Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 42, Petersburg, Pike County, 24 February 1899 — Page 4

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£br$ilu Csuntj gjtuumt ■r m. mcc. stoops*. One Tear In advance— . -... lift I 8lx Montli*, in advance ... .. »$ „ Entered at the postofllo In OetersbUiu for transmission through the iimIIk as sreimlclass matter. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1809. - Trusts are still being organized. This Is republican prosperity. The price of wheat has not vet j reached that.promised one dollar. Well, there is one expansionist in j Pike county as far as heard from, j The influence is-small. however. We point with pride to the laws enacted by the republican legislature 1 of 4890.—Plank in the next republican state platform. The best of stationery supplies should be furnished the county, and they should be furnished when asked for by the officials. | Potatoes have advanced in price i during the past week fifty percent. I It is not due to prosperity but because! of the recent cold spell when the Klondvke weather got in its work.

The Boonville statesman, Congressman Hemenwav. has at last made a speech in congress. The question was a very important one. that of placing a light house on Hog Island. How very j important that is to the people of this congressional district. The legislature will wind up its af-! fairs one week from Monday. But ! littl<^|usiness of importance has been transacted so far during the session. ’ The office seekers, however, have sue-1 ceeded fn getting in their work. The j promises of the republican state con- j veption amounted to— well, what? David Starr Jordan, formerly president of the Indiana state university, now president of Stanford university, puts the case very well, indeed, when he says: "No inhabited country should.be acquired by this government which cannot be made self-governing, and ultimately received into the family of states'. Let the Philippinos fit their government to their own needs with a guaranty of our protection from outside interference, but under no circumstances should any island inhabited by an alien, semi-ciVilteed population be retained as a permanent possession.'* Good roads is one of the necessary perquisites for every town and,county. A number of the farmers of the coup® tv are interesting themselves on this subject and it would be no surprise that within the next live years there will be several roads built in Pike county. Roads are not near so expensive as some have an idea, and in the course of a few years will pay for the building. Our farmer friends should investigate the matter of better roads, and in the fanners' institutes this important subject should be taken up and discussed. ?

There are ten or fifteen republicans in Petersburg who want to be city marshals It is a fight between the regulars and f^e mugmumps. Some of the candidates don't exactly know where they stand. The regulars declare that no man* who scratched his ticket at the city or county electjon will receive their support and the mugwumps declare that if that declaration goes they will get out an independent ticket. The candidates are making all kinds of pledges to secure the nomination and some will no doubt carry watef* on. both shoulders. The fight will wage very warm in another week. It is a fight between the regulars and the mugwumps and it is hard to tell which will win.

Pike county is one among the best in the state. Her vast coal fields will in the near future be one of her greatest revenues and industries. Coal mining in Pike .county is now in its infancy, and as the natural gas fields in Central Indiana is exhausted, better will be known the Southern Indiana coal fields. The citizens now have an opportunity to push JHke county to the front and let the fact become known that it has the finest coal fields in the state. Don’t stand back and wait for someone else to do it. The Industrial association of this I city is ready at any time to do anything it can to aid in the work. Help along aS best you can in the work and in a few years Pike county will be working thousands of men in its coal mines. ,

This in thie year for appraisement of real estate. The work is done every four years an some radical changes may be expejctjfcd this spring, especially in farm ip operty. In 1W» when the last appr; sment was made^yalues had not sett *d to the lower price. Nearly every' jdy expected that within a year or po farms would be selling at from pH) to $7« an acre as in years past. j*ut the rise did not come and *2’> to $•> an acre is still the ruling price wit no immediate prospect of advancing The work of appraising real est te is~np small job and already the ji isessors are looking over plats and th ; records. They have been innume able changes in the ownership of prt >erties in the four years and these pi? is must be brought up to date and. m; ie absolutely accurate. The work wi be started in April and the report m ist be ready for the consideration ol the board of review' at its opening si -ssion which comes on the third Monday in June. The appraisments will t en be considered. Altogether the mdertaking is a difficult one, but it i ; of utmost importance to the county and* to property owners too. for ai inequalities that may exist will b rectified.

The organization and formation of trusts coni hues without interruption. Daily son e gigantic trust is duly organized and capitalized at $1,000,000 or more, v hose only purpose in life is the contr »1 of some product in the world’s m arket, and increase its price to the co1 .sumer. The past week has witnesse the following' additional recruits; A bathtub and plumbing trust, with ja capital of $40,000,000. The con solidation of all the pipe and® tube mirks of the country in the American Tube company, with a capital of CSUHHUHM) or $00,000,000. A consolidation of the principal, shipyards o the lakes, capital not yet determi »ed. The Kentucky distilling and warehouse company, materalized by filin. articles 9f incorporation at Trento;;, New Jersey, the capitalization being as before rumored. $32,000.000. A cereal trust, to take in oat meal arid all the breakfast foods, with a capital of $33,000,000, to control every veil known brand of cereal in the market hereafter, and adhere to a rigid scale of prices. It includes the various wheat preparations, farinas and other fancy prepared cereals, besides the principal oat meal industries ot the country. Water works building is one of the principal topics now talked about by the cii izens of Petersburg, and that a systeri will be put in sometime ip the ] next ew years is almost assured. However, the citizens want the town' to own the plant and operate it. That is right and proper.Should the town own the works the revenues derived from water rentals would help pay for the plantj: but on the other hand if the city takes service from a private concern then it will be paying out money* year after year without having anything to show for it after a term of years of contract save only the l|re protection. On the other hand .f the city owns and controls the plant it will take fifteen or sixteen years to pay for the same and the taxpayers will have something to show for the taxes which they have paid. The council should make a thorough investigation of the various water works systems, their cost, the cost of opera tion and other items of interest before letting a contract. It is always best to be on the safe side.

W< fear some of our readers have a misconception of the word “expansion.’ It does not mean extending a year's subscription to three years nor even two years. In fact it has no connection with the word “year” when measured by a dollar for a year's subscription to the Democrat. We are led. to make this explanation by glancing’ at; a few names on our subscription lust. And now that we have set those people right on the subject we trust :hat they will call at the office and si ttle. Neither does it mean that a pro i aise to bring coal in the fall can be “expanded” until next spring.

Alcohol will remove stains from, sumn: :r clothes. It will likewise remove the furniture from the house, the cl;>thes from the back of not only the ojie that drinks it, but also his wife ; nd family. It will remove the food j *om the pantry, the smiles from the w i fe*s face and the happiness from the l ime. As a remover of things alcohol has few equals. The Pike County Democrat of Petersburg, has purchased a new dress' of type and a cylinder press. Bro. Stooj -i is running a successful newspapei and deserves the patronage of all nt to readers.—Newburg Tribune.

SILVER IS THE ISSUE. James K. Join s, XutlomU ( halrnian .Takes Issue With tihoker and Wall. Senator James K. Jones, chairman of the democratic national committee, is not in accord with Ain t'roker of New York and Mr.Wall of Wisconsin, regarding the ]iaramount issue in the next presidential campaign. He says in an interview at Washington City:: 4*To say that the next democratic national convention will reafirm the position taken by the convention in 19DH is to assert what every candid j familiar with be true. It is human can be bimetallism will is reasonable to expect that the majority of the people will next time declare for the party which means what it says .and will redeem its pledges, and that they will not again be tricked into casting their votes in favor of the enemies of the principles in which they believe:** “On what grounds do you base your hopes for success next year?” he was asked.

“Some of the reasons why I am jl strongly hopeful of the future of our cause are as follows: In the campaign of lStk$ both parties declared for bimetallism; the democrats for independent action by the United States, the republicans for an international agreement, which they pledge themselves to promoted Triie. this declaration on the part of the republicans was only made to'catch votes, and because the party leaders did not dare to go to the polls without it. I think that now no one any longer doubts that the fixed purpose of those who controlled these leaders was to maintain the gold standard and to prevent, j not promote, an international agreei ment. The declaration, however. I served its purpose and vast numbers of sincere bimetallists were persuaded belief that they were voting for a honest effort to secure international bimetallism. The leaders who were responsible for this trick have already ..committed their party to the single gold standard, so far as they can. and if they dare speak out honestly in their next national platform it will declare for the single gold standard." “Do you believe that the cause of bimetallism is improving?" “There are many believers in bimetallism today in the t’nited States as there ever were, and all these are doubtless now convinced that the only way to accomplish bimetallism is through the action of the democratic party. The great effort to stop the fall of prices.—the shrinking of values r-and to relieve the distress of business resulting from these great evils, without doing injustice or injury to any class or business, is being more and more understood and commands the respect of honest and fair men always when understood and another campaign of ridicule and abuse such as that of 1896—whether dictated by ignorance of venality—cannot succeed against temperate arguments and appeals for simple justice, when the people have time to fairly weigh the arguments and form a deliberate judgment. There was great unrest and dissatisfaction in 1896 throughout the country, resulting from falling prices and shrinking values. The republican party promised that if they were entrusted with power all this would be changed, and that prosperity should succeed existing' conditions. Mr. McKinley and the gold press now assure the country, that >ve have prosperity. There is quite a boom in stock speculations in Wall street but Wall street is noti the country, as we believe. A great famine and short ; to vote the republican

crop of wheat all over the world except in the United States naturally raised the price of wheat while these conditions lasted, and the beneficient effects of this temporary advance in the price of a single article, which was so marked in the short period it continued, is likely to stimulate a desire for a return to that condition permanently and an extension of it to all other products. This is our purpose and was our purpose in 1896, when the republican party denounced any effort to increase prices as a crime.” “How do you account for the activity in business?” “There has been necessarily an increased demand for labor within the last few months, as the result of the withdrawal of large numbers of American citizens from the ordinary walks of life to be employed in the army, whose places had to be filled. There has also been an increased activity in and a demand for all products which were necessary to the maintenance and support of a large army. But all these conditions are in the very nature of things temporary and all of us know that they must pass away with the end of the conditions which brought them into life. Making due allowances for the influence of these three causes, on the present condition of the country, there is today as much dissatisfaction and as much cause for it as there was in 1898. No relief was or is to be expected under republican management except such as comes by famine abroad and war at home. A condition of constant falling general prices is everywhere recognized as a

condition of distress and hard ti me** ■ and speculation excitement in Wall street does not change this. We believe that a small volume of money ' forces prices down, hence we bare j urged the coinage of our stiver as well: as our gold not only to checti this grinding fall of prices but to promote steadily advancing prices.** “Thervyou think the Chicago platform irgaining grounds* •1 most certainly do. In the elections of last year the principles of that platform were not the leading and exclusive issues in all sections of the country. These were partially obscured in many states and districts. The question of bimetallism, the republican effort to retire the greenbacks and to confer upon the national banks the absolute control of the volume of paper money and to surrender the country to the trusts, were in man}- sections, for the time being lost sight of in the excitement of the war and its resulting questions, and in others they were sidetracked by efforts to substitute local issues in their stead. The result was a great loss of interest and a largejalling off in the vote, with apparently unfavorable results to the democratic party. In Colorado, where national issues were at the front and dominant, the interest in the election was intense, the vote large and our majority overwhelming. In states ^where ft was stated, whether truly or not. that there was an intention on the part of the democratic managers to sidetrack the great Issue, with the purpose of ultimately bringing the party in national convention back to the practice of shuffling and evasion, so long persisted in by the republi

cans* the interest was not great: the vote was not full and the results were not conclusive. There was. however, one great and valuable result—all reasonable men are now satisfied that straddling and dodging are not popular, The next democratic national convention will speak out again in the same clear, unequivocal terms and in the same manner and in the same lines that it did in 1890. Of this there is no doubt, the assertions of the republican gold press, with whom the wish is father to the thought, to the contrary notwithstanding.” War Revenue Law. We herewith publish the amount of revenue stamps on recorded deeds* mortgages, etc., such as are in mast common use. When the conveyance of realty exceeds $100 and does not exceed $500, fifty cents, and for each additional $300 or fractional part thereof, fifty cents; agreements to sell for future delivery, one cent on each $100 or fraction thereof; mortgages for over $1,000 and not exceeding $1,500.twentyfive cents, and each additional $>00, twenty-five cents; order for money not drawing interest, two cents; promissory note for each $100 or less, two cents; sale of product or merchandise or an agreement to sell, on each 8100 or fraction thereof, one cent: warehouse receipts for any goods, merchandise oi: property of any kind held on storage in any public or private warehouse or yard, except receipts for agricultural products depositee, byactual growers thereof, in regular course of trade for sale, one cent. A good thing to remember is that every bill of sale or agreement to se ll shall show date, name of seller, amount of sale and matter or thing to which it refers; failure to comply with these requirements involves penalty not less than $500 and not more than $1,000 at discretion of the Court.

Not at All. When the manager of a county newspaper asks you to pay up. it isn’t because he is mad at you and doesn’t want your name on his list any longer. Not by any means. It is because he needs what you owe him to meet the demands of those who hold accounts against him. If he gets in debt* to you do you pass hi& by and never ask him for it? Does it ever occur to you that it is only a trifle he owes you. that he conferred a favor on you by buying what you had to sell, that it is really of no importance whether it is !>aid or not and that you can get along anyway? That is the way you look at his side of it. why not apply the same philosophy to both sides?* If people realize fully what it means to the county newspaijers to have subscriptions paid, these bills would be paid in advance, whatever else had to be done on account of it. Try it. J I V

A Clever Trick. It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it. Anybody can try it who has lame back and we ak kidneys, malaria or nervous troubles. We mean l^e can cure himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up the whole system, acts as a stimulant to liver and kidneys, is a blood purifier and ner -e tonic. It cures constipation, headache, fainting spells, sleeplessness ai d melancholy. It is purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try Electric Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents a bottle at J. K. Adams & Son’s drug store.

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■ i - - * J- ... ' A Telephone is no longer a luxury, it is regarded by all »> ^necessity. Our rates are as reasonable as prompt and reliable service will permit. D«> not, tie yourself up contracting with Inexperience*! nundkseript instruments, whose only inducements are cheapness and co-operation. We will furnish you .with service upon heing notified either bv mad or telephone. Thirty days trial will convince you. . : j ■ ' . ; > . / ' ■ HH J, H. McCLURKIN, Local i ! * 1 l

S50 for One Bottle of Medicine. This is to certify that my wife was for years afflicted with asthma^. and was so far gone that several physicians decided that her case must terminate in consumption. 1 was induced was to try a bottle of Dr. Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup. To our •Treat satisfaction it gave almost immediate1 relief, and two bottles completely cured her. She is nowwell and healthy, but I would not be without the medicine if it cost hfty dollars a bottle. Wm. H. Farris, t 'hn. Bd. Tp. of Wilton. Monroe Co., Wis. Sold by Paul Bros. . f Every raan. whether a farmer, merchant or mechanic, should have his name and address printed on his envelope, to insure its return if not prpperlydirected. Many a letter has been lost or missent, causing i the sender to wonder why he did not receive a reply. We will furnish and print 100 good envelopes for .10 cents. Farmers should also have them. Send #our orders to the Democrat job office. J t !■

j win scarps emulsion | j cure consumption ? Yes and f [ no. Will it cure every case ? f j No* What cases will it cure | j then ? Those in their earlier $ \ stages, especially in young % ft people. We make no exag- ftj $ gerated claims, but we have $ positive evidence that the J early use of j ft 1 Scott’s Emulsion 1 of Cod-liver oil with Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda in these cases results in a positive cure to a large number, In advanced cases, however, where a cure is impossible, this well-known remedy should be relied upon to prolong life surprisingly, * 50c. and St.00, alt druggists. SCOTT & SOWNE, Chemists. York.

Illinois Central R. R. j • f ■ ; I T3s sitosk? tuitte to MEMPHIS, & NEW ORLEANS , Ami all Points in MISSISSIPPI. ! LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS, TEXAS, ’ MEXICO and CALIFORNIA. Connection Made From Evansville, Indiana, With elegaut through service to above point*. Oas lighted vestibilled trains with cate ears. Pullman sleepers and rree reclining chair ears. Connections made every Sundnv and Wed. nesday with the famous Sunset Limited for San Francisco, California, and points en route; and every Thursday with the Pullman Tourist Sleeping Car for New Orleans and Texas and California, tn which berth rates are very low. . ? This is 1 he true Winter "Route to California; no blizzards, cold weather or snow blockades.

HOMESEEKERS’ TICKETS. On the first and third Tuesdays of each month boniMeekers' tickets sold to Southern and Southwestern points at special low rates, good to return within twenty-one days from date of sale. Liberal stop-over arrangements. A copy of IhelSouthern Homeseekers’Guide will be be mailed to you tree on application to F. K. WHKKLER, C. P. * T. A.. 2W) Mnin-si.. Evansville. Ind.! A. H. Hanson. W. A-Kku.ond. .1 aGen. Pass. Agt. Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.

ration Lawyers, t attention. Sett leint ntss ?rsburg, InU. L. <t L. B. WOGLHB All business receives Collections mad*' and ret of estate a epeclaliy Ltflee over Cittsenabbaplt, ' 1LSON A TYNER, -W*. s. wtLsoN. • » tvxkr. Petersburg Collecting Agency. Collections In all parts of i Ketniittinces * rout pity j jeusnnable. t»‘tve us your etc., amt we will do file teat, us- Otttce opposite ••ouMpi building, Petersburg. lud. M > Xr «H*d State*, 'barges are ■mints, notes, it on or write is Parker Notice is hereby gtveh signed has i een appointed U. circuit court of Pikeemmtyi mini I ulst tutor of the estate < late of Pike county. i_. Said estate Is supposed to t .. „ PKAKK A. Bit Feb 6,1X89. ■ >S5s the underk clerk of ilie teof Indiana, gentries Lamb, iveni. tBACK. ihilst rator. Notice of Sale of Ik I ■

The undersigned admlnl-. of Ludwig Weber. deeeSs notice that by virtu** of h« < circuit court, be will at ihe l p. m. on Saturday, the25th dav of 1899. Offer (for Mile at public a uetio,, tses (be undivided two-thirds j lowing described real estate sit son township. Pike count*. It The southeast quarter ot the ter of section number'thirl, number one north, range »«> acres; mart of the northo, southwest quarter of said township and range, descrtU^ Commencing at the northeast * northeast quarter of the soot thence west ten chains, chains, tbeime east ten ch„, ten chains to the place of beg ing ten acres, more or fes»S southeast quarter of said se In Said township and ranaciW^,^, descriited as follows; Commencing on thqfc half-mile.line-at a pond tldrjb-eigbt rods north >1 the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the southeast q set;tIon thirty-one. thence «< rods, t hence east on the hat hundred rods, thence dhfes rods to the Port ersvi tie road tiieiu*e bearing north to the place of beginning, containing thirty gcres^ niore or less, containing in alt eighty acres. more or less. Said sale will oe made provui of said coftrt. for Uw-. thirds bf the appraised vai estate, and upon the foil ' conditions: One-third-of ti»e purchase hand, the balance in two ei] payable in nine and eight deuced by notes of the pa percentnm interest from of valuation laws, ami v„ sureties to the approvalofti JOHN WKBBtt^ P. S.—At the same time 1 the same let ins. the nr Weber, widow of said « interest in and to the at.,.. e*aate. the same being the third part thereof. K ELIZABETH WJ Jan;30. 18K> 37-4 Traylor* Hunter attys. ruarv, A. D. idn Ute man«>t Of tbe steinJeffermmh to-wit: ..... tiwestquarfsdfte. township Hpif six west, id pjarmr of the n 31, in said as follows; »mer of said rest quarter, . » so«th ten .thence north log.containjpart of the i thirty-one, rparticnfairiy irter ol said eth forty-two file line one P* ftfty-four : at ibis date. ey cash in , staiiments, * months. evi» r» beating »ix giving relief •U fr» ehoid njnlsteator. nistrator. see. and on Elizabeth . will sell her esciibed real iivided one;R, Widow. linistrator. Is the best Cow Feed, ami is for sale at REED’S® (56 At 55e per 100 j»oumls Telephone Xo. 41-2. , '***' ■ v ■■—— — — ■■ ■■ i .. .——,——.

Funeral Supplies a Specialty WJt o»l»»wl at ail tinteslbe finest line ai Parlor and Household Furniture to be found in the city. Bedroom nod Parlor Saits a Specialty. In rtineral supplies vre keep Caskets, Shrouds, etc., of the be** . - ■ -