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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-24
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SsIIna, December U J. F. Gleason, who according to a dis patch published in The Advertiser was arrested tn Indiana on . charge of big amy. is known in Selma
 For some time he and the woman in- troduced as his wife boarded at the home of one of Selma's prominent citizens. He is said by those who knew him in Selma to have been very eccentric. The woman who has just had him arrested lived with Gleason as wife in this city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-24
 WANTED--SALESMEN.

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-24

O. R. Bell UT. of Birmingham and Miss Cora Murphy of this county were married at the home of the bride Sunday They left immediately for their home in Birmingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-24

". W. Hudson, an expert linotype operator of The Meridian Press. was In Selma today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-24

In the County Court yesterday twenty three cases were disposed of, all negroes. The jail is nearly full.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-24

Will Crawford. Lester Stallworth Leslie Rabb, Daisy Rabb and Leon Wiggins are homo for the holidays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-24

The Christmas services at the Mefho- dist Church Sunday were very attract i've. The Sunday School room was beau- tifully decorated and souvenirs wore given. The program was of appropriate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-24

Sold E S. Fows F. " Hun Montgomery aad kssr Gows Vaughn Selma
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-24

Christmas trade has been very light so far. The short cotton crop and low prices prevent much trafflo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-24

4 PhysIoIan healed, now preserIbes lt daily.
 DK. GEO. EwrSe, a praetcing physician of Smiths Grove, Ky for thirty years writes his personal experience with Foiey's Kidney Cs,e: "For years I have been greatly bothered with kidney and bladder trouble and enlarged prostate gland used everything known to the profession without relief until commenced to use Foieys Kidney Cgre After taking three bottles was entirely relieved and cured I prescribe 1t now daily in my practice and heartily recommend it's to all physicians for such troubles, for honestly state have prescribed in hundreds of with rfect unncess"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-24

R. W. Mabry returned this morning from Livingston.
 Joe Rosenberg was brought DeIore
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13

defeat if that pledge was fairly kept. So,
he went to work to try to control the new
registration in his interest, by having
enough Republicans refused registration to
make his election sure. He travelled over
the district and put his minions to work
to influence the registrars to do as he sus-
gested. At some places in some of the
counties he succeeded in this effort, at
other points he failed. The registration
was against him in the district, as whole;
and when the ballots were counted on the
evening of the 4th inst it was found that
he was defeated by a large majority.
AS soon as this Mephistopheles of the
Ninth District found he had been buried
beneath the honest ballots of the voters,
he made the wires hot with messages and
sent out special emissaries to put his or
ganized gang of body-snatchers to work
that they might dig him from bis political
grave. He had been unable to tamper
with the ballot boxes and was forced to
the desperate game of tamperiug with the
returns. His success in this undertaking
has been sufficient to make him set up the
brazen claim that be has been elected and
to ask for certificate.
Is there enough virtue in the Virginia
Democracy, in the Democratic courts, or
in the Democratic State Board of Can
vassers to defeat this nefarious effort of a
disgraced political trickster to override
and nullify the expressed will and wishes
of the voters of the Ninth Congressional
DISTRICT
Rheas instincts and traits of character
are as surely fixed by nature as are the
leopard's spots.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13
AN AMIABLE RACE.

1t has been very common with Southern
extremists to denounce the negro race as
an inferior one without any prominent re.
deeming characteristic.
There is much in the history of the ne
groes of the South to commend them to
well-thinking people, and in one partiou-
lar they are almost without parallel. For
amiability and patient suffering we know
of no people like them.
For nearly two hundred years the negroes
of the South had been held in bondage be.
fore they were freed as a result of the
Civil War. Though they numbered many
millions at the time they were freed they
had to their credit a record Of patient en-.
durance that is truly marvellous. They
had served their masters faithfully and
patiently, until God had given them their
freedom. They were not given to crime
before the war, and while their masters
we're at the front fighting to prolong the
institution of slavery they remained at
home and cared for the helpless women
and children, and titled the soil to furnish
food for the Confederate armies.
After they were made free they did not
depart from the record they had made as
an amiable, good-natured people. There
were no riots or attempts to destroy the
lives and property of their former masters.
The sudden plunge from slavery to free
dom is very severe test of the merit Of a
people, especially when that people is
thoroughly illiterate. Did any people
,ver stand the severe test better than did
he negroes of the South2
We have recently had in Virginia
mother striking proof of the amiable quail
ties and law-abiding characteristics OF the
legro. For nearly forty years the negroes
# this State had been invested with citi-
enship and the right OF suffrage. Whether
hey exercised that privilege judiciously is
question that remains to be settled.
hey were charged with being a menace to
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13
VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE.

The result of the elections on the 4th
inst. was a splendid vIndlcatlon of the pol.
icy of the Republican party and the adj
ministration of President Roosevelt. For
some weeks previous to the election the
Democrats had been Boosting that great
political reaction would be in evidence,
especially in what are known as the pivot
al States OF the Union. This prediction
was so emphatically made that some timid
Republicans were alarmed and made ap.
prehensive.
After the election it was found that no
such reaction had come. All the pivotal
States remained Republican with enor-
nous msjorities, except the State Of New
York, where the Republican majority was
greatly reduced by peculiar causes now
satisfactorily understood. In that State
Governor Odell had excited the hostility
of the corporations by shifting taxation on
a large scale from real estate to corporate
franchises. This arrayed all the corpora
tons in Greater New York against Odell,
and the influence and money of the ele-
waited railroads, street car lines, gas, tele-
phone, telegraph and electric light compa-
MES were given to Coler, the Democratic
candidate for Governor. This accounts
for the enormous majority he received in
Greater New York. In the rural regions
of New York the conditions were reversed.
The farmers remained mistaken in their
loyalty to the Republican party. and gave
Odell sufficient majority to overcome the
majority for Coler il Greater New York.
Instead of losing control of the National
House of Representatives the Republicans
have won it by substantial majority. and
that party still remains in absolute control
Of Congress and all the great States of the
Union. The party has bravely met all the
Issues of the day, and the people have not
hesitated to express their confidence in its
virtue and capacity. ALI the appeals Of
Democratic demagogues on the trusts and
tariff issues have proved unavailing. The
bold stand taken by President Roosevelt
on these questions won popular confidence,
and the people have rendered verdict
which eustains bis administration.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13

LET us cherish all that is splendid in
the heritage left by the old South, but
let us eschew hypocrisy and cant and look
at the facts as they are. The South had
a right to cut loose from the Union, but 1t
is infinitely better for the South and the
Union that the attempt failed. Why then
should not General Longstreet or any
patriotic Southerner rejoice that secession
failedP Had it succeeded, how should we
ever have been rid of the monstrous in
cubus of human slavery. 2"-Norfolk Vir,
ginian-Pilot.
The above from the Pilot was copied by
the Richmond Times without any remarks
of disapproval. We are glad to see one
Democratic paper in Virginia brave
enough to say such things and another will
ling to copy them without condemnation.
We have long entertained the opinion
that the success of the secession movement
would have resulted in the overthrow of
republican institutions in this country and
consequent disaster to the welfare of our
people. 1t was a blessing that the at
tempt to destroy the Union failed, and
every patriotic Southern man ought to be
glad that it did.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13
Republicans Control Congress
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
The Republican majority in the next
House of Representatives will probably be
larger than in any mid-term election in
thirty years, with the exception of 1894,
when the voters repudiated the Demo-
cratic tariff law. 1t is great victory for the
party, considering the fact that the Demo
Gratis get l20 members Of the House from
Southern States as q result of outrageous
election laws, which do not permit Re-
publicans to vote. The Republican vic
tory was won In the North, and is about
as much of a triumph as that Of 1900, for
the reason that the vote is always smaller
in off years.
In and around the city of New York the
Democrats won,a few districts, for reasons
which had no bearing on Congress. They
won the Detroit district because Of the
course of Mr.. Corliss, the Republican
member from that district, in opposing the
Pacific cable, now under construction. All
other Michigan districts are Republican.
The Democrats won the Omaha district for
the reason that the Republican vote was
divided by schism. Democratic gains in
the North we're about all of that kind out
side of New York city.
Montana and Idaho were won by the
Republicans, and they are claiming the
Governor and Congressman from Colorado.
Personal considerations did not affect the
vote in those States. Mr. Loud was de-
feated in California because, it is alleged,
of the opposition of the letter carriers,
whose bill providing for an increase in
their salaries he opposed. But while an
honest man, Mr.. Loud suffered because Of
his narrow views on some questions.
Altogether, considering the South, the VIC
tory was remarkable one.
The Senate will have about the same
Republican majority that it now has, and
the Republicans will be able 10 leg
islate with ease in both branches of Con-
gress. This is extremely fortunate for the
nation. President Roosevelt, to whom
much of the victory is due, will have
Congress that will work with him and
further strengthen the nation as well as
the Republican party.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13
Asleep Amid Flames.

Breaking into blazing home some fire
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why Gnatn Danee.

A correspondent noting what ID
fairly we'll known among entomolo.
gists, that many species of flies con-
gregate to dance, says it is well
known that this is for a very utili-
tartan purpose-the selection of a
mate. At the present moment there
are thousands of so-called winter
nudge" (trichocera hiemalis) dancing
at the end of his garden, and every
now and again paired couples can
be seen to separate themselves from
the crowd. On the previous day,
when It was very windy. there were
but few about, but three or four
found the shelter of a doorway, and
after lengthy dance, seen from a
darkened room against a twilight
sky a paired couple found resting
place on his coat sleeve.-Pearson'
Weekly.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13

white supremacy because they voted al
most solidly for the Republican candidates
and for that reason steps were taken to
deprive them, by constitutional enactment,
of the right to vote. According to the
declaration of Mr. Montague, the present
Governor of Virginia, the negro would not
have been DISTINGUISHED if he had consent
ed to vote with lbe Democrats. There
fore the neero's citizenship " s taken
from him because Of bis devotion to the
party he believed was right. He has been
arbitrarily deprived Of vested right, and
las accepted the situation with the same
patient good nature that had shown while
a slave and afterwards as a freedman and
a freeman.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13

WE have received letter from Colonel
Slemp in which he says: Your Tazewell
majority of 4O2 was a great comfort to us
in this fight. We have done the best for
our party and friends in this race and
have won and redeemed the District
want to thank you and your people for
the kind support you gave me in this race,
and / wish to thank, through your col.
umns, all the people for their effort to
place Virginia politics upon high and
honorable plane" Col. Slemp has made
a gallant fight and has won victory at the
ballot box. The honest people, Republic
cans and Democrats, of Tazewell county
will now stand by him in his fight to pre-
vent Rhea and his henchmen from rob-
bling him of the victory.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13
PERSONAL NOTES.

Bishop Samuel Edsall conducted the SER
vices at the dedication ofthe Bishop Whip.
pie Memorial Tower at FaribauIt MINI.
Rev. Frank P. Crandon, dean of Gar
rett Biblical Institute, Chicago, has been
appointed auditor of the Northwestern
University.
John B. Jackson, recently named
Minister to Greece, has started from Ber-
lin for the United States for stay Of six
days before assuming his post.
Emerson Etheridge, who died at Ores
den, Tenn, several days ago, was one Of
the last, if not the last, Of the Wings who
sat in Congress. He was one of Tonnes
see's most powerful orators fifty years ago.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13
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Beware of 0lntments for Catarrh That
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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13
A Startling Surprise.

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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13
A Fair Deal.

We hope the Democratic organization in
the State will refuse its sanction to the at.
tempt to defeat the will of the people of
the Ninth dietrict and to give the certi6-
cate Of election to congress to Judge Rhea
According to the returns, official and I'M
official, COL Slemp is fairly elected. The
votes were cast, counted and reported
Several precincts have been thrown out on
strictly technical grounds.
The Richmond News is one Democratic
newspaper which does not want any Demo
cratic victories of that kind.
The constitutional convention was called
and the constitution has been remodeled
for the expressed purpose Of giving us a
white electorate and fair elections. We
intend to insist that elections shall be fair
and that the candidates for whom major
ity of the voters cast their ballots shall
hold the offices.
Perhaps strict and rigid construction of
the law may technically justify the throw:
ing out of the precincts, but if we under
stand the temper and spirit of the people
of Virginia they do not want that kind of
thing done. They want fair play, regard
less of politics and the will IF the voters
obeyed. We hope Judge Rhea will not
be given the certificate of election. We
hope he will not have the backing of the
Democratic organization in any demand
he may make for it. We hope, if he does
have such backing and goes before the
house, that he will be unseated promptly.
The Republicans of the Ninth district and
all others who voted for Col. Slemp have
the same rights as other citizens of Vir-
ginia, and those rights ought to be respec'
ted.
This is a good time and occasion for
Virginians to prove that they told the
truth when they declared that the purpose
OF the new constitution is to give us honest
elections and fair counts. Richmond
News.
We are glad to have this brave and
honest expression from our brilliant Con.
temporary, the Richmond News. 1t in
spires the Republicans with new hope.
All we ask in Virginia is honest politics.
Now let the Democratic press in Virginia
speak out as has the News. Silence on
the part of any Democratic paper will be
construed into acquiencence in what Rhea
has been doing.
The Roanoke Times and the Richmond
Times have both made strong editorial
protest against the throwing out Of pre-
cincts in this district, and declare that
such frauds should not be tolerated
The Norfolk Virginian- Pilot under the
impression that "simply defective ballots
have been thrown out" pitches into the
Richmond News and Richmond Times be-
cause, as it claims, they would" have Col.
Slemp seated through the fundamentally
of defective or fraudulent ballots"
Our Norfolk contemporary has not
stated the position of the News and
Times fairly, and entirely misunderstands
the facts. The vice is that whole precincts
have been thrown out after the vote had
been certified by the Democratic judges of
election, and enough of this done to
change the result in the district This
was done after Rhea had conceded bis de-
feat, and under the advice, we are infor.
med of bis manager w. D. Smith, the
Scott county ballot scoundrel
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13
A Thanksuivinu Dinner.

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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13

THE vote in Virginia at the election last
week was so light that it must be ac-
knowledged a rebuke to the men who
have DISTINGUISHED so many good citizens
in the State. A very heavy per centage
of the registered vote failed to put in an
appearance on election day. This was
noticeable in the districts that
are largely Democratic.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13

The attempt of Rhea's machine to steal
the returns in the Ninth Congressional
District will provoke the contempt OF
every honest man, Democrat and Republi-
can, in the district. 1t adds one more
infamy to the already countless list of
crimes that has been perpetrated by the
ballot thieves in Southwest Virginia. How
long will our people have to endure such
outrages?
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13

THE Democrats will now have to hunt
for another Issue for the campaign..of 1904.
They can do nothing with the trusts and
tariff as issues. The people haye no faith
in their protested hostility to trusts, and
know that Democracy is unsound on the
tariff.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-13

THE Richmond Times, the Richmond
News the Norfolk Virglnian Pilot and
other Democratic papers in the State have
pledged themselves to condemn and
prosecute any attempt to tamper with the
ballots or returns in this district or any
where in the State. Let them investigate
the conduct of Rhea and his followers
since the election last week, and then
speak out.