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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07
Who are Needed.

1t is well to speak of what class
of people are needed in the South ;
especially in Blount County, Ten
nessee. Day laborers are not In
demand, except as skilled worK-
men for manufactures. The emf
grants needed here are such ss
have some means and can buy
landed property and farm or else to
engage in manufacturing or mining.
There are thousands Of acres OF
land here to sell which can be pur-
chased very cheap, from five to ten,
fifteen and twenty dollars per acre
Even improved lands can be had at
these prices. We need hundreds Of
small farmers who will raise fruit
grass, vegetables, sheep and calves
and make butter, cheese and raise
chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese
for which there is splendit
market.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07
Valuable Sub-Soll.

There is probably no country in
the world where land is as good as
it is here, after it has been used
seventy-five or one hundred years
without having had either clover,
barnyard or commercial fertilizers
applied. The good thing here with
poor or exhausted land, is, it has
the clay sub-soil to build upon,
There is some shaly or sandy land
that will not promise much of any
thing from fertilizers, but farmer
who is thoroughly practical need
not be misled in the quality of land
if he has any knowledge at all Of
the worth of a foundation for made
soils.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07
The Best Fertilizers.

The Tennessee Fertilizing Com.
pany, located at Knoxville, Tenn,
has such good reputation with the
farmers who have tested the virtues
Of the articles they manufacture,
that we have again taken the agen.
cy for Blount County, so that we
are ready to fill orders at this time.
We offer four brands made by
this Company; The Pride of Ten
nessee, The Lookout, The Clover
Leaf, The Dissolved Bone. The two
later are the Kings of Fertilizers
for wheat. WATKINS & DAVIS.
32-2ti Maryville, Tenn
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07
MARYvI1LE, TENN WEDNESDAY,, AUGUST T. 1889

plowing. Such plowing has been
neglected and therefore the lands
are often badly quilted.
The soil was originally rich In
plant-food, and had It not been rob-
bed, but cared for as Gods gifts 10
man always should be, East Ten
nessee to-day would be the garden
of America. The soil is not good in
many parts, but even that SO poor
ly dealt with is capable Of rapid
resuscitation. Field pease and
clover, which grow luxuriantly,
will soon replenish wasted lands.
Plaster makes q rapid growth Of
clover, and when this is turned
under ten inches high by the plow,
it will enrich the ground, 1t IL said
equal to forty loads of manure to
the acre.
1t is easy to get two crops year
In this latitude. Pease will follow
oats or wheat and be ready to Flow
under in September and October
for wheat. Two or three crops of
grass can be cut from the same
ground, and it will be no difficult
matter to get from four to six tons
of hay per acre. It is shame that
East Tennesseeans are feeding
every year thousands Of tons of
Northern hay.
The Bible says "Thou shalt not
STEAL" and surely a people living
on a soil with such resources as
this among the mountains Of East
Tennessee have no excuse for TAX
ing the products of the soil without
returning an equivalent to it for
future production.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07
Manufactures.

A surprising change in making
articles has taken place In tho last
twenty years. We sent lumber to
Boston and it was sent back to
Tennessee in furniture; 80 that a
man was sleeping on his own tim
ber which had made a trip to New
England. Now we make bedsteads
that will give any tired Yankee a
good sleep and ask him 81 so for
them. A few years ago the only
machine in this county that could
plane a board was human hands.
Now in our town carloads can be
planed in day, and we have done
that work and sent them to Boston,
Mass.
Twenty years ago we had to pay
the Yankees for turning piece of
wood-a potatoe masher; now we
can send them carload a week.
And so it was; what did we have
on our backs or in our houses, that
did not come from distant states
No one need now come here to sell
us wooden nutmegs for we can
mako all we want.
The new South is filling up with
the hum of machinery, and there is
room for more. Small capital in
the hands of skilled and enterpris.
ing men can be profitably employed
in our midst.
Some years ago two Western
men started a small woolen factory
in Maryville, which divided into
two prosperous plants, each doing
much more than the original.
Once we could make $500 brick
in ten hours; to-day the mill Il
/, turning out $4,000 to 10000. Ten
nessee has all kinds of timber
Millions of gallons of water dashin1
along the streams asking the oppor
tunity to whirl machinery. Bill
lions of cubic feet of marble I,
adorn the statliest palaces. Or
and coal to supply the planet TO
generations, and she says to tn,
world, 81 will give you gold ant
silver if you will come and receiv,
my gifts" Already she is maxim,
many rich, but she has enough TO
more.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07
VIII Farming Pay In East Tsnnes-

1t certainly is paying many, and
II others would follow their exam.
pie thrifty farmers would be found
all through our valleys.
Stock raising has not received
due attention. It is found that the
men who cultivate the land with
the purpose to raise horses and
cattle make money faster than In
any other way.
Our lands are generally cheap
and SO is labor; there is ready mar.
ket for all kinds, Of produce, and
there is no good reason why an en-
terprising farmer can not do as we'll
in East Tennessee as in most other
places. 1t is true our prices are
not as high as in many markets,
but we must count the cost of pro-
ducing as we'll as the market price
to determine the profits. 1t makes
quite material difference in the
profit Of stock raising whether they
are to be fed in the barn three or
six months. Young cattle in this
country can be we'll kept through
the winter on straw; and this is
cheap food. A large load of it can
be bought for 81 delivered at your
barn.
Some one at distance may ask
about prices. Wheat is now 70
cents per bushel; old corn 55 cents; ;
oats 25 cents; Irish potatoes 80
cents; hay $40 a ton; butter is from
10 to 20 cents per pound; eggs to
20 cents dozen; steak to II cents
pound; hams 10 to IL cents.
Horses all prices from $50 to 5000.
Mules same price. Cows from SIS
to 500. Wood $1.50 a cord. Ker-
osene l3>a cents gsllon. Coal 10
cents a bushel. Most store goods
at Western prices. 1t is a cheap
place to live, and hence lower
price for produce nets as much as
higher prices in more expensive
country.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07
LAND SALE.
IN The COsaty Court Of Blount County
Annisk Asod, Adm'x.
]. =. Hood.

IL. Hood.
pURSUANT TO DEGREE OF THE COUNTY
1 Count Of nl0unt County Tennessee, rendered
at the July term 1889, will sell to the highest
bidder, at the Court House door in Msryville,
Tenn, on Saturday the 7th day Of September
1889, the following described property. to Wit:
Four lots in Parnam's addition to Maryville,
Tenn, being lots Nos 9, Z, 8 and in said addi-
uon-a plat Of which map is registered in the
Registers Office Of Blount County Tenn, on one
Of which lots is dwelling house. Also q let on
High street in Maryville Tenn, adjoining the
property OF 3. N: Morton and c. W. G. Norwood
near the X. 4 A. Depot. Also house and lot in
East Maryyille, on the East side of the K. 4 A.
Railroad; adjoining J. W. Everett, and known
as the Riley Cupp house. Also the reversionary
interest in the dover and homestead Of Annie T.
Hood, the same being house and two lots situ-
ated in the 9Th Ward of the City Of Knoxville, in
Knox County Tenn, being lot No IS and part Of
lot No in McGhees addition to knoxville, a
plat OF which il registered in the Registers Office
OF Knox County Tenn. Said sale viii be made
on credit OF six and twelve months, in bar Of
equity OF redemption, to pay debts in the case Of
Annie E. Hood. Adm'x. ve James =. Hood,
the purchaser to give note with good personal
security, bearing interest from date OF sale, q
lien retained on said land for the payment of the
purchase money. This 2Ath day OF July 1889.
Ben CUNNINGHAM, Clerk.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07
Uniformity Of Textbooks.

OnrOrmtty OF oNC-6OOkSs
MARYvILLE TENN, Apr. !, 1889.
To THE TEACHERS AND PATRONS
OF BLOUNT COUNTY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS:
We, the District Directors of the
Public Schools of Blount county do
adopt the following textbooks for
exclusive use in all our schools for
a period of six years:
McGuffey's Revised Readers.
Harvey's Primary and Graded
Speller.
Whites Primary, intermediate
and Complete Arithmetics.
Harvey's Elementary and Eng.
Grammars (Revised).
Eclectic Primary History U. s.
(4th Grade).
Barnes Brief History of U. S. 18th
Grade).
Monteith's Biographies.
Eclectic Copy Book.
Lupton's Agriculture.
Killebrew's Geology.
The above list of books can be
procured from ]. G.. Norton ESQ. OF
the 18th, ]. L. McCamy of the 18th,
T. r. Lee of the 4th, Thomas Tim.
mons of Clover Hill, and w. A.
Walker, agent, of Maryville.
]. w. Duggan
Co. Supt
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07
East Tennessee Soil.

The soil of East Tennessee is gen.
EARLY clay, with so much iron in it
that in color it is reddish brown
and hence is often called q mulatto
soil. The sub-soil is clay also and
hence holds fertilizers and moisture
to a remarkable degree. All that
is necessary to enable the crops to
endure a severe drought is, deep
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07
THE CAPITOL.
LETTER FROM OUR REGULAR
CORRESPONDENT

| CORRESPONDENT.
WARRINGTON, D. c., Aug, 8, 1889.
The news of the seizure of the
Canadian vessel "Black Diamond"
by the United States Cutter crush"
for taking seals in Behring's sea is
being discussed with great interest
here, and there are plenty who
believe We shall have row with
England If we do not back down.
don't know about that, but its dol
lars to ginger cakes that there will
be no repetition of the disgraceful
backdown INDUCED in by the Cleve-
land administration when similar
seizures were made three years ago.
The law says that I'LL vessels caught
illegally taking seals in Behring's
sea shall be seized, conAscated and
sold, and it's the the intention Of
the present administration to see
that the law is obeyed. The Presi.
dent issued proclamation Of warn
ing In March. If England does not
like our laws, so much the worse for
England.
While the opponents of the civil
service law are hitting some hard
licks, the Commission is not idle.
1t proposes to ask the President to
place all chiefs of divisions in the
classified service. 1t is not proba-
BILE that the request will be even Sc
riously considered, to say nothing Of
being granted, by the President, for
the fact cannot be denied by any
careful observer that the civil SER
vice law is steadily growing more
unpopular.
1t has been decided by the Com
mission engaged in investigating
the ferating Of pensions to make u
preliminary report to Secretary
Noble next week and leave 1t to
hiln whether they shall continue.
During the month Of December,
1883 when the Office was in charge
Of dpn. Black, they found the total
number of reissues to have been
l,504 4Qf which about in 10 were
fcraied, and during the month Of
May, 1889, when Mr.. Tanner was in
charge the reissues were 1900 with
the percentage Of freratings slightly
increased. The object of this conf
paris0n was to discover whether
there had been any radical change
in the methods of making reratings
The preliminary report will say
that there has been no gross viola
tion of law, nor any discoverie, d
sensational or serious character
This will be good news to every
body except the newspaper CORE
spondents who have been filling
their papers up with stories of th'
terrible condition of things in thu
, Pension Office.
Postmaster General Wanamake
) has requested the Secretary of tn
! Treasury to suspend the paymen
3 of all telegraph bills until the ques
I. ton of rates is settled. The tele
! graph companies object to the pro
: posed rate-One mill per word
: but will go right along doing tn
! Government business, trusting t
getting fair price for it.
f. Secretary Tracy has appointed
Q board of naval officers to max
recommendations for the buildin
up and maintaining of an efficien
navy.
}. The President will go to Indiar
8 apolis on the 22nd inst, when tn
c ceremony of laying the corne
stone of the new soldiers mont
q ment is to be held.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07
Union Grove Camp-meeting.

The union camp-meeting at
Union Grove, ~ miles west of
Maryville and 21s miles from
Friendsville will begin on Thurs.
day night August the end. All
ministers are cordially invited to
attend. It will hold over two Sun
days.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07

Why wouldn't small foundry
! pay at M.u.~dlle: Towns sUf far
less proportions and advantages
have fOundries which appear to
prosper, and make money. a foun-
dry would be a great public conve-
nience, and is really badly needed.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07

We see no reason why pottery
could not be made a paying busi-
ness at Maryville. Several years
ago there was a pottery on small
scale here, and excellent ware was
made. For small capital we can
think of nothing that would pay
better, and at the same time be a
great public benefit.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07

There will be a meeting at the
Clark grave yard next Sunday, by
Elder Smith, Of the Baptist Church.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-07

1t has always been a mystery
why we have no marble yard at
Maryville. Blount county boasts
as fine marble as any place in the
country, yet there has never been
yard in Maryville. There is GER
tainly good opening for this bust
ness.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-09-21

Sweet Girl What did you give
mamma for her cold?" Her lover
"a young physician -"Opium. She
won't bother us tonight.
A new drink called earthquake
cider" has been introduced. An old
topper who swallowed four fingers of
it as a tester says it is "no great
shakes"
A former Terre Haute shoemaker
is running mining camp saloon out
in Arizona. He used to sell boots
and shoes, now he sells booz and
shoots.
Tightening the waistband is said
to allay the pangs of hunger, but
the tramp who has succeeded in COR
railing quarter usually prefers to
get tight all over.
fodder: Papa, will 90 buy Mis-
ser Doody for me?" Papa: "Buy
Mr.. Doody for you'll" fodder: Eyes,
90 thaid he was a pup. Pth tired
playin' wifi my wool make-b'lieve
pup an wanth live one."
Physician-"Your husband is quite
delirious, and seems utterly out of
mind. Has he recognized any one
to-day?" -"Oh, yes. He called
me dragon this morning, and he
constantly speaks of the governess as
/ al angel"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-19

THE BUSINESS of evangelizing is not
the most improbable in the world, pro-
vided the evangelist is eccentric and
vigorous. Sam Jones, of Georgia. COM
mands 5000 week, and there is such a
demand for his services that he is liable
to increase his price $50 week. Sam
Small, also of Georgia, quit Journalism
to go into heevangelizing business, and
Tor some time has commanded 500 8
week and expenses. He probably got
SIS or 500 a week for his newspaper
work, hence he was wise to make the
change. Now the young evangelist, Har-
rison, has fixed his rate at$I00 per week,
payment in advance. He doesn't pro
pose to take chances on getting his
money, and as he has been quite thrifty
in the past, can afford to be idle if pee
pie do not come to his terms. At pres
ent he is fighting sin in New York City
at the usual price, his pay for the
weeks battle being handed him on
Monday morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-19
TOO SOON.

A high tariffite organ, commenting
on President Cleveland's removal to
New York and returning to the prac
tice OF the law at the close of his term,
says "Ar. Cleveland evidently intends
to keep himself in training for 1892,
but long before the assembling OF the
convention no one will think of him as
a vaguely possible candidate" To
make a prediction of this kind four
years in advance is simply reckless.
We do not believe Mr.. Cleveland will
be the next nominee of his party, but
to-day he is the most likely man for
the distinction. It will depend largely
upon General Harrison's sdminlstra-
ton whether or not Grover Cleveland
will be again called upon to make
the fight. If Harrison shall gain
popularity and his administration
shall be success, a new man will be
Brought out 10 oppose him, but if the
country shall continue to grow in its
demand for tariff reform and its love
for the principles enunciated so boldly
by Cleveland, what is more probable
than that the Man of Destiny will be
called to take the helm again? Eighteen
months ago Republicans and Demo-
Gratis were agreed that Cleveland would
not be the candidate in 1888, and long
before the convention it was seen to
be impossible that any other man
could be nominated. Eighteen months
before Cleveland was being criticized by
his own party more severely than by
the opposition, but when the conven
ton opened he was the unanimous
choice of the Democracy of the nation,
no other man being thought of in con-
nection with the nomination A pre-
diction as to the Democratic nominee
can be made with greater safety than
now, about the middle of General
term.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-19

TIE PUBLIC need not feel the least
alarm. there will be no bIoodshed over
the name-calling and Safeguarding of
each other in which certain mem bers
Of the bar are now engaged. The affair
will hardly amount to as much as the
falling out of bed fellows Those peo-
pie who have been apprehensive of
trouble of violent character ,gro wing
out OF the seeming abuse which the
attorneys are firing at each other at
long range, donipsknow what triffing
affair quarrel among Iswyersis. -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-19

election officers one ticket, prepares il
for voting by marking the names oil
those he votes for and does this where
no one can see who he votes for. None
but the tickets furnished by the State
are received, and so there are no ticket
peddlers or other importunate or imper.
tinent workers" anywhere about the
polls. Election districts are made
small; only small number of voters
preparing ballots are allowed within
the rail at the same time; they enter a
one gate and pass out by another, and
can have no communication with each
other while there, nor is any kind of
electioneering permitted in the polling
room, or in some places within GER
tain distance of it.
1t would help matters if in addition
to this protection of the voter at the
polls he could be protected in the NOM
mating conventions; but that cannot
well be done, as the nominating ma
chinery is outside the law and must
remain so. No statute can
prevent haIf-a-dozen fellows getting to-
gether, arranging ticket and laying it
before convention; no law can forbid
the approval of the selection by the
convention. 1t will be long step in
advance when an absolutely secret bal
lot shall be secured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-19

UNDER THE ballot reform law OF Mas
sachusetts the cost of an election ia
Boston will be 100000 whereas it has
been only $14,000. AS the additional
expensewill all he for protecting against
fraud, the money will be proftably
spent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-19

WHAT WITH railroad construction,
sewer laying, and house building this
year, Salt Lake should be the thriftiest
and liveiiest city in the west
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-19

THE BEAR seems to have been wise in
returning to his cave and resuming
his paw-sucking operations on the I'd
instant.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-19

EVERYBODY WILL heave sigh OF re-
lief tais morning when he relds that
the proceedings in the Dyer-trustees
cases before the examiner hava come to
N md
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-19

az end.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-09-18
Who Own the Country!

Let US inquire whether there is any
excessive concentration of wealth going
on in the United States of America.
Leaving mere clamor and unsupported
assertions out of consideration, on
either side, let us look into facts. AS
lately as 1S47 there was but one man in
this country who was reputed to be
worth more than $4,000, 900; and though
some estimated his wealth at $50, 000,-
900, there is no good reason for be-
lieving it to have been so great At
the smallest reasonable estimate, there
must now be more than $50 persons in
this country whose wealth averages
over $40, 100000 for each. But let us
call the number only 200. Income-tax
returns show that the number of in
comes, when arranged in large classes,
multiplies by from three to five-fold for
every reduction in the amount of one
half For extreme caution, however,
we estimate the increase in the number
of incomes at very much lower rate
than this. AT this reduced rate, the
amount of wealth in the hands of per-
sons worth over 100000 each in the
United States would be about as follows