The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-05-07
HICKORY VALLEY MELANGE.
BY P. G. NJ.

George McCaskill was in Co, NTH
this week to get pair of horses for
r. A. McAnulty.
Mrs. Latta Rose, of Middleburg,
has been here this week, visiting
the families of Clarence and Ernest
Rose.
Albert Barnett was at Middle
burg Sunday attending church and
visiting with old friends.
James Rose was the guest of
James Holmes of the New Castle
country last Sunday.
Our farmers nave been pushing
their work with vim and energy for
the past week. The gnats are about
all gone and the farmers realize that
they must make up for lost time.
Edgar Dunlap came up from the
Junction Sunday and was the guest
of friends.
Miss Ella Ferguson, our hand
some and accomplished primary
teacher, has been sick for the past
week, but was able to resume her
duties in the school room Monday.
Our berry growers are consider
ably disappointed because of the in
feriority and scarcity of the berry
this year. Even those who have
heretofore shipped the best and
greatest amount of strawberries
from this point recognize the fact
that the yield will be inconsiderable
and the quality very inferior.
D. W. McAnulty was in Grand
Junction an hour or two Sunday.
Col. Chas. A. r. Woods, of the
Governors staff, was ordered to re-
port to the Governor last Saturday
morning, in full dress uniform, to
take part with the Governor in the
ceremonies attending the opening of
the Centennial Exposition at Nash
vile.
r. A. and D. M. McAnulty were
at Bolivar the latter part of the
week.
Ernest Rose was at Grand juno
ton and Memphis the first of the
week.
J. M. Avent has had several car
loads of lumber shipped down from
his mill near Shandy.
We are informed by Robt. Nc
Annuity, the most successful grower
of small fruits in this section, that
the plum and cherry crop will not
be half the usual yield. The plum
trees are indeed well laden with
embryo fruit, but it is in blighted
condition. Some of the damaged
or blighted fruit has been sent to
the experimental station at Knox
vile, and the report of the exami
nation is awaited with interest.
Your scribe is under obligations
to that prince among good fellows,
Jim Futrell, for box of the finest
and most luscious strawberries that
the season has afforded, or that ever
tempted tne coquetish taste of an
epicurean. Friend, we thank you.
They were the first of the season to
us.
Thad Prewitt was at Grand juno
ton Sunday, an while there went
to hear the Rev w. w. Thomas,
who preached an excellent sermon,
which was greatly appreciated by
Thad.
Oscar Polk and Will May, of
Memphis, are here this week look
ing after their large interests in this
neighborhood. Mr.. May expects to
bring his family to the Valley on
June 1st to spend the summer.
The postoffice fight is on in all its
eliminating and terminating bit
terness. 1t is to be fight to a fin
ish, and the interest grows apace as
the passing time makes sure a
change that must soon occur. The
applicants, it would seem, have
been making free use of the influence
of the machinery of the local and
county republicans, who are in a
position to bring their strength to
bear upon the administrators pie
at Memphis. The APP
plicants are all our friends, and if it
were possible, we could reconcile
ourself if each one of them had
the benefit of the emoluments of a
post office-a small one-for the |
next four years. But, really to a
man, who owes his allegiance to
that party which was the inspiration
of Jefferson and the fostering of |
Jackson, it would seem to us to be
to accept an Office that
IS purely within the gift of an
adversary, that democracy has
fought on every inch of vantage
ground from Jefferson to Cleveland.
No principle of politics is palmer
han "to the victor belongs the
polls" It's partisan payment for
PARTISAN service, and it seems to
lisinterested spectator that if there
$ republican patron OF this Office,
hat has the qualifications, he and he
My should have the Office. Selah. ;
Rev. d. Nj. McIver, Presbyterian,
f Bolivar, occupied our pulpit Sun
ay morning and evening. At the