Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 1 February 1895 — Page 6

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1895.

A WESTERN journal says: "The wool crop of Montana in 1893 was 13,375,000 pounds and sheep sold readily at from $5 to $6 per head. To-day they can be bought for $1 per head." Paste this fact in your hat and read it to free-wool advocates.

REPRESENTATIVE MCCREA, of this county, has introduced a bill in the House permitting County Commissioners to make appropriations for special road improvements. It is presumed that the bill is well guarded, and that the appropriations are limited. If so it is a good measure and should pass.

INDIANAPOLIS Journal: The performances of Green Smith as Attorney-Gen-eral should be carefully investigated to the end that such irregularities as he was guilty of may not be repeated hereafter. Even if what he says is true, namely, that he has been obliged to pay his agents discovering the delinquencies of county and township officers, the amount that he paid should be made known in order that abetter method of bringing such delinquents to do their duty may be devised.

THERE is no reason why County Superintendents should not be elected by the people as other county officers are elected. The people in their collective capacity are certainly as capable of choosing competent Superintendents as are a half dozen or a dozen township trustees. All the wisdom required for this duty cannot be centered upon a few. Representative Mcintosh's bilJ providing for the election of these officers by popular vote should therefore receive favorable consideration and enacted into law.

HON. A. C. DAILY entered upon his duties as State Auditor last Saturday. He has selected Capt. W. H. Hart, of Frankfort, as his chief assistant. Charles E. Wilson, managing editor of the Lafayette Courier, was offered a position in the office, but declined. Mr. Daily has exhibited the happy faculty of selecting the right kind of timber for his assistants, and THE JOURNAL regrets that Mr. Wilson could not see his way clear to accept the position as with such an official force it would be easy to predict a most honorable and capable administration of auditorial affairs.

GEN. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, of Kalamazoo, is a Democratic politician of Michican. He rendered distinguished services during the war and was shot almost to pieces. For these wounds and other disabilities he was placed on the pension rolls at the rate of $72 a month. The General seems to have been as brave in politics as he was in battle, and at the last State G. A. R. Encampment made a speech in which he bitterly condemned the pension policy of Commissioner Lochren and the Democratic party. As a result of this speech he has had his pension reduced to $50 a month. It is said the General will contest the Commissioner's right to make the reduction.

TIIK SPECIAL MESSAGE. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has sent a

special message to Congress in which he points out the necessity of legislation to stop the outflow of gold. He shows that the condition of affairs is such that the passage of such a law is pressing and should receive immediate attention. His views generally will be received by all sound thinking people as eminently correct. No person will controvert his statements that some remedial legislation is demanded, but nothing that he suggests, although it may be the proper thing to do, will put revenue into the Government coffers. The President insists that the depletion of the gold revenue is due to the redemption of greenbacks over and over again, and that the currency system is, therefore, to blame for this misfortune. This is not true, as everybody knows who has an intelligent understanding of the facts in the case. The redemption of greenbacks has been going on ever since January 1, 1879. Throughout thi6 period of sixteen years the same condition has existed that is now declared to be the source of a grave financial trouble. Why did the reserve remain intact during all these years? Simply because the receipts were equal to the expenditures, and accordingly there was no monthly deficit to be made good by drawing upon the reserve. Mr. Cleveland says "it will hardly do to say that a simple income of revenue will cure our troubles." Many people will differ from the President. Every

intelligent man knows that there is not enough revenue to meet the necessities of the Government. No kind of currency reform can change this situation. An increase in the circulation, or an alteration of its character, will not put more money into the treasury to pay the public expenses. It is not the currency that makes borrowing necessary, but the monthly shortages of revenue, and this shortage is attributable to Democratic monkeying with the tariff and finances. It may be all true, as the President suggests, that our currency system is not perfect, and it may need revision on the line which he proposes, but that has nothing to do with the raising of revenue to defray the cost of carrying on the Government, which is the true explanation of the continued depletion of the gold reserve. If we had a tariff that would yield a sufficient amount of money for current expenses and the duties were required to be paid in gold there would be no deficit and the gold reserve would cease to diminish. This is the only remedy.

THE TRUTH OF HISTORY. FOR thirty years the Republican

party administered the government with success. Business prospered in every direction the growth and development of the country was marvelous, and the vast public debt was rapidly reduced by continual payments. Not only this, but there was a surplus in the treasury so great as to become alarming to some of our Democratic friends, and they made it a matter of objection to the Republican policy that it had suffered this great surplus to accumulate. Now, at the end of two years' of Democratic rule we find business of every kind depressed, labor begging for work, and the public treasury threatened with bankruptcy. A pitiful appeal is made by the President to allow the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow five hundred millions of dollars to preserve the credit of the government. A tariff for revenue only has been passed which has brought no revenue. One experiment after another has been tried, but all have failed, and this great, rich country is on the verge of having its honorable name tarnished by an open acknowledgment that it is no longer able to pay its honest debts. We venture that another such instance of imbecility in the management of our public affairs cannot be found in the whole history of our country.

A METROPOLITAN POLICE.

The till to create Metropolitan Police Boards in all cities of less than 10.000 is now before the Senate for consideration. The bill is free from the sbjections which have been urged against Metropolitan Police Boards in the larger cities in that it preserves the idea of home rule in municipal government. By this bill the Board is composed of four members, one of which shall be the Mayor, the other three to be appointed by the Judge of the Circuit Court. This removes the entire responsibility from the City Council, a body which usually is influenced more or less by political considerations. The office of City Marshal is abolished and the whole police machinery is placed in the hands of this Board. All fees for detective work shall be paid into the city treasury. If the bill passes it will create an entire revolution in police management, and we believe, so far as we are able to judge of its merits at first glance, will work to the advantage of all cities. It is intended to remedy the evils which have grown out of the present system. These evils, similar to those in New York and Chicago prevail to a greater or less extent in every city of the country, both large and small. There is no disguising this fact. How to reach them and eradicate them is the question that is uppermost in the minds of the people in every municipality. If the Shively bill wil lead to better things, by all means let us try it.

THE road bill introduced in the House by our representative, Capt. E. T. McCrea, provided that when special work is needed on a road, such as widening the grade or cutting down a hill, and the people of the vicinity of such improvement will contribute, by donations, one-half the expense, the board may, if it thinks the work of sufficient importance, pay the other have. The provision requiring onehalf the expense to be paid by local donations, is a complete protection against improper expenditures for such special improvements. And then the Commissioners are not obliged to contribute anything—the bill leaves it to their discretion in each' particular case. The bill should pass.

REPRESENTATIVE COATEB, of Pike, thinks that two election boards in each county would be an improvement in our election laws. Mr. Coates' idea is that the second board should begin the count before the polls close and the entire work completed in one day. By this method the cost would not be increased and the result could be announced soon after the polls close. What fate his bill will meet remains to be seen.

IT

is not a "condition" that now confronts UB, but a "predicament" as Mr. Cleveland truthfully says.

AMONG THE S0L0NS.

REPUBLICAN CAUCUS AND THE APPOINTMENT BILLS.

Disposition to Abolish the Office of County Assessor—County Seat Difficulties—Building Association Legislation.

Bits of Interesting Gossip.

[Special Correspondence.!

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 29.—There is much epeculation as to what may be the outcome of the joint caucus tonight. It is understood that it has been called for the purpose of discussing the legislative appprtionment bills recently introduced by Senator Wishard and Mr. Newhouse. It is possible that the caucus will have all it can do to dispose of this subject in one evening, but there are two or three other points upon which the leaders are anxious that there should be general agreement. It is hoped that the chairmen of the congressional apportionment committees will submit their bills to the caucus before introducing them, and there is much anxiety to have an agreement upon a definite line of policy for the control of the state institutions.

Caucuses have been much less frequent than was anticipated. Two years ago the Republicans handled their small and compact minority by means of frequent caucuses. It was supposed that with such a large majority to handle this year they would follow the same tactics and meet frequently for consultation, but suoh has not been the case and several important party measures have been permitted to slip along in go-as-you-please fashion.

There seems to be a good deal of a disposition to abolish the county assessor. Two or three suoh bills are now in the hands of the committee on county and township business, and it is likely that one of them will be reported favorably. One such bill has been before the ways and means committee, and there it developed that quite a difference of opinion on the subject exists. The state tax commissioners are very much opposed to the abolition of the office and declare that the county assessor is one of the most important cogs in the new tax machinery of the state. It is shown that some of the county assessors have proven of great value, not only in uncovering and placing upon the duplicate sequestered property, but also in equalizing valuation among the various townships. They declare that where the county assessor has proven useless it has been the fault of the man selected, not the fault of the office.

Active preparations aro making for the annual gathering of the Lincoln league on Feb. 12. Since the overwhelming victory last November, there has been a great disposition to keep the Republican clubs throughout the state in active condition, and the meeting will probably be more largely attended than any of its predecessors. President Sulzer has served two terms at the head of the league. There has as yet been but very little talk of his successor, though the name of Senator Robert J. Loveland of Peru has been mentioned.

The biennial fight on the question of county seats is now on. Hammond wants the courthouse from Crown Point. Elkhart wants to get it away from Goshen. Osgood is after the scalp of Versailles, Seymour can see no reason why Brownstown should be the capital of Jackson county, and North Vernon is still pursuing Vernon. Nearly all the cities mentioned have delegations here pulling one way or the other, and they lead the lawmakers a merry dance. It is a pity thut some method of settling county seat wars cannot be devised that will take the matter out of the hands of the legislature and let it rest entirely with the people of the country.

Three of the senators who have adjoining and connecting rooms at one of the hotels came near having a disruption of their little family party a week or so ago. One of the trio, who may be called Senator X, is a bachelor and a good deal of a man of the world. One of the pleasures of his existence lies in a vast and varied collection of theatrical photographs, all ol which are beautiful but some of which would not do to decorate the walls of a Sundyscliool. They had been in their new rooms but a couple of days when he had the walls of his room, occupied by himself and Senator Y, very completely decorated with the visions of loveliness in tights. Senator did not care, but Senator Z, who occupied the next room, while not attending to the duties of his farm devotes most of his time to the neighborhood church, of which he is the ranking deacon and chief pillar. He considered this an outrage upon religion and decency and not at all in conformity with senatorial dignity. He "kicked" valiently for two or three days until an incident occurred that caused him to hold his peace. He is in the habit of rising very early, and is usually up two or three hours before his colleagues. Three or four days after the pictures had been put up Sehator opened his eyes one morning about 6 o'clock to find his pious friend standing shivering in his nightgown examining the pictures eagerly in the dawn and and whistling softly to himself. nudged Z, and a moment later they both hurst into a wild and irreverent guffaw at the deacon's expense. He has not since raised objections to the pictures.

The statesmen have not a little trouble about their names when printed in the newspapers or called by the roll clerk. The thing that troubles Bome is the fact that their names were never printed at ill, but after a member makes a grandstand play and then finds his name mrtilated beyond all recognition there is apt to be sore grief in his heart. The senators are a little more sensitive on this point (as indeed they are on most others) than the members of the house, and they have taken occasion several times to correct the clerks. The worst victim is Senator MoCutchan. He takes a sort of grim pride in the fact that his ntma has never yet appeared correctly in print, but when the roll clerk yelled out ''MoOootchan" the gentleman from lost

cms side or Kentucky could no longer stand the indignity heaped upon him and burst forth in a storm of remonstrance. Senator Seller is also very sensitive on this point, largely because he is invaribly called "Sellers." Two or three times he has failed to answer on rollcall and then risen in his seat with the declaration that his name was not called. On the first occasion the clerk protested that he had called the senator's name. "No sir," declared Seller severely, "you called the name of Sellers, but you did not call my name."

The insurance companies have about the heaviest lobby on the ground up to date. They are not asking for any new legislation, but they are after the blood of a nT -her of hills t.Vint. have alreadv been introduced requiring payment of the full face of the policy and breaking up the rate compacts.

The building associations had a hearing before the corporations committee of the house a few days ago, and the fact developed that there is the biggest kind of a fight on the proposition to make them deduct their expenses from their earnings instead of from the dues paid in. The chief argument against this was that it would drive some of the smaller associations to the wall and thus create a lack of confidence in all building associations. On the other hand, it is contended that no financial institution that cannot pay its expenses from its earnings ought to exist, and that it would be better to have a few of the weaklings go to the wall now than to have a grand smash after awhile, when the people have invested much more'in them. It is going to be one of the most difficult questions the legislature has to deal with, for not 10 per cent of the members have anything like a comprehensive understanding of the methods pursued by the building associations. *s*

Representative Williams of Posey county, tells a rather good story at the expense of Governor Burke of North Dakota. "A good many years ago," said he, "when I was a little boy, I had a boon companion at Evansville named Burke. We were together a great deal and used to borrow money of each other. At one stage of the friendship, Burke was my debtor $20, and I was away from town a good while. When I came back he had gone, and thus in some way wo drifted apart and heard nn more of each other, but I remembered the 20. A year or tw- ago I was reading a Chicago paper, when I saw a picture that struck nie as a somewhat familiar face. When I saw it was labeled 'Governor Burke of North Dakota,' I knew at once that it was my old friend, who had evidently migrated west and became great. I wrote to him congratulating him upon his rise in life, but said nothing of the loan. I got the nicest letter you ever saw in return, enclosing a $20 bill, and saying that he had been waiting 15 years for a chance to pay it back."

The Republican editorial association varied the programme of its annual meeting this year by having a banquet at the Denison house, and the experiment proved such a gratifiying success that it will be one of the regular features of the midwinter meeting hereafter. The meeting was largely attended and there were more of the wives, daughters and sweethearts of the members present than ever before. The banquet was an elaborate one, with plenty of good things to eat, and all was merry as a marriage bell. President Landis made the ideal toastmaster, and succeeded in "roasting" every speaker to a turn before introducing him.

Speaker Adams of the house, in the course of his talk, remarked that the members of the house were a conservative body of men who could be trusted to "stand without hitching." Senator Newby replied, when it came his turn to speak, that he had noticed that the senate was away ahead of the house in work and thanked the speaker for explaining the slowness of his body. "That," retorted Adams, "is because the senate convened the day after election and has not adjourned since," and the house came down in applause.

It looks to the uninitiated as though the work of the session were progressing very slowly, but it is claimed that a great deal is being accomplished in the committee rooms. Never before have bills received closer or more careful attention in committee than this year, it is said, and it may be set down as certain that when a committee reports fa vorable upon a measure it is, in the c.omniiftf-p's oninion, about as perfect as it can be made.

The house has had its last week of half-day sessions. Hereafter all committee meetings will have to be held at night, for both houses will be in session the whole of the day. The lawmakers grumble a little about working 14 hours a day, but they are well paid for it and will probably be able to stand it for six weeks.

When Senator Gifford gets in the midst of an exciting speech his long hair falls down over his eyes and almost hides them. It became necessary for him to declare in the oourse of a debate the other day that he wore his hair that way not for football purposes but to please the "best woman in the world." UNO.

Alleged Train Robbers Arrested. PINE BLUFF, Ark.,

Jan.

28—Con­

stables brought to this city this morning and placed in jail two young men said to answer the descriptson of the McNeill Cottonbelt train robbers. They were beating their way down to Warner on the Iron Mountain road when captured. The men, who are each about 20 years old, gave their names as Charles Books and William MoLehelt. Both deolr-e their innocence of the charges of tvain robbery and say thev can prove all alibi. They are weu dressed and have not the appearance of criminals.

AmI|m4 Jeweler Missing.

SnuRaracLD, O., Jan. 28.—Frank J. Chrove, the jweler who assigned some time ago, is missing. He left farChicago three weeks ago to rttarn{n two and has not beea heard from siaoe.

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BiBchofS free trade ad to-day.

BRIDGEPORT.

Ches Caster has been laid up for repairs. Peter Cowan, of the Breaks locality, was here Monday.

There has been no wedding here for some time past. Too bad. Bruce Caster is cutting timber preparatory to building a new stable.

George Hutton, Jr., of this place, is sitting on the jury this term of court. We are told that Joseph Trask, of Mt. Olivet, will move to Crawfordsville the first of March.

Bert Garrett returned from New Richmond Monday. He says he came home to help get up wood.

WM. I owden says he came very near being caught by a train on the Vandalia trestle north of town Sunday.

Thomas Paxton and wife went to Linden last Monday to see their grandson, who is very sick with lung fever.

James Conrad intends to build a bank chicken house. He has been hauling rock recently for that purpose.

A few days since a small wild animal jumped onto Bige Dowden and no doubt would have done him great injury had not Bige seen the great danger he was in. He fought it bravely and finally got away with it.

DOVDEN SCHOOL HOUSE.

Mrs. Lucinda Miles is sick at this writing. Thomas Harp's sale was well attended from here.

Ask Andy Hunt if he has got his cart from off the fence yet. Mrs. Minnick, of near Veedersburg, visited her daughter, Mrs. Fred Shrader the first of the week.

S. G. Whittington accidentally ran over one of his sheep with a wagon load of hay. It gave a few extra grunts and got up and ran off.

Rev. John Kendall has been called to preach at Freedom church for the coming year. He will preach the first Sunday of every month.

Miss Alice Stilwell, who is teaching school at Old Hickory school house, is again at the request of the patrons found instructing her pupils.

Allen Miles and Eph Dowden have each shaved off their moustaches so they could cut wood. Eph said he was afraid the brush would catch in his and pull him under a falling tree.

It was poultry instead of pottery that Tilghman Easley took to Ladoga last week for exhibition. The mistake ociurred either through the setting of the type or because my writing was like Swamp College's just before the reunion.

ROUND HILL.

The sick are getting better. By whom was John the Baptist baptized?

Jas. Qnillen is hauling shelled corn to New Richmond. Joseph Bennett returned from Indianapolis Saturday.

Born to Geo. Shields and wife Jan. 24, a twelve pound boy. John Patton finished hauling logs to New Richmond Monday.

Geo. King, of Wringneclt, called on home folks last Monday. John Massing has begul moving to his farm, southeast of Crawfordsville.

Mrs. Amanda Butcher, of Cherry Grove, visited at Jas. Henderson's this week.

Harry Wilson and Ed Burk are hauling wood to Lee's tile factory at New Richmond.

Notwithstanding the fact that a doctor of New Richmond has been circulating the report that Dr. F. M. Lynn, of that place, had been called to two different cases here and had made a "botch" job at each place, and that both of the women would die, we are happy to say that Dr. Lynn did not do any such thing. The aforesaid doctor was called as counsel ic the case of Mrs. Clara Shields, as it was necessary to perform a surgical operation but instead of attempting to assist Dr. Lynn in the same, he stopped at the house for about five minutes and then started the report that the woman would surely die, which she certainly would if all doctors had been of his disposition, to try and "down" a rival. Dr. Gott, of Crawfordsville, was called Friday morning, the operation was performed and the lady is getting along nicely, and will surely recover in a short time. Although Dr. Lynn is young in years, yet he is better read than his "rival" and can be trusted in any case, as he is of the kind that will stay right with it, which cannot be said of the other doctor. This piece is not written to slander any one, but to give the facts to the public as they really are, as Dr. Lynn deserves great credit for the way in which he stayed with the case, almost day and dight for a week.

BOWERS.

The yearly moving is here. Absalom Riley has moved to Colfax. Isaac Woodard went to Lebanon Monday.

Nathan Lewis and his bride were out airing Sunday. Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. Goodnight, a girl, the 28th inst.

Topsey, the tipsey crank, was in our midst a few days this week. Chester Butcher has gone to East Tennessee in search of health.

Wm. Strain and wife and her sister visited at Crawfordsville Monday. Charles Cook will move onto the Widow Deck's farm in a short time.

Moses Riley has moved into the Woodard property, vacated by Fred Heffner.

Henry Clouser is very low with consumption and is expected to live but a few days.

Abe Biundy moved Tuesday into his Drother Allen's house, and John McDaniel into the house vacated by Abe.

Mrs. Mary Shockey, of Brown's Valley, was visiting her nephews, Doctor and James Ware, the latter part of last week.

Mrs. Deck and her daughter, Mrs. Foutz, of Indianapolis, arrived here Tuesday morning to attend the funeral of Mrs. Clouser.

Wm. Corns, one of OUJ oldest settlers, is failing very fast and the lamp of life is fading from the effects of old age, he being 86 years sld.

David Bogers and family, who had

their house burned about a week ago, barely escaping with their lives, have" gone to housekeeping again. They tender their most sincere thanks to their neighbors and friends for their very liberal assistance in their time of need and especially to Allen Long and Mr. Harmison.

Mrs. Rebecca Clouser, wife of Henry Clouser, died of dropsy at 2 o'clock a. m. the 28th inst. She was about 65 years of age and one among «the oldest residents of this neighborhood. She bore her affliction with patience. She leaves one child, a daughter, and a husband. The latter is expected to live but a short time. Her remains were interred at»the Deck cemetery, near the Lutheran church.

RIDGE FARM. NO. 8.

Ransom Myers has purchased the Ogden Hughes farm consideration, 82,000.

Our school enrolls 47. The teacher says the students are doing better work than they did the previous year.

A party was given Monday night by our merchant and postmaster, W. S. Fink. Many guests were present and all seemed to enjoy themselves.

Andy Herron shipped to Chicago last week two car loads of as fine lambs as were ever sent from this county. They topped anything that had been there for several months.

The writer has made this community his home for two years and lias never mingled people more peaceful, charitable, intelligent and hospitable. We speak from facts and experience.

Mi\ Trotter, of Yountsville, has organized a Sunday school at our school house which is proving a success with an attendance of perhaps 60. Rev. Brown also delivers a sermon each Sunday afternoon.

While playing blackman at school last Thursday, Homer, the little son of Tilghman Swearingen, fell and broke the radial bone of his left forearm. Dr. Hamilton was summoned and with his aid the little fellow is getting along as well as could be expected.

A surprise social was given by Mrs. Wm. Hall last Tuesday evening in honor of her daughter Lulu's fourteenth birthday. The evening was passed very pleasantly and all who were there expressed themselves as having enjoyed the oscasion. The wish of Miss Lulu's friends is that all her future birthdays may be as happily remembered as the last.

KINGSLEY'S CHAPKL.

Frank Cox is on the sick list. Our literary was svell attended Tuesday night.

Rev. Grimes filled his regular appointment here Sunday. Rev. Grimes begun a series of meetings at Mt. Tabor Sunday night.

Messrs. Crowder, Caster and Martin put up a fine lot of ice this week. Mrs. George Vancleave. of Veedersburg. is visiting at R. II. Virts' this week.

A three weeks' meeting closed at Shannondale Sunday night with two additions.

A. F. Cox delivered 04 head of hogs to Edwards & Sons, of Mace, at $4.05 on Tuesday.

There will be an oyster supper at Hurd's school house next Wednesday night, Feb. C.

Roy Trout is attending college at Hanover in the southern part of the State this winter.

Misses Eliza Dickson, Dora Martin and Sallie Marshall were the guests of Mrs. Trout Saturday night and Sunday.

The report about H. Trout having struck a flowing well was true, although it suddenly stopped flowing. after three days. They have gone 40 feet deep without success.

MT. PLEASANT.

Mrs. McCrary is sick. Clara Ronk has taken a relapse and is very ill.

Claud Clark will work for Jesse Ronk next Summer. Lula Call was the guest of Nellie Ronk on Sunday.

Ben Clark has been suffering with a carbuckle on his neck. There was a party on Saturday evening at John F. Peffley's.

Ike Mills and wife spent a part of last week in Boone county. Oscar Mills and family visited at Hannah Ronk's on Sunday.

Charley Say lor and wife are staying at Jesse Ronk's during their absince. Rev. Ashley, of Lebanon, has been holding a protracted meeting at South Bethel, closing Saturday night with ten additions.

Bill Morris has purchased a farm1 near Lebanon, and will move soon. We will regret their leaving as they were goyd neighbors.

Jesse Ronk and wife went to Indianapolis on Monday to have a surgical operation performed on the latter. They will be gone about two weeks.

CENTER SCHOOL HOUSE.

Foster Fletcher has returned from Benton county. Horse distemper is raging in this neighborhood at present.

Center school is progressing nicely with Phillip Hawk as teacher. We are having good meetings at Center conducted by £. D. Simms.

We would ask some people to look after their dogs as they a: doing dam age.

The preachers say that the chickens can't get away that if Simms can't get them Meek can.

There is one thing we need and that is anew school house and more play ground at Center.

The people at Center are leary about diphtheria. Don't be afraid but come to church and do all the good you can.

Wm. H. Rasor thinks he will come out all right, as he has been stopped twice on the public highway. So boys look out.

Church at Center began Saturday. After short taltcs and some prayers the meeting changed to business. One of the trustees called for an ielection of trustees which ended in business with some clubs being thrown. Everything was granted.

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sale bills see Tarn Journal Co., Pkixtu*