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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31
Take NJ otiCe.

We call the attention Of our readers
to the fact that We must know the
names of both the ,postoffice from
which yog wish the paper changed
and the one wkre you want the
paper to go in the future. lfyou do
not give the one where you have been
getting your mail, we have to go over
our entire list before we can find your
name, thus causing US great deal oil
trouble.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31
M URDER.
One Woman Dead-Two Men and
Another Woman Wounded.

One Woman Dead-Two Men and
Another Woman Wounded.
Tuesday night, just before the
train arrived from Knoxville, John
Walker shot and killed an old coll
ored woman, Jane George, wound
ed her daughter, put thirty-nine
No. shot into Bob Warren's right
arm, put quite a number of shot
into the bach. of Richard Russell, a
white man, thinking he was Cal
Barger, and also poured q load at
Will Barger, who was behinl
tree and escaped uninjured.
The following is what was learn
at the inquest. 1t seems that ohm
Walker and his uncle, Will Barger,
were on quite intimate terms with
the two George girls, Whey and
Mary and, that Tuesday morning
the old lady-Aunt Jane, went to
Knoxville to get her pension mou-
ey which had just been allowed, and
Will Barger was to stay there all
night for it was feared that ali at
tempt might be made to rob the
house. 1t is said that John had
made threats before, and also that
DAY 10 raise hi there that Light
and kill his Uncle Will.
Cal Barger concluded to go aud
get Will to not stay there and
asked Bob Warren to 60 with him.
They found the girl Whey chop
ping wood and told her 10 tell win
to come out. After they had done
this and the three men were out
on the railroad, John Walker came
up and commenced quarreling with
the girl for talking with Cal and
Bob. He threw her up against the
house and took the ak away from
her. The othor three men went in
the house and John broke the door
down with the ak, but they sue
ceeded in getting it away from him
before he did any harm. He then
came up to town and got shot gun
at the hardware store. The first
one he met was Bob Warren. 'Is
that you Bob?' eyes and don't
shoot me, john"
"Pll fix YOU" replied Walker, and
he drew the gun on Warren's
breast, but the latter turned and re-
ceived the load in his right should
or and arm. There were thirty
nine shot picked out of that arm
and two out of his left hand.
| Walker then tn ned and shot
Richard Russell, who was walking
along the railroad track coming TO
church.
1t was dusk, and the white man
was mistaken for Cal Barger.
After shooting at Will he Is said
to have went around the house and
then shot into the house, killing the
old woman.
Walker then came to town and
tried to get shells from a number
of persons, but failed, and then
, went up to w. c. Chumlea's and
gave up his gun and asked that the
sheriff be semi for. He was afraid
he would be lynched.
A TIMES reporter saw Walker at
the jail this morning and he said
he did not shoot at the old woman;
that Bob Warren was the man he
was after, for Bob had drawn
knife on him and held it at his
throat while the others were hold.
ing him and taking the axe away
He says he did not know he had
shot into the house until they told
him the old woman was dead. He
says he must have shot into the
house as he poured it to one of the
S men running between him and the
. house. He also says his Uncle
!. Will promised to stand by him, but
J, had played him dirt by taking the
other men over there. All are col.
y ored except Russell.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31

that point last week and enticed hi,
step daughter away, and she is still
Lafayette. He has about three cases
of felonious assault to account for
Mondays Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31
Please Return.

Someone, through mistake, took
Rev. Mr.. Jackson's overcoat from the
Southern Methodist Church last Sun
day night. He is anxious to have 1t
returned, as winter is not yet over.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31
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Liberal Offer.

We will furnish the National Trlb-
une--the great soldier paper-and
the TIMES for 81. 90 in advance and
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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31
To the Pensioners.

The new Bank Of Blount County
announces that it will cash your
checks free OF charge.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31

THE prize fight between Corbett
and Mitchell came off in spite of
the Governor of Florida and the
American knocked the English
man out in three rounds.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31
Left Out

On account Of SO mnch political
matter, we lacked space this week to
publish the w. c. T. U. notes.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31

Fare on Sunday trains will be fifty
cents for the round trip. w. P.
Hood, Supt.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31
Men only.

Tonight, Wednesday-Rev. J. /.
Sexton will preach to men only At
tim M. E. Church, South. All men
are invited.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31
All Here,

When you want to know who the
candidates are, read the announce
ments in the TINES.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31

The regular price of the Atlantic
Monthly is four dollars a year. By
paying one dollar year in ADVANCE
for the TINES you get it for S.. 40.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31
GOSSIP AND CHAT.
Warming.

Do not bring wood on subscription
before seeing us. Ifyou do we can
not take it.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31
Time Table.

The Knoxville and Augusta Rail-
road will run week day trains until
further notice as follows:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-01-31
A Proposition.


submitted to you:
"Mr. A. M. Rule, Trustee Of
Blount County. Dear Strive will
pay you interest at the rate Of 4 per
cent. on all money belonging to
Blount County that you may deposit
with the Bank of Blount County,
upon your average monthly balance.
Such interest to be for the
benefit Of the taxpayers, and
turned into the county fund.
The Bank will make sufficient bond.
(Signed.)
J. W. Gates, Pres. Blk Blount Co.
7. F. Cooper, Cssh'r Z" ="
We respectfully request that you
give the within proposition your seri-
GUS consideration. Our understand
ing is that you have under your con-
troll, and to collect an amount of the
county funds, for railroad sinking
fund and interest on. the same, Jas also
school fund, that will not be less than
SIS, 900 to $4,000 This amount,
or whatever it may be, ought Of right
to be made to earn something for the
taxpayers, and not to lie idle at a
time when the farmers and all others
are strained to the utmost to obtain
the money with which to pay their
taxes.
If our informant is correct as to
the above amounts, the county would
get interest that would help vastly
during the coming year to ease..up the
burden and still have the money
available at all times when needed.
This proposition warrants that the
money will begin to earn something
from the day it is deposited with the
Bank OF Blount County, and We sin
cerely believe the people should have
the benefit Of the interest offered.
viii you please give your answer
promptly to the Bank of Blount
County. Signed Jno. w. Smith,
]. A. Hannah, H. M. Hook, w. l..
Russell, Jas. H. Mcconnell, S. H.
Beal,, c. +. Broadly, R. H. Tedford,
A. A. Hannah, G. c. Jackson, H.
c. Hamil, S. T. Post, w. T. Par
ham, ]. c. Howard, J. M. French,
w. d. Best, J. H. Pickens, Jas. w.
Harmon, H. O. Harris, Jeff Kidd.
10 McIlvaine, N. w. Profitt, ]. M.
Goddard,EN. Goddard, ]. H. Ted
ford, d. ]. Costner, w. R. Magill,
d. Jones, H. S. Badgett, Frank God
dard, John Goddard, S. R. Kinna.
mon Cabel Rest M R Hackney 7
r. Cochran T. p Hook Amos Gala.
han.
Enclosed with the above wa. the
following:
Settlement with Truste. bv Chair.
man for December 80, show, the
following in the hands Of the Trustee,
Scboni Funds 6sr ~ =,
Railroads Funds as,4a4 o.
Highway Funds 1879 Is
@40'i0i u
The above was handed to Mr.. A.
M. Kuls on wednesday January a.
1894 by L. M. Kidd and Mr. NC
Lowry.
ANSWER OF Mr.. RULE.
To the taxpayers OF Blount Co.
The petion as above stated wa, pre.
sented to me and refused to comply
with the request for the following
assigned,reasonG
1st. AS understand the law,
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PASSENGER.

SUNDAY EXCURSIONS.
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Sunday trains will run until further
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22
landau
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES A
GIFTED MAN.
Last of tho Literary Lights of New Eng
land and One OF the Most Remarkabie
Men of the Century-His Sweet and Well
Ordered Life.
1.-THE Last Leaf" Falls.

In the death of Oliver Wendell
Holmes one OF the most loved n
respected OF contemporaneous Amer.
leans passed away. During n
greater portion Of a life which ex'
tended over s. years Mr.. Holmes
had been in one or anotherway prom
inently before the public. He was
editor. esSayist, novelist, Ioet, lee.
turcr, professor and doctor. In all
Of these departments his light shone
brilliant y. He was 4 man OF broad
vision, of ample equipment, OF joyous,
sanguine vitality, synpathiLinS with
the march Of thought AMI standing
in the front ranks Of advance.
With his departure the last Of the
literary lights of New England has
disappeared. Dana, Emerson, Long.
fellow, Hawthorne, Whittier, Curtis
these, all sons Of New England-ard
at rest, and now Holmes, "the last
leaf upon the tree" has gone to join
them. The same year he was born
there came into the world Darwin,
Lincoln, Gladstone, Tennyson and
Poe. Each of these attained distinc.
ton that is given few men. Each
performed a notable part in the
worlds work and all, with the excep'
ton of Gladstone. have gone to the
Shorthand.
A Puritan 10y descent and a New
Englander by birth. Oliver Wendell
Holmes was one Of the most remark
men of the century. He knew the
world, and whether in,'essay or novel
or poem or speech he gave to his fell
lowmen the inspiring watchwords Of
labor and hope. The gentle light OF
his refined humor il animated his
every written word, and his unques-
tioning faith in the final prevalence
of right is manifested in every pas
sage. The world is the better and
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22

CHARLES ELLIsTON, Of Warsaw,
Ky, has found it a very serious mat
ter to have his leg pulled. Elliston
is in jail at Warsaw at present, but
that is not his fault. He tried hard
enough to get out. He knocked
down Jailer Castle and then succeed
ed in getting into the jailyard, and
in fact reached the top of the wall
that surrounds it. Then Mrs. Castle
appeared and caught him 10y the leg.
She pulled and ne kicked, but neither
couid gain much advantage. The leg
held together and ElliSton held to
the wall. Mrs. Castle would not let
90 and Elliston was afraid to. This
was the condition of affairs when
Mr.. Castle recovered sufficiently 10
take a hand in the sport. Mrs. Castle
gave him a hold on the leg and both
pulled together. This was too much
for Elliston, and he came back into
the jailyard with a suddenness that
must have shocked him. Then he
was locked up again, more than ever
convinced that it is annoying to any
man to have his leg pulled.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22

THE greatest length Of the United
States from east to west is on the
parallel OF forty-flve degree north
latitude, that is to say, from East
port, Me-, on the Atlantic coast. to a
point on the Pacific exactly fifty-two
and a half miles due west of Salem,
Ore. On the above parallel it is ex-
actly 2,76S miles long. Its greatest
width, from north to south, is on the
ninety-seventh degree Of longitude,
which extends through the United
States in an almost direct line from
Pembina, n. d., tc Point Isabel,
Tex. The greatest width is l,6l1!
miles.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22

The Supreme Court Of Minnesota
has rendered a decision of considera-
BILE interest to the great and daily
increasing number of bicyciists. 1t
involves the rights Of the latter on
the highways. The facts in the case
are that "A horse attached to a buggy,
while being driven along a street,
took fright at a bicycle coming from
the opposite direction, ran away,
smashed the buggy and injured the
driver. The latter brought suit
against the bicyclist for damages,
and the court holds that under such
circumstances damages are not re-
coverable. The Judge says: Obi
cycles are vehicles used very extern
sively for convenience, recreation,
pleasure and business, ard the riding
Of them on the public highway in the
ordinary manner. as is now done, is
neither unlawful nor prohibited, and
they cannot be banished because they
are not ancient vehicles and we're not
used in the garden OF Eden by Adam
and Eve" This decision is in accord
with several that have been rendered
by other courts. Important as it is
to bicyclists, its chief interest to the
community is its illustration of the
wonderful a%daptability of the com.
mon to the constantly changing O n
ditions Of modern life. No matter
how much new inventions, discov-
cries OF combinations may vary, the
circumstances under which society
exists, the same principles that gov
erned our ancestors years ago, are ap-
plicable to the emergencies of the
present time. This il is that has
made American liberty synonymous
with justice and equity. The COM
mon law has ever possessed within
itself the power of a wide and vast
expansion, and with the same ease is
applicable to the smallest as well as
to the largest affairs. Nothing in
human conduct is too minute or too
great for its Comprehension.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22
A NEW YORK photographer has

A NEW YORK photographer has
begun suit against a Chicago publ
cation for damages growing out OF
alleged infringement of copyright.
The law under which the action is
brought prescribes damages Of 81 for
each copy Of the publication contain.
ing the "pirated" article, and as the
publication attacked c%irculates some
go, 600 copies, the hapless publisher
sees ruin staring him in the face. 1t
is entirely obvious that this law is a
faulty one, throwing open the way to
gross injustice. 1T has more than
once been employed for purposes Of
extortion. InnOcent and unknown
violations of it frequently occur, and
indeed cannot be avoided in the pub
LEGATION Of newspapers. There should
be organized effort made by the press
of the country to persuade the next
Congress to repeal or radically amend
this Federal statute.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22

PEOPLE do not generally recognize
the Astounding and permanent happi
ness that it is possible to enjoy from
witnessing and sympathizing in THAI
of others. Not that such enjoyment
is upknown-far from it 1t glad
dens the heart of every true fathe
and mother; it is the soul of friend
ship, the essence Of philanthropy,
the atmosphere in which real benev-
olcnce exists. But it is rarely looked
for: it is always incidental; it takes
us by surprise if we pause long
enough to consider it at all.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22

A CHICAGO man, whose interest in
the subject was aroused by the fact
that his firm had been swindled out
of several thousands of dollars by
forged bills OF lading. has originated
a bill that he believes will protect
shippers. A bill Of lading with the
name Of a well-known firm attached
to 1t Is as negotiable as a check, and
shippers have been swindled out of
thousands and thousands of dollars
by sharpers expert with the pen.
Only recently a Kansas City firm was
neatly victimized out of $1,000 in
this manner. A bill of lading should
have every safeguard thrown around
1T that a check or draft has. If the
Chicago mans invention is all that
Is claimed for it, the railroads should
adopt it at once.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22
Electrical Wire Fences.

"Once when / was travelling be-
tween Dallas and Austin, Tex" said
an electrical salesman, 81 noticed a
roughly clad man in the same cal
with me. He had the appearance OF
a miner, but on making his acQuaint'
ance l was surprised to learn that ne
was an electrician. 1t seems that he
made a speciality Of installing battery
and induction coil outfits for charg'
ing wire fences with electricity
Down in Texas there are thousands
Of miles OF barbed wire fence on the
ranches which serves the purpose OF
keeping the cattle in bounds quite
successfully, except where there is a
stampede. Then they 60 through the
fences like a landslide. This cleo
trician found, so he said. that a fence
charged with electricity would stop
even a stampede. He told me he had
fixed up over 500 miles Of fence, but
that the interrupter he used wore
out too fast. and he was going Eas'
to see il he couldn't get better appar,
atus for charging fences. -"Electrlca'
Review.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22

AltS =
Mr.. Holmes was born in Cam
bridge. Mass. Aug. 20. 1909. In
1925 he entered Harvard and gradu.
ated in 1929. In discharge of a
patriotic act he gained his first dis
tinction. 1t was then proposed to
break up the old frigate Constitution,
which in many a memorable battle
maintained the glory Of the Amerl-
can flag. Holmes wrote "Old Iron
sides" as a protest against the vandal
act and the Constitution was saved.
The "lronsides" ranks among the best
OF Holmes poems. Following are
the words:
Aye, tear her catered ensign down;
Long has 1t waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
The banner in the sky;
Beneath it rang the battle shout,
And burst the cannOn's roar:
The meteor OF the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more!
Her deck, once red with heroes blood.
Where kncl; the vanquished foe,
When winds were hurrying DER the food,
And waves were white below,
No more shall feel the ~victor's tread,
Or know the conquered knee;
The harpies OF the shore shalt pluck
The eagle of the sea,
Oh. better that her shattered hulk
should sink beneath the wave;
Her thunders shook the mighty deep,
And there should be her grave:
Nail to the mast her holy flag,
Set every threadbare sail.
And give ner to The god OF storms.
The lightning and the gale.
In his early studies Holmes devoted
himself to law, but soon discarded it
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22

ton, literature was his love. and as
a poet and author he became known
to the people.
In 1899 Mr.. Holmes became profess
sor Of anatomy and physiology at
Dartmouth College. In lS47 he ac-
cepted the prOfesSOrship Of anatomy
at Harvard, a position he held until
1882. He wrote fOrty-two works on
medical subjects, and lived to see
many Of his early ideas of medicine,
which at first met with condemna-
tion, accepted by the leading physi-
clans Of the world. One of his famous
epigrams, which raised a storm OF in
dignatiOn, was that if all the medi-
cine In the world were thrown into
the sea it would be all the better for
mankind and all the worse for the
fishes.
The ".AutOcrat."
In 1857 Holmes began his series of
papers known as "The Autocrat of
the Breakfast Table" in the Atlantic
Monthly, and they met with a won
derful popularity. In them he dis
cussed, with genial wit and sound
philosophy, the social. moral, and in.
tellectual topics of the day. They
were followed by "The Professor at
the Breakfast Table" and "The Poet
at the Breakfast Table" Among
the "Autocrat" series appeared such
gems as "The- Chambered Nautilus"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22

VERY much OF the wrong-doing OF
the world arises from Ignorance and
thoughtlessness. Temptations arc
strong, desires are ardent, inclina.
tions are imperiOus, and the weak
and undisciplined Judgment is easily
led to concede that there is no great
harm in yielding. Gradually this
yielding comes to be a habit, and the
character is formed, or rather wreck.
ed, by self-indulgence where it might
have been saved, elevated, anG
strengthened by knowledge and
a wiser training.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22

BENJAMIN RICHARDSON, an eccen-
trio New York millionaire, whose
estate is now being settled in the
courts, evidently anticipated the
claim Of dover right on the part Of
the woman who has posed in the pro-
ceodings as his common law wife.
Mr.. Richardson lived for many years
in a small. Old-fashioned frame cot
tage, and his household consisted of
a m~iddle-aged woman and a young
colorcd girl. When a visitor entered
the hallway of the Richardson cot
tage, the first thing that attracted
his attention was a large board sign,
hung e the entrance to the parlOr,
upon which was painted, in huge
black letters. the following informa-
ton: "The woman you see here is
mot my wife. She is my ~housekeeper.
l am a widower and unmarried, Ben
jamin Richardson"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22

EXPERIMENT with wheat as a food
for farm animals is one of the results
of the low price of wheat and the
comparatively high price of corn.
Reports as to results are coming from
all parts of the West. Some Of these
reports assert that wheat is superior
to corn in the feeding of cattle and
hogs. while OtherS-particularly those
from the "corn belt"-state that
better results ale obtained from the
feeding of corn and wheat mixed
than from wheat alone. In every
instance it was found that the ami
mails fed on wheat, either clear or
mixed with corn, thrived better when
the grain vas ground than when it
was fed whole. AS Il food for cows.
che report of the Kansas State Board
OF Agriculture for the quarter end
Ing with September is to the effect
that wheat "is an exceptional milk
and for that purpose corn
b scarcely to be compared with it,"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-22

and The One-hoss Shay" F1igh'
after flight of song followed. Their,
were poems Of nature and Of tn,
heart, patriotism, pathos-all tn,
gamut Of expression, each not,
tou ched with faultless skill. Per
hapS n Of the sweetest poems HI
wrote was that entitled 9Th,
Last Leaf" and which Poe pro
nounced the most perfect cXtant.
saw him once before.
AS he passed by the door.
And again
The pavement stones resound,
As he totters Ger the ground
With his cane
They say that In his prime,
Ere the pruning knife OF lime
Cut him down.
Not a better man was found
BY the Crier on his round
Through the town.
But now he walks the streets,
And he looks at all he meets
Sad and wan.
And he shakes his feeble head,
That 1t seems as II he said,
"They are gone"
The messy marbles rest,
On the lips that he has prest
In their bloom.
And the names he loved to hear
Have been carved for many a year
On ihe tomb.
My g~randnamma has said
Poor old lndy? she is dead