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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
SOUTHERN EDUCATION.
Encouraging Reports from all the
States.
New Orleans Democrat

New Orleans Demoerat.]
A most hattering report comes from
all the Southern States in the matter
of public education. There never have
been so many schools Op9n in South
Carolina as at present; and the at
tendance of colored children at these
is extraordinary. The same can be
said of Alabama, where, as some of
the papers in the central portion of the
State declare, the negroes show more
disposition TO take advantage of the
public schools than the whites. We
all know how it il in this State. I'm
der Radical rule the school funds were
used almost wholly in politics. The
ability of the Radicals to hold on to
our State Government as long as they
did was due largely to our school fund,
which always furnished them with
camTaign funds. All is changed to-
day. In the last campaign the Demo
cratic leaders promised the negroes
schools, and they have nobly kept their
pledge. This is appreciated by our
colored people, who are wisely taking
advantage Of the opportunity offered
them to secure an education.
1t is impossible TO estimate the i'm
provement among them just yet; the
new regime has not been in power
long enough for that. The school re-
turns of neighboring State, however
-Gcorgia-enable Us osee how much
the Southern State Democratic govern
mcnts have done for the negroes in the
way of education. In 1874, some
short time after Radical rule had end
ed in Georgia, there were 1876, PA
educatable persons III that State be-
tween the ages of ten and eighteen I'M
able to road and write, most of them
ignorant negroes. To-day there are
only 80, $50; that is, under the Demo
cratic State government, 100,614 ig-
norant persons, mostly negroes, have
been taught 10 read and write.
This is what the Republicans never
did for the negro. They found him
ignorant and unedHcated, but they
never attempted 20 improve him. The
Southern Democrats arc doing this to
day. Is there any wonder that the
negro has ceased to vote the Republi-
can ticket?
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.

1t is an able document. Gov.
Porter is a pure man. He may not
havesethe sintellecual acumen Of
other statesmen, but for inherent
force of character and unsullied
personal trepute, his leadership
merits unqualified commentator.
In these treacherOus times of pO-
lltical tergiverSations, the State
in all its diversified interests is far
more secure in the hands Of an
upright and fearless man like j.
d. Porter than when represented
by a huge mass of brain-power,
bottomed upon beggarly amount
uf personal worth. Gov. Porter
is man of large growth, and
with future of extended public
usefulness awaiting him.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
SheriR's Sale,
N, JEf--
I. 7. CAMPBELL.

w. B. Shearin & Bro. vs. w. Fl. Foster.
BY virtue of writ of vcnditionl expo
mas to me directed from the Circuit Court of
Hardeman county, Tennessee, at it's Nov
Term, 1873, will sell to the highest bid
der, for cash, at the court house door in the
town of Bolivar, on
Saturday, February 9Th, 1879,
all the right title and interest of defend ant
which is II interest in and to the fol-
lowing described tract Of land containing
about 400 acres, and lying in the 18th dis
trict of Hardeman county, Tennessee, and
on the west side of Portcr's creek and in
the 10th surveyors district, range ,. section
l, and being the same tract devised by the
late Lot Foster to Briant and Nancy Fos-
ter and their heirs, by his VIII, and bound
cd on the north by the lands of J. r,
Jones and W. L. Thompson, on the east
ny the lands of J. r. Jones, John A.Cox
and Edward Dixon, on the south by the
lands of r. f. Hudson and J. T. Stephens,
and on the west by the lands of ". II.
Seddins and J. X. Jones Levied on as
the property of DEPENDENT.
Dated this 9Th day of November, 1878.
w. w. FARLEY, Sheriff.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
The Freedman's "BurOo."

Cincinnati Enquirer special: Il is
about time Congress should take hold
nf the Freedmen's Bank swindle and
wind the concern up, or the luxury OF
maintaining Commissioners will eat up
Mi the assets not yet made available.
From July -, 1874, to November,
1879. the salaries of these Commission
crs sum up S39, 558 80; those Of tn"
attorneys, s31 ,378 80; and those of
agents So, 2S9 81. These, with the
nfher expenses, aggregate $685. 81
s;n,.a the bank was turned over to the
custody of the Commissioners, 4 sum
yearly equal TO one-halfOf the dividens
raid out was thus consumed III eX-
ii-,,ses alone. That is to say, it costs
Irrr So, 900 a year to run this broken
III or to eat M the little that WAS
La Nv the thieves after the burglar
~ had been sounded. The resPon-
'.hi,;tv for this most disgracetul of all
: o e.''i3. belongs primarily to Congress.
Sirh t,1L away the safeguards Of the
&. ar.er.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16

To the Honorable General assembly Of
the State Of Tennessee, holding their
41st. jes8loa:
The undersigned petitioners cxcr-
ciging their right of petition for the re-
lief Of greivences, most respectfully
represent to your Honorable body,
that the vice of intemperance has
taken such hold upon the people of
the State, as calls for some prompt
and energetic legislation to check and
save hundreds of young men from ruin
and destruction. During the last year
there has beer an, upheaval of public
sentiment among Cur people who earn
cstly desire to effect some good for
society in checking the evil of intern
perance. But we are constantly re-
minded that SO long as the State en-
cOurages the evil, by licensing the in
discriminate sale of Intoxicating
liquors, so long will the evil exist.
Your petitioners do not d 45lre to speak
for the whole State, but yet believe
the evil prevails throughout the State
they feel certain however, that there
are many localities in the State where
the people ifpermitted and not denied
the privilege by our State laws, would
vote to Danish the system of liquor
privilege from their midst, and thus
promote the welfare of society and the
prosperity Of the community. Your
petitioners therefore most respectfully
ask that what is known in many States
as the Local Option Law" be enacted
into n law in Tennessee, and those
communities which do not desire the
sale of liquor licensed in their midst
may vote Is a community to exclude
it. We have discovered a growing
sentiment in the State Of Tennessee to
suppress this evil, and believe that a
courageous and patriotic legislature
will aid the people to remedy this as
well as other great evils, and thus en-
title themselves to the gratitude Of
their constituents. And your petit
TONERS will ever pray etc:
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
No. 1913.

No. l0,4I3.
c. NJ. Lambeth, use of c. Cox W.. A. D,
Lcdford, ct. al
By virtue of vcnditioui cxponas to me
directed from the Circuit Court of Harde-
man county, Tennessee, at the Nov. term
thereof 1878. l will sell to the highest bid
der, for cash, at the Court House door, in
the town of Bolivar,
On Saturday February Sth,' 1879.
The following described land: One tract
of land as the property of Alvin Bishop, the
tract that Alvin Bishop sold to Mark
Robertson, and being in the 18th district of
Hardeman county, Tennessee, and bounded
by J. S Simpsons land on the North and
East. Bounded on the South by the old
JohnsReaves homestead, and on the West
by w. y. Harty's land, containing 1873 acres,
Levied on as the property of Alvin Bishop,
to satisfy this Execution. Dated this the
9Th day Of November, 1878.
w. w. FARLEY, Sheriff
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16

A bill has been introduced in
the Tennessee Legislature provid-
ing for the appointment of a phon-
ographic reporter for each county
in the State, who shall be clothed
with the powers Of Notaries Pub
lie, the salaries to be paid by Iiti-
giants for whose benefit the evil
dence is taken in shorthand. The
bill provides that evidence may
be taken at the request of either
party or on motion of the court,
the fees to be taxed as cost in the
suit.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
Emigrants for Tennessee.

Four gentlemen from Pennsyl-
vania, with a combined capital of
$4,000, have lately visited Sand
Mountain, for the purpose of Sc
lecting n sheep farm. They express
themselves as being we'll pleased
with the situation and are nego-
tiating for the purchase of several
tracts. The extremely low price
at which the land can be bought,
and its freedom from diseases.
makes II invaluable for cattle and
sheep raising.-[N Nashville Ban
icF.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
Pay as Yen Go.

The best of all rules for success
full housekeeping and making
both ends of the year meet is ''pay
as you go" Beyond all countries
III the world, ours is the one in
which the credit system is the
mOstused and abused. lass books
are the bane and pest Of domestic
economy. perpetual plague, vex-
alton and swindle. Abused by ser
wants at the store and the house,
disputed constantly by house
keepers and dealers, they are
temptations to both parties to do
wrong. II never had that" eve
neglected to enter this;' Il forgot
to bring the book" Never mind
we'll make a note of it," and so it
goes. But the worst of it is that
hOusekeepers are tempted to order
what they have not the means to
pay for, and when the month or
quarter comes for settlement they
are straitened. A family can live
respectfully on a very moderate
income, if they always take the
cash in hand and buy when they
can buy to the best advantage.
Then they will be careful first to
get what is necessary. Extra com
forts will be had as they can at
ford them. But it is bad policy to
buy on credit. No wise dealer sells
so cheaply on credit as for cash,
The table is the place for econ
omy. Good wholesome food costs
little compared with unwhOlesOme
Injuries.
The dress of family is so much
a matter of taste that it need
hardly be said it is just as easy to
be respectable III clothing that
costs little, as in that which is
expensive. To dress according
to ones means is the only respect
able style.
One must have a home, and in
every place there are dwellings
suited to the ability of the tenant
or the purchaser. When the rent,
the food and the clothing are kept
within ones income, the margin
for benevOlence. for luxury and
for pleasure may be measured
and used. In these as in other
matters "pay as you go"
Having made no debts at shops
or stores, and especially having
paid servants, workmen anC
workwomen promptly their due.
it is we'll also to carry out the
same punctuality aud caution III
donations. II you would endOW
a prOfessor8hip, and have TIN
means, do so; but do not give
your note for it, promising to pay
the interest. That is not an en-
| dowment; it is your promise t.
make it such. If your circum
stances are changed by the force
Of events beyond your control
you cannot redeem your promise
We can point to many colleges
; Summaries and other institution
falsely supposed to be endowed
and the basis proved to be prom
: ises worth no more than TIL
| scrap Of paper on which they are
written.
In all things "pay as You go
Keep out of debt as you would on
of prison, Try this plan through
the year 1879, and see how wei
it has worked when you revieN
the subject in the beginning O
1880.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
Paper Bricks.

A mandatory of paper bricks has
been opened somewhere in Wisconsin.
The bricks are said to be exceedingly
durable and moisture proof. They
are also larger than the clay article.
paper is now also used for making
barrels. Straw pulp is run into a
mould made in the shape of halfbar-
rel, cut vertically. The ends are of
paper, but are protected by wood, and
flour will not sift out Of them while in
transit. The slaves are three-eights OF
an inch thick.-TEx.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
Letter from Texas.
sEGr1NE, TExAs. Jan. 10Th. Is

SEGCINE, TEXAS. Jan. 10th, 1879.
lHr. Editor:
Dear Sir Il am to-day in this city, have
looked over the town and find it nice place
of about 1000 inhabitants. mostly AmerI-
cans. 1t is the finest country / ever saw,
laAd black and sticky and some sandy.
The people are clever, and all have talked
with think l can do we'll at my business.
The country is level mostly prairie some
timber, plenty for fencing and building pur-
poses. It's a good country for man with
a small capital. Stock raising is Il. good
business. Lands can be bought for three
dollars unimproved, improved from FIVE to
twenty dollars per acre. One-half bale of
cotton per acre, so bushels of corn, and 20
bushels of wheat per acre. All that want to
come to this country it is the place for them
if they but live close for few years. like
the country very we'll. 1 travelled 10 miles
this morning north and found 4 or 3 hOtlses
on my road, all prairie, the finest in the
State think, don't want any better. Will
write you again soon.
Yours truly,
T. ?. CAMPBELL.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
HAYES VS.. GRANT,

President Hayes would be far
more acceptable to the Southern
people for the next President
term than Grant. The latter in his
representative character is an
avowed exponent of southern sub
mission through federal coercion,
while Mr.. Hayes is an outspoken
apostle CT the more rational dec
trine of submission based upon
pacilication and a broad and en-
lightened interstate fraternity.
The election Of Grant would be a
war-slogan, sounding through the
land to re-marshall the clans of an
embittered Radicalism. His cleo
ton to that high Office would sig
nal the Inauguration of the one
man power in the interest of class
legislation and the enforcement
of law at the point Of the bay OHet.
His Inauguration would renew
the era Of bad blood between the
sections and divert public thought
from the peaceful pursuits of in
dustry to painful apprchensions
of political unrest to the South.
Hence his election would be an
alarm bell i'll the ears of every
patriot i'll the land. 1t would be
a national calamity.
Far different the case if Dir,
Hayes were to be his own success
sor to the Presidency. He has
made safe, conservative and most
excellent Chief Magistrate. AS a
Democrat our patriotism is not so
Initiated that we cannot recognize
the merits of his administration,
nor is our party featly so ultra
that we can refuse him words of
commentator, though he be a
representative Republican. ON
country III its far-reaching inter,
ests is above mere men and its
prosperity beyond the selfish
ness of partyism.
AS people We in the Soutl
have stultified ourselves by hest
tating to sustain Mr.. Hayes in hi:
concilitory course toward oul
section. The Northern people
seeing this ingratitude on Oul
part are disposed to give US an
other dose of Grantism.
They think that his iron hee
will do more to insure natiOna
integrity than the outstrecheC
hand of pacific Hayes.
The fact is that the people ar,
not false to the teachings of tn,
hour but their party leaders, il
respective of sections, have pun
posely created a Solid North an
Solid South, that amidst tn
storm of elimination and Eecrimi
nation, their dear selves may b
elevated to cushioned seats Of off
cial power.
In 1880 give us an unsectionaI
; patriotic Democratic President, O
an honest, conservative Republ
can like Hayes and not the cruel
crushing rule of the autocrat
Grant.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16

The retrenchment movement
is making decided Roadway in the
Legislature. Senator Roberts
two bills, one fixing the Governors
salary at $4,000, and the other fix
ing the salary of the Supreme
Judges at $4,000 have passed
three readings in the Senate, and
will, we are satisfied, pass the
House.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
ShGriH'S Sale.
No. 1889.
In the Circuit Court of Hardeman
County, Tennessee.
J. A. Wilson, Trustee, VS.. H. B. Brown.

J. A. Wilson, Trustee, VS.. II. B. Brown.
BY virtue of writ of venditioni expanas
to me directed from the Circuit Court of
Hardeman county, Tennessee, at It's Novem-
Der Term, 1873, l will sell to the highest
the town of Bolivar, on
Saturday, February 18th, 1879,
the following described tract OF land laid of
and set apart by Commissioners to II. B.
Brown as a homestead which is situated in
range and section of the 10th Surveyors
District in the County of Hardcman and
State Of Tennessee, and bounded as follows,
to-wit' Beginning at stake with black
jack and post-oaS pointers the most south
west corner of III. i. Brown, JOhnson's tract
Of land, runs north 90 poles to 4 small
blackjack and blackjack pointers; thence
with +. Browns line east 90 poles to a stake
with lockwood and two poSt-oak painters
thence south poles to = stake with 3 black
oak pointers; thence east 81 poles to Il will
low with chestnut pointers thence with q
branch north 30 east Ii poles to a sasSatras ;
thence with the same north 7Go east l6 poles
to Il stake with maple and poplar pointers
thence with a ditch north S3bo east 223
poles to a stake in said ditch with sazsafras
pointers; thence souih 7S5 poles to a stake
in lane on the north boundary of a tract of
land formerly owned by Pitser NJ. DOdson
with blackjack, hickory and perSimnon
pointers; thence west I28 poles to a stake
in a field with a dead white-oak stump
pointers; thence vest IS poles to the begin
ning-containing by estimation 80 acres
more or less. The interest here levied on is
the remainder or reversionary interest in
the above lands after the homestead estate
shall have terminated.
Dated the 9Th day of Nov, 1879.
w. w FARLEY, Sheriff.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
SheriR'S Sale.
No. 1872.
In the Circuit Court of Hardeman
County, Tennessee.


II. II. helms, Agent, vs. John Schults.
BY virtue of writ of venditioni exponas
to me directed from the Circuit Court of
Hardcman county, Tennessee, at its Novem-
Der Term, 1873, will sell to the highest
bidder, for cash, at the Court House door in
the town of Bolivar, on
Saturday, February 8A, 1879,
one tract or parcel of land lying and be-
ing in the State of Tennessee and county of
Hardeman, in the 10th Surveyors District,
bounded as follows: on the north and west
by the lands of P. Miller, south by the lands
J. NJ. Taylor, east by the lands OF J. l..
Rosson, containing 81 acres more or less.
Levied on as the property of John Schults
to satisfy this attachment, there being no
personal property IN my county subject to
execution.
Bated Sth of Nov, 1873.
W. W. FARLEY, Sheriff.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16

R. NJ. Page VS., J, r. Reaves and W. Nc
Reaves.
BY virtue of a venditioni exponas 10 me
directed from the Circuit Court of Harde-
man county, Tennessee, at its November
Term, 1873, l will sell to tie highest bid
der, for cash, at the Court House door in
the town of Bolivar, on
Saturday, February 8A, 1879,
the following tract of land, that is to say
subject to the homestead rights of w. Nc
ReaveS and right of occupancy by him and
his wife and minor children in the county
of Hardcman, State of Tennessee, on the
water of little cypress creek it being part Of
entry No. - for 1917 acres in the name of
VIM. E. Butler the north end of the 200 acre
tract on which w. McReavcs resides, beginning
at a stake blackjack pointers the northwest
corner Of the lands on which J. NJ. Bouling
formerly resided, and runs west 119 poles to
a stake post-oak and blackjack pointers, the
northeast corner of j. II. Reaves' land :;
thence south $50 poles to a stake in Il lane !;
thence south SO east $50 poles to stake in
the west boundary line of the lane thence
north 164 poles to the beginning including
the residence, out Innings where said Reaves
resides, containing ! Is acres, being the same
tAiAOAtSu ~ T'llu w -hC1lCdfGE Us liOLCSlcStO
by commissioners appointed in the case Of
Rice, Silk & Co. VS.. J. X. Reaves & Co. and
filed in the Circuit Court of IIardeman
county, Tennessee, on the 18th day of July,
1876, judgment before c. NJ. Lambeth, ]. P,
said tract contains lis acres; levied on as
the property of w McReavcs, stayor, to
satisfy this fl fla and subject to his homestead
rights As aforesaid.
Dated 9Th of Nov, 1878.
W. W. FARLEY, Sheriff.
Jan lott
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16

The Legislature is now, after or
ganization, flooded with various reso-
buttons, bills, memorials preparatory
u work.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
SATURDAY., February 9Th. 1S7a

The following described land: First tract
being the tract sold by Alvin Bishop to
Mark Robertson and lies in the the 18th
civil district al Harieman county. and
bounded by the J. G. Simpsons land on the
North and East. Bounded on the South bv
the old John Reaves homestead, and on the
West by w. \. Harty's land containing by
estimation 1873 acres. Second tract
lies in the 18th civil district OF Hardeman
county, and being the same sold to John
Mckee, by Alvin Bishop, and bounded on
the South by W. II. Craddoci's lands. on
the East by Ctarissa COx's Dover, on the
South by J. G.. Simpsons 80 acre tract OF
land, on the West by Uzcl Browns land,
containing by estimation So acres. Third
tract being the Dover tract of lend laid off
by the County Court of Hardeman county to
Clarissa Cox, out of lands of her late hus-
band Eli Cox, and lies in the 18th civ
IL district of Hardeman county, and bound
ed on the North by VIM. jacobs land. on
the East by W. \. Cox's land, on the South
by J. G. Simpsons Glen tract of land, on the
West by the John McKee's tract of land
containing 1875 acres The above tracts If
land are levied on as the property of ALVIN
Bishop. Dated this the 8ih day oil NJ =
embcr, 1873.
W. ". FARLEY, Sheriff.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
NEW ORLEANS.
ST. LOUIS.
Sherifs Sale.
No. I5.4S7.

Frank Lambeth vs.. Alvin Bishop.
BY virtue of a venditicni exponas to me
directed from the Circuit Court of Harlc-
man county, Tennessee, at the Nov. term
thereof 1873, l will sell to the highest Did
der, for cash, at the Court House door, in
the tosza of Bolivar
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
/ Southern Outrage that Should
Spread.
Philadelphia Press.

The South Carolina legislature
transacted all the business and
finally adjourned within twenty
three days. This Is one of those
southern outrages that ought to
be spread.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16

SPECIAL rates given on application.
LOcEi notices charged Is cents line for first in
ntLon and 10 cents iiuc for subSoqu ent Insertions
The pay for yearly and half-yearly advertise
meats Is due quarterly, and those inserted for less
tAAn three months must he paid for when their time
expire.
Announcing candidate for city Offices, s5 on;
S|anty, g. ~; District $40 OO State. $40 20 invari
shiny In advance.
ES-rersnnal cards, when admissible, charged
douhr rates.
Marriages an deaths announced free.
Obituary notices eight lines charged for
&d yer tisemcuts.
q Es-Ai letters on business must he addressed 80
q. w. AItSIISTEAD.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16

PRESCRIPTION FREE!
Manhood and all disorders brought on By indis-
cretion or excess. Any Drucg.s has the ingT0-
West Sixth ss-eet' Cincinnati, .,
jHnc27-1S7S-1Y
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-16
SheriT's Sale,
No. 1913.

In the Circuit Court of Hardemal
County, Tennessee.
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SheriM's Sale.

jan 16-4t