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A NEWSPAPER Or TO-DAY ; PURE INTONE AND EXPRESSION ; PROGRESSIVE IN ALL THINGS. VOL. XII. MCMINNVILLE, TENNESSEE, SATURDAY, MAY 23, ,891. NO. 27 AT THE 8151 FliniltllfB j -OF M. B. HARWELL & CO., MC MINNVILLE, TENN., Is now being shown the hrgestiiind handsomest stock of Furniture ever brought to this section. We, can furnish any room 'from kitchen to parlor, and any kind of home from cottage to mansion. We have beautiful bed room suits in Walnut, Ash, Maple, anil liith Century Antique Oak, euK pricks ! are awny below retail city houses, j When you want any article of furui- ; ture whatever come and see us before i you buy. -Wa call attention of our readers to the large display advertisement of M. 13. Harwell fc Co., on our first page. Whether you need any furni ture or not, they cordially invite you to call and inspect their large and handsome display. They have one of the finest hearses in the State, with a full line of undertaker's goods, and give special attention to funerals. Dr. Win. E. Hall, of New York, editor of the International, will lec ture at the Opera House tonight on "How to Get Married, and How to Stay Married." Dr. Hall ha.s made quite an enviable reputation as a popular lecturer, and there is a rich treat in store for any one who wish es an evening of genuine pleasure. I'oot Wear. W. II. York has just received a big new stock of shoes, and is now pre pared to supply ladies' shoes at any 'price from $1 to $3 per pair. Mrs. French' s Lecture. To The Standard. Mrs. French of Knoxville, in her visit to our city, has by her earnest talk, infused new life into the mem bers of the W. C. T. U. Mrs. French said many good things in her lec tures, her statement Sunday after noon at the M. E. Church, that "God told man to till the soil, but that be tween the Woman and Satin there was to be Enmity." This enmity is indeed seen in the opposition these good women are everywhere meet ing with to down the works of Satin, and the ruin of souls. Let all well wishers of the W. C. T. U. wish and give these earnest women a hearty God speed in their work, and let all others stand back and complacently look on if they wish to. At the Churches Tomorrow. METHODIST. No service. CHRISTIAN'. Preaching as usual at 10:.'!0 a. m. and 7:110 p. in. baptist. No service either morning or night. Dr. Phiilips preaches atShellsford in the morning. mi:siiYTi:niAN. No morning service. Preaching as usual at p. m. by Rev. J. 1). Murray. Cl'MHKni.AND rUESRYTERIAN. At 11 a.m. Rev. R. W. Binkley, oi iasnviuo, win preach the Com mencement Sermon for C. V. College, and w ill also preach at night. Habitant M ta 1 We have one of the finest and ! handsomest hearses ever brought to the South, and five special attention to the direction of funerals. We carry a large lin of Ca2bt2,Hicanl7ocl Cases and Coffins. Particular attention given to embalming. We invite a call from evervbodv. Circuit Court. The following cases were disposed of by the Circuit Court since our re port of last week : State vs. John Singleton, rape and incest guilty of rape and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. State vs. Jno. Mansfield, bigamy- two years in penitentiary. State vs. Keizer Bryant, col., lar ceny two and one-half years in the penitentiary. State vs. Will Webb, col., larceney one year in penitentiary. State vs. Geo. Paul, col., larceny- one day in jail. State vs. Richard and Geo. Paul, col., larceny acquitted. State vs. J. F. Shirley and Dock Brewer, attempt to murder by pois onmistrial. State vs. Thos. Myers, malicious utaKKlnnr 1 irvi iccnsl of rlofonrliirta' cost. Court adjourned Thursday. Sparta Setvu. Expositor. Mrs. P. F. Womack and thr.ee chil dren, of McMinnville, came up Satur day and are the guests of R. Hill and family. Frank came up Monday and will remain a few days. E. J. Argo went to McMinnville Saturday and will be gone several days. lie said he wa3 going down to fish. If ho is in as good luck on this trip a3 he has recently been, his labor will not be in vain. Firm Burks and family, who have been visiting in Warren county for a short season, returned last Saturday. Mr. Burks is much improved and will be able to take charge of his post at the livery stable at an early date. The I. O. O. F's of this couuty,con sisting of Sparta Lodge No. 102, On ward Lodge No. 191, Altus Lodge No. 20t), Valley Lodge No. 11, will meet at Doyle on the 5th of June, and celebrate with a "picnic. Public addresses will be delivered by J. B. Cowan, Grand Master of Tennessee, Past Grand Masters J. L. Nolan and Jas. G. Adylotte. Everybody invit ed and a great time is expected. Seven thousand dollars worth of strawberries were shipped from Humboldt, a little town in West Tennessee, last Monday. rou nvsi'Ei'si I'ne llronn'a Iron llittrr. Physicians rt-i-uimuund it. All dealers keep it. $1.01 per bottle. Genuine has trade-mark aud crossed red lines on wrapper Death of Judge Walling. Judge Smith J. Walling died nt his home on Lyon Street at R:30 o'clock this (Friday) morning, after a linger ing illness of several months. He was something over seventy-eight years of age. The funeral will be preached at the Christian Church nt 8 o'clock Saturday afternoon by Elder W. II. Sutton. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. The Teachers' Institute will be held In McMinnville beginning Monday, June 29th, and continue one week. An Act of the last Legislature requires all public schools to be graded, there fore it is very important that all teachers attend ; as special drills will be given on that subject each day. There will be two grades of schools this year, as those of you know who havo read the Act in last week's Standard. "In the primary schools shall be taught orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, geog raphy, History of Tennessee, and History of the United States, contain ing the Constitution of the U. S., and no othet branches shall be introduc ed." The above is - he exact language of the law. In the secondary schools in addition to the above branches will be taught geometry, physiology, philosophy, civiL government, higher i English or rhetoric, geology of Ten nessee, elements of agriculture, and elements of algebra. Tt ncht'rs apply ing for certificates will be examined according to grade of school. ! Those teaching in the secondary schools will be examined in the branches required to be taught in that grade. Monday, June 2"Jd, a meeting of idl the school directors of the countv is called to meet at the Ceurthouse in McMinnville, to adopt a uniform series of text books througout the county, and to grade the schools of the county. I cannot hold' the examination of teachers until the schools are graded. There are twenty-live or more schools in the county that need to be made secondary schools. Directors should not fail to be present at this meeting. Ml not attending are bound by the action of those present. I will publish a list oi the work to be done in the different branches dur ing the Institute, and ask that the teachers prepare this work, as it will greatly add to the interest of the In stitute. Miss Maud Terrill will con duct the recitations in history. Her reputation as a teacher is well known to the teachers of Warren county. Following are the history topics : Monday, a. The Condition 'of Europe at the Discovery of America, b. The cause that led to that discov ery. Tuesday, a. Manners and cus toms of Collonial Times, b. The causes oi the Revolutionary War. Wednesday, a. The Rise and Fall of Political Parties in the United States, b. The Causes of the Civil War. Thursday, a. The War in Ten nessee, Kentucky and Mississippi in 18C2. Friday, a. The War in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia in 1863-61. Very Respectfully. W. N. Mitchell, County Sup't. Municipal Officers. The newly elected Mayor and four Aldermen were inducted into office on Friday night of last week. The new Board elected the following of ficers: Recorder I. W . Smith. Treasurer J. E. Jones. Marshall II. P. Maxwell. The following standing committees were appointed: Finance J. B. Biles, Thos. Black, C. II. Scales. Streets J. E. Jones, J. B. Biles, G. W. lloodenpyl. Cemetery Thomas Black, C. II. Scales, I. W. Smith. Schools J. E. Jones, G. W. llood enpyl, Thos. Black. The Board has the matter of the colored school building under consid eration, and will begin operations as soon as practicable. Immediate, "Iled-Ake." harmles' Preston's w . LIVELY F U R N I T U HandsomE BED 101 SETS. SASH, DOORS, -AND- BLINDS Ceiling, Siding, mm R AND- FLOORING, MOULDINGS, Etc. E East Main Street, - Commencement Program, C. F. Col- lege. Monday evening May 25. Exercis es by Preparatory Department, con sisting ot Sunflower Chorus, a chil dren's Operetta, followed by music, recitations, tableaux, and other exer cises of a varied and interesting char acter. Tuesday evening, May 26. Annual concert exercises by all departments of the school, vocal and instrumental music, elocutionary exercises, cho ruses, concluding with operetta. Wednesday, May 27, 0 a. m. Ex ercises by graduating class, conferring degrees, awarding medals. Addresses by visiting gentlemen. Admission on Monday and Tues day evenings, 15 cents. Closing Exercises of City Schools. The following program has been ar ranged for the pupils of the City Schools next week, at Ilouchin's Op era House. Thursday, May 28. 9 to 12 a m. i, II, in, iv and v grades. Award ing medals. 8 to 10 p. m. vr, vn, vii r and High School Grades. Friday, May 20, 9 to 12 a. in. Graduating Class, Awarding Diplo mas, Address by lion. W. W. Fair banks. Formal closing of schools. 8 to 10 p. m. Mountain City De bating Club. All the exercises will be held at Ilouchin's Opera House in order to seat every one that may wish to at tend. We hope to see every father and mother in the city present at eack entertainment. All the exercis es are free. The gallery reserved for pupils. Jas. G. Meadohs, Supt. Schools. MORRISON, Morrison, May 20. Farmers are plowing over their corn, which, ow- owing to dry weather, is small. The prospect Is flattering for a good wheat crop. The Sunday School at this place is flourishing. There is also u good Sunday school at Wilson's Chapel, about two miles from here. Rev. Mr. Steward preaches here the 3d Sabbath in each month at 11 o'clock. An Expression of Confidence. Geo. P. Rowell A Co.'Iof New York, the publishers of the Ameri can Newspaper Directory, undertake to rate newspaper circulations very much as the mercantile agencies re- G.8., EleganT SETS. KITCHEN, AND- xDINING ROOM SETS, t CHAIRS. - WILLOW WARE, OFFICE FIXTURES, McMINNVILLE, TENN. port the capital and credit of the business community. About oae publisher in ten tells his exact issue with truthful precision. Some of the other nine decline to tell the facts be cause they assert that those who do tell are in the habit of lying. Rowell & Co., after an experience of more than twenty years, have come to trie conclusion that this view cannot be sustained. In the twenty-third an nual issue of their hook; issued in April, they designate every paper that is rated in accordance with a de tailed statement from the publisher; and offer to pay a hundred dollars for every instance which can be pointed out of a misstatement for which n publisher is responsible. The South ern Standard is one of the papers that is willing to have it known how many it prints and whose good faith the Directory publishers will guaran tee. Messrs Rowell it Co., further says it is a fact that only one paper in nineteen has furnished such a straight-out statement of circulation as the Standard. Certainly Gratifying. Sparta Expositor. The gratifying news is in the air that an exclusive passenger train will be run on our road, commenc ing the first of June. The two trains now on the road are not sufficient to accomodate the 'largely Increasing freight trafic. Engineer Burke pulled an extra out Saturday evening as is often the case. We learn from depot Ass't Clark that over fifty loaded cars came in and went out from the yard on Saturday. This speaks well for this section and means some thing. We hope to see the passenger train on, and a faster schedule, as the clever officials of the system are not deaf to the wants of the people along the route. LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the Postoffice nt MqSIinnville, for the week endiug May 22, which will be forwarded to the Dea l Letter Office if nol called for in 30 (lavs. Brown, Jo Brown, J. W. Cockrnn, John Hailing, Casto By order ot the P. Harris & Busruo flicker.)!), Frank Wade, W. T. O. Department, One Cent must be collected on all advertised let ters. Parties calling for any of these letters will please say "Advertised." A. II. Faulkner, P. M. Immediate relief by using Preston's "Iled-Ake."