up our home interests. Then,
what will become of vacant stores and
shops VIII others seeing this be
tempted to come here to fill them up
They will not; be assured they will not
The world is ali before them where tc
choose" and they viii not choose a place
where all is desertion AMI decay If
this tax is voted down, down with it g
the best interests of Bolivar for many
y ears to come. a.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16
PARTY SPIRIT,

What wonderfully mysterious thing
1t Is If there be two parties in Bolivar,
each party must at ali times be in dark
ness. This question was discussed by
tle writer and a handsome young friend
a few nights since. My friend changed
from point to place until he put all the
voters in Bolivar, except two, in one
PARTY, and argued that the mighty tloo
had defeated the p-a-r-t-y-by not giving,
etc, twenty acres Of land, etc. Happi-
mass to the illustrious tloo Party Spirit,
where is thy dwelling place Is it in
the hearts of thinking men, or is it in
the hearts Of those who hate honest men
simply because they have, by industry
and economy, accumulated property,
and are by nature gen tlemen2 Some
living man viii please answer. No
party spirit Will " Purity spirit"
50 sinking fund, dividend and g sell
ing stock at face value. all moan about
the same thing,-thirty thousand dollar
tax on the corporation only 81 400 a
! year to pay. We have only two thou
sand to pay now Have we paid iii
Remember, Taxpayers, that if you vote
this tax upon yourselves, that you mus
not quarrel with, or think hard e, the
tax-collsctor W hen he takes anything he
can find belonging to you, and sells it tC
pay your tax. Any other creditor mus
no touch what the law allows you. VIII
you place yourself in such q condition
Think about 1t for yourself the "sink
ing fund, taxpayer. Keep your money
and use it seventeen years for the com
fort and use of your family; and thel
pay the bonds off if you will levy the tax
Mr.. Bond-5uyer. The principal proper
ty-holdera in Bolivar have paid up stocl
in the Memphis & Knoxville railroa,
company, and will pay no tax uatil theil
stock Is taken up. Your interest vii
doubtless be paid promptly, but yOr
must not exp ect the property owners 70
five years at least. PERIPHERY.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16
CnNGRRSS-

On Monday, the sixth inst, the con
gress of the United States of America
again assembled in Washington City e.
The house of representatives, coming
directly from the body of the people,
is largely Democratic, and for the first
time in many years that body is presid-
ed over by q Democrat, and who is
admitted on all hands to be statesman,
a patriot and worthy successor of the
old-iime illustrious men who have $50
ably filled the seat he now occupies.
The other departments of the govern
ment, the senate and executive, which
were not within the reach Of the people
In the fail elections of 1874, are still in
possession of the Republican party, who
have been mismanaging the affairs of
the country for so long a time that our
people have been brought almost to the
brink of ruin. The legislative depart
ments Of government being widely divi d.
ed in their Political views upon important
measures which will come before the
present congress, we fear but little will
be accomplished for the good of the
country. Should politics, and not hon
esty govern the actions of those entrusted
with power of making our laws, then
there is but little hope that much good
will come of the present congress. The
house can checkmate the senate, whilst
any measure emenating from the peoples
immediate repres entatives has to run the
gauntlet of the senate as well as the veto
of the president. 1t is greatly to be
hoped that more honesty and good sense,
and craftsmanship, will be exhibited
than as been exhibited for years at the
national capital; and that the wants and
necessities of the people will be consult
ed by the present congress instead Of
enacting laws to promote the interests Of
party, the interests of special classes, and
the interests of rings and mouopolies,
which has disgraced the halls of legisla-
ton for twelve or fifteen years past.
The material and makeup of the house
of representatives is good, and We look to
them that no more laws be passed
oppre ssing the many for the benefit of
the privileged few. That honest labor
shall have its just reward, and that the
burdens of government shall be borne
equally by all classes, and not unequally
distributed as now-lightly upon the
wealthy bondhoider, and oppressively
upon the toiling laborer. As for the
NJ essage of the President to the congress
of tho United States, we shall have
something to say hereafter. Slfice it to
say for the present. it is just such pro-
duction as we should have expected of
Mr.. Grant, who is simply soldier, and
not statesman. i is but "wishy
washy' eleotioneering document, and
scarcely rises to the dignity of state
paper, Although it is much the most
yolumin0us paper which has yet en- ena
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16
Il. & K

Ed TORS BULLETIN.-As no one has
seen proper to say anything through the
columns Of the BULLETIN for CT against
the proposition to issue corporation
bonds to the amount of $50, 900 for the
purpose Of aiding the complexion or ex-
tension OF the ". & K Railroad, I pro-
pose to offer a fact or two, as gathered
from an accurate tabular estimate of the
debt which the citizens of the tow will
be called upon to assume or reject by
their votes on the 23rl Of the present
month. l do not propose to make o
direct argument for or against the pro-
position in question, but to state what
seem to be facts which the people can
consider for themselves.
In the first place then, it Is proposed to
let the bonds run three years at eight
per cent per annum before any Of the
principal is paid For each Of these
three years the interest to be raised by
taxation will be S240O or about 81 cents
on the hundred. During the fourth year,
QS79), we shall have to raise on e-seven
teenth of the $4,000 which will be
Sl764 TO- and this added to S240O the
interest for that year viii make S4I64 10
the greatest sum to be raised IN eng one
ye ar during the time. The rate viii for
that year be barely go cents on the one
hundred dollars. From this time on the
amount to be raised would constantly
decrease, but as 1t would take up tco
much Of your valuable space to give the
estimate for each year, it is sufficient for
those who are at all disposed to invessi-
gate the subject, to state that for the
year 1883 we should have to raise 5000
the rate being about 81 cents on the huu
dred dollars. Fer the year 1857,
S3o35 % the rate being abou. - cents.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

Common Sense thinks the 9th
clause in the Railroad tax decree is too
uncertain, in as much as the bonds are
to be issued when in the estimation of
the Railroad company they have secured
sufficient only to grade the rOad-bed.
The decree requires the written state
ment under oath of the President and
Engineer, giving facts and figures, show
ing the suffciencY of funds. 1t is not
the oath or estimation merely-but the
facts and the figure s, which will be look
ed to-before the bonds are to be issued.
Besides these estimates, according to
the statement made by the President be
fore the board of Mayor and Aldermen
includes the trusting bridging etc, apc
such are the estimates which these Off
GERS now are ready to swear to.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

For 1891, s2470 SO, the vote being about
50 cents, aud for 1895 the last or TWEEN
tieth year, SI905.S8, the rate being about
d cents. The whole amount to be rails
ed, principal and interest, Is SIS, S39.S6
TIE rates as stated are true upon the
eupposiiion that the taxable property
within the corporate Iifniis IS worth sew
en- hundred thousand dollars, and I AN
informed that the tax books show it to
be even greater 1t viii be observed also
that this estimate is made upon the sup
position, that the value Of the taxable
property viii remain the same for TWEEN
ty years. IF the building Of the railroad
or anything else SHOULD cause a depre-
citation, the taxation would indeed be a
burden from which we could not derive
any possible benefit On the other hand
if the building of the road or anything
else should cause an influx Of capital aud
an appreciation in the value CT property
the ate Of taxation for each year would
be as much less than the above esti-
mates as the appreciation in the yalua-
ton of property would be greater than
/ 100000.
As | have about arrived &c a point at
which it would be necessary, in case
should prolong this communication, to
! speak Of the advantages and disadvan-
tages Of the proposed railroad when
built, 1 should leave thatpart of the sab
ject for those 70 discuss who have more
inclination and more ability to do it.
" SoUIBs.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16
ElecfiOn N01ice.

\ pursuance of an order Of the BosFd
OF Mayor and Alderman Of Bolivar
Tennessee. | will open and hold an slse-
ton al the Court House IN the town Of
Bolivar, on
Thursday, December I'D, 1875,
for the purpose of submitting to she
qualified voters of the town Of Bolivar
the propositiOn Of the Memphis & Kuox.-
vile Railroad Company, that said cor
peration Of Bolivar shall subscribs 500
600 to the capital stock of SAID Railroad
Cohpany-paysble In bonds Of the cor.
pora ion OF Eolivar, to mature aud Be
payable twenty ears after their is.
snance, win eight per cent iassrsss
thereon payable annually. For full ia
formation as 20 the terms Bnd conditions
Of said subscription, reference is mads %
the decree Of the said Mayor and Al4sr.
men, At the Office of the Mayor male "a
the 10Th day Of November 1878. Alec
to printed copy Published IN the BolisEF
BULLETIN. Those ia favor Of said sob.
seripiion viii put on their tickets. Fer
subscription, and those onp0s1d, no
subscription. This Nov. 10, 1878.
J. J. NEELY,
Sheriff OF Hsrdsman county Tenn.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

State Of Tennessee, Hardsmaa Cosnty.
Elliotte & Sons, ss ". 7. Hautina-
BEFORE J. c. Resell, Justiss Of the
Peace OF said county, in this Cause 6 AZ.
pearing by affidavit that the deFsndan,
w. z HaRkins is justly indebted % he
plaintiff and Is nonresident OF the
State, 80 that the ordinary process Of
law cannot be served on him, and orfzi-
nal attachment having been levied on
his property. Il is therefore ordered
that publication be made in the Bolivar
BULLETIN newspaper. published IN she
toxn of Bolivar, for four snceessive
weeks, commanding said w. +. Haa-
kins to appear before me Ia the town az
salisbury. IN civil district number ten
OF said sCounty on the 4th day of Janzary
1910 AMI make defense to said suit
against him, or 1t viii he proceeded with
es pGrte. j. c. RUSSELL. ]. p
This 30th day NoY. 1875.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16
DIsrREoT No II.

Brown, A. 2S4 acres land, State tax
5 Al, CO, tax 40, School tax Sc, total
10 90 Penalty II per cent, interest 6 per
cent. Clerks fee /, Printers fee !, Sher-
f fee so cents
Hill, l. c log acres land, State tax > 60.
County tax 95. School tax 64, total 5 70
Penalty u per cent, interest 8 per Cent.
Clerks fee l, Printers fee !, Sheriff fee so
cents.
Kittle, 800 acres land, State tax / 9
County tax SO, School tax 80, total . 80 ;
Penalty y per cent. interest 6 per cent.
Clerks fee /, Printers fee l, Sheriff fee SO
cents
Mathis Joseph, $50 acres land, State
tax SO, county tax &c, School tax %, to
tai IS; Penalty y per cent, interest G
per cent. Clerks fee /, Printers fee
Sheriff fee so cents
J l. SIMPSON,
Tux Collector
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

I" Freedom thinks the worst slavery
is the slavery of debt, and he is right
too-and that is the reason why we
need another railroad in Bolivar. The
people are all getting in debt on account
of sloth in business and want of enter
prise No man, no people, no town, can
prosper without activity in business As
well might we expect to see q man grow
rich who sleeps one half his time.
y z A
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16
r. r. MEETING.

The citizens of Bolivar and vicinity
are invited to attend a Railroad meeting
at the Court House on Friday evening
December 18th, at 6 o'clock P. NJ. A
number of speakers have been invited
and are expected to be present to ad-
dress the meeting.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

Private advices from Memphis give Us
the gratifying intelligence that General
Nicely has met with abundant success in
his application to the Cha mber of Com
MERGE for aid to NJ. & X Railroad We
also learn that the individual subscrip-
ton in Memphis has been greatly in
creased the work viii corseque ntIy
be let from Bolivar to Memphis sho rtly
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16
AN OUTFIT FREE.

We want some one in every county to
take orders and deliver goods for the old
and original G. o. D House. Large
cash wages. Splendid chance in everv
neighborhood TOR the right person of
either sex, young or old. Samples. new
! SITS, circulars terms, etc, a complete
outfit SENT FREE AND POST PAID. Send
for IL at once and make money at your
homes Address, II. J. HALL & CO,
n Howard Street, Baltimore, Md.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16
NOTICE.
d, o, BELL,
Bolivar, Tenn,

Those Of our subscribers who find
an K mark on the margin of their
paper, viii know that they owe as
for subscription, and an early remit
lance viii be thankfully received, as
we are very much in need of the money
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

WANTED.-An energetic man 10 con-
troll the sal . in this district of staple
article ia the grocery line. Any active
man may secure a permanent cash bust
ness AMI a monopoly that can be made
to-day $5,6Ol per snnum, BY addressing
with stamp enclosed for answer.
MANHATTAN MFG co,
LAT Rcade Street, New York.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

We learn that as soon as the building
Of the NJ. d x. Railroad to Memphis is
assured, Col Faulkner, President of the
Middleton and Gulf road will extend his
line from Middleton to Bolivar, and on
to connect with the Brownsville and
Cairo narrow-gauge read, thus opening a
direct continuous route by rail from ST.
Louis to the Cult It is only fourteen
miles from Middleton to Bolivar on an
air line, and the lands througA which
the road would pass are mostly level and
fertile w ith three roads crossing st
Bolivar we may expect ere long q city of
no mean proportions.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

The family of Mr.. Campbell Durrett,
ofthe Fonrth District were poisoned last
Thursday morning, by drinking coffee
that had the seed of jamestown weed
mixed with it through mistake. at the
last accounts, all the family were recov-
ering, except Mr.. Durrott, who was still
quite sick.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

The squib of No Humbug" in the
last BULLETIN about the difference in the
Of gentlemen, and their public
spirit, seems to be an ugly fling at per
sons whose ability to give are not equal
to his own. Unto whom much is given
much shall be required" B.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

Enquirer asks who are going to sell
the bonds, and how much are they 60
ing to get for them? 1t is suggested
that the owners ought to sell them, but
perhaps we can get the same agent who
sold the Hardeman county jail bonds as
his success, gshows him an admirable
financial agent.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16
WANTED-To purchase a half in

WANTED-To purchase a half in
terest in good Weekly Paper, By a
Printer who has had many years expert
ence IN all the different branches of the
newspaper business. Would prefer a
partner who Is also printer, Refer
ence given and required, Address, with
terms and copy of paper,
d, o. BELL,
Bolivar, Tenn,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

On the twenty-third Of this month
yon will be called on to hand in your
vote in favor of building the Memphis &
Knoxville Railroad. Do not mind what
people say, but go up and vote for it to a
man. o.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

or course wen have the Memphis and
knozvills Railroad bnilt there are only
q few opposed to it. and they are too
young to vote L.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

That vas a shrewd idea for one man
to- publish in the BULLETIN so many
squibs against the railroad tax, under as
many different nom de planes. 1t gives
the appearance ofso many directors, tut
it is evidently the style of the same in
diyidual, whose elsverness is equal to h;s
shrevdness. Dos
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

Help yourselves by helping others.
You can do this December Esd. by vot-
ing for the Railroad tax. NJ.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

"Are you for or against the Railroad?"
% For it, you bet 70
"That's right. Prove what you say
when you hand in your vote Tuesday,
December %. Max.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

Vote for the Railroad tax Tuesday,
December %. It's for the poor man as
well as the rich. Tax PAYER
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

IN the last BULLETIN, an article by
" Prevention calls attention to the fact
that other people have litigated the tax
voted to railroads, as an argument
against the proposed corporation tax.
1t is true the people Of Upton county
did and the supreme court held that
their objections were good; for it is
most notorious fact that this tax was
fraudulent and swindle gotten up by one
Mitchell and Governor Brownlow, in the
interest Of q few men. But the people
of Upton never did assert their hostility
to the Paducah road, and viii acknowl
edge that no road could have done more
for their county than this one between
Covington and Memphis. The same
NAV be said Of the Selma road, which
has been abandoned by the corporation,
and hence the people justly refuse to
pay any more tax, unless the road Is to
be built But none of the counties on
its route opposed the building of the
road. Holly Springs was moss anxious
EQaB the IOaQ sGOuAG DO bNAlI AOs~-A
ton says that the state debt of S25, 600,
800 is mostly due to railroads, the rail
road debt being over 100000. Now,
what would tie state Of Tennessee do
without her railroad system? Can she
do without it, and hold her rank in the
sisterhood Of states What has been
her increase in wealth since this system
was inaugurated No one who will
take the pains to examine the relative
wealth of Tennessee between 1850 and
1870, will hesitate one minute to admit
that the state has been abundantly tene
flied by her railroad expenditures
Hundreds of millions of dollars profit t,
the people have accrued and this IS only
| the beginning. MACK.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16
DECEMBER nc. 1875.

NOTICE-AH accounts due the firm of
II. NJ Polk & Co, contracted since July
%, 1878, must be settled by note or oth-
erwise, by January /, 1876, as the pres
eat co-partuershIp will be dissolved or
that day
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

They sayI will die in the poor-hOuse
if I vote for the Railroad tax. Too
thin. don't scare worth a cent T.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16

Some bad boys recently set fire to an
old broom sedge field in Williamson Co,
and before it could be checked it bad
spread over a considerable portion of ter
ritory, and had done aaimmense amount
of damage, burning fences and houses.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-12-16
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