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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
C. II. DIT
OFFICE EAST TENNESSEE,

OFFICE EAST TENNESSEE,
VA. g. GA. RAILROAD Co.,
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Oct. 10, 1880.
To the Stockholders:
At meeting of the Stockholders Of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Com
pany, in convention assembled on the sixth day
of October, 1880: it was resolved, that the Capi-
tai Stock of said Company be increased TO So
100000 and that each individual Stockhoidef
should be entitled to an increase Of one hundred
and fifty per cent. upon his original Stock, by hlH
paying to the Company thirty per cent, upon the
par or face value of such increase stock, with Fn
tereSt from date This privilege TO continue
until the fifteenth day OF April, 1881 but not at
any time thereafter. 'as-----s 49,
The surrender Of the old certificate Or certf-
Gates representing the amount of stock to your
credit on the books OF the company, on this date,
and the payment of the said thirty per cent ana
adjustment of fractional shares, as provided for
by the Company, will entitle you to a new GER
tffcate for the entire stock, then TO your credit
on the books of this Company.
Upon surrender at this Office of the old certlf
cate certificates. representing the stock at this
date, OF any Stakeholder, with the same properly
indOrsed, to authorize q transfer Of the stock on
the books OF the Company,--the person surren-
dering the ceItificat5 or certificates, will then
have the right to purchase in his name, OF the
Co mpany, the increase stock, to which the orig
inal stakeholder was entitled upon the terms and
conditions already stated.
n. w. COLE, President.
JAS. &. FklECHEE4EI, Secretary.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
Baltimore Market.

BALTIMORE. Jan. 4.-Flour, dull;
Howard street and western superfine,
$3.5Oa400; extra, $4.25a5 90; family,
$5.25a6 90; city mills superfine, So 35s
3.75; extra, 81 25a4.75; family, $6O0a
6.25; Rio brands, So 90; Patapsco
family, s7.25. Wheat, southern, no
transactions; western, higher and
closing easier; No. western winter
red, spot. January. 81 l53a1.l6; Febru-
airy, $l1 8as1.1a; March, 81 1.2l4s2la
Corn, southern, no transactions; vests
ern, quiet and firm. Oats, quiet;
western white. 42a43c, mixed, 41a42,;
Pennsylvania. 44c. Provisions, dull;
mess pork, 1882. Bulk meats, loose
shoulders, clear rib sides, Lone offer
ing; packed, 5s74c. Bacon, shoulders.
&c; clear rib sides, SC; hams, 9a1Oc.
Lard, refined, 9lc. Coffee. firm; Rio
In cargoes, ordinary to fair, ll9a134c.
Sugar, easier; A soft, as.. " hisky,
easier, $1.18s1.17.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05

know that our teachers are making healthy
and steady progress. They have availed
themselves Of every opportunity to improve
themselves, and during all of my intercourse
with them not an unkind word has been
spoken, but on the contrary the very best
feeling has existed, and in every instance
my suggestions have received due attention
and my commands have been promptly
obeyed.
say to you they are noble band of
men and women and deserve at the hands
of the citizens of Knox county the warm
est place in their affections.
-s5 OUR DIRECTORS.
There are no men in our county who do
80 much and get less credit for what they
do than the public school directors.
They too deserve our sympathy and sup
port and the people of the county must
learn that ''when the people have chosen
certain number of men as their representa-
tives to administer portion of their inter-
ests, virtual contract has been made
| whereby those interests have passed for
time from their direct control into the
| hands of their agents"
Thus during their term of Office the dir
rectors of school district have the entire
| administration Of school affairs and are not
| subject to the dictation of those by whom
they were appointed. 4--- E
| THE GENERAL CONDITION OF OUR SCHOOLS.
Our schools are making a steady i'm.
provement from year to year. There is no
opposition. Nearly every neighboohood
has model school house. The "old blue
back speller has disappeared. The rod has
nearly disappeared, and in the stead we
have attractive and instructive books, and
in place of the rod We have employment
the secret of success. But we should not
fold our arms; our watchword should be
| Forward" Our time and our talent
should both be given for the further adj
vancement Of our public schools.
CITY SCHOOLS.
herewith present to each Of you q
copy of Superintendent r. DIS. Rob"
ertson's report of the city schools for
the year ending in June last.
This report will give you clearer
! idea of the school work in the city
than any thing l can say.
Finally, returning my most sincere
thanks to your honorable body, the teach>
ers who have labored so earnestly with me,
and to the directors, all of whom have COS
operated with me and assisted me in the
discharge of the laborious and complicated
duties devolving upon me, hope the
schools will continue to prosper and do
well that important work for which they
were established, and that they may always
command the entire support of the people
of this county. Most respectfully,
FRANK NJ. SMITH,
Supt. Public Instruction.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
MARKET REPORTS.
Wh~aes&le drain az d Produce Market
fcoRREcrED DATLYJ


CORRECTED DAILY.1
CHRONICLE OFFICE,
KNoxvTLLE, Tenn, Jan. 1881.
No grain arriving. Without changing
the wheat market.
Wheat dull and declining; choice White
and Lancaster, 95ca$l.00. Prime Fultz,
90c, and medium grades 80a90c.
Corn active, 43a46c for loose; sacked, in
car loads, 48a50c; selling jobs, 6Oa5lc. ..
Oats IN fair request at 35a38c. -+.-=
Bacon, old stock exhausted. Bulk ~ eats.
dry salt sides, 74a7sc; shoulders, 44a4ac
Lard, in 80 10. tin cana. SsS3c.
Field seeds are offered freely by our
merchants. Glover So. 00aS5 80; timothy
S.. d. red top SLIGO and orchard grass $500
PorAToEs-Igish, Loose, tive, 5oat6c.
per bushel.
tAy-Loose, 75as5o per 100 lbs; bsled
81 0Oa$115.
PEAs-In fair demand, 6Oa65c.
BRAH-90c per 100 pounds
DRIHDFsUIIr-Apples. 2aa3c. PQsch-
es, &C. Blackberrles, 5as6.
fLeun-Nom Gaa ooun;5y s1tss, by:
per sack: family. buying, $25OaL. u.s.
selling, 81. 75aS.t o per sack.
FnArHERs- Good demand; 4Oa12c; mi .
ed. 20s26
.urrnR- Choice roll. le.l7c; prime
6a10c; grease butter. 6aTc.
Eaas-Buying, Zoe.
PouLTRY-I'iye chickens, '4a43c Der Ii;
BOOSTERS, &c; Turkeys. 5a5aG dressed
chickens, &c; turkeys, 7a8c per Id.
RAas-Oott0n, 1tc.
BH sswAX-20c per pound
HIDEs-Dry flint. l3sl4; green, 6As7c.
TALLow-4a44c.
FLAX SEHD-Per bushel, Soc.
BRAss-l0al2c.; Copper, 1Oa12c.
WooL-MOre and; pr ,ces unchanged.
| We quote choice tub washed, 37ac; fair to
good S5c; dark coarse Soc; unwa>hed
| 23s25c.
| GINSENG 81 30a1 40
I ~ssEKA SNAKE--s25a3Oc.
| PINK RooT-15.
YELLOW RooT-3Aa4c.
LADY SLIPPER-2c
MAY APPLE--14c
BLUE FLAG 2s2Ac.
BLooDRooT---2c.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05

V1BktduOO86 VUHlI00EUAAis Oo2hs - -
CoRN-Steady, Soc per bushel.
WHEAT-Receipts light, $l.l0. per
bushel
MEALS cents per bushel.
MEArs---Bulk meats, long clear sides, 8ae.
BACoN-Tennesses sides, TO-: hams,
1C3sl1c.
LARD->-In Gang. 9Ac; tierces, &c.
OATs-Per bushel, EOa55 cents.
HAY-$15a18 per ton.
PoTAToEs-Irish, 60c.; sweet. Acc per
bushel.
FLoUR-Family. $5.25; extra family,
1915; fancy, 1925.
PoULTRY-Chickens, loo; hens, l0c;
turkeys, 5Ca60c; geese, 25s30c; ducks, l5c.
Eaas-Per dozen, 23c.
BUTTER-Per pound, l5s25c.
GINsEN@Per pound. $l.00al.25.
BEEswAx-Per pound, l8al9c.
HIDEs-Green. 6a7c.; sailed, Ease. !; dry
| sailed, 10a14c.
DRIED FRUITs-Blackberries &c; apples,
2!c per h.; peaches halves, SIC; quarters,
| SIC.
FEATHERS Choice, S7aa42c.
| TALLow-Per pound, SC,
LIVE STocK-Hogs, DC gross; cattle,
1ia2tc.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
Atlanta Mark OF,
Atlanta Constitution, Jan. |.

Atia1ta COussltusaOns Gan. L.
FLouR-Family. t6.to, extra family
$685. fancy. s $50.
BAooN-Snear-cured hamg, lo5zaiie: break
fast bacon, 10Y. allo.
BULK MkArs-Clcar rib sides 734,.
LARD-Tierces $50: kegs and cans 1925.
WHEAr-No. 2, SL27lE. No. 3. sl.o4.
OATs-52: Per bushei.
HAY-Timothy, 81 80; mixed. $1e5.
MkAL-6Sc.
PHAs-Stook. S5a9le per bushel.
PeTATOEs-Irish, Tennessee. new, e25sa2 Is
per Dbl.
ONIONS Tennessee $'.15aS3O0 per Dbl.
EGGs-Per dozen, 25a3Gs.
BUTTER-Tennessee. choice, 204f3,.
PouLTRT-Dressed ehiekens, 9aiCt; tu1keys.
12al21sc.
BEEswAx-20c.
FHATHERs-New Choice white 5Ga5S.
DRInD ERurT-Pealed peaches, Nai3tG un-
pealed, axe; apples, 2HaS.
LIVE STooK-Cattie, Tennessee ohsice $40
sSIc.: Sheep. Tennessee, 1kaSe. Hogs, pack.
ing. S+.6ca4.s5. butchers. S4.25af50 In car lots.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
Reasil Iron Market.
KNOXVILLE. Jan. 4

KNOXVILLE, Jan. 4, 1881.
TIRE IRoH-Two horse. per pound, 8
cents; One horse, per pound 81 cents. -
NAILs-Pef key rates So 5O per pound,
Scents.
HoRsE SHoEs-Per Kes, $500; turned
loo each.
horse SHOE NAILs-Per pound, 20a25c.
HARROW TGETH-Per pound, 5aS3 cents
HoLLowARE-Per pound, 40. Z
0IAss-Common sise, per box, 90. 75s
$A0. roye
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
Cincinnati Market.

CINCINNATI. jap. 4.-Flour, firm;
family 81. 65a4.95. Wheat. firm; No. 2
amber. Sl.OS. Corn, steady, ago.
Oats, hrm, 34s35c. Pork, dull and
nominal. $l3 2Oa10.50. Lard, firm,
50 50s8.5O. Bulk meats, firmer; shout.
ders. 4sc. Bacon. firm; shoulders, 7ac.
Whisky. steady, $l.lOs. Sugar, steady;
hards, 103a10tc; New Orleans, eAa7} :.
Hogs, demand fair, prices higher; COM
mon. 81 50s4.75; light, "a 45a4.75;
packing, $4.7a046.00; butchers, $4.s)l
900. ~
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05

choice to fancy se.00a$s. 80. Wheat,
stsady, 95o.a$I 900. Corn, firm. 4er.
Oats, steady, fair demand, SIC. PORK
firm, &ls00aSlS.50. Lard, steady.
SIC. Bulk meats. steadS, firm; shoulo
ders, 81 rs; slider, 8sc; sugar-cured
hams, eaa10c. Whisky. steady, LILO
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05

A discovery which cures by the natural process
ALSO aIr1ON,
I'll diseases Of the Kidneys, Bladder, Urinary
organs and Nervous System, when nothing else
IAN. 1t Is comfortable to the patient, positive In
Is effects, and the first cure for those painful and
much dreaded affections,
Diabetes and EsrIght's Disease
while its cures of Gravel, Dropsy. Catarrh OF the
Bladder, Brickdust Deposit. Painful Urinating,
gh-COlored Urine, Nervous Weakness and Pain
In the Black seem more like miracles than cases
OF natural healing. E q
Delicate Females.
OF victims I'M Of wasted or Frustrated energies.
and mental or physical over-exertion, find their
ErsateSth Iehe at IN the use Of DAYS KIDNEY
valid and restores the yigor of health. =.
Pain tn the Back.
We say positively, and without fear of csnt,s-
diction, that DAYS KIDNEY PADS the on1v
certain and permanent cure for every form 81
this prevalent and distressing complaint -
Young Men
suffering from nervous and physical debility
errors of youth or too close application to bust
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gained. -.T.
into the system by way Of the stomach 1t Is ar
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though sometimes effeeting apparent cures o
ono complaint tney SOW the SeeUS OF MOI
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For sale s. HrNfRae Co. Knozyrns, rs,n.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
New York Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Cotton-quie
and steady; sales, to-day, 2S7; uplands
IL l5-16c; Orleans, u l6c; CONSOLE
dated net receipts, 2 days, 43.6l7 bales
exports to Great Britain, 81 1853 bales
to continent, 16 993 bales.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Futures.

NEW YORK. Jan. 4 -Cotton-net
receipts, Gil bales; gross, 1928 bales.
Futures closed quiet; sales, 30 600.
January. 1l.9Sal200; February. 1901;
March. 1888; April, 12.47s12.4s; May,
12.59.12.60; June. l2.59: July, 1874
IL 80; August, IL S5al2S7.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
live NsOOK M0rKok,
CORRECTED DAILY.1

CORRECTED DAILY.]
Rspo.sd for the CKRoKfoLI by Le. i
Caldwell, Butchers.
KNoxvrLLI, Jan. 4.
REVIEW.
Good cattle and hogs in demand at quo
tations. Sheep and calves dull.
BKEF CATTLE.
No steer Loco lbs and upward, &c; 300
to l 1000 lbs steers and heifers, 2aa2ac; small
fat cattle and fat smooth cows, 2a24; COM
mon, haze. ~
HOGS.
Gross, 4a4ic; net. sc.
SHEEP AND CALVES.
Sheep nominal, at 2a2}e; calves, $l.50a
500
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
Gen eFAD Market,

NEW YORK, Jan. Southern flour
steady and quiet; common t. fair extra,
$4.75a5. Is; good to choice do, $3.50.
Wheat, opened about 1alac better,
closed heavy, aal4c lower; ungraded
red, $1.08a$1.22 Corn, heavy, ssac
lower; ungraded, 532a57c. Oats. opens
ed stonger and and closed heavy; No.
8. 434c: Coffee, quiet and firm; Rio.
12f al34c. sugar quiet and very firm;
parnambuco. 73c; fair to good refining,
tic; prime, Il; refined. firra and good
business; standard A. 9ss94. Molasses,
foreign. quiet; New Orleans, fair de-
mand, 35a53c. Rice, steady wit firm
er inquiry, 81 A62e. Wool, unchanged
and quiet, PORK, unse tiled. weak and
moderate trade; old. S12.75; middIes,
quiet; long clear. 81 Is; short, ST rs;
long and short, 81 Is. Lard opened a
shade stronger and closed trife lower
and weak, SO OoaS9. O7s.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05

All kinds Of stomach and bowel
troubles are cured by free use Of Tate
Spring water. Peter Kern keeps it.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05
Louisville Market.

LOUISVILLE, Jan. 4-Flour. steady,
fair demand; extra, $e25s8 50; ditto
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05

The monthly reports of teachers show
larger enrolment Ia August than any
other month, the next best in November.
The lowest Is during the month of October;
the next lowest il for the month OF Sepa
TENDER.
Two>thirds of the children, who should
have been in school during October, were
at home at work; and when children are
kept at hone to work from asmonth to six
weeks, it is difficult task to again get them
interested in their studies.
have about come to the conclusion that
it would be better to open our schools in
November, and have them continue during
December, January, February and March,
than to have them open as has been our
custom. This is matter that deserves our
serious consideration.
The great majority Of the children of
our county will never see inside of any
school except a public school, and every
advantage should be given them.
AVERAGE NuaBE. OF DAYS TAUGHT.
Country 81, city l9l.
Last year the average number Of days
taught in the country was 90.
Thus you see falling off of IL days.
The reason for this is, we are trying to pay
as we go, and the schools were run lit
tie longer last year than they should have
been.
Our schools should be 100 days, the law
says so, and our people say SO.
Let me quote what the law says. Sec
80 Of the public school laws of Tennessee
reads as follows:
Be it further enacted, That when the
money derived from the school fund and
taxes, imposed By the state on the coun,
ties, shall not be sufficient to keep up a
public school for five months in the year,
in the school districts in the county, the
county court shall levy an additinal tax
sufficient for this purpose, or shall submit
the proposition to a vote of the peo-
ple,n etc.
For fear that some may say that We
have enough money 10 run our schools hive
months if it was not so extravagantly used,
l call your special attention to the next
two items of the report:
AVERAGE COMPENSATION OF TEACHERS.
Country, $2s; city, $42.66. About the
same as last year.
AVERAGE COST OF TUITION FER MONTH.
Country, 70 cents; city, $ll9.
NUMBER AND CHARACTER OF SCHOOL
| HOUSES.
n l.. n. A1}a al
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05

Reuert of Supcsintend.n r. ~
smith. - $50

Report of superintendent r. ~.
smith. - $50
Follow log Is the report OF Prof. F.
NJ, Smith, county superintendent Of
public instruction, read before and
adopted by the county court Monday:
KNOXVILLE, TGsS., Jan. 8, 1881.
To the Worskipfit, County Court Of K'tor
County -ry = q e3k-
GEsrIExEs: have the honor, here.
with, to present to you my second annual
report Of the Pablo Schools of Knox
county.
Two years ago. when you chose me as
Superintendent Of Public Schools, / i'm
mediately went to work TO become familiar
with the condition of the schools of the
county, and to learn what had been done
to advance the public school system.
/ found nothing on record from which
/ could gather any idea of what had been
done. I soon found by wishing and cor
responding that there was very little uni.
formity in the work. ----2 s-f
Each district board of directors seemed
to act independently of the rest Of the
county, 80 far as the time Of opening the
schools, textbooks to be used, employ
ment Of teachers, aud in many other
things necessary to uniformity. -; .--..-
/ now have the pleasure of stating to
you that the school work of Knox county
has been reduced to q system. --i''
We have uniform series Of textbooks
in use; our schools are supplied with out
line maps for teaching geography, and for
reference; also with reading charts for
| teaching children to read: the teachers are
! required to make monthly reports; in fact
so much has been done to systematiae the
school room work, that If you will only
visit different parts Of the county you
will find exactly the same class Of in
s.ruction, rendering it difficult to tell in
what respect the work differed.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
At the April term, 1880, of your honor
| able body, you declared that school districts
| Nos. II and q should correspond, to civil
districts Nos. II and 23, thus making new
school district No. q.
Before the formation of the said district,
the school board of district No II had in
Cured some Indebtedness for building pur-
/ poses, which has not been fully paid.
| / would most respectfully recommend
that the Board of Directors of districts
Nos. II and % be continued as one BOARD
until said amount be paid in fall.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05


Per cent. of attendance, -: 94.2
The above shows considerable gain fol:
the city, but not.so good for the country,
which I account for in this way: 81
Our farmers have been blessed with
much more bountiful crops this year.
than last, and during the
months of September and October
more than one-hslf Of the children were
ae'ainea BY their parents to assist in saw
ing tne crops; VIZ: First, came pulling
iooder, followed closely by picking peas,
making molasses, digging potatoes; sowing
wheat, etc, the bulk Of which must Sc done
during the said months, and tie past iali
has been such an unusual good one for ont mt.
door work, that the attendance mon on,
public schools has been materially affected
thereby. = $3.50 s.zs .s.<-,,- - =, e.
Our schools have been 60 affected from
the above canses during the said monthsof
September and October ,forsthe past two
years, that / have come4eto the eonclusion
that some changes should be made in our
school term. eas--->-
For thespass two years our schools have
opcnedlin August, and ciosedin December.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-05

Showing a gain Of 1909
How to account for this gain in one year
is more than l can soy. The only reasons
that can give are the interest manifest on
the part OF the directors to see that every
child is numbered, and the increase of pop.
ulation.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-01-15
s. NO-ffence K-aNys.''
fCottonI

fCottonJ
The growing scarcity of timber in
all the Southern States renders the cost
of fencing a great and increasing bur-
den 10 farmers, and it is not strange,
since the cultivation of crops predom-
mates over grazing to an even greater
extent in the cotton States than in the
States north of the Ohio river, that the
''no-fenee laws" which are in force in
some parts Of the latter region should
find many admirers in the South.
These laws provide in brief that cattle
owners must fence in their stock, while
cultivated fields may go without
fences. The result is, that, in some
Western States, one may 60 hundreds
of miles, crossing many different
farms, without finding single fence;
and millions of dollars are thus saved
TO the farmers.
In South Carolina, we believe, a
similar law was adopted last year,
with the best results; but it is our I'M
preston that the Legislature Of no
other Southern State has yet seen the
wisdom of this course. We are glad
to see that Judge Simmons, in the
Agricultural Department of the Pamela
Star, is agitating the question in Miss
issippi. In the last Number Of that
paper, he says: "Wc have heard a
good deal of complaint Of depreda-
tions committed by stock upon crops
during the past summer and fall, and
there are indications Of strong desire
that the Legislature will, at its first
session, enact general stock law for
the protection Of farmers. They say
thatit will be easier and better to! fence
mp the stock than to Ibnild substan-
tial fences around all the fields. This
latter is no email matter nthese times,
and then there are some cattle and
mules that almost defy such fences as
are usually fonnd npon plantations.
Within sight Of this Office, we know
of one field which WAS nader fence
year ago, and now every rail has been
stolen and burned. Perhaps some law
to punish thieves and trespassers more
severely would bea good thing, as
well as a stock law