Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-02-24

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of music class.
Fred w. Smart was interviewing
our drug men again this week. Fred
has the easiest time of any drummer
we have seen lately--he carries his
sample case in his pocket.
j. e. M. Ross q Son will receive
in few days a full line of Ladies and
Gents Fine Custom.made Shoes, alsOa
large stock of New Spring Styles of
RoadyMade Clothing.
Mr.. Joseph Wagner, a good prac-
tical farmer of Hickory Creek, was in
town this week. Mr.. Wagner is one
of those farmers who always has some
thing to sell.
H. L. Walling is placing himself
in line for heavy spring trade, by
buying large stock of Clothing, Dry
Goods, Hardware, Queensware, Chilled
and Steel plows and car loads of salt.
Call on him when in need of good
goods at bottom prices.
See advertisement in this issue of
our club rates with the Breeders Live
Stock Journal" This is an excellent
monthly, and our stock raisers should
avail themselves of this opportunity to
secure it at such low figure.
Mr.. Smith now has the sulphur well
to depth of sixty odd feet, and is
making from two to three feet daily.
He is confident of getting sulphur wa.
ter within the next fifteen feet. We
hope he may be successful.
Good roads all the year round
have wonderful influence toward in
ducing seekers for new homes to settle
in a county. four people would build
good pike roads all over the county they
would soon pay for themselves, to say
nothing Of the enhanced value of lands
along them.
Thursday the 22d inst. was the an
niversary of Washington's birthday.
This is one of the five National holidays
and was observed by the closing of
the banks.
Capt. A. L. Snow, Dep. Int. Rev.
Collector, with Guagers Jones, Rhodes,
Palver, and Dep. Marshal Faulkner,
raided and destroyed the illicit distillery
of Mcbride & Cantrel, in De Kalk
county, last Monday.
Rev. A. E. Grover rendered his
resignation as pastor of the Presbyterian
church at this place last Sunday. He
will preach his farewell sermon here to-
morrow. He has been called to the
pastorate charge of the church al
Humbolt, Tenn, and leaves for his new
field of labor next week.
Mr.. j. G. Bell, of the firm of j.
G. Bell & Co., commission merchants
and brokers of st Louis, Mo-, visited
McMinnville last Wednesday. Mr.
Bell is a pleasant gentleman and ex
t pressed himself as well pleased with tn,
appearance of our little town.
i &C. A. Mcdaniel of Chaly beate
i Van Buren, county, was in towr
. Wednesday. MIR. Mcdaniel is the
e first on our roll of honor. He not onl,
renewed for himself but gave us an
=. other subscriber.
10 The school at Faulkner's Chape
closed last Friday after successful ant
prosperous session of four months
Prof. Head has been employed to teacI
, at Morrison for the ensuing year, ant
will enter upon the duties of his ney
field of labor on the 18th day of March
Il We would be pleased to hav
!. some one our subscribers at each post
q Office in the county to write us tn,
neighborhood news every week. w
e don't want long, prosy communications
h but simply short, pointed items ofnews
h which can be written on postal card
h Send them to us.
People in writing for the pres
d should make their language expressive
y and not depend upon the printer
l. give their articles force and expression
a by the use of italic and display type
As general rule, newspaper articl
Il that isn't expressive enough withou
If the use Of italic, isn't worth priutin
il at all.
MIR. Tom Ryan, of Rutherfor
al county, was in town Monday weighin
;" and receiving beef cattle which he ha
purchased from a number of our farm
. ers. It is a fact worthy Of notice thu