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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-07
A LETTER TO BRYAN.
|. Open Asks the Candidate Some Amusing
And Pertinent Ouestions

|. Open Asks the Candidate Some Amusing
And Pertinent Questions.
The following open letter has just
reached this city:
Snake Hunters Run, July 4, 1885,
Dear Mr.. Bryan: I've been readin q
good deal of your speeches about you
fellers wantin Uncle Sam to coin these
barron silver mine owners silver for
nothin', and some of the folks out
West seem ter think he had oughter.
But I've got it down to this hupothen-
ues: Whatever Is fair fer the rich is
fare fer the pore alike" Now 1 got 200
as fine fleeces Nv wool as ever cum off
a sleeps back, and thot would jist
ask you if you would ask Uncle Sam to
coin this wool into nice Jeans Pants
and few suits of close. II he will do
this fer me l think I can make the
sheep bizness pan out fust rate. but if I
got to sell this wool fer 10 cents (and
that's all 81 Perkins says its bringin',)
I'm goin' to mutton the last durn
sheep and play quits. don t see why
1t ism t as fair fer Uncle Sam to prepare
my wool fer market free of charge as
it is fer them silver fellers out West
that own silver mines to git their sill
yer prepared free.
Now, Mr.. Bryan, if you can git this
plank nailed on your platform some
where, every mothers son of US will
vote fer the fellers that dig silver fer
livin'. But insomuch as we are all
nephoos of Uncle Sam think he ought
ter treet us all alike and not desquimi.
nate 'twixt us COS one perdooces wool
and the other silver, fer if he's goin to
coin that silver free, then by gum,
want my wool spun free, er we III go
down to that there law foundry ter
Washington and kick up more darn
dust than Bill Jones Bull when he seed
the red fire the Fourth of July. l am,
Yours in deep thought, l. OPEN.
Nashville Banner.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-07

See here, men and brethren of the
silgercratic stripe, let us reason together
q moment. You know you have your
dear dollar days and your cheap dollar
days. Sometimes you think your silver
dollar would buy as much as u gold
dollar, and would, therefore, be dear
dollar. Sometimes you think it would
buy less than gold dollar, and would,
therefore, be cheap dollar, and the
farmer could get more of them for
bushel of wheat.
Call this your dear dollar day and
say that your 16 to silver dollar would
be worth 100 cents; then silver bullion
would be worth 81 30 an ounce. The
cost of mining an ounce of silver is 40
cents; call it 43 cents. The profit per
ounce would be Sc cents, 200 per cent.
of the cost. Every one of your mining
companies could pay each year divi-
dend of two one dollar silver coins or
certificates, for each dollar of original
investment How long would your sill
yer mine owners be left all alone with
such bonanza as that9 Do you re-
member the old rule in political econ
my which says that no industry can
long reap greater reward than the
average reward of other industries, be.
cause capital rushes to the more profit.
able industry, increases the supply of
its product, and hammers down the
price, so that the profit is brought down
to the general level? Would silver
mining prove an exception to that rule?
If not land it surely would not, at
what figure would the man who held
silver mining stock sell his silver dol
lar or silver dollar certificate, when he
had been compelled to accept the same
return realized by the average Industry
Now, say that the average industry
realizes five cent annual return on
each dollar Of Investment; the compe'
tition for the market in behalf of bull
lion, coin and certificates would bring
the return in your silver industry down
to'that level, and if your dollar of in
yestment in silver mining stock return
ed you two silver dollars a year, by
selling each silver dollar at two and
one half cents, you get as much inter-
est ON your nvestment-viz-: five cents
year on the dollar-as the average in
dustry realized; and that awful law Of
political economy that would very
soon be all you could possibly get.
Don't you think it little hard on the
wage Garner to offer him dollar which
you yourself would have to sell by and
by for two and one half cents? Yet, If
the above figures are true-and you can
test them yourself-that would be the
direction that your silver dollar would
take.-New York Advertiser.
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dulges in harsh invectives, in ground.
less affirmation, and in meaningless

dulges in harsh invectives, in ground
less affirmation, and in meaningless
predictions.
The second great political event of
the week was the meeting of the sound
money Democrats in this city. There
were seen side by side the representa-
tives of the blue and the gray united
and against financial dishonesty and
repudiation, but the most impressive
feature of the week was the action of
the ministers in Chicago, headed by
Mr. Moody, in setting apart day of
fasting, prayer and confession to God
to be observed by Christians. This
church was the first to recognize the
gravity of the political situation, but
others are following in its footsteps.
REV. WILLIAM LLOYD.
Rev. William Lloyd preached las.
evening in the Central Congregational
Church, West Fifty Seventh Street, on
the political situation, He said the
people were responsible for the charac-
ter of the men they put in office, and
added:
Twice in the history of the nation has
its existence been threatened, but each
time it has been saved by wise choice
of leaders. The national standard
must not be permitted now to be low
cred from the standard of Washington
and Lincoln. The appeals by the
champions of the Chicago platform to
sectionalism and the setting of class
against class are most perilous. Sec
tionalism almost wrecked this country
at one time, but the strife between the
North and South is ended, and nothing
more beautiful could be seen than the
nomination of Palmer and Buckner,
men who fought on opposite sides in
the great strife. The Chicago platform
was revolutionary pronouncement.
The attack on the Supreme Court and
the declaration against interference by
the Federal Government in State affairs
is star anarchy. Let it prevail, and this
nation will have to learn the lessons oi
the French revolution.
Any man who tries to array class
against class, who declares that capi
tai is the enemy of labor, is either mao
or criminal. No class would suffer 81
much from Bryan's election as thos
to whom he makes his misleading
appeals. He is the Iago of politics. l
is the duty of the people to make
4, choice. On one side is man who rer
resents devotion to patriotic interest
in the national welfare, on the other
man who either knowingly origuoran
& ly seeks to mislead men by misstat
n ments of fact and appeals to ella
:. prejudices. No man can afford
le shirk his duty under such condition
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-07
Would Hurt the Farmer.

All the silver that could be mined
and coined in the next ten years would
not put an additional penny into the
pockets of the farmer. Under free coin
age the consumption Of farm products
would be lessened because the wage
earning class would be compelled to
live more economically, for, while
their wages might possibly increase to
some extent, the purchasing power of
the money In which they are paid
would be reduced by greater proper
tion. This has been the experience of
all initiation times, and there's no get
ting around it.-Gallipolis Journal.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-07
Make the Most of Yourself.

1t is the duty of every man TO make
the most of himself. Whatever his ca.
pacities may be, he is sure to find some
place where he can be useful to him
self and to Others. But he can not
reach his highest usefulness without
good health and he can not have good
health without pure blood. The blood
circulates to every organ and tissue
and when it is pure, rich and healthy
it carries health to the entire system,
but if it is impure it scatters disease
wherever it flows. Hoods Sarsaparilla
is the one true blood purifier. 1t cures
salt rheum, scrofula, catarrh, dyspep'
sia and rheumatism because these dis
eases have their origin in the blood
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-07

They are preciouss set of hypocrites.
Altgeld and his rent notes made pay
able in gold Sewall signed contracts
for carrying freight in ships payable
only in gold. Harvey, author of "Coin 8
Financial School," draws his money
out Of bank and would not receive one
dollar of paper or silver, but demanded
every dollar in gald. Yet they are
apostles Of 10 to free silver. Mont
gomery Advertiser. ai
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-07
Lost All Interest.

What is PopocratY" she asked.
He started to explain to the best Of his
ability, and was getting along to his
own satisfaction until he happened to
notice her trying to squelch a yawn.
Perhaps | am wearying your" he ask
ed. ut isn't as interesting as | ex'
pected," she admitted. IL thought
perhaps q Popocrat might be young
man who was not afraid to pop. I'm
diapapolis Journal.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-07
Poor Money the Bane.

To the second complaint that our
money is too good, it would seem to be
enough to say that the money Of any
country can not be too good, and that
no nation ever suffered from having
its medium of exchange of the highest
and best quality. (Great applause
1t has been poor money-not good
money-that has been the cause of 80
much loss and ruin in the past, both
to individuals and to nations. Zap.
plause. The older men of this audi
ence will remember that before the
W ar we did business with an uncertain
and fuctuating currency known as
State bank money. Many of these
banks their notes were absolutely
sound, but for the most part they were
subject to adiscount. The total num-
Der of banks in 1860, exclusive of State
branches, was 1870. OF this number,
the "Counterfeit Detector," then in
constant use, reported S32 as "broken,
closed, failed, fraudulent and worth.
less. " The notes Of these banks were
in circulation among the people and
had been received by them for theil
good labor and their good products
They were absolutely worthless and OF
no more value than the paper on which
they were printed.
| Upon whom did this fall, my fellow
citizens2 There is scarcely an old gen
tleman in this audience who will no
recall! that 1t fell upon the laborinl
man and the farmers of the United
States. (Cries of That's rightlo an(
applause. l allude to this only t,
show that those who suffer most from
poor money are the least able to bea
the loss. 1t is the history of mankin'
that the least valuable money whicl
will pass current is the money that q
last finds its resting place among tn
. poorer people, and when the cras
comes the loss must be borne by then
And l doubt il there Is man in thi
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-07
Worth of the Suffrage.

fear sometimes that few of us esti-
mate suffrage at its its true worth. 1t
clothes US with sovereignty. 1t is a
guaranty to our liberties and institu.
tions, and is our surest safety. 1t is
the constitutional mode of expressing
the popular will. Through it public
policies are determined and public laws
enacted. Through it administrations
are made. Through it our whole gov
ernmental machinery is conducted. 1t
is indeed priceless inheritance, and
should be valued as such by every
young man, With the privilege comes
grave responsibilities in its use. 1t
should express the intelligence and
judgment and conscience of the voter.
1t should never be employed for any
base use. 1t should be exercised with
courage, wisdom and patriotism. 1t
should never-no, never-be thrown
against the country, and should never
represent public dishonor. Great ap-
plause.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-07
MkISLEy's MIND FERTILE IN IDEAS.


Two Magnificent Speeches at His Canton
Home--0ne Was to First Voters.
CANTON, Ohio, Sept. 2s.-Major Nc
Kinley addressed two delegations this
afternoon. The first was from Wood
County, Ohio, aud the second from
Muncie, Ind. The latter came on
special train OF Ave coaches, and in
cluded four bands. the First Voters
Club, Prosperity Mckinley Club and
Veteran Soldiers The address for
Wood County was made by Attorney
R. s. Parker, of Bo Wing Green, and
for Muncie by Attorney E. A. Needham.
To the Wood County delegation Major
Mckinley said:
Mr.. Parker. Ladies and Gentlemen: !:
/ can not imagine body of citizens
more representative than that which
see before me here today-men and
women, old and young, workingmen
and farmers, men Of every profession
and calling in your county; and it
indicates to me that, no matter what
may be asserted in other quarters of
the country. there is no such thing
known as ''classes" in Wood County.
(Great applause and cries of "That's g
rightly am especially glad to make
recognition of the women who have
honored me with their presence today.
| CHEERS. They are mighty factor
in our progress and civilization, and
they have been most potential in every
crisis of American history. Renewed
cheering am glad to know that
they are interested in the party of good
morals, good politics, good government
and public and private honesty. (GreaI
applause.
The presence of this body of young
men, who are to vote for the first time
next November, is to me an inspiring
sight, and that you are 30 soon to en-
joy the priceless privilege of citizen
ship must be to all of you an inspiring
thought. For twenty one years yol
have been enjoying our free institu
tions, the protection and opportunit.
of our laws, without any poltica
power or responsibility. You are sool
to assume your share in governmen
and bear your share of duty and re
sponsibility. Iwol der, rs l look int
your faces, whether fully appreci
ate the privilege AM honor which yo
are so soon to have.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-07
Start the Factories.

Nor will short dollars from wide
open mints, free to all the world, in
crease our factories. (Applause and
cries of "You are rightly More facto-
ries at work will find work for the
good dollars now in their hiding places,
and find employmentfor the good men
now at their homes. Tremendous
cheering.) Industry must come first.
Labor precedes all else. 1t is the foun'
dation of wealth; it is the creator OF
all wealth. (Applanse. Its active
employment puts money in circulation
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-07
Mills Before Mints.

My Fellow Citizens-I ventured a
few weeks ago to suggest in public
speech that made that it would be
better to open the mills than to open
the mints. Great cheering and cries
of That's right.") see that some of
our political adversaries criticise the
statement, saying that it is putting
the cart before the horse" They seem
to think that the way to open the
woolen mills, for example, Is to start a
yard stick factory. Great laughter
and applause. They forget that you
must make cloth before you can meas
ure it, renewed laughter), and that
the weaver must be employed before
the yard stick is required. Applause
But they say the yard stick is too long.
answer that If you make a yard stick
nineteen inches instead of thirty six
inches, its present length, you will not
increase the output of cloth, or its
value, or give an additional day g labor
to American weavers. (Great ap
plause. J.
Nor will fifty two cent dollar in
crease our industrial enterprises, add
to the actual earnings of anybody ol
enhance the real value of anything
Great applause and cries of "That'i
rightly 1t will wrong labor and wreck
values, and has done 80 wherever i
has been used. (Great applause ant
cries of That's rightly More clothe
might require more yard sticks, laugh
ter), but more yard sticks or shorter
ones will not create demand TO
| IL
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-07

audience who has not among the be-
longings of his family, or the family
of his father, some of that old bank
paper as reminder of what they lost.
"a voice, 81 have $40 at home myself. ~
l can not imagine any interest that
can be permanently subserved by hav-
ing poor money. The bare suggestion
of such proposition to a man of
reason meets its instant rejection.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-10-07

Rev. DR.. Macarthur preached in the
Calvary Baptist Church last evening on
the duty of good citizens in the present
conflict. He said:
The last week has brought forth three
prominent characteristics of the pres
ent canvass. The first was the belief
Of Bryan in fatalism. He imagines him :
self to be man Of destiny, and pre-
sents strange psychological phenome.
non. His is dangerous condition Of
life. A man under such delusion, If
President, would do incalculable harm.
This belief leads him to set at naught
the counsels Of wise friends, and to fol-
low his own delusions. 1t makes him
bitter toward political foes and impa'
tient OF political friends. Thus he in
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-11
A Sad Death.

Washington Snyder. a hearty, ro-
bust man Of Al years, was stricken
down with double pneumonia, On
Monday or Tuesday Of last week
and died the following Sunday, at
3 o'clock a. M, at his home a couple
miles east Of Monterey. 70 him
death came sudden, and from the
first the stubborn disease would rot
yield in the slightest to the physl-
clans treatment.
Mr.. Snyder was hard-workIng
man and it was on his daily labor
that his wife and eight small chill
dren depended. Now that he is
gone they are left in almost desti-
tute circumstances. This fact, to-
gether with the seemingly untime-
" death Of man in the prime OF
life. caused many sad hearts, and
the good people Of the town and
vicinity showed their deep sympa-
thv for the widow and children in
a more substantial way than the
shedding Of tears.
The funeral sermon was preach
ed Monday at II o'clock by Rev.
W, H. Woolf, after which the re-
mains were inferred in the town
cemetery in the presence Of an un-
usually large number Of people.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-11

70 Patrons and Teachers Of Mon
terey School District, and all per-
sons concerned:
Take notice, That Monterey
School Board will meet in the office
eff 0. Wilson, in Monterey, Va, on
Saturday, the 9th day Of Septem-
Der, 1896, to appoint teachers for
the schools in saiq district for this
scholastic year, on or before which
time all applications, accompanied
by the applicants certificate, must
be filed with the clerk Of the Board
who must cause this notice to be
for three successive week
in the Highland Recorder. BY or
der of the Board. 0 Wilson, elk,
Y. B. There having been no
quorum of the Board on the above
date, the meeting is postponed to
Saturday, Sep. Is, 1896.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-11
Or II. N. Patterson III.

A phone message was received
here Wednesday morning from the
family Of Dir. II. NJ. Patterson, at
Staunton, stating that he had been
taken suddenly i'll and that his con-
dition was q critical one. The Dr-'s
numerous friends in Highland will
regret to learn Of his illness and
will earnestly hope for his recovery.
DR.. NJ. B. Campbell, Of MEADOW
Dale, a brother of DR.. Patterson S
wife, is with his brother-in-law,
having started as soon as he receiv-
ed the message Of his illness.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-11
Gum-Lightner.

Mr.. Peter Gum, one Of Highlands
prosperous and influential business
men, was married on Wednesday,
The 9Th inst, to Miss Eta Light
her, Of Bath county. Rev. Cory
don W. Trawick oficiated. 1t was
d quiet home wedding and took
place at the residence Of the bride,
after which Mr. and Mrs. Gum
started for the home Of the groom
at Meadow Dale.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-11
Lecture on Africa.

Rey. W. W. Colley. colored, who
has for twenty years lived in the
wilds Of Central Africa, will deliv-
er lecture in Monterey, on Mon
day, Sep. "A, in which he will relate
some Of his wonderful experiences
while on the Dark Continent, and
show many curious relics gathered
in his travels. Among them will
be the Voodoo Bag, Thunder God.
Thunder Bolt, Plows, Hoes, Axes,
Cotton, Coffee, Ladies' bonnets, &c.
Those who have heard this lee
ture say it is well worth listening
to.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-11
Geo. RI. Bird Dead.

After brief illness, caused by
grippe and pneumonia, George H.
Bird died at his home at Valley
Center. on Back Creek, on Tuesday
evening at 5 o'clock, aged about
N years.
MIR. Bird had not been in his u.s.
ua! health for sometime, but his
condition was not thought to be
serious until few days before his
death. His aged companion, his
sons and daughters, with the ex-
ception of one son, were with hlm
in his last illness and at the close
ofAis earthly life, and with loving
hands administered to every want.
David Bird was the absent son, who,
with his family, was visiting friends
in West Virginia. He was sum
moned, but did not reach his faith
er's bedside until an hour after ms
death. The remains Of the deceas-
ed were inferred at Green Hill
church on Wednesday evening, at
ter an appropriate funeral service
by Rev. w. Fl. Woolf, assisted by
Revs. A. @. Flaherty and Z. Nj.
Anderson. The pall-bearers were
the four sons, Charles, Harmon,
Arson and David, and son-in law,
S. B. Rexrode, aud grandson, Sui
lie Rexrode.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-11
Gold and Silver Dinner at High
town Church.

The ladies Of Hightown congre-
CATION will have GOOD DINNER,
with lemonade, ice-cream, cake and
confectionery, at the church, on
Thurslay, September II, 1896, if a
good day, and if not, the next good
day thereafter. They cordially in
vite everybody to attend, and prom,
Use you a good dinner and a good
time, and will leaye nothing un-
done that will add to the enjoyment
of those who attend. Charges:
adults, 25c; children, 123c. Pro-
ceeds to be applied to repair church.
Committee.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-11
A Reunion In Honor of Capt. w.
r. Lyman.

A reunion Of Highland ex-Con-
federates, and especially the sur
vivors Of Capt. LJman's company,
which is Company b, Dist Virgin
ia Regiment, infantry, will be held
at or near Mcdowell tomorrow
Saturday. Capt. Lyman will be
present, and no doubt many of his
old comrades will take advantage OF
this opportunity Of meeting him
again, The Highland Cornet Band
will dispense music for the occasion.
Everybody is Invited.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-11
O5,OOO Democratic.

The State election came off Mon
day in Arkansas and Daniel W
Jones, democrat, was elected gov
ernor, and all the democratic tick
ct by a majority which reached a
figure never dreamed Of by the
most sanguine-at least $4,000,
The democrats claimed the State by
10000.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-11

Theories of cure may be discuss
ed at length by physician, but the
sufferers want quick relief; and One
Minute Cough Cure will give it to
them. A safe cure for children. 1t
is "thesonly harmless remedy that
produces immediate results"
Orndorff & Whitlaw.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-11
Notice to MasOns.

There will be a regular meeting
of Highland Lodge No. 40 A. F.
and A. NJ, on Friday, the 18th day
Of September, 1896. All members
are requested to be present. Work
in the lst and I'd degrees. BY Or
der of the W. NJ.
w. H. Matheny, Sec'y.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-09-11
Notice to Silver Men.

There will be a meeting Of tie
Non Grey Silver Club On Wednes-
day, Sept. 18th, at Up m. Let all
democrats and silver men be pres
ent. 1t is important that we have
q full meeting.