Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1915-12-09
OUR BIRTHDAY.

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Congratulate u.s. This issue witnesses threh anniver
sary. The copy of MRS GRUNDY you holding in
your hand is No l. VOL 80 indicating that have lived for
thirtyyears your midst are proud say that
have always stood for what right and just and best for
Tracy City and Grundy County.
We born democrat and have swerved in the
faith The breakers of factiona and republican politics
sailed and batted against rampars and dfenched
and when the tidal receded stood upon the white
sands of the beach, in the sunshine that followed the
democrat yet:
Tis Just thirty years ago today, dear reader
We were launched into this journalistic sea,
Through the years OF storm and calm and JOY
and SORROW
We have borne the flag of pure democracy.
All of the vecissitudes that the share of county
journals have fallen lot. Our ink has frozen the
winter and the old Washington hand press has been known
fall down without any provocation whatever The "dev"
has ped the type just at the crucial moment of going to
press and than occasion, the lady ypesetter
thrilling with loves young dream, has flew off the bolt and
married, just when needed her most.
We have been baptized with fire, and Phoenix like have
arisen from the ashes scorched and dshabetaed but still
democrat
For thirty years have stood sponsor for the progress
development and welfare of old rundy We have the
of thirty winters gsen the hllsides and melt
the springtime and merge into the summers Others have
and but the gosspy old lady of Morton Comedy
has stood adamant The young folks of thirty years ago have
grown old and grey and bo before eyes with mother
ed grow into manhood and womanhood. @~
The striped eon who for years usrped the rights of
free labor, marched down through the and
the distances and bonnet thrown high
the air. in applause of the small sembance
which sent them away but-we because glad
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Subscribers sadly in arrears have passed into
oblivion and left walowng in the trough Of dependency;
others have beamng with corday and goodfeowshp
passed coin Of the realm and gently said send her
right another year, and then spirits and par
value jumped estimation least the ceiling.
have the wooded hsdes cleared and opened
of coal with which they gorged forth
The railroad, which upon time bumped quarely into
Hobbs Hill and quit has wound its serpentne way
mountains We felt its tenace feeling around amongst the
hills and then oyfuy proclaimed the advent of Comont
Clouse Hill and Pryor Ridge have watched beloved
Tracy from coal camp of few clustered cabins into
city beautiful and happy homes. For thirty years has old
Mrs Gndy been with you and mothered YOU always for you
of you through the of prosperity and the
depression Each fifty weeks of the thirty
visited your homes and informed Of the comings
eoings the dongs and the msdongs of neghbor
ding bells rang throughout the hills the sounded in
legal notice thereof stuck off down the southeast
of the paper the most obscure place possible
have to sadly with tear dmmed eyes and told
loved who had passed the river
the following week. the sunshine would filter through
clouds the drops gen oyously the announce
of the arrival in home OF bouncing baby boy
blue eyed baby girl
There's ten pound boy at Johnsons
And he has a usty yell,
lis daddy