Plymouth Tribune, Volume 2, Number 15, Plymouth, Marshall County, 15 January 1903 — Page 2

EsUblUbed October 10. 1901.

HENDRICKS & CO., Publisher. telephone No. -7. OFFICE In Btssetl Block. Corner Center and Laporte S tri au KüTlHINt RATES will be mde Knowc n kp plica ioa. Zntereil the Poetuffice at Plyroonth. Ind.. as J second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION: One ar in Advance $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Month 40 cents, de- ' llverei at any postotf.ce. . U T , - . . I 1 ' - T The Only Republican Paper in the County Plymouth,-1 nd.i January 15, 1903. The remaining public lands are tne heritage of tbe people. It is the duty of our national lawmakers to see to it that the people are not deprived of that heritage by land monopolists:No more shocking aud disgraceful revelations of class persecution and proscription have ever been made than those before the anthracite strike commission concerning the persecution of nonunion men by union strikers. They are enough to make one's blood boil. The governor of Pennsylvania in his annual message says the recent miners' strike cost the state more than 1.000,000, aud urges the passage of a compulsory arbitration law for the settlement of controversies between employer and employe before they reach the striking point. The country expects congress to enact some new anti-trust legislation at this session, and failure to do so will put the republican party on the defensive. So subject has ever been more thoroughly discussed and threshed out by the press and people than has the trust question during the last few years, and the time has come when they expect congress to act. The answer to the miners made by Mr. Marklc, the independent operator, should be most carefullv investigated. There are several, allegations in it reflecting upon the testimony of the miners. Unfortunately it is certain that much he says is true about the unrest lhat is caused by agitators. It is the agitator, the organizer, who Teal differences between labor and capital. Elkhart Review. The Columbia City l'osst hits the oail squarely on the head by saying: For an editor to bl ;w his own horn, telling how superior his paper is to others, does not prove it, for the judge of that is the reader himself." That is true, nut only as to excellence of contents, but also as to circulation. Free lists, periodical distributions, enormous exchange lists, and kindred illegitimate methods of consuming white paper, don't deceive people w ho inquiie into matters of this kind. The popular idea that England leads in the world's shipping Is not sustain-? ed by statistics. Tbeliecord of American andForeignShippingof 1903 shows that, including vessels of all kinds, the United States leads, with Great Britain a good second and other nations straggling along in the rear. Great Britain exceeds the United States in craft that cross the ocean, but coastwise trade counts also. The Record shows that in the number of shipyards this country is far ahead of any other. Perhaps we do not need a ship subsidy." The lower house of the Colorado legislature ejected a compromise or ganizatlon. Republicans have a majority, but a combination was formed between the republicans opposed to exSenator Wolcott and the democrats which resulted in the election of J. B. Sanfoid as speaker. It is said the agreement gives the republican speaker the patronage of the house, but prevents the unseatiug of the eleven Denver representatives who are democrats. It Is not believed that' a United States senator to succeed Senator Teller can be chosen at this session. Throughout the industrial world marked changes and improvements are taking place. A report comes from Germany that the reorganization of the German textile industries alODg American lines is proceeding on a comprehensive scale, and that the system of highly developed division of labor is gradually being introduced in the leading factories of Saxony and Prussia.. The introduction of this system has resulted in cheapening production and increasing .wages. It is said that these changes are due to the interest Jelt by German manufacturers in ibe industrial progress of the United States. Congressman Crumpacker of Indiana strongly iudorsesxthe action of President Roosevelt In aiishing the pobtcfilce at Iudläoalö, Miss .because the patrons of the" office would riot be served .by a negro postmistress. "The president's act,"aid he, "will contribute materially toward Vuockinj cut the 'lily white' raovement in the euth if v.-2 rjraat. that that raoverasct rcaUy has any lifo left. I. do. net cz2 tlizl- tl:2 r"-- ecu Id have ccn el: 2 vtia ... v . . Uv-w 'J 1 To n- zo cizzV.zi I-j t :rcza.it. j - v W J k. j . -

The proposition of ex-Attorney General Taylor to provide by law that the terms of all county officers and circuit judges shall begin the first day of January after their election should commend itself to the legislature without argument. In some cases it would be necessary to extend the terms of officers a year, but that is of no importance compared with the advantage of general uniformity. -

The new London licensing act, which went into etlect Jan. 1, and which a'iiis to diminish drunkenness, calls for the publication of a blacklist of habitual drunkards, whose convictions must be notified to the police authorities. The habitual drunkards, under heavy penalties, are debarred from purchasing intoxicants for a term of three years. Another - clause in the act provides a tine of $10 or a month's imprisonment for a woman found intoxicated while she is ac companied by any child under seven years. The new law is terrifying habitual drunkards. One of the first against whom the law has been called upon to operate, is the wife of a prominent editor, .whose husband charges her with habitual drunken ness. Mr. Carnegie celebrated his visit to Washington by giving $330,000 more to the trustees of the public library for the purpose of establishing branches in the suburbs and outlying districts of the city. While the plan is not yet adopted and very little time has been allowed for reflection, it is expected by Mr. Carnegie that at least seyen handsome structures, costabout $50,000 each, will be erected within the next two or three years. This, however, is contingent upon an agreement with congress that the libraries shall be supplied with books and maintained at the public expensj. Mr. Carnegie never gives money for library buildings under any other conditions. As congress is the common council of Washington, and makes all the appropriations for the city government, its consent must be obtained. .The hitch in .the canal treaty with Colombia is apparently due to the efforts of the officials at Bogota to secure a 4,rakeotI" from the $40.000.000 which the United States is to pay the French company for its property and privileges and the work it has al ready done in the way of excavation. Negotiations with Mr. Ilerran. the Colombian' minister, are practically completed. The chief obstacle to a conclusion, which was the reluctance of Colombia to relinquish its sovereignty over the territory required for the canal, has been evaded by a lease for a hundred years with the privilege of renewal for another hun dred. We nave agreed to pay $7,000,000 bonus and an annual rental based upon the earnings .'of the canal, but Colombians are not satisfied with this and are now trving to force the representatives of the French companv at Bogota to pay t-iem large commissions on the price it gets from the United States. Disappointment in Berlin. A few days ago the newspapers of Berlin were lamenting the fact that Prince Henry's visit to the United States ' and the emperor's gift of a statue of Frederick had not re sulted in any modification of Ameri can views as to the propriety of maintaining tbe Monroe doctrine, and now the distinguished Dr. Schiemant of Berlin university discourses as follows: Prices Henry's visit brought a livelier consciousness of the common interests of Germany and the people of the United States.' In America, of course, it has not been withoutopposition. How could it possiblv beotherwise considering the wicked agitation w hich has continued against us so long completely undindered? This would seem to'-suggest the thought that in educational as well as in political, commercial and journalistic circles the yisit of Henry was expected to throw the United States completely oil their balance and open the way here for German imperialism to do as it pleased with us. , When .Emperor William and the great journalists and learned professors of Berlin come to know the United States a litte better they will understand that Americans receive peripatetic princes and gifts of bad statues with politeness, but subject always to the constitution, tbe laws and the Monroe doctrine! : As between friends everything else may be ignored, but these considerations have to be taken for granted in this bailiwick. ; , The Paul Revere llotrzzizz. , The "Paul Revere homestead, Nos. 19 and 21 Korth square, Boston, bqilt alsout lCSO, and bought; by Revere in 1770VJ3 still etching, and taa teen purchsr! recently by Jcha P. Heyne1.;!:, jr.Ith r viecf .. laduciaj patriotic orders to jcla vrita bin in pr.;:rTlrg it a ' t'-zzzzlzzl laaär:::. It :zz Uzji ;tle d::r c: VJ.z Trrjcuililrjt: ii 1zvAX.ztzz2 vrrai J sV i- j 1 i k. - I ::3

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Main Points of the Attorney General's Proposed Trust Legislation. , That all discriminatory practices affecting interstate trade be made offenses to be enjoined and punished. Such legislation to be directed alike against those who give and those who receive illegal advantages and to cover discrimination in prices ;as against competitors' Jn particular, localities resortfd; to for! the' purpose of destroying competition."' In order to reach producers guilty of these offenses, who are,, as producers, beyond national control, a penalty should.be imposed upon the interstate and foreign transportation of goods produced by them and federal courts should be given power to re strain such transportation at the government's suit. . Such legislation is necessary because the existing interstate commerce law does not give an effective remedy in this class of cases against either shipper or carrier. A commission or bureau in the proposed department of commerce should be created, whose duty it should be to investigate the operations of concerns engaged in interstate or foreign commerce to gather information and data enabling it to make recommendations for additional legislation to report to the president. This would bo a first step in sccurpg proper publicity. This commission should have authority to inquire into the management of any concern doing an interstate business. ' Crumpacker's Dilemnu. Congressman Crumpacker was in the depths of despair the other day. He looked the picture of despondency as he walked about the corridors of the house of representatives with h hands folded behind him. The cause of his worry was an invitation to attend one of Mrs. Roosevelt's teas at the white house that very afternoon and an utter lack of knowledge of the proper kind of necktie to wear. 'I am up against it good and strong," he said in a lugubrious tone of voice. ! never attended an afternoon tea and I don't know what in the Sara Patch I ought to wear around my neck. I have got plenty of clothes to wear but what to do about U:t necktie is what is giving me the cold shivers." Finally The Sentinel correspondent suggested that he appeal to Mrs. Crumpacker and let her decide the harassiug problem. "That's the deuce of it," said the judge. "If she were here I would have smooth sailing. But she isn't here." "Telegraph her at once, " suggested another friend. ' ; "That's where 'I'm foiled again," said the judge. "She has started . to Washington and I rion'-t know where to reach her by telegraph." The hours drew apace . and as the shadows began to fall it was up to the judge to fish or cut bait. He delved down into his trunk, fished out the first tie his eye fell upon, put It around his neck and went to take tea. with the first lady of the land. He wasn't thrown out of the white honse so he feels pretj comfortable about it, although he is still in the dark as to whether he wore the right kind of tie. Indianapolis Sentinel. Something Radically Wrong. 'ine ract tnat more tnan boo per sons In the United State committed suicide during the year 1902 ha prompted numerous comments by the press, clergymen, and students of sociological conditions. The conclusion is that ' there is 'something radically wrong.' Of those who have expressed an opinion as to the cause of this extraordinary development 'of a. steadily increasing tendency to.vard self-destruction, the Muncie Herald comes about as near hitting the nail on thj head as any that have 'spoken on the subject." "The facts are," that paper says, "the people are going at a pace that cannot be sustained. Physical and mental wrecks strew' the highway that leads to the so-called city of suc cess. In the mad scramble for wealth men sacrifice all the noblest tributes of human nature and risk all on a turn of the wheel of fortune. To fail means ruin, and rather than face, it Xhe quick way of self-destruction is taken out of the world. Disappointed hopes and crushed ambition are fruitful sources of self-destruction. The people must get back to the habit of sfmptle living and cöntentmetfs with less of -the 'things' of the "world. Eisht thousand sidcides in one" year. And yet there is. boast of the best ci'viliziV tion the world has eer seen. .In some, perhaps many respects, the claim is well. founded,. but . there aie yet many things to learn ere the high-' est point of human development and happiness can be reached. " v Lizizü-iry f.:ee-. - Tfc3 Ctate Dairy nidation "win fc-jU a n::t!"j at Purduo frcn Jan. 21 to 22. T::3 ntctiirp vrill ta cpea to Lo to att:d end l at::r r-1 Czz .zz. Ta r-izzz vrill to c;: 't::::3 Ci:. H, D. C r, ifZ , r 1 . . C Ii, c: lz.:z, z.zz:iiz:

Uncle Sam' Medicine Garden. The Department of Agriculture Is starting experiments in the cultivation of drug and medicinal plants, and about an acre is being devoted to this purpose in the neighborhood or Washington,' including a patch on the Potomac Mats and another'bit of land on the new model government farm at Arlington; ' : , ' , , . ' Secretary - Wilson says that we pay something like $3,000,000 per annum for such plants imported from abroad, and -there is no reason why we should not save most of this money if we would only take the troubte to find out how to do it. No attention whatever has been paid to thl: kind of gardening in the United States, and comparatively little is known about the climatic and other soil conditions demanded. Before long, however, the govern pent experts will have got together a lot of facts which will be published in a little book for the instruction of farmers. The experiments are being made under the directiou of Mr. F. V. Coville. Uncle Sam's botanist-ih chief. Small plants are being grown of belladonna, digitalis, stramonium, aconite, arnica, hyoscyamus, valerian, golden seal Seneca snakeroot, and the opium poppy thut yields the familiar drug of commerce. Belladonna is better know1 as deadly night shade, digitalis is foxglove, stramonium is jimson-weed, aconite is the monk's-hood of old gar. dens, and hyoscyamus is henbane. There is money in the culture of these drug plants, it is believed, and the experiments will be pushed with i view to ascertaining not only the best methods of growing them, but also what areas are adapted for the production of the different kinds of medicinal crops. Thus before very long we may become comparatively inde pndeni. of foreign sources of supply !n the materia medica. Saturday Evening Post. No Bad Legislation Wanted. Among the propositions which will be laid before the coming legislature there promises to be several which squint towards socialism in its most violent form. It is not at all likely that the legislature will be led into passing any radical bills of this nature, but the body should bt careful not to indulge in any legislation which will make it easier for the discontented and unreasoning to saddle debts and other burdens upon communities. We fortunately have a constitutional provision against over-indebtedness, and any attempts to break down, by subterfuge or by endorsing roundabout measures, this barrier of protection should be quickly disposed ol ty the legislature." There is a disposition to foist upon communities all sorts of enterprises which deal with utilities. . This wive. of socialism, for it is nothing less though it may have dedegrees, will subside before another legislature meets; but carelessness in the passage of bills which enable communities under false pretenses to eug;ige in commercial enterprises should be relegated to the waste basket of the committee room at once Elkhart Review.

More in Number Than Our Soldiers. Of all government employes, the. fourth-class postmasters are the mo.a numerous. They number more than 70,000, and exceed by 12,000 the officers and men of the army of the United States, as now reduced to the minimum allowed under the new law. Not far from one person in every thousand keeps a postotlice of this grade. Fourth-class postmasters, says the Youth's Companion, receive for compensation the receipts from box rents, and a commission on. thir cancellations and incidentals,' 'such as the sale of wate-puper. Those who cancel stamps amuunting to less than ?50a 'quaiter get the entire sum: above that amount thev receive oulv" .- ' . . apart. They are .appointed directly by the, postmaster general. The higher-grade postmasters are name! by the president and confirmed by. the senate. Gross . receipts of $1,000 bring a postoffice into the third class, the lowest grade of presidential .offices; of $8,000 into. the second, and of $40,000 into the first-class. Salaries in all classes depend on the amount of business, but the highest salary is $6,000. " . '- Reorganization Postponed. The Marshall County -Medical Society meV at Dr. Reynold office Thursday and discussed plans for the annual meeting in April which ' they hope to make better than any yet held. Action' on reorganization was postponed until the annual meetinsr. The following, committees were appointed: On program: Drs. Reynolds. Lorhig, Bor ton, Kley; ' Aspmall.' ' On enter tain meat; . Drs'. ' Eiey, .Stephens, C. II. Ilollzendoril and Cunningham. - TT. 2 r,V.y Ch.lJ Uber Law. Th2 new child labor law, ,the passage cf which the federation of labor is advccatlr.g in this state, will contain provisions that any chiH allowed to wer' la a f retcry, irrespective cf hiJ re, inu: tayc r--d thresh dx yeir3 tt zzticzi: The rae law will zz7zj V c zjzz-z cf nay r;r-zzzzz--; t''f-3c: c'-!:t:;a ia to-t-t:of;r.:5ta tzlir t3 c-a cl t : z:yzzii7z-z la r:V.:: rjcclj

Heartless Squeeze of the Poor. Kerosene oil can be bought in Boston today for 15 cents a gallon. Six months ago, before fuel began to be scarce because of the coal stritce, it was sold for 10 cents a gallon. As people began to use it more generally for heating purposes, the price was advanced, a cent at a time, until when the greatest distress, prevailed it was put up to 14. cents, and now, in . view of a continued fuel famine, it is made 12 cents. What is the caus of .this increase of 50 percent; in the price of an article of univejsal necessity V Crude ptQroleum, from which kerosene is made, was never so cheap. The development of. new : oil territory has brought down , the price of the rawmaterial. The cost of manufacture Is the samcas before, or less. In a time of distress among the poor, kerosene at 10 cents a gallon would be a blessing and would save lives that " are now sacrificed to insufficient warmth. Boston Post.

The Sixty-Third Assembly. The 63d general assembly of Indiana which went into session in Indianapolis Thursday for a period of 61 days has before it many important duties. Perhaps the most significant of these is to refrain from making too many laws and to repeal some of the laws for which officials and the people have no respect. This legislature should endeavor to make a record for the republican party as a business legislature. Politics should not be -allowed to enter into every piece of legislation that comes up and measures should be considered on their merits. Dilly-dallying methods should be unknown and whateyer is jdone should be with only the best interests of the state and its people in view. Legislators ought to learn that the people's interests are first, polities afterwards and govern themselves accordingly. South Bend Tribune, Griffith's Tariff Bill. In the lower house of congress Representative Griffith, of Indiana, has introduced his anti-trust bill, or rather his bill to revise the tariff. The measure has been referred to the ways and mentis committee. Mr. Griffith has directed his efforts toward reducing the duty, or placing upon the free list all those articles the manufacture or sale of w hich are controlled by trusts. The bill affects seven schedules and eighty-nine paragraphs of the Dingley act. Mr. Griffith says if his bill is passed it will curb and restrain what he calls the lumber, glass, iron and steel trust, meat, coal and leather "trusts," and that it will be the means bv which the products now controlled by these "trusts" may be sold to the purchaser at much cheaper rates and at the same time enable the manufacturers to receive a fair return after paying reasonable wages for labor. Reverse Action in Order. It is announced that the total .fire losses -of the year just closed were considerably below those of the year 1901 and 1000, w hich will suggest a

very cogent inquiry to a large share of the community. ltmay be remembered that the losses of those two years were so heavy as to be fellowed by a substantial advance in insurance rates, justified on the ground that it was necessary to protect the underwriting Interests from actual loss. Now that there is a reduction of losses, reported to be in the neighborhood of 10 per cent, will there be a lowering of insurance rates by 10 per cent? Pittsburg Dispatch. A Big Orange Crop. According to, present indications there will bo considerably more citrus frm t shl pped ou t of sou thernCal i f ornia this year than last. The lemon crop is lighter, but the shortage will be more. than offset by the additional output of oranges. .The season has been exceptionally favorable for good orange growing, and there have' been no serious frosts to damage the crop. The picking is now well under way. Up to last week about 1,800 carloads of oranges hadjeen shipped east from Los Angeles and vicinity and 1,200 carloads from points north of Teha ciiapi. The season's output from southern California is expected to be rrom 22,000 to 24,000 carloads. A Card Prom Mr. Stoops, " Tyneu City, Ind. VV. E. Bailey, General A'gent Union Central Life Insurance Company. .Dear Stu:- In 1885, Nov. 14th, I took out a policy for J 1500 in yuur company on the fifteen payment, life rate endowment plan. It has no.v matured, and I have this day received the company's check for $1551.31 being more thati the face of the policy. No money ever came .to me in so opportune a time and. I want to thank you and the company for the many accommodations shown me, as without them I could not have kept the policy aiive. This has been a very satisfactory contract of Insurance with me and ray treatment by the company all that any policy holder could desire. Tli 3 total amount paid wo3 51,234.75. Xzzzz5f tain j regularly incured fcr my family's prctectien for c:T;-t:ea years, Certaialy Vziz hi3 heea a v:i:2 r:Zvz.Z2 for m:a ia zzj c:Jt::. 77U1CU TT r

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In all departments commences at once. Thousands of dollars' worth of odds and ends in Suits and Overcoats, in new and seasonable merchandise that we must rid our counters of. All Men's Suits and Overcoats all Boys' Suits and Overcoats at about HALF-PRICE. Just think of it the cream of Clothing in the latest styles at from 50 to 60 cents on the dollar. Make up your minds quick if you want to share in the unusual offerings we are making;. These great January Clearance Sales of curs have made their mark hundreds of customers wait for them, -tor they know vye promise less and do mors for them than any other store in Marshall County. Every dollar's worth of Rubber Goods Arctics, Felt Boots and Overs, Mishawaha Combinations of all kinds at less than factory prices to clean out and make room. Don't wait too long, aj at the prices we are roakirg we will not have a single winter garment left, as the people know a good thing when they see it, and the news will travel quickly. Trading Stamps on all sales just the same.

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MORTUARY Richard C. Ridgway. Richard C. Kidgway.who was taken to LongclilT just before Cliristmas,died at the asylum, Wednesday, Jan. 7, aged 56 years, 5 months and 26 days. Deceased was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, came to Marshall county with his parents in 1865 and had resided here ever since with the exception of three vears in the west. He was a quiet, industrious citizen respected by all who knew him. His brain was injured several years ago, and his mind becoming badly affected in December, it was thought help raightbe obtained at the asylum, but death came as above stated. A Definition of a Socialist Rev. Charles A. Parkhurst defined a socialist in his sermon last Sunday as a man w,ho does not want to divide his money with his neighbors, but who wants his neighbors to divide their money with him. Since tbe matter has been so tritely illustrated most everybody will admit that socialists are very scarce who havc either monev or desire to share it with their fellows.' Perhaps that is a good reason for the existence of this peculiar species of mankind. Wherever a so-, c.ialist ' is found who is w illiosr to di--; vide his belongings with a man poorer than himself, his photograph will be seen hanging in some gallery dedicated to the displaying of freak pictures. Elkhart Truth. Friday and Thirteen. Professor C. A..L. Totten, formerly military instructor in Yale, replying to the question of a New Yorker whether 1903 is to be a lucky or an unlucky year, says: What is the matter with either Friday or the number thirteen? As to America, it bears thirteen all over its heraldry, and Friday has been its chief day' (discovery of America, declaration of independence, etc.). We have thirteen letters in E Pluribus Unum, the motto on our great seal. We have thirteen, thirteen timesj repeated, on that seal. Take out a new silver quarter, if you have one left,1 and count the thirteens, even on its obverse face. Mannasseh was the thirteenth tribe in Israel and we are the'people. " Here Fads Than Education. The common sch xl system has been the boast of Americans, but enlightened teachers are waking up to the fact that our progress has not kept pace with our pride. We have been developing fads, but we have not been developlcj la proper measure excellence cf teaebicj cf ' the few thirds vrhleh vrculd the great tcy of Leys aad cZz'.zzt zcl izzzl-l c;a ia tao c;erc3 c:olif3 in .Uea taey

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UNDERTAKER A IMPIAMÜ Olticefhcre-90 idence ttione 13 fflgh Pike of Butter. Milwaukee commission men are ia an excite! state of mind over the action of the butter committee at Eljrin. which, they say, is keeping up the price of high-grade butter when there is no occasion for it. The Milwaukeeans charge thut the Elgin committee is holding up the price for the purpose of working oif the June storage? butter at a big profit. They say there is no need for the present high prices, and, In fact, the prices quoted at Elgin Jare higher than they are in the East. The commission men say that the price of high-grade creamery ought to have declined two weeks ago. In evidence of this they cite the New Yoric market, where tae price is 23 cents. Only a Bluff. "Hurry uplM shouts Colombia to your Uncle Sam. "I've an offer of 40,000.000 forthat canal franchise from a German friend and if you don't cash up at once I shall turn you down and take on the Dutchman." Mavbe this is a genuine proposition; but it sounds very much like a "bluff" t scare a high price out of Uncle Samuel.. Besides, what could the German gentleman do with the canal franchise after he ha' got it? Would not Mr. Hay instantly unchain the Monroe doctrine and the dogs of war and chase the Deutscher into the Pacific vcean? Chicago Chronicle Speedy Warships Needed. The majority sentiment in the American navy just now is for fighting ships, with, of course, the highest speed that can be obtained. It certainly would be useless to build a lot of ships which, though they may befast, are structurally weak or incapable of defense and offense. The fact is that there Is need of rast boats and of fighting boats and tha .it is impossible to combine both q'uiilties in a single vessel beyond ascertain well defined point. Buffalo Express. The School for Scandal. Wednesday evening w . one of the stormiest ofthc season, so tar, hut the opera house was crowded by an appreciative audience who were glad of an. opportunity to see the famous English comedy "The School for Scandal" presented by ' the celebrated actor, William Owen. The audience was not disappointed The play was fully up to expectations. Thecoaipany is an excellent one, and the fine attendance chop's that Plymouth people will patronize a good entertainment. People who have trjua to rrc .7 eld, who have leet tae vfjcr, ecu r-. t-!,-. r- 1 f " ff N t iiv-i k 4 . V A vX J

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