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rubliah.ed every Thursday at TAZEWELL, VA., ??y? WILLIAM.C. PENDLETON, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTIONS. Republican, one year, cash in advance . . $ 1 00 Subscriptions on time. 1 CO Republican and M. Y. Tribune, one year, . 1 25 ADVERTISING RATES furobhed on applica? tion. Correspondence solicited. Tbe publishers of The Republican are not re onsible for opinions expressed by Correspou ats. The Republican is entered at the Post-office at Tazewell, Virginia, as second-class natter. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1897. A CAMPAIGN OF DISORGANIZATION. So far as the Republican party was con? cerned the recent campaign in Virginia was one of party disorgan ization. Party leaders usually try to succeed by success, but the Republican leaders in the State adopted at the outset another plan, which was to secure Buccess (for themselves) by defeat. The State committee was so eager to retain power that it disregarded the wishes of the people, refused to call a State convention and lowered the party flag before the enemy. The army of 185,000 resolute soldiers was ordered to disband and take to the woods. Tbe policy which was adopted by the State organization was followed by the district and county organizations, who in their respective spheres were as anxious to hold power as were their superiors. By the first movement a grand army was dis? persed in regiments and battalions. Most of these were disbanded by their regimental commanders, while others were converted into Hessian bands and sold to the enemy, as in Smyth and Washington counties. Never was a great army more completely disorganized. Is it any won? der that the campaign of disorganization has resulted in complete disaster to the party? ??? Wk trust that the Democrats in the next General Assembly will have the generosity to change the election iaw so every voter can cast his ballot without the assistance of any election officer. If such a law should be enacted and the Demo? cracy should win under its operations there could be no further complaint of the in? justice of the party. We have received the first number of the Southwest Republican which is pub? lished at East Radford, Va., by W. I. Boone, as proprietor and manager. The paper is gotten up in good style mechanic? ally, and is red hot Republican in politics. We welcome it among our exchanges, and extend our warmest wi?' . ior its success. -????--? . There must be a reorganization of the Republican party in Virginia!' The man who claims to be a Republican and does not admit this to be true- is either a fool or not sincere in his professions. The leaders of both factions should be con? strained to stop their fighting and join in a call for a state convention that will re-or? ganize the party and bring about a con? dition of harmony. Bad leadership and bad election laws have about made the Republican party in Virginia a nonenity in state elections. In Federal elections things will be better. Congress can and will go behind the re? turns if necessary in the Federal elections. ??? Thk Democratic papers made a big fuss ' when Ruth, a baby girl, was born to Pres dent Cleveland. Now that he has a boy, Grover, Jr., they make no fuse at all. Grover, Sr. will not have any more pat? ronage to dispense, hence the lack of gush. The enormous gains made by the Dem? ocrats in most of the counties of this dis? trict are likely to raise a doubt as to whether they are more the ; result of the operation s of the Walton law than a change in the sentiment of the voters. How can you expect the illiterate mau to have confidence in the honesty of the election officer who marks his ballot, when he is denied the privilege of select? ing the officei to mark the ballot for him? The Republicans of Tazewell county, who are among ihe staunchest in Virginia, could not withstand the demoralizing ef? fects of the policy of "masterly inactivity" adapted by the State organization. The principles of the Republican party are good. We believe they are essential to the welfare of our common country. Shall they be debauched and destroyed by a corrupt leadership in Virginia? The Republicans of Smyth county are now feeding on rotten watermelons and Gwynn cocktails. Not very healthy diet for Rspublicans but the kind dished out to them by their leaders. A lively spanking does a child good sometimes. Perhaps the Republican baby may be benefitted by the Bevere spanking it received on Tuesday in Virginia. If the vote in Virginia,cast on Tuesday,is an honest expression of the people, the majority must favor a return to "good Democratic times." . We will have no more elections in Vir? ginia for a year, for which the people should be profoundly thankful. Mb. St. Clair it elected to succeed him Eelf as Senator fur 11ws Senatorial district. Tiie Walton law has triumphantly endorsed iteelf. . ? -4??-1 Mr& McKimlky has knitted a pair of baby booties and sent them to Mrs. Cleve? land as a present for young Grower. - The people of Viiginia arc about unan? imous in one thing. They are solidly in favor of Cuba being free. In the elections held in all -the States last Tuesday the R jpubiicans held iuei r own, except in Virginia.. "13k sure you are wrong and go alead" was themotto of the Republican . leaders in this State. Of course the Walton law had nothing to do with it. Neither did the barrel have any effect. -???? Was it a cyclone, a simoon or earth? quake? Perh aps a mixture of them. - Go work and try to produce something to sell. The markets are all rigid. W. d. Srkatt will be the lone star from the 9th district. We have met the enemy and we are his'n. A FREE TRADE VIEW. The Efficiency of the Dingley Tariff Law Foreshadowed by an Opponent. Boston Journal, (Rep). Important testimony?and that, too, from an unfriendly source?to the fiscal effectiveness of the Dingley tariff is given in the "Quarte? ly Journal of Economics" for October by Professor F. W. Taussig, of Harvard. Professor Taussig, as is well known, is opposed to the principles of protection as it has been applied, with a few interrup? tions for 103 years in the United States. In other words, his economic sympathies are English rather than; American. But he is frank enough, for instance, to remind the headlong newspapers and politicians that have been making such hubbub over the sugar schedule of the new law that it "leaves as protection for the domestic re? finer?namely, for the Sugar 'Trust'?an additional or preferential duty of ? cent, precisely the differential given by tbe act of 1894," or, in other words, the Gorman Wilson tariff. -' Professor Taussig acknowledges that "as it happens"-the prospects for the next lew years warrant the expectation that the act of 1S97 will so raise the revenue as to en? able the expenditures to be met, and will remove for the time being that complica? tion in the general situation. The enormous exports of 189G and 1897, fortunate for the United States as were those of 1S7S-81, will sooner or later be followed by inllow ing imports.. How large the inflowing stream will be, what proportion of dutiable and non-dutiable imports it will contain, must be uncertain. The only thing that can be predicted is that?once the heavy imports brought in before the act are out of the way?imports and revenue will rise for the next two or three years. For a while the Treasury is likely to bejancmbar rassed, and will have a comparatively easy task in performing its double duties of paying the expenses of the Government and of maintaining the solidity of the cir? culating medium." The Union Pacific Bids. Philadelphia Press}.' * President McKinley and Attorney Gen? eral McKenna have given an object lesson to the country of the value to the Govern? ment of courage and determination in dealing with great masses of capital. The situation was simple. The Union and Kansas Pacifiic owed the Government together $71,095,670, or $5S,197,398 on the Union Pacific and $12,908,272 on the Kansas Pacific. The owners of the stock and junior securities, in all about $100, 000,000, set out to pay this debt by issuing anew blanket motgage of ?100,000,000. The less they paid of the debt the more there was left for them. They offered $45,000,000 and deposited $42,000,000 as security, but the transaction was not com? pleted on the part of the Government. President McKinley came in and the Gov? ernment pointed out that various court de? cisions altered its situation. The bid was to $50,000,000. The object was further examined. It grew plainer that the Union Pacific, at all events, could pay in full, and the Attorney Gen? eral asked to have the sale postponed to make this certain. The bid was promptly raised to $58,197,398 for the Union Pacific, the full amount of the mortgage. This pays off this claim, principal and interest, 100 on the dollar. The Government gets more on this road alone by $13,197,398 than it was offered originally for the claim on both roads. The claim for $12,908,272 on the Kansas Pacific goes over. The Gov? ernment has something in the sinking fund against this and the road itself is worth something. The re-organization com? mittee announces that it will let it go and take a parallel road, but a cheap purchase of the Kansas Pacifiic would put a com? peting line in the field. In the end a fair bid will be made for the road. . Meanwhile the resolute action of the President and his Attorney General has given the Treasury $13,000,000 more than was at first offered. An Opinion on Democratic Fools. Atlanta Journal, (Dem). It is an easy matter to produce in al? most any community a man who is ready on any occasion to make a fool of himself and who can do so to perfection, but it is really surprising to read a description of ex-Governor Proctor Knott's performance when he introduced Mr. Bryan at Lebanon. This distinguished Kentuckian, we are told, spoke with "great feeling." He said a ?i eat many ridiculous things and capped the climax by shouting at tbe top of his voice that Mr. Bryan is "the foremost man in all the world." Governor Knott was evidently "attempting to quote from Shakespear and came as near exactitude as Kentucky politicians usually do when they drop into tbe classics. When he was n Congress Proctor Knott was noted for sound sense and clear judgement as well as for humor. As Governor of Kentucky he was practical and thorough. His frisnds who heard his Bryan speech at Lebanon must have been pained to fin 1 unmis? takable evidences of mental decline. Gov. ernor Knott needs rest. ODDITIES AND OBSERVATIONS. Maggie Faber, a Cldcago girl, stood on a hot stove while polishing the stove pipe with turpentine. She dropped the bottle ef turpentine on the stove. Maggie will not polish stove pipes any more. It is regarded as peculiar that simulta? neously with the announcement that the sausage industry in Ghicago has been killed by the developments of the Luetgert trial there should be complaints that portions of the Windy City are aillcted by a plague of cats and dogs. Judge Gray,, while officiating at a mar? riage ceremony at Bowling Green the other day, was so flustered by the beauty of the bride that he asked her if she would "solemnly promise to love, support and protect this man." That, however, may be the real form in the year 2000. The Atlanta Constitution tells uf an en? tirely new phenomenon". The story is that rain lias been falling heavily and inces? santly for four days from a clear sky on a small spot between two trees in Kose Hill Cemetery, at Macon. It is said that Un? ion soldiers were formerly buried at that precise spot. Willis Norman, of Chicago, gave his G year-old son a revolver to play with. The tot managed to pull the trigger and Mr. Norman was shot dead. Of course, the re? volver was supposed to be unloaded, as usual. If that boy ever has sons of bis own he is not likely to give them dynamite or firearms to play with. A hog out in Missouri caused a litigant a loss of $4000 in costs. Now a Nebaska man has had to pay ?200 for a $10 horse. Such cases are very old. Lady Anne Clif? ford used to assess her tenants for contri? butions of chickens. One tenant refused to send a hen and was sued. Lady Anne got the hen, but it cost her ?200. When Emperor William threw away the butt of a cigarette at the recent German military maneuvers a crowd of peasants scrambled for it, aud the one who secured it sold it to an Englishman for 5 pounds. The purchaser evidently was not influenced by the fact that a cigarette from any other lips would smell as badly. Isadore Wolfe, a merchant of Camden, S. C, was shot in the faee by a ruffian in that town seven years aeo, and the bullet split his cheek bone. One half was ex? tracted but the other half could not be found. The other day Mr. Wolfe had a severe sneezing fit, and the piece of bullet (lew out. This is not an ad. for anybody's brand of snuff. OUT OF THE USUAL RUN. Edwin S. Hunt has found near Say brook Point, Conn., a cannon ball that was fired from a 3ritish warship in LS12. The hole in the ground is still there to show where the ball went into. The vessel that carried the cannon and the man who pulled the lanyard are not in evidence. But if any? body doubts Mr. Hunt's story?there is the Hole. Hoheit Eitzsimrnons, actor, blacksmith and champion plug-ugly of the world, was admitted to membership in the . Marion Lodge of Elks at Marion, Ind., the other day, and now Deputy Grand Exalted Hu ler Armstrong has ordered that he be ex* pelled, the alternative being the forfeiture of the charter of the lodge. It is eaid that Eitzsimmons will be dropped from the membership rolls, but Mr. Armstrong will probably deem it wise to wear a fist-proof shield over his solar plexus. It. F. Tyler and his wife rode in a piano box in a freight car from Exeter, N-. H., to Seattle, Wash., last year, but a few days ago when they tried to return in the same way, were captured with their supplies of canned goods and water cans. Although taken out they are still in a box. C. A. Smith, of Smithtown, Miss., has. a looking glass that was given to his grand? father's great-grand-father in 1716. It is in a good state of preservation, and is a good glass, though of small size. Mr. Smith has also an apple tree that has reached the age of 150 years. It bore' ap? ples last year, and has a few on it this year. A New York woman who has no-faith in banks wrapped her savings, amounting to $140, in an old skirt, jammed it under her: mattress and went out shopping. When she arrived at the store she caused a com? motion by shouting that she had been robbed. She ran to a newspaper office and inserted an advertisement of the heart? breaking quality and went home. Then she remembered where she had hidden her roll?and?that's all. PERSONAL MENTION. Ex-President Harrison and family are at their home in Indianapolis, and have fully recovered from the influenza which attacked them in New York. Professor Lawrence Bruner, the Ne? braska scientist, who went to Argentina to I study the grasshopper plague there, writes that be finds great swarms of insects fully four inches long. Miss Gladstone, who is almost con [ tinuously with the ex-Premier and her mother, is an enthusiastic cyclist, and during her parents' stay in Perthshire made many long journeys of exploration. Mrs. Maritta M. Kicker, of New Hamp? shire, attorney-at-law, politician, com? missioner and examiner in chancery, has announced herself a candidate for Congress from the First Congressional District of her State. Miss Frances P. Goodwin's bust of Schuyler Colfax, which will be placed in the Senate Chamber in Washington in December, is now in the office of the architect of the Capitol, where it is an ob I ject of great interest to visitors. Constipation Causes fully half the sickness in the world. It retains the digested food too long in the bowels and produces biliousness, torpid liver, indi? gestion, bad taste, coated tongue, sick headache, in? somnia, etc. Hood's Pills cure constipation and all its results, easily and thoroughly. 25c. All druggists. Prepared by C. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. The only Pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. Pills CHAPMAN & HURT, GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS, TAZEWELL, ^VIRGINIA, Represent the following old reliable Fire Companies: Liverpool itndL ondon and Globe, Hamburg-Bremen, Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, New York Underwriters' Agency, Home Insurance Company of New York, United States Insurance Co. of N. Y. North British and Mercantile. Aetna Insurance Co. of Hartford. Georgia H?rne Ins. Co. of Columbus, Ga. Virginia File and Marine Insurance Co. Virginia State Insurance Company, Petersburg Savings and Insurance Co. LIFE AND ACCIDENT. Mutual Life of New York, Travelers' Ins. Co. of Hartford Conn. American Security Company of N. Y. Lloyd's Plate Glass Company of N. Y. Policies written by them insure protection, indemnity and security to their holders. Losses paid in Southwest Virginia over $35,000.00, every dollar of which was paid without law-suit or controversy. octl CASTNER & CURRAi General AgentsTor the Celebrated Pocahontas Smokeless Semi-Bituminous .. St-. COAL Main Office! 328 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. BRANCH OFFICES: 1 Broadway, New York, Old Colony Building, Chicago, 111. 70 Kilby Street, Boston, .Mass., Neave Building, Cincinnati, O. Progress Building, Norfolk, Va., 4 Fenehurch Avenue, London, England, Terry Building, Roauoke, Va. POBST &WINGO, China and Glassware: Have You Examined Our Stock and Prices? We -have fine Carlsbad and ITaviland Dinner and Tea Sets, handsomely decorated and of elegant de? signs. China Dessert Sets, Berry Set's in China or glass, After-dinner and Individual Coffee Sets, beau? tiful China Statuettes and Vases, Jardinears, Cake Baskets and, in fact, the most complete line of China and .Queensware ever seen in this section-.- ?VVe-have Glass Tumblers in great quantities, fine and cheap. Flower Pots all sizes. Baseball Guods and Fishing Tackle. We have, a complete stock of Baseball Goods and Fishing Tackle. The best Cigars/ Chewing and Smoking Tobacco. Fruit Jars. 200 dozen Fruit Jars, one-half gallons and quarts. Lower prices than ever. Pobst Building, Tazewe \, Va. OO OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOO OO Peery & Dod Have just received a. Car Load of Earthen* <{p arid Stone Ware, the finest quality. Ves- <Q> seis from one-half gallon to six gallons in <Q> size. (Ti> Fishing Tackle. We have a nice stock of Fishing Tackle. ?jointed rods, reels, grass and linen lines, hooks, with and without snoods. FRUIT JARS. We have a large quantity of Fruit Jars, all sizes, which we are selling at bottom prices. All kinds of Staple and Fancy Groceries. PEERY &DODD. OOO?OO OOOOOO OOOO OOOOO HARDWARE AND Fi / All kinds of Hard k ware, Cooking and i ware ? Heating Stoves, Fur-^ ^niture, House Furn-?4 I ishing Goods, Lamps 1 1 and Lamp Fixtures / SADDLES, WAGON AND BUGGY HARNESS, COLLARS, PADS, BLIND and RIDING BRIDLES. --?THE. SYRACUSE PLOW. We guarantee they will please you better than any plow on the market. We will sell you a first-class Sewing Machine for $20.00 and the best In the world for $30.00, Guaranteed. 1Y10SS & GREEVER, TAZEWELL, VA TAZEWELL COLLEGE ......FOK. BOYS AND GIRLS. Seventh Annual Session Opens September 7,1897 .AND CLOSES. MAY 18, 1898. The Session just closed was most sat isfactory to PUPILS, PATRONS AND STR?CT?RS. The enrollment this session exceeds that of any previous year?reaching IC1, thus giving logical endorsement to the natural principle of co-educution. The college will be continued under the same management. BO ARD, ROOM, FUEL, LIGHTS PER SESSION, $90. Tuition, Literary Department - 30.00 " 3Iusie " - 30.00 " " .(in classes of two) each 20.00 Twenty per ct. discount on board if paid monthly in advance. \'oU must bring with you one pair of sheets, blankets, towels and pillow cases. Boys' boarding department in the col? lege building, under the direct supervision of the president. Girls' boarding department near the college chapel with Mrs. J. N. Harman. ? For further information apply to A. A. FERGUSON, Principal, Tazeweil, Va. J. B. CAUDILL, t?LUrvlTBH^ tazewell, ya E. fl. Witten. J II. Hibuitts. Witten &. hibbitts, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, s '. GR?NDY VA. ' I W. MOORE & CO, "Tazeweil, Va., Tin and Sheetiron Workers AND ROOFERS. ISTG UTTERING a specialty. All kinds of Repairing done. Prices reasonable and WORK GUARANTEED. 11-12.9G. DR. M. B. CROCKETT, Physician and Surgeon Has located at Liberty Hill (Knob), Va at which' place he can be found at ail times except when absent on professional duties. ROBERT D, HUFFGRD, H; D., TAZEWELL, VA. Will respond to all calls, day or night? J by telegram or otherwise. (aug27 C. T. PATTON, BLACKSMITH CENERAlT-REPAIRER TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA. (Yost's Old Stand) Iam prepared to execute, at Sj,ort notice and on reasonable terms, all clasees of iron work?horse shoeing, all kinds of repairing, etc. There is also connected with my estab? lishment a WOOD-WORKING Depart? ment, under the control of .1. 15. Crawford, where he is'prepared to doevervthing per? taining to that branch. $200 STOCK OF Hawkes' Spectacles At H. W. POBST'S, rAZEWELL, - - VIRGINIA MRS, JENNIE LEWIS, (Residence?West End) Milliner and Dressmaker, TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA. Perfect fit guaranteed in every case and erras very reasonable. ROANOKE ??? Course* for Degrees, with Electives; high stand rd. Also Commercial and Preparatory Courses. Jbrary 20.000 vofumes. Working Laboratory. iood moral* and discipline. Six churches?NO 1AR-ROOMS. Healthful mountain climate. 'ep.y hodkiute expenses: may be reduced be? au- S150 for nine months (fees, board, &c.) 45th ear begins Sept. 15th. Catalogue free. Addrea Jenes D. lUiEiiKit, 1'residcnt. Clinch Valley Roller Mills. CEDAR BLUFF, VA., The Best Equipped Mills in Southwest Virginia. Manufactures High grade Koller Floor, and all kinds of Mill Feed. Our "IN VINCI? BLE" brand of Fancy Patent Flour is pronounceoVthe best in tbe market. Our other celebrated brands are "LEADER,'' "XXXX FAMILY," "PRIDE OK THE VALLEY," and "RISING SUN." All our Hour guaranteed. Capacity' 50 barrels Flour and 200 bushels Meal Daily Custom grinding carefully and promptly done. A customer who tries our Flour I and meal stays with us. HIGGINBOTHAM & KIRBY, Proprietors. MISS MAG. LITZ, Milliner DRJESS MAKING TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA, (Residence - West Main Street.) Thanking her numerous patrons fur their \n\st support, she hopes to merit a continuance of the saint' by jjuod work at reasonable prices. Promptness my motto. Tazewell Planing Mills Q. ffl. 36S'$"&(36-> Proprietors. |yyw , ro We are now ready to do any kind of work in RIPPING AND PLANING LUMBER, MOULDINGS and BRACKETS ~~~*~0F EVERY DESCRIPTION, Window and lS)oor prame^. We take pleasure in announcing to the public that our facilities fordoing neat and clean-cutwTork and at short notice are unsurpassed in this section of Virginia. If you doubt it give us a trial and you will be convinced. 6. W. YOST & CO., Tazewell, Va. . B. Greenawalt & Go,, Dealers in and Manufacturers of Marble and Granite MONUMENTS -TOMBSTONES Iron Fencing and all kinds of Ceme tary work done in the neatest style. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. WYTHEYILLE Walla'cb Galdwell, Jno. L. Caldwell, Jackson, Ohio, CALDWELL BROS. & YOUNC TAZEWELL, - - - VlKGIi-JIA, -DEALERS IN? ? 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