Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 1 September 1893 — Page 4

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1893.

REDUCTION IN PRICE. From this date the subscription price of THE WEEKLY JOURNAL will be $1 per year. This reduction is made in order that it may come within the reach of every family in the county. While there will be a reduction in subscription price there will be no depreciation in the merits of the paper. The aim of its publishers will be to increase its usefulness as a local and family newspaper. While politically THE JOURNAL will advocate the principles of the Republican party, yet the news, both local and general, Bhall receive special attention. Try it for a year. Hand your name and your dollar to your nearest agent or to our traveling agent when he calls on you. Of course this reduction in price does not include arrearages.

INDIANAPOLIS Journal: The declaration of General Lew Wallace that he will maroh in line with the Montgomery battalion gives much satisfaction to the comrades outside of that county.

NEW YORK Tribune:—General Lew Wallace was invited by the Indiana post of the G. A. R. to which he belongs to take command of the battalion from Montgomery oounty, including all the posts in that county, at the National Encampment in Indianapolis. He has written a characteristic reply declining to rob a deserving comrade of his honors, and saying that he will be found in the ranks of the poBt, duly sized, and will march with the rest.

THE Wilmington News give the secret of the whole trouble in twelve lines: "The merchants are holding back in giving orders the manufacturers are decreasing their output and discharging workmen the idle workmen are withdrawing their savings, put aside for a "rainy day," from the savings banks the merchants are not depositing as much money as usual in banks, owing to a fall -leg off of sales foreign manufacturers are flooding our market with goods in order to get a foothold here in anticipation ot free trade.

This is the secret of the whole trouble. The McKinley tariff should be lel't alone." The above contains the whole truth in a nutshell.

THE Frankfort Crescent seems to be as mad BB a March hare over the situation in Congress. It pitches Senator Voorhees headforemost into its sausage grinder and proceeds tc make mincemeat of him in the most approved style. At the same time it rushes to the defense of Senator Hill and defends him against the attacks of other Democratic newspapers. The difference between Voorhees and Hill ia just about the difference between tweedle dee and tweedle dum. Both declared for the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law, both are in favor of bimetalism, and both denounced national banks. Voorhees, however, lauded Grover Cleveland, while Hill's voice meant war. This probably accounts for the Crescent's defense of the New York Senator as its editorial page bristles with the cry of "War, war war even to the knife"—on Grover Cleveland and all who have been "influenced with the power of public pat-

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THERE are many who seem to think when the question of pensions is sprung that reference is had only to the Burvivors of the late rebellion. The American Tribune last week gave the following interesting information concerning the pensioners of former wars:

The pension roll of the survivors of the war 011812 is a wonderful list. There.are 165 solders and sailors on it. Six of thtm are 100 years old, five 101 years old, four 102 ears old, two 103 years old, one, John W. Ireland,of North Carolina, is 104 years old, and one, John Downey, of Alabama, is 105 years old.

Of pensioned widows of men who fought in that war there are 6,651 surviving. Of course, the reason why the number of them is so great Is that many of the old soldiers married late In life—often on their death-beds. In numerous Instances, while with one foot in the grave, they wedded young girls.

Twenty widows of soldiers who fought in the American revolution still draw pensions. Does it not seem wonderful?

Two daughters of revolutionary heroes have been pensioned by special act of Congress There are 15,213 survivors of the Mexican war still on the pension lists and 7,282 widows of soldiers who took part in that conflict.

Hut the only pensions classed as frauds are the boys who fought to save our country from disruption, receiving for their services $13 per month in depreciated currency. They must prove their inability to perform the labor of an ordinary day laborer, or they can not be considered by a grateful nation, "The pity of it, Iago, the pity of it."

BIGHTS OF PENSI0NEES.

.PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has given an edict to Hoke Smith that 100,000 pensioners must be dropped from the rolls. That is one of the "reforms" on which his heart is set. From the indiscriminate way in which pensioners are being dropped it has the appearance of a horizontal cut, andjinvolves a most cruel injustice. The case of Simpson Montgomery is an instance in point. He patriotically enlisted when he wad 45 years of age. Not only did he enlist himself but he took one of his boys, George W., with, him, leaving a wife and two children to struggle for a livelihood as best they could. After a service of three years, during which time he contracted disabilities which entitled him to a pension, he returned home, and now at the age of 77 hobbling around with one Bide paralyzed, he is made the viotim of Grover Cleveland's hatred of the pensioner. There area good many of the "boys" left yet, and many of them have been voting the Democratic ticket, but we very much mistake their oomradeship and patriotism if they in the future will not vote to right this prodigious wrong. THE JOURNAL is glad to see that the friends of the veterans are moving in the matter, touching the legality of Hoke Smith's wholesale suspension of pensioners. Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire, has introduced a resolution in the Senate looking toward an investigation into the arbitrary, and, it is believed, illegal conduct of the Secretary. As the Senator clearly points out, if the Secretary of the Interior or the Commissiner of Pensions may suspend or drop from the pension roll the names of such veterans as he sees fit, it is evident that he is at liberty to nullify in large measure practioally all pension legislation. To hold that the law making branch of the government eyer intended to invest an individual official with such sweeping authority is manifest nonsense. The plan of Col. C. P. Lincoln to make a test case in the courts is a much better one, which it is to be hoped will not long be delayed. The law is too explicit and direct to admit of any other conclusion than that substantially that pensons may be dropped only after undoubted proof of fraud, and a hearing in which the accused shall have full ohance of defense. The idea that pensions may be suspended on a suspicion that the facts upon whioh they were granted by a preceding Administration were insufficient, and pending the production of proof that this suspicion is well grounded, is an evident violation of the letter as well as the spirit of the law. It is equally contrary to all principles of justice. This government cannot afford to deprive the old soldiers of the pittance that comes to them by way of pensions except in cases where fraud exists, and it is the duty of Congress and the courts to see to it that they are fully protected it their right. The National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will probably have something to say officially next week and which will probably lead to some practical action.

SENATOR SHERMAN'S SPEECH. Senator Sherman addressed the Senate yesterday on the question of repealing the silver purchasing clause of law of 1890. He made it plain that he was not a recent convert for repeal as he had introduced such a bill at the last session of Congress, but that he received no assistance from the Democratic side of the Senate. On one thing Congress and the country agreed, the Senator said, and that

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silver should be continued in use as money, as measures of value. The problem to solve was how to procure the largest use of gold and silver without demonetizing either. Speaking of the act of 1873 he stated that while he had voted against the bill the Senator from Nevada, Mr. Stewart, had voted for it. Thie somewhat disconcerted the silver Senator, but not so much as when Mr. Sherman quoted from speeches made by Mr. Stewart in 1873 and 1874 these words: "I want the standard gold, and no paper money that is not redeemable in gold. By this process we 6hall come to a specia basis, and when the laborer shall receive his dollar it will have the same purchasing power of a dollar. Gold is the universal standard of the world. Everybody knows that." Mr. Sherman followed up his advantage over the Nevada Senator by exhibiting a newspaper pub lished in that State, one whole side of which was occupied with noticed of assessments on silver mining stock, "all payable in United States gold ooin."

THE IndianapoliB Sentinel is engaged in the herculean effort to prove that the farmers this year received more for their wool than they received last year. It will require more sophistry than the Sentinel has yet presented to convince the Montgomery county farmer that this is true. His pocketbook gives the lie direct to this statement.

FINANCES AND THE TARIFF. The Wilson bill, which passed the House on Monday, provides for the repeal of that portion of the act of July 14, 1890, which authorizes the purchase of silver by the Secretrry of the Treasury to the amount of 4,500,000 ounces a month at the market price at the time the silver was bought and payable in treasury notes redeemable in coin. The repeal bill also provides that the standard silver dollars heretofore coined shall not be impaired or in any manner affect their legal tender quality. It albo declares that the United States shall maintain the parity of silver and gold at the established ratio or such other ratio as may be established by law. As some of the extreme silver men would have the people believe this does not shift the country to an exclusive gold basis. We have silver firmly established in our system and it will be kept there. The Government owns over $600,000,000 in silver, including standard dollars, subsidiary coins and bullion. And this it will keep and utilize. Stopping the coinage of silver dollars or the purchase of silver bullion does not demonetize silver. There is no war on silver as money and there is no talk of its demonetization as much as the silver producers seem to wane to create the impression. So far as the repeal of the Sherman law ia concerned THE JOURNAL has been indifferent. To repeal or not repeal will make but little difference in the situation, since that measure was not the underlying cauee of the panic. It is probably well enough to repeal the law as an "object lesson." It will show the people that the prime cause of the disturbance was the threatened attack on the industrial interests of the country, by unfriendly legislation. Mr. Reed in his most admirable speech states it very clearly when he says:

When mills shut down they shut down because they must ascertain by Democratic legislation what the ba3is of their future manufactures is to be. If their basis is to be competition with foreign countries upon less favorable terms they will be obliged to meet those less favorable terms by reducing the cost of manufactures themselves. The cost of manufactures, of the finest kinds especially, is largely In the pay which is given to laboring men. As the gentleman from Mississippi (Catchings) has very candidly and at the same time very accurately said, the wages of labor have been steadily rising in this country until they have reached a point unexampled in the history of the world up to this time.

The question of wages, whether they will remain where they are or whether they shall be reduced to a foreign standard thiough a "tariff reform" policy, is the one essential fact which should be borne in mind by the wage earning voters and should not be obscured by the financial scarcecrow.

POSSUM RIVGE.

Wm. Whittington and Albert Deer went to Waveland Eriday. Sherman Stilwell will teach school this winter in Warren county.

Miss Lizzie Stilwell will teach school this winter in Union township. One or two more of John Carrington's children are sick with scarlatina.

Miss Mary Smith is working for Mrs. W. W. Whittington while she is ill. Sherman Whittington, wife and son spent Sunday at John Whittington's.

The rain of last week did a great amount of good to the

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James Todd went to Crawfordsville Friday. The colt show at New Market was a good one.)

Jack Canine and wife visited at Elias Smith's Sunday. John Smith is seeing the sights at the World's Fair.

Mrs. Wm. Whittington, who has been quite sick, is better. Tude and Robert Canine visited at John Rice's Sunday.

The gravel road on the Possum Ridge side is about completed. The potato crop will be light on account of the dry weather.

and corn*

T. G. Whittington and wife visited at Nathaniel Beatty's^Monday and Tues day.

A Mr. Slamliler has rented the James Davie farm near the old Clark mill for another year.

MiBS Gladys Ammerman, of Crawfordsville, has been visiting at George Whittington'e for a few days.

Rees Whittington and wife have returned home to Ionia. Misses Maud and Halley will stay until after the fair

Hngh Hodgkins was on our new gravel road Friday and thinks good work has been done on the hill at Indian Creek.

George Huffmire, of New Market, is doing thriving business. He has quit hauling with two horses and only

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one so he can haul bigger loadB. While going up the Leath hill with a heavy load of staves John Matheman had a general smashup by the double tree breaking and letting the wagon run back into a rook.

The north division of our gravel road is finished and it lookB like an injustice for some to travel the road and not help make it, personB who travel the road almost every day and live near by. When asked to help they said it was of no ben efit to theoi. If a man was not able physically or financially to help make the road he could be excused. ,4

DECOKATED and plain sets of dishes at cost at the 99c Btore. Closing out sale.

STRINGTOWN.

The long wished for rain came at last. Threshing clover is the order of the day. Charles Luthers spent Sunday in Advance.

James Summers traded horses Saturday and made $25. Andrew Chambers and wife were on our streets Sunday.

James Williams and family [spent Monday at his father's. Andy Fearless is sowing his wheat on the Jacob Wingert farm.

Ask Harry Everson who saw the moon change Sunday night. Rev. Martin spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Peck.

G. Evans, Walter Hunt, Wm. Hunt and Eston Hostetter had quite a wreck while coming from Duckard meeting Sunday,

The party at Mr. Hardiest's Saturday evening was a grand success. About forty couples enjoyed themselves uiitil a late hour.

LADOGA.

Nina Anderson has the typhoid fever. The mornings are beginning to be very chilly.

S. P. Kyle and family are seeing the World's Fair. Our base ball club was defeated Monday by the Crawfordsville boys.

J. F. Warfel has returned from a week of institute work at Aurora. Geo. Reed has moved his family here and occupies the widow Parker's residence.

Many of our people will visit the G. A. R. encampment at Indianapolis next week. The eight year old daughter of Tom Gregory died Friday night and was buried bunday.

Mrs. Laura Bell and Mrs. A. G. Snyder are visiting relatives at Franklin, Ohio, this week.

Geo. Linn left Wednesday for Attica, having accepted a position as clerk in a drug store.

OFF1EL.

John Steele is on the sick list. vjg The ice cream supper at the church was a success.

Mr. Wilhite spent Saturday and Sunday with his familv on the creek. The Kincade and Liter sale wis well attended but stock sold very cheap.

James Bell and wife, of Alamo, visited Frank Jamison and children on Tuesday. G. W. Burk and family ate water melon with Will Douglass on Black Creek Sunday.

Miss Hattie Stephens, of Otterbein, is stay iug with the family of her sister this week.

Dr. Davidson and wife came over Tuesday night from Yountsville to eat ice cream,

Quite a number of our young folks attended a literary entertainment at the cabin Friday night. They report a feast of fun.

The hole in which Mr. Shull was drowned is called the "whirlpool" and is carefully avoided by everyone accustomed to the creek.

Some stray dogs killed and mangled a nice flock of sheep belonging to John Steele on Saturday night. Not. a sound one was left out ol twenty-eight.

Messrs. Connard and Steele sold some Dice fat heifers this week and received in payment about as much money as we used to get for sucking colves.

A double birthday festival was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Connard on Tuesday night. Ice cream and cake were the order of the evening.

A nice new girl babe came to the home of George Crane on last Tuesday, while John Cedars is proudly smiling over the arrival of a bouncing boy at his home.

An ice cream supper with plenty of candy and pop corn will be given at the school .house on Saturday night. Come everybody as the proceeds go to the church fund.

GRAVELLY RUN.

Chas. Warren is threshing the clover seed in this vicinity, Will Butler, wife and daughter have returned to their home in Indianapolis.

Rev. John Newhn will attend services here at 11 o'clock next Sunday webk. Sept. 10.

Miss Ethel Lycch spent Saturday and Sunday at Sugar Plain, as the guests of Bertha Hadley.

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Jones, of Arkansas, were the guests of relatives and friends here last week.

Mrs. Chas Campbell and daughter and Master Everett Butler huve been on the sick list for the past week.

Willard Binfordand Byron Cox, in company with their "best girls," and others, spent bunday at the Shades.

Miss Sibyl Gallain has returned to her home at Thorntown after a two weeks' visit with her aunt Miss Lucinda Johnson,

Mrs. Martha Cloud and daughter returned to their home at Thorntown last Monday after a week spent with relatives here.

Miss Ella Cline, of Willow Branch, is to be our teacher the coming school year, instead of Miss Etta Campbell, as before mentioned.

Will Burke is still very sick with very little change in his condition. S. P. Vangundy, a former resident, is very sick at home near Garfield.

Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Peebles and Will Champion and wife were appointed from our Sunday school as delagates to the Sunday school convention held at Wesley last Thursday.

Don't say that THE JOURNAL isn't the most popular, as well as the newsy paper, in the county. Last week the news rolled in from just twenty different localities, besides the vast amount of news contuined in its pages among the country items.

Those who have been visitors at the "White City" the past two weeks are as follows: W. R. Lynch and wife, H. S. Johnson and wife, C. W. Campbell and wife, C. E. Butler and wife, and Miss Mabel Peebles and Artie Thornburg, of Garfield. We might just add they all enjoyed the fair hugely, but returned home "tired, oh, so tired," like everybody else.

TINWARE at cost at 99o store.

Are Proportionate With the Decline In Prices in Grain.

And now is a good time for you to fit yourself out with Fall and Winter clothing. It is most too early to think of heavy goods and so we will make a cut of over

25 PER CENT. ON ALL LIGHT WEIGHT GOODS.

Jake Joel

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gALE FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT.

By virtue of a certain precept to me directed by the Mayor of the city of Crawfordsville. Indiana, and duly attested by the Clerk of said city, under the corporate seal of said citv. I will on Saturday, Sept. 23,1893, sell, at public auction, at the city court room between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. aud 4 o'clock p. m. of said day, the following described lot or parcel of land, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the sum hereinafter named as assessed against said premises lor street improvement and all cost, to-wit: Part of lot No. 14, Powers addition to the city of Crawfordsville, Montgomery county, Indiana, owned by Mary K. Collins, against which ia assessed tli© sum of 11125.40 for street improvemeut in favor of Henry Clements, Contractor. Crawfordsville, Ind., Sept. 2,1893.

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State of Indiana, Montgomery county: In the Montgomery Circuit court, September term,

Ray vs-Lewis

Ray, Complaint No.

lUooi). Comes now the plaintiff by B. R. Russell and W. D. Griffith, Attorneys, and flies her complaint herein, for divorce, together with an .affidavit that said defendant. Lewis Ray Is not a resident of the State of Indiana.

Notice Is therefore hereby given said defendant. that unless be be and appear on the 32nd day of the next term of theMontgomery Circuit court, the same being the 10th day of October, A, D., 1893, at the court house in Crawfordsville, in said county and State, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard and determined In his absence.

Witness my name, and the seal of said court, affixed at Crawfordsville, this 11th dav of August, A. D., 1893. 4., ono WALLACE SPARKS.

Augustl2, 1893. Cleik

Estate of William Carroll Young, deceased J^OTICE OP.APPOINTMENT.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed and duly qualified as Administratrix of the estate of William Carroll Young, late of Montgomery county, Indiana, deceased. Such estate is supposed to be solvent. SARAH YOUNG.

Aug, 19,1893.