The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-03-23
. Miscellaneous.

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THE jackson Board of Trade is CORE
spending with Eastern capitalists With
"a view.to locating a. cotton mill there tc
cost $225, 600
THE item which has gone the rounds
in the State news that hogs were rapidly
dying in and around Dresden with
cholera, is without foundation in fact.
Hogs there were perhaps never more
numerous or healthy.
The seventeenth anDual convention Of
the Young Mems Christian Association
of Tennessee met at Lebanon last week
with delegates from about twenty asso-
Citations present. The address of wei.
come was delivered by Dr. A. B. Martin
and the response by Bishop Thomas #.
Gailor.
GEORGE Ross, negro, attempted to
kill Lem Hutcherson, young planter,
near Clay ybrook, Madison County. Hutch
erson had sold the negro a mule some
time ago and he defaulted on payment
Hutcherson went to take the mule back,
Ross cursed him and secured gun and
fred upon him, some of the shot taking
effect in Hutcherson's legs.
THE Board of Trade of Jackson has
adopted resolutions to vote for no candi-
date for magistrate who is not favor OF
the graveling of the county roads and
mennorializing the County Court to re-
establish the county workhouse, and
prisoners convicted of light offensessbe
employed in graveling the county roads
and levees.
RECENT tests show that the phosphate
discoveries in Lawrence, Lewis, Wayne
and Hickman counties are Of immense
value. Individuals and the Southern
Iron Company own most of the lands on
which the phosphate rock has been
found Chemical tests just completed
show the rock to be the best in the
United States. Prospectors are flockinR
to that section, endeaToring to get
options on land.
THE Madison Presbytery, composed
Of the counties of Madison, Hardemap,
Chester, Henderson, McNairy and Har.
din, met at Selmer last week This
presbytery embraces within its bound
aries forty-fve congregations, most OF
which sent delegates. The next meet
ing of the Madison Presbytery will be
held at Adamsville. McNairy County,
commencing on Friday night before the
fourth Sunday in September, proximo.
A REIGN Of terror exists three miles
west of Bells Depot on account OF the
appearance Of Whiteeaps One negro
Lawson Gregory, has already beer
killed by them and many Of the white
citizens of the community have been
ordered to leave by a certain time or
they would fare the same fate that the
negro Gregory did These .depreda4
tions are being committed in Haywood
County, on the north side Of Forked
Deer river, a.small strip that has never
been attached TO Crockett County.
. j. q. AxDERsoN is stirring up an in
terest among the people by his lectures.
He goes out into the highways and ad-
monishes the people in practical way
how to bringabout better times he
tells them that all the physical condi-
tiorfs. soil, climate, etc, are adapted to
growing strawberries and early garden
vegetables. He has within few years
developed strawberry farm near Fall
con from which he has reaped handsome
profits. he sold 50, ,oOostrawberry plants
last week His lectures are delivered
to large audiences Of farmers, who are
much impressed with bis practical o"R''
non sense theories.