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DEVOIED TO AGRICULTURE, AND TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESOURCES OF TENNESSEE.
VOL. VIII.
MCMINNVILLE, TENNESSEE, SATURDAY, AUG. 13, 1887.
NO. 38.
Toi Topics
Local and Personal Briefs.
Only three more weeks till the
schools will open. . .
A fresh stock of fanny candies
just received at 1). L. Brown's.
Master James Bain, of Morrison,
is visiting relatives at this place.
-i-AU the new varieties of candies
will be, found at 1). O. Jenkins'.
, -Mr. S; F. Miller, of Pine Bluff,
made us a pleasant call Monday last.
The best brands of Cigars are still
to be found at I). L. Brown's.
Mr. Geo. F. Chidsey, of Viola,
was in town Wednesday.
A large assortment of French
brier root pipes just received at 1). L.
Brown's.
The engineer has compleated the
survey of the new road up Ben Lo
mond. If you owe Iloodenpyl Bro's.,
anything please call and pay your
account.-
Dr. A. B,. Ramsey is erecting an
office on Maine Street' just opposite
his new residence ,
For fresh groceries and family
supplies don't fail to call on D. O.
Jenkins. : .
Miss Laura Murphy, after a two
weeks' visit to relatives in Morrison,
returned home today (Friday).
Irish potatoes, vegetables and
produce generally can be found at A.
Nunnelly's.
Mrs. Ann Price, after a two weeks'
visit to friends in McMinnville, re
turned home Wednesday.
Your special attention is called to
that showcase full of fresh candies at
D.O. Jenkins'.
Miss Nannie Brittain went to
Sparta last Monday to resume her
music class.
We carry the best line of Cigars
and Tobacco in the market. Come
and see if we don't. Smartt & Co.
Mr. Guy Smith, of Chattanooga,
is here for a week's visit to friends
and relatives.
We ask our customers to settle
their accounts by September 10th if
possible. O. M. Tiiukm ax & Soxs
Watermelons are quite plentiful
now, and the crop is the finest we
have had for years.
The largest and freshest stock of
plain and fancy, candies in town will
be found at Smartt & Co's.
Mrs. A. E. Callahan, of Lewis-
burg, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. I.
J. Thurman, this week.
We will offer part of our clothing
stock at cost till September the 1st.
O. M. Thurman & Sons.
W. S. Lively & Co. have just re
ceived a large stock of rocking chairs
of all sizes, styles and prices.
Mr. Chas. Colville returned home
from Rutherford county with his
family at noon today (Friday).
We will need lots of money by
September 10th, can you pay your
account ? (). M. Thukmax A- Sox
Dr. J. B. Ritchey went up to
Clarktown this (Friday) morning to
spend a couple of days, and will re
turn Monday.
If you owo us anything please
call and settle at once as we are need
ing money. Respectfully,
IIoodeni'vl Bro's,"
Mr. J. C. Martin was here Thura
day in attendance upon the funeral of
Mr. S. F. Pennebaker. lie returned
to Nashville this (Friday) morning,
-Dr. E. N. Hall, -of Woodburn
" Ky., and Mrs. J. W. Hall, of Frank
lin, spent a few days with relatives
in this place this week.
Mr. Chas. Carrick, the popular
commercial traveler, was here Thurs
day, on his way to Beersheba to
spend a few days.
Mr. A. C. Johnson and family
arrived Wednesday from Huntsville
on a visit to Mrs. Griswold, mother
of Mrs. Johnson.
Mr. Geo. F. Pennebaker came up
from Nashville Thursday to attend
his brother's funeral, and will re
mam till tomorrow afternoon or
Monday.
DOWN THEY GO!
Anticipating a Removal within the next Tew weeks to our JTew Store
House, which we are now fitting up in elegant style,; we have decided
to offer our ENTIRE SPRING AND SUMMER : STOCK OF '
READY-MADE CLOTHING, WOOLEN DRESS GOODS,
Men's Hats, White Goods, and all other Summer Goods,
AJ? G-BEAT SACRIFICE !
They must be sold within the next few weeks, and prices will be made that
will make them go.
TERMS STRICTLY CASH
J. C.
Respectfully,
McMinnville, Tenn., Aug. 1st, 1887.
Mr. Leon Trousdale, Jr., of Nash
ville, came in from Nicholson Springs
Tuesday to spend a few days in fish
ing with his friend, Mr. .1. G. Me-Guire.
Another shipment of New Home
machines just received at Thurman's.
They take old machines in exchange
at reasonable rates. Don't fail to see
them before buying.
Mr. J. R. Biles came up from
Rutherford county last Friday on a
visit to his mother and other relatives
here, and returned home Wednesday.
Joe's many friends here are glad to
see him at any time.
Mrs. Alston Boyd and five chil
dren, of Memphis, arrived Thursday
to spend the balance of the summer
at the Warren House. Mrs. Boyd
and her children spent last summer
here. 1
The subscription list to the cap
ital stock of the creamery grows
slowly. It lacks several hundred
dollars of reaching the required
amount yet.but we are still confident
of success.
Tullahoma Guardian s Our little
friend, Alfred Stringer, has been
awarded the position of news agent
on the Sparta branch. We commend
him to the reading public who travel
that way.
The Standard office has recent
ly received a lot of new and elegant
faces of job type, and with a full
stock of stationery we are prepared
to do the neatest and most tasteful
job work. Send us your orders.
Mr. 1). B. Carson has taken the
agency for the Carbolic Smoke Ball,
the new and wonderful cure for ca
tarrh and kindred diseases. Those
who wish to test the remedy can do
so free of charge by calling at the de
pot. -Headquarters for flour in Mc
Minnville is at A. Nunnelly's. He
keeps five different grades in stock at
all times, from the finest in the state
to the lowest grade. Bock bottom
prices on every grade.
Miss Susie "Weakley, of Murfrees
boro, who had been at Nicholson
Springs for two week, came in last
Tuesday to spend a week among her
relative here, and is the guest" of
Capt. C. Coffee's family.
Now is your chance. "We have a
general assortment of dolls, china
mugs, cups, saucers, ornaments, toys,
etc., which we are closing out regard
less of cost to make room for other
goods. Come and price them.
Smartt&Co.
Rev. H. B. Price, a son of Dr.
Ilobt. Price, who has recently been
ordained to the ministry, arrived
Wednesday, and will preach in Pres
byterian church Sunday morning.
Mr. Price will go direct from here to
Japan as a missionary.
Mr.W. J.McNamara, of Roanoke,
Ind., in renewing his subscription to
the Standard, writes to us that he
expects to locate here as soon as he
can dispose of his present home. He
visited our county last spring, and
was so much pleased that he is anx
ious to return as soon as possible.
Miss Leila West entertained a
small party of friends in , a most de
lightful manner, last Monday night.
With the pleasant conversation, sweet
music ,and delicious refreshments,
time sped by on swift wing, and the
party are all indebted to . Miss "West
for an unusually pleasant evening.
Rev. F. L. Ewing, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Covington,
Tenn., preached a very able and ed
ifying sermon in the Presbyterian
church at this place last Sunday morn
ing. Mr. Ewing's family are at the
Warren House, and he has gone to
Beersheba to spend a few days this
week. . ; ' .
Miss Sallie Myers, daughter of
Rev. J. G. Myers, was married to
Mr. A. G. Turner, of Nashville, in
the Presbyterian church at this place
at 11 o'clock last Wednesday morn
ing. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. A. T. Crawford. A number
of friends and relatives of both groom
and bride, from Nashville, were here
to attend the wedding. After asumpt
uous wedding dinner at the home
of the bride, the couple left on the
afternoon train for a tour of several
months through Europe.
We have taken the liberty of re
publishing Mr. Sam McRamsey's
communication on wheat culture,
which appeared in the Standard
several months ago. It is well known
that Mr. Ramsey is one of our most
successful wheat growers, and now
that the time for sowing wheat is
near at hand, it will be especially in
teresting to all those farmers who de
sire to make wheat culture a success.
We are frequently asked whether
Homestead Fertilizer will pay on
wheat, and how much per acre, and
how to apply it. Mr. Ramsey has
been using it for a number of years,
as well as many of his neighbors,
with suecess,and while he'believes it
pays, he attributes much of his sue
cess to the thorough preparation of
the land before seeding. Mr. Ramsey
is a practical farmer, anu nis com
munication contains many valuable
suggestions to the wheat grower.
Read it and paste it in your scrap
book for future reference.
Save Money.
Thoseindebted to Iloodenpyl Bro's.
can save money by calling and set
tling up their accounts at once, now
don't let us call on you any more.
Magistrates' Blanks.
We have printed this week at the
Standard office a full supply of
Magistrates Warrants and Executions
and expect shortly to have in stock
all blanks used by Magistrates. Give
us a call when you need these blanks.
The Rally Postponed). '
The prohibition mass meeting and
basket dinner advertised for today in
the C. F. College grove at McMinn
ville, has been postponed to Friday,
August 2Cth. Keep this date in
mind, and let everybody be present
with well filled baskets. A number
of prominent speakers will be pres
ent, and every arrangement will be
made to insure a big day for prohibition.
i- : Natural Gas. ,
A movement is now on foot to sup
ply.McMinnville with natural gas for
fuel. Tho gas well near the Beershe
ba ford, on land now . owned by
Messrs. llouchin & Biles, it is thought
will furnish an abundant supply.
This well was bored just, after the
war, in searching for oil,, but when
gas was struck the well was plugged,
and remains so to the present time.
Messrs. llouchin & Biles have leased
the well to a party who has applied
to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
for a franchise to lay pipes through
the streets. As soon as thisis secured
an expert from Pennsylvania will be
employed to reopen and test the well,
and if found to give an adequate sup
ply of gas, the pipes will be laid at
once. This will not only give our
people a cheap and superior fuel lor
domestic purposes, but will encour
age the location of manufacturing in
dustries here. We hope the bpard
will grant the franchise on the most
favorable terms withoutdelay. Every
enterprise which will add to Mc
Minnville's prosperity should be
given the fullest encouragement, and
if this well is opened McMinnville
will bo the first Tennessee town to
utilize natural gas.
Masonic Widows' and Orphans' Home.
Death of Mr. S. F. Pennebaker.
Mr. Samuel F. Pennebaker died at
the home of his , uncle, Mr. W.' P.
Faulkner, near this place, at 9:30
o'clock Wednesday night, August
10th. Mr. Pennebaker had been a
sufferer from consumption for several
years, and had been confined to his
room at Mr. Faulkner's calmly and
patiently awaiting his end for about
two months. The greater part of the
last two years of his life were spent
in traveling from place to place, in
Colorado, Florida, Texas and other
states, seeking relief from the de
structive influences of disease, and it
seems like a special providential
guidance that brought him back to
his old home to spend the final weeks
of his life under the kindly adminis
trations of loving friends and kindred
lie fully realized a month or more
ago that he was fast approaching
death, and he looked to the end with
out fear or dread. He was fully con
sciousand talked calmly to those who
surrounded his bedside up to within
five minutes of his final dissolution,
and he passed peacefully into the
portals of death without a struggle or
a murmur.
Mr. Pennebaker was SI years of
age, and leaves one little son, aged
about 7 years. He became a member
of the Christian church about nine
years ago. He was buried in the new
cemetery at 5 o'clock Thursday after
ternoon, the Remains being followed
to the grave by a large concourse of
sorrowing friends and relatives. The
funeral services were conducted by
Elder II. L. Walling, at the residence
of Mr. Faulkner. He gathered many
warm friends around him during his
life, who will revere and cherish his
memory till they join him in the
spirit land.
LIST OF LETTERS
M. B. Toney, Esq., Agent of the
Merchants Dispatch fast freight line,
Nashville, came up last Tuesday
to attend the marriage', Wednesday
of Mr. Turner of Nashville, to Miss
Sallie Myers of this place. While
here Mr. Toney met a number of the
Masonic Fraternity and explained to
them his purpose of establishing a
Masonic "Widows' and Orphans'
Home in Tennessee, of which he4s
President. The institution will be
for the care of destitute Widows and
Orphans of worthy deceased Masons;
emphatically an Institution of chari
ty. According to the by-laws, no
officer or person connected with the
institution can receive compensation
for his services. The aim of the offi
cers and directors is to raise $50,000,
principally from certificates of life
membership, $25 each. From an
acquaintance of several years with
Mr. Toney, we have found him a
good business man, a gentleman of in
tegrity, worthy, we think, of the con
fidence of the Masonic fraternity of
Tennessee. We heartily commend
him and his enterprise, the Masonic
Widows' and Orphans' Home, to the
favorable consideration of all Mason
ic Lodges and Free Masons through
out the State.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Quarles spent
last Saturday and Sunday in Clark
town. Mr, Victor Sanders was in from
Nicholson Springs an hour on last
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Quarles, Mrs.
Geo. Iloodenpyl and her son, Leslie,
spent last Tuesday at Nicholson
Springs.
It is the little things that are the
most wonderful and difficult ; it is
possible for human enterprise to
make a mountain, but impossible
for it to make an oyster.
Chancellor Allison of Nashville,
rendered a decision which will, if it
holds good, affect the titles of quite a
number of sales of real estate in Ten
nessee. It is to . the effect that lands
belonging to minor heirs cannot be
sold for taxes.
Coming.
W. S. Lively & Co., will receive in
a few days the largest and handsom
est stock of fine furniture ever shown
in McMinnville. They will have a
number of elegant parlor sets, and
invite everybody to call and inspect
the stock.
Remaining in the Postoffice at McMinn
ville, Tenn., for the week ending Aug. 11,
which will be forwarded to the Dead Letter
office if not called for in 30 days.
Arnett, M. A. ( I
ABkin, A. W.
Brooks, Norah
Coff, L. E.
Childress, James
Crim, Morgan
Cook, W. E.
Dodson & Hennesey,
Etter, Nancey
Fuston, Mary
Flanagan, Lunisa
Gibbs, S. J.
Henderson, Allie
Jonen, W. T.
Libby, A. G. C.
Moulton, Wm.
Parties calling
McCullu'ni, Wm. 2
Mitchell, Celia
Neal & Co., G. W.
Mewby, G. N. M.
Osburn, W. T.
Overholt, E. M.
Pace, J. B.
Redman, Sindy
Rogers, Eliga
Sarage, Allie
Settles, Lula
Taylor, Mary E.
Woraack, Lizzie
Webb, Cinnie
Walling, Mat
Wilson, Livna
for any of these letters
will please say " Advertised."
Ed. J. Wood, P. M.
Subscriptions Paid.
The following persons have paid the
amounts given on subscriptions to the Stan
dard during the week ending at noon Fri
day, Aug, 13th, 1887.
Those marked with a are new subscri
bers, the others renewals.
II. Reik, McMinnville...! 23
Matthew Bell, col., Ft. Supply, I. T.... 60
J. W. McNamora, Roanoke, Ind 23
W. L. McGehee, Mechanicsville, Tenn 50
J. P. Smith, Ridgedale, Tenn 1 00
J. W. Howard, Nashville, Tenn 50
J. R. Biles, Overall, Tenn 1 00
J. M. Iligginbothain, McMinnville 1 00
G. C. Smith, Howell, Tenn 23
CLEANING AND DYEING.
The undersigned will clean and dye all
kinds of men's clothing, any color desired.
Ladies Dresses, Wraps, etc., also cleaned
and dyed any shade of color. Price
very moderate, nnd a liberal patronage so.
licited. MRS. CALLIE BYARS.
a-G-4t . McMinnville, Ttna.