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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-06

Tuscumbia. Dec. 5.-(Speciai.)-At a re- cent meeting of the City Council of this place. the only obstacle or objection pre- scented by the holders of the light and water franhise of Tuscumbia was re-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-06

The membership of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. South, is building 6 par sonage on the church lot and expects to have it ready for occupancy by the first of February.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-06

For pure Pork Sausage and Choice Meats. also Oysters at 60 cents per hundred, call or phone 225. Sam Strauss.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-06
STOLEN TRUNK FOUND.
Picked Up in a Ditch by Police
 Officer.

A medium-sized zinc trunk. believed to be the property of Miss Dora Kirkland of Dothan. is at police headquarters await ing Identification by the owner.
 The trunk was found in the railroad cut at the foot of Whitman Street and was< sent to police headquarters by Spe- cial Oflcer Payne. The trunk was evil
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-06
COATS RELINED
By Holt's Dye Works at 1oe South
 Court Street

We employ none but experienced tailors and use the most durable of Things.
 We send for and deliver work. Tele- phone 432. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-06

The mad dog scare which caused con- siderable sonsternation in this County a few days since has about subsided.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-06
Met Terms of Projectors.

Miss Kelly Mcleod of Goodwater. is this week the guest of Mrs. John w. Batson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-06

The habit of drusging their babies so that they can be left alone Is very common in India among mothers who work in factories. In the city of Madras the infant mortality ts given as 2o6 psr J,ooo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-06

in favor of retaining the silver dollars although giving them nominal value
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-06

Tuscumbia will be equipped with electric lights and water works as soon as the work of getting the machinery. laying the pipe, etc. can be arranged
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-06
COURT AT ROCKFORD
Large Number of Cases Disposed o1
 by the Chancellor.

Rockford, Dec Special.)-Chancery Court. which has been in session here since Monday. adjourned Wednesday. Chancellor Kelly left yesterday morning for Dadeville to hold the Taliapoosa Chancery Court There were a large number of cases on the docket here. most of which was finally disposed of, only those cases remaining that were in pro- cess of settlement or not at issue.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

In the opinion of the Boston Adver-
tiser "Mr. J. P. Morgan deserves the
thanks of his country for one not in
considerable service, at least. He has
pretty we'll done for the ship subsidy
schemers. The idea of asking the
American people to put their hands in
to their pockets to pay bounties to pro-
mote American shipping interests, just
at time when those interests are COB
bling up the maritime navies of the
world, strikes the American sense of
humor right on its funny bone. Pro-
tecting the steel industry by tariff tax
es, when it is underselling its compel
itors, in all the markets of Europe, il
about as much in that line as can be
borne by Yankees while keeping their
faces straight. Morgan has made the
Hanna ship subsidy scheme look more
like so cents than like $4,000, 600 pei
annum." The Advertiser is strong
republican paper, but it is not blind tt
the injustice Of the present tariff or tt
the objections = the ship subsidy
scheme. Nashville American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

ties are split up over it; but it is a minor
issue in which nobody takes any inter
est except the politicians who want
something to talk about.
The republican party represents pref.
ty nearly every conceivable vicious ten
dency in American life. II stands for
extravaganza, for the trusts, for the
tariff robbery, the ship subsidy steal,
and it stands for nothing in the inter
est OF the people. The democratic
leaders may be wasting valuable time
on ghostly issues and shadowy notions,
but there can be no doubt that the de,
mocracy stands for what the republican
party does not. 1t stands for tariff re.
form, economy, honesty, and the PEG.
pie. Some Of our leaders may forget
the creed at times and some may chase
will-o'-the-w isps, but in standing fol
all that the republican party does not
the democracy leaves but little doub'
in the minds of its followers as to VIVA
1t is. 1t is only the renegades from th,
party who are continually asking th,
question, what is democracy. Com
mercial-Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07
The Republic Sleeps.

The Commercial-Appeal has more
than once contended that protection
was anything but an American system,
and that it really existed for the bene-
fit of the foreign consumer. The effect
of the system today is to build mp huge
trusts which levy abnormal tribute on
the American consumers in order that
they may sell cheaper to the foreign
consumers. The chairman OF the dem
ocratic congressional committee, Mr..
Griggs, realizes that the tariff and the
trusts constitute the paramount issue,
for they are 50 closely intertwined a'
to constitute single issue, and he is
pushing this question vigorously to thu
front. In this he shows his wisdom
for the people of this country care M
more for the Philippine question thar
they do for the Alaskan boundary ques
ton. 1t is dreadful bore to them, ant
they want no more of it. Chairman
Griggs is not wasting much of his tim
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07
Lieut. Gillespie telling the old
democrats that Brownlow
can't do anything for
them, but he will take
care Of their boys.

democratic house, and Mr.. Babcock,
the chairman of the republican congress
sional committee, today wants to oblit-
crate all the duties which serve the
trusts. The financial question is in q
more or less fluid state.
There was a time about fifty years
ago-when silver babe fair to be the
scarce and gold the plentiful metal.
Silver was at a premium over gold. In
recent years things have become exact
ly reversed. The financial question
was but temporary issue in the nature
of things. Every political party gets
some of these transient issues stuck to
its clothes, but they no more become
the general principles of the party, than
the beggar's-lice which stroller invol-
UNFAIRLY gathers during the autumn
days in the woods become permanent
part of his clothing. The Imperialism
issue is another transient. Both par
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Every item in this table is deserving
of careful study, because it furnishes
convincing evidence of the blind folly
of the American people. Like lot of
Egyptian slaves in the days of the Pha-
raohs, we subsequently carry, each
man his block of stone, to build the
pyramids of protection under the des-
potic orders of the plutocrats and the
politicians. 1t seems almost incredi-
BILE that intelligent men who boast their
freedom and equality should tamely
submit to be robbed for the benefit of
few millionaires, and should actually
believe that they were robbed for their
own good. The essence of protection
is identical with the essence of highway
robbery. The protectionist takes mo-
ney from one citizen and gives it to an
other. The highwayman does the same
thing. The only difference is that the
highwayman robs the rich, and the
protectionist robs the poor. OF course,
we know that the act is disguised by all
sorts Of catch phrases and euphemistic
terms; but the fact can not disputed. A
protective tariff compels John Smith to
pay $45 more for a typewriter than he
would otherwise have to pay. II this
went to the government for the govern
ment expenses, he would have no sub
stantial ground of complaint; but it
goes to the manufacturer OF typewriters.
Here, then, is law which takes $45
out of one mans pocket and puts it in
another mans. Furthermore, if this
American consumer went over to Eng
land, he could buy an American type
writer for 500. Yet we gable about
this being an American system, and
many of us seriously advocate our own
spoliation in the interest of infant in
dustries as old almost as the republic
and dominating the trade of the world.
When will we Americans wake up?-
Commercial-Appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07
Gold Dust flour-best made.

Editor Reaves has declined to be
with the Nashville Press Association
this year because Cy Lyle is going
along. 10Y drinks too much, " explains
Editor Reaves. "Of course this don't
lower him none in our esteem. In fact
Cy is a perfect gentleman; but when
one member of n party drinks too much
and there's only a given amount OF
Ticker, the rest of the party is bound tC
suffer. With him along it would bC
] uicy Cy, and the rest of us parchet
with the drouth. We have suffered
enough already; so we pass off the roof
Commercial
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

on imperialism. He is devoting
himself to a practical campaign. He
has, for instance, been trying to get
some of the special discount sheets of
American exporters which would show
the extreme divergence between the
prices of American goods at home and
abroad; but this has not been possible.
He has, however, obtained several dis
count sheets which show how the pro-
tected American manufacturers hold up
the American customer and favor the
foreigner. Here, for instance, is a ia
BILE showing how the home people are
Disseminated against
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07
What Democracy Is,

The Memphis Commereial-Appeal
contains this oracular response to
well-meant request for information:
In reply to the Louisville Evening
Posts query, "What is Democracy? we
would say that democracy is not unlike
religion. When you've got it you know
it. When you haven't got it you are
always asking what it is.
Evidently the Commercial Appeal
has "got it," or thinks it has, and,
therefore, it should be more generous
to its neighbors,
Is democracy disease or Gelusion?
Is it mania, or is it religion?
Is it faith built on works, or is it
fancy resting on falsehood?
Is it an inheritance, or is il merely
captured spoils?
Is it an ague, or is it a burning fever?
Does it teach that man may create
something out Of nothing, and all very
good, or does it make a man realize that
only by the sweat of his brow can he
earn bread?
Is it an inspiration to good deeds, or
is it only the remains of q dead creed {?
Is 1t faithfully expended by Bryan,
or by Cleveland, as its prophet?
Is democracy that born of political
management taught by Jefferson aud
Jackson?
Does it rest on an incorruptible bal
lot, or does it boast of a law which re-
moves every element of chance from an
election?
Is it for the supremacy of the major
ity, or does it intrench minority in
power?
Our Memphis contemporary is toe
, modest. 1t seems to be about the only
person now who knows what democracy
is, and should it die, that valuable
knowledge would die with it. Such q
catastrophe is too horrible to contem
| plate. What would have happened hat
. the ships of Columbus gone TO the bot
tom on the return voyage?-Louisvillt
Post.
The effort of our esteemed contempt
rary to be playful will hardly bear crit
ical analysis. For instance, nothing
could be more childish than a question
like, SIS democracy disease or a delu
sion?" or "Is it a mania or a religion?
or els it an ague, or is it burning
fever?" Every person of adult intelli
gence knows that the democratic part
is none of these things. Neither is an
other political party any Of these things
We might with just as much prophet
PROFOUND the following questions:
Is the editor of the Louisville Post
synonym or conundrum?
Is he missing link or jug handle
Is he case of appendicitis or stei
of beer?
Is he a republican or is he dem
crat?
The answer to the three first que
tions is that he is neither one nor Il
g other. The answer to the last questiC
is: God only knows.
What the Louisville Post, an alleg,
20 democratic paper, has intended to co
1o vey is the idea that the democratic pa
Of ty has no fixed principles, that its mel
90 bers hold conflicting views on the
wv sues of the day, and that the party re
be resents nothing. These charges are
nj more true of the democratic party tn
10 of any other political party, no mo
10. true of the democracy now than at a,
~ other time in its history. There are
-, the first place very few fixed polite
ha principles. The democratic party b
b. always been against the principle
,ro protection; yet Samuel j. Randall,
protectionist, was elected speaker b,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07
NONRESIDENT Notice.
In the Chancery Court at johnson City,
Washington County, Tenn.
William L. Burbage
VS..
Alice L. Clay ct ais.

In this case it appearing from the al
legations of compliments bill, which
is sworn to, that the defendants, Alice
e. Clay, Isaac b. Tompkins and Henry
b. Worth, executors in the state Of
Massachusetts, of the will of Henry
Clay: deceased, and Alice L. Clay and
Isaac b. Tompkins, executors of said
will in Washington county, Tennessee,
are non-residents of the state of Ten
nessee, it is ordered by me that publ,
cation be made for four successive
weeks, as required by law, in THE Com
ET, a newspaper publised in Johnson
City, in said county, notifying said
nonresident defendants to appear be-
fore our said chancery court at a court
to be holden at the courthouse in John
son City, on the first Monday of Sep
TENDER, 1909, and make defense to said
bill, or the allegations thereof will be
taken for confessed and this cause set
for hearing ex parte as to them.
This Jnly 81, 1902.
u. A. SHIPLEY, G. & NJ.
BY s. e. MILLER, ID. G. & M.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07
VIRGINIA COLLEGE

For Young Ladies', Roanoke, Va.
Opens Sept ls, 1862. One of the Leading
Schools for Young Ladies in the South New
buildings, pianos and equipment. Campus ten
acres. Grand mountain scenery in Valley of
Virginia, famed for health. European and
American teachers. Full course. Conservatory
advantages in Art, Music and Elocution Stu
dents from thirty states, For catalogue adj
dress MATTE p. HARRIS President,
936-St Roanoke. Va.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Wa,,toJ Canyassing agents to act us Field
w oiAlSS Managers, who have had specially
successful experience in selling books 10 travel
in the interest of employing and training other
eanvaSSers, win pay both salary and COmmlS-
sion with the view TO making the income from
the latter very large, State fully length OF
experience, name and number of bOONs sold,
time engaged, etc, Mono but CauvuSSerS of
successful experience and capacity for training
and handling men need apply, Address
GUARANTEE PUBLISHING COMPANY
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Admiral Cox and Lieutenant Giles
pie are not entitled to all of the honor
for carrying the Sth and 9th districts
for Harmon. There's glory enough to
go around.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

The ballot boxes of Claiborne and
Hancock counties are in danger of be-
ing drawn through the "sleuth" of
political corruption and it's not in the
interest of Harmon, either.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

1t was, indeed, a strange sight to
see prominent anti-saloon leaguers
join forces with the "whiskey ring" to
elect Tyler.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Yes, August Flower still has the larg-
est sale of any medicine in the civilized
world. Your mothers and grandmoth-
ers never thought of using anything
else for indigestion or biliousness. Doc
tors were scarce, and they seldom heard
of appendicitis, nervous prostration OF
heart failure. etc. They used August
Flower to clean out the system and
stop fermentation of undigested food,
regulate the action of the liver, stimu,
late the nervous and organic action Of
the system, and that is all they took
when feeling dull and bad with head,
aches and other aches. You only need
few doses of Green's August Flower
in liquid form, to make you satisfied
there is nothing serious the matter witt
you. You eau get DIR. G.. q. Green's
reliable remedies at II. G. Miller's drug
store, Johnson City, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

There is no doubt about Keefau-
ver's election. He defeats Ed Butler
for district attorney by over 1000
majority.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

The returns in Claiborn were very
sick and DIR. Austin was called in. All
he lacked was material.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

A convict at Nashville broke out Of
the penitentiary and broke into hades.
That was swapping the witch for the
devil
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

The manipulators should be careful
not to count more votes for Tyler in
Claiborn county than were polied'
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

That music Brownlow promised
'later on" is now due-it was chin
music.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Jim Cox has more time due him in
the sth district than Sam Crumley has
on Stony Greek.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

The Staff printed its election news
the day before election-a prophetic
mind.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

thereby announce myself candidate
for reelection to the office of Constable
of the Ninth district of Washington
county at the ensuing August election,
aud ask the support of all my friends.
93l j. II. @. LEWIS.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07
FOR TRUSTEE.

hereby announce myself as a can.
didate for reelection to the office OF
Trustee of Washington county at the
ensuing August election.
H. @. JACKSON.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Will Hart wants the boys to pay
for their saddles.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Ambassador Cox is now liable to be
held for contempt of court. He
started his water works Thursday.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

The Sth district came nearer voting
like it talked than any district in the
county,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

A large volume could be written on
From Pulpit to Polls.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

The democrats jumped into the Tyler
skiff and upset it,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

A gang of fellows in Nashville broke
out of the pen and a gang in Clai-
borne are trying to break in.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Nod, Pullman Sleeping cars Bristol TO Chat
tanooga Memphis and New Orleans and from
Chattanooga TO Shreveport and Morristown
TO Mobile also Chattanooga to Jacksonville
and Atlanta TO Brunswick,
No 50 carries Pullman Sleeping car Bristol to
Knoxville, Knoxville to Memphis and Chatta-
nooga TO Macon.
No H. Pullman Sleeping car Morristowu to
Memphis and chattanooga.
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

If you want the best there is to eat
go to Browns restaurant, on Buffalo
street.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Tyler may appeal to the state COM
mittee and be saved yet.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

The ring is broken and the Bell is
cracked.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

It's only short step from ballots tc
bullets.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

The chinquapin crop in the 9Th dis
trict will be total failure this year.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Jackson he's cured his Bacon for two
years.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Wen have to put up with Mason
and Dudley for four years more.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

1t was a -deal-Harmon got toe
many votes.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

It's not the kind of ballot but the
number voted that counts.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

The best laid plans of mice and men
aft gang a glae.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Tracy could not be caught until he
had killed thirteen men.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

The worla goes round and round,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

The boys must take their medicine.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Brownlow's county gave Harmon his
banner majority and Brownlow's home
town gave Harmon 110 and Tyler III,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

"Truth" Gillespie has been crushed
to earth.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07
HARMON IS ELECTED.

AT 2 o'clock this Saturday after
noon, Harmon states that he is GER
tainly elected by 1877 votes, and he
has it in such shape that they can't
count him out He makes his figures
as follows and claims they are official:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Sheriff Broderick sounds we'll and
looks well and is we'll.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Some republicans were onto the deals
but they overestimated the strength.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Outlaw Tracy is dead. That's nc
joke.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

Nos. II and IL carry Pullman Sleeping Cars
between New York and Nashville via Ashevillo
also between Greensboro and Norfolk, Sails
bury and Richmond, Asheville and Memphis
Nos. IS and 80 carry Pullman Sleepers bo-
tween Chattanooga and Danville and Danvilla
and New York
+Daily. Daily, except Sunday.
@. H. ACKERT, G. M, Washington D. G.
W. A. TURK, p. 4. M, Washington, d. c.
S. II. HARDwICK, G. p A., Washington, d. G.
C.A.BENSCOTER,A .GPA., Chattanooga, Tenn
]. L. MEEK, T. p. A., Knoxville, Tenn.
J. G. LUSK, I. p. A, Chattanooga, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

No.l2, Pullman Drawing Room Buffet Sleeping
cor Chattanooga to New York via Asheville
No. 42 Pullman Sleeping cars Chattanooga
to New York via Bristol Cafe Observation
car Chattanooga TO Radford, Va.
No. 80 carries Pullman Sleeping car Chatta-
nooga to Danville and Danvile to New York
and from Knoxville to New York via Bristol.
Northbound No. IS No II No. 81 No. II
Ashevilie ....lv IL. 9Oam l. i5pm ,-..-. /. iSpm
Bristol ...... " TO- 50pm ll6pm ....". l,l6pm
Knoxville. ,lv Scam 700pmI s 00am 700pm
Clinton ar TO- 40am eO5pm 0. l5am 6.05pm
Hartmann, IL s5am 950pm ....... .,.,....
Jellico =. ar S 49,. .....,., IL SOam 10 lOpm
Louisville. 4 T. 30pm 8.O5am ........ 680am
Cincinnati q I30pm g l5am ....... 7S0am
St Louis ar T39am 7.20pm ....... l.......
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-08-07

No. 70 Pullman Sleeper Cincinnati to jack
gonville via @ G, Hartman Junction, Knox
vile and Asheville also Louisville to Knox
Sille vial. g. N and Jelico.
No 10 SO carries Pullman Sleeper St Louis
TO Aaheville via louisville. Q & G, Hartman
Junction and Knoxville, and Cincinnati TO Har-
Siman Junction
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-06-18

The open and tlagrante use of
booze and Doodle among the voters
Of this county is beginning to
awaken an adverse sentiment
among the decent people. This
sentiment will crystalizc either
against the liquor traffic, and re-
suit in the submission Of Il local
option proposition, or against the
candidates of the party which ad
mitS that it uses such means to cor
rupt the voter, and result in war
Of dcccncy against them. While we
arc not a temperance crank in any
sense Of the word, we propose to
continue our agitation Of the 0ues
ton Of eliminating booze and boo
die politics in this county. In
this the journal will probably be
alone. for The local Democratic or
gan does not appear to have siam
ina enough to go against the cor
rupt element of its party for feal
of The loss of official patronage.