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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-26
THE scRIPTuRAL ARGUMENT.
Passages of the Bible Bearing Upon this
Relation Of the Sexes.

Passages of the Bible Bearing Upon this
Relation Of the Sexes.
In recent article in the Northern
Christian Advocate on the question of
admitting women as lay delegates to the
Methodist General Conference, Rev. j.
W. Bashford says:
''The fact that God committed to man
and woman together the joint dominion
of the earth; the fact that Deborah and
Huldah were prophetesses in the Old
Testament and that God fulfilled their
prophecies by special providences; the
fact that the words Of Mary and Eliza
beth are recorded among the choicest
portions of the New Testament; the
fact that Anna is mentioned in Luke by
her official title 'prophetess;' the fact
that Christ gave to Mary the first mes
sage of the resurrection and that women
first published the tidings of risen
Saviour as recorded in Luke "a; Q; the
fact that the Holy Spirit was poured out
upon women as we'll as men on the day
of Pentecost; that one of the original
deacons had four daughters, virgins,
which did prophesy;, the fact that Paul
saMted Phoebe as a, deaconeSS of the
church at Cenchrea,' and commended
her to the Church of Rome; the fact that
aged women or female presbyters and
widows are recognized as an official
class in Paul's letters to, Timothy and
Titus; the fact that Christ sums up the
Gospel in the Golden Rule and Paul ap-
plies the Golden Rule in the declaration,
There can be neither jew nor Greek,
there can be neither bond nor free,
there can be no male and female; for We
are all one in Christ Jesus'-such pas
sages indicate that new light may yet
break out of the Word of God upon this
subject.
1--WE are sure that the passages Of the
Bible bearing uponrthe relation of the
sexes will richly repay al fresh study,
and will possibly demanda broader inter-
probation upon our part Let Us remem-
boz that the same Interpretation which
makes Paul teach that authority inheres
in,sex made. Paul also teach the divine
right of slavery and of kings. In Titus
Paul uses the same word to- denote the
same relation of slaves, of women and
OF citizens to- those in authority over
them. He tells Titus to teaah the doc
trine Of women being in subsection to
their own husbands, 2:5;: off slaves be-
ing in subsection to their OWN masters,
2. Q; and of citizens Being i'm subsection
to rulers SCI. Ous fathers, were at
least consistent in holding during sew.
enteen hundred years of the Church's
| life, that TIE Bible taught the divine
right OF husbands. of,slaveholders and
Of kings A broader and more spiritual
| Interpretation of Paul has convinced
the presens generation that he did not
teach tho divine right Of slav'
liery or of Kings. Buacan We consistently
abandon the old Wow of Panl's teaching
H lin regard TO the twn latter doctrines and
\ then maj ntain it i'm regard to- the first
\ when all three doctrines are taught, il
4 taught as all, in consecutive passages
4 and in identical languagep'
"We have thus. dweltupon the Scrip
tural argument because WV have fell
that our people are anxious to act onl.
in harm any With( God 2 will !"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-26
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Apprehension In Some Quarters Over the
Rise and Growth of the Alliance.

Apprehension In Some Quarters Over the
Rise and Growth of the Alliance.
In certain quarters there is consider
cradle apprehension over the rise and
growth Of the Farmers Alliance in Kan
sas. This uneasiness exists mainly
among professional politicians and that
class of operators and schemers who
manage to exc out an existence by the
means and methods of purely partisan
politics.
For the benefit of all such and others
whose slumbers are disturbed by the ap-
partition, we would state that the Alli-
ance is not political organization, and
does not propose to act as a political
party independent Of existing parties,
nor does it aim to support as body
either of the old parties.
While this is true of the Alliance in
its organized form, it is also true that it
does not disclaim the right to take q
hand in politics whenever the interests
Of its members may in that way be pro-
tected or promoted.
The Alliance is chiefly, as we under
stand it, combination Of the agricult-
ural interests against all other combina-
tons, particularly those trusts whose
direct effect upon agriculture is ruin
Gus, such as the dressed beef and simi-
lar combines-combina tions which des-
politically fix the prices of those COM
modities in which farmers have vital
interest.
The Alliance is, then, merely an asso-
citation of farmers and their friends for
the purpose of protecting themselves
against the jeopardy in which their
rights and interests are placed by the
various commercial despotisms which
are rapidly reducing agriculture to a
condition of industrial serfdom.
With this understanding of the OBJ
iects and aims of the Alliance we hearth
ly sympathize with it and stand ready
to cooperate. .....
A citizen may be a member OF the
Alliance and at the same time be loyaI
Republican or Democrat. That is tt
say. the question of partisan predilec
ton does not affect his standing or in
terfere with his usefulness as member
of that body.
The probable ty is that the Allianc,
in Kansas will seek to secure its end
through the dominant party-the Re
publican-and failing in that. which i
not probable, will pursue some othe
course, -Atchison Champion
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-26
The Alliance in Arkansas.

There are seventy-eight lodges. of the
Farmers ALLIANCE in good working or
der in Washington County with a. grand
total membership of $500. The Farm
ers' Alliance is power in the land and
we believe that it will be al power
for good. 1t win not go into poll
tics as an organization, but 10 will no
doubt be felt in behalf of the, farmers
interests. The farmers are not to be
blaned for banding together. When
corn is worth only fifteea TO twenty
GEMS bushel. and when wheat brings
only forty-five to fifty-five cents it i.
tirae to wake up. 1t is high time u
stndy the causes of the depression o.
agriculture and devise means of relief
Arkansas Democrat
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-26
WOMEN, I'M ART.
They Arc Destined to FAKE Rank With Msa,
in the PrSfessiou-

Iney AGe DeStiiRu 10 Hd6tTSH w hess'
in the PrSfessiou-
Locking baak, and not so very far
eithea we see,that little by little women
have won their places in the different
branshes of art, ~ in various profess
sions and occupations the world over.
1t is safe 70 say now. says the Boston
Herald, they may do almost anything
thy can d. Women have taken the
stand to which they are entitled, that
OF individuals. How much they have
suffered from being considered as sex
merely, fit only for maternal and domes-
bic duties, who can tell! Talent knows
no sex, but it is unlike genius in that it
may be crushed out. No doubt the
women, as we'll as men, are innumerable
who, for lack of opportunity, have suf-
fered themselves to DO badly for a life
time tasks for which they mad neither
taste nor training. Of course, single
| instances have occurred of those who
have prepared themselves against great
odds for work outside the prescribed
lines. They had to work far harder te
attain their purposes than men, and the
praise accorded them has too often been
embittered by unjust ASPIRATIONS
Nevertheless, through them has come
the proof that certain things could b,
accomplished by women, and the evi
dence thus shown has carried stimula
ton and encouragement to other womel
to an extent simply incalcuable. Tn,
sex owe it to these pioneers that it is n,
longer necessary for women to MARI,
for other considerations than the high
est and purest; nor FOR mothers to re
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-26
GOOD WORDS FOR WOMEN.

TIE ballot opens the door for every
true and needed reform for women, be-
cause the ballot is the great educating
power ward Eggleston, Bad.
LIFT your oauaus to the level of your
lparlor" was the advice of Wendell
Phillips, VIXEN tae low standards of po-
litical lifs, were deploreG.. Introduce
the womaaly element the, good wives
and mothsr of the land, into, the world
of politics, and its moral elevation will.
begin.
THE lssliot eonfers power on those.
who are endoved with il. and power as
ways commands respect. To be weak,
is to he, miserable. and tfie,e afranchiseda
woman will be more respected than ever
before. A gentleman Is, Always courte-.
Gus, aad a aOor is always boor, and
from gentlemen, won IN Of no condition.
have aughs to fear.
IT Is said that If WOMEN voted tleS
ought to serve on juries, and that they
would not be willing. Some men
are not enthusiastically eager to serve
as jurors. A citizen Of New York sum,
moned few days ago On the grand jury,
asked TO be excused because he was en-
gagged in the pool business and was Of Z
bad moral character, and he took an
oath to that effect. Fewer women than
men could gea excused upon that
ground.
DURING the last atty years, the evola.
ton of women has lifted Der out of q
legal relatios to man, which was that Of
a servant to a master, OF a ward to q
guardian. To-day she stands by his
side a disfranchised citizen Every ster
of her advance from slavery to her pres.
ent partial freedom has, been holly cor
tested. :. Every rag of prejudice
and every threadbare scrap of objection
are brought into reaSisition when wom
en- demand their rights, although the,
have been shrivel!ed hundred times il
the scorching fires Of the last fort,
years debate,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-26

1t is not foreign competition that
makes the price of corn So low at
present. If the duty upon that article
should be doubled it would not add
cent to its value, nor shut out q
bushel raised in any rival nation.
The measure of protection against
outside competitors is already complete
as to that and all other staples. In that
respect the farmer has the advantage of
all other producers. He is master of the
situation so far as the tariff on his prin-
| cipal crops is concerned, and needs
nothing more in that line to protect his
interests against foreign invasion. Mr..
Brigham ought to know this if he does
not.
1t is a melancholy fact that the Amer
lean farmer is forced to sell his corn
and wheat at unremunerative prices
not because of insufficient protective
duties, but in spite of ample favors of
that sort. The explanation of his mis-
fortune must be sought elsewhere. He
not only has adequate protection at
home, but there are foreign markets
that are free to him. No export duty is
required of him by his own Government,
and no tax is demanded of him at the
European ports to which he may ship
his surplus. And yet he can not
obtain fair return upon his labor and
investment. Consumption is increasing
faster than production. but the prices
do not rise in proportion. On the con-
trary, they grow less, in curious viola
ton of the logic of supply and demand.
Where does the trouble lie? That is
question easier asked than answered.
No man has been able so far to furnish
a coherent and satisfactory solution of
the mystery. In time. perhaps, we shall
be fully informed in the matter; but 1T
is very certain that we shall not ascer-
tain that the source of the farmers dis
tress is want Of more tariff protection.
1t is obvious that his products could not
be enhanced in value by increasing the
duties against foreign competition, for
such competition does not exist as to
any Of the things upon which he chiefly
depends for his profits. The relief that
he asks and deserves will accordingly
have to come from some other quarter.
St Louis Globe Democrat.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-26
MISERABLE HOMES.

mo Liquor franc ana fOVOrUy- Every
Dollar spent In the saloon . Blow at
the Family.
An old citizen of Madison in our Office
recently said: "You'd be surprised to
see how some of my neighbors live. You
wouldn't think that any one in Madison
lived on such starvation food as some OF
them eat. There was little boy came
to take supper with my little boy the
other evening. We had warm cakes with
butter on. The little fellow enjoyed
them greatly, and said to my boy:
1--WE don't have no butter to our
house."
"Ho, what dye eat on yer Bread"
said my boy.
"Oh, we didn't have nuthin'; but
when we killed the pig, then we eat
lard on our bread"
'Pve been in the homes of some of the
poorer people about there" continued
the gentleman, land I've seen the fam
lilies sit down to the table with nothing
on the cover but dish Of potatoes with
skim milk poured over them. don't
know of one of those families where the
man of the house does not patronize the
saloon. The father of that little boy
who eats lard ON his bread has all the
beer and tobacco he wants every day."
A prominent railroad man of the city
tells us that near his depot lives little
boy whose father is full of liquor as
as often as he can fill up The little lad
mad such an uncomfortable home and
his father so often fiogs him that he
spends large part of his time in the
depot This winter the boy quit coming
to the depot. Upon inquiry the gentle
man found that the lad had to stay in
the house because he had no shoes.
In the city of Madison there are
doubtless several thousand people who
suffer to greater or less degree for the
actual necessities of life. Perhaps one
third of the population do without the
common comforts because of drink.
There are seventy-two saloons in the
city that are gathering in the money
that should be spent for these things.
They swallow each year over $500, 900
worth of home comforts
On recent Saturday twentysaigh,
farm teams were counted about one
farmers saloon in Madison. 1t is safe
enough to reckon that twenty-eight
farmers speat money for liquor that day
and went hons with foul-smelling
breaths and minus little money. Prob.
ably some went home ugly or stupidity
drunk. Suppose the money that went
for that beer had been spent for oranges
candy and nuts for the wife and children
at home, the fathers return would bt
J hailed with delight and the home bono
be strengthened. Every dollar spent il
I the saloon is blow at the family. ant
, the family is the defense of our Nation
/ Northwestern Nail
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-26
CHRISTIANS AND WINE.
A Great Hindrance to the Progress OF
Temperance Reform.

A Great Hindrance to the Progress OF
Temperance Reform.
If to be Christian is to be Christ
like, then many indulgences common to
the worldly-minded must be forborne by
the true followers of the Master.
Among these is the indulgence in wine
of the kind which is ''mocker," and
which at the last ''biteth like serpent
and stingeth like an adder There is a
wine which ''maketh glad the heart of
man." the pure juice of the grape, un-
fermented and without alcohol. 1t is
not of this wine that we write now.
Alcoholic wine-drinking, as has been
abundantly demonstrated by science, is
in no sense a necessity. and the illustra-
lions are only too frequent and too
painful that it is harmful for ALL and
for many, with the hereditary alcoholic
appetite, extremely perilous. The
ethics of selfshness prompt the con-
tinuance of the indulgence, though
through the force of example, Other
souls are imperiled thereby Christian
ethics enjoin abstinence, alike for the
individual and on account of Others
The great Presbyterian church voices
truly the Christian sentiment when il
declares officially: Total cabstinenct
from inebriating drinks should be the
principle followed by all the followers
of Jesus"
One of the greatest OF the present
hindrances to the progress of the TEN
perance reform is the continuance o.
aesthetic wine-drinking by many pro
Tossing Christians. While such continue
the wine indulgence, at private dining
tables, club and college dinners, and a
elegant receptions, it will be PRACTICAL!
impossible either to dissuade, or t.
legally prevent, others from the evil in
diligence in beer and the stronge
liquors. Mrs. Ballington Booth, in
recent address, eloquent and very i'm
pressive. in the hall of the Young Men,
Christian Association, upon THE Worl
of the salvation Army in the Slums o
New York" presented in strikin.
iight the deeper depths Of degradation
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-26
THE MISSISSIPPI ALLIANCE.
Laws Which the Farmers Would Like t.
Have Enacted.

hav0 EIubCtous
General S. d. Lee and Prof. N. D.
Guerney recently presented memorial
to the Mississippi Legislature from the
Farmers Alliance of that State. The
following is synopsis Of the legislation
desired: THAT no more money be APP
propriated to encourage immigration;
opposing the repeal of the railroad SUI
pervision law; favOring the employing of
so much of the convict labor as is neces-
sary in running bagging factory; that
laws be enacted prohibiting trusts in
Mississippi; that railroads, banks and
other corporations be required to pay an
ad valorem tax instead Of privilege
tax; that the Common School law be
changed so as to equalize the distribu-
ton of the public school fund and
not allow any discrimination in favor of
sects; that whenever the Constitution
permits the Office of county superintend-
ent of education to be abolished, and
the board OF examiners consist of three
frst-grade teachers; that trustees of
schools be allowed to- open schools at
any time during the scholastic year;
that they may elect by consent Of ma
jority Of patrons; that law changing
the present mode Of selecting grand
juries and petit juries is necessary; that
a law defining rights of employer and
employees be enacted; favoring a law es,
tablishing bureau Of agriculture, and
requiring the teaching of the rudiments
Of agricultural science i'm the public
schools; that a constitutional conven
ton be Called that law be enacted
compelling boards of supervisors to ex
anime the weights and measures, also
mill tolls and requiring inspection OF
the hoof OF all beef cattle offered fol
sale in cities or towns. The memoria
was spread on the journals and referred
to the proper committees. All the rec
concentrations will come up at the
proper time for consideration. A ma
iority Of the Legislature are Alliance
members.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-26
Ruled by an AristOoracy.

The South Carolina Farmers Alliance
has issued an address declaring that the
State is ruled by an aristocracy. con-
trary to the idea of republican form OF
government. Slavery gave it power be-
fore the war, and race prejudice has
maintained it since. The farmers pro.
pose to overthrow this oligarchy through
an independent political movement in
the interest OF free schools and the en-
forcement of the laws: and lie is to bt
hoped that they are strong enough Il
accomplish their object
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-26
The Amalgamated Body In Missouri.

e. S. Hall. State lecturer for Missouri
of the Farmers and LabOrers' Uniony
says:
''Our order is growing rapidly, from a:
non-partisan stondpoinS. The reason
of this is obvious. We are not making.
war upon the retail merchants and mi DIT
die commercial men, as, the old Changers
in the State have done in the past We
are expanding our energies toward the
suppression of trusts and monopolies,.
which are curse 10 the farmer and the
town man alike. I have no doubt but
that these monopolies would be gladitD
have the energies of our order diverted
from them to legitimate business ienter-
prises. But we do not intend to get. in
to the rut of the old Changers. We, are
bent in the right direction now, and
consequently will not disturb the mid.
die men,"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-02-26
PROTECTION FOR FARMERS.

why Must the American Farmer Sell His
Produce at Unremunerative Prices?
The argument made before the ways
and means committee by Mr.. Brigham,
representing the Patrons Of Husbandry,
in favor of protection for the farmers
would be more forcihle if it were not
based upon erroneous promises. He, as
sumes that such protection has been
withheld, when in fact there are duties
on all important agricultural products
so large as to be practically prohibitory.
The farmers of other countries do not
sell any Of their grain in our markets,
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-10-28

'The time is not far distant when
coffee will have ceased TO bc the
beverage OF the people" This declara-
ton was made by Mr.. J. J. Grinlinton,
who has been a resident Of the island
Of Ceylon for thirty yeas. Mr. Grin
linton says there Is a marked decadenos
in coffee raising both In Ceyion -
Brazil. He also says;
"Some few years ago fungus para-
site attacked the plant and Is gradually
killing il out. Not only is this true n
Ceylon. but il is also the case in Buadl
and elsewhere, People must learn 10
take tea instead. You have notieod
that the price Of coffee has been gsad-
ually ascending. It viii continue 10 Do
%, and the time Is not far distant whsn
the plant win have died out "--coe
New York Herald. ..
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-10-28

proving by the c 4 gre. ionsl Reco d
from which he read from time to time.
that his every act during the time this
leg ath'n wa- IenGing, VA- in favor
Of free roinsg', md that failing.
'h"agh powerful opposition /, ( ,one of
his own rHry joined with IN. demo-
"rais. he aud The other friends of silver
took what hey could get, the present
bill, which il the fir-r step, and long
one. toward free coinage. The fac
'hHt the passage Of This bill brought
the msrket nrice of the metal up from
s3 cents 10 81 20 ought In canviuce the
most skep icsl thar The bill is q GOOD
thing for Montana. The democrats
are continually talking about the bill
they would have psss d II they had
he'd chance. Why, during the four
vesr. nf The Cleveland administration,
did 'h'y NOT bring tris famous silver
hill of theirs 10 the FROM? What is
their hill ? Now when they are not in
power tn 'egisla's 90 anything they
insfanily become tte friends Of silver.
in ,ssS they failed % mention silver
IL their na'ional nlrlfnrm. The repub.
licsns did, and. when pledge IL made
IN a republican platform. il tscames a
romi'e that has got 10 be redeemed
and never g,es 10 Irrts.f. Regarding
Y'ol Mr.. Carter asserted that the
wool schedule in the Mckinley bill
will bring about sssson Of prosperity
such bs The wool growers have never
seen. The price If wrol this seas on
has ten depressed because If large
nm riaiinns # wool aud woolens IN
an'ic'rst'oBs # the passage Of the bill
Thi- surplus viii! SON ba worked
III and the demand Tor the home PRO-
furr will Increase and better prices
govern. snd th.nnefnrth there need b.
no anxiety on the part ri the wool
grower in regard To foreign compsii-
i'm. In very mod-st way tbs
SPEAKER alluded to The legislation
effected for the benefit of Miles City
aud Cus'er county. The granting o.
the re-'rvstion park the appropriation
for the survey and Improvement of
our river front, and the efforts TO
remove the Cheyenne Indians. In
conclusion bs made q very pleasing
sllusion 10 his own candidacy which
called forth hearty round Of applause
during watch he bowed his acknow.
leipemeats and the meeting was at
nm enc.
During the continuance Of Judge
Car-y's r-msrks he was several times
INTERRUPTED by drunken fool who he'd
taken front seat for the evident pur-
pnse of disturbing the meeting. II 10
not ,n the credit If the democrsy o.
this place to -sy that this il the second
time republican meeting has been
disturbed in this way. something thst
has never happened IN demoncratic
L,'eiing.
The Reception acc1r led Mr.. Carter
ard Ju1ge Carey o. their "rrivsl ye--
ierdsy sftern" n VIA d.cioed cnn-
trast 10 Il e m.n'rr ~ which Me,srs.
Dixon and Dew ~. were allowed 10
take care Of th, me- ves. bni n opiy
ynss to show that WE ARE THE
PEOPLE.
some three hundred Carter bsdges
were distributed ,mong republicans
yesterday and last night the house Vas
abl,zs with the psrti-colored satin
emblems OF victory.