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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08
DEVASTATION AND RUIN
Being Wrought by the Swollen Tide of the
Mississippi,

JACKSON, Miss, April There is moth.
ing encouraging in the situation along the
river front today, but the unbridled waters
are freely frolicking along on their march
to the sea and the people of the greatest
cotton-producing valley in the world are
fleeing for their lives. Several refugees
have arrived in Jackson and reported that
the half has not yet been told, that no pen
can describe the desolation, the devasta-
ton and ruin that is being visited upon the
planters in the counties of BolivIr, Wash
ington, Sharkey, Issaquena and Others.
The wife and children of ex-State Sena-
tor James NJ. Jayne arrived from Green
vile last night and will remain with her
father, Ex-Governor Lowry III this city
until the waters subside. Greenville is still
dry but the waters from breaks above and
below are backing into the city being
within half mile on the north and orders
have been issued that projection levees be
built around the city. 1t is reported to-
day that three hundred towns and villages
are under water, but that is just sin the
eye" of some sensational reporter. The
fact of the business is there are not three
hundred postoffices in all the delta coun'
try much less the half of them now inun-
dated Rosedale, town of l 200 inhabi-
tants, is under four feet of water, accord
ing to private advices received here today.
Other small towns are in the same condl-
ton and still others will be in day or two
but no loss of life is yet reported. Fortu-
nately the waters travel slowly and the
denizens of the swamps have abundant
time to get out.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08
Trespass Notice.

All persons are hereby requested and
warned not to trespass on our lands, by
fishing, hunting or otherwise, situate on
the head waters of Clinch River, Tazewell
County, Va. Those who disregard this
notice will be dealt with acc cording to law.
Mrs. KATEC. PEERY,
AdmX.
A. j. TYNEs,
w. H. KELLY,
B. B. GREEvER,
&. H. PEERY,
w. l.. BRITTS.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08

President Axtell, of the Chesapeak
and Ohio, says the company will cause
no delay in beginning work on the pro-
posed $2,0OO,OOO depot in Richmond.
The directors of the company have never
yet acted in this matter, but no doubt is
felt by President ingalls, that the directors
will fully approve what has been done in
this matter.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08

The fire which destroyed the Methodist
church at Sterling, Loudoun county, re-
Gently, is now conceded not to have been
of incendiary origin. 1t is thought to have
been caused by the careless handling of
matches by small children who we're play
ing in the building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08

TOR CONSTABLE-By request of my
IL friends, announce myself a candi-
date for Constable in Jeffersonville Dis
trict, election in May.
Respectfully,
te j. 0. You've.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08
To the People of TaZeWell.

l desire through the columns of the
REPUBLICAN to return my heart felt thanks
to the ladies and gentlemen Of Tazewell
who gave such kind attention to my wife
during her recent fatal illness, as well as
for their many acts of kindness to my
children. Respectfully,
J. w. WALDRoN.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08

CTRAYED OR STOLEN-From DR.. Gil
~ lespie's house on Sunday OF Monday
last, Hound Pup. She is or 6 months
old, we'll grown, black and white spotted,
trimmed with tan. Any information as to
her whereabouts would be appreciated by
the Doctor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08

Carlton, the handsome blick home of
Mr.. r. II. Rawlings, in Albemarle, was
destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Carlton
was built on the western slope of Carter's
mountain, less than mile from Monticello,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08
BAPTIST VALLEY ITEMS.

Mr.. Editor; I will write you few locals
from our beautiful Valley, as l see no one
writes to the REPUBLICAN from this point.
Farmers are very busy sowing oats and
plowing for corn.
Can any one tell what Hugh Sparks, Jr.
went to Russell County for last week? He
said he was going back again soon. There
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08
Easter OVeIties.

The prettiest Dress Goods, Silk
Waist Patterns, Laces and Trimmings
we have seen in a long time are now
on sale here. Cali and select your
Easter Gown. Plenty oftime ohave
it made up according to Hoyle, and
any of our dressmakers can do the ar
tistic finish and latest style with as
much taste as the noted Worth.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08
STRAs MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Services.

First and Third Sundays of the month
at II a. m. and 7:30 p. M.
Holy Communion-First Sunday at IL
4. N.
Sunday school every Sunday at $50
a. m.
A hearty welcome is extended to all.
REV. w. D. BUCKNER,
Pastor
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08
Notices.!

l have for sale three
Poland-China boar pigs;
farrowed Oct. %, '96.
These pigs are thorough
bred, ana pedigree fur
nished with each sale.
Write for prices.
a. j. MAY, JR.,
Tazewe11, Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08

Mr.. W. E. Gibson, Of Loudoun, has been
chosen orator of the Academic Graduating
Glass, 1897, of Richmond College, where
he is q student.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08
N. G. W. EARNINGS.
The Report Of the Last Five Months Shows
Fine Increase.

PHILADELPHIA, April 2.-The report Of
the Norfolk and Western Railway Com
pany for February, 1897, shows net earn
ings of S173, ,035. .o2, a decrease of $25, ,7O6. .61
compared with February, 1896.
For the five months from October l,
1896, to March l, 1897, the net earnings
were 81 ,214, ,099. 10, an increase OF Sl43,-
10S.45 as compared with the correspond
ing period of the previous year.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08
STATE NEWS.

The Rev. J. H. Henderlite has accepted
the call to the Presbyterian churches at
Onancock and Accomac Court House.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08

EOR CONSTABLE-We are authorized
4 to announce d. H. Payne as candi-
date for Constable for Jeffersonville District
at the election to be held the 4th Thursday
in May.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08
ANNOUNCER TENTS.

DOR CONSTABLE-By the request Of
Il my friends, l announce myself a can
didate for Constable in Jefersonville Dis
trict, election in May.
Respectfully,
tie. j. B. f. GILLESPIE.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08
Peery Todd.

The farmers throughout the county unite
in saying that they have never seen the
pasturage better at this season of the year
than now. If the weather continues
favorable and grass continues to grow, in a
few days more no feeding will be nee
cessary for cattle.
We have Spring suits for men and boys
all desirable shades and patterns. Our
trousers bear the stamp of artistic tailor
ing; they set perfectly; are the regular cut
and fashionable width, and made to wear.
Harman & Bottimore.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-08

They have full and choice stock of Garden Seeds for
the trade They come from the celebrated and rela-
bic house of D. NJ FERRY & CO. We will mention
The advocate., 1897-07-14
THE NEW TIME"

This is the name Of a new monthly
magazine edited by B. O. Flower and
Frederick U. Adams. Mr.. Flower
founded the arena, which was the first
magazine to enter the reform field. Mr..
Adams founded NsC0 Occasions, which
has been merged in NeU Time. These
two men work well together. They are
bright, cultivated, earnest and sggres-
sive. They propose to make NeaO Time
a standard publication on reform lines,
broad.gsuged, up-tO.date, an avenue Of
communication between the foremost
thinkers Of the day and the people. And
the price is made to correspond to the
prevailing conditions--$1 q year. The
first number, just from the press, con-
tains articles from Professor Parsons,
Henry ID. Lloyd, Governor Rogers, Sem
ator Pettigrew and others OF that class,
and the publishers promise that this
high standard shall be maintained.
The ADvoCATE has made clubbing
arrangements with the publishers by
which oUr subscribers can procure the
NesO Time and the ADVOCATE both one
year for $3.50. Here il an opportunity
to get y high-gEade raagaSlna tcr 6OOepts
The advocate., 1897-07-14

in seeking reform to unite with US. Fol
the mere pulleFs Of wires and seekers Of
Office we have no place or patience
When humanity is sinking into the
abyss it is Of no moment whether the
duty on calico is half penny more OF
less.
While we are utterly opposed to fu.
sion, and know that it has brought dis
sension In our ranks, we recognize the
fact that many who favored it did so in
the sincere belief that it was best RoE
the country and for the party; but
while holding these views, we declare
that no convention, caucus or committee
OF our party shall ever again bind us to
any fusion agreement with either the
Democratic or Republican party,
We call the attention Of the Ameri.
can people to the TACT that the National
banks under a Republican administra-
tion are now fast putting into cirCula-
tion a vast quantity Of National bank
notes, taken out on the S262, 1000 600 of
Cleveland bonds, which, though adding
to the burden Of debt and reaching cir
culstion by high interest, furnishes an
increased supply Of money and a better
pricing opportunity on the American
markets. II prosperity, even tempo
rary, comes to our people, it will be by
this increased money supply-nOt by the
Dingley tariff or any other tariff meas
ure, as will probably soon be claimed
by the Republican politicians.
We believe that no reliance can be
placed in the promises Of those who con-
troll and manipulate the policy and
Gction Of the two old parties, They
have broken every pledge and violated
every trust rsposed in them by con-
fiding constituency. With the ante
election promises in favor Of free silver
still ringing in the peoples ears, the
Democratic Legislatures Of FIVE States
defeated bills to prohibit the making OF
gold contracts.
With the suffering and dissatisfied
rank and file Of those parties, we are in
hearty sympathy ana will gladly well
come them into the Peoples party.
We rsaffirm the principles enunciated
in the platforms Of our party in the full
belief that when enacted into law they
will produce universal prosperity.
We reafirm the previous declarations
Of our party in favor Of the initiative and
and recommend that the
Peoples party adopt this system in all
party proceedings, believing that the di-
rect control Of legislation by the people
themselves, is the only remedy for cor
ruption in party management as we'll as
in the law-mRking power. by corporate
wealth, now so universal in this country.
We look upon this as the most important
question now before the American peo-
pie, since it involves the continuance Of
free institutions.
- -
The advocate., 1897-07-14
THE POPULIsTs In CONFERENCE AT
NASHVILLE ISSUED THE FOLLOW
ING ADDRESS.

States:
DiscIaiming any intention to dictate
to the Populist voters VI the United
States, or any feeling Of bitterness TO-.
wards those who may have honestly
differed from us in the past On matters
OF party policy, in the words OF the i'm
mortal Lincoln, with malice toward
none, with charity for all, with firmness
in the right as God gives us to see the
right" we submit to every patriotic
citizen the following address:
In 1891 there was organized at Gin
cinnati great political party, whose
principles were as vast an innovation
upon existing beliefs as were the grand
congratulations Of Thomas Jefferson in
the Declaration Of Independence an ad-
vance upon the ideas commonly held
by the world in 1776.
The latter proclaimed the legal equality
Of all men, and their right to liberty and
happiness; the former declared that
government is a mere fundamentally,
formed by all for the enforcement of the
welfare Of all; that labor Of brain and
Drawn is the sole parent Of prosperity,
society and civilization. That "weslth
belongs to him who creates ii, and that
every dollar taken from industry, with
out an equivalent, is robbery; that II
any man will not work, neither shall he
eat; tn at the interests Of rural and
civic labor are the same, while their
enemies are Identical"
These ideas are the natural sequence
aud supplement to the Declaration Of
Independence. Without them the words
Of Jefferson are a mere brWttJIp .ftilNneD.
The right to "pursue happiness is Of no
avail il men are prevented by misgovern-
ment from attaining 1t. Liberty is but
an idle word if the human family are to
be swept through poverty and suffering
in bondage. Life itself is not worth
having at the price of shame and deg
radiation. The New World is no better
than the Old World If the condition Of
the people is the same.
We escaped from England in l776.
We are again her subjects in 1897. We
are not permitted to pass laws necessary
for our own welfare, without her consent;
and that consent cannot be had since she
thrives by plundering US.
Cheap production in the United States
means cheap supplies for her citizens.
Instead Of a sovereign people, leading
the world to higher levels Of atatecraft
and development, as the greatest, most
powerful and most thoroughly educated
commonwealth on earth, we are dwarfed
into mere provincials, toiling to enrich
our cunning masters, side by side with
the starving Hindoo, the wretched
Egyptian and the impoverished Irish
man.
The Peoples party was born to live
and not to die. 1t was created not to
put few men in Office, but to give to
all men that happiness guaranteed by
the constitution Of the United States.
The conditions which five years ago
demanded the establishment Of our or.
ganizstion, insist to-day, with tenfold
force, that it shall live as long asa single
wrong exists unrighted on the face Of
the earth.
The advocate., 1897-07-14
NOTES AND COMMENT.

St. Joseph, Mo-, has 300 PIngree garden
patches.
Senator Quay expects to retire from the
Senate when his term expires.
Twenty-Five persons died because Of the
excessive heat at Cincinnati one day last
week.
The excessive heat Of the past week re-
suited In large number Of deaths in the
large cities.
Mckinley will spend his summer vaca-
tlOn near Plattsburg, N. Y, ON Lake
Ohamplain.
A man who admitted on the scafIold that
he was guilty Of murder was hanged In
Oregon last week,
Mark Hanna says the coal strike should
be arbitFated, while John Sherman says 1t
must be fought out.
Professor Andree, who will try to reach
the north pole in balloon, will start from
Stockholm some time this month.
Judge Anderson Of the Nashville (Tenn.)
Criminal Court has instructed the grand
jury to investigate the millers' trust.
The Missouri Supreme Court has decided
that Chief vallins Of the Kansas City
(Mo,) police department was never legally
appointed.
A suit has been commenced to prevent
the putting into effect Of a Nebraska law
which reduces stock yards charges at
Omaha about 40 per cent.
A Vermont couple Is having law suit to
determine whether either the husband or
wife has authority 10 name the baby with
out the consent Of the other.
The gold mining convention recently held
in Denver wants a National department. OF
mines and mining, the head Of which is to
be member Of the Presidents Cabinet
indianapolis people are severely CRITICS.
Ing ex-Presldent Harrison for acting as
attorney and agent Of the street railway
corporations in their fight with the people.
A severe hail storm, similar TO that which
recently occurred in Topeka, struck South
Wurtemburg, in Germany, last week. Thir-
teen persons were killed and crop damage
amounting to 81, 100000 was done.
Mark Hanna says that the miners strike
should be arbitrated, but he enforces his
ironclad contracts with the men In his
mines and is holding back about 81, 900 In
back wages to prevent his men from quit
ting.
w. j. Bryan at Los Angeles: "The dis
appointments which have come from the
holding out Of false hopes will make it inn
possible to repeat the judgment Of the last
election, In a test of endurance, the West
and South will outlast the East"
The New York World says that at
recent conference Of free silver Democrats
in that State in which every county was
represented, it was resolved that a Bryan
supporter on a Bryan platform should be
named for Chief Justice Of the Court OF
Appeals.
Nebraska POpulists, Democrats and sill
yer Republicans will hold their State con.
7entions at Lincoln September /. A mass
convention will be held in the evening, and
Bryan, General Weaver and sx xCongress-
man Towne will be invited 10 make ad-
dresses.
The London News, referring to the Ha-
wailan annexation scheme, says that Pres
ldent McKinley's "hand mas evidently been
forced by the sugar planters who have
large interests in the islands, and whose
at homa ara ahIa N nealro
The advocate., 1897-07-14

lscarlot In the Christian Church. FL
deity to principle is above all other
considerations, since such fidelity means
the greatness and happiness Of the
human race.
While we have nothing but kindly
feelings towards the rank and file Of our
late allies, we do not believe that the
question OF free silver is in itself broad
enough platform for a National party.
The reconciliation Of silver would, we
believe, increase the price Of labor and
it's productions by increasing the supply
Of money, and it Is therefore matter Of
the utmost consequence to all the people
Of the United States; but il must not be
forgotten that the opening Of the mints
to silver would not decrease one iota the
robberies Of the corporations, heusurers,
the rings and the trusts. 1t will avail
nothing to add to the value Of labor and
it's productions if the exactions Of plum
derers are permitted to increase in equal
or greater proportion.
AS our Democratic brethren had not
patriotism enough to adopt free silver
until we had popularized it, would they
not slump back to their first wretched
state if the Peoples party were to stop
It's missionary work.
The Democracy may be tit to assist in
handling a single temporary side issue
like free silver, but the welfare Of man
kind and the interests of all the ages
demand the continued existence of the
Peoples party. Free institutions can.
not survive its destruction. 1t has done
more for mankind in five years than
any other party has accomplished in
twenty-five years. All arguments have
ceased against its principles; there is
nothing left but Misrepresentation.
1t is the only National party in the
United States. 1t has eliminated the
last lingering bitterness Of the Civil war.
There is no fraternsl blood on it's gar
ments. It's mission is education and
peace. It will eventually make us one
people, bound together by ligaments Of
mutual esteem and love from the Lakes
to the Gulf.
We call upon the whole people to rally
to it's standard. There is room for
all and a heart big enough for all. Let
cease, Close up the gaps
and forward TO victory. Let every Pop
ulist become a missionary to proselyte
the unthinking and convert the mis-
taken. Let us meet prejudices with
facts, passion with patience, and igno-
rance with intelligence, The fat Of
God must be repeated d-"Liet there be
light"
We see our leading men traduced and
libeled because they will not sell us out.
We must stand by them. We see our
newspapers boycotted because they will
not assist in the destruction Of the liber-
ties and rights Of the people. We must
sustain them and spread their Circula-
tion everywhere.
We are engaged In the most desperate
battle ever waged in the world. It is
the conflict Of the few armed with gigan-
tic powers against the many. II signi-
fiss the exploitation Of labor by the idle
rich, so that those "who toll not, neither
DO they spin" shall rob industry Of it's
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-18
POLICE ET(HIN(\,
cc%cScAoooAo&o@

Yesterday Mr.. M. Glassberg appeared
in the police station and identified the
three pairs of trousers that were found
by Officer Carey in the rooms of Will
liam Fay and Eddie White, in the
Leadville House, TUESDAY night The
two men were charged with vagrancy,
but upon the Identification of the goods
the accusation was changed to petit
larceny. They We're up in police court
yesterday, pleaded guilty and were
each fined $40. Failing to pay the fine,
they were taken to jail.
White and Fay are the men arrested
on Tuesday night in d rather exciting
manner. Officer Roberts was called
into the saloon under the Leadville
House. AID notified that the two men
were trying to dispose of some stolen
goods. Roberts walked up to the pair,
and placing his hands on them. eX-
claimed, I want you" Fay replied by
asking, what would you do if | was to
run?" Roberts replied that he would
shoot him, and at the same time Fay
made dash for the street and disap-
peared UP Plum alley.
The officer handcuffed White and left
him in charge of man in the saloon
While he went after Fay. AS the latter
disappeared up the alley, Roberts drew
his pistol and fired at him, but missed.
But Fay ran into the arms of Officers
Seigfus and Carey, who We're running
towards the place from which the shot
was fired.
Another pair of trousers were found
yesterday, and the police expect to dig
up still more goods. A careful search
are still missing, and which are sup
posed to have been taken by White and
Fay.
A. D. Bruce was arrested on a war
rant for battery yesterday. The COM
planning witness was Jacob Chatterton,
upon whom the battery is alleged to
have been committed. Bruce was al
lowed to go free on his own recog-
nizance until the time set for his trial.
Jack Richards was tried and found
guilty OF disturbing the peace, and was
fined SIS.
Alfred D. Godbe, charged with violat-
ing the quarantine rules, was up in po-
lice court, and was discharged.
j. P Emmertsen, charged with as
sault with intent to do bodily harm, ap-
peared in police court yesterday, and
the case was continued until tomorrow.
Mrs. Kidd, of u Goodhue avenue, re-
ported to the police that she had left
while, and when she returned it was
missing.
S B. Young, of 4S South Fourth East
street, reported TO the police that he
has lost a horse and buggy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-18
SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
Petition For Extension of Time Will
Be Heard Dec. 10.

Washington, Nov. 17.-Dec. 10 the in
terstate commerce commission win give
a hearing to the railroads that have
petitioned for an extension of the time
in which to equip their freight cars and
locomotives with automatic brakes and
car couplers under the law of 1898. The
law, with its PENALTIES and fines, is 10
become operative Jan. l, 1898, unless the
commission exercises the authority
granted to it by the law TO give an
extension of time. Monday was the
last day for the reception of petitions
for the extension. The commission es-
Inmates that something less than so per
cent of the railroads have complied
fully with the provisions of the law.
The New York Central and the c. B.
& @. are the only prominent systems
thoroughly equipped. About so per
cent of the other roads have applied for
an extension, and Of the remainder
probably 500 or more have taken no
action whatever. Several of the indi-
vidual branches of various railroad or
ders have protested against an extern
sion, and probably they will be given
hearing in connection with the roads
None Of the railroad organizations, as
a whole. have entered protests against
an extension. There seems 40 be little
doubt that the commission will extend
the time,