Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-15
Gircuit EOurt.

OoJs hOb' W. II AAaIA pIeSluInS3 ny III
terchange with Hon. s. A. Rodgers
and the following business was trans
acted:
]. II. Crockett We. FARMLAND Fire
Insurance Co.; motion by defendant to
strike out plaintiffs replication to de-
fendant's 2 amended Sd ples.
Jas. Ketchen VS.. Sanford, Cham ber-
lain & AlbeIs and 5. w. Paxton; plain
tiff7s demurrer oveTruIed, TO which ac-
ton exceptions were taken; motion by
defendants to strike out plaintiffs re-
plication to defendant Paxton's I'd plea
sustained; exceptions also taken.
John TIllery vs.. James Knox; juIy
respited.
Thos. B Smith vs.. VIM. Morris;
jury respited.
Court adjourned til $50 o'clock this
morning.
A rTibOO. tu our skOOi Diretktors.
mister Editur-i motifs @ cOmunica-
sion I'm las weeks Knoxvill cIonikIe,
heded " ThCze SkOol Direcktors-a
question NV VOracity," wich, as a citi-
sen Nv the SO Skool Deestrick. wood
like tn II phi III. Sence the suhjec is as
soOmin' mashnul Impotence IL is no
MORN rte tibet the publick shOod hear
boath siIes. The qwestion at ishOo,
Mr.. Ed ur, is "terbacker or" no ter
hacker in our publick skoOl. The
teecher, one john n. parker (Which is a
fanatikIe quaker from North Ca'lina)
along with 9-tenths Nv the community,
wus oppoZed tu lettin' the childrin
chaW terbacker, vile the direektOrs
sed thay must chaw eff thay wanted
ter, and boys, outen 80 skollars, kOn-
Guided tn chaw. Then theI wus a
hitch, and the Direcktors dismissed
the teecher fur bulldCZin' the
community and denyin' the rite
NV the 3 boys ia chaw. But, instid
NV takin' his walkin' papers, the teech-
er KEEP rite on and finished his turn,
as he sed, akordin' tn kontrac and the
wishes NV the people. The citisens
then perlitely asked the Direcktors tn
pay the teecher, but thay TUX no Dotis
NV the Tekwtst, and woodent pay him
q sent, as they felt it wood not be rite
tn thus sqander the peoples money.
In fac, instid Nv payin' him, thay
cum moughty nigh a whippin' Nv
him, as thay is brave men, and called
him lynn purp, skouUdrIl, and sich.
Then the people sined aOuther petit
sion, rekwesting the DirecktoTs tn re-
sine, wicb, Nv corse, thay refoosed tn
du, as ther conscience woOdent permit
'em besides, didn't they tax 9th tn
keep fire skool?
Now, Mr.. Editur, our Direcktors
decerve CRATE credit fur the nobul
stand thay heV takin' fur the fire. yuse
NV terbacker In our FIRE skool, or
on the pla ground. Thsy hev stood
as a bullwoTk agin the fanatikle
and tyranikle idees Nv The community,
and futur generasions Nv boys and gals
will rize up and call them bleest. Wat,
/ ask, wood becum Nv our bostcd libur-
ty eff skool childrin wus deprived Nv
Their rite to chaw? Didn't Geo. Wash
ingtou, Gen. Grant and Bob Lee chaw,
smolk or snuff? How, then, Good the
nashun perdooce eny more CRATE men
eff this anti-teT hacker crewsade is not
oppozed by a solid falanx Nv skool di-
recktors? Again wat wood the Guv'
ment du eff Their wus no terbacker to
tax? Woodent it becum bankrup,
like Memphis, and be Obleeged tn bev
its charter repealed? Poor Memphis
how mi hart bleeds fur the skool chill
drin ther, now tibet thay will not be
aloud to buy a drink Nv wisky. 1t
WINS a crewel and tyranikle legisla- |
chun WITCH made it unlawful TIA sell
wiskv within miles Nv a college, |
kept in incorporated cities, aud
now the boys Nv Memphis will
hev to suffer like sum other country
children. o tyranny! wat liburty is
takin' with thi name. But TeUenous
q nos n1outons. like tibet fraze, tho i
don't egsactly kno the meanin' NV ii,
but reckon its suthin about sheap. |
our Directors, wich is all gentilmen /
and skollars, persoom tn kno wat the
rites Nv boys is, regardless Nv North |
Ca'lina quaker, the parints or the rest |
Nv the people and in upholdin' thoze
rites thay VIII CARR ther terbacker |
banner onto vicktory or into the Su.
preem coart. Oh, thay is herojek |
skeol trustees, and long after the pee |
pie who sined thozs ptisions shell hev |
sunk into Their merytid oblivion, the
names Nv our Directors will shine 4th |
onto a tablut Nv glOri-oDsullied by |
faxsion, ontarneshed by giles Nv |
the imortile names tibet was not boarn |
tn di. . ~ |
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