The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-03-16
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Madison Presbytery of the c
p. Church met in Jackson Saturday
and continued in session two days
DIR. J. p. Douglas was elected Mod
orator. Among those who at
tended from Hardeman County were
| DR.. j. p. Douglas, Rheuben Scott
w. A. Caruthers, S II. Clinton, J
. Z. McCaskill, DR.. Bowden, Rev.W
| NJ. Norment.
Read the advertisement of A
5. Anderson, of Toone, in this is
sue Mr.. Anderson has been in
business at Toone for % years. He
is one of the most substantial and
reliable merchants in Hardeman
County. Personally he is held in
high esteem, as a business man he
has few equals-hence he enjoys
and deserves a large patronage.
j. A. Barrett has returned from
market with his spring stock which
is being opened. His handsome
and commodious building will be
taxed to its utmost capacity to ac-
commodate the many new and beau
tiful goods he will soon have on
display. He will tell you about
them through the BULLETIN later.
Watch for his spring announcement.
The enterprising town of Toone
is enjoying a healthy increase in
business. We learn from the &C
commodating depot agent, Mr.. D.
+. league, that from the LIST of
February to the 10th of March,
there was shipped from that place
600 bales of cotton, 81 car loads of
switch ties, car loads of poplar
and oak lumber, besides a large
quantity of chestnut telegraph poles,
block timber, cross ties, etc. Re
ceipts at this station from the sale
of tickets, freight received and
freight forwarded for the month of
February of last year amounted to
S258.l5, and for the same period
this year, Sl,OO3.34. We are glad
to note this evidence of prosperity.
Mrs. Sallie r. Savage died
suddenly at her residence in Bolivar
Wednesday morning of heart dis
ease. Deceased was born in Nc
Minnville, Tenn, April, 1928, and
moved with her fathers family to
Bolivar when a girl. She was
twice married, first to Alexander
Ramsey, by whom she had one
child. Her last marriage was to
the late J. c. Savage, from which
there was no issue. Mrs. Savage
was splendid type of the old-time
Southern lady. She was cultured,
refined and hospitabIe. Her memory
was remarkably clear and her re-
collections of the early history of
Bolivar, in which she played a
prominent part, were interesting.
Her disposition was cheerful and
she looked always upon the sunny
side of life, though she had her full
share of this worlds troubles and
nobly did she bear them. She was
and had been a member of the Bap-
fist Church for many years. Truly |
a good, kind-hearted woman has
gone to her reward. The remains
were buried in Union Cemetery yes
terday morning, Rev. j. F. Ray
conducting the service. The floral
were beautiful.
The Chairman of the County
Court and the Road Commissioner
met Monday to open and consider
bids for working the public roads.
Bids were received from only about
one-half of the road districts. The
amounts stipulated in the bids were
so far in excess of the amounts that
each district will receive under the
present rate of taxation for high
way purposes, that no action was
taken on a majority of the bids,
For instance, take district No. 6.
The total mileage of public roads in
this district is estimated at from 80
to 40 miles. A bid was submitted
at S25 per mile. Placed at the min
imum estimate, under this bid the
cost would amount to $4,000, while
the district will only have about
$4,000 to be used for road work.
Again, take district No. 8. The
bid submitted from this district was
$4,000, and the amount for road
purposes in this district will not
exceed $4,000. Only three con-
tracts were awarded, as follows: