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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26
DARE DEMOCRATS DENY 1T.

One year ago the prosperity of this
nation was at high water mark.
Eighteen hundred and ninety-two was
the banner year of American indus
trial progress. During the twelve
months ending at midnight on the
thirty-frst day Of last December the
American people produced more and
consumed more than in any year of
their history. Our foreign trade
broke all records by its magnitude,
The volume of our industrial product
ion and of our exchange of products
among ourselves went far beyond all
precedent. We produced a million
tons more of pig iron than in 1891,
and 2, 900, 900 tons more than Great
Britain. We produced 200, 900 tons
of steel rails more than in the proceed
ing year. We consumed 5000, ooO
pounds more wool than in 1901.
Capital and labor were alike fully and
profitably employed. The factory
wheels revolved increasingly. Wages
were higher than ever before. Con.
fidence was universal. Credit was
freely extended. The integrity of the
currency was assured. There were
fewer commercial failures than in any
year since 1882. The creation ot
wealth for the nation and competence
for the toiler went on apace under the
shield of Americas second Declara
ton of Independence, the Mckinley
law.
Until the BourbonS and the Social
lists elected Grover Cleveland there
was every prospect that the same con
ditions would prevail during ISo,
The capitol of the nation, the exc
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26
HOW ABOUT 1t?

Does Judge Gibson claim to have
been in the army? If he does we
take it for granted that he was
and could very easily prove that fact.
We have never heard him say any.
thing about the matter. The people
want to know how it was. Every
body is guessing and surmising and
some even say he was in the rebel
army. Such things will get started
when people don't know the truth.
If he was not at the front, but served
his country in another capacity, that
was not quite so glorious, but fully as
necessary and as honorable there is
nothing in that to be ashamed of and
the people should know it. All men
could not be at the front. There was
other work to be done and it took
men to do it. Or # for any other
honorable cause he was at home du-
ring the late war that fact cannot be
laid up against him. We do not
know whether he was old enough
or not. But we, with the rest of the
people would like to know the truth
about the matter. The Judge owes
1t to himself and to his friends to let
the truth be known. 1t tsurely cannot
hurt him if there is no dishonor attach.
ed to his actions in the matter and if
it does not hurt him it will react upon
those who originated it, whoever they
may be. We do not pretend to
know, but like great many we
would like to know.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26
CONGRESSIONAL.

MAJ. d. M. CoFFMAN, who has
been widely spoken of as a candidate
said, in an interview published in the
lockwood Times, that he was a poor
man and that if a primary election
was held that it meant long and ex,
pensive canvass and that the indica-
ton now was that primary would be
ordered.
This is a fact that the Knox coun-
ty candidates know well, that a pri-
mary, of necessity, will cause long
and expensive canvass and therefore
they are for primary knowing that
it will shut out the ADLER men, who
live in outside counties, but havn'
the Doodle that the ring can rake up
between them.
They will go about or have their
agents go about harplng about having
Zone old gallus" and such nonsense
when at the same time they are SO
anxious to keep the poorer, but
worthier men out of the race by
adopting the most expensive and
burdensome way of electing the can
didate. Of course they know the
race narrows down between the two
Knox county men if a primary is held,
unless as has been limited, John Houk
pays the expenses Of. another man to
run SO that the vote opposed to him
will be divided. Their anxiety about
the people having a say is disguised
anxiety about their own necks. We
are in favor of the outside men hav-
ing chance.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26
EDITORIAL.
What the Editor Thinks of
Matters of interest to the
People Of the County.
LEONARD s. GODDARD; eo'roa.
1T PAYS.

We were both pleased and surprised
to receive from Mr.. s. P. Angel, OF
Knoxville, the following unsolicited
testimonial of the efficiency of the
TINES as an advertising medium.
We are always glad to hear of our r''ad-
vertisers profting by the ads inserted
in the TINES. This is the letter writ
ten by Mr.. Angel and speaks for it
self:
Knoxville, Tenn, July IS, '93.
Maryville TINES
] have just received
from Mrs. M. B. Kidd, Waxiehachie
Texas a cash order for a Sewing Ma
chine. Mrs Kidd was formerly a
Blount Co., lady and seeing my ad.
vertisement in your paper the "Mary
vile TINES" was led to write me for
prices. Her order accompanied with
cash remittance is the result, so you
see it pays to advertise.
Respectfully,
S. P. ANGEL.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26
SI.oo A YEAR.

,utive ability of its leaders Of industry,
he enterprise Of its n e.thanls and
the skill of its trained workers were at
the highest point on November s
when the Democratic party triumphed
on a platform that declared war on
every American interest. With the
ele ,tion of Cleveland manufacturers
and merchants began to trim their
sails in anticipation of the coming
storm. With the inaugura;nn of
Cleveland the storm burst. Conf
dence vanquished. Credit fed. Capt.
tai hid itself. Securities in which a
large proportion of the country's
wealth was invested rapidly dwindled
in value till the loss to the people eX-
ceeded ST., 900, 900. Bank, at
ter bank went to the wall The la
bilities of commercial failures for the
first six months of the year were more
than double those of the correspond
ING period of 1892. Menaced by
revolution, American industries ceased
to expand and began to rerogade.
Production has fellen and wages have
fellen with it. Every plate glass
factory in the country has shut down.
The great iron mines of the North
west have suspended operations.
Blast furnace fires are being banked.
Trade balances are against us. Tex
tile mills are everywhere closing or
restricting their product. The prices
of wool and wheat have sunk to
ruinous figure. The farmer suffers
with the merchant and the manufact-
urer. Tens of thousands of Ameri-
can workingmen who last year were
busy and prosperous are idle and
and facing destitution today.
The Press asserts explicitly and d.
rectly that the prevailing conditions
Of disaster have been brought about
by the threat of Democratic free
trade. 1t asserts that the loss of the
people through the depreciation of Sc
curitles, the paralysis of credit ard
the stagnation of industries woYld
hive taken place if Benjamin Harri-
son had been elected instead of Grow
er Cleveland. The Press challenges
Democratic newspapers to deny this
statement. Is there one Demo-
cratic organ that dares to assert that
the disaster which has come upon the
country since March A would have oc-
cured if the Republican party had
continued to control the government?
IN. Y. Press.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26
AMONG OUR EXCHANGES
What Some of the Bright
PenCiI-pusherS Think Of
Important Matters.

If Senator Brown, of Blount county,
should enter the Congressional race
he will be hard man for the Houk
gang to turn down. He would re-
ceive strong support in Knox coun.
y, if we may judge by the many es-
pressions coming from prominent Re.
publicans. Knoxville Daily Tribune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26
1T GIVES US PLEASURE.

In another place we publish the
very interesting history OF the A. M.
E. Zion Sunday School and it gives
us great deal of pleasure to do so
for it is by the interest taken in such
institutions that the world will Judge
of the advancement of the colored
people. As was said by Uncle Hy-
rum Gay unless something is done to
let the people know what they are
doing on the good side, they will be
wrongly judged by the few loafers
who sit around on the street corners,
swear, and do other things that brings
reproach upon their race.
Maryville's colored people are, as a
rule like the white people of the
town, more orderly than in a majority
of other places and it affords the
TINES great pleasure to help them
spread their good influence by pub.
fishing anything ofinterest and that
will let the people know of their ad-
vancement. We are glad to give this
item of news, which will be read
with interest by the liberal white
people of our town and with pleasure
by those, elsewhere, who are inter.
ested in the welfare of the colored
race.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

A DISPATCH says:-"One of the
latest old pensioners to be dropped
from the rolls until he shall prove
that he is not able to work is very
old soldier of Pittsburg, who was
twice shot through the body during the
war, who is now rapidly approaching
his seventeen year, and who has
nothing whatever with which to sup.
port himself, except the pension pit
tance of which the administration has
just deprived him." So the mean,
sneaking way of depriving disabled
soldiers Of their living, under the plea
of cleansing the lists of frauds, goes or
through the hate of an ex-confederate
administration.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

CONGRESSMAN ByNUM, of Indiana,
is opposed to the wildcat bank cur
rency part of the Democratic prog
ram. He says: 81 do not believe
that legislation authorizing the restora-
hon Of state bank currency will be
passed by Congress. The day for
that sort or money has passed. Ac-
cording to the platform adopted by a
large majority of their national con.
vention, Mr.. Bynum is in minority
on this question, but it begins to look
as though there might be enough
Democrats who think as he does, in
conjunction with the solid Republi-
can vote Of the House, to save the
country from the wildcat experiment,
unless the rabid wing succeed in max,
ing it caucus question.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

Cholera is raging among the
poorer classes in Moscow. Much
Indignation is felt in Russia be-
cause the director of prisons upon
learning that there was cholera i'm
the Moscow prisons, ordered ma
jority of the prisoners to be re-
moved to four other cities, thus in
creasing the danger Of spreading
the infection. There have been no
cases so far in st. Petersberg. In
Podolia and other infected places
the death rate has not lessened,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

CYCLONES have been playing havoc
with more useful things all around
him, Altgeld still lives. lockwood
Times.
The cyclone that will play havoc
with the governor and his party in IL
linois will occur at the next election
in that state. After such an exhibition
of Democratic incapacity We car
count Illinois in the Republican
column.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

THE Democratic tariff tinkers will
probably strike snag in the Senate
where their majority is small. 1t is
said that there are at least four Demo
cratic Senators-Gorman, of Mary
land, Camden and Faulkner, of West
Virginia, and Gray, of Delaware
who are regarded as certain to oppose
any reduction Of the present duty on
coal, iron, lumber and several other
articles in which they and their consti-
tutents are largely interested, and
without their votes no Democratic
bill can pass the Senate.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26
ANOTHER CHANGE NEEDED.
Respectfully,
S. P. ANGEL.

What excuse can the Democratic
party offer for the non-appearance
of the good times they predicted and
what apology can they offer for the
present condition of the country?
The cry was, if you will only give us
change there is nothing good but
what will happen. Well, we have
got our change and what is the re-
suit? Wheat and oats down asbot-
tom prices, factories shutting down,
banks failing, merchants making as
signments, business of all kinds going
under the auctioneer's hammer, or at
a standstlll.
We were told over and over, with
an earnestness that made a majority
of us believe it, that the unjust legis-
lation of the Republican party was
running the country. Our American
doctrine of protection was pronounced
"robber tariff and declared uncon-
stitutional Our gratitude to the
union soldiers and our desire to, in
part, repay our great obligation to
them were pronounced as fraud mere
ly to catch votes. Not a sound, or
patriotic measure, that was advocated
by the Republican party, but what
was bitterly denounced by the party
now in power. In one Of the most
prosperous years Of our history, they
convinced the people that if we did
not have change we were ruined.
The change that was to relieve us
of all evil and bring nothing but good
is here. And from all parts of the
country, not nook or corner that is
not effected, comes the universal cry
of hard times. Neither is it merely
imaginery for there is scarcely ham,
let, town, or city, but what has had
an example of the great depression of
business by the failure, or shutting
down of some business or manufact-
uring plant. Never before in the
memory of the present generation, has
there been so many disasters.
What is to be done? What will re-
store confidence, liven up business,
start the factories and cause money
to again circulate freelyp The assur-
ance by the present administration
that there will be no material changes
in the protective policy of the past,
the assurance that their "wild-cat
money theory will not be forced upon
the country. Why do we say that
this will bring back the good times
and make money easierP 1t is no,
simply because it was the policy o.
the Republican party, although when
that party advocates policy it is a
good recommendation, but because
we were prosperous while all these
laws were In force. Under them we
had none of our present distress. l;
it not reasonable it would be SC
again1
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

THE Knoxville Daily Journal put
its shoulder to the wheel in an able
editorial for the Improvement of the
common school system of our state
after the Athens Athenian had
started the ball by suggestion and
the Maryville TINES had pushed it
farther by more than a suggestion.
We would like TO see the press of the
state unite along this line. We want
Tennessee to be head and head with
the most intelligent states of the
union.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

In our editorial last week on the
suspension of Union Soldiers pen
sions the types made us say that over
two hundred thousand pensions had
been suspended and we meant to say
over two thousand. There is certain
ly over that amount, but we meant to
give the lowest so as not to be too
hard on party that has so many sins
to answer for. The New York Press
says one hundred thousand is the
amount of the suspensions.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

FROM looking at things at this dis
tance from Washington one of the od-
dest freaks in the coming Congress
will be the appearance of Representa-
tive Burke Cochran, of Tammany,
whose o'clock-in-the-morning-anti.
Cleveland speech was the sensation of
the Chicago convention, on the floor
of the House as Mr.. Clevelanfs
special champion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

SOME great change will have to
come over this district before election
day if our present efficient District
Attorney Lindsey is not elected Chan
cellor. There would be no special
objection to Mr., Lindsey if it was not
for the bad company he has been
keeping in the past. However he
may leave off some of his bad asso-
ciates when he gets the chancellor
seat.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26
ABOUT PENSIONS.


We hear and read too in these DAYS
when the soldier hater both North and
South are SO active with their tongues
and pens that Pension Legislation is
sectional and the money disburred in
Pension payments was expended al
most altogether in the North. These
assertlonsts should study the report
of Commissioner ofInternal Revenue.
The Internal Revenue on whiskey
and tobacco is the only tax paid di-
rectly to the National Government
from the several states let us compare
the amounts paid in taxes as reported
by the commissioner with the amounts
of pensions which go to the various
states taxes $5o6,37 of Internal taxes
into the National Treasury during the
past fiscal year and drew out in pen
sons $9o5,25o. Illinois on the other
hand paid sS6,795,33S of the Internal
tax and drew out only s3,443,o96 in
the form of pensions. Citizens of
South Carolina the implacable fall of
Union Veterans paid only S7I,81a of
the tax and drew in pensions SI7I,I26
while New York paid $I7,67o,o7S
and received only $I1, ,76a,39o. Ten
nessee contributed SI,a79,S6 and re-
ceived a,434,5o5. Nebraska and the
two Dekotoes paid 81, sos, 5SS and
received $SS,39I,o5I. Alabama's
tax Was sIo6, III, her pension receipts
were $500, 72o. Arkansas paid &c.,
57I,SS6 to the Internal revenue and
received $I47,o9o,377 in pension
payments. West Virginia paid $3.50,
75S,S36 in Internal taxes and re
ceived S2,I5S,7o3 Ia in pensions.
Louisiana and Mississippi paid togeth.
er,$734,S3a 20 and received SS47,55, 2
As. Maryland, Deleware and the
District of Columbia paid S., 2SS, 1873
81 taxes and received 81, 22o, 500 il
pensions. 1t thus appears that tn,
Southern States profet by whatever
of sectionalism there is in the pension
laws. If the Northern states receiv,
more in the aggregate they also beal
more than their share of the burdel
as has been remarked the Interna
revenue tax is the only tax paid direc
and it seems to me that if the oppo
nents of the pension system don
want to help pay pensions they shoult
quit the use of whiskey and tobacco
Comrades of Tennessee are payin.
taxes to the state, out OF which pen
sions are paid to disabled rebe
soldiers. This tax is assessed on ou
homes and our business pursuits, no
on our whiskey and tobacco we use
| have never heard a comrade kickin,
about the payment of this tax, and
have talked with hundreds, who pa,
it cheerfully and do not denounce til,
recipants of the pension paid from
our tax as "frauds, "Cofee coolers,
scamp followers" etc., the creates
American, Abraham Lincoln in word
of wonderous pathos said, with nal
ace toward none, with charity to
ward all, with frmness in the right
as God gives us to see the right, lie
us finish up the work We owe, bin,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

The Amoskeag cotton millsshas
shut down on account of the unsettlen
condition Of trade. This is the
largest cotton mill in the u. S. and
probably in the world. 1t employees
5000 operatives and pays saa5, 900
per month wages. This is another
Democratic promise.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

IT does not yet appear who the edi-
tor of the "ring organ" is to be. 1t
seems hard to find man who is will
ing to put himself up as the sewer
through which all the filth andodirt
that will flow from that ring will have
to be discharged during the next year
and half.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

IT is said that over 500, 900 work
men are now idle because of uncer-
tainty as to what the administration
will do. The result of Democratic
promises. WondeT how many of
these workmen viii again vote for the
tariff reform party?
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

ONE day last week, says special
to the Inter Ocean, inquiry at the
Pension Office elected the information
that the total number of pensioners
dropped from tile rolls since March a,
1893, was 245, and the total number
suspended pending further investi-
cation of their cases, was 5000.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-26

The Athens Athenian, lately added
to our exchange list, is an upright,
straightforward paper. Its editorial
page shows that its editor works his
brain instead of his scissors. 1t gives
us pleasure to read such country
paper.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-07
RINENART q TATUA,
city Bank Building. Room s. TelephOne2l9
FOR SALE.

6 lots in Bslvedere addition, corner lots
SEQ each
House rooms, brick, and 4 roomed house in
rear. EoiT street between TWenty-third and
Twenty-fourth streets, So 500
Houss 6 rooms, Eighteenth street, in good
condition, & 500.
Double brick house 10 rooms. Fourteenth
street. 5000.
House seven rooms, brick, Sixteenth street,
$500.
House seven rooms. Fifteenth street lot SOI
100 feet, S5,5OJ.
House seven rooms Chapline street, Centre
Wheeling, $3.50.
House eight rooms, First ward, 81 900.
House five rooms, Baltimore street, East
Wheeling, $3.50.
Lot east end Fourteenth street. 500.
House four rooms, Charles street, Centre
Wheeling, $3.50.
House four rooms Eighteenth street, 81 900.
House three rooms, Twelfth street, $3.50.
House eight rooms, Sixteenth street. in good
condition, IS, 200.
House four rooms aud stable, Twelfth StrSst
500.
Fine suburban homso miles east of city at
moderate price.
1lots in 'Fian, White 4 Gallagher addition.
6Ox1O0 feet, 500 each.
8Iots on Cald wells run, $3.50 each
Fine farm, l43 acres, on National ROAD, nine
niles east OF city, on easy terms
Market street business property at moderate
oue-half lot on McCollOeh street Centre
Wheeling, $500
one Of the best manufacturing SitSSiE taS
city, fTozting on two railroads
NESBITT & DEVINE,
apS !1Ss Market Street
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-07
rhlnrs Morth RememberInE.

When you feel a kind OF goneness
about the stomach it is 8 sign that your
food does not sit we'll and that you are
about to have a fit OF indigestion.
When you begin to feel nervous and
are unable to sit still comfortably; when
YOUR clothes suddenly seem TO lose their
fit and become too tight in places the
6t of indigestion is surely upon you.
When this fit Of indigestion is repeat
ed from day to day it finally resolves
itself into dyspepsia.
Remember that three TO ten OF BRAN
pRErH's Pills will cure the worst cas-
of indigestion or dyspepsia, or both
and that a regular course Of them, SAL
two every nishtfor week or ten days
| viii act as preventive Of either com
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-07
PROSPECTS OF SILVER.

There wan Probably BE Considerable
Discussion of tho subject During the
Coming Session.
WASHINGTON, D. c., November g.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, who IS
third In order of precedence OF the
members of the Committee on Finance
and who was one Of the foremost OF the
Southern champions Of silver in the re-
cent debate in the Senate, is not In
clined to believe that the silver question
will DO seriously revived in Congress
early in the approaching regular ses-
sion. Discussing the question with an
Associated Press reporter he SAID there
were other important subjects when
would demand attention and would
probably take precedence OF the silver
question for the present.
THAT subject has" he said, mad
such a thorough oyerhauling or late,
and the result has been so opposite TO
what the silver men desired that fancy
they will be disposed to allow the sub
ieet to remain Quiet for the present. Or
course" he added, there will be many
silver bills introduced, and undoubtedly
the subject will be discussed in COM
mittee il not in the Senate and house
themselves"
Senator Harris replying TO the ques-
ton concerning Mr.. Voorhees, intentions
said: 81 am sure l cannot say what
Mr.. VOORHEES, will do, but should not
be surprised at all if he should introduce
a free coinage bill as IS reported. Such
an act would not be inconsistent. have
said on the floor of the Senate that Mr..
VOORHEES, is as strong believer In silver
as am and in making that statement
I put on record my honest convictions. "