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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15
WHAT THE OLD YEAR LEFT BE-
HIND HIN

The old Year stood beside the New, q
His hair was white, his hours were few.
he took the New Year by the hand
And pointed DER this glorious land:
"'Tis yours" he said; 81 die, you live,
IleaVe you all have to give;
leave you month, week, day and hour:
leave you time, wealth, talent, power
leave you might of work and will
I leave you chanse OF good aud i'll.
''Ileave you these, and then he smiled,
And softly kissed the New Year child.
And MS he pressed his farewell kiss
He said, 81 also leave you this"
Then in the New Years hand he laid
A. little paper neatly made.
And then he vanished. When, next day,
The New Year paused amid his play
To scan the paper, 10, he saw
Twas the GAZETTE, without flaw.
The nSWsy GAZETTE, which comes
A thing of blessing 10 our homes;
Which enlightens and puriHss the mind
And point to noble works sublime;
Such was the gift, the boon untold,
Left to the New Year by the Old.
Oh good Old Year, so truly kind,
La leaving the GAZETTE behind.
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PUBLO OPINION.

Washington Post: The man who
can take $45. 900. 900 from the trea-
sury and let banking house have
the use OF it. month after month. is
= great deal digger man than old
Grant" as he goes bobbing around
the world. As such he needs Look
ing after.
Cambridge Ohio JefersOnian /;
Hon. Thomas Ewing now thinks.
with Senator Thurman, that the next
great political tight win be made for
the closing Of the national banks IS
speedily as may be dons without
damage to public or private inter
ests.
Washington Post: BlAins's i'm
petuous valor on the bloody Sens.
torial held Of battle will serve to re-
mind the ex-Confederate generals
what a mercy it was that this par
ticular stalwart did not see flt to par
ticipat0 in that Southern "Scrim
mage' which occurred few years
ago.
lack Chandler 10 extremely anx
ious to have Senator Christiancy ap
pointed Minister to Berlin. and
fnthermoAe. he ia intensely ambit
Ious to occupy Christiancy's seat il
the United States Senate. Chandle
evidently has good share of human
nature il him.
An independent Republican Sena
tor has bsen interviewed, and say
to q Cincinnati Enquirer reporte
that Grant will be renominated b.
the Republicans and will draw off
. good Democratic vote. The Demo
Gratis have done some very foolis
things, but the sanguine Republ
cans may depend that they will DC
: buy beyond the limit in the direC
ton named.
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@=rTE- MoRRfsToWN GAZETTE JANUAR -t5,-I87g -

time OF peace. are eating used to
homicides and murders We take
such things 81 q matter Of course.
Sc mach the worse Tor us. When
some drunkard'a pistol sends q
ball into one Of US, or into
one Of our sons, We look at it IS .
very serious thing--not to be con-
sidered as 3 sort Of matter-Of-course
accident.
Is this thing 10 go on forever!
One thing is certain: It is going On
now, and at fearful rate. And for
3 long time Il has been going on. Il
has come t. this: no man is safc
when . drunkard is loose for nearly
all drunkaFds &c armed. When 3
drunkard is on the streets We should
give the alarm, IS the HindoO vii"
lagos do when 3 hungry tiger starts
on bis rounds The Man.eater is
abroad tonight Then we could at
least be on our guard.
We write aud talk about live is.
sues. This 10 oae-drunken men
with pistols ia their pockets. We
talk of Eeform-reform is needed
here. We should take hold Of this
question with both hands. Let the
press speak let pulpit speak. There
! 10 need OF % whole brOSdside Of
Sinatic Observation-Disclosures and
steadily kept up. There has been
sinful apathy and silence. The
blood of dead men, shot down like
dogs in the street. cries from the
earth to heaven.
Who taught the wretched boy that
lies in Fulton Jail to drink whisky
Who made him q drunkard? Who
sold him the poison that crazSd hin
on Sunday night7 Who made it,
Who makes the accursed traffic semi
: respectable2 And O great nation
with the 'best government the world
ever saw Licenses the trade anC
raises money thereby to carry itsel
on i'm the interest of civilization
And cities, towns, and villages, imi
!. tate the example and collect Wha
. they can in license taxes
What about the morality Of tn
pistol trade in time Of peace? Pts
y tots are sol6 for the most part h
q persons wno do not neSd them an'
= who should not be trusted with then
h who are liable to get drunk an
!, shoot the drst man they meet whe
= the 6t ie on them. Have we law
. against carrying concealed weapons
9 Then let them be enforced. An
let the silly, cowardly practice b
froWnSd down by good people
Southern Christian AdV0c0te.
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Shot Dead Sunday Night.

On Sunday night, November 5, Ii
Atlanta two young men we're going
to church. On the side-Walk they
met another young mar. He was
armed, an in liquor. He fancied
that somebody had offended him.
He met those young men while the
fit was on him. A few incoherent
words followed, aud he fred tight
into the breast OF one. and at the
other as he fed. The wounded man
dragged himself Co his home near
by-his mother met, helped him into
the house. and in . few minutes be
was dead. The young man who
fired the shos went resling on his
way. In an hour the sheriff carried
him TO Jail There was no grudge-
no hatred TO explain the shooting
Just this: be was in liquor and arm
ed. He would have fred into any
man be met st that mement. It
might have been any other man In
Atlanta with IS good cause.
This case comes home TO as. The
father OF the boy who Is in Jail is eur
personal friends worthy aud hon.
ored citizen. May God help him in
this great trial Alas, the mother
OF the dead boyI Il we're hard to
tell which has The heavier woe.
And this sort Of tragedy may be
enacted any day and anywhere. It
is, In its msin features. not nncem-
mon. Something like It occurs ~
cry day IN this Christian Republic.
We look for reports Of such thIngs
In every mornings paper. They no
longer surprise rs. Aud, what is
worse-unless We know the parties
such things no longer shock a..
Soldiers, in time Of war, get used TO
the sight Of dead men. We all, IN
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who mean business need apply. Address,
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rambler Claiborne and Granger Counties.
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it up and discovered that it bad cost
him $IO9 IS to recall recollections
sf City years ago, and required but
one minute and Eve seconds Of old
Eather Tame in which to do the re-
eollecting.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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a FARM
FOR RENT OR SALE !

r WILL RENT OR SELL MY FARM,
: one mile North of Morristown or
will sell 100 or $50 acres of She same.
The land is goOd-well timbered and
watered-with good improvements, and
an abundance of
Choice Fruits, OF all kinds.
There are about 175 acres of cleared
land.
1 will also sell 800 acres of excellent
land, lying in the beautiful Beans
Station Valley" 10 miles from Morris
town, 81 miles east of Beans Station,
and miles east of Tate's SpEing. The
land is we'll timbered and well Watered
with running streams and springs of
limestone, freestone and white sulphur
water. About $50 acres cleared, and
much OF IL set In clover and blue grass
Apply TO me, at Rutledge, Tenn, or
to w. II. Lane, on the Morristown farm.
jan Soft @. @. SMITH.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

A deputy sheriff at Richmond, KY,
being unable to collect taxes from res
ident, got third party to admire the
residents false teeth and ask to be
shown them, then darling forward seiz-
ed them. After living on soup for Q
few days the resident paid his taxes and
redeemed his property.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

The Canadian Parliament will meet at
Ottawa February - for the despatch of
business.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15
GrigSby House,
Formerly Vrginia HOGse,)
MOrristOwns Tenn.
.HE UNDERSIGNED HAY-

"HE UNDERSIGNED HAY-
ing leased the above popular and convenient
stand, begs leave to inform his many friends and
the travelling public that he is prepared TO ae-
commoaAte his guests ia the best and most APPROX
ed style. This House IL situated Main street, In
the center Of the town aud convenient TO the depot
The proprietor has dtted up IN his h0uss rocm
which viii be known as the Drummer's Rest, where
they conveniently display thar samples 10 the
many inqzir1ng business men Of this thriving
young city. Ny table shall be always supplied
with the delicAclsa and subatantiae Of the SEASON
Charges shall be m0dsrate, servants polite and IN
fact neither palma az expense wiz be spared to
make tbs 9rigsby Rouse pleasant Home Tor the
traveller and stranger. porter VIII Be in waiting
ct the depot upon The arrival 81 each train to con-
Vey your baggAgako ana 9rom The same free Of
charge There e aiac In Gonnaetson with the Ho-
tel Ars5-elhas Stable
Please give me call, q thing you wiz not regret
at alls
JOSEPH GRTG9BY,
sept u 1877. RRQRGExoR
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Total. .,... S91.SO
Then the boy came in with 3 bill
of So for his sled, to say nothing Of
the loss or a suit of clothes, 8 sur.
Reon's bill for plastering, sundry
skinned surfaces, and the bill Of =
hickman Who conveyed the fainting
Vie hams, In the cooler ~mOmants
Of aftsrthOught Eanscript reckOnsd
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-15

Beeause it is-a family Newspaper Of FU9E, SOUND
reading for old and young, and Il O ntains 9 re-
liable aud comprehensive summary Of all the Inn
porfant NeWs.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-11-20
The Bayard Boom.

We havo been hitherto inclined in favor OF
| Tildcn for tho Democratic candidate for Press
ident in 1880. We have noycr looked on his
conduct in 1876 in tho light put upon it by n
largo majority of tho Democratic press. On
the contrary, wo regarded his course highly
unselfish and patriotic under tho circum-
stances md worthy of commondaton. What
was hc to do but put himself in tho hands Of
his party, and this he did. Was ho expected
alone, without On army, to forcbly eject tho
occupant of tho White House and have him,
solf declared President? Was not there II
law regulating the count. and would it not
have been revolution to have seized tho gov
crnmcnt, were such thing possible or prac-
ticable, over and outside the law? Wo were
on the eve Of q bloody revolution, not sec,
tional, but local in its character, and we regard
tho action of Tilden ns having averted this
| evil, with which tho loss of tho Presidency
was triilo in comparison. Further, the
Democratic party rcsortcd to tho peaceful
remedy of compromise and 'ridon wisely and
properly submitted to this course. Hayes
| was made President but peace was
preserved, and if, with the general belief
of the country that Tilden had been de-
frauded of his rights, and that his course had
avertcd bloodshed, tho press had called on
tho country to honor tho man who had thus
acted, wo believe Tilden could have easily
is now little need to dream over his prospects,
for so much has been wrtten in derogation
of his course in 1876, that he stands no chance
OF tho nomination, and, in fact, We could
hardly recommend it now, entertaining the
viows we do.
Senator Bayard is now regarded rs the
coming man, and tho result of the recon
elections in New York and Ohio largely help.
his chances for nomination. Tho defeat ir
Ohio puts out Of tho question Western man
and that in New York is regarded us having
destroyed tho last chance for Tilden. Now
| York, if possible, p,ust bc carried, and Baynrd
has always been a favorilc in that State, both
because Of his known purity Of churnctcr and
because his views on the money question have
| always bcen in harmony with theirs Ger
tanly no man in tho party would bo more
acceptable to tho people Of the South than
Senator Bayard, the only point with our
people being tho selection of the candidate
most likely to succeed. The defeat in Ohio
puts Senator Thurman out of the question
and Hendricks soft money procivitios would
not admit Of his being put at the head of the
ticket.
Gen. Hancock has been mentioned, but tho
disposition seems to bo in the next campaign
to run n civilian. Tho ticket said to be
favored by several leading Senators from the
South arc Senators Bayard, Of Delaware, and
Mcdonald, Of Indiana.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-11-20
The New Daily.

Tho Greepville Daily Neps originally
issued by Mr.. A. NJ. Speights. has been sold
for payment of debts, and has bocn purchased
by Capt. Patrick IL. Reilly, of Greenvillo.
Capt. Reilly issues in stcad tho Greenvillc
Daily most entertaining paper. Tho subs
scription price is six dollars year. We
miss the telegraphic dispatches, however. in
tho columns of tho Daily, but wo have no
doubt they will bo forthcoming in good time.
Mr. L. A. Hayden. ono Of tho bost printors in
tho State, is foreman Of tho Daily. Groom
vile ought to havo good daily, and We
believe that Capt Reilly will not disappoint
tho gonoral expectation in that limo.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-11-20
The State Constitution.

We publish on our first page tho proceed,
ings of q meeting of tho farmers of Ander-
son County, held on the 10th instant at which
resolutions wcro passed. suggesting to tho
Legislature tho proprioty Of amending the
State Constitution, so that all persons, without
distinction Or class, shall be equally protected
in the matter Of the homestead. This is all
right as Inr as it goes, but does it go far
cnoug!? In our opinion if tho homestead
inequality woro tho only serious objection to
tho present Consultation, we would be a
happy people in point of fundamental liberties,
but is not the present Constitution defective in
many respects? 1t needs amendment in
oyery particular, save the bill of rights. AS
it stands its effect is to mislcad the peope,
create litigation and breed mischief In
many respects it pretonds to bo code of
laws, but is 80 imperfect to this end as to
ncccssiao confusion and conflict with Stat
uto laws. unless the greatest care is taken
State Constitutions arc of two kinds: Ono
Constitution, Ike that Of 1900 in South Ca
rolinn. in which only fundamental rights are
reserved to tho people, all else being left to
Legislation; the other Constitution in tho
nature of n code of laws, defining the
powers of courts, limiting tho character Of
Legislation aud partaking Of Statutory
character. Tho Constit ution of Missouri
covers near fifty pages of printed matter. and
perhaps the samo is trno in greater degree
of tho Constitutions of other States Tho
great trouble Of such Constitutions is the
danger and trouble of conflict with FREQ egis.
lation and tho consequent uncertainty Of
what is law. Our present Constitution seems
to bo mongrcl affair, half and half cons
cern, partaking horo Of tho true ma
turo Of Constitution and thero of
n legislative enactment. This feature of
our Constitution has excited no ittlo iitiga,
tion, and rs in the matttor Of partition by
tho Probate Court, has ofton unsettled what
was deemed vested rights to property.
a State Constitution has no Inherent power
but rosts for its binding cfioaoy in tho yirtuo
and integrity Of tho poopo, It is q
nero parchment, o declaration. of absolute
rights, which tho pooplo design no litigar
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-11-20
The Homestead.

Our ncighbor, tho 1n0crson IptclliyeRcer,
has greatly excited tho fears of the poor
debtor of Anderson County in rcforonce to
the Constitutional exemption guaranteed to
them by tho Constitution of tho State. aud
tho rich creditor has laid tho fattering unc-
ton to his soul that tho year Of jubilee has
como. The Walhalla COURIER tho Pickens
Sentinel, the Newborry Herald, if wo remcm-
Der rightly, havo each had lab0rcd articles on
this subject, leaning to tho Lutelligeuce,'s $
mistaken version Of the matter, in sympathy
Tor the poor debtor and discussing tho effect
of an alleged decree of tho Court. Sheriff
DuPro received instructions the other day to
proceed in certain cases rs if those who had
no land wore not entitled to the homestead
exemption in personally. with tho in.imation
that tho Court hud 80 decided, as tho news
papers had alleged. Our ShoriT wrote tho
Clerk OF tho Supreme Court for q certified
copy OF the decision. and from tho following
lettor it will bo seen that no such decision
has been rendercd:
COLUMBIA, Nov. 8, 1879.
.. f. U. DUPRE, Shoriff-Dear Sir: The
Court have rendered no such decision as YOU
refer to. n tho case Of Duncan vs.. Barrett.
tho Court decided that tho Legislature had no
right to eAtend tho exemption so as to em-
brace articles not specified in tho Constitution.
In tho subsequent caao Of Spencer vs.. Har-
''in, inc Couft ro,atllrmcd this. In that case,
cotton, corn and bacon made by man on
rented premises, wero claimed, but not
allowed, under tho decision in Duncan vs..
barrctt. Yours truly.
ALBERT M. BOOIER,
Clerk.
We clip the above from tho Abbovile Press
and Hammer, and while wo admit that wo
have published several articles on the homo,
stead and tho decision Of tho Supreme Court,
touching tho construction of the Constitution
and statutes, still wo do not remomber to
have stated that tho court had rendered de-
cls'on adverse to tho right Of parties owning
no lands to tho exemption of the articles of
personally enumerated in tho Constitution.
In commenting on tho decision in Duncan vs..
Barrett and Spencor vs., IIarman wo
doubtless stated j. might be reason.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-11-20
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Tie Atlanta CONSTITUTIONS,

During tho coming year-a year that
will witness the progress aud cu'mination
OF tho most interesting political contest that
has ever taken place in this country--every
citizen and every thoughtful person will hr
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Leading Southern newspaper" Bill Arp
will continue to contribute his uniuuo
letters. which grow ip savory humor week
by woek. "Od 81" will add his quaint
fun to tho collection of good things, and
"Uncle Remus" has 10 preparation series
of negro myth legends, illustrating the folk
lore of the old plantation. ln every ro
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