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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
POOR MEMS POLITICS.
A Movement in England to Give
Government Aid to the Poor.

A Movement in England to Give
Government Aid to the Poor.
The purpose Of the Cabinet Coun-
Gil must be sought elsewhere. The
government has just become cons
scious of it's e~gregious folly in post
poning Sir William Vernon Hars
courts new Municipal bill. A
pamphlet called 1.-THE Bitter Cry Of
Outcast London has reused the
widest indignation. Lord Sails
buys article in the National Re
view called ''Laborers' and Arti-
sans Dwellings, has made the ex-
ASPIRATION still more bitter, the
Standard declaring that such a pa
per from such a man is worth more
than a hundred party speeches.
London, long Indifferent, has sud>
ienly learned that there is more
poverty III its streets than in the
worst part of Ireland. In squalid
dens the poor herd, multiply and
die. Parliament cannot help them.
The measures already passed are
impotent. Philanthropy is mis-
directed. Societies are formed to
help discharged convicts, while
honest workmen are left to starve
and respectable girls are turned
from the doors Of Magdalen asy~
lums because they lack the neces>
sary qualification.
Lord Salisbury proposes State
Intervention. He affirms that pub
lie loans are justified by the ingen>
1ous considerations Of public policy,
even if all thoughts of humanity
are cast aside He thinks the
working population should be trans
ferred to places outside the town,
where good houses should be built
| for them. Dozens of other RENE
dies have been proposed by other
writers. The excitement is great
and very blunt language is used
The Pail Mall Gazette says:-"The
man who lives by letting a pesti-
lent1al dwelling house is morally on
a par with the man who lives by
keeping a house of evil fame A
correspondent writes:-"What Is
the use of dealing with the fringe
of the subject? Why not go bold
ly to the root? That root is the
insensate and reckless multiplica~
ton of the human species; as long
as that goes on unchecked all that
lawegivefs, moralists and phllan-
thropistS can do IS whitewashlng a
a sepulchre." a.,
Thus at last the politics Of the
poor have come to the front: The
liberals are frightened that the con-
seryatiye leader has headed the
proposed reforms. "Since the mem,
orable days" says the Pail Mali
Gazette, "when MI. Gladstone star
tied Europe by his pamphlet on the
Bulgarian horrors no English states
mar has launched a manifesto
likely to haye such wide and perma-
nent effects as that of Lord Sails
bury" The government, though
curiously blind, sees that there is a
far greater political issue than the
restoration of Cetewayo or the IN
demnity Of Mr.. Shaw: The Bishop
of st. Adams, a moderate prelate,
declares that the state OF England
to-day is that of Francein the years
Immediately preceding the %revolu-
tion.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
The New South.

Henry Watterson at Panker's Convention.
1t was not, however, to hear OF
banks and bankers and banking that
you did me the honor to call me be-
fore YOU. [ I'm told that to-day you
are considering that problem, which
has so disturbed the politicians
the Southland that you wish me
to talk to you about the South. The
South |! the South It is no problem
at all. I thank God that at last we
can say with truth, it is. simply a
geographic expression. Applause. ]
The whole story of the South may
be summed up in q sentence: She
was rich and she lost her riches;
she was poor and in bondage; she
was set free, and had to so to work;
she went to work and she is richer
than ever before. [Applause.1 You
sect was a,,ground-hog a Laugh
ter. The soil was here. The CHI
mate was here; but along with them
was q curse, the curse of slavery.
God passed the rod across the land
and smote the people. Then in His
goodness and mercy, He waved the
wand of enchantment, and 10, like a
flower, His blessing burst forth.
Applause. Indeed may the South
say, as in the experience of men it is
a L for any to say with perfect sin
cerity:
Sweet are the uses of adverity;' ZAP
plause.l
The south never knew what in
dendence meant until she was
taught by ~subjecticn to subdue her,
self. We lived from hand To mouth.
We had our debts and orr n1ggers.
Under the old system we paid
debts and wallopped our niggers.
Under the new we pay II niggers
and wa7low our debts. Laughter
and app'ause.) We have no longer
any slaves, but we have no longer
any debts, and al exclaim with the
darkey at the camp>meeting, who,
whenever he got happy went about
shouting, ''Bless the Lord. Tn git
tin fatter an fatter!' Laughter.
The truth is that, behind the
great rufie the South wore to its
shirt, there lay concealed a superb
manhood. That this manhood was
perverted, there as nc doubt. That
it wasted its energies upon t%ri1es, is
beyond dispute. That it took a
pride in cultivating what il called
sthe vices Of a gentlem," I am afraid
must be admitted: But at heart, it
was sound; from that heart flowed
honest Anglo-Saxon blood; and
when it had to lay aside its broad,
cloth and put on It's jeans, it vas
equal to the emergency. Great ap-
plause. And the women Of the
South took their place by the side
of the men of the South, and with
spinning wheel and pillow share to-
gether they made q stond against
the wolf at the door. That was fif-
teen years ago, and to-day there is
not q reward offered in a single
Southern State for wolf skins. The
fact is, the very wolves have got
ashamed of themselves and gone to
work. Laughter and applause.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
Tennessee Sugar,

GAINESVILLE Chronicle.
In the Tennessee display at the
Louisville Exposition is shown a
small jar of graduated sugar,
made from the common sorghum
cane. 1t ives made four days af-
ter being crushed by Amos G..
Cearly, of Columbia, Maury coun>
ty, Tenn. The question of utilf-
zing the sugar cam as a sugar
plant has attracted a great deal of
attention. but the difficulty has
been to get the molasses to gran
ulate. This desired result has at
last been arrived at by Mr.. Gears
ly through a process known only
to himself. The sugar has much
the appearance of New Orleans
sugar, and is very p%alatable.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
HALF OUT OF HIS HEAD.

blessed be the man, )" said Don Quixotels
weary squire, "who invented sleep" Sancho's
gratitude is ours, but what if one cannot for
any reason enjoy that excellent invention?
Nervousness in me had become q disease"
writes Mr.. William Coleman, the well known
wholesale druggist of Buffalo, N. Y:
IL WOULD not sleep, and nay lights were
either passed IN that sort OF restlessness
which nearly crazes a man, or is q kline of
stupor, haunted by tormenting dreams.
troubles, l tried it also for this. The result
both surprised and delighted me, My nerves
were tuned to concert pitch, and, like Cae-
sar's fat men, 1 fell into the ranks of those
who sleep o'nights. L should add that the
Tonic speedily did away with the condition
by my previous sleeplessness, and gave me
strength and perfect digestion. In brief, the
use of the Tonic thoroughly re-estab1ished
my health. 1 have used Tonic
with entire success for sea-sickness and for
the bowel disorders incident to ocean voy-
ages"
This preparation has heretofore been
known as GINGE TONIC. Here
after it will be advertised and sold under
the name ofPARKER'S TONIC-Ommttting the
word ginger HISCOX & Co. are induced to
make this change by the action of %unprinci-
pied dealers who have for years deceived
their customers by substituting inferior
preparations under the name of ginger.
We drop the misleading word all the more
willingly, as ginger is al unimpprtSng fae
Vorlng ingredient IN our TONIC.
Please remember that no change has been,
and all bottles remaining in the hands of
dealers, wrapped under the name of Far
ker,s Ginger Tonic, contain the genuine
If the fac-simile signature of HIS
COX 4 Co; is at the bottom Of the outside
Wrapper
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
Hon. r. Z. Butler

Bristol Courier.
This gentleman, it is announced
is a candidate for Congress -elec-
ton November, 1854. The fact that
he is attending Camp-meetings and
Fairs, and shaking hands generally,
should warn his competitors, A. A.
Taylor, A. Ell. Pettibono. &C., &c,
that they must be up and doing.
The scheme to run Butler as an in
dependent candidate, and deliver
him the Democratic vote, as outlin>
ed by some of his Democratic friends
will hardly wash. The Democrats
of the First District will wait till
they see the field before they walk
into any mans trap.
Taylorsvllle Reporter.
To this spontaneous outburst from
the imaginative brain of the Cour>
ier's editor, we have only to sag that
the Republicans Of the First Cons
gressional District know too well
that Butler is not that KIND of a
man. This is all, this is all.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
Distribution of Carp.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The Fish
Commission is getting ready for its
fall and winter work. The water
will be drawn off from the carp
ponds in a few days, and they will
be gathered and put up for ships
ment. As soon as the fish are ready
a car load will be shipped to the
Louisville Exposition for exhibition
and distribution throughout the
south. Great interest is shown in
the south in the carp industry, and
the commission is overrun with ap-
plications from southern states
AS soon as the Louisville al gets
back it will be loaded for the west.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
Deafness and Death On the Rail.

DIlSlOl IlSlCIbSA'
Mr.. James Trammell, of Fits
sylvania, Va, who was on q visit to
his SOB at Wallace's Switch, five
miles east Of Bristol, YVES run over
by a material train on last Saturday
while walking on the railroad near
that place. He was partially deaf
and on this account before starting
on his walk, had asked ii any trains
we're due. and was answered in the
negative. The engineer saw him
and blew his whistle but made no
effort to stop until too late, suppos-
ing he wcc:.ld get off in time. Both
Mr.. Trammell's legs were cut off,
one above and the other below the
knee. He lived until next morning
at 5 O'Clock. He wasa brother of
Mr.. w. II, Tammell@ and the father
of Mr. Wash Trammell of this
place.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
I,osb;ns Of Fun for the Money.

A<uCAAAAA
N. Y. Herald.
That's Larry Blake's house, or
rather it was his house, and he still
lives there said Detectiye Taylor
as he drove with a Herald reporter
past the house mentioned. It is a
specially neat and comfortable look
ING farmhouse, perhaps two miles
to the east Of Bridgeport, Conn.,
Around It are we'll titled lands, well
built outhouses, we'll kept fences
and all other evidences OF Conneor
ticut thrift. =,
why doesn't he own it now?'
asked the reporter.
paid it all away for fines and
COSTS said the detective, briefly.
Fines and costs?'
Yes. The old man vas INDUS
trious and saying, and his wife and
daughter and two sons helped him
until thy were worth $4,000 or
81. OO0. It was quite a respectable
fortune as they lived. Then, about
four wears ago, Larry took it into
his head to get jealous. Lord knows
why, for the poor old lady was any
hing but a Venus-break a looking
glass every time she looked square
into IT. Then he took to drink
The boys took to drink, too. U:el
to get drunk, fight, break Furniture,
raise merry thunder; shoot at one
another, too. Old man got shot
twice; oldest boy three times. Not
dangerous wounds, you know, but
genuine l.istol shot punctures,
Used to fight all night and then
come down and get warrants for one
another's arrest next morning.
Actual fact; / had twelve warrants
to serve on one family one day.
Old mar used to pay his own fines.
Old woman nsed to come i'll town
with the bank book and pay the
boys fine. They took the old wo-
mans part, YOU know, and she'd
see 'em through. L had a private
office there and used to serve the
warrants. Used to come out here
at night and tell 'em [ wanted 'em
in the morning, and they'd always.
come in. on time. Most agreeable
people | ever arrested. Meyer had
any trouble. They'd stand trial,
pay their fines and go back and
fight some more.
There wasa lawyer In Bridge
port made a good thing out Of it as
long as it lasted. First they used
to pay him cash and then. after a
while, he opened a running ac-
count. Whole family had same
lawyer. Kept it up about two
years. Had nothing left then and
the two boys went west. What did
the daughter do? Oh. she lives
there yet, l guess, with the old
folks. Never had much to say
about it. None of 'e,u had. On.
rious, too, the girl didn't drink, but
all the rest of.em did,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
Mormon Elders il Hawkins.

Rogersvilie Telephone.
Two sanctimonious looking ouss-
IS, calling themselves Mormon
Elders are perambulating around
Lee Valley, soliciting parties who
are foolish enough to listen to
them, to join the happy band in
Utah. These gentlemen should
be treated to a No. 10 boot, with
power behind it to give them a
hint that, "There's no place like
home" and thus persuade them
to go back to Mormon land and
let other people alone. Give them
your foot instead OF your hand,
and put a good deal Of feeling in
it. Drive them out of the coun-
try. Send them back.to Utah alone.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01

Athens Post (dem,)
Under ordinary circumstances
1T would not make the least differ
ence in the world what portion OF
the country the presidential and
vice presidential candidates were
taken from, just so they happen
to be the right sort of men-hon-
est and capable. But, you see,
the 'sordinary circumstances
don't exist at this particular juno
ture. Every man has a right to
an expression on matters of party
and political policy. We believe
at this time the democrats have
an even chance for success in 1884.
If we wanted to throw away this
chance and make republican sue
cess a ''dead sure thing" we
would freight the democratic tick
ct with a southern man hitched on
for vice president.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
the assistance of a local attorney
to get a claim through with all the
exDeditiOn nOSsibIe.

lh0 QCCLOlfihSO VI kOSoh eotOAhOJ
to get a claim through with all the
expedition possible.
The Washington agents we're
guilty of swindling the claimants
ih the most outrageous ways,
chief among which was the send
ing of letters broadcast claiming
TO have made an examination of
the particular case, often in adj
vance of the filing of the claim,
and conveying positive assurance
that the party addressed was en-
titled to a pension and offering for
a small fee to file his claim and
secure it's allowance. BY this
means hundreds and thousands OF
K -soldiers who had not the shad-
ow of a chance were induced to
fee these rascaIs and have them
file hopeless and groundless
claims for pensions or for increase
of pension.
But this is not the worst part
of the story. Last winter an ex-
soldier, whose disability had re-
duced him to an extreme of pow
erty and want, wrote Maj. Petti>
bone a letter stating therein that
he had correspondent with the al
legged firm of Bancroft Il Co.,
"Pension CLAIMS alto rneys,". that
they had agreed to get up his
case for a small fee ($2 or So.
This amount he had managed to
secure by great exertion and sent
it to them. They then sent him
blanks for declaration, etc, and
these he was enabled to work up
by the assistance of friends. The
evidence gotten together he for
waIded it to Bancroft s. Co., and
believing his case a m~eritorlous
one hoped to see it soon put
through and the money obtained
to meet the pressing wants ofhlm-
self and family. He waited weeks,
hearing nothing, when he wrote 10
his attorneys. In reply he re~
ceived a letter which informed him
that his papers we're still in their
office and would be filed whenev-
er the cash to complete their law
full fee was received. Sick with
disappointment he wrote them
again and again, picturing his
povert. and protesting that he
would pay them honestly when
his money was obtained, but they
continued their cruel refusal, and
possibly the unfortunate mans
papers are there to this day.
Maj. Pettibone forwarded the
letter to the Commissioner of PEN
sions with an indignant demand
for Justice to his constituent, only
to be answered that while the
case was a hard one the. Pension
Office could do nothing, as the
claimant had employed these at
torneys of his own free will, and
as they had seen fit not to file the
claim there was nothing before
the Commissioner to authorize
him to take any summary steps
to bring the attorneys" to ac-
count for their dereliction.
We hope the entire gang OF
Washington pension agents will be
weeded out in short order, for we
do not believe there is an honest
one in the entire lot.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
John Browns Memory AssaiIed.

John Browns Memory Assaiied.
Murfreesboro News (dem)
A writer in the North American
Review has the temerity to question
the clam which has been set up for
Ossawotamie Brown as a noble
martyr in the cause OF human
liberty and as a hero to be worship
ped by all generations to come. The
fact is. old John Brown was a con-
s~cienceless scoundrel and a midnight
assassin, who was compelled to run
away from Kansas to escape the
death he deserved for calling de-
f~enseless men out Of their homes at
night and shooting them down IN
the darkness. He was an outlaw
made desperate by crime. and his
last exploit at Harper's Ferry was
prompted by his hatred Of the South
and his murderous instincts. He
deserved the felon's fate which he
received and should be remembered
only as a monster who was daring
in his defiance of law and Who muir
dered without remorse.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01


Who of US wants federal aid to
public education? What State OF
the South is it that cannot edu>
cate her own children? We would
like to learn that State for which
shame has no blush. If states
collectively can educate the chill
dren. why can't the states Separ-
ately educate themg The southern
states are able and will educate
them Gainesville Democrat.
To such idiotic gable as this
there is no answer, except a fiat
denial. The southern states are
not able to educate the children
of its citizens and will not Go it.
The systems that exist are hollow
mockeries. We do not hesitate 20
say that we believe the present
school system of Tennessee has
done more to destroy real educa-
ton than anything else. A school
does not necessarily educate; the
child may learn and still know
nothing. TO send him into life
with such miserable schooling as
he receives under our system is to
teach him his own ignorance and
then leave him to sink or swim on
his own hook. VIZ be.
Ieve in making the State and the
republic both useful, and what
higher ends al they serve than
to drill into scholarship the swarms
of ignorance and poverty!
Instead of building marble GUS
tom houses for No0dlesville and
Swamptown let the treasure of the
nation be spent with a royal hand
to, equalize the coming genera
tlons by making the stores of
knowledge the free. common prop
erty of rich and poor, black and
white.
For ourselves, having little
faith in states, we hope to see
prevail a magnificent system of
public schools, under national
control, sustained by national
funds, which shall bear on its rolls
the name ofevery minor in the Uni
ted States. II the parent won't eds
ucate his child, make him; if he
can't, let the nation do it.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
Bound to Have q Divide.

RepuDLc3n.
At meeting of the colored vo-
tiers of Roane county, at Kingston,
on the 18th inst, according to a
previous announcement, the follow
ing preamble and resolutions were
adopted:
WHEREAS: We the coIored voters
of Roane county, have always been
true TO the Republican, party and,
WHEREAS: We have in vain in
sisted en- their recognizing us as a
part of the party, instead rs q mere
tool. Therefore. be it
RESOLVED: That hereafter we re-
gard ourselves independent of party
and willing to give support to any
party that is willing to. divide the
spoils.
RESOLVED: Further, that this re-
fers to county affairs exclusively.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
TRICKY PENSION AGENTS,

We are very glad to SEE that
the authorities of the Pension
Office have at last turned their att
tention to the swarm of swindlers
and imposters who have gathered
at Washington under the name of
pension attorneys.
There never was, and never
will be a claim requiring the SER
vices ofa Washington agent. This,
however, the claimants do not
know and haveg gone largely on
the supposition that there was
some unusual advantage III having
an attorney Oh the ground. Many.
could put then o~n cases through,
while the Dfass required only
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
Japan P~ersimmons.


Mr.. 6, G. Byrne showed ps the
other day some very fine specimens
Of the fruit Of the kaki or Japan
persimmon tree, which he raised in
his nursery near this city. The
persimmons are very large, one of
them measuring 9s INCHES In cir
conference, and they are pdelicio us,
toothsome. Mr.. Byrne has furn-
ished some specimens to a large
Nashville nursery. Most Of this
fruit heretofore exhibited by nur-
serymen in Tennessee was grown in
Florida, but Mr.. Byrne's trees are
all fruit bearing and establish the
certainty of raising the persimmons
on trees furnished hv him
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
Go, take the CeDsuSi

If the Democratic party should
be successful next fall, what is to
become of the present Office holds
ers, and where will the democrats
ic party get men to accept the
thousands of offices at it's dispo-
sal? To be pertinent, who wants
the GAINESVILLE p~ostOff1ce if Joseph
Mcdonald, of Indiana, is elected
presidents
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-11-01
Gov. Porter For Vice President.

Gallatin Examiner.
We do not desire to be understood
as urging the selection of a south~
ern candidate regardless Of conse-
quences. If all that has been said
against doing so, and upon the
grounds set forth be true, the argus
ment is closed, but we wish the fact
to be very certain: lie eighteen
wears have not closed the chasm of
The civil war, when will it be?
In the event that the next Ma
tional Democratic Convention
should be Of the opinion that a
southern man should be placed upon
the ticket, there is no name more
fitting than James D. Por>
ter, Of Tennessee. 1t needs no
eulogy in the south where it is re-
coenized as a synonym of all that
constitutes heightened manhood
and a broad Intelligent statesman>
shin that has won success in every
position to which he has been called
since early manhood. There are
many others Ill the south who pos
sess eminent qualifications for the
vice presidency, but none better
fitted for hat position than *
Porter.