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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27
HOW 70 CROW TOBACCO-NO. 1.

HOW TO GROW TOBACC0-NO. 1.
First of all, aim to make tobacco
Of good size. To do this requires
good land and good cultivation. It
is mistake to think that new grown
tobacco ought not to be thoroughly
worked for fear it will grow too
large and coarse. Better have it
large and coarse than to have this
little stuff about rs big as your hand
There is no money in small tobacco
no matter what the color or quality
may be You get nothing from the
land. Go for weight and size. You
are more apt to make a fine article
from a large growth than from a
small one. You can't make a high
priced wrapper out of a small leaf
The trade wants plug wrappers and
plug wrappers must be large and
Ieafy. Again, if you fail to get color
in a large leaf or if the growth is
too coarse to make it desirable to
get color, you still have something
to sell. You have pounds and if the
price should not be so high, still it
will bring you a good average price;
the pounds will make up for what is
lacking in price. The trade want
leaves that have what they call
spread Such leaves, if of fine tex
ture and Of good color and substance,
command the highest prices in any
market No planter should be sat
isfed with less than 1000 pounds to
the acre, even Of new ground tobac-
co. If the land is suited for making
fine tobacco, manure it heavily with
we'll rotted stable manure, and if
you can't get stable manure, get
some good tobacco fertilizer and use
it-use it literally, not less than 200
pounds to the acre. No Investment
will pay so well. Don't be afraid Of
it. You can't put too much on the
land. The more the better. If the
land is the right sort for making
fine wrappers, all you have got to |
do is to make it rich enough to pro-
duce large leaves, and then if you
can succeed in getting a good cure,
you can go on the market in the full !
assurance of realizing a profit far
beyond your most sanguine expec-
-atiOns. j. II. WINSTON.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27
DEATH or GEN 10. LANE

General Joseph Lane, Democratic
candidate for Vice President on the
breckenridge Presidential ticket in
1860, died at his residence III Rose
burg, Oregon, on the night of the
goth, aged seventy-nine years. He
was born In Buncombe county. n.
c., but removed at an early day to
Indiana. In 1921 he married and
settled on the banks Of the Ohio, in
Indiana. He was elected to the
Legislature in 1922, and remained
there, with slight intervals, until
1916. During that year he was
elected to the State Senate. He re-
signed his seat to enter the Mexican
war rs a volunteer. He rose in a
few months from a private to the
rank of brigadier- general. He was
commissioned Governor Of Oregon
on the 18th of August, 1848. After
organizing the government there he
was elected to Congress in 1851. He
atterward represented the same
State in the Senate. In 1860 he
was nominated for Vice President
on the ticket with John c. Breclzin-
ridge. Con. Lane was always q
Democrat Of the Jefferson and Jack
son school. Since the war he has
devoted himself to agricultural pur-
suits. His son was Il member of
Congress for one term since the
war.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27
FOR ORR RELIEF

The law enacted at the request Of
many ofour citizens by the last leg
islature is entitled, can Act to re-
lieve the town of Morristown from
certain restrictions in reference to
subscribing stock to the capital stock
Of railroad companies, corporations
and associations, and levying a tax
to pay same imposed by the act of
1879, chapter 1873, section End and
3D." and is in the following words
and figures:
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the
General Assembly Of the State of
Tennessee, that so much of an act
passed March p, 1875, sections 2
and 3, as prohibits the town of Nor
ristoWn from issuing its bonds to or
subscribing to the capital stock Of
any railroad company, corporation
or association organized under the
laws of this State or to be organized,
and as prohibit said town from levy
ing tax TO pay such bonds or sub
scriptions is hereby repealed.
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
that this act take effect from and af-
ter its passage, the public welfare
requiring it.
Passed April 2, 1881.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27

Reason is resuming her throne.
The Methodist revival is an institu-
ton indigenous to and as old as the
church itself, but Bishop Foster in
his address to the candidates for ad-
mission to the Northern New York
Conference, at Oswego, last week,
gave it a sort of galvanic shock and
set back that ought to be kept up by
the large and small batteries Of eve
ry other conference. He admOnished
the candidates that continued
growth is better than an avalanche
of revivals." He also declared that
" Getting up revivals' is an odious
phrase among us, and a disgusting
fact" He declared himself tired Of
Christians who have to be cOaXed,
and said while emotion is a touching
thing, " to see a man SWIVEL and cry
is fOOlishness. In respect to preach
ing, he said people will go anywhere
where they can get thought, and
man who has nothing to say must
not expect to have a congregation.
We trust Bishop Fosters ball will
roll onward, charging as it rolls.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27

Washington news Of the 10th is
that the Democrats are very indig-
nant over Frye's speech. Thirteen
Democratic Senators, interviewed.
gave it as their opinion that the ad-
ministration had put forward Mr.
Fry as It's champion and spokesman,
and that it was evidently trying to
appear more stalwart before the
country than Mr.. Conkling and his
friends. They are of opinion that
the Democratic policy now is to vote
with Conkiing to reject Robertson,
and Il Democratic Senator advised
Conkling Of the sudden change Of
sentiment onthe subject. This was
the status Of affairs there, and if the
case had como immedi-
ately up nearly every Democrat
would have voted to reject him.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27

The contest for sachems and off
GERS ofthe Tammany Society at the
election held in New York on Mon
day of last week resulted in favor of
the Kelly ticket by an average major
ity Of aboutffty. Seven hundred and
eleven votes were poIled in all, the
usual number on similar occasions
rarely reaching six hundred. Mar
row as the majority is it gives the
control Of Tammany Hall to John
Kelly and his associates for the ensu-
ing year. But the victory won up
on so small a margin is tantamount
to defeat, as Mr.. Kelly, being him
self thrust out Of office, has no pat
ronago to dispense unless he enters
into q league and covenant with the
Republicans.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27

The Knoxville papers publish the
names OF the parties 10 whom con-
tracts were awarded ID complete tho
Knoxville and Ohio railroad to The
Kentucky State line: EIGHT See.
tions were awarded 70 j. NJ. Condor
d Co, Of Knoxville; four 90 j. ID
Ottutt, OF Tennessee two TO Martin
Shea, of Knoxville. two 10 Mvcr
Hay d Co, Of ShelbyviIlc, Ky. and
two 70 J. J.. OHuti. Of Knoxville.
The bids accepted are an from oz-
pcrienccdt well known railroad con-
tractors. Our old friend. Mike y
Condor, for instance. stands at inc
head of the list of those who know
thoroughly how to build railroads
lie will put upon Dbl. eight sections
oil the work COO on 500 hands. give
Do his personal attention. and push
the work through to completion
Martin Shea and the Onut.. lisr fTa
Condor company are experienced
contractors and did splendid work
ON the Cincinnati Southern and 9th.
cr roads. They are reliable mon arH
the work viii begin Immediately and
he pushed with ali possible speed.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27

A correspondent of the Courier
Journal relates a fatal accident that
recently occurred from indulging in
a thOughtless habit which many of
our readers have witnessed. Miss
Lou Ramsey, one of the most bril-
liant bellies of Rome, Ga, has just
come to a sad and tragic end. About
two weeks ago while careIessIy chat
tering with some friends. she broke
off a spray of cedar and thoughtless-
ly swallowed it. The needles Of the
twig penetrated her lungs and she
had two hemorrages on the spot.
Blood continued to flow at intervals
accompanied by the most acute
agonies. Death ended her suffer
ings Sunday Her funeral was ono
of the largest and most affecting ever
before seen in the City of Hills.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27
THE CONTRACTS AWARDED.

THE CONIh-4CIS II W Il HDED.
The contract for the completion OF
the work on the Cincinnati; Cumber-
land Gap and Charleston railroad
was awarded last Thursday at Knox
vile. The masonry for the bridges
over the French Broad river was let
to Mai. A. J. Robbins, and the grad
ing to Messrs. J. H. Rumbough &
Co, of Warm Springs, two of the
most experienced and reliable con-
tractors in the country. Associated
with the last company is Mr. c. II.
Sewers, of Leadvale, whose former
work on this line of road is lasting
monument to his energy and faith
fulness as a contractor. Presidents
McGhee and Cole are thoroughly
satisfied with the contracts and the
general outlook of their railroad
work. Capt. Bohanan and his force
of men go at once to the line of the
road to lay the track on three miles
of the graded part of the road be-
yond Wolf Creek, on the North
Carolina extension. The work is to
be hurried up in order to furnish
for the material to
construct the proposed bridges over
the French Broad river.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27

Hobbs-our recollection is that his
name was Hobbs, but most likely
not the man you're thinking of by
the same name-an American, many
wears ago, made himself nine days
wonder, as an expert, by unlocking
the treasure vaults of the Bank Of
England. There's a call for such lock
geniuses in Washington just now.
The fellow who first opens the dead
lock of the Senate will be proclaim
ed a bigger man than Billy Malone
and purer patriot than even
Smith of Fentress.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27
RATE or TAXATION.
Murfrsesboro News.

As the cry is again raised that
the terribly burdensome rate oftaxa-
ton in Tennessee will ruin and i'm
poverish the people, it is fitting
time to institute a comparison be-
tween this and other States which
at last accounts had not been wiped
out by taxation. Tennessee which
for several years has been paying,
under the circumstances, q ridicu-
lousy small tax, is now called upon
to pay a 40 cent tax, while some of
the other States with a smaller debt
to provide for pay larger tax. We
give below for general information
! the rate of taxation in some other
States for 1879, the statistics for
that year being the latest which we
! have at command.
! In Alabama, in 1879, with a debt
of 81, 100000 the State tax was 20
cents on 500.
In Arkansas, with a funded debt Of
S2,68O,000, and an unfunded debt of
$2,300,000, the State tax was 50
| cents.
California, with debt Of only
S3,403, 900, calls for So cents tax.
Colorado, with only a floating
debt of 1923, 800, pays 3311 cents tax,
Florida has a debt of about
S12,000,000, and her people pay a
20 cent State tax.
In 1879 the debt of Georgia was
something over $10,0O0,000, and Il
so cent State tax was Levied.
Illinois with only s55O,O00 State
debt, has a State tax f33 cents.
Debt of Indiana, 81, 998,O00. Rate
of State tax 80 cents.
Kansas with a bonded debt Of
81, 181 ,074, has a State tax Of So
cents.
kentucky with hardly any debt
except her permanent school fund,
Levied a 40 cents State tax,
1ouisiana,ha debt ofS11, 100000,
and levies a State tax of 60 cents.
Maine, with a debt of about S.
100000, levies a 40 cents State tax.
Massachusetts, has debt of $685.
100000, and a State tax Of 35 cents.
Mississippi recognizes a debt Of
only a small amount, yet levies
State tax of 35 cents.
Missouri with q funded debt Of |
nearly S17,000,000, leVies a State
tax Of 60 cents.
Nevada with virtually no debt at |
all, Iovies a State tax Of so cents on
the 500.
New Jersey with a debt of only
So, 100000, Ievies a 25 cent tax.
New York has debt Of about &c.
100000, and levies State tax Of
about 30 cents.
The debt of Ohio is about S6,00O,-
600; the State tax about 30 cents
The debt of Oregon does not
amount to $1,G00,000, yet the rate
Of State tax is 20 cents on the 500.
South Carolina has a debt which
sealed at 80 cents now amounts to
nearly 100000. The State tax is
Is cents.
Vermont has no debt to speak of,
out levies a State tax of 80 cents.
The debt of Virginia is about $780,
100000, after doHhoting $4,000.
100, which, 1t is claimed, should be
)orne by West Virginia. The State
ak is so cents.
West Virginia liza as yet assumed
10 debt, yet the tax is 30 cents.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27

Mrs. Mott (not Mutt, as given in
paragraph on our outside) is the
name of the insane mother who re-
Gently murdered her five children at
Camden, Ark. The Oldest was
twelve years and theyoungest eleven
months. 1t is said the frenzied wo-
man called the twelve-year-old boy
from a field where he was plough
ing, struck him on the head with a
club and then threw him into a well,
where she had previously thrown
the four other children. Finding
that one of the children was not
drowned but was clinging to the
side of the well, the insane mother
descended into the well, tore away
the child's grasp and thrust it into
the water.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27
TAZEWEL COLLEGE.

The programme for the annual
commencement exercises of Taze-
we'll College, May ii, is announced,
and indicates a larger and and more
interesting literary feast for the pat
rOns Of the College than any that
has preceded it. The annual Ser
mon will be preached, ut II o'clock,
a. IN, Sabbath, May l, by Rev, J. B.
Chevis, of Nashville. On Tuesday,
the entertainment is very attractive,
comprising in part the reading Of an
historical poem, the annual Concert
and the speeches of the ElocutiOn
class. On Wednesday, thirty-one
young gentlemen and ladies will
read original aratiQns and essays. In
the afternoon, the annual addresses
will be delivered by President A. P.
Kelly, of Virginia, Gen p G. Full
kerson, of TazewelI, and Col. c. W.
Charlton, editQr Of the Knoxville
Dispatch. At s o'clock at night the
question whether education should
be made compulsory or not will be
debated by eight young men. We
hazard nothing in promising a rare
intellectual treat to those who will
spare the time to attend this com
occasion, and they will
be made welcome by the openheart-
ed and generous citizens Of the town
that claims as its own so famous and
fl Furnishing an institution as Taze-
we'll College. Mark that!
The Tribune Of last Thursday has
a sensational local story of a colored
woman who has just reached that
city from Cuba, where she was car
ried fifteen years ago by prominent
now living in Knoxville,
who Kidnapped hpr from the neigh
borhood of McMillan's station She
is no doubt the same fraud and i'm
postor who created much sympa-
thy in Brooklyn, little more than a
year ago, by iecturing in prominent |
churches a history of how she was
kidnapped at Nashville, when a
child, and taken to Cuba. Rev. Mr..
Merry, q distinguished and respected
,olored minister of Nashville, at tho
of the Brooklyn churches,
thoroughly investigated the story Of
her life in that city, and proved to
he satisfaction of the preachers and
people of Brooklyn that the woman
vas a liar and a swindler We had
orgotten her imposition till remind
ID by the Iribune'S account of the
sameness of the two
tories. She is undoubtedly an i'm
Dudent imposter and blackmailer
nd the authorities of Knoxville
ught to rid their community of her
presence,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27
HARPER'S FOB MAY.

The May number of Harper's
Magazine is HpQn our table, and is
admirable in illustration and text
For the first time the Magazine has
a frOntispiece, an illustration by E.
A. Abbey, Of Herrick's poem, Il
Held Loves Head while it did
Awake" The first article is "Music
and Musicians in New York" with
numerous portraits of musical cele-
hrities, Other very timely and fine
ly illustrated articles are "Athens,"
Thomas Carlyle, and George Eliot,
the latter having striking portraits
Of George Eliot and George Henry
Lewis, both strikingly homely. Two
portraits each, OF Carlyle and his
wife, are given. Decorative Pot
telIy in Cincinnati" with it's excel
lent illustrations, viii interest many.
r. NJ. Johnston tells about "The
Unexpected Parting Of the BeasIy
Twins" almost as good Dullesbor-
ough tale as pass Tanners De
tense." The two serials, Came"
and "a Laodicean," grow in inter
est. Mr. George Ticknor Curtis dis
cqsses the late ruling Of the "Speak-
er of the House of Commons" There
is abundance Of other good matter
In fact, Harper'S for May is a better
issue, if such a word can be used to- |
ward the monthly, than any of its
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27

The valedictory of our old friend,
Cyrus Macy, Esq, who for the last
four years has edited the Poughkeep-
sic IN. " Daily Ne1cs, appeared in
the last number Of that paper 1t
is with unfeigned regret that we
learn of his retirement from a post
he has SO ably filled. Mr. Macy is
a native of the State of New York,
though many years Of bis young
manhood were spent in Tennessee,
and one of Columbia S most accom-
plshed daughters became his wife.
In the palmy days of that party he
was an old line Wing of the strictest
sect, and always a supporter of pub
lie credit and political integrity.
With all the insight and zeal of
Tennessean, in the midst of the de-
famati0n and denunciation which
were showered upon us by surround
ing journals, he ever maintained in
the NeUS that the people of Tennes-
see were honest, and would never
permit her fair name and spotleSs
fame to be blackened by the stain of
A prophecy, thank
God which has been verified Into
whatever pathway the future may
lead you, old friend, the sincere de-
sire Of our heart is that health, hap
piness and prosperity may attend
your footsteps. "Richard the
glasses are empty !"
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THE AIORRLSTO WV, CUMBERLAND
GAP AMI 0HTO PATTPOAD

oar Nv ~ OL41O LLILOAD.
1t will be remembered that sever
al months since a number of the cit
liens of Hamblen procured a charter
for a railroad to run from Morris
town to Cumberland Gap. The
action of these gentlemen created
some little stir at the time, but, so
far as was apparent to the public,
the matter in a measure subsidized
with the registering of the charter.
1t seems, however, that surface in
dications were deceptive, The men
who were at the head of the matter,
it now appears, have not been idle,
but have been steadily driving to
their object and getting ready for
business.
During last week a call for
meeting of citizens was issued by
Col. Gregg, the president of the
company, for Wednesday. On
Thursday a few citizens mot with
the incorpOratOrs-little interest be-
ing manifested But the situation
was explained to those who did as
semble, and a decided interest was
visible the next morning. An ad-
journed meeting assembled on Fri |
day evening much more largely
attended
Books for subscription were open
ed and response liberal and almost
unanimous was given by those as
sembled. Another adjourned meet
ing was held on Saturday still more
largely attended, at which suffi-
Gent subscription of stock was COM
pleted to enable the company to or
ganize and survey the route. We
are informed that subscriptions will
be promptly solicited along the line
and that within thirty days the
company viii be organized and ready
to commence a survey. 1t is not
possible for us to predict results. We
can only say that Maj. Gregg and
his co-adjutors are thoroughly alive
to the situation, and seem to know
what they are doing.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27

In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr..
Harris referred to an article recently
quoted by Malone from the Inter
national Review to the effect that
the State Of Tennessee repudiatod
81 600, 600 of her debt, and asserted
that there was no truth in the state
ment. Tennessee has not at any
time repudiated a single penny Of
her debt. 1t had been stated that
Mr.. Porter of the Census Bureau
had been the author of the article.
thus giving it semi-official character,
Mr. Porter had indeed been the
author, but had in a communication
TO him, (Harris) denied it was an
official statement of the debt of Ten
nessee, and corrected misstatemonts
in the article,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27

q Good Literature" is rightly nam
ed, as it contains nothing that is not
choice and good. We cordially re-
commend it to the student or those
whose tastes call for solid and enter
tanning literature, It is published
weekly in New York city, by the
American Book Exchange company,
and promises soon to give its read
ers an article on "The Literary Pro-
fession Of the South, by Mrs. Mar
garet J. Preston.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-04-27

The prospect is not clear that Gen.
Hancock will be present at the In
dustrial Exposition that opens to-
day at Nashville. Gov. Hawkins
and the committee representing the
city Of Nashville called on him on
the Goth and invited himself and
staff to visit the exposition and par
ticularly to witness the military dis
play aud competitive drills. Con.
Hancock replied that it always gave
him great pleasure to visit the home
of Jackson, and he would be very
much pleased to accept the invitation
if he had not previously declined to
visit Nashville on this occasion. He
said further that taking in consider,
alton recent occurrences no thought
it advisable to remain in seclusiOn
for some time to come. However,
after being again urged by Governor
Hawkins to accept the invitation,
he said he would consider hematter,