Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 49, Petersburg, Pike County, 14 April 1899 — Page 4

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g|» f ikt Countg fmoroU llr 91. »c«. STOOPS. Dn«i Tear. Id advance ■ Six Montbi;, in advauee *1 00 50 Entered tt lbe postofflco in Petersburg for transmission through the mails as seeondelaus matter. FRJ DAY. APRIL 14, 1899. v The streets of Petersburg should be macadamized, and not built with more mud. . The expenditure of mpney to build mud roads should be abandoned. The only wav to improve the roads is to use gravel or stone. During the past week a few more trusts have been formed. But then that is nothing new at the present time. A calamity wwould befall the country if one of more trusts were not organized each week.

Who is guilty of feeding the soldiers embalmed beef? How mum republican papers are on the subject. Certainly none of the parties are democrats or they would be howling themselves hoarse. The other ox is gored, hence the silence. Democrats are not the only ones who regard the Philippines as an undesirable possession. Representative Steele of Indiana, a staunch supporter of the. administration, who passed through Washington a day or two ago. said of them: “So far as I am concerned. I would like to trade the Philippines Islands for a yellow dog. and tjien kill the dog. if there were nothing else involved but possession of the islands.*’ The state board of health has received a circular letter from the United States marine hospital service, asking statistics in regard to the prevalence of' cerebro-spinal meningitis or “spotted fever,” in Indiana. . The disease, Dr. Hurty says, has been found to be infectious, but it is not a exactly known how it spreads from one place to another. The marine hospital service, which is a kind of national board of health, is attempting to find out more about the diseq^?. Part of section six of the 1806 law under which it is proposed to improve the highways, reads as follows: “That when any contract shall have been awarded to any contractor for the construction of said road or roads under this act he shall give preference, in employing labor for the. construction of said road or roads, to the citis:ens of the township or townships, towns or cities in which said road or roads are to be constructed, Provided that said preferred labor shall l>e as good and efficient as that which N;ould be procured elsewhere, and at no higher cost.” **

Attorney General Griggs, doubtless acting under orders from Mr. McKinley, has made a play to shift , 1;he responsibility for his recent queer letter about trusts from the shoulders of the administration, by proceeding against the Chesapeake and Ohio sissociation, generally known as the 4|>ft coal trust, under the Sherman anti-trust law. The suit was instituted in Cincinnati, and will be directed by the solicitor general of the United States. The public will watch the prosecution of this case closely, owing to the attorney general having so recently stated in writing, that trusts could not be reached by federal laws. IT is daily becoming plainer to close observers that Mr. McKinley and his advisers do not regard next year’s campaign as a republican walk-over. They are diligently studying ways and means for corailing electoral votes that they consider doubtful. The trip that Mr. McKinley is now arranging to make this summer to the Pacific coast is one of the ways that has been decided upon. They do not expect to be able to carry Delaware, Maryland or Kentucky again, but they hope for Kansas and Nebraska, both oi which states are likely to be visited on Mr. McKinley's Western trip. They are also beginning to realize that some sort of a bluff against trusts must be made. Representative Landis of Indiana, has gone to Washington especially to urge upon the administration the necessity of doing something to convince the voters of the middle west that the administration is antagonistic to the trusts. Mr. Landis has done some very plain talking about the danger to the republican party and it is evident that he has frightened some of the administration men.

r- EPUBLIC OR EMPIRE. ! some ]■ i tracts from Hayings of Prom1 j lnent Statesmen. Color el W. J. Bryan will publish a book c 1 the Philippine question, entitled ‘Republic of Empire,’’ which will be supplemented by the opinions of suet eminent republican statesmen and letters as Andrew Carnegie, Senator Gtorge F. Hoar. Senator H. M. Teller, Senator Edmunds and * others. As to imperialism, Mr. Bryan says: •‘Impel alisin finds its inspiration in dollars, not in duty. It is not our duty to burden our people with increased taxes in order to give a few speculators an opportunity for exploitation. It is no; our duty to sacrifice the best blood oi our nation in tropical jungles in an at ;empt to stifle the very sentiments vhich have given vitality to ^American institutions; it is not our duty to deny to the people of the Philippines the rights which our fore

| fathers bought from Bunker Hill to j Yorktov u. Imperialism has been de- ' scribed ;its ‘the white man's burden,’ but sim :• it crushes the wealth producer beneath an increasing weight of | taxes, it might with more propriety be called the poor man'sToad.” “If the peace commissioners had de- | manded a harbor and coaling station , in the Philippines and had required Spain to surrender the rest of the land to the Filipinos as she surrendered* Cuba to the Cubans, we would not be consider lg how to let go of the islands. I f the sum of twenty millions had beer necessary to secure Spain's release, the payment of the amount by the Filipinos might have been guaranteed by the United States.*’ Mr. Bryan also says that “the purpose of uanexation is to apply to the governm: nt of the Philippine methods familiar to the people of Europe and Asia, bu: new in the United States. This departure from traditions was not authorized by the people: whether it will be ratified by them will be seen. The responsibility rests first upon congress, and afterward upon that power which makes congresses. Whatever may be the wish of individuals or the interest of parties, we may rest assured that the final disposition of the Philippine question will conform to the deliberate judgment of the voters, they constitute the court of last resort, from whose decision there is ro appeal.” Mr. Carnegie says: “India is the curse of Britain, and the Philippines will be the curse of the United States. If you teach suppressed people at all. you make them rebels. Education is fatal to the government of a superior race. The Declaration of Independence will nake every ambitious Filii pino a thoroughly dissatisfied subject.” , “In war ” says Senator Daniel, “it is the unexpected that happens. So in every t reat and new adventure of peace. We are asked now to sally forth 7,000 miles from our native seat to grasp, against their will, a million of unwil ng people—to seize upon them, to take them by force of arms and deposit them, land and people, within the lines of the constitution under tht American flag; to make them an integral part of this American republic.” Senator Teller say’s: “We shall make a mistake if we^make up our minds that we are gomg to govern those people from here; that we are going to govern them with the AngloSaxons whom we send out from here to administer the affairs of that country. You will need your 50.1)00 soldiers and in a little while you will need more, for they are a great people. They are a people who know something ^of their rights. They are a people wh: are willing to contend for them, and It believe it to be almost an axiom th*B a people who will fight for their liber ;y, and who are willing to die for it, are capable of maintaining it when thiiy get it.”

Discovered by a Woman. Another great discovery has been made, and that, too, by a lady in this country. “Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she withstood its severest tests, but her vital oigan| were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly, and could not sleep. She finally discovered a way o recovery by purchasing of us a bott e of Dr. King’s New Discovery for oonsumption, and was so much relieved on taking first dose that she sle t all night; and with two bottles has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz.”" Thus writes W. C Hamnick & Co. of Shelby, North Ca rolina. Trial bottles free at J. R.'Ad;ims & Son’s drug store. Regular size >0 cents and 51.00. Every bottle guara nteed. r Ready-to->< ear tailor suits for ladies at Sol Frank s Big Store. *

HEW SCHOOL LAW.

Children C an be Transferred Without Kegard to Enumeration. County Superintendent W. S. Corn has received instructions from State Superintendent Jones of the department of public instructions which he gives the following instructions as to the transfer law passed by the last legislature: 4*L The transfer has no connection whatever with the enumeration. “2. All children are enumerated in. the corporations in which they legally reside, whether transferred or not. /“3. *A longer term.’ 4a better teacher,’ :a better school building,’ | etc., are not sufficient reasons for transfer. A child should not be transfered only when high school privileges are obtained therebj|or when distance or crossing of railroads, streams, etc., | enter as factors. 4‘4. Final appeal to the state superintendent may be made, but we urge that all cases be settled locally if at all possible. The burden of the appeal rests upon the applicant for transfer. “5. The tuition is $1.50 per month for grade pupils and $3 per month for high school pupils. 4*0. The debtor corporation must pay out of its special school fund the tuition of the transfered pupils, which fund is placed to the credit of the tuition fund in the creditor corporation. “7. A separate transfer sheet must be made for each pupil that desires to be transfered. 1 “8. The transfer sheet is the property of the applicant until final action is taken, but it must be filed with th<> school official or officials.of the corporation to which the child is transfered, if favorable action be taken upon the application. The trustee transfering the pupil should make a record of each application and his action thereon, either in a book provided for that purpose, or by making a duplicate—by filling in a blank form. “9. The transfer year ends July 1, the time for making transfer payments, as provided in the act. “10. All transfers should be made between July 1 and September 1, each year, but may be made at any time. “11. When high*4school privileges are desired it will often occur that one fbember of a family of children is entitled to transfer, while the others will be required to attend in the home corporation. ‘*12. The attorney-general has just decided the debtor trustee must pay ^tuition J:or the whole number of months the child is in attendance in the corporation to which he is transfered. In other words, the tuition term is measured by the term maintained in the«corporation1 to which the child is transfered. “If a corporation will accept a high school pupil without transfer at $10 per year, the trustee will be justified in paying the tuition as provided for in the senate bill 73. If the child be transfered, the trustee who makesthe transfer must pay $3 per month as provided in house bill 626.’’ “In the opinion rendered by the attorney-general refered to by Superintendent Jones it was also held that graduates of the state normal school are not eligible to the office of county superintendent until they have passed the same examinations as other applicants. It is to be noted that act,’’ says the attorney-general, “with regard to diplomas; simply provides that they shall be considered as sufficient evidence of qualification to teach. No person shall be eligible to or hold the office of county superintendent unless he holds at the time of his election a ! thirty-six months' license or life professional license to. teach. It is my opinion that this means that the actual license must be held to make a candidate eligible to office under the act and that nothing which is simply evidence of qualification to teach can take the place of the license distinctly required by the statute.’’

As to the New Medical Law. The state board of medical registration and examination is receiving numerous inquiries from physicians over the state who do not understand the law recently passed amending the medical law of 1S97. The new law applies only to persons who failed to register under the act of 1897. The time for making application on license is extended to July 11,1899, provided the license on which application is made was issued prior to March 8, 1897. The fee for registering on license is $1. The fee for registration on diploma is changed from % to 840, but for examination in medicine the fee retnains the same, 825. For registration of diplomas from recognized schools of midwifery a fee of 86 is required, and for examination in midwifery the fee is $10. The next session of the board will be held April 11, 1899, at which time the regular quarterly examination will be given. —Indianapolis Sentinel. Bucklen’s Arnica Salv^g. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns* and all skin erup- [ tions, and positively cures piles, or no ! pay required. It is guaranteed to give | perfect satisfaction or money refund- | ed. Price 25 cents per box. For sale 1 by J. R. Adam's & Son.

INCOME TAK.

British and jieranB •Uoveirnments toiler* Taxes on Incomes. The British government is collecting income taxes on the entire revenues of British corporation* owning American breweries even when the stock is largely held fey Americans who have never been in England. Every person or company within reach of the British tax gatherer has to help shoulder the pub ic burdens of the kingdom unless exempt by poverty. If John D. Rockefeller were in England he would have to pay. in addition ! to his other taxes, an income tax of 313 per cent, which on an income of $1:1.000,000. would amount; to $400,000 a | year. The British income tax produces over $00.000,000> iNpear, with not more than two-thirds the national wealth of the United States to draw upon. Mr. W. W. Astor pays the British exchequer a tax on the rentals bf his New York houses, although he pays none to the government of the country that takes care of them. In Germany the income tax increases by six graduations. Beginning at IT per cent on incomes of $400, it rises, to 4 percent on incomes of *23,000 and over. If Mr. Rockfeller were a German he would pity an income tax of $480,000 a ^ear in addition to his other taxes, aria those other taxes would all be paid—not dodged. On any theory of taxation, income taxes ought to be progressive increasing in rate as well as in amount as the income increases. If we hold that taxes ought to be proportioned to the benefits received from government, it needs no argument to show that the chief beneficiaries are the men who are protected by the government in the possession of enormous fortunes that would vanish in a day if that guardianship were withdrawn. If we try to secure equality of sacrifices it is manifest that a million dollars ^ year deducted from an income of ten millions represent less sacrifice than a dollar taken from a man who has to go without meat for a week to pay for it. If we base our taxes on ‘‘faculty,’’ as most professors of finance now think we should, it is obvious that the man with the $10,000,000 income is much better able to pay a tax of a million that ,the man who is earning $0 a week ife to pay a dollar. There need be no “burden of taxation’* in America, for in a country as rich as this all the revenue needed can be collected from the people who will not feel its payment. But if we hire soldiers and judges to protect great fortunes, and then make people without anything pay for supporting them, we may expect to hear complaints.— N. Y. Journal. Health Laws. House act No. 140 amends certain sections of the; law relating to the state board of health. It provides that the board of commissioners of each county shall cause the rules adopted by the state board of health for the prevention of the outbreak and spread of contagious, infectious and other diseases to be published in two local newspapers representing the dominant political parties. It requires local boards of health to enforce the rules adopted by the state board, and authorizes the em oloyment of a secretary of each local board at a salary of one and one-fo u rth cents per capita of the population under its jurisdiction. ,To county, city and town health officers are given the power of constables in matters relating to the public health. Physicians are required to report births and deaths, and cases of contagious disease, and undertakers and others are forbidden to j>ury a body anywhere within the state until the death has been reported and a burial permit obtained from the county, city or town board of health. The coroner is required to disinter any corpse buried without a permit, and to h old an inquest thereon and report his finding to the nearest local health officer. Persons violating the provisions of the act are made liable to a ine of from $10 to $100. This act will not take effect until the laws ar published.

Senate act No. 02 amends section 1147 of the revised statutes of 1881 so as to authorize the granting' of a temporary injunction or restraining order by the judge of an adjoining circuit in case the judge of the adjoin ing c ircuit in which the application is m ide is absent from his circuit, or is i nable by reason of sickness or otlier cause, or is incompetent to hear and deterI mine the matter. It is required? howj ever, that the petition shall be filed | in the clerk’s office of the county in which the writ is prayed ^r. The act will not take effect until the. laws are published. Lingering La Grippe Cough Cured. Mr. G. Vancer, 157 Osgood street. ! Chicago says: My wife had a severe case of la grippe three years ago and it left her with a very bad cough. She tried a bottle of Foley’s Honey and Tar and it gave immediate relief. A 50cent bottle cured her cough entirely. Now we are never without a bottle, of this wonderful cough medicine iii the house.. £5 and 50 cents. J. R. Ar ams Son. • ~

ECONDtoN

j Our Citing Stand: ii a And that class is the highest. # * * * t f Everything has been done to, make it the f Clothing in the land, and there has been no §| ticular. And what so correct can be found at f and all times. We have cut \ : : . f •> * Regardless of Former The shortest time is our object, and to ^ we have made prices, about half what values sa j to be, and those who have waited can reap t * patience deserves. y vSlitl Each garment shows that cafe has been ing. Nothing that would increase the dressi been overlooked. ^CALL AND TAKE A Remember that on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at tloses at 6 o’clock: Monday at 8:80 and Saturday night at jady-made f in any par- f sit's at any f i alues j it speedily A they ought A tarvest their ^ f in the mak- f or finish has ^ * W. L. BARR ^PETERSBURG, INDIA

L. A L. E. WOOLSEY M. Lawyers, All business receives prompt attention. Collections made and remitted. Settlements of estat es a specialty OtUee over Citizens’ bank, Petersburg, Ind. w 7ILSON it: TYNER, r. M. WtLSON. T. W. TYSKR. Petersburg Collecting Agency. Collections in all parts of the United States. Remittances promptly made. Charges are reasonable. (live us your old accounts, notes, etc., anti we will do the rest. Call on or write us. Ofilee opposite court house in Parker building, Petersburg, lud. «4FRED SMITHS Dealer in all kinds of FURNITURE! J2. Jk

Funeral Supplies a Specialty We keep on hand at all times the finest lint of Parlor and Household Furnituft? to be found in the city. Bedroom and Parlor Suits a Specialty. In funeral supplies we beep Caskets. Shrouds, etc., of the best make.

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[ l Time is Money : : :: Time Saved is Money Earned Don’t Travel,—Telephone! A Telephone in your Residence, Office or Store will save time and make you money. •'•If Our present Rates leave no excuse for being without this mod* ern necessity. Don’t “sponge” on your neighbor. Thirty days trial will convince you. Telephone connection means Comfort, Convenience and Economy. v . J. H. McCLURKIN, Manager, \