Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-30
SOME ERRONEOUS STATEMENTS.
A Banner Correspondent Paints the
Devil Entirely too Black.

SulHSIS anu llllCll DlSlllleTleS.-
The Fate Of Deputy Marshall Da-
Wis has Prevented a Continuation
of Revenue Raids.
IA visit to Irving College, a few
miles Southeast of this place, shows
evidence of abundant rains, which
will bring crops up to an average, II
not above 1t. But the people in the
of this village are not wholly
dependent upon, and show little in.
terest in, any kind of crops, except 1t
be that of apples. 1t is within a IA.
dious of ten or fifteen miles that a
greater amount Of brandy is made
than in any other whole county in
the United States"
"Two-thirds is wildcat" This
has been the ruin of Irving College,
once flourlshing institution OF learn
ing, from which a great many of the
most prominent and successful men
Of the State were graduated. This
section is a terror to Revenue officers.
who few years ago made frequent
raids in the mountains in search of
"moonshiners." The mOonshiners
soon tired of this, however, and ever
since the evening in which about
fifty double barrelled loads of buck
shot were emptied into the body of
jim Davis, about three miles from
this place, and another officer came
near sharing his fate, the moonshin-
ers have been allowed to ply their
trade almost without interruption,
though it is necessary for a stranger
in the mountainous section to answer
great many questions in order to
convince them that he is not a reven~
ue officer"
EDITOR STANDARD:-The above
is contained in communication from
McMinnville, published in the Nash
vile Banner of Aug. 18th.
We do not know who the CORES.
pondent is, neither do we care to
make his acquaintance, nor do we
know his object in writing such an
article, but this we do know, that he
is either honestly mistaken, or has
wilfully misrepresented our commun'
ity. If he is stranger in this part
of the country, he has been misin-
formed, and has acted very impru-
dent in writing such an article unless
he k1elC it to be a fact. If he is one
of our own county men, and is posted
on his county's history, he knows
that a greater portion of the article is
false. People who have read that
article and are not acquainted with
this community, have already brand
ed us as ignorant, drunken murder
ers, none excepted. We know thai
we live back up here among the
mountains, but we will inform the
gentleman that we have just as sober
just as honest, and just as intellectual
a class Of people as you will find any
where.
We will admit that we do make {
great deal Of brandy up here, and W.
do not think it is any disgrace t
make it. AS to how much of it il
"wild-cat," ] am not as well prepar
ed to say as the Banners correspond
ent. Probably the gentleman is bette
informed on that part Of the subjec
than 1 am. Because a great deal o
brandy is made here, that does no
make us all so corrupt and immora
as anyone would think from reading
the above.
/ know that we have some drunk
ards and mean men here, but SHOW
me community that does not hav
them, and you will show me some
thing l have never yet seen.
Anyone would infer from reading
the above that a revenue officer j
unknown here. Scarcely a weel
passes that they are not through GU
community, and they do not bring
body guard with them to protec
them from the "backwoods cut
! throats." They come alone and ur
armed. They treat the people wit
} respect, and the people do the sam
} by them.
: Yes, Jim Davis was killed 3 mile
from McMinnville, (the place fror
; which the gentleman wrote his piece
But that ought not to cast any shad
ow whatever on Irving College pee
pie. 1 don't suppose anybody know
I who killed Davis, except those VIII
! did it, and it is just as reasonable
/ suppose that they were from an
other part of the county, or eve
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