Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-01-10
AMONG PIE FRATERNITY.

for doing nothing.
AMONG PIE FRATERNITY.
That sterling West Tennessee jour
nal, Meals State Gazette, of Dyers>
burg, has recently changed from a
quarto to folio. Col. Tom Neal,
who founded the Gazette and still
owns it, is one of the most popular
newspaper men in the State, and his
paper enjoys large degree of success,
which it has well earned, and contin.
ues to deserve.
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No town in the State has been more
overworked in the newspaper field of
late years than GAINESVILLE. The To.
bacco Leaf and Chronicle were con-
solidated some months ago, and has
since been publishing both daily and
semi>weekly editions. Last week
the Progress and Democrat were hy-
phenated, and appears both daily and
weekly. This still leaves GAINESVILLE
abundantly supplied with newspa>
pers.
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The ObiOn Daily Democrat, Union
City, after brief but not unsuccess.
full career of two months, babe its
readers farewell last Saturday. There
are not two brighter journalists in the
State than Messrs. Tatum and Griffin,
and the Weekly Obion Democrat will
continue to sparkle in the front ranks
of the provincial press.
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Several newspaper men are appli-
cants for appointment by the new
governor as railroad assessors, among
them our friend Miller, of the Man.
chester Times. We heartily second
his nomination, and hope he will be
permitted to enjoy the pie.
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The outlook is rather gloomy for
the elevation of Bro. Baskette of the
Nashville Banner, to Minister pleni-
pOtentiary Of kerosene and envoy eX-
traordinary of the flash PAN" His
manipulations of the dark lantern
sceances in the late campaign were
not calculated to promote his pOpu.
larity with the incoming administra.
ton.
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Since the above was written we see
from the American that Mr.. w. c.
Tatum, Of the Obion Democrat, has
accepted the position Of editor Of the
Knoxville Tribune. We congratu.
late the Tribune upon securing such
a bright and forceful writer on it
staff, and his rock-ribbed democracy
will shine to great advantage in thu
dense republican gloom of East Ten
nessee.
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The Cannon Courier, of Woodbury.
has passed into the hands of Messrs
A. J. Brandon and G. 7. Roach, will
the former as editor and the latter a.
business manager. The first numbe
under the new management was is
sued Jan. /, and shows decided i'm
provement. Cannon is a rich ant
fertile county, and should support
first-class newspaper.
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The office of the MOrristown PHO
has been purchased by Col. O. c
King and the paper suspended. 1t
rumOred that Col. King will start
, daily soon. This change leaves on
, republican paper less in East Tennes
, see. The Pilot was a republican OF
, gan, but Col. King being an arden
!. democrat, of course the new daily
when started, will advocate demo
;. cratic principles, There is hope fc
East Tennessee yet.
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The Daily Bristol Courier will herr
after take the Associated Press re
ports. 1t will cover the field betwee
= Morristown, Tenn. and RadfOrd, Va
ahead of any other paper. If plucl
= enterprise, and indOmitable energ
will win success-but there is no ROOF
y for ifs, these characteristics alway
win, and Charley Slack is gettin
there with both feet.
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i Col. Duncan b. Cooper, for sever