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4 SOUTHERN STANDARD - MCM I NN.VILLE. : TEN NESSEE. -- TiJi AC I : : ,V; AUGUST; 1891. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. IX. 2. BEAMS, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. One Year ... $1 00 Six Months.....' ., 50 Three Months......... 25 OUR AGENTS. The following agents nre authorized to eceive and receipt for subscriptions to the Standard: P. G. POTTER Dibrell, Tenn GO. W. PARKS Irving College, " '. J. RAMSEY Viola, " T.B. BILES Spnrta, " . JNO. ARGO ..Morrison, " . W. A. MOORE Rock Island, " - We do not publish annonymous commu nications under any circumstanced. ' The real name of the author must accompany every communication, or else it will be con signed to the waste basket. We do not pub lish the names of correspondents, but want them simply as a guarantee of good faith. All calls on cuudidates, obituaries, trib utes of respect, etc., are charged for as ad vertising matter. Simple announcements of deaths, marriages, etc., will be published without charge, and our friends all over the county will confer a favor by furnishing us with such as soon after their occurence as possible. 1 r When will Tennessee follow Ken tucy'sNead nnd adopt a new constitu tion.? Texas has found the working of convicts on its own fnrm quite profit able and satisfactory. Despite the Alliance, the Repub licans, the Teople's Party and the Prohibitionists, Kentucky still re mains Democratic. How does the Morristown Gazette count to make August the "ninth month of the year?" Old Father Time doesn't need any rushing, Brother Helms. It is reported that the Alliance will start a paper at Sparta. If the Alliance leaders of White County have any boodle to throw away that will be a quick and easy way to part with it. SriiECKLEs and the Sugar Trust are at war again, and the price of granu lated sugar has been forced down to less than 4 cents per pound in Jsew York. Long may the war rage. The people can stand it. "Down in Warren" is the way the Nashville Herald's head writer caps a communication from Nicholson Springs. We would remind , the Herald man that Nicholson Springs is live hundred feet above Nashville. The new People's Party cut a small figure in the Kentucky elea tion last Monday. The people of that State gave it a black eye with a big Democratic majority. The soil of Kentucky isn't adapted to the prop gation of antidemocratic ideas. It now transpires that the Stand ard Oil monopoly is the greatest sin gle beneficiary of the reciprocity treaty recently negotiated between Cuba and the United States. Thus the g. o. p. takes care "of its friends under guise of great favors tothepeo pie. The Nashville American will cele brate its sixtieth anniversary with a mammoth edition of 48 pages, 50,000 copies of which will be printed, on the 1st of September. The issue will contain a great deal of historical and other interesting matter. The race question has been sprung in the O. A. It. encampment at De troit, and is likely to give g. o. p. pa; triots some trouble. The white vet erans from the South want the negro posts corralled in a separate depart ment. The brother in black is i splenuij leilow wnen his vote is needed, but when it comes to ban quets and big jolification meetings his white comrades much prefer that lie should not be "in it." The Shelbyville Commercial, which was burned out several weeks ago, has re-appeared with a new out lit. The Commercial's printers got a little tangled up during their rest spell, and consequently the new Com nierciai presents a somewhat unique appearance, with the head printed on the last page, and the columns on the editorial page made uo to run from right to left. Tin: Nashville American and Herald have both turned their bat teries loose upon the Alliance, anci are lighting it straight from the shoulder. The American of last Friday has a double-leaded editoria more man a column in length on "The Situation," in which it shows up the political workings of the Al liance In their true light. It Is much to be regretted that the American shut' its eyes to the. true condition of thiugsall last year. The Alliance antagonism to Democracy was just as apparent a year ago as it is today, and the clam policy pursued by the American then will to a large ex tent dissipate the force of its efforts to combat Alliance heresies now. "It is never too late to mend," however, and we are glad to Bee the' American engaged In the good work of de nouncing this hydra-headed enemy of Democracy. In hia speeches McDowell will de clare that he is as good a democrat as the State affords and expects to vote the straight ticket in the next elec tion, and the next breath he will se verely arraign both the old parties for the oppression of the laboring man, and advise his hearers to take care of their own Interests in the next election. If consistency is a jewel then McDowell wears but few. Can non Courier. " And all the other little district and countyjecturers take their key from McDowell, and befoul the air with the same kind of slush. The Alliance is now nothing move nor less than a secret oath-bouna political organiza tion, as far removed from all Demo cratic principle as midnight is from high noon. McDowell has sense enough to know that he is perjuring himself when he claims to be a Dem ocrat, but many of the lesser lights who are simply aping him are only to be pitied in their ignorance and simplicity. As the days roll calmly by and the excitement over the miners troubles . at Briceville subsides, a much cooler and more conservative expression comes from the State press generally regarding the abolition of the lease system.. People are begin ning to realize that there are two sides to the question, and when con- fronted4with the prospect of some thing like half a million dollars ad ditional taxation per year as a con dition of abolishing the lease 85'stem, the majority are disposed to scratch their heads and "think awhile before giving as their unqualihecl opinion that the lease system must go imme diately. We do not wish to be under stood as favoring the system or apol ogizing for it, but we do not believe the State is in a condition to abolish it altogether just at present, even if a contract was not in the, way. The system is bad enough, and no doubt works hardships to a small per cent of our citizens, but it cannot be abro gated in a few days, weeks or months without putting burdens upon the whole people which they can ill afford to bear. None of our public men or public journals have as yet advanced any well defined plan for a change which promises improvement upon the system, and we doubt very much if the General Assembly, in the short time allotted to an extraordinary ses sion, is going to evolve a remedy for the trouble. We believe the lease system ought to go, and will go, but it will take time to accomplish its de parture. ThelKentucky Election. An election was held in Kentucky last Monday for State officers, a Leg islature, and the ratification of a new constitution. The Democratic State ticket, with John Young Brown at its head for Governor, was elected by about 25,000 plurality. The new Peo pie's Party had out a full State tick et, but failed to carry a single county The Legislature will be largely Dem ocratic, although the Alliance elected a number of members. The majority for the new constitution is estimated at 90,000. The N. & C. Force at Work. Lebanon Observer. Work has been commenced at Cookeville for the N. & C. It. K. Co From this place their line will extend through the coal field and across the mountains to Cumberland Gap, they having secured the only right of way in this direction. The road will be known as the Nashville and Cumber land Gap. The force of Mr J. II Connor, contractor, passed through here Monday night en-route to the field of work. They numbered about five hundred and had all the necessa ry instruments for It. It. work with them. W T 1 lit I t m mods. iMiiei nas caoieu a proposi tion from Paris to (he managers of the World's Fair to build a tower on the grounds. The matter is under consideration. In fights extending over several days during the last week, between desperadoes at a logging camp on the state line between Louisiana and Texas, nine men are reported killed and about twenty wounded. THE EXTRA SESSION. Monday, AugusUlst the Date Fixed. The proclamation of the Governor was issued yesterday, calling the Gen- eral Assembly together in extraordi nary session on Monday, August 31st, at noon. The proclamation embraces twelve items of legislation, as bl ows: 1. To pass such statutes as will en able the Executive to comply with the requirements of the Constitution, that he shall execute the laws," and to this end to create and place at (lis disposal such force, civil or mili-. tary, or both, as will be sufficient for that purpose. 2. To enact, amend or repeal such aws with reference to the peniten tiary of the State, as shall be deemed promotive of the public good, as the easing, working and safe-keeping of he convicts; the removal, rebuilding and enlargement of the State prison, the consideration of measures that reduce the contact and competition of convict with free labor to the mini mum and conduce at the same time to the humane treatment of the con victs, and also, the policy of increas ing and defining more fully the pow ers of prison inspectors; are matters that will be especially commended to the attention of the General Assem bly. 3. To pass statutes to modify,amend or add to the system of criminal laws and procedure in this State. The passage of laws prohibiting the use of script or its equivalent by per sons or corporations in payment of their debts, providing penalty for violation of same, and laws that will punish with penalties any interfer ence with State convicts will be com mended to the attention of the Legis lature under this general head. 4 To pass statutes, to add to, amend or repeal the registration and election laws of the State, and especially, to repeal or amend chapter 233 of the acts of 1891. 5. To pass an act dividing the State into representative, fioterial and sen atorial districts, and apportioning Representatives and Senators among these districts as required by the Con stitution. G. To amend the act of the last ses sion of the Legislature, dividing the State into Congressional districts, es pecially so as to include Sequatchie County in some Congressional dis trict. 7. To pass statutes making such changes injudicial circuits and Chan cery divisions, and the time of hold ing courts therein as shall be deemed proper and necessary by the General Assembly. 8. To amend an act of the last ses sion of the legislature establishing a law court at Cumberland Gap, in Claiborne County, so as to provide for paying the expenses incident to the creation of said court. y. To consider ana ir deemed ex- pendient, to make an appropriation to defray the expenses of making a Tennessee exibit at the World's Col umbian Exposition, to be held at Chicago. 10. To pass such laws for the en couragement and benefit of the mili tia of the State as the public welfare demands. 11. To amend the existing revenue aad assessment laws in such manner as may be deemed necessary and pro per in view of any increased expen diture, or decreased revenues of the State, that may result from the legis lation of the extra session of the General Assembly. 1. io maKe an necessary appro priations to defray the expenses of the militia in the late trouble at Briceville and Coal Creek and of this extraordinary session of the General Assemrjiy ana lor other necessary purposes. 9 Holding Back Wheat. Special to American. Chattanooga, August 4. The Al nance men in this section seem to be taking seriously the advice given by the order to hold wheat for higher prices. One result here is that mil lers are forming a league to purchase Western grain, they claiming that the Middle Tennessee farmers, with the Alliance behind them, will sell only at enormous prices, the grain having gone up from 82c to 90c in week, and flour has advanced 25c per barrel. As a matter of fact, the mills have so far succeeded in run ning on Last Tennessee wheat but the supply will be inadequate to the wants of the flour-makers. A million dollar steel mill seems to be assured for Birmingham. The citizens of that city subscribed $102 iuhj mwara me enterprise in a mass meeting last Monday night. WASHINGTON. Washington, D. C. Aug. 3, '91. A democrat of national reputation is authority for the statement that an organized effort Is to be made to have the next national democratic conven tion held in Baltimore. I askrii him if that involved a movement for the nomination of Senator Gorman. He smiled as he said, "Not necessarily; but the fact that the convention is held in Baltimore, if it should beheld there, need not be regarded as a bar to the presentation of the claims of Maryland's favorite sou for the nom ination." Representative Chipman, of Mich igan, who is now in Washington, says the democrats of Michigan pro pose pressine: the claims of Hon. Don. M. Dickinson upon the next nominating convention, and that it isn't a movement intended merely as a compliment to that gentleman, but s the result of much consideration on the part of men who believe that he possesses all the attributes of a suc cessful Presidential candidate, one who could carry Michigan beyond a shadow of doubt. Can "Me too" Piatt, the New York republican boss, whose favor Mr. Iarrison has purchased by the ap- ointment of J. Sloat Fasset to be Collector of port of New York, save the Harrison vessel from being over whelmed by the Blaine tidal wave which is now rushing upon the seemingly doomed .craft? is ah inter esting problem to those interested in the result. It is r.ot believed that Mr. Harrison will give up without making a desperate fight, and if Mr. Natt can control the New York dele gation for him his friendship is well worth cultivating. A gentleman figuring up the votes that Harrison can control puts it in this way : "He can have the solid delegations of all the Southern States, unless somebody is disposed to put up money to buy their votes; he can get the solid In diana delegation through his control of the machine in that State ; ex-Senator Spooner, Senator Sawyer and Secretary Rusk are relied upon to to control the Wisconsin delegation for him; Secretary Foster can cer tainly divide if he cannot control the Ohio delegation ; Vermont is already pledged to him through Secretary Proctor, and if he can get the New York delegation he will start out with a strength not to be despised." At last the long hung up reciproci ty treaty with Spain for Porto Rico and Cuba has been officially an nounced with a temporary schedule to go into effect September 1, and a permanent schedule July 1S92. ' A similar agreement with San Domin go is also announced to take effect September 1. The fact is commented on that the largest single beneficiary under the Spanish agreement is the Standard Oil monopoly. Senator Butler of South Carolina, who is now here, has been warmly congratulated upon his success in demonstrating the folly of the sub- treasury movement in the South. With his usual modesty he declines to take any personal credit for what he has done, saying that he only pre sented an array of facts against the scheme which must at once become apparent to any ordinarily intelli gent man who will make a carefu study of the proposition,, and its probable effects, keeping in view similar attempts recorded by history. Since it became known among re publicans that Maj. McKinley made an appeal to the national executive committee for money to save him from defeat there is a noticeable dim inution in the amount of brag in wnicn iney inauige. iney now re alize that although Ohio is ordinarl ly a republican State, the election of McKinley handicapped by his unpop ular and unjust tariff bill, is very far trom being a certanity, and most of them are willing to admit that the legislature is in doubt. This is 1 very great change, and is signifi cant. There is only one member of the administration on duty today. That is Secretary Foster, and he is preparing to go to Ohio this week, ho says to take a vacation, but it would be safe to bet that he will work harder while there than he does when in Wash ington. LIST OF LETTERS Ileniaining in the Postoffice at McMinnville for the week ending Aug. 7 'which will b forwarded to the Dead Letter Office if no called for in 30 davs. Carroll, J. S, Cantrell, E. Davis, II. F. Graham, C. F. By order of the P, Halev, Joe B. Mose'ly, II. B. Bodes", Wes I Warmack, Diania O. Department, One Cent must be collected on all advertised let ters. Parties calling for any of these letters will please say "Advertised." A. II. FACLK5ER, P. M. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. " w. J. JOI.LY, AI.I1KRT 8F.1TZ. JOLLY &SEITZ, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Office Upstairs in Mason's New Clock. McMinnville, . . . Tennessee. A B. RAMSEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, McMinnville, Tenn. Office hours at residence on West Main Street 7 to 8 a. in., 12 to I and 6 to 7 p. m Office over tii store of A. II. Gross, in Potts Block, McMINNVILLE, TENN. 1IAVI10N & BAKER, Surveyors and Civil Engineers. Office Potts Block, McMIXXVPLLE TENNESSEE. GANGER and Tnmom CTREn t no Vnlfe boukfrer. Ura.dHAtir.NT ANuKRia No. 1GJ Kim utreet, Cincinnati, O- PARKER'S m HAIR BALSAM Clpsnwi and bt-iDtificf tho lt, rruntuU.-! a luxuriant growth. Never Fails to Restore Gray Hatr to lta Youthful Color. Curi-i icalp riiwuei it hair tuUuiic "r.nd tl unat nniyplrtl 'Weak l,u nir, lif-hility, Im ligation, Paio.TftWe lu time. 60 cU. ie l'nrker'A Lrintrer Tomu. It ruiea t worn tVniiirh. HINDERCORNS. The onlr ttirecurefor Comm. &tops aUptiiu. fta at Uruifitf, or lilbCOX ft CO., ti. Y. Private & Sexual Diseases WE TREAT and CURE WmT, PLIASAHT17 AHS raiVATELY, EVIL HABITS, SPERMATORRHEA. LOST MANHOOD, NIGHTLY EMISSIONS, GON0RRHCA, GLEET, STRICTURE, VARICOCELE, SYPHILIS. Send tor THE BOOK OF LIFE. DR. PARKER & CO. 340 North Cherry St N&shville, Tenn. LAWSON HILL'S Pure, Double-Distilled Full Proof APPLE BRANDY Made of Apples of 1888 and 1800, -HIS NOW READY FOR SALE.K- It was all nmde by Law so 11 Hill, for Med ical Purposes, from good ripe apples. It is in barrels, averaging 45 gallons each; and some in kegs, holding 10 10 11 gallons each. The barrels and kegs are well made, of well seasoned, all heart timber. Each barrel is well bound with eight good iron hoops, nnd each keg is well bound with 6 good iron hoops. Tax paid stamps are attached to barrels and kegs, and everything doae up according to law, so they can be shipped to any part of the United States. My price is $2.00 I'EU (al.LON, VASU, in lots of one or more, barrels or kegs, (no charge for barrels,) but one dullar charged for each keg, delivered at my home or in the depot at McMinnville. The barrels- and kegs are all new and clean, never having had anything in them except the pure Fine Brandy with whb'h they are now filled. I never make nor sell any spirits only pure, full proof, double distilled, Apple Brandy, of good ripe apples, and always, as now, keep the Brandy in my own cellars at my homo till sold and shipped direct to the purchaser, and payment must he made to me for Brandy before or when it is deliver ed or shipped. But when proper reference and guarantee are givvn, I ship by Express C. O. I), to the purtv ordering; or when it is requested to ship hy common freight, I have bill of lading attached to my draft, Brandy to be delivered when the draft is paid Where responsible parties, with prop er reference guaranty, prefer to examine the proof, etc., of the Brandy at my home or in the depot at McMinnville, before shipped on the cars, I will attend myself or by my agent and afford them every proper facility for doing so. But after it is shipped on the ears in good order they must look to the railroads for any damage that may occur. II. L. W. HILL, (Lawson Hill,) P. O., cither McMinnville, or Irving College, Tenn. July 20th, 18P1. Non-Resident Notice. .. i.M" 'J'."il mm k rrr- a W. L. Kelly vs. William E. Williams. Orifinol Attachment, W. L. Kelly having complained on oath, that defendant is justly indebted to him, and is a non-resident of the State of Ten nessee, and an original attachment having been issued by me, and the." tame having been returjed levied upon defendant's property, and an order for publication hav ing been made by me; now, therefore, in pursuance of said order, this publication is made, ind the said defendant, Win. E. Wil liams, is required to appear before me at the Courthouse in McMinnville, Tenn., on Saturday, August 8th, ZS91, end make defense to said attachment suit, or the same will be proceeded with expsrte. It is further ordered that this order be pub lished for four consecutive weeks in the Southern Standard. This July 0, p.. ii. mason, j. p.