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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-05-01
DRESS GOODS


at prices ranging from 10 cents q yard TO 81 so.
ties. sS t',seeS az Yt-
1000 yards of good Fancy Lawns at Sc a ward. Z,
lou yards Fine Lawn at 10 cents yard.
oOU yards best, high colors, Lawn at II cents
worth 20 cents. $50 - = = : -
A complete assortment Of Dress and shifting
Percales at 10 cents yard, worth Is cents. =
MRS. GLADKE will have. during this Spring
and Summer season, a tilit = ~ - LIZ
pl47 e'Is m9li 7idIl0
Grand Millinery Opeaiag on Every Friday
and Saturday, lssa lsum
when all the latest styles of Pattern Hats and
Donnets VIII be displayed, besides other novel;
Ties OF the latest importations.I sdp
We do not wish to bore you with a long adver.
usement, but II you will come and see us we
Will show you the largest, handsomest, and
most complete stock of U-,I-I'-1 800
DRY GOODS AND MILLINERY XIX 'lie
in in this market, and guarantee our prices satie-
Respectfully, J.llt l5t
april G. A. GLADKE, y5
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-05-01

WE QUOTE THE FOLLOWING BRANDS AND r
PRICES: NN't' -
81 so, worth 50 So ~ - ~ >'' a. ~
90 20 ~ yards Cashmere Anglais, at 81 Is, worth
l67 yards Drab Des Indies, at 50 90. worth AZ m
10O yards Lyons best at SO rs, worth So Is. -
40 loo yards all Boiled Fine Satin De Lyon at
50 So worth 81 90. - 20 -
rs cents to 81 25 IN = 'S S-i''--sst1ips.''
o Also 800 yards of all styles of Summer Stlklat
oo cSnIs yard, worth 50 CENTS besides better
we invite our friends and customers TO come
anu insPect an the above silks they are well
line of oS!' Aoe eo
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al tE RRoR--l-ast week, il the adver-
',seh leI t3or y. a. Gladke the displacement
VI ype reduced the pr Ice of silks
iiolh TO 70 cents. Mr. = j. is always
soiH pm along lor rock-botto prices, but
no iot gotten down yet t. /, silk at five
.1n. 80 yard. Ii 1t ever 90 es get down
that 'bV, however, you mayb sure G9alke
'oa W "e nfst 70 announ &c ut. Keep
you re.1e on his advertisement { and Won Wi Il
aw avs De posted on bargains
sR.w Go0Ds at 1J.-W. Ne rtaaas r,,oa
cal land see the New Sprin ste,o, III
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-05-01

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was adontad for AGO. 81 legislature,
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was formally t,rnaa - ers NJ .rg Turnpike
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carry ont tbo 1a,,, VIII instructions to
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--GLADKE.
HAS THIS SEASON THE LARGEST STOcR
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS

EYER BROUGHT TO THIS MARKET
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-05-01

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cratic Couh
last Friday
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READ IT CAREFULLY. IT WILL PAP YoU WELL.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Tennessee Railroads.
Paris Post.

We were much gratified to notice
that during the session OF the recent
State Democratic Convention not a
word was uttered against the railroads.
There was manifest disposition to let
by-gones be by-gones. Not so, how
ever, with a few ill-natured men and
one or two newspapers, who are now
irving to renew the strife between the
railroads and the people. They seem
to lose sight OF the fact that these cor
porations are composed Of gentlemen,
members Of our party. We must have
harmony in our party, and we earnest
" and honestly advise against disrup'
tion on account OF the railroads. The
stockholders being members OF the
Democratic party can hardly afford tc
stay if we seek to destroy them. Thil
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Ne More Commission Nonsense.


II the gentlemen few in number)
who are trying to renew the war
upon railroads were to tell us plainly
that they are looking for the loaves
and fishes in the shape OF few useless
offices, we could understand what
they mean. That they mean ANYTHING
else we cannot believe. The Railway
Commission business in Tennessee is
a failure. The courts have so decreed,
and any attempt to revive the
question will only result in anoth-
er failure. The roads OF Tennessee
have vested rights, which cannot be
taken from them. They are collect
ing now much less tariff rates from
the people than their chartered rights
allow them, and any attempt to COM
pei further reduction, through a
commission or otherwise, will prove
failure, resulting only in further ex-
pense to the State for salaries, ETC., TO
commissioners, which the people do
not want. They want more railroads,
and no more commission nonsense,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
The People VIII Repudiate.


Railroads must be placed under
the subsection OF the law" This is the
present cry OF few demagogues and
disappointed place hunters-some OF
them discharged and others rejected
railway attorneys. Pray tell us in
what respect the railroads violate the
law any more than other corporations
or individuals. You have taxed them
a hundred per cent. more than railway
property is taxed in other States they
are charging in freight and passengers
twenty-five to fifty per cent, less
than their charters allow them t.
charge. What have they done that {
commission composed of such petit
foggering fossils as Savage 4 Co
should be allowed to lord it over them
If you want a commission for railroad
why not for tnrnpikes, banks, hotel
and other institutions upon which thu
public must rely for facilities? No, /,
is not because the railroads do moi
abide the law, but because few
demagogues want to ride into otlict
on the prejudices OF the people. bu'
YOU are reckoning without your host.
| The people will not allow themselves
to be deceived by such tactics any
| longer.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Let Justice be Done.
Meals State Gazette.

sNthi CNutc buIttts
Before the railroad reached here it
was considered cheap to travel from
Dyersburg to Memphis for 81, and
now you can make the trip for $3.50
in the elegantly furnished passenger
cars Of the Chesapeake, Ohio K South
western Railroad. Before the railroad
reached here the average price on a
bale OF cotton from Dyersburg to Mem
phis was Sl,50. Last season the rail
road carried it for Is cents bale. II
the farmers, Masons, Knights OF Hon
or or any other body of men hold a
convention, at any place in the Union,
the railroads all unite to take the del
egates there at greatly reduced rates.
Let justice be done all along the
line. We insist that the people make
a fatal mistake in lending their inhu'
ence to policy that will inevitably
lead them into the perils OF Il strong
centralized government.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
No Fault to Find.
West Tennessee Whig.

jackson and Madison County have
no fault to find with its railroads.
They are managed conservatively and
give satisfaction to the people and yet
our rates ale as high Us any prevailing
in the State. When We consider the
vast sum that is spent monthly by
employees of the two roads crossing here
and the excellent shipping facilities
thus afforded, we certainly cannot be
blind to the advantages we enjoy from
the roads. AS fair-minded people we
realize that none of the roadsare earn
ing much il any money above what
may be requiredto pay interest, thus
leaving no dividends for stockholders,
and for this reason they cannot afford
to reduce their revenue; therefore
thinking people will not join in an un-
necessary crusade against railroad in
terests that are the very life of our
commercial prosperity. We believe
in dealing with railroads just as we do
with other property and the railroads
ask no more and no less.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Plain Talk.
Wayerly Times Journal.


The present Railroad Commission
ers, Messrs. Savage, Gordon and Tur-
ley, who have done nothing except
draw their salaries, are, it is said, pre-
pairing for canvass of the State. If
this be true, we advise them to pre-
pare for more thorough refutation Of
the charge of discrimination against
the farmer and in favor Of the peni-
Tertiary. That question has not
been met to the satisfaction Of
the people. Il the Georgia tariff
rates were not high enough on
grain, flour, ETC., the product Of the
Tennessee farmer, the people will
want to know why they were too high
on the product OF the penitentiary.
We warn the gentlemen in time to
prepare an answer, full and complete,
TO these and other pertinent inquiries.
For our own part, we are opposed to
the entire commission humbug. We
want more railroads. Perry, Hick-
man, Decatur and twenty other coun-
ties want railroads. They will not get
them ii it is given out that they are to
be controlled by political machine in
the shape OF commission.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Value of New Railroads.
Columbia Herald.


Nashville is at last to have the new
railroad. The 100000 in bonds re-
quired have been subscribed, and
work is to be commenced at once. This
road will connect Nashville with the
system of roads controlled by Mr..
Huntington, leading to Newport
News, Va, and will be OF incalculable
advantage, not only to Nashville, but
to Middle Tennessee. A new railroad
is worth a dozen Railroad Commits
sioners in regulation OF tariffs. We
congratulate the capital city that she
is, in the near future, to have great
competing line to the business centers
of the North, and an outlet at the best
harbor on the Atlantic coast.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
A Sober Second Thought.
Tri-County News,

ill-N'AhN. ANtN5s
The railroads OF Tennessee, at least
nine-tenths OF them, are struggling
desperately to pay the interest on their
bonded debt and keep out OF the hands
OF receivers. 1t is not only so now,
but has been ior several years. They
need all the help the people can give
them. Nothing would be more hurt
ful to the material interests of the State
than to have our railroads in receiv-
ers' hands. Politicians, ii they are OBJ
serving men and they ought to be-,
can see this, but there seems still to be
a few reckless men who hope to ride
into office upon the railroad hobby.
Let them be very careful; a sober sec
ond thought has taken hold OF the peo-
pie, who are unwilling to further en-
courage the attempt to cripple our
roads by placing them at the mercy OF
a political machine call q Commission,
with power to harass or indict injury
upon them.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Bolivar Bulletin.

No thinking man in Tennessee is in
favor OF making war upon the rail,
roads OF the State, or OF throwing OBJ
stacles in the way OF building new
ones. The present commission was
constituted by the proper authority
whether constitutional or not is to be
decided-and is entitled to respect,
but when the courts are through with
it, it will be time enough to make a
question OF it.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Railroads Have Rights
Our Country.


A certain Nashville paper with an
editorial capacity conforming to its
limited circulation is tearing its gar
ments again upon the subject OF a
Railway Commission. 1t was silent
for some time. What has occurred to
produce the sudden change? The
Banner intimates that sugar is
wanted" We don't believe it. We
attribute it entirely to weakness some
where. Don't the World know that
its rawlings are pitiably foolish? Rail
roads have rights. The courts have
said these rights cannot be ignored,
and the Democratic party in the State
Convention said they must be re-
spected. Let us have no more TOOL
ishness about this matter, The rail-.
road people are our friends-we must
not drive them away. We want all
the help we can get in this campaign
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Impolitic and Unwise.

We sincerely regret to- see an occa-
sional effort upon the part OF few
men to renew the strife between the
railroads and the people. Such q
course is alike unjust, impolitic AMI
unwise. There might be some ground
for Just complaint il the roads were
growing rich, and the people might
well cry out monopoly" grinding
corporations" ETC., etc. But such
not the case. They are not growing
rich by any means The opposite Of
this is true. They are struggling for a
bare existence. We say, therefore,
let this agitation cease. More than at
any period in her history does Ten.
nessee need more railroads. Our own
people in Haywood and adjacent
counties want more railroads. The re-
cent public meetings and conferences
amply attest this fact. All parts OF
tbs State are in the same humor.
Why, then, this continued effort to
array the people against the roads?
We can never get them if it is made
to appear that the people are enemies
of such institutions. The people are
not enemies, but friends OF railroads
and the politician who reckons other
wise will soon discover his mistake.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Cranky Concern.
Chester Citizen.

That cranky concern called the
Railroad Commission it seems is get
ting very pretty disgusting to even its
originators. Born OF corruption and
bribery, it is no small wonder that it
kicks up a terrible stink in its dying
day.
During the year OF 1888, only forty
miles of railroad were built in Tennes-
see. Why is this? Have We no need
of roads? We certainly have, and
Mr.. Huntington says that railroad
property being put into the hands OF
irresponsible commissions is at the
bottom of it all. Tennesseans may
rest assured that so long as this cranky
commission exists no roads will be
built.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Some Scratching Expected.
Upper Cumberland

There will likely be some scratching
in Railroad Commissioners. The line
will be drawn at Savage. There is a
deep conviction in the mind OF the
people that the commission, as at
present established, is an expensive
and hurtiul luxury. Add to this the
disgraceiul, not to say fraudulent,
iavoritism and harsh determinations
against the farmers and in favor OF the
penitentiary lessees proposed by the
present incumbents and the
people. Yes, the people have
reason to be restless under this vicious
or viciously differed commission.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Not an Endorsement.
Carthage Mirror.

1t is notable fact that the Demo-
cratic platform adopted did not en-
dorse the fierce and rough warfare that
has been made upon the railroads,
but on the contrary the convention,
in most conservative spirit, certainly
modified the attempted action OF the
Legislature at its last session; and ii
this course of the convention shall be
regarded as instructions to the next
General Assembly, the people will
certainly be relieved of the heavy sal
aries OF commission that is useless
to them and detrimental to railroad
building in Tennessee.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
The People of Gibson.
Trenton Globe.


The people OF the State may well
congratulate themselves upon the fact
that politicians have concluded to let
further agitation OF the railroad ques-
ton alone. We want no further strife
between the railroads and the people.
The question is now in the courts,
and after the courts OF last
resort have said What we can
legally do it will be time enough to
act. In the meantime let us encourage
further railroad development, The
people Of Gibson want the road finished
to Huntington and extended from
Trenton to Dyersburg. Capital viii
not come here to help us II we antago
nize the railroads we now have.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
John H. Savage, X. X. O.
Memnhis Avalanche.

The appearance of John Savage up
on the political stage is an anachro-
nism. In the days Of ox.team trans
portation he might have been a great
man, but there is probably, not another nSa sG
man living besides himself VINO mas 80
small a comprehension OF the elements
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Roads Have Not Exceeded Their Powers

Certain papers are constantly as
serting that twenty States have Rail
road Commissions, and, therefore,
Tennessee must have one. They don't
state that only two or three OF them
are mandatory, and that the States, in
chartering them, retained the power
to regulate their charges. Still less do
they suppress the fact that no Ten
nessee road has ever gone beyond
its chartered powers. And above all,
they don't state that none OF them
have such a head to it as Savage, ut
terly unfit, by training or temper, for
the discharge OF its duties without pas
sion and in reason.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
A Useless once.
News Banner, Troy, Tenn.


We hear OF an effort being made to
stir up the Railroad Commission ques-
ton again. Obion county in its con-
vention declared in favor OF a national
railway commission. We want no
State Commission, we are friendly to
railroads, we are unwilling to tie our
Tennessee roads hand and foot with a
State Commission, while competing
roads outside OF the State are allowed
to do as they please and rob our roads
of legitimate share of the business.
This State Commission plan is all
wrong; it has resulted in nothing but
the creation OF a useless office for three
men who are thoroughly unacquainted
with that kind OF service and have
shown themselves entirely unfit for
the position they occupy.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27

mission as any other countyin the State
especially so ii the proposition be true
that the law creating a commission to
regulate the railroad charges on freights
is actually working detrimentally to
the highest and best interests OF her
citizens then by all means every SEN
sible citizen would say abolish at
once the law creating the commission,
and forthwith discharge the pres
ent Commissioners, who have
been drawing lat salaries to
destroy one OF the staunchest props
and supporters OF the states progress.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
The People Tired Of Them.
The Artisan.


When the friends of the people tell
them OF the other States having Rail
road Commissions and the great good
they are doing, they forget to tell them
that only two OF them all have man
datory commissions, and every one is
thoroughly tired OF even what little
they have.
In speaking OF the Alabama Rail
road Commissioners, the Lafayette
Sun says: "They were appointed to
protect the people OF the State from
imposition by railroad monopo-ies,
but in all probability another set will
have to be appointed to protect the
State against the imposition OF its own
commissioners.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
McNairy independent,

We do not hesitate to say in EN-
phatic terms that Tennessee needs no
Railway Commissioners. There is a
feeling akin to disgust with the man
ner in which some OF the political
leaders are trying to ride into office
upon this question. More railroads
and less politics in purely business
questions is what the people OF this
State want.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
VIII Not Place Their Namss at Its
Masthead.
pbao Countv Nawa

II would be more just in the State OF
Tennessee to pension Savage, TURKEY
and Gordon than to pay them salary,
which is drawn out OF the pockets OF
tbe people, to act as Railroad Com.
missioners. The constitutionality OF
the Commission is now in the
supreme Court, and will proba-
bly remain there some time, still the
Treasury is being depleted by these
suckers who draw a large salary
for no earthly good. We have not
placed the Commissioners names
at our mast head, nor do we intend to:
1t is robbery of the money extorted
from our people for no earthly good,
and we will not support such measures,
no matter where they originate. II
the railroads were inclined to Cypress
the people OF the State We should be
for any Just measure to prevent the
same, but we cannot find that parti-
Gle OF benefit has ever resulted in the
commission, and we predict the day
after their selection the act creating
them will be declared void, and the
only monument left to their memory
will be a depletion Of the State Treas,
ury to the tune OF several thousAno
dollars. ,.o.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
The People Unwilling to Experiment
Further.


That the attempt OF one or two
papers to revive the railway COM
mission scheme will fail, we have not
a shadow of a doubt. The present
board has done nothing for the people
but draw good salary. The people
have not been benefited and the
courts so far have declared the
law unconstitutional and void.
The people will be unwilling to
experiment further, until the courts
of final resort say what may be legally
done. Three offices, with good sala-
ries for three broken down politicians,
paid for doing nothing, may sound
very well to few politicians, but il
won't go down with the people, besides
the State needs more railroads, which
can never be secured with hostile leg
islation against those we now have.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27

the people Of the country" said Com.
missioner OF City Works Fleeman.
'Clevelands letter was that OF states
| man, said Justice Massey.
Assemblyman Earl: at is clear,
m'nly statement OF principles and is in
its III campaign document"
Deputy Commissioner Of Jurors Cav
thorn thought it was the best letter Of
acceptance he had ever read.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
Pointed and Conservative.
Franklin Week.!

The declaration in the State platform
with regard to railroads is moderate
and states the position polntedly. The
matter was only once mentioned, and
then in kindly manner, calculated to
inspire great confidence in the sound
sense and conservatism OF the Demo-
cratic party in handling the interests
and conserving the rights OF all classes
whatsoever.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27

should be carefully studied by every
intelligent Democrat. Suppose for in
stance some OF these rabid regulators
had Tennessee railroad stocks upon
which they had received no dividend
for years past, would they not, in all
probability, change their tunes? We
think they would.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27
A Sober Second Thought.
Manchester Times.

1t is clear to our mind that the sub
ject OF railroad regulation has not
grown any in popular favor with the
people of Tennessee since the passage
OF the late deceased Railroad Commits
sion blll-or since the adoption OF the
platform of two years ago. Since then
a reaction has set up, a sober second
thought has taken possession of the
popular mind, and the platform OF the
late convention upon this question is
the expression OF il.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-08-27

OF modern progress. Upon the mind OF
this John Savage the sight OF loco
motive has the same effect that the
Haunting OF a red rag has upon the
belligerent bull. 1t enrages him. And
in his blind fury he denounces every
body who has good wordto say for
the growth of the railway industry
that is so powerful promoter of all
other industries What sin the Demo
cratic party OF Tennessee has COM
mitted that it should be saddled with
this old man OF the mountain as its
chief candidate for Railroad Commits
sioncr is Il mystery.