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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21

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ers' Institute a committts never e
Of Messrs. G. G. Smith, w. Mr sol
A. P. Seitz, M. j. Cardwell, j. Of q
G. P. Cummins, A. M. Burney& cd a
Wheeler and Isaac Grizzle, ! reg
pointed to select and report uni mi slce|
series of books to be adopted by mu l
tual consent of the teachers ana'd>ec!
tors of the county.
The committee unanimously reported
series of books and called the meet.
ing of the teachers and directors to
ratify their selection. The first meet
ing ratified the series as far as they
went that day, and adjourned to meet
on the 18th inst. TO complete the labors
begun. But as soon as the house was
called to order, a committee was ap-
pointed on resolutions which was pro-
tested against as out of order, there be-
ing nothing before the meeting except
the ratification or rejection of the re-
port of the committee as submitted.
This committee on resolutions retired
as was publicly charged and not denied
with their resolutions already written
out and in their pockets, and came in
soor with a unanimous report repeating
all that had been done and retaining
the old books, some of which have
been in use here for 60 years, some 40
and some 25 years.
The committe on the uniform series
protested against this action, but were
voted down, and they, feeling that they
had not been dealt with fairly, with.
drew from the convention and asked
to be considered not as parties to the
retention of Webster'S Spelling book
and McGufey's readers in our schools
of this enlightened day.
After their withdrawal, a fragment
of the convention adopted the resolu-
tons above named, and TO this part of
the convention belongs the responsible
lty of thus retaining these old books
against Others more suited to our age, to-
gether with that other responsibility
charged upon them by Capt. Womack,
to wit: Of protesting to retain these
old books on the score of economy, and
refusing one of the best series of books
now published on euen exchange, ne,c
book for an old one, by which the coun.
ty would have gained $4,000 and plac-
ed itself along by the side of the most
advanced counties in the State. As
Capt. Womack says, these directors
and few teachers should be held to
account for this refusal before the peo-
pie.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21
"POppycOck Grammar"

The New Era is the author of the
above work on grammar. We must
apologize to our readers for having been
compelled to criticise the Era's Ian
guage. They will see at once that we
did not do this for the sake of gram
mar merely but to defend ourselves
from false position which the Era had
put us in by its perversion of our lam
guage. We propose however to give
a brief analysis of the above Damed
grammar next week, and especially the
Era's recent application of it.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21

THAT LITTLE WORD .ff.S


The Era said in its issue before the
last this word 1t as used in the STAND
ARD Nov. 10, 1879, represents the
State debt.
The STANDARD last week routed Tire
Era from this one of It's conceal ts,
and in the last issue it says 'y Sass Word
1t has reference to the cause tending to
produce a division in the democratic
party" We deny this in toto, and re-
produce the whole sentence and submit
it to every teacher in the county who
holds a certificate without regard to
ago, sex, or previous condition, to say
what this little word represents. Here
is the sentence in full from the STAND
ARD of Nov. Is, 1879, to-wit:
awe deprecate the temper and ex-
tent to which this division is tending,
and we do not design by the hasty and
ill;judged espousal of any cause to be
a party to It,"
The Era says the word sit" has ref
erence to the word cause which is not
in the sentence nor in the paragraph
of which the above sentence is part.
We say It in the above sentence refers
to division as its legitimate antecedent.
And it is simply absurd to say other
wise. How could we "be party to"
any cause unless there is division |?
Language revolts at such an idea.
But why this controversy about this
little word 1t? Simply because the
Era grossly misrepresented the STAND
ARD in the use of it, thereby trying to
make it appear that the STANDARD
was afraid to take sides on the State
debt question. But this has direct
reference to the STANDARD under its
former editorial management.
If the Era has any trouble with its
''poppycock grammar" in understand
ing the position of the STANDARD I'm.
der its present management we will for
its special benefit republish our saluta-
tory.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21
The Turnpikes.

A mass meeting has been called fol
the LIST Monday in March at McMinn
VILE and the Saturday thereafter al
Potter's Store near the DeKalb line to
consider the prospect of constructing
five Turnpike roads leading from Nc.
Minnville, 1st toward Smithville; End
toward Sparta; 3rd toward Beersheba;
4th toward Hickory Creek Or Vervilla; ;
and 9th toward Woodbury..
A charter for road was granted
by the Legislature of 1S69-7O from
McMinnville to Smithville and holds
good for the construction of the road
yet.
The amended Constitution of the
State Sect. 80 authorizes the people
who desire such improvements to sub
init the question of taxation for that
purpose to the qualified voters and if
three-fourths of the votes cast are in ia.
vor of the tax it may be so levied and
the improvements made.
1t has been estimated by parties who
have figured over it that tax of $50.
600 could be raised by 20 cents tax
on the 500 of property in Warren
county and the roads built, and that
sum, and all interests thereon, could be
discharged in % years leaving the coun.
ty out of debt and in possession of a
good system of turnpikes free to be
used by all our citizens from the day
they are finished. We merely submit
these figures for our people to think
over and be ready for the subject when
it comes up for action.
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Let us see what man would have
to pay as tax for these turnpikes on the
supposition that he owns farm worth
$4,000. His tax would then be only
s6, which he can easily pay with
good stack of fodder or load of corn. |
And if man owns a 81, 900 farm his
tax will be only So, which he can pay
with good load of wood that the turn.
pixies would enable him to haul to town.
And besides all this every man in the
county would be released from work
on the roads which cost him from 50
to Sc in time and money each year.
We ask our farmers and business men
to consider these figures well.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21
The Era's LOw.Tax Gospel, Thomas
Jefferson, &c.

Our neighbor quotes from Mr.. JEFF
ferson to show that he gave his opinion
against paying interest on debts during
a war that amounted to national en-.
lamity.
We here below quote Mr.. Jefferson
ourselves on the subject of paying in.
terest. Jefferson says:
"With the payment of the preceding wear
discharge of more than eight millions sf
dollars of the principal of the public debt
besides the aceruing interest,"" &c.
And again he Says: "And to advance In
thefarther redemption OF the funded debts
us rapidly as had been contemplated" &c.
"The receipts at the treasury during the
year ending the SOth day of September last
have enabled us to pay upwards of four mil
lions of principal of the public debt. and
four millions Of interest" And saws in an.
other place, "that upward of three millions
of principal aud four millions of interest
had been paid on the funded debt"
We give the above to show that Mr..
Jefferson was not only in favor of pay
ing honest debts, but interest thereon.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21
A Moderate and Conservative Policy,
Manchester Guardian. ]

The following paragraph from Prof.
Burney's salutatory, in the SOUTHERN
STANDARD of last Friday, has the right
tone and will be endorsed as the policy
now, more than ever, necessary to be
persued withregard to our State politics:
Gas regards State politics, we intend to
persue moderate conservative Democratic
course of policy doing all we can to heal
the unfortunate breach already made
in the party over the States finances and
cement it in united and harmonious organ.
ization, ignoring minor differences as to e.
nancial measures, but not at the expense of
principle and right"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21

The National Democratic Executive
Committee will meet in Washington
next Monday to name the time and
place for the National Convention
Gen. w. B. Bate is now on his way to
represent Tennessee in that meeting.
Gen. Bate says if an eastern man is
nominated for the Democratic candi-
date and Gov. Hendricks refuses the
second place on the ticket. that Ohio
will furnish the candidate for Vice.
President in the person of ex-Gov. R.
NJ. Bishop, who carried the State once
by large majority and can do it
again, and with Ohio the Democrats
are sure of success.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21
Our Position.

Let all unbiased and honest readers
look to our own columns for our posi-
tion-not those who pervert our Ian
guage and call us high-tax organ.
We are for low taxes and honest pay
ments, and against all fraudulent de-
mands.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21
Prediction Fulfilled,

We said two weeks ago that the Era
could not write half column edito.
rial without naming Col. Savage it it.
10 verify this let the reader examine
the editorials in that paper of the 18th
and 18th, the only issues since the
above was said, and report at his leis-
ure.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21
Hanging at Murfreesboro.

Hall and Smith, colored, murderers
of Maj. Pugh, were hanged at Muir
freesboro yesterday, all arrangements
having been completed even to the
turning over the bodies to Drs. MUIR
free and Bryan the night before. They
were both penitent and ready to die.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21

"Concealment or no concealment.
That's the question"
The above is from the Nem Era of
its issue Feb. u. But what about
concealment in your issue of this week,
Eras Not a acOrd to say if you please.
But neighbor, we have word or two
more to say. We have asked you for
two weeks past, and now for the third
time put the question again, to.wit:
Is the Era in favor of the State pay
ing its honest debts {?
Please say yea or nay. "No conceal
ment"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21
EUREKA SPRINGS, ARK.
The City They have Built in Six Months
OF 5000 lnhabitants-.-The Biggest
Thing on Record.

The waters of these springs are said
to be miraculously curative of all such
diseases as scrofula, miasma, catarrh,
chronic rheumatism, dispeptic COM
plants, torpidity oliver and bowels, and
allold sore and cancerous affections. So
says DR.. JnO. Smart, formerly of Nc
and brother of Mrs. Hill.
We will give further notice of this
wonder next week.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21

The latest accounts represent Sher-
man on the boom, Blaine on the wane
and Grant on the can't, i. e., can't be
nominated as long as the fight is TRAN
gular.
Hurrah for Seymour and Bishop!
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21

8 and Whom, srs attorneys
State, we're wofully defeated
ne lawsuit against the State for the
payment of the Torbett Issue, which
defeat adds to the States liabilities from
one to three millions of dollars besides
the expenses of the suit, which are
enormous, and the fee paid Coils. Saw
age and Wilson ofS5O00, less $50 in cash
which "Countryman," a correspond
ent in the american, says is just cred
it on the $4,000 fee. But it seems
that the Era is not mad because the
State lost and is likely to have to pay
all this, near 100000 with the adj
ditions and credits thereunto pertain
ing, but because some of the newspapers
are laughing at Savage and Wilson for
having been so sanguine of success as
to take the fee in advance and then
lose the suit.
We think it is useless for the Era to
grieve over things of this sort, for these
attorneys are old enough to take all
such casualties into account before they
go to war, and it seems that the ac-
count in this case was fully made up
and paid before they ventured into'it,
and besides we think the thing is not
likely to occur again in generation or
two. So don't grieve, neighbor.
But lest the Era should conclude
that we are disposed to be amused over
the result of the suit we will say in all
candor that we regard it as serious
matter for the State, especially in its
embarrassed financial condition. If
the justice of the claim against the
State depends upon the U. S. constitu-
tional amendment forbiding the pay
ment of any debt created in aid of the
rebellion, then we think it ought to be
decided infavor of the State, for there
is certainly no question about its hav-
ing been issued for that purpose wheth-
er it can be proved or not.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21

81 know victim of tobacco" said a
lecturer, who hasn't tasted food for
nearly thirty years" "How do YOU
know he hasn't ?" asked an auditor.
because tobacco killed him in 1850"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21

An editor can collect his senses
quicker than he can his dollars.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21

last lew years as we'll as somewhat no.
table in other respects
We have not the least doubt that
the Doctor was very entertaining on
this occasion, and have as little doubt
that many things he said were only en-
teltaining in the sense that he gave his
audience something to think about and
thus while away dull Sunday
evening - nothing new, to be
sure, for whatever his conclusions.
his argument is woven on the same old
materialistic warp on which so many
have heretofore woven and lost their
filling Yet the coloring of the stripes
may have appeared new from the Doc
tors forcible style, which is calculated
to make the "worse appear the better
reason."' {
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21

materlalistic warp on which so many
have heretofore woven and lost their
filling. Yet the coloring of the stripes
may have appeared new from the Doc
tors torcible style, which is calculated
to make the "worse appear the better
reason."' I
His first proposition is:
81. AL the forces are ideaticaly the
same, and differ IN their phenomena only
because they act through matter in diff.
ferent molecular conditions"
We think we know what the Doctor
means by this, but he is rather unfor-
tunate in the selection of words to ex-
press it. The word "identicallv" is SUI
perfuous, while "same" and "difer"
are contradictory terms to describe
identity of the attributes of forces
they cannot be the "same" and "difer."
Again, if all forces are the same, then
why say forces at all? Why use the
plural to express unity? Why not say
all force? And if all is one force and
one force is all, why say anything, since
there can be no relations where there
is but one thing? For surely this all
one force is able to speak for itself and
excuse the doctor from saying anything
either one way or the other.
But we have a little curiosity to
know whether the Doctor told his an.
dience that the forces which cause wa
ter to expand and contract while thaw-
ing and freezing are the same or not I;
whether centripetal and centrifugal
forces are the same when one tends TO
carry the earth forward in a straight
line while the other tends to draw it 70
the solar centre; and, generally, wheth-
er it is one force and the same one
force that makes his "eternal matter"
a solid, sometimes a LIQUID
and at other times a gas. If so, all we
have to say is that this one force is con-
at variance with it,elf Coma
times.
But hear his next proposition-ra-
Their postuate
'2. Matter Is ETERNAL"
This may be true Or may not. We
know just as much about it now as we
lid before the Doctor uttered the DOS
,ulate. His logic here is that we can
not think matter out Of existence and
renee it will never go out. To which
We would say we did not think it into
nor shall we try to think it
'ut; we are willing that it remain here
IS long as we do at least, and longer, if
must be "eternal." The point we
ire most concerned to know is how the
Doctor knows that "matter is eternal"
+ he knows it we want to know it too.
5ut why is all force the same and mat
err eternal? The Doctor says, for the '
eason that we cannot know them 9th
rwise and they cannot be otherwise !
han as we know them. Therefore we
now all things, or colloquially we
now it all, according to the Doctors =
heory. For he says we cannot avoid 9
moving matter, since we cannot think r
out of existence. In like manner :,
e says we cannot think of spirit sepa- :,
ate from matter, and of course we I
annot know thing that we can't
mink of. a
Yet the Doctor believes in God and G
orships him. But as he cannot think
God as different from matter and
Dlrlt can have "no influence on mat :
II" "unless it have matter as one of =
$ necessary Accomplishments" we con-
ude that the Doctor believes in and
orships a material God-the same that
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1880-02-21
reaSon."'
His first proposition is:

81. All the forces are identicalg the
same, and differ IN their phenomena only
because they act through matter in diff.
ferent molecular conditions"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-15

~ The Democratic papers are offer
ing as a good reason for clccting a
Democratic administration the allega-
lions that the statements regarding the
condition of the Treasury department
are false, and that the Republican ad-
ministration is concealing steals "to the
probable amount of hundreds of mill
IONS" They think the Democrats ought
to have chance at the treasury books
in order to expose these stealngs. H.
asmuch as Democratic senate commit
tee, headed by Senator Davis of West
Virginia, has gone over the treasury
books thoroughly in the attempt to prove
an unfounded and utterly gratuitous
charge of stealing against the Republi-
can administrations, there seems TO be
little reason in such charges for putting
Democratic administration in power.
1t is likely that the Democrats are more
interested in getting their hands into
the treasury than in investigating
treasury bookkeeping.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-15

U 1t is said that tn, friends of the
wife murderer, Edwin G. Hayden, now
under sentence of death, are getting up
a petition asking the legislature to COM
mute his sentence to imprisonment for
life. If such petitions are to be sue
cessful we might as we'll abolish the
death penalty entirely, as every MUIR
derer will have plenty of maudlin
sympathizers to petition for him, and
the worse his crime the more the petit
TONERS The Legislature is the last Boz
dy which ought to be allowed to de-
eide such matters. In cases where the
members are personally acted upon by
the criminals friends, that body can
little more be depended upon for a
just and sensible decision than all aver
age town-meeting,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-15

The RED MAsK.-You have seen
persons afflicted with erysiyelas? Well,
it is an awful thing. 1t disfgures the
face almost beyond recognition, and is
as dangerous as it is repulsive. 1t Of
ten causes sudden death, and is some
times called "St. Anthony's Fire."
Mr.. S. b. Carpenter, of Grandville, N.
Y, had it in both legs, and was cured
by the use of DIR. David Kennedy's
"Favorite Remedy" His health is now
perfect. DR.. David Kcnnedy's "Favo-
rite Remedy" is the very life of the
blood. 1t cannot hurt you and is sure
to help. Tell your neighbors so. Get
it of your druggist, or write to the
doctor at Rondout, N. Y, enclosing
one dollar for bottle.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-15

~ Gov. Farnham in his message
seems to consider return to annual
elections foregone conclusion.
Every politician to whom frequent
elections afford excitement and profit,
and every merchant, farmer, or laborer
who wants his turn to come around 10
Ego to legislature" is sure that the
biennial system is failure. Such being
the general feeling, the governor is
doubtless correct. Nevertheless, the
biennial system ought to, and might, be
decidedly in the interest of economy,
without detriment to the character of
orr legislation. The remedy for the
evils from which we now suffer is to be
found in adopting a method of district
representation founded upon population
instead of town limits, and the basis of
representation should be large enough
to reduce by more than half the mum
Der of representatives. The tendency
of this measure would be to give us
OetttT inuttTidis VIC bCiiONC ~ 10 SCu-
orally the case that the larger towns OF
the state send able and experienced
men who become influential and use
full members. The men who delay leg
islation by their ignorance and lack OF
appreciation of measures generally
come from the smaller towns, where
every voter considers himself destined
in his turn to become a legislator,
whether fit or unfit, by means of bar
gains and petty intrigues. The influx
of this kind OF material into the legisla-
ture can be easily prevented to large
extent by dividing the state up into
representative districts with not less
than five hundred voters to adistrict.
Then, inasmuch as it would take five
hundred years at least, for the Office to
90 around among the voters even
under the annual system, the hopeless.
ness of waiting for his "turn" would
become apparent to the voter. The re-
suit would be, that generally the better
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-15
GENERAL NOTES.

Lewis Etheride, of Sweetwater, Ala,
has seventy-ihree great grandchildren.
A man in Roxbury, Me-, recently set
five bear traps in one night and caught
three bears.
At funeral in Oswego recently, the
friends of the deceased were obliged to
wait in the cemetery till the grave was
dug.
The New Hampshire debt is $685.
466, being q reduction since last year OF
Sol 1854. The expenses for the year
ending June l, were $271 SAB, and the
revenue $547 ,945.
1t has been estimated that of the
horses in the world Austria has 1867, )
600; Hungary, 2,179,000; France about
3 200 900; Russia, 81 40 900; Germany,
3,S52,OO0 Great Britain and Ireland
,255 900; Turkey, about l 900, 900; the
United States, 1904 900; the Argentine
Republic, 1900, 900; Canada, 1924 900
Uruguay, 100000.
A Berlin manufacturer is making
horse shoes of iron and hemp which re
ceive considerable praise among thu
Germans. The shoe is of malleabl'
iron carrying a deep, wide grove, int
which tarred hemp rope is firmly wedg
ed. The hemp is so thick that it pro
trudes beyond the iron. The shoe i
said to be very serviceable.
There was brutal murder com
mitted at Ellenburgh, N. Y, abou
twenty-five miles west of Rouses Point
on Saturday night, September 80. Al
aged couple by the name of Henri,
were attacked while in bed by tire,
villains, who sought by cutting and tor
turing them to induce them to tell tn,
Whereabouts of sum of money, whicl
the victims denied to be in their posses
sion. The fiends finally departed
The next morning the attention of
passer-by was attracted by thei
groans, and all the assistance possibl
was rendered, but Mrs. Henry die
that afternoon, and Mr.. Henry onl
survived until Tuesday morning
Two of the murderers were arrested
and it is thought the third will be car
tured, as he is known. They wer
described by the old man before hi
death.