The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-02-26
EDITORIAL.
AS TO JIM GREER.
He's Hardly worth the Space, But
files make you Notice Them.

He's Hardly worth the Space, But
files make you Notice Them.
Outside of Gibson there is no
man who can, with more gall,
praise himself than can the little
fundamentally over in LoudOn
who has the brass to ask the peo-
pie to send him to congress, namely
James A. Greer.
He says first, in long article in
the Loudon Record, that he is a
strong candidate and that is the
reason the TINES "jumps" on him
as he calls it. Strong? Where?
How? When? His bests friends
are not forihim because they think
he is fit to go to Congress, but on
personal grounds and we very
much doubt whether any of them
tanks there is any danger of him
going to Congress. His candidacy
has been standing joke in this
county ever since it was known
that he thought himself big enough
for such place. We had no desire
to dump" on Jimmie and did not
until he saw fit to accuse US of
magnifying when we simply stated
the truth about another man, being
stronger than he was in this county
and the fact that the Grand Jury
composed of men from every part
OF the county, was unanimous Cor
the other man was proof of what
we said. When Jimmie criticised
us for expressing an honest opinion,
which seemed to be borne out by
the facts, we could not resist the
temptation to stick pin into his
vanity.
Jimmie says he is not the editor
of the Record, but it is dollars to
doughnuts that he wrote or dictat-
ed the editorial that appeared three
weeks ago, Bless your little heart
Jimmie, we don't mean to wrong
you, but if the truth hurts we can't
help it.
He says the editor of this paper
is nephew of "Dock Owings, and
that is the reason we have said
what we did about him. For Jim.
mics benefit we wish to set his
purturbed soul at rest on this point
we are no kin to Gen. Owings.
Jeems says the people put this
political bee in his bonnet, another
evidence of his supreme vanity and
self-satisfied manner of thinking o.
his own greatness.
Jeems says if Blount County will
not endorse him he does not wan
the race and puts one of his forci
ble(?) clinchers by saying "Nov
put up or shut up" We want t.
say this, if there are three hundred
republican voters for Greer, wht
will come up and say so to US ther
we'll "shut up" although it take
about four times that many tt
carry the county. AS it looks a
present we firmly believe that Glib
son can carry Blount County owe
Greer and let Gibson leave hi
sword,pistol and one lung at Wash
ington.
But the most ridiculous is yet t,
follow. We have been thinking il
this county that.it took man 0
some ability to represent this dis
trict in congress, but since Jeem
Greer came out we must learn bet
ter. we know OF no better way Il
show the people how small Gree
is then to quote the next paragraph
of his "Interesting letter to the PEG
pie of the Second Congressional
District If some enemy hat
written the article and signed
Greer's name to it, they could no
have showed him up in a more ri
diculous light. 1t is gem boil
from a logical and a grammatical
standpoint. Here it is:
"The TIMES gives me the credi
by saying that if / was a candidat,
for some county office l would &c
n good vote and that made u goa,
clerk. Now can the TIMES shcN