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GENERAL CROOK.

The continued silence of General
Crook causes much comment and
evidently q corresponding anxiety.
So many assurances of his safety
are telegraphed as coming from
Sherman. Grant. and others, that
the mind Of the reader naturally
becomes filed with forebodings.
The fate of gallant Custer and his
command is remembered with
horror, and surprises and ambus.
cades fill the background of imag-
mary pictures of the march Of
Crook and his followers into the
country of the treacherous Apache.
General Crook is one of the bravest
and most popular soldiers in the
United States army, and partiou-
larly is he popular with the people
Of the Pacific Coast, on account Of
his knowledge of Indian warfaae
and his efficiency in dealing with
the Indians. The Apaches have q
wholesome dread Of him, and call
him "Gray Fox" on account of his
having so often outwitted the most
subtle Indian cunning. He is about
80 years of age and a native Of
Ohio. After he was graduated at
Wes:' Point he was appointed to a
Lieutenantcy in the 4th Infantry.
This was in the year 1852. During
the civil war he rose from the rank
of Colonel to that of Brigadier-
General in 1862, and or-General
in 1864. He comm anded the army
of West Virginia in the valley of
the Shenandoah. When the war
ended Crook was serving AS Major
in the Third Infantry and was q
Brevet Major General of the United
States army. He had risen to be q
Brigadier- General, his present rank
by the year 1873.
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THE LAND THEORY
HENRY GEORGE.
Its Practicabilisy Considered
SECOND PApEE.

To abolish private ownership,
and make and keep land COM
mon property, whether by per
suasion OR force, is wholly
visionary and Utopian. It is
impossible of consummati0n SO
long as social and progressive
impulses dominate the plan Of
life. It is hopeless ofreal;zations so
long as men are selfish; SO long
as men differ in physical and
mental capacity, and the neces-
sity for food exists and the
struggle for subsistence con-
tinues.
1t is needless to prove that the
exclusive use of land is of ad-
vantage to the owner. 1t is pre-
cisely because of this advantage
that "George" proposes to abol-
ish private ownership. The sole
object in making land common
is the equalization of opportu-
nifty and the more equal distri-
button OF wealth.
We assume then that the
owner of land possesses an ad-
vantage in the right to its ex-
elusive use. How great this ad-
vantage 1 quote .George' to
prove. His words at least should
be received as authority against
himself.
At pages 314-3l5 he says:
"The general subsection of the
many to the few, which we meet
with wherever society has
reached a certain development,
has resulted from the appropri-
atien of land as individual pro-
perry. 1t is the ownership OF
the soil that everywhere gives
the ownership of the men that
live upon it,"
"All the enormous privileges
of the nobility of medieval
Europe flowed from their posi-
ton as the owners Of the soil.
The simple principle Of this
ownership Of the soil produced
on the one side the lord, on the
other the vassal; the one having
all the rights, the other nome"
This enormous advantage will
not be voluntarily surrendered.
Those who possess it and enjoy
its privileges will not relinquish
or impair it without a most de-
termined struggle. l will not
insult common intelligence by
proving a proposition 50 self
evident as this. Wherever its
simple statement will net carry
conviction, ignorance and preju-
dice are too dense for penetra-
ton.
Henry George does not pro-
pose to make land "common
property" by purchase. This
he says "would be unjust" In
considering the remedy, there
fore, we have no choice, but are
confined to the alternative Of
fOrce-that is, taking the land
against the will of the owner.
II then land is to become COM
mon, it must be without the
owners consent, either by VIC
lence or the agency Of the law.
Now, taking by violence means
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civil war, anarchy, the subver-
| sion of order, and we may safely
| put this expedient out Of ques-
| ton. Surely no one will advo-
| cate a resort to "bow and SPEAK,"
the forcible and bloody taking
by those who have not from
those who have. This would
be the substitution Of brute force
| for law. It would be the des-
truction of liberty and death Of
civilization; besides it would
| not accomplish the result de-
sired. It would not make land
| common; it would simply effect
a change Of owners. The bold
! and strong would dispossess the
timid and weak fraud and cum
ming and greed would triumph,
and man would be relegated to
the condition of barbarism.
Weare then RENTED to thatle-
lief which the law affords. Is this
possible? Can relief be reached
through the agency of the law?
Where under the sun can we
hope that the owners Of the soil
will make or suffer to be made
laws which will deprive them
Of their wealth and power ? If
as "George" says ''ownership Of
the soil subjects the many to the
few" what hose is there that
the dependant many will pre-
vail against the powerful few ?
especially 81, those countries
where TIE many hare 40 voice IN
making the lar.
If the plan proposed be pos
sible in any country, it is in
America, where the unoccupied
public domain embraces hun-
dreds of millions of acres that
are now common property, and
where the people are sovereign
and every man is free-the
equal of every other before the
law; and where labor is enlight-
ened and generous and where
the prejudice Of race and nation
atty. and creed have not SO
strong a hold upon the mind
and hearts of men. Yet what
man-statesman or prophet
would hazard the opinion that
in free America where SO much
of the land is vacant-so much
unimproved and where land
values are comparatively low
what man, 1 repeat, would
hazard the opinion that private
ownership in land could be de-
stroyed or restricted here ? Save
Henry George, who Ct the thou
sands Of thinkers who have read
his book, favor his plan? What
stale man advocates it? What
philanthropist raises his Voice
to promulgate its creeds ? What
land owner does not spuru it
with contempt? Of the forty
fiattering notices printed in his
volume which lies before me,
all Of them complimentary OF
the splendor of his diction, the
enthusiasm, eloquence, logic and
heart of the author, not one in
dorses his plan or utters hope
for it's cOnSummation-nany of
them condemn it as wild. Wis
ionary and impracticable. Now
and then q thriftless ,nalc0ntent
Or CONSCIOUSNESS demagogue or
enthusiast mistaking the import
and purpose Of the book, appeals
to the passions Of the idle and
disselute and points with ap-
prevail to the time "when land
owners will be forced to restore
the soil, Of which they have
plundered the people," and
10 the ease and plenty which
will follow the "more equal
distribution of wealth." But
the response which follows
comes chiefly from those who
prefer hunger 20 work and
its reverberations die amid their
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idle end dissolute ranks. And
when they come to understand
its scope; when they see that its
plan embraces all classes and
conditions, all races and nation
alities the coolies of Asia, the
paupers Of Europe, the savages
of Africa, as well as the more
civilized and enlightened labor
ers of America, their words Of
approval will give place to
words OF condemnation and re-
proach.
But the most conclusive
objection to the remedy of
.'George" is the saadequacy OF
the method proviGsd for its etsc-
tuation. That private owner
ship could be destroyed by ap-
propriatiDg rent, or the value OF
the use of productive land,
is almost too absurd for discus
sion. For if the rent, or tax ex-
acted by the government were
Tess than the value Of the use OF
the land, that is less than the
sum which the owner could
.'realize by using the land
HIMSELF" Or by dieting it to
another" present owners would
not surrender the title or yield
the right of possession, but
would retain it and pay the tax.
And if the tax exacted exceed ed
the value of the use OF the land
present owners would cease cul-
iivatlon and for the time being
abandon use. No one would be
willing to occupy land if the
rent demanded by the Govern
ment absorbed the profits Of
use and part Of the wa
ges Of labor, and no one
would give up the title and
right OF possession 50 long as the
value Of use or sum realized for
rent exceeded the tax imposed.
The result must, therefore, be to
discourage improvement and
cultivation and increase the
price Of land and Of all products
Of the soil. 1t wouId cast an
almost insupportable burden
upon land occupied by the
owner for dwelling purposes
merely, and augment the cost Of
the common necessario5 of life,
without commensurately in
creasing the wages Of labor, or
otherwise benetitting the labor
ing poor. The agricultural per-
ton of the community would
add the tax demanded by the
Government to the price of the
raw material produced by them,
and thus shift the burden from
themselves to other classes, and
chiefly upon those who perform
labor upon the products Of the
soil.
But suppose by iayirg all
taxes upon land an unavoidable
burden was created SD great that
present owners would abandon
the land rather than bear it, and
thus the soil should be made
common; and suppose, notwi,h-
standing this burden, other per
sons could be fUnnd to take the
land under the conditions inn
posed? No substantial benefits
would follow. Land would be
as much the suject Of individual
ownership and control as now.
The name, not the substance of
the tenure would be changed.
The rights Of the owner and the
privileges enjoyed would be pre-
cisely as now, with this excep-
ton only: AU taEes for G0vern-
mental purposes ao0uld be laid
up0n the soil. For, rs we have
shown, NO restriction is proposed
as to the quantity Of land which
may he held, and no Limitation
as to the time Of tenure is sug-
gested. The right to improve
and use and let and ALLEVIATE and
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Es3Et.
Between the Mint and Ormsby House
a Onyx Locket, containing the picture
Of Il little girl. The Under will confer q
great favor by returning II to the under
signed, or leaving it with Major Garrard
at the Governors Office.
my LUCY STONE.
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SO Cents Per Week

ssJ- All cases Of legitimate advsrtis ements
not exceeding siX lines inserted IN this column
for SO Ceats Per week.
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Persons wanting good and cheap fam
lily groceries will find it to their AdVant-
age 20 call mt Barclays Grocery Store.
atCheeney,s old stand, for family sup.
plies.
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Wanted .

|. A young nurse girl to take care OF
children in . private family. Inquire at
Sweeney's saloon. myl5
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ReTfHulCry.

KCIKGNaCKJ.
rEE-LOw'S PERFUAERiES, INCLUDING
Z Marie Stuart, White Gerani.m aud
Spring Violet, for sale At the Ci.y Drug Store
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Lost
On Sunday, May ID, a black onyx
breastpIn, with u white medallion head,
set In pearls Please leave at this Office
and receive reward. mys2
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Lost.

On Monday last, on the Hot Springs
road, a buggy rObS. The finder will oe
rev srtied by leaving the same al
Sweeney's saloon
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Shaving, Etc.

For n good artistic shave, for hot or
cold baths. or for scientific hair dressing
90 to Uunha's Mt Mulier's old stand.
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For Rent
| Two bedrooms. with gas and bath.
! Corner OF Carson and Curry streets.
MRS. CARRIE HAYWARD.
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Excursion

To San Francisco, San jose, santa
Cruz end Monterey. The only excur-
sion for the Summer Of 1898 Parties can
return ut any time. Leaves RENO Mon.
day, Jnly ,. 1888, for two weeks. P. H.
Mulcahy, Manager, Reno. myl2tf
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Wanted.
For Rent.

A suite OF two or three rooms. Inquire
OF this office.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-06-14

OUE county correspondent, Trace, "
speaking, as he says in a private
note, "for many voters in this section"
the First Supervisors District
complains at what they are pleased to
term an injustice praoticod upon the
"Bast Side" by the County Execu-
tive Committee, in the matter Of rep
resentation in the County Conyen.
ton. Without entering 81 all into a
discussion Of the subject VIC will re-
mind the writer that the basis Of
representation was fixed by the COM
mittee whose term eXl ired ii 1881,
at its meeting in that year, several
members from! the 'E,.s- side voting
in favor Of it, and was ratified by the
general County Convention that fol-
lowod soon after. Tho County Ex-
eoutiye Committee IS composed Of
nineteen members, including the
three for the county at large, of whom
ten are from the West side Of the
river and uine from the East side.
At the meeting Of the committee on
| O 1.
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Canton. Aberdeen and N6sRYtsfe
Railroad.


During few hours stay at jack
son, Tennessee, on Monday, We had
the pleasure of meeting Capt. JonN
G. MANN, Chief Engineer of the llli'
nois Central Railroad and branches,
who informed us that within ton days
he will begin track laying on the
Canton, Aberdeen aud Nashville Rail
road and push it as vigorously as
circumstances will possibly admit.
The iron and fasteuings are all ready
and on the grounds awaiting the
readiness of the cross-ties and road
bed to receive them, and the work is
progressing in such a manner as to
satisfy Capt. Mann Of his ability to
have the road in operation sufficient"
ly early to secure the shipment OF Its
quota Of the growing crops. lie
StuleS lhtt VIC Nclltlb'lNiR N''h, 49,
ease, comply with their obligation to
turn the road bed ovor to the Com
pany within the time stipulated. Tic
will next week attend tho great exhi>
bition of railroad appliances DOW in
| progress at Chicago, where every
thing in connection with railroad
building and operating them can be
thoroughly tested and examined. The
advancements and improvements IL
railroad machinery OF every descrip-
| ton, invented and adopted by all tht
railway managers aud employees il
America, comprise The chief features
of the exhibition, and Capt Mann
will bring the result of his inVestiga
lions into practical utility on TIN
Mississippi and Yazoo Valley, and TIN
Canton, Aberdeen and Nashville
roads.
He will be in Aberdeen in Nbou
two weeks, for the purpose OF going
over the line and making persona
inspection OF the work.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-06-14

The Masonic Lodge of Aberdeen
is making arrangements for celebrat,
ing its 24th Anniversary, which oe-
ours on the 26th Of June. A com
mitteo has been appointed to whom
is entrusted all tho arrangements,
and when the place and character Of
the celebration shall havo been de-
tormined upon it will be reported
If we are not mistaken it will be the
first celebration by that Lodge, al
though a quarter Of "a century old.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-06-14

A meeting of several leading citi-
sens was held at the Mayors Office
on Friday, over winch Rev. !. N.
Marks was called topreside, and S.A.
Dalton requested to act as Secretary,
Mr.. Marks explained the object Of
the meeting to be the organization Of
a branch OF tho Red Cross Associa-
ton, benevolent institution which
originated during the Fraco-PrUssian
war; for tho purpose of ministoring to
the wants Of sick and wounded sol
diors Of the two armies, The order
became SO successful in It's labors that
before the close of that war its MEN,
bers were permitted to pass the lines
Unfortunately without molestation,
when bearing the banner inscribed
with rcd cross which was universally
recognized as messenger Of mercy
From that field it spread throughout
the European countries and implant'
ed itself among the benevolent insti
buttons Of America Since the day:
of war which gave it life its mission
has become that of dispensing char
ties in sudden distress resulting iron
epidemics, postilonce, great fires
| floods and similar calamities. TIL
parent Office in the United States !
located at Washington, and branc.
associations have been and are bein,
organized in nearly all tho States an
many counties throughout the Unior
It's organization in Aberdeen wa
suggested and prompted moro partiC
ularly by the recent terrible cyclon
which passed our vicinity, in ord(
chat in future emergencies our peopl
should be prepared to meet the situ'
ton moro readily and otlectuall.
The main features OF The Red Gro
are similar to those Of the Blu
| Anchor Association whose object is
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-06-14

A greedy, INSCRIPTIONS, Frnsping,
monopoly Of 4 Lottery Company. in
stead * giving ticket holders n chance
to wit Il prize, ia spending ;hc,r money
by paying newspapers throughout TIE
United States foi ADVERTISING mcgH, IN.
truthful articles aimed 70 ilJuro 'he
Great Commonwealth Distribution Co.,
Of Ky. The Commonwealth Co., Is aboya
cltpmctices 20 secure business, md
prefers to obtain patronage by honorable
means and by honestly conducting THEN
business. The American people love
fpir play and will pay no attention to
sucL lies emauatlug from such source,
but viii, rs usul. send their orders iol
tickets for The next popular month,
drawiug iI Louisville, Ky. June 30'h
1855. $4,000 tor only 50; fil2, 100 IL
prizes Tickets 81 oaoh; halt tickets g.
Address Il, NJ BOardmlu, Louisville, Ky
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Work is still steNdily progressing
upon the Canton, Aberdeen Il Nash
villo railroad, between Aberdeen and
West Point. There are six or eight
forces of laborers and teams distrib-
uted at intervals between those
points-one on the Houston cut four
miles from the city; one on DR.. w
G Sykes plantation; one on Capt.
E. 0. Sykes plantation; one on each
OF the Watson plantations; besides
others. We caro- informed by con-
tractor Hartnett that his section,
which begins at the crossing of the
West Point public road five miles
from Aberdeen, passing through the
city TO tho machine shop grounds at
Mattubba Greek, will be completed
and ready for the cross ties and iron
within two months, and from all re-
ports that we can obtain, the work is
progressing as we'll at other points
all along tho line Ten miles of track
will be laid from Kosciusko during
this month.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-06-14

Jackson, Miss, is to have . build
inc association. A meeting of subs
scribers to stock was held in the
senate chamber of tho capitol on
"Wednesday evening to perfect the
organization. We would like to
chronicle the Inauguration Of d SINH
lar enterprise in Columbus, Can &
some one take tho initiatory steps in
tho Observation-Disclosures DjspGtch.
You aro right, We have been try
ing for several years to arouse our
business mon and property holders to
an effort Of this kind. They will
come to it after awhile, but Oh how
much valuable time ia being lost The
transactions of 1883 and 1884 will
determine the destiny Of many of our
Mississippi towns. "Thoro is tide
in the affairs of men
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-06-14

The entire Fire Department was
out on Friday evening and had an ex'
cellent drill. Both engines and the
Hook and Ladder outfit seemed TO be
in excellent condition. In the absence
from the city Of both engineers; Of
City Marshal F.E STOUT, manipulated
tho valves and escapes of No, IS
engine with perfect success,
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FOR RENT.
THE MANNING HOUSE. APPLY TO
(m25.) +. I. CUNNINGHAM

Dr.. L. P. SALE, Of this city one of
the delegates from Mississippi to the
American Medical Association, which
recently convened at Cleveland, OHIO,
returned on Tuesday evening. He re-
ports that about twenty five hundred
physicians and others concerned in the
welfare of the profession were in attend-
ance, and the proceedings of the session
most harmonious and interesting. The
next meeting of tho American !esocin-
ton will be held at the city of Wash
ington next June. On his journey home
ward DR.. Sale stopped at Tupelo on
Monday, to attend meeting Of the
Board of Medical Censors for this, the
first Congressional District, of which he
is also member,
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G. A. HENLEY will pay you the best
price for good
BUTTERs

We saved o large hay crop from the
native grasses in Monroe county IN 1881 +;
we moro than doubled that crop in 1882,
and this year we ought to make such OIL
immense showing in that line that hay
will forever afterwards take IN impor-
tant position among our staple crops and
exports
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Capt. J. L. SUTTON, the untiring
Passenger Agent of the Memphis &
Charleston Railroad, at Corinth, was
in the city on Tuesday, advertising
the advanta gos of the chickasaw
Route to all who contemplate taking
a summer vacation. If the claims OF
the road to popular favor arc equal
to the persistence with which Capt
Sutton advertises it, it must indeed
be a "Fayorite."
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MONDAY NIGHT.

A very large audience attended
the Cantata given at the Court House
on Monday night for the benefit OF
the banner fund of the Aberdeen
Guards, and every one was perfectly
delighted with the magnificent sue
cess which attended the occasion,
An elegant stage had been
erected upon the Bar in the court
room, beautifully decked, adorned
and festooned with evergreens and
flowers, while in the midst Of it was
placed the throne of the Fairy Queen,
for the performance of the .Cantata,
"Lily-Boll, the Culprit Fay" This
is one of the most beautiful Of that
class of productions and its splendid
rendition by the young ladies and
misses, many Of whom made their
debut before the footlights on that
occasion, captivated and charmed tho
audience, and must have been a
source of much qualification to those
accomplished ladies and musicians,
Mrs. G, Y. Hooper and Mrs. 7, b.
Watkins, under whose instruction and
direction tho performance was given
1t is impossible for us to indiyid-
ualize and mention the parts of the
play assumed by each one. The pro
gramme contained only five charac-
tiers, while there was perfect
galaxy of lovely girls upon the stage
Those "down on the bills" were Miss
| NJ, Adams, "1'itania," (tho Fairy
QueenD Miss Bette Bumpass, Oily
Bell" (her favorito) Miss Momi'
Terrell, 'rhistledown," IA rival0Mis'
| Annie james, "Heartsease" ia fairy
in Titania's train0 Miss JOSH
Bunlpass," Eudora, "(tho Naiad Queen
Then there were Misses Mary Dude,
Sykes, Mary Lou Greene, Ind
Gillespie and Tallie Gum, who con
tributed their charms to the occasion
And then beyy Of sweet little Mise
who hardly needed their artifci'
wings to remind us that they were al
little angels. The following are the
names as fully as we could ascertai
them: Misses Sadie Sykes, Nell
Lam, Annie B Sims, Vida Low
Mamie Hooper, Fay Haoghton, BE
Reynolds, Minnie IIenw6od, Sail
Sale, Eula Pierce, Blanche Web
, Bessie Dortch, Katie and jamie Giffor
, Matte Barry, Pauline King, Eva Sal
r JAMIE Reynolds, Pinkie Sykes al
f Eva Ransom.
| The entertainment was also quite
J. success financially, the neat sum
1 about soventy-hve dollars above e
pensos was realized, which will pu
chase handsome banner for t
company
The Guards are unlor lasting 0
legations to The ladies who manag
= the affair, and to those who part
n ipatod, for considerable labor was |
slowed and a great deal Of inconvt
y fence incurred in preparing the ca
/ tata for presentation to the public.