Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1882-06-10

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and sometimes three dollars day
here; now $I.0D and $l.25 is all he
can get-the latter rarely. Clothing |
and dry goods are cheaper than in
East Tennessee, but shoes and hats
higher. Real estate fluctuates III
price, and the demand is not lively.
Sunday is gala day here with
the foreign and cOlored population.
and the puritans of East Tennessee
would be greatly shocked if here on
that day, for numerous shops, con
dictionaries and refreshmenl places
are open all day and well paironizcd,
while some streets are thronged with !
crowds of pleasure seekers, intent on
having good time" This is not so
of another large class of people,
though, who attend church and acl
as dccorously as any SaOhatarian
could desire. There are several ldr9,
church editices here, handsomely fin.
ished in their interiors, and also many
eminent and successful ministers oi
the Gospel. All denominations are
well represented, and all appear 10 be
/ doing good work in the Lords service.
Yesterday the .Low-TaX RepUbi-
cans held county convention in III.
Exposition building, for the purpo>,
Of nominating a county ticket. Prot
II. *. Rankin (colored) was made
Chairman, NJ. Pcttaway (co|orrd.
and Squire Jennings (whilr) Sccre-
tdrieS. a committee OF nine wcr,
appointed by the Chair to select til,
ticket, which they did in Il REMAEKA-
BLY, SHORT TINE, two colored mrj
having places on the ticket. Til,
meeting was not harmonious. irdrrd
it was very stormy, and several times
threatened TO collapse, owing 10 lie
persistent and pertinent questions
and interference of the Iiigh-TaX
Republicans present. The fact is the
numerical strength Of the two parties
was about equal, although the chair
man invariably announced that all
low-.aX motions had carried Mr.
Alfred FrOmam, the Hon. Edward
, Shaw, both coIored, and Secretary
, Jennings, white, addressed the con.
, vcniion in favor of the low-iaX policy
from the stand; several High-TaA
: speakers made very forciblc and I'm.
| amswerWble remarks from their place
I in the audience. Mr., Shaw very en-
phatically declared that he would no
vote for Hon. Alvin Hawkins fol
Governor, and was loudly cherrcd il
= this by all the low-taX men present
:. The Republican party Of Shelby i
II now divided on the State debt QurS
=. ton as badly as the Democracy of ia,
= State were in the last election; an,
f somebody is going TO get "hurt" a
C the next election. Messrs G. Harris
- T. +. Cassels, Saml Williamson anC
|, a few others whose names have no
learned are the c0lorcd leaders Of tn
! High-TaX Republicans. It's chargcC
= by the opposition that they are back
ed by the Federal otlicc-holdcr
Ring"-not including the Postmaster
. Mrs, A. d. II. Thompson, whom
Congressman Moore has been tryin!
to "oust," to make room for his broth
er-in-law. Mrs, Il. is a LADY, and al
efficient official. Her retanmemt il
y the place is heartily endorsed by tn,
PEOPLE of Memphis.
If the Democrats of Tennessee unit
and harmonic on a candidate tina
- can carry the strength Of the Shelb!
county Low-Tax Democrats, they cal
y easily elect the Governor and The
J. Legislature; if they cannot harmo
nize, either Alvin Hawkins or a Low.
Tax man will be Governor, for d
large element of the colored voters il
in West Tennessee will vote for the
"Repudiation" candidate this year
, LQw-Tax principles are fast gaining
strength here, and the High Tax men
seemed to be disorganizcd and con-
fused. The addition of large color
ed vote to the Low Tax party is
something unlocked for, and which
demands the attention of State Cred
it men Of both parties. Something
must be done, and be done quickly.
WANDERER.
Memphis, Tenn.,(
May 20, 1926