Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 5, Petersburg, Pike County, 9 June 1899 — Page 4

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& hr §p ikt fioirotjj fjtnumrt BnH. IHc€. STOOF.S. __• _ I • I On«t Year, tn advance .• ♦lb" six Mouths,in advance 5# -:r—: ~~.U— ~~ = Entered at the postofttcf tn Petersburg for ir« iMiiisKlon through tlie mails as second- i •sin is matter. Fill DAY, JUNE 9, 1899. Lincoln on Expansion. “No man is good enough to govern a;lather man without the other’s const lit. When the white man governs h mself, that is self-government: but when he governs himself and also gove ns another man. that is more than self-government—that is despotism, t ur reliance is in the love of liberty v liich God has planted in ns: our defense is in the spirit which prizes libe rty as the heritage of all men in all 1 mds. everywhere. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not fori themselves, and under a just God cannot long retain it. “Abraham Lincoln." The trusts are just now fattening ; eir bank accounts at the expense of he people. ^ The goldbugs and backers of trusts don't seem to like the St. Louis and Louisville meetings recently held. And why should they when they received such a general roasting that their skins cracked.

The president has made room for .000 more office-seekers by removing the ban of civil service from the many'places. Be good little boys and support the trusts and you may get ; msitions if the boss says the word and your probation holds out. The farmers of Vigo and Sullivan counties have formed a trust and will hold thejf^wheat in common elevators i ndefinitely until the price adyanCes. While trusts are being protected by the government it is time the farmer was protecting himself. Sixteen to one goes merrily on | winning new friends every day. Since j the trust combinations have come into ] power the people are beginning to j realize that something must be done to check the abuses to which the government and the people have been ! subjected during the past two years. | Gold bug papers are saying all manner of pretty things about the 16 j to 1 issue being dead and that the j cause stinketh. Yet they are continually harping on the same subject. If the cause of the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the legal ratio of 16 to 1 is dead, why say anything more about it. The trouble is ! that it is about the liveliest^ corpse ! these gold bug organsJjrave seen, and j they are scared. The ‘defiant industries'’ are forming some of the big trusts nowadays. These “infants’' have been protected i so long by the republican party that I they now control that organization j and shape legislation to suit. Why • not take away that protection which j ha* made millionaires and give the ordinary people a chance to make a living. If you favor protection to trusts get in the republican band wagon, where everything is protected except thejfarmer and the laboring mm. l artial reports on the condition of the w heat crop in Indiana, made to John B. (‘(inner, chief of the Indiana bureau of statistics, show that the a :rc age of wheat this year will be j e iual to, or greater, than any in recent years. Fifty-four towmships of j the state out of 1,014 have sent in reports. These embrace townships in the northern, contral and southern divisions of the state. The total number of acres sown in the fifty-four townships is 149,205; the total number of acres plowed up and put to other crops, is given for the fifty-four townships at 18,959. Speulative prosperity is the only prosperity we now have. Monied men have turned their cash loose in all kinds of speculative schemes. Trusts are being organized in every branch of trade, stocks are being watered right up to the calamity point, and men are borrowing money and betting optional margins with a recklessness and a boldness which had its inception in the understanding that the election of McKinley meant a free license for capital to double up, at the expense of the masses, any way it could. But this kind of prosperity is always short lived, and never reaches the masses.

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENCY. John 1>. (•rimes, Itepubllcan, Elected For Four Years. Monday morning at ten o'clock the township trustees of Pike county met at the auditor’s office for the purpose of electing a superintendent of schools for four years. The trustees organized by electing J. IX Barker chairman. and W. H. Scales, by virtue of his office as auditor, was the secretary. An adjournment was then taken until one o’clack. The democratic trustees then held a caucus and upon a ballot being taken W. S. Corn was nominated. he receiving four votes and John W. Scales one vote. The caucus nomination of the democrats was equivalent to an electioh. there being live democratic trustees and four republicans. Upon reassembling after dinner the names of Wi S. Corn and J. D. Grimes were presented as candidates. A ballot was then taken and resulted in the election of J. D. Grimes, republican, he having deceived the.four republican votes and the vote of one democrat, the four democrats voting for Corn having voted green tickets. The result of the election created a great deal of talk on the streets. Mr. Corn has made a splendid official during the two years he has served and has worked hard to bring the schools up to a higher standard of education. and during the past year his work is spoken of in the highest terms. He has succeeded in having tpwnship commencements, ‘which were all a grand success, and in other ways has the cause of education been advanced. There is no reason whatever why Mr. Corn should not have received the tive votes of the democratic trustees after receiving the caucus nomination. The following affidavit is self-ex-planatory: state of Indiana. 1’i^e county: James |fc Bass. John Ihivis, Louis E. Ttnylor ami Thomas C. Nelson, being duly sworn upon their oaths, each lot himself sava that on the Sth day ol Jun’e. they were each present at elect ion of county superintendent, held this day in the auditor’s office of said county., and at such election each of said affiants voted for William 8. Corn lor county superintendent. T.C. Xkmon, L. E. Trayi.kr, J. L. Bass, John Davis. Suliseribed and sworn to before me this the >th day of June, lsa»!>. Akthck H Taylor, Notary Public.

Black Leg or Black Quarter. (Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station. Newspaper Bulletin No. 71, May ::i. isw.i Black ley or black quarter is an acute infectious disease"usually affecting young cattle from six months to two years of aye. Sucking calves do not contract the disease, and while it may occur in old cattle, it is not liable to do so. The disease occurs most frequently in cattle iir high state of nutrition and yra/.iny upon rich pasture, and is caused by' a germ that is found in the soil and on the grass, especially in low or bottom land. The disease is not contagious but the occurrence^ one or two cases upon a -certain field shows local infection and indicates that other cattle may suffer in like manner. « The general symptoms are dullness, loss or appetite, cessation or rumination, fever, stiffness and lameness. Swellings occur under the skin, about j the flank, thigh, behind the fore limb j and breast. These swellings may be j the first thing noticed. They may be ! small or quite diffuse. They are painJ ful at first, but later become insensi- | tive. They pit and crackle under j pressure, and if opened a reddish black frothy fluid will be discharged. The disease lasts from a few hours to two or three days and nearly always proves fatal. In old cattle the course is somewhat slower. .Medical treatment is not a success. A few animals will recover under good treatment but there is„no particular line that can be followed with a fair degree of success. Tincture of muriate of iron may be given in doses of one tablespoonful for each thousand pounds live weight every four hours. In the interval a similar dose of chlorate of potash may be administered. The better method is to use preventive measures, which consist in vaccination. People owning pastured where such disease is known to exist, can vaccinate their stock early in the season, and feel assured that there will be little or no loss. Vaccination has been so largely used and thoroughly tried j by experiment stations and by individ- ! uals that it is no longer an experiment, j Last year a large number of cases I were reported in this state and it is to | be expected that the disease will soon recur again this year. The veterinary department of the | experiment station will be glad to j receive reports of outbreaks of this ' and other diseases during the season, j A. W. Brmai, El. V. M. Veterinarian. J

SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT. j Jefferson townMiip Held Thflr Exer- : rtws^urday Night. At the (*. P. church at Algiers last Saturday night took place the commencement exercises of the Jefferson township schools. Long before the exercises were to commence the large audience room of the church was crowded with the people of that township to witness the commencement exercises. A little after eight o’clock the graduates marched in and took their places upon the rostrum, there being five young ladies and six gentlemen in the class. The best of attention was given to each of the graduates during the exercises, and it was one of the most pleasant occasions seen in Jefferson township for sometime. The trustee. L. E. Trayler. has given <the children of the township the best of teachers at his command and has paid special attention to the cause pf education in his township. The exercises were under the management of Profs- Fred Chappell and Allen Barr, and they deserve much credit for the success of the commencement. The program of the evening was as follows:

M»nn, Rev. Winn . Choir Joe Carlisle It* s.sle IH-Mott ('Jar. ReU .Edith Abbott invocation ... . Music Choosing an Occupation Value of a Reputation Qiinrlrtte. Abr»han> Lincoln The Negro anil the South Instrumental Duett Ktlna Trayler ami Prentis Barnett The H-uneol<l i ollar Button.. W. K. I,htoilette Education as Related to Civic Prosperity . . Maud Scraper Finish What You Attempt , ^ .C. K. Willis Instrumental Duett Eva and Lillie Hadlock Young Man and Temoerance. It. Postletliwait 11 1 Had Time Lillie Osgathorp Quartette. Intlueuce of Sociates I pon Character ...j O. Payne Treason of Benedict Arnold ... Krona Craig Music . ...:Clioir Presentation of Diplomas .... . W. 8 Corn, i'ounty superintendent Music . Choir Benediction Rev. Kerr At five o'clock that evening Lewis E. Trayler. the trustee, gave a banquet at his residence, east of Algiers, to the graduates and school officers of the county and a few invited friends. There were present about forty persons. who partook of a sumptuous repast of all the delicacies of the season. The afternoon was pleasantly spent in social conversation and at seven o'clock all wended their way to Algiers where the commencement exercises were to take place. Noxid Items. Jack Fleener tff Arthur, was in our little burg the last of the week on business. P. B. Craig and wife of Cato, visited J. S. Ridge near here Sunday. Dr. Abbott of Otwell, was in our community Thursday. Uncle CJreen Beadles and wife "were in Jasper Friday. ^ John Elder and Wyatt Corn were in Jasper Saturday. J. P. Hayes has purchased property in Washington. Mrs. Warren Cooper of Portersville. is visiting friends in this community. Richard Blair is building a new house on his farm near this place. The Misses Mamie and Meda Bolling of this place, attended the baptising at the poor farm Sunday.. Mrs. Alford Adams of this place, is sick at the present writing.

Sunday School Convention. The second convention of this year of. the Sunday school association of Jefferson township will be held at Ivy July 1st. The program: Music. Invocation . Rev. John Hurgiuve Welcome Address Rev Pitts Response. Rev. M. L. Payton * Mnste. History unit Advantages Gained t>y the Home Depart incut . H. II. Os»altiorp Recitation. . Bertha Butts The Ultimate End of Sunday School Work. .Bertha Barnett Music. Summary of the Results of the House to Hmi£e t'auvas ... la-los Hadlot-k Recitation .Maud Harris Why Are There Not More Sunday School Workers. I kora Sorg'us The Sunday School' . ... . Rev. Winn Recitation Grace Cliallle Recitation . .Ethel Uavidson Air Line: One Way Settlers Rates. Dates of sale June Uth to 20th. July Jth to 18th. September 5th to 10th. October 3rd to ITth. On above dates the L., E. & St. L. will sell one way j tickets at two cents per mile to many j points in the following states: Alabama, Florida. Georgia, Kentucky, j Louisiana, Mississippi,North Carolina. I South Carolina. Pennsylvania and Virginia. For further information, address J. F. Hurt, agent, Oakland j City. Indiana. Blackburn Items. Joe O’Brien is painting his house, John Shimer was the guest of J William Moore Sunday. Mrs. Eli McCain was the guest of j Frank Shimer and family last Friday, j Allen C. Arnold was in our burg one! day last week on business. John Colvin made a business trip to ' his farm near Winslow' Sunday. John Akens was the guest of Will \ Moore last Sunday. The store here will be moved to! Littles. Any Old Sore Cut, bruise or sprain, quickly healed with Banner Salve the greatest healing remedy in the world, J. R. Adams & Son. j

Washington fetter. After holding' it back for many months. Mr. McKinley has issued 1 is much advertised order modifying the civil service rules, it doesn’t appear to please anybody over-much, it excepts a total of somewhere in the neighborhood of four thousand places from the operation of the civil service rule, but as most of those places are already tilled by republicans, it will make comparatively little new patronage for the republican leaders. It doesn't touch the government printing office. which so many republicans have been trying so hard to get thrown open to them. So far as the party workers are concerned, the order Is likely to do more harm than good to the republican party. Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania. who stands about as much show as Payne, the New York anti-Platt candidate, dropped into Washington a day or two ago and announced that he was a candidate for speaker. He could jnot control three votes in the Pennsylvania delegation, counting his ; own, to save his neck. Bingham is | tile dummy candidate of the PennsylI vania delegation, and will remain j «uch until Quay decides who shall get

I tl|ese votes. - No surprise was caused in Washington by Senator Platt's flat-footed declaration that McKinley and Hobart would be renominated. So far as McKinley is concerned. Platt has been mortgaged since early in the present administration; his endorse* ment of Hobart means that if he ever had any idea of helping to get lloosevelt second place on the ticket, it has been abandoned, but whether because he wasn't pleased with Roosevelt or whether the latter wasn’t pleased with the idea of second place, is a matter of conjecture, but the former is more likely to be true. The declaration of Senator Penrose, who is Boss Quay’s man and mouth-piece, in favor of McKinley’s renomination is nothing more than a bid for administration help for Quay in his contest to get his seat in- the Senate. This was doubtless pleasing to Mr McKinley, whether he means to help Quay Or not. as he found Quay decidedly -‘uppish" ! towards the administration while he was in the Senate. The administration was very par-1 ticular to have the widest circulation ; given to the report of the beef court j of inquiry, but it has now discovered j that all of the $200,000 set aside :o! pay for the inquiry has been used u and has ordered work stopped on the printing of the testimony, upon which that report was supposed to be based, after it had all been put in type. It has all along been contended by many that the administration never intended to make the testimony public, and this action makes it look as though that contention was correct. Secretary Alger has been putting his foot in it again. Several days ago he caused an order to be issued by the war department, instructing the military authorities in Cuba to give clearances to Cuban vessels under the Cuban flag, and at the same time stating that the vessels flying the Cuban flag would not be under American protection. As thei*e is no Cuban

government, there can be no recognized Cuban flag; hence the order strikes the average man as ludicrous. Somebody called Mr. McKinley's attention to the order and he directed that it be referred to the attorney general for an opinion. This opinion, it is expected, will knock the order out. It might answer for Cuban vessels to go from one Cuban port to another, under such a clearance, but in any port outside of Cuba, the masters of such vessels would be at anybody’s mercy; they would have no consul to appeal to in case of unjust treatment of any sort, and no standing in any court of admiralty. Alger's specialty appears to be doing the wrong thing. The Dewey home fund isn't growing as fast as it might. It did not reach a total of $">.000 until today. Unless it gets a move on, it will not be big enough to buy a Washington house by the time Dewey gets home. Amber Hord and Miss Grace Blythe were joined in marriage at the M. E. parsonage in this city last Wednesday evening at T:4'>. Rev.* Northcott officiating. They left immediately after the ceremony for Petersburg where they will make their future home. They are worthy young people and the Enterprise joins their many friends here in wishing for them a long.happy and prosperous life. We take pleasure in recommending them to the citizens of Petersburg.—Oakland Ci ty Enterprise. _' Sunday morning Scott Mitchell, the Main street saloonist, was m inus $7.00. Sometime early that morning his residence was enterd by thieves and his pants taken containing the money. The pants were left in the yard, also a gold watch which was not taken. An attempt was made to go through the residence of Dr. Basinger, but they were scared away after raising a window. Rev. E. S. Darling, a graduate of the New York theological seminary, is visiting his brother Rev. C. D. Darling in this city. Lewis Loveless of Logan township, was in town yesterday. He has been in feeble health for several months. Florian Bartl of Otwell, was in the 1 city yesterday on business.

‘SwtvvsVvvtv^ ... &oo&s\ Seek the Leaders in Choice Assortments. Select from the Largest Stock. Buy from the House that Makes We have on display 50 dozen Men’s Fancy Shi Percale, imported Madris, soft finish and laundj^d CA« boscm, two collars and a pair, cuffs, die nobbiest *&*- terns you ever saw, for.. Men’s French Balbriggan-Underwear; Shirts in lor short sleeves, Drawers to match, the Si.oo grade, 50c quality Plain and Fancy Balbriggan Under) nice goods and well made .. A selected stock of Men’s Soft and Stiff Hats, in . \ correct spring shapes and handsome new colors. tice our Straw and Linen Hat display. Men’s Summer Nightshirts in plain white cambric lin, fancy trimmed, made full, long and wide, for You can buy with safety, feeling sure that youMways get the lowest prices and up-to-date stuff. W. L. BARR ^PETERSBURG, INDIA

' «<FRED SMITHS L>ealor in all kinds of FURNITURE! «

Funeral Supplies a Specialty j We keep on hand at all times the finest line ! of Parlor and Household Furniture to be I found in the city. Bedroom and Parlor Suite r a Specialty. In funeral supplies we keep Caskets, I Shrouds, etc., of the best make.

mm Illinois Central R, R. Tsxs shczst -SitxTE -re MEMPHIS, XI^ORLKANS And all Points in MISSISSIPPI. 'JpV ' LOUISIANA, \- ARKANSAS. TEXAS, MEXICO ami CALIFORNIA. Connection Made From Evansville, 11Indiana,' With elesiant through service to above point*). Has lighted vest i tailed trains with cafe-ears. Pullman sleepers amt live reclining chair cars. Connections made every Sunday ar.d Wednesday wiih the fhmons Sunset Limited for San Francisco,, Caiifomp£i and points en route; and every Thursday with the Pullman Tourist Sleeping Car for New Orleans and Texas and California,In which berth rates are very low. This is the true Winter |&mtc to California; no blizzards.cold weather drsnovr blockades. HOMESEEKERS’ TICKETS. On the first and third Tuesdays of each month homeseekers' rieketssokt to Southern and South western points af special low rates, jr>“d to return flit bin twenty-one days from date of sale. Lnatral stop^ovyr arrangements. A copy of thelsAuthern Homesccteers’tinide will be be mailed to you free on application to F. H. wj\kki,er,c. P A- T. A. •2W Main-st., Evansville, Ind. A. H. Hanson, 4 W. A. Kf.li,oni>. • lien. Pass. A*t. Asst.tien, Pass. AgU wm

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