Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-12-27
FIRST DISTRICT.

again we resume our pencil 10 Jot
down a few items and thoughts for the
%edification of the intelligent readers of
the Herald and Tribune. Time is swift.
ly moving us on, and soon we will hear
the bells of 1894 ringing in u ears.
1t would be a good season now for us
to form good new resolutions for next
year, and better still for us to live up
to them. Let us each turn over a new
leaf in our life book, and write on it,
For this year l will be a true, loyal citi-
zen of the republic, and a genuine
christian" We fear that if we keep
on in this strain we will write an essay
which we don't want to do for of all
the dull things WI ever knew, the "es-
say" dulls them all. The health of our
vicinity at present is not real good.
Among the sick at present are Mrs.
Foster, Mrs. Waller, Miss Ida Mauk,
Mrs. and Mr.. James Motorcycles, Alex
ander Broyles, Miss Julia A. Broyles,
Mrs. Fan Broyles, j. NJ. Seaton, Esq,
Mrs. Fellers and perhaps others. Most
of the above are suffering with la
grippe. Farmers are generally done
their winter work and are preparing
for next summer. Tobacco men are
still gloomy, what's the matter with
tobacco? Is it free tradep This is
how the warehouse men do in Greene
vile. John Doe will take a fierce of
400 pounds of tobacco to the market.
In that tierce there is perhaps fifty
pounds of fine tobacco. The ware
house men will take Johns tobacco
and put it out for sale, charging him
him 10 cents for every pile they weigh.
The fifty pounds of fine tobacco will
bring perhaps 10 cents per pound, tn e
rest perhaps three or four cents. Next
week they will publish in the Greene
vile papers that they sold John Does
tobacco for fifteen cents per pound
nothing being said about the two hun
dred and fifty pounds which sold for
perhaps four cents. The farmers
reading this statement, think that to.
bacco Is doing better, rush in their to-
bacco and find out that they have been
gulled. We appeal to the tobacco far
mers of Greene, Washington and Cock
Counties, if this is not true. 1t seems
as if the East Tennessee News is very
much worked up owe Ben Haynes, Ie-
pentance. Come, Brother News, you
must not be too hard on BRO. HAYNES.
You will find by consulting the
Acts of the Apostle in a volume known
al the New Testament" that the SOU
of Lazarus breathed out th~reatenings
against the Disciples, and went down
to Damascus to bind all the Christians
yet he "a converted, and was q chosen
vessel to preach the Gospel of jesus
Christ and was the instrument in
Gods hand to accomplish a wonderful
work. So it may be with Broth el
Haynes. Since he admits for ''argu,
ments" sake that he voted for G. c..
he also admits that the scales have
been knocked from his eyes and now
he seem to be doing all he can for the
Republican party. l would to God to
day that every rebel an Democrat in
the universe were converted and made
to see the enormity of the crime of re-
bellion and disloyalty. That's what
Brother Milburn wanted to do during
the war, and as he helped to whiI
the rebels back into the Union hi
should now be willing that they should
advocate the cause of truth and homes
ty. Let's wait until the convention is
over to throw mud. The Republicans
are true, they will support the nomi.
nee, whether it be Brownlow, Milburr
or Toncray. From now on let us h W
a Government of the people, by the
people, for the people," REPUBLICAN