Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-12-18
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The County Court Clerks office
has been supplied with large new
book case. 1t is quite roomy, and
will furnish receptacle for a large
quantity of the county's records. A
year or two ago committee was APP
pointed by the County Court to in
vestigate the cost and feasibility of
building vault in the courthouse.
What has become of the project? In
case of fire the loss to the people of
the county by destruction of records
would be irreparable.
Why cannot the two lots now
held by the Ben Lomond College be
turned over to our city school? This
property originally belonged to the
old Carroll Academy, and by some
kind Of hokus-pokus was transferred
to Ben Lomond College, and has been
Of no public benefit for many years.
Our city schools now need funds,
and the lots should be soldand turned
over to them. Can't some public
spirited citizen take hold of the mat
ter and push it to consummation.
The simplest and shortest rule for
counting interest at per cent is this:
Multiply the principal by half the
number of months. This is all there
is of it, and it never fails to give the
correct amount. For example take
1875 for Is months. Half of Is is 8,
and 375 multiplied by this gives $685.
Is. Again, take $3.50 for 8 months,
Half of 8 is ~, and 1870 multiplied by
Al gives 1886. 1t is a very easy rule
to remember, and will be found re-
liable in every instance.
The entertainment of the Peak
Sisters at the c. F. College on Friday
night of last week was one of the
most original and unique affairs we
have ever attended. The young la
dies all did their parts splendidly,
and Miss Maud Cody, of Texas, was
highly complimented for the admi-
rable manner in which she performed
her very difficult role. The enter
tainment was out of the ordinary run
of College concerts and was heartily
enjoyed by all present. We hope
none of the young ladies who figured
in the entertainment will ever have
to put into actual practice the char
acters assumed on the occasion.
Our good friends quite frequent
ly tell us or send us word to make
certain announcements of church So
cables and like affairs, and OCCASION
ally we forget or fail to note them,
and consequently the announcement
fails to appear. We are always glad
to give all the space necessary to such
things, but we insist that the parties
who have the most interest in them
should aC1ite their o,cn announcements.
Instead of sending us word to make
such and such a notice, write the an
nouncement to suit yourself and send
us the manuscript, then your notice
will always appear. Quite frequent
ly when requested to make such no.
tees we have to spend half or three
quarters of an hour hunting up some
body who can give us correct infor-
nation from which to write a notice.
1t looks natural that those who have
the management of these affairs
should be able to write better an
nOuncements of them than an editor
who knows nothing on earth about
them. We are always glad to pub
fish such notices, but our friends will
save us considerable time and work
by writing out what they want said
themselves.
-Messrs. r. S. Potter and Thos. C.
Hindman, couple of merchant
travellers, had quite rough country
trip together this week. Mr.. Potter
represents a Nashville house, and
Mr.. Hindman sells the single article
of Dwight's Soda. They left here
on last Tuesday morning in
a light drummer's wagon, drawn by
two horses. Sometime during that
day in crossing Collins river the
horses got into swimming water, and
the boys were given a good bath.
Bob did some tall praying about this
time, and Hindman thinks that they
would both have been drowned had
it not been for the fact that as soon as
his samples of soda got wet it began