The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-08-23
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS.
Confederate Reunion.


JACKSON, Aug. ia grand reunion
OF ex-Confederate soldiers Of West Ten
nessee took place at Henderson, Chester
County, today. Five thousand people
were present, embracing veterans from
all parts of West Tennessee. Those who
wore the blue, as well as those who
wore the gray, were present. A mag
nifcent barbecue and basket dinner was
spread, and everybody had plenty TO
eat. Gen. J. d. c. Atkins and Hon. Il.
p. Cole, OF Paris, were the orators OF the
day. Gen. Atkins was the first speaker
and spoke for nearly an hour, and was
frequently applauded. He assumed that
the reunion of Confederate soldiers was
right and proper, and duty to them
selves, posterity and their dead com
rades, and no evidence Of desire to re-
vive it's issues, for he said, there are no
set of men more loyal to the American
flag. He said the war was the result OF
conflicting ideas OF government, enter
tanned honestly by statesmen OF national
fame and character, that the war was
inevitable, and had finally settled for
ever the question Of secession. tie re-
ferred to the fact that the soldiers OF
the South had made great sacrifices and
shown themselves to be as brave and
honest soldiery as ever carried mus
ket. His speech was able and eloquent.
Hon. r. p. Cole, in the evening ad-
dressed the audience for three-quarters
of an hour, in speech full OF logical
deductions, replete with humor and elo-
quence. He paid high tribute to the
valor OF the Confederate soldier, but said
their achievements in war have been
surpassed by their accomplishments in
peace, and referred to the growing pros
perity throughout the South as an evil
dence of their untiring energy and good
citizenship. He said that while seces-
sion and slavery died with the war, the
constitution was preserved, and under
it the Confederate soldier had obeyed
the laws and observed his parole until
the world now paid him homage.
The Financial situation at Nashville.
NASHVILLE, Aug. 11.-With but one
national bank open there was but little
financial news in Nashville today. The
Fourth National opened up as usual
this morning, and paid every check pre-
sented until about II o'clock, when the
directors decided that a 500 limit
should be enforced. The cause OF this
was the fact that today the depostors
who demanded their money had larger
accounts than those Of yesterday. II
the Fourth had agreed to this plan two
days ago both the First and American
National would have been open, as the
First had for two weeks been endeavor-
ing to secure such an arrangement. As
1t is, the praise Of the Fourth that was
sung yesterday is today turned into
criticism Of no mplimentary sort.
The Fourth National today received
deposits of $45,53351, and paid Out
SAL 900. OF all the harsh things said
today nothing has received severel
general criticism than the following in
cident: In the First National and the
American National there were clerks
who, being notaries public, received the
fees on all notes, drafts and checks thai
went to protest. These clerks were de-
nandent on their cal n rios and fanq for .
living. 1t seems, however, that Exam
liner Plumlee, gave all this business o.
both the suspended banks, upon request
to Walter Keith, young son Of the pres
ident of the Fourth National Bank, wht
is not only independent himself, blu
will inherit his fathers vast wealth.
is said that young Keith's fees today
amounted to over $4,000.