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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-06

tale. But the story Is not alto
gethcr true. The following self
explanatory letter, published in
the Greenville Mountaineer of
last Wednesday, throws additional
light on the subject:
GEORGIA EXPERIMENT STATION,
September %, 1897.
John Ferguson, Greenville, S c.:
Dear Sir;-ln reply to yours
of the 23d, | beg to say that I
have repeatedly published replies
and interviews IN regard to the
so-calIed African limbless cotton.
l have the same cotton growing
on this station from some of the
same seed that jackson used, hav-
ing secured it from a partner of
Jackson S last year have also
examined Jackson's six-acre field
of the so-called African cotton.
When the patch | planted on this
station commenced developing
fruit, | soon suspected that it
was none other than Il compara-
lively old variety, known a.
Welborn's Pet, " introduced,
and sold principally in the vest
for seven or eight years past, by
JetT Welhorn, now of Kcrrs,
Ark. After it commenced to
open its crop, became convinced
beyond Il reasonable doubt that,
the African - cotton is identical
with "Welborn's Pet. " | had
grown the "pet' in 1890 and
1892, and remembered its pccu-
Iiaritics. | exchanged specimen
sections of stalks with MIR jeff
WcI5orn a few weeks ago, he
sending me section of a stalk of
his pet grown last year. The re
suit was that no doubt whatcycr
is left i'm his or my mind of the
identity Of Jarl<son'~ .,Afr.can"
and .'WcI5or0'. Pet" Our trial
test of q varieties does not show
much to the credit of the jackson
cotton. 1t viii not Weld as much
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-10-06

B0s Itch on human, mango on horses
dogs aud aI stock, cured i'm so minutes
by Woolford's sanitary Lotion. This
never fails. Sold by j + Mackey Il
Oo., Druggist, Lancaster. SC
The man who gets up in this
world by putting another man
down loses more than he gains.
Every drunkard's wife knows
there is q devil.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
More Money In Circulation,

If there was any actual relation be
tween the quantity of money in circula-
ton and national prosperity, we would
now be on a food tide. For more than
twelvemonth now the amount of mon
ey in circulation in the United States
has been steadily on the increase. July
/, 1896, about the time the Chicago
platform was in the process of incuba-
ton and the mouth of the popocrat was
full of demands for more of the circu-
lating medium, the total money in cir
culation in the United States was 81,
500, 1876, 200, making $21. 10 per capita
on an estimated population of II, 800,
900.
Nov. /, 1896, on the eve of the cleo
tion, when the people of the United
States were to give their verdict against
debased and deprecated currency, the
money in circulation was $1,627, 055,
GA, making $92. So per capita on an es-
timated population of II, 100000.
March /, 1897, on the eve Of McKin-
ley's inauguration, the total money III
circulation in the United States had
risen to the unprecedented sum of ST.,
675,694, 953. making S23. IA per capita
on an estimated population of 72,41S,
600.
To fully appreciate this increase Of
the money in circulation in the United
States it is only necessary to say that
in the last ten months it amounted tC
$165, 900, 1853, or more than So per cap
ita of the entire population.
While the absolute circulation has
passed all previous high water marks
the per capita circulation is still $1.3C
below that of 1892, just before the pan
ic. But the per capita is now higher
than it was in 1890 or any year III the
history of the republic prior to that
Then why are the times not as good a.
they were along in the late eighties
Simply because good times depend OF
public confidence and industrial activ
i ity, and not on the amount of money il
circulation. This is simply the teaching
of the old proverb that nimble six
pence is better than slow shilling
Chicago Times Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
Good Money Is Good Anywhere.

While government can within its
territory define that which shall con-
stitute legal tender i'll satisfaction of
contracts past and future it cannot by
legislation fix the purchasing value of
its money, for money is commodity,
and its value is determined in the mar
kets of the world under the laws of
trade, and the laws of trade, like the
laws of nature, are stronger and more
farreaching than any constitutions or
statutes. The best money is the money
of greatest purchasing power, and that
money has the maximum of purchasing
power which is exchangeable at par,
not only in the country from whose
mint it is issued, but also in the markets
of the world.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
BAD DRIVES OUT GOOD.
Senator Jones Admits That There Can Be
but One Standard of Value.


but One Standard of Value.
No government can maintain at one
time more than one standard Of value,
any more than it can maintain more
than one standard of weight, or more
than one standard of measure, or more
than one standard of length. If there
be two or more standards of different
value, the standard of lower value will
in practice become the only standard.
If one goes into the market, the law
being that yard shall be either two
feet Or three feet in length, and buys
carpets by the yard at fixed price,
there will be delivered to him carpets
measured in yards of two feet in length.
If he buy coal by the ton, the law being
that ton shall be either 1900 or 2, 240
pounds, he will receive tons of 1900
pounds each. If he buy potatoes by the
bushel, the law being that a bushel
shall contain either two pecks Or four
pecks, there will be delivered to him
bushels Of two pecks each.
On the same principle, if the law be
that dollar is either gold coin, with
bullion value equal to its face value,
or silver coin, with q bullion value of
only half its face value, and not con-
vertible at par into gold coin, the sell
ers of the carpets, the coal and the pota-
toes will be paid in dollars of the lesser
value.
There never has been and there never
can be in any country at any time BIZ
metallic standard and the attempt to
create double standard has never pro-
duced anything better than an alter
mating standard, with the inevitable
consequences of injustice with reference
to past contracts and uncertainty with
reference to future contracts.
Indeed, Senator Jones admits in the
report of the silver commission of 1876
that whenever under the double stand
ard there is variance between the lie.
gal and market relations of the metals
the standard would be practically based
ON one metal, and it the cheaper and
more available one" The financial his
tory of the United States and Of France
furnish conclusive evidence of the accu-
racy Of the senator's view on this point.
&C. Stuart Patterson.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14

Mr.. F. G Helbig prominent
druggist of Lynchburg, Va, says:
zone of our citizens was cured of
rheumatism of two years standing,
by one bottle of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. This liniment is famous for
its cures of rheumatism; thousands
have been delighted with the
prompt relief which it affords. For
sale by George & Montgomery.
1t is not often that a physician
recommends a patent medicine ;
when he does, you may know that
il is a good one, DR.. J. p. Cleveland,
Glasgow, Va, writes: " have used
Chamberlain's Collie, Colera and
Diairhoea Remedy in my practice
and it has proven to be an excellent
remedy, where thorough course of
medicine had failed with me. rec
0mmend it to my patients every
time for collie and diarrhoea." Many
other progressive physicians recon-
mend and use this remedy, because
it always cures and.cures quickly.
Get bottle and you will have an
excellent doctor in the house, for all
bowel complaints, both for children
and adults. for sale by George &
Montgomery.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
ROBERT PATTERSON, Esq,
Director of the Mint.

Except 1000 pieces, no more silver
dollars were coined till after Andrew
Jackson retired from the presidency.
1t is clear from Jefferson's writings
that he favored the use of both metals,
but only at their natural ratio in the
world markets. He seems to have had
an instructive fear that people who wish
ed an "easy mode of paying off their
debts would attempt to fix our coin
age system independent of the worlds
markets. His policy at all times was to
stick close to the natural ratio.
His desire to ascertain the market ra-
ito between gold and silver and adopt
that as the legal ratio is shown again
in his supplemental notes, Works, edi-
ton of 1858, volume l, page no, written
in 1883 or 1884, when he suggests that
the committee of the states be instructed:
To appoint also proper persons to inquire
what are the proportions between the values
of fine gold and fine silver at the markets of
the several countries with which we are or
may probably be connected in commerce, and
what would be proper proportion here, hav-
ing regard TO tne average OF tnelr values at
those markets and to other circumstances
and to report the same to the committee, by
them to be laid before congress.
jefferson framed and had passed by
the Virginia assembly a law by which
the value of the paper money Of Amer
lea was settled in sterling money or
the lawful money of England
If Jefferson had been compelled to
choose between the two metals, he
would undoubtedly have taken gold. In
his "Notes' he observed that the high
price which Spain paid for gold had a
tendency to draw away gold and to
leave us only silver. He thought, there
fore, that 1--WE might with safety lean
to proportion somewhat above par for
gold"
Free silver Democrats are not Jeffer-
son Democrats. They should either
abandon their false doctrines or worship
at another shrine.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
Peru Follows japan.

Peru is the latest addition to the list
of countries planning to get ON to SOL
id gold basis. If silver keeps up its pres
ent rate of progress, there will be
nothing left for gold to conquer in 1900.
Of course the need for silver legislation
will then be greater than ever, and the
silverites must work accordingly. They
will then have the herculean task of
converting the whole world back to sill
WOW
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14

In this country since 1865 the wage
Garner has received his pay in dollars
which have ON the whole steadily ap.
preciated in value, so far as general
commodities are concerned, so that the
purchasing power of his wages has
nearly doubled, while interest ON capt.
tai has steadily fallen and now averages
scarcely half what it was
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
Confidence Makes Gold Plentiful.

The gold standard does not restrict us
to the use of gold. Our country, like
every other gold standard country, uses
vast amounts of silver concurrently
with gold.
There is no shortage of gold. It's pro-
duction is steadily increasing. When
confidence prevails, there is no lack Of
gold for currency or any other purposes.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14

Appreciation of the dollar in which
wages are paid and consequent lower
prices are constantly and certainly to
the advantage of the wage Garner. De-
probation Of the dollar and consequent
higher prices are always and certainly
to his damage
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
A Bargain,

w y
money.
A Bargain,
For the best market garden farm in
the County apply to the Dixie Real
Estate at the TINES Office. About
* miles from Maryville. 100 acres,
76 clear and "a in timber, pine and
oak. IS acres in oak alone. All
under good fence.
Good dwelling, two cellars, good
barns and other outbuildings. One acre
in strawberries, one in raspberries.
Corn averaged 80 bu. to acre and
wheel 10. Fine fruits, excellent gar
den, good water. Ole of the best
locations in the county.
If you wish to enjoy country life
and at the same time be near the
conveniences of life here is your
chance. 50 acres Of as level land as
there is in the country. Good soil
for gardening and raising small fruit.
Already has nice stand of small
fruit and near 100 fruit trees of vari-
orc kinds all hearing. All under Gull
tivation but II acres of good oak
timber. All under good fence.
Four room house. New frame barn
24x36x14. Just ~ miles from
Court House. School house so near
children can eat dinner at home.
Also close to college. Reason for
selling owner wants a larger farm.
Easy terms will be gwen the pur'
haser. For sale or trade.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14

Fifty acres of good land, two
miles from town. Twenty-Five
acres timber land. If you want a
home close to Maryville call on
Dixie Real Estate Co.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14

Another bargain in town property
is seven room, two story house.
This also is well finished good out
buildings and in good neighbor-
hood. This lot is 72x16o #. You'll
be surprised at the cheapness of this
property so don't fail to investigate
if you are interested.
For Sale or trade;-A 8 room
house on lot 5I13 X r65 in town.
This goes at bargain.
For sale;-Ioo acres good land.
One good s room frame house and
one smaller house. Two first class
barns. 81 acres cleared land. This
will be traded for Knoxville property.
For Sale:-73 acres of land within
two miles of Maryville. Fair house
and barn. Good young orchard.
Here is a bargain in land. 4S15
acres-4o cleared. 3 room house,
! good barn-well that never goes dry
and good cistern. Excellent orchard.
Only q miles from town.
If not satisfied with your present
location write US and perhaps we
can help you to buy or trade for
property that will suit you.
DIXIE REAL ESTATE Co
Maryville Tennessee.
Ofice-Times Building.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14

Stopping train every Tuesday leaves Eel
leo Junction 6 IS a m, Chandler S s. a m
arriving Knoxville 9 so m. Returning
leaves KnoNyille.5 90 p. m. arrive Chand-
lers 5 so p. m. Tellico Jet. 5 AZ p m stop
ping at all intermediate stations.
Connections made in the Union Depot at
Atlanta Ga, with all lines for points in the
southeast, south and southwest.
Close connections made at Knoxville
with Southern Railway trains, via Harri.
man, Jellico and Middlesborough to Louis.
vile, Cincinnati and St. Louis.
Rates and information quoted upon APP
plication.
w. B. BRADLEY, G. F. & P. A.,
Marietta, Ga.
J. H. McWILLIAMS,
Trav. Fri. & Pass. Agt.
500 w. Clinch, St.
Knoxville, Tenn.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14

A lawyer in Butler, Mo-, has taptized
his twin sons Gold and Silver
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
MI POSITIONS.

TINS Buelu has N hcS facihties possible for OBJ
tanng patents and copyrights in this and foreign
experience as Chef Examiner, Commissioner of
Patents, an Pat n; Attorney and is very success
full in securing broad patents nd in the prosecution
of all patent tigl'ion before the courts,
SCHOOL OF LAW.
This Bureau can fit you for admission to the Bar
and prepare you for active practice in two years,
without materially interfering with your other du-
ties. Our instructors are the abest our system
thorough, and charges reasonable. Three cours-
es are taught: University, Business and Special.
Send for particulars, terms, etc.
NATIONAL INFORMATION BUREAU.
1920 New York Ave, Washington. D. C.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
Time Table.
KNOXVILLE
HNDAUGUSTA

will Run Week Day Trains, begin
ming MONDAY, MAY 1897, until
further notice, as follows:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
DEPARTMENT or STATE, May

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, May 2, 1906.
SIR-In consequence Of representation from
the directors of the Bank of the United States
that considerable purchases have been made
of dollars coined at the mint for the purpose
Of exporting Them and as it is probable fur
Their purchases and expectations will be made,
the president Thomas Jefferson) directs that
all silver to be coined at the mint shall be of
small denominations, so that the value of the
largest piece shall not exceed half dollar.
JAMES MADISON
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
A. K. & N. RAILWAY
CO,
Short Line between Atlanta, and Knoxville
and Points in the Northeast and
Southwest.
SOUTHBOUND.

Time card effective April IS, 1897,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
SOME BARGAINS.

We are now offering. 1t will pay
you to investigate these if you wish
home or wish to invest your
money.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
THE ORIGINAL RECONCILIATION OF
SILVER WAS EFFECTED BY
JEFFERSoN'S ORDER.

He Was at All Times Opposed to Cheap
Money and Reputation of Debts-Ise-
lieved That Coinage Ratio Should Stick
Close to tie Market Ratio-Favored Use
of Both Metals, but Showed a Moderate
Preference For Gold-Could Not Have
Stood on the Chicago Platform.
Thomas Jefferson was patriot and
statesman of the highest order. 1t is
proper for all true Democrats to cele-
brate his birthday, April 13, and to
commemorate his many excellent quail
tiles, but why should those who voted
in 1896 to repudiate debts and to cheap
en- our dollar by attempting to fix an
artificial ratio between gold and silver
widely different from the market ratio
meet to honor, or dishonor, Jefferson S
name? Is there anything in his writings
or his conduct to indicate that he would
have been a cheap money and repudia-
ton Democrat?
In 1888 Mr.. jefferson wrote:
The proportion between the value of gold
and silver is mercantile problem altogether
$50 just principles will lead us to disregard
legal proportions altogether, to inquire into
the market price Of gold in the several coun-
tries with which we shall principally be con-
nected in commerce and to take an average
from them
Does this sound like the silver plank
of the Chicago platform?
In a letter to Mr.. Hamilton in Feb
ruary, 1899, Mr.. jefferson expressed his
opposition to cheapening the dollar or
reducing the monetary unit. He said of
the dollar:
very much doubt a right now to change the
value, and especially to lessen it. It would
lead to so easy mode Of paying off their
debts Should it be thought, however,
that congress may reduce the value of tho dol
lar, should be for adopting for our unit, in
stead of the dollar either one ounce Of pure
silver or one ounce Of standard silver, so as to
keep the unit of money q part Of the system
of measures, weights and coins.
The original decentralization of sill
yer" was effected by the following Or
der from Thomas jefferson:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, May 2, 1906.
SIR-In consequence of representation from
the directors of the Bank of the United States
that considerable purchases have been made
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14

Trains will run on Sunday, May 2,
1897, and until further notice, as
follows:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-08-14
ABOUT LANDS.

you the best localities South the
people O with.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-10-30
NOTHING TO DO

Nothing to do. On, folded hands,
Why will We lie so white and fair:
When the busy world on every SIDE
Calls for your labor and earnest care.
Nothing to do: There are tired feet {.
Walking with thee Gfes weary road
Show them the way in the path SO sweet
That leads to Heaven, leads to God.
Nothing to do but live in ease,
When thousands fall on every side:
You might have helped to bear the pain
And breast the swift, onrushing tide.
Nothing to do: Thy days are light
With golden ewes and sunny morns-
You gather flowers fresh and bright,
While some are torn with cruel thorns
Nothing to do: What will you say
When the Lord Of the Harvest asks
Of you,
"What gleanest thou in my field today
Lord, there was nothing for me 10
do" Exchange.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-10-30
SECRET LODGES

Ocala Lodge Of p convenes every Monday
at ~ in Castle Hall. RIB BULLOCK. c.
J DEVANE. Is Of Il d >.
Tulula Lodge No. %, ! F, meets every
Tuesday mt III in Masonic Hall. All visiting
brothers invited TO attend. ID i MCIvER. q
W II CHATLLE, Secretary
John + Damn Lodge No. 50, + & \ NJ Regular
communications first and third Sundays Of
every month at s p in. g. W SCOTT, " NJ.
l. HENDOE, Secretary
Marion Lodge 40. - &: y NJ. Regular com
muHications second and fourth Thursdays of
every month at p III. J TCBERyILLE. W
" W CLYATr, secretary
Marion Lodge No 337S, X Of II. meets first
and third Thursdays. \ / GOTTLIEB.
l. J Dolce, Reporter. Dictator
Ocala Chapter \ NJ. Regular convocation
first Monday i'll each month at p m.
II WHITFIELD. II 2
l. \ HENDON. Secretary
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-10-30
FadS in Medicine.

There are fads in medicine as in
every thing else and ''new
thing" frequently sells for a short
time simply because it is new.
But 10 medicine, as in nothing
else, the people demand and will
be satisfied only with positive,
absolute merit. The fact that
Hoods Sarsaparilla has stood it's
ground against all competition,
and it's sales have never wavered
but have remained steadily at the
top, demonstrates, beyond any
doubt, the intrinsic virtues of this
medicine. The new things have
come and gone but Hoods Sarsa-
parilla rests upon the solid foun-
datiOn Of absolute merit and it's
power to cure, and It's sales con-
tinue to be the largest in the
world.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-10-30
Saturday, Nov. 9th.

The teachers IF Marion county
will meet on Saturday, Nov. 9Th,
at 10 o'clock in the Ocala High
school building. The following
program has been prepared:
Address by DR.. w. II. Russell.
School Discipline, by Prof. M
j. Turner.
Importance of preparing our
selves for school work by w. D.
earn.
State teachers association, by
Prof. j. j. Earle.
a few short impromptu talks
by Profs. Stroller, Green and
others.
a question box, that any ques-
ton may be asked.
Report Of committee on consti-
tuition and bylaws.
Report of committee on course
Of study.
We expect the meeting to be
an interesting one, and | hope
every white teacher in the county
will be present, also we extend a
cordial invitation to all super
visors, patrons Of schools and
friends of education.
Most Respectfully,
w. d. CARN.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-10-30
AMONG the Ozarks.

"The Land Of Big Red Apples"
is an attractive and interesting
book, handsomely illustrated with
views Of South Missouri scenery,
including the famous Olden fruit
farm Of 5000 acres in Howell
county 1t pertains to fruit
raising IN that great fruit belt Of
America, the southern slope OF
the Ozarls, and will prove Of great
value, not only to fruit growers,
but to every farmer and home
seeker looking for a farm and a
home. Maiied free. Address
J. Z. LOCKWOOD,
Kansas City, No.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-10-30
Monday, the first dog of No
rember. 4. d. 1907.

within the legal hours of sale III front of the
south door of the court house iii Ocala, Marion
county. Florida, offer for sale and Will sell at
public auction to the highest and best bidder
Tor cash the following described real property.
tO-wit: an undivided One-half interest in the
lands lying and being in Marion county. Flor
idu. and more particularly described as fol-
lows: the southeast quarter of section eight
and lot one of section seventeen except twenty
acres on the east side thereof, all in township
HtJccn, south OF range TWENTY-FIVE east con-
tanning two hundred and twenty acres more
or less. Or SO much thereof a. may be neces-
sGrv 10 satisfy said final decree and costs of
safd court. and which may be sold separately
without injury to the rights of the above
named parties. B. d. HERS,
Special Master in Chancery.
y. VI. ALFRED,
COmDlainant'S Solicitor
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1897-10-30
Horse Strayed, Tuesday Night

Gray horse, 6 feet high, weighs
$50 to 900 pounds, has a knot on
right side Of jaw large as a hen
egg. Solid white, except dark
spots on both hind legs. VIII
pay reward for his recovery. Ad-
dress Willis Dixon, Ocala, living
four miles east Of Ocala, on Fort
King avenue.